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Govt to make as much as 109 billion Swiss francs available - a burden on the nation of 8.7 million

UBS Group AG jumped as much as 10%, on track for its biggest gain since March 2020, as investor optimism about the takeover of its largest rival gathered pace

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UBS Group AG told Credit Suisse wealth bankers it's weighing financial sweeteners for them to stay as it seeks to reassure key staff following the takeover

Credit Suisse nosedives 64%; UBS falls 15% in early trade but recovers later

This is because UBS had surrendered its bank licence about a decade back after the banking regulator denied its request to offer wealth management services

Credit Suisse collapse shows need to focus on stability

After tense talks over the weekend, UBS Group AG agreed to buy Credit Suisse in an all-share deal for about $3.25 billion, less than the market value of troubled US lender First Republic Bank

After a weekend of frantic talks to forge a solution before markets opened in Asia, the firm struck a deal to buy its smaller rival for about $3.3 billion in an share deal

Credit Suisse Chief Financial Officer Dixit Joshi and his teams will hold meetings over the weekend to assess strategic scenarios for the bank

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One-year credit default swaps for the embattled Swiss lender were indicated at 835.9 basis points on Tuesday's close of business

The bank expects Chinese-controlled mines, including projects in Africa, to raise output to 705,000 tons by 2025, from 194,000 tons in 2022

India, according to them, is among the more sensitive markets to US rates, and demonstrates the most sensitivity to local rates given higher influence of domestic flows into the market

Asian Paints Ltd on Tuesday reported an 80.39 per cent increase in its consolidated net profit to Rs 1,036.03 crore for the first quarter ended on June 30, 2022

Meanwhile, the $23 billion net selling by FIIs (equity) in the Indian market year-to-date (YTD), is, when adjusted for FII AUM, the most intense in over a decade-surpassed only by the GFC, UBS said

The government will finalise the sale of state-owned helicopter service provider Pawan Hans this week. More on that story in our top headlines this hour.

The IEA on Friday revised up its baseline estimate of global demand by nearly 800,000 barrels per day (bpd), just under 1% of the 100 million bpd global oil market

Though analysts believe diplomatic efforts will continue leading to a stabilisation and an eventual easing of these tensions, it may take several months for this to happen

Investors with a high risk tolerance can still add exposure to longer-dated Brent oil contracts