Worried UBS investors have urged the Swiss lender to avoid sweeping job cuts and inflating executive pay as they raised concerns about the creation of a mega-bank after the emergency takeover of smaller rival Credit Suisse.
Addressing more than 1,100 shareholders at the St Jakobshalle arena in Münchenstein, near Basel, UBS bosses said they understood why investors may be “bewildered or even angry” after the surprise deal last month, following weeks of panic about the health of the banking sector.