Abstract

Commerzbank, the fourth largest bank in Germany, offers banking services to individual and corporate clients across the world. It provides both traditional banking and investment banking services. The company faces many risks - credit risks, market risks, liquidity risks, operational risks, legal risks and strategic risks. The case outlines the risks and the mechanisms Commerzbank employs to deal with them.

Learning Objectives

The case is structured to achieve the following Learning Objectives:

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Keywords

Commerzbank, Risk management in banks, Credit risk, Credit derivatives, Equity holding risk, Stress testing and sensitivity analysis, Enterprise risk, Back testing, Financial risks, Credit risk, Market risk, Liquidity risk, Operational risk, Legal risk, Strategic risk