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Deutsche Bank had held off raising capital through a share issue and sought instead to increase its buffer through other means such as selling risky assets. Share issues are often be unpopular with investors because they can dilute shareholder holdings. Jain said the bank had made enough progress using other methods to put the bank in a position where a share increase would achieve its targets. "What has changed is the very rapid progress we have made on organic capital formation," he said. Regulators around the world are pushing banks to keep more capital as buffers against unexpected losses as a way of strengthening the financial system and avoiding a repeat of the 2007-2009 financial crisis.
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