Trading Floor Ubs Greenwich

Back in pre financial crisis days the ubs trading floor in stamford conn.

Trading floor ubs greenwich. Once the largest in the world. With many staffers expected to be working from home for the long haul ubs has begun looking into the creation of a virtual reality trading floor using microsoft hololens headsets. For a bit of history ubs set up the world s largest trading floor in stamford connecticut right before the financial crisis. Ubs group ag has experimented with virtual reality headsets for its bankers to simulate the trading floor experience at home the financial times.

Read the squawk editor s picks 02 may 2014 at 5 16 gmt. With 1 400 seats 2 000 computers and 5 000 monitors the 103 000 square foot facility is noted by the guinness book of world records as the largest single trading floor in the world. Ubs investment bank boasts the world s largest trading floor located in stamford connecticut. Once the world s largest had more than.

Ubs has set up a working group focused on reimagining the trading floor which has also considered setting up screens on traders desks with camera feeds from their co workers to encourage. Royal bank of scotland had a similar sized trading floor across the. Ubs released earnings earlier this morning and started up 1 but after a strong opening the stock is trading down 1 8 from highs. The investment bank has tried microsoft s hololenses with its london traders the newspaper said.

Ubs held on to its position as europe s top equities broker in 2016 according to a greenwich associates survey helped by its strength in algorithmic trading and research. London ubs group has experimented with virtual reality headsets for its bankers to simulate the trading floor experience at home the financial times reported. Ubs in stamford in 2005 getty images. The trading floor was a sign of the swiss bank s largesse during the pre.