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UBS paid $370m in bonuses to ex-Credit Suisse staff

The Swiss bank had been incentivising former Credit Suisse dealmakers to stay with the bank through the acquisition

Tuesday 18 March 2025 at 08:14

Former Credit Suisse bankers received millions in bonus payments from UBS last year
Former Credit Suisse bankers received millions in bonus payments from UBS last year Photo: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/Getty Images

UBS paid out more than $370m in bonuses to ex-Credit Suisse staff as the completion of their shotgun marriage nears the two-year mark.

UBS said that it had booked $85m in costs related to retention awards handed to key Credit Suisse staff in a bid to incentivise them to stick around through the acquisition last year, and a further $288m for outstanding deferred bonus awards that were in place when UBS took over its rival in March 2023.