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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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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 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. 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.
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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. 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. 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 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. 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. 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. 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. May 31, 2013 Megan Leonhardt	Sizing Up the Street In the latest earnings cycle, here's how the wirehouses stacked up.
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. October 7, 2009 John Aidan Byrne	Exclusive: McCann Back To Work In October Robert J. McCann, former president of Merrill Lynch, settles a bitter lawsuit with Merrill parent company Bank of America over a non-compete agreement. The settlement frees McCann to return to work this month.
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. 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. 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 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. December 1, 2011 Kristen French	Broker Report Card 2011: It's Getting Better All the Time Registered Rep.'s 21st annual Broker Report Cards showed advisor satisfaction ratings creeping higher this year across the board -- on everything from compensation and benefits, compliance support and sales support to products.
Registered Rep. September 30, 2013 Megan Leonhardt	Wirehouse Evolution Far from a dying model, the big brokerages are changing their game.
Registered Rep. October 10, 2008 John Churchill	McCann: Merrill Managers Get No Retention, FA Package Due in Two Weeks Merrill's president revealed that managers will get no retention package and only the top third of financial advisors will be getting a deal.
Registered Rep. November 9, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Mulholland Leaves as Co-Head of Merrill's U.S. Group Bob Mulholland, second-in-command in Merrill Lynch's brokerage unit, has surprisingly left the firm for retirement.
On Wall Street June 1, 2011 Lorie Konish	Wells Fargo Creates New Regional Structure A new regional wealth management structure and continuing merger and acquisition buzz surrounding the firm could shift its role in the industry.
Registered Rep. November 4, 2011 Kristen French	Indie Exodus: Overhyped? In 2009, in the wake of arguably one of the biggest financial crises this country has seen since the Great Depression, over 3,000 financial advisors left Merrill Lynch, UBS, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo to start life over at an independent broker/dealer or RIA firm.
Registered Rep. November 29, 2011 John Aidan Byrne	UBS: Going Mobile with an FA App Financial advisors at UBS Wealth Management Americas are about to go more mobile - in a far-reaching pilot program that enables them to use an extensive array of UBS tools and other applications.
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.
On Wall Street January 1, 2010	The Hire Powers Speak Out Headhunters open up about hiring, entrepreneurial mindsets, and wirehouse business models.
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.
On Wall Street July 1, 2010 Lee Conrad	Barclays Builds Its Beachhead In The U.S.-- But Can It Pick Up The Pace? There are lingering questions in some corners over whether Barclays Wealth can really make a go of it in the United States.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2010 John Aidan Byrne	Who Will be Number One Among the Wirehouses? A good old-fashioned Wall Street fight for retail assets -- and a fierce tussle over which firm can call itself the Number One retail wealth management firm on Wall Street -- is brewing.
Registered Rep. November 9, 2010 Kristen French	UBS Hires Three From Morgan Stanley As Recruiting Wars Intensify The war for talent is as fierce as ever, with some firms like UBS issuing a press release every time they make a big new hire.
On Wall Street December 1, 2011	Who's News Morgan Stanley Smith Barney hired three advisors from UBS Financial Services... Bank of America Merrill Lynch hired Morgan Stanley Smith Barney advisors Raymond Stacy and Christopher Pieper... Wells Fargo Advisors hired advisor Zoran Vaz...