It has almost become a cliché to say that Credit Suisse had a better financial crisis than most. In few areas is this more evident than in mergers and acquisitions.
In 2005, the Swiss bank was 11th in the rankings for M&A in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In 2006 and 2007 it was ninth, moving to eighth in 2008 and jumping to third in 2009.
