Swiss Lower House Votes for Second Time Against UBS-CS Guarantees

The Swiss parliament’s lower house voted for a second time against approving 109 billion francs ($120 billion) in government guarantees for UBS Group AG’s takeover of Credit Suisse Group AG.

(Bloomberg) — The Swiss parliament’s lower house voted for a second time against approving 109 billion francs ($120 billion) in government guarantees for UBS Group AG’s takeover of Credit Suisse Group AG. 

The vote is a symbolic show of popular and political discontent with the deal but doesn’t have the power to stop it. 

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