UBS Signals Most of Credit Suisse Investment Bank to Shut
- Credit Suisse investment bank assets moved to non-core arm
- Significant job cuts are expected at the investment bank
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UBS Group AG has signaled it will shutter roughly two-thirds of Credit Suisse’s investment bank — including many trading operations — underlining the scale of job cuts to come as the Swiss bank absorbs its one-time rival.
UBS has put the majority of risk-weighted assets from Credit Suisse’s investment bank into its wind-down unit as part of a push to shed assets that don’t fit with its existing strategy, according to a results presentation on Thursday.