Jan-Henrik Förster

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  • Blurred passersby walk in front of the Commerzbank logo outside an office buildingFinance

    Commerzbank gears up for potential UniCredit takeover bid

    By Arno Schütze, Jan-Henrik Förster, and others
  • UBS Chairman Colm KelleherFinance

    UBS to buy Credit Suisse for more than $3B in government-brokered deal aiming to restore confidence

    By Marion Halftermeyer, Eyk Henning, and others
  • Ulrich Koerner, chief executive officer of Credit Suisse Group AG, during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, UK, on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Credit Suisse saw client inflows on Monday, as markets were thrown into turmoil after the collapse of multiple regional US banks, Koerner said. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Switzerland mulls nationalization of Credit Suisse as UBS’s $1 billion offer deemed too low

    By Jan-Henrik Förster, Eyk Henning, and others
  • Ulrich Koerner, chief executive officer of Credit Suisse Group AG, during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, UK, on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Credit Suisse saw client inflows on Monday, as markets were thrown into turmoil after the collapse of multiple regional US banks, Koerner said. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    UBS faces pushback after offering to buy Credit Suisse for $1 billion

    By Jan-Henrik Förster, Eyk Henning, and others
  • Christian Sinding, chief executive officer of EQT Partners AB, at the company’s offices in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. EQT, like many of its competitors, has benefited from record deal flow and fund raising for the global private equity industry. Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Buyout giants will see plenty of targets in 2023 thanks to falling valuations—but find acquisitions harder to pull off amid higher borrowing costs

    By Jan-Henrik Förster, Priscila Azevedo Rocha, and others
  • JAPAN-NUCLEAR-TOSHIBA-EARNINGSInternational

    Toshiba buyout by CVC would be the largest private equity-led acquisition in years

    By Yuki Furukawa, Manuel Baigorri, and others
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 29: A Credit Suisse sign hangs outside of it’s Manhattan offices on March 29, 2021 in New York City. Major global banks, including Credit Suisse, are preparing to be hit with billions of dollars in losses after after the US hedge fund Archegos Capital defaulted on margin calls last week. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Finance

    Slammed by ‘significant’ Archegos losses, Credit Suisse shakes up its executive ranks

    By Jan-Henrik Förster, Patrick Winters, and others
  • Commuters walk across a footbridge in the Canary Wharf business and financial district in London, U.K. earlier this year before the coronavirus pandemic forced most offices to close. Wire photography: Jason Alden—Bloomberg via Getty ImagesInternational

    Facing a massive income tax hit, Britain puts the heat on bankers to get back to the office

    By Jan-Henrik Förster, Stefania Spezzati, and others
  • A Credit Suisse logo is displayed on the window of a Credit Suisse Group AG bank branch in Zurich, Switzerland, on Sunday, Sept 29, 2019. Credit Suisse is seeking to draw a line under one of the worst scandals in its recent history after the bank hired a private detective agency to shadow former executive Iqbal Khan because of fears hed poach employees after moving to UBS Group AG. Photographer: Stephen Kelly/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLeadership

    Surveillance and Suicide in Switzerland: Credit Suisse COO Resigns Over Corporate Spying Scandal

    By Patrick Winters, Jan-Henrik Förster, and others