DB doing better than most of its peers at this point, but is that saying much? - Vice President - Technology Deutsche Bank Employee Review

Business units are independent, hardened silos with little cross pollination of ideas and/or services that could be exploited for greater corporate gain. This is due to the highly political and territorial nature of businesses whose management were headhunted from other top tier banks (or integrated via acquisition) and are therefore deeply distrustful of the motives of colleagues whom they perceive as political adversaries contesting for the same pot of gold.