UBS Wealth Management

Lenders have learned that automated wealth management tools enhance financial advisers' interaction with clients and can bring in more business.

The former lawmaker joins the Swiss bank after years of pushing for bank deregulation as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.

The UBS executive discusses how a sudden, life-threatening illness changed her outlook on life and business.

The former banking lawyer, who went on to run major business lines at Merrill Lynch and UBS, will be honored Thursday at American Banker’s Most Powerful Women in Banking gala.

Harford traveled more than 70,000 miles in her first six months at UBS in an effort to meet every one of her group’s 500 employees, from secretaries to managing directors.

UBS has turned to Paula Polito to draw up the blueprint for connecting with clients around the world.

Panelists: Deborah Waters, Global Head of Private Bank Operations and Technology, Citi; and Kraleigh Woodford, Managing Director Head of Digital Client Experience UBS WM USA.

Berkery will be succeeded by Michael Blum as the chairman of UBS Bank USA. A Merrill Lynch alum, Berkery was part of the turnaround team at UBS' wealth management unit, and during her tenure, the lending book at its bank more than doubled in size.

Politics has been on just about everyone's mind, but it is also a minefield topic that many people in business were just as happy to avoid. Not Paula Polito and her team at UBS.