BERLIN—UBS said Monday that it has completed its takeover of embattled rival Credit Suisse, nearly three months after the Swiss government hastily arranged a rescue deal to combine the country’s two largest banks in a bid to safeguard Switzerland’s reputation as a global financial center and choke off market turmoil. A statement from the bank…
UBS Completes Takeover of Credit Suisse in Deal Meant to Stem Global Financial Turmoil
June 12, 2023
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UBS Says Its Rescue of Credit Suisse Was a Rushed Deal With Unclear Risks
Switzerland’s biggest bank UBS said that it was unable to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the assets and liabilities of Credit Suisse as it was pushed by regulators to take over its beleaguered rival in a rushed rescue to stem financial contagion and prevent a systemic meltdown. UBS said in May 16 regulatory filings with…
UBS Reaps $28 Billion in New Money Amid Credit Suisse Fallout
GENEVA—Swiss banking giant UBS said Tuesday that it took in $28 billion in new money from wealthy clients in the first three months of the year, with $7 billion of that coming in the 10 days after the announcement it was taking over ailing rival Credit Suisse. Zurich-based UBS, which is set to become Switzerland’s…
Standard Chartered CEO Warns Banking Sector Risks Will ‘Come Home to Roost’
April 25, 2023
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Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters warned that the U.S. banking sector may face another crisis after avoiding a near collapse last month. He spoke with CNBC’s Joumanna Bercetche on April 24 to discuss the future outlook of the industry. Regulators intervened in March to prevent mass panic after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank,…
Credit Suisse Rescue Package Rejected by Swiss Parliament
April 13, 2023
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BERN—Switzerland’s parliament rejected on Wednesday the government’s 109 billion Swiss francs ($120.82 billion) aid for Credit Suisse’s merger with UBS, leaving the fallen bank’s hastily arranged rescue without a largely symbolic parliamentary blessing. While the upper house had approved the government’s contribution to the rescue package, parliament’s lower, and larger chamber, pushed back again on…
Small Businesses File for Bankruptcy at Record Pace, Surpassing COVID Crash
Small businesses across the United States are experiencing a surge in bankruptcies, surpassing levels not seen since 2020. According to a UBS note reviewed by The Epoch Times, conditions could become worse as the knock-on effects from the recent banking crises begin to manifest. The note from UBS Evidence Lab shows private bankruptcy filings in…
Swiss Prosecutors Probe Credit Suisse Ahead of UBS Takeover
April 3, 2023
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GENEVA—The Swiss attorney general’s office says it has opened a probe into the events surrounding embattled bank Credit Suisse, which is to be taken over by rival UBS. Switzerland’s government and financial regulators helped engineer the hastily arranged, $3.25 billion agreement that was aimed in part to help calm worries about the global financial system…
Sergio Ermotti Returns as UBS CEO to Steer Credit Suisse Takeover
March 29, 2023
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ZURICH—UBS Group AG has rehired Sergio Ermotti as CEO to steer its massive takeover of neighbor Credit Suisse—a surprise move to take advantage of the Swiss banker’s experience rebuilding the bank after the global financial crisis. The trader turned corporate problem fixer faces the tough challenge of laying off thousands of staff, cutting back Credit…
When One Zombie Eats Another: Why UBS’s Rescue of Credit Suisse Changes Nothing
March 21, 2023
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Commentary What happens when one zombie eats another? All the disgusting and fetid zombie parts of the consumed simply move to the consumer. The same is true of zombie banks. When one zombie bank—full of death and corruption but better at hiding it due to superior cosmetics—eats its more visibly ill and compatriot zombie bank,…
Credit Suisse Taken Down by Endless Stream of Scandals
The collapse of Credit Suisse, the Swiss banking giant that ended its 167-year history on Monday morning in a state-sponsored takeover by rival bank UBS, was not the result of mismanaging liquidity or interest rate risk like Silicon Valley Bank, but rather death by a thousand self-inflicted cuts. The past decade featured an endless parade…
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