MetricStream - UBS Selects MetricStream GRC Platform for Global Internal Audit Management

Zurich, Switzerland and Palo Alto, California – UBS, a arch all-around banking casework close and MetricStream, Inc., the bazaar baton in the enterprise-wide Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and Quality Management solutions today appear that UBS has called the MetricStream GRC belvedere to abutment its centralized analysis administration processes. The MetricStream band-aid will accommodate UBS with a absolutely chip and advanced arrangement for managing the risk-based centralized analysis processes for its all-around operations advance over assorted countries world-wide.

UBS is one of the world's arch banking firms, operating in added than 50 countries. The MetricStream band-aid is accepted to aftereffect in cogent achievement assets for the centralized analysis accumulation through affluence of use, able abstracts capture, bigger advice flows and abounding affiliation above all processes.

MetricStream’s alternative follows a accurate appraisal action encompassing solutions proposed by arch vendors which were advised in detail for functionality such as accident assessment, analysis inventory, operational planning, workpaper management, analysis affair ecology and aftereffect as able-bodied as all-embracing analysis administration processes. In accession to the anatomic assessment, the appraisal action aswell complex testing for security, acceptance controls, scalability, affiliation and architectonics affinity to accommodated the acrimonious requirements of the circuitous IT ambiance in which all-around banking institutions operate.

"UBS Group Internal Audit supports the Board of Directors and its committees by apart assessing the capability of UBS’ arrangement of centralized controls and acquiescence of the close with statutory, acknowledged and authoritative requirements. Therefore, it is important to the success of our business that centralized analysis processes are accurate by a versatile, best-in-class arrangement that helps us to aerate our capability and efficiency," said Markus Baumann, COO of Group Internal Audit at UBS. "We accept that MetricStream will advice us to accumulate and optimally abutment our processes through its able-bodied and yet configurable centralized analysis administration system. We are aflame to be partnering with MetricStream on this effort."

“UBS’ alternative of MetricStream for its Global Internal Audit action speaks to our anatomic and abstruse arete in allowance banks and banking casework companies accommodated acute GRC challenges in analytical areas such as centralized audit, accident management, authoritative acquiescence and all-embracing affiliation of these applications with business achievement and accumulated governance,” said Gaurav Kapoor, CFO and General Manager at MetricStream. ”In accession to appliance functionality, barter are added absorption on technology and architectonics if selecting GRC systems. MetricStream continues to advance the bazaar with a able-bodied and able belvedere that serves as the technology basement for affair accident and acquiescence administration needs for all-around corporations.

About UBS
UBS is one of the world's arch banking firms, confined a acute all-embracing applicant base. UBS is a arch all-around abundance manager, a arch all-around investment cyberbanking and balance firm, and one of the better all-around asset managers. In Switzerland, UBS is the bazaar baton in retail and bartering banking.UBS is present in all above banking centers worldwide. It has offices in over 50 countries, with about 37% of its advisers alive in the Americas, 34% in Switzerland, 16% in the blow of Europe and 13% in Asia Pacific. UBS employs added than 75,000 humans about the world. Its shares are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).

About MetricStream
MetricStream is a bazaar baton in Enterprise-wide Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and Quality Solutions for all-around corporations. MetricStream solutions are acclimated by arch corporations such as Pfizer, Philips, NASDAQ, Sandisk, BP, Entergy, Subway, Fairchild Semiconductor, Hitachi and TaylorMade-Adidas Golf in assorted industries such as Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Automotive, Food, High Tech Manufacturing, Energy and Financial Services to administer their above processes, authoritative and industry-mandated acquiescence and accumulated babyminding initiatives, as able-bodied as by over a actor acquiescence professionals common via the www.complianceonline.com portal. MetricStream is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and can be accomplished at www.metricstream.com.

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