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October 12th, 2008

Trust us, we’re the bank

Posted by: Corbett B. Daly

Josef Ackermann, Chairman of the Institute of International Finance and the head of Deutsche Bank, says he’s confident leaders from around the world will take needed steps to bringing normality to the world’s struggling financial system.

“I am pretty sure that the governments will guarantee parts of the whole sale funding and that should actually tell people that there is no risk and you don’t lose money while investing in other banks and I think that is important,” the head of Germany’s largest bank said Sunday.

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October 12th, 2008

The man who knew too much

Posted by: Corbett B. Daly

Josef Ackermann , the top dog at the association representing the world’s multinational financial institutions, had just finished taking questions from reporters at a press conference for more than an hour.

As he stepped off the stage, dozens of journos, including yours truly, surrounded him.

So many, in fact, he didn’t know who to answer: (more…)