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UBS CEO takes aim again at Swiss capital rules, spooking shares
UBS shares sank on Tuesday after its CEO warned again about the negative impact of new Swiss capital rules and the bank said its buyback plans hinged on no major changes to them. Shares in Switzerland's largest bank initially rose after its fourth quarter profit beat forecasts,
UBS Says Swiss Capital Rule Would Mean Higher Profit Retention
UBS Group AG says it would have to fund any new capital requirement from the Swiss government through higher profit retention, according to the bank’s Chief Financial Officer Todd Tuckner.
UBS warns $3bn buyback plan is hostage to Swiss capital overhaul
UBS warned investors that plans for a $3bn buyback this year could be derailed by reforms to the country’s bank capital regime, taking the shine off quarterly earnings that blew past expectations. UBS became the latest global bank to benefit from the trading frenzy following Donald Trump’s US presidential election victory,
UBS trounces profit forecasts, $3 billion share buyback conditional on capital rules
UBS Group posted fourth-quarter profit that beat forecasts by a wide margin and said it would buy back up to $3 billion in shares this year if there were no major changes to bank capital rules in Switzerland in the near term.
UBS Buyback Plans Fail to Cheer Investors Awaiting Capital Rule
UBS Group AG shares slumped on Tuesday, signaling that uncertainty over an upcoming government decision on capital requirements is overshadowing the bank’s progress in integrating Credit Suisse.
Swiss Regulator Finma Leans Against UBS Plea on Competitiveness
The chief executive of Switzerland’s financial regulator signaled that he’s resisting pressure to accept the competitiveness ...
UBS is European banking’s loneliest mountaineer
Instead of looking over its shoulder at the rest of Europe, Swiss bank would prefer to narrow gap on US rivals ...
Answer to UBS’s chronic US problem may be M&A
Sergio Ermotti has a U.S. problem. The UBS boss acknowledged as much on Tuesday by releasing some new targets for the ...
UBS profit beats forecast as Credit Suisse merger nears end
Swiss banking giant UBS said Tuesday that it remained on track to substantially wrap up its mega-merger with Credit Suisse by ...
UBS Group: Regulatory Overhang Dampens Q4 Earnings Beat
UBS Group AG exceeds Q4 expectations, plans for cost cuts and improved RoCET1, faces challenges post Credit Suisse takeover.
Implicit state guarantee for UBS is worth billions, study says
Swiss bank UBS effectively benefits from a state guarantee that has reduced its costs by billions, a study from the ...
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Swiss Banking Giant UBS Pilots Tokenized Gold on ZKsync Platform
Switzerland's largest bank UBS is testing a digital gold trading system called UBS Key4 Gold on Ethereum's ZKsync Layer-2 ...
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UBS Tests ZKSync's Layer-2 Tech, Showing Deeper TradFi Interest in Crypto
The Swiss banking giant, which has been experimenting with blockchain, tapped the layer-2 firm to test whether it could scale ...