Myriam Balezou

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  • sergio ermottiFinance

    UBS earnings hit $1.8 billion as Credit Suisse acquisition starts to pay off

    By Myriam Balezou 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ralph Hamers, chief executive officer of UBS Group AG, during a Bloomberg Television interview on the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. The annual Davos gathering of political leaders, top executives and celebrities runs from January 16 to 20. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Major bank cuts staff bonuses by 10%—but gives its CEO a 11% raise

    By Myriam Balezou and Bloomberg
  • Axel LehmannFinance

    ‘It was a horrifying year’: Credit Suisse chairman warns ‘it will not look great’ for bonus season

    By Myriam Balezou, Francine Lacqua, 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
  • Pedestrians pass by a Credit Suisse Group AG bank branch 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

    Job cuts in the cards at Credit Suisse following third profit warning of the year

    By Cathy Chan, Ambereen Choudhury, and others