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Swiss banking big UBS on Tuesday narrowly beat fourth-quarter earnings expectations and introduced that it might recommence share buybacks price as much as $1 billion within the second half of the 12 months.
The group posted a web loss attributable to shareholders of $279 million for the quarter. Analysts polled by LSEG had anticipated a web loss attributable to shareholders of $372 million.
Within the third quarter, UBS had posted a bigger-than-expected web loss attributable to shareholders of $785 million — which factored in $2 billion in bills associated to the mixing of fallen rival Credit score Suisse.
After that third quarter report, the market selected to concentrate on the financial institution’s sturdy underlying working revenue earlier than tax, which was properly forward of expectations. For the fourth quarter, that got here in at $592 million.
UBS has additionally reported a faster than anticipated return of consumer inflows to Credit score Suisse’s wealth administration enterprise for the reason that takeover, which it accomplished in June 2023.
The combination of its stricken rival continues, with UBS embarking on a technique of slicing round 3,000 Credit score Suisse jobs as a part of the broader restructure. UBS introduced on Tuesday that it had accomplished the primary part of the strategic integration.
UBS shares have made an detached begin to 2024, closing Monday’s commerce down 1.5% for the reason that flip of the 12 months.
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