Doomed to repeat it

6 Aug 2008 By Jeffrey Goldfarb

China Development Bank reportedly wants to buy the German lender to gain investment banking knowhow. That s the same reason Dresdner bought Kleinwort Benson and Wasserstein Perella part of the company s tortured takeover history. One banking lesson here: how not to do it.

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