UBS brings back former CEO Sergio Ermotti after Credit Suisse deal

UBS brings back former CEO Sergio Ermotti after Credit Suisse deal

Mr Ermotti led UBS for nine years until 2020 and is credited with restoring the bank to health after a government bailout in 2008. He will succeed current CEO Ralph Hamers, who heads the bank, on April 5. for three years. “We felt we had a better horse” in Mr. Ermotti, UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher … Read more

Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma returns to China after a year’s absence

Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma returns to China after a year’s absence

Jack Ma, Alibaba Group Holding ltd. ‘s, billionaire co-founder, returned to mainland China after spending about a year abroad, according to people familiar with the matter. Mr Ma’s travels have come under intense scrutiny as Chinese leaders seek to regain the trust of entrepreneurs after years of regulatory repression and Covid-19 pandemic measures that have … Read more

Crypto will be “finished” in the US if Coinbase loses the battle with the SEC. here’s why

Crypto will be “finished” in the US if Coinbase loses the battle with the SEC.  here’s why

Good morning! Welcome to Distributed Ledger. Meet Frances Yue, crypto reporter at MarketWatch. Coinbase crypto exchange PIECE OF MONEY said Wednesday that he received a Wells notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission, which could lead to formal charges. The SEC’s Wells notice related to an unspecified portion of the exchange’s listed digital assets, its … Read more

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon leads efforts to craft new rescue plan for First Republic Bank

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon leads efforts to craft new rescue plan for First Republic Bank

Discussions, though preliminary, have focused on how the industry could arrange an investment that would increase the bank’s capital, according to people familiar with the matter. Among the options on the table, people said, is investment in the First Republic by the banks themselves. Eleven major banks banded together last week to deposit $30 billion … Read more

UBS close to an agreement to acquire Credit Suisse for more than 2 billion dollars

UBS close to an agreement to acquire Credit Suisse for more than 2 billion dollars

Swiss authorities attempted to finalize the deal on Sunday before Asian markets opened for the week. They walked a fine line, having to get the boards of both banks to agree to the deal and avoid the alternative, a regulator-led liquidation of Credit Suisse, which could prove longer and more painful for the bank. financial … Read more

First Republic Bank in bailout talks with top US lenders

First Republic Bank in bailout talks with top US lenders

Biggest U.S. Banks Discuss Joint Bailout of First Republic Bank FRC 8.94% totaling more than $25 billion to support the beleaguered lender, people familiar with the matter said. JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc., Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. are in talks to each deposit $5 billion of their own money … Read more

How Goldman’s plan to consolidate Silicon Valley Bank fell apart

How Goldman’s plan to consolidate Silicon Valley Bank fell apart

Silicon Valley Bank executives went to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS -3.09% end of February looking for advice: they needed to fundraise, but weren’t sure how to do it. Soaring interest rates had weighed heavily on the bank. Deposits and the value of the bank’s bond portfolio had fallen sharply. Moody’s Investors Service was preparing … Read more

US threatens to ban if Chinese TikTok owners don’t sell their shares

US threatens to ban if Chinese TikTok owners don’t sell their shares

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is demanding that Chinese owners of TikTok sell their shares in the video-sharing app or face a possible U.S. ban on the app, according to people familiar with the matter. The move represents a major shift in policy by the administration, which has been criticized by some Republicans who say … Read more

Fed eyes tougher rules for midsize banks after SVB and signing failures

Fed eyes tougher rules for midsize banks after SVB and signing failures

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is overhauling a number of its own rules for midsize banks following the collapse of two lenders, potentially expanding restrictions that currently only apply to Wall Street’s biggest firms. A series of stricter capital and liquidity requirements are being considered, along with measures to strengthen the annual “stress tests” that … Read more

The First Republic rallies to volatile trade

The First Republic rallies to volatile trade

Bank of the First Republic FRC 26.98% and other regional lenders clawed back some losses after their worst selloff in three years, in a volatile trading session that reflected how investors were still pricing in regulators’ emergency measures to contain a banking crisis. Shares of First Republic, which slumped on Monday, closed up around 27% … Read more