News: CVO Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Dec 12

ZURICH, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Here are some of the main factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Monday:

LONZA LONN.S Swiss pharmaceutical manufacturer Lonza Group AG is in advanced talks to acquire Capsugel, a U.S. maker of capsule products and other drug delivery systems, for more than $5 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

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ZURICH INSURANCE ZURN.S Switzerland's Zurich Insurance Group has agreed to buy Australia's biggest travel insurance provider, Cover-More Group (CVO) , for A$741 million ($551 million), stepping up its investment in the Australian market.

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NOVARTIS NOVN.S Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung reported Novartis could be interested in buying German drugmaker Stada STAGn.DE , citing rumours from London. A Novartis spokesman said the company does not comment on rumors and speculation. Stada also declined to comment. On Friday, Financial blog Betaville cited two sources as saying Stada is working with Goldman Sachs GS.N bankers after receiving informal expressions of interest from possible buyers .

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CREDIT SUISSE CSGN.S Newspaper Schweiz am Sonntag reported Credit Suisse could cut an extra 4,000 to 5,000 jobs at group level by 2018 under the bank's new cost saving measures, without saying how it got its information. Credit Suisse declined to comment on the report. On Wednesday, Credit Suisse pledged to cut another 1 billion Swiss francs in costs, with Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam not saying how many additional layoffs there will be to the 6,000 already planned for 2016 .

The Swiss bank said on Friday it would reduce the minimum redemption amount of two popular exchange-traded notes, used to bet on the price of oil, from 25,000 to 500.

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RICHEMONT CFR.S The Swiss luxury good company has reached an agreement with employees on a new round of job cuts, a labour union said on Friday, adding the layoffs were smaller than originally planned.

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SWISS BANKS Harald Nedwed, head of Migros Bank, told the NZZ am Sonntag that more banks in Switzerland may start to pass on negative interest rates to clients in the near future. Nedwed said customers with seven-digit accounts balances were the ones who would most likely be effected.

COMPANY STATEMENTS

• Partners Group PGHN.S said it invested A$250 million dollars in a wind farm project in Australia.
• Julius Baer BAER.S said the Zurich district court issued its judgment in the case of the Bundesanstalt fuer vereinigungsbedingte Sonderaufgaben versus Julius Baer and ruled in favour of Julius Baer. The ruling is not yet legally binding, the bank said.
• Raiffeisen CEO Patrik Gisel told the Neue Zuercher Zeitung the bank is looking opportunistically at making acquisitons.
• Switzerland's Federal Council said it had appointed Renzo Simoni as the state representative on the board of Swisscom SCMN.S .
• AC Immune ACIU.O said its partner Genentech, a member of the Roche ROG.S group, presented data to support the binding and increased dosing of its Alzheimer's therapy crenezumab.

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