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Registered Rep. October 31, 2007 John Churchill	UBS Earnings Bomb Swiss banking giant UBS joined Merrill Lynch at the bottom of the credit related write-down pile with the release of its earnings.
BusinessWeek July 25, 2005 Stanley Reed	The Master Of Zurich How Peter Wuffli turned around UBS- and brought the glory days back to Swiss banking.
The Motley Fool August 13, 2008 Alex Dumortier	Is UBS Calling the End of Universal Banks? UBS is reversing its "one bank" strategy by giving increased autonomy to its three businesses: Investment Banking, Wealth Management, and Asset Management.
Registered Rep. October 27, 2009 Kristen French	UBS Hires McCann UBS announced that it has hired Bob McCann as the CEO of its UBS Wealth Management Americas unit, replacing former head of the division, Martin Hoekstra.
Registered Rep. August 5, 2009 French & Churchill	UBS Close to Deal With Bob McCann, Reorg Under Way The move comes as the bank works to contain damage to its reputation done by the tax evasion dispute with the U.S. government.
Registered Rep. September 6, 2006 John Churchill	UBS Buys Another Brokerage With the ink still drying on its deal to purchase Piper Jaffray's brokerage arm, Swiss firm UBS announced today it will now buy Cleveland-based McDonald Investments, KeyCorp's brokerage unit.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2008 John Churchill	UBS Projecting More Huge Write-Downs, Recapitalization In addition to the write-downs and recapitalization, it was also announced that long-time chairman Marcel Ospel will be stepping down at the end of the first quarter.
Registered Rep. July 8, 2009	Is UBS' Marten Hoekstra On the Way Out? A story in the Financial Times teasingly suggests UBS US Wealth Management is in for a big change at the top.
The Motley Fool May 4, 2007 Tom Taulli	UBS Trims Its Hedge Stung by poor performance, the firm closes a key hedge fund.
Registered Rep. May 4, 2010 John Aidan Byrne	UBS Client Asset Outflows Slow in Q1 Improving market conditions softened the blow as total client assets hit $721.6 billion in the brokerage unit of the Swiss banking giant.
Registered Rep. February 10, 2009	UBS Earning Get Kicked In The ARS! U.S. Wealth Mgt Unit Profit Wiped Out By ARS UBS announced a fourth quarter loss of U.S. $7.5 billion, capping a horrendous year for the Swiss firm.
Registered Rep. May 27, 2004 David A. Gaffen	High-End Investment Advice Grows Globally The private banking industry is growing at a level not seen since the late 1990s, reflecting not only an increase in the market but also an influx of new money into these firms.
Registered Rep. April 16, 2009 John Churchill	UBS to Cut Lower Producing Advisors The 8,700 jobs UBS plans to cut by the end of 2010 will include 2,000 in the Wealth Management division, many of them financial advisors.
Registered Rep. July 28, 2010 John Aidan Byrne	UBS Brokerage Unit Turning the Corner? The "turning point" in client fund outflows is about to appear for UBS Wealth Management Americas.
The Motley Fool August 16, 2006 Alex Dumortier	No Swiss Miss at UBS The world's largest wealth manager, UBS AG, reported second-quarter earnings that pleased shareholders. Are there any clouds that threaten this Swiss banker's sunny day?
Registered Rep. August 31, 2010 John Aidan Byrne	UBS Beefs Up Alt Investments for Risk Reduction Jerry Pascucci, a former Morgan Stanley Smith Barney executive, is joining UBS Wealth Management Americas on September 7 as head of alternative investments, according to an internal memo obtained by Registered Rep.
Registered Rep. August 6, 2010 John Aidan Byrne	UBS Advisors Welcome Mortgage Rollout Financial advisors at UBS Wealth Management Americas closely watched this week as the U.S. brokerage rolled out plans to sell more of its own mortgage and lending products through its retail brokerage force.
The Motley Fool April 2, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	UBS: You Hang In There The Swiss bank looks to cut its losses and put the crisis behind it.
Registered Rep. January 29, 2010 Kristen French	UBS Morale Lifts A number of top financial advisors at the firm say that they are so far very pleased with the leadership of UBS Wealth Management CEO Bob McCann and his team.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2011 John Aidan Byrne	McCann Reassures UBS FAs as His Profile Grows with New Appointment Robert J. McCann's responsibilities at Swiss bank giant UBS dramatically expanded with a new appointment Thursday.
The Motley Fool November 1, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	UBS Strikes Up a Familiar Band Overall, UBS finished the quarter with a loss of $624 million, due in great part to the $3.6 billion in losses it reported in its fixed income currencies and commodities trading business.
Financial Planning June 1, 2008 Dakin Campbell	UBS to Exit Muni Biz UBS confirms reports that it will exit or sell the institutional municipal securities group in an effort to focus on core client businesses after reporting first-quarter 2008 losses of $11 billion.
Registered Rep. February 9, 2010 Kristen French	UBS Americas Bleeds More Client Assets in Q4, Advisor Attrition Way Down Clients continued to withdraw significant assets from the firm both in the U.S. and around the world.
Registered Rep. October 26, 2010 John Aidan Byrne	UBS Stops the Bleeding, Adds Retail Client Assets Clients assets at UBS Wealth Management Americas outpaced withdrawals in its latest third-quarter results, a singular achievement last reported by the brokerage unit in the first quarter of 2009.
Registered Rep. May 5, 2009 John Churchill	UBS Posts Loss But Gains Retail Client Assets UBS posts its first-quarter earnings and blames bad loans on its books for the poor result.
Registered Rep. March 16, 2012 John Aidan Byrne	UBS Betting Big On Asia UBS Wealth Management will embark on a global expansion outside the U.S., announcing yesterday it will hire another 500 advisers in the fast-growing emerging markets and Asia Pacific regions.
Registered Rep. July 26, 2011 John Aidan Byrne	UBS Wealth Management on the Turnaround UBS Wealth Management Americas continues to improve, reporting pretax profit of $165 million for the second quarter.
Registered Rep. November 17, 2009 John Aidan Byrne	McCann Sets Ambitious Targets for UBS The chief executive of UBS' Wealth Management Americas also reiterated his profitability target of 15 to 20 percent for the division, and set a goal of CHF1 billion for annualized pre-tax profit.
Registered Rep. April 26, 2011 John Aidan Byrne	UBS Wealth Management Unit Improves Performance UBS Wealth Management Americas, rising from the ashes of its well-publicized disasters, had something to crow about this latest quarter (Q1 2011)
Registered Rep. March 30, 2010 John Aidan Byrne	Waiting on McCann's Plan for UBS It won't be announced this week or next; instead UBS is eying an announcement in mid-April or later, people familiar with the matter told us.
Registered Rep. November 12, 2002 Rick Weinberg	Wealth Management R Us! The Gnomes of Zurich to Drop Kick the PaineWebber Name The century-old PaineWebber name is going to be dropped from UBS AG's brokerage and investment-banking businesses in 2003, the company says. The new name is to be, UBS Wealth Management USA.
Registered Rep. September 3, 2010 John Aidan Byrne	UBS Hires Four HNW Advisors The latest hires by UBS Wealth Management Americas reflect its goal of attracting business from the ultra rich in mostly major metropolitan markets in the United States.
Registered Rep. March 15, 2010 John Aidan Byrne	McCann Is the Man at UBS; Name Change to PaineWebber? The much-anticipated revival plan for UBS Wealth Management Americas will cap off a series of recent organizational changes garnering support from an important constituency: advisors at the beleaguered brokerage.
Registered Rep. March 17, 2008 John Churchill	UBS Says U.S. Wealth Management Not For Sale But top executives did meet to discuss strategy, including the prospect of a 5- to 10-percent cut in jobs, according to published reports.
Registered Rep. September 8, 2006 Halah Touryalai	An Offer They Can't Refuse UBS is doing all it can to hold onto as many of the advisors at newly acquired Cleveland-based McDonald Investments as possible -- beginning with a retention package that will be hard to refuse.
Registered Rep. July 15, 2010 John Byrne	UBS Launches New Wealth Planning Unit Tony Roth, who previously ran the brokerage's private wealth management portfolio advisory group, has been named to lead the new division.
Registered Rep. February 8, 2011 John Aidan Byrne	Some Bright Spots Among the Red Ink for UBS UBS Wealth Management Americas added client assets and a handful of advisors in the fourth quarter, cushioning the blow from steep legal costs that resulted in a pre-tax loss of $34.6 million.
Registered Rep. October 27, 2009 John Aidan Byrne	McCann Vows to Return UBS Wealth Management To Profitability New CEO Robert J. McCann says the wealth management division of UBS will not be put on the block.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 John Churchill	Mission USA UBS, with a strong brand name among the wealthy in Europe and Asia, continues to try to stoke some brand awareness among the wealthy here in the U.S.
Registered Rep. April 14, 2010 John Aidan Byrne	UBS Retail Brokerage Nearing a Turnaround? Client asset withdrawals have slowed at the embattled U.S. wealth management business of UBS where, in a positive sign to investors, it reported much stronger first quarter pre-tax profit than previously expected.
Registered Rep. October 8, 2009	UBS Hires Bob McCann UBS has hired former Merrill Lynch executive Bob McCann to run its wealth management division in the Americas.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 Halah Touryalai	UBS Offers Hot Retention Bonus UBS is doing all it can to hold onto as many of the newly acquired Cleveland-based McDonald Investments advisors as possible -- beginning with a retention package that will be hard to refuse.
Registered Rep. November 12, 2008 John Churchill	UBS Executive Indicted, Faces Up To Five-Years Jail Time The U.S. Government's investigation of cross-border business by UBS has resulted in an indictment of Raoul Weil, Chairman and CEO of UBS Global Wealth Management and Business Banking.
BusinessWeek July 25, 2005 Frederik Balfour	Eager To Shepherd Asia's New Money Asia has been minting new millionaires faster than any other region in the world, a fact that hasn't been lost on UBS.
Registered Rep. September 4, 2013 Diana Britton	What Is Wealthy? Fifty percent of investors define wealth as having no financial constraints on what they do, while only 16 percent say it's about surpassing a certain asset threshold.
Registered Rep. December 10, 2009 John Aidan Byrne	UBS Announces New Comp Plan; Comp Focused on FA Loyalty and Future Production UBS' plan is a departure from brokerages where compensation is typically based on trailing commissions rather than on growth.
BusinessWeek February 11, 2010 Elena Logutenkova	No Time to Rest at UBS The Swiss bank is profitable again - but CEO Grubel still needs to stem the exodus of wealthy clients.
CFO June 1, 2008 Karen M. Kroll	A Perceptive Postmortem UBS comes clean on the causes of its whopping write-downs.
Registered Rep. February 7, 2012 John Aidan Byrne	UBS' U.S. Brokerage Boosts Profits, Boasts Most Productive Advisors Despite global market conditions that lowered asset-based fees and transaction-based income, UBS Wealth Management Americas ended 2011 on firmer footing, earning $573 million for the year on revenues of $5.96 billion.
Registered Rep. August 27, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Uncertainty at UBS, Can UBS Afford McCann? The latest news out of UBS involves former Merrill executive, Bob McCann, who's dealing with a non-compete clause that's keeping him from supposedly joining the firm.