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    Deutsche Bank Targets Commodity Finance for Mideast Growth

    (Bloomberg) — Deutsche Bank AG plans to boost lending to commodity traders in the Middle East, even as other banks back away after a spate of defaults in the industry, to help double the size of its regional business. The German lender, which on Monday appointed Loic Voide and Kees Hoving as co-chief executive officers for the Middle East and Africa, is also targeting bond markets for growth in the region. “In the next five to six years, we would like to double the size of the revenues from what we have today,” Voide said in an interview. “The old Deutsche Bank wanted to be everything to everybody, and we…

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