UBS Lays Off Senior U.S Bankers, Shuts Down M&A Unit

Reuters reports that a UBS spokeswoman confirmed the layoffs of the managing directors, which occurred in the corporate client solutions group, composed of investment banking, equity capital markets and leverage finance teams.

In the meantime, Bloomberg reports that UBS has shut its mergers investment-banking team in Toronto.

Karina Byrne, spokeswoman for the bank in New York, said mergers coverage for Canada would be done from New York.

'These changes are part of the investment bank strategy we announced last fall, and will enable us to better focus on areas where we can be successful', Byrne said in an emailed statement.

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