Adoboli trial risks getting under UBS’s skin
The overhang of Kweku Adoboli’s trial threatens to distract executives from a restructuring strategy while damaging staff morale, analysts say
A 31-year-old London-based ETF trader has been arrested on suspicion of fraud following the discovery of rogue trading at the investment bank
Kweku Adoboli denies two charges of fraud and two charges of false accounting, and will face a full trial later in the year
Scarcely a bank in the world will emerge unscathed from 2011, but UBS has been through 12 months to cap them all
Kweku Adoboli does not enter a plea after appearing for a second time at Southwark Crown Court in London accused of unauthorised trading
A UK tribunal raises questions about dealings with Anil Ambani
Financial regulator took action as part of a probe into the Swiss bank’s dealings with some of its wealthiest clients
The overhang of Kweku Adoboli’s trial threatens to distract executives from a restructuring strategy while damaging staff morale, analysts say

New CEO must bring radical change to the Swiss bank that has been crying out for leadership and structural change
Swiss bank will need to pull out bigger rabbits to justify its premium of 13 per cent to rival Credit Suisse
Bold strategies adopted by some lenders hit hard in the financial crisis may have risked their corporate cultures, write Megan Murphy and Haig Simonian
Hong Kong M&A bankers are keeping a close eye on events surrounding the Swiss bank in case it moves to sell its crown-jewel Asian business
The bank’s board should put questions of national identity to one side and have no hesitation about appointing the next chief from outside the bank.
Tilting of Swiss political axis puts group’s future as a ‘universal’ operation in doubt
By losing its nerve at the critical moment, the man most able to steer the Swiss bank back on course (again) has gone