UBS smashes forecasts with $1.4 billion Q3 net profit ZURICH: Swiss banking giant UBS posted net income of $1.4 billion (1.3 billion euros) on Wednesday, the company said... Published 30 Oct, 2024 11:59am
Business & Finance UBS fund management arm reports 3% stake in Swiss National Bank UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG now holds a 3% stake in Swiss National Bank, according to an October filing... Published 25 Oct, 2024 07:29pm
Business & Finance New Swiss central bank chief takes charge in shadow of Credit Suisse trauma ZURICH: As the Swiss National Bank’s new chairman Martin Schlegel takes office this week, the jury is out on the... Published 30 Sep, 2024 12:07pm
Business & Finance Swiss authorities draw flak in Credit Suisse probe: report ZURICH: Preliminary findings in an eagerly awaited parliamentary report into the 2023 collapse of Credit Suisse have... Published 15 Jul, 2024 06:25am
Business & Finance Challenges await as UBS makes Credit Suisse merger official ZURICH: Banking giant UBS on Monday officially merged its Swiss branches with those of Credit Suisse, but huge... Published 08 Jul, 2024 08:25am
Business & Finance UBS sets aside $900mn for investors hit by Credit Suisse scandal ZURICH: Swiss banking giant UBS said Monday it would set aside $900 million to help compensate investors who took a... Published 17 Jun, 2024 05:16pm
Business & Finance UBS and Credit Suisse’s Swiss units could merge by July 1, executive says ZURICH: The merger of the Swiss units of UBS and Credit Suisse could be completed as early as July 1, a senior... Published 11 Jun, 2024 12:30pm
Business & Finance UBS back in profit after Credit Suisse takeover losses ZURICH: Swiss banking giant UBS on Tuesday said first quarter net profit rose 71 percent to nearly $1.8 billion, far... Published 07 May, 2024 12:43pm
Business & Finance Five waves of UBS layoffs to start in June VIENNA: Layoffs under Swiss banking giant UBS’s cost-cutting programme announced after its takeover of Credit Suisse... Updated 22 Apr, 2024 09:25am
Business & Finance UBS reports 14.4 million Swiss francs for CEO Ermotti in 2023 ZURICH: UBS on Thursday said its CEO Sergio Ermotti picked up 14.4 million Swiss francs in 2023 after taking over... Published 28 Mar, 2024 01:40pm
Business & Finance UBS sells $8bn of Credit Suisse assets to Apollo ZURICH: UBS has sealed the sale of Credit Suisse’s securitised products business to Apollo Global Management as part... Published 28 Mar, 2024 07:20am
Business & Finance UBS sells $8 billion of Credit Suisse assets to Apollo ZURICH: UBS has sealed the sale of the securitised products business of Credit Suisse to Apollo Global Management,... Published 27 Mar, 2024 01:29pm
Business & Finance UBS posts $279-mn Q4 net loss after Credit Suisse takeover ZURICH: Swiss banking giant UBS on Tuesday posted a smaller-than-expected net quarterly loss of $279 million, amid... Published 06 Feb, 2024 12:04pm
Business & Finance UBS unveils big branding push after Credit Suisse takeover ZURICH: UBS on Tuesday unveiled its biggest branding campaign since 2016 to drive growth, spending tens of millions... Published 23 Jan, 2024 02:33pm
Business & Finance Swiss financial watchdog wants to examine clawing back bankers’ bonuses ZURICH: Switzerland’s financial regulator wants to discuss the ability to claw back bonuses from bankers as part ... Published 31 Dec, 2023 03:04am
Markets STOXX 600 ends 2023 up 12.6pc on rate cut optimism PARIS: European shares ended 2023 with an annual gain of almost 13 percent on hopes of softer monetary policy from... Published 30 Dec, 2023 06:28am
Business & Finance Westpac to raise $488 million in additional Tier 1 capital SYDNEY: Westpac Banking Corp, Australia’s third largest bank by market capitalisation, said on Monday it would raise... Published 20 Nov, 2023 10:16am
Business & Finance UBS posts bigger loss than expected as it absorbs Credit Suisse ZURICH: UBS on Tuesday posted a larger-than-expected loss in the third quarter as it integrates Credit Suisse... Published 07 Nov, 2023 01:52pm
Business & Finance UBS to cut Credit Suisse investment bank staff in Spanish overhaul ZURICH: UBS is cutting nearly half of the staff it inherited from Credit Suisse in Spain in the latest restructuring... Published 25 Oct, 2023 08:13pm
Markets Credit Suisse expects Q3 loss of $1.6bn from reclassifying loans ZURICH: Credit Suisse expects to make a third quarter loss of about $1.6 billion from reclassification of loans... Published 29 Sep, 2023 10:12am
World India court warns SpiceJet of ‘drastic action’ if Credit Suisse dues unpaid NEW DELHI: India’s top court on Monday directed SpiceJet to pay $1.5 million in a case related to unpaid dues to... Published 11 Sep, 2023 02:30pm
Business & Finance UBS to absorb Credit Suisse domestic unit, eyes 3,000 job cuts ZURICH: Banking giant UBS said Thursday it plans to fully absorb Credit Suisse’s century-old Swiss division and... Published 01 Sep, 2023 05:41am
Business & Finance UBS to cut more than 3,000 Swiss jobs as it integrates Credit Suisse UBS will cut 3,000 jobs in Switzerland in the coming years as it integrates Credit Suisse, with further staff to go... Published 31 Aug, 2023 01:08pm
Business & Finance UBS posts $29bn profit, Credit Suisse $10bn loss amid merger ZURICH: UBS posted a towering $29-billion net profit in the second quarter amid its takeover of fallen rival Credit... Published 31 Aug, 2023 10:45am
Markets UBS set to post first results since Credit Suisse merger ZURICH: As UBS prepares to post earnings this week, investors and employees are eagerly awaiting clues as to how... Published 29 Aug, 2023 11:23am
Business & Finance UBS shuffles bank bosses in bid to better compete with Wall Street LONDON/NEW YORK: UBS on Monday announced an overhaul of its investment banking division, including naming the... Published 15 Aug, 2023 06:30am
Markets Credit Suisse retail investors plan lawsuit challenging UBS buyout Retail investors who lost money when Credit Suisse was taken over by UBS in March plan to file a lawsuit challenging... Published 13 Aug, 2023 10:23am
Business & Finance UBS no longer taking state aid for Credit Suisse takeover ZURICH: Swiss banking giant UBS voluntarily put an end Friday to the state and central bank support that smoothed ... Published 12 Aug, 2023 06:44am
Markets UBS ends state guarantee granted over Credit Suisse rescue ZURICH: UBS won’t need the government guarantee it secured to rescue failing rival Credit Suisse and has repaid... Published 11 Aug, 2023 12:34pm
Markets Credit Suisse Hong Kong investing banking job cuts, targeting 80%, start this week HONG KONG: Around 80% of Hong Kong-based investment banking staff at Credit Suisse will be laid off and the cuts... Published 07 Aug, 2023 10:55am
KSE-100 closes above 97,000 for the first time as investors dismiss political noise, index gains 1,782 points