UBS and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis


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Case Code : FINC061
Case Length : 22 Pages
Period : 2001-2009
Pub. Date : 2010
Teaching Note :Not Available
Organization : UBS AG
Industry : Banking
Countries : Switzerland, US

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Background Note

UBS traces its origins to a bank, Bankverein, started by six private banking houses in Basel, Switzerland in 1854, to cater to the growing needs of a few industries and railway networks in Switzerland. In 1917, the name of the bank was changed to Swiss Bank Corporation...

The Subprime Mortgage Crisis

In order to overcome the crisis caused by the dot com crash and 9/11 attacks , the US government adopted a policy of credit driven consumption led growth for its economy. To stimulate consumption, from late 2001 onward, the American policy makers started slashing interest rates to ease the liquidity in the system...

UBS - Exposure to Subprime Mortgage Assets

UBS' exposure to the subprime mortgage crisis was attributed to its aggressive global expansion strategy. It started investing in asset backed securities (ABS) in the US from 2002 onward. These included car loans, credit cards, and commercial and residential mortgages...

Crisis at UBS

DRCM could start functioning in a full-fledged manner only in November 2006. However, both Investment Bank and Global Asset Management expressed concerns about DRCM's investment performance and level of third party assets respectively...

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