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He now intends to bring in SFr4bn through a rights issue. (Share sales in 2015 raised SFr6bn.)
他現在打算通過供股來注入四十億瑞郎。（2015年的股權交易籌集了六十億瑞郎。）
Shareholders had never been keen on the flotation, which would have diluted their returns from the division that contributes most to Credit Suisse's profits.
股東們從來不會熱衷于增發新股，因為這將會稀釋他們從紅利分配中獲得的收益，而紅利分配占瑞士信貸利潤的比重最大。
A climb in the share price, by more than 50% since July, has made a rights issue more attractive.
自7月來，股價增幅超過50%并正處于高點，這使得增發更加吸引人。
The issue will lift Credit Suisse's ratio of common equity to risk-weighted assets (a key gauge of banks' strength) from 11.7% to 13.4%.
股票發行會將普通股在風險加權資產中的比重（衡量銀行實力的關鍵指標）從11.7%提高至13.4%。
That boosts it from a middling position among its European peers, but still leaves it behind Deutsche and UBS, its bigger Swiss neighbour.
這樣的做法會使瑞信在處于中等位置的歐洲同行里脫穎而出，但是仍然排在德銀和瑞銀（瑞士聯合銀行）之后，而瑞銀是瑞信在瑞士最大的鄰居。
Mr Thiam claimed the quarterly figures endorsed a strategic shift towards Asia which he announced 18 months ago.
譚天忠宣稱，季度數據確保了他在十八個月前曾宣布的面向亞洲的戰略轉移。對許多人來說，這種結構看起來不太平衡，但是譚天忠確信它正在見效。
He considers the region's newly rich to be ideal clients for a bank which can meet the needs of both their businesses and their families.
他把該地區的新富人視作銀行的理想客戶，這樣的銀行要能夠滿足他們來自企業與家庭的需求。
Credit Suisse's Asian division, like the Swiss universal bank, provides wealth management and investment banking locally.
瑞士信貸的亞洲分部，如瑞士環球銀行，因地制宜地提供財富管理與投資銀行服務。
Functional divisions serve the rest of the world.
各職能部門服務于世界其他地區。
To many, this structure looks lopsided.
對于很多人來說，這種結構看起來有點兒不平衡。
Mr Thiam is sure that it is working.
但譚先生確定這會起作用的。
The Asian wealth-management business saw profits rise by two-thirds in the year to the first quarter.
亞洲財富管理業在今年第一季度增長了三分之二。
The region's markets business tumbled into loss, but Mr Thiam insists that a change of management will help turn it around.
而該地區的市場業務陷入虧損，但是譚天忠堅持稱管理方式的改變會有助于扭轉現狀。
All this should placate shareholders, who have had plenty to grumble about—and whom Mr Thiam faces at the annual meeting on April 28th.
所有這些消息都應該會安撫股東的情緒，他們已經有一大堆的抱怨了，而譚天忠會在4月28日的年度大會上面對這些人。
This month he and other executives gave up 40% of their latest bonuses, which had been criticised by advisers to institutional investors.
本月，他與其他高管放棄了最近一次獎金的40%，這次高額獎金早已受到機構投資者的顧問的批評。
The bosses had hit their targets, but the bank lost money in 2015 and 2016.
在2015與2016年，老總們達到了拿高薪的目的，但是銀行卻發生了虧損。
Better luck this year.
祝今年好運。
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