UBS yesterday confirmed Sergio Ermotti as its group chief executive officer and announced that Axel Weber would succeed Kaspar Villiger as chairman of the board in 2012.
Ermotti’s appointment seals a position he has held since he was appointed interim group CEO of UBS in late September when Oswald Gruebel tendered his resignation in the aftermath of the $2.3 billion loss by a rogue trader. At the time of his interim appointment UBS had said it would complete a comprehensive evaluation process that would take up...