CS Credit Suisse Group to $0.27 on Monday??UBS Group AG has made an offer to acquire Credit Suisse for as much as $1 billion.
The Swiss government is planning to change the country's laws to bypass the need for a shareholder vote on the deal, as they seek to restore confidence in the banking sector following Credit Suisse's outflow of 10 billion Swiss francs in just one week.
The proposed agreement, which is an all-share deal between Switzerland's two largest banks, is expected to be signed as early as Sunday evening.
The deal is priced at a fraction of Credit Suisse's closing price on Friday.
According to insiders, the offer was made on Sunday morning at a price of 0.25 Swiss francs ($0.27) per share, payable in UBS stock.
On Friday, Credit Suisse's shares closed at $2.01 Swiss francs.
I think we are about to see more bidders and the price go up from $0.27.
Looking forward to read your opinion about it.
Creditsuissegroup
Credit Suisse Woes Threat to ECB Rate Hike and EUR TradeAfter a brief period of calm following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Credit Suisse disclosed "material weaknesses" in their financial reporting controls and ongoing customer outflows, setting off another bout of instability across global assets. Credit Suisse's biggest investor, Saudi National Bank, also noted that it could not offer more financial support to the troubled Swiss Bank leading to shares in Credit Suisse falling more than 20%. Switzerland’s central bank has come to the rescue though, saying it is ready to provide financial support to Credit Suisse, if necessary, helping the shares to recover about half of its losses on Wednesday, and rising from its record low under $2.00.
There is now growing concern over wider instability in the banking sector. This led to expectations that the Federal Reserve might slow down or pause hiking rates. Although, on Wednesday, the dollar rose due to safe haven buying, while European currencies sharply declined. The Euro, which had seen a 0.02% gain over a month, fell 1.4%, and the market is pricing in a 60% chance of a 25-basis-point hike in euro zone rates on Thursday, compared to a previous 90% chance of a 50-bps hike. The ECB’s interest rate decision is due on Thursday at 9:15am EDT.
Elsewhere, the dollar rose 1.8% against the Swiss franc, while sterling traded down 0.8%. The Japanese yen strengthened 0.58%. As investors sought safe havens, gold prices continued their recent rally, with gold up 0.8% and silver up 0.3%. Conversely, oil prices fell by more than $5 a barrel.
CS | I Might Be A Buyer | BounceCredit Suisse Group AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides various financial services in Switzerland, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and Asia Pacific. The company offers wealth management solutions, including investment advice and discretionary asset management services; risk management solutions, such as managed investment products; and wealth planning, succession planning, and trust services. It also provides financing and lending solutions, including consumer credit and real estate mortgage lending, real asset lending relating to ship, and aviation financing for UHNWI; standard and structured hedging, and lombard lending solutions, as well as collateral trading services; and investment banking solutions, such as global securities sales, trading and execution, capital raising, and advisory services. In addition, the company offers banking solutions, such as payments, accounts, debit and credit cards, and product bundles; asset management products; equity and debt underwriting, and advisory services; cash equities, equity derivatives, and convertibles, as well as prime services; and fixed income products, such as credit, securitized, macro, emerging markets, financing, structured credit, and other products. Further, it provides HOLT, a framework for assessing the performance of approximately 20,000 companies; and equity and fixed income research services. The company serves private and institutional clients; ultra-high-net-worth individuals, high-net-worth individuals, and affluent and retail clients; corporate clients, small and medium-sized enterprises, external asset managers, financial institutions, and commodity traders; and pension funds, hedge funds, governments, foundations and endowments, corporations, entrepreneurs, private individuals, financial sponsors, and sovereign clients. As of December 31, 2021, it operated through a network of 311 offices and branches. The company was founded in 1856 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland.