We believe that teamwork and trust are the key to our success. These values have helped us achieve certification for our Sustainability Management System and it is this commitment to business practices that we hope will ensure a healthy environment and stable economic and social conditions for future generations. We have also won awards for our diversity initiatives such as the Opportunity Now Gold Standard for Gender Equality in 2004.

First-rate performance is not only one of Deutsche Bank's central values; this company-wide attitude has also reaped rewards for business practice and innovation. We were awarded the title "Bank of the Year" by International Financing Review twice within a three year period. In 2006, we won all the major deals of the year awards from IDD and in 2007 we swept the boards at the Lipper, Euromoney and ISR Awards.

In addition, Deutsche Bank topped Financial News' league table of investment banking revenues for the first half of 2007, and was the global winner of The Banker's deals of the year awards. These are just a few of the many honours we have been bestowed by some of the world's most respected publications, which continue to acclaim many of our businesses across the globe year on year.