6 Quotes by Amy Butte

From my point of view, these strong fundamentals prove the bears are wrong.

I would now like to combine my experiences and lead a forward-looking, growth-minded organization.

PaineWebber is an attractive target for a few reasons. Most importantly: the high net worth business. Second, it does have institutional presence. And third, you have very little crossover, meaning it is easy to find synergies in this type of a transaction.

UBS gets one of the top-flight U.S. high net worth distribution systems. PaineWebber gets a global platform, by which it can continue to pursue its high net worth retail business.

This shows they can continue to spend money and produce earnings.

There is definitely increased disclosure and discussion about the topic these days. Once companies are rewarded by the market for socially responsible investments, a virtuous cycle will kick off.