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Credit Suisse Group AG (French pronunciation: [kʁe.di sɥis], lit. ' Swiss Credit ') is a global investment bank and financial services firm founded and based in Switzerland as a standalone firm but now a subsidiary of UBS.
UBS PaineWebber logo in use from 2001 until 2003 when the use of the Paine Webber brand was dropped UBS Warburg was the brand used for the Investment Banking division of UBS from 1999 to 2003. On 3 November 2000, UBS merged with Paine Webber , an American stock brokerage and asset management firm led by chairman and CEO Donald Marron .
UBS also entered the life insurance business in 1993 establishing UBS Life. UBS formed a joint venture with Swiss Life in 1995, known as UBS Swiss Life. UBS took a 25% ownership position in Swiss Life in exchange for a 50% share in the joint venture. [5] UBS entered the 1990s clearly the largest and most conservative of the three large Swiss Banks.
The combined UBS logo incorporated UBS's name with SBC's "three keys" symbol. On December 8, 1997, Union Bank of Switzerland and SBC announced an all-stock merger. At the time of the merger, Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank Corporation were the second and third largest banks in Switzerland, respectively, both trailing Credit Suisse . [ 37 ]
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UBS only wanted Credit Suisse if the price was low, and if Swiss authorities indemnified UBS from any Credit Suisse regulatory violations. [15] [16] On the morning of 19 March, UBS made an offer of 0.25 Swiss francs ($0.27) per share, valuing Credit Suisse at around $1 billion, but the price outraged the Mideast investors. SNB urged Credit ...