25 May 2011

UBS: dramatic appeal by Chief Executive Gruebel

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Oswald Gruebel's dramatic appeal to the staff of UBS's US investment banking staff demonstrates the difficulty of managing today...
17 May 2011

Good Management must show Empathy

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If reports are true that the UBS's chief of investment banking scolded his staff for behaving like spoiled children he may well have s...
16 May 2011

Bank Austria pays for costly Kazakh mistake

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We were concerned about the high price that BA paid for ATF Bank in 2007 and our worries about buying an emerging market bank were proven c...

Not all firms can occupy top position

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When a senior executive of UBS admits that the bank may no longer aim for the top spot in the rankings of global investment banks he puts th...
28 Apr 2011

Mitsubishi/Morgan Stanley JV loses big on Derivative Bet

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One should have thought that the turmoil of the past few years has led managements in all securities units to batten down the hatches and ke...
6 Apr 2011

Size matters - but not in the way the consultants think

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A well-known consultant to private banks recently claimed that smaller (Swiss) Wealth Management Banks face a challenging future. The proble...
8 Mar 2011

Employment Contract: Court Judgement

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An interesting document for all those interested in the intricacies and potential pitfalls of employment contracts ( Source )
4 Mar 2011

CDS - Why not prohibit states issuing debt?

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When a professional party politician like the MEP Markus Ferber (he is a charge on Europe's citizens since the tender age of 29!) state...
3 Mar 2011

UBS CEO raises doubts about London

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Oswald Gruebel, CEO of UBS , wants the British government to state its intentions concerning regulation and taxation that will affect the b...
16 Feb 2011

Arbitrary Bonus Awards - potential for contentious litigation

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A recent court judgement illustrates again that arbitrary bonus awards and redundancy decisions should be avoided at all costs. Not only do...