Swiss Bank Will Lead Giant Manager, Innovative Systems Are A Strength

Led by Swiss Bank Corp.'s chief financial officer Peter Wuffli, the information technology operations behind the combined money management arms of SBC and Union Bank of Switzerland are likely to build upon the IBM mainframe systems currently supporting SBC's institutional business in Zurich and overseas.

In the first few days following the announcement of the merger, which will create the largest asset manager in the world, with ChFr 1.3 trillion, or $920 billion, in assets under management