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2023 Event

March 19

UBS Forced to Buy Credit Suisse: Swiss Government Brokers $3.2B Emergency Deal

The government didn't just broker the deal — Switzerland forced UBS to swallow its 167-year-old rival for $3.2 billion in a single weekend. Credit Suisse, once managing wealth for European royalty, had collapsed so fast that Swiss finance minister Karin Keller-Sutter bypassed shareholder votes entirely. She invoked emergency law on Sunday night, March 19th, making Switzerland's second-largest bank disappear before Asian markets opened Monday morning. UBS chairman Colm Kelleher had 48 hours to absorb $1.4 trillion in assets he didn't want. The real shock? Switzerland abandoned its own banking laws to save global finance, proving even the world's most stable financial system runs on improvisation when panic hits.

March 19, 2023

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