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The Motley Fool
July 2, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
UBS Purges Board Heads roll as UBS faces a myriad of financial and legal problems.   |
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.
December 11, 2007
John Churchill |
UBS Flushes $10 Billion, Gets $11.5-Billion Injection UBS announces it will take an additional $10-billion write-down related to sub-prime loan investments; and also that it has received $11.5 billion in capital from the sovereign fund of Singapore, as well as an undisclosed Middle East investor. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
June 5, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
Subprime Numbers in Perspective It's time to stop and appreciate the enormity of the numbers that we encounter every day. How massive is our economy? How huge is the subprime crisis? |
Registered Rep.
July 10, 2007
John Churchill |
With Wuffli Out, What Next for UBS? A Wealth Management Surge in the USA Peter Wuffli was replaced as CEO of UBS last week after the firm realized millions of dollars in losses in an internal hedge fund. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
November 25, 2011
Shubh Datta |
Another Investment Bank Chops and Changes UBS looks to shed its investment banking business. |
The Motley Fool
November 26, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Will Citi Dilute Shareholders Again? Citigroup shareholders breath an enormous sigh of relief, welcoming a second government bailout that didn't significantly dilute them. They may not be out of the woods yet, though. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2008
Nate Wendler |
Capital Destroyers This chart depicts the write-downs and reserves taken by financial firms, and shows the shocking destruction of capital, as measured by book value and earnings. |
The Motley Fool
February 22, 2008
Christopher Barker |
Bucking ze Trend, non? French bank BNP Paribas shows the world how it's done. Despite crisis-related losses of $872 million for the quarter, the bank managed to post a $1.48 billion profit. |
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.
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.
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. |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2008
Christopher Barker |
Monoline Hits Bottom Line at UBS The Swiss bank won't be the last to announce a monoline writedown. |
The Motley Fool
June 12, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
The Award for Worst Bank Stock Goes to ... There has been much debate about whether we are through the worst of the credit crunch. In that spirit, let's choose the worst banking stock to own. Picking just one was no easy task. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
February 21, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
Credit Suisse Drops a Bomb The details are confusing as the company unexpectedly announces huge writedowns just a week after reporting fourth-quarter earnings. |
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. |
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. |
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
April 16, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
USB: What Credit Crisis? So far, US Bancorp has incurred very minor wounds in the midst of an industry bloodbath. |
The Motley Fool
June 13, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
Bank Bloopers Banking news: Bank stocks have had another awful week. Several banks are at or near their 52-week lows. |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2011
Keki Fatakia |
For Banks, Pink-Slip Showers Continue After a long string of job cuts at banks, UBS is the latest to slash 3,500 jobs in an attempt to save $2.5 billion annually. |
The Motley Fool
November 4, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
The Market Is Wrong on UBS UBS appears to have turned the corner in restoring investor confidence, but do fundamentals back this up? |
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.
July 28, 2009
John Churchill |
IRS Tailing UBS Bankers and Advisors The IRS has upped the ante in its fight to gather thousands of names of alleged tax-dodging American UBS clients, by sending IRS agents to tail the firm's bankers and financial advisors as they visit clients. |
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.
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. |
CFO
June 1, 2008
Karen M. Kroll |
A Perceptive Postmortem UBS comes clean on the causes of its whopping write-downs. |
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. |
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.
July 13, 2009 |
Swiss and U.S. Tension Rising Over UBS Tax Evasion Case The problem continues to be that Swiss banking laws -- which say tax fraud is illegal, but not tax evasion -- protect the names of the 52,000 American clients and giving them up would violate Swiss criminal law. |
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.
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.
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
July 29, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Mother Merrill Blows Her Top Merrill Lynch decides to dump more than $30 billion in mortgage-related assets in a move to rid itself of as many sickly holdings as possible. |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
At AIG, History Hideously Repeats AIG, the world's largest insurer, posts its second straight record quarterly loss, caused by a massive writedown of derivatives exposed to bad mortgage investments. |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2011
Cliff D'Arcy |
Rogue Trader Loses UBS $2 Billion Switzerland's banking giant admits to an unauthorized loss of nearly 1.3 billion pounds! |
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
July 3, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
Bracing for More Bad News From Banks The earnings forecasts from the financial sector for the second quarter are increasingly pessimistic. |
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. |
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 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. |
The Motley Fool
May 28, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
Goldman Sachs Takes the High Ground The investment bank threatens to leave an international group over a proposed rule change for accounting. |
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.
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.
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 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. |
