PHOTO: Visit UBS Trading floor, Stamford, CT

[Andy Nguyen]

UBS invites students of Baruch MFE program to visit their trading facility in Stamford, CT on Friday April 27th. Details about the time and location will be announced shortly.

Time: estimated to be onsite around 1-2pm.

There is a limit of 25 for this event so please RSVP early. The event will be closed for RSVP'ing once it reaches the limit.

About UBS
UBS is present in all major financial centers worldwide, with offices in 50 countries. According to the UBS website, the bank had 70,210 employees on March 31, 2006. The 2006 Q1 report breaks these Financial Business permanent staff down by region as: 25,645 in Switzerland, 27,356 in the Americas, 11,341 in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (not including Switzerland), and 5,868 in Asia and Australasia.

Here is some background on the trading floor
The UBS trading floor in Stamford, Connecticut holds the Guinness World Record as the largest securities trading floor in the world. The 103,000 square-foot operation has 40 foot arched ceiling freeing it of columns or walls. The size of three football fields and home to 1,400 traders and staff who handle about $1 trillion worth of transactions a day. It is roughly 227 wide by 410 feet long.

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[Peik Looi]

Hi,

Don't seem to be able to RSVP.

 

[dstefan]

We are scheduled to be on-site in Stamford, CT, between 1pm and 3pm. I am open to suggestions about the train we need to take. There is a limit of 25 students for this visit.

 

[RussianMike]

I would like to attend but I cannot RSVP

 

[Bridgett]

We are scheduled to be on-site in Stamford, CT, between 1pm and 3pm. I am open to suggestions about the train we need to take. There is a limit of 25 students for this visit.

upper limit or lower limit of 25 students?

 

[Andy Nguyen]

I would like to attend but I cannot RSVP

I'm very aware of the problem. This is not the first time it happens but I don't have time to fix it.
If one likes to RSVP, just post here. When the system is backup, we will use that instead.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

upper limit or lower limit of 25 students?

I would imagine upper limit. Otherwise, we will end up with 50 people RSVP.

I'd like to confirm this as well so I can put a maximum of number of people who can RSVP yes. First come, first served.

 

[luso]

I thought I was the first one did RSVP last night.
But didn't see my name.

 

[Bridgett]

Ok, I fixed it. You should be able to RSVP now.

Thank you for making the time to fix this while busy with school work. Good luck on your exams this week. \\:D/

 

[Eddie]

[SIZE=+1]1 trillion / 1400 = 714285714
$700m transaction per head per day? ? ?
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[Bridgett]

anyone else is joining us?

 

[woody]

I am thinking about asking for a vacation day for this.

 

[Hien]

I am thinking about asking for a vacation day for this.

Do it Woody! That's what I'm doing. It'll be a fun day

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Has anyone found out how we can get there ? Meeting location ? Train timetable ? Ticket price ?

 

[Bridgett]

Chris/Max,

Can you two take care of planning the transportation and meeting details?

Thanks,

Bridgett

Has anyone found out how we can get there ? Meeting location ? Train timetable ? Ticket price ?

 

[Yusheng]

After a rough search, it seems that we have 2 options(Metro-North or Amtrak). Here are the links:
http://as0.mta.info/mnr/schedules/sched_form.cfm (we should meet at Grand Central)
http://tickets.amtrak.com/itd/amtrak (we should meet at Penn Station)

Metro-North is much cheaper than Amtrak. I never took both of the above two. I ever took LIRR(LIRR and Metro-North are both operated by MTA) for several times. It is good and price is cheap.

 

[Chris]

Hey everyone,

We are to meet at QuantNet lab by 10:30am. We are aiming to take the 11:10 am Metro-North train to Stamford, CT from Grand Central Terminal.
http://www.mta.info/mnr/html/planning/fares/fares.htm
We need everyone to meet up as we will be purchasing a group rate ticket together. The cost will be $12.25 a person for a round trip ticket.

Thanks,

Chris

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Thanks, Chris
Please indicate which terminal, gate to meet at Grand Central. People not familiar with it may have a hard time navigating to the right gate.

I'll be meeting at the Quantnet lab. Please buy me rountrip tickets. Mucho gracias !

 

[Yan He]

I will be in the lab too....see you later.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

So we have the transportation issue taken care of, thanks to Chris.

Has anyone found out where we will hang out after the trip to UBS ? Prof. Stefanica mentioned that he'd like hang out with us when we get back to the city.

Please, no more Andreas. :prayer:

Shall we go some place more adventurous ? Chinatown anyone ?