Overview
Lobbying Costs
1,375,000€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
21
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
UBS Group AG (UBS)
EU Transparency Register
365453815252-29 First registered on 12 Dec 2014
Goals / Remit
UBS draws on its 150-year heritage to serve private, institutional and corporate clients worldwide, as well as retail clients in Switzerland. Its business strategy is centered on its pre-eminent global wealth management businesses and its leading universal bank in Switzerland, complemented by its Asset Management business and its Investment Bank, with a focus on capital efficiency and businesses that offer a superior structural growth and profitability outlook.
Headquartered in Zurich and Basel, Switzerland, UBS is present in all major financial centers worldwide and employs about 60,000 people around the world. It has offices in more than 50 countries.
Under Swiss company law, UBS is organized as an Aktiengesellschaft, a corporation that has issued shares of common stock to investors. UBS Group AG is the holding company of the UBS Group (Group). The operational structure of the Group comprises the Corporate Center and five business divisions: Wealth Management, Wealth Management Americas, Private & Corporate, Asset Management and the Investment Bank.Main EU files targeted
UBS follows a broad range initiatives and policies of relevance to the financial services industry.
Address
Head Office
Bahnhofstrasse, 45
Zurich 8098
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People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 6 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 02 Feb 2017
Name Start date End Date Mr Thomas Bischof 03 Jan 2018 24 Nov 2018 Mr Thomas Pohl 27 Jun 2017 17 Jun 2018 Mr Simon Jowers 05 May 2017 28 Apr 2018 Ms Darshini Waibel 24 Mar 2017 02 Feb 2018 Mr Steve Hottiger 08 Jun 2016 07 Jun 2017 Mr Thomas Bischof 03 Jun 2016 03 Jun 2017 Mr Thomas Pohl 03 Jun 2016 03 Jun 2017 Mr Andrew Bell 17 Mar 2016 16 Mar 2017 Mr Thomas Pohl 30 Jun 2015 04 Jun 2016 Mr Steve Hottiger 21 Jun 2015 04 Jun 2016 Mr Thomas Bischof 21 Jun 2015 04 Jun 2016 Ms Sabine Dittrich 17 Jun 2015 05 Jun 2016 Complementary Information
A number of UBS staff is engaged in regular communications with EU institutions in Brussels with varying degrees of intensity.
In addition, subject matter experts are interacting from time to time with EU institutions or are involved in consultations. As their efforts account to less than 5% of their respective work time these experts are not counted for the purpose of the Transparency RegisterPerson in charge of EU relations
Mr Thomas Pohl (Head International Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Steve Hottiger (Head Group Governmental Affairs)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
UBS is member of different trade associations and organisations related to the financial services sector in the EU, such as the SFC, AFME, BBA, EFAMA, EFR, EPFSF, Eurofi, and others (non-exhaustive list).
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
1,375,000€
Other financial info
Further financial information about UBS is available in its Annual Reports under https://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/investor_relations/annualreporting/2015.html
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
21 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 19 Dec 2023 Location Virtual meeting Subject Non-Bank Financial Intermediation and the Capital Markets Union DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - John Berrigan (Director-General)
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Date 25 Jan 2023 Location video call Subject Capital Requirements Regulation, Capital Requirements Directive, Retail Investment Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Nov 2021 Location Windsor, Berkshire Subject CRR, Basel III DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - John Berrigan (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 23 Sep 2021 Location video conference Subject Economic recovery; Situation of the EU financial sector; sustainable finance Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 27 Apr 2021 Location video conference Subject Sustainable finance Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Apr 2021 Location video conference Subject Sustainable Finance Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Feb 2021 Location Video Conferencing Subject - Introduction to UBS and the Swiss Finance Council - Banking Union Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
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Date 21 Oct 2020 Location Virtual meeting Subject Banking and Capital Markets Union DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - John Berrigan (Director-General)
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Date 25 Feb 2020 Location Brussels, BE Subject Economic consequences of the Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni Portfolio Economy Attending - Alienor Margerit (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Jan 2019 Location Davos Subject Sustainable finance Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
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Date 21 Jun 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject EU Current Affairs Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Competition Attending - Margrethe Vestager (Commissioner)
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Date 26 Jan 2018 Location Davos Subject discussed EU-CH relations including CH's inclusion in the list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Simon O'Connor (Cabinet member)
- Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)
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Date 01 Dec 2017 Location Hong Kong Subject Introductory remarks and roundtable with EU financial industry and AFISMA/European Chamber of Commerce on financial reforms and banking union Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
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Date 04 Oct 2016 Location New York Subject Investor roundtable DG Economic and Financial Affairs Attending - Marco Buti (Director-General)
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Date 13 Jul 2016 Location Brussels Subject digitising banking DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 18 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
- Kilian Gross (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jan 2016 Location Davos Subject European financial sector outlook Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
- Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Mar 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Investment plan and EU economic outlook Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
- Miguel Gil Tertre (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Monetary and fiscal policy, growth and jobs Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Ioana Diaconescu (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Implementation/completion of the financial reform/prospects for further financial regulation and CMU Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)