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UBS AG is a Swiss global financial services company, incorporated in the Canton of Zurich,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.moneyhouse.ch/en/u/ubs_ag_CH-270.3.004.646-4.htm )〕 and co-headquartered in Zürich and Basel.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Corporate information - UBS Global topics )〕 The company provides wealth management, asset management, and investment banking services for private, corporate, and institutional clients worldwide, and is generally considered to be a bulge bracket bank. In Switzerland, these services are also offered to retail clients.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Our clients & businesses - UBS Global topics )〕 The name ''UBS'' was originally an abbreviation for the Union Bank of Switzerland, but it ceased to be a representational abbreviation after the bank's merger with Swiss Bank Corporation in 1998.〔 The company traces its origins to 1856, when the earliest of its predecessor banks was founded.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/about_us/history/_jcr_content/rightpar/teaser_0/linklist/link.651908116.file/bGluay9wYXRoPS9jb250ZW50L2RhbS91YnMvZ2xvYmFsL2Fib3V0X3Vicy9hYm91dF91cy9oaXN0b3J5X29mX3Vicy8xNTBfeWVhcnNfb2ZfYmFua2luZ19FTkcucGRm/150_years_of_banking_ENG.pdf )〕 UBS is the biggest bank in Switzerland, operating in more than 50 countries with about 60,000 employees around the world, as of 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/about_us/ourprofile.html )〕 It is considered the world's largest manager of private wealth assets, with over CHF2.2 trillion in invested assets,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.jpmorgan.com/pages/jpmorgan/emea/business/cazenove/research )〕 and remains a leading provider of retail banking and commercial banking services in Switzerland. In 2014, UBS' assets under management (AuM) amounted to US$1,966.9 billion, representing a 15.4% increase in AuM compared to the equivalent data of 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Global Private Banking Benchmark 2014 - Scorpio Report )〕 In comparison to other European banks, UBS suffered among the largest losses during the subprime mortgage crisis, and the bank was required to raise large amounts of outside capital. In 2007, the bank received a US$9.7 billion capital injection from the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (currently GIC Private Limited effective from July 2013), which remains one of the bank's largest shareholders.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Significant shareholders )〕 The bank also received capital from the Swiss government, further complemented by a series of equity offerings in 2007, 2008, and 2009. ==Corporate structure== UBS is a joint-stock company ("Aktiengesellschaft") pursuant to Swiss laws. Its shares are listed at the SIX Swiss Exchange, and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). As of February 2015, UBS is present in all major financial centers worldwide, having offices in more than 50 countries, with about 35% of its approx. 60,000 employees working in the Americas, 36% in Switzerland, 17% in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and 12% in the Asia Pacific region.〔 The bank has its major presence in the United States. Its American headquarters for investment banking are located in New York City, for private wealth management in Weehawken, New Jersey and its sales & trading headquarters can be found in Stamford, Connecticut. Company's global business groups are (i) wealth management, (ii) investment banking and (iii) asset management. Additionally, UBS is the leading provider of retail banking and commercial banking services in Switzerland, as established already in 2009.〔 Overall invested assets are CHF2.734 trillion, shareholders' equity is CHF50.608 billion and market capitalization is CHF63.526 billion by the end of 2014.〔 In November 2014, the shares in UBS Group AG were listed and started trading as a new holding company on the NYSE and SIX Swiss Exchange. Upon application and with the effect as of 14 January 2015, the shares of the USB AG, the subsidiary of the UBS Group AG, were delisted from the NYSE. UBS' structure includes six divisions in total - the Corporate Center and the following five business divisions: Wealth Management, Wealth Management Americas, Retail & Corporate, Global Asset Management and the Investment Bank.〔 Starting already on 9 June 2003, all UBS business groups, including UBS Paine Webber and UBS Warburg, were rebranded under the UBS moniker following company's start of operations as a unified global entity.〔(UBS means RIP for Warburg ). ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London), 13 November 2002〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「UBS」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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