A drumbeat of investors’ public support for Credit Suisse Group AG Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam over the past week was intended to force the bank’s board to back him or sacrifice one of their own amid a high-stakes spying scandal. The plan backfired. Months of rising tensions between Mr. Thiam and the directors spilled into public view heading...

Source: Wall Street Journal February 09, 2020 22:47 UTC