Credit Suisse Plunges Most Ever After Radical Reboot Disappoints

  • Analysts bemoan $4 billion overhaul’s ‘lowly’ return target
  • CEO Koerner doesn’t want to ‘overpromise’ but stock tumbles

Signage outside a Credit Suisse Group AG bank branch in Basel

Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg
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Credit Suisse Group AG’s top two leaders described their plan to remake the troubled bank as “radical” and “decisive,” promising an end to half-measures.

The multiyear reshaping funded by a new Saudi Arabian backer marked a historic move away from going toe-to-toe with the biggest Wall Street players and an unprecedented attempt to spin out a boutique investment bank.