UBS’s president for global wealth management and Credit Suisse’s CEO for wealth management told staff that the two banks will all be acting as a ‘big family,’ a person with knowledge of the matter said
told Credit Suisse wealth bankers it’s weighing financial sweeteners for them to stay as it seeks to reassure key staff following the takeover, a person with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday.employees in wealth management in Zurich, Iqbal Khan, UBS’s president for global wealth management and Francesco de Ferrari, Credit Suisse’s CEO for wealth management, reassured staff on Monday that the two banks will all be acting as a “big family,” the person said.
During the town hall, the executives also said that there would be retention packages, most likely for front office staff without providing further details, the person said.UBS said on Sunday it will pay 3 billion Swiss francs for 167-year-old Credit Suisse and assume at least $5.4-billion in losses in aThe transaction is the first rescue of a global bank since the financial crisis of 2008.
During the town hall, the executives didn’t provide further details on job cuts. Before the deal, Credit Suisse had embarked on a plan to slash 9,000 jobs. That number can grow to 10,000, Reuters has reported as UBS acquires Credit Suisse. UBS said in a presentation that the acquisition will scale up the bank’s global wealth and asset management franchise with more than $3.4-trillion in invested assets on a combined basis, according to a press release on Sunday.
Banking giant UBS is buying its smaller rival Credit Suisse for almost $3.25 billion, in an effort to avoid further market-shaking turmoil in global banking.
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