Case: UBS—Acquisition of Commerzbank AG as a Possible Growth Strategy

Abazi, Fahrudin; Deisler, Philipp; Eisenlauer, Michael

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Case: UBS—Acquisition of Commerzbank AG as a Possible Growth Strategy

Fahrudin Abazi²,
Philipp Deisler² &
Michael Eisenlauer²

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Notes

1.
See Auswärtiges Amt (2016).
2.
See Schildbach (2013).
3.
See Weber (2016).
4.
See Bloomberg (2015).
5.
See Ernst&Young (2015).
6.
See weforum.org (2015).
7.
See worldretailbankingreport.com (2016).
8.
See UBS (2012).
9.
See UBS (2015).
10.
See Finma (2014).
11.
See UBS (2011).
12.
See BCG (2015).
13.
See Commerzbank (2015).
14.
See Commerzbank (2016).
15.
See Commerzbank (2016).
16.
See Commerzbank (2013).
17.
See Commerzbank (2013).
18.
See Commerzbank (2016).
19.
See Strutz (2008).
20.
See Strutz (2008).
21.
See Biagosch (2016).

Abbreviations

ACR:: Asset and Capital Recovery
AG:: Aktien gesellschaft
bn:: Billion
CAGR:: Compound Annual Growth Rate
CEO:: Chief Executive Officer
CHF:: Swiss franc
CRE:: Commercial Real Estate
DAX:: Deutscher Aktien index
DDM:: Dividend Discount Model
DSB:: Deutsche Schiffsbank
EPS:: Earnings per Share
EU:: European Union or Europe
FAUB:: Fachausschuss Unternehmensbewertung und Betriebswirtschaft
FMV:: Fair Market Value
FRG:: Federal Republic of Germany
FSMA:: Agency for Financial Market Stabilization
GDP:: Gross Domestic Product
HSBC:: Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Holdings (Bank)
IRR:: Internal Rate of Return
IT:: Information Technology
m:: Million
MCAP:: Market Capitalization
NPV:: Net Present Value
p.a.:: Per Annum
P/E-Ratio:: Price-to-Earnings Ratio
Q&A:: Questions and Answers
SS:: Sommersemester
TBD:: To Be Done
tn:: Trillion
TUM:: Technische Universität München
UBS:: Union de Banques Suisses (Bank)
UK:: United Kingdom
US:: United States of America
WACC:: Weighted Average Cost of Capital
€:: Euro
%:: Percent
$:: Dollar
&:: And

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Abazi, F., Deisler, P., Eisenlauer, M. (2019). Case: UBS—Acquisition of Commerzbank AG as a Possible Growth Strategy. In: Friedl, G., Biagosch, A. (eds) Case Studies in Strategic Management. Management for Professionals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95555-1_4

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