据史蒂文·阿隆斯报道，瑞银集团（UBS Group AG）已同意剥离其通过收购瑞信（Credit Suisse）继承的基金行政管理业务，以继续整合其前竞争对手。
Group AG agreed to divest from a fund administration unit it inherited through the takeover of Credit Suisse as it continues to integrate its former rival.
瑞士这家银行周二在一份声明中表示，已将相关业务转让给北方信托（Northern Trust），并延长了与这家美国公司的现有合作伙伴关系。瑞银此前曾于近十年前与该资产管理服务公司达成过类似协议。
The Swiss lender transferred the business to Northern Trust and extended an existing partnership with the US company, according to a statement Tuesday. UBS previously concluded a similar deal with the asset management services firm almost a decade ago.
这笔交易意味着瑞银将彻底退出基金行政管理业务。此次剥离也标志着瑞银处理瑞信遗留问题的又一步骤。瑞银于2023年初在瑞士政府主导的紧急交易中收购了瑞信。这场旷日持久的整合工作预计将于今年年底完成。
The transaction means UBS is exiting the fund administration business for good. The divestment also marks another step in its ongoing effort to handle the leftovers of Credit Suisse, which the bank bought in an emergency deal engineered by the Swiss government in early 2023. The long-running integration is on track to conclude by the end of this year.
目前，瑞银正试图劝阻瑞士政府实施新的巨额资本要求。这些要求旨在应对瑞银在收购瑞信后规模扩大所带来的风险，以及这种风险在危机情况下可能对国民经济造成的影响。近期议会参议院的一次投票降低了瑞银说服立法者的可能性，众议院接下来将讨论此事。
UBS is currently seeking to dissuade Switzerland from imposing hefty new capital requirements that are designed to account for its increased size following the Credit Suisse acquisition and the heightened risk that could pose to the national economy in the event of a crisis. A recent vote in the parliament’s upper house has decreased UBS’s chances of swaying lawmakers, and the lower house is next to discuss the matter.
声明称，与北方信托的交易预计将于明年第二季度完成，瑞银“将因此退出基金行政管理业务”。声明还指出，基金行政管理服务的迁移将“在两年内通过分阶段的方式谨慎管理”。
The Northern Trust deal is expected to close in the second quarter next year and UBS “will exit the fund administration business” as a result, it said in the statement. The migration of the fund administration services will be “carefully managed in a phased approach over a period of two years,” it said.
2017年，瑞银资产管理（UBS Asset Management）将其在瑞士和卢森堡的传统基金行政管理业务出售给北方信托，并当时签署了一项长期服务协议。
UBS Asset Management sold its Swiss and Luxembourg traditional fund administration business to Northern Trust in 2017, and signed a long-term servicing agreement at the time.