Brüderle says Germany to sell Commerzbank stake in three years
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Published: 2 Aug, 2010 CET.
Updated: Mon 2 Aug 2010 17:30 CET
Germany hopes to sells its multi-billion-euro stake in Commerzbank "within three years at the latest," Economy Minister Rainer Brüderle said on Monday.
Until now, Berlin had not said when it might try to recuperate the billions of euros injected last year into the country's second-biggest bank to keep it from collapsing amid a financial sector crisis.
Commerzbank soaked up €18.2 billion ($23.7 billion) in public funds as it struggled to integrate loss-making Dresdner Bank, leaving Berlin with a stake of more than 25 percent.
"Nothing is worse than a state holding in banks. It must remain an absolute exception," Brüderle told business daily Handelsblatt.
To pay back the public money, Commerbank might make a capital increase this year if the market is stable, unidentified banking sources cited by the daily said.
The bank is to release second-quarter results on Thursday.
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Until now, Berlin had not said when it might try to recuperate the billions of euros injected last year into the country's second-biggest bank to keep it from collapsing amid a financial sector crisis.
Commerzbank soaked up €18.2 billion ($23.7 billion) in public funds as it struggled to integrate loss-making Dresdner Bank, leaving Berlin with a stake of more than 25 percent.
"Nothing is worse than a state holding in banks. It must remain an absolute exception," Brüderle told business daily Handelsblatt.
To pay back the public money, Commerbank might make a capital increase this year if the market is stable, unidentified banking sources cited by the daily said.
The bank is to release second-quarter results on Thursday.
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