UBS

Last edited by apocalypticbeef on July 11, 2008 - 11:44am

Financial Services, Insurance & Banking

Company Snapshot:

UBS AG is a diversified global financial services company, with its main headquarters in Basel & Zürich, Switzerland. It is the world's largest manager of private wealth assets and is the second-largest bank in Europe. UBS has a major presence in the U.S., with its American headquarters located in New York City's Manhattan borough, Weehawken, New Jersey, and Stamford, Connecticut. UBS's retail offices are located throughout the United States, and in over 50 other countries.

Ownership status:

Publicly traded

Number of employees worldwide:

81,577

Chief executive officer:

Marcel Rohner

2008 Global Fortune 500 rank:

Website:

http://www.ubs.com/

Corporate accountability

Anti-competitive and consumer protection:

On October 25, 2007, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it had censured and fined UBS Financial Services, Inc. (UBS) $370,000, for making hundreds of late disclosures to FINRA's Central Registration Depository (CRD) of information about its brokers, including customer complaints, regulatory actions and criminal disclosures.