Nature of Business
UBS draws on its 150-year heritage to serve private, institutional and corporate clients worldwide, as well as retail clients in Switzerland. We combine our wealth management, investment banking and asset management businesses with our Swiss operations to deliver superior financial solutions. Headquartered in Zurich and Basel, Switzerland. UBS has offices in more than 50 countries, including all major financial centers, and employs approximately 65,000 people. Under Swiss company law, UBS is organised as an Aktiengesellschaft, a corporation that has
issued shares of common stock to investors. UBS AG is the parent company of the UBS Group (Group). The operational structure of the Group comprises the Corporate Center and four business division: Wealth Management & Swiss Bank, Wealth Management Americas, Global Asset Management and the Investment Bank.
UBS established a presence in Singapore in the 1970s and, following the merger of Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank Corporation in June 1998, UBS has enjoyed a reputation as a leading foreign financial institution in Singapore. Today, UBS Singapore has over 2,000 employees across its wealth management, investment banking and global asset management business.