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Assertion Contradicted
UBS was effectively insolvent before 1998 Swiss Bank merger, says Milgram
“UBS was effectively insolvent and there'd been a shotgun marriage forced by the Swiss national bank.”
Andrew Milgram Apr 21, 2022 ▶ 9:17 Andrew Milgram – Mid-Market Distressed Investing at Marblegate (Manager Meetings EP.29)
Assertion Supported
Matthews: 60% of UBS US wealth assets belong to ultra-high-net-worth clients
“In the US, two trillion dollars of assets under management, about 60% of those assets are in ultra high net worth assets. It's been the fastest growing client segment That we've had at our firm for the last 15 years.”
John Matthews May 12, 2025 ▶ 13:55 John Mathews – Steering the Largest Wirehouse at UBS (Private Wealth 2, EP.444)
Assertion Supported
Matthews: UBS manages over $6 trillion in total wealth globally
“We're the world's largest global wealth manager. We manage on our wealth platform alone over four trillion dollars. If you include our asset management company, we're over six trillion dollars of wealth around the world. 2.1 trillion of that wealth sits in the…”
John Matthews May 12, 2025 ▶ 12:47 John Mathews – Steering the Largest Wirehouse at UBS (Private Wealth 2, EP.444)
Assertion Partly supported
Matthews: UBS ranks as largest wealth manager across Asia, LatAm, and EMEA
“We're the largest wealth manager in Asia. We're the largest wealth manager now in Latin America after our Credit Suisse acquisition. And we're the fourth largest wealth manager in the United States based on assets under management from wealth clients. Also the…”
John Matthews May 12, 2025 ▶ 13:09 John Mathews – Steering the Largest Wirehouse at UBS (Private Wealth 2, EP.444)
Assertion Supported
Dawn: 40% to 50% of Early Secondaries Flow Came From Banks
“Also, maybe 40 to 50% of the flow in the market was actually bank selling similar to UBS.”
Nigel Dawn Apr 8, 2024 ▶ 9:49 Nigel Dawn - Secondaries in Private Markets (EP.378)
Assertion Contradicted
Dawn: Cogent Partners was the only PE secondary market advisor in 2001
“So when I first found out there's only one advisor and they were a startup in Dallas called Cogent Partners.”
Nigel Dawn Apr 8, 2024 ▶ 8:26 Nigel Dawn - Secondaries in Private Markets (EP.378)
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