CS stock is up and is trading at $4.5900 as of 11:01 AM EDT.
In premarket trading on Monday, American Depositary Shares of Credit Suisse Group (NYSE:CS) increased by 2.5% after the Swiss bank announced it had agreed to pay $495M to settle claims relating to residential mortgage-backed securities it had sold prior to the 2008 financial crisis.
An action brought in 2013 was resolved by the deal with the attorney general of New Jersey, which sought over $3 billion in damages. The compensation was previously covered by precautions taken by Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS).
The issue was the biggest of its remaining exposures on its RMBS heritage docket and the only remaining RMBS matter involving claims by a regulator, the company said in a statement. It was stated that the settlement “marks another significant step in the bank’s attempts to pro-actively handle litigation and legacy issues.”
Despite the bank has agreed to pay $5.3 billion in 2017 to resolve mortgage costs from the financial crisis, Credit Suisse claimed in 2019 that it was still facing lawsuits that might cause its reserves to be exceeded by up to $1.4 billion.
Restructuring changes
After the Swiss bank announces a strategic reorganization, Christian Meissner, the head of the Credit Suisse investment bank, will depart, a source with knowledge of the situation said on Monday.
According to Bloomberg News, the announcement of his leaving is anticipated to be made on October 27 in conjunction with the bank’s strategic review and quarterly earnings. When approached by Reuters, a Credit Suisse spokeswoman declined to comment. Meissner was unavailable for comment right away. Meissner, who started working for the bank in 2020, was given the job of managing the strategic assessment of the company in August.
Given a spate of expensive scandals, including a $5 billion loss caused by the collapse of Archegos last year, the investment bank’s survival had been called into question. Analysts have pushed Credit Suisse to narrow its focus in the investment banking sector, including on projects where it works in tandem with the company’s main wealth management unit.
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