How Swiss concessions failed to ease UBS’s $20bn capital concerns
Switzerland’s Federal Council this week laid out a compromise which set up another fight with the country’s biggest bank
Switzerland’s Federal Council this week laid out a compromise which set up another fight with the country’s biggest bank

Federal Council sets out plans for banking reform after months of lobbying by country’s biggest lender

A proposal from a cross-party group of politicians could break the deadlock with the country’s biggest bank

Decision could be published in April with foreign capital requirements component moving to parliament for debate

‘Too big to fail’ reforms come after bank’s rescue of main rival Credit Suisse

It is not in the country’s interests for its biggest bank to be uncompetitive

Bern’s plea for a level playing field may resonate with the boss of its biggest bank