UBS (UBS) Chairman Colm Kelleher has received a request from US Senator Elizabeth Warren to disclose details of any communications he may have had with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over possibly moving the bank to the US from Switzerland, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday, citing the lawmaker's Dec. 9 letter.
Warren asked Kelleher to summarize his and Bessent's discussions, or with any other officials on the subject of redomiciling the bank, and whether he had been promised any benefits, the report said.
UBS has publicly criticized tighter capital controls to be imposed by Switzerland.
A UBS spokesperson said in response to an inquiry by MT Newswires that the company wants to stay in Switzerland. "UBS has a unique, sustainable, globally diversified business model, which has proven itself even in extraordinary situations and serves as an anchor of resilience, stability and prosperity," the company said.
Warren's office and the Treasury Department did not immediately reply to MT Newswires' requests for comment.
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