UBS protests Swiss capital requirement proposal

Published on September 26, 2025

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Switzerland’s government formally proposed giving UBS bank seven years to fully comply with higher capital requirements, confirming previous guidance. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The biggest banks in Switzerland, most notably UBS, should “provide full capital backing for their participations in foreign subsidiaries,” the government said in a statement on Friday when presenting a draft law. + Is UBS's deal of the century turning sour? That capital, measured as CET1 ratio, should be at 65% once the law takes effect and subsequently rise by 5 percentage points annually until the metric hits the 100% target, according to the statement. The current Swiss proposals — assembled after the Credit Suisse rescue in early 2023 — include the foreign subsidiaries backing and other less important changes, which could end up increasing the capital demands on UBS by as much as $26 billion, according to some estimates. The bank has strongly criticized the plans and ... Full story here Are you the author?

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