UBS To Sponsor Formula 1 Racing From Singapore Grand Prix
August 23 2010 - 10:09AM
Dow Jones News
UBS AG (UBS) said Monday it will sponsor Formula 1 racing from
the Singapore Grand Prix later this month, part of its new branding
push.
UBS said it wouldn't disclose financial details of the
sponsorship, though "commercial attractiveness was...a key
consideration for UBS and the agreement compares favourably with
other forms of brand awareness and client hospitality," the bank
said in a statement.
The Formula 1 sponsorship comes as UBS launches "we will not
rest," its most extensive advertising campaign in several years,
aiming to mend relations with clients, in particular at UBS's
flagship private bank, which is still leaking wealthy client
assets. The campaign features personalities such as Neil Armstrong,
the first astronaut to walk on the moon, and Swiss-French architect
and designer Le Corbusier.
"UBS is a global company where performance, teamwork and
superior execution are integral to their clients' success. These
values complement those of Formula 1 and I'm delighted to welcome
UBS to Formula 1," Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone said in a
joint statement.
Private banks such as UBS traditionally sponsor to offer perks
to wealthy clients. Specifically, UBS backs the Montreux Jazz
Festival, Art Basel and Weltklasse Zurich, a competition of track
and field's Diamond League. Past sponsorships have included Swiss
billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi sailing team, which won
the America's Cup in 2003 and 2007.
UBS's sponsorship of Formula 1 racing comes more than a year
after hometown rival Credit Suisse Group (CS), which used to
sponsor Formula One team BMW Sauber, failed to renew a contract to
sponsor that team.
-By Katharina Bart, Dow Jones Newswires; +41 43 443 8043;
katharina.bart@dowjones.com
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