UBS
UBS Group AG is a Swiss-based multinational investment bank and financial services company based in Switzerland. It is the largest Swiss banking institution and the largest private bank in the world.
UBS to finalise Credit Suisse acquisition by 12 June
UBS to finalise Credit Suisse acquisition by 12 June
After the acquisition, Credit Suisse and American Depositary Shares will be removed from SIX and NYSE.
Weekly Global News Wrap: Grupo Mexico closing in on $7b Citi Banamex deal; Bank of America opens Luxembourg branch
And Credit Suisse CEO to join UBS board once deal is completed.
UBS appoints new CFO following Credit Suisse’s takeover
Todd Tuckner will take on the CFO post at the close of the acquisition.
Weekly Global News Wrap: UBS to retain only few Credit Suisse senior bankers; open banking to increase liquidity risk
And the UK must make it easier for banking staff to work remotely, says industry body.
Weekly Global News Wrap: UBS appoints Sergio Ermotti as group CEO; French authorities search banks on suspicion of fiscal fraud
And a top US regulator said Silicon Valley Bank did a terrible job of managing risk.
Weekly Global News Wrap: Credit Suisse’s $17.2b of bonds written down to none; Credit Suisse says clients may want to move assets after merger
And Hong Kong pushes to become a virtual asset hub.
UBS buys Credit Suisse in “emergency rescue”
The $3.2b acquisition has the full support of Swiss financial regulators, UBS said.
Weekly Global News Wrap: US banks’ profits to fall; Crypto lender Celsius goes bankrupt
And UBS appoints Iqbal Khan as head of its wealth management division.
UBS, Credit Suisse’s wealth ambitions in Asia besieged by deleveraging
Both banks posted dismal wealth results in Q1.
Weekly Global News Wrap: HSBC profits slide in 2021; UBS posts best Q1 profit in 15 years
And Swedish bank SEB signs up its first banking-as-a-service client.
Weekly Global News Wrap: India poised for digital rupee launch; UBS reports best annual profits since GFC
And Goldman Sachs’ US staff returns to office for the first time in 2022.
Weekly Global News Wrap: Bank of America's senior bankers receive pay raise; UBS buys wealth mgmt provider Wealthfront
And Deutsche Bank said it’ll undertake a $339m share buyback.
Weekly Global News Wrap: Australia iffy with digital currency; JP Morgan eases overdraft fees
And UBS Switzerland to propose a new board chairman.
Weekly Global News Wrap: UBS posts best quarterly profits in six years; Italy’s Monte dei Paschi rescue deal collapses
And Citigroup warns of charges related to the closing of S. Korea consumer business.
Weekly Global News Wrap: British financial watchdog might visit bankers working from home; UBS creates AI team
And Barclays opens Glasgow campus.
Hong Kong bankers’ exodus accelerates amidst strict quarantine rules: report
UBS recently shifted to two senior bankers and might move eight more to China.
Singapore wealth platform Endowus gets backing from UBS, others
It will use the funds to expand in the country and in Hong Kong.
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