Ubs Financial Services Inc. (Weehawken)


Ubs Financial Services Inc. is a large advisory firm based in Weehawken. It manages $496.03 billion of regulatory assets for 957,738 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2003 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, and 46 other states.

Ubs Financial Services provides financial planning services, portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, pension consulting services, selection of other advisers, publication of newsletters, security ratings or pricing services, and educational seminars and workshops. It prepares financial plans for approximately 1,990 clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Ubs Financial Services: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Ubs Financial Services Inc. is $496.03 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 574% since the beginning of its operation, and $7.63 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $225.78 billion in discretionary accounts and $270.25 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $451.49 thousand each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $590.51 thousand.
Ubs Financial Services has custody of $422.08 billion in cash and securities for 975,083 clients in total and acts as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in investment and business development companies the most. They account for 45% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is exchange traded securities, which make up 42% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in cash and cash equivalents form 4% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Ubs Financial Services Inc. for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, hourly charges, fixed fees, and commissions. Hourly charges are usually charged for consulting work and special projects. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Jason Richard Chandler serves?

The firm provides services to individuals, insurance companies, charitable organizations, other investment advisers, high net worth individuals, pooled investment vehicles, banking or thrift institutions, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit sharing plans, state or municipal government entities, and sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions. The largest group of clients of Jason Richard Chandler is high net worth individuals with 545,177 clients and $286.52 billion of assets under management. Among the 11 most similar advisory firms, Ubs Financial Services has the highest percentage of high net worth individuals out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $495.75 billion for 978,604 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. 1% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Ubs Financial Services doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Ubs Financial Services Inc.

The company employs 13,335 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 78 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 10,409 employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There are 374 people with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm compensates employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Jason Richard Chandler has been acting as President since 1 Mar 2014. Thomas A. Giacalone joined the executive team most recently as the Principal Operations Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Robert Hillel Silver Director, executive vice president 1 Feb 1990 Other 2053021
Herbert F Iii Janick General counsel, executive vice president 1 Jun 1995 Other 2657544
Diane Frimmel Coo, executive vice president 1 May 1997 Other 2053020
Arthur James Huff Crop 1 Oct 1997 Other 868641
Geraldine L Banyai Corporate secretary 1 Mar 1999 Other 2369769
Geraldine Grace Banyai Corporate secretary 1 Mar 1999 Other 2369769
Ubs Americas Inc. Owner 1 Nov 2000 75% - 100% 06-1595848
Edward Charles Lynn Srop 1 Apr 2001 Other 1215582
Robert Joseph Chersi Cfo, executive vice president 1 Jul 2001 Other 2463840
Larry Dexter Radford Southwestern regional director 1 Jan 2002 Other 1305448
Joseph John Jr Grano Director, chairman, and ceo 1 Apr 2002 Other 227433
Mark Bryan Sutton Director, president 1 Apr 2002 Other 857441
Tracy Ellen Calder Director of compliance 1 Jul 2002 Other 2611255
Luzius Martin Cameron Director, executive vice president 1 Dec 2002 Other 4556076
James Dale Price Director 1 Jul 2003 Other 1243224
Joseph John Jr Grano Director, chairman 1 Jan 2004 Other 227433
Robert Hillel Silver Director, president and coo 1 Jan 2004 Other 2053021
Mark Bryan Sutton Director, ceo 1 Jan 2004 Other 857441
Thomas Christopher Naratil Director, executive vice president 1 Jan 2004 Other 1192911
Mark Steven Shelton General counsel, executive vice president 1 Mar 2004 Other 4784512
Mark Bryan Sutton Ceo & chairman 1 Jun 2004 Other 857441
Frank Sal Pluchino Chief compliance officer for advisory business 1 Sep 2004 Other 1499081
Marten Sybren Hoekstra Ceo 1 Jul 2005 Other 1125224
Diane Frimmel Director, director of operations 1 Sep 2005 Other 2053020
Marten Sybren Hoekstra Ceo, director 1 Sep 2005 Other 1125224
Michael Andrew Weisberg Director 1 Oct 2005 Other 1781396
David Lawrence Zoll Director 1 Oct 2005 Other 1107443
John Jr Polanin Director of compliance 1 Jan 2006 Other 2196145
James Madigan Pierce Executive committee members 1 Feb 2006 Other 832735
James Dale Price Executive committee member 1 Feb 2006 Other 1243224
Tambra Suzanne King Corporate secretary 1 Jul 2006 Other 2212318
Lisa M. Francomano Chief compliance officer for the advisory business 1 Oct 2006 Other 2263875
John Bernard Hannasch Director, member of the wealth management americas executive committee 1 Feb 2007 Other 2632279
Michael James Davis Crop 1 Mar 2007 Other 1633445
Peter Stipp Head of operations 1 Jun 2007 Other 5290752
George Edmond Yazbeck Crop 1 Jan 2008 Other 3101380
Anton K. F. Stadelmann Member of the wealth management executive committee 1 Feb 2008 Other 5510935
William Patrick Frey Chief financial officer 1 Apr 2008 Other 2369814
Marten Sybren Hoekstra Interim chairman & ceo-ubs global wm&bb, member of the geb 1 Nov 2008 Other 1125224
Thomas Naratil Director, member of the wealth management americas executive committee 1 Apr 2009 Other 1192911
James L Hausmann Ad interim member of the wm americas executive committee 1 Aug 2009 Other 2155259
Douglas Thornley Siegel Chief compliance officer 1 Oct 2009 Other 1143272
Robert J Mccann Ceo ubsfs, head of wm americas business division, member of ubs ag group executive board 1 Oct 2009 Other 1064183
Robert Mulholland Director, member of the ubs ag wealth management americas executive committee 1 Jan 2010 Other 874089
Brian Patrick Hull Director, member of the ubs ag wealth management americas executive committee 1 Jan 2010 Other 1304241
John Brown Director, member of the ubs ag wealth management americas executive committee 1 Jan 2010 Other 1045997
Paula Delia Polito Director, member of the ubs ag wealth management americas executive committee 1 Jan 2010 Other 4884393
David J Satler Director, member of the ubs ag wealth management americas executive committee 1 Jan 2010 Other 1848887
John J. Brown Member of the ubs ag wealth management americas executive committee 1 Jan 2010 Other 1045997
Rosemary Theresa Berkery Director, member of the ubs ag wealth management americas executive committee 1 Mar 2010 Other 2891006
Anita Mary Sands Director, member of the ubs ag wealth management americas executive committee 1 Jul 2010 Other 5737376
Jonathan Eisenberg General counsel, managing director 1 Jul 2010 Other 2802888
William Patrick Frey Chief financial officer 1 Mar 2011 Other 2369814
T.John Dalby Director, member of the ubs ag wealth management americas executive committee 1 Oct 2011 Other 5888758
Robert J Mccann Chairman ubs financial services inc;ceo ubs group americas 1 Mar 2012 Other 1064183
Robert Mulholland President & ceo ubs financial services inc, member of the ubs ag wealth management americas executive committee 1 Mar 2012 Other 874089
Daniel C Cochran Director, coo and executive committee wealth management americas 1 Aug 2012 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Kathleen B Lynch Director, member of the ubs ag wealth management executive committee, coo 1 May 2013 Other 5653703
Lance Walter Deal Chief financial officer 1 Jun 2013 Other 2478522
Brent Henricksen Taylor General counsel, managing director 1 Jan 2014 Other 3042416
Jason Richard Chandler Director 1 Mar 2014 Other 2382465
John Jerome Iii Mcdermott Director 1 Mar 2014 Other 4025460
Michael Lee Crowl General counsel wealth management americas, group managing director 1 Jul 2014 Other 5464806
Amy E Fainsbert Chief financial officer 1 Sep 2014 Other 2060038
Brian Patrick Hull President 1 Jun 2015 Other 1304241
Sharyn J Handelsman Chief compliance officer 1 Aug 2015 Other 4272996
Thomas Naratil Chairman ubs financial services inc 1 Jan 2016 Other 1192911
Samuel Leonard Molinaro Director 1 Apr 2016 Other 2414084
Paul Martin Hatch Director 1 Apr 2016 Other 1350155
Brent Henricksen Taylor General counsel, managing director 1 Mar 2017 Other 3042416
Mark Wilson Sanborn Managing director 1 Nov 2017 Other 1805781
Helene Narcy Chief financial officer 1 Mar 2018 Other 6854116
Catherine Ann Newcomb Managing director 1 May 2018 Other 4517197
Thomas A. Giacalone Principal operations officer 1 Oct 2018 Other 2873774
Jason Richard Chandler President 1 Jan 2019 Other 2382465

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 3 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Ubs Ag Indirect owner 1 Nov 2001 75% - 100% 98-0186363
Ubs Group Ag Shareholder 1 Nov 2014 75% - 100% foreign
Ubs Americas Holding Llc Shareholder 1 Aug 2015 75% - 100% 47-4954572

Based in Weehawken

The principal office where Ubs Financial Services Inc. performs its advisory services is located at 1200 Harbor Boulevard, Weehawken, NJ 07086 The mailing address of the firm is 1000 Harbor Blvd., 8 Th Floor, Weehawken, NJ 07086. An additional office of the firm is in New York, NY. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 201-352-3000. The normal business hours are 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at financialservicesinc.ubs.com and its LinkedIn profile.