Markets hold their nerve in Europe as key interest rate decisions loom Investors are looking ahead to a brace of potentially explosive interest rate decisions later in the week Evening Standard · Mar 21, 2023
What happened to Credit Suisse and why are banks needing bailouts again? Could isolated failures herald another global banking crisis? The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2023
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon reportedly leading discussions on First Republic rescue JPMorgan's 2008 rescues ended up costing the bank $19 billion. Fortune · Mar 21, 2023
Jobs at risk after UBS takeover of Credit Suisse; FTSE 100’s biggest rally of 2023 – as it happened UBS’s rescue of Credit Suisse is expected to result in tens of thousands of job cuts, while bank shares are recovering today on both sides of Atlantic The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2023
Credit Suisse and SVB: Is global banking in crisis? Economists caution against comparisons to 2007-08 bank failures despite persistent market turmoil. Al Jazeera · Mar 21, 2023
Gold skyrockets as banks still wobble Gold prices passed US$2,000 for the first time in more than a year on Monday as UBS's recent takeover of its Swiss rival Credit Suisse for $3.2 billion failed to assure investors about ongoing bank woes. Bangkok Post · Mar 20, 2023
Stock Market Today: Stocks Rise Ahead of Fed Bank headlines dominated another choppy day of trading on Wall Street. Kiplinger · Mar 20, 2023
First Republic Bank shares sink to another record low, but stock markets are calmer Shares in the midsized lender continued to tumble as fears grow about First Republic's financial health grow even after it received a $30 billion lifeline from its bigger rivals last week. WEKU · Mar 20, 2023
Banking system ‘safe’ says Downing Street – but job losses loom at Credit Suisse Credit Suisse employs around 5,500 people in the UK The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023
Banking turmoil questions answered: What it means for you, your mortgage and your pension Financial authorities are now trying to prevent problems spreading throughout the global banking system and a repeat of the disastrous financial meltdown of 2008 Daily Mirror · Mar 20, 2023
Why are banks collapsing? Signature Bank and SVB fail as UBS buys Credit Suisse The aftermath of the SVB collapse led to heavy losses on the London Stock Exchange and a sharp fall in US banking stocks Evening Standard · Mar 20, 2023
OPINION - The Leader podcast: How banking panic could hit London More global banking drama. The Swiss banking giant UBS has acquired its rival Credit Suisse for £2.6 billion in an emergency rescue deal. Evening Standard · Mar 20, 2023
Credit Suisse collapsed weeks after receiving a clean bill of health from regulators The Swiss lender with nearly $575 billion in total assets collapsed at first slowly, then all at once. Fortune · Mar 20, 2023
What are AT1 bank bonds – and why are Credit Suisse’s wiped out? Global banking system is under pressure amid row over who should lose out first when a bank struggles The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2023
The Conversation · Mar 20, 2023 Interest rates: why the Federal Reserve and Bank of England should still raise them (a bit) What will the Federal Reserve and Bank of England do with benchmark interest rates in the wake of the banking crisis? Traditionally, controlling inflation has been the prime mandate of central banks.
The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023 Will the Credit Suisse bank takeover calm financial fears? Globally connected Credit Suisse has been taken over by rival UBS at the urging of Swiss authorities to avoid a collapse that could have sent shock waves through the global economy
The Conversation · Mar 20, 2023 Four ways to protect your small business from a banking crisis The banking sector is currently experiencing great strain, which has resulted in several bank bailouts – most recently UBS’ deal to buy its Swiss competitor Credit Suisse following a collapse in confidence in the latter. HSBC’s acquisition of the UK arm of the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank the previous week…
Evening Standard · Mar 20, 2023 OPINION - Window of opportunity to preserve liveable climate rapidly closing The Metropolitan Police. The Democratic Unionist Party. Xi Jinping in Moscow. Boris Johnson at the Privileges Committee. UBS acquiring Credit Suisse. Beavers marauding around Ealing. There is always something going on that seems more urgent than climate change. More ‘newsy’. I mean, what’s another UN report or additional tonne of…
The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2023 Swiss solve one problem at Credit Suisse, but create another for bondholders Decision over bonds rips up convention and could undermine confidence in banking system
Fortune · Mar 20, 2023 Bitcoin soars past $28,000 to hit its highest point in 9 months as investors get spooked by the banking sector struggles The cryptocurrency had previously struggled to maintain momentum past the $25,000 mark.
Reuters · Mar 20, 2023 Giant bank deal triggers political backlash in Switzerland Switzerland's two biggest political parties sharply criticized UBS's takeover of Credit Suisse saying multi-billion state support for the deal created enormous risks for the country.
The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023 Credit Suisse: What does the takeover mean for UK banks and is your money safe? Bank of England insists UK’s banking system is ‘safe and sound’
Radio France Internationale · Mar 20, 2023 EU, Asia bank shares slide despite UBS decision to buy out Credit Suisse The European financial system is "resilient" the European Central Bank said on Monday, as global bank shares and oil prices slumped following the announcement that Switzerland's biggest bank UBS will take over troubled rival Credit Suisse.
Evening Standard · Mar 20, 2023 OPINION - The Standard View: Central bank co-ordination underlines lessons learned – and the scale of the threat Not long ago, the acquisition of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse by UBS would have been unthinkable. Now, it is happening at speed to prevent the unbearable.
France 24 · Mar 20, 2023 UBS buys Credit Suisse in government-brokered, $3.2 billion all-share deal Credit Suisse, a storied bank established in the 19th century, is in its last days as an independent entity. Switzerland's largest bank UBS has agreed to acquire it in a $3.2 billion all-share deal. The forced takeover was brokered by regulators and the Swiss government, who feared reputational damage to…