Julius Bär bank turns profit amid Swiss banking upheaval
The Zurich-based private bank has posted positive results for the first half of 2023. It says it has benefitted from the emergency merger between UBS and Credit Suisse.
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El banco Julius Baer obtiene beneficios en medio de la agitación bancaria suiza
The bank said on Monday it had boosted net profits by 18% over the past year, to CHF531.4 million ($613.5 million). This was largely thanks to a rise in interest rates, it said.
However, the bank also exceeded expectations when it came to net fund inflows, which came to CHF7.1 billion over the year. Assets under management at the end of June 2023 totalled CHF441 billion, up 4% compared to December 2022.
The figures mark a shift compared to the meagre 1% rise in assets announced in May, which led to the bank’s stock price slumping.
The bank’s CEO Philipp Rickenbacher said it had benefitted from the situation involving rivals UBS and Credit Suisse, which merged earlier this year after the spectacular near-collapse of the latter.
However, Rickenbacher did not say how much of the fresh inflows came from former clients of the other banks. The new money came from “various sources” he said.
Rickenbacher did confirm that the bank had already hired new staff from both UBS and Credit Suisse – the influence of these new employees will show itself in the next few years, he said.
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