UBS

(Dec 21): Swiss financial watchdog FINMA said on Thursday the Swiss subsidiary of US bank JPMorgan had committed serious anti-money laundering breaches in relation to Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB.

SINGAPORE (Dec 5): UBS is forecasting global economic growth to continue its positive momentum over the past year through to 2018, with little evidence of an impending slowdown.

SINGAPORE (Oct 5): UBS says Singapore real estate investment trusts (SREITs) are expected to see DPU growth of 1.0% per annum from 2016 through to 2019, even as they go on the acquisition trail.

ZURICH (July 10): UBS has raised US$325 million ($450 million) for a private equity impact investment fund, as the world's biggest private bank looks to meet wealthy clients' growing appetite to combine philanthropy with money making.

SINGAPORE (Feb 8): Singapore Airlines’ core earnings for 3Q17 rose 12% y-o-y to $256 million, after excluding a $79 million impairment charge on the value of the Tigerair brand arising from the merger between Tigerair and Scoot.

SINGAPORE (Feb 6): Market watchers have turned pessimistic on the outlook for StarHub, after the telco announced that it would cut distributions per unit by 20% for FY17 as operating expenses for its main mobile business continue to climb.

SINGAPORE (Jan 16): Singapore Press Holdings’ results for 1Q17 failed to meet analysts’ expectations after earnings fell by 44% to $45.7 million.

SINGAPORE (Jan 6): UBS and RHB are reiterating their “buy” calls on ComfortDelGro with target prices of $3.43 and $3.24 respectively in anticipation of higher earnings growth over the next few years.

SINGAPORE (Dec 29): Gone are the days where generating returns above 5% was relatively easy to achieve.

SINGAPORE (Dec 29): Swiss global financial services company UBS is staying positive on US and emerging market (EM) equities in the year ahead.