UBS aims to double wealth management business in Japan

The Swiss bank plans to boost its private banking business in Japan as its investment banking business continues to feel the pinch

UBS plans to double the assets it manages on behalf of wealthy Japanese customers by 2015, The Nikkei reported early on Friday.

The Swiss financial services company, which introduced its private banking business in Japan in 2004, currently manages an estimated several trillion yen in customer assets from locations in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya.

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