UBS cuts 10,000 jobs
13:47, 30 October 2012
BERN. October 30. KAZINFORM Swiss bank UBS has announced it is cutting 10,000 jobs worldwide as it slims down its investment banking activities.
The jobs will go over the next three years, and amount to 16% of its current workforce of 64,000.
UBS lost 39bn Swiss francs (£26bn; $42bn) during the financial crisis and had to be bailed out by the Swiss authorities.
The cuts are aimed at saving 3.4bn Swiss francs.
UBS chief executive Sergio Ermotti said: "This decision has been a difficult one, particularly in a business such as ours that is all about its people.
"Some reductions will result from natural attrition and we will take whatever measures we can to mitigate the overall effect."
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