UBS has beaten its close rival Credit Suisse to regain its crown as the world’s leading private bank after a three-year hiatus, according to Euromoney’s 10th annual Global Private Banking Survey. For the past three years, UBS had ceded its position as the top-ranked private bank to Credit Suisse, but after making material progress in repairing its reputation in the US and in its core market of Switzerland, UBS has succeeded in returning to the top position it had held since Euromoney’s benchmark survey was first published in 2004.
UBS was also recognized in the regional private banking awards, taking the number-one ranking in western Europe and Asia – ousting long-standing leader in the region HSBC, which fell to third behind Citi – while improving its position in North America, where it is now ranked fourth from fifth last year, and in Latin America and the Middle East, among other important regions.
Jürg Zeltner, chief executive of UBS Wealth Management, commented: “It means a lot to our people that their efforts are being recognized. Of course it helps enormously to have had strong investment performance in 2012 but this also acknowledges how we have stayed close to clients and shared and explained our capabilities.”
With Credit Suisse ranked second globally, JPMorgan moved up one position on last year to third, while HSBC is ranked fourth and Citi fifth.
JPMorgan is one of the highest climbers in the global results this year, across categories such as relationship management, equity and fixed income portfolio management, lending/financing solutions, structured products and hedge fund investment, among others. In the regional awards, JPMorgan is once again ranked the number-one private bank in North America, and made impressive gains in western Europe, where it is ranked third from sixth last year, and Latin America, where it is ranked second – up from sixth the previous year.
Phil Di Iorio, chief executive of JPMorgan Private Bank, commented: “Being global as a private bank is critical to long-term success because both markets and clients have become more globalized. We are growing fastest in markets outside of the US, with a particular focus on expansion in Asia and Latin America.”
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