Credit Suisse Trading Losses Overshadow End of Thiam Turnaround

  • Swiss bank posts larger than expected loss in trading business
  • Key wealth management division, investment bank beat estimates
Credit Suisse Group AG Chief Executive Officer Tidjane Thiam speaks oin the bank’s Global Markets business. Source: Bloomberg)
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Credit Suisse Group AG’s three-year turnaround ended with more of a whimper than a bang after trading losses eroded gains in wealth management and investment banking.

The Global Markets business posted a larger-than-expected loss of 193 million francs ($191 million) in the fourth quarter, offsetting wealth management and investment banking results that beat estimates. In a tough quarter for money managers, the Zurich-based bank bucked a trend of large outflows at rivals, adding about half a billion francs of net new money.