Dresdner Kleinwort has continued its raid on Commerzbank's corporate broking business with the hire of two bankers from its German rival.

Harald Kinzler and Katja Buerkle have joined Dresdner Kleinwort following their former boss, Dominic Hughes, who quit Commerzbank earlier this year to set up Dresdner's German corporate broking business. Corporate brokers help their corporate clients understand movements in their share price and are generally act as an adviser to a company's senior management.