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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. 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. 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. August 26, 2009 David A. Geracioti	Is McCann Close to a Deal with UBS? Bloomberg is reporting that Bob McCann, the former head of Merrill Lynch's brokerage unit, is nearing a deal with his old employer that will allow him to take a job running UBS's wealth management unit.
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 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 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.
On Wall Street June 1, 2010 Lee Conrad	Betting on McCann Can Bob McCann and his renewal team restore UBS Wealth Management Americas?
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. 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. 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. October 25, 2011 Kristen French	UBS Wealth Management Unit Pulls Into First Place, McCann Tells Troops The "rogue" trading loss and departure of CEO Oswald Grubel doesn't seem to have driven clients away from UBS in the third quarter.
Registered Rep. April 19, 2010 John Aidan Byrne	EXCLUSIVE: Is UBS Turning Around? Brokerage CEO Says Yes. UBS Wealth Management Americas, scrambling to stem the outflow of client assets, is seeing signs of hope.
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. 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.
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. 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. January 6, 2009	Sontag Takes McCann's Job At Merrill More shocking to Merrill Lynch advisors than the sudden departure of their leader is the disappearance of the "MER" logo from their computer screens.
Registered Rep. March 27, 2012 John Aidan Byrne	Management Shakeup at UBS Wealth-Management Americas A management shakeup by CEO Bob McCann at the Americas brokerage unit of Swiss bank UBS AG will see two of his top executives assume more direct responsibility over its financial advisors, according to people familiar with the changes.
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. 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. 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. September 22, 2011 John Aidan Byrne	McCann Memo Aims to Reassure Jittery UBS Brokers In a strongly-worded memo this week to employees at UBS Wealth Management Americas, CEO Bob McCann assured them that matters are under control.
Financial Advisor March 2012	UBS Reeling In Merrill Advisors The big four wirehouse firms are always trying to poach top talent from their rivals, but UBS Wealth Management seems to be doing a particularly job good job of late when it comes to snagging advisor teams from Bank of America/Merrill Lynch.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2009 John Aidan Byrne	Former ML Chief Free to Take Job Robert J. McCann is free to take the reins at a major Merrill rival now that he settled a lawsuit today with Bank of America.
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. 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. 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.
On Wall Street October 1, 2009 Helen Kearney	UBS Weighs Options as the Suddenly Smallest Wirehouse No one can deny it's been a tough year for UBS's wealth management business in the U.S.
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. June 10, 2010 John Aidan Byrne	UBS Ran Gauntlet, Beats Merrill, Says Bob Mulholland "We are really the only major relevant firm that actually went into the 2008 and 2009 abyss and came out the same firm," Mulholland told 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.
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. September 26, 2011 Kristen French	UBS Wealth Management Not For Sale; Analysts Say Don't Rule it Out Completely; Veteran FAs Calm Interim UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti and UBS Chairman Kasper Villiger sent a memo to advisors re-emphasizing that WMA is not for sale, a rumor that has been persistent despite continued denials by executives at the bank.
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, 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.
Registered Rep. January 6, 2009	Merrill's McCann Clashed With Thain Bob McCann, a popular Merrill veteran who led the firm's 16,850-person "thundering herd" of brokers, has resigned.
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. September 17, 2009 John Churchill	Judge Controls Bob McCann's Fate The former Merrill Lynch brokerage head told a Manhattan federal judge yesterday that his new employer is losing patience, and he should be relieved of a non-compete clause in his BofA contract.
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. June 6, 2005 Kristen French	Gorman's New Job at Merrill: Demotion or Promotion? The leadership change was welcomed by brokers but is unlikely to shake things up at the brokerage unit.
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. February 6, 2010 John Aidan Byrne	UBS Reorganizes Wealth Management Division (update) The Wealth Management Americas division is aiming to bolster the Swiss bank's brokerage.
Registered Rep. October 5, 2011 John Aidan Byrne	UBS Says Headhunters Playing Dirty, Unfairly Smearing the Firm Despite extensive media coverage describing nervous financial advisors and clients at the firm, insiders contend that much of this unflattering coverage is over-the-top.
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 6, 2009 John Churchill	IRS Circling, UBS Bans Travel for Some Advisors The United States' ongoing hunt for tax cheats will be putting a crimp in some clients' quarterly portfolio reviews.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2006 John Churchill	Score One for Diversity UBS has hired a prominent black Smith Barney broker.
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.
Registered Rep. April 11, 2006 John Churchill	UBS Snaps Up Piper Jaffray's Brokerage Unit The Swiss banking giant UBS added the retail unit of Midwestern gem Piper Jaffray today to its wirehouse brokerage division for $500 million in cash and other considerations.
On Wall Street July 1, 2009 Helen Kearney	RBC Swooping in on UBS Advisors A string of veteran UBS advisors have made the jump to RBC Wealth Management over the past eight months.