Hedge Fund
May 5 2007, Rahul

Swiss banking giant UBS, the world’s biggest money manager, quarterly net profit slashed by 7 percent to US$2.7 billion as it announced plans to scrap its hedge fund after losses in the U.S. mortgage market that resulted to decrease its shares by...

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