UBS Weighs Synthetic Risk Transfer Amid Capital Boost Proposals

UBS Group AG is considering bringing a synthetic credit risk transfer to the market, according to people with knowledge of the matter, amid Swiss reform proposals that could see the bank face higher capital requirements.

The lender is still assessing the type of collateral that could be used in any SRT, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. UBS may use one of the platforms that it inherited after it took over Credit Suisse last year to put together the transaction, some of the people said.

Talks on the use of an SRT are ...