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The takeover resulted in $17 billion of Credit Suisse-issued AT1 bonds being written off as worthless, which undermined the creditworthiness of the newly acquired bank. Property rights have also been described by shareholders as weakened in Switzerland because the transaction bypassed any shareholders' statutory approval. [70]
Credit Suisse publishes its investment advice in four publications: Compass, Viewpoints, Research and the Credit Suisse Investment Committee Report. [134] On 5 May 2023, Credit Suisse announced it would buy Ecuadorian bonds worth $1.6 billion in a debt-for-nature swap that costs the Swiss bank only $644 million.
When the acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS was announced on 19 March 2023, Swiss regulator FINMA stated that CHF16 billion ($17 billion) of Credit Suisse additional tier one (AT1) bonds would be written down to zero. [26] Only AT1 bonds issued by the two Swiss banks allow for such in their terms; most such securities have more protections. [27]
Yet, in the heated legal battle concerning Credit Suisse's (CS) mandatory convertible bonds (AT1-Bonds), where nearly 16 billion Swiss francs are at stake for the parties involved, the British paper was repeatedly outpaced by the obscure «Antigua News»: Time and again, the news portal on the Caribbean island, unknown outside of it, reported ...
The tuna bonds scandal (also known as the tuna bond affair or the hidden debt scandal) refers to a debt scandal where the company Privinvest and its owner Iskandar Safa are alleged to have paid over $100 million in bribes to officials in Mozambique and to Credit Suisse for contracts and loans to develop Mozambique's fishing industry and improve maritime security.
Credit Suisse, founded in 1856 and which had managed more than £1 trillion in assets, has had troubles for years but appears to have been tipped over the age by SVB’s collapse. ... bond-holding ...
Credit Suisse First Boston (also known as CSFB and CS First Boston) was the investment banking affiliate of Credit Suisse headquartered in New York. [2]The company was created by the merger of First Boston Corporation and Credit Suisse Group in 1988 and is active in investment banking, capital markets and financial services.
It was named ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management (International) and was licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission. [8] In July 2023, after the Acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS, it was announced by UBS that it had halted plans to set up a new fund unit in China and instead decided to maintain ownership over ICBCCS. China regulations ...