M&A Deal Summary

UBS Acquires Credit Suisse Group

On March 19, 2023, UBS acquired financial services company Credit Suisse Group for 3.0B CHF

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is UBS’s 3rd transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is UBS’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is UBS’s 1st transaction in Switzerland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2023-03-19
Target Credit Suisse Group
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) UBS
Deal Type Merger
Deal Value 3.0B CHF

Target

Credit Suisse Group

Zurich, Switzerland
Entrance to Credit Suisse's corporate headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland.
Entrance to Credit Suisse's corporate headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland.
Credit Suisse Group is a financial services provider which delivers financial experience and expertise to corporate, institutional and government clients and to ultrahigh-net-worth and high-net-worth individuals worldwide, in addition to affluent and retail clients in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Group was founded in 1856 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

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Buyer

UBS

Zurich, Switzerland

Category Company
Founded 1862
Sector Financial Services
Employees106,789
Revenue 45.3B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to UBS' corporate headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland.
Entrance to UBS' corporate headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland.

UBS is a retail and commercial bank providing financial services to private, corporate, and institutional clients. UBS was founded in 1862 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 5
Sector: Financial Services M&A 3 of 3
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Switzerland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2023 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-04-07 UBS Delta

United Kingdom

UBS Delta is a provider of portfolio analysis and risk management system that enables clients to measure risk and performance across fixed income, commodities, equities and FX. UBS Delta is one of very few multi-asset risk and performance vendors with origins as a front-office fixed income analytics tool. Our primary differentiators remain fixed income risk and attribution, built on market-leading curves, and supported by excellent client service, flexible reporting and a hosted infrastructure optimised for on-the-fly analysis. Today, UBS Delta is a fully-fledged multi-asset risk and performance tool geared for use in middle- and front-office, across Equities, Fixed Income and alternative asset classes.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-06-18 Icon Solutions

London, United Kingdom

Icon Solutions is a fintech company that designing and implementing Payments Framework (IPF) – is an internationally proven payments development framework for Tier 1 banks across the globe such as Citi, NatWest, UBS and BNP Paribas.

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