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☆ A 'historic' result but still a 'construction site': Analysts react to blowout UBS earnings
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Swiss authorities brokered the controversial emergency rescue of Credit Suisse by UBS for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.37 billion) over the course of a weekend in March. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty ImagesUBS shares rallied to 15-year highs on the back of what analysts branded a "historic" earnings report, though Deutsche Bank said the Swiss banking giant may remain a "construction site" for some time. UBS also announced that it will fully integrate Credit Suisse's Swiss banking unit, a key profit center, in 2024. Notably, UBS highlighted that the massive net asset and deposit outflows seen by Credit Suisse over the last year have finally begun to reverse, and turned positive in June. "It's difficult to combine a blowout result like that and then to announce layoffs at the same time.

Persons: Fabrice Coffrini, Benjamin Goy, Sharath Kumar, Bruno Verstraete, Verstraete Organizations: Credit Suisse, UBS, AFP, Getty, Deutsche Bank, Swiss, Credit, midafternoon, Lakefield Partners, CNBC Locations: Swiss, Zurich, 2Q23, Switzerland

☆ European markets higher following UBS earnings; Swiss bank up 5%
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Hannah Ward-Glenton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

UBS on Thursday posted a second-quarter profit of $28.88 billion in its first quarterly earnings since Switzerland's largest bank completed its takeover of stricken rival Credit Suisse. UBS said the result primarily reflected $28.93 billion in negative goodwill on the Credit Suisse acquisition. Underlying profit before tax, which excludes negative goodwill, integration-related expenses and acquisition costs, came in at $1.1 billion. The fate of Credit Suisse's flagship Swiss bank, a key profit center for the group and the only division still generating positive earnings in 2022, was a focal point of the acquisition. The emergency rescue deal that saw UBS purchase Credit Suisse at a heavily discounted 3 billion Swiss francs was mediated by Swiss authorities over the course of a weekend in March.

Persons: Read, — Elliot Smith Organizations: UBS, Credit Suisse, Credit, Suisse's, Swiss Locations: Swiss

☆ Credit Suisse 1a Immo PK real estate fund to remain unlisted
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The logo of Credit Suisse bank is seen outside its office building in Hong Kong, China March 20, 2023. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsZURICH, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The Credit Suisse 1a Immo PK real estate fund will remain unlisted and not floated in an initial public offering planned for the fourth quarter of 2023, the Swiss bank, which is now a subsidiary of UBS (UBSG.S), said on Thursday. "Due to the renewed fall in trading volumes on the market for listed Swiss real estate funds compared with the previous year; (an IPO) would likely have led to significantly higher volatility in the event of a stock exchange listing," Credit Suisse AG said. With UBS taking over Credit Suisse earlier this year and in the process of integrating its former rival, the decision would also give allow the newly formed real estate unit within UBS Asset Management to coordinate and refocus its offering. Reporting by Noele Illien; Editing by Christopher CushingOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Tyrone Siu, Noele Illien, Christopher Cushing Organizations: Credit, REUTERS, Rights, UBS, Suisse AG, Credit Suisse, Management, Thomson Locations: Credit Suisse, Hong Kong, China, Swiss

☆ UBS ends state guarantee granted over Credit Suisse rescue
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Noele Illien | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The Swiss government provided 9 billion francs ($10.3 billion) of loss protection guarantees to UBS as part of the state-sponsored takeover of Credit Suisse earlier this year. UBS also said that Credit Suisse had fully repaid an Emergency Liquidity Assistance Plus (ELA+) loan of 50 billion francs to the SNB. "The early voluntary repayment could potentially also help in other matters, such as negotiating the retention of the Credit Suisse Swiss business, in our view," Citi analyst Andrew Coombs said. Credit Suisse and UBS also borrowed 168 billion francs from the SNB in various emergency liquidity schemes to ease the takeover. Government help included a guarantee of up to 9 billion francs for losses UBS might incur from the sale of Credit Suisse assets, beyond 5 billion francs that UBS agreed to cover itself.

Persons: Arnd, ELA, Andreas Venditti, Andrew Coombs, Switzerland's, Noele, Jacqueline Wong, Mark Potter Organizations: Swiss, UBS, REUTERS, Suisse, Credit Suisse, Swiss National Bank, Confederation, Credit Suisse Swiss, Citi, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Zurich, ZURICH, Swiss

☆ Credit Suisse announces management changes at Swiss bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

ZURICH, July 17 (Reuters) - Credit Suisse Switzerland executive board member Daniel Hunziker will take over the leadership of the bank's corporate clients business, it said on Monday. Hunziker will take on the new position in addition to his existing job as head of institutional clients at Credit Suisse with immediate effect. The move is the latest management change announced since UBS's (UBSG.S) takeover of Credit Suisse. Credit Suisse also announced on Monday that Andreas Gerber, head of corporate banking and another member of the Credit Suisse Switzerland executive board, will leave the bank. The banking veteran will "take a break for the time being" after 34 years at Credit Suisse and Schweizerische Volksbank, Credit Suisse said.

Persons: Daniel Hunziker, Hunziker, Andreas Gerber, John Revill, David Holmes Organizations: Credit Suisse, Thomson Locations: ZURICH, Credit Suisse Switzerland, Schweizerische

☆ Credit Suisse inquiry will keep files secret for 50 years, paper reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] The logo of Credit Suisse is pictured in front of the Swiss Parliament Building, in Bern, Switzerland, March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File PhotoZURICH, July 15 (Reuters) - A parliamentary investigation into the collapse of Credit Suisse will keep its files closed for 50 years, newspaper Aargauer Zeitung reported, triggering concerns among Swiss historians. The Swiss parliament did not respond to a request for comment on Saturday. The investigation will focus on the activities of the Swiss government, financial regulator and central bank in the run up to emergency takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS in March. It could have the power to question the Credit Suisse bankers involved, but they will not be the focus of the inquiry.

Persons: Denis Balibouse, Sacha Zala, Isabelle Chassot, Zala, John Revill, David Evans Organizations: Credit Suisse, Swiss, REUTERS, Suisse, Aargauer Zeitung, Swiss Federal Archives, Swiss Society, UBS, Thomson Locations: Bern, Switzerland, ZURICH, Swiss

[1/2] The logo of Credit Suisse is pictured in front of the Swiss Parliament Building, in Bern, Switzerland, March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse//File PhotoBERN, July 13 (Reuters) - A Swiss parliamentary investigation into the role played by state institutions in the collapse and emergency rescue of Switzerland's second biggest lender Credit Suisse will take 12 to 14 months to complete, its president said on Thursday. The investigation committee is Swiss lawmakers' most powerful tool and this is only the fifth time such a parliamentary probe has been launched. It will also examine the role played by financial regulator FINMA as well as the Swiss National Bank. UBS (UBSG.S) agreed to buy Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.48 billion) in March after panicked customers withdrew cash from their accounts at the stricken lender.

Persons: Denis Balibouse, Isabelle Chassot, Noele Illien, John Revill, David Evans, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: Credit Suisse, Swiss, REUTERS, Suisse, Swiss National Bank, UBS, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Bern, Switzerland, BERN, Swiss, Die Mitte, Zurich

☆ Julius Baer wants to double assets under management - Handelsblatt
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

ZURICH, July 10 (Reuters) - Swiss bank Julius Baer (BAER.S) can double its assets under management to 1 trillion Swiss francs ($1.12 trillion), CEO Philipp Rickenbacher said in an interview with German daily Handelsblatt on Monday. Achieving the goal would mean a massive increase from the 429 billion francs in assets that Julius Baer currently manages, but it is possible, the daily reported, adding that Rickenbacher declined to give a timeline on when the target could be achieved. "But we are in growth mode and such ambitions are not unrealistic," he said, adding that attracting former Credit Suisse clients will take time. "Perhaps the market has overestimated the speed of the shifts," Rickenbacher said. ($1 = 0.8912 Swiss francs)Reporting by John Revill; Editing by Sherry Jacob-PhillipsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Julius Baer, Philipp Rickenbacher, Rickenbacher, John Revill, Sherry Jacob, Phillips Organizations: Credit Suisse, Silicon Valley Bank, Thomson Locations: ZURICH, Swiss, Silicon

☆ How UBS can cling on to its Swiss purchase
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Liam Proud | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

The Swiss bank is under pressure to offload Credit Suisse’s local business to ease a political backlash in its home market. UBS acquired the subsidiary known as Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG as part of its rescue of the ailing lender in March. Many lawmakers and voters dislike the tie-up, in part because taxpayers provided $10 billion of insurance against possible losses on Credit Suisse assets. Ermotti, who previously ran UBS between 2011 and 2020, now favours keeping the business, according to Swiss media reports. If Ermotti can avoid large-scale job losses in the coming years, he may be able to hang onto his Swiss purchase.

Persons: Sergio Ermotti, Ermotti, Ralph Hamers, Lukas Gähwiler, GRACE, Peter Thal Larsen, Katrina Hamlin Organizations: Reuters, UBS boss’s, UBS, Credit Suisse, AG, Swiss National Bank, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Credit Suisse Schweiz, Suisse, Reuters Graphics, Credit, JPMorgan, Schweiz, Thomson Locations: Swiss, Schweiz, Switzerland’s, Switzerland, Europe, Ermotti

☆ Credit Suisse investor group joins claim seeking better UBS takeover price
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( John Revill | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

ZURICH, July 4 (Reuters) - A Swiss proxy adviser representing some former Credit Suisse shareholders has backed a class-action lawsuit seeking a better price from UBS (UBSG.S) for its takeover of its cross-town rival, it said on Tuesday. Under the deal, sealed last month, Credit Suisse shareholders were offered one UBS share for 22.48 Credit Suisse shares, valuing the stricken bank at 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.35 billion). Just 48 hours before deal was struck, Credit Suisse was worth 7 billion francs, Ethos said. If successful, all Credit Suisse shareholders would benefit from the new exchange ratio, it said. Ethos has previously raised concerns about how the acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS was carried out, particularly that the deal was forced through without consulting shareholders.

Persons: Vincent Kaufmann, LegalPass, FINMA, Kaufmann, Alexandre Osti, John Revill, Conor Humphries Organizations: Credit Suisse, UBS, Ethos Foundation, Credit, Suisse, Thomson Locations: ZURICH, Swiss, Lausanne, Zurich, LegalPass

☆ Focus: UBS goes on hiring spree for wealth managers catering to rich Americans
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Tatiana Bautzer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Of those, 30 came after the Credit Suisse deal was announced in March. With the Credit Suisse deal, UBS became the world's second-largest wealth manager. “The U.S. is the largest wealth market globally, and in recent years there has been unprecedented growth," Iqbal Khan, UBS' president of global wealth management, told Reuters. Reuters GraphicsUBS' ranks of financial advisers in the U.S. have swelled by more than 25% in the last three years. “Over the next 20 years, we'll see the greatest transfer of wealth in history," said Khan, who joined UBS from Credit Suisse in 2019.

Persons: Bank of America's Merrill Lynch, Iqbal Khan, ”, Khan, Wells, John Mathews, We’ve, Johann Scholtz, we'll, Tatiana Bautzer, Paritosh Bansal, Lananh Nguyen Organizations: YORK, UBS, Credit Suisse, Bank of America's, JPMorgan Chase's, First Republic Bank, Citigroup, BG Group, Merrill, Reuters, Reuters Graphics UBS, Wealth, Thomson Locations: Wells Fargo, Europe, Asia, U.S, California, Americas, New York

☆ Swiss National Bank calls for new measures after Credit Suisse crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Noele Illien | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

ZURICH, June 22 (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank (SNB) on Thursday said it was crucial to draw lessons from the Credit Suisse crisis that led to the bank's downfall and forced rescue by rival UBS (UBSG.S) and consider measures that would prevent such events in the future. Switzerland's largest bank recently grew even bigger, following its rescue of embattled Credit Suisse in a takeover engineered by Swiss authorities in March and formalised by UBS on June 12. The SNB said it was not yet able to judge how resilient the newly merged bank would be. The central bank said there were, however, three key observations to come from the crisis, including that compliance with capital requirements is necessary but not sufficient to ensure confidence in a bank. The SNB also said that the scale and pace of deposit outflows at Credit Suisse that resulted from the loss of confidence were unprecedented and more severe than assumed under the liquidity regulations.

Persons: Noele Illien, John Revill, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: Swiss National Bank, Credit Suisse, UBS, Swiss, Thomson Locations: ZURICH, Switzerland, Swiss

HONG KONG, June 21 (Reuters) - UBS (UBSG.S) will start cutting Asia investment banking jobs at Credit Suisse next month, three people with knowledge of the matter said, as the banks move towards integrating businesses. In the Asia Pacific region, there will be significant reduction in Credit Suisse investment bankers covering Australia and China, where the two banks overlap most, two of the sources said. UBS is also looking to axe most of Credit Suisse's Asia consumer and retail and general industrial group coverage teams, the two sources said. Both UBS and Credit Suisse declined to comment. The bulk of Credit Suisse investment bankers in Southeast Asia have left, said one of the three sources and a fourth person with knowledge of the matter.

Persons: Kane Wu, Selena Li, Yantoultra Ngui, David Goodman Organizations: UBS, Credit Suisse, Credit, Former Credit Suisse, Thomson Locations: HONG KONG, Asia, Credit Suisse, Australia, China, Credit, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Singapore

☆ UBS faces big penalty over Credit Suisse's Archegos failings -FT
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

UBS has asked the U.S. Federal Reserve, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority and UK's Prudential Regulation Authority to publish their findings and announce any penalties jointly at the end of July, FT reported. The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority does not have the power to fine financial institutions, president Marlene Amstad said in May. The New York-based firm's demise caused billions of dollars in losses for Credit Suisse. UBS completed its emergency takeover of embattled rival Credit Suisse last week, forging a Swiss banking and wealth management giant with a $1.6 trillion balance sheet. It set aside $4 billion for potential lawsuits on the Credit Suisse deal in May, according to a presentation.

Persons: Marlene Amstad, Archegos, Chandni Shah, Lisa Shumaker, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: UBS Group AG, Archegos, Swiss, Financial, UBS, U.S . Federal Reserve, Swiss Financial Market, Authority, Prudential, U.S . Federal, Suisse, Credit Suisse, U.S, Fed, Thomson Locations: U.S, New York, Bengaluru

☆ UBS Just Outlined the Key People Tasked With Integrating Credit Suisse
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Monday marked the official closing of UBS' acquisition of Swiss rival Credit Suisse, a deal both sides weren't exactly thrilled about. Specifically, the bank identified the Credit Suisse execs sitting in positions of power within its investment bank and wealth management division. UBS has not been bashful in hinting at what it is, and is not, interested in integrating from Credit Suisse. Credit Suisse was in rough shape by the time it got acquired, but that's not to say there weren't talented bankers there. Read more about the leaders of UBS' wealth and investment bank teams following its Credit Suisse deal.

Persons: Dan DeFrancesco, we've, Insider's Michelle Abrego, Kaja Whitehouse, that's, Read, Alexander Soros, George Soros, Jeffrey Epstein, Thoma, Nasdaq's, Morgan Stanley, Sam, Here's, Alex Soros, it's, We've, Jeffrey Cane, Hallam Bullock Organizations: Nasdaq, UBS, Swiss, Credit Suisse, Suisse, Credit Suisse execs, Lehman Brothers, George Soros Getty, JPMorgan, Thoma Bravo, Soros, Open Society Foundation, LinkedIn Locations: secondaries, New York, London

THE SWISS BANKPossibly the first hurdle is a politically fraught decision on Credit Suisse's "crown jewel", its domestic business. But UBS will have to weigh that against public pressure to keep the Credit Suisse business separate with its own brand, identity and, critically, workforce. However, insiders talk of rivals aggressively wooing Credit Suisse clients and employees. Clients who would typically bank both with UBS and Credit Suisse to spread their risk, might now take some of that business elsewhere. One potential risk stems from legal challenges to the decision by Swiss authorities to write off special AT1 bonds issued by Credit Suisse.

Persons: Sergio Ermotti, Ermotti, Colm Kelleher, Alan Mudie, Arturo Bris, Kelleher, Lars Schweizer, John Revill, Oliver Hirt, Noele Illien, Tomasz Janowski, Elisa Martinuzzi, Alexander Smith Organizations: Credit Suisse, UBS, Suisse, Woodman Asset Management, Finance, International Institute for Management Development, Reuters Graphics, Credit, Frankfurt University, Barclays, Thomson Locations: ZURICH, Switzerland, Swiss, Lausanne

☆ Factbox: Credit Suisse arrivals and departures after UBS seals takeover
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Here are the highlights:OUTLeaving the company:* Credit Suisse General Counsel Markus Diethelm. The Swiss-Italian national returned to Credit Suisse in January 2022 as head of its wealth management division after a stint leading Australian wealth management company AMP. NEWCOMERSA logo is pictured on the Credit Suisse bank in Geneva, Switzerland, March 15, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File PhotoAppointments to the executive board of Credit Suisse AG:* Michael Ebert - becomes Head of Credit Suisse for the investment bank, and head of Americas for the investment bank at UBS. * Andre Helfenstein - continues as CEO Swiss bank, the jewel in the Credit Suisse business whose future UBS is currently considering.

Persons: Markus Diethelm, Romeo Cerutti, Dixit Joshi, Edwin Low, David Miller, Ken Pang, Pang, Francesco De Ferrari, Iqbal Khan, Joanne Hannaford, Mike Dargan, David Wildermuth, Christian Bluhm, Denis Balibouse, Michael Ebert, Simon Grimwood, Isabelle Hennebelle, Claude Honegger, Mike Rongetti, Jake Scrivens, Yves, Alain Sommerhalder, Damian Vogel, Christine Graeff, Andre Helfenstein, Francesca McDonagh, Nita Patel, Goldman Sachs, John Revill, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: UBS, Credit Suisse, Credit, Deutsche Bank, Asia, Global, UBS Global Wealth Management, Italian, AMP, Wealth Management, . Technology, UBS Group, Operations, Technology, Americas, REUTERS, Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse Operations, Credit Suisse Chief Technology, Suisse Asset Management, EMEA, European Central Bank, Human, Swiss, Thomson Locations: ZURICH, China, Americas, Asia, Hong Kong, Swiss, Geneva, Switzerland

The loss protection agreement (LPA) will become effective with the completion of Credit Suisse takeover, expected as early as June 12, UBS said in a separate statement. The guarantees will kick in if UBS incurs losses from the sale of Credit Suisse assets beyond 5 billion francs that the lender is due to cover itself. The money was made available by the government to ease the emergency takeover of Credit Suisse, whose collapse risked triggering a global financial crisis. "To make the takeover possible, the government granted UBS a guarantee for any losses incurred in the liquidation of Credit Suisse assets," the government said in a statement. The agreement will remain in place until the final realisation of the Credit Suisse assets.

Persons: Denis Balibouse, Noele Illien, John Revill, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: Swiss, UBS, REUTERS, Suisse, Credit Suisse, country's Social, Credit Suisse's, Thomson Locations: Zurich, Switzerland, ZURICH, Swiss

☆ UBS and Swiss government sign Credit Suisse loss-sharing deal clearing way for deal to close
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

UBS and the Swiss government have agreed on how they will share losses linked to the bank’s emergency takeover of Credit Suisse, which will create a giant Swiss bank. The agreement announced Friday has been negotiated since the rescue of Credit Suisse (CS) in March. The Swiss government will guarantee up to 9 billion Swiss francs ($9.98 billion) of losses that UBS may incur from the sale of its rival’s assets beyond 5 billion francs, which the lender is due to cover itself. The Swiss government made the cash available to facilitate the emergency takeover of Credit Suisse and avoid a broader banking crisis that a collapse of the lender could provoke. The loss protection agreement will become effective with the completion of the Credit Suisse takeover, expected as early as June 12, UBS said in a separate statement.

Persons: Sergio Ermotti, ” Ermotti, “, Ermotti, Andreas Venditti, ” Organizations: UBS, Swiss, Credit Suisse, Swiss Economic, country’s Social, Credit Suisse’s Locations: Swiss, Switzerland, Interlaken

☆ UBS’s $10 bln state guarantee is a useful fantasy
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Liam Proud | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

LONDON, June 7 (Reuters Breakingviews) - UBS (UBSG.S) and the Swiss government have negotiated a state backstop that neither side wants to use. The scheme, designed to sweeten the Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) rescue, would see the government cover $10 billion of losses on former Credit Suisse assets after UBS swallows the first $6 billion. One option could be for the state to guarantee only a limited subset of former Credit Suisse assets – just the ones that UBS plans to get rid of, for example, like fixed-income derivatives. The government could also insist on dividend or buyback restrictions if the Swiss bank ever taps the scheme. The guarantee would only kick in after UBS has swallowed 5 billion Swiss francs ($6 billion) of losses.

Persons: Sergio Ermotti, Karin Keller, Sutter, Ermotti, that’s, ”, Neil Unmack, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Reuters, UBS, Swiss, bank’s, Credit Suisse, Switzerland’s Social, –, RBC, AG, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Thomson Locations: Swiss

Banks typically sold these perpetual bonds - known as AT1 bonds - with five years before an option to repay was triggered. In the past, investors got their money back, and banks replaced the bonds with new ones, but some are changing tack. The banks' actions show how the wipeout of billions of dollars of Credit Suisse AT1 bonds still reverberates around this market, which is estimated at roughly $275 billion. "The AT1 market is splitting," said Alessandro Cameroni, a portfolio manager at asset manager Lemanik. SHOCK ABSORBERThe AT1 bonds were designed to help banks absorb losses, and they count towards their capital buffers.

Persons: Kai Pfaffenbach, Banks, Alessandro Cameroni, Lemanik, Peter Harvey, Federated Hermes, Italy's, Morgan Stanley, Karsten Junius, J . Safra Sarasin, Chiara Elisei, Carlo Giovanni Boffa, Jane Merriman Organizations: REUTERS, Suisse, Raiffeisen Bank, Reuters, Deutsche, Aareal Bank, Credit Suisse, Investors, Federated, Lloyds, Societe Generale, UBS, Santander, J ., Thomson Locations: Frankfurt, Germany, Ukraine, Swiss, Schroders, Russia

Embattled Credit Suisse had been preparing for years to set up a wholly owned local bank in China. Credit Suisse and UBS declined to comment. The clock is ticking for UBS to close the deal with Credit Suisse. The China Securities Regulatory Commission did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. UBS currently runs a 67%-owned securities joint venture with a Beijing state-owned company.

Persons: Sergio Ermotti, Summer Zhen, Selena Li, Engen Tham, Sumeet Chatterjee, Muralikumar Organizations: Credit Suisse, UBS, Swiss, Credit, National Financial Regulatory Administration, Suisse's, China Securities Regulatory Commission, Thomson Locations: HONG KONG, SHANGHAI, China, Swiss, Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai

☆ Credit Suisse drops China bank plan to avoid regulatory conflict under UBS, sources tell Reuters
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The Credit Suisse logo seen displayed on a smartphone and UBS logo on the background. Credit Suisse has scrapped plans to set up a locally incorporated bank in China to avoid a potential regulatory conflict arising from its merger with UBS , said two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. The embattled Swiss bank currently offers wealth management, securities brokerage, and investment consulting services in the world's second-largest economy to clients under its securities joint venture. After years of preparations, Credit Suisse has now decided to abort its plan to apply for a license to set up the so-called locally incorporated bank, said the two sources. The reason for the decision to drop the plan was that UBS, which is acquiring Credit Suisse as part of a government-orchestrated rescue of its Swiss rival, already has a locally incorporated bank in China, said the sources.

Organizations: UBS, Credit Suisse Locations: China, Swiss

☆ Bidzina Ivanishvili: Credit Suisse ordered to pay $926 million to Georgia's former prime minister
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Credit Suisse was ordered to pay $926 million to Georgia’s former prime minister Friday for losing part of his fortune, in a Singapore court ruling that represents one of the biggest legal awards made against the bank. Credit Suisse (CSGKF) said it would appeal the decision. Billionaire businessman Ivanishvili, who was Georgia’s prime minister in 2012 to 2013, had placed $1.1 billion under the custodianship of Credit Suisse Trust in 2005, the court heard. It should have prevented Patrice Lescaudron, an adviser at Credit Suisse Trust in Singapore who was later convicted of fraud, from having access to them. AppealThe $926 million to be paid by Credit Suisse will be reduced by $79 million it had already paid in December.

☆ UBS flags $17 bln hit from Credit Suisse takeover
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

May 16 (Reuters) - UBS Group AG (UBSG.S) expects a financial hit of about $17 billion from the takeover of Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN.S), the bank said in a presentation early on Wednesday as it prepares to complete the rescue of its struggling Swiss rival. The Swiss state is backing the deal with up to 250 billion Swiss francs in public funds. Switzerland's government is providing a guarantee of up to 9 billion francs for further potential losses on a clearly defined part of Credit Suisse portfolio. Credit Suisse faces certain restrictions in its ability to do business until its acquisition by UBS is completed, according to a regulatory filing on Tuesday. Following the legal closing of the transaction, UBS Group AG plans to manage two separate parent companies – UBS AG and Credit Suisse AG, UBS said last week.

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