UBS pierde US$10,000 millones por crisis hipotecaria

Supuestamente, los bancos suizos son de los más estables y fuertes. Y UBS es el banco más grande de Suiza.

UBS on Monday became the second big investment bank in a fortnight to be bailed out by a sovereign wealth fund when it announced a SFr19.4bn ($17.2bn) recapitalisation plan after revealing another $10bn of losses on subprime mortgage securities.

UBS was forced to turn to the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) and an unnamed investor from the Middle East for funds to shore up its balance sheet after the fresh losses emerged.

However, hopes that the fresh capital and writedowns might mark a turning point for UBS sent its shares up nearly 2 per cent even though the Zurich-based bank warned that it could announce its first full-year loss since it was created a decade ago.