Swiss Banking News: January 2010

15.01.2010: The leading investment banking magazine International Financing Review (IFR) has recognized Credit Suisse as “the Bank of the Year 2009”. The Credit Suisse Group is said to have come “through the biggest downturn in 80 years not just intact, but even with its reputation and its business enhanced.” Other areas that played important role in granting Credit Suisse this award were the emerging from the financial crisis with some of the best financial ratios in the industry, including Tier 1 ratio and high return on equity; the decisive actions dealing with illiquid assets. Credit Suisse was also recognized with two global awards - as the “Structured Equity House of the Year”, the “Equity Derivatives House of the Year”, and also as the “Best Structured Equity House for Asia Pacific”.