UBS Deck
What happened to UBS in the 2008 financial crisis — the settled facts a candidate should know?
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UBS was among the hardest-hit banks in Europe: its investment bank had loaded up on US subprime and other securitized assets, and the resulting writedowns were among the largest reported by any…
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