Tag: Portigon
Cum-Ex dispute between the Attorney General and ex-NRW Minister escalated
Peter Biesenbach In March 2023, the former North Rhine-Westphalia Minister of Justice lodged a complaint against the head of the Cologne public prosecutor’s office and his former deputy. (Photo: dpa)…
Ex-Dena boss switches to Harald Christ
Christ and Kuhlman Kuhlmann should play a key role at Christ. (Photo: Christ&Company) Berlin Andreas Kuhlmann will take on a new role as of July 1: the long-standing head of…
The savings banks can’t do it without a dispute over state banks
savings bank The savings banks have come through the low-interest phase well. They are solid and a bit boring. When it comes to state banks, however, disputes quickly arise. (Photo:…
Savings Bank President Schleweis emphasizes the proximity of Savings Banks and Landesbanken
Helmut Schleweis The head of the German Savings Banks and Giro Association emphasizes that close cooperation with savings banks is crucial for state banks. (Photo: dpa) Hanover Against the background…
Ex-Warburg boss Olearius must be in the dock from September
Private bank MM Warburg in Hamburg No money house is so in focus in the cum-ex scandal. With the trial of Christian Olearius, the work-up goes into the next round.…
Many ex-board members and a billion dollar scandal
Dusseldorf NRW-Landesbank WestLB has been history for eleven years. Devastating management failures contributed to its downfall. The institute was also involved in illegal cum-ex transactions. The Latin term describes stock…
Court sentences London stock exchange trader to suspended sentence
London skyline A London stock trader has been convicted in the cum-ex scandal. (Photo: dpa) Cologne The Bonn district court sentenced fund manager S. from England on Tuesday for aiding…
More than ten years imprisonment demanded for Hanno Berger
In the district court in Wiesbaden This is where the trial of tax attorney Hanno Berger is being conducted. (Photo: dpa) Wiesbaden In the Wiesbaden Cum-Ex trial against the tax…
More than ten years imprisonment demanded for Hanno Berger
In the district court in Wiesbaden This is where the trial of tax attorney Hanno Berger is being conducted. (Photo: dpa) Wiesbaden In the Wiesbaden “Cum-Ex” trial against the tax…
Investigations against WestLB and Portigon managers become a thriller
Former headquarters of WestLB in Düsseldorf According to the public prosecutor’s office, the Landesbank’s cum-ex transactions were completed between 2007 and 2011. (Photo: imago stock&people) Dusseldorf Thomas Fischer, Alexander Stuhlmann,…
Supervision complaint against the head of the Cologne public prosecutor’s office
Dispute in the NRW judiciary Benjamin Limbach, Anne Brorhilker and Peter Biesenbach (left to right): Are the authorities pushing the Cum-Ex investigations with all their might? Dusseldorf The clarification of…
Supervision complaint against the head of the Cologne public prosecutor’s office
Dispute in the NRW judiciary Benjamin Limbach, Anne Brorhilker and Peter Biesenbach (left to right): Are the authorities pushing the Cum-Ex investigations with all their might? Dusseldorf The clarification of…
Attorney General charges jailed banker
Fortis Bank Insiders assign the Belgian-Dutch financial group a central role in the cum-ex scandal. (Photo: 𧋴Px Unreleased Plus/Getty Images) Dusseldorf Tall, well dressed and always exceedingly polite. Former colleagues…
Owners argue about NordLB’s course
NorthLB The state of Lower Saxony and the nationwide savings banks are fighting over the future course of the Hannoveraner Landesbank. The country is the largest owner, but the savings…
Owners argue about NordLB’s course
NorthLB The state of Lower Saxony and the nationwide savings banks are fighting over the future course of the Hannoveraner Landesbank. The country is the largest owner, but the savings…
Investigators are frisking BNP Paribas in Frankfurt
Dusseldorf Since Tuesday, around 130 public prosecutors, tax investigators and police officers have searched the offices of the major French bank BNP Paribas in Frankfurt and the private homes of…
Dispute between WestLB successors goes to the Federal Court of Justice
Portigon flags The institute wants to use legal means to force the first liquidation institution to take over the tax authorities’ claims for reimbursement. (Photo: dpa) Cologne, Frankfurt The billion-euro…
Ulrich Reuter is to become the new savings bank president
Ulrich Reuter The President of the Bavarian Savings Banks Association is to become the new DSGV boss. (Photo: IMAGO/Stephan Görlich) Frankfurt The long-standing CSU politician Ulrich Reuter is to become…
NRW has to bear tax debts from WestLB cum-ex transactions
WestLB successor company Portigon Portigon, the legal successor to the broken-up Landesbank WestLB, loses in court and has to pay for tax liabilities from cum-ex transactions. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt, Dusseldorf…
Savings Bank President Schleweis urges a quick decision on the successor
Helmut Schleweis The contract of the President of the German Savings Banks and Giro Association ends on December 31, 2023. (Photo: Marc-Steffen Unger for Handelsblatt) Frankfurt Savings Bank President Helmut…