Prospectus UBI Banca Covered Bond Programme
Prospectus UBI Banca Covered Bond Programme
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<strong>Prospectus</strong><br />
(ix)<br />
a banking network of private bankers and financial advisers, <strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong> Private Investment<br />
S.p.A., based in Brescia;<br />
(c)<br />
(d)<br />
(e)<br />
(f)<br />
(g)<br />
a corporate bank, Centrobanca S.p.A., based in Milan;<br />
an on line trading Bank, IW Bank S.p.A., listed on the Italian Stock Exchange and include in the FTSE<br />
Italia Small Cap Index;<br />
various product companies operating mainly in the areas of asset management, bancassurance (non-life),<br />
consumer finance, factoring and leasing;<br />
a consortium company, <strong>UBI</strong> Sistemi e Servizi S.p.A., based in Brescia, providing services and products<br />
to the other group's companies; and<br />
various service companies.<br />
The <strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong> Group also has an international presence through:<br />
(i)<br />
(ii)<br />
(iii)<br />
(iv)<br />
(v)<br />
two foreign banks, Banque de Dépôts et de Gestion Sa (with four branches in Switzerland and a<br />
"financial advisory company" in Singapore) and <strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong> International Sa (with headquarters in<br />
Luxembourg, branches in Munich and Madrid and a trust company in Jersey);<br />
three foreign branches in France (at Nice and Menton of <strong>Banca</strong> Regionale Europea) and in Luxembourg<br />
(Banco di Brescia);<br />
representative offices in San Paolo of Brazil, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Shanghai and Moscow;<br />
equity investments (mainly controlling interests) in five foreign companies: in addition to <strong>UBI</strong> Trust Co<br />
Ltd and BDG Singapore Private Ltd., already mentioned, also in Gestioni Lombarda (Switzerland) Sa,<br />
Lombarda China Fund Management Co., and <strong>UBI</strong> Management Co. Sa; and<br />
one Branch of <strong>UBI</strong> Factor Spa in Krakow in Poland.<br />
The <strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong> Group has representative offices in Hong Kong, San Paolo (Brazil), Moscow, Mumbai and<br />
Shanghai.<br />
Banking Activities<br />
The financial information hereafter provided is extracted from the financial statements under IFRS as at 31<br />
December 2008, compared to 31 December 2007.<br />
Network banks<br />
Please see the "Sellers" section.<br />
Corporate Banking<br />
Centrobanca S.p.A. ("Centrobanca")<br />
Centrobanca is the corporate and investment bank of the Group. The <strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong> Group holds 97.82 per cent. of<br />
its capital (92.35 per cent. held by <strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong> and 5.47 per cent by BPA).<br />
As at 31 December 2008, Centrobanca had loans to customers totalling Euro7.5 billion, with a ratio of net<br />
non-performing loans to total net loans of 0.76 per cent. and of net impaired loans to total net loans of 0.87 per<br />
cent.. Shareholders' equity as at the same date (excluding profit for the period) amounted to Euro499.4 million.<br />
As at 31 December 2008, Centrobanca had 332 employees and seven branches. Net profit for 2008 was Euro61.7<br />
million.<br />
Asset Management<br />
<strong>UBI</strong> Pramerica Sgr S.p.A. ("<strong>UBI</strong> Pramerica"), the asset management company of the Group, is a joint venture<br />
between <strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong> and Prudential Inc., USA ("Prudential"), with 65 per cent. of its capital held by the <strong>UBI</strong><br />
<strong>Banca</strong> Group and 35 per cent. held by Prudential. On 18 January 2008, the contribution to <strong>UBI</strong> Pramerica Sgr<br />
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