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UBS (Union Bank of Switzerland) was founded in 1862 as the Bank in Winterthur during the same time that the Swiss banking industry was beginning. UBS provides services including wealth management, asset management and investment banking services for private, corporate, and institutional clients. UBS has $2.6 trillion in assets under management and operates in 50+ countries with 60,000 employess across their business units. Top competitors in Wealth Management include Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Pictet, Deutsche Bank, Barclays and Rabobank. UBS Group AG has come out promoting sustainable investments as their preferred solution for wealth manageent clients worldwide. UBS is planning for a new US financial advisor workstation in 2021 which was developed in conjunction with Broadridge, and will enable advisors to give their clients a more accurate picture of their wealth and how they are being billed. UBS Wealth Management is leveraging moves like these to provide its UHNW clients with more access to global products and opportunities.

Equis Corp. to retain management after sale
Jul 13, 2006
The founder of Chicago-based tenant representation firm Equis Corp. says he will continue to run the company after he sells the business to Australia-based United Group Limited (ASX: UGL) for approximately $120 million later this year...
The Kids Are Not Alright
Jul 01, 2006
the classic branch office manager — part alpha dog, part teacher, part corporate middle manager — has all but disappeared in recent years.
Brokers Headed for Sweep in Overtime Pay Cases?
Feb 22, 2006
Stockbrokers have won their second big overtime pay case against Wall Street firms and this may only be the beginning of a rout that could cost brokerage houses many millions of dollars more.
Hired and Fired Up
Feb 01, 2006
The biggest brokerage businesses are showing that even in a modest market upswing they now have in place a strategy for delivering stronger and steadier sales and earnings growth. With the release of their firms' corporate earnings reports last...
Where's My Money?
Dec 01, 2005
After California brokers won $37 million in an overtime lawsuit against Merrill Lynch in August, a slew of copycat lawsuits have been filed against other brokerage firms, many of them in New York. Some of the firms that have been named include...
Morgan Stanley’s Retail Unit Posts Mixed Third Quarter
Sep 22, 2005
Morgan Stanley’s retail brokerage recorded pretax tax profits of $30 million for the third quarter, a healthy 36 percent gain over last year, despite a continued exodus of advisors and large legal and regulatory costs. But client assets fell...
In Praise of Pruning
Jun 01, 2005
Mark Little, a San Antonio-based broker gave away 99 percent of his clients. And that, he says, is the best thing he has ever done to boost his income.
Star Wars
Jun 01, 2005
Recruiting competition between the top brokerage firms is fiercer than ever, and Morgan Stanley is currently wielding one of the most powerful deals on Wall Street. Known as the Rising Star program, it offers young, successful brokers 100 percent...
A Pile of Reasons
Apr 01, 2005
As one A.G. Edwards financial advisor sees it, regulators and broker/dealer management have gone overboard with mutual fund disclosure. Take the case of the B-share class of mutual funds. Right now, B shares are the baddest guys on the Street, the...
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