UBS (UBS) considered the potential impact of buying Credit Suisse (CS) as early as December, months before the takeover was arranged by Swiss authorities in March, Reuters’ Noele Illien reports. UBS concluded in February that buying Credit Suisse was not desirable, but that it should prepare in case its rival encountered "serious financial difficulties." Reference Link
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