27 February, 2006

Diversity Supply Chain Management Office reaches out to potential clients

The Investment Bank hosted a business introduction meeting in Stamford on 27 February 2006 with more than 20 influential African American leaders, among them 15 chief executives from throughout the US. UBS senior managers discussed opportunities available at the firm and future possibilities for business relationships.

The meeting was organized as part of a diversity business-to-business initiative created in 2005 which established the Diversity Supply Chain Management Office. This team now engages in business building for the firm through networking and outreach to minority and women-owned companies in order to facilitate introductions to participating business units. It is also developing a comprehensive Diversity Supplier program in conjunction with the Corporate Sourcing group.

Attendees at the meeting included senior executives representing companies from various sectors of the financial industry, ranging from NY-based The Williams Capital Group, one of the largest African American owned financial firms along with Chicago-based Capital Management Group Securities, an African American-owned firm that specializes in IPOs, corporate bonds, Fixed Income and Equity brokerage to the Connecticut Minority Supplier Development Council of Fairfield, Conn.

Other participants included Chicago's Creative Printing Services, which is the largest African American printing firm in the US and Turner Construction, a UBS vendor with a minority contractor outreach program in place. The guest list represented a cross-section of businesses in America, ranging from vendors to financial institutions to sports and entertainment companies to social organizations.

James Thornton, director of Diversity Supply Chain Management at UBS, said the day was a unique experience and he was pleased to be able to deliver a business introduction to firms who collectively had little prior contact with UBS.

For more information about the Diversity Supply Chain Management Office, please contact James Thornton.

6 February, 2006

UBS leads the pack in NYSE and Nasdaq trading

In 2005, UBS established itself as the market leader in share volume across the major US exchanges, the NYSE and Nasdaq. According to NYSE statistics, UBS was the leading share trader on the exchange for every quarter of last year.

Other well-known volume indicators, including Nasdaq Trader and Autex, list UBS as the number-one share market maker in Nasdaq stocks. Additionally, Autex lists UBS as the leading trader in American Depository Receipts for 2005.

UBS has long been a major force in US institutional trading, but the acquisition of Schwab Capital Markets in October 2004 boosted its volumes via retail order flow from top US broker-dealers. With high volumes from diverse sources creating a vast natural liquidity pool, there are greater opportunities for 'crossing', which matches together natural buyers and sellers of a stock. Crossing reduces transaction costs and lowers the chances of a trade adversely affecting a stock's price.

UBS's status as the number-one liquidity provider on the two primary US exchanges allows us to serve our clients better than any of our peers. Clients not only value the diversity of flow UBS is able to offer, but also our ability to manage large orders with minimal market impact, and the quality execution we provide in the form of speed and price improvement. It is not surprising that external data now also puts UBS as the biggest provider of execution services.

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