UBS

331 results about this entity

Period: 20 Sep 2004 - 07 Nov 2024

UK and Swiss watchdogs launch formal investigations into UBS over trading scandal

UK and Swiss regulators have launched formal proceedings against UBS over the £2.3 billion unauthorised trading loss made at the bank last year.

UBS 'rogue trader' Adoboli pleads not guilty

Kweku Adoboli, the UBS trader who is accused of racking up losses of $2.3 billion through unathorised trading activity at the Swiss bank, has pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud and false accounting at a court hearing in London.

Japanese regulator slams Citi's risk management IT

Citi has been ordered to overhaul its risk management systems by Japan's Financial Services Agency, which has sanctioned the US bank for the way it has tried to sell investment products to retail customers.

UBS chief risk officer Miskovic replaced by predecessor

In the wake of its $2.3 billion trading scandal, Swiss bank UBS has replaced chief risk officer Maureen Miskovic after less than a year in the job.

UBS comes up short; fined $12 million by Finra for 'systemic supervisory failure'

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra) has fined UBS Securities $12 million for failing to properly supervise short sales of securities.

UBS admits to breakdown in risk control systems

In the wake of its recent $2.3 billion loss through unauthorised trading, Swiss bank UBS has admitted that internal controls were "not effective".

UBS trading scandal investigation finds risk systems ignored

Risk systems did pick up suspect activity at UBS related to the recent loss of $2.3 billion through unauthorised trading but the information was not properly acted on, according to an internal investigation. Meanwhile, the bank's co-heads of global equities have resigned over the scandal.

Firms urged to begin IT prep for handling LEIs

Delegates at the annual user conference of financial messaging body Swift were given more information about the development of the legal entity identifier (LEI) messaging standard designed to produce an electronic tag for the counterparties in all securities transactions

UBS trader charged with fraud

Kweku Adoboli, the UBS trader allegedly responsible for losses of $2 billion in unauthorised trades, has been charged with fraud.

Rogue trader costs UBS $2bn

UBS says it has discovered a potential loss of $2 billion thanks to unauthorised trading by an employee at its investment bank.

Chi-X Europe plans clearing interoperability

Chi-X Europe has become the continent's first trading platform to offer its customers the choice of four different clearing providers.

Open protocol for managing hedge fund risk launched

Albourne Partners and Thomson Reuters have issued a new protocol that standardises how hedge funds collect, collate, and convey risk information.