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UBS, CS May Have to Set Aside $68 Billion: Report
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss authorities could require UBS UBSN and Credit Suisse CSGN to set aside an additional 70 billion Swiss francs ($68.29 billion) in capital, a newspaper reported on Sunday, citing lawmakers. "40 billion for UBS, 30 billion francs for CS," ...
Citigroup Analyst: Tough Times Ahead for UBS
FP Trading Desk submits: Few banks have been worse hit by the global financial crisis than UBS AG UBS, and there’s still little sign of a let-up for the mighty Swiss bank. UBS has taken massive writedowns even by the woeful standards of the rest of the global...
Tax Credit to Save UBS From Hefty Loss
By Sven Egenter ZURICH (Reuters) - Battered Swiss bank UBS said on Friday it should be saved from another hefty loss in the second quarter by a large tax credit, giving a much-needed though short-lived boost to its share price. UBS, which has...
Tax Credit to Save UBS From Another Hefty Loss
By Sven Egenter ZURICH (Reuters UK) - Battered Swiss bank UBS UBSN said on Friday it should be saved from another hefty loss in the second quarter by a large tax credit, giving a much-needed boost to its share price. UBS, which has written $37 billion...
Housing Market Seen Getting Worse
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An even gloomier scenario may be in store for an already ailing U.S. housing market if the overall economy slips into a recession, according to UBS Securities analysts. Falling home prices, soaring foreclosures at a time of ...
Meredith Whitney Cuts UBS AG, Merrill Lynch and Citigroup's Estimates
FP Trading Desk submits: Just how low can Meredith Whitney go? The Oppenheimer & Co analyst has cut estimates — again — on UBS AG UBS, Merrill Lynch & Co. MER and Citigroup Inc. C in a trio of notes out Wednesday. Merrill, rated “underperform,” faces “headwinds of deleveraging...
Analysts See Big Q2 Writedowns For Citi, Merrill
(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc C may write down $8.7 billion and Merrill Lynch & Co Inc MER $4.5 billion in the second quarter, according to analysts at UBS, who also forecast a second-quarter and full-year loss for both companies. The brokerage expects about...
UBS Faces Sticky Situation as IRS Prepares to Probe
Money Morning submits: By Mike Caggeso UBS AG UBS was at the center of a tornado of crushing news Tuesday, as it announced major changes to its board amidst pressure from the U.S. Department of Justice to reveal the names of top clients taking advantage of the bank’s...
U.S. Wins Court Order For UBS Swiss Bank Records
By Jim Vicini WASHINGTON (Reuters UK) - A federal judge in Miami has authorized U.S. officials to seek information from UBS AG UBSN about U.S. taxpayers suspected of using Swiss bank accounts to evade income taxes, part of a probe that could crack open Switzerland's...
U.S. Wins Court Order For UBS Swiss Bank Records
By Jim Vicini WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge in Miami has authorized U.S. officials to seek information from UBS AG UBSN about U.S. taxpayers suspected of using Swiss bank accounts to evade income taxes, part of a probe that could ...
Credit Default Swaps: Potential Litigation Time Bomb
Research Recap submits: In his latest Chairman’s Corner letter, Audit Integrity Chairman Jim Kaplan elaborates on his recent report on credit default swaps. In that report, posted on Research Recap on June 18, Kaplan argued that credit default swaps are adding risk to financial markets, rather than...
UBS Tumbles on News It Eyeing Paine Webber Sale
By John O'Donnell FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Investors took fright on Monday that UBS faced further losses after news that it was considering the sale of the heart of its U.S. wealth management business, broker Paine Webber. UBS is under pressure from the Swiss...
The Fed Is Banking on Hedge Funds, But Merrill Lynch Can't
Michael Steinberg submits: The Wall Street Journal's “Fed May Give Private Equity More Leeway to Help Banks” reports that Federal Reserve officials have met with J.C. Flowers, Carlyle Group, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Warburg Pincus. Not unknown to panic, Bernanke’s Fed now wants to encourage private equity to play a...
Writedowns and Capital Raised by Financial Firms
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: From data compiled by Bloomberg, financial firms have now written down $399 billion, with much more expected in the coming weeks. On the flip side, they have raised a total of $322 billion in new capital. Below we highlight the writedowns...
My Take on the ECB: Head Fake?
Alex Cook submits: I have an alternate theory as to Trichet’s comments about ECB considering raising rates. Look at European banks; raising interest rates just does not seem very healthy click to enlarge images: by Alex Cook
Global Equity Issuance Rebounds
By Daisy Ku LONDON (Reuters UK) - Global equity capital markets activity rebounded in the second quarter as financial institutions scrambled to raise capital, but the bleak economic outlook means bankers are cautious for the second half, according to Thomson Reuters data release on Friday....
Global 2nd-qtr Equity Issuance Rebounds; Outlook Bleak
By Daisy Ku LONDON (Reuters) - Global equity capital markets activity rebounded in the second quarter as financial institutions scrambled to raise capital, but the bleak economic outlook means bankers are cautious for the second half, according to Thomson Reuters data...
Massachusetts Sues UBS Units For Fraud
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters UK) - Massachusetts authorities sued two subsidiaries of Swiss bank UBS AG UBSN with fraud on Thursday, saying they misled investors about the safety of auction-rate securities. In the complaint, top state securities regulator William Galvin accused UBS Securities LLC...
UBS Hires Lazard; Stock Up
FP Trading Desk submits: Shares of UBS AG UBS were on the rise again after the New York Post reported that the Swiss bank had hired Lazard LAZ to conduct a strategic review. The review by the financial advisory firm may be part of an annual internal review of...
UBS Stock Jumps on HSBC Takeover Rumor
FP Trading Desk submits: Shares of Swiss banking giant UBS AG UBS jumped more than 5% on Tuesday morning as rumors resurfaced that it may be the subject of an $80-billion takeover. The stock had fallen to its lowest level since 1998 on Monday. Reports said traders in Zurich...
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