Dirk Becker Quotations

Many investors are speculating on a takeover offer.

Within investment banking, there was a strong bias towards the trading result, while underwriting actually fell from the fourth quarter.

The stock is cheap and many investors are speculating on a takeover offer, thus it's no surprise that the shares are reacting quite strongly.

It looks a bit disappointing. Net new money is rather small and investment banking doesn't look great.