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Warren Buffett has frequently advised aspiring investors to take a contrarian view on markets and “be fearful when others are greedy and be greedy when others are fearful.”  In fact, being dismissive of the wall street ‘herd mentality’ has resulted in some of Buffett’s most successful trades over the years including his decision to load up on bank stocks during the ‘great recession’. But the market wizards at Credit...

Warren Buffett has frequently advised aspiring investors to take a contrarian view on markets and "be fearful when others are greedy and be greedy when others are fearful."  In fact, being dismissive of the wall street 'herd mentality' has resulted in some of Buffett's most successful trades over the years including his decision to load up on bank stocks during the 'great recession'. But the market wizards at Credit Suisse and UBS are apparently advising their wealthy retail clients to...

Executive Director, Head UBS ETF Schweiz & Liechtenstein. Raimund Müller, Head of UBS Schweiz & Liechtenstein spricht im Interview mit Fondstrends über das anhaltend starke Wachstum von ETFs im Schweizer Markt. Der Schweizer ETF-Markt ist in den letzten Jahren stetig gewachsen, mittlerweile machen ETFs etwa 10% des Gesamtmarktes aus. Wie schätzen Sie das weitere Wachstumspotenzial...

Die US-Bank Northern Trust übernimmt die Luxemburger und Schweizer Einheiten von UBS Asset Management, die Dienstleistungen in der Fondsadministration erbringen. Mit der Übernahme kann Northern Trust seine Präsenz in Luxemburg weiter ausbauen und in der Fondsadministration am Schweizer Markt Fuss fassen. Gemessen am lokal administrierten Vermögen wird das Unternehmen dadurch zu einem führenden...

The sad saga of Navinder Sarao, who on April 20, 2015 became the scapegoat for the May 2010 flash crash and was sentenced to up to 360 years in prison - he will find out later this year the actual length of his prison sentence - got its latest twist today thanks to a fascinating report how in addition to having lost his freedom, Nav also lost all of trading fortune, some $50 million of it. As Bloomberg's Liam Vaughn recounts, "it took Navinder Singh Sarao a long time to accept that he might...

Die UBS hat einen Fünfjahresplan veröffentlicht, um ihr Know-how im Hinblick auf die Betreuung ihrer weiblichen Kundschaft im Wealth Management signifikant zu verstärken. Die Bank hat in den letzten zwei Jahren verschiedene Ansätze entwickelt und getestet, mit denen sie gezielter auf die Ansprüche von Kundinnen eingehen kann. Jetzt sollen die daraus gewonnenen Erkenntnisse in der gesamten Organisation Anwendung...

Regular readers remember how, when we first reported around the time of our launch eight years ago that central banks buy stocks, intervene and prop up markets, and generally manipulate equities in order to maintain confidence in a collapsing system, and avoid a liquidation panic and bank runs, it was branded “fake news” by the established financial “kommentariat.” What a difference eight years makes, because today none...

Michael Bonacker wird neuer Strategiechef bei der UBS. Der neue Mann hat eine Vergangenheit bei der Commerzbank, genau wie UBS-Schweiz-Chef Martin Blessing. Michael Bonacker, ehemaliger Strategiechef der Commerzbank, wird gemäss Informationen von manager-magazin.de bei der UBS ebenfalls diese Stelle antreten. Der 49-Jährige wird bereits kommende Woche in Zürich anfangen und Dierk von Schuckmann ersetzen, der gemäss...

Shortly after last night’s news that Deutsche Bank had settled with the DOJ for $7.2 billion, of which it would pay $3.1 billion in a civil penalty, far lower than the $14 billion number initially speculated (the stock popped as much as 4% before settling just over 2% higher currently), Credit Suisse likewise closed the books on its pre-crisis RMBS fraud when the largest Swiss bank agreed to pay $5.28 billion to...

How many hours must you work to buy a new iPhone? It varies dramatically around the world, reflecting disparities in productivity and purchasing power. According to a recent report by UBS that aims to measure well-being by estimating how many minutes workers in various countries must work to afford either an iphone, a Big Mac, a kilo of bread or a kilo of rice, the average worker in Zurich or New York can buy an iPhone...