ZURICH, Oct 2 (Reuters) – Resistance from shareholders and United States regulators torpedoed Swiss financial institution UBS’s (UBSG.S) $1.4 billion bid for U.S. digital wealth administration group Wealthfront, Swiss paper SonntagsZeitung reported, citing financial institution sources it didn’t determine.
UBS and Wealthfront mentioned final month they’d agreed to terminate the deal that was anticipated to fast-track UBS’s development within the U.S. market. UBS has declined to touch upon why the transaction fell aside. learn extra
Large shareholders had been dissatisfied with the phrases of the deal after tech inventory valuations plunged as central banks started to tighten coverage to battle inflation, and thought UBS might construct its personal platform with out Wealthfront, the paper mentioned.
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“In line with a number of sources, U.S. authorities additionally raised considerations. UBS has a protracted historical past of scandals in the US. In opposition to this background, U.S. authorities had been apparently not snug with the deal,” it reported, citing two unnamed sources.
It cited one supply as saying that whereas U.S. banking regulators didn’t clearly veto the deal, UBS administration didn’t make any severe try to beat their considerations.
The paper mentioned the failed deal didn’t replicate any variations between Chief Govt Ralph Hamers and Chairman Colm Kelleher, who joined UBS after the deal was introduced.
UBS declined to touch upon the report.
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Reporting by Michael Shields; Modifying by Kirsten Donovan
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