Credit Suisse’s disappointing earnings once again raise doubts about whether or not a wealth management business and an investment bank go hand in hand. The question requires some big thinking from CEO Brady Dougan.
While Credit Suisse’s private banking arm increased assets by 12% year on year, its investment banking unit’s revenues dropped 11%, the main decline being in its fixed-income business. The question for shareholders and for Dougan is: if the investment bank would not stand up as a stand-alone business, is it worth keeping?
The wealth management industry once argued that having an investment bank boosted the value of the wealth management business both from an earnings standpoint – cross-selling to clients – and in attracting wealth management clients.
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