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04.02.2021 - Comments

Pandemic and share buybacks: How do they fit together?

by Philipp Immenkötter

Despite great uncertainty and massive sales losses, German corporations carried out almost as many share buybacks in 2020 as in the previous year. At EUR 8.1 billion, the volume was only 7% lower than in the previous year.

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