Top banker’s housekeeper acquitted in blackmail case
Former employee of ex-Credit Suisse chief asked for compensation for allegedly abusive working conditions
Credit Suisse
Threat of far-right election success in France spooks investors
Sell-off in French stocks as snap election raises prospect of a far-right government in the EU’s second-biggest economy
Credit Suisse investors sue Switzerland in New York court
Bondholders seek damages for what they allege was an unjust violation of their property rights during rescue by rival UBS
UBS deepens cost cuts as it integrates Credit Suisse
Swiss bank says it plans to buy back up to $1bn in shares this year
Eamon Waters snaps up Dublin 8 office block for heavily discounted €14m
Credit Suisse had acquired the Chancery Building from Hibernia Reit for €23.8m in 2017
From AI boom to zombie companies; an A to Z of financial markets in 2023
US powerhouse economy grows by 5.2% in third quarter, is expected to expand by 2.1% in 2023 and 1.5% in 2024
Some 60,000 jobs shed by world’s biggest banks in one of worst years for cuts since financial crisis
Collectively, the big Wall Street banks cut at least 30,000 staff in 2023 with more cuts expected next year
Markets stay calm about Trump – for now
Risk is that US voters ‘demonstrate disregard for the constitution, the rule of law and the reputation and role of the US abroad’
Former Bank of Ireland chief Francesca McDonagh hired to lead German-based funds servicer
UK-born banker found herself at the epicentre of Europe’s biggest banking crisis in more than a decade while at Credit Suisse
Ctrl Alt raises €2.5m in funding round
Ctrl Alt was founded in 2020 by Mr Ong, who previously worked with Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse
Head of Europe’s bank-failure agency ‘reasonably comfortable’ with Irish plans
Dominique Laboureix says Single Resolution Board moving to new phase of its work on banks across the euro-area
Former Bank of Ireland boss McDonagh to leave Credit Suisse for new role
Francesca McDonagh has been tipped to be next NatWest CEO
UBS to absorb Credit Suisse’s domestic bank, eyes €9bn in cost savings
Decision likely to face Swiss public and political backlash and lead to thousands of job losses
Ireland’s Colm Kelleher was always meant to become Europe’s most powerful banker
How Warrington-born Irishman came to oversee the most complicated bank merger in history
Bank outage does little for Ireland’s tarnished image
Bank of Ireland makes headlines across Europe, sharing space with other recent missteps
Credit Suisse retail investors plan lawsuit challenging UBS takeover
Class action claim includes hundreds of failed bank’s former employees
UBS ditches €9.3bn state backstop for Credit Suisse deal
Bank says Swiss government’s protection from losses no longer needed
Credit Suisse collapse inquiry to keep files secret for 50 years
Swiss parliament declines to comment after time frame reported by newspaper Aargauer Zeitung
UBS preparing to cut more than half of Credit Suisse workforce
Lender eyes €5.5 billion in cost savings
Francesca McDonagh to remain at Credit Suisse as UBS completes takeover
Five senior executives leave after rival absorbs stricken bank
UBS imposes tight restrictions on Credit Suisse bankers as takeover completed
List of nearly two dozen ‘red lines’ has been drawn up
UBS and Swiss government seal €9.25bn loss guarantee deal
Agreement is final hurdle ahead of expected completion of Credit Suisse takeover next week
UBS ponders delaying Q2 results in wake of Credit Suisse rescue deal
Pushing second-quarter results until the end of August would buy the bank time to work through complex takeover
EU clears UBS deal to take over embattled Credit Suisse
Regulators say deal wouldn’t raise any significant competition issues
UBS says it was rushed into unwanted Credit Suisse rescue merger
Filing shows bank had less than four days to complete due diligence on deal
Francesca McDonagh’s survival at UBS may boost Irish banks
Former Bank of Ireland chief executive’s success shows Irish lenders can be used as springboard to greater things
US earnings season: good, but not great
Earnings beat rate is high because analysts ‘clearly went too far’ when slashing estimates earlier this year
UBS pulled in €25.3bn in run-up to Credit Suisse deal as client confidence grows
Returning chief executive Sergio Ermotti focused on retaining clients and assets as bank embarks on extensive restructuring
Credit Suisse suffered €62bn in outflows during first-quarter crisis
Results expose scale of task for UBS after state-orchestrated rescue to take over 167-year-old lender
Credit Suisse investors sue Swiss regulator over bond wipeout
Complaint accuses Finma of failing to behave ‘proportionately’ and ‘in good faith’
Crises have left us stuck in a ‘doom loop’ of insuring risky behaviour
State safety net becoming dangerously distended with support for households and businesses as well as banks
Global economy ‘entering perilous phase’ amid ‘much stickier’ inflation, says IMF
IMF expects Irish economy to expand 5.6% this year, followed by 4% next year, well ahead of euro zone as a whole
Swiss parliament meets amid criticism of UBS-Credit Suisse deal
Politicians slate Swiss government’s role in takeover
Boomerang chief executives provide comfort in times of crisis
The hope is that former leaders can bring stability, yet data suggests that companies which bring them back underperform
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