UBS WM underweight equities for first time since eurozone crisis

Shifts positioning amid trade troubles

Mike Sheen
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UBS Wealth Management has moved to an underweight position on global equities for the first time since the 2012 eurozone crisis amid fears of an escalation in the trade dispute between the US and China.

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