UBS

331 results about this entity

Period: 20 Sep 2004 - 07 Nov 2024

Asia target for Deutsche dark pool trading

Deutsche Bank is to offer dark pool trading in Hong Kong via an internal crossing network and liquidity-searching algorithm that will file client orders across multiple off-exchange trading venues in Asia.

Paul the octopus outsmarts banking's brightest quants

Quants at Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Danske Bank and UBS who tried to predict the outcome of the football World Cup have been comprehensively outperformed by German TV sensation, Paul the psychic octopus.

CSC wins $580 million outsourcing deal with UBS

US technology group CSC has signed a five-year outsourcing deal with Swiss bank UBS for the provision of voice and data network, security and telecommunication services.

Six banks to publish daily dark pool data

Six leading investment banks are to report cash equity trade volumes crossed in their internal dark pools via a post-trade market data service provided by Markit.

Banks warned over World Cup fraud risks as JP Morgan quants predict England win

This summer's World Cup could leave banks struggling to protect themselves and customers against card fraud, as a surge in unusual transactions throws off risk scoring mechanisms, claims vendor Actimize.

Morgan Stanley Matrix founder heads to UBS

Hishaam Caramanli (formerly Mufti-Bey) has joined UBS as head of Global Securities - Client Facing Technology

UBS plans European dark pool

Swiss bank UBS is planning to launch a dark pool multilateral trading facility (MTF) for crossing orders in European stocks.

UBS rolls out IBM ZTIC security hardware to online customers

UBS has become the first bank to roll out IBM's Zone Trusted Information Channel (ZTIC) online banking security hardware to its customers.

UBS algo trading code theft case dropped

UBS has lost its bid to get a permanent injunction against three former quant traders accused of stealing proprietary algorithmic trading software with the intent of using it at their new employer, Jefferies.

Monitise prepares for growth with new investment and partnerships

Mobile money outfit Monitise has raised £15.8 million in funding and struck two new partnerships it hopes will help build its presence in the retail sector and Asia Pacific. The company also says it is on track to meet full year revenue expectations after record consumer uptake.

CME to launch CDS clearing house with support of eight major dealers

After months of wrangling, The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has finally secured agreement with eight leading dealers to participate in its credit default swaps counterparty clearing initiative.

WorldPay founder moves to buy business back from RBS

The founder of online payments operator WorldPay, Nick Ogden, has formally approached the Royal Bank of Scotland about buying the business back.