UBS Wealth Management Americas Re-Brands Retirement Plan Consulting Business and Reaffirms Its Commitment to Help Plan Sponsors Navigate Today’s Challenging Environment

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- UBS Wealth Management Americas, a division of UBS AG, recently renamed its retirement plan consulting business, UBS Retirement Plan Consulting Services , to better reflect the company's service offering, and significant commitment to the business and its plan sponsor clients. The business had formerly been known as the DC Advisory Program.

With a shifting environment and ongoing regulatory changes, including potential new DOL fiduciary rules, retirement plans face growing complexity and increasingly seek consulting services.1 As part of their commitment to serve this market, UBS Retirement Plan Consulting Services recently conducted extensive research into the changing industry landscape and evolving client needs to ensure they deliver services that meet the needs of today's plan sponsors. Leveraging insights gained from plan sponsor feedback, the business has developed a keen focus on what plan sponsors value and desire in a consultant. UBS Retirement Plan Consulting Services provides sponsors with:

• Customized advice and a roadmap for managing plan complexity
• An experienced and dedicated Retirement Plan Consultant delivering advice through a firm with extensive resources and capital strength
• Retirement plan consulting capabilities, coupled with our broad financial experience to help manage today’s challenges for both plan sponsors and participants

"As a result of plan sponsor demand for a consultant to help them manage their fiduciary responsibilities in this changing environment, our business is experiencing significant growth," explained Gene Silverman, Head of Corporate Retirement Plans for UBS Wealth Management Americas. "The retirement plan landscape has shifted, and plan sponsors today face heightened scrutiny. Our Retirement Plan Consultants help clients strengthen their retirement plans and at the same time manage plan complexity."

UBS Retirement Plan Consulting Services is committed to delivering tailored advice and helping plan sponsors pursue tangible results through a disciplined process. Within the framework of the UBS Plan Management Roadmap, Retirement Plan Consultants create customized paths to help clients reach their goals. In addition to advising plan sponsors, UBS Retirement Plan Consulting Services is dedicated to providing relevant financial education to plan participants.

"Our goal is to help plan participants prepare for retirement by providing investment-related education that assists participants in making informed investment decisions," said Silverman. "Participants face a huge retirement challenge in today's environment, and plan sponsors must address their growing responsibilities. We believe our Retirement Plan Consultants are in the best position to help clients meet both goals."

UBS Retirement Plan Consulting Services comprises a national network of experienced Retirement Plan Consultants who serve more than 1,400 retirement plans, representing more than $55 billion in plan assets.2 Clients include organizations of all sizes across a number of industries, such as manufacturing, healthcare and professional services. The business has experienced significant growth across the full spectrum of client types, and continues to drive enhancement and investment to sustain the momentum. UBS was ranked among the top five consultants in the industry in two key areas: total number of defined contribution consulting plans and total number of consulting plans with assets less than $50 million.3

UBS Retirement Plan Consulting Services is part of UBS AG, a leading global financial services firm with a 150-year heritage and more than $2 trillion in Wealth Management invested assets.

In addition to retirement plan consulting, UBS offers financial solutions to corporations, institutions and not-for-profit organizations through a broad spectrum of other products and services, including Institutional Consulting, Equity Plan Advisory Services, Corporate Cash Management, and advisory services for executives. UBS offers corporate and institutional clients personalized service, integrated solutions and global expertise that can help them fulfill their responsibilities to their shareholders, employees and employee families.

Notes to Editors

About UBS Wealth Management Americas

UBS Wealth Management Americas provides advice-based relationships through Financial Advisors who deliver a fully integrated set of products and services specifically designed to address the needs of ultra high net worth, high net worth and core affluent individuals and families. It includes the Wealth Management U.S. business, the domestic Canadian business and the international business booked in the United States.

About UBS

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 preeminent global wealth management businesses and its universal bank in Switzerland. Together with a client-focused Investment Bank and a strong, well-diversified Global Asset Management business, UBS will drive further growth and expand its premier wealth management franchise.

UBS is present in all major financial centers worldwide. It has offices in more than 50 countries, with about 35% of its employees working in the Americas, 36% in Switzerland, 17% in the rest of Europe, the Middle East and Africa and 12% in Asia Pacific. UBS employs about 60,000 people around the world. Its shares are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

1 Source: Fidelity Plan Sponsor Attitudes Survey, 2013

2 Source: As of 12/31/14. Based on UBS reporting.

3 Source: PLANSPONSOR. Consultant Buyer's Guide Survey, September 2014. Ranking criteria based on information self-reported by firms. All data are as of June 30, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

UBS Retirement Plan Consulting Services is an investment advisory program. Details regarding the program including fees, services, features and suitability are provided in the ADV Disclosure.

Important information about Advisory & Brokerage Services: As a firm providing wealth management services to clients, UBS is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as an investment adviser and a broker-dealer, offering both investment advisory and brokerage services. Advisory services and brokerage services are separate and distinct, differ in material ways and are governed by different laws and separate contracts. It is important that you carefully read the agreements and disclosures UBS provides to you about the products or services offered. For more information, please visit our website at www.ubs.com/workingwithus. Neither UBS Financial Services Inc. nor its employees (including its Financial Advisors) provide tax or legal advice. You should consult with your legal counsel and/or your accountant or tax professional regarding the legal or tax implications of a particular suggestion, strategy or investment, including any estate planning strategies, before you invest or implement.

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