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Singapore can’t touch Macau’s VIP revenue, says UBS

Singapore won’t hurt Macau’s gaming market, says UBS’s Grant Chum during recent investor call, reported Dow Jones Newswires.

For mass market, Macau is about Hong Kong, Guangdong while Singapore’s about Southern Malaysia, Singapore, and, over time, parts of Indonesia, rest of Malaysia, he says.

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Singapore can’t touch Macau’s VIP revenue, says UBS

Singapore won’t hurt Macau’s gaming market, says UBS’s Grant Chum during recent investor call, reported Dow Jones Newswires.

For mass market, Macau is about Hong Kong, Guangdong while Singapore’s about Southern Malaysia, Singapore, and, over time, parts of Indonesia, rest of Malaysia, he says.

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Straits Asia gains 1.5%; but management risks remain: UBS

Straits Asia Resources (AJ1.SG) appointment of a new CEO is doing little for share price. While stock did gain 1.5% to $2.05, volume remains thin at just over 1.3 million shares vs daily average of 15.9 million last week.

Sentiment was bogged down lately in part by uncertainty over whether Richard Ong’s contract as CEO will be renewed when it expires in May. However, the coal miner instead names board member Martin Purvis as new chief with immediate effect.

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UBS boosts rewards for Asia Private bankers generating new cash

UBS AG, the biggest Swiss bank by assets, increased to 200,000 Swiss francs ($259,200) the maximum bonus private bankers in Hong Kong and Singapore can earn this year by bringing in new money from rich clients, reported Bloomberg.

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UBS private bankers in Singapore said to depart for OCBC

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp.’s Bank of Singapore hired at least four private bankers from UBS AG, three people with knowledge the matter told Bloomberg.

In addition, two administrative staff from UBS will join Bank of Singapore in the city-state, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the moves haven’t been publicly announced. They declined to identify the employees.

Bank of Singapore was created through OCBC’s acquisition of ING Groep NV’s Asian private-banking operations for US$1.46 billion ($2.05 billion) in October. The hires bring Chief Executive Officer Renato de Guzman closer to his goal of adding 30 relationship managers this year.

Bank of Singapore has added more than 10 employees this year, said spokeswoman Donna Lee.
 
The majority of this year’s new hires will join Bank of Singapore’s Southeast Asia team, which is headed by former UBS banker Bahren Shaari, Lee said.
 
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UBS says Wylie to head Asia debt capital markets team

UBS (UBSN.VX) has combined its Asian debt origination business and debt capital markets team for greater efficiency in its debt business, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.

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Banks may take hit from property measures, says UBS

Singapore government’s latest intervention in the property market could dampen demand for Singapore banks’ mortgage loans, says UBS.

It notes that housing loans, which make up 32% of total loans, were up 14.8% on year in 2009.

“We think in the near term this will continue on the back of property transactions that were done in 2009, but in the later half of the year the momentum could slow as property transactions are likely to cool off.”

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UBS stake may be worth 70% less as GIC converts: Update

Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC will convert 11 billion Swiss francs ($14.54 billion) worth of UBS (UBSN.VX) notes into shares next month at a price that may erode the value of its stake in the Swiss bank by 70%.

The Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC), which manages over US$200 billion in assets, was one of the first sovereign funds to pump billions into Western banks, which were rocked by the financial crisis and suffered deep losses.

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Singapore’s GIC to convert UBS notes into shares

Singapore’s sovereign wealth  fund GIC will convert 11 billion Swiss francs ($14.59 billion)  worth of UBS (UBSN.VX) notes into shares on March 5, according  to a U.S. regulatory filing, at a price that shows a 70% erosion in its investment in the Swiss bank.
 
GIC (GIC.UL) will convert the notes into 230.7 million ordinary shares of UBS, according to a filing with the U.S. 

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Asia’s banks may need US$173b for Basel 3 rules, says UBS

New Basel 3 rules on higher capital adequacy (likely to take effect in 2012) are likely to require Asian banks to chip in or retain extra capital totalling US$173 billion ($245 billion), says UBS analyst Andy Brown as such “capital retention” is “a form of economic tightening”.

Brown estimates that the amount of credit/loans that could have been created with that sum be would a total of US$2.2 trillion, or 13.7% of the region’s GDP.

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Barclays Wealth hires 3 UBS bankers for South Asian team

Bloomberg says Barclays Plc’s wealth management unit hired three bankers from UBS AG for its South Asia team in Singapore, according to an e-mailed statement. Barclays Wealth appointed Vikram Malhotra, previously a country team head at UBS, as head of South Asia. It also hired Jagdish Kale and Rohit Nanani from UBS as Singapore-based directors, according to the statement.

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StarHub lowered to neutral at UBS with $2.20 price target

UBS has downgraded StarHub (CC3.SG) to “neutral” from “buy”, keeping its price target at $2.20.

While quarterly dividends of 5 cents/share remain sustainable and will provide some support to share price, the stock lacks positive catalysts, says UBS.

It expects loss of English Premier League content to SingTel (Z74.SG) and launch of Singapore government-initiated national broadband network to strengthen rivals, costing StarHub market share.

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UBS Wealth Management – Corporate moves

Reto Marx has been appointed MD, Ultra High Net Worth Country Team Head, Singapore wef January 2010
Work experience: Head, Southeast Asia, Bank Sarasin-Rabo (Asia) Ltd; 17 years experience in the wealth management industry

Singapore housing market may see more curbs, says UBS

The Singapore government may roll out more policies to prevent property bubble, including lowering borrowing limit to 80% of home value from 90% currently, says Swiss investment bank UBS AG, according to Dow Jones.

It cites strong response of 32 bids from developers this week for small residential land parcel put up for sale by government, with the highest offer at $38 million.

UBS notes the government’s land sales programme for 1H10 expected to yield more than 3,000 units.

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UBS approached by 50 potential hedge-fund startups, Gray says

UBS AG has been approached by about 50 potential hedge-fund startups in the Asia-Pacific region as the industry recovers from record losses in 2008.
 
“We are tracking 50 different groups across Asia-Pacific who are talking to us about starting up,” said David Gray, UBS’s head of prime services in the Asia-Pacific region.

UBS makes appointments in Singapore ultra high net worth unit

UBS AG has appointed executives to its ultra high net worth business in Singapore.
 
The bank, the second-biggest private bank in the world, said in a statement it has promoted Yeong Phick Fui to managing director and senior adviser. Yeong, who was the Singapore private banking head of DBS Group Holdings, joined UBS in 2006 and was previously UBS’s regional market manager for Singapore.

Julius Baer closer to bid move on ING assets: Update

Julius Baer (BAER.VX) has hired fellow Swiss bank UBS (UBSN.VX) to advise on a possible bid for ING Groep’s private banking units in Asia and Europe, signaling its seriousness about an acquisition, sources said. 
 
“UBS is advising Julius Baer,” said one of the sources, who has been briefed on the hiring but declined to be identified because the sale process has not been made public.