UBS looks to boost capital with fund buyback, IB profits up
UBS announced on Tuesday that it intended to buy back the special purpose vehicle set up by the Swiss National Bank in 2008 to manage the bank’s toxic assets in the fallout of the Lehman Brothers collapse. The bank made the announcement along with the posting of its second quarter results, which saw profitability gains hindered by litigation and impairment charges.
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