Recent Press Releases
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| 15.10.09 | Norbert Enste is leaving MetzlerNorbert Enste (58), member of the Partners’ Committee B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. Holding AG and personally liable partner at B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. KGaA, is leaving the bank effective October 15, 2009. more |
| 25.05.09 | Metzler Bank reports on a successful year in 2008Friedrich von Metzler reported on a successful performance in 2008 at the bank’s annual press conference in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on May 25, 2009. “Thanks to our business model we had – and still have - a comfortable liquidity position,” he said. He also reported that equity was well above the higher regulatory requirements set by the German solvability ordinance and that the tier 1 capital ratio was 15.1% at year-end 2008. more |
| 15.05.09 | Metzler Equities successful in the large caps category in the equity analysts award of Börsen-ZeitungFor the second time this year, Metzler Equities has performed well in a ranking of analysts. In the equity analysts award of Börsen-Zeitung, Bankhaus Metzler gained three leading places in the category „Best Recommendations by Sector – Large Caps absolute“, ranking in first place for the financial services sector and in third place for each of the automobile and technology sectors. more |
| 24.04.09 | Metzler Equities in third placeHandelsblatt and the U.S. research firm Starmine rank the best investment firms and analysts for German equities. In an extremely difficult market environment, Metzler Equities with a total of eight distinctions was in third place in the overall rankings for the 2009 analysts award. With this, Metzler has placed in the top five for three years in a row in the analyst ratings of Handelsblatt and Starmine. more |
| 01.04.09 | Claus Peter to join Metzler Corporate Finance as managing directorClaus Peter (52) is joining the management of B. Metzler GmbH, the corporate finance arm of Frankfurt-based Metzler Bank, on April 1, 2009. He joins the present team of two managing directors, Stephan Hellmann and Ralf A. Pampel. “Securing Claus Peter for this post means we are gaining a financing specialist with an excellent reputation, who will greatly increase our advisory expertise in the areas of debt advisory/financial restructuring and strengthen our position in this market,” comments Johannes Reich, the partner responsible for Metzler’s corporate finance business. more |
| 14.01.09 | Metzler opens representative office in BeijingAt the beginning of January 2009, the Chinese banking supervisory authorities CBRC granted the in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, based Metzler Bank permission to open a representative office in Beijing. Metzler will be represented locally by a head representative and two other staff members. more |
| 16.09.08 | Metzler supports extension of Städel MuseumThe Frankfurt based Metzler Bank and the Metzler Family will support the Städel Museum in the realisation of the planned extension building with a donation of 3 million euros. The extension of the gallery space of the Städel Museum arises from the need to meet the challenge of an adequate presentation of the existing collection and new acquisitions, increased visitor numbers and the additional tasks of a modern museum operation in terms of both space and functionality. The Städel and the Metzler Family have had close connections since the founding of the museum in the early 19th century. . more |
| 15.05.08 | Xetra-Gold top-performing exchange-traded commodity after 100 days100 trading days after the launch of Xetra-Gold by Deutsche Börse Commodities, the physically backed bond has successfully made its mark on the market. Of the 48 exchange-traded commodities listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Xetra-Gold has the highest turnover. more |
| 13.05.08 | Metzler Equities again successful at Börsen-Zeitung's AktienAnalystenAwardFor the second time this year, analyst research at Metzler Equities has performed successfully: In the category awards for "Best Recommendations for Small and Mid Caps" in Börsenzeitung's AktienAnalystenAward, Bankhaus Metzler came in at fourth place. more |
| 25.04.08 | Metzler Equities ranked fourthThe German business newspaper “Handelsblatt” and the US analysis company Starmine rank the best brokers and analysts for German equities. Metzler Equities came fourth overall with a total of six rankings. more |
| 20.11.07 | Divestment of LEG through a bidding process starts on November 20, 2007Potential purchasers were informed of the start of the process to sell Landesentwicklungsgesellschaft NRW mbH (LEG) through an advertisement which appeared on November 20, 2007. LEG is one of Germany’s leading housing companies. Headquartered in Düsseldorf, its portfolio comprises around 93 housing units totalling nearly 6 million square metres and more than 900 commercial premises. LEG is one of the last opportunities for investors to acquire significant property holdings on this scale from the public sector in a single transaction. more |
| 13.08.07 | Deutsche Welle-TV broadcasts feature about MetzlerThe new serial program „made in germany“ broadcasts a feature about as a traditional family business. At the same time it was progressively future oriented. Nevertheless the day to day decisions were Metzlers responsibilities for the social and cultural projects. more |
