UBS wants to grow, but its supervisors want it to shrink

It is perhaps a bit concerning that UBS wants to trade more and grow faster to get out of the slump. These are they very instincts that their Swiss regulator wants to clamp down upon. But UBS has to act in the interest of its shareholders who want to see UBS employ a gambling-for-redemption strategy. After all, the UBS stock is so cheap now that they have nothing to lose should those moves fail. This will be their largest source of upside to the largely lackluster performance of the stock. But regulators have different plans and they want to see UBS focus more in Wealth & Asset Management and other mundane banking activities. It will be interesting to see which side they will sway to avert another banking crisis.