Comments on: Bonus Watch ’09: UBS

By: guest

guest — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:30:56 +0000

FUCK UBS!!!!

By: guest

guest — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:29:37 +0000

down over 95% in S/T

By: guest

guest — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:40:18 +0000

U’ll Be Sorry

By: guest

guest — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:35:10 +0000

what was stub??

By: guest

guest — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:12:57 +0000

Once again, who gives a f*ck about analysts and associates? They are cannon fodder.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:56:54 +0000

#28, with a nod to the Marx Bros and poking a stick in the eye of many of the posters to this site.
I’m sorry to inform you, there is no such thing as a Sanity Clause.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:27:17 +0000

#39 right on brother. There’s no reason we can’t catch a break during a down market. Don’t get me wrong, if my clients want to get back to work I will be there 6am to help them. But until then why shouldn’t I chillax a bit? You can’t force business. If the PM is not ready, he’s not ready. Prodding him to act is irresponsible and a good way to ruin a relationship.
Yes the argument is only good until you get canned, but for me right now, it works

By: guest

guest — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:04:20 +0000

This pay is Big 4 pay….
Start leaving at 5 folks…in 2001 analysts were openly slapping back Assoc’s and telling VPs they get to their work after the weekend
And there was no pushback….go out and get laid till 2010…
it took until 2004 for the marklet to return, and plent of folks had fun in the interim…$ is not everything

By: guest

guest — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:25:41 +0000

Since the theme is “UBS Equity Research,” why is no one pointing out their jackass U.S. accountant-turned-strategist, David Bianco, who had a 1500 12-month S&P target all through 2008 and only recently lowered it to a more modest 1300?

By: guest

guest — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:17:39 +0000

@35 unless you have the number on paper it’s meaningless.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:17:02 +0000

UBS has been surprisingly open recently that they consider research mostly as a front, in which high-volume S&T clients get little more than analyst-chaperoned access to management (non-deal roadshows, conferences, etc.).
So much for Reg FD.
They have also been trying for two years, with little success, to partition their research product into boring old (“free”) company reports/models and “premium content” strategy pieces — with a premium price, of course.
Did I mention they have been having little success with that?

By: guest

guest — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:52:19 +0000

@33
Was given a target number before the start. I guess it’s better than receiving Swiss Chocolate or zero.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:44:31 +0000

probably down from 1st year associates the prior year. think about it…

By: guest

guest — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:21:59 +0000

@32 if you are a first year how are you “down”?

By: guest

guest — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:11:08 +0000

1st year Associate at AM
$9100 for the year. Down 85%