FIEE News and Press, UBS AG FI Enhanced Europe 50 ETN due February 12 2026 From 03/24/23

2023-03-24 11:35:00 ET Summary Turmoil in the global banking industry, and the consequence of aggressive monetary tightening, have led people to question whether we're on the verge of yet another financial crisis. We don't think we are. Major stresses remain, however. So, what...

2023-03-24 03:30:00 ET Summary UBS will receive substantial downside protection on acquired CS non-core assets of up to CHF25 billion. Credit Suisse remains active and should continue meeting its obligations until the merger closes, likely in the second quarter of 2023. Recent...

2023-03-24 02:58:00 ET Summary US regional banks may face higher operating costs as regulators reevaluate the existing capital/liquidity risk framework. There has been over US$100 billion of inflows into money market funds since the SVB crisis began, bringing money market balances...

2023-03-22 11:46:00 ET Summary As central banks have been trying to control inflation with the fastest rate hikes since the early 1980s, we've begun to see some cracks in the financial system. There are uncomfortable echoes of course, anytime you get any sort of problem in the fin...

2023-03-22 06:00:00 ET Summary Although reference yields on government bonds have decreased since the failure of SVB, risk premia have widened, raising financing costs and discouraging investment. Deposit withdrawals and declining equity valuations will put banks in a defensive po...

2023-03-21 11:38:00 ET Summary Plunging Treasury yields are calming financial markets, but they also indicate that the Fed doesn’t need to raise rates higher to match market rates. The banking contagion risk has spread to Europe, where all eyes are now on Credit Suisse afte...

2023-03-21 08:45:00 ET Summary Contained contagion risk would allow the ECB to resume its hawkish forward guidance. Things are more complicated for the Fed, as hikes are seen as a key part of regional banks’ problems. Were market conditions to remain calm until the Fed ...

2023-03-20 14:39:00 ET Summary Banking stresses may have tightened conditions enough for policymakers to pause their hiking cycles indefinitely. Inflation started to decline even as economic data seemed to get stronger and stronger. These are signs that the economy and financi...

2023-03-20 10:45:00 ET Summary More financial cracks from rapid rate hikes are emerging. We stay underweight equities, downgrade credit and prefer short-term government bonds for income. Bank troubles on both sides of the Atlantic hit the sector's shares last week. Short-term bond...

2023-03-20 09:00:00 ET Summary The Fed's balance sheet will be getting much larger. Europe faces a serious inflation problem. Global markets did not "seize up" this week. It is commonly believed that the "Great Financial Crisis" could have been avoided had the Federa...