UBS Wealth Management

Apps aimed at the very wealthy have lagged behind those for other groups, but there's interest in developing them, especially ones that track total net worth.

Gauthier Vincent, Principal and Wealth Management Leader, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Deborah Waters, Global Head of Private Bank Operations and Technology, Citi, Kraleigh Woodford, Managing Director Head of Digital Client Experience, UBS WM USA

Clients may be compelled to sell their shares as nearly 90% of the products have experienced losses this year.

The only other fund of its kind has $269 million in assets, a figure that’s ballooned roughly 1,700% this year.

The No. 1 IBD’s top recruiting executive announced his retirement after the firm disclosed some mixed recent results.

The firm scaled back its investment bank after the financial crisis to reduce risk and focus on its large wealth-management business.

The smallest of UBS’s operating divisions is said to have eliminated at least 100 positions in areas including distribution over recent months.

Wirehouses have made some recruiting mistakes in recent years. Meanwhile some aspects of corporate strategy are being done right in certain pockets of the industry. Danny Sarch offers his insight as we continue the dialogue from our Recruiters Roundtable.

If wirehouses decided to adopt a salary-plus-bonus compensation model, how would they do it?

The regional firm's latest hires include several veteran financial advisors.

How can the industry find organic growth again? And where will the next generation of advisors come from? Bill Willis tackles both challenges, and discusses how they will affect compensation, as we elaborate on the issues discussed at our Recruiters Roundtable.

The trickle of brokers leaving wirehouses for greater independence is quietly becoming a flood.

Clients thought they were investing in real estate developments that would be flipped for profit.

Which wirehouse offers advisors the most freedom? Which offers the least? And when should advisors shun the channel and break away?

Wall Street whistleblowers just got another reason to take their gripes directly to the SEC.

The bank is seeking to boost efficiency and growth by combining two wealth management businesses into a single one known as Global Wealth Management.

Listen up, advisors — chatbots are talking their way into wealth management. Some see them as part of a low-cost, entirely automated option that commoditizes financial advice even further.

The hiring plans coincide with the firm's rollout of its digital advice offering, UBS Advice Advantage, which is offered through its call center.

Advisors may be upset due to the high-handed attitudes of the larger firms, but pulling down six zeroes a year can offset a lot of irritation, says On Wall Street’s annual recruiters roundtable.

The claim alleged negligence, fraud and misrepresentation, according to the regulator.