12 May, 2003

UBS Warburg sweeps the board in Institutional Investor All Asia Poll

For the second year running and with an increased lead, UBS Warburg is ranked Number One in Institutional Investor’s Asia Equities Investment Report for each of Equity Research, Sales and Trading & Execution.

"This is the latest in a series of excellent results for the Asian and Australian businesses. I am confident that these polls accurately represent the views of our key clients, the most important measure of our products and service. This result is a reflection of the hard work of the analysts and support from across our entire equities franchise," said Alan Hodson, Global Head of Equities.

In Asian and Australian equity research, UBS Warburg scored in all of the 28 categories - an achievement unrivalled in the Poll’s history - and garnered the largest number of Number One-teams (10), Number Two-teams (6) and Number Three-teams (6) of any of the competition. Consolidating their lead over the runner-up institution from four positions in 2002 to six positions this year, the Asian and Australian research teams increased their share of the vote on a weighted basis to 15.50% from 14.31% last year. Runner-up CSFB took 10.98% of the weighted vote.

"This is the second consecutive year for us to be ranked Number One. The recognition of so many institutional investors in the industry’s most highly respected poll is a testament to the dedication and high calibre of the entire Equity franchise," said Michael Oertli, Head of Asian Research.

In being ranked Number One in the Asian Sales and Asian Trading & Execution categories, UBS Warburg recorded twice the percentage of votes of its nearest competitor.

09 May, 2003

UBS Warburg takes No.1 ranking in Euromoney FX poll

UBS Warburg has been named the world's No.1 foreign exchange bank according to Euromoney in their just released FX survey - widely regarded as the FX industry's league table. The Bank garnered 11.5% market share, far ahead of the No.2 bank which had 9.9%, and moved up from a No.2 ranking in last year’s poll. This was Euromoney's largest survey ever, with a broad response from over 1,900 of the market's largest end-users, collectively representing over US$17tr in annual turnover.

In a lead article entitled "UBS Warburg Finds the Secret of Success", Euromoney says, "The growing success of UBS Warburg in the foreign exchange market has fuelled the envy of competitors as well as attracting customers ... whichever way you look at the results of this year's forex poll, UBS Warburg's performance is impressive. It triumphs in the biggest forex poll that Euromoney has ever conducted". The magazine emphasised UBS Warburg’s strength across all client segments, including No.1 ranking with institutional investors and client banks, No.2 ranking with hedge funds, and No. 4 with corporates. The Bank’s dominance in e-commerce and the B4B initiative were also cited as particularly strong competitive advantages for UBS Warburg.

Andy Amschwand, Global Head of FX & CCT, commented, “The key to our FX strategy is having a large market presence coupled with a highly efficient trading and distribution platform. To succeed, we have to deliver exceptional service across the client's entire FX process, including strong logistics teams as partners with the business. Topping the Euromoney poll to become the largest FX bank in the world shows that clients agree with what we’ve been doing, and are rewarding us with their business”.

Mike Hutchins, Global Head of Fixed Income, Rates & Currencies, echoed Andy's comments, "Our No.1 ranking in FX is a clear indication that we are committed to being a dominant global intermediary of fixed income, rates and currencies product.Our FX business has served as the model for how to re-engineer a business and become the market leader by adapting to our clients' rapidly changing needs".

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