Ossi Gruebel, the chief executive of UBS, told Euromoney yesterday (Wednesday) that rumours linking Bill Winters, the former co-head of investment banking at JPMorgan, with his own position were without foundation.
“No, forget it,” was Gruebel’s response when the rumours were put to him in an interview at UBS’s headquarters in Zurich.
Speculation among London-based bankers and headhunters has been growing in recent days that the highly-regarded Winters would renew his banking career by taking over either as chief executive of UBS group, with Gruebel moving up to chairman, or alternatively as the chief executive of its investment banking unit.
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