This page houses the primary account agreements and other disclosures we are required to provide all clients of UBS – in one convenient place online. As always, please contact your Financial Advisor with questions. In the meantime, we appreciate your business and look forward to helping you achieve your financial goals.
SIPC and Supplemental Account Protection As a UBS client, your accounts are covered by certain protections that would go into effect in the unlikely event that UBS Financial Services Inc. fails financially. The Firm is a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC), which provides up to $500,000 in account protection per customer, including a maximum of $250,000 for claims of cash. For details about the Firm's SIPC protection, including limitations, refer to the Additional Disclosures section of the Agreements and Disclosures booklet. UBS also provides supplemental protection, in addition to the standard SIPC account protection. Subject to the policy conditions and limitations, cash holdings for all your accounts at UBS Financial Services Inc. are protected for up to a total of $1.9 million. As of December 10, 2009, the maximum amount payable to all UBS Financial Services Inc. clients under the supplemental policy is $500 million. A full copy of the policy wording is available upon request. More information about SIPC is available at www.sipc.org. UBS Financial Services Inc. is not a bank. Unless otherwise disclosed, securities and other investments held through UBS Financial Services Inc. are not FDIC insured, not bank guaranteed, and may lose value. Top of the Page
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