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UBS Global Asset Management Completes Conversion of Separately Managed Accounts Program to the Vestmark Platform
| Source: Vestmark, Inc.
WAKEFIELD, MA--(Marketwire - January 8, 2008) - Vestmark, a leading innovator in managed
accounts platform solutions, announces that UBS Global Asset Management has
successfully implemented the Vestmark Managed Accounts Platform (VMAP)
within its separately managed accounts business (Private Wealth Solutions).
"As part of our focus on continuous innovation to meet clients' needs and
to support our growing managed accounts business, we have adopted this
flexible and scalable technology," said Mabel Lung, Managing Director,
Managed Accounts Portfolio Solutions at UBS Global Asset Management.
"Vestmark enables us to enhance the benefits of our Multi-Asset Portfolios,
increase efficiency in our operations and offer new innovations in our
product offering."
The Private Wealth Solutions (PWS) program leverages the 25-year
institutional heritage, time-tested investment process and proprietary
investment expertise of UBS Global Asset Management. Multi-Asset
Portfolios, designed with diversified, complementary investment styles and
minimal security overlap, are sophisticated advisory accounts with the
flexibility to meet a range of client risk/return needs.
Through Private Wealth Solutions, UBS Global Asset Management is the
steward of $14 billion in assets for 17,000 accounts. "Vestmark is a modern
technology platform designed precisely to support such scale while still
providing high degrees of flexibility and efficiency," said John Lunny,
Chief Operating Officer of Vestmark. "We are excited to be a partner in
UBS' success and are committed to providing a high level of service and
support to UBS as it grows its business."
About UBS Global Asset Management
UBS Global Asset Management is one of the world's leading asset managers,
providing traditional, alternative and real estate investment management
solutions to private clients, financial intermediaries and institutional
investors worldwide. Invested assets totaled USD 801 billion worldwide(1)
as of September 30, 2007, making the firm one of the largest global
institutional asset managers, a leading fund house in Europe and the
largest mutual fund manager in Switzerland.(2) With around 3,500 employees,
located in 23 countries, UBS Global Asset Management is a truly global
firm. The main offices are in Basel, Chicago, Frankfurt, Grand Cayman,
Hartford, Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Sydney,
Tokyo, Toronto and Zurich.
(1) Assets under management are representative of UBS Global Asset
Management business group worldwide. Assets under management for UBS Global
Asset Management (Americas) Inc. total $163
billion as of September 30, 2007.
(2) Source: Lipper FundFlows Insight Report (as of September 30, 2007).
About Vestmark
Vestmark is a technology platform provider for investment managers, overlay
managers, sponsors, and operations outsourcing service providers in the
managed accounts industry. Vestmark's solution enables greater product
innovation, increased operational efficiency, and compliance for its
customers. The Vestmark Managed Accounts Platform (VMAP) is a modern,
web-based platform providing complete functionality and connectivity to
support the innovation in managed account products and the growth of the
managed accounts industry. Vestmark is headquartered in metropolitan
Boston, Massachusetts with offices in Oakland, California. For more
information about Vestmark's managed accounts platform solutions, please
call
781-224-3640, email info@vestmark.com, or visit www.vestmark.com.