UBS

327 results about this entity

Period: 20 Sep 2004 - 22 Oct 2024

Teza programmer developed code while still UBS employee

A Teza Technologies programmer developed code relating to data storage while still a UBS employee, but the high-frequency trading start-up did not use it, CIO William Sterling has told a Chicago judge.

Citi, UBS and Deutsche Bank fined over outsourced IPO communications

Citi, UBS and Deutsche Bank have been fined a total of $425,000 by US regulators and ordered to pay customers up to $420,000 for failing to supervise communications related to the 2006 initial public offering of Vonage Holdings.

Nyse Euronext to sell options mart stake to dealer consortium

Nyse Euronext has agreed to sell a "significant" equity stake in one of the company's two US options exchanges to a consortium of market makers, including BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, Citadel Securities, Citi, Goldman Sachs, TD Ameritrade and UBS

Dealers to accelerate central clearing of OTC trades

Under pressure from regulators, 15 of Wall Street's biggest banks have committed to significantly increase the use of central counterparties to clear over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives.

UBS files code theft lawsuit

In an incident with striking parallels to the recent Goldman Sachs code theft case, it now emerges that UBS in March filed a lawsuit against three former quant traders alleging that they stole proprietary algorithmic trading software with the intent of using it at their new employer, Jefferies.

SmartPool signs up members

SmartPool, the European exchange-led dark pool for block trading set up by Nyse Euronext, BNP Paribas, HSBC and JPMorgan says 14 investment firms have now signed up to the platform.

Visa signs $13 million deal and takes minority stake in Monitise

Visa is to take a 14.4% stake in Monitise after signing a $13 million partnership deal with the UK mobile banking outfit.

TD takes Yieldbroker stake

The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) has acquired a stake in Sydney-based electronic trading outfit Yieldbroker. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Citi in talks to sell IT assets - Economic Times

Citibank is currently in discussions with Indian IT firms Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Wipro, among others, to sell some of its internal IT platforms, according to local press reports.

UBS to launch Hong Kong dark pool

Swiss bank UBS is launching its Price Improvement Network (Pin) dark pool trading venue in Hong Kong.

LCH.Clearnet looks to deal with bidding consortium

LCH.Clearnet has responded to last week's EUR830 million offer from a consortium of banks and Icap by indicating its willingness to interweave elements of the bid with its own restructuring plans. Meanwhile, the clearing house is also set to restructure its technology platform in a bid to save millions of euros a year.

Icap consortium makes EUR830m LCH.Clearnet bid - FT

A consortium of 11 banks and interdealer broker Icap has launched an EUR830 million bid for LCH.Clearnet just weeks after the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation called off its pursuit of the London clearing house, according to the Financial Times.