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UBS to restructure unit catering to the super rich

Bloomberg UBS Group AG plans to restructure the unit that serves the bank’s top billionaire clients in the first sweeping changes under its new co-head of key wealth management Iqbal Khan. Khan and co-head Tom Naratil are seeking to break apart the ultra high net worth unit led by Joseph Stadler and move some less rich clients into the regional ...

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Pound steadies despite weak economic data

Bloomberg The pound pared earlier advances following disappointing economic data, as the gloomy economic picture countered the optimism in the market following the decisive Conservative victory in last week’s election. Sterling returned to the flatline after purchasing managers’ indexes from UK factories posted their weakest performance in more than seven years. The currency had earlier advanced against all its major ...

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BOJ to leave monetary policy unchanged

Bloomberg The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will leave monetary policy unchanged this week, and probably for much longer, after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe unveiled a stimulus package to bolster growth, according to a Bloomberg survey. All 45 economists polled expect no action from the bank at the end of a two-day meeting on Thursday. For the first time since April, ...

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