Swiss bank Credit Suisse has pumped SFr1.7bn (£0.7bn) into its Winterthur insurance unit, according to reports in today's Financial Times.

Swiss bank Credit Suisse has pumped SFr1.7bn (£0.7bn) into its Winterthur insurance unit, according to reports in the Financial Times.

This comes after weeks of fears that the bank would have to make an emergency capital injection into the unit.

It is thought the move will be a further blow to the bank's embattled chairman, Lukas Muhlemann.

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