UBS hires Taylor Henricks as head of M&A in Americas from Morgan Stanley
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Seems like a good hire for once
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You kind of sound like an insecure narcissist. No one cares what you posted months ago and whether you were correct. Go touch grass
You had something along the lines of,
I told you all UBs was still hiring a couple months ago on the forum and no one listened.
Then you changed it
Also to serve as head of Technology M&A. What happens to the current head of technology M&A?
(I imagine since Barclays alumn becomes a vice chairman instead of getting canned)
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He's the head of M&A and head of Tech M&A, two positions at once.
If so seems like a really big step up for him, obviously a quality hire but unsure about if he can fill the shoes esp w/ UBS' weird M&A/sponsors merger
UBS tends to hire duds
This is just demonstrably false. The UBS hating on this forum is kinda crazy. He's been in banking for 20+ years and held a similar role at MS, as per the article. People will really make up anything to hate on their former employers.
More along the lines that even good bankers tend to struggle at UBS lately
I would assume he was hired to be be LBs replacement in 2026
Great hire as MD hiring headcount becomes available, and a definite net upgrade
Exactly. It's crazy how this forum shits on UBS Tech for having no deal flow and for Barclays nepotism but also shits on UBS for trying to fix that by hiring seniors that aren't affiliated with Barclays. I think the UBS tech posters are mostly people who got fired by the firm; no other reason I can think of for their responses. It can be both true that UBS Tech has no deal flow currently and that this hire and the earlier 2 Tech MD hires are good hires in terms of trying to rebuild the UBS Tech team.
Edit: just saw that below, one of the guys got caught for using various alternate accounts by posting, deleting, and reposting. These people have psychosis and are incompetent; no wonder they got laid off.
Grimes and Armstrong carried MS tech. The truth is that nobody with good options would choose to join UBS right now.
Good morning SVP Corp Dev!
It’s 7 am, I’m sure he/she is typing up a banger on one of the posts here
I don't even think he's the worst of the lot. At least he seemingly makes helpful comments on non-UBS stuff. Some other ex-UBS people only ever post on the UBS-related threads to spread negativity. Every UBS post has like 4-5 same An and Associates commenting as well just shitting on the bank. I do think the SVP in Corp Dev is their leader since it seems like they just follow everything he says. This thread is egregious in particular, though. Their whole thing for the past year of posts is that UBS should clean house and bring in non-Barclays MDs. When UBS does that they continue shiting on UBS, makes it pretty blatantly obvious it's just pure anger not genuine criticism.
Lol why the sudden hate on SVP CD? He is one of the few, newer posters, that I actually believe is/was a sr in the industry. Far better takes than the incoming an1s and unemployed weirdos from reddit and tiktok.
I do think he’s a senior based on the nature of his comments, and to be fair, many of his posts on non-UBS threads seem genuinely helpful. That said, his take on UBS is extremely biased; a lot of his posts' history feels like it’s just dedicated to bashing the firm. At this point, I think most users recognize how skewed his perspective is when it comes to UBS, so the impact is probably muted.
Still, it creates a confusing dynamic for incoming analysts or interns trying to get a balanced view. Since he sounds credible in other contexts, it’s hard to know what to take seriously when he talks about UBS. Just something to be aware of if you're trying to sift through the noise.
If UBS keep investing I think they will get it right eventually, just a very wasteful process to get there.
Doubt it, I think most potential MDs staying away since they don’t want to ruin there careers
I get that you are angry and cannot find a new job, but seriously, give it a rest. Nobody believes you at this point, and hating on your old employer this much is not good for your mental health. At this rate, if UBS cured cancer, you'd complain about that. Time to log off WSO and look for a job, that severance is going to run out eventually.
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The waves of downvotes coming in all in 5-10 minutes are not helping the ex-UBS people beat the allegations that they are obsessed and have various alt accounts. The UBS hate on this forum might be the biggest psy-ops of them all. The real question is how many alt's does the An1-SN have?
UBS just isn’t relevant in the US anymore, will always be much stronger in Europe
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