News Focus The great AIB sell-off – nine views on what should happen nextAlmost three-fifths of AIB is now in private ownership after the state sold 5 per cent of the bank – and now it must decide what to do with the remainder
Banking HSBC hires six Credit Suisse bankers in global wealth pushBritish bank targeting wealthy families across oil-rich Middle East as well as Europe
Banking Internal memo confirms that ex-BOI chief Francesca McDonagh is leaving Credit Suisse The memo said she had ‘quickly made an impact in a very short period of time’
Banking UBS posts the biggest-ever quarterly profit for a bankUBS’s shares jumped as much as 7.2 per cent after the open in Zurich on Thursday
Banking UBS ends €9.4 billion Swiss state backstop that helped seal mergerThe move is considered a sign that the integration of Credit Suisse is on track
Banking Morgan Stanley snaps up managing director from Credit SuisseHiring of Gillian Sheldon marks latest high-profile departure from embattled Swiss bank
Banking Credit Suisse fined £87m by UK banking regulatorPenalty related to bank’s ties to a collapsed fund, whose founder has been accused of fraud and racketeering in the US
Banking Credit Suisse may be due for ‘massive downsizing’, UBS chief hints‘Strategic adjustments’ implemented in UBS will be applied to Credit Suisse to 'reduce the risks of the combined bank for Switzerland', Sergio Ermotti says
Banking UBS completes Credit Suisse takeover to create Swiss bank titanThe announcement caps more than two months of uncertainty for employees after UBS finalised negotiations with the Swiss government over a 9 billion Swiss franc guarantee against potential losses on Credit Suisse assets
Banking UBS takeover of Credit Suisse to be completed by next weekThe combined entity brings together two of Switzerland’s biggest banks with invested assets of more than $1.5 trillion
Banking UBS stands to gain big and but potentially lose bigger in Credit Suisse takeover Bank is gearing up to gain $34bn in negative goodwill, but investors may view any windfall it as an accounting quirk rather than a sign of strength
Banking Credit Suisse boss to join UBS board after rescue takeover closesIt comes amid speculation that Francesca McDonagh, former chief executive of Bank of Ireland, will retain her role at Credit Suisse post-takeover
Banking Francesca McDonagh expected to remain in Credit Suisse leadership roleThe troubled bank was recently purchased by UBS in a rescue deal arranged by the Swiss government
Banking Credit Suisse says €61bn withdrawn in lead-up to UBS rescue The bank upped its profit warning for the business, saying it expects a “substantial” loss there and also for the group as whole this year
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: Who should lose when banks fail?With the next meltdown in the banking sector most likely in the offing, the handling of the last one has left lingering questions about whether, and how far, deposit guarantees should be extended
Banking Saudi National Bank chair resigns after Credit Suisse remarkAmmar Al Khudairy had ruled out fresh investments in the Swiss lender as it grappled with its finances
Banking Banks’ bad debts will spike this year, asset manager expert warnsInvestment head says previously hidden credit problems will appear as net interest profit margins are squeezed and easy money dries up
Banking ECB vice-president Luis de Guindos on risky non-banks: ‘the soft spot in the system’For the vice-president of the European Central Bank, bringing inflation in the euro area back to 2 per cent is the ultimate goal – but he is concerned about vulnerabilities in the burgeoning shadow banking sector
Banking ECB likely to hike interest rates again despite market nervousnessAnalysts predict the bank will continue its efforts to control inflation by raising rates despite global fears about the stability of the sector
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: The fact that banks fail is the lesson we never seem to learnIt is clear that, 15 years after the last round of major bank failures, there is no consensus on how to deal with the next failure, especially a very big one