The Wall Street Journal

Failure of oversight: how a great bank was brought to its knees

Failure of oversight: how a great bank was brought to its knees
From 2010, Credit Suisse was fined more than US$15 billion by various governments. (Image: Mariia Shalabaieva, Unsplash)
The Wall Street Journal
By Edward ChancellorSwitzerland’s two global banks suffered very different fates as a result of the 2008-09 financial crisis. While UBS was forced to go cap in hand to the Swiss Government for a bailout, its rival Credit Suisse deftly sidestepped the subprime debacle. Nearly 15 years later, however, Credit Suisse would find itself on the brink; its reputation sunk so low that it could be brought down by a single tweet.In Meltdown, Duncan Mavin, a financial journalist who has worked for the Wall Street Journal and other newspaper...

More Books

‘How Things Are Made’: The Speed of Industry
The Life Review

‘How Things Are Made’: The Speed of Industry

Manufacturers face an overabundance of data.  

‘Into the Ice’ Review: North by Northwest
The Life

‘Into the Ice’ Review: North by Northwest

In pursuit of a post-pandemic adventure, the author sailed icy Arctic waterways.

The currents of US currency
Books

The currents of US currency

Could the US dollar's reign be coming to an end?

‘After Lives’ Review: The biographer’s art
The Life

‘After Lives’ Review: The biographer’s art

Essays by a writer of literary lives on the obsessions and obstacles endemic to her trade.