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Metzler Bank reports on a successful year in 2008

Friedrich 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.

“Providing we continue to master the challenges facing us successfully, we see a realistic chance that Metzler will be one of the market players that genuinely emerges stronger from the present situation,” stressed Friedrich von Metzler in his outlook. In the ongoing crisis, Metzler is registering increasing interest in its ser-vices. The aim is therefore to continue the selective expansion of the bank’s client base and systematically utilise business opportunities as they arise. Despite the diffi-cult market conditions, Friedrich von Metzler expects all business areas to report stable operating revenues. His confidence is underpinned by the bank’s performance so far this year.

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Metzler Equities in third place

Handelsblatt 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.

Jochen Schmitt, sector analyst for the real estate, insurance and financial services sectors gained several awards – both for his share recommendations and for the accuracy of his earnings estimates. Jürgen Pieper was likewise distinguished for his good earnings estimates in the automobile sector.

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Claus Peter to join Metzler Corporate Finance as managing director

Claus 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

Metzler opens representative office in Beijing

At 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

Deutsche Welle-TV broadcasts feature about Metzler


„Made in Germany“, a new serial TV-program by Deutsche Welle-TV, broadcasts a feature about Metzler Bank. The short film illustrates our work as private bank between historic heritage, the challenges of a day-to-day business in a globalized financial world and our commitment for social and cultural projects.

To view the program, please visite the website of Deutsche Welle-TV

Metzler Corporate Finance advised on the sale of LEG Nordrhein-Westfalen

With selling the residential property company LEG Nordrhein-Westfalen to Whitehall Funds one of the largest M&A deals of 2008 was closed successfully. Metzler Corporate Finance advised the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and NRW.BANK as owners and initiated the selling process with a structured bidding process. Whitehall acquired 93,000 residential units for EUR 787.1 m and also took over the companies liabilities. This relates to an overall enterprise value of EUR 3.4 bn. The new owner is committed to an extensive Social Charta for the preservation of the tenants’ interests.