Deutsche Bank AG

Leading Italian economist Luigi Buttiglione recently spoke to Kathimerini about the public health crisis and the corresponding financial and economic crises. Following his tenure as senior economist at the Research Department of Banca d'Italia (1989-2000), he has achieved an impressive career in the global financial sector.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is right to act against what he called unacceptable Turkish policies under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who he said seeks to quench the country’s opposition.

Deutsche Bank AG is expected to be fined by the Federal Reserve and New York’s Department of Financial Services for its conduct in the foreign exchange market, a person familiar with the matter said.
The German lender said Monday that the U.S. Justice Department had closed a criminal inquiry into its currency-trading activities without action.

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) announced it is meeting investors in London this week, with an eye to a "potential transaction in the near future."

Italian construction giant Astaldi has announced that it has secured a $5 billion loan for the Gebze-Orhangazi-?zmir highway in Turkey, which includes the world's fourth longest suspension bridge over the ?zmit Bay.

By Kiel Porter, Marcus Bensasson and Aaron Kirchfeld

The private-equity units of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG are nearing an agreement to purchase the buyout arm of National Bank of Greece SA, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

By Sharon Smyth

Greece is preparing a property portfolio valued at as much as 500 million euros ($689 million) to offer to investors by the end of this year, according to the head of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund.