Fabrice Coffrini | Afp | Getty Images Swiss banking giant UBS on Tuesday narrowly beat fourth-quarter earnings expectations and announced that it would recommence share buybacks worth up to $1 billion in the second half of the year. The group posted a net loss attributable to shareholders of $279 million for the quarter, its second … Read more
Gold and silver bars of various sizes lie in a safe on a table at the precious metals dealer Pro Aurum in Munich. Sven Hoppe | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Gold and silver are expected to climb further in 2024 on expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates, UBS forecasts. … Read more
Three 1kg gold bullion bars worth over 155,00 GBP lay on the counter in a gold dealers in Birmingham’s jewelry quarter on December 13, 2023 in Birmingham, England. Gold prices have increased since the Ukraine War but have soared to record highs since the start of the Hamas-Israel war. Other factors are the weakening US … Read more
Sergio Ermotti, chief executive officer of UBS Group Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti on Wednesday said people with concerns about the size of the bank’s balance sheet are getting “indoctrinated” by academics and should “do their homework.” UBS completed its takeover of Credit Suisse in June 2023 after an … Read more
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell takes questions from reporters during a press conference after the release of the Fed policy decision to leave interest rates unchanged, at the Federal Reserve in Washington, U.S, September 20, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters UBS expects the U.S. Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by as much as … Read more
A logo of Swiss bank UBS is seen in Zurich, Switzerland March 29, 2023. Denis Balibouse | Reuters UBS on Tuesday reported a bigger-than-expected third-quarter net loss of $785 million as it works to integrate fallen rival Credit Suisse. Analysts polled by Reuters had anticipated the Swiss banking giant would record quarterly net loss of … Read more
The bond vigilantes are coming back as investors continue to sell amid the prospect of higher for longer interest rates and a growing fiscal deficit, according to Kevin Zhao, head of global sovereign and currency at UBS Asset Management. The yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note rose above 5% once again on Monday, … Read more
UBS expects to finish its takeover of Credit score Suisse “as early as June 12”, which is able to create an enormous Swiss financial institution with a steadiness sheet of $1.6 trillion. Fabrice Coffrini | Afp | Getty Pictures Swiss financial institution UBS on Monday stated that it had formally accomplished the takeover of its … Read more