UBS displays caution after quarterly profits are held back
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The Swiss-based banking group UBS was cautious over the outlook for its investment bank after a lull in trading crimped its third-quarter profit.
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UBS AG said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit rose 12 percent to 2.02 billion Swiss francs (&#36;1.79 billion), driven by higher revenue from equity trading and solid income from fees on securities managed for clients.
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World stocks and emerging market assets weakened on Wednesday while safe-haven government bonds rose as UBS  unveiled $4 billion in new write-downs, stirring fears the five-month-old credit crisis is deepening.
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BARCLAYS said yesterday it was on course for a profits haul of about Â£4.5 billion this year. But the shares were the biggest faller on the Footsie as the market was disappointed with a flat performance from
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Anticipating a slowdown, investors are wary of paying high stock prices. Firms lower earnings expectations, too.
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Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns Companies posted a drop in quarterly profits on Wednesday, surprising some investors one day after two
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A slowdown in Wall Street profits has some experts warning that year-end bonus checks for the Street&#39;s workers - the adrenaline that provides much of the zip in New York City&#39;s economy - may
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Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns posted drops in quarterly profit yesterday, surprising some investors one day after two other big investment banks reported a rise in earnings.
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The FTSE 100 lost ground on Tuesday as news of shock writedowns at Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS) overshadowed reassuring figures from Barclays (NYSE:BCS).
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ZURICH, Switzerland  -- UBS AG on Thursday posted a fourth-quarter net loss of $11.28 billion, and a loss for the entire year, besieged as other banks were by investments in U.S. subprime mortgages.
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UBS is reportedly facing shareholder opposition to a huge injection of funds from Singapore and the Middle East to help the Swiss banking giant overcome the US subprime mortgage meltdown.
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Two large Wall Street firms - Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns - reported a fall in quarterly profits yesterday in sharp contrast to rival players who presented an upbeat performance the day before.
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Stubbornly high bond yields discouraged investors from extending Wall Streetâs recovery from last weekâs losses.
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Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns Cos. said fiscal third-quarter earnings fell, their first declines in more than a year. The results sparked concern that Wall Street profits are slowing, and shares of many securities firms dropped.
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The clothing retailer's profits take a hit on weather woes and bigger-than-expected markdowns
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Swiss bank UBS could face billions of  dollars more in subprime-related write-downs in 2008, which  could tip it into a second year of losses, analysts warned  investors, sending its shares tumbling again.
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The Swiss bank UBS said Monday it could face additional writedowns in its fourth quarter results due to ongoing market exposure to a credit crunch caused by problems in the US housing sector.