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UBS hands wealth management business to senior staff

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... fully operate on a sustainable basis in the local market, which is dominated by a brokerage based system," he said. UBS Australia country head Matthew Grounds added: "Australia remains of strategic importance for UBS and we will continue to invest in ...

Bloomberg names exec to lead new bond indices business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
The analyst responsible for managing the suite of UBS Australia Bond indices has joined Bloomberg Indexes to head up the company's AusBond Indexes business based in Sydney. In her new role, Kerry Angel will represent the Bloomberg Indexes business in ...

Bloomberg acquires well-known UBS indices

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... has acquired a family of well-known Australian indices from UBS. Under the transaction, Bloomberg will acquire all UBS Australia bond indexes, including the benchmark UBS Composite Bond Index. The index family will be renamed the Bloomberg AusBond Indexes ...

UBS launches Australian dividend ETF

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
UBS Global Asset Management has launched the UBS IQ Research Preferred Australian Dividend Fund, to Australian investors. The new smart beta product, which trades under the ASX code DIV, aims to provide access to sustainable income via the distributions ...

UBS grants advisers access to industry funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
UBS Australia has upgraded the direct to member platform it provides to industry super funds to allow advisers to act directly on a member's behalf. Members will be able to approve or cease adviser access to their account at any time as well as authorise ...

UBS Australia to launch family office service

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
UBS Australia is launching a new Global Family Office (GFO) business to service the nation's wealthiest and most influential families. The business brings together the investment banking and wealth management arms of the Swiss financial services company ...

UBS Australasia head steps down

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
... successor" to Heap. UBS has also made two other appointments: head of institutional sales Anne Flockart will join the UBS Australia board while Alistair Dunne succeeds Doherty as head of wholesale for Australasia. "We continue to see strong growth opportunities ...

New AllianceBernstein fund offers solution for Fed tapering

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... credit in both developed and emerging markets. It aims to achieve a return of at least 200 basis points above the UBS Australia Bank Bill Index over a rolling five year period. Presenting the new strategy at a briefing in Sydney yesterday, AllianceBernstein ...

UBS to cut up to 10 000 jobs

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... 13.12 Swiss francs on Monday on the Zurich exchange. Shares have risen 17% so far this year. A spokesperson for UBS Australia today said that jobs in Australia would not be effected

Industry funds ride SMSF wave

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... offering SMSF-like capability to members. That is the prediction of Ian Dunbar, head of investment platforms at UBS Australia, which together with FNZ Australia developed the platform launched into AustralianSuper for their Member Direct option in November ...