ZURICH/BERLIN, Feb 15(Reuters) - The Swiss blue-chip SMI was seen opening 0.2% lower at 11,206 points on
Wednesday, according to premarket indications by bank Julius
Baer .
Here are some of the main factors that may affect Swiss
stocks:
CREDIT SUISSE Global investment company Sixth Street is hiring
former Credit Suisse banker Linda Hsu as chief operating officer
(COO) of its structured products division, two sources familiar
with the matter said. Separately, Bloomberg News reported REPT Battero Energy Co.
has added Credit Suisse to arrange its planned Hong Kong initial
public offering, which could raise as much as $1 billion,
according to people familiar with the matter. ST GALLER KANTONALBANK AG Reported full-year operating profit of 221.7 million Swiss
francs ($240.06 million), up 0.7% from the previous year. COMPANY STATEMENTS
*Comet said CFO Lisa Pataki will step down from
her role by the end of August 2023.
*Bystronic said Jacob Schmidheiny will step down as
chairman of the Board of Directors at the 2023 Annual General
Meeting. RATINGS
* SWISSCOM AG SCMN.S: CITIGROUP RAISES PRICE TARGET TO CHF
590 FROM CHF 545
ECONOMY
No major Swiss economic data scheduled.
($1 = 0.9235 Swiss francs)
(Reporting by Zurich newsroom and Berlin Speed Desk)
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