UBS

321 results about this entity

Period: 20 Sep 2004 - 13 May 2024

UBS opens digital wealth platform to UK investors

UBS SmartWealth launches today, enabling more people than ever in the UK to access the investment insights and expertise of the 'World’s Best Bank for Wealth Management 2016' as awarded by Euromoney.

Switzerland's Crypto Valley Association draws blue chip support

Former UBS and Sap CIO Oliver Bussmann is leading a Government-backed initiative to position Switzerland as a global hub for blockchain and cryptographic development with the support of multiple blue chip partners, including UBS, Thomson Thomson Reuters, PwC, Consensys and Luxoft.

Bank-backed Visible Alpha unveils investment research platform

Visible Alpha, an investment research technology firm founded by some of the world’s leading investment banks – Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi, Jefferies, Morgan Stanley and UBS – today announced the commercial availability of its new investment research platform with content contributed by more than twenty research firms.

UBS extends TradingScreen global deal

TradingScreen, the leader in electronic trading solutions, has signed a new commercial deal with UBS AG.

UBS renews global finance operations deal with HCL

UBS AG, the Swiss global financial services company, renewed its Finance Operations services contract with HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global IT services company, announced HCL.

Epam wins $300m UBS deal

The world's largest wealth manager, UBS, has inked a $300 million-plus, multi-year deal with technology firm Epam Systems as it seeks to put IT at the heart of its cost reduction programme.

UBS. Clearstream and Citi collaborate on T2S services

In collaboration with UBS, Clearstream and Citi have designed an innovative market-side network model that enables banks and broker-dealers to optimise their operating models and reap the maximum benefit from TARGET2-Securities (T2S), the Pan-European settlement platform operated by the Eurosystem.

Global banks and R3 test DLT for KYC services

BBVA, ING and UBS are among the R3 member banks that have been working on a proof-of-concept for a distributed ledger technology-based shared KYC registry.

Swiss banks pair up with Kickstart cohort

A Kickstart Accelerator programme in Switzerland has proved fertile hunting ground for some of the countries biggest banks as they seek out fresh talent and innovative applications for financial sector deployment.

UBS names Stephens to spearhead blockchain projects

UBS has named its former Apac CIO Peter Stephens as head of blockchain, replacing Alex Batlin who jumped ship last week to join BNY Mellon.

UBS to use AI platform to resolve IT issues

Arago, a pioneer in artificial intelligence (AI) and leader in intelligent IT automation based in Frankfurt and New York City, announced today to partner with UBS AG (“UBS”), the world's largest wealth manager providing financial advice and solutions to wealthy, institutional and corporate clients worldwide, as well as private clients in Switzerland.

UBS targets less rich Brits with robo-advisor platform

UBS is hoping to bring its wealth management services to a wider audience through the launch of a digital robo-advisory platform available to UK customers with as little as £15,000 to invest.

R3 banks use Intel distributed ledger technology for bond trading

Working under the R3 banner, a gang of eight banks have successfully tested a distributed ledger prototype for bond transactions using Intel technology.

UBS wins big bank backing for Utility Settlement Coin concept

BNY Mellon, Deutsche Bank, Icap and Santander have joined with UBS and Clearmatics to advance the Utility Settlement Coin, an asset-backed digital cash instrument implemented on distributed ledger technology.

UBS synchs trading infrastucture to NPL atomic clock

UBS has signed a deal with the UK's National Physical Laboratory for a trusted timestamping service that operates independently of GPS timing, removing susceptibility to jamming, spoofing, urban canyon effects and space weather during high frequency trading.

Banks publish openfunds data standard

After two years of intensive collaboration, two dozen financial institutions led by UBS, Credit Suisse and Julius Baer together with fundinfo AG have agreed on publishing the openfunds standard, version 1.0, on www.openfunds.org.

Banks embrace Ripple and move beyond testing to real-world transactions

UBS, Santander and CIBC are among seven banks to sign up to the Ripple's distributed ledger technology for cross-border payments.

Traiana goes live with Barclays and UBS on Harmony CCP Connect for Equities

Traiana, the leading provider of pre-trade risk and post-trade processing solutions, announces today that it has gone live with Barclays and UBS on its Harmony CCP Connect for Equities platform.

Big banks join $40 million SigFig round

San Francisco-based robo-advisor SigFig has raised $40 million in a new financing round that includes investment from UBS and the fintech venture fund of Spain's Banco Santander.

UBS strikes alliance with robo-advisor SigFig

UBS has invested in wealth management tech firm SigFig as part of a strategic alliance that will also see the San Francisco startup create digital tools for the Swiss bank's US advisors.