Financial Times Reports UBS Has Agreed to Buy Credit Suisse
The Financial Times is reporting that UBS has agreed to buy Credit Suisse in an all-share deal that will essentially wipe out equity shareholders in the long-troubled Swiss institution. According to the report, the Swiss National Bank will make an additional $100 billion in liquidity available to Credit Suisse, supplementing a facility set up last week – and the deal involves a “material adverse change” clause that would void the deal if unknown exposures on the bank’s books endanger the acquirer’s credit position. The euro is expected to see gains as Swiss authorities perform their own version of Mario Draghi’s...