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UBS exits exotic structured products business in FICC
UBS is shutting down its exotic structured products business within its fixed income, commodities and currencies (FICC) division.
UBS "reprioritises" commodity business
UBS today agreed to purchase the commodity index business of AIG Financial Products Corporation for $15 million plus an earnout, after confirming the sale of its base metals, oil and US power and gas businesses to Barclays Capital on Friday.
Swiss Bank UBS Admits 'limited number' of Tax Frauds
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US Justice Dept indicts UBS executive for tax fraud
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Executive pay reviewed at Barclays, UBS and Goldman
Barclays, UBS and Goldman Sachs have announced moves to halt bonus payouts for top executives in 2008, as huge subprime losses and writedowns have placed compensation policies under increased scrutiny.
European CDSs continue to climb
The cost of credit protection on European banks increased in early trading today, while market sentiment towards US financial institutions remained favourable.
UBS risk chief steps down
Joseph Scoby, who has led UBS' risk department during one of the most disastrous years in the bank's history, has stepped down, to be replaced by his deputy, Philip Lofts.
Swiss National Bank to take $60 billion in UBS assets
The Swiss government has stepped in to rescue UBS, the European bank worst hit by the subprime crisis.
More jobs to go at Lehman Brothers
Following Lehman Brothers’ filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on September 15, the bank's failure has hit its employees hard, with further redundancies announced earlier this week.
UBS commits to $18.6 billion ARS buyback
UBS has joined Citi and Merrill Lynch in agreeing to buy back auction rate securities (ARS) at par, in an offer that could affect up to $18.6 billion in securities over the next two years.
The Feds are coming
Regulators in the US are cracking down on banks in their stringent anti-money laundering campaign. Nick Kochan looks at the civil penalties being imposed on financial institutions and wonders whether they are entirely justified
New wealth management head in Japan for UBS Securities
Walter Seitz has been appointed head of wealth management at UBS Securities Japan to replace Junya Tani, who left to head Credit Suisse’s newly launched private banking operations in Tokyo.
New York sues UBS for alleged auction rate securities fraud
UBS executives sold off $21 million in personal auction rate securities (ARS) holdings just days before the market ground to a halt, while continuing to market the securities to unwitting consumers, a New York State lawsuit has alleged.
More writedowns coming at UBS
UBS will report more writedowns in its second-quarter results, due on August 12, the Swiss bank warned today.
UBS in tax evasion probe
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Four UBS directors to leave as bank steps up risk oversight
Four directors of UBS will step down in October as the bank attempts to overcome the stigma of its massive writedowns over the past 12 months.
Cultural change prescribed in response to subprime losses
As banks and other market players seek to close risk management loopholes exposed by tottering markets, some post-mortems are homing in on a broader issue: corporate culture.
Poachers strip UBS of London wealth management staff
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UBS names global capital markets heads
UBS has appointed Roberto Isolani and Matthew Koder as co-heads of its global capital markets (GCM) business, which is a recently merged division of the bank's equity capital markets and debt capital markets divisions.
UBS appoints Philip Lofts as new group risk COO
UBS has made changes to its risk division, appointing Philip Lofts as group risk chief operating officer. The appointment comes a month after the bank, which has been the biggest victim of the subprime losses, released a report to shareholders citing …