They also listed real-estate records for Berlin property that had been forcibly taken by the Nazis, placed in Swiss accounts, and then claimed to be owned by UBS.

He worked as an investments analyst for Laing & Cruickshank Investment Management ( bought by UBS in 2004 ) from 1981-5, and then in corporate finance for S. G. Warburg Securities ( bought by UBS in 1994 ) from 1985 – 92, where he became a director from 1990-2.

The bank, which at the time was the second largest bank in Switzerland, merged with Swiss Bank Corporation in 1998, to become UBS to form what was then the largest bank in Europe and the second largest bank in the World.

Through 1979, SBC was consistently the largest of the three major Swiss banks by assets, except for short periods in 1962 and then again in 1968 when UBS temporarily moved ahead of SBC.

UBS instead settled on a group of less audacious acquisitions, purchasing a group of smaller banks in Switzerland in 1994 and then acquiring the Cantonal Bank of Appenzell-Ausserrhoden in 1996.

Lehman worked for UBS AG, then later was president of Abington Corporation, from 1977 to 1981, when he was appointed Secretary of the Navy.

They also listed real-estate records for Berlin property that had been forcibly taken by the Nazis, placed in Swiss accounts, and then claimed to be owned by UBS.

He has taught 9 terms in China beginning at Peking University, ( Beijing ) as a ( Pew Scholar ) fall term of 1996, then as a ( Fulbright Scholar ) fall term of 2001, and then as a ( United Board Scholar ) ( UBS ) spring term of 2004.

He then taught the fall term as a UBS at Shandong University, ( Jinan ) in 2004, and then was a Templeton Visiting Scholar ( TVS ) at Wuhan University, ( Wuhan ) fall term of 2005.

Although the bank suffered during World War I and the postwar economic crises in Europe, UBS continued to make acquisitions after the conclusion of World War I.

UBS continued its rapid growth in the 1960s punctuated by the acquisition of Interhandel ( Industrie-und Handelsbeteiligungen AG ) in 1967.

UBS, originally known as the Swiss Banking Association, was formed in 1912 through the merger of the Bank in Winterthur and Toggenburger Bank, both founded in the early 1860s.

Prior to its merger with Swiss Bank Corporation, UBS operated as a full-service bank and a provider of wholesale financial services through its retail banking, commercial banking, investment banking, asset management and wealth management businesses.

In addition to these bank acquisitions, UBS also acquired an 80 % stake in Argor SA, a Swiss precious metal refinery founded in 1951, through whom they started to issue UBS branded gold bars.

Prior to this, UBS had operated through a series of correspondent banks and representative offices.

Martin Ebner, through his investment trust, BK Vision became the largest shareholder in UBS and attempted to force a major restructuring of the bank ’ s operations.

The more severe cuts at UBS were an acknowledgment that prior to the merger Swiss Bank Corporation had built a global investment banking business, Warburg Dillon Read through its acquisitions of Dillon Read in New York and S. G. Warburg in London.

He purchased 16 per cent of TEN through his traditional investment bank, UBS.

Martin Ebner, through his investment trust, BK Vision became the largest shareholder in UBS and attempted to force a major restructuring of the bank ’ s operations.

In fact, UBS studied the deal and claims that the merger through the stock swap option is a " win-win " situation.

UBS is reportedly contributing more than $ 40 million to the project, which will pay for all of its activities, including the art acquisitions.

Unlike Swiss Bank and Credit Suisse, which had both made aggressive international acquisitions in trading and investment banking, UBS ’ s investments had been more conservative in businesses such as asset management and life insurance while 60 % of the bank's profits came from its even more conservative Swiss banking operations.

While SBC was aggressively pushing ahead its various acquisitions, UBS was mired in a series of entanglements with activist shareholders who were critical of bank's relatively conservative management.

By the end of September, the full extent of the credit situation became obvious as major lenders including Citigroup and UBS AG announced major writedowns due to credit losses.

Lex boasts some distinguished alumni who have gone on to make careers in business and government – including Nigel Lawson ( former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer ), Richard Lambert ( CBI director and former member of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee ), Martin Taylor ( former chief executive of Barclays ), John Makinson ( chairman and chief executive of Penguin ), John Gardiner ( former chairman of Tesco ), David Freud ( former UBS banker and Labour adviser, now a Conservative peer ), John Kingman ( former head of UKFI and a banker at Rothschild ’ s ), George Graham ( RBS banker ), Andrew Balls ( head of European portfolio management at PIMCO ) and Jo Johnson ( Conservative Member of Parliament for Orpington ).

Islamic retail banks and investment funds number in the hundreds and many Western financial institutions offer compliant products, including Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Lloyds TSB and UBS.

By the end of September, the full extent of the credit situation became obvious as major lenders including Citigroup and UBS AG announced major writedowns due to credit losses.

Clearing Corp. shareholders including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and UBS AG, received $ 39 million in cash from Intercontinental in the acquisition, as well as the Clearing Corp .’ s cash on hand and a 50-50 profit-sharing agreement with Intercontinental on the revenue generated from processing the swaps.

* On April 28, 2003, every major US investment bank, including Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Credit Suisse First Boston, Lehman Brothers Holdings, J. P. Morgan Chase, UBS Warburg, and U. S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray, were found to have aided and abetted efforts to defraud investors.

In 2004, Carsey and Werner mulled over the prospect of selling the studio, including its profitable catalog of shows, with UBS as their underwriter.

UBS acquired a controlling interest in Aargauische Creditanstalt in 1913 and Banque Ch.

The Swiss Reinsurance Company of Zurich was founded on 19 December 1863 by the Helvetia General Insurance Company ( now using the trade name of Helvetia insurance ) in St. Gallen, the Schweizerische Kreditanstalt ( Credit Suisse ) in Zurich and the Basler Handelsbank ( predecessor of UBS AG ) bank in Basel.

Shortly after the end of World War II, UBS completed the acquisition of Eidgenössische Bank, a large Zurich-based bank that became insolvent.

* Swiss Bank Corporation, previously one of the major Swiss banks, now merged into UBS

Union Bank of Switzerland ( UBS ) was a large integrated financial services company located in Switzerland.

The historical UBS logo features a horizontal acronym " UBS " referring to the " Union Bank of Switzerland ", " Union de Banques Suisses " or " Unione di Banche Svizzere ".

" UBS " ceased to be considered a representational abbreviation for the Union Bank of Switzerland after the bank's 1998 merger with Swiss Bank Corporation and is today considered a standalone brand.

In 1997, prior to its merger with Swiss Bank Corporation, UBS operated 275 branches in Switzerland and 82 branches, subsidiaries and representative offices outside Switzerland.

In 1921 that somewhat inappropriate name is changed into Union Bank of Switzerland ( UBS ).

After the merger of the Bank in Winterthur and the Toggenburger Bank to form Union Bank of Switzerland ( UBS ), Dr. Rudolf Ernst became the merged bank's first chairman in 1912.

UBS was among the next group of large banks that included Schweizerische Volksbank ( Swiss Volksbank or Swiss Popular Bank ) and Bank Leu.

Throughout the 1950s, UBS was the most acquisitive bank in Switzerland, acquiring Banque Palézieux & Cie. ( 1948 ), Volksbank Interlaken ( 1952 ), Weck, Aebi & Cie ( 1954 ), Banque Tissières fils & Cie. ( 1956 ), Banque de Sion ( 1956 ), Banque de Brigue ( 1957 ), the Crédit Gruyérien ( 1957 ), Crédit Sierrois ( 1957 ), Bank Cantrade AG ( 1960 ) and Volksbank in Visp ( 1960 ).

By 1962, UBS reached CHF6. 96 billion of assets, narrowly edging ahead of Swiss Bank Corporation to become the largest bank in Switzerland temporarily.

UBS's primary offices in the U. S., prior to its merger with SBC were located at 299 Park Avenue in New York, which are used today as the New York headquarters of UBS Investment Bank.

In 1991, UBS made its first acquisition in the United States, purchasing Chase Investors Management Corporation, the asset management business of Chase Manhattan Bank.