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  • July 22, 2012

UBS adviser suspected of shooting out windows with a slingshot and marbles

A UBS investment adviser was arrested twice this month on suspicion of vandalism — smashing windows of businesses…

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  • June 10, 2012

Latest UBS move seen as sign Americas unit won’t be sold

UBS AG will merge the investment and research functions of its global and U.S. wealth management operations.

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Four firms to pay $9M for selling too-risky ETFs

Finra levies fines against Citi, Morgan Stanley, UBS and Wells Fargo

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Wirehouses luring talent at indie B-Ds

Desperate to reel in star brokers, the wirehouses are fishing more than ever in the unlikely and foreign waters of independent-contractor broker-dealers to hook their top representatives

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  • May 9, 2012

Wealthy Americans line up to give up passports in Swiss capital

Renouncements are up sevenfold in Bern since UBS whistle-blower triggered crackdown four years ago

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  • May 3, 2012

UBS wins dismissal of billionaire’s tax lawsuit

A lawsuit filed by Igor Olenicoff, who blamed UBS for his failure to disclose about $200M in offshore accounts, has been dismissed

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  • May 3, 2012

Many unhappy returns: Billionaire sues UBS for $1.7B over tax advice

Property magnate Olenicoff claims bank never told him he had to render unto IRS on offshore accounts; 'no one's fault but his own'

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UBS goes after team that hitched up with Wells

Company claims that the pair downloaded proprietary client info before exiting; computer scrubbing ahead?

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  • March 29, 2012

Old home week as ex-Merrill execs join McCann on UBS super committee

Six-member team charged with retaking market share in the U.S.

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McCann, rising at UBS, gets plum job

UBS AG appears to be making good on its pledge to sharpen its focus on wealth management and rein in its investment banking operations.

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UBS leaking oil, but wealth management staging ‘impressive turnaround’: McCann

Between a horrible investment-banking environment and an embarrassing $2.3 billion loss incurred by a London-based trader, UBS AG…

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  • February 17, 2012

Wealth management a bright spot for UBS in 2011

The Wealth Management Americas division of UBS AG had a tough fourth quarter. The Swiss bank reported…

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McCann: Despite UBS woes, wealth management unit staging turnaround

Between a horrible investment-banking environment and an embarrassing $2.3 billion loss incurred by a London-based trader, UBS AG had a tough third quarter

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Ex-UBS client indicted for hiding accounts

A former UBS AG client, Amir Zavieh, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge that he defrauded the United States by hiding assets from the Internal Revenue Service.

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  • December 21, 2011

McCann rising at UBS, gets plum job

Named CEO of Swiss bank's Americas unit; wealth management side gaining clout

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  • December 4, 2011

At UBS, i-banking out, wealth management in

Swiss giant cutting investment banking services to focus on private banking and wealth management services

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UBS’ latest woes hurting morale of firm’s advisers

UBS financial advisers are the latest wirehouse brokers to have to make excuses for blunders elsewhere in their…

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Latest scandal could actually boost UBS wealth management

The latest scandal at UBS may be causing headaches for the bank's advisers right now. But in the long run, a re-emphasis on serving rich clients -- rather than chasing investment banking business -- could be a good thing for the company and its wealth managers. | Wirehouse rankings: Average assets per rep | Extra The richest states

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UBS lands $1.7B team

Dennis Drescher, managing director and head of UBS Wealth Management Americas' Chicago private-wealth-management office, confirmed that the unit has landed financial adviser Ajay Desai and two other key members of his Desai Group

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  • October 27, 2011

UBS will pay $12M over naked shorts

UBS AG, Switzerland's biggest bank, will pay $12 million to resolve Financial Industry Regulatory Authority claims that a brokerage unit allowed millions of short-sale orders to be placed without reasonable grounds to believe that the securities could be delivered.