China's HNA Group to remain a 'major investor' in Deutsche Bank - HNA spokesman

Reuters

Published Apr 23, 2018 08:56

China's HNA Group to remain a 'major investor' in Deutsche Bank - HNA spokesman

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's HNA Group [HNAIRC.UL] will remain a "major investor" in Deutsche Bank (DE:DBKGn), the aviation-to-financial services conglomerate said in a statement on Monday, citing a company spokesman.

HNA, which has been selling equity investments and property as part of a group-wide restructuring, reduced its stake in the German lender to 7.9 percent, from about 8.8 percent, according to a U.S. regulatory filing on Friday.

The group, in its statement, said that the share sell-down was prompted by "the current market environment", which led to a decision "not to renew a part of the financing structure for our stake".

"Our commitment to remain a major investor in Deutsche Bank remains unchanged," the statement said, citing the spokesman.