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Credit Suisse warns rising legal costs will lead to Q1 loss

Legal issues are still weighing on the Swiss lender years after they began

Credit Suisse said 20 April that it expects to report a loss for the first quarter as a result of increasing provisions for a number of legal issues.

The Swiss lender said it increased provisions by about 600 million Swiss francs ($629.9m), taking the total sum set aside for legal matters in the first quarter to about CHF700 million.

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