Deutsche Bank Plans to Eliminate Dividend for Two Years in Overhaul

``The bank, which has paid a dividend since Germany's postwar reconstruction, plans to recommend resuming payouts from fiscal year 2017, Deutsche Bank said in a statement from Frankfurt on Wednesday. The bank wants to lift its common equity Tier 1 ratio, a key measure of financial strength, to at least 12.5 percent by the end of 2018.'' -- See also Marketwatch's coverage which mentions DB wants to increase its so-called "leverage ratio" by nearly 1%, to 4.5% by 2018.