UBS to be closely monitored by the Swiss price watchdog in future

Following the merger of UBS and Credit Suisse, Switzerland's price watchdog wants to take a closer look at the only remaining major Swiss bank. This was announced by the price watchdog on Thursday following a meeting with the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority Finma, the Competition Commission (ComCo) and the Swiss National Bank (SNB). The merger of UBS and Credit Suisse was approved by FINMA in mid-June without any conditions. However, a Comco investigation published at the same time came to the conclusion that the merged UBS had market power or even market dominance in some markets. + Swiss regulator rules out antitrust action over Credit Suisse deal The price supervisor is therefore directly responsible for monitoring price abuse in these markets, according to a statement issued by the authority on Thursday. The necessary preparatory work had already begun some time ago and market observations were planned, it added. As usual, anyone is free to report any suspected ...