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UBS bolsters Russian equity research
UBS has re-appointed a co-head of equity research ... The Swiss bank has re-hired Dmitry Vinogradov to ... Vinogradov previously worked at UBS between 1997 and ... He will be based in Moscow and take ... He will co-head the Russia and CIS equity ... Both men will report to Nick Pink, head...
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UBS confirms Zeltner appointment for UK private wealth unit
UBS has confirmed that Juerg Zeltner, head of ... The post was left vacant last week after ... “Jurge will step into the day-to-day role, he ... Zeltner was appointed to his current position in...
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UBS dives as directors sell rights to capital increase
UBS shares fell as much as 9% this ... The trading of subscription rights for the capital ... Senior managers and board directors had exercised 954,310 ... Shareholders were alloted one subscription right for each ... UBS shares are down 48% for the year ... Among those to have sold the most rights...
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UBS to wind down municipal bond unit
UBS, which tried to find a buyer for ... "After a careful review of the options over ... Roughly 70 people out of the unit's more ... Meanwhile, a court hearing for Bradley Birkenfeld, a...
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Private banker’s guilt plea likely to affect UBS inflows
UBS may face more client defections and diminished ... Bradley Birkenfeld’s decision to plead guilty to helping ... The investigation could have “a very serious impact ... “I wouldn't expect any improvement in money inflows...
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UBS Wealth Management in strategic tie-up with US property firm
Thomas Properties Group, Austin's biggest office landlord, on ... UBS Wealth Management, an arm of UBS is ... Under the terms of the agreement, Thomas Properties...
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Rohner sees turmoil bottoming out at UBS
UBS chief executive Marcel Rohner on Thursday said ... "I definitely think that the worst is behind ... Rohner said that UBS' investment banking arm had...
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Top UK wealth executives quit UBS as writedown malaise spreads
Almost a tenth of UBS' wealth management advisers ... Amid fears the troubled investment bank's problems are ... The defections have been in the UK domestic ... The resignations will come as a blow as...
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Comment: Bruised UBS is feeling the heat
People in denial over climate change draw comfort ... Across the surface of Greenland, and some of ... From time to time, an ice shelf breaks ... In its own way, UBS looks as serene, ... But cracks are appearing following the steady drip ... Headhunters are enlarging and deepening the fissures at...
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UBS warns of losses on non-US property exposure
UBS is expecting more losses from its property ... The warning from the Swiss bank, which was ... The group gave warning that it holds positions ... In its prospectus, the bank said: “These include...
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UBS lends $11bn to offload debt to BlackRock
UBS today took a critical move to offload ... The Swiss bank said this morning that it ... The Swiss bank said in a statement it ... UBS this month announced plans for 5,500 job ... The BlackRock fund purchased the portfolio for $3.75bn ... The deal effectively enables UBS to transfer the...
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UBS offloads $22bn mortgage assets to BlackRock at steep discount
UBS on Wednesday said it has closed the ... UBS said it sold sub-prime and Alt-A assets ... Switzerland's largest bank declared the divestment earlier this...
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UBS rights issue priced at discount
UBS has set the terms for its Sfr ... Switzerland's UBS said it will sell new shares ... While UBS is guaranteed to receive the fresh ... On Wednesday, UBS finalised the sale of $15bn ... However, the bank has cast a bleak outlook ... The capital increase is UBS's second major injection...
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Private bankers hit the provinces
Fancy escaping the City? Now might be the ... Somerled Macdonald, a partner at executive search firm ... Goldman, Kleinwort Benson, Coutts, UBS and Allied Irish ... Enthusiasm for the provinces comes despite the fact ... Expansion outside London spells recruitment, says Mark Somers...
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UBS suffers mass defection of wealth advisers
Eighteen UK-based private bankers have resigned from UBS ... The new business, Vestra Wealth, is led by ... Scott declined to say why former UBS personnel ... David Scott confirmed that the senior staff who ... Scott added: "We are aiming to offer a ... Scott refused to specify the size of Goldman...
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Comment: Funds hedge their Swiss bets
The creation of a Geneva-based hedge fund business ... Lombard Odier plans to increase its 1798 Global ... Lawyers say their hedge fund clients are talking ... Switzerland is determined to attract hedge funds, as ... Philippe Jabre has grown his Geneva hedge fund ... One hedge fund adviser said: “They used to...
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UBS reshuffles risk management
UBS has restructured its risk management and trading ... UBS has created a new role of group ... The investment bank has appointed Thomas Daula from ... Both moves are part of a wider reassessment ... Scoby said: "These changes are designed to establish ... At the same time, UBS has promoted John...
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US to seek client names from UBS in tax case
US prosecutors are expected to confront Swiss banking ... The subpoena would follow an indictment, unsealed Tuesday ... UBS and the Justice Department declined to comment ... Liechtenstein, a principality long seen as a popular ... The investigation focuses on whether UBS, Birkenfeld and...
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Top global private banks face tax evasion crackdown
The world’s leading private banks could be facing ... This week’s admission by UBS that a leading ... Matters could escalate this month, when European Union ... Pressure, led by Germany, to tighten the EU’s ... Such signs of a crackdown have reinforced warnings...
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Probe may lay open UBS
The secrets of UBS' private bank could be ... US prosecutors are investigating whether the private bank, ... The US probe into UBS' private bank, the ... A UBS spokesman said that access to client ... The inquiry into the dealings of the lucrative ... "Such investigations could hamper UBS' wealth management, too,...
