Credit Suisse hits new low as investors weigh impact of outflows
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Credit Suisse fell to a fresh record low as investors weighed the impact of the massive outflows the bank reported this week and news that rivals in the key growth market of Asia are benefiting from the Swiss firm's troubles.
Shares of the lender declined as much as 2.3 per cent in Zurich on Friday, to a new intraday low, after Vontobel cut its price target and said the firm “urgently” needs to halt outflows in its core wealth management business.
Credit Suisse announced on Wednesday that clients had pulled about 84 billion francs (US$89 billion) in the first six weeks of the fourth quarter, with no reversal yet. Outflows were particularly pronounced in the wealth management unit, where they amounted to 10 per cent of assets under management.
Bloomberg reported Thursday that rivals including UBS Group AG and Morgan Stanley are among the beneficiaries of that client exodus, with both firms seeing significant new business in Asia, an important market for wealth management. UBS runs the largest private bank in Asia by assets, excluding onshore China, according to a 2021 ranking by Asian Private Banker, while Credit Suisse is second-biggest.
