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Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Societe Generale show interest in Commerzbank unit -Handelsblatt

Reuters - UK Focus

Jan 25 (Reuters) - Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS-PB - news) Group Inc, Britain's Barclays Plc (LSE: BARC.L - news) and French lender Societe Generale SA are interested in buying the Equities, Markets and Commodities (EMC (Taiwan OTC: 5299.TWO - news) ) division of Germany's Commerzbank AG (Xetra: CBK100 - news) , Handelsblatt reported on Thursday.

The EMC unit includes Commerzbank's exchange-traded-funds (ETF) portfolio with many banks expressing interest in buying the ETF portfolio, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. (http://bit.ly/2n8QwnI)

However, Commerzbank Chief Executive Martin Zielke wanted to sell the EMC division as a single unit, according to the report.

None of the parties responded to a request for comment outside regular business hours. (Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru)