German property bank PBB’s profit plunges as US office loans sour
By Tom Sims and Alexander Hübner FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (PBB), one of Germany’s top property financiers, reported on Wednesday a 74% plunge in second-quarter profit and set aside more money to cover potential bad loans in a weak U.S. office market. The move follows a wave of bad news this year for the bank,