Search Results for: UBS
Teddy Sagi’s Xwise, a subsidiary of Playtech Cyprus Ltd is laying off 140-150 of its 200 employees
May 19th, 2016
Xwise provides supplementary services to customers who have purchased software from online gambling services firm Playtech, its parent company. Xwise, a subsidiary of Playtech Cyprus Ltd. (LSE:PTEC), whose largest shareholder is Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi, is laying off 140-150 ...
IMF lowers Gulf economic growth forecast with ‘substantial measures needed’
April 25th, 2016
Growth in the Arabian Gulf will slow to 1.8 per cent this year as low oil prices take their toll on budgets, which will lose $140 billion in export revenue this year, the IMF said today. The growth forecast ...
U.S. court orders UBS to pay $4.7 mln in Puerto Rico divorce flap
April 5th, 2016
A UBS AG unit must pay more than $4.7 million to a customer’s former spouse who alleged that the firm improperly released accounts worth $12 million to her ex-husband despite a court order freezing those assets, a U.S. federal ...
UBS, HSBC Offshore Dealings Thrust Into Panama Papers Spotlight
April 5th, 2016
Report describes UBS’s dealings with law firm Mossack Fonseca Both banks say they comply with laws for vetting customers UBS Group AG and HSBC Holdings Plc — two of the banks hardest hit amid a U.S. crackdown on customers’ illicit ...
UBS, Credit Suisse interested in advising on Russia privatization
March 30th, 2016
Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse are interested in advising the Russian government on several privatizations as long as the deals do not violate sanctions, three banking sources told Reuters. The banks responded to a request for proposals that ...
Finra arbitration panel orders UBS to pay for damages over Puerto Rico bond losses
March 28th, 2016
Damages linked to the commonwealth’s distressed debt continue to climb UBS Group AG’s wealth management business for the Americas must pay more than $470,000 to three investors who claimed damages because their accounts were over-concentrated in Puerto Rico bonds ...
UBS and Credit Suisse launch fintech accelerator
March 23rd, 2016
The two largest Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse, are partnering with Swisscom, Swiss Life and Ernst & Young to launch a fintech accelerator with an international target audience. Operating under the umbrella of the Kickstart Accelerator, the programme ...
UBS publishes Annual Report 2015
March 21st, 2016
UBS has issued an announcement to make publish the Annual Report 2015. According to UBS, the Annual Report 2015 provides comprehensive and detailed information on the firm, its strategy, business, governance, financial performance and risk, treasury and capital management, ...
CFTC Approves Substituted Compliance Framework in Follow-up to the Recent Equivalence Agreement between the US and the EU
March 18th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today unanimously approved a substituted compliance framework for dually-registered central counterparties (CCPs) located in the European Union (EU), together with a comparability determination with respect to certain EU rules. Today’s action follows ...
UBS Securities automates risk and surveillance with Eventus
March 17th, 2016
Eventus Systems, a US-based provider of data processing and analysis solutions, has signed UBS Securities for its flagship Validus risk and surveillance platform. Mark Holder, global co-head of electronic trading at UBS, says Eventus and Validus offered “impressive capabilities ...
