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1 day ago
The Upper Tribunal has directed the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to fine ex-UBS professionals Sachin Karpe £1.25m and Laila Karan £75,000 and ban them both from performing any role in regulated financial services for failing to act with integrity and for not being fit and proper persons.
Business
1 week ago
Here's a league table of 30 of the biggest trading losses of all time (excluding CDO losses post 2007).
Business
2 weeks ago
Here's a selection of links to stories from Reuters.
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by Vic Daniels (RSS feed) - 2 weeks ago
Bloomberg's Stephanie Ruhle, Erik Schatzker, Sara Eisen and Scarlet Fu report that UBS AG, which had more than $57bn of losses and writedowns after the U.S. real-estate crash, is betting there’s enough demand for toxic commercial property assets to sell debt created at the height of the boom.
Business
2 weeks ago
New Chairman underlines importance of investment bank.
Business
3 weeks ago
Call it Thunderous Thursday: 54% of shareholder votes were cast against Aviva's pay report; at the Swiss bank UBS, 37% voted against pay proposals; and the satellite firm Inmarsat suffered a 40% revolt. Shareholders – after years of supine behaviour – are sending a loud message that the soaraway boardroom pay at underperforming companies must be confronted.
Business
3 weeks ago
UBS is not home and dry yet, but the future's looking a lot brighter.
Business
3 weeks ago
Here's a few interesting stories currently doing the rounds.
Business
3 weeks ago
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has announced that it has sanctioned Citigroup Global Markets, Morgan Stanley, UBS and Wells Fargo a total of more than $9.1m for selling leveraged and inverse exchange-traded funds (ETFs) without reasonable supervision and for not having a reasonable basis for recommending the securities.