Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) is the investment bank of Dresdner Bank AG, part of Allianz since July 2001. Headquartered in London and Frankfurt and with an international network including offices in the financial centres of New York and Tokyo, DrKW provides a wide range of investment bank products and services to European and international clients through its Capital Markets and Corporate Finance & Origination business lines.

Related Topics:
Dresdner Bank AG - Allianz - Capital Markets - Corporate Finance & Origination

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The firm has a global reach thanks to the takeover by Dresdner Bank of the UK investment bank Kleinwort Benson in 1995 and the US investment bank Wasserstein Perella in 2001 (from Bruce Wasserstein). It is renowned for its expertise in the debt capital markets. As of 2003, it employed about 8,000 people in more than 30 offices worldwide.

Related Topics:
Kleinwort Benson - Wasserstein Perella - Bruce Wasserstein

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In 2004 the Russian government hired DrKW to value Yukos's Yuganskneftegaz. It assesed the value to between $15bn and $17bn. The bank has also been involved in lending $7.5bn to Yuganskneftegaz to buy 10.7% of Gazprom, and lending $10bn to Gazprom with the intention of its buying another of the Russian oil and gas companies, Sibneft. DrKW is also involved in the syndicate that is placing shares in a further subsidary of Yuganskneftegaz, Rosneft, on the London Stock Exchange.

Related Topics:
Yukos - Yuganskneftegaz - Gazprom - Sibneft - Rosneft - London Stock Exchange

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Revolution is the gateway to DrKW's online products and services. It includes a complete range of proprietary applications which cover a wide array of client requirements and asset classes, including:

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• Foreign Exchange
• Rates
• Credit
• Equities
• Listed Products
 
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