On 5 August 2008, the German bank DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale with its seat in Frankfurt started operations on the WSE including trading in all securities on its own account.
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale operates in this form since the merger of Deutsche Girozentrale -Deutsche Kommunalbank- and DekaBank GmbH in 1999.
DekaBank is a central institution of the German Savings Banks Finance Group and operates, among others, in the corporate banking and asset management segments of the financial market. In terms of assets under management and equity, it is one of Germany’s largest financial institution. DekaBank has a 20 percent share in the investment funds market. With offices and subsidiaries in Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Ireland, DekaBank has a predominantly European focus.
More information at www.dekabank.de