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Credit Suisse mulls U.S. fixed income spin off: report


    (Reuters) - Credit Suisse is mulling a plan to spin off part of its fixed income business in the United States in order to help trim costs, according to a report in the Financial Times.

    The Swiss bank is considering selling a stake in its subsidiary Wake USA - an electronic market for U.S. government bonds that it started with a high-speed trading group Tower Research - the FT said, citing unnamed sources familiar with the bank's thinking.

    A Credit Suisse spokesman did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment.

    The report said regulatory pressures and a sharp fall in fixed income trading revenues besetting banks have prompted Credit Suisse to consider the move.

    (Reporting by Jennifer Saba in New York; Editing by Sophie Hares)