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Deutsche Bank’s top ranks split over Chinese investor

CEO John Cryan’s resistance to engage with HNA has irked the bank's chairman, who helped woo the big shareholder

Deutsche Bank’s top ranks split over Chinese investor

Tensions have arisen between Deutsche Bank's chairman and chief executive over the German lender's new biggest shareholder, with the firm's CEO unwilling to engage with the Chinese conglomerate, Jenny Strasburg writes for The Wall Street Journal.

Deutsche Bank supervisory board chairman Paul Achleitner helped to woo China's HNA Group, which was revealed in May to have built up a stake of almost 10% in the bank.

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