Bank panic leads to £55 billion in outflows at fallen giant Credit Suisse Extent of bank run highlights City job fears into the shotgun marriage with UBS Evening Standard · Apr 24, 2023
FTSE 100 Live: CBI dismisses ‘a number of people’; Credit Suisse outflows haven’t stopped Results from collapsed bank Credit Suisse today revealed the scale of the run on assets during last month’s industry turmoil. Evening Standard · Apr 24, 2023
Cheerier finance chiefs still worried about troubles ahead Survey of normally cautious CFOs find them at their most bouyant since 2020 Evening Standard · Apr 21, 2023
Credit Suisse investors suing Swiss regulator after £4bn bond wipeout Finma accused of acting unlawfully and undermining confidence in Switzerland as a financial centre The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2023
Credit Suisse investors sue after facing billions in losses A group of Credit Suisse investors have sued Swiss financial regulators after a government-engineered takeover of the struggling bank by rival UBS left them with billions in losses The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023
Credit Suisse faulted over probe of Nazi-linked accounts U.S. lawmakers have accused the embattled Swiss bank Credit Suisse of limiting the scope of an internal investigation into Nazi clients and Nazi-linked accounts The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2023
Bank of England considers bolstering protection for savers Governor reveals review of payout policy after failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse in March The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2023
Credit Suisse rescue rebuked by half of Swiss parliament Switzerland’s lower house of parliament has issued a searing — though symbolic — rebuke of an emergency plan spearheaded by the executive branch to prop up embattled Credit Suisse and shepherd it into a takeover by Swiss banking rival UBS The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023
IMF forecasts inflation could remain high until 2025, affecting global growth During its annual Spring Meeting in Washington, the International Monetary Fund has revised its forecasts upward to 7 percent for global inflation this year and 4.9 percent in 2024. Those figures, above the target rate of 2 percent, will be contributing factors in slowing down growth, including for developing economies.… France 24 · Apr 12, 2023
Credit Suisse rescue package rejected by Swiss parliament 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. Reuters · Apr 12, 2023
UBS mulls retaining Credit Suisse unit serving India’s rich NEW DELHI: UBS Group AG is considering retaining Credit Suisse Group AG’s private banking unit in India after the emergency rescue of its smaller rival last month, paving the way for a potential return to the market. The Times of India · Apr 12, 2023
IMF warns deeper financial turmoil would hit growth The International Monetary Fund has trimmed its 2023 global growth outlook slightly as higher interest rates cool activity. The New Daily · Apr 11, 2023
Alibaba unveils chatbot as China tightens rules on AI Alibaba is the latest tech company to enter the artificial intelligence race, as it unveils its own chatbot, Tongyi Qianwen. But it could face restrictions before even launching, as authorities in Beijing have outlined draft regulations to govern AI, including the stipulation that such platforms will reflect the core values… France 24 · Apr 11, 2023
Weeks after his ‘big failure’ losing almost $2 billion on SVB, Sweden’s top pension fund chief sacked ‘with immediate effect’ Magnus Billing urged Alecta to “take actions based upon the lessons learned.” The action was his dismissal. Fortune · Apr 11, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2023 Twin threats of rising rates and deglobalisation leave IMF spooked Fund is more cautious about world economic outlook after turmoil at Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse
The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2023 Swiss lawmakers pick apart Credit Suisse woes ahead of deal Switzerland’s parliament is opening a special session to scrutinize the state-imposed takeover of Swiss bank Credit Suisse by rival UBS
Reuters · Apr 11, 2023 Credit Suisse rescue receives initial snub from Swiss parliament Switzerland's parliament on Tuesday failed to approve the 109 billion Swiss francs ($120.5 billion) of financial guarantees used to rescue Credit Suisse last month, in a first-round vote that was largely symbolic given the state had committed the funds.
Bangkok Post · Apr 8, 2023 Credit Suisse failure 'would have crashed Swiss economy' GENEVA: Switzerland’s finance minister says the country’s economy probably would have collapsed had Credit Suisse gone bankrupt.
Fortune · Apr 7, 2023 The Swiss banking giant that just took over Credit Suisse isn’t afraid of empty office buildings. A wave of defaults doesn’t mean a tsunami, it says Commercial real estate “headlines are worse than reality,” wrote UBS analysts in a report published on Thursday.
The Times of India · Apr 6, 2023 Raghuram Rajan says banking system is headed for more trouble Raghuram Rajan — the former International Monetary Fund chief economist who predicted the global financial crisis more than a decade ago — warned that the banking system is headed for more turmoil after the rescues of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse.
Evening Standard · Apr 6, 2023 ‘Too big to fail’ cannot be a licence to behave badly City Voices: Time to get tough with the big banks
The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023 Swiss cut up to $66M in bonuses for top Credit Suisse execs The Swiss government says it’s ordered cuts to the bonuses of top executives of Credit Suisse worth tens of millions combined as the troubled bank heads toward a forced merger with rival UBS
The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2023 UBS bosses urged to avoid job cuts and hikes in their pay after Credit Suisse deal Shareholders line up at AGM to criticise creation of $5tn mega-bank after takeover of smaller rival
Fortune · Apr 5, 2023 The world of finance faces an ethics check No sentiment has been more palpable recently than a general distaste of bankers and their ethics.
The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023 Swiss regulators defend rescue of Credit Suisse via UBS deal The head of the Swiss financial regulator has defended the rescue of Credit Suisse through a controversial takeover by rival bank UBS as the best solution with least risk of spreading a wider crisis and severe damaging Switzerland’s standing as a financial center