The decisive question for me was whether the differences between the two gentlemen... would impact their cooperation going forward, but it became apparent that a long-term, trusting and mutual cooperation was no longer possible and that Mr. Khan wanted to leave the bank.

Urs Rohner

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We do not condone personal surveillance on employees as part of o... by Urs Rohner

We do not condone personal surveillance on employees as part of our compliance.

Banks operate in a very regulated environment. Hostile takeovers... by Urs Rohner

Banks operate in a very regulated environment. Hostile takeovers are almost ruled out these days.

We are streamlining our operating activities, improving our compliance processes, and making substantial investments in new technologies, we have hired a group of creative minds in Silicon Valley, whose task it is to develop ideas with the potential to transform banking in the future.

Quite clearly, we still have plenty of work to do, but the fact remains, ladies and gentlemen, that we are well on track to achieve the goals we have set ourselves, even if some people originally expressed doubts about this.

Breaking up banks will not do anything to make the system safer. by Urs Rohner

Breaking up banks will not do anything to make the system safer.