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The following information is part of the consolidated financial statements as of 31 December 2003, which were audited and issued with an unqualified certificate by KPMG Deutsche Treuhand AG, Wirtschaftprüfungsgesellschaft.

All goodwill has been allocated to reporting units. From the beginning of 2003, the Group revised its management reporting systems to reflect changes in the organizational structure of its divisions and to reflect changes in management responsibility for certain businesses as described in Note [28]. The prior period goodwill amounts have been restated to conform to the current year’s presentation. The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by segment for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 are as follows:

 
in € m. Corporate Global Asset and Private & Corporate Total
Banking & Transaction Wealth Business Investments
Securities Banking Management Clients  
Balance as of January 1, 2002 4,350 725 2,184 247 1,235 8,741
Purchase accounting adjustments (6) (27) (3) (36)
Goodwill acquired during the year 34 8 1,460 15 44 1,561
Impairment losses (62) (62)
Goodwill related to dispositions (13) (13) (525) (551)
Effects from exchange rate fluctuations (634) (98) (452) (97) (1,281)
Balance as of December 31, 2002 3,731 635 3,165 246 595 8,372
Purchase accounting adjustments 14 14
Goodwill acquired during the year 2 1 112 4 119
Impairment losses (114) (114)
Goodwill related to dispositions (133) (51) (382) (566)
Effects from exchange rate fluctuations (572) (75) (417) (16) (10) (1,090)
Balance as of December 31, 2003 3,161 428 2,823 234 89 6,735

The additions to goodwill of € 119 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 are mainly due to the acquisition of Rued, Blass & Cie AG Bankgeschaeft, which contributed € 59 million.

The additions to goodwill of € 1,561 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 are mainly due to the acquisitions of Scudder and RREEF, which contributed € 1,024 million and € 344 million, respectively.

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