121 articles found within the last year.
Displaying results 61 - 80
-
UBS loses Asia-Pacific head Tapner
UBS on Thursday said its highest-ranking executive in ... Zurich-based UBS said Rory Tapner, chairman and chief ... At the same time, UBS appointed Chi-Won Yoon ... Yoon will take Tapner's place with immediate effect ... UBS declined to make Yoon available for comment. ... Tapner's exit is a stinging reminder of UBS'...
-
Credit Suisse's Berchtold has big ambitions in global wealth management
Credit Suisse received more money from the rich ... In an elegant walnut-panelled meeting room in Credit ... He says: “We have a clear advantage over ... Berchtold, chief executive of Credit Suisse’s private banking ... It has succeeded in reassuring most of its ... Credit Suisse’s recent relative success came after a...
-
Banking rivals battle it out to be Swiss champion
Little does as much good for national pride ... The celebrations don’t stop there: Much like Federer, ... Despite refusing government help and relatively little share ... Of course, where there are winners, there must ... In recent months, several high-ranking names have defected...
-
Europe’s star performers guide clients in turmoil
To describe the past year as “difficult” for ... As if that weren’t enough, laws aimed at ... Electronic trading specialists had to guide their clients ... Head of European client trading and execution, UBS ... UBS led the pack at Financial News’ buyside ... Allison joined UBS in 1997 as an options...
-
UBS predicts UK property market will continue to falter
The property prices in the UK will fall ... The report said that contrary to recent signs ... Authors Caroline Winckles and Brian O'Reilly said: "While ... They said: "While we believe the worst may ... The report said the rate of adjustment since ... UBS added that rate cuts have not been...
-
Financial advisers avoid asking clients the tough questions - survey
A new survey has shown that 25% of ... The research conducted by myprivatebanking.com, a information portal ... More than half the banks surveyed presented an ... In 25% of cases the proposed investment was ... One third of the banks had fee structures ... Nevertheless, some banks in the survey came out...
-
Numbers surges at Basel art and design fairs
Collectors have flocked to Basel this week for ... The Design Miami/Basel and Art Basel fairs have ... Craig Robins and Ambra Medda, the founders of ... Robins said: "In this buyer's market, our balance ... He said for many the designs are a ... Across the road at Art Basel, Hollywood actor...
-
Pramerica hires property managers for UK push
Pramerica Real Estate Investors, a subsidiary of US ... A spokeswoman at UBS confirmed that Charles Crowe, ... Dennis-Jones is fund manager of the flagship £1.3bn ... The news of a new investor in the ... UBS itself lost another senior real estate manager ... UBS has set about restructuring its UK real...
-
Credit Suisse makes top pick among investment banks
Credit Suisse is expected to be the best ... JP Morgan's bank analysts said in a note ... However, they said it is clear that UBS’ ... JP Morgan has Credit Suisse and UBS overweight, ... The analysts added that they believe Credit Suisse ... “Although Credit Suisse is not a tier one...
-
UBS parts company with head of sterling bonds
The head of sterling-denominated bonds at the asset ... Nic Barnes has resigned from UBS Global Asset ... The fund’s performance also puts it in the ... Barnes' responsibilities are being absorbed by Bob Jolly, ... UBS’ funds investing in debt across a number ... John Dugenske was appointed as head of US...
-
Swiss Government talks regarding UBS stake continue
The Swiss government is still weighing becoming a ... The government owns mandatory convertible notes which can ... The cabinet will decide in due course, the ... The conversion price is at least Sfr18.21. Shares ... Analysts said UBS is unlikely to mount an ... By comparison, Credit Suisse Group, which has been...
-
Barclays Wealth scoops UBS risk duo
The wealth management arm of UK bank Barclays ... Mark Cooke starts at Barclays Wealth as managing ... Cooke will report to Thomas Kalaris, and will ... Cooke joins from UBS where he has spent ... Colin Bell comes with Cooke to Barclays Wealth ... In the past few months, Barclays Wealth has...
-
UBS defends salary increases for bankers
UBS' chief executive on Tuesday defended base salary ... "We have to pay out employees in line ... Grübel said UBS chose to raise base salaries ... UBS had fallen behind the market in some ... "These investments were necessary to safeguard our profitable ... UBS raised base salaries recently for some employees...
-
UBS bucks trend with leveraged finance hires
UBS has made three European sales and trading ... According to a statement from the Swiss bank, ... Palamara joined from Citigroup, and will cover hedge ... McGuinness joined from agency broker Mint Securities, and ... On the trading side, Gomez will report to ... The hires come as US leveraged loans prices...
-
UBS Wealth Management Americas Has Client Inflows In 1Q
The U.S. wealth management unit of UBS AG ... In the year-earlier quarter, the unit had inflows ... In comparison, UBS's Wealth Management & Swiss Bank ... The best divisional performance was in Wealth Management ... Total operating income at Wealth Management Americas fell...
-
Credit Suisse PB hires senior bankers for Italy and Africa
Credit Suisse's private banking unit has hired a ... Anthony Richardson has started as a client adviser ... Richardson joined in January from Deutsche Bank. ... Last November, Raffaello Nemni was recruited from Swiss ... They both report to Julian Deasy, who now...
-
UBS hires Barclays Wealth duo
UBS has hired two client advisers from Barclays ... Sathish Subbiah and Sayu Sinha joined the Swiss...
-
UBS' head of quant analysis and research quits
A member of UBS's fixed-income, currencies and commodities ... Steve Dugdale, who was put in charge of ... UBS declined to comment on the departure. Dugdale ... Dugdale worked at UBS for 19-years. Before becoming ... Felce left UBS last year and helped found ... Dugdale's resignation is the latest in a line...
-
UBS hires new chief of European credit in week of departures
UBS has hired the former head of European ... Derrick Herndon, who left Credit Suisse last year ... UBS has confirmed Herndon’s appointment. ... Kengeter, formerly global head of UBS’ fixed-income currencies ... Other senior departures from UBS in the past ... ... Raber’s other co-head was Michael Schmidt, who, as...
-
Ex-UBS fixed-income star joins MUFJ
The former global co-head of rates at UBS ... Sascha Prinz, who was previously global co-head of ... Once he joins he is expected to report ... MUFG were unavailable for comment. Prinz was also ... Rates is one of the most lucrative investment ... The restructuring of UBS’ FICC business in January...
