UBS

345 results about this entity

Period: 20 Sep 2004 - 17 Oct 2025

Boat gears up for November launch; Turquoise board appointed

Project Boat, the European trade reporting platform that is being established by nine City investment banks, will start reporting two-thirds of the EU's off-exchange share trades when it launches in November.

BNP Paribas buys into Turquoise

French banking group BNP Paribas has acquired a three per cent stake in Turquoise, the bank-backed equities trading platform that will compete head-to-head with domestic stock exchanges in Europe.

UBS invests $65m in Indian back office centre

Swiss investment bank UBS is spending $65 million over two years to expand its back office operations in Hyderabad, India.

Channel management big challenge for banks - Booz Allen Hamilton

The majority of customers still prefer to do their banking and buy financial products at branches because of poor performance of Internet and telephone channels, according to a global retail banking study conducted by management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton.

Broker research evaluation service launched by TheMarkets.com, Wall Street firms

A full-service broker research evaluation programme called MeritMark is being launched by bank-backed capital markets portal TheMarkets.com in partnership with 12 Wall Street firms.

TT signs UBS to X_Trader

Investment bank UBS has signed a global software licensing agreement for Trading Technologies' order entry software, X_Trader, which it will roll out to its internal trading desks and customers in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Project Turquoise banks select EuroCCP for clearing and settlement

The consortium of seven investment banks behind Project Turquoise - the new pan-European equities trading platform that is being established in response to MiFID - has selected DTCC subsidiary EuroCCP to provide clearing and settlement services for the new venture.

Revitalised Mobey Forum adds banks and mobile operators

The Mobey Forum, a bank-backed mobile payment consortium, has signed up Dutch banks ING and Rabobank and mobile operators Telenor, TeliaSonera and SK Telecom as new members.

UBS selects SmartStream for collateral management and securities reconciliation

Swiss investment bank UBS is using software from UK-based vendor SmartStream Technologies to implement an enterprise-wide collateral management reconciliation system.

FSA warms to climate change risk

The Financial Services Authority has issued a stark warning to the financial services sector about the risks and challenges posed by global warming and climate change.

Investment bank consortia sift through technology options

The seven investment banks behind Project Turquoise - a pan-European equities trading platform that will compete with the region's exchanges - have stepped up their search for a vendor to build the system, while the nine-member Project Boat banking collective have settled on Markit and Cinnober as suppliers for a new trade reporting platform for European equities.

UBS 'logic bomber' gaoled for eight years

A former IT worker for UBS has been sentenced to eight years in prison for attempting to profit by planting a 'logic bomb' computer virus on the bank's network that caused more than $3 million in damage.