CS stock was trading at $4.2550 as of 12:06 PM EDT.
Bloomberg reported on Thursday that Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS), under pressure to revamp its business after years of slip-ups and scandals, is looking for an outside investor to bring in some fresh capital for a spinoff of its advisory and investment banking businesses.
The people claimed that discussions regarding restoring the First Boston brand for the upcoming enterprises had also proceeded. Additionally, considering other options is Credit Suisse (CS), which is still making decisions.
According to Reuters, the Savoy Hotel, located in the heart of Zurich’s financial sector, is one of the properties the business is attempting to sell. According to a representative for the bank, it regularly examines its real estate holdings. She informed the news agency that “the bank has chosen to commence a sale process for the Hotel Savoy as part of this process.”
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When it releases its Q3 financial results on October 27, the Swiss bank is expected to provide an update on the status of its strategic review. Thomas Gottstein, who held the position for two years, was replaced as CEO in August by Ulrich Körner.
In recent years, Credit Suisse (CS) has lost billions due to the simultaneous failure of Archegos Capital and Greensill Capital, paid out over $600 million in litigation fees, and been involved in a spying scandal.
A Lehman Brothers-like crisis might be brought on by Credit Suisse. Generally speaking, economists believe that to be implausible. The lender Credit Suisse has enormous sums of capital to withstand any losses, despite its problems. At the end of the second quarter, the bank’s total assets totaled 727 billion Swiss francs ($732.7 billion), with nearly one-fifth of that amount held in cash, per a recent JPMorgan Chase report.
The liquidity coverage ratio, or the percentage of cash and other assets that can be swiftly accessible in a crisis, for Credit Suisse was 191 percent on Monday, according to Citibank analysts, who disregarded comparisons to 2008.
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