尔·德梅茨。瑞银集团首席执行官塞尔吉奥·埃尔莫蒂指出，该银行必须在美国拥有业务布局才能实现繁荣发展，这一表态实际上意味着瑞银无意通过缩减业务规模来满足瑞士即将实施的新资本要求。
Group AG has to have a presence in the US to prosper, Chief Executive Officer Sergio Ermotti said, effectively signaling he’s unwilling to consider cutbacks to meet the capital requirements that Switzerland is set to impose.
“我们必须在美国开展业务才能取得成功，”埃尔莫蒂周二在接受CNBC采访时说道，“因此我们正在持续投入资源以提升自身竞争力。”目前瑞银正试图劝阻瑞士政府不要对其实施更为严苛的资本规定，但近期瑞士议会上院的投票结果却降低了其说服议员的可能性。瑞银的股东之一阿蒂桑合伙公司甚至建议银行彻底撤离瑞士，以此作为规避该国银行业监管的极端举措。
“We need to be in the US to be successful,” Ermotti said in a CNBC interview on Tuesday. “And so we are further investing in capabilities to stay competitive.”UBS is seeking to dissuade Switzerland from imposing hefty new capital requirements on its largest bank, but a recent vote in the parliament’s upper house has decreased its chances of swaying lawmakers. One of the lender’s shareholders, Artisan Partners, recently urged it to leave Switzerland as a radical way to get out from the country’s banking regulation.
面对未来的监管环境，瑞银的另一个应对方案是缩减国际业务规模。由于新规定要求银行必须为海外子公司预留更多本土资本，这一举措或许能缓解压力。不过，瑞银始终将国际扩张视为战略重点，近期还成功获得了美国颁发的更广泛的银行业务许可以助力该计划。埃尔莫蒂甚至提出了在该国实施并购的设想。
One other option for UBS to deal with the future regulation would be to cut back its international footprint. That would help because the new rules are designed to force the bank to hold more capital at home for its foreign subsidiaries. However, the Swiss bank has made international growth a priority and it recently obtained a broader US banking license to underpin the effort. Ermotti has even floated the idea of acquisitions in the country.
“我们认为扎根瑞士对瑞士经济、客户以及股东而言都是有益之举，”埃尔莫蒂在采访中强调，“当然我们仍需审慎评估后续需要采取的各项措施。”
“We believe being based in Switzerland is good for the Swiss economy, clients and our shareholders,” Ermotti said in the interview. “We will need to consider what needs to be done.”