# In an op-ed, Profs Roy Smith and Brad Hintz argue that Deutsche Bank should split its investment bank from its retail business

1 Faculty News February 16, 2015 ![Financial News logo ](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030513.jpg?itok=TpE2KEls)>

Excerpt from [Financial News](http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2015-02-16/now-is-the-time-for-deutsche-bank-to-consider-a-split) -- "Most important, however, is the almost certain increase in shareholder value than would result from a break-up. The combination of the various individual business units might be valued on a stand-alone basis at as much as €55 billion. With today’s market value of €37 billion, reflecting investors’ grim view of the bank’s future, there is a lot of room for creating value through a restructuring. Spinning off the investment bank might be the best way to capture that value."

[Read more](http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2015-02-16/now-is-the-time-for-deutsche-bank-to-consider-a-split)

Additional coverage in [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-16/deutsche-bank-should-mull-split-smith-writes-in-financial-news)