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815:(later GAF Corporation), an Interhandel subsidiary, and it was not until 1963 that the long-running dispute between Interhandel and the U.S. government was resolved. The shares in GAF Corporation were sold in a highly competitive auction in 1965 and the proceeds were split between Interhandel and the U.S. government. As a result of the sale of GAF, at the time of its merger with UBS, Interhandel held substantial amounts of cash. The addition of the Interhandel capital, which propelled UBS into the top spot among Swiss banks in 1968, also made UBS one of the strongest banks in Europe and helped fuel the bank's further expansion in the late 1960s and 1970s. UBS consolidated four affiliated mortgage lenders and assumed their domestic retail operations. The bank further expanded into consumer lending through the acquisition of a series of Swiss financial businesses in 1969, including Banque Orca, Abri Bank Bern, Aufina Bank and AKO Bank. 529: 656:

its focus from its original lending business and began to expand its issuing and asset management franchise. With the acquisition of the Bank in Baden in 1906, the bank gained a branch in Zürich and a seat on the stock exchange, one of the cornerstones for the successful merger in 1912 with the Toggenburger Bank to form Union Bank of Switzerland. Rudolf Ernst also held directorships on the boards of various industrial and insurance companies. Between 1912 and his retirement in 1941, he was chairman of the Board of Union Bank of Switzerland, in an alternating capacity with Carl Emil Grob-Halter, who held the chairmanship in 1916 and 1918 as the representative of the merger partner Toggenburger Bank.

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York. The bank also established a UK subsidiary in 1975 and a U.S. subsidiary in 1979 to focus on building the bank's presence in the underwriting of debt and equity securities. Nevertheless, UBS, which had traditionally concentrated its efforts on the domestic Swiss market, was the last of the three largest Swiss banks to establish a branch office in the U.S. and its securities operations were overshadowed by those of its two Swiss peers.

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from family members to claim the contents of the account. UBS's handling of these revelations were largely criticized and the bank received significant negative attention in the U.S. UBS came under significant pressure, particularly from American politicians, to compensate Holocaust survivors who were making claims against the bank.

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suffered during World War I and the postwar economic crises in Europe, UBS continued to make acquisitions after the conclusion of World War I. The bank purchased the remaining stake in Aargauische Creditanstalt in 1919 that it had not acquired in 1913. Also in 1919, the bank acquired Commandit-AG Weibel & Cie. in

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Rudolf Ernst joined the Bank in Winterthur in 1895. He was also financial director of the City of Winterthur for 16 years. At the young age of 36, he was elected in 1901 to the Board of Directors of the Bank in Winterthur and as its chairman at the same time. During his chairmanship, the bank changed

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Through the Great Depression, UBS pared its assets considerably shrinking from CHF993 million in 1929 to CHF441 million at the end of 1935. The bank saw its shareholders' capital decline from CHF100 million in 1929 to CHF80 million in 1933 and then further to CHF40 million by

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

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UBS opened branches and acquired a series of banks in Switzerland growing from 31 offices in 1950 to 81 offices by the beginning of the 1960s. Throughout the 1950s, UBS was the most acquisitive bank in Switzerland, acquiring Banque Palézieux & Cie. (1948), Volksbank Interlaken (1952), Weck, Aebi

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victims became a major issue for UBS in the mid-1990s and a series of revelations in 1997 brought the issue to the forefront of national attention in 1996 and 1997. UBS confirmed that a large number of accounts that had gone unclaimed as a result of the bank's policy of requiring death certificates

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UBS also began to intensify its overseas expansion. In 1967, UBS opened a full branch office in London, its first such office outside Switzerland. Prior to this, UBS had operated through a series of correspondent banks and representative offices. Three years later, UBS opened a branch office in New

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UBS continued its rapid growth in the 1960s punctuated by the acquisition of Interhandel (Industrie- und Handelsbeteiligungen AG) in 1967. Interhandel, originally, was a large Swiss conglomerate that up until the 1960s had both financial as well as industrial holdings. Interhandel was the corporate

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Union Bank of Switzerland, prior to its merger with Swiss Bank Corporation was the result of the combination of dozens of individual firms, many of which date to the 19th century. The following is an illustration of the company's major mergers and acquisitions and historical predecessors, although

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UBS entered the 1990s clearly the largest and most conservative of the three large Swiss Banks. 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

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The bank also made two major acquisitions in 1986, first it purchased Phillips & Drew an established British brokerage and asset management firm, founded in 1895. However, UBS initially had issues integrating Phillips & Drew. The firm lost £15 million when a rush of orders overwhelmed

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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. In 1973, the bank increased the stake to full 100% ownership only to withdraw by 1999 with ownership of the

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The new bank used different names in its three core languages: German, French and English. In German, the bank was Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft and was known by the initials SBG. The original English name for the combined bank was the Swiss Banking Association, but it was later changed to Union

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The Union Bank of Switzerland was formed in 1912 when the Bank in Winterthur merged with the Toggenburger Bank. The combined bank had total assets of CHF202 million and a total shareholders' equity of CHF46 million. This combination was part of a larger trend toward concentration in the

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businesses. 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. The company had approximately 27,611 employees, of which 19,355 worked in Switzerland and the remaining 8,256

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Union Bank of Switzerland, suffering criticism of its conservative business model, was looking for ways to catch up to its key Swiss rivals and viewed LTCM as the type of client that could help accelerate the bank's growth. In 1997, UBS entered into a financing arrangement with LTCM and the hedge

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By the 1980s, the bank had undertaken a major push into the securities business internationally. The bank established a position as a leading European underwriter of Eurobonds and pulled off a major coup in 1985 by pricing a large bond offering for Nestlé, Rockwell, IBM, and Mobil at below market

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on 1 million shares in LTCM, then valued at about US$ 800 million. It hedged this option by purchasing a US$ 800 million interest in LTCM and invested a further US$ 300 million in the hedge fund. Following the merger, Swiss Bank managers were surprised to discover the massive

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approached UBS about a merger that would have created the second largest bank in the world in 1996. UBS's management and board unanimously rebuffed the proposed merger. Ebner, who supported the idea of a merger, led a major shareholder revolt that resulted in the replacement of UBS's chairman,

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The Bank in Winterthur and the Toggenburger Bank merge to form the Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft. Its French name is Union de Banques Suisses (UBS) and its Italian name is Unione di Banche Svizzere (UBS). The English name of the bank at first is Swiss Banking Association. In 1921 that somewhat

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UBS acquired a number of banks in its first decade as a combined bank and expanded its branch network, establishing representation throughout Switzerland by 1923. UBS acquired a controlling interest in Aargauische Creditanstalt in 1913 and Banque Ch. Masson & Cie. in 1916. Although the bank

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was named chief executive officer. However, it quickly became evident that from a management perspective, it was Swiss Bank that was buying UBS as nearly 80% of the top management positions were filled by legacy Swiss Bank professionals. Additionally, UBS professionals suffered more headcount

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in 1997 in order to further penetrate the German investment banking market as well as the market for wealthy private clients. Schröder Münchmeyer Hengst was formed through the 1969 merger of three German banks: Schroeder Brothers & Co., Muenchmeyer & Co. and Frederick Hengst & Co.

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outbid UBS for Switzerland's Swiss Volksbank, the fifth largest bank in Switzerland which had run into financial difficulties in the early 1990s. The acquisition propelled Credit Suisse ahead of UBS as the largest bank in Switzerland for the first time. UBS instead settled on a group of less

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In 1862, The Bank in Winterthur was founded in Winterthur, Switzerland, with an initial share capital of CHF5 million. The Bank in Winterthur operated primarily as a commercial bank, providing financing for a range of companies and projects. The bank would be involved in funding the

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reductions, particularly in the investment banking unit where there were heavy cuts in the corporate finance and equities businesses. The more severe cuts at UBS were an acknowledgment that prior to the merger Swiss Bank Corporation had built a global investment banking business,

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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. Following his resignation in 1941, he was elected as an Honorary chairman of Union Bank of Switzerland.

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organized a bailout of US$ 3.625 billion by the hedge fund's major creditors to avoid a wider collapse in the financial markets. UBS contributed US$ 300 million to the bailout effort, which would largely be recovered. In the aftermath of the LTCM collapse,

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On 8 December 1997, Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank Corporation announced an all-stock merger. At the time of the merger, Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank Corporation were the second and third largest banks in Switzerland, respectively both trailing

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962:, a huge new bank with total assets of more than US$ 590 billion. Also referred to as the "New UBS" to distinguish itself from the former Union Bank of Switzerland, the combined bank became the second largest in the world, at that time, behind only the 852:. Between April 1987 and February 1988, UBS was required to spend as much as £115 million to shore up Phillips & Drew. Phillips & Drew unit returned to profitability in 1992 after years of losses. UBS also expanded into West Germany, acquiring 354:, a huge new bank with total assets of more than US$ 590 billion. Also referred to as the "New UBS" to distinguish itself from the former Union Bank of Switzerland, the combined bank became the second largest in the world, at that time, behind only the 271:. Between April 1987 and February 1988, UBS was required to spend as much as £115 million to shore up Phillips & Drew. Phillips & Drew unit returned to profitability in 1992 after years of losses. UBS also expanded into West Germany, acquiring 696:. The shredding was in direct violation of a recent Swiss law adopted in December 1996 protecting such material. UBS acknowledged that it had "made a deplorable mistake", but an internal historian maintained that the destroyed archives were unrelated to the 1003:

positions in late 1997 was a contributing factor in pushing UBS management to consummate the merger. It would become clear that the derivatives losses prompted UBS to accept the terms proposed by Swiss Bank more readily than they otherwise would have.

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in Zürich and many other companies. The bank capitalized on its location at an important Swiss railroad junction and its large warehousing facilities allowed the bank to take advantage of the dramatic rise in cotton prices caused by the

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with an initial share capital of CHF1.5 million. The Toggenburger Bank was a savings and mortgage bank for individual customers with a branch office network in Eastern Switzerland. In 1882, Toggenburger Bank opened a branch in

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The Union Bank of Switzerland logo ca. 1960, an early incarnation of its logo featuring crossing UBS and SBG acronyms. Later versions would have the English and French "UBS" running horizontally and the German SBG running

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By November 1998, UBS's losses from its exposure to LTCM were estimated at CHF790 million. UBS would prove to be the largest single loser in the LTCM collapse, ultimately writing off CHF950 million. The

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The merger, which was billed as a merger of equals, resulted in UBS's shareholders receiving 60% of the combined company and Swiss Bank's shareholders receiving the remaining 40% of the bank's common shares. UBS's

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was considered to be the more established platform. UBS, on the other hand had a stronger retail and commercial banking business in Switzerland and both banks had notably strong asset management capabilities.

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Decades after the war, it was demonstrated that Union Bank of Switzerland likely took active roles in trading stolen gold, securities and other assets during World War II. The issue of "unclaimed property" of

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Bank of Switzerland in 1921 to mirror the French form of the name: Union de Banques Suisses. The bank's logo, introduced in 1966, would later reflect both the German SBG and the English and French name UBS.

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in London. Swiss Bank was generally considered to be further along than UBS in developing its international investment banking business, particularly in the higher margin advisory businesses where

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in London. Swiss Bank was generally considered to be further along than UBS in developing its international investment banking business, particularly in the higher margin advisory businesses where

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Meili was suspended from his job at the security company that served UBS, following a criminal investigation. Meili and his family left Switzerland for the United States where they were granted

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First Chairman of the Board of Directors of the merged bank from 1912 until 1941 is Rudolf Ernst, of Winterthur, until 1921 alternating with C. Emil Grob-Halter of Lichtensteig.

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banking sector in Switzerland at the time. Through the next few years, the bank would begin to shift its operations to Zürich from its historical headquarters in the cities of

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when UBS temporarily moved ahead of SBC. After 1979, UBS would firmly establish itself as the largest Swiss bank. UBS would retain this position for the next 15 years until

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employees were outside Switzerland. The bank had total assets of nearly CHF578 billion and shareholders' equity of nearly CHF28 billion as of the end of 1997.

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successor of I.G. Chemie, which the U.S. government had claimed was a front for Germany's I.G. Farben during World War II. During the war, the U.S. government seized

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bank's operations. The battles between Ebner and UBS management proved a distraction to the bank in the mid-1990s. Looking to take advantage of the situation,

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The merged bank shows the following figures for 1912: Total assets: CHF202 million. Shareholders' Equity: CHF46 million. Profit: CHF2.4 million.

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

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

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During the mid-1990s, UBS came under fire from dissident shareholders, critical of bank's relatively conservative management and lower return on equity.

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Prior to its merger with Swiss Bank Corporation, UBS operated as a full-service bank and a provider of wholesale financial services through its

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refinery changing to Hereaus & Management. Nevertheless, UBS continues to issue gold bars via Argor-Heraeus which is famous for the unique

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UBS Banks on Conservative Strategies --- Industry Leader Avoids Troubles That Have Snared Main Swiss Rivals. Wall Street Journal, 1 June 1993.

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fund quickly became the bank's largest client, generating US$ 15 million in fees for UBS. Union Bank of Switzerland sold LTCM a 7-year

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exposure to LTCM at UBS. Ultimately, UBS was unable to sell or hedge its interest in LTCM as its value declined in the summer of 1998.

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management and life insurance while 60% of the bank's profits came from its even more conservative Swiss banking operations. In 1993,

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management and life insurance while 60% of the bank's profits came from its even more conservative Swiss banking operations. In 1993,

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Robert Studer. Studer's successor Mathis Cabiallavetta would be one of the key architects of the merger with Swiss Bank Corporation.

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Robert Studer. Studer's successor Mathis Cabiallavetta would be one of the key architects of the merger with Swiss Bank Corporation.

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in 1995, known as UBS Swiss Life. UBS took a 25% ownership position in Swiss Life in exchange for a 50% share in the joint venture.

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in 1995, known as UBS Swiss Life. UBS took a 25% ownership position in Swiss Life in exchange for a 50% share in the joint venture.

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the firm's settlement system in 1987. Then the bank lost £48 million as a result of Philips & Drew positions in the

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the firm's settlement system in 1987. Then the bank lost £48 million as a result of Philips & Drew positions in the

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Bill S.768: A bill for the relief of Michel Christopher Meili, Giuseppina Meili, Mirjam Naomi Meili, and Davide Meili

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In 1991, UBS made its first acquisition in the United States, purchasing Chase Investors Management Corporation, the

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1936. However, the bank continued to acquire smaller, weaker competitors, purchasing Banca Unione di Credito in

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The Union Bank of Switzerland logo ca. 1927. Until 1921, the bank was known as the Swiss Banking Association.

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After the merger was completed, it was widely speculated that a series of losses suffered by UBS on its

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After the merger was completed, it was widely speculated that a series of losses suffered by UBS on its

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holographic technology it uses to provide enhanced protection against bank gold bar counterfeiting.

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and St. Gallen, Switzerland. In 1917, UBS completed construction of a new headquarters in Zürich on

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in eastern Switzerland and began to shift its operations there through the end of the 19th century.

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This article is about the UBS predecessor bank merged in 1998. For the active global bank, see

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and William Cuénod & Cie. In 1920, UBS acquired Banca Svizzera-Americana with branches in

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L.A. Jewish Community Honors Christoph Meili At May 8th Dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel

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When the Sure-Footed Stumble; Swiss Banks Stagger After Several Investing Missteps

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Lessons From the Collapse of Hedge Fund, Long-Term Capital Management: The Losers

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UBS's primary offices in the U.S., prior to its merger with SBC were located at

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and received a particularly warm reception from the American Jewish community.

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The combined UBS logo incorporated UBS's name with SBC's "three keys" symbol.

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Ulrich Jost, Swiss historian : Bank Secrecy Was Bern's Wartime 'Weapon'

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establishing representation in the last of the major cities in Switzerland.

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business in 1993 establishing UBS Life. UBS formed a joint venture with

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Corporate finance staff learn fate. Financial Times, 12 February 1998.

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Infectious Greed: How Deceit and Risk Corrupted the Financial Markets

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When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

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inappropriate name is changed into Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS).

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to form Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft (Union Bank of Switzerland).

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in New York, which are used today as the New York headquarters of

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collapse in 1998 brought a degree of closure to the issue.

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Swiss Are Relieved, but Sour, Over Banks' Holocaust Accord

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URL last accessed 2006-10-30. 1997:How Swiss Strategy on Holocaust Fund Unraveled 1990: 1893: 1891: 1889: 1887: 1885: 1883: 1868: 1827: 1825: 1481: 1479: 1477: 1475: 1071:Union Bank of Switzerland 1049:this is not necessarily a comprehensive list: 958:The all-stock merger resulted in the creation 350:The all-stock merger resulted in the creation 2419: 2269:. Funding Universe. Retrieved 11 August 2010. 2189: 2117:, signed into private law 105-1 by president 1966: 1802:Four leave after UBS suffers big trading loss 1797: 1795: 1682: 1680: 1678: 1655:Big Swiss Bank Rejects Merger Appeal by Rival 1650: 1648: 1530:Offer Made to Create Largest Swiss Bank Group 1493: 1491: 1469:. Funding Universe, Retrieved 10 August 2010. 1419: 1417: 1415: 1262: (merged 1969, acq. 1997) 659: 2098:. National Catholic Reporter, 16 April 1999. 1920: 1918: 1728: 1726: 1724: 1722: 1720: 1718: 1716: 1714: 1712: 1710: 1429: 899:(formerly known as Bank Siegmund Merzbach). 766:(Swiss Volksbank or Swiss Popular Bank) and 318:(formerly known as Bank Siegmund Merzbach). 2021:New York Punishes Swiss Bank Over Nazi Gold 1954: 1880: 1822: 1525: 1523: 1521: 1498:Swiss Bank to Acquire Chase Investment Unit 1472: 2426: 2412: 2365: 2281: 1792: 1759:The Plunder of UBS. Euromoney, March 1998. 1675: 1645: 1564: 1562: 1560: 1558: 1488: 1412: 617:in 1935 followed by Berner Handelsbank in 2372:Big Swiss Bank Is Shaken Up By Hedge Fund 1915: 1898:Handbook on the History of European Banks 1767: 1765: 1707: 1556: 1554: 1552: 1550: 1548: 1546: 1544: 1542: 1540: 1538: 2089: 1961:Swiss Envoy in U.S. in Midst of a Squall 1877:. Palgrave Macmillan, 1998 (p. 132-136). 1702:Embattled UBS poised for merger with SBC 1518: 1062:Union Bank of Switzerland 933: 906: 830: 784: 741: 670: 599: 563: 532:Announcement of the 1912 merger between 527: 500: 434:Origins of the Union Bank of Switzerland 2332: 2130:Swiss parliament, Summer session 1997: 2124: 2101: 1817:A Swiss Bank Raises Loss on Derivatives 1787:Has UBS Found Its Way out of the Woods? 1610:Swiss Battle For Big Bank Proves Costly 1131:(merged 1915, acq. 1919) 2860:Swiss companies disestablished in 1998 2812: 2150: 1837: 1772:Performance Of New Bank Relies on U.S. 1762: 1535: 1238:Chase Investors Management Corporation 1043: 892:Schröder, Münchmeyer, Hengst & Co. 311:Schröder, Münchmeyer, Hengst & Co. 248:Schröder, Münchmeyer, Hengst & Co. 2407: 2225: 254:today considered a standalone brand. 2302: 2113:; private bill sponsored by Senator 2038: 1875:Swiss banking: an analytical history 1804:. The Independent, 20 November 1997. 1640:Swiss Banks Considering Giant Merger 1129:Aargauische Kreditanstalt 2855:Swiss companies established in 1912 2220:Switzerland winds up Holocaust fund 1856:UBS AG Annual Financial Report 1998 1689:. Cambridge University Press, 2002. 1500:. New York Times, 22 February 1991. 13: 2210:. New York Times, 23 October 1998. 2186:. New York Times, 31 January 1999. 2174:. New York Times, 23 January 1999. 2035:. New York Times, 17 January 1997. 2023:. New York Times, 10 October 1997. 1999:. New York Times, 26 January 1997. 1985:Probe lays bare Swiss wartime role 1963:. New York Times, 20 January 1997. 1949:Breaking The Swiss Banking Silence 1927:. New York Times, 2 December 2001. 1819:. New York Times, 31 January 1998. 1735:. New York Times, 9 December 1997. 1597:. The Independent, 27 August 1997. 903:Merger with Swiss Bank Corporation 487:Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works 322:Merger with Swiss Bank Corporation 14: 2871: 2374:. 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BusinessWeek, 25 July 2005. 1338: 506: 2835:Banks disestablished in 1998 2820:Defunct banks of Switzerland 2321:UBS Posts Loss In Hedge Fund 1789:BusinessWeek, 29 March 1999. 1242:(est. 1972 as subsidiary of 1014:Long-Term Capital Management 1008:Long-Term Capital Management 983:through its acquisitions of 803:(Swiss Volksbank) and later 737: 732:Long Term Capital Management 644:Dr. Rudolf Ernst (1865–1956) 375:through its acquisitions of 257: 7: 1308:Frederick Hengst & Co. 1274:Schröder Brothers & Co. 572:(pictured above) in Zürich. 10: 2876: 2433: 2340:. Macmillan. p. 261. 2282:Lowenstein, Roger (2000). 1011: 914: 813:General Aniline & Film 660:Activities in World War II 473: 428: 173:CHF416 billion (1996) 18: 2830:Banks established in 1912 2784:MFS Investment Management 2776: 2676: 2599: 2579: 2536: 2528:O'Connor & Associates 2488: 2452:Union Bank of Switzerland 2450: 2441: 1939:. TIME, 24 February 1997. 1402:Unione di Banche Svizzere 1306: 1289: 1272: 1265: 1235: 1218: 1201: 1184: 1158: 1143:Aargauische Kreditanstalt 1141: 1134: 1102: 1083: 1076: 1065: 750:Shortly after the end of 625:business responsible for 518:Lichtensteig, Switzerland 190:Union Bank of Switzerland 177: 160: 146: 136: 121: 113: 92: 84: 68: 50: 42: 33: 29:Union Bank of Switzerland 2361:Bloomberg.com: Exclusive 1386:Union de banques suisses 964:Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi 801:Schweizerische Volksbank 764:Schweizerische Volksbank 356:Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi 2825:Former investment banks 2257:. Berghahn Books, 2002. 2056:March 28, 2007, at the 553:, considered to be the 2518:Dillon, Read & Co. 2490:Swiss Bank Corporation 2384:UBS 2009 Annual report 2245:. TIME, 21 April 1947. 1912:December 1920, p. 794. 1844:UBS 1995 Annual Report 1401: 1393: 1385: 1206:(est. 1928, acq. 1967) 1189:(est. 1863, acq. 1945) 943: 917:Swiss Bank Corporation 912: 844: 791: 747: 676: 605: 573: 541: 513: 250:in 1997 among others. 210:Swiss Bank Corporation 127:Swiss Bank Corporation 955:'s merger overtures. 937: 910: 870:UBS also entered the 834: 788: 745: 674: 603: 567: 531: 504: 347:'s merger overtures. 289:UBS also entered the 105:Carl Emil Grob-Halter 2777:Largest shareholders 2551:Jackson & Curtis 1291:Münchmeyer & Co. 1245:Chase Manhattan Bank 1038:Mathis Cabiallavetta 972:Mathis Cabiallavetta 865:Chase Manhattan Bank 364:Mathis Cabiallavetta 284:Chase Manhattan Bank 2648:Alex Wilmot-Sitwell 2513:SG Warburg & Co 2508:Warburg Dillon Read 2475:Phillips & Drew 2267:GAF Company History 1220:Phillips & Drew 1186:Eidgenössische Bank 1044:Acquisition history 993:Warburg Dillon Read 981:Warburg Dillon Read 854:Deutsche Länderbank 841:UBS Investment Bank 385:Warburg Dillon Read 373:Warburg Dillon Read 273:Deutsche Länderbank 244:Phillips & Drew 229:Eidgenössische Bank 204:company located in 179:Number of employees 63:Investment services 30: 2663:William G. Parrett 2623:Markus U. Diethelm 2587:McDonald & Co. 2546:Paine & Webber 2503:Basler Handelsbank 2460:Bank in Winterthur 2142:Federal Councillor 2076:, 16 January 1997" 1861:2012-03-08 at the 1593:2018-11-27 at the 1571:. 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