Dublin-based Depha bank posted €79.4m loss before sale deal
German state bad bank sold business to Bawag, which will continue the orderly winding down of the business
German state bad bank sold business to Bawag, which will continue the orderly winding down of the business
Bank expects to make money by running down former public sector lender
Depfa is former unit of Hypo Real Estate, which was bailed out in Germany
Bank based in Dublin is in wind-down mode and has more than €630m in reserves
The German lender based in Dublin has also drawn interest from hedge funds
Bank nearly collapsed during 2008 financial crisis
ECB said capital may be needed to support lending to households and businesses during pandemic
Revenue of Irish-based German bank insufficient to cover costs, Moody’s and S&P note
German bank likely to strip out Dublin-based bank’s excess capital before seeking disposal
Depfa’s net profit almost doubled last year due to asset and liability transactions with FMS-WM
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Depfa executives and FMS-WM believe sale of licensed Irish bank could play into Brexit shakeout
Depfa Bank was bought by Munich-based Hypo Real Estate in 2007
FMS Wertmanagement had €20.3bn of UK assets at the end of 2015
Dublin-based bank posts €54 million pretax loss for first six months of 2016
FSM Wertmanagement buys €5.6bn of Depfa’s bonds and shrinks bank’s assets by 25%
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