Comment / DHL drops DP as Schenker preps to drop DB

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Rewind.

“What are you thinking about M&A in general? And then the final question is just a higher-level question concerning the name of the group: we all know that some investors avoid investing in postal companies (…). Therefore, the name Deutsche Post can sometimes discourage investors from looking at the stock?”

(Emphasis in bold added.)

That came from a sharp Exane BNP Paribas analyst, Robert Joynson – in early March… this year – who backed it up saying the Post & Parcel Germany division, P&P Germany, ...