UBS AG is a Swiss global financial services company headquartered in Basel and Zürich, Switzerland, which provides investment banking, asset management, and wealth management services for private, corporate, and institutional clients worldwide, as well as retail clients in Switzerland. It operates in more than 40 countries and considered as the world's second largest manager of private wealth assets, with over CHF 2.2 trillion in invested assets. UBS operates in all of the major financial centers worldwide with offices in over 50 countries and 64,000 employees around the world. UBS... traces its heritage to 1854 and it is the largest bank in Switzerland. UBS was originally an abbreviation for the Union Bank of Switzerland, one of its predecessors; however, UBS ceased to be considered a representational abbreviation after its 1998 merger with Swiss Bank Corporation. UBS is present in all major financial centers worldwide, with about 37% of its 64,617 employees working in the Americas, 37% in Switzerland, 16% in the rest of Europe and 10% in Asia Pacific.
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| NYSE symbol: | UBS |
| Founded: | 1854 |
| Headquarters: | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Annual revenue: | $117,206,000,000 |
| Net income: | SFr.,Fr.-4,384,000,000 |
| Operating income: | $-3,654,000,000 |
| Employees: | 83,560 |
| Industries: | Investment banking, National Commercial Banks, Commercial Banking, Finance |