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SNB flags Credit Suisse, UBS capital progress

Bloomberg UBS Group AG and Credit Suisse Group AG are “on track” to meet Switzerland’s tougher capital rules for the two systemically important banks after improving their capacity to absorb losses, Swiss National Bank (SNB) said. UBS and Credit Suisse already fully comply with going-concern requirements in terms of risk-weighted assets but still have to improve their loss-absorbing capacity as ...

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‘More UK jobs may stay on softer Brexit’

Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc’s investment bank chief Samir Assaf said a hard Brexit is now unlikely after the UK election, and that could mean more jobs staying in London. A softer Brexit would be “very good news for us, because it will be less hassle and we would be able to do much more things from London,” Assaf said at ...

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Danish central bank cautions industry to brace for ‘setbacks’

Bloomberg Despite half a decade of negative interest rates, Denmark’s banks are making more money than ever before. But the central bank in Copenhagen now says the industry is at risk of missing several warning signs that may be pointing toward another crisis, especially should interest rates suddenly rise. “There is every reason to watch out for speed blindness,” the ...

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