Despite asserting numerous times that everything is awesome, Deutsche Bank is reportedly mulling a bonus freeze and more importantly a capital raise, according to German newsletter PLATOW Online.
As Bloomberg reports,Deutsche Bank is weighing a capital increase in tandem with a one-time bonus-freeze in a combination of measures aimed at shaking off short-sellers pummeling the stock, Platow Brief reported, without saying where it got the information.
A spokesman for Deutsche Bank declined to comment.
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