FACTBOX-How big is UBS in the United States

Published: 02 Aug 2009 16:45:45 PST

July 31 - The United States said on Friday it has reached an agreement in principle with Swiss bank UBS on their tax evasion dispute and hopes to hammer out the details of a settlement in a week., Goldman Sachs Group Inc, and Credit Suisse.

- The Swiss bank is the number one share trader across the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq combined.

- The bank's U.S. workforce represents 37 percent of its global staff.

- The Swiss bank expanded its presence in the United States in 2000 with the $10 billion acquisition of PaineWebber Group, a brokerage firm with over 8,500 brokers and $500 billion in client assets.

- UBS Wealth Management Americas managed 673 billion Swiss francs ($619.7 billion) in client assets at the end of March.

- The bank has around 2 million clients in the United States.

- UBS has locations in 381 cities across 49 states and the District of Columbia.

Source: UBS