ZURICH, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Here are some of the main factors
that could affect Swiss stocks on Thursday:
CREDIT SUISSE CSGN.VX , JULIUS BAER BAER.VX
Credit Suisse and Julius Baer are among a handful of banks
vying to buy the Swiss private-banking arm of embattled
Brazilian investment bank Grupo BTG Pactual SA BBTG11.SA in a
cut-price deal, sources with direct knowledge of the talks told
Reuters on Wednesday.
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JULIUS BAER BAER.VX
Hedge fund investor Kairos Partners, owned by Julius Baer,
is gearing up to launch three funds with over $160 million in
assets by year-end, bucking the trend in an industry that
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COMPANY STATEMENTS CPR-CH
* Credit Suisse CSGN.VX property fund CS REF Hospitality
has sold the Hotel Palace in Lucerne to Chinese investor Yunfeng
Gao, the bank said, giving no financial terms. CSGN.VX
* Luzerner Kantonalbank AG LUKN.S gave strategic
guidelines and set targets for 2016 to 2020. The bank said it
wants to achieve total revenues of at least 950 million Swiss
francs in the period. LUKN.S
* Basilea Pharmaceutica BSLN.S successfully placed 200
million Swiss francs in senior convertible bonds. BSLN.S
ECONOMY M-CH
* The Swiss National Bank releases results of its quarterly
policy review at 0830 GMT followed by a news conference at 0900
GMT. Most analysts polled by Reuters last week -- before the ECB
announced easing measures that were less ambitious than the
market had expected -- saw Swiss rates on hold for now.
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