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  • David RubensteinFinance

    A CEO abruptly resigned from a board after leaked emails reportedly showed inappropriate influence

    By Marion Halftermeyer and Bloomberg
  • Sergio Ermotti, chief executive officer of UBS Group AG, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in Zurich, Switzerland, on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. UBS attracted $28 billion from wealthy clients in the months running up to its takeover of Credit Suisse Group AG, in an early indication of how many assets the combined firms will be able to retain. Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    UBS plans to gut Credit Suisse by laying off 35,000 workers after buying the struggling bank in a fire sale

    By Marion Halftermeyer, Laura Benitez, and others
  • A signs of Swiss bank Credit Suisse is seen in Basel, on April 4, 2023 on the eve of the general meeting of shareholders following the takeover by UBS of Credit Suisse hastily arranged by the Swiss government on March 19, 2023 to prevent a financial meltdown. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Credit Suisse’s ugly demise revealed: A $69 billion panic, a close call with a historic bankruptcy and a record profit from wiping out bondholders

    By Marion Halftermeyer and Bloomberg
  • Axel Lehmann, chairman of Credit Suisse GroupFinance

    Credit Suisse failure follows years of scandal and mistrust—with an Ohio mattress company playing a role

    By Marion Halftermeyer, Myriam Balezou, and others
  • UBS Chairman Colm KelleherFinance

    UBS on Credit Suisse takeover: ‘We will be de-risking a lot of the tricky businesses that we are inheriting’

    By Marion Halftermeyer, Myriam Balezou, 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
  • The logo of Credit Suisse on the bank's headquarters at nightFinance

    Credit Suisse will borrow as much as $54 billion from the Swiss central bank following a day of market chaos

    By Marion Halftermeyer, Myriam Balezou, and others
  • This photograph taken on May 6, 2022 shows a sign of Switzerland’s second largest bank Credit Suisse on a branch’s building next to a Swiss flag in downtown Geneva. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Credit Suisse CEO’s botched attempt to convince employees that bank is financially stable sends shares to record lows

    By Myriam Balezou, Marion Halftermeyer, and others
  • A man walks next to a branch of Swiss banking giant Credit SuisseFinance

    Credit Suisse investment bankers fear a torching of the division under new CEO Ulrich Koerner

    By Marion Halftermeyer, Myriam Balezou, and others
  • This illustration photo shows a sign with the logo of Switzerland’s second largest bank “Credit Suisse” at their headquarters in Zurich on March 23, 2022. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Credit Suisse may replace top lawyer as legal battles mount

    By Marion Halftermeyer and Bloomberg
  • Antonio Horta-Osorio, chairman of Credit Suisse Group AG, during a Bloomberg Television interview at the company’s offices in London, U.K., on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021. Credit Suisse said it will post a net loss in the fourth quarter on the back of a 1.6 billion-franc ($1.8 billion) impairment tied to its restructuring, as charges and legal fees accompany its efforts to reboot strategy in the wake of a string of scandals. Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Credit Suisse’s chairman resigns just nine months into the job, after breaking Swiss and U.K. quarantine rules

    By Patrick Winters, Marion Halftermeyer, and others
  • UBS logo is seen on the office building in Krakow, Poland on April 21, 2021. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Finance

    Add UBS to the hit list of banks that lost big in the Archegos collapse

    By Marion Halftermeyer and Bloomberg
  • A Credit Suisse logo on the roof of the Credit Suisse Group AG headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday, April 8, 2021. Credit Suisse Chief Executive Officer Thomas Gottstein gathered dozens of managing directors at the global bank on a conference call late Tuesday, as part of crisis-management efforts after the lender announced that it stands to lose as much as $4.7 billion amid the meltdown of hedge fund Archegos Capital Management. Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Credit Suisse’s risk chief was also the chief sales person before Archegos collapsed

    By Sridhar Natarajan, Marion Halftermeyer, and others
  • LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 30: The Credit Suisse building in Canary Wharf on March 30, 2021 in London, England. A number of banks, including Credit Suisse and Nomura, have warned of significant losses to their Q1 results due to the collapse of a large US hedge fund. Credit Suisse shares fell nearly 14% and Nomura by over 16% on Monday at the news. Nomura reported a potential $2 billion loss as the US investment fund reported to be Archegos Capital Management run by billionaire Bill Hwang, was forced to liquidate more than $20 billion of assets after it defaulted on margin calls last week. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)Finance

    Banks on the wrong side of the Archegos meltdown could lose up to $10 billion: JPMorgan

    By Jan-Patrick Barnert, Marion Halftermeyer, and others