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Ex-UBS managers to escape sanction

The Swiss bank tries to draw a line under the upheavals it experienced during the credit crisis, acknowledging serious errors but declining again to take legal action against former top managers

Capital plan targets UBS and Credit Suisse

UBS and Credit Suisse will face supplementary national capital standards far in excess of the Basel III rules agreed by international regulators last month

How Swiss finish was factored in

Proposals to clip the wings of too-big-to-fail banks elicit cries of anguish from UBS and Credit Suisse, but the pair were neither surprised nor unprepared for requirements that far exceed Basel III

UBS shake-up signals move into growth mode

Alex Wilmot-Sitwell, one of the Swiss bank’s London-based investment banking chiefs, will become co-chairman and co-chief executive of its Asia-Pacific business in the latest sign that it is moving out of recovery

UBS lowers forecasts on ‘wrong shape’ Barclays

The FTSE 100 touched its best level since April, but failed to hold the 5,600 point mark and ended the week barely changed

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      Comment and Analysis

      A Swiss survivor

      Finance: The strategies that helped UBS recover after it came close to collapse during the credit crisis offer lessons for other banks but are yet to be tested in the long term

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      Lex

      The bank’s transparency report is a timely reminder to others

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      The priority is to restore profitability and with it, client confidence. That should stem the exodus from the wealth and asset management units

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      By pre-announcing more than SFr2.5bn of first-quarter profit before tax, and reduced outflows from wealth and asset management, Grübel hopes to pacify shareholders

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      Lex

      Outflows from the group’s wealth management and Swiss banking operations nearly doubled to SFr33bn compared with the previous quarter

      UBS loses ability to convince as credibility is hit

      European comment

      Marcel Ospel’s name has turned to mud in the 18 months since the UBS chairman stepped down but the bank has lost credibility in doggedly defending him

      Grübel still has difficult work to do at UBS

      Oswald Grübel, new chief executive, turns his attention to the difficult task of rebuilding the bank’s ailing investment and private banking arms

      UBS / US tax authorities

      The IRS claims it will receive an ‘unprecedented amount of information’ from the Swiss bank

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