Credit Suisse’s takeover causes turmoil in a $275bn bond market

The hastily arranged purchase of Credit Suisse, a bank, by ubs, its great rival, is reverberating through financial markets. Investors are scrambling to understand the deal and identify knock-on consequences. One is already clear. The decision to write down around SFr16bn ($17bn) in Additional-Tier 1 (at1) bonds issued by Credit Suisse—while stockholders merely suffered enormous […]