UBS offers retail investors new look at risk

Understanding risk and getting a good balance between asset classes will be important messages put forward by UBS as it launches more retail products through the intermediary channel starting in the first quarter next year. Graham Kane, head of retail at UBS Global Asset Management says investors would hopefully have learned to avoid putting all their eggs in the equities basket and will be more keen use the risk assessment model developed by UBS. The model relies on analysts being remunerated according to how well investments based on their advice do, and on the use of sophis...