https://www.rts.ch/info/economie/2026/article/ubs-envisagerait-une-fusion-l-action-prend-3-en-bourse-29367620.html UBS is reportedly considering a merger with a foreign bank and relocating its headquarters. The rumor, which comes just after the Swiss Council of States’ decision to increase the bank’s capital requirements, sent UBS shares soaring by more than 3% on the Swiss stock exchange on Friday. UBS could be considering a merger with a competitor, according to Semafor Business magazine, which cites anonymous sources. The article’s author believes this merger could be with the American bank Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, or the British bank Standard Chartered. Semafor is an online media outlet, founded four years ago in the United States by a former editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed and a former CEO of Bloomberg. The rumor has been picked up by numerous media outlets, which was enough to send UBS’s stock price soaring. This rumor comes as UBS is dissatisfied with the Council of States’ decision to impose a 90% coverage requirement on its foreign subsidiaries. The bank had hoped to reach a compromise with coverage of only 50%. The Council of States decided that this was insufficient. submitted by /u/GetOutBasel
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