GMAC; Deutsche Bank; Allianz

GMAC LLC, the auto and home lender that GM sold to Cerberus,

reported today it lost $589 million in Q1.

The latest results included a loss of $859 million at its Residential Capital LLC mortgage unit. ResCap recorded a $910 million loss a year earlier.

GMAC said home loans that aren't collectible rose to 1.07% of outstanding loans, compared with 0.22% in the previous quarter.

The company wasn't receiving interest on 7.2% of home loans as of March 31.

GMAC ended Q1with $18.6 billion in cash and marketable securities, down from $22.7 billion on Dec. 31.

ResCap's cash balance declined to $4.2 billion from $4.4 billion, while its "total equity base" shrunk to $5.8 billion.

Deutsche Bank, Germany's biggest bank, reported its first quarterly loss in five years

after writing down the value of loans for leveraged buyouts and asset- backed securities by $4.2 billion.

A first-quarter net loss of $210 million vs $3.4 billion profit a year earlier.

Earnings were lifted by almost $1.6 billion from a tax gain and selling stakes in companies such as Allianz, Daimler & Linde.

Allianz, Europe's biggest insurer, (and owner of the worlds largest bond management co. PIMCO) said Q1 profit fell 66%

on writedowns of $1.5 billion at the Dresdner Bank unit tied to the credit-market collapse.

Last year's earnings were swelled by $3.2 billion from selling stakes in other companies.

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