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Commerzbank: Cash Bonds Unmoved By Equity Gyrations

FINANCIALS SECTOR

{GE}{3H} Commerzbank {CBK GY Equity} is one of the weaker performers in the SXXP in equity world, but its cash bonds remain relatively unchanged, if anything slightly tighter.


  • Last week (15-Jan) Reuters reported Commerz-Deutsche merger talks were back on. CFO Von Moltke subsequently said he doesn’t comment on M&A and then promptly commented indicating he liked the idea of consolidation but the “preconditions” in Europe were “difficult”.
  • Commerzbank equity has since dropped 7%, over half of which is today’s move as that market is discounting the merger speculation, we feel. Same time, CBK’s cash bonds are (slightly) tighter.
  • In relative terms, Commerz’s most liquid ’25 bond { has continued to trade in line with ABN’s and Deutsche’s comparables so far this year, seemingly undisturbed by the equity moves.


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