As many as 11,000 employees will be laid off in Switzerland, and another 25,000 worldwide
, the Swiss newspaper said, citing an unidentified senior manager at UBS. The two lenders together employed almost 125,000 people at the end of 2022 — about 30% of them in the home country. A spokesperson for UBS declined to comment on the report.opened a probe
into the takeover and was working to identify possible crimes. The top federal prosecutor ordered national and regional authorities to investigate, according to a statement. Years of scandals at Credit Suisse culminated in massive deposit outflows which would have seen it collapse the following Monday had action not been taken, according to Switzerland’s. The emergency takeover of Credit Suisse by its larger competitor in a $3.3 billion deal was announced by the Swiss government on March 19 after five days of talks brokered by officials.
The number of predicted layoffs described by the newspaper dwarfs the 9,000 that Credit Suisse announced before its rescue by UBS. The final total wasPublicly, UBS has said it will give clarity on job cuts as soon as it can. While it was clear that major layoffs were coming, the lender sees retention of talent as a significant part of the takeover’s execution risk.
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