30 July 2008

UBS launches international Direct Market Access to Brazil

UBS Equities has launched Direct Market Access (DMA) for international clients to trade securities on the Bovespa stock exchange in Brazil. UBS is among the first broker-dealers to offer non-Brazilian clients direct electronic equities trading and execution in this major market.

DMA provides clients with greater control over their orders, faster execution, lower cost of trading, and greater transparency. It enables them to quickly and efficiently send their electronic orders directly to the exchange, without passing them through an intermediary.

Read the full media release (pdf).

28 July 2008

UBS leads the Financial News Buyside Trading Poll of broker-dealers

With best bank titles in eight out of fourteen categories, and the runner-up position in several more, UBS dominated this year's Financial News Buyside Trading Poll of broker-dealers, as voted for by European fund managers - for the fifth year in a row.

The Investment Bank was named the top counterparty for European, global and Asia-Pacific Cash Equities Trading in Europe, and top counterparty for domestic, European, global, emerging markets and Asia-Pacific portfolio/program trading.

Globally, the firm has been recognized as number one in Cash Equities Trading for the third year in a row, beating Morgan Stanley for the title for the second consecutive year. And, for the first time in three years, UBS claimed the best counterpart for Cash Equities Trading in Europe, beating out Citigroup for the top slot.

22 July 2008

The Investment Bank wins further recognition in Asia

UBS has followed up the Investment Bank's Euromoney awards success by winning further recognition from FinanceAsia in the magazine's annual Country Awards. UBS has been named Best Foreign Investment Bank in China and Best Foreign Investment Bank in the Philippines.

In announcing UBS's success in China, FinanceAsia paid much credit to the activities of UBS Securities, saying that unlike some of its peers, the franchise has hit the ground running and is the second most successful bank in China for local underwriting."

16 July 2008

UBS Pactual offers derivative trading operations in Mexico

UBS Pactual has received authority from the Mexico Central Bank to trade derivatives. UBS Bank Mexico is now able to offer derivative products such as local interest rate swaps, cross currency swaps, and FX forwards to local Mexican clients, in addition to its current offering. The receipt of the derivatives license from the Mexico Central Bank enables the firm to target pension funds in the country - a client base which is currently unavailable to foreign banks without this licence.



14 July 2008

A night with the stars of the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2008

The Investment Bank had yet another chance to shine as representatives from UBS went up to accept a host of awards at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2008 ceremony in London. UBS was named Best Investment Bank in Asia and an article detailing all the awards, published in the July issue of Euromoney, noted UBS's "mighty presence" in the capital markets and advisory business, saying that regardless of the firm's performance elsewhere, UBS is the deserving winner of the overall award for best investment bank in the region. The Investment Bank was also named Best Investment Bank in Switzerland and Spain, Best M&A House in Western Europe, Australia and the Philippines, Best Equity House in Latin America, Brazil, the Philippines and Australia, and Best Debt House in the Ukraine.



08 July 2008

UBS significantly expands Middle East operations

UBS is delighted to announce that it will set up operations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia following being granted conditional authorization by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA).
 
John Fraser, Chairman and CEO of UBS Global Asset Management and Group Executive Board member will also become Chairman of UBS Saudi Arabia, and Mohammed Al Dhoheyan, currently CEO of the Development and Management House for Investments (an existing CMA regulated firm) will assume the role of Vice Chairman.

Read the full media release (pdf).



07 July 2008

Dealogic ranks UBS #1 in Europe for investment banking revenues

Dealogic has ranked UBS as the number one investment bank in Europe by revenues generated from advisory roles in M&A deals, as well as from the underwriting of various debt issues in the first half of 2008. The biggest contribution to the US$726m fee pool ranking was the US$383m received through M&A deals which closed in the region during the first half, positioning the firm as the number one bank in the European M&A arena too and displacing Deutsche Bank from the top spot.



02 July 2008

UBS launches new exchange traded fund on the MSCI World index

On 1 July UBS expanded its offering of UBS Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) with the launch of a new fund, the UBS-ETF MSCI World®.

Effective immediately, units of UBS-ETF MSCI World® can be bought and sold on the SWX Swiss Exchange in Zurich during normal trading hours. The base currency is US dollars and the fund trades in Swiss francs.

Read the full media release (pdf).

For more information on UBS ETFs visit www.ubs.com/etf

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