PARIS (Standard&Poor's) Oct. 29, 2009--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today its ratings and outlook on Germany-based Deutsche Bank AG (A+/Stable/A-1) and related entities remain unchanged following the bank's announcement of €1.3 billion in pretax income in the third quarter of 2009 and the acquisitions of private bank Sal. Oppenheim jr.&Cie S.C.A. (unrated) and parts of ABN-AMRO's Dutch commercial banking network. Deutsche Bank's strong global position in fixed income and equities and favorable conditions in these markets explained its performance in the quarter. Market conditions continued to favor securities sales and trading due to high volumes of bond issuance, a positively sloped yield curve, still-wide bid-offer spreads, and reduced competition in the securities business. Revenues (net
