Credit Suisse and European bank stocks tumbling: How bad is it? March 15, 2023 Credit Suisse and a host of other European stocks have all suffered significant falls in Tuesday morning trading. The embattled Zurich lender took a blow after the chair of the Saudi National Bank, its largest shareholder, said he would not put additional capital in the firm if required. That built on further concerns in the [...]
Freefall: Credit Suisse potentially ‘next shoe to fall’ as bank contagion fears spread across Europe March 15, 2023 Shares in Credit Suisse tanked today after one of its main shareholders ruled out providing new funding to the embattled lender prompting a major sell-off in the wider European banking sector. Credit Suisse shares traded as much as 30 per cent down earlier on Wednesday, and are now trading around 23 per cent lower. Banking [...]
Credit Suisse woes mount as shares fall on discovery of ‘material weaknesses’ in financial reporting controls March 14, 2023 Credit Suisse’s shares continued to slide after it found “material weaknesses” in its financial reporting controls as it released its delayed annual report. The bank’s shares were trading 4.4 per cent lower on Tuesday morning at just CHF2.16. The embattled lender said its “internal control over financial reporting was not effective” for both 2021 and [...]
Credit Suisse delays annual report after call from SEC March 9, 2023 Credit Suisse has delayed publishing its annual report following a call from the US Securities and Exchange Commission late on Wednesday evening, the lender said today. The SEC were concerned by cash flow statements in 2019 and 2020 as well as “related controls”. In its 2021 annual report, Credit Suisse revised how it filed a [...]
Credit Suisse’s former top shareholder Harris Associates dumps stake in beleaguered bank March 6, 2023 Long-standing Credit Suisse shareholder, Harris Associates, has sold its entire stake over the past few months, its chief investment officer David Herro has said. Herro told the Financial Times the investor had lost patience with Credit Suisse’s strategy to stem persistent losses and its client exodus. Herro had been a prominent supporter of Credit Suisse [...]
Credit Suisse relationship with Greensill Capital ‘seriously breached’ rules, says Swiss regulator February 28, 2023 Credit Suisse “seriously breached its supervisory obligations” in its relationship with Greensill Capital, according to the Swiss financial watchdog Finma. Finma said the failures were due to poor risk management and “serious deficiencies” in its organisational structures After concluding its probe, Finma has ordered the bank to “periodically review” its most important business relationships, in [...]
Credit Suisse claims it has turned a corner but investors are unconvinced February 9, 2023 Credit Suisse said today that it has turned a corner after a “horrific” 2022, but investors were less convinced as its share price dropped by nearly 13 per cent in afternoon trading. The sick man of European banking posted a CHF1.4bn (£1.3bn) quarterly loss today, bringing its total loss for the full year to CHF7.3bn. [...]
Credit Suisse: Beleaguered lender posts £6.6bn loss for 2022 as it undergoes ‘radical’ restructuring to create ‘new’ bank February 9, 2023 Credit Suisse slumped to a mammoth CHF7.3bn (£6.6bn) loss in 2022 as it posted yet another eye watering quarterly loss in the fourth quarter. Revenue at the bank fell 33 per cent compared to the same period last year while its loss between October and December was CHF1.4bn. The embattled Swiss lender had a “horrifying” [...]
Big Four look to hire London’s laid-off bankers to bolster their M&A teams February 6, 2023 The Big Four accounting firms – Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC – are seeking to hire laid-off bankers to bolster the ranks of their M&A advisory arms in the City. Top execs told City A.M. the world’s biggest professional services firms are seeking to capitalise on the downturn in big M&A deals by poaching talent [...]
UBS posts profits of £1.4bn as banking giant reaps rewards of cost cutting and a reported client exodus from rival Credit Suisse January 31, 2023 UBS beat analysts’ profit estimates as a drop in expenses and a significant influx of new assets helped offset a fall in revenue. UBS’s profits rose 23 per cent to $1.7bn (£1.4bn) in the fourth quarter of the year, ahead of an estimated $1.3bn. Net interest income at the Swiss lender fell year-on-year compared to [...]