Impairments wipe out the good work in core bank as Commerzbank sinks to first quarterly loss since 2009
Commerzbank booked big impairments on its peripheral European sovereign debt positions in the third quarter of the year, reporting on Friday a loss of €798m relating to Greek sovereign bonds. The positions now stand at just 48% of face value.
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