What you want to know By Reuters

(Reuters) – UBS AG is asking the Swiss authorities to cowl about $6 billion in prices if it had been to purchase rival Credit score Suisse, an individual with information of the talks stated, as the 2 sides raced to hammer collectively a deal to revive confidence within the ailing Swiss financial institution.

DEVELOPMENTS

* A takeover of Credit score Suisse by UBS might see the Swiss authorities provide a assure in opposition to the dangers concerned, two individuals with information of the matter stated.

* Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:) Inc’s Warren Buffett has held discussions with senior Biden administration officers concerning the banking disaster, a supply acquainted with the matter informed Reuters.

* At the very least 4 main banks, together with Societe Generale (OTC:) and Deutsche Financial institution (ETR:), are limiting new trades involving Credit score Suisse or its securities, 5 sources informed Reuters.

* U.S. funding large BlackRock (NYSE:) denied a report within the Monetary Instances that it was collaborating in a rival bid for all or elements of Credit score Suisse.

* First Residents BancShares is evaluating a proposal for Silicon Valley Financial institution and no less than one different suitor is severely contemplating a proposal, Bloomberg Information reported on Saturday.

* The Mid-Dimension Financial institution Coalition of America has requested regulators to increase federal insurance coverage to all deposits for 2 years, Bloomberg Information reported, citing a letter from the coalition.

* The lightning pace of the banking trade’s descent into turmoil has shaken international markets and governments, reviving eerie recollections of the worldwide monetary disaster. Like 2008, the results could also be long-lasting.

* European Central Financial institution Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch stated he didn’t count on a repeat of the 2008 monetary disaster regardless of turbulence brought on by the collapse of Silicon Valley Financial institution, saying European banks had been topic to more durable guidelines than regional U.S. banks.

* Goldman Sachs (NYSE:) reduce its suggestion on publicity to European financial institution debt to impartial from chubby, saying a scarcity of readability on Credit score Suisse’s future path would put strain on the broader sector.

* A senior Folks’s Financial institution of China official stated the collapse of SVB confirmed how speedy financial coverage shifts had been having spillover results, state-owned newspaper Shanghai Securities Information reported.

MARKETS

* As worries over banks swirl, traders are searching for safety in opposition to a market crash.