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UBS

Headquartered in Zurich and Basel, UBS is a global firm providing financial services to private, corporate and institutional clients.

KEY FACTS
Founded: 1854
Headquarters: Zürich & Basel, Switzerland.
Products: Investment Banking, Investment Management, Wealth Management, Private Banking, Corporate Banking, Private Equity, Finance and Insurance, Consumer Banking, Mortgages, and Credit Cards.
Website: ubs.com

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Financial Markets

Barclays Accused, Nomura Faces Appeal, UBS Pays Up

Barclays has been named in a lawsuit filed in California seeking damages for its role in Hewlett-Packard's disastrous takeover of Autonomy.

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Financial Markets

UBS Looks At All Investor Suggestions

UBS is always looking at all shareholder suggestions, CEO Sergio Ermotti said Friday, a day after investor Knight Vinke Asset Management called for a spinoff of the firm’s investment bank.

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Financial Markets

Deutsche and UBS In U.S. Hires, Twitter Hires Morgan Stanley MD

Deutsche Bank has hired three people for its U.S. investment-grade debt group, including an analyst and two traders.

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Financial Markets

UBS Should Listen To Some Uncomfortable Truths From Small Investors

Knight Vinke, the activist investor, is not everybody's cup of tea and the directors of UBS may believe that the grumbles of a shareholder that owns less than 1% of the bank can be ignored.

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Financial Markets

UBS Investment Bank Said Poses 'Serious Threat' To Other Firm Units

UBS should consider splitting its investment bank from the wealth management and Swiss banking businesses, shareholder Knight Vinke Asset Management said.

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Financial Markets

'UBS Caught Us By Surprise'

UBS has reported first-quarter earnings that beat analyst estimates on higher revenues at the investment bank and in wealth management.

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UBS CEO Says Investment Bank Strategy Is Working

UBS AG Chief Executive Officer Sergio Ermotti talks about first-quarter profit and progress on the new strategy for its investment bank.

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Financial Markets

Ex-UBS Exec - Underage S.x Trial Verdict In

Guilty, or not guilty ?

UBS Fractured

Financial Markets

UBS: Our Radical Overhaul Is Working / No Regrets Over Investment Banking Exits

UBS easily beat expectations by reporting a first-quarter net profit of $1.05bn versus forecasts of $544.9m, swinging back to a profit after a $2.03bn loss in the fourth-quarter after heavy Libor-related charges and restructuring costs.

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Financial Markets

People News - Citi, Commerzbank, Morgan Stanley, UBS

Citigroup has hired two former UBS base metals executives to its growing metals trading desk as part of the U.S. bank's expansion of its commodities business, the bank said on Thursday.

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