Derivatives specialist Leonteq has acquired a 10% stake in Swiss stock exchange BX Swiss, paying a “single-digit million amount” for the shares. The investment will allow BX Swiss to benefit from Leonteq’s investment solutions ecosystem, facilitating collaboration with actors in the Swiss financial sector. In return, Leonteq will gain access to the ecosystem of Börse […]
Cevian Capital, a well-known Swedish investment firm, has become a major shareholder in UBS, one of the largest banks in Switzerland. The firm has invested 1.2 billion euros in UBS stocks, acquiring approximately 1.3 percent of the bank’s outstanding capital. The investment will be held by Cevian Capital’s various funds.Cevian Capital has high hopes for […]
FTX Debtors have submitted a revamped Plan of Reorganization, which deviates from FTX Trading’s original Terms of Service (TOS). The revised plan, filed recently, follows an agreement with creditor stakeholders reached in October.The updated Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization, led by CEO John Ray III and legal representation from Sullivan & Cromwell, introduces a contentious […]
LGT Private Banking has appointed Dushyant Bhatia as the head of key clients and family offices in Dubai. Bhatia, who previously worked as the managing director at Bank of Singapore (BoS) in Dubai for over eight years, brings with him more than 20 years of experience in the banking industry.During his career, Bhatia has worked […]
A court in Liechtenstein has been deliberating for two years on whether it is legal for two trustees to have unrestricted access to millions of dollars. These trustees, along with their lawyer, earn thousands of Swiss francs per day just by being physically present in court. The case, which is still ongoing, is just the […]
Alexander Voigt, an investment banker at J.P. Morgan, has taken on an additional role in the infrastructure sector in Europe, according to sources. Voigt will now be responsible for infrastructure financing in the European market at the American bank. This move was revealed in an internal memo obtained by the sources.Currently, Voigt is already in […]
Christian Dubler, Managing Director of Julius Bär in Frankfurt, has been in the spotlight recently due to his personal investment in Signa Sports United (SSU). According to a 2021 SEC listing, Dubler holds 100,000 shares of SSU, a company that faced financial difficulties in October. The involvement of a high-ranking Julius Bär banker in the […]
Elon Musk has privately assured bankers who lent him $13 billion to finance the acquisition of the social media platform X that they will not lose any money in the deal. These verbal assurances were made to reassure the lenders after the platform’s value, formerly known as Twitter, has since plummeted, according to informed sources […]
LGT has successfully completed the acquisition of Abrdn’s discretionary fund management business in the UK and Jersey. This £140m deal, which was initially announced in February, has allowed LGT Wealth Management, the UK-based wealth arm of LGT, to take on Abrdn Capital’s 4,000 clients and 140 employees. As a result, LGT WM’s total assets have […]
The finance empire of Liechtenstein’s Prince Hans-Adam II, which has been in existence for almost 1,000 years, is thriving. LGT Group, the royal family’s private banking and asset-management firm, reported record assets under management of almost 306 billion Swiss francs ($334 billion) as of June 30, 2022. The firm has been expanding rapidly, recently acquiring […]
