UBS

339 results about this entity

Period: 20 Sep 2004 - 04 Jul 2025

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.

Investment banks to launch European equities platform; compete with exchanges

A group of seven global investment banks have agreed to establish a pan-European equities trading platform that will compete head-to-head with the region's domestic stock exchanges following the introduction of the EU's Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID).

ValueAct Capital acquires Misys stake

Shares in Misys have firmed up on news that private equity group ValueAct Capital, the former employer of its incoming CEO Mike Lawrie, has acquired a 4.4% stake in the UK business.

Saxo hires Tobias Straessle to lead IT strategy

Danish online investment bank Saxo has hired UBS IT executive Tobias Straessle to manage its technology strategy.

Wall Street consortium launches alternative system for block trades

Wall Street banks Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and UBS are banding together to launch Block Interest Discovery Service (Bids), an electronic platform for block stock trading.

UBS automates treasury confirms with Thunderhead

Swiss investment bank UBS has implemented Thunderhead's document generation technology to automate the creation of treasury exotics trade confirmations.

Investment banks to establish pan-European trade reporting system

A group of nine leading investment banks have signed a letter of intent to pool their trade transparency data and create a pan-European platform for the collection and sale of trading data that will bypass those operated by exchanges.