Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
On 31 August the financial service company Allianz announced to sell its subsidiary the German bank Dresdner Bank to Commerzbank. Commerzbank will completely take over Dresdner Bank in two steps until 2009. Following the aquisition of Dresdner Bank Commerzbank plans to cut about a total of 9,000 jobs of the currently 67000 jobs in both companies. 2,500 jobs will be cut outside Germany. Further details on which countries are affected are not yet known. No detailed time lines are currently given.
In September 2010, Commzerbank stated, that the merger of the investment banking departments of Commerzban and Dresdner Bank will be completed by 2012 and 1550 jobs out of 3200 investment banking jobs worldwide will be cut. The job cutting process started in 2008, about 90% of these jobs are already gone, the company says. Most jobs were cut in London, Tokio and New York.
Eurofound (2008), Commerzbank, Merger/Acquisition in European Union, factsheet number 67020, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67020.
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