Credit Suisse says only a few customers are closing accounts
The head of Credit Suisse’s Swiss division says that only a few clients are actually closing accounts at the bank. His comments came after the troubled bank reported high customer fund withdrawals globally.
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Credit Suisse diz que apenas alguns clientes estão fechando contas
“Some clients have withdrawn part of their funds, but only very few have actually closed their accounts,” the CEO of Credit Suisse’s Swiss unit, André Helfenstein, said in an interview published in the SonntagsZeitungExternal linkand Le Matin Dimanche. “We have only lost around 1% of our asset base in our asset base in our Swiss division.”
He added that the bank was profitable in Switzerland itself: pre-tax profit stood at more than CHF1.2 billion ($1.27 billion) for the first nine months of the year. “And this despite declining financial markets and rising interest rates, which make business more difficult,” he said.
A split of the bank into Swiss and international divisions was not under discussion, Helfenstein stressed. And nor was the sale of the private client and asset management businesses, he added.
Global problems
Helfenstein’s comments came after the bank last Wednesday issued a profit warning for the fourth quarter of up to CHF1.5 billion – and signalled hefty global client withdrawals. Shareholders also signed off on a capital hike of CHF4 billion.
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