Friday, July 6, 2007

UBS Risk Is Highest in 1 1/2 Years After CEO Ouster, Default Swaps Show

(Bloomberg) -- UBS AG's credit risk rose to the
highest in more than 1 1/2 years after the world's biggest money
manager ousted Peter Wuffli as chief executive officer,
according to traders of credit-default swaps.

UBS replaced Wuffli with his deputy Marcel Rohner
yesterday, after losses at one of its hedge funds and declining
earnings for the past three quarters. The Zurich-based bank shut
its Dillon Read Capital Management LLC unit, championed by
Wuffli, 49, at a cost of $300 million in May.


Read more at Bloomberg Bonds News

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