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Credit Suisse CEO Gottstein says he has ‘firepower’ to cut costs amid profit warning

‘My father once gave me advice that for really stupid questions you rather don’t comment at all,’ the bank boss said after reports of a merger bid

Gottstein said that despite a slew of departures within its investment bank, where nearly 70 senior dealmakers departed over the past year, the bank is continuing to recruit
Gottstein said that despite a slew of departures within its investment bank, where nearly 70 senior dealmakers departed over the past year, the bank is continuing to recruit Photo: Getty Images

Credit Suisse chief executive Thomas Gottstein said the bank has "firepower" to cut costs in frontline staff, and will scale back on some planned investments after it flagged another potential loss in the second quarter of 2022.

The Swiss bank said that it would be accelerating some planned cost-reductions in an 8 June trading update, when it said that poor performance in its investment bank was likely to lead to a quarterly loss.

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