UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_________________
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE
 
ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date: February 4, 2025
UBS Group AG
(Registrant's
 
Name)
Bahnhofstrasse 45, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland
(Address of principal executive office)
Commission File Number: 1-36764
UBS AG
(Registrant's
 
Name)
Bahnhofstrasse 45, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland
Aeschenvorstadt 1, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
Commission File Number: 1-15060
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrants file or will file annual
 
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form
40-
F.
Form 20-F
 
 
Form 40-F
 
 
 
This Form 6-K
 
consists of the
 
Fourth Quarter 2024
 
Report of UBS
 
Group AG, which
 
appears immediately following
this page.
 
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UBS
 
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Fourth quarter
 
2024 report
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate calendar UBS Group
Publication of the Annual Report 2024:
 
Monday, 17 March 2025
Publication of the Sustainability Report 2024:
 
Monday, 17 March 2025
Annual General Meeting 2025:
 
Thursday, 10 April 2025
Publication of the first quarter 2025 report:
 
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
Publication of the second quarter 2025 report:
 
Wednesday, 30 July 2025
Information about future publication dates is also
 
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UBS
 
Group
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8
2.
UBS business divisions
 
and Group Items
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22
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30
3.
Risk, capital, liquidity and funding,
and balance sheet
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4.
Consolidated
financial information
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Appendix
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72
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Terms used in this report, unless the context requires otherwise
“UBS”, “UBS Group”, “UBS Group
 
AG consolidated”, “Group”, “we”,
 
“us” and “our”
UBS Group AG and its consolidated subsidiaries
“UBS AG” and “UBS
 
AG consolidated”
 
UBS AG and its consolidated subsidiaries
“Credit Suisse AG”
Credit Suisse AG and its consolidated subsidiaries
 
before the merger
with UBS AG
“Credit Suisse Group“
 
Pre-acquisition Credit Suisse Group
”Credit Suisse”
Credit Suisse AG and its consolidated subsidiaries
 
before the merger
with UBS AG, Credit Suisse Services
 
AG, and other small former
Credit Suisse Group entities now directly held by UBS Group
 
AG
“UBS Group AG” and “UBS
 
Group AG standalone”
 
UBS Group AG on a standalone basis
“UBS AG standalone”
 
UBS AG on a standalone basis
“UBS Switzerland AG” and “UBS
 
Switzerland AG standalone”
UBS Switzerland AG on a standalone basis
“UBS Europe SE consolidated”
 
UBS Europe SE and its consolidated subsidiaries
“UBS Americas Holding LLC” and
 
“UBS Americas Holding LLC consolidated”
UBS Americas Holding LLC and its consolidated subsidiaries
“1m”
One million, i.e. 1,000,000
“1bn”
One billion, i.e. 1,000,000,000
“1trn”
One trillion, i.e. 1,000,000,000,000
In this report, unless the context requires otherwise,
 
references to any gender shall apply to all genders.
Alternative performance measures
An alternative performance measure (an APM) is a financial measure of historical or
 
future financial performance,
financial position
 
or cash
 
flows other
 
than a
 
financial measure
 
defined or
 
specified in
 
the applicable
 
recognized
accounting standards
 
or
 
in other
 
applicable regulations.
 
We
 
report
 
a
 
number of
 
APMs
 
in
 
the discussion
 
of
 
the
financial and
 
operating performance
 
of the
 
Group, our
 
business divisions
 
and Group
 
Items. We
 
use APMs
 
to provide
a
 
more
 
complete
 
picture of
 
our
 
operating performance
 
and
 
to
 
reflect
 
management’s view
 
of
 
the
 
fundamental
drivers
 
of
 
our
 
business
 
results. A
 
definition
 
of
 
each
 
APM,
 
the
 
method
 
used
 
to
 
calculate
 
it
 
and
 
the
 
information
content are presented
 
under “Alternative performance measures”
 
in the
 
appendix to this
 
report. Our APMs
 
may
qualify
 
as
 
non-GAAP
 
measures
 
as
 
defined
 
by
 
US
 
Securities
 
and
 
Exchange
 
Commission
 
(SEC)
 
regulations.
 
Our
underlying results are APMs and are non-GAAP
 
financial measures.
Refer to the “Group performance” section of this report and to “Alternative performance measures” in the
appendix to this report for additional information about underlying results
Comparability
Comparative information in this report is presented
 
as follows.
Profit and
 
loss information for
 
all quarters
 
covered by
 
this report
 
and for
 
2024 is
 
based entirely
 
on consolidated
data following
 
the acquisition
 
of the
 
Credit Suisse
 
Group. Comparative
 
information for
 
2023 includes
 
seven months
(June to December 2023) of post-acquisition consolidated data
 
and five months of UBS Group
 
data only (January
to May 2023).
All balance sheet information presented in this
 
report includes only post-acquisition consolidated
 
information.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Our key figures
As of or for the quarter ended
As of or for the year ended
USD m, except where indicated
31.12.24
30.9.24
31.12.23
1
31.12.24
31.12.23
1
Group results
Total revenues
 
11,635
 
12,334
 
10,855
 
48,611
 
40,834
Negative goodwill
 
27,264
Credit loss expense / (release)
 
229
 
121
 
136
 
551
 
1,037
Operating expenses
 
10,359
 
10,283
 
11,470
 
41,239
 
38,806
Operating profit / (loss) before tax
 
1,047
 
1,929
 
(751)
 
6,821
 
28,255
Net profit / (loss) attributable to shareholders
 
770
 
1,425
 
(279)
 
5,085
 
27,366
Diluted earnings per share (USD)
2
 
0.23
 
0.43
 
(0.09)
 
1.52
 
8.30
Profitability and growth
3,4
Return on equity (%)
 
3.6
 
6.7
 
(1.3)
 
6.0
 
36.9
Return on tangible equity (%)
 
3.9
 
7.3
 
(1.4)
 
6.5
 
40.8
Underlying return on tangible equity (%)
5
 
6.6
 
9.0
 
4.8
 
8.5
 
4.1
Return on common equity tier 1 capital (%)
 
4.2
 
7.6
 
(1.4)
 
6.7
 
41.8
Underlying return on common equity tier 1 capital (%)
5
 
7.2
 
9.4
 
4.8
 
8.7
 
4.2
Return on leverage ratio denominator, gross (%)
 
3.0
 
3.1
 
2.6
 
3.0
 
2.9
Cost / income ratio (%)
6
 
89.0
 
83.4
 
105.7
 
84.8
 
95.0
Underlying cost / income ratio (%)
5,6
 
81.9
 
78.5
 
93.0
 
79.5
 
87.2
Effective tax rate (%)
 
25.6
 
26.0
n.m.
7
 
24.6
 
3.1
Net profit growth (%)
n.m.
n.m.
n.m.
 
(81.4)
 
258.7
Resources
3
Total assets
 
1,565,028
 
1,623,941
 
1,716,924
 
1,565,028
 
1,716,924
Equity attributable to shareholders
 
85,079
 
87,025
 
85,624
 
85,079
 
85,624
Common equity tier 1 capital
8
 
71,367
 
74,213
 
78,002
 
71,367
 
78,002
Risk-weighted assets
8
 
498,538
 
519,363
 
546,505
 
498,538
 
546,505
Common equity tier 1 capital ratio (%)
8
 
14.3
 
14.3
 
14.3
 
14.3
 
14.3
Going concern capital ratio (%)
8
 
17.6
 
17.5
 
16.8
 
17.6
 
16.8
Total loss-absorbing capacity ratio (%)
8
 
37.2
 
37.5
 
36.4
 
37.2
 
36.4
Leverage ratio denominator
8
 
1,519,477
 
1,608,341
 
1,695,403
 
1,519,477
 
1,695,403
Common equity tier 1 leverage ratio (%)
8
 
4.7
 
4.6
 
4.6
 
4.7
 
4.6
Liquidity coverage ratio (%)
9
 
188.4
 
199.2
 
215.7
 
188.4
 
215.7
Net stable funding ratio (%)
 
125.5
 
126.9
 
124.7
 
125.5
 
124.7
Other
Invested assets (USD bn)
4,10
 
6,087
 
6,199
 
5,714
 
6,087
 
5,714
Personnel (full-time equivalents)
 
108,648
 
109,396
 
112,842
 
108,648
 
112,842
Market capitalization
2,11
 
105,719
 
106,528
 
107,355
 
105,719
 
107,355
Total book value per share (USD)
2
 
26.80
 
27.32
 
26.68
 
26.80
 
26.68
Tangible book value per share (USD)
2
 
24.63
 
25.10
 
24.34
 
24.63
 
24.34
Credit-impaired lending assets as a percentage of total lending
 
assets, gross (%)
4
 
1.0
 
0.9
 
0.8
 
1.0
 
0.8
Cost of credit risk (bps)
4
 
15
 
8
 
8
 
9
 
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1 Comparative-period information has
 
been revised. Refer to
 
“Note 2 Accounting for
 
the acquisition of
 
the Credit Suisse Group”
 
in the “Consolidated
 
financial statements” section
 
of the UBS Group
 
third quarter
2024 report, available under “Quarterly
 
reporting” at ubs.com/investors,
 
for more information.
 
2 Refer to the “Share information
 
and earnings per share” section
 
of this report for more information.
 
3 Refer to
the “Recent developments” section of this report for
 
more information about targets and ambitions.
 
4 Refer to “Alternative
 
performance measures” in the appendix to this report
 
for the definition and calculation
method.
 
5 Refer to the “Group performance” section of
 
this report for more information about underlying
 
results.
 
6 Negative goodwill is not used in the
 
calculation as it is presented in a separate
 
reporting line
and is not part of total revenues.
 
7 The effective tax rate for the fourth quarter of 2023 is not a meaningful measure, due to the distortive
 
effect of current unbenefited tax losses at the former Credit Suisse entities.
 
8 Based on the Swiss systemically relevant bank framework as of 1 January 2020. Refer to the “Capital management” section of this report for more information.
 
9 The disclosed ratios represent quarterly averages
for the quarters presented and are calculated based on an average of 64 data points
 
in the fourth quarter of 2024, 65 data points in the third quarter of 2024
 
and 63 data points in the fourth quarter of 2023. Refer
to the “Liquidity and funding management” section of this report for
 
more information.
 
10 Consists of invested assets for Global Wealth Management, Asset Management (including invested assets from associates)
and Personal
 
& Corporate
 
Banking. Refer
 
to “Note
 
32 Invested
 
assets and
 
net new
 
money” in
 
the “Consolidated
 
financial statements”
 
section of
 
the UBS
 
Group Annual
 
Report 2023,
 
available under
 
“Annual
reporting” at ubs.com/investors, for more information.
 
11 The calculation of market capitalization reflects total shares issued multiplied by the
 
share price at the end of the period.
 
 
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UBS Group
Management report
Recent developments
Integration of Credit Suisse
We
 
continue to
 
make progress
 
related
 
to the
 
integration of
 
Credit
 
Suisse,
 
and we
 
are
 
on
 
track to
 
substantially
complete
 
the
 
integration
 
by
 
the
 
end
 
of
 
2026.
 
Our
 
current
 
focus
 
remains
 
on
 
client
 
account
 
migrations
 
and
infrastructure decommissioning.
In the fourth quarter of
 
2024, we completed the migration of our
 
Global Wealth Management client accounts in
Luxembourg, Hong
 
Kong,
 
Singapore
 
and
 
Japan
 
to
 
UBS
 
platforms.
 
We
 
expect the
 
Swiss
 
business
 
migrations
 
to
commence in the second quarter of 2025.
Our
 
Non-core
 
and
 
Legacy
 
business
 
division
 
has
 
achieved
 
a
 
52%
 
reduction
 
in
 
risk-weighted
 
assets
 
(RWA)
 
at
31 December 2024, well ahead of our original
 
plan. As a result, we have updated our ambition
 
and aim to reduce
Non-core and Legacy
 
RWA to around
 
USD 29bn by the
 
end of 2025
 
and around USD 22bn
 
by the end
 
of 2026.
We also expect Non-core and Legacy to incur an underlying loss before tax of around USD 2.2bn in 2025 and less
than USD 1bn by the end of 2026 (exit rate),
 
both excluding litigation.
 
In the fourth quarter of 2024, we realized an additional USD 0.7bn in gross cost savings, for a total
 
of USD 3.4bn
in
 
2024.
 
Cumulative
 
gross
 
cost
 
savings
 
at
 
the
 
end
 
of
 
2024
 
amounted
 
to
 
USD 7.5bn
 
compared
 
with
 
the
 
2022
combined cost base of
 
UBS and Credit Suisse.
 
This represents around
 
58% of our ambition
 
of around USD 13bn
 
in
annualized exit rate gross cost savings by the
 
end of 2026.
In
 
October
 
2024, UBS
 
entered into
 
an
 
agreement to
 
sell
 
to American
 
Express Swiss
 
Holdings GmbH
 
(American
Express) its
 
50% interest
 
in Swisscard
 
AECS GmbH
 
(Swisscard), a
 
joint venture
 
in Switzerland
 
between UBS
 
and
American Express,
 
subject to certain
 
closing conditions.
 
Also in October
 
2024, UBS entered
 
into an agreement
 
with
Swisscard
 
to
 
transition
 
the
 
Credit
 
Suisse-branded
 
card
 
portfolios
 
to
 
UBS.
 
In
 
January
 
2025,
 
UBS
 
completed
 
the
purchase of the
 
card portfolios, with
 
the actual client
 
migration expected to
 
take place over
 
the following quarters.
The two transactions will
 
result in similar
 
profit and loss
 
effects over the
 
course of 2025
 
and, therefore, on a
 
net
basis are not expected to have a material impact for UBS. In the fourth quarter of 2024,
 
UBS recorded an expense
of USD 41m in connection with the termination
 
of the Swisscard joint venture.
 
Targets, ambitions and strategy update
 
We are maintaining our targets and ambitions for the
 
Group and our businesses as announced in 2024.
 
We aim to deliver,
 
by the end of 2026:
an underlying return on common equity tier 1
 
capital (RoCET1) of around 15% (exit
 
rate);
an underlying cost / income ratio of less than
 
70% (exit rate); and
exit rate
 
gross cost
 
savings of
 
around USD 13bn
 
by the
 
end of
 
2026 compared
 
with the
 
2022 combined
 
cost
base of UBS and Credit Suisse.
Our capital guidance remains unchanged,
 
we aim to maintain:
a common equity tier 1 (CET1) capital ratio of
 
around 14%; and
a CET1 leverage ratio of greater than 4.0%.
As we
 
complete the
 
execution of
 
the integration,
 
including cost
 
and capital
 
efficiency measures,
 
we believe
 
our
scale and
 
client franchises
 
will position
 
us to
 
sustainably drive
 
higher returns.
 
We therefore aim
 
to deliver
 
a reported
RoCET1 of around 18% in 2028. Our targets and ambitions are based
 
on our Group target of around 14% CET1
capital ratio and the existing Swiss capital regime.
Our business division ambitions
Global Wealth Management: surpass USD 5trn of invested assets by 2028, with around USD 100bn of net new
assets in 2025,
 
building to around
 
USD 200bn annually by 2028,
 
and an underlying
 
cost / income ratio of less
than 70% by the end of 2026 (exit rate).
 
 
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Personal & Corporate Banking:
 
an underlying cost / income
 
ratio of less than 50%
 
by the end of 2026
 
(exit rate)
and an underlying return on attributed equity
 
of around 19% in the medium term.
Asset Management: an underlying cost /
 
income ratio of less than 70% by the end
 
of 2026 (exit rate).
The
 
Investment
 
Bank:
 
an
 
underlying
 
return
 
on
 
attributed
 
equity
 
of
 
around
 
15%
 
through
 
the
 
cycle,
 
while
operating with no more than 25% of the
 
Group’s RWA.
Non-core
 
and
 
Legacy:
 
an
 
underlying
 
loss
 
before
 
tax
 
of
 
less
 
than
 
USD 1bn
 
(exit
 
rate),
 
underlying
 
operating
expenses of around USD 0.8bn (exit
 
rate), both excluding litigation,
 
and around USD 22bn RWA all
 
by the end
of 2026.
An integral
 
part of
 
our growth
 
plans is
 
to improve
 
profitability across
 
our Americas
 
wealth business,
 
which manages
USD 2.1trn in invested assets and is a key
 
pillar of our strategy and value
 
proposition to clients. We are executing
on our targeted investments to enhance and build out our multi-disciplinary coverage model of the ultra high
 
net
worth client segment and increase penetration of
 
the high-net worth and core
 
affluent segments to further drive
scale. These growth
 
initiatives will be
 
supported by
 
investments in our
 
banking capabilities
 
with the aim
 
to enhance
our offering while
 
working towards obtaining a
 
National Charter. We are
 
also increasing technology
 
investments
and transforming
 
how we
 
approach them
 
by focusing
 
on delivering
 
new and
 
advanced digital
 
capabilities in
 
a more
dynamic and modular fashion. Finally, we remain disciplined
 
on costs and have already taken actions to streamline
our organizational structure to drive operating
 
leverage.
Capital returns
For the 2024 financial
 
year, the Board of
 
Directors plans to propose
 
a dividend to UBS
 
Group AG shareholders of
USD 0.90 per share.
 
Subject to approval
 
at the Annual
 
General Meeting, scheduled
 
for 10 April 2025,
 
the dividend
will be
 
paid on
 
17 April 2025
 
to shareholders
 
of record
 
on 16 April
 
2025. The
 
ex-dividend date
 
will be
 
15 April
2025 on
 
the SIX
 
Swiss Exchange and
 
16 April 2025
 
on the
 
New York
 
Stock Exchange.
 
We remain
 
committed to
progressive dividends and
 
are accruing for
 
an increase of
 
around 10% in
 
the ordinary dividend
 
per share for
 
the
2025 financial year.
 
In the fourth
 
quarter of 2024,
 
we completed our
 
planned USD 1bn of share
 
repurchases. We plan
 
to repurchase
USD 1bn of
 
shares in
 
the first
 
half of
 
2025. We
 
aim to
 
repurchase up
 
to an
 
additional USD 2bn of
 
shares in
 
the
second half
 
of 2025
 
and are
 
maintaining our
 
ambition for
 
share repurchases
 
in 2026
 
to exceed
 
full year
 
2022 levels.
Our share repurchases will be consistent with maintaining our CET1 capital ratio target of around 14%,
 
achieving
our
 
financial
 
targets
 
and
 
the
 
absence
 
of
 
material
 
and
 
immediate
 
changes
 
to
 
the
 
current
 
capital
 
regime
 
in
Switzerland.
Regulatory and legal developments
Developments related to the final Basel III implementation
In Switzerland, the
 
amendments to the
 
Capital Adequacy Ordinance
 
that incorporate the
 
final Basel III standards
into Swiss law entered into force on 1 January
 
2025. The adoption of the final
 
Basel III standards led to a USD 1bn
increase in the
 
UBS Group’s RWA,
 
resulting in a minimal
 
impact on the CET1
 
capital ratio. The USD 1bn
 
increase
was
 
primarily
 
driven
 
by
 
a
 
USD 7bn
 
increase
 
in
 
market
 
risk
 
RWA
 
and
 
a
 
USD 3bn
 
increase
 
in
 
credit
 
valuation
adjustments-related RWA resulting from the implementation of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (the
FRTB) framework,
 
largely offset by a
 
USD 7bn reduction in operational
 
risk RWA and a USD 1bn
 
reduction in credit
risk RWA. These changes do
 
not take into account the
 
impact of the output floor. The output floor, which is being
phased in until 2028, is currently not binding for the
 
UBS Group.
In the EU, the
 
final Basel III requirements
 
became applicable
 
as of 1 January
 
2025, except for
 
the market risk
 
capital
requirements, the implementation of which has been delayed until at least 1 January 2026. The overall impact on
UBS is limited.
In
 
January
 
2025,
 
the
 
UK
 
Prudential
 
Regulatory
 
Authority
 
(the
 
PRA)
 
announced
 
that
 
it
 
has
 
postponed
 
the
implementation of the final Basel III standards
 
until 1 January 2027, citing the need
 
for greater clarity on US plans.
In its announcement, the
 
PRA left open the
 
possibility of further postponement.
 
The date for
 
the full phase-in of
the output floor continues
 
to be 1 January 2030. The overall impact on
 
UBS is expected to be limited.
In the
 
US, both
 
the timing
 
and content
 
of a
 
re-proposal of
 
the July
 
2023 draft
 
version of
 
the final
 
Basel III rules
remain
 
uncertain.
 
The
 
change
 
in
 
administration
 
is
 
likely
 
to
 
slow
 
publication
 
of
 
a
 
re-proposal
 
of
 
implementing
regulation.
 
 
 
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Swiss parliamentary investigation committee
 
releases its report
In December 2024,
 
the Swiss parliamentary
 
investigation committee
 
(
Parlamentarische Untersuchungskommission
,
the PUK)
 
published its
 
report that
 
examined the
 
authorities’ role
 
and actions
 
in the
 
context of
 
the Credit
 
Suisse
crisis. The
 
PUK identified
 
a need
 
for improvement
 
and action
 
at both
 
the enforcement
 
and legislative
 
levels and
made recommendations regarding potential improvements to the crisis toolkit.
In the
 
first half
 
of 2025,
 
the Swiss
 
Federal Council
 
is expected
 
to present
 
two packages
 
to implement
 
measures
aiming
 
to
 
further
 
develop
 
and
 
strengthen
 
the
 
Swiss
 
too-big-to-fail
 
regime,
 
which
 
will
 
be
 
followed
 
by
 
a
 
public
consultation period. The packages are expected to be
 
based on the Swiss Federal Council’s report
 
on systemically
important banks that was
 
published in April 2024.
 
Overall, the Swiss Federal
 
Council agreed with the
 
findings of
the PUK,
 
which will also
 
be considered when
 
drafting the aforementioned
 
measures.
 
Due to
 
the broad range
 
of
possible outcomes,
 
the impact
 
of the
 
proposals on
 
UBS
 
can
 
be
 
assessed only
 
when the
 
implementation details
become clearer.
FINMA publishes new circular on nature-related
 
financial risks
In December 2024, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) published a
 
new circular,
 
applicable
to banks and
 
insurers, on the
 
management of climate-
 
and other nature-related financial
 
risks. The circular sets
 
out
provisions
 
for
 
governance
 
and
 
institution-wide
 
risk
 
management,
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
provisions
 
for
 
risk
 
identification,
materiality assessment and scenario analysis regarding
 
climate- and nature-related financial
 
risks. Implementation
will be guided by international frameworks and standards, including the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
Principles for
 
the effective
 
management and
 
supervision of
 
climate-related financial
 
risks. The
 
circular will enter
 
into
force on 1 January 2026
 
and will initially apply
 
exclusively to climate-related financial risks.
 
From 1 January 2028,
the circular
 
will apply to
 
all nature-related
 
financial risks. UBS
 
is assessing the
 
impact of the
 
requirements, which
will be addressed in a multi-year implementation plan.
Swiss Federal Council adopts the Climate Protection
 
Ordinance
In
 
November
 
2024,
 
the
 
Swiss
 
Federal
 
Council
 
adopted
 
the
 
Climate
 
Protection
 
Ordinance
 
to
 
the
 
Climate
 
and
Innovation
 
Act.
 
The
 
ordinance
 
entered
 
into
 
force
 
on
 
1 January
 
2025,
 
and
 
it
 
introduces,
 
among
 
other
 
matters,
measures to
 
support financial
 
flows contributing
 
to achieving
 
the Swiss
 
climate targets.
 
The main
 
instrument to
measure
 
progress
 
made by
 
the
 
financial
 
sector
 
toward this
 
goal
 
will
 
continue to
 
be
 
the
 
voluntary climate
 
tests
conducted
 
by
 
the
 
Swiss
 
Federal
 
Office
 
for
 
the
 
Environment.
 
UBS
 
participates
 
in
 
the
 
bi-annual
 
climate
 
tests
conducted by the Swiss authorities.
Swiss Federal Council reviews the Ordinance
 
on Climate Disclosures
In
 
December 2024,
 
the Swiss
 
Federal
 
Council launched
 
a
 
consultation on
 
amending the
 
Ordinance
 
on
 
Climate
Disclosures, proposing
 
to meet the
 
obligation to report
 
on climate-related
 
matters by applying
 
an internationally
recognized
 
standard
 
or the
 
sustainability reporting
 
standard
 
used in
 
the
 
EU. The
 
draft proposal
 
also establishes
minimum requirements for transition plans for
 
financial flows that describe the planned path
 
to a net-zero target
by
 
2050.
 
The
 
consultation
 
will
 
last
 
until
 
March
 
2025,
 
and
 
the
 
amended
 
Ordinance
 
on
 
Climate
 
Disclosures
 
is
expected to enter into force on
 
1 January 2026. UBS is within the
 
scope of the new requirements, with the
 
impact
on UBS dependent on the final ordinance.
 
European Commission announces an intention
 
to streamline and simplify sustainability regulations
 
In
 
November 2024,
 
the European
 
Commission announced
 
an
 
intention to
 
streamline
 
and
 
simplify sustainability
regulations, including
 
the Taxonomy Regulation,
 
the Corporate
 
Sustainability
 
Reporting Directive
 
and the
 
Corporate
Sustainability Due
 
Diligence Directive.
 
The
 
impact
 
on
 
UBS
 
can
 
be
 
assessed
 
only
 
when
 
the
 
details
 
have
 
become
clearer.
UK regulators consult on changes to the remuneration
 
rules
In
 
November
 
2024,
 
the
 
PRA
 
and
 
the
 
Financial
 
Conduct
 
Authority
 
published
 
a
 
consultation
 
on
 
changes
 
to
remuneration rules for senior management functions and material risk takers. The consultation covers
 
changes to
several
 
aspects of
 
the PRA
 
remuneration
 
rulebook, including
 
the reduction
 
of the
 
seven-year minimum
 
deferral
period to
 
five years
 
for senior
 
managers and
 
allowing deferred
 
remuneration awards
 
to vest
 
on a
 
pro rata
 
basis
from the time of award. UBS is reviewing the proposals.
 
 
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7
EU revises the European Market Infrastructure
 
Regulation
In November 2024, the EU
 
finalized changes to the existing
 
European Market Infrastructure Regulation
 
(the EMIR),
with
 
the
 
changes
 
entering
 
into
 
force
 
in
 
December
 
2024.
 
The
 
revised
 
EMIR
 
rules
 
require
 
relevant
 
EU
 
market
participants to hold
 
active accounts at
 
EU Central Counterparties
 
and to
 
clear a representative
 
portion of certain
derivative contracts within the EU, effective June 2025. Other changes include enhanced transparency on clearing
services to
 
clients, new
 
clearing threshold
 
calculation
 
methodology and
 
new rules
 
on initial
 
margin model
 
validation.
The impact
 
of the
 
revised EMIR
 
on UBS
 
and its
 
in-scope clients
 
will depend
 
on the
 
final design
 
of the
 
technical
implementation standards, which are expected to be published
 
later in 2025.
Developments related to shortening the standard
 
settlement cycle for securities transactions
In November
 
2024, the
 
European Securities
 
and Markets
 
Authority published
 
a report on
 
shortening the
 
settlement
cycle for securities transactions from two business days (T+2) to one business
 
day (T+1) in the EU. The transition is
recommended to occur
 
on 11 October 2027 across
 
all relevant instruments.
 
The transition is
 
largely aligned with
the UK Accelerated Settlement Taskforce’s
 
report from March 2024,
 
which states that a respective transition to
 
a
T+1
 
settlement
 
cycle
 
should
 
take
 
place
 
no
 
later
 
than
 
31 December
 
2027,
 
in
 
alignment
 
with
 
other
 
European
jurisdictions,
 
including
 
the
 
EU
 
and
 
Switzerland.
 
In
 
January
 
2025,
 
the
 
Swiss
 
Securities
 
Post-Trade
 
Council
recommended
 
that
 
the
 
transition
 
to
 
a
 
T+1
 
settlement
 
cycle
 
for
 
the
 
domestic
 
markets
 
in
 
Switzerland
 
and
Liechtenstein should occur
 
in October 2027, in alignment
 
with the EU. In the
 
US, a shortened T+1
 
settlement cycle
has applied to securities transactions since May 2024.
 
UBS implemented the required enhancements based on the
US rules and will prepare
 
for further implementation according to the
 
evolving rules and market practice in other
jurisdictions.
Early adoption of SAB 122,
 
which rescinds SAB 121
 
In January 2025,
 
the US Securities
 
and Exchange Commission
 
(the SEC) issued Staff
 
Accounting Bulletin (SAB)
 
122,
which rescinded SAB 121,
Accounting for obligations
 
to safeguard crypto-assets
 
an entity holds for
 
platform users
.
UBS has
 
early adopted SAB
 
122 and
 
has applied it
 
retrospectively as
 
the standard
 
requires. Amounts
 
that would
have
 
been
 
recognized
 
as
 
liabilities,
 
with
 
corresponding
 
assets,
 
under
 
SAB
 
121
 
were
 
not
 
material
 
to
 
UBS,
 
and
adoption of SAB 122 also has not had a material
 
impact.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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8
Group performance
 
Income statement
For the quarter ended
% change from
For the year ended
USD m
31.12.24
30.9.24
31.12.23
3Q24
4Q23
31.12.24
31.12.23
1
Net interest income
 
1,838
 
1,794
 
2,095
 
2
 
(12)
 
7,108
 
7,297
Other net income from financial instruments measured
 
at fair value through profit or loss
 
3,144
 
3,681
 
3,158
 
(15)
 
0
 
14,690
 
11,583
Net fee and commission income
 
6,598
 
6,517
 
5,780
 
1
 
14
 
26,138
 
21,570
Other income
 
56
 
341
 
(179)
 
(84)
 
675
 
384
Total revenues
 
11,635
 
12,334
 
10,855
 
(6)
 
7
 
48,611
 
40,834
Negative goodwill
 
27,264
Credit loss expense / (release)
 
229
 
121
 
136
 
89
 
68
 
551
 
1,037
Personnel expenses
 
6,361
 
6,889
 
7,061
 
(8)
 
(10)
 
27,318
 
24,899
General and administrative expenses
 
3,004
 
2,389
 
2,999
 
26
 
0
 
10,124
 
10,156
Depreciation, amortization and impairment of non-financial
 
assets
 
994
 
1,006
 
1,409
 
(1)
 
(29)
 
3,798
 
3,750
Operating expenses
 
10,359
 
10,283
 
11,470
 
1
 
(10)
 
41,239
 
38,806
Operating profit / (loss) before tax
 
1,047
 
1,929
 
(751)
 
(46)
 
6,821
 
28,255
Tax expense / (benefit)
 
 
268
 
502
 
(473)
 
(47)
 
1,675
 
873
Net profit / (loss)
 
779
 
1,428
 
(278)
 
(45)
 
5,146
 
27,382
Net profit / (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests
 
9
 
3
 
1
 
185
 
60
 
16
Net profit / (loss) attributable to shareholders
 
770
 
1,425
 
(279)
 
(46)
 
5,085
 
27,366
Comprehensive income
Total comprehensive income
 
(1,878)
 
3,910
 
2,695
 
3,401
 
28,374
Total comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests
 
(27)
 
27
 
18
 
13
 
22
Total comprehensive income attributable to shareholders
 
(1,851)
 
3,883
 
2,677
 
3,388
 
28,352
1 Comparative-period information
 
as previously reported
 
in the 2023 Annual
 
Report has been revised
 
to reflect measurement period
 
adjustments impacting negative
 
goodwill. Refer to “Note
 
2 Accounting for
 
the
acquisition of the Credit Suisse Group” in the “Consolidated
 
financial statements” section of the UBS Group third quarter
 
2024 report, available under “Quarterly reporting” at ubs.com/investors, for more information
about the relevant adjustments.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected financial information of the business divisions and Group Items
For the quarter ended 31.12.24
USD m
Global Wealth
Management
Personal &
Corporate
Banking
Asset
 
Management
Investment
Bank
Non-core and
Legacy
Group Items
Total
Total revenues as reported
 
6,121
 
2,245
 
766
 
2,749
 
(58)
 
(188)
 
11,635
of which: PPA effects and other integration items
1
 
200
 
258
 
202
 
(4)
 
656
of which: loss related to an investment in an associate
 
(21)
 
(59)
 
(80)
Total revenues (underlying)
 
5,942
 
2,047
 
766
 
2,547
 
(58)
 
(184)
 
11,059
Credit loss expense / (release)
 
(14)
 
175
 
0
 
63
 
6
 
0
 
229
Operating expenses as reported
 
5,268
 
1,476
 
639
 
2,207
 
858
 
(88)
 
10,359
of which: integration-related expenses and PPA effects
2
 
460
 
209
 
96
 
174
 
317
 
(1)
 
1,255
of which: items related to the Swisscard transactions
3
 
41
 
41
Operating expenses (underlying)
 
4,808
 
1,226
 
543
 
2,032
 
541
 
(88)
 
9,062
Operating profit / (loss) before tax as reported
 
867
 
595
 
128
 
479
 
(923)
 
(100)
 
1,047
Operating profit / (loss) before tax (underlying)
 
1,147
 
646
 
224
 
452
 
(606)
 
(96)
 
1,768
For the quarter ended 30.9.24
USD m
Global Wealth
Management
Personal &
Corporate
Banking
Asset
 
Management
Investment
Bank
Non-core and
Legacy
Group Items
Total
Total revenues as reported
 
6,199
 
2,394
 
873
 
2,645
 
262
 
(39)
 
12,334
of which: PPA effects and other integration items
1
 
224
 
278
 
185
 
(25)
 
662
Total revenues (underlying)
 
5,975
 
2,116
 
873
 
2,461
 
262
 
(14)
 
11,672
Credit loss expense / (release)
 
2
 
83
 
0
 
9
 
28
 
0
 
121
Operating expenses as reported
 
5,112
 
1,465
 
722
 
2,231
 
837
 
(84)
 
10,283
of which: integration-related expenses and PPA effects
2
 
419
 
198
 
86
 
156
 
270
 
(11)
 
1,119
Operating expenses (underlying)
 
4,693
 
1,267
 
636
 
2,076
 
567
 
(74)
 
9,165
Operating profit / (loss) before tax as reported
 
1,085
 
846
 
151
 
405
 
(603)
 
45
 
1,929
Operating profit / (loss) before tax (underlying)
 
1,280
 
766
 
237
 
377
 
(333)
 
60
 
2,386
For the quarter ended 31.12.23
4
USD m
Global Wealth
Management
Personal &
Corporate
Banking
Asset
 
Management
Investment
Bank
Non-core and
Legacy
Group Items
Total
Total revenues as reported
 
5,554
 
2,083
 
825
 
2,141
 
145
 
107
 
10,855
of which: PPA effects and other integration items
1
 
349
 
306
 
277
 
12
 
944
of which: loss related to an investment in an associate
 
(190)
 
(317)
 
(508)
Total revenues (underlying)
 
5,395
 
2,094
 
825
 
1,864
 
145
 
95
 
10,419
Credit loss expense / (release)
 
(8)
 
85
 
(1)
 
48
 
15
 
(2)
 
136
Operating expenses as reported
 
5,282
 
1,398
 
704
 
2,283
 
1,787
 
16
 
11,470
of which: integration-related expenses and PPA effects
2
 
502
 
187
 
64
 
167
 
750
 
109
 
1,780
of which: acquisition-related costs
 
(1)
 
(1)
Operating expenses (underlying)
 
4,780
 
1,210
 
639
 
2,116
 
1,037
 
(92)
 
9,690
Operating profit / (loss) before tax as reported
 
280
 
601
 
122
 
(190)
 
(1,657)
 
93
 
(751)
Operating profit / (loss) before tax (underlying)
 
624
 
800
 
186
 
(300)
 
(907)
 
189
 
592
1 Includes accretion of PPA
 
adjustments on financial instruments and other
 
PPA effects, as well
 
as temporary and incremental items directly
 
related to the integration.
 
2 Includes temporary, incremental
 
operating
expenses directly related to the integration, as
 
well as amortization of newly recognized
 
intangibles resulting from the acquisition of
 
the Credit Suisse Group.
 
3 Represents the termination fee to American Express
related to the expected sale in 2025 of our 50% holding in Swisscard.
 
4 Comparative-period information has been restated for changes in business division perimeters, Group Treasury
 
allocations and Non-core and
Legacy cost allocations, resulting in decreases in Operating profit / (loss) before tax of USD 101m for Global Wealth Management, USD 187m for Personal & Corporate Banking and USD 21m for the Investment Bank
and increases in Operating profit / (loss) before tax of USD 233m for Group
 
Items, USD 69m for Non-core and Legacy and USD 7m for
 
Asset Management. Refer to “Note 3 Segment reporting” in the “Consolidated
financial statements” section of the UBS Group third quarter 2024 report, available under “Quarterly reporting” at ubs.com/investors,
 
for more information about the relevant changes.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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UBS Group | Group performance
 
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Selected financial information of the business divisions and Group Items (continued)
For the year ended 31.12.24
USD m
Global Wealth
Management
Personal &
Corporate
Banking
Asset
 
Management
Investment
Bank
Non-core and
Legacy
Group Items
Total
Total revenues as reported
 
24,516
 
9,334
 
3,182
 
10,948
 
1,605
 
(975)
 
48,611
of which: PPA effects and other integration items
1
 
891
 
1,038
 
989
 
(41)
 
2,877
of which: loss related to an investment in an associate
 
(21)
 
(59)
 
(80)
Total revenues (underlying)
 
23,646
 
8,355
 
3,182
 
9,958
 
1,605
 
(933)
 
45,814
Credit loss expense / (release)
 
(16)
 
404
 
(1)
 
97
 
69
 
(2)
 
551
Operating expenses as reported
 
20,608
 
5,741
 
2,663
 
8,934
 
3,512
 
(220)
 
41,239
of which: integration-related expenses and PPA effects
2
 
1,807
 
749
 
351
 
717
 
1,154
 
(12)
 
4,766
of which: items related to the Swisscard transactions
3
 
41
 
41
Operating expenses (underlying)
 
18,802
 
4,951
 
2,312
 
8,217
 
2,359
 
(208)
 
36,432
Operating profit / (loss) before tax as reported
 
3,924
 
3,189
 
520
 
1,917
 
(1,976)
 
(752)
 
6,821
Operating profit / (loss) before tax (underlying)
 
4,860
 
3,000
 
871
 
1,644
 
(822)
 
(723)
 
8,831
For the year ended 31.12.23
4,5
USD m
Global Wealth
Management
Personal &
Corporate
Banking
Asset
 
Management
Investment
Bank
Non-core and
Legacy
Group Items
Negative
goodwill
Total
Total revenues as reported
 
21,556
 
7,687
 
2,686
 
8,703
 
697
 
(495)
 
40,834
of which: PPA effects and other integration items
1
 
923
 
783
 
583
 
(9)
 
2,280
of which: loss related to an investment in an associate
 
(190)
 
(317)
 
(508)
Total revenues (underlying)
 
20,823
 
7,222
 
2,686
 
8,120
 
697
 
(486)
 
39,062
Negative goodwill
 
27,264
 
27,264
Credit loss expense / (release)
 
166
 
482
 
0
 
190
 
193
 
6
 
1,037
Operating expenses as reported
 
17,945
 
4,394
 
2,353
 
8,585
 
5,091
 
438
 
38,806
of which: integration-related expenses and PPA effects
2
 
1,018
 
398
 
205
 
697
 
1,775
 
451
 
4,543
of which: acquisition-related costs
 
202
 
202
Operating expenses (underlying)
 
16,927
 
3,996
 
2,149
 
7,889
 
3,316
 
(215)
 
34,061
Operating profit / (loss) before tax as reported
 
3,445
 
2,811
 
332
 
(72)
 
(4,587)
 
(938)
 
27,264
 
28,255
Operating profit / (loss) before tax (underlying)
 
3,730
 
2,744
 
537
 
42
 
(2,812)
 
(277)
 
3,963
1 Includes accretion of PPA
 
adjustments on financial instruments and other
 
PPA effects, as well
 
as temporary and incremental items directly
 
related to the integration.
 
2 Includes temporary, incremental
 
operating
expenses directly related to the integration, as
 
well as amortization of newly recognized
 
intangibles resulting from the acquisition
 
of the Credit Suisse Group.
 
3 Represents the termination fee to American Express
related to the expected sale in 2025 of our 50% holding in Swisscard.
 
4 Comparative-period information has been restated for changes in business division perimeters, Group Treasury allocations and Non-core and
Legacy cost allocations, resulting in decreases in Operating profit / (loss) before tax of USD 144m for Global Wealth Management, USD 337m for Personal & Corporate Banking and USD 28m for the Investment Bank
and increases in Operating profit / (loss) before tax of USD
 
341m for Group Items, USD 154m for Non-core and Legacy and USD 14m
 
for Asset Management. Refer to “Note 3 Segment reporting” in
 
the “Consolidated
financial statements”
 
section of
 
the UBS
 
Group third
 
quarter 2024
 
report, available
 
under “Quarterly
 
reporting” at
 
ubs.com/investors,
 
for more
 
information about
 
the relevant
 
changes.
 
5 Comparative-period
information as previously reported in the 2023 Annual
 
Report has been revised to reflect measurement
 
period adjustments impacting negative goodwill. Refer to
 
“Note 2 Accounting for the acquisition of the
 
Credit
Suisse Group” in
 
the “Consolidated financial
 
statements” section of
 
the UBS Group
 
third quarter 2024
 
report, available under
 
“Quarterly reporting” at
 
ubs.com/investors, for
 
more information about
 
the relevant
adjustments.
Integration-related expenses, by business division and Group Items
For the quarter ended
For the year ended
USD m
31.12.24
30.9.24
31.12.23
1
31.12.24
31.12.23
1
Global Wealth Management
 
458
 
420
 
500
 
1,845
 
1,013
Personal & Corporate Banking
 
183
 
172
 
161
 
654
 
338
Asset Management
 
96
 
86
 
64
 
351
 
205
Investment Bank
 
174
 
156
 
167
 
717
 
697
Non-core and Legacy
 
317
 
270
 
750
 
1,154
 
1,775
Group Items
 
6
 
21
 
109
 
36
 
451
Total integration-related expenses
 
1,233
 
1,124
 
1,751
 
4,757
 
4,478
of which: total revenues
 
6
 
35
 
0
 
104
 
0
of which: operating expenses
 
1,227
 
1,090
 
1,751
 
4,653
 
4,478
of which: personnel expenses
 
599
 
561
 
794
 
2,541
 
2,192
of which: general and administrative expenses
 
484
 
415
 
455
 
1,681
 
1,436
of which: depreciation, amortization and impairment of non-financial
 
assets
 
144
 
113
 
503
 
430
 
850
1 Comparative-period information has been restated for changes in business division perimeters, Group
 
Treasury allocations and Non-core and Legacy cost allocations.
 
Refer to “Note 3 Segment reporting” in the
“Consolidated financial statements” section of the UBS Group third quarter 2024 report, available under “Quarterly reporting” at
 
ubs.com/investors, for more information about the relevant changes.
 
 
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11
Underlying results
In addition to
 
reporting our
 
results in accordance
 
with IFRS
 
Accounting Standards,
 
we report underlying
 
results that
exclude items of profit or loss that management believes
 
are not representative of the underlying performance.
In
 
the
 
fourth
 
quarter
 
of
 
2024,
 
underlying
 
revenues
 
exclude
 
purchase
 
price
 
allocation
 
(PPA)
 
effects
 
and
 
other
integration
 
items,
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
a
 
loss
 
related
 
to
 
an
 
investment
 
in
 
an
 
associate.
 
PPA
 
effects
 
mainly
 
consist
 
of
 
PPA
adjustments on
 
financial instruments
 
measured at
 
amortized cost,
 
including off-balance
 
sheet positions,
 
arising
from the
 
acquisition of
 
the Credit
 
Suisse Group.
 
Accretion
 
of PPA
 
adjustments on
 
financial instruments
 
is accelerated
when the related
 
financial instrument is
 
derecognized before its
 
contractual maturity. No
 
adjustment is made
 
for
accretion of PPA on financial instruments
 
within Non-core and Legacy,
 
due to the nature of its business model.
In
 
the
 
fourth
 
quarter
 
of
 
2024,
 
underlying
 
expenses
 
exclude
 
integration-related
 
expenses
 
that
 
are
 
temporary,
incremental and directly
 
related to the
 
integration of Credit
 
Suisse into
 
UBS, including costs
 
of internal
 
staff and
contractors
 
substantially
 
dedicated
 
to
 
integration
 
activities,
 
retention
 
awards,
 
redundancy
 
costs,
 
incremental
expenses from
 
the shortening
 
of useful lives
 
of property,
 
equipment and software,
 
and impairment charges
 
relating
to
 
these
 
assets.
 
Classification
 
as
 
integration-related
 
expenses
 
does
 
not
 
affect
 
the
 
timing
 
of
 
recognition
 
and
measurement
 
of
 
those
 
expenses
 
or
 
the
 
presentation
 
thereof
 
in
 
the
 
income
 
statement.
 
Underlying
 
operating
expenses also exclude items related to the Swisscard
 
transactions.
Results: 4Q24 vs 4Q23
Reported operating profit before tax was
 
USD 1,047m, compared with an operating
 
loss before tax of USD 751m,
reflecting
 
lower
 
operating
 
expenses
 
and
 
an
 
increase
 
in
 
total
 
revenues,
 
partly
 
offset
 
by
 
higher
 
net
 
credit
 
loss
expenses. Total revenues increased
 
by USD 780m, or 7%,
 
to USD 11,635m, and included
 
a decrease of USD 288m
in accretion impacts resulting
 
from PPA adjustments
 
on financial instruments
 
and other PPA effects.
 
The increase in
total revenues was
 
driven by an USD 818m
 
increase in net
 
fee and commission
 
income and a USD 235m
 
change in
other income,
 
partly offset
 
by a
 
USD 271m decrease in
 
net interest
 
income and
 
other net
 
income from
 
financial
instruments measured at fair value through
 
profit or loss. Operating expenses decreased
 
by USD 1,111m, or 10%,
to USD 10,359m
 
and included
 
a USD 524m
 
decrease in
 
integration-related expenses.
 
The decrease
 
in operating
expenses
 
was
 
mainly
 
driven
 
by
 
a
 
USD 700m
 
decrease
 
in
 
personnel
 
expenses
 
and
 
a
 
USD 415m
 
decrease
 
in
depreciation, amortization
 
and impairment of
 
non-financial assets,
 
while general and
 
administrative expenses
 
were
broadly unchanged.
 
Net credit loss expenses were USD 229m, compared with USD 136m in the
 
fourth quarter of
2023.
Underlying results 4Q24 vs 4Q23
Underlying revenues
 
for the fourth
 
quarter of 2024
 
excluded PPA
 
effects and
 
other integration
 
items of USD
 
656m,
as well
 
as USD 80m
 
of losses
 
related to
 
an investment
 
in an
 
associate.
 
Underlying operating
 
expenses excluded
USD 1,255m of
 
integration-related
 
expenses and
 
PPA effects,
 
as well
 
as a
 
USD 41m expense
 
related to
 
the Swisscard
transactions.
 
On an underlying
 
basis, profit
 
before tax
 
increased by
 
USD 1,176m to
 
USD 1,768m, reflecting
 
a USD 640m
 
increase
in total revenues
 
and a USD
 
628m decrease
 
in operating
 
expenses,
 
partly offset
 
by a USD
 
93m increase
 
in net credit
loss expenses.
 
Total revenues: 4Q24 vs 4Q23
Net interest income and other net income
 
from financial instruments measured at
 
fair value through profit or loss
Total combined net
 
interest income
 
and other
 
net income
 
from financial
 
instruments
 
measured at
 
fair value
 
through
profit or loss decreased by USD 271m to USD 4,982m and included a decrease of USD 151m in accretion impacts
resulting from PPA adjustments on financial instruments and other PPA effects.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Net interest income and other net income from financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss
For the quarter ended
% change from
For the year ended
USD m
31.12.24
30.9.24
31.12.23
1
3Q24
4Q23
31.12.24
31.12.23
1
Net interest income from financial instruments measured
 
at amortized cost and fair
value through other comprehensive income
 
(55)
 
(256)
 
597
 
(79)
 
47
 
3,527
Net interest income from financial instruments measured
 
at fair value through profit or
loss and other
 
1,893
 
2,050
 
1,498
 
(8)
 
26
 
7,061
 
3,770
Other net income from financial instruments measured
 
at fair value through profit or
loss
 
3,144
 
3,681
 
3,158
 
(15)
 
0
 
14,690
 
11,583
Total
 
4,982
 
5,476
 
5,253
 
(9)
 
(5)
 
21,798
 
18,880
Global Wealth Management
 
2,217
 
2,232
 
2,268
 
(1)
 
(2)
 
9,031
 
8,484
of which: net interest income
 
1,849
 
1,811
 
1,871
 
2
 
(1)
 
7,358
 
7,082
of which: transaction-based income from foreign exchange and other
 
intermediary
activity
2
 
368
 
421
 
397
 
(13)
 
(7)
 
1,673
 
1,402
Personal & Corporate Banking
 
 
1,572
 
1,638
 
1,704
 
(4)
 
(8)
 
6,479
 
5,539
of which: net interest income
 
 
1,362
 
1,429
 
1,510
 
(5)
 
(10)
 
5,650
 
4,878
of which: transaction-based income from foreign exchange and other
 
intermediary
activity
2
 
209
 
210
 
194
 
0
 
8
 
829
 
661
Asset Management
 
(5)
 
21
 
10
 
16
 
(5)
Investment Bank
 
1,555
 
1,518
 
982
 
2
 
58
 
6,164
 
5,055
Non-core and Legacy
 
(153)
 
98
 
(25)
 
502
 
1,163
 
321
Group Items
 
(202)
 
(32)
 
315
 
525
 
(1,054)
 
(513)
1 Comparative-period information
 
has been restated
 
for changes in
 
business division perimeters,
 
Group Treasury
 
allocations and Non-core
 
and Legacy cost
 
allocations. Refer to
 
“Note 3 Segment
 
reporting” in the
“Consolidated financial statements”
 
section of the
 
UBS Group third
 
quarter 2024 report,
 
available under
 
“Quarterly reporting” at
 
ubs.com/investors, for
 
more information about
 
the relevant changes.
 
2 Mainly
includes spread-related income in connection with client-driven transactions, foreign currency translation effects and income and expenses from precious metals,
 
which are included in the income statement line Other
net income from financial instruments measured at
 
fair value through profit or loss.
 
The amounts reported on this line
 
are one component of Transaction
 
-based income in the management discussion and
 
analysis in
the “Global Wealth Management” and “Personal & Corporate Banking” sections of this report.
Global
 
Wealth
 
Management decreased
 
by
 
USD 51m
 
to
 
USD 2,217m,
 
which
 
included
 
a
 
USD 129m
 
decrease
 
in
accretion of
 
PPA adjustments on
 
financial instruments
 
and other
 
PPA effects. Excluding
 
the aforementioned
 
effects,
net interest income increased, largely
 
driven by improved deposit margins from
 
repricing actions, lower effects of
liquidity and funding costs,
 
and higher loan revenues, mainly as a result of higher loan margins.
 
There was also an
increase in transaction-based income, mainly driven
 
by higher levels of client activity.
Personal &
 
Corporate Banking
 
decreased by USD 132m to
 
USD 1,572m, which
 
included a
 
USD 32m
 
decrease in
accretion of PPA
 
adjustments on
 
financial instruments
 
and other PPA
 
effects. Excluding
 
the aforementioned
 
effects,
net interest income decreased, mainly due to
 
lower deposit margins resulting from both lower reinvestment rates
and clients shifting to lower-margin deposit products.
The Investment Bank
 
increased by USD 573m
 
to USD 1,555m, including
 
a USD 26m increase
 
in accretion of
 
PPA
adjustments on financial
 
instruments and
 
other PPA effects.
 
The overall increase
 
was mainly due
 
to higher revenues
in
 
Financing,
 
with
 
increases
 
across
 
all
 
products,
 
led
 
by
 
Equity
 
Financing.
 
In
 
addition,
 
there
 
was
 
an
 
increase
 
in
Derivatives &
 
Solutions revenues,
 
reflecting increases
 
across all
 
products,
 
mostly driven
 
by Foreign
 
Exchange and
Equity
 
Derivatives, as
 
well
 
as
 
an
 
increase
 
in
 
Global
 
Banking,
 
mainly
 
from
 
higher revenues
 
across
 
Public
 
Capital
Markets,
 
primarily driven by Leveraged Capital Markets.
 
Non-core and
 
Legacy
 
was
 
negative
 
USD 153m compared
 
with
 
negative
 
USD 25m in
 
the
 
fourth
 
quarter
 
of
 
2023,
mainly due to lower net interest income as a result of portfolio reductions
 
and also due to lower trading revenues,
mainly reflecting
 
lower gains
 
on disposals
 
compared with
 
the fourth
 
quarter of
 
2023. These
 
decreases were
 
partly
offset by lower funding costs.
Group
 
Items
 
was
 
negative
 
USD 202m
 
compared
 
with
 
positive
 
USD 315m
 
in
 
the
 
fourth
 
quarter
 
of
 
2023.
 
This
included the
 
income from
 
Group hedging
 
and own debt,
 
including hedge
 
accounting ineffectiveness,
 
within Group
Treasury. Revenues
 
in the
 
fourth quarter
 
of 2024
 
were driven
 
by mark-to-market
 
effects on
 
own credit
 
and portfolio-
level economic hedges.
Refer to the relevant business division commentary in the “UBS business divisions and Group Items” section of this
report for more information about business-division-specific revenues
Net fee and commission income
Net fee and commission income
 
increased by USD 818m
 
to USD 6,598m and included a
 
decrease of USD 137m
 
in
accretion of
 
PPA adjustments
 
on financial
 
instruments and
 
other PPA effects,
 
predominantly in
 
the Investment
 
Bank.
Net brokerage
 
fees increased
 
by USD 478m
 
to USD 1,081m,
 
reflecting an
 
increase across
 
all regions
 
in Cash
 
Equities
in Execution Services
 
in the Investment Bank,
 
as well as an
 
increase in Global Wealth
 
Management that was
 
due to
higher levels of client activity, particularly in
 
the Asia Pacific and Americas regions.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Fees from portfolio management and related services
 
increased by USD 119m to USD 3,085m, predominantly
 
due
to higher revenues in Global Wealth Management,
 
mainly as a result of positive market performance.
Investment fund
 
fees increased
 
by USD 356m
 
to USD 1,579m,
 
largely due
 
to higher
 
revenues in
 
Global Wealth
Management, reflecting positive market performance, partly offset by
 
lower revenues in Asset Management. The
decrease in Asset Management was due to continued margin compression, the impact of exits from non-strategic
businesses and negative foreign currency effects
 
largely offset by positive market performance.
Other income
Other income was USD 56m, compared with negative USD 179m
 
in the fourth quarter of 2023. The increase was
mainly due
 
to a
 
loss of
 
USD 80m related
 
to an
 
investment in
 
an associate,
 
compared with
 
a loss
 
of USD 508m
related to an investment in an associate recognized
 
in the fourth quarter of 2023. The fourth
 
quarter of 2024 also
included a
 
loss of
 
USD 40m relating
 
to insurance and
 
similar contracts, compared
 
with gains
 
of USD 41m
 
in the
fourth quarter of
 
2023. The insurance
 
and similar contracts
 
are hedged with derivative
 
instruments, with offsetting
gains and
 
losses in
 
the income
 
statement within
 
Other net
 
income from
 
financial instruments
 
measured at
 
fair value
through profit or loss.
Credit loss expense / release: 4Q24 vs
 
4Q23
Total net
 
credit loss
 
expenses in the
 
fourth quarter of
 
2024 were
 
USD 229m, reflecting net
 
releases of USD 21m
related to performing positions and net expenses
 
of USD 250m
 
on credit-impaired positions. Credit loss expenses
were USD 136m
 
in the fourth quarter of
 
2023.
Credit loss expense / (release)
Performing positions
Credit-impaired positions
USD m
Stages 1 and 2
Stage 3
Purchased
 
Total
For the quarter ended 31.12.24
Global Wealth Management
 
(26)
 
12
 
0
 
(14)
Personal & Corporate Banking
 
(24)
 
199
 
0
 
175
Asset Management
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
Investment Bank
 
32
 
31
 
0
 
63
Non-core and Legacy
 
(2)
 
5
 
3
 
6
Group Items
 
(1)
 
0
 
0
 
0
Total
 
(21)
 
247
 
3
 
229
For the quarter ended 30.9.24
Global Wealth Management
 
(11)
 
12
 
1
 
2
Personal & Corporate Banking
 
(10)
 
94
 
0
 
83
Asset Management
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
Investment Bank
 
9
 
0
 
0
 
9
Non-core and Legacy
 
(2)
 
0
 
30
 
28
Group Items
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
Total
 
(15)
 
106
 
30
 
121
For the quarter ended 31.12.23
1
Global Wealth Management
 
(12)
 
3
 
0
 
(8)
Personal & Corporate Banking
 
(14)
 
95
 
4
 
85
Asset Management
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
(1)
Investment Bank
 
(13)
 
60
 
1
 
48
Non-core and Legacy
 
(1)
 
25
 
(9)
 
15
Group Items
 
(2)
 
0
 
0
 
(2)
Total
 
(43)
 
183
 
(4)
 
136
1 Comparative-period information
 
has been restated
 
for changes in business
 
division perimeters. Refer
 
to “Changes to segment
 
reporting in 2024”
 
in the “UBS business
 
divisions and Group
 
Items” section of
 
the
UBS Group first quarter 2024 report, available
 
under “Quarterly reporting” at ubs.com/investors,
 
and “Note 3 Segment reporting” in
 
the “Consolidated financial statements” section of
 
the UBS Group third quarter
2024 report, available under “Quarterly reporting” at ubs.com/investors, for
 
more information.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Operating expenses: 4Q24 vs 4Q23
Operating expenses
For the quarter ended
% change from
For the year ended
USD m
31.12.24
30.9.24
31.12.23
3Q24
4Q23
31.12.24
31.12.23
Personnel expenses
 
 
6,361
 
6,889
 
7,061
 
(8)
 
(10)
 
27,318
 
24,899
of which: salaries and variable compensation
 
5,321
 
5,805
 
5,728
 
(8)
 
(7)
 
23,047
 
20,842
of which: variable compensation – financial advisors
1
 
1,400
 
1,335
 
1,176
 
5
 
19
 
5,293
 
4,549
General and administrative expenses
 
 
3,004
 
2,389
 
2,999
 
26
 
0
 
10,124
 
10,156
of which: net expenses for litigation, regulatory and similar
 
matters
 
99
 
(69)
 
8
 
(128)
 
809
Depreciation, amortization and impairment of non-financial
 
assets
 
994
 
1,006
 
1,409
 
(1)
 
(29)
 
3,798
 
3,750
Total operating expenses
 
10,359
 
10,283
 
11,470
 
1
 
(10)
 
41,239
 
38,806
1 Consists of cash and deferred compensation
 
awards and is based on compensable revenues
 
and firm tenure using a formulaic
 
approach. Also includes expenses related to compensation commitments
 
with financial
advisors entered into at the time of recruitment that are subject to vesting requirements.
Personnel expenses
Personnel
 
expenses decreased
 
by
 
USD 700m
 
to
 
USD 6,361m. Salaries
 
and
 
variable
 
compensation decreased
 
by
USD 407m, mainly
 
as a
 
result of
 
a smaller
 
workforce, lower
 
accruals for
 
performance awards
 
and lower
 
integration-
related expenses, partly
 
offset by a
 
USD 224m increase in
 
financial advisor compensation, which reflected
 
higher
compensable revenues.
 
In addition,
 
post-employment benefit
 
plans decreased
 
by USD 248m,
 
largely due
 
to the
fourth quarter
 
of 2023
 
including an
 
increase in
 
the pension
 
plan obligation
 
of the
 
Swiss pension
 
plan of
 
Credit
Suisse following
 
the decision
 
to align
 
the scheme
 
to that
 
of UBS.
 
Personnel expenses
 
included a
 
USD 195m decrease
in integration-related expenses, which was mainly
 
due to the aforementioned pension scheme alignment.
General and administrative expenses
General
 
and
 
administrative
 
expenses
 
increased
 
by
 
USD 5m
 
to
 
USD 3,004m,
 
including
 
a
 
USD 28m
 
increase
 
in
integration-related expenses,
 
which was
 
mainly attributable
 
to higher
 
outsourcing and
 
marketing costs,
 
partly offset
by lower consulting,
 
legal and audit
 
fees, as well
 
as lower real
 
estate and logistics costs.
 
In addition, there
 
was a
USD 41m
 
expense
 
related
 
to
 
the
 
Swisscard
 
transactions.
 
Excluding
 
integration-related
 
expenses
 
and
 
the
aforementioned
 
expense
 
related
 
to
 
the
 
Swisscard
 
transactions,
 
underlying
 
general
 
and
 
administrative
 
expenses
decreased, mainly
 
due to
 
a USD 65m
 
decrease in
 
outsourcing costs
 
and also
 
due to
 
the fourth
 
quarter of
 
2023
including a charge of USD 60m for the
 
special assessment by the US Federal
 
Deposit Insurance Corporation, partly
offset by an increase of USD 92m in expenses for litigation, regulatory and
 
similar matters.
 
Refer to “Provisions and contingent liabilities” in the “Consolidated financial information” section of this report for
more information about litigation, regulatory and similar matters
Refer to the “Regulatory and legal developments” and “Risk factors” sections of the UBS Group Annual Report
2023, available under “Annual reporting” at
ubs.com/investors
, for more information about litigation, regulatory
and similar matters
 
Depreciation, amortization and impairment of
 
non-financial assets
Depreciation, amortization
 
and impairment
 
of non-financial
 
assets decreased
 
by USD 415m
 
to USD 994m,
 
primarily
due to
 
a USD 359m
 
decrease in
 
integration-related expenses.
 
The decrease
 
was largely
 
as a
 
result of
 
the fourth
quarter of 2023
 
including higher impairment and accelerated depreciation
 
associated with real estate leases.
Tax: 4Q24 vs 4Q23
The Group had a
 
net income tax expense
 
of USD 268m in the
 
fourth quarter of
 
2024, compared with
 
a tax benefit
of USD 473m in the prior-year quarter.
The current tax expense
 
was USD 1,015m, which included
 
USD 354m that primarily related to the
 
taxable profits
of UBS Switzerland AG and other entities
 
and USD 661m that mainly
 
related to US corporate alternative
 
minimum
tax, with an
 
equivalent net deferred tax
 
benefit for deferred tax
 
assets (DTAs) recognized in
 
respect of tax credits
carried forward.
 
There was a
 
net deferred tax benefit
 
of USD 747m, which
 
reflected the aforementioned
 
net deferred tax
 
benefit of
USD 661m and a
 
net benefit of USD 244m
 
related to revaluations of
 
DTAs for certain
 
entities in connection with
our business planning
 
process, partly offset
 
by a
 
net deferred tax
 
expense of USD 158m
 
that primarily related
 
to
the amortization of DTAs previously recognized in
 
relation to tax losses carried forward and
 
deductible temporary
differences.
 
 
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The
 
Group’s
 
effective
 
tax
 
rate
 
for
 
the
 
quarter
 
was
 
25.6%,
 
although
 
it
 
would
 
have
 
been
 
48.9%
 
without
 
the
aforementioned deferred
 
tax benefit from
 
DTA revaluations. This
 
is higher than
 
the Group’s structural
 
rate of 23%,
mainly because
 
the Group’s
 
net profit
 
includes operating
 
losses of
 
certain entities,
 
mostly reflecting
 
integration-
related expenses,
 
including restructuring
 
costs, that did not
 
result in any tax
 
benefits because they
 
cannot be offset
with profits of other entities in the Group and
 
did not result in any DTA recognition.
 
We expect that the 2025 full-
year effective tax rate
 
for the UBS Group
 
will be materially less
 
than the structural rate
 
of 23%,
 
due to projected
tax planning benefits.
Total comprehensive income attributable
 
to shareholders
In the fourth quarter
 
of 2024, total
 
comprehensive income attributable
 
to shareholders was
 
negative USD 1,851m,
reflecting a net profit of USD 770m and other comprehensive income
 
(OCI), net of tax, of negative USD 2,622m.
Foreign
 
currency translation
 
OCI
 
was
 
negative
 
USD 1,835m, mainly
 
resulting
 
from the
 
strengthening of
 
the
 
US
dollar against the Swiss franc and the euro.
OCI
 
related
 
to
 
cash
 
flow
 
hedges
 
was
 
negative
 
USD 785m, mainly
 
reflecting
 
net
 
unrealized
 
losses
 
on
 
US
 
dollar
hedging derivatives resulting from increases
 
in the relevant US dollar long-term interest
 
rates.
OCI
 
related to
 
cost of
 
hedging was
 
negative USD
 
98m, mainly
 
driven by
 
a
 
widening and
 
steepening of
 
the US
dollar / euro cross-currency basis which resulted
 
in mark-to-market losses on the cross-currency
 
swaps.
OCI related to
 
own credit on
 
financial liabilities
 
designated at fair
 
value was USD
 
144m, primarily due
 
to the impact
of time decay on the portfolio.
Refer to “Statement of comprehensive income” in the “Consolidated financial information” section of this report
for more information
Refer to “Reconciliation of equity under IFRS Accounting Standards to Swiss SRB common equity tier 1 capital” in
the “Capital management” section of this report for more information about the effects of OCI on common equity
tier 1 capital
Refer to “Note 21 Fair value measurement” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of the UBS Group
Annual Report 2023, available under “Annual reporting” at
ubs.com/investors
, for more information about own
credit on financial liabilities designated at fair value
Sensitivity to interest rate movements
As of
 
31 December 2024, it
 
is estimated
 
that a
 
parallel shift
 
in yield
 
curves by
 
+100 basis
 
points could lead
 
to a
combined increase in
 
annual net interest
 
income from our
 
banking book of
 
approximately USD 1.2bn in
 
the first
year after
 
such a
 
shift. Of
 
this increase,
 
approximately USD 0.7bn, USD 0.3bn
 
and USD 0.1bn
 
would result
 
from
changes in Swiss franc, US dollar and euro
 
interest rates, respectively.
A parallel shift in yield
 
curves by –100 basis points
 
could lead to a combined
 
increase in annual net
 
interest income
of approximately
USD 0.6bn. Of this increase, approximately USD 1.1bn would result from changes in Swiss franc
interest rates,
 
driven by both
 
contractual and
 
assumed flooring
 
benefits under
 
negative interest
 
rates. US dollar
 
and
euro interest rates would lead to an offsetting
 
decrease of USD 0.4bn and USD 0.1bn, respectively.
These estimates
 
are based
 
on a
 
hypothetical scenario
 
of an
 
immediate change
 
in interest
 
rates, equal
 
across all
currencies
 
and
 
relative
 
to
 
implied
 
forward
 
rates
 
as
 
of
 
31 December
 
2024
applied
 
to
 
our
 
banking
 
book.
 
These
estimates further assume no change to balance sheet size and product mix, stable foreign exchange rates, and no
specific management action. These estimates do
 
not represent net interest income forecasts.
Refer to the “Risk management and control” section of this report for information about interest rate risk in the
banking book
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Key figures and personnel
Below is
 
an overview
 
of selected
 
key figures
 
of the
 
Group. For
 
further information
 
about key
 
figures related
 
to
capital management, refer to the “Capital management”
 
section of this report.
 
Cost / income ratio: 4Q24 vs 4Q23
The cost / income
 
ratio was
 
89.0%, compared
 
with 105.7%,
 
and on
 
an underlying
 
basis the
 
cost / income ratio
was 81.9%, compared with 93.0%.
 
Both of these decreases were
 
a result of lower operating
 
expenses and higher
total revenues.
 
Personnel: 4Q24 vs 3Q24
The number of
 
internal and
 
external personnel
 
employed was
 
128,983 (workforce
 
count) as of
 
31 December 2024,
a net
 
decrease of
 
2,694 compared
 
with 30 September
 
2024. The
 
number of
 
internal personnel
 
employed as
 
of
31 December 2024
 
was 108,648
 
(full-time equivalents),
 
a net decrease
 
of 748 compared
 
with 30 September
 
2024.
The number of
 
external staff
 
was approximately 20,335
 
(workforce count)
 
as of 31
 
December 2024,
 
a net decrease
of approximately 1,946 compared with 30 September
 
2024.
 
Equity, CET1 capital and returns
As of or for the quarter ended
As of or for the year ended
USD m, except where indicated
31.12.24
30.9.24
31.12.23
1
31.12.24
31.12.23
1
Net profit
Net profit / (loss) attributable to shareholders
 
770
 
1,425
 
(279)
 
5,085
 
27,366
Equity
 
Equity attributable to shareholders
 
85,079
 
87,025
 
85,624
 
85,079
 
85,624
less: goodwill and intangible assets
 
6,887
 
7,048
 
7,515
 
6,887
 
7,515
Tangible equity attributable to shareholders
 
78,192
 
79,976
 
78,109
 
78,192
 
78,109
less: other CET1 adjustments
 
6,825
 
5,763
 
107
 
6,825
 
107
CET1 capital
 
71,367
 
74,213
 
78,002
 
71,367
 
78,002
Returns
Return on equity (%)
 
3.6
 
6.7
 
(1.3)
 
6.0
 
36.9
Return on tangible equity (%)
 
3.9
 
7.3
 
(1.4)
 
6.5
 
40.8
Underlying return on tangible equity (%)
 
6.6
 
9.0
 
4.8
 
8.5
 
4.1
Return on CET1 capital (%)
 
4.2
 
7.6
 
(1.4)
 
6.7
 
41.8
Underlying return on CET1 capital (%)
 
7.2
 
9.4
 
4.8
 
8.7
 
4.2
1 Comparative-period information
 
has been revised.
 
Refer to “Note 2
 
Accounting for the acquisition
 
of the Credit Suisse
 
Group” in the
 
“Consolidated financial statements”
 
section of the UBS
 
Group third quarter
2024 report, available under “Quarterly reporting” at ubs.com/investors, for
 
more information.
Common equity tier 1 capital: 4Q24 vs 3Q24
During
 
the
 
fourth
 
quarter
 
of
 
2024,
 
our
 
common
 
equity
 
tier 1
 
(CET1)
 
capital
 
decreased
 
by
 
USD 2.8bn
 
to
USD 71.4bn,
 
mainly
 
as
 
operating
 
profit
 
before
 
tax
 
of
 
USD 1.0bn
 
was
 
more
 
than
 
offset
 
by
 
foreign
 
currency
translation
 
losses
 
of
 
USD 1.8bn,
 
current
 
tax
 
expenses
 
of
 
USD 1.0bn,
 
dividend
 
accruals
 
of
 
USD 0.9bn
 
and
 
a
USD 0.2bn
 
decrease
 
in
 
eligible
 
deferred
 
tax
 
assets
 
on
 
temporary
 
differences.
 
Share
 
repurchases
 
of
 
USD 0.3bn
carried out in
 
the fourth quarter
 
of 2024 under
 
our 2024 share
 
repurchase program did not
 
affect our CET1
 
capital
position,
 
as
 
there
 
was
 
an
 
equal
 
reduction
 
in
 
the
 
capital
 
reserve
 
for
 
potential share
 
repurchases.
 
The
 
remaining
capital reserve for potential share repurchases was fully utilized during the fourth
 
quarter of 2024.
Return on common equity tier 1 capital: 4Q24
 
vs 4Q23
The annualized return on CET1 capital was 4.2%, compared with negative 1.4%, driven by net profit attributable
to
 
shareholders
 
compared
 
with
 
a
 
loss
 
attributable
 
to
 
shareholders
 
in
 
the
 
fourth
 
quarter
 
of 2023,
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
a
decrease in
 
average CET1
 
capital. On
 
an underlying
 
basis the
 
return on
 
CET1 capital
 
was 7.2%,
 
compared with
4.8%, driven by
 
an increase in
 
net profit attributable
 
to shareholders, as
 
well as a
 
decrease in average
 
CET1 capital.
Risk-weighted assets: 4Q24 vs 3Q24
During
 
the
 
fourth
 
quarter
 
of
 
2024,
 
RWA
 
decreased
 
by
 
USD 20.8bn
 
to
 
USD 498.5bn,
 
driven
 
by
 
a
 
USD 14.6bn
decrease in currency
 
effects, as well
 
as a USD 6.6bn
 
decrease resulting from
 
asset size
 
and other movements,
 
partly
offset by an increase of USD 0.4bn resulting from model updates and methodology
 
changes.
Common equity tier 1 capital ratio: 4Q24 vs 3Q24
Our CET1 capital ratio
 
was broadly unchanged at
 
14.3%,
 
as a USD 2.8bn decrease
 
in CET1 capital
 
was offset by
the aforementioned decrease in RWA.
 
 
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Leverage ratio denominator: 4Q24 vs 3Q24
The leverage ratio denominator (the LRD) decreased by USD 88.9bn to USD 1,519.5bn, driven by currency effects
of USD 68.9bn,
 
as well as asset size and other movements
 
of USD 20.0bn.
Common equity tier 1 leverage ratio: 4Q24
 
vs 3Q24
Our CET1 leverage ratio increased to 4.7% from
 
4.6%,
 
reflecting the aforementioned decrease in the LRD,
 
partly
offset by a USD 2.8bn decrease in CET1 capital.
Outlook
Investor sentiment remained
 
positive in
 
the fourth
 
quarter of 2024,
 
driving strong institutional
 
and private client
activity supported by a constructive
 
market backdrop that reflected
 
an increase in investors’ risk
 
appetite following
the results of the US presidential election.
 
Constructive market
 
conditions have
 
continued into
 
the first
 
quarter of
 
2025 sustained
 
by the
 
greater optimism
regarding growth prospects
 
in the US. However,
 
investor behavior may
 
be affected by the
 
clouded macroeconomic
outlook outside the US, increased uncertainties around global trade, inflation and central bank policies, as well as
geopolitics, including the
 
upcoming elections
 
in Germany. We
 
see the markets
 
as remaining particularly
 
sensitive to
new developments, positive or negative,
 
leading to potential spikes in volatility across
 
all asset classes.
 
In the first quarter, we expect a
 
low-to-mid single digit percentage sequential
 
decline in net interest income
 
(NII) in
Global Wealth
 
Management and
 
around a
 
10% sequential
 
decline in
 
Personal &
 
Corporate Banking’s
 
NII, measured
in
 
Swiss
 
francs.
 
Higher
 
asset
 
levels
 
are
 
expected
 
to
 
support
 
recurring
 
fee
 
income
 
across
 
our
 
asset-gathering
businesses. As
 
we progress
 
our integration
 
plans integration-related
 
expenses are
 
expected to
 
be around
 
USD 1.1bn
and accretion of PPA effects to contribute around
 
USD 0.5bn to the Group’s total revenues.
 
We
 
remain
 
focused
 
on
 
supporting
 
clients
 
with
 
advice
 
and
 
solutions
 
and
 
continue
 
to
 
execute
 
on
 
our
 
priorities,
investing
 
in
 
people,
 
products,
 
and
 
capabilities
 
to
 
drive
 
sustainable
 
long-term
 
value
 
for
 
our
 
stakeholders
 
while
maintaining a balance sheet for all seasons.
 
 
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UBS business divisions and
Group Items
Management report
Our businesses
We report
 
five business
 
divisions, each
 
of which
 
qualifies as
 
an operating
 
segment pursuant
 
to IFRS
 
Accounting
Standards: Global Wealth Management,
 
Personal & Corporate Banking,
 
Asset Management, the Investment
 
Bank,
and Non-core
 
and Legacy.
 
Non-core and
 
Legacy includes
 
positions and
 
businesses not
 
aligned with
 
our strategy
and policies. Those
 
consist of the
 
assets and liabilities
 
reported as part
 
of the
 
former Capital Release
 
Unit (Credit
Suisse) and certain
 
assets and liabilities
 
of the former
 
Investment Bank (Credit
 
Suisse), the former
 
Corporate Center
(Credit Suisse) and other former Credit Suisse business divisions. Non-core and Legacy also includes the remaining
assets and
 
liabilities of
 
UBS’s Non-core
 
and Legacy
 
Portfolio, previously
 
reported in
 
Group Functions
 
(which has
been renamed
 
Group Items),
 
and smaller
 
amounts of
 
assets and
 
liabilities of
 
UBS’s business
 
divisions that
 
have been
assessed as not strategic in light of the acquisition
 
of the Credit Suisse Group.
Our Group functions
 
are support and
 
control functions that
 
provide services to
 
the Group. Virtually
 
all costs and
revenues incurred
 
by the
 
support and
 
control functions
 
are allocated
 
to the
 
business divisions,
 
leaving a
 
residual
amount, mainly
 
related to
 
certain Group
 
funding and
 
hedging items,
 
that we
 
refer to
 
as Group
 
Items in
 
our segment
reporting.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Global Wealth Management
Global Wealth Management
1
As of or for the quarter ended
% change from
As of or for the year
ended
USD m, except where indicated
31.12.24
30.9.24
31.12.23
2
3Q24
4Q23
31.12.24
31.12.23
2
Results
Net interest income
 
1,849
 
1,811
 
1,871
 
2
 
(1)
 
7,358
 
7,082
Recurring net fee income
3
 
3,262
 
3,235
 
2,900
 
1
 
12
 
12,625
 
10,988
Transaction-based income
3
 
1,041
 
1,144
 
955
 
(9)
 
9
 
4,503
 
3,623
Other income
 
(32)
 
10
 
(172)
 
(82)
 
31
 
(137)
Total revenues
 
6,121
 
6,199
 
5,554
 
(1)
 
10
 
24,516
 
21,556
Credit loss expense / (release)
 
(14)
 
2
 
(8)
 
73
 
(16)
 
166
Operating expenses
 
5,268
 
5,112
 
5,282
 
3
 
0
 
20,608
 
17,945
Business division operating profit / (loss) before tax
 
867
 
1,085
 
280
 
(20)
 
210
 
3,924
 
3,445
Underlying results
Total revenues as reported
 
6,121
 
6,199
 
5,554
 
(1)
 
10
 
24,516
 
21,556
of which: PPA effects and other integration items
4
 
200
 
224
 
349
 
(11)
 
(43)
 
891
 
923
of which: PPA effects recognized in net interest income
 
192
 
221
 
321
 
(13)
 
(40)
 
910
 
873
of which: PPA effects and other integration items recognized in transaction-based income
 
8
 
3
 
28
 
134
 
(72)
 
(19)
 
49
of which: loss related to an investment in an associate
 
(21)
 
(190)
 
(89)
 
(21)
 
(190)
Total revenues (underlying)
3
 
5,942
 
5,975
 
5,395
 
(1)
 
10
 
23,646
 
20,823
Credit loss expense / (release)
 
(14)
 
2
 
(8)
 
73
 
(16)
 
166
Operating expenses as reported
 
5,268
 
5,112
 
5,282
 
3
 
0
 
20,608
 
17,945
of which: integration-related expenses and PPA effects
3,5
 
460
 
419
 
502
 
10
 
(8)
 
1,807
 
1,018
Operating expenses (underlying)
3
 
4,808
 
4,693
 
4,780
 
2
 
1
 
18,802
 
16,927
of which: expenses for litigation, regulatory and similar matters
 
100
 
18
 
49
 
465
 
107
 
147
 
122
Business division operating profit / (loss) before tax as reported
 
867
 
1,085
 
280
 
(20)
 
210
 
3,924
 
3,445
Business division operating profit / (loss) before tax (underlying)
3
 
1,147
 
1,280
 
624
 
(10)
 
84
 
4,860
 
3,730
Performance measures and other information
Pre-tax profit growth (year-on-year, %)
3
 
209.8
 
17.2
 
(73.5)
 
13.9
 
(30.8)
Cost / income ratio (%)
3
 
86.1
 
82.5
 
95.1
 
84.1
 
83.2
Average attributed equity (USD bn)
6
 
33.6
 
33.5
 
33.3
 
0
 
1
 
33.3
 
29.3
Return on attributed equity (%)
3,6
 
10.3
 
13.0
 
3.4
 
11.8
 
11.8
Financial advisor compensation
7
 
1,400
 
1,335
 
1,176
 
5
 
19
 
5,292
 
4,548
Net new fee-generating assets (USD bn)
3
 
13.3
 
14.6
 
(3.4)
 
61.7
Fee-generating assets (USD bn)
3
 
1,816
 
1,858
 
1,661
 
(2)
 
9
 
1,816
 
1,661
Net new assets (USD bn)
3
 
17.7
 
24.7
 
20.1
 
96.7
 
128.3
Invested assets (USD bn)
3
 
4,182
 
4,259
 
3,922
 
(2)
 
7
 
4,182
 
3,922
Loans, gross (USD bn)
8
 
300.5
 
311.5
 
322.1
 
(4)
 
(7)
 
300.5
 
322.1
Customer deposits (USD bn)
8
 
470.1
 
481.9
 
485.0
 
(2)
 
(3)
 
470.1
 
485.0
Impaired loan portfolio as a percentage of total loan portfolio, gross (%)
3,9
 
0.4
 
0.4
 
0.5
 
0.4
 
0.5
Advisors (full-time equivalents)
 
9,803
 
9,897
 
10,469
 
(1)
 
(6)
 
9,803
 
10,469
Underlying performance measures
Pre-tax profit growth (year-on-year, %)
3
 
84.0
 
29.9
 
(41.1)
 
30.3
 
(21.6)
Cost / income ratio (%)
3
 
80.9
 
78.5
 
88.6
 
79.5
 
81.3
Return on attributed equity (%)
3,6
 
13.6
 
15.3
 
7.5
 
14.6
 
12.7
1 Comparatives may differ due to adjustments
 
following organizational changes, restatements
 
due to the retrospective adoption
 
of new accounting standards or changes
 
in accounting policies, and events
 
after the
reporting period.
 
2 Comparative figures have been restated for changes in business division
 
perimeters, Group Treasury allocations and Non-core and Legacy cost allocations, resulting in decreases in operating profit
before tax of USD
101m for the quarter ended 31
December 2023 and USD
144m for the year ended 31
December 2023. Refer to “Note 3 Segment
 
reporting” in the “Consolidated financial statements”
 
section of
the UBS Group third quarter 2024 report, available under
 
“Quarterly reporting” at ubs.com/investors, for more information about the relevant changes. Certain comparative figures have also been restated
 
for changes
in the equity attribution
 
framework. Refer to
 
“Changes to segment
 
reporting in 2024” in
 
the “UBS business divisions
 
and Group Items”
 
section and the “Equity
 
attribution” section of the
 
UBS Group first quarter
2024 report, available
 
under “Quarterly reporting”
 
at ubs.com/investors,
 
for more information
 
about the relevant
 
changes.
 
3 Refer to “Alternative
 
performance measures” in
 
the appendix to
 
this report for
 
the
definition and
 
calculation method.
 
We started
 
to report
 
fee-generating assets
 
and net
 
new fee-generating
 
assets on
 
a consolidated
 
basis, including
 
Credit Suisse
 
data, from
 
the fourth
 
quarter of
 
2023 onward.
 
4 Includes accretion of PPA adjustments
 
on financial instruments and other PPA
 
effects, as well as temporary
 
and incremental items directly related to
 
the integration.
 
5 Includes temporary, incremental
 
operating
expenses directly related to the integration, as well as amortization of newly recognized intangibles resulting from the acquisition of the Credit Suisse Group.
 
6 Refer to the “Equity attribution” section of this report
for more information about the equity attribution framework.
 
7 Relates to licensed professionals with the ability to provide investment advice to clients in the Americas.
 
Consists of cash and deferred compensation
awards and is based on compensable revenues and firm tenure using a
 
formulaic approach. Also includes expenses related to compensation commitments with financial advisors entered into
 
at the time of recruitment
that are subject to vesting requirements. Recruitment loans to financial advisors were USD 1,683m as of 31 December 2024.
 
8 Loans and Customer deposits in this table include customer brokerage receivables and
payables, respectively,
 
which are
 
presented in
 
separate reporting
 
lines on
 
the balance sheet.
 
9 Refer to
 
the “Risk management
 
and control”
 
section of
 
this report for
 
more information
 
about (credit-)impaired
exposures. Excludes loans to financial advisors.
Results: 4Q24 vs 4Q23
Profit
 
before
 
tax
 
increased
 
by
 
USD 587m,
 
or
 
210%,
 
to
 
USD 867m,
 
mainly
 
driven
 
by
 
higher
 
total
 
revenues.
Underlying
 
profit
 
before
 
tax
 
was
 
USD 1,147m,
 
an
 
increase
 
of
 
84%,
 
after
 
excluding
 
from
 
operating
 
expenses
USD 460m of
 
integration-related expenses
 
and
 
purchase price
 
allocation (PPA)
 
effects,
 
and
 
also excluding
 
from
total revenues USD 200m of PPA effects and a loss of USD 21m related to an investment in an associate.
 
 
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Total revenues
Total revenues increased by USD 567m,
 
or 10%,
 
to USD 6,121m,
 
largely driven
 
by higher
 
recurring net fee
 
income,
a decrease
 
in negative other
 
income and
 
higher transaction-based income. Total
 
revenues included
 
a USD 149m
decrease in PPA effects. It also included a loss of USD 21m related to an investment in an
 
associate.
 
Excluding PPA
effects of
 
USD 200m and
 
the aforementioned
 
loss, underlying
 
total revenues
 
were
 
USD 5,942m, an
 
increase of
10%.
Net interest
 
income decreased
 
by USD 22m,
 
or 1%,
 
to USD 1,849m
 
and included
 
a USD 129m
 
decrease in
 
accretion
of PPA
 
adjustments on financial instruments
 
and other PPA
 
effects. The remaining
 
variance was largely
 
driven by
improved
 
deposit
 
margins
 
from
 
repricing
 
actions,
 
lower
 
effects
 
of
 
liquidity
 
and
 
funding
 
costs,
 
and
 
higher
 
loan
revenues, mainly as a
 
result of higher loan margins.
 
Excluding accretion and other effects, underlying net
 
interest
income was USD 1,657m, an increase of 7%.
Recurring
 
net
 
fee
 
income
 
increased
 
by
 
USD 362m,
 
or
 
12%,
 
to
 
USD 3,262m,
 
mainly
 
driven
 
by
 
positive
 
market
performance.
Transaction-based income increased by USD 86m, or 9%, to
 
USD 1,041m, mainly driven by higher levels of
 
client
activity,
 
particularly
 
in
 
the
 
Asia
 
Pacific
 
and
 
Americas
 
regions.
 
Transaction-based
 
income
 
included
 
a
 
USD 20m
decrease in accretion of
 
PPA adjustments on financial instruments
 
and other PPA effects.
 
Excluding accretion and
other effects, underlying transaction-based income
 
was USD 1,034m, an increase of 12%.
Other income was negative
 
USD 32m, compared with other income
 
of negative USD 172m. Other
 
income in the
fourth quarter of
 
2024 included a
 
loss of
 
USD 21m related to
 
an investment in
 
an associate, compared
 
with the
loss of USD 190m recognized in
 
the fourth quarter of 2023.
 
Excluding the aforementioned loss, underlying other
income in the fourth quarter of 2024 was negative
 
USD 11m.
Credit loss expense / release
Net credit loss releases were USD 14m, compared with net credit
 
loss releases of USD 8m in the fourth quarter of
2023.
Operating expenses
Operating
 
expenses
 
decreased
 
by
 
USD 14m
 
to
 
USD 5,268m,
 
and
 
included
 
a
 
USD 42m
 
decrease
 
in
 
integration-
related
 
expenses.
 
The
 
remaining
 
variance
 
was
 
mainly due
 
to
 
the
 
fourth
 
quarter
 
of
 
2023
 
including
 
a
 
charge of
USD 60m for the special assessment by the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the FDIC).
 
These decreases
were
 
partly
 
offset
 
by
 
higher
 
underlying
 
personnel
 
expenses,
 
which
 
resulted
 
from
 
higher
 
financial
 
advisor
compensation,
 
reflecting increases in compensable
 
revenues, and an increase
 
in provisions for litigation,
 
regulatory
and similar
 
matters. Excluding
 
integration-related expenses
 
and PPA
 
effects of
 
USD 460m, underlying
 
operating
expenses were USD 4,808m, broadly stable year over year.
Invested assets: 4Q24 vs 3Q24
Invested
 
assets
 
decreased
 
by
 
USD 77bn
 
to
 
USD 4,182bn, mainly
 
driven
 
by
 
negative
 
foreign
 
currency
 
effects
 
of
USD 76.0bn, negative
 
market performance
 
of USD 8.3bn
 
and by
 
reclassification of
 
USD 8.3bn of
 
certain Credit
Suisse client
 
assets from
 
invested assets
 
to custody-only
 
assets, partly
 
offset by
 
net new
 
asset inflows
 
of USD 17.7bn.
 
Loans: 4Q24 vs 3Q24
Loans decreased by USD 11.0bn to USD 300.5bn, mainly driven by negative foreign currency effects and negative
net new loans of USD 0.8bn.
Customer deposits: 4Q24 vs 3Q24
Customer deposits decreased by USD 11.8bn to USD 470.1bn, mainly driven by negative foreign currency effects,
partly offset by net new deposits
 
of USD 2.7bn.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Regional breakdown of performance measures
As of or for the quarter ended 31.12.24
USD bn, except where indicated
Americas
1
Switzerland
EMEA
Asia Pacific
Global
2
Global Wealth
Management
Total revenues (USD m)
 
2,937
 
1,004
 
1,150
 
842
 
188
 
6,121
Operating profit / (loss) before tax (USD m)
 
214
 
375
 
296
 
271
 
(289)
 
867
Operating profit / (loss) before tax (underlying) (USD m)
3
 
214
 
375
 
296
 
271
 
(9)
 
1,147
Cost / income ratio (%)
3
 
92.4
 
64.0
 
75.2
 
67.5
 
86.1
Cost / income ratio (underlying) (%)
3
 
92.4
 
64.0
 
75.2
 
67.5
 
80.9
Loans, gross
 
97.6
4
 
102.9
 
57.4
 
41.5
 
1.0
 
300.5
Net new loans
 
1.1
 
(1.0)
 
(0.5)
 
(0.2)
 
(0.1)
 
(0.8)
Net new fee-generating assets
3
 
18.1
 
(3.5)
 
(5.3)
 
4.1
 
(0.1)
 
13.3
Fee-generating assets
3
 
1,062
 
217
 
364
 
172
 
1
 
1,816
Net new assets
3
 
13.7
 
4.5
 
1.4
 
(1.2)
 
(0.7)
 
17.7
Net new assets growth rate (%)
3
 
2.6
 
2.3
 
0.8
 
(0.7)
 
1.7
Invested assets
3
 
2,109
 
749
 
655
 
665
 
5
 
4,182
Advisors (full-time equivalents)
 
5,968
 
1,311
 
1,520
 
924
 
79
 
9,803
1 Including the following business units: United States
 
and Canada; and Latin America.
 
2 Includes minor functions, which
 
are not included in the four regions
 
individually presented in this table,
 
and also includes
impacts from accretion of
 
PPA adjustments on
 
financial instruments and other
 
PPA effects
 
and integration-related expenses.
 
3 Refer to “Alternative
 
performance measures” in the
 
appendix to this report
 
for the
definition and calculation method.
 
4 Loans include customer brokerage receivables,
 
which are presented in a separate reporting line on the balance sheet.
Regional comments 4Q24 vs 4Q23, except where
 
indicated
 
Americas
Profit
 
before
 
tax
 
increased
 
by
 
USD 129m
 
to
 
USD 214m
 
and
 
included
 
an
 
increase
 
in
 
provisions
 
for
 
litigation,
regulatory
 
and
 
similar
 
matters. In
 
addition,
 
the
 
fourth
 
quarter
 
of
 
2023
 
included
 
the
 
aforementioned
 
charge of
USD 60m for the
 
special assessment
 
by the FDIC.
 
Total revenues increased by USD 362m,
 
or 14%, to
 
USD 2,937m,
mainly driven by higher recurring net fee income and transaction-based
 
income, partly offset by lower net interest
income. The cost / income
 
ratio decreased
 
to 92.4%
 
from 96.7%.
 
Loans increased
 
1% compared
 
with the third
quarter of
 
2024, to
 
USD 97.6bn, mainly
 
reflecting positive
 
net new
 
loans of
 
USD 1.1bn. Net
 
new asset
 
inflows were
USD 13.7bn.
Switzerland
Profit
 
before
 
tax
 
increased
 
by
 
USD 71m
 
to
 
USD 375m.
 
Total
 
revenues
 
increased
 
by
 
USD 29m,
 
or
 
3%,
 
to
USD 1,004m, mostly driven
 
by higher transaction-based
 
income, net interest income
 
and recurring net fee
 
income.
The cost / income ratio decreased
 
to 64.0% from 69.1%.
 
Loans decreased 8% compared with
 
the third quarter of
2024,
 
to USD 102.9bn,
 
mainly reflecting
 
negative foreign
 
currency
 
effects
 
and USD 1.0bn
 
of negative
 
net new
loans. Net new asset inflows were USD 4.5bn.
EMEA
Profit
 
before
 
tax
 
increased
 
by
 
USD 115m
 
to
 
USD 296m.
 
Total
 
revenues
 
increased
 
by
 
USD 46m,
 
or
 
4%,
 
to
USD 1,150m, mainly
 
driven by
 
higher net
 
interest income
 
and recurring
 
net fee
 
income. The
 
cost / income ratio
decreased to 75.2% from 83.8%. Loans decreased 4% compared with the third quarter of 2024, to USD 57.4bn,
mainly driven by
 
negative foreign
 
currency effects and
 
USD 0.5bn of negative
 
net new
 
loans. Net new
 
asset inflows
were USD 1.4bn.
Asia Pacific
Profit
 
before
 
tax
 
increased
 
by
 
USD 211m
 
to
 
USD 271m.
 
Total
 
revenues
 
increased
 
by
 
USD 107m,
 
or
 
15%,
 
to
USD 842m,
 
mainly
 
driven
 
by
 
increases
 
in
 
transaction-based
 
income,
 
net
 
interest
 
income
 
and
 
recurring
 
net
 
fee
income. The cost / income ratio
 
decreased to 67.5%
 
from 92.3%. Loans
 
decreased 3% compared
 
with the third
quarter of 2024,
 
to USD 41.5bn, mainly
 
driven by negative
 
foreign currency effects and
 
USD 0.2bn of negative
 
net
new loans. Net new asset outflows were USD 1.2bn.
Global
Operating loss before tax
 
was USD 289m, mainly including USD 460m
 
of the aforementioned integration-related
expenses and
 
PPA
 
effects in
 
operating expenses,
 
partly offset
 
by the
 
aforementioned USD 200m
 
related to
 
PPA
effects and a loss of USD 21m related to an investment
 
in an associate in total revenues.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Personal & Corporate Banking
 
Personal & Corporate Banking – in Swiss francs
1
As of or for the quarter ended
% change from
As of or for the year
ended
CHF m, except where indicated
31.12.24
30.9.24
31.12.23
2
3Q24
4Q23
31.12.24
31.12.23
2
Results
Net interest income
 
1,204
 
1,227
 
1,320
 
(2)
 
(9)
 
4,987
 
4,350
Recurring net fee income
3
 
357
 
363
 
332
 
(1)
 
8
 
1,425
 
1,137
Transaction-based income
3
 
471
 
439
 
431
 
7
 
9
 
1,821
 
1,591
Other income
 
(49)
 
29
 
(251)
 
(81)
 
7
 
(198)
Total revenues
 
1,983
 
2,056
 
1,832
 
(4)
 
8
 
8,241
 
6,880
Credit loss expense / (release)
 
155
 
71
 
74
 
118
 
110
 
357
 
433
Operating expenses
 
1,305
 
1,258
 
1,222
 
4
 
7
 
5,070
 
3,919
Business division operating profit / (loss) before tax
 
524
 
728
 
537
 
(28)
 
(2)
 
2,814
 
2,528
Underlying results
Total revenues as reported
 
1,983
 
2,056
 
1,832
 
(4)
 
8
 
8,241
 
6,880
of which: PPA effects and other integration items
4
 
227
 
239
 
267
 
(5)
 
(15)
 
915
 
692
of which: PPA effects recognized in net interest income
 
 
209
 
219
 
235
 
(4)
 
(11)
 
841
 
609
of which: PPA effects and other integration items recognized in transaction-based income
 
18
 
20
 
31
 
(11)
 
(42)
 
74
 
83
of which: loss related to an investment in an associate
 
(54)
 
(267)
 
(80)
 
(54)
 
(267)
Total revenues (underlying)
3
 
1,810
 
1,818
 
1,833
 
0
 
(1)
 
7,379
 
6,455
Credit loss expense / (release)
 
155
 
71
 
74
 
118
 
110
 
357
 
433
Operating expenses as reported
 
1,305
 
1,258
 
1,222
 
4
 
7
 
5,070
 
3,919
of which: integration-related expenses and PPA effects
3,5
 
185
 
170
 
162
 
8
 
14
 
662
 
350
of which: items related to the Swisscard transactions
6
 
37
 
37
Operating expenses (underlying)
3
 
1,083
 
1,088
 
1,060
 
0
 
2
 
4,371
 
3,569
of which: expenses for litigation, regulatory and similar matters
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
1
 
(8)
Business division operating profit / (loss) before tax as reported
 
524
 
728
 
537
 
(28)
 
(2)
 
2,814
 
2,528
Business division operating profit / (loss) before tax (underlying)
3
 
572
 
659
 
699
 
(13)
 
(18)
 
2,651
 
2,453
Performance measures and other information
Pre-tax profit growth (year-on-year, %)
3
 
(2.4)
 
(14.3)
 
6.5
 
11.3
 
46.4
Cost / income ratio (%)
3
 
65.8
 
61.2
 
66.7
 
61.5
 
57.0
Average attributed equity (CHF bn)
7
 
18.6
 
18.9
 
19.3
 
(1)
 
(3)
 
19.0
 
15.1
Return on attributed equity (%)
3,7
 
11.2
 
15.4
 
11.1
 
14.8
 
16.7
Net interest margin (bps)
3
 
198
 
199
 
209
 
201
 
204
Loans, gross (CHF bn)
 
242.3
 
244.2
 
251.8
 
(1)
 
(4)
 
242.3
 
251.8
Customer deposits (CHF bn)
 
254.1
 
252.3
 
257.8
 
1
 
(1)
 
254.1
 
257.8
Impaired loan portfolio as a percentage of total loan portfolio, gross (%)
3,8
 
1.3
 
1.2
 
1.0
 
1.3
 
1.0
Underlying performance measures
Pre-tax profit growth (year-on-year, %)
3
 
(18.2)
 
(6.8)
 
38.8
 
8.1
 
42.1
Cost / income ratio (%)
3
 
59.8
 
59.9
 
57.8
 
59.2
 
55.3
Return on attributed equity (%)
3,7
 
12.3
 
13.9
 
14.5
 
13.9
 
16.3
1 Comparatives may differ due to
 
adjustments following organizational changes,
 
restatements due to the retrospective
 
adoption of new accounting standards
 
or changes in accounting policies,
 
and events after the
reporting period.
 
2 Comparative figures have been restated for changes in business division perimeters, Group Treasury allocations and Non-core and Legacy cost allocations, resulting in decreases in operating profit
before tax of CHF
164m for the quarter ended
 
31
December 2023 and CHF
296m for the year ended
 
31
December 2023. Refer to “Note
 
3 Segment reporting” in the
 
“Consolidated financial statements” section
 
of
the UBS Group third quarter 2024 report, available under “Quarterly reporting”
 
at ubs.com/investors, for more information about the relevant changes. Certain comparative figures have also been restated for changes
in the equity attribution framework. Refer to “Changes to segment reporting in
 
2024” in the “UBS business divisions and Group Items” section and the
 
“Equity attribution” section of the UBS Group first quarter 2024
report, available under “Quarterly reporting” at ubs.com/investors,
 
for more information about the relevant changes.
 
3 Refer to “Alternative
 
performance measures” in the appendix to this report for the
 
definition
and calculation method.
 
4 Includes accretion of PPA adjustments on financial instruments and other PPA effects, as well as temporary and incremental items directly
 
related to the integration.
 
5 Includes temporary,
incremental operating expenses directly related to the integration, as well as amortization of newly
 
recognized intangibles resulting from the acquisition of the Credit Suisse Group.
 
6 Represents the termination fee
to American Express related
 
to the expected sale
 
in 2025 of our
 
50% holding in Swisscard.
 
7
Refer to the “Equity
 
attribution” section of this
 
report for more information
 
about the equity attribution
 
framework.
 
8 Refer to the “Risk management and control” section of this report for more information about (credit-)impaired exposures.
Results
:
4Q24 vs 4Q23
Profit before tax decreased by CHF
 
13m, or 2%, to
 
CHF 524m, reflecting higher
 
operating expenses and
 
net credit
loss expenses,
 
partly offset
 
by higher
 
total revenues.
 
Underlying profit
 
before tax
 
was CHF 572m,
 
a decrease
 
of
18%,
 
after
 
excluding
 
from
 
total
 
revenues
 
CHF 227m
 
of
 
purchase
 
price
 
allocation
 
(PPA)
 
effects
 
and
 
a
 
loss
 
of
CHF 54m related to an investment
 
in an associate, and also excluding
 
from operating expenses integration-related
expenses and PPA effects of CHF 185m
 
and a CHF 37m expense related to the Swisscard transactions.
 
 
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Total revenues
Total
 
revenues
 
increased
 
by
 
CHF 151m,
 
or
 
8%,
 
to
 
CHF 1,983m, largely
 
reflecting
 
a
 
decrease
 
in
 
negative other
income,
 
partly
 
offset
 
by
 
lower
 
net
 
interest
 
income.
 
The
 
change
 
in
 
total
 
revenues
 
was
 
also
 
due
 
to
 
a
 
CHF 40m
decrease
 
in
 
PPA
 
effects.
 
Total
 
revenues
 
included
 
a
 
loss
 
of
 
CHF 54m
 
related
 
to
 
an
 
investment
 
in
 
an
 
associate.
Excluding PPA
 
effects of CHF 227m and
 
the aforementioned loss, underlying total
 
revenues were CHF 1,810m, a
decrease of 1%.
Net interest
 
income decreased
 
by CHF 116m,
 
or 9%,
 
to CHF 1,204m,
 
and included
 
a CHF 26m
 
decrease
 
in accretion
of PPA
 
adjustments on
 
financial instruments
 
and other
 
PPA effects.
 
The remaining
 
decrease was
 
mainly due
 
to lower
deposit margins,
 
resulting from
 
both lower
 
reinvestment
 
rates and
 
clients shifting
 
to lower-margin
 
deposit products.
Excluding accretion and other effects, underlying
 
net interest income was CHF 994m, a
 
decrease of 8%.
Recurring net fee income increased by
 
CHF 25m, or 8%, to CHF 357m,
 
mainly due to higher investment product
levels, reflecting positive market performance
 
and net new inflows. Recurring
 
net fee income in the fourth quarter
of 2024 was impacted by a
 
reclassification of recurring net fee income to
 
transaction-based income as a result of
aligning the Credit Suisse presentation to that of
 
UBS.
Transaction-based
 
income
 
increased
 
by
 
CHF 40m,
 
or
 
9%,
 
to
 
CHF 471m,
 
mainly
 
reflecting
 
the
 
aforementioned
reclassification
 
of
 
recurring net
 
fee
 
income
 
to
 
transaction-based income,
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
higher
 
client
 
activity
 
levels.
Transaction-based
 
income
 
also
 
included
 
a
 
CHF 13m
 
decrease
 
of
 
accretion
 
of
 
PPA
 
adjustments
 
on
 
financial
instruments and other
 
PPA effects. Excluding
 
accretion and other
 
effects, underlying transaction-based
 
income was
CHF 453m, an increase of 13%.
Other income was
 
negative CHF 49m,
 
compared with other
 
income of negative
 
CHF 251m in the
 
fourth quarter
 
of
2023.
 
Other
 
income
 
in
 
the
 
fourth
 
quarter
 
of
 
2024
 
included
 
a
 
loss
 
of
 
CHF 54m
 
related
 
to
 
an
 
investment in
 
an
associate, compared
 
with a
 
loss of
 
CHF 267m
 
related to
 
an investment
 
in an
 
associate recognized
 
in the
 
fourth
quarter of 2023.
 
Excluding the aforementioned
 
loss, underlying other
 
income in the
 
fourth quarter of
 
2024 was
CHF 5m.
Credit loss expense / release
Net credit
 
loss expenses
 
were CHF 155m,
 
mainly reflecting
 
net credit
 
loss expenses
 
of CHF 177m
 
on credit-impaired
positions
 
primarily
 
in
 
the
 
legacy
 
Credit
 
Suisse
 
corporate
 
loan
 
book,
 
partly
 
offset
 
by
 
net
 
credit
 
loss
 
releases
 
of
CHF 22m related to performing positions. These
 
compared with net credit loss expenses of CHF 74m
 
in the fourth
quarter of 2023.
Operating expenses
Operating expenses
 
increased by
 
CHF 83m, or
 
7%, to
 
CHF 1,305m
 
and included
 
a CHF 23m
 
increase in
 
integration-
related expenses.
 
Operating expenses in
 
the fourth quarter
 
of 2024 also
 
included a
 
CHF 37m expense related
 
to
the Swisscard
 
transactions.
 
Excluding integration-related
 
expenses and
 
PPA
 
effects of
 
CHF 185m, as
 
well as
 
the
aforementioned expense of CHF 37m, underlying operating expenses were CHF 1,083m, broadly stable year over
year.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Personal & Corporate Banking – in US dollars
1
As of or for the quarter ended
% change from
As of or for the year
ended
USD m, except where indicated
31.12.24
30.9.24
31.12.23
2
3Q24
4Q23
31.12.24
31.12.23
2
Results
Net interest income
 
1,362
 
1,429
 
1,510
 
(5)
 
(10)
 
5,650
 
4,878
Recurring net fee income
3
 
404
 
422
 
379
 
(4)
 
7
 
1,614
 
1,272
Transaction-based income
3
 
532
 
510
 
492
 
4
 
8
 
2,061
 
1,779
Other income
 
(53)
 
33
 
(299)
 
(82)
 
10
 
(241)
Total revenues
 
2,245
 
2,394
 
2,083
 
(6)
 
8
 
9,334
 
7,687
Credit loss expense / (release)
 
175
 
83
 
85
 
111
 
107
 
404
 
482
Operating expenses
 
1,476
 
1,465
 
1,398
 
1
 
6
 
5,741
 
4,394
Business division operating profit / (loss) before tax
 
595
 
846
 
601
 
(30)
 
(1)
 
3,189
 
2,811
Underlying results
Total revenues as reported
 
2,245
 
2,394
 
2,083
 
(6)
 
8
 
9,334
 
7,687
of which: PPA effects and other integration items
4
 
258
 
278
 
306
 
(7)
 
(16)
 
1,038
 
783
of which: PPA effects recognized in net interest income
 
237
 
255
 
270
 
(7)
 
(12)
 
954
 
688
of which: PPA effects and other integration items recognized in transaction-based income
 
20
 
23
 
36
 
(14)
 
(44)
 
84
 
94
of which: loss related to an investment in an associate
 
(59)
 
(317)
 
(81)
 
(59)
 
(317)
Total revenues (underlying)
3
 
2,047
 
2,116
 
2,094
 
(3)
 
(2)
 
8,355
 
7,222
Credit loss expense / (release)
 
175
 
83
 
85
 
111
 
107
 
404
 
482
Operating expenses as reported
 
1,476
 
1,465
 
1,398
 
1
 
6
 
5,741
 
4,394
of which: integration-related expenses and PPA effects
3,5
 
209
 
198
 
187
 
6
 
12
 
749
 
398
of which: items related to the Swisscard transactions
6
 
41
 
41
Operating expenses (underlying)
3
 
1,226
 
1,267
 
1,210
 
(3)
 
1
 
4,951
 
3,996
of which: expenses for litigation, regulatory and similar matters
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
1
 
(9)
Business division operating profit / (loss) before tax as reported
 
595
 
846
 
601
 
(30)
 
(1)
 
3,189
 
2,811
Business division operating profit / (loss) before tax (underlying)
3
 
646
 
766
 
800
 
(16)
 
(19)
 
3,000
 
2,744
Performance measures and other information
Pre-tax profit growth (year-on-year, %)
3
 
(1.0)
 
(11.6)
 
13.7
 
13.4
 
55.2
Cost / income ratio (%)
3
 
65.7
 
61.2
 
67.1
 
61.5
 
57.2
Average attributed equity (USD bn)
7
 
21.3
 
21.8
 
21.8
 
(2)
 
(2)
 
21.6
 
16.8
Return on attributed equity (%)
3,7
 
11.2
 
15.5
 
11.0
 
14.8
 
16.7
Net interest margin (bps)
3
 
196
 
202
 
209
 
200
 
206
Loans, gross (USD bn)
 
266.9
 
288.4
 
299.2
 
(7)
 
(11)
 
266.9
 
299.2
Customer deposits (USD bn)
 
279.9
 
297.9
 
306.2
 
(6)
 
(9)
 
279.9
 
306.2
Impaired loan portfolio as a percentage of total loan portfolio, gross (%)
3,8
 
1.3
 
1.2
 
1.0
 
1.3
 
1.0
Underlying performance measures
Pre-tax profit growth (year-on-year, %)
3
 
(19.2)
 
(4.1)
 
51.2
 
9.3
 
51.5
Cost / income ratio (%)
3
 
59.9
 
59.9
 
57.8
 
59.3
 
55.3
Return on attributed equity (%)
3,7
 
12.1
 
14.1
 
14.7
 
13.9
 
16.3
1 Comparatives may differ due to
 
adjustments following organizational changes,
 
restatements due to the retrospective
 
adoption of new accounting standards
 
or changes in accounting policies,
 
and events after the
reporting period.
 
2 Comparative figures have been restated for changes in business division perimeters, Group Treasury allocations and Non-core and Legacy cost allocations, resulting in decreases in operating profit
before tax of USD
187m for the quarter ended
 
31
December 2023 and USD
337m for the year ended
 
31
December 2023. Refer to “Note 3
 
Segment reporting” in the “Consolidated
 
financial statements” section of
the UBS Group third quarter 2024 report, available under “Quarterly reporting”
 
at ubs.com/investors, for more information about the relevant changes. Certain comparative figures have also been restated for changes
in the equity attribution framework. Refer to “Changes to segment reporting in
 
2024” in the “UBS business divisions and Group Items” section and the
 
“Equity attribution” section of the UBS Group first quarter 2024
report, available under “Quarterly reporting” at ubs.com/investors,
 
for more information about the relevant changes.
 
3 Refer to “Alternative
 
performance measures” in the appendix to this report for the
 
definition
and calculation method.
 
4 Includes accretion of PPA adjustments on financial instruments and other PPA effects, as well as temporary and incremental items
 
directly related to the integration.
 
5 Includes temporary,
incremental operating expenses directly related to the integration, as well as amortization of newly
 
recognized intangibles resulting from the acquisition of the Credit Suisse Group.
 
6 Represents the termination fee
to American Express related
 
to the expected sale
 
in 2025 of our
 
50% holding in Swisscard.
 
7
Refer to the “Equity
 
attribution” section of this
 
report for more information
 
about the equity attribution
 
framework.
 
8 Refer to the “Risk management and control” section of this report for more information about (credit-)impaired exposures.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Asset Management
Asset Management
1
As of or for the quarter ended
% change from
As of or for the year
ended
USD m, except where indicated
31.12.24
30.9.24
31.12.23
2
3Q24
4Q23
31.12.24
31.12.23
2
Results
Net management fees
3
 
709
 
755
 
745
 
(6)
 
(5)
 
2,921
 
2,554
Performance fees
 
44
 
46
 
52
 
(3)
 
(15)
 
149
 
104
Net gain from disposals
 
13
 
72
 
27
 
(82)
 
(53)
 
113
 
27
Total revenues
 
766
 
873
 
825
 
(12)
 
(7)
 
3,182
 
2,686
Credit loss expense / (release)
 
0
 
0
 
(1)
 
(1)
 
0
Operating expenses
 
639
 
722
 
704
 
(12)
 
(9)
 
2,663
 
2,353
Business division operating profit / (loss) before tax
 
128
 
151
 
122
 
(15)
 
5
 
520
 
332
Underlying results
Total revenues as reported
 
766
 
873
 
825
 
(12)
 
(7)
 
3,182
 
2,686
Total revenues (underlying)
4
 
766
 
873
 
825
 
(12)
 
(7)
 
3,182
 
2,686
Credit loss expense / (release)
 
0
 
0
 
(1)
 
(1)
 
0
Operating expenses as reported
 
639
 
722
 
704
 
(12)
 
(9)
 
2,663
 
2,353
of which: integration-related expenses
4
 
96
 
86
 
64
 
11
 
49
 
351
 
205
Operating expenses (underlying)
4
 
543
 
636
 
639
 
(15)
 
(15)
 
2,312
 
2,149
of which: expenses for litigation, regulatory and similar matters
 
1
 
6
 
6
 
7
 
8
Business division operating profit / (loss) before tax as reported
 
128
 
151
 
122
 
(15)
 
5
 
520
 
332
Business division operating profit / (loss) before tax (underlying)
4
 
224
 
237
 
186
 
(6)
 
20
 
871
 
537
Performance measures and other information
Pre-tax profit growth (year-on-year, %)
4
 
5.2
 
309.1
 
(1.9)
 
56.3
 
(76.2)
Cost / income ratio (%)
4
 
83.3
 
82.7
 
85.3
 
83.7
 
87.6
Average attributed equity (USD bn)
5
 
2.8
 
2.7
 
2.6
 
5
 
10
 
2.7
 
2.3
Return on attributed equity (%)
4,5
 
18.0
 
22.4
 
18.8
 
19.2
 
14.1
Gross margin on invested assets (bps)
4
 
17
 
20
 
21
 
18
 
19
Underlying performance measures
Pre-tax profit growth (year-on-year, %)
4
 
20.3
 
45.5
 
50.2
 
62.2
 
(2.4)
Cost / income ratio (%)
4
 
70.8
 
72.8
 
77.5
 
72.7
 
80.0
Return on attributed equity (%)
4,5
 
31.5
 
35.2
 
28.7
 
32.1
 
22.8
Information by business line / asset
 
class
Net new money (USD bn)
4
Equities
 
30.5
 
(4.9)
 
(6.4)
 
20.7
 
(4.0)
Fixed Income
 
4.1
 
5.3
 
(5.6)
 
18.0
 
17.8
of which: money market
 
4.3
 
4.7
 
1.4
 
18.5
 
22.3
Multi-asset & Solutions
 
(0.5)
 
(0.6)
 
0.9
 
(1.5)
 
2.2
Hedge Fund Businesses
 
(2.8)
 
(0.5)
 
(1.6)
 
(3.5)
 
(4.2)
Real Estate & Private Markets
 
(0.9)
 
0.7
 
0.3
 
0.1
 
2.7
Total net new money excluding associates
 
30.4
 
0.0
 
(12.4)
 
33.8
 
14.6
of which: net new money excluding money market
 
26.2
 
(4.8)
 
(13.8)
 
15.4
 
(7.7)
Associates
6
 
3.0
 
2.0
 
0.1
 
10.8
 
1.1
Total net new money
 
33.4
 
2.0
 
(12.2)
 
44.6
 
15.7
Invested assets (USD bn)
4
Equities
 
755
 
747
 
644
 
1
 
17
 
755
 
644
Fixed Income
 
464
 
471
 
445
 
(1)
 
4
 
464
 
445
of which: money market
 
157
 
153
 
134
 
3
 
18
 
157
 
134
Multi-asset & Solutions
 
268
 
285
 
274
 
(6)
 
(2)
 
268
 
274
Hedge Fund Businesses
 
58
 
60
 
57
 
(3)
 
3
 
58
 
57
Real Estate & Private Markets
 
143
 
152
 
156
 
(6)
 
(8)
 
143
 
156
Total invested assets excluding associates
 
1,689
 
1,714
 
1,577
 
(1)
 
7
 
1,689
 
1,577
of which: passive strategies
 
807
 
806
 
715
 
0
 
13
 
807
 
715
Associates
6
 
84
 
83
 
72
 
1
 
16
 
84
 
72
Total invested assets
 
1,773
 
1,797
 
1,649
 
(1)
 
7
 
1,773
 
1,649
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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UBS business divisions and Group Items | Asset
 
Management
 
26
Asset Management (continued)
1
As of or for the quarter ended
% change from
As of or for the year
ended
USD m, except where indicated
31.12.24
30.9.24
31.12.23
2
3Q24
4Q23
31.12.24
31.12.23
2
Information by region
Invested assets (USD bn)
4
Americas
 
443
 
438
 
402
 
1
 
10
 
443
 
402
Asia Pacific
7
 
224
 
229
 
211
 
(2)
 
6
 
224
 
211
EMEA (excluding Switzerland)
 
435
 
403
 
354
 
8
 
23
 
435
 
354
Switzerland
 
670
 
728
 
682
 
(8)
 
(2)
 
670
 
682
Total invested assets
 
1,773
 
1,797
 
1,649
 
(1)
 
7
 
1,773
 
1,649
Information by channel
Invested assets (USD bn)
4
Third-party institutional
 
1,008
 
1,010
 
939
 
0
 
7
 
1,008
 
939
Third-party wholesale
 
169
 
182
 
177
 
(7)
 
(4)
 
169
 
177
UBS’s wealth management businesses
 
512
 
522
 
461
 
(2)
 
11
 
512
 
461
Associates
6
 
84
 
83
 
72
 
1
 
16
 
84
 
72
Total invested assets
 
1,773
 
1,797
 
1,649
 
(1)
 
7
 
1,773
 
1,649
1 Comparatives may differ due to adjustments
 
following organizational changes, restatements
 
due to the retrospective adoption of
 
new accounting standards or changes in
 
accounting policies, and events
 
after the
reporting period.
 
2 Comparative figures have been restated for changes in business division perimeters, Group Treasury allocations and Non-core and Legacy cost allocations, resulting in increases in operating profit
before tax of USD
7m for the quarter ended 31
December 2023 and USD
14m for the year ended 31
December 2023. Refer to “Note 3
 
Segment reporting” in the “Consolidated financial
 
statements” section of the
UBS Group third quarter 2024 report, available under “Quarterly reporting” at ubs.com/investors, for more information about the relevant changes.
 
Certain comparative figures have also been restated for changes in
the equity attribution framework. Refer to “Changes to segment reporting in 2024” in the “UBS
 
business divisions and Group Items” section and the “Equity attribution” section of the UBS Group first
 
quarter 2024
report, available under “Quarterly reporting”
 
at ubs.com/investors,
 
for more information about the relevant
 
changes.
 
3 Net management fees include transaction
 
fees, fund administration
 
revenues (including net
interest and trading income from lending activities
 
and foreign-exchange hedging as part of the fund
 
services offering), distribution fees, incremental
 
fund-related expenses, gains or losses from
 
seed money and co-
investments, funding costs, the
 
negative pass-through impact of third-party
 
performance fees, and other items
 
that are not Asset Management’s
 
performance fees.
 
4 Refer to “Alternative
 
performance measures”
in the appendix to this report for the definition and calculation method.
 
5 Refer to the “Equity attribution” section of this report for more information about the equity attribution framework.
 
6 The invested assets
and net new money amounts reported for associates are prepared in accordance with their local regulatory requirements and practices.
 
7 Includes invested assets from associates.
Results: 4Q24 vs 4Q23
 
Profit before tax increased by USD 6m, or 5%, to USD 128m, reflecting lower operating expenses,
 
partly offset by
a decrease in total revenues.
 
Profit before tax in the fourth quarter of 2024 included net
 
gains of USD 13m on the
sale of our shareholding in Credit Suisse Investment Partners,
 
compared with net gains on sale of USD 27m in the
fourth quarter of 2023,
 
which predominantly related
 
to the completion of
 
the sale of a majority
 
stake in UBS Hana
Asset
 
Management Co.,
 
Ltd.
 
Underlying
 
profit
 
before tax
 
was
 
USD 224m,
 
an
 
increase of
 
20%, after
 
excluding
integration-related expenses of USD 96m.
Total revenues
Total revenues decreased by USD 59m,
 
or 7%, to
 
USD 766m, mostly
 
due to lower
 
net management
 
fees and lower
net gains on the aforementioned sales.
Net
 
management fees
 
decreased by
 
USD 36m, or
 
5%, to
 
USD 709m, with
 
continued margin
 
compression,
 
the
impact of exits
 
from non-strategic businesses
 
and negative
 
foreign currency
 
effects largely offset
 
by positive market
performance.
Performance fees decreased
 
by USD 8m, or 15%,
 
to USD 44m, mostly due
 
to the fourth quarter
 
of 2023 including
the final distribution of fees from
 
a legacy fund. The remaining variance
 
was due to decreases in Fixed
 
Income and
Real Estate & Private Markets, partly offset
 
by increases in Hedge Fund Businesses.
Operating expenses
Operating expenses
 
decreased by
 
USD 65m, or
 
9%, to
 
USD 639m, mainly
 
reflecting lower
 
personnel expenses,
 
and
included a USD 32m increase in integration-related expenses. Excluding
 
integration-related expenses of USD 96m,
underlying operating expenses were USD 543m, a decrease
 
of 15%.
Invested assets: 4Q24 vs 3Q24
 
Invested
 
assets
 
decreased
 
by
 
USD 24bn
 
to
 
USD 1,773bn,
 
mainly
 
reflecting
 
negative
 
foreign
 
currency
 
effects
 
of
USD 72bn, partly offset by
 
net new money of USD
 
33bn and positive market
 
performance of USD 16bn. Excluding
money market flows and associates, net
 
new money was USD 26bn, driven
 
by a USD 39bn institutional inflow in
passive equities.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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|
UBS business divisions and Group Items | Investment
 
Bank
 
27
Investment Bank
Investment Bank
1
As of or for the quarter ended
% change from
As of or for the year
ended
USD m, except where indicated
31.12.24
30.9.24
31.12.23
2
3Q24
4Q23
31.12.24
31.12.23
2
Results
Advisory
 
260
 
220
 
191
 
18
 
36
 
907
 
751
Capital Markets
 
612
 
516
 
649
 
19
 
(6)
 
2,547
 
1,668
Global Banking
 
872
 
736
 
840
 
19
 
4
 
3,454
 
2,418
Execution Services
3
 
471
 
440
 
351
 
7
 
34
 
1,719
 
1,354
Derivatives & Solutions
3
 
683
 
964
 
507
 
(29)
 
35
 
3,478
 
2,951
Financing
 
723
 
506
 
442
 
43
 
64
 
2,297
 
1,980
Global Markets
 
1,877
 
1,910
 
1,301
 
(2)
 
44
 
7,494
 
6,285
of which: Equities
 
1,448
 
1,432
 
1,006
 
1
 
44
 
5,588
 
4,550
of which: Foreign Exchange, Rates and Credit
 
429
 
477
 
295
 
(10)
 
45
 
1,906
 
1,735
Total revenues
 
2,749
 
2,645
 
2,141
 
4
 
28
 
10,948
 
8,703
Credit loss expense / (release)
 
63
 
9
 
48
 
638
 
32
 
97
 
190
Operating expenses
 
2,207
 
2,231
 
2,283
 
(1)
 
(3)
 
8,934
 
8,585
Business division operating profit / (loss) before tax
 
479
 
405
 
(190)
 
18
 
1,917
 
(72)
Underlying results
Total revenues as reported
 
2,749
 
2,645
 
2,141
 
4
 
28
 
10,948
 
8,703
of which: PPA effects
4
 
202
 
185
 
277
 
10
 
(27)
 
989
 
583
of which: PPA effects recognized in Global Banking revenue line
 
197
 
180
 
275
 
9
 
(28)
 
972
 
580
Total revenues (underlying)
5
 
2,547
 
2,461
 
1,864
 
3
 
37
 
9,958
 
8,120
Credit loss expense / (release)
 
63
 
9
 
48
 
638
 
32
 
97
 
190
Operating expenses as reported
 
2,207
 
2,231
 
2,283
 
(1)
 
(3)
 
8,934
 
8,585
of which: integration-related expenses
5
 
174
 
156
 
167
 
12
 
4
 
717
 
697
Operating expenses (underlying)
5
 
2,032
 
2,076
 
2,116
 
(2)
 
(4)
 
8,217
 
7,889
of which: expenses for litigation, regulatory and similar matters
 
12
 
(1)
 
13
 
(12)
 
9
 
78
Business division operating profit / (loss) before tax as reported
 
479
 
405
 
(190)
 
18
 
1,917
 
(72)
Business division operating profit / (loss) before tax (underlying)
5
 
452
 
377
 
(300)
 
20
 
1,644
 
42
Performance measures and other information
Pre-tax profit growth (year-on-year, %)
5
n.m.
n.m.
n.m.
n.m.
n.m.
Cost / income ratio (%)
5
 
80.3
 
84.4
 
106.6
 
81.6
 
98.6
Average attributed equity (USD bn)
6
 
17.3
 
17.0
 
16.8
 
1
 
3
 
17.1
 
15.9
Return on attributed equity (%)
5,6
 
11.1
 
9.5
 
(4.5)
 
11.2
 
(0.5)
Underlying performance measures
Pre-tax profit growth (year-on-year, %)
5
n.m.
n.m.
n.m.
n.m.
 
(97.9)
Cost / income ratio (%)
5
 
79.8
 
84.4
 
113.5
 
82.5
 
97.1
Return on attributed equity (%)
5,6
 
10.5
 
8.8
 
(7.1)
 
9.6
 
0.3
1 Comparatives may differ due to
 
adjustments following organizational changes,
 
restatements due to the retrospective
 
adoption of new accounting standards
 
or changes in accounting policies,
 
and events after the
reporting period.
 
2 Comparative figures have been restated for changes in business division
 
perimeters, Group Treasury
 
allocations and Non-core and Legacy cost allocations, resulting
 
in increases in operating loss
before tax of USD
21m for the quarter ended 31
December 2023 and USD
28m for the year ended 31
December 2023. Refer to “Note 3 Segment reporting” in the “Consolidated
 
financial statements” section of the
UBS Group third quarter 2024 report, available under “Quarterly reporting” at ubs.com/investors, for more information about the relevant
 
changes. Certain comparative figures have also been restated for changes in
the equity attribution framework. Refer to “Changes to segment reporting in 2024”
 
in the “UBS business divisions and Group Items” section and the “Equity
 
attribution” section of the UBS Group first quarter 2024
report, available
 
under “Quarterly
 
reporting” at
 
ubs.com/investors,
 
for more
 
information about
 
the relevant
 
changes.
 
3 Comparative
 
figures for
 
the quarter
 
ended 31
 
December 2023
 
and for
 
the year
 
ended
31 December 2023 have been
 
restated as a result
 
of the shift of the
 
foreign exchange products that
 
are traded over electronic
 
platforms from Execution
 
Services to Derivatives &
 
Solutions. The
 
restatement had no
effect on total Global Markets revenues.
 
4 Includes accretion of PPA adjustments on financial
 
instruments and other PPA effects.
 
5 Refer to “Alternative performance
 
measures” in the appendix to this report for
the definition and calculation method.
 
6 Refer to the “Equity attribution” section of this report for more information about the equity attribution framework.
 
 
UBS Group fourth quarter 2024 report
 
|
UBS business divisions and Group Items | Investment
 
Bank
 
28
Results: 4Q24 vs 4Q23
Profit before
 
tax was
 
USD 479m, compared
 
with a
 
loss before
 
tax of
 
USD 190m in
 
the fourth
 
quarter of
 
2023,
mainly due
 
to higher
 
total revenues and
 
lower operating expenses.
 
Underlying profit
 
before tax
 
was USD 452m,
after excluding
 
USD 202m
 
of purchase
 
price allocation
 
(PPA) effects
 
and USD 174m
 
of integration-related
 
expenses.
Total revenues
Total revenues increased by
 
USD 608m, or
 
28%, to
 
USD 2,749m, due
 
to higher
 
Global Markets
 
and Global
 
Banking
revenues, and
 
included a
 
USD 75m decrease
 
in PPA
 
effects. Underlying
 
total revenues,
 
excluding PPA
 
effects of
USD 202m, were USD 2,547m, an increase of 37%.
Global Banking
Global Banking revenues increased
 
by USD 32m, or 4%,
 
to USD 872m, despite a USD 78m
 
decrease in accretion
of PPA
 
adjustments on
 
financial instruments
 
and other
 
PPA
 
effects.
 
Excluding such
 
accretion and
 
other effects,
underlying Global Banking revenues increased by USD 109m,
 
or 19%.
 
Advisory revenues
 
increased by
 
USD 69m, or
 
36%, to
 
USD 260m, mainly
 
due to
 
higher merger
 
and acquisition
transaction revenues, which increased by
 
USD 63m, or 41%.
 
Capital Markets revenues decreased
 
by USD 37m to USD 612m,
 
including a USD 78m decrease
 
in accretion of PPA
adjustments on financial instruments
 
and other PPA effects. Excluding
 
such accretion and other effects,
 
underlying
Capital Markets revenues increased by USD 40m,
 
or 11%, primarily driven by Leveraged Capital
 
Markets.
 
Global Markets
Global Markets revenues
 
increased by USD 576m,
 
or 44%, to
 
USD 1,877m, driven
 
by higher Financing,
 
Derivatives
& Solutions and Execution Services revenues.
Execution
 
Services
 
revenues
 
increased
 
by
 
USD 120m,
 
or
 
34%,
 
to
 
USD 471m,
 
mainly
 
due
 
to
 
increases
 
in
 
Cash
Equities across all regions.
Derivatives &
 
Solutions revenues
 
increased by
 
USD 176m, or
 
35%, to
 
USD 683m, with
 
increases across
 
all products,
mostly driven by Foreign Exchange and Equity
 
Derivatives.
Financing revenues
 
increased by
 
USD 281m, or
 
64%, to
 
USD 723m, with
 
increases across
 
all products,
 
led by
 
Equity
Financing.
Equities
Global
 
Markets
 
Equities
 
revenues
 
increased
 
by
 
USD 442m,
 
or
 
44%,
 
to
 
USD 1,448m,
 
driven
 
by
 
increases
 
in
 
all
products, led by Financing and Cash Equities.
Foreign Exchange, Rates and Credit
Global
 
Markets
 
Foreign
 
Exchange,
 
Rates
 
and
 
Credit
 
revenues
 
increased
 
by
 
USD 134m,
 
or
 
45%,
 
to
 
USD 429m,
driven by increases in all products, led by Foreign Exchange.
Credit loss expense / release
Net credit loss expenses increased by USD 15m
 
to USD 63m.
Operating expenses
Operating
 
expenses
 
decreased
 
by
 
USD 76m,
 
or
 
3%,
 
to
 
USD 2,207m,
 
largely
 
due
 
to
 
a
 
decrease
 
in
 
personnel
expenses.
 
Operating expenses included a USD 7m increase
 
in integration-related expenses. Excluding integration-
related expenses of
 
USD 174m,
 
underlying operating
 
expenses were USD 2,032m,
 
a decrease of USD 84m,
 
or 4%.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UBS Group fourth quarter 2024 report |
UBS business divisions and Group Items | Non-core
 
and Legacy
 
29
Non-core and Legacy
Non-core and Legacy
1
As of or for the quarter ended
% change from
As of or for the year
ended
USD m, except where indicated
31.12.24
30.9.24
31.12.23
2
3Q24
4Q23
31.12.24
31.12.23
2
Results
Total revenues
 
(58)
 
262
 
145
 
1,605
 
697
Credit loss expense / (release)
 
6
 
28
 
15
 
(77)
 
(57)
 
69
 
193
Operating expenses
 
858
 
837
 
1,787
 
3
 
(52)
 
3,512
 
5,091
Operating profit / (loss) before tax
 
(923)
 
(603)
 
(1,657)
 
53
 
(44)
 
(1,976)
 
(4,587)
Underlying results
Total revenues as reported
 
(58)
 
262
 
145
 
1,605
 
697
Total revenues (underlying)
3
 
(58)
 
262
 
145
 
1,605
 
697
Credit loss expense / (release)
 
6
 
28
 
15
 
(77)
 
(57)
 
69
 
193
Operating expenses as reported
 
858
 
837
 
1,787
 
3
 
(52)
 
3,512
 
5,091
of which: integration-related expenses
3
 
317
 
270
 
750
 
17
 
(58)
 
1,154
 
1,775
Operating expenses (underlying)
3
 
541
 
567
 
1,037
 
(5)
 
(48)
 
2,359
 
3,316
of which: expenses for litigation, regulatory and similar matters
 
(20)
 
(91)
 
(33)
 
(78)
 
(39)
 
(300)
 
637
Operating profit / (loss) before tax as reported
 
(923)
 
(603)
 
(1,657)
 
53
 
(44)
 
(1,976)
 
(4,587)
Operating profit / (loss) before tax (underlying)
3
 
(606)
 
(333)
 
(907)
 
82
 
(33)
 
(822)
 
(2,812)
Performance measures and other information
Average attributed equity (USD bn)
4
 
8.7
 
8.5
 
9.5
 
2
 
(8)
 
9.5
 
6.0
Risk-weighted assets (USD bn)
 
41.4
 
44.8
 
74.0
 
(8)
 
(44)
 
41.4
 
74.0
Leverage ratio denominator (USD bn)
 
53.5
 
69.0
 
168.5
 
(22)
 
(68)
 
53.5
 
168.5
1 Comparatives may differ due to adjustments
 
following organizational changes, restatements
 
due to the retrospective adoption
 
of new accounting standards or changes
 
in accounting policies, and events
 
after the
reporting period.
 
2 Comparative figures have been restated for changes in business division perimeters, Group Treasury
 
allocations and Non-core and Legacy cost allocations, resulting in decreases in operating loss
before tax of USD
69m for the quarter ended 31
December 2023 and USD
154m for the year ended 31
December 2023. Refer to “Note 3 Segment reporting” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of the
UBS Group third quarter 2024 report, available under “Quarterly reporting” at ubs.com/investors, for more information about the relevant changes.
 
Certain comparative figures have also been restated for changes in
the equity attribution framework. Refer to “Changes to segment reporting in 2024” in the “UBS
 
business divisions and Group Items” section and the “Equity attribution” section of the UBS Group first
 
quarter 2024
report, available under “Quarterly reporting” at ubs.com/investors,
 
for more information about the relevant changes.
 
3 Refer to “Alternative performance
 
measures” in the appendix to this report for the definition
and calculation method.
 
4 Refer to the “Equity attribution” section of this report for more information about the equity attribution framework.
 
Composition of Non-core and Legacy
USD bn
RWA
Total assets
LRD
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Equities
 
0.9
 
1.0
 
2.6
 
4.5
 
2.0
 
4.2
Macro
 
4.4
 
4.7
 
26.3
 
33.6
 
10.2
 
14.4
Loans
 
2.8
 
4.4
 
3.2
 
4.3
 
4.0
 
6.0
Securitized products
 
5.2
 
6.4
 
7.4
 
7.8
 
8.8
 
10.4
Credit
 
0.3
 
0.4
 
0.2
 
0.2
 
0.2
 
0.7
High-quality liquid assets
 
27.2
 
31.7
 
27.2
 
31.7
Operational risk
 
27.1
 
27.1
Other
 
0.7
 
0.8
 
1.4
 
3.0
 
1.1
 
1.6
Total
 
41.4
 
44.8
 
68.3
 
85.1
 
53.5
 
69.0
Results: 4Q24 vs 4Q23
Loss before
 
tax was
 
USD 923m, compared
 
with a
 
loss before
 
tax of
 
USD 1,657m in
 
the fourth
 
quarter of
 
2023.
Underlying
 
loss
 
before
 
tax was
 
USD 606m,
 
a
 
decrease
 
of
 
33%,
 
after
 
excluding
 
integration-related expenses
 
of
USD 317m.
Total revenues
Total revenues were negative USD 58m,
 
compared with total
 
revenues of USD 145m
 
in the fourth
 
quarter of
 
2023,
mainly due to lower net interest income as a result
 
of portfolio reductions and also due to lower trading
 
revenues,
mainly reflecting lower gains on disposals compared with the fourth quarter
 
of 2023. These decreases were partly
offset by lower funding costs.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Credit loss expense / release
Net credit loss expenses decreased by USD 9m to USD 6m and mainly reflected
 
net credit loss expenses on credit-
impaired positions with a small number of corporate
 
counterparties.
 
Operating expenses
Operating
 
expenses
 
decreased
 
by
 
USD 929m,
 
or
 
52%,
 
to
 
USD 858m,
 
mainly
 
due
 
to
 
a
 
USD 433m
 
decrease
 
in
integration-related expenses, which included a
 
decrease in real
 
estate expenses,
 
and also due
 
to lower personnel
expenses
 
and
 
technology
 
expenses.
 
Excluding
 
integration-related expenses
 
of
 
USD 317m,
 
underlying
 
operating
expenses in the fourth quarter of 2024 were USD 541m,
 
a decrease of 48%.
Risk-weighted assets and leverage ratio denominator:
 
4Q24 vs 3Q24
Risk-weighted assets (RWA)
 
decreased by USD 3.4bn
 
to USD 41.4bn,
 
and the leverage
 
ratio denominator (the
 
LRD)
decreased
 
by
 
USD 15.5bn
 
to
 
USD 53.5bn.
 
The
 
active
 
unwinding
 
of
 
Non-core
 
and
 
Legacy
 
assets
 
resulted
 
in
 
a
decrease in RWA, mainly related to the loan
 
and securitized product portfolios, and a decrease in the LRD, mainly
driven by the changes in the high-quality
 
liquid asset, macro,
 
equity and loan portfolios.
Group Items
Group Items
1
As of or for the quarter ended
% change from
As of or for the year
ended
USD m
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2
3Q24
4Q23
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2
Results
Total revenues
 
(188)
 
(39)
 
107
 
382
 
(975)
 
(495)
Credit loss expense / (release)
 
0
 
0
 
(2)
 
(2)
 
6
Operating expenses
 
(88)
 
(84)
 
16
 
5
 
(220)
 
438
Operating profit / (loss) before tax
 
(100)
 
45
 
93
 
(752)
 
(938)
Underlying results
Total revenues as reported
 
(188)
 
(39)
 
107
 
382
 
(975)
 
(495)
of which: PPA effects and other integration items
3
 
(4)
 
(25)
 
12
 
(82)
 
(41)
 
(9)
Total revenues (underlying)
4
 
(184)
 
(14)
 
95
 
(933)
 
(486)
Credit loss expense / (release)
 
0
 
0
 
(2)
 
(2)
 
6
Operating expenses as reported
 
(88)
 
(84)
 
16
 
5
 
(220)
 
438
of which: integration-related expenses
4
 
(1)
 
(11)
 
109
 
(95)
 
(12)
 
451
of which: acquisition-related costs
 
(1)
 
202
Operating expenses (underlying)
4
 
(88)
 
(74)
 
(92)
 
19
 
(5)
 
(208)
 
(215)
of which: expenses for litigation, regulatory and similar matters
 
6
 
0
 
(28)
 
9
 
(27)
Operating profit / (loss) before tax as reported
 
(100)
 
45
 
93
 
(752)
 
(938)
Operating profit / (loss) before tax (underlying)
4
 
(96)
 
60
 
189
 
(723)
 
(277)
1 Comparatives may differ due to adjustments
 
following organizational changes, restatements
 
due to the retrospective adoption of
 
new accounting standards or changes in
 
accounting policies, and events
 
after the
reporting period.
 
2 Comparative figures have
 
been restated for changes in
 
business division perimeters, Group
 
Treasury allocations and
 
Non-core and Legacy cost
 
allocations, resulting in an
 
increase in operating
profit before tax of USD
233m for the quarter ended 31
December 2023 and a decrease in operating
 
loss before tax of USD
341m for the year ended 31
December 2023. Refer to “Note 3 Segment reporting”
 
in the
“Consolidated financial
 
statements” section
 
of the
 
UBS Group
 
third quarter
 
2024 report,
 
available
 
under “Quarterly
 
reporting” at
 
ubs.com/investors,
 
for more
 
information about
 
the relevant
 
changes.
 
Certain
comparative figures have also been restated for changes
 
in the equity attribution framework. Refer to “Changes
 
to segment reporting in 2024” in the “UBS
 
business divisions and Group Items” section and
 
the “Equity
attribution” section of the UBS Group first quarter 2024 report, available under
 
“Quarterly reporting” at ubs.com/investors, for more information about the relevant changes.
 
3 Includes accretion of PPA adjustments
on financial instruments and other PPA
 
effects, as well as temporary
 
and incremental items directly related to
 
the integration.
 
4 Refer to “Alternative
 
performance measures” in the appendix to
 
this report for the
definition and calculation method.
Results: 4Q24 vs 4Q23
Loss before
 
tax was
 
USD 100m, compared
 
with a
 
profit before
 
tax of
 
USD 93m. Underlying loss
 
before tax
 
was
USD 96m, after
 
excluding from
 
total revenues
 
negative USD 4m
 
of purchase
 
price allocation
 
(PPA) effects and
 
other
integration items
 
and also
 
excluding from
 
operating expenses
 
negative USD 1m
 
of integration-related
 
expenses.
This
 
compared
 
with
 
an
 
underlying
 
profit
 
before
 
tax
 
of
 
USD 189m,
 
after
 
excluding
 
from
 
operating
 
expenses
USD 108m of
 
integration-related expenses
 
and
 
acquisition-related costs
 
and
 
also
 
excluding from
 
total
 
revenues
USD 12m of PPA effects and other integration items.
Income from Group hedging and own debt, including hedge accounting ineffectiveness, decreased by USD 258m
to net
 
USD 10m, compared
 
with net
 
income of
 
USD 268m. The
 
net income
 
in the
 
fourth quarter
 
of
 
2024 was
driven by mark-to-market effects on own credit
 
and portfolio-level economic hedges.
 
 
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Risk management and control
This
 
section
 
provides
 
information
 
about
 
key
 
developments
 
during
 
the
 
reporting
 
period
 
and
 
should
 
be
 
read
 
in
conjunction with
 
the “Risk
 
management and
 
control” section
 
of the
 
UBS Group
 
Annual Report
 
2023, available
under “Annual
 
reporting” at
ubs.com/investors
, and
 
the “Recent
 
developments” section of
 
this report
 
for more
information about the integration of Credit
 
Suisse.
Credit risk
 
Overall banking products exposure
Overall banking
 
products exposure
 
decreased by
 
USD 63bn to
 
USD 1,002bn as
 
of 31 December
 
2024, primarily
reflecting currency effects and negative net new loans in Personal &
 
Corporate Banking.
Refer to the “Balance sheet and off-balance sheet” section of this report for more information about balance sheet
movements
Refer to the “Group performance” section of this report for more information about credit loss expense / release
Overall traded products exposure
Overall traded products exposure increased by
 
USD 6bn to USD 66bn as of
 
31 December 2024, primarily
 
driven by
an increase in
 
over-the-counter derivatives exposure in
 
the Investment Bank
 
due to new transactions
 
and market
movements.
Loan underwriting
In the Investment Bank, mandated loan underwriting
 
commitments on a notional basis increased by USD 0.3bn
 
to
USD 4.6bn as of 31 December
 
2024, driven by new mandates,
 
partly offset by deal syndications
 
and cancellations.
As of 31 December 2024, USD 0.2bn of these commitments had not been distributed as originally planned. As of
31 December 2024, Non-core and Legacy had no loan
 
underwriting commitments.
Loan underwriting exposures
 
in the Investment
 
Bank are classified
 
as held for
 
trading, with
 
fair values reflecting
 
the
market conditions
 
at the
 
end of
 
the quarter.
 
Credit hedges
 
are in place
 
to help
 
protect against
 
fair value
 
movements
in the portfolio.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Banking and traded products exposure in the business divisions and Group Items
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USD m
Global
Wealth
Management
Personal &
Corporate
Banking
Asset
 
Management
Investment
 
Bank
Non-core
 
and Legacy
Group
 
Items
Total
Banking products exposure, gross
1,2
 
452,053
 
424,994
 
1,530
 
72,964
 
33,150
 
17,478
 
1,002,169
of which: loans and advances to customers (on-balance sheet)
 
295,856
 
266,869
 
9
 
17,497
 
1,163
 
551
 
581,944
of which: guarantees and irrevocable loan commitments (off-balance
 
sheet)
 
18,978
 
46,986
 
5
 
34,516
 
2,211
 
17,164
 
119,859
Committed unconditionally revocable credit lines
3
 
79,460
 
65,749
 
0
 
452
 
4
 
0
 
145,665
Traded products exposure, gross
2,4
 
14,900
 
5,034
 
0
 
46,076
 
66,009
of which: over-the-counter derivatives
 
11,705
 
4,594
 
0
 
17,371
 
33,670
of which: securities financing transactions
 
186
 
0
 
0
 
18,352
 
18,538
of which: exchange-traded derivatives
 
3,009
 
440
 
0
 
10,353
 
13,802
Total credit-impaired exposure, gross
 
1,397
 
3,714
 
0
 
595
 
930
 
0
 
6,637
of which: stage 3
 
1,324
 
3,358
 
0
 
549
 
69
 
0
 
5,300
of which: PCI
 
73
 
356
 
0
 
46
 
861
 
0
 
1,337
Total allowances and provisions for expected credit losses
 
292
 
1,512
 
0
 
379
 
318
 
6
 
2,507
of which: stage 1
 
97
 
269
 
0
 
110
 
4
 
6
 
487
of which: stage 2
 
68
 
247
 
0
 
142
 
2
 
0
 
459
of which: stage 3
 
121
 
960
 
0
 
124
 
48
 
0
 
1,253
of which: PCI
 
7
 
36
 
0
 
2
 
264
 
0
 
309
30.9.24
USD m
Global
Wealth
Management
Personal &
Corporate
Banking
Asset
 
Management
Investment
 
Bank
Non-core
 
and Legacy
Group
Items
Total
Banking products exposure, gross
1,2
 
471,513
 
449,650
 
1,671
 
88,207
 
33,493
 
20,529
 
1,065,063
of which: loans and advances to customers (on-balance sheet)
 
306,747
 
288,387
 
14
 
18,503
 
1,758
 
2,308
 
617,718
of which: guarantees and irrevocable loan commitments (off-balance sheet)
 
19,348
 
47,158
 
10
 
34,539
 
2,922
 
17,977
 
121,955
Committed unconditionally revocable credit lines
3
 
73,443
 
76,620
 
0
 
3,018
 
4
 
0
 
153,085
Traded products exposure, gross
2,4
 
14,834
 
4,258
 
0
 
40,420
 
59,512
of which: over-the-counter derivatives
 
10,877
 
3,681
 
0
 
9,585
 
24,143
of which: securities financing transactions
 
205
 
0
 
0
 
18,696
 
18,901
of which: exchange-traded derivatives
 
3,752
 
577
 
0
 
12,139
 
16,468
Total credit-impaired exposure, gross
 
1,442
 
3,695
 
0
 
398
 
1,098
 
0
 
6,633
of which: stage 3
 
1,327
 
3,316
 
0
 
351
 
163
 
0
 
5,157
of which: PCI
 
115
 
379
 
0
 
47
 
935
 
0
 
1,475
Total allowances and provisions for expected credit losses
 
317
 
1,393
 
0
 
328
 
385
 
7
 
2,431
of which: stage 1
 
125
 
319
 
0
 
122
 
6
 
7
 
579
of which: stage 2
 
69
 
265
 
0
 
99
 
3
 
0
 
436
of which: stage 3
 
118
 
807
 
0
 
106
 
116
 
0
 
1,147
of which: PCI
 
5
 
2
 
0
 
2
 
261
 
0
 
269
1 IFRS 9 gross exposure
 
for banking products includes
 
the following financial instruments
 
in scope of expected
 
credit loss measurement: balances
 
at central banks,
 
amounts due from banks,
 
loans and advances
 
to
customers, other
 
financial assets at
 
amortized cost,
 
guarantees and
 
irrevocable loan commitments.
 
2 Internal management
 
view of credit
 
risk, which
 
differs in certain
 
respects from
 
IFRS Accounting
 
Standards.
 
3 Commitments that can be canceled by UBS at any time but expose UBS to credit risk if the client has the ability to draw the facility before UBS can take action. These commitments are subject to expected credit loss
requirements.
 
4 As counterparty risk for traded products is managed at counterparty level, no further split between exposures in the Investment
 
Bank, Non-core and Legacy, and Group Items is provided.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Market risk
The UBS
 
Group excluding
 
certain legacy
 
Credit Suisse components
 
continued to maintain
 
generally low levels
 
of
management value-at-risk
 
(VaR). Average management
 
VaR (1-day, 95% confidence level) decreased marginally
 
to
USD 11m from USD 12m in
 
the fourth quarter of
 
2024. There were no new
 
negative backtesting exceptions
 
in the
fourth quarter of 2024.
 
The number of negative backtesting
 
exceptions within the most recent
 
250-business-day
window remained at zero.
Average
 
management VaR
 
(1-day,
 
98%
 
confidence level)
 
of
 
the
 
legacy
 
Credit
 
Suisse
 
components decreased
 
to
USD 6m from USD 11m in the fourth quarter of 2024,
 
driven by continued strategic migration of positions to
 
UBS
and reductions
 
in Non-core
 
and Legacy.
 
In the
 
fourth quarter
 
of 2024,
 
the aforementioned
 
legacy Credit
 
Suisse
components
 
had
 
one
 
new
 
negative
 
backtesting
 
exception,
 
driven
 
by
 
Non-core
 
and
 
Legacy.
 
Of
 
the
 
previously
reported backtesting exceptions,
 
one backtesting exception is no
 
longer in the 250-business-day window,
 
and one
backtesting
 
exception,
 
related
 
to
 
exit
 
cost
 
reserves,
 
no
 
longer
 
counts
 
toward
 
the
 
total
 
number
 
of
 
negative
backtesting exceptions
 
relevant for
 
the capital
 
multiplier.
 
As a
 
result, the
 
number of
 
negative backtesting
 
exceptions
within the most recent 250-business-day window decreased
 
to three from four.
As the number of
 
negative backtesting exceptions for both
 
the UBS Group excluding
 
certain legacy Credit Suisse
components and
 
the aforementioned
 
legacy Credit
 
Suisse components
 
remained below
 
five, the
 
Swiss Financial
Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) VaR multiplier derived from negative backtesting exceptions for market risk
risk-weighted assets was unchanged compared
 
with the prior quarter, at 3.0.
Management value-at-risk (1-day, 95% confidence, 5 years of historical data) of the business divisions and Group Items
excluding certain legacy Credit Suisse components, by general market risk type
1,2
Average by risk type
USD m
Min.
Max.
Period end
Average
Equity
Interest
rates
Credit
spreads
Foreign
exchange
Commodities
Global Wealth Management
 
1
 
2
 
1
 
2
 
0
 
2
 
2
 
0
 
0
Personal & Corporate Banking
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
Asset Management
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
Investment Bank
 
3
 
15
 
10
 
10
 
2
 
14
 
8
 
4
 
6
Non-core and Legacy
 
1
 
1
 
1
 
1
 
0
 
1
 
1
 
0
 
0
Group Items
 
5
 
12
 
6
 
6
 
1
 
5
 
3
 
1
 
0
Diversification effect
3,4
 
(8)
 
(7)
 
(1)
 
(5)
 
(4)
 
(1)
 
0
Total as of 31.12.24
 
5
 
17
 
11
 
11
 
2
 
17
 
10
 
4
 
6
Total as of 30.9.24
 
7
 
19
 
15
 
12
 
3
 
16
 
10
 
4
 
5
Management value-at-risk (1-day, 98% confidence, 2 years of historical data) of certain legacy Credit Suisse
components of the business divisions and Group Items, by general market risk type
1,2
Average by risk type
USD m
Min.
Max.
Period end
Average
Equity
Interest
rates
Credit
spreads
Foreign
exchange
Commodities
Global Wealth Management
 
1
 
1
 
1
 
1
 
1
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
Personal & Corporate Banking
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
Asset Management
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
Investment Bank
 
1
 
3
 
1
 
2
 
1
 
0
 
1
 
0
 
0
Non-core and Legacy
 
4
 
8
 
4
 
6
 
1
 
2
 
5
 
0
 
0
Group Items
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
Diversification effect
3,4
 
(1)
 
(1)
 
(1)
 
0
 
(1)
 
0
 
0
Total as of 31.12.24
 
5
 
9
 
5
 
6
 
2
 
3
 
5
 
1
 
0
Total as of 30.9.24
 
9
 
14
 
9
 
11
 
4
 
4
 
9
 
1
 
0
1 Legacy Credit
 
Suisse components not
 
included in the
 
UBS Group
 
management VaR
 
predominantly reflect the
 
portfolio in Non-core
 
and Legacy.
 
These positions
 
continue to be
 
managed on legacy
 
Credit Suisse
infrastructure based on legacy
 
Credit Suisse management VaR
 
methodology until full migration
 
of these positions to
 
UBS infrastructure or liquidation
 
of the positions. This
 
process is ongoing, and the
 
management
VaR of the legacy Credit Suisse components is expected to continue decreasing over
 
time.
 
2 Statistics at individual levels may not be summed
 
to deduce the corresponding aggregate figures. The minima and maxima
for each level
 
may occur on
 
different days,
 
and, likewise,
 
the VaR
 
for each business
 
line or risk
 
type, being
 
driven by the
 
extreme loss tail
 
of the corresponding
 
distribution of simulated
 
profits and losses
 
for that
business line or risk type, may well be driven by different days in the historical time series, rendering invalid the simple summation of figures to arrive at the aggregate total.
 
3 The difference between the sum of the
standalone VaR for the business divisions and Group Items and the total VaR.
 
4 As the minima and maxima for different business divisions and Group Items occur on different days,
 
it is not meaningful to calculate
a portfolio diversification effect.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Economic value of equity and net interest income
 
sensitivity
The economic value of equity
 
(EVE) sensitivity in the UBS
 
Group banking book to a
 
+1-basis-point parallel shift in
yield
 
curves
 
was
 
negative
 
USD 37.3m
 
as
 
of
 
31 December
 
2024,
 
compared
 
with
 
negative
 
USD 37.2m
 
as
 
of
30 September 2024. This excluded
 
the sensitivity of USD 5.5m from additional tier 1 (AT1)
 
capital instruments (as
per specific FINMA requirements)
 
in contrast to general
 
Basel Committee on
 
Banking Supervision (BCBS)
 
guidance.
 
The majority of our interest rate risk in the banking book was a reflection of the net asset duration that we ran to
offset our modeled
 
sensitivity of
 
net USD 29.4m
 
(30 September 2024:
 
USD 28.0m) assigned
 
to our equity,
 
goodwill
and
 
real
 
estate,
 
with
 
the aim
 
of
 
generating
 
a
 
stable
 
net
 
interest
 
income
 
contribution. Of
 
this,
 
USD 17.1m and
USD 10.6m were
 
attributable to
 
the US dollar
 
and
 
the Swiss
 
franc portfolios,
 
respectively,
 
(30 September 2024:
USD 17.2m and USD 9.0m, respectively).
In addition to
 
the aforementioned
 
sensitivity, we
 
calculate the
 
six interest
 
rate shock
 
scenarios prescribed
 
by FINMA.
The “Parallel
 
up” scenario,
 
assuming all
 
positions were
 
measured at
 
fair value,
 
was the
 
most severe
 
and would
 
have
resulted in
 
a change in
 
EVE of negative
 
USD 6.7bn, or 7.6%,
 
of our
 
tier 1 capital
 
(30 September 2024: negative
USD 6.8bn, or 7.5%),
 
which is well
 
below the 15%
 
threshold set in
 
the BCBS supervisory
 
outlier test for
 
high levels
of interest rate risk in the banking book.
The immediate effect on our tier 1 capital in the “Parallel up” scenario as of 31 December 2024 would have been
a decrease of
 
approximately USD 0.9bn,
 
or 1.0%, (30 September 2024:
 
USD 0.7bn, or 0.8%), reflecting
 
the fact
that the vast majority of our banking book is accrual accounted or subject to hedge accounting.
 
The “Parallel up”
scenario would subsequently have a positive effect
 
on net interest income, assuming a constant
 
balance sheet.
As the overall interest rate risk sensitivity shows a greater
 
impact from slower asset repricing compared with faster
liabilities repricing, the “Parallel
 
down“ scenario was the
 
most beneficial and would
 
have resulted in
 
a change in
EVE of positive USD 7.2bn (30 September 2024: positive USD 7.3bn) and a small positive immediate effect on our
tier 1 capital.
Refer to “Interest rate risk in the banking book” in the “Risk management and control”
 
section of the UBS Group
Annual Report 2023, available under “Annual reporting” at
ubs.com/investors
, for more information about the
management of interest rate risk in the banking book
Refer to “Sensitivity to interest rate movements” in the “Group performance” section of this report for more
information about the effects of increases in interest rates on the net interest income of our banking book
Interest rate risk – banking book
31.12.24
USD m
Effect on EVE
1
 
– FINMA
Effect on EVE
1
 
– BCBS
Scenarios
CHF
EUR
GBP
USD
Other
Total
Additional tier 1 (AT1) capital
instruments
Total
+1 bp
 
(10.5)
 
(1.4)
 
(0.3)
 
(24.6)
 
(0.5)
 
(37.3)
 
5.5
 
(31.7)
Parallel up
2
 
(1,509.7)
 
(263.7)
 
(65.5)
 
(4,758.9)
 
(95.6)
 
(6,693.4)
 
1,000.4
 
(5,693.0)
Parallel down
2
 
1,643.9
 
295.9
 
76.2
 
5,068.6
 
101.1
 
7,185.8
 
(1,173.0)
 
6,012.8
Steepener
3
 
(749.1)
 
(10.4)
 
(12.7)
 
(1,255.4)
 
(9.7)
 
(2,037.3)
 
168.0
 
(1,869.3)
Flattener
4
 
464.0
 
(33.3)
 
(0.2)
 
161.0
 
(10.5)
 
581.0
 
61.0
 
642.1
Short-term up
5
 
(149.4)
 
(112.2)
 
(22.8)
 
(1,820.7)
 
(46.1)
 
(2,151.1)
 
484.4
 
(1,666.7)
Short-term down
6
 
132.6
 
112.2
 
23.3
 
1,931.8
 
46.6
 
2,246.5
 
(504.4)
 
1,742.2
30.9.24
USD m
Effect on EVE
1
 
– FINMA
Effect on EVE
1
 
– BCBS
Scenarios
CHF
EUR
GBP
USD
Other
Total
Additional tier 1 (AT1) capital
instruments
Total
+1 bp
 
(8.8)
 
(1.3)
 
(0.2)
 
(26.4)
 
(0.4)
 
(37.2)
 
6.1
 
(31.1)
Parallel up
2
 
(1,262.3)
 
(258.0)
 
(43.1)
 
(5,123.1)
 
(102.4)
 
(6,788.9)
 
1,100.8
 
(5,688.1)
Parallel down
2
 
1,382.8
 
272.4
 
63.9
 
5,450.8
 
94.4
 
7,264.2
 
(1,295.4)
 
5,968.8
Steepener
3
 
(548.7)
 
(14.2)
 
(12.0)
 
(1,328.7)
 
(15.5)
 
(1,919.2)
 
198.2
 
(1,721.0)
Flattener
4
 
303.5
 
(28.3)
 
4.0
 
155.7
 
(7.4)
 
427.4
 
53.2
 
480.5
Short-term up
5
 
(188.9)
 
(104.4)
 
(13.8)
 
(1,974.3)
 
(43.5)
 
(2,325.0)
 
521.3
 
(1,803.7)
Short-term down
6
 
186.8
 
102.9
 
13.2
 
2,088.0
 
44.5
 
2,435.4
 
(542.6)
 
1,892.8
1 Economic value
 
of equity.
 
2 Rates across all
 
tenors move by ±150
 
bps for Swiss
 
franc, ±200 bps for
 
euro and US
 
dollar, and
 
±250 bps for pound
 
sterling.
 
3 Short-term rates
 
decrease and long-term rates
increase.
 
4 Short-term rates increase and long-term rates decrease.
 
5 Short-term rates increase more than long-term rates.
 
6 Short-term rates decrease more than long-term rates.
 
 
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Country risk
We remain
 
watchful of
 
a range
 
of geopolitical
 
developments and
 
political changes
 
in a
 
number of
 
countries, as
well as international tensions arising from
 
the Russia–Ukraine war and
 
global trade relations,
 
and we continue to
monitor conflicts
 
in the
 
Middle East.
 
As of
 
31 December
 
2024, our
 
direct exposure
 
to Israel
 
was less
 
than USD 0.5bn
and our
 
direct exposure
 
to Gulf
 
Cooperation Council countries
 
was less
 
than USD 5bn,
 
while direct
 
exposure to
Egypt and Jordan was
 
limited, and there
 
was no direct
 
exposure to Iran, Iraq,
 
Lebanon or Syria.
 
Our direct exposure
to
 
Russia
 
as
 
of
 
31 December
 
2024
 
was
 
less
 
than
 
USD 0.5bn,
 
and
 
our
 
direct
 
exposure
 
to
 
Belarus
 
and
 
Ukraine
remained immaterial.
 
Potential second-order
 
impacts, such as
 
European energy security, continue to
 
be monitored.
Inflation has abated
 
to some extent
 
in major Western
 
economies, although there
 
are still concerns
 
regarding future
developments, and central banks’ monetary
 
policies are in the spotlight. In
 
China, stress in the property sector
 
and
strained local
 
government finances
 
continue to
 
have an
 
adverse impact
 
on economic
 
growth, raising
 
the risk
 
of
financial instability. This
 
combination of factors
 
translates into
 
a more
 
uncertain and volatile
 
environment, which
increases the risk of financial market disruption.
We continue to monitor
 
potential trade policy
 
disputes, as well as
 
economic and political
 
developments in addition
to those
 
mentioned above. As
 
of 31 December
 
2024, our
 
exposure to
 
emerging-market countries was
 
less than
10% of our total country exposure and mainly to
 
certain countries in Asia.
Refer to the “Risk management and control” section of the UBS Group Annual Report 2024, which will be available
as of 17 March 2025 under “Annual reporting” at
ubs.com/investors
, for more information
Non-financial risk
Compliance risk
Achieving
 
fair
 
outcomes
 
for
 
our
 
clients,
 
upholding
 
market
 
integrity
 
and
 
cultivating
 
the
 
highest
 
standards
 
of
employee conduct
 
are
 
of critical
 
importance to
 
us,
 
therefore
 
we maintain
 
a
 
conduct risk
 
framework across
 
our
activities, which is designed to align our standards and
 
conduct with these objectives and to retain momentum
 
on
fostering a strong culture.
Suitability risk,
 
product selection,
 
cross-divisional service
 
offerings, quality
 
of advice
 
and price
 
transparency continue
to be
 
areas of
 
heightened focus for
 
UBS and
 
for the
 
industry as a
 
whole. Cross-border
 
risk (including
 
the risk
 
of
unintended
 
permanent
 
establishment)
 
remains
 
an
 
area
 
of
 
regulatory
 
attention
 
for
 
global
 
financial
 
institutions,
including a
 
focus on
 
market access,
 
such as
 
third-country market
 
access into
 
the European
 
Economic Area.
 
We
maintain
 
a
 
series
 
of
 
controls designed
 
to
 
address
 
these
 
risks,
 
and
 
we
 
are
 
increasing the
 
number
 
of
 
automated
controls, thereby increasing overall control coverage.
Reputational
 
risk,
 
regulatory
 
fragmentation
 
related
 
to
 
environmental,
 
social
 
and
 
governance
 
topics,
 
and
 
the
elevated risk of greenwashing arising from our service offering,
 
disclosures and commitments remain key risks for
2025.
Financial crime risk
Financial crime, including
 
money laundering, terrorist
 
financing, sanctions violations,
 
fraud, bribery and
 
corruption,
presents a major risk, as technological innovation and geopolitical developments increase the complexity of doing
business and heightened regulatory attention continues.
 
An effective financial crime prevention
 
program therefore remains essential,
 
and we continue to focus on
 
strategic
enhancements
 
to
 
our
 
global
 
anti-money-laundering
 
(AML),
 
know-your-client
 
and
 
sanctions
 
programs.
 
Money
laundering and
 
financial fraud techniques
 
are becoming increasingly
 
sophisticated, and
 
geopolitical volatility
 
makes
the sanctions landscape more
 
complex. The extensive and
 
continuously evolving sanctions arising
 
from the Russia–
Ukraine war
 
require constant
 
attention to
 
prevent circumvention
 
risks, while
 
conflicts in
 
the Middle
 
East may
 
further
increase terrorist-financing risks.
 
 
 
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Operational risk
There is an
 
increased risk
 
of cyber-related operational
 
disruption to
 
business activities
 
at our
 
locations and / or
 
those
of third-party
 
suppliers due
 
to the
 
Group operating
 
a more
 
complex set
 
of legal
 
entities since
 
the acquisition
 
of
Credit Suisse and the increasingly
 
dynamic threat environment, which is
 
intensified by current geopolitical factors
and evidenced by continuing high
 
volumes of, and the
 
increasing sophistication of, cyberattacks against financial
institutions globally and on third-party service providers.
 
The
 
increasing
 
interest
 
in
 
data-driven
 
advisory
 
processes
 
and
 
the
 
use
 
of
 
artificial
 
intelligence
 
(AI)
 
and
 
machine
learning are opening up new questions related
 
to the fairness of AI
 
algorithms, data life-cycle management, data
ethics, data privacy and security, and records
 
management.
We remain on
 
heightened alert to
 
respond to and
 
mitigate elevated cyber-
 
and information-security threats, and
we continue to invest in improving our technology infrastructure and information-security governance to improve
our
 
defense,
 
detection
 
and
 
response
 
capabilities
 
against
 
attacks.
 
In
 
addition,
 
we
 
are
 
implementing
 
a
 
global
framework
 
designed
 
to
 
drive
 
enhancements
 
in
 
operational
 
resilience
 
across
 
all
 
business
 
divisions
 
and
 
relevant
jurisdictions,
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
working
 
with
 
the
 
third-party
 
service
 
providers
 
that
 
are
 
of
 
critical
 
importance
 
to
 
our
operations to assess their operational resilience
 
against our standards.
Legal entity
 
integration, including
 
that of
 
existing Credit
 
Suisse businesses,
 
and the
 
closing of
 
legacy businesses
introduce operational
 
complexity and
 
the risk
 
that businesses
 
in wind-down
 
are not
 
effectively managed.
 
These
risks continue
 
to be
 
carefully monitored
 
in addition
 
to the
 
delivery of
 
consolidated financial
 
and regulatory
 
reporting
submissions.
 
Capital management
The
 
disclosures
 
in
 
this
 
section
 
are
 
provided
 
for
 
UBS Group AG
 
on
 
a
 
consolidated
 
basis
 
and
 
focus
 
on
 
key
developments during
 
the reporting
 
period and
 
information in
 
accordance with
 
the Basel III
 
framework, as
 
applicable
to Swiss systemically relevant banks (SRBs).
 
They should be read in conjunction
 
with “Capital management” in the
“Capital, liquidity and funding,
 
and balance sheet” section
 
of the UBS Group
 
Annual Report 2023, available
 
under
“Annual
 
reporting”
 
at
ubs.com/investors
,
 
which
 
provides
 
more
 
information
 
about
 
our
 
capital
 
management
objectives, planning and activities, as
 
well as the Swiss SRB total loss-absorbing capacity
 
(TLAC) framework.
UBS Group AG
 
is
 
a
 
holding
 
company
 
and
 
conducts
 
substantially
 
all
 
of
 
its
 
operations
 
through
 
UBS AG
 
and
subsidiaries thereof. UBS Group AG and UBS AG contribute a significant portion of their respective capital to, and
provide substantial
 
liquidity to,
 
such subsidiaries.
 
Many of
 
these subsidiaries
 
are subject
 
to regulations
 
requiring
compliance with minimum capital, liquidity
 
and similar requirements.
Refer to the 31 December 2024 Pillar 3 Report, which will be available as of 17 March 2025 under “Pillar 3
disclosures” at
ubs.com/investors
, for more information about additional regulatory disclosures for UBS Group AG
on a consolidated basis, as well as the significant regulated subsidiaries and sub-groups of UBS Group AG
Refer to the UBS AG Annual Report 2024, which will be available as of 17 March 2025 under “Annual reporting” at
ubs.com/investors
, for more information about capital and other regulatory information for UBS AG consolidated,
in accordance with the Basel III framework, as applicable to Swiss SRBs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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We
 
are
 
subject
 
to
 
the
 
going
 
and
 
gone
 
concern requirements
 
of
 
the
 
Swiss
 
Capital
 
Adequacy Ordinance,
 
which
include the too-big-to-fail
 
(TBTF) provisions applicable
 
to Swiss
 
SRBs. The
 
table below provides
 
the risk-weighted
asset (RWA)-
 
and leverage ratio denominator
 
(LRD)-based requirements and information as
 
of 31 December 2024.
Swiss SRB going and gone concern requirements and information
As of 31.12.24
RWA
LRD
USD m, except where indicated
in %
in %
Required going concern capital
Total going concern capital
 
14.82
1
 
73,898
 
5.00
1
 
75,974
Common equity tier 1 capital
 
10.52
 
52,461
 
3.50
2
 
53,182
of which: minimum capital
 
4.50
 
22,434
 
1.50
 
22,792
of which: buffer capital
 
5.50
 
27,420
 
2.00
 
30,390
of which: countercyclical buffer
 
0.52
 
2,607
Maximum additional tier 1 capital
 
4.30
 
21,437
 
1.50
 
22,792
of which: additional tier 1 capital
 
3.50
 
17,449
 
1.50
 
22,792
of which: additional tier 1 buffer capital
 
0.80
 
3,988
Eligible going concern capital
Total going concern capital
 
17.60
 
87,739
 
5.77
 
87,739
Common equity tier 1 capital
 
14.32
 
71,367
 
4.70
 
71,367
Total loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital
3
 
3.28
 
16,372
 
1.08
 
16,372
of which: high-trigger loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital
 
3.03
 
15,126
 
1.00
 
15,126
of which: low-trigger loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital
 
0.25
 
1,245
 
0.08
 
1,245
Required gone concern capital
Total gone concern loss-absorbing capacity
4,5,6
 
10.73
7
 
53,468
 
3.75
7
 
56,980
of which: base requirement including add-ons for market share and LRD
 
10.73
 
53,468
 
3.75
 
56,980
Eligible gone concern capital
Total gone concern loss-absorbing capacity
 
19.59
 
97,655
 
6.43
 
97,655
Total tier 2 capital
 
0.04
 
207
 
0.01
 
207
of which: non-Basel III-compliant tier 2 capital
 
0.04
 
207
 
0.01
 
207
TLAC-eligible senior unsecured debt
 
19.55
 
97,449
 
6.41
 
97,449
Total loss-absorbing capacity
Required total loss-absorbing capacity
 
25.55
 
127,366
 
8.75
 
132,954
Eligible total loss-absorbing capacity
 
37.19
 
185,394
 
12.20
 
185,394
Risk-weighted assets / leverage ratio denominator
Risk-weighted assets
 
498,538
Leverage ratio denominator
 
1,519,477
1 Includes
 
applicable add-ons
 
of 1.44%
 
for risk-weighted
 
assets (RWA)
 
and 0.50%
 
for leverage
 
ratio denominator
 
(LRD).
 
2 Our
 
minimum CET1
 
leverage ratio
 
requirement of
 
3.50% consists
 
of a
 
1.5% base
requirement, a 1.5% base buffer capital requirement, a 0.25% LRD add-on requirement
 
and a 0.25% market share add-on requirement
 
based on our Swiss credit business.
 
3 Includes outstanding low-trigger loss-
absorbing additional tier 1 capital
 
instruments, which are
 
available under the Swiss
 
SRB framework to
 
meet the going concern
 
requirements until their first
 
call date. As of
 
their first call date,
 
these instruments are
eligible to meet the gone concern requirements.
 
4 A maximum of 25% of the gone concern
 
requirements can be met with instruments
 
that have a remaining maturity of between
 
one and two years. Once
 
at least
75% of the minimum gone concern requirement has been met with instruments that have a remaining maturity of greater than two years, all instruments that have a remaining maturity of between one and two years
remain eligible to be included in the total gone concern capital.
 
5 From 1 January 2023, the resolvability discount on the gone concern capital requirements for systemically important banks (SIBs) has been
 
replaced
with reduced base
 
gone concern
 
capital requirements
 
equivalent to
 
75% of the
 
total going concern
 
requirements (excluding
 
countercyclical buffer
 
requirements).
 
6 As of
 
July 2024,
 
the Swiss
 
Financial Market
Supervisory Authority
 
(FINMA) has
 
the authority
 
to impose
 
a surcharge
 
of up
 
to 25%
 
of the
 
total going
 
concern capital
 
requirements should
 
obstacles to
 
an SIB’s
 
resolvability be
 
identified in
 
future resolvability
assessments.
 
7 Includes applicable add-ons of 1.08% for RWA and 0.38% for LRD.
 
Additional capital requirements for UBS
 
Group AG consolidated under current
 
requirements
As a result of the acquisition of the Credit Suisse
 
Group in 2023, the capital add-ons for market share
 
and LRD for
UBS Group AG consolidated will increase
 
commensurate with the higher
 
market share and LRD of the Group
 
after
the acquisition.
 
We currently
 
estimate that this
 
will add
 
around USD 10bn
 
to the
 
Group’s tier 1
 
capital requirement,
when fully phased
 
in. The phase-in of
 
the increased capital
 
requirements will commence
 
from the end of
 
2025 and
will be completed by the beginning of 2030,
 
at the latest.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Total loss-absorbing capacity
The table below provides Swiss SRB going and gone concern information based on the Swiss SRB
 
framework and
requirements that are discussed under “Capital management” in the “Capital, liquidity and funding, and
 
balance
sheet” section of the UBS Group Annual Report 2023,
 
available under “Annual reporting” at
ubs.com/investors
.
 
Swiss SRB going and gone concern information
USD m, except where indicated
31.12.24
30.9.24
31.12.23
Eligible going concern capital
Total going concern capital
 
87,739
 
91,024
 
91,894
Total tier 1 capital
 
87,739
 
91,024
 
91,894
Common equity tier 1 capital
 
71,367
 
74,213
 
78,002
Total loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital
 
16,372
 
16,810
 
13,892
of which: high-trigger loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital
 
15,126
 
15,572
 
12,678
of which: low-trigger loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital
 
1,245
 
1,239
 
1,214
Eligible gone concern capital
Total gone concern loss-absorbing capacity
 
97,655
 
103,882
 
107,106
Total tier 2 capital
 
207
 
289
 
538
of which: non-Basel III-compliant tier 2 capital
 
207
 
289
 
538
TLAC-eligible senior unsecured debt
 
97,449
 
103,593
 
106,567
Total loss-absorbing capacity
Total loss-absorbing capacity
 
185,394
 
194,906
 
199,000
Risk-weighted assets / leverage ratio denominator
Risk-weighted assets
 
498,538
 
519,363
 
546,505
Leverage ratio denominator
 
1,519,477
 
1,608,341
 
1,695,403
Capital and loss-absorbing capacity ratios (%)
Going concern capital ratio
 
17.6
 
17.5
 
16.8
of which: common equity tier 1 capital ratio
 
14.3
 
14.3
 
14.3
Gone concern loss-absorbing capacity ratio
 
19.6
 
20.0
 
19.6
Total loss-absorbing capacity ratio
 
37.2
 
37.5
 
36.4
Leverage ratios (%)
Going concern leverage ratio
 
5.8
 
5.7
 
5.4
of which: common equity tier 1 leverage ratio
 
4.7
 
4.6
 
4.6
Gone concern leverage ratio
 
6.4
 
6.5
 
6.3
Total loss-absorbing capacity leverage ratio
 
12.2
 
12.1
 
11.7
 
 
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Total loss-absorbing capacity and movement
 
Our TLAC decreased by USD 9.5bn to USD 185.4bn
 
in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Going concern capital and movement
Our
 
going
 
concern
 
capital
 
decreased
 
by
 
USD 3.3bn
 
to
 
USD 87.7bn.
 
Our
 
common
 
equity
 
tier 1
 
(CET1)
 
capital
decreased by USD 2.8bn to USD 71.4bn, mainly as
 
operating profit before tax of USD 1.0bn was more than
 
offset
by
 
foreign
 
currency
 
translation
 
losses
 
of
 
USD 1.8bn,
 
current
 
tax
 
expenses
 
of
 
USD 1.0bn,
 
dividend
 
accruals
 
of
USD 0.9bn and a USD 0.2bn
 
decrease in eligible deferred
 
tax assets on
 
temporary differences. Share
 
repurchases
of USD 0.3bn carried out
 
in the fourth quarter of
 
2024 under our 2024
 
share repurchase program
 
did not affect
our CET1 capital
 
position,
 
as there
 
was an
 
equal reduction in
 
the capital reserve
 
for potential share
 
repurchases.
The remaining capital reserve for potential share repurchases was fully utilized during
 
the fourth quarter of 2024.
Our
 
loss-absorbing
 
additional
 
tier 1
 
(AT1)
 
capital
 
decreased
 
by
 
USD 0.4bn
 
to
 
USD 16.4bn,
 
primarily
 
reflecting
negative impacts from interest rate risk hedge, foreign
 
currency translation and other effects.
Following the approval of a maximum amount of conversion capital by UBS Group AG’s shareholders at the 2024
Annual General
 
Meeting, AT1
 
capital instruments
 
issued from
 
the beginning
 
of the
 
fourth quarter
 
of 2023
 
are,
upon the
 
occurrence of
 
a trigger event
 
or a
 
viability event,
 
subject to
 
conversion into
 
UBS Group AG
 
ordinary shares
rather than a
 
write-down. AT1 capital instruments
 
issued prior to
 
the fourth quarter of
 
2023 remain subject to
 
a
write-down.
Gone concern loss-absorbing capacity and movement
Our total gone concern loss-absorbing
 
capacity decreased by USD 6.2bn to USD
 
97.7bn and included USD 97.4bn
of
 
TLAC-eligible
 
senior
 
unsecured
 
debt
 
instruments.
 
The
 
decrease
 
of
 
USD 6.2bn
 
mainly
 
reflected
 
a
 
USD 1.6bn
equivalent of
 
TLAC-eligible senior
 
unsecured debt
 
instrument that
 
ceased to
 
be eligible
 
as gone
 
concern capital
when we issued
 
a notice
 
of redemption
 
of the
 
instrument in
 
the fourth
 
quarter of 2024
 
and a
 
USD 0.1bn tier 2
instrument ceasing
 
to be
 
eligible as
 
gone concern
 
capital as
 
it entered
 
the final
 
year before
 
maturity,
 
as well
 
as
negative impacts from
 
interest rate risk
 
hedge, foreign currency
 
translation and other effects.
 
These effects were
partly offset by new issuances of TLAC-eligible senior
 
unsecured debt instruments totaling USD 0.2bn.
 
Refer to “Bondholder information” at
 
ubs.com/investors
for more information about the eligibility of capital and
senior unsecured debt instruments and about key features and terms and conditions of capital instruments
Loss-absorbing capacity and leverage ratios
Our CET1 capital ratio was broadly unchanged at
 
14.3%,
 
as a USD 2.8bn decrease in CET1 capital was
 
offset by a
USD 20.8bn decrease in RWA.
 
Our CET1 leverage ratio
 
increased to 4.7% from
 
4.6%, reflecting an USD
 
88.9bn decrease in the
 
LRD,
 
partly offset
by a USD 2.8bn decrease in CET1 capital.
Our going concern capital ratio increased to 17.6% from
 
17.5%, reflecting the aforementioned decrease in RWA,
partly offset by a decrease in going concern capital
 
of USD 3.3bn.
Our going
 
concern leverage
 
ratio increased
 
to 5.8%
 
from 5.7%,
 
reflecting the
 
aforementioned decrease
 
in the
LRD, partly offset by a decrease in going concern
 
capital of USD 3.3bn.
Our
 
gone
 
concern
 
loss-absorbing
 
capacity
 
ratio
 
decreased
 
to
 
19.6%
 
from
 
20.0%,
 
due
 
to
 
a
 
decrease
 
in
 
gone
concern loss-absorbing capacity of USD 6.2bn,
 
partly offset by the aforementioned decrease
 
in RWA.
 
Our gone concern leverage
 
ratio decreased to 6.4%
 
from 6.5%, due to
 
a decrease in gone
 
concern loss-absorbing
capacity of USD 6.2bn,
 
partly offset by the aforementioned decrease in the
 
LRD.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Swiss SRB total loss-absorbing capacity movement
USD m
Going concern capital
Swiss SRB
Common equity tier 1 capital as of 30.9.24
 
74,213
Operating profit / (loss) before tax
 
1,047
Current tax (expense) / benefit
 
(1,015)
Foreign currency translation effects, before tax
 
(1,837)
Share repurchase program
 
(300)
Capital reserve for potential share repurchases
 
301
Eligible deferred tax assets on temporary differences (incl. excess
 
over threshold)
 
(187)
Other
1
 
(856)
Common equity tier 1 capital as of 31.12.24
 
71,367
Loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital as of 30.9.24
 
16,810
Interest rate risk hedge, foreign currency translation and other effects
 
(439)
Loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital as of 31.12.24
 
16,372
Total going concern capital as of 30.9.24
 
91,024
Total going concern capital as of 31.12.24
 
87,739
Gone concern loss-absorbing capacity
Tier 2 capital as of 30.9.24
 
289
Debt no longer eligible as gone concern loss-absorbing capacity
 
due to residual tenor falling to below one year
 
(77)
Interest rate risk hedge, foreign currency translation and other effects
 
(6)
Tier 2 capital as of 31.12.24
 
207
TLAC-eligible unsecured debt as of 30.9.24
 
103,593
Issuance of TLAC-eligible senior unsecured debt
 
200
Call of TLAC-eligible senior unsecured debt
 
(1,552)
Interest rate risk hedge, foreign currency translation and other effects
 
(4,792)
TLAC-eligible unsecured debt as of 31.12.24
 
97,449
Total gone concern loss-absorbing capacity as of 30.9.24
 
103,882
Total gone concern loss-absorbing capacity as of 31.12.24
 
97,655
Total loss-absorbing capacity
Total loss-absorbing capacity as of 30.9.24
 
194,906
Total loss-absorbing capacity as of 31.12.24
 
185,394
1 Includes dividend accruals for 2024 (negative USD 0.9bn) and movements related to other items.
Reconciliation of equity under IFRS Accounting Standards to Swiss SRB common equity tier 1 capital
USD m
31.12.24
30.9.24
31.12.23
Total equity under IFRS Accounting Standards
 
85,574
 
87,589
 
86,156
Equity attributable to non-controlling interests
 
(494)
 
(564)
 
(531)
Defined benefit plans, net of tax
 
(833)
 
(883)
 
(965)
Deferred tax assets recognized for tax loss carry-forwards
 
(2,288)
 
(2,681)
 
(3,039)
Deferred tax assets for unused tax credits
 
(688)
 
(238)
 
(97)
Deferred tax assets on temporary differences, excess over threshold
 
(803)
Goodwill, net of tax
1
 
(5,702)
 
(5,752)
 
(5,750)
Intangible assets, net of tax
 
(702)
 
(788)
 
(894)
Compensation-related components (not recognized in net profit)
 
(2,800)
 
(2,432)
 
(2,186)
Expected losses on advanced internal ratings-based portfolio less provisions
 
(568)
 
(665)
 
(713)
Unrealized (gains) / losses from cash flow hedges, net of tax
 
2,585
 
1,830
 
3,109
Own credit related to (gains) / losses on financial liabilities
 
measured at fair value that existed at the balance sheet date, net of tax
 
1,178
 
1,359
 
1,291
Own credit related to (gains) / losses on derivative financial instruments
 
that existed at the balance sheet date
 
(62)
 
(72)
 
(89)
Prudential valuation adjustments
 
(167)
 
(217)
 
(368)
Accruals for dividends to shareholders for 2023
 
(2,240)
Capital reserve for potential share repurchases
 
(301)
Transitional CET1 capital PPA adjustments, net of tax
 
4,316
Other
 
(2,860)
2
 
(1,970)
2
 
3
Total common equity tier 1 capital
 
71,367
 
74,213
 
78,002
1 Includes goodwill related to significant investments in financial institutions of USD 19m as of 31 December 2024 (USD 20m as of 30 September 2024,
 
USD 20m as of 31 December 2023) presented on the balance
sheet line Investments in associates.
 
2 Includes dividend accruals for 2024 and other items.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Additional information
Sensitivity to currency movements
 
Risk-weighted assets
We estimate that a 10% depreciation of the US dollar against other currencies would have increased our RWA by
USD 22bn
 
and
 
our
 
CET1
 
capital
 
by
 
USD 2.4bn
 
as
 
of
 
31 December
 
2024
 
(30
 
September
 
2024:
 
USD 24bn
 
and
USD 2.4bn, respectively)
 
and decreased
 
our CET1
 
capital ratio
 
by 14 basis
 
points (30
 
September 2024:
 
18 basis
points). Conversely, a 10% appreciation of the US
 
dollar against other currencies would have decreased our RWA
by USD 20bn
 
and our
 
CET1 capital
 
by USD 2.2bn
 
(30 September
 
2024: USD 21bn
 
and USD 2.2bn,
 
respectively)
and increased our CET1 capital ratio by 14 basis points
 
(30 September 2024: 18 basis points).
Leverage ratio denominator
We estimate that a
 
10% depreciation of the
 
US dollar against other
 
currencies would have increased
 
our LRD by
USD 97bn as of
 
31 December 2024 (30 September 2024:
 
USD 109bn) and decreased our
 
CET1 leverage ratio by
13 basis points
 
(30 September
 
2024:
 
15 basis points).
 
Conversely,
 
a
 
10%
 
appreciation of
 
the US
 
dollar against
other currencies would have decreased our LRD by USD 88bn (30 September 2024: USD 99bn) and increased
 
our
CET1 leverage ratio by 14 basis points (30 September
 
2024: 16 basis points).
The aforementioned
 
sensitivities do
 
not consider
 
foreign currency
 
translation effects
 
related to
 
defined benefit
 
plans
other than those related to the currency
 
translation of the net equity of foreign operations.
Refer to “Active management of sensitivity to foreign exchange movements” under “Capital management” in the
“Capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet” section of the UBS Group Annual Report 2023, available under
“Annual reporting” at
ubs.com/investors
, for more information
Risk-weighted assets
 
During
 
the
 
fourth
 
quarter
 
of
 
2024,
 
RWA
 
decreased
 
by
 
USD 20.8bn
 
to
 
USD 498.5bn,
 
driven
 
by
 
a
 
USD 14.6bn
decrease in currency
 
effects,
 
as well as a
 
USD 6.6bn decrease
 
resulting from asset
 
size and other
 
movements, partly
offset by an increase of USD 0.4bn resulting
 
from model updates and methodology
 
changes.
Movement in risk-weighted assets, by key driver
USD bn
RWA as of
30.9.24
Currency
effects
Model updates
and
methodology
changes
Asset size and
other
1
RWA as of
31.12.24
Credit and counterparty credit risk
2
 
314.1
 
(13.6)
 
0.3
 
(8.6)
 
292.2
Non-counterparty-related risk
3
 
34.8
 
(1.0)
 
(0.1)
 
33.7
Market risk
 
25.0
 
0.1
 
2.1
 
27.2
Operational risk
 
145.4
 
145.4
Total
 
519.4
 
(14.6)
 
0.4
 
(6.6)
 
498.5
1 Includes the
 
Pillar 3 categories
 
“Asset
 
size”, “Credit quality
 
of counterparties”, “Acquisitions
 
and disposals”
 
and “Other”.
 
For more
 
information, refer
 
to the 31
 
December 2024
 
Pillar 3 Report,
 
which will be
available as
 
of 17 March
 
2025 under
 
“Pillar 3 disclosures”
 
at ubs.com/investors.
 
2 Includes settlement
 
risk, credit valuation
 
adjustments, equity
 
and investments
 
in funds
 
exposures in
 
the banking
 
book, and
securitization exposures in the banking book.
 
3 Non-counterparty-related risk includes deferred tax assets recognized for temporary differences,
 
property, equipment, software and other items.
Credit and counterparty credit risk
Credit
 
and
 
counterparty
 
credit
 
risk
 
RWA
 
decreased
 
by
 
USD
 
21.9bn
 
to
 
USD 292.2bn
 
as
 
of
 
31 December
 
2024,
reflecting
 
a
 
USD 13.6bn decrease
 
in currency
 
effects,
 
as well
 
as
 
an
 
USD 8.6bn decrease
 
in asset
 
size
 
and other
movements.
 
Asset size and other movements by business
 
division and Group Items:
Investment Bank RWA decreased by USD 4.0bn,
 
mainly due to lower RWA from loans and
 
loan commitments.
Non-core and
 
Legacy RWA
 
decreased by
 
USD 2.7bn,
 
mainly driven
 
by our
 
actions to
 
actively unwind
 
the portfolio,
in addition to the natural roll-off.
Personal & Corporate Banking RWA decreased
 
by USD 1.8bn, mainly driven by negative
 
net new loans.
Group Items RWA decreased by USD 0.2bn.
Asset Management RWA increased by USD 0.2bn.
Global Wealth Management RWA were unchanged.
 
 
 
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Model
 
updates
 
and
 
methodology
 
changes
 
resulted
 
in
 
an
 
RWA
 
increase
 
of
 
USD
 
0.3bn.
 
Increases
 
related
 
to
 
a
USD 1.2bn
 
regulatory
 
add-on
 
for
 
derivatives
 
and
 
USD 0.8bn
 
from
 
the
 
harmonization
 
of
 
models
 
following
 
the
migration
 
of
 
Credit
 
Suisse
 
portfolios
 
to
 
UBS
 
models,
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
various
 
smaller
 
model
 
updates
 
amounting
 
to
USD 0.6bn,
 
were
 
largely
 
offset
 
by
 
USD 2.3bn
 
resulting
 
from
 
the
 
phase-out
 
of
 
certain
 
multipliers
 
following
improvements to the models.
Refer to the 31 December 2024 Pillar 3 Report, which will be available as of 17 March 2025 under “Pillar 3
disclosures” at
ubs.com/investors
, for more information
 
Refer to “Credit risk” in the “Risk management and control” section of this report for more information
 
Market risk
Market risk RWA
 
increased by USD 2.2bn
 
to USD 27.2bn in
 
the fourth quarter
 
of 2024,
 
driven by an
 
increase of
USD 2.1bn from asset size
 
and other movements in
 
the Investment Bank’s Global
 
Markets business,
 
partially offset
by updates from the monthly risks-not-in-VaR assessment
 
and de-risking within Non-core and Legacy.
Refer to the 31 December 2024 Pillar 3 Report, which will be available as of 17 March 2025 under “Pillar 3
disclosures” at
 
ubs.com/investors,
 
for more information
 
Refer to “Market risk” in the “Risk management and control” section of this report for more information
Operational risk
Operational risk RWA were unchanged at
 
USD 145.4bn.
Refer to “Non-financial risk” in the “Risk management and control” section of the UBS Group Annual Report 2023,
available under “Annual reporting” at
ubs.com/investors
, for information about the advanced measurement
approach (AMA) which has been used to measure Group operational risk exposure and calculate operational risk
regulatory capital
Refer to “Provisions and contingent liabilities” in the “Consolidated financial information” section of this report for
more information about historical loss cases considered in the AMA
Outlook
 
The adoption of
 
the final Basel III standards
 
in January 2025 led
 
to a USD 1bn increase
 
in the UBS
 
Group’s RWA,
resulting in a minimal
 
impact on the CET1 capital
 
ratio. The USD 1bn increase was
 
primarily driven by a
 
USD 7bn
increase in
 
market risk
 
RWA and
 
a USD 3bn
 
increase in
 
credit valuation
 
adjustments-related RWA resulting
 
from
the
 
implementation of
 
the Fundamental
 
Review
 
of
 
the
 
Trading
 
Book
 
(the
 
FRTB)
 
framework,
 
largely
 
offset by
 
a
USD 7bn reduction
 
in operational
 
risk RWA
 
and a USD
 
1bn reduction
 
in credit risk
 
RWA. These
 
changes do
 
not take
into account the impact of the output floor. The output floor, which is being phased in until 2028, is currently not
binding for the UBS Group.
 
In addition
 
to the
 
impact of
 
the final
 
Basel III standards,
 
we expect
 
that model
 
updates will
 
result in
 
an RWA
 
increase
of around USD 3bn
 
in 2025, primarily
 
as a result
 
of the migration
 
of Credit Suisse
 
portfolios to UBS
 
models. The
extent and
 
timing of
 
RWA changes
 
may vary
 
as model
 
updates are
 
completed and
 
receive regulatory
 
approval,
along with changes in the composition of
 
the relevant portfolios.
Furthermore,
 
we expect exposures
 
in Non-core and Legacy
 
to reduce as
 
a result of maturities
 
and active unwinding
of positions, mitigating the impact from the
 
FRTB.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Risk-weighted assets, by business division and Group Items
USD bn
Global Wealth
Management
Personal &
Corporate
Banking
Asset
Manage-
ment
Investment
Bank
Non-core and
Legacy
Group
 
Items
Total
RWA
31.12.24
Credit and counterparty credit risk
1
 
93.6
 
120.6
 
7.2
 
56.2
 
10.7
 
3.9
 
292.2
Non-counterparty-related risk
2
 
6.4
 
2.9
 
0.7
 
3.6
 
1.5
 
18.7
 
33.7
Market risk
 
2.7
 
0.2
 
0.0
 
22.1
 
2.2
 
0.0
 
27.2
Operational risk
 
63.2
 
19.3
 
7.2
 
24.4
 
27.1
 
4.2
 
145.4
Total
 
165.8
 
143.0
 
15.1
 
106.4
 
41.4
 
26.8
 
498.5
30.9.24
Credit and counterparty credit risk
1
 
95.0
 
129.5
 
7.2
 
63.8
 
13.6
 
5.2
 
314.1
Non-counterparty-related risk
2
 
6.8
 
3.1
 
0.7
 
3.8
 
1.7
 
18.8
 
34.8
Market risk
 
1.9
 
0.4
 
0.0
 
20.2
 
2.5
 
0.0
 
25.0
Operational risk
 
63.2
 
19.3
 
7.2
 
24.4
 
27.1
 
4.2
 
145.4
Total
 
166.8
 
152.3
 
15.1
 
112.2
 
44.8
 
28.1
 
519.4
31.12.24 vs 30.9.24
Credit and counterparty credit risk
1
 
(1.4)
 
(8.9)
 
0.0
 
(7.5)
 
(2.9)
 
(1.3)
 
(21.9)
Non-counterparty-related risk
2
 
(0.4)
 
(0.2)
 
0.0
 
(0.2)
 
(0.2)
 
(0.1)
 
(1.1)
Market risk
 
0.8
 
(0.2)
 
0.0
 
1.9
 
(0.3)
 
0.0
 
2.2
Operational risk
Total
 
(1.0)
 
(9.3)
 
0.0
 
(5.7)
 
(3.4)
 
(1.4)
 
(20.8)
1 Includes settlement risk, credit valuation adjustments,
 
equity and investments in funds exposures in
 
the banking book, and securitization exposures in the
 
banking book.
 
2 Non-counterparty-related risk includes
deferred tax assets
 
recognized for temporary differences (31
 
December 2024: USD 18.1bn; 30 September
 
2024: USD 18.0bn), as
 
well as property, equipment, software
 
and other items
 
(31 December 2024: USD 15.7bn;
30 September 2024: USD 16.8bn).
Leverage ratio denominator
During the fourth
 
quarter of
 
2024, the LRD
 
decreased by
 
USD 88.9bn to
 
USD 1,519.5bn, driven
 
by currency
 
effects
of USD 68.9bn,
 
as well as asset size and other movements
 
of USD 20.0bn.
Movement in leverage ratio denominator, by key driver
USD bn
LRD as of
 
30.9.24
Currency
 
effects
Asset size and
 
other
LRD as of
 
31.12.24
On-balance sheet exposures (excluding derivatives and securities
 
financing transactions)
1
 
1,241.6
 
(55.2)
 
(34.2)
 
1,152.2
Derivatives
1
 
133.7
 
(5.3)
 
3.6
 
132.0
Securities financing transactions
 
171.7
 
(5.9)
 
11.3
 
177.1
Off-balance sheet items
 
72.4
 
(2.7)
 
0.1
 
69.8
Deduction items
 
(11.0)
 
0.1
 
(0.7)
 
(11.6)
Total
 
1,608.3
 
(68.9)
 
(20.0)
 
1,519.5
1 Reports prior to this fourth quarter of 2024
 
report had included certain exposures related to derivative cash collateral in
 
On-balance exposures. From the fourth quarter of 2024 onward, we have refined the approach
to include these exposures in derivatives, which had no bottom-line impact on total LRD.
 
The comparative period has not been restated.
The LRD movements described below exclude
 
currency effects.
 
On-balance sheet exposures
 
(excluding derivatives and
 
securities financing transactions)
 
decreased by USD 34.2bn,
mainly due to
 
decreases in cash
 
and balances at
 
central banks, as
 
well as lending
 
balances due to
 
negative net new
loans in Personal & Corporate Banking. There were also decreases in other
 
financial assets measured at fair value,
reflecting disposals
 
of high-quality
 
liquid asset
 
portfolio securities
 
and
 
of trading
 
assets due
 
to
 
decreases
 
in
 
the
inventory held
 
in the
 
Investment
 
Bank to
 
hedge client
 
positions, as
 
well as
 
Non-core and
 
Legacy unwinding
 
activities.
Derivative
 
exposures
 
increased
 
by
 
USD 3.6bn,
 
mainly
 
due
 
to
 
market-driven
 
movements
 
on
 
foreign
 
currency
contracts in the Investment Bank, partly offset
 
by lower trading volumes, mainly in Non-core
 
and Legacy.
Securities
 
financing transactions
 
increased by
 
USD 11.3bn,
 
mainly
 
reflecting
 
higher
 
cash
 
reinvestment
 
in
 
Group
Treasury.
Refer to the “Balance sheet and off-balance sheet” section of this report for more information about balance sheet
movements
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Outlook
 
The adoption
 
of the final
 
Basel III standards in
 
January 2025
 
led to a
 
low single-digit
 
percentage increase in
 
the UBS
Group’s LRD, reducing the CET1 leverage ratio by around 10 basis points.
 
Leverage ratio denominator, by business division and Group Items
USD bn
Global Wealth
Management
 
Personal &
Corporate
Banking
Asset
Management
Investment
Bank
Non-core and
Legacy
Group Items
Total
 
31.12.24
On-balance sheet exposures
1
 
480.0
 
398.4
 
5.4
 
211.8
 
40.3
 
16.2
 
1,152.2
Derivatives
1
 
11.9
 
5.6
 
0.0
 
104.6
 
9.5
 
0.4
 
132.0
Securities financing transactions
 
71.6
 
44.8
 
0.1
 
59.2
 
2.3
 
(0.9)
 
177.1
Off-balance sheet items
 
18.4
 
30.9
 
0.1
 
18.2
 
1.8
 
0.2
 
69.8
Items deducted from Swiss SRB tier 1 capital
 
(5.3)
 
(0.9)
 
(1.2)
 
(0.4)
 
(0.4)
 
(3.4)
 
(11.6)
Total
 
576.6
 
478.9
 
4.5
 
393.5
 
53.5
 
12.5
 
1,519.5
30.9.24
On-balance sheet exposures
1
 
504.9
 
429.2
 
5.7
 
238.8
 
46.0
 
17.0
 
1,241.6
Derivatives
1
 
10.8
 
3.3
 
0.0
 
106.0
 
13.4
 
0.1
 
133.7
Securities financing transactions
 
66.3
 
45.3
 
0.0
 
52.6
 
7.5
 
0.0
 
171.7
Off-balance sheet items
 
18.6
 
32.3
 
0.1
 
18.6
 
2.5
 
0.2
 
72.4
Items deducted from Swiss SRB tier 1 capital
 
(5.4)
 
(1.0)
 
(1.2)
 
(0.4)
 
(0.5)
 
(2.5)
 
(11.0)
Total
 
595.2
 
509.0
 
4.7
 
415.6
 
69.0
 
14.8
 
1,608.3
31.12.24 vs 30.9.24
On-balance sheet exposures
 
(24.9)
 
(30.7)
 
(0.3)
 
(27.0)
 
(5.7)
 
(0.8)
 
(89.4)
Derivatives
 
1.0
 
2.4
 
0.0
 
(1.5)
 
(3.9)
 
0.3
 
(1.7)
Securities financing transactions
 
5.3
 
(0.5)
 
0.1
 
6.6
 
(5.2)
 
(0.9)
 
5.4
Off-balance sheet items
 
(0.2)
 
(1.4)
 
0.0
 
(0.3)
 
(0.7)
 
0.0
 
(2.6)
Items deducted from Swiss SRB tier 1 capital
 
0.1
 
0.1
 
0.0
 
0.0
 
0.1
 
(0.9)
 
(0.6)
Total
 
(18.7)
 
(30.1)
 
(0.2)
 
(22.2)
 
(15.5)
 
(2.3)
 
(88.9)
1 Reports prior to this fourth quarter
 
of 2024 report had included certain exposures related
 
to derivative cash collateral in On-balance exposures. From the fourth quarter of
 
2024 onward, we have refined the approach
to include these exposures in derivatives, which had no bottom-line impact on total LRD.
 
The comparative period has not been restated.
Equity attribution
Under our equity attribution
 
framework, tangible equity
 
is attributed based on
 
equally weighted average
 
RWA and
average LRD, which both include resource allocations from our Group functions to the business divisions. Average
RWA and LRD are converted
 
to CET1 capital equivalents
 
using target capital ratios.
 
If the attributed tangible equity
calculated under the weighted-driver approach is less than
 
the CET1 capital equivalent of risk-based capital (RBC)
for any business division,
 
the CET1 capital equivalent of RBC is used
 
as a floor for that business division.
In addition to
 
tangible equity,
 
we allocate equity
 
to the business
 
divisions to
 
support goodwill
 
and intangible
 
assets.
We
 
also
 
allocate
 
to
 
the
 
business
 
divisions
 
attributed
 
equity
 
related
 
to
 
CET1
 
capital
 
deduction
 
items
 
that
 
are
attributable to divisional activities, such as compensation-related components or expected losses on the advanced
internal ratings-based portfolio less provisions. We attribute all remaining capital deduction items to Group Items.
Those
 
primarily
 
include
 
equity
 
related
 
to
 
deferred
 
tax
 
assets,
 
accruals
 
for
 
shareholder
 
returns,
 
and
 
unrealized
gains / losses from cash flow hedges.
Refer to the “Balance sheet and off-balance sheet” section of this report for more information about movements in
equity attributable to shareholders
Average attributed equity
For the quarter ended
For the year ended
USD bn
31.12.24
30.9.24
31.12.23
1
31.12.24
31.12.23
1
Global Wealth Management
 
33.6
 
33.5
 
33.3
 
33.3
 
29.3
Personal & Corporate Banking
 
21.3
 
21.8
 
21.8
 
21.6
 
16.8
Asset Management
 
2.8
 
2.7
 
2.6
 
2.7
 
2.3
Investment Bank
 
17.3
 
17.0
 
16.8
 
17.1
 
15.9
Non-core and Legacy
 
8.7
 
8.5
 
9.5
 
9.5
 
6.0
Group Items
2
 
2.3
 
1.8
 
0.5
 
1.1
 
3.8
Average equity attributed to business divisions and Group Items
 
86.1
 
85.4
 
84.4
 
85.2
 
74.2
1 Comparative figures have been restated
 
to reflect the changes to the
 
equity attribution framework. Refer
 
to the “Equity attribution” section of
 
the UBS Group first quarter
 
2024 report, available under
 
“Quarterly
reporting” at ubs.com/investors,
 
for more information.
 
2 Includes average attributed equity
 
related to capital deduction items
 
for deferred tax assets,
 
accruals for shareholder returns and
 
unrealized gains / losses
from cash flow hedges.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Liquidity and funding management
Strategy, objectives and governance
 
This
 
section
 
provides
 
liquidity
 
and
 
funding
 
management
 
information
 
and
 
should
 
be
 
read
 
in
 
conjunction
 
with
“Liquidity and funding
 
management” in
 
the “Capital,
 
liquidity and funding,
 
and balance sheet”
 
section of the
 
UBS
Group
 
Annual
 
Report
 
2023,
 
available
 
under
 
“Annual
 
reporting”
 
at
ubs.com/investors
,
 
which
 
provides
 
more
information
 
about
 
the
 
Group’s
 
strategy,
 
objectives
 
and
 
governance
 
in
 
connection
 
with
 
liquidity
 
and
 
funding
management.
Liquidity coverage ratio
The
 
quarterly average
 
liquidity coverage
 
ratio
 
(the LCR)
 
of the
 
UBS
 
Group
 
decreased 10.8 percentage
 
points to
188.4%, remaining
 
above the
 
prudential requirement
 
communicated by
 
the Swiss
 
Financial Market
 
Supervisory
Authority (FINMA). The movement in the quarterly average LCR was primarily driven
 
by a decrease in high-quality
liquid assets (HQLA) of
 
USD 29.1bn to USD 331.5bn,
 
mainly reflecting lower
 
cash available, driven
 
by a decrease in
customer
 
deposits,
 
lower debt
 
issued
 
measured at
 
amortized cost
 
and
 
lower short-term
 
borrowings, as
 
well
 
as
funding
 
of
 
trading
 
assets.
 
The
 
aforementioned
 
decrease
 
in
 
HQLA
 
was
 
partly
 
offset
 
by
 
a
 
decrease
 
in
 
net
 
cash
outflows of USD 5.0bn to USD 176.0bn, reflecting lower net outflows from derivatives and debt issued measured
at amortized cost,
 
partly offset by higher outflows from customer
 
deposits.
Refer to the
31 December 2024 Pillar 3 Report, which will be available as of 17 March 2025 under “Pillar 3
disclosures” at
ubs.com/investors
, for more information about the LCR
Liquidity coverage ratio
USD bn, except where indicated
Average 4Q24
1
Average 3Q24
1
High-quality liquid assets
 
331.5
 
360.6
Net cash outflows
2
 
176.0
 
181.1
Liquidity coverage ratio (%)
3
 
188.4
 
199.2
1 Calculated based on an average of 64
 
data points in the fourth quarter of 2024 and 65
 
data points in the third quarter of 2024.
 
2 Represents the net cash outflows expected over a stress period
 
of 30 calendar
days.
 
3 Calculated after the application of haircuts and inflow and outflow rates, as well as,
 
where applicable, caps on Level 2 assets and cash inflows.
Net stable funding ratio
 
As of
 
31 December 2024,
 
the net
 
stable funding
 
ratio (the
 
NSFR) of
 
the UBS
 
Group decreased
 
1.3 percentage
 
points
to 125.5%, remaining above the prudential
 
requirement communicated by FINMA.
Available
 
stable
 
funding decreased
 
by
 
USD 47.5bn to
 
USD 856.8bn, mainly
 
driven
 
by
 
lower
 
customer deposits,
largely driven by currency effects, lower regulatory
 
capital and lower debt issued.
Required stable funding decreased by USD 30.3bn to USD 682.5bn, mainly
 
reflecting lower lending assets, which
were also largely driven by currency effects.
Refer to the 31 December 2024 Pillar 3 Report, which will be available as of 17 March 2025 under “Pillar 3
disclosures” at
ubs.com/investors
, for more information about the NSFR
Net stable funding ratio
USD bn, except where indicated
31.12.24
30.9.24
Available stable funding
 
856.8
 
904.3
Required stable funding
 
682.5
 
712.8
Net stable funding ratio (%)
 
125.5
 
126.9
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Balance sheet and off-balance sheet
This
 
section
 
provides
 
balance
 
sheet
 
and
 
off-balance sheet
 
information
 
and
 
should
 
be
 
read
 
in
 
conjunction
 
with
“Balance sheet
 
and off-balance
 
sheet” in
 
the “Capital,
 
liquidity and
 
funding, and
 
balance sheet”
 
section of
 
the
UBS Group
 
Annual Report
 
2023, available
 
under “Annual reporting”
 
at
ubs.com/investors
, which
 
provides more
information about the balance sheet and off-balance
 
sheet positions.
 
Balances disclosed in this
 
report represent quarter-end
 
positions, unless indicated
 
otherwise. Intra-quarter balances
fluctuate in the ordinary course of business
 
and may differ from quarter-end positions.
Balance sheet assets (31 December 2024
 
vs 30 September 2024)
Total assets
 
were USD 1,565.0bn
 
as of
 
31 December 2024,
 
a decrease
 
of USD 58.9bn
 
compared with
 
30 September
2024, largely reflecting currency effects as
 
a result of the appreciation of the US dollar.
Lending assets
 
decreased by
 
USD 38.6bn, primarily
 
reflecting currency
 
effects of
 
approximately USD 31.3bn
 
and
negative net new loans
 
in Personal &
 
Corporate Banking. Other financial
 
assets measured at fair
 
value decreased
by USD 33.9bn,
 
mainly reflecting
 
disposals
 
of high-quality
 
liquid asset
 
(HQLA) portfolio
 
securities.
 
Cash and
 
balances
at central
 
banks
 
decreased by
 
USD 20.0bn, mainly
 
due
 
to net
 
investment in
 
securities financing
 
transactions at
amortized cost, currency effects and lower brokerage payables, partly offset by inflows
 
from the disposal of HQLA
portfolio securities.
 
Trading assets decreased
 
by USD 12.9bn, primarily driven
 
by a decrease in inventory
 
held in the
Investment Bank to hedge client positions,
 
as well as Non-core and Legacy unwinding
 
activities.
These decreases were partly offset by a USD 26.2bn
 
increase in securities financing transactions at
 
amortized cost,
mainly reflecting
 
higher cash
 
reinvestment in
 
Group Treasury.
 
Derivatives and
 
cash collateral
 
receivables on
 
derivative
instruments increased by USD 23.2bn,
 
predominantly in Derivatives &
 
Solutions in the
 
Investment Bank, primarily
reflecting market-driven increases in foreign
 
currency contracts.
 
Assets
As of
% change from
USD bn
31.12.24
30.9.24
30.9.24
Cash and balances at central banks
 
223.3
 
243.3
 
(8)
Lending
1
 
598.9
 
637.5
 
(6)
Securities financing transactions at amortized cost
 
118.3
 
92.1
 
28
Trading assets
 
159.1
 
172.0
 
(8)
Derivatives and cash collateral receivables on derivative instruments
 
229.5
 
206.3
 
11
Brokerage receivables
 
25.9
 
24.7
 
5
Other financial assets measured at amortized cost
 
58.8
 
61.2
 
(4)
Other financial assets measured at fair value
2
 
97.7
 
131.6
 
(26)
Non-financial assets
 
53.6
 
55.4
 
(3)
Total assets
 
1,565.0
 
1,623.9
 
(4)
1 Consists of Loans and advances to customers and Amounts due from banks.
 
2 Consists of Financial assets at fair value not held for trading and Financial assets measured at fair
 
value through other comprehensive
income.
 
Balance sheet liabilities (31 December 2024
 
vs 30 September 2024)
Total
 
liabilities
 
were
 
USD 1,479.5bn
 
as
 
of
 
31 December
 
2024,
 
a
 
decrease
 
of
 
USD 56.9bn
 
compared
 
with
30 September 2024, largely reflecting currency
 
effects as a result of the appreciation of the
 
US dollar.
Customer deposits decreased by USD 30.2bn,
 
predominantly driven by currency effects.
 
Debt issued designated at
fair
 
value
 
and
 
long-term
 
debt
 
issued
 
measured
 
at
 
amortized
 
cost
 
decreased
 
by
 
USD 13.9bn,
 
mainly
 
driven
 
by
currency
 
effects
 
and
 
net
 
redemptions.
 
Short-term borrowings
 
decreased
 
by
 
USD 8.0bn, mainly
 
driven
 
by
 
lower
amounts due to
 
banks as well
 
as net maturities
 
of commercial paper and
 
certificates of deposit, mainly
 
in Group
Treasury. Other financial liabilities designated at fair value decreased by USD 6.6bn, mainly driven by a decrease in
securities financing transactions.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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These decreases
 
were partly
 
offset by
 
an USD 8.0bn
 
increase in
 
Derivatives and
 
cash collateral
 
payables on
 
derivative
instruments,
 
mainly reflecting the same drivers as on the asset
 
side.
 
Refer to “Bondholder information” at
 
ubs.com/investors
for more information about capital and senior debt
instruments
 
Refer to the “Consolidated financial information” section of this report for more information
Liabilities and equity
As of
 
% change from
USD bn
31.12.24
30.9.24
30.9.24
Short-term borrowings
1,2
 
53.9
 
61.9
 
(13)
Securities financing transactions at amortized cost
 
14.8
 
16.4
 
(9)
Customer deposits
 
745.8
 
776.0
 
(4)
Debt issued designated at fair value and long-term debt issued measured
 
at amortized cost
2
 
291.6
 
305.5
 
(5)
Trading liabilities
 
35.2
 
36.4
 
(3)
Derivatives and cash collateral payables on derivative instruments
 
216.1
 
208.1
 
4
Brokerage payables
 
49.0
 
52.4
 
(6)
Other financial liabilities measured at amortized cost
 
21.0
 
21.2
 
(1)
Other financial liabilities designated at fair value
 
28.7
 
35.3
 
(19)
Non-financial liabilities
 
23.2
 
23.2
 
0
Total liabilities
 
1,479.5
 
1,536.4
 
(4)
Share capital
 
0.3
 
0.3
 
0
Share premium
 
12.0
 
11.8
 
2
Treasury shares
 
(6.4)
 
(6.1)
 
6
Retained earnings
 
78.0
 
77.2
 
1
Other comprehensive income
3
 
1.1
 
3.8
 
(71)
Total equity attributable to shareholders
 
85.1
 
87.0
 
(2)
Equity attributable to non-controlling interests
 
0.5
 
0.6
 
(12)
Total equity
 
85.6
 
87.6
 
(2)
Total liabilities and equity
 
1,565.0
 
1,623.9
 
(4)
1 Consists of short-term debt issued measured at amortized cost and amounts due to banks, which includes amounts due to central banks.
 
2 The classification of debt issued measured at amortized cost into short-
term and long-term is based
 
on original contractual
 
maturity and therefore long-term
 
debt also includes debt
 
with a remaining time
 
to maturity of less
 
than one year.
 
This classification does
 
not consider any
 
early
redemption features.
 
3 Excludes other comprehensive income related to defined benefit plans and own credit, which is recorded directly in Retained earnings.
Equity (31 December 2024 vs 30 September
 
2024)
Equity attributable to shareholders decreased
 
by USD 1,946m to USD 85,079m as of
 
31 December 2024.
The
 
net
 
decrease
 
of
 
USD 1,946m
 
was
 
mainly
 
driven
 
by
 
negative
 
total
 
comprehensive
 
income
 
attributable
 
to
shareholders of USD 1,851m,
 
reflecting a net profit of
 
USD 770m and negative other
 
comprehensive income (OCI)
of
 
USD 2,622m.
 
OCI
 
mainly
 
included
 
negative
 
OCI
 
related
 
to
 
foreign
 
currency
 
translation
 
of
 
USD 1,835m
 
and
negative cash flow hedge OCI of USD 785m. In addition, net treasury share activity reduced equity by USD 318m,
predominantly due to the repurchasing of USD 300m
 
of shares under our 2024 share repurchase
 
program.
 
Refer to the “Group performance” and “Consolidated financial information” sections of this report for more
information
Refer to “Reconciliation of equity under IFRS Accounting Standards to Swiss SRB common equity tier 1 capital” in
the “Capital management” section of this report for more information about the effects of OCI on common equity
tier 1 capital
Refer to the “Share information and earnings per share”
 
section of this report for more information about our
share repurchase programs
Off-balance sheet (31 December 2024 vs
 
30 September 2024)
Committed
 
unconditionally revocable
 
credit
 
lines
 
decreased
 
by
 
USD 7.4bn,
 
driven
 
by
 
currency
 
effects.
 
Forward
starting reverse repurchase and securities borrowing agreements increased by USD
 
8.8bn, reflecting an increase in
levels of business division activity in short-dated
 
securities financing transactions.
Off-balance sheet
As of
% change from
USD bn
31.12.24
30.9.24
30.9.24
Guarantees
1,2
 
38.4
 
39.6
 
(3)
Irrevocable loan commitments
1
 
79.6
 
80.5
 
(1)
Committed unconditionally revocable credit lines
 
145.7
 
153.1
 
(5)
Forward starting reverse repurchase and securities borrowing agreements
 
24.9
 
16.1
 
55
1 Guarantees and irrevocable loan commitments are shown net of sub-participations.
 
2 Includes guarantees measured at fair value through profit or loss.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Share information and earnings per share
UBS Group AG
 
shares
 
are
 
listed
 
on
 
the
 
SIX
 
Swiss
 
Exchange
 
(SIX).
 
They
 
are
 
also
 
listed
 
on
 
the
 
New
 
York
 
Stock
Exchange (the NYSE) as global registered shares. Each share has
 
a nominal value of USD 0.10. Shares issued were
unchanged in the fourth quarter of 2024 compared
 
with the third quarter of 2024.
We held
 
287m shares
 
as of
 
31 December 2024,
 
of which
 
153m shares
 
had been
 
acquired under
 
our 2022
 
and
2024 share repurchase
 
programs
 
for cancellation
 
purposes. The
 
remaining 134m
 
shares are primarily
 
held to hedge
our share delivery obligations related to employee
 
share-based compensation and participation
 
plans.
Treasury
 
shares
 
held
 
increased by
 
11m
 
shares
 
in
 
the
 
fourth
 
quarter
 
of
 
2024.
 
This
 
mainly
 
reflected 9.5m
 
shares
repurchased under our 2024 program.
 
Shares
 
acquired
 
under
 
our
 
2024
 
program
 
totaled
 
33m
 
as
 
of
 
31 December
 
2024
 
for
 
a
 
total
 
acquisition
 
cost
 
of
USD 1,000m (CHF 871m).
 
We plan to
 
repurchase USD 1bn
 
of shares in
 
the first
 
half of 2025.
 
We aim to
 
repurchase
up
 
to
 
an
 
additional USD 2bn
 
of
 
shares
 
in
 
the
 
second half
 
of 2025
 
and
 
are
 
maintaining our
 
ambition for
 
share
repurchases in 2026 to exceed full year 2022 levels. Our share repurchase levels will be subject to maintaining our
CET1 capital
 
ratio target
 
of around
 
14%, achieving
 
our financial
 
targets and
 
the absence
 
of material
 
and immediate
changes to the current capital regime
 
in Switzerland.
Shares acquired
 
under our
 
2022 program
 
totaled 121m
 
as of
 
31 December 2024
 
for a
 
total acquisition
 
cost of
USD 2,277m (CHF 2,138m). This program concluded
 
on 28 March 2024, and the 121m shares repurchased
 
under
this program will be canceled by means of a
 
capital reduction, subject to approval by the shareholders at a future
Annual General Meeting.
Refer to the “Equity, CET1 capital and returns” table in the “Group performance” section of this report
 
for more
information about equity attributable to shareholders and tangible equity attributable to shareholders
As of or for the quarter ended
As of or for the year ended
31.12.24
30.9.24
31.12.23
1
31.12.24
31.12.23
1
Basic and diluted earnings (USD m)
Net profit / (loss) attributable to shareholders for basic
 
EPS
 
770
 
1,425
 
(279)
 
5,085
 
27,366
less: (profit) / loss on own equity derivative contracts
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
Net profit / (loss) attributable to shareholders for diluted
 
EPS
 
770
 
1,424
 
(279)
 
5,085
 
27,366
.
Weighted average shares outstanding
Weighted average shares outstanding for basic EPS
2
 
3,179,446,604
 
3,196,573,895
 
3,225,500,133
 
3,198,481,827
 
3,152,579,449
Effect of dilutive potential shares resulting from notional
 
employee shares, in-the-money
options and warrants outstanding
3
 
156,592,019
 
147,480,584
 
123,601
4
 
152,630,143
 
143,416,753
Weighted average shares outstanding for diluted EPS
 
3,336,038,623
 
3,344,054,479
 
3,225,623,734
 
3,351,111,970
 
3,295,996,202
.
Earnings per share (USD)
Basic
 
0.24
 
0.45
 
(0.09)
 
1.59
 
8.68
Diluted
 
0.23
 
0.43
 
(0.09)
 
1.52
 
8.30
.
Shares outstanding and potentially dilutive instruments
Shares issued
 
3,462,087,722
 
3,462,087,722
 
3,462,087,722
 
3,462,087,722
 
3,462,087,722
Treasury shares
5
 
287,262,471
 
276,381,209
 
253,233,437
 
287,262,471
 
253,233,437
of which: related to the 2022 share repurchase program
 
120,506,008
 
120,506,008
 
120,506,008
 
120,506,008
 
120,506,008
of which: related to the 2024 share repurchase program
 
32,962,298
 
23,479,400
 
32,962,298
Shares outstanding
 
3,174,825,251
 
3,185,706,513
 
3,208,854,285
 
3,174,825,251
 
3,208,854,285
Potentially dilutive instruments
6
 
14,127,377
 
13,561,823
 
163,417,391
4
 
14,124,877
 
5,638,817
.
Other key figures
Total book value per share (USD)
 
26.80
 
27.32
 
26.68
 
26.80
 
26.68
Tangible book value per share (USD)
 
24.63
 
25.10
 
24.34
 
24.63
 
24.34
Share price (USD)
7
 
30.54
 
30.77
 
31.01
 
30.54
 
31.01
Market capitalization (USD m)
8
 
105,719
 
106,528
 
107,355
 
105,719
 
107,355
1 Comparative-period information
 
has been revised. Refer
 
to “Note 2 Accounting
 
for the acquisition of
 
the Credit Suisse Group”
 
in the “Consolidated financial
 
statements” section of the
 
UBS Group third
 
quarter
2024 report, available under “Quarterly reporting” at ubs.com/investors, for more information.
 
2 The weighted average shares outstanding for basic earnings per share (EPS) are calculated by taking the number of
shares at the beginning of the period, adjusted by the number of shares acquired or issued during the period, multiplied by a time-weighted factor for the period outstanding. As a result, balances are affected
 
by the
timing of acquisitions and issuances during the period.
 
3 The weighted average number of shares for notional employee
 
awards with performance conditions reflects all potentially dilutive shares that are expected
to vest under the terms of the awards.
 
4 Due to the net loss in the fourth quarter of 2023, 155,065,831 weighted average potential shares from unvested notional share awards were not included in the calculation
of diluted EPS as
 
they were not dilutive
 
for the quarter ended
 
31 December 2023. Such
 
shares are only
 
taken into account
 
for the diluted EPS
 
calculation when their
 
conversion to ordinary shares
 
would decrease
earnings per share or increase the loss per share,
 
in accordance with IAS 33, Earnings per Share.
 
5 Based on a settlement date view.
 
6 Reflects potential shares that could dilute basic EPS in
 
the future but were
not dilutive for any of the periods presented. Mainly
 
includes equity-based awards subject to absolute
 
and relative performance conditions and equity derivative
 
contracts. For the quarter
 
ended 31 December 2023,
it also includes 155,065,831 weighted average potential shares from unvested notional share awards
 
that were not included in the calculation of diluted EPS as they were not dilutive.
 
7 Represents the share price
as listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange,
 
translated to US dollars using the closing exchange
 
rate as of the respective date.
 
8 The calculation of market
 
capitalization reflects total shares issued multiplied by
 
the share
price at the end of the period.
Ticker symbols UBS Group AG
Security identification codes
Trading exchange
SIX / NYSE
Bloomberg
Reuters
ISIN
CH0244767585
SIX Swiss Exchange
UBSG
UBSG SW
UBSG.S
Valoren
24 476 758
New York Stock Exchange
UBS
UBS UN
UBS.N
CUSIP
CINS H42097 10 7
 
 
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Consolidated financial
information
Unaudited
Information
 
in
 
this
 
section
 
is
 
presented
 
for
 
UBS
 
Group
 
AG
 
and
 
its
 
subsidiaries
 
(together,
 
the
 
Group)
 
on
 
a
consolidated basis unless
 
otherwise specified and
 
is presented in US dollars.
 
In preparing this financial
 
information,
the same
 
accounting policies
 
and methods
 
of computation
 
have been
 
applied as
 
in the
 
UBS Group
 
AG consolidated
annual Financial Statements
 
for the period ended
 
31 December 2023, except
 
for the changes described
 
in “Note 1
Basis of accounting”
 
in the “Consolidated
 
financial statements”
 
section of the first,
 
second and third quarter
 
2024
reports.
 
The
 
financial
 
information
 
presented
 
is
 
unaudited
 
and
 
does
 
not
 
constitute
 
an
 
interim
 
financial
 
report
prepared in accordance
 
with IAS 34,
Interim Financial Reporting
. The UBS Group
 
AG Annual Report 2024, which
will be published
 
on 17 March 2025,
 
will incorporate
 
the full financial
 
statements prepared in
 
accordance with
 
IFRS
Accounting Standards for the 2024 financial year.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Income statement
For the quarter ended
For the year ended
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31.12.23
31.12.24
31.12.23
1
Interest income from financial instruments measured at
 
amortized cost and fair value through
other comprehensive income
 
7,829
 
8,766
 
10,036
 
35,994
 
31,743
Interest expense from financial instruments measured at
 
amortized cost
 
(7,884)
 
(9,022)
 
(9,440)
 
(35,947)
 
(28,216)
Net interest income from financial instruments measured
 
at fair value through profit or loss and other
 
1,893
 
2,050
 
1,498
 
7,061
 
3,770
Net interest income
 
1,838
 
1,794
 
2,095
 
7,108
 
7,297
Other net income from financial instruments measured
 
at fair value through profit or loss
 
3,144
 
3,681
 
3,158
 
14,690
 
11,583
Fee and commission income
 
7,269
 
7,170
 
6,409
 
28,730
 
23,766
Fee and commission expense
 
(671)
 
(653)
 
(629)
 
(2,592)
 
(2,195)
Net fee and commission income
 
6,598
 
6,517
 
5,780
 
26,138
 
21,570
Other income
 
56
 
341
 
(179)
 
675
 
384
Total revenues
 
11,635
 
12,334
 
10,855
 
48,611
 
40,834
Negative goodwill
 
27,264
Credit loss expense / (release)
 
229
 
121
 
136
 
551
 
1,037
Personnel expenses
 
6,361
 
6,889
 
7,061
 
27,318
 
24,899
General and administrative expenses
 
3,004
 
2,389
 
2,999
 
10,124
 
10,156
Depreciation, amortization and impairment of non-financial
 
assets
 
994
 
1,006
 
1,409
 
3,798
 
3,750
Operating expenses
 
10,359
 
10,283
 
11,470
 
41,239
 
38,806
Operating profit / (loss) before tax
 
1,047
 
1,929
 
(751)
 
6,821
 
28,255
Tax expense / (benefit)
 
268
 
502
 
(473)
 
1,675
 
873
Net profit / (loss)
 
779
 
1,428
 
(278)
 
5,146
 
27,382
Net profit / (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests
 
9
 
3
 
1
 
60
 
16
Net profit / (loss) attributable to shareholders
 
770
 
1,425
 
(279)
 
5,085
 
27,366
Earnings per share (USD)
Basic
 
0.24
 
0.45
 
(0.09)
 
1.59
 
8.68
Diluted
 
0.23
 
0.43
 
(0.09)
 
1.52
 
8.30
1 Comparative-period information as
 
previously reported in the
 
2023 Annual Report has
 
been revised to reflect measurement
 
period adjustments impacting negative
 
goodwill. Refer to Note 2
 
in the “Consolidated
financial statements” section of the UBS Group third quarter 2024 report, available under “Quarterly reporting” at ubs.com/investors,
 
for more information about the relevant adjustments.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Statement of comprehensive income
For the quarter ended
For the year ended
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31.12.23
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Comprehensive income attributable to shareholders
2
Net profit / (loss)
 
770
 
1,425
 
(279)
 
5,085
 
27,366
Other comprehensive income that may be reclassified to the income
 
statement
Foreign currency translation
Foreign currency translation movements related to net assets of foreign operations, before tax
 
(3,388)
 
2,404
 
4,197
 
(4,726)
 
3,762
Effective portion of changes in fair value of hedging instruments
 
designated as net investment hedges, before tax
 
1,565
 
(1,081)
 
(2,620)
 
2,957
 
(2,320)
Foreign currency translation differences on foreign operations reclassified to the
 
income statement
 
20
 
2
 
60
 
24
 
58
Effective portion of changes in fair value of hedging instruments
 
designated as net investment hedges reclassified
 
to
the income statement
 
(34)
 
0
 
(25)
 
(33)
 
(28)
Income tax relating to foreign currency translations, including the effect of
 
net investment hedges
 
2
 
9
 
(15)
 
24
 
(17)
Subtotal foreign currency translation, net of tax
 
(1,835)
 
1,333
 
1,597
 
(1,754)
 
1,456
Financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income
Net unrealized gains / (losses), before tax
 
(1)
 
2
 
8
 
1
 
7
Net realized (gains) / losses reclassified to the income statement
 
from equity
 
0
 
0
 
(4)
 
0
 
(3)
Income tax relating to net unrealized gains / (losses)
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
Subtotal financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive
 
income, net of tax
 
(1)
 
2
 
3
 
1
 
4
Cash flow hedges of interest rate risk
Effective portion of changes in fair value of derivative instruments designated
 
as cash flow hedges, before tax
 
(1,366)
 
1,579
 
1,803
 
(1,450)
 
(323)
Net (gains) / losses reclassified to the income statement from
 
equity
 
400
 
388
 
566
 
2,000
 
1,905
Income tax relating to cash flow hedges
 
181
 
(374)
 
(399)
 
(69)
 
(308)
Subtotal cash flow hedges, net of tax
 
(785)
 
1,593
 
1,970
 
481
 
1,275
Cost of hedging
Cost of hedging, before tax
 
(98)
 
(19)
 
(24)
 
(146)
 
(19)
Income tax relating to cost of hedging
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
0
Subtotal cost of hedging, net of tax
 
(98)
 
(19)
 
(24)
 
(146)
 
(19)
Total other comprehensive income that may be reclassified to the income statement, net
 
of tax
 
(2,719)
 
2,910
 
3,546
 
(1,417)
 
2,715
Other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to the income
 
statement
Defined benefit plans
Gains / (losses) on defined benefit plans, before tax
 
(68)
 
(138)
 
164
 
(307)
 
110
Income tax relating to defined benefit plans
 
22
 
10
 
(33)
 
45
 
(70)
Subtotal defined benefit plans, net of tax
 
(46)
 
(128)
 
131
 
(261)
 
40
Own credit on financial liabilities designated at fair value
Gains / (losses) from own credit on financial liabilities designated
 
at fair value, before tax
 
145
 
(317)
 
(731)
 
(10)
 
(1,850)
Income tax relating to own credit on financial liabilities designated
 
at fair value
 
(2)
 
(6)
 
10
 
(9)
 
82
Subtotal own credit on financial liabilities designated at
 
fair value, net of tax
 
144
 
(323)
 
(721)
 
(19)
 
(1,769)
Total other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to the income statement,
 
net of tax
 
98
 
(451)
 
(591)
 
(280)
 
(1,729)
Total other comprehensive income
 
(2,622)
 
2,459
 
2,956
 
(1,698)
 
986
Total comprehensive income attributable to shareholders
 
(1,851)
 
3,883
 
2,677
 
3,388
 
28,352
Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling
 
interests
Net profit / (loss)
 
9
 
3
 
1
 
60
 
16
Total other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to the income statement,
 
net of tax
 
(35)
 
24
 
17
 
(47)
 
5
Total comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests
 
(27)
 
27
 
18
 
13
 
22
Total comprehensive income
Net profit / (loss)
 
779
 
1,428
 
(278)
 
5,146
 
27,382
Other comprehensive income
 
(2,657)
 
2,482
 
2,973
 
(1,744)
 
991
of which: other comprehensive income that may be reclassified
 
to the income statement
 
(2,719)
 
2,910
 
3,546
 
(1,417)
 
2,715
of which: other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified
 
to the income statement
 
62
 
(428)
 
(573)
 
(327)
 
(1,723)
Total comprehensive income
 
(1,878)
 
3,910
 
2,695
 
3,401
 
28,374
1 Comparative-period information as
 
previously reported in the
 
2023 Annual Report has
 
been revised to reflect measurement
 
period adjustments impacting negative
 
goodwill. Refer to Note 2
 
in the “Consolidated
financial statements” section of the UBS
 
Group third quarter 2024 report,
 
available under “Quarterly reporting” at
 
ubs.com/investors, for
 
more information about the relevant
 
adjustments.
 
2 Refer to the “Group
performance” section of this report for more information.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Balance sheet
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Assets
Cash and balances at central banks
 
223,329
 
243,261
 
314,060
Amounts due from banks
 
18,903
 
21,716
 
21,146
Receivables from securities financing transactions measured at amortized
 
cost
 
118,301
 
92,104
 
99,039
Cash collateral receivables on derivative instruments
 
43,959
 
47,209
 
50,082
Loans and advances to customers
 
579,967
 
615,820
 
639,669
Other financial assets measured at amortized cost
 
58,835
 
61,169
 
65,455
Total financial assets measured at amortized cost
 
1,043,293
 
1,081,280
 
1,189,451
Financial assets at fair value held for trading
 
159,065
 
171,983
 
169,633
Derivative financial instruments
 
185,551
 
159,068
 
176,084
Brokerage receivables
 
25,858
 
24,656
 
21,037
Financial assets at fair value not held for trading
 
95,472
 
129,416
 
104,018
Total financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss
 
465,947
 
485,124
 
470,773
Financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income
 
2,195
 
2,179
 
2,233
Investments in associates
 
2,306
 
2,484
 
2,373
Property, equipment and software
 
15,498
 
16,571
 
17,849
Goodwill and intangible assets
 
6,887
 
7,048
 
7,515
Deferred tax assets
 
11,134
 
10,254
 
10,682
Other non-financial assets
 
17,766
 
19,002
 
16,049
Total assets
 
1,565,028
 
1,623,941
 
1,716,924
Liabilities
Amounts due to banks
 
23,347
 
28,058
 
70,962
Payables from securities financing transactions measured at amortized cost
 
14,833
 
16,374
 
14,394
Cash collateral payables on derivative instruments
 
35,490
 
33,757
 
41,582
Customer deposits
 
745,777
 
775,994
 
792,029
Debt issued measured at amortized cost
 
214,219
 
227,168
 
237,817
Other financial liabilities measured at amortized cost
 
21,033
 
21,171
 
20,851
Total financial liabilities measured at amortized cost
 
1,054,698
 
1,102,523
 
1,177,633
Financial liabilities at fair value held for trading
 
35,247
 
36,437
 
34,159
Derivative financial instruments
 
180,636
 
174,296
 
192,181
Brokerage payables designated at fair value
 
49,023
 
52,403
 
42,522
Debt issued designated at fair value
 
107,909
 
112,218
 
128,289
Other financial liabilities designated at fair value
 
28,699
 
35,256
 
29,484
Total financial liabilities measured at fair value through profit or loss
 
401,514
 
410,610
 
426,635
Provisions and contingent liabilities
 
8,409
 
9,245
 
12,412
Other non-financial liabilities
 
14,834
 
13,974
 
14,089
Total liabilities
 
1,479,454
 
1,536,352
 
1,630,769
Equity
Share capital
 
346
 
346
 
346
Share premium
 
12,012
 
11,755
 
13,216
Treasury shares
 
(6,402)
 
(6,051)
 
(4,796)
Retained earnings
 
78,035
 
77,197
 
74,397
Other comprehensive income recognized directly in equity, net of tax
 
1,088
 
3,777
 
2,462
Equity attributable to shareholders
 
85,079
 
87,025
 
85,624
Equity attributable to non-controlling interests
 
494
 
564
 
531
Total equity
 
85,574
 
87,589
 
86,156
Total liabilities and equity
 
1,565,028
 
1,623,941
 
1,716,924
1 Comparative-period
 
information has
 
been revised.
 
Refer to
 
Note 2
 
in the
 
“Consolidated financial
 
statements” section
 
of the
 
UBS Group
 
third quarter
 
2024 report,
 
available under
 
“Quarterly reporting”
 
at
ubs.com/investors, for more information.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Provisions and contingent liabilities
a) Provisions and contingent liabilities
The table below presents an overview of total provisions
 
and contingent liabilities.
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Provisions related to expected credit losses (IFRS 9,
Financial Instruments
)
 
320
 
310
 
350
Provisions related to Credit Suisse loan commitments (IFRS
 
3,
Business Combinations
)
 
997
 
1,230
 
1,924
Provisions related to litigation, regulatory and similar matters
 
(IAS 37,
Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets
)
 
3,602
 
3,842
 
4,020
Acquisition-related contingent liabilities related to litigation,
 
regulatory and similar matters (IFRS 3,
Business Combinations
)
 
2,122
 
2,430
 
3,993
Restructuring, real-estate and other provisions (IAS 37,
Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets
)
 
1,368
 
1,433
 
2,123
Total provisions and contingent liabilities
 
8,409
 
9,245
 
12,412
1 Comparative-period information
 
has been
 
revised.
 
Refer to
 
Note 2
 
in the
 
“Consolidated financial
 
statements” section
 
of the
 
UBS Group
 
third quarter
 
2024 report,
 
available under
 
“Quarterly reporting”
 
at
ubs.com/investors, for more information.
 
The table below presents additional information for provisions under IAS 37,
Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and
Contingent Assets
.
USD m
Litigation,
regulatory and
similar matters
1
Restructuring
2
Real estate
3
Other
4
Total
Balance as of 31 December 2023
 
4,020
 
741
 
259
 
1,123
 
6,144
Balance as of 30 September 2024
 
3,842
 
865
 
245
 
324
 
5,275
Increase in provisions recognized in the income statement
 
173
 
301
 
12
 
70
 
555
Release of provisions recognized in the income statement
 
(7)
 
(107)
 
(1)
 
(51)
 
(166)
Reclassifications
 
216
5
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
216
Provisions used in conformity with designated purpose
 
(510)
 
(200)
 
(7)
 
(9)
 
(725)
Foreign currency translation and other movements
 
(112)
 
(46)
 
(9)
 
(18)
 
(185)
Balance as of 31 December 2024
 
3,602
 
813
 
240
 
315
 
4,969
1 Consists of provisions for losses resulting
 
from legal, liability and compliance
 
risks.
 
2 Includes USD 383m of provisions
 
for onerous contracts related to
 
real estate as of 31 December 2024
 
(30 September 2024:
USD 482m; 31 December 2023: USD 448m), USD 334m of personnel-related
 
restructuring provisions as of 31 December 2024 (30 September 2024:
 
USD 322m; 31 December 2023: USD 294m) and onerous contracts
related to technology.
 
3 Mainly includes provisions for reinstatement
 
costs with respect to leased properties.
 
4 Mainly includes provisions related to
 
employee benefits and operational risks.
 
5 Mainly includes
reclassifications from IFRS 3 contingent liabilities to IAS 37 provisions.
Information about provisions and
 
contingent liabilities in respect of
 
litigation, regulatory and similar matters,
 
as a
class, is
 
included in
 
part b).
 
There are
 
no material
 
contingent
 
liabilities associated
 
with the
 
other classes
 
of provisions.
b) Litigation, regulatory and similar matters
The Group operates in
 
a legal and regulatory
 
environment that exposes it to
 
significant litigation and similar risks
arising from disputes
 
and regulatory proceedings. As
 
a result,
 
UBS (which for
 
purposes of this
 
Note may
 
refer to
UBS
 
Group
 
AG
 
and
 
/
 
or
 
one
 
or
 
more
 
of
 
its
 
subsidiaries, as
 
applicable)
 
is
 
involved
 
in
 
various
 
disputes
 
and
 
legal
proceedings, including litigation, arbitration,
 
and regulatory and criminal investigations.
Such matters are subject
 
to many uncertainties,
 
and the outcome and the
 
timing of resolution are
 
often difficult to
predict,
 
particularly in
 
the
 
earlier
 
stages
 
of
 
a
 
case.
 
There
 
are
 
also
 
situations
 
where
 
the Group
 
may
 
enter into
 
a
settlement
 
agreement.
 
This
 
may
 
occur
 
in
 
order
 
to
 
avoid
 
the
 
expense,
 
management
 
distraction
 
or
 
reputational
implications of
 
continuing to
 
contest liability,
 
even
 
for those
 
matters for
 
which
 
the Group
 
believes it
 
should be
exonerated. The uncertainties inherent in all such matters affect the amount and timing of any potential outflows
for both matters
 
with respect to
 
which provisions have
 
been established and
 
other contingent liabilities.
 
The Group
makes
 
provisions
 
for
 
such
 
matters
 
brought
 
against
 
it
 
when,
 
in
 
the
 
opinion
 
of
 
management
 
after
 
seeking legal
advice, it
 
is more
 
likely than
 
not that
 
the Group
 
has a
 
present legal
 
or constructive obligation
 
as a
 
result of
 
past
events, it
 
is probable
 
that an
 
outflow of
 
resources will
 
be required,
 
and the
 
amount can
 
be reliably
 
estimated. Where
these factors
 
are
 
otherwise satisfied,
 
a
 
provision may
 
be
 
established for
 
claims that
 
have
 
not
 
yet been
 
asserted
against the
 
Group, but
 
are nevertheless
 
expected to
 
be, based
 
on
 
the Group’s
 
experience with
 
similar asserted
claims.
 
If
 
any
 
of
 
those
 
conditions
 
is
 
not
 
met,
 
such
 
matters
 
result
 
in
 
contingent
 
liabilities.
 
If
 
the
 
amount
 
of
 
an
obligation cannot
 
be reliably
 
estimated, a
 
liability exists
 
that is
 
not recognized
 
even if
 
an outflow
 
of resources
 
is
probable. Accordingly, no
 
provision is
 
established even if
 
the potential
 
outflow of resources
 
with respect
 
to such
matters could be significant. Developments relating to a matter that occur after the relevant reporting period, but
prior
 
to
 
the
 
issuance
 
of
 
financial
 
statements, which
 
affect
 
management’s assessment
 
of
 
the
 
provision
 
for
 
such
matter
 
(because,
 
for
 
example,
 
the
 
developments provide
 
evidence of
 
conditions that
 
existed
 
at
 
the
 
end
 
of
 
the
reporting
 
period),
 
are
 
adjusting
 
events
 
after
 
the
 
reporting period
 
under
 
IAS
 
10
 
and
 
must
 
be
 
recognized in
 
the
financial statements for the reporting period.
 
 
 
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Provisions and contingent liabilities
 
(continued)
Specific litigation, regulatory and other matters are
 
described below, including all such matters that
 
management
considers to be material and others that management believes to be of significance to the Group due to potential
financial,
 
reputational
 
and
 
other
 
effects.
 
The
 
amount
 
of
 
damages
 
claimed,
 
the
 
size
 
of
 
a
 
transaction
 
or
 
other
information is
 
provided where
 
available and
 
appropriate in order
 
to assist
 
users in
 
considering the
 
magnitude of
potential exposures.
In the case of certain matters below, we state that we have established a provision, and for the other matters, we
make no such statement. When we
 
make this statement and we expect
 
disclosure of the amount of a provision
 
to
prejudice seriously our
 
position with other
 
parties in the
 
matter because it
 
would reveal what
 
UBS believes to
 
be
the
 
probable
 
and
 
reliably estimable
 
outflow, we
 
do
 
not
 
disclose
 
that amount.
 
In
 
some
 
cases we
 
are
 
subject to
confidentiality obligations
 
that preclude
 
such disclosure.
 
With respect
 
to the
 
matters for
 
which we
 
do not
 
state
whether we have
 
established a provision,
 
either: (a) we
 
have not established
 
a provision; or
 
(b) we have
 
established
a provision
 
but expect
 
disclosure of
 
that fact
 
to prejudice
 
seriously our
 
position with
 
other parties
 
in the
 
matter
because it would reveal the fact that
 
UBS believes an outflow of resources to be probable
 
and reliably estimable.
With respect to certain litigation, regulatory
 
and similar matters for which we
 
have established provisions, we are
able to
 
estimate the expected
 
timing of outflows.
 
However, the aggregate
 
amount of the
 
expected outflows for
those matters for which we
 
are able to estimate expected
 
timing is immaterial relative to
 
our current and expected
levels of liquidity over the relevant time periods.
 
The
 
aggregate
 
amount
 
provisioned
 
for
 
litigation,
 
regulatory
 
and
 
similar
 
matters
 
as
 
a
 
class
 
is
 
disclosed
 
in
 
the
“Provisions”
 
table
 
in
 
part
 
a)
 
above.
 
UBS
 
provides
 
below
 
an
 
estimate
 
of
 
the
 
aggregate
 
liability
 
for
 
its
 
litigation,
regulatory and
 
similar matters
 
as a
 
class of
 
contingent liabilities.
 
Estimates of
 
contingent liabilities
 
are inherently
imprecise and
 
uncertain as
 
these
 
estimates require UBS
 
to
 
make speculative
 
legal assessments
 
as
 
to claims
 
and
proceedings that involve
 
unique fact patterns
 
or novel legal
 
theories, that have
 
not yet been
 
initiated or are
 
at early
stages of
 
adjudication, or
 
as to
 
which
 
alleged damages
 
have
 
not been
 
quantified by
 
the claimants.
 
Taking into
account these uncertainties
 
and the other factors
 
described herein, UBS
 
estimates the future losses
 
that could arise
from litigation,
 
regulatory and
 
similar matters
 
disclosed below
 
for which
 
an estimate
 
is possible,
 
that are
 
not covered
by existing
 
provisions (including
 
acquisition-related contingent
 
liabilities established
 
under IFRS
 
3 in connection
 
with
the acquisition of Credit Suisse), are in the range
 
of USD 0bn to USD 1.9bn.
 
Litigation, regulatory
 
and similar
 
matters may
 
also result
 
in non-monetary
 
penalties and
 
consequences. A
 
guilty plea
to, or conviction of, a crime could have material consequences for UBS. Resolution of regulatory proceedings may
require UBS to obtain waivers of regulatory disqualifications to maintain certain operations, may entitle regulatory
authorities to limit, suspend or terminate
 
licenses and regulatory authorizations, and may
 
permit financial market
utilities to
 
limit, suspend
 
or terminate
 
UBS’s participation
 
in such
 
utilities. Failure
 
to obtain
 
such waivers,
 
or any
limitation, suspension
 
or termination
 
of licenses,
 
authorizations or
 
participations, could
 
have material
 
consequences
for UBS.
The
 
amounts
 
shown
 
in
 
the
 
table
 
below
 
reflect
 
the
 
provisions
 
recorded
 
under
 
IFRS
 
Accounting
 
Standards.
 
In
connection with
 
the acquisition
 
of Credit
 
Suisse, UBS
 
Group AG
 
additionally has
 
reflected in
 
its purchase
 
accounting
under IFRS
 
3 a
 
valuation adjustment
 
reflecting an
 
estimate of
 
outflows relating
 
to contingent
 
liabilities for
 
all present
obligations included in
 
the scope
 
of the
 
acquisition at fair
 
value upon
 
closing, even
 
if it
 
is not
 
probable that the
contingent
 
liability
 
will
 
result
 
in
 
an
 
outflow
 
of
 
resources,
 
significantly
 
decreasing
 
the
 
recognition
 
threshold
 
for
litigation
 
liabilities
 
beyond
 
those
 
that
 
generally apply
 
under
 
IFRS
 
Accounting Standards.
 
The
 
IFRS
 
3
 
acquisition-
related
 
contingent
 
liabilities
 
of
 
USD 2.1bn
 
at
 
31 December
 
2024
 
reflect
 
a
 
decrease
 
of
 
USD 0.3bn
 
from
30 September 2024 as a
 
result of reclassifications
 
to provisions under IAS
 
37 and releases upon
 
resolution of the
relevant matter.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Provisions for litigation, regulatory and similar matters,
 
by business division and in Group Items
1
USD m
Global Wealth
Manage-
ment
Personal &
Corporate
Banking
Asset
Manage-
ment
Investment
Bank
Non-core
and Legacy
Group Items
UBS Group
Balance as of 31 December 2023
 
1,235
 
157
 
15
 
294
 
2,186
 
134
 
4,020
Balance as of 30 September 2024
 
1,247
 
157
 
2
 
283
 
2,018
 
135
 
3,842
Increase in provisions recognized in the income statement
 
103
 
0
 
1
 
12
 
49
 
8
 
173
Release of provisions recognized in the income statement
 
(3)
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
(2)
 
(2)
 
(7)
Reclassifications
2
 
17
 
0
 
0
 
0
 
199
 
0
 
216
Provisions used in conformity with designated purpose
 
(15)
 
0
 
(2)
 
(17)
 
(474)
 
(2)
 
(510)
Foreign currency translation and other movements
 
(78)
 
(11)
 
0
 
(12)
 
(11)
 
0
 
(112)
Balance as of 31 December 2024
 
1,271
 
147
 
1
 
266
 
1,779
 
139
 
3,602
1 Provisions, if any,
 
for the matters
 
described in items
 
2 and 10
 
of this disclosure
 
are recorded in
 
Global Wealth Management.
 
Provisions, if any,
 
for the matters
 
described in items
 
5, 6, 7,
 
8, 9, 11
 
and 13 of this
disclosure are recorded
 
in Non-core and
 
Legacy. Provisions,
 
if any,
 
for the matter
 
described in item
 
14 of this
 
disclosure are recorded
 
in Group
 
Items. Provisions,
 
if any,
 
for the matters
 
described in item
 
1 of this
disclosure are allocated between Global Wealth Management,
 
Personal & Corporate Banking and Non-core
 
and Legacy. Provisions, if
 
any, for the matters described in
 
item 3 of this disclosure are allocated between
the Investment Bank,
 
Non-core and Legacy
 
and Group Items.
 
Provisions, if
 
any, for
 
the matters described
 
in item 4
 
of this disclosure
 
are allocated between
 
Global Wealth Management
 
and Personal
 
& Corporate
Banking. Provisions, if any,
 
for the matters described
 
in item 12 of this
 
disclosure are allocated between
 
the Investment Bank and Non-core
 
and Legacy.
 
2 Mainly includes reclassifications from
 
IFRS 3 contingent
liabilities to IAS 37 provisions.
1. Inquiries regarding cross-border wealth management
 
businesses
 
Tax
 
and regulatory
 
authorities in
 
a number
 
of countries
 
have made
 
inquiries, served
 
requests for
 
information or
examined
 
employees
 
located
 
in
 
their
 
respective
 
jurisdictions
 
relating
 
to
 
the
 
cross-border
 
wealth
 
management
services provided by
 
UBS and
 
other financial
 
institutions. Credit Suisse
 
offices in various
 
locations, including
 
the UK,
the Netherlands, France and
 
Belgium, have been contacted
 
by regulatory and law enforcement
 
authorities seeking
records and information
 
concerning investigations
 
into Credit
 
Suisse’s historical
 
private banking
 
services on a
 
cross-
border basis and
 
in part through
 
its local branches
 
and banks.
 
The UK and
 
French aspects of
 
these issues have
 
been
closed. UBS is continuing to cooperate with
 
the authorities.
Since 2013, UBS
 
(France) S.A., UBS AG
 
and certain former employees
 
have been under investigation in
 
France in
relation to UBS’s cross-border business with French
 
clients. In connection with this investigation, the investigating
judges ordered UBS AG to provide bail (“
caution
”) of EUR 1.1bn.
In 2019,
 
the court of
 
first instance
 
returned a verdict
 
finding UBS AG
 
guilty of
 
unlawful solicitation of
 
clients on
French territory and aggravated
 
laundering of the proceeds
 
of tax fraud, and UBS
 
(France) S.A. guilty of aiding
 
and
abetting unlawful
 
solicitation and
 
of laundering
 
the proceeds
 
of tax
 
fraud. The
 
court imposed
 
fines aggregating
EUR 3.7bn on UBS AG and UBS (France) S.A. and awarded EUR 800m of civil
 
damages to the French state. A trial
in the
 
Paris Court
 
of Appeal
 
took place
 
in March
 
2021. In
 
December 2021,
 
the Court
 
of Appeal
 
found UBS AG
guilty of unlawful solicitation and aggravated laundering of the proceeds of tax fraud. The court ordered a fine of
EUR
 
3.75m,
 
the
 
confiscation
 
of
 
EUR 1bn,
 
and
 
awarded
 
civil
 
damages
 
to
 
the
 
French
 
state
 
of
 
EUR 800m.
 
UBS
appealed the decision to
 
the French Supreme Court. The
 
Supreme Court rendered its judgment
 
on 15 November
2023. It
 
upheld the
 
Court of
 
Appeal’s decision
 
regarding unlawful solicitation
 
and aggravated
 
laundering of the
proceeds of tax fraud, but overturned
 
the confiscation of EUR 1bn, the penalty of EUR 3.75m
 
and the EUR 800m
of civil
 
damages awarded
 
to the
 
French state.
 
The case
 
has been
 
remanded to
 
the Court
 
of Appeal
 
for a
 
retrial
regarding these overturned elements.
 
The French state has reimbursed the
 
EUR 800m of civil damages
 
to UBS AG.
In
 
May
 
2014,
 
Credit
 
Suisse
 
entered
 
into
 
settlement
 
agreements
 
with
 
the
 
SEC,
 
Federal
 
Reserve
 
and
 
New
 
York
Department of Financial Services and entered
 
into an agreement with the US Department
 
of Justice (DOJ) to plead
guilty to
 
conspiring to
 
aid and
 
abet US
 
taxpayers in
 
filing false
 
tax returns
 
(2014 Plea
 
Agreement). Credit
 
Suisse
continued to report
 
to and cooperate
 
with US authorities
 
in accordance with its
 
obligations under the
 
2014 Plea
Agreement,
 
including by conducting
 
a review of cross-border
 
services provided by
 
Credit Suisse. In this
 
connection,
Credit Suisse provided
 
information to US
 
authorities regarding potentially undeclared US
 
assets held by
 
clients at
Credit Suisse.
 
UBS continues to cooperate with the ongoing
 
investigation by the DOJ.
 
 
 
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Our balance
 
sheet at 31 December
 
2024 reflected
 
a provision in
 
an amount
 
that UBS
 
believes to
 
be appropriate
under the
 
applicable accounting
 
standard. As
 
in the
 
case of
 
other matters
 
for which
 
we have
 
established provisions,
the future outflow of resources in respect of such matters
 
cannot be determined with certainty based on currently
available information
 
and accordingly
 
may ultimately
 
prove to
 
be substantially
 
greater (or
 
may be
 
less) than
 
the
provision that we have recognized.
2. Madoff
In relation to
 
the Bernard
 
L. Madoff Investment
 
Securities LLC
 
(BMIS) investment
 
fraud, UBS AG,
 
UBS (Luxembourg)
S.A. (now UBS
 
Europe SE, Luxembourg
 
branch) and certain
 
other UBS subsidiaries have
 
been subject to
 
inquiries
by a
 
number of
 
regulators, including
 
the Swiss
 
Financial Market
 
Supervisory Authority
 
(FINMA) and
 
the Luxembourg
Commission
 
de
 
Surveillance
 
du
 
Secteur
 
Financier.
 
Those
 
inquiries
 
concerned
 
two
 
third-party
 
funds
 
established
under Luxembourg
 
law,
 
substantially all
 
assets of
 
which were
 
with BMIS,
 
as well
 
as certain
 
funds established
 
in
offshore
 
jurisdictions
 
with
 
either
 
direct
 
or
 
indirect
 
exposure
 
to
 
BMIS.
 
These
 
funds
 
faced
 
severe
 
losses,
 
and
 
the
Luxembourg funds are in liquidation. The documentation establishing both funds identifies UBS entities in various
roles,
 
including custodian,
 
administrator,
 
manager,
 
distributor and
 
promoter,
 
and indicates
 
that UBS
 
employees
serve as board members.
In 2009 and 2010, the liquidators
 
of the two Luxembourg funds
 
filed claims against UBS entities,
 
non-UBS entities
and
 
certain
 
individuals,
 
including
 
current
 
and
 
former
 
UBS
 
employees,
 
seeking
 
amounts
 
totaling
 
approximately
EUR 2.1bn, which includes
 
amounts that the
 
funds may be
 
held liable to
 
pay the trustee
 
for the liquidation
 
of BMIS
(BMIS Trustee).
A large number of alleged beneficiaries have filed claims
 
against UBS entities (and non-UBS entities) for purported
losses relating to
 
the Madoff fraud.
 
The majority of
 
these cases have
 
been filed in
 
Luxembourg, where decisions
that the claims in eight test cases were inadmissible have been affirmed by the Luxembourg Court of Appeal, and
the Luxembourg Supreme Court has dismissed
 
a further appeal in one of the test
 
cases.
In the
 
US, the
 
BMIS Trustee
 
filed claims
 
against UBS
 
entities, among
 
others, in
 
relation to
 
the two
 
Luxembourg
funds and one of
 
the offshore funds. The
 
total amount claimed against
 
all defendants in
 
these actions was
 
not less
than USD 2bn. In
 
2014, the US
 
Supreme Court rejected
 
the BMIS Trustee’s
 
motion for leave
 
to appeal decisions,
dismissing all
 
claims against
 
UBS defendants
 
except those
 
for the
 
recovery of
 
approximately USD 125m
 
of payments
alleged to be
 
fraudulent conveyances
 
and preference
 
payments. Similar
 
claims have
 
been filed against
 
Credit Suisse
entities seeking to recover
 
redemption payments. In
 
2016, the bankruptcy
 
court dismissed these
 
claims against the
UBS entities and
 
most of
 
the Credit
 
Suisse entities.
 
In 2019, the
 
Court of Appeals
 
reversed the
 
dismissal of
 
the BMIS
Trustee’s remaining claims. The case has been
 
remanded to the Bankruptcy Court
 
for further proceedings.
3. Foreign exchange, LIBOR and benchmark rates,
 
and other trading practices
Foreign-exchange-related regulatory matters:
 
Beginning in 2013, numerous authorities commenced investigations
concerning possible
 
manipulation of
 
foreign
 
exchange markets
 
and
 
precious
 
metals prices.
 
As
 
a
 
result
 
of these
investigations, UBS entered into resolutions with Swiss, US and UK regulators
 
and the European Commission. UBS
was granted conditional immunity
 
by the Antitrust Division
 
of the DOJ
 
and by authorities
 
in other jurisdictions
 
in
connection with potential competition law violations relating to foreign exchange and precious metals businesses.
In December
 
2021, the
 
European Commission
 
issued a
 
decision imposing
 
a fine
 
of EUR 83.3m
 
on Credit
 
Suisse
entities based on findings of anticompetitive practices in the foreign exchange market. Credit Suisse has appealed
the decision to the European General Court.
 
UBS received leniency and accordingly no fine was assessed.
Foreign-exchange-related civil litigation:
 
Putative class actions have been filed since 2013 in US federal courts and
in
 
other
 
jurisdictions
 
against
 
UBS,
 
Credit
 
Suisse
 
and
 
other
 
banks
 
on
 
behalf
 
of
 
putative
 
classes
 
of
 
persons
 
who
engaged in foreign
 
currency transactions with
 
any of the defendant
 
banks. UBS and
 
Credit Suisse have resolved
 
US
federal
 
court class
 
actions relating
 
to foreign
 
currency transactions
 
with the
 
defendant banks
 
and persons
 
who
transacted in
 
foreign exchange
 
futures contracts
 
and options
 
on such
 
futures. Certain
 
class members
 
have excluded
themselves from
 
that settlement
 
and filed individual
 
actions in
 
US and English
 
courts against
 
UBS, Credit Suisse
 
and
other banks, alleging
 
violations of US
 
and European competition
 
laws and unjust
 
enrichment. UBS, Credit
 
Suisse
and the other
 
banks have resolved
 
those individual matters. Credit
 
Suisse and UBS,
 
together with other
 
financial
institutions, were named in
 
a consolidated putative
 
class action in
 
Israel, which made
 
allegations similar to those
made in the actions pursued in other jurisdictions. In April 2022,
 
Credit Suisse entered into an agreement to settle
all claims in
 
this action. In
 
February 2024, UBS
 
entered into
 
an agreement to
 
settle all
 
claims in
 
this action. Both
settlements remain subject to court approval.
 
 
 
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A putative class action was filed in federal court against UBS and numerous other banks on behalf of persons and
businesses in the US who directly purchased foreign currency from the defendants
 
and alleged co-conspirators for
their own end use. In May 2024, the Second
 
Circuit upheld the district court’s dismissal of
 
the case.
 
LIBOR and other benchmark-related regulatory
 
matters:
 
Numerous government agencies conducted investigations
regarding potential improper attempts by UBS, among others, to manipulate LIBOR and other benchmark rates at
certain
 
times.
 
UBS
 
and
 
Credit
 
Suisse
 
reached
 
settlements
 
or
 
otherwise
 
concluded
 
investigations
 
relating
 
to
benchmark interest
 
rates with
 
the investigating
 
authorities. UBS
 
was granted
 
conditional leniency
 
or conditional
immunity
 
from
 
authorities
 
in
 
certain
 
jurisdictions,
 
including
 
the
 
Antitrust
 
Division
 
of
 
the
 
DOJ
 
and
 
the
 
Swiss
Competition Commission (WEKO), in
 
connection with potential
 
antitrust or competition
 
law violations related
 
to
certain rates.
 
However, UBS
 
has not
 
reached a
 
final settlement
 
with WEKO,
 
as the
 
Secretariat of
 
WEKO has
 
asserted
that UBS does not qualify for full immunity.
LIBOR and
 
other benchmark-related
 
civil litigation:
 
A number
 
of putative
 
class actions
 
and other
 
actions are
 
pending
in the federal
 
courts in New
 
York against UBS
 
and numerous other banks
 
on behalf of
 
parties who transacted in
certain interest rate benchmark-based derivatives. Also
 
pending in the US
 
and in other jurisdictions are
 
a number
of other
 
actions asserting losses
 
related to
 
various products whose
 
interest rates were
 
linked to
 
LIBOR and other
benchmarks, including
 
adjustable rate
 
mortgages, preferred
 
and debt securities,
 
bonds pledged
 
as collateral, loans,
depository
 
accounts,
 
investments
 
and
 
other
 
interest-bearing
 
instruments.
 
The
 
complaints
 
allege
 
manipulation,
through various
 
means, of
 
certain benchmark
 
interest rates,
 
including USD LIBOR,
 
Yen LIBOR,
 
EURIBOR, CHF LIBOR,
and GBP LIBOR and seek unspecified compensatory
 
and other damages under various legal
 
theories.
USD LIBOR class and individual actions in the
 
US:
Beginning in 2013, putative class actions
 
were filed in US federal
district courts
 
(and subsequently
 
consolidated in
 
the US
 
District Court
 
for the Southern
 
District of New
 
York (SDNY))
by plaintiffs who
 
engaged in over-the-counter
 
instruments, exchange-traded
 
Eurodollar futures and
 
options, bonds
or
 
loans
 
that
 
referenced
 
USD LIBOR.
 
The
 
complaints
 
allege
 
violations
 
of
 
antitrust
 
law
 
and
 
the
 
Commodities
Exchange Act, as well breach
 
of contract and unjust enrichment.
 
Following various rulings by the
 
district court and
the Second Circuit dismissing certain of
 
the causes of action and allowing others
 
to proceed, one class action with
respect
 
to
 
transactions
 
in
 
over-the-counter
 
instruments
 
and
 
several
 
actions
 
brought
 
by
 
individual
 
plaintiffs
 
are
proceeding in the district court.
 
UBS and Credit Suisse
 
have entered into settlement agreements in
 
respect of the
class actions relating
 
to exchange-traded
 
instruments, bonds
 
and loans. These
 
settlements have
 
received final court
approval and
 
the actions
 
have been
 
dismissed as
 
to UBS
 
and Credit
 
Suisse. In
 
addition, an
 
individual action
 
was
filed in the
 
Northern District of California
 
against UBS, Credit Suisse
 
and numerous other banks
 
alleging that the
defendants conspired to fix
 
the interest rate used as
 
the basis for loans to
 
consumers by jointly setting
 
the USD ICE
LIBOR rate and monopolized
 
the market for LIBOR-based
 
consumer loans and credit
 
cards. The court dismissed
 
the
initial
 
complaint
 
and
 
subsequently
 
dismissed
 
an
 
amended
 
complaint
 
with
 
prejudice.
 
In
 
January
 
2024,
 
plaintiffs
appealed the dismissal to the Ninth Circuit
 
Court of Appeals,
 
which affirmed the dismissal in November
 
2024.
Other benchmark
 
class actions
 
in the
 
US:
The Yen
 
LIBOR/Euroyen TIBOR,
 
EURIBOR and
 
GBP LIBOR
 
actions
 
have
been dismissed.
 
Plaintiffs have appealed the dismissals.
In November 2022, defendants have moved to dismiss the
 
complaint in the CHF LIBOR action. In
 
2023, the court
approved a settlement by Credit Suisse of the
 
claims against it in this matter.
Government bonds:
 
In 2021,
 
the European
 
Commission issued
 
a decision
 
finding that
 
UBS and
 
six other
 
banks
breached European
 
Union antitrust
 
rules between
 
2007 and
 
2011 relating
 
to European
 
government bonds. The
European Commission
 
fined UBS EUR 172m.
 
UBS has appealed
 
the amount of
 
the fine.
Also in 2021,
 
the European
Commission
 
issued
 
a
 
decision
 
finding
 
that
 
Credit
 
Suisse
 
and
 
four
 
other
 
banks
 
had
 
breached
 
European
 
Union
antitrust
 
rules
 
relating
 
to
 
supra-sovereign,
 
sovereign
 
and
 
agency
 
bonds
 
denominated
 
in
 
USD.
 
The
 
European
Commission fined Credit Suisse EUR 11.9m,
 
which amount was confirmed on appeal.
Credit Suisse, together with other financial institutions, was named in two Canadian putative class actions, which
allege that
 
defendants conspired to
 
fix the
 
prices of
 
supranational, sub-sovereign and
 
agency bonds sold
 
to and
purchased
 
from
 
investors
 
in
 
the
 
secondary market.
 
One
 
action
 
was
 
dismissed
 
against
 
Credit
 
Suisse
 
in
 
February
2020. In October
 
2022, Credit Suisse
 
entered into
 
an agreement
 
to settle all
 
claims in the
 
second action,
 
which was
approved by the court in November 2024.
 
 
 
 
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Credit default
 
swap auction
 
litigation
 
– In
 
June 2021,
 
Credit Suisse,
 
along with
 
other banks
 
and entities,
 
was named
in a
 
putative class
 
action complaint
 
filed in
 
the US
 
District Court
 
for the
 
District of
 
New Mexico
 
alleging manipulation
of credit default swap (CDS) final auction prices. Defendants filed a motion to enforce a previous CDS class action
settlement in the SDNY. In January 2024,
 
the SDNY ruled that, to the extent
 
claims in the New Mexico action arise
from conduct prior to 30 June 2014,
 
those claims are barred by the
 
SDNY settlement. The plaintiffs have
 
appealed
the SDNY decision.
With respect
 
to additional
 
matters and
 
jurisdictions not
 
encompassed by
 
the settlements
 
and orders
 
referred to
above,
 
UBS’s
 
balance
 
sheet
 
at
 
31
 
December
 
2024
 
reflected
 
a
 
provision
 
in
 
an
 
amount
 
that
 
UBS
 
believes
 
to
 
be
appropriate under
 
the applicable
 
accounting standard.
 
As in
 
the case
 
of other
 
matters for
 
which we
 
have established
provisions, the future outflow
 
of resources in respect
 
of such matters
 
cannot be determined with
 
certainty based
on currently available information and
 
accordingly may ultimately prove to
 
be substantially greater (or may be
 
less)
than the provision that we have recognized.
4. Swiss retrocessions
 
The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland ruled in 2012, in
 
a test case against UBS, that distribution fees paid
 
to
a firm for distributing third-party
 
and intra-group investment funds
 
and structured products must be disclosed
 
and
surrendered
 
to
 
clients
 
who have
 
entered
 
into
 
a
 
discretionary
 
mandate agreement
 
with
 
the
 
firm,
 
absent a
 
valid
waiver. FINMA issued a
 
supervisory note
 
to all Swiss
 
banks in response
 
to the Supreme
 
Court decision.
 
UBS has
 
met
the FINMA requirements and has notified all potentially
 
affected clients.
The Supreme Court
 
decision has resulted,
 
and continues to
 
result, in a
 
number of client
 
requests to disclose
 
and
potentially surrender retrocessions. Client requests are assessed on a case-by-case
 
basis. Considerations taken into
account when
 
assessing these
 
cases include,
 
among other
 
things, the
 
existence of
 
a discretionary
 
mandate and
whether or not the client documentation contained
 
a valid waiver with respect to distribution
 
fees.
UBS’s balance sheet at 31 December 2024 reflected a provision with respect to matters described in this item 4 in
an amount that UBS
 
believes to be
 
appropriate under the applicable accounting standard.
 
The ultimate exposure
will depend on client requests and the resolution thereof, factors that are difficult to predict and assess. Hence, as
in the case of other
 
matters for which we have
 
established provisions, the
 
future outflow of resources
 
in respect of
such matters
 
cannot be
 
determined with certainty
 
based on
 
currently available information
 
and accordingly may
ultimately prove to be substantially greater (or
 
may be less) than the provision that we have
 
recognized.
5. Mortgage-related matters
Government and
 
regulatory
 
related matters
:
DOJ RMBS
 
settlement
 
– In January
 
2017, Credit Suisse
 
Securities (USA)
LLC
 
(CSS
 
LLC)
 
and
 
its
 
current
 
and
 
former
 
US
 
subsidiaries
 
and
 
US
 
affiliates
 
reached
 
a
 
settlement
 
with
 
the
 
US
Department of
 
Justice (DOJ)
 
related to
 
its legacy
 
Residential
 
Mortgage-Backed
 
Securities (RMBS)
 
business, a
 
business
conducted through
 
2007. The
 
settlement resolved
 
potential civil
 
claims by
 
the DOJ
 
related to certain
 
of those
 
Credit
Suisse entities’
 
packaging, marketing,
 
structuring, arrangement,
 
underwriting, issuance
 
and sale
 
of RMBS.
 
Pursuant
to the terms of the
 
settlement a civil monetary penalty was paid
 
to the DOJ in
 
January 2017. The settlement also
required
 
the
 
Credit
 
Suisse
 
entities
 
to
 
provide
 
certain
 
levels
 
of
 
consumer
 
relief
 
measures,
 
including
 
affordable
housing
 
payments
 
and
 
loan
 
forgiveness,
 
and
 
the
 
DOJ
 
and
 
Credit
 
Suisse
 
agreed
 
to
 
the
 
appointment
 
of
 
an
independent
 
monitor
 
to
 
oversee
 
the
 
completion
 
of
 
the
 
consumer
 
relief
 
requirements
 
of
 
the
 
settlement.
 
UBS
continues
 
to
 
evaluate
 
its
 
approach
 
toward
 
satisfying
 
the
 
remaining
 
consumer
 
relief
 
obligations.
 
The
 
aggregate
amount of the consumer relief obligation increased after 2021 by 5% per annum of the outstanding amount due
until these obligations are settled. The monitor
 
publishes reports periodically on these consumer relief matters.
Civil litigation:
 
Repurchase litigations
 
– Credit
 
Suisse affiliates
 
are defendants
 
in various
 
civil litigation
 
matters related
to their roles as issuer, sponsor, depositor, underwriter and/or servicer of RMBS transactions. These cases currently
include
 
repurchase
 
actions
 
by
 
RMBS
 
trusts
 
and/or
 
trustees,
 
in
 
which
 
plaintiffs
 
generally
 
allege
 
breached
representations and
 
warranties
 
in
 
respect of
 
mortgage loans
 
and
 
failure
 
to
 
repurchase such
 
mortgage loans
 
as
required
 
under
 
the
 
applicable
 
agreements. The
 
amounts disclosed
 
below
 
do
 
not
 
reflect
 
actual
 
realized
 
plaintiff
losses to
 
date. Unless
 
otherwise stated,
 
these amounts
 
reflect
 
the original
 
unpaid principal
 
balance amounts
 
as
alleged in these actions.
 
 
 
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DLJ Mortgage Capital, Inc. (DLJ) is a defendant
 
in New York State court in five actions:
 
An action brought by Asset
Backed
 
Securities
 
Corporation
 
Home
 
Equity
 
Loan
 
Trust,
 
Series
 
2006-HE7
 
alleges
 
damages
 
of
 
not
 
less
 
than
USD 374m.
 
In
 
December 2023,
 
the
 
court granted
 
in
 
part
 
DLJ’s
 
motion
 
to
 
dismiss, dismissing
 
with
 
prejudice all
notice-based
 
claims;
 
the
 
parties
 
have
 
appealed.
 
An
 
action
 
by
 
Home
 
Equity
 
Asset
 
Trust,
 
Series
 
2006-8,
 
alleges
damages of not
 
less than
 
USD 436m. An action
 
by Home
 
Equity Asset Trust
 
2007-1 alleges damages
 
of not
 
less
than USD 420m.
 
Following a
 
non-jury trial,
 
the court
 
issued a
 
decision in
 
December 2024
 
that the
 
plaintiff had
established breaches
 
of representations
 
and warranties
 
relating to 210
 
of the 783
 
loans at issue.
 
The court
 
deferred
decision as to
 
damages, which will
 
either be agreed
 
upon by the
 
parties or briefed
 
for further decision
 
by the court.
An action
 
by Home
 
Equity Asset Trust
 
2007-2 alleges damages
 
of not
 
less than
 
USD 495m. An
 
action by
 
CSMC
Asset-Backed Trust 2007-NC1 does not allege
 
a damages amount.
6. ATA litigation
Since November 2014, a
 
series of lawsuits have
 
been filed against a
 
number of banks, including
 
Credit Suisse, in
the US District Court
 
for the Eastern District of
 
New York
 
(EDNY) and the SDNY
 
alleging claims under the
 
United
States Anti-Terrorism
 
Act (ATA)
 
and the Justice
 
Against Sponsors of Terrorism
 
Act. The plaintiffs
 
in each of
 
these
lawsuits are, or are relatives of, victims of various terrorist
 
attacks in Iraq and allege a conspiracy
 
and/or aiding and
abetting based on allegations that various
 
international financial institutions, including the defendants, agreed to
alter,
 
falsify or omit
 
information from payment
 
messages that involved
 
Iranian parties for
 
the express
 
purpose of
concealing the
 
Iranian parties’ financial
 
activities and transactions
 
from detection
 
by US
 
authorities. The lawsuits
allege that
 
this conduct
 
has made
 
it possible
 
for Iran
 
to transfer
 
funds to
 
Hezbollah and
 
other terrorist
 
organizations
actively engaged
 
in harming
 
US military
 
personnel and
 
civilians. In
 
January 2023,
 
the United
 
States Court
 
of Appeals
for the Second Circuit affirmed a September 2019 ruling by the EDNY granting defendants’ motion to dismiss the
first
 
filed
 
lawsuit.
 
In
 
October
 
2023,
 
the
 
United
 
States
 
Supreme
 
Court
 
denied
 
plaintiffs’
 
petition
 
for
 
a
 
writ
 
of
certiorari.
 
In February 2024, plaintiffs filed a
 
motion to vacate the judgment in the
 
first filed lawsuit. Of the other
seven cases, four
 
are stayed, including
 
one that was
 
dismissed as to
 
Credit Suisse and
 
most of the
 
bank defendants
prior to entry of the stay, and in three cases plaintiffs have filed amended complaints.
7. Customer account matters
Several
 
clients
 
have
 
claimed
 
that
 
a
 
former
 
relationship
 
manager
 
in
 
Switzerland
 
had
 
exceeded
 
his
 
investment
authority
 
in
 
the
 
management of
 
their
 
portfolios, resulting
 
in
 
excessive concentrations
 
of
 
certain
 
exposures
 
and
investment losses. Credit
 
Suisse AG has
 
investigated the claims,
 
as well as
 
transactions among the
 
clients. Credit
Suisse AG filed a criminal complaint against the former relationship manager with the Geneva Prosecutor’s Office
upon which the
 
prosecutor initiated
 
a criminal investigation.
 
Several clients of
 
the former relationship
 
manager also
filed criminal complaints with the
 
Geneva Prosecutor’s Office. In
 
February 2018, the former relationship manager
was sentenced to five years
 
in prison by the Geneva criminal
 
court for fraud, forgery
 
and criminal mismanagement
and ordered
 
to pay
 
damages of
 
approximately USD 130m. On
 
appeal, the Criminal
 
Court of
 
Appeals of
 
Geneva
and, subsequently, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court upheld the main findings of the
 
Geneva criminal court.
Civil lawsuits have
 
been initiated against Credit
 
Suisse AG and
 
/ or certain
 
affiliates in various jurisdictions,
 
based
on the findings established in the criminal
 
proceedings against the former relationship
 
manager.
In Singapore,
 
in a
 
civil lawsuit
 
against Credit
 
Suisse Trust
 
Limited, the
 
Singapore International Commercial
 
Court
issued a judgment
 
finding for
 
the plaintiffs and,
 
in September 2023,
 
the court awarded
 
damages of USD 742.73m,
excluding post-judgment
 
interest. This
 
figure does
 
not exclude
 
potential overlap
 
with the
 
Bermuda proceedings
against Credit Suisse Life (Bermuda)
 
Ltd., described below, and the
 
court ordered the parties to
 
ensure that there
shall be no double
 
recovery in relation to
 
this award and the
 
Bermuda proceedings.
 
On appeal from this
 
judgment,
in
 
July
 
2024,
 
the court
 
ordered some
 
changes to
 
the calculation
 
of
 
damages and
 
directed the
 
parties to
 
agree
adjustments to
 
the award.
 
The court
 
ordered a
 
revised award
 
of USD 461m,
 
including interest
 
and costs,
 
in October
2024.
 
 
 
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In Bermuda, in the civil
 
lawsuit brought against Credit Suisse Life
 
(Bermuda) Ltd., the Supreme Court of Bermuda
issued a
 
judgment finding for
 
the plaintiff
 
and awarded
 
damages of
 
USD 607.35m to the
 
plaintiff. Credit Suisse
Life (Bermuda) Ltd.
 
appealed the decision
 
and in June
 
2023, the Bermuda
 
Court of Appeal
 
confirmed the award
issued by the
 
Supreme Court of Bermuda
 
and the finding that
 
Credit Suisse Life (Bermuda)
 
Ltd. had breached
 
its
contractual
 
and
 
fiduciary
 
duties,
 
but
 
overturning
 
the
 
finding
 
that
 
Credit
 
Suisse
 
Life
 
(Bermuda)
 
Ltd.
 
had
 
made
fraudulent misrepresentations. In
 
March 2024,
 
the Bermuda
 
Court of
 
Appeal granted
 
a motion
 
by Credit
 
Suisse
Life (Bermuda) Ltd. for leave to appeal the judgment
 
to the Judicial Committee of the Privy
 
Council and the notice
of such appeal was filed.
 
The Court of Appeal also ordered
 
that the current stay continue pending determination
of the
 
appeal on
 
the condition
 
that the
 
damages awarded
 
remain within
 
the escrow
 
account plus
 
interest calculated
at the Bermuda statutory rate of
 
3.5%. In December 2023, USD 75m
 
was released from the escrow account and
paid to plaintiffs.
 
In
 
Switzerland,
 
civil
 
lawsuits
 
have
 
been
 
commenced
 
against
 
Credit
 
Suisse AG
 
in
 
the
 
Court
 
of
 
First
 
Instance
 
of
Geneva, with statements of claim served in March
 
2023 and March 2024.
8. Mozambique matter
Credit
 
Suisse
 
was
 
subject to
 
investigations by
 
regulatory
 
and
 
enforcement
 
authorities, as
 
well as
 
civil
 
litigation,
regarding certain Credit
 
Suisse entities’
 
arrangement of
 
loan financing
 
to Mozambique
 
state enterprises,
 
Proindicus
S.A. and Empresa Moçambicana de Atum
 
S.A. (EMATUM), a
 
distribution to private investors of loan
 
participation
notes (LPN) related
 
to the EMATUM
 
financing in September
 
2013, and certain
 
Credit Suisse
 
entities’ subsequent
role in arranging the exchange
 
of those LPNs for
 
Eurobonds issued by the Republic
 
of Mozambique. In 2019,
 
three
former Credit Suisse employees pleaded guilty in the EDNY to accepting improper personal benefits in connection
with financing transactions carried out with
 
two Mozambique state enterprises.
In
 
October 2021,
 
Credit
 
Suisse reached
 
settlements with
 
the DOJ,
 
the US
 
Securities and
 
Exchange Commission
(SEC), the
 
UK Financial
 
Conduct Authority
 
(FCA) and
 
FINMA to
 
resolve inquiries
 
by these
 
agencies, including
 
findings
that Credit
 
Suisse failed
 
to appropriately
 
organize and
 
conduct its
 
business with
 
due skill
 
and care,
 
and manage
risks. Credit
 
Suisse Group
 
AG entered
 
into a
 
three-year Deferred
 
Prosecution Agreement
 
(DPA) with
 
the DOJ
 
in
connection with the criminal information
 
charging Credit Suisse Group AG
 
with conspiracy to commit wire
 
fraud
and Credit
 
Suisse Securities
 
(Europe) Limited
 
(CSSEL) entered
 
into a
 
Plea Agreement
 
and pleaded
 
guilty to
 
one count
of conspiracy to
 
violate the US
 
federal wire fraud
 
statute. Under the
 
terms of the
 
DPA, UBS Group
 
AG (as successor
to Credit Suisse Group
 
AG) continued compliance enhancement and remediation efforts agreed
 
by Credit Suisse,
and undertake additional measures as
 
outlined in the DPA.
 
In January 2025, as
 
permitted under the terms of
 
the
DPA, the DOJ elected to extend the term of
 
the DPA by one year.
 
9. ETN-related litigation
XIV litigation:
Since March 2018, three class action complaints
 
were filed in the SDNY on behalf
 
of a putative class
of purchasers
 
of VelocityShares
 
Daily Inverse
 
VIX Short-Term
 
Exchange Traded
 
Notes linked
 
to the
 
S&P 500
 
VIX
Short-Term
 
Futures
 
Index
 
(XIV
 
ETNs).
 
The
 
complaints have
 
been
 
consolidated and
 
asserts
 
claims
 
against
 
Credit
Suisse
 
for
 
violations
 
of
 
various
 
anti-fraud
 
and
 
anti-manipulation provisions
 
of
 
US
 
securities
 
laws
 
arising
 
from
 
a
decline in the value of XIV ETNs in February 2018. On appeal from an order of the SDNY dismissing all claims, the
Second Circuit issued an
 
order that reinstated a
 
portion of the
 
claims. In decisions
 
in March 2023 and
 
March 2024,
the court
 
denied class
 
certification for
 
two of
 
the three
 
classes proposed
 
by plaintiffs
 
and certified
 
the third
 
proposed
class.
 
 
 
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10. Bulgarian former clients matter
In December 2020, the Swiss Office
 
of the Attorney General brought charges against Credit
 
Suisse AG and other
parties concerning the diligence and controls applied to a historical relationship with Bulgarian former clients
 
who
are
 
alleged to
 
have laundered
 
funds through
 
Credit
 
Suisse AG
 
accounts. In
 
June 2022,
 
following a
 
trial, Credit
Suisse AG was convicted in the Swiss Federal Criminal Court of certain historical organizational
 
inadequacies in its
anti-money-laundering framework
 
and ordered to pay a
 
fine of CHF 2m. In
 
addition, the court seized
 
certain client
assets in the amount of approximately
 
CHF 12m and ordered Credit Suisse AG to pay
 
a compensatory claim in the
amount of approximately CHF 19m.
 
Credit Suisse AG appealed
 
the decision to the
 
Swiss Federal Court of
 
Appeals.
Following the
 
merger of
 
UBS AG
 
and Credit
 
Suisse AG,
 
UBS AG
 
confirmed the
 
appeal. In
 
November 2024,
 
the
court issued a judgment that
 
acquitted UBS AG and annulled
 
the fine and compensatory
 
claim ordered by the first
instance court. The court of appeal’s judgment
 
may be appealed to the Swiss Federal Supreme
 
Court.
11. Supply chain finance funds
Credit
 
Suisse
 
has
 
received
 
requests
 
for
 
documents and
 
information in
 
connection with
 
inquiries, investigations,
enforcement and other
 
actions relating to
 
the supply chain finance
 
funds (SCFFs) matter by
 
FINMA, the FCA and
other regulatory and governmental agencies.
In
 
February
 
2023,
 
FINMA
 
announced
 
the
 
conclusion
 
of
 
its
 
enforcement
 
proceedings
 
against
 
Credit
 
Suisse
 
in
connection with the
 
SCFFs matter. In
 
its order, FINMA reported
 
that Credit Suisse
 
had seriously breached
 
applicable
Swiss supervisory
 
laws in
 
this context
 
with regard
 
to risk
 
management and
 
appropriate operational
 
structures. While
FINMA
 
recognized
 
that
 
Credit
 
Suisse
 
had
 
already
 
taken
 
extensive
 
organizational
 
measures
 
to
 
strengthen
 
its
governance
 
and
 
control
 
processes,
 
FINMA
 
ordered
 
certain
 
additional
 
remedial
 
measures.
 
These
 
include
 
a
requirement that
 
Credit Suisse
 
documents the
 
responsibilities
 
of approximately
 
600 of
 
its highest-ranking
 
managers.
This
 
measure
 
has
 
been
 
made
 
applicable
 
to
 
UBS
 
Group.
 
FINMA
 
has
 
also
 
separately
 
opened
 
four
 
enforcement
proceedings against former managers of Credit
 
Suisse.
In May 2023,
 
FINMA opened
 
an enforcement
 
proceeding against
 
Credit Suisse in
 
order to confirm
 
compliance with
supervisory requirements in response
 
to inquiries from FINMA’s
 
enforcement division in
 
the SCFFs matter.
 
FINMA
has closed
 
the enforcement
 
proceeding, finding
 
that Credit
 
Suisse breached
 
its cooperation
 
obligations with
 
FINMA
Enforcement. FINMA refrained from ordering
 
any remedial measures as it did not
 
find similar issues with UBS.
In
 
December
 
2024,
 
the
 
Luxembourg
 
Commission
 
de
 
Surveillance
 
du
 
Secteur
 
Financier
 
(CSSF)
 
concluded
 
its
investigation.
 
The CSSF identified non-compliance with several obligations under Luxembourg law and imposed a
sanction of EUR 250,000.
The Attorney
 
General of
 
the Canton
 
of Zurich
 
has initiated
 
a criminal
 
procedure in
 
connection with
 
the SCFFs
 
matter
and several fund investors have joined the procedure as interested parties. Certain former and active Credit Suisse
employees, among others, have been named as accused persons, but Credit Suisse itself was not made a party to
the proceeding.
Certain civil actions have
 
been filed by fund investors
 
and other parties against
 
Credit Suisse and/or certain
 
officers
and directors in various
 
jurisdictions, which make allegations including mis-selling
 
and breaches of duties
 
of care,
diligence and
 
other fiduciary
 
duties. In June
 
2024, the
 
Credit Suisse
 
SCFFs made
 
a
 
voluntary offer
 
to the
 
SCFFs
investors to
 
redeem all
 
outstanding fund
 
units. The
 
offer expired
 
on
 
31 July 2024,
 
and
 
fund
 
units representing
around 92%
 
of the
 
SCFFs’ net
 
asset value
 
were tendered
 
in the
 
offer and
 
accepted. Fund
 
units accepted
 
in the
offer were redeemed at 90% of the net asset
 
value determined on 25 February 2021, net of any payments made
by the relevant
 
fund to the
 
fund investors
 
since that
 
time. Investors
 
whose units
 
were redeemed
 
released any
 
claims
they may have had against the SCFFs, Credit Suisse
 
or UBS. The offer was funded by UBS through the purchase
 
of
units of feeder sub-funds.
 
 
 
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12. Archegos
Credit
 
Suisse
 
and
 
UBS
 
have
 
received
 
requests
 
for
 
documents
 
and
 
information
 
in
 
connection
 
with
 
inquiries,
investigations
 
and/or
 
actions
 
relating
 
to
 
their
 
relationships
 
with
 
Archegos
 
Capital
 
Management
 
(Archegos),
including from FINMA
 
(assisted by a
 
third party
 
appointed by FINMA),
 
the DOJ, the
 
SEC, the US
 
Federal Reserve,
the
 
US
 
Commodity
 
Futures
 
Trading
 
Commission
 
(CFTC),
 
the
 
US
 
Senate
 
Banking
 
Committee,
 
the
 
Prudential
Regulation Authority (PRA),
 
the FCA,
 
the WEKO,
 
the Hong
 
Kong Competition Commission
 
and other
 
regulatory
and governmental agencies. UBS is cooperating with the authorities in these matters. In July 2023, CSI and CSSEL
entered into a settlement agreement
 
with the PRA providing for
 
the resolution of the PRA’s
 
investigation. Also in
July 2023, FINMA
 
issued a decree
 
ordering remedial measures
 
and the Federal
 
Reserve Board issued
 
an Order
 
to
Cease and Desist. Under the terms of the order,
 
Credit Suisse paid a civil money penalty and agreed to undertake
certain remedial
 
measures relating
 
to counterparty
 
credit risk
 
management, liquidity
 
risk management
 
and non-
financial risk management, as well as enhancements to board oversight and governance. UBS Group, as
 
the legal
successor to Credit Suisse Group AG,
 
is a party to the FINMA
 
decree and Federal Reserve Board
 
Cease and Desist
Order.
 
Civil
 
actions
 
relating
 
to
 
Credit
 
Suisse’s
 
relationship with
 
Archegos
 
have
 
been
 
filed
 
against
 
Credit
 
Suisse
 
and/or
certain officers and directors, including claims
 
for breaches of fiduciary duties.
13. Credit Suisse financial disclosures
Credit Suisse
 
Group AG
 
and certain
 
directors, officers
 
and executives
 
have been
 
named in
 
securities class action
complaints pending
 
in the SDNY. These complaints,
 
filed on behalf
 
of purchasers of
 
Credit Suisse shares, additional
tier 1 capital
 
notes, and
 
other securities
 
in 2023,
 
allege that
 
defendants made
 
misleading statements
 
regarding:
(i) customer
 
outflows
 
in
 
late
 
2022;
 
(ii) the
 
adequacy
 
of
 
Credit
 
Suisse’s
 
financial
 
reporting
 
controls;
 
and
 
(iii) the
adequacy
 
of
 
Credit
 
Suisse’s
 
risk
 
management
 
processes,
 
and
 
include
 
allegations
 
relating
 
to
 
Credit
 
Suisse
Group AG’s merger with
 
UBS Group AG. Many
 
of the actions
 
have been consolidated,
 
and a motion
 
to dismiss has
been
 
filed
 
and
 
remains
 
pending.
 
One
 
additional
 
action,
 
filed
 
in
 
October
 
2023,
 
has
 
been
 
stayed
 
pending
 
a
determination on whether it should be consolidated
 
with the earlier actions.
Credit Suisse has received requests for documents and information from regulatory and governmental agencies in
connection with inquiries,
 
investigations and/or actions
 
relating to
 
these matters, as
 
well as
 
for other statements
regarding Credit Suisse’s financial condition,
 
including from the SEC, the DOJ
 
and FINMA. UBS is cooperating with
the authorities in these matters.
14. Merger-related litigation
Certain Credit
 
Suisse Group AG
 
affiliates and certain
 
directors, officers
 
and executives have
 
been named in
 
class
action complaints pending in
 
the SDNY.
 
One complaint, brought
 
on behalf of
 
Credit Suisse shareholders,
 
alleges
breaches of fiduciary duty under Swiss law and
 
civil RICO claims under US federal law. In February 2024, the
 
court
granted
 
defendants’
 
motions
 
to
 
dismiss
 
the
 
civil
 
RICO
 
claims
 
and
 
conditionally
 
dismissed
 
the
 
Swiss
 
law
 
claims
pending defendants’ acceptance of
 
jurisdiction in Switzerland. In
 
March 2024, having
 
received consents to
 
Swiss
jurisdiction from all defendants served with the complaint, the
 
court dismissed the Swiss law claims against those
defendants. Additional
 
complaints, brought
 
on behalf
 
of holders
 
of Credit
 
Suisse additional
 
tier 1 capital
 
notes (AT1
noteholders) allege breaches of
 
fiduciary duty under Swiss
 
law, arising
 
from a series
 
of scandals and
 
misconduct,
which
 
led
 
to
 
Credit
 
Suisse
 
Group
 
AG’s
 
merger
 
with
 
UBS
 
Group
 
AG,
 
causing
 
losses
 
to
 
shareholders
 
and
 
AT1
noteholders. Motions to dismiss these complaints were granted in March 2024 and
 
September 2024 on the basis
that
 
Switzerland
 
is
 
the
 
most
 
appropriate
 
forum
 
for
 
litigation.
 
Plaintiff
 
in
 
one
 
of
 
these
 
cases
 
has
 
appealed
 
the
dismissal.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Currency translation rates
The
 
following table
 
shows the
 
rates of
 
the main
 
currencies used
 
to translate
 
the financial
 
information of
 
UBS’s
operations with a functional currency other
 
than the US dollar into US dollars.
Closing exchange rate
Average rate
1
As of
For the quarter ended
Year-to-date
31.12.24
30.9.24
31.12.23
31.12.24
30.9.24
31.12.23
31.12.24
31.12.23
1 CHF
 
1.10
 
1.18
 
1.19
 
1.13
 
1.17
 
1.13
 
1.13
 
1.12
1 EUR
 
1.04
 
1.11
 
1.10
 
1.06
 
1.10
 
1.08
 
1.08
 
1.08
1 GBP
 
1.25
 
1.34
 
1.28
 
1.27
 
1.31
 
1.25
 
1.28
 
1.25
100 JPY
 
0.63
 
0.69
 
0.71
 
0.65
 
0.68
 
0.68
 
0.66
 
0.70
1 Monthly income statement items of operations
 
with a functional currency other than
 
the US dollar are translated into
 
US dollars using month-end rates.
 
Disclosed average rates for a
 
quarter or a year represent an
average of three month-end rates
 
or an average of twelve month-end
 
rates, respectively,
 
weighted according to the income and
 
expense volumes of all operations
 
of the Group with the same functional
 
currency for
each month. Weighted average rates for individual business divisions may deviate from the weighted averag
 
e
 
rates for the Group.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Appendix
Alternative performance measures
Alternative performance measures
An alternative performance measure (an APM) is a financial measure of historical or
 
future financial performance,
financial position
 
or cash
 
flows other
 
than a
 
financial measure
 
defined or
 
specified in
 
the applicable
 
recognized
accounting standards or in
 
other applicable regulations. A
 
number of APMs
 
are reported in
 
the discussion of
 
the
financial and operating performance of
 
the external reports (annual, quarterly
 
and other reports). APMs
 
are used
to provide
 
a more
 
complete
 
picture of
 
operating
 
performance and
 
to reflect
 
management’s
 
view of
 
the fundamental
drivers
 
of
 
the
 
business
 
results. A
 
definition
 
of
 
each
 
APM,
 
the
 
method
 
used
 
to
 
calculate
 
it
 
and
 
the
 
information
content are presented in alphabetical order
 
in the table below. These APMs may
 
qualify as non-GAAP measures as
defined by US Securities and Exchange Commission
 
(SEC) regulations.
APM label
Calculation
 
Information content
Cost / income ratio (%)
Calculated as operating expenses divided by
 
total
revenues.
This measure provides information about the
efficiency of the business by comparing operating
expenses with total revenues.
Cost of credit risk (bps)
Calculated as total credit loss expense / (release)
(annualized as applicable) divided by the average
balance of lending assets for the reporting period,
expressed in basis points. Lending assets include
 
the
gross amounts of Amounts due from banks and
Loans and advances to customers.
This measure provides information about the total
credit loss expense / (release) incurred in relation to
the average balance of gross lending assets for the
period.
Credit-impaired lending assets as a
percentage of total lending assets,
gross (%)
Calculated as credit-impaired lending assets divided
by total lending assets. Lending assets includes
 
the
gross amounts of Amounts due from banks and
Loans and advances to customers. Credit-impaired
lending assets refers to the sum of stage 3 and
purchased credit-impaired positions.
This measure provides information about the
proportion of credit-impaired lending assets in the
overall portfolio of gross lending assets.
Fee-generating assets (USD)
– Global Wealth Management
Calculated as the sum of discretionary and
nondiscretionary wealth management portfolios
(mandate volume) and assets where generated
revenues are predominantly of a recurring nature, i.e.
mainly investment, mutual, hedge and private-market
funds where we have a distribution agreement,
including client commitments into closed-ended
private-market funds from the date that recurring
fees are charged. Assets related to our Global
Financial Intermediaries business are excluded, as
 
are
assets of sanctioned clients.
This measure provides information about the volume
of invested assets that create a revenue stream,
whether as a result of the nature of the contractual
relationship with clients or through the fee structure
of the asset. An increase in the level of fee-generating
assets results in an increase in the associated revenue
stream. Assets of sanctioned clients are excluded from
fee-generating assets.
Gross margin on invested assets (bps)
– Asset Management
Calculated as total revenues (annualized as applicable)
divided by average invested assets.
This measure provides information about the total
revenues of the business in relation to invested assets.
Impaired loan portfolio as a percentage
of total loan portfolio, gross (%)
– Global Wealth Management,
Personal & Corporate Banking
Calculated as impaired loan portfolio divided by
 
total
gross loan portfolio.
This measure provides information about the
proportion of impaired loan portfolio in the total gross
loan portfolio.
Integration-related expenses (USD)
Generally include costs of internal staff
 
and
contractors substantially dedicated to integration
activities, retention awards, redundancy costs,
incremental expenses from the shortening of useful
lives of property, equipment and software, and
impairment charges relating to these assets.
Classification as integration-related expenses does
 
not
affect the timing of recognition and measurement of
those expenses or the presentation thereof in the
income statement. Integration-related expenses
incurred by Credit Suisse also included expenses
associated with restructuring programs that existed
prior to the acquisition.
This measure provides information about expenses
that are temporary, incremental and directly related to
the integration of Credit Suisse into UBS.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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APM label
Calculation
 
Information content
Invested assets (USD and CHF)
– Global Wealth Management,
Personal & Corporate Banking,
Asset Management
Calculated as the sum of managed fund
 
assets,
managed institutional assets, discretionary and
advisory wealth management portfolios, fiduciary
deposits, time deposits, savings accounts,
 
and wealth
management securities or brokerage accounts.
This measure provides information about the volume
of client assets managed by or deposited with
 
UBS for
investment purposes.
Net interest margin (bps)
– Personal & Corporate Banking
Calculated as net interest income (annualized
 
as
applicable) divided by average loans.
This measure provides information about the
profitability of the business by calculating the
difference between the price charged for lending and
the cost of funding, relative to loan value.
Net new assets (USD)
– Global Wealth Management
Calculated as the net amount of inflows and
 
outflows
of invested assets (as defined in UBS policy) recorded
during a specific period, plus interest and dividends.
Excluded from the calculation are movements due to
market performance, foreign exchange translation,
fees, and the effects on invested assets of strategic
decisions by UBS to exit markets or services.
 
This measure provides information about the
development of invested assets during a
 
specific
period as a result of net new asset flows, plus the
effect of interest and dividends.
 
Net new assets growth rate (%)
– Global Wealth Management
Calculated as the net amount of inflows and
 
outflows
of invested assets (as defined in UBS policy) recorded
during a specific period (annualized as applicable),
plus interest and dividends, divided by total invested
assets at the beginning of the period.
This measure provides information about the growth
of invested assets during a specific period
 
as a result
of net new asset flows.
 
Net new fee-generating assets (USD)
– Global Wealth Management
Calculated as the net amount of fee-generating
 
asset
inflows and outflows, including dividend
 
and interest
inflows into mandates and outflows from mandate
fees paid by clients during a specific period.
 
Excluded
from the calculation are the effects on fee-generating
assets of strategic decisions by UBS to exit
 
markets or
services.
 
This measure provides information about the
development of fee-generating assets during
 
a
specific period as a result of net flows, excluding
movements due to market performance and
 
foreign
exchange translation, as well as the effects on fee-
generating assets of strategic decisions by UBS
 
to exit
markets or services.
 
Net new money (USD)
– Global Wealth Management,
Asset Management
Calculated as the net amount of inflows and
 
outflows
of invested assets (as defined in UBS policy) recorded
during a specific period. Excluded from the calculation
are movements due to market performance, foreign
exchange translation, dividends, interest and fees,
 
as
well as the effects on invested assets of strategic
decisions by UBS to exit markets
 
or services. Net new
money is not measured for Personal & Corporate
Banking.
This measure provides information about the
development of invested assets during a specific
period as a result of net new money flows.
Net profit growth (%)
Calculated as the change in net profit attributable
 
to
shareholders from continuing operations between
current and comparison periods divided by net profit
attributable to shareholders from continuing
operations of the comparison period.
This measure provides information about profit
growth since the comparison period.
Operating expenses (underlying)
(USD)
Calculated by adjusting operating expenses
 
as
reported in accordance with IFRS Accounting
Standards for items that management believes
 
are
not representative of the underlying performance of
the businesses.
Refer to the “Group performance” section of this
report for more information
This measure provides information about the amount
of operating expenses, while excluding items
 
that
management believes are not representative of the
underlying performance of the businesses.
Operating profit / (loss) before tax
(underlying) (USD)
Calculated by adjusting operating profit / (loss) before
tax as reported in accordance with IFRS Accounting
Standards for items that management believes
 
are
not representative of the underlying performance of
the businesses.
Refer to the “Group performance” section of this
report for more information
This measure provides information about the amount
of operating profit / (loss) before tax, while excluding
items that management believes are not
representative of the underlying performance of the
businesses.
Pre-tax profit growth (%)
– Global Wealth Management,
Personal & Corporate Banking,
Asset Management,
the Investment Bank
Calculated as the change in net profit before tax
attributable to shareholders from continuing
operations between current and comparison periods
divided by net profit before tax attributable to
shareholders from continuing operations of the
comparison period.
This measure provides information about pre-tax
profit growth since the comparison period.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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APM label
Calculation
 
Information content
Pre-tax profit growth (underlying) (%)
– Global Wealth Management,
Personal & Corporate Banking,
Asset Management,
the Investment Bank
Calculated as the change in net profit before tax
attributable to shareholders from continuing
operations between current and comparison periods
divided by net profit before tax attributable to
shareholders from continuing operations of the
comparison period. Net profit before tax attributable
to shareholders from continuing operations excludes
items that management believes are not
representative of the underlying performance of the
businesses and also excludes related tax impact.
This measure provides information about pre-tax
profit growth since the comparison period, while
excluding items that management believes
 
are not
representative of the underlying performance of the
businesses.
Recurring net fee income
(USD and CHF)
– Global Wealth Management,
Personal & Corporate Banking
Calculated as the total of fees for services provided
 
on
an ongoing basis, such as portfolio management
 
fees,
asset-based investment fund fees and custody
 
fees,
which are generated on client assets, and
administrative fees for accounts.
This measure provides information about the amount
of recurring net fee income.
Return on attributed equity
1
 
(%)
Calculated as annualized business division
 
operating
profit before tax divided by average attributed equity.
This measure provides information about the
profitability of the business divisions in relation to
attributed equity.
Return on common equity tier 1
capital
1
 
(%)
Calculated as annualized net profit attributable to
shareholders divided by average common equity
 
tier 1
capital.
This measure provides information about the
profitability of the business in relation to common
equity tier 1 capital.
Return on equity
1
 
(%)
Calculated as annualized net profit attributable to
shareholders divided by average equity attributable
 
to
shareholders.
This measure provides information about the
profitability of the business in relation to equity.
Return on leverage ratio denominator,
gross
1
 
(%)
Calculated as annualized total revenues divided by
average leverage ratio denominator.
This measure provides information about the revenues
of the business in relation to the leverage ratio
denominator.
Return on tangible equity
1
 
(%)
Calculated as annualized net profit attributable to
shareholders divided by average equity attributable
 
to
shareholders less average goodwill and intangible
assets.
This measure provides information about the
profitability of the business in relation to tangible
equity.
Tangible book value per share
(USD)
Calculated as equity attributable to shareholders less
goodwill and intangible assets divided by the
 
number
of shares outstanding.
This measure provides information about tangible net
assets on a per-share basis.
Total book value per share
(USD)
Calculated as equity attributable to shareholders
divided by the number of shares outstanding.
This measure provides information about net assets
on a per-share basis.
Total revenues (underlying)
(USD)
Calculated by adjusting total revenues as reported in
accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards for items
that management believes are not representative of
the underlying performance of the businesses.
Refer to the “Group performance” section of this
report for more information
This measure provides information about the amount
of total revenues, while excluding items that
management believes are not representative of the
underlying performance of the businesses.
Transaction-based income
(USD and CHF)
– Global Wealth Management,
Personal & Corporate Banking
Calculated as the total of the non-recurring portion
 
of
net fee and commission income, mainly composed
 
of
brokerage and transaction-based investment fund
fees, and credit card fees, as well as fees for payment
and foreign-exchange transactions, together with
other net income from financial instruments
measured at fair value through profit or loss.
This measure provides information about the amount
of the non-recurring portion of net fee and
commission income, together with other net
 
income
from financial instruments measured at fair value
through profit or loss.
Underlying cost / income ratio (%)
Calculated as underlying operating expenses
 
(as
defined above) divided by underlying total
 
revenues
(as defined above).
 
This measure provides information about the
efficiency of the business by comparing operating
expenses with total revenues, while excluding items
that management believes are not representative of
the underlying performance of the businesses.
Underlying net profit growth (%)
Calculated as the change in net profit attributable
 
to
shareholders from continuing operations between
current and comparison periods divided by net profit
attributable to shareholders from continuing
operations of the comparison period.
 
Net profit
attributable to shareholders from continuing
operations excludes items that management
 
believes
are not representative of the underlying performance
of the businesses and also excludes related tax
impact.
This measure provides information about profit
growth since the comparison period, while excluding
items that management believes are not
representative of the underlying performance of the
businesses.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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APM label
Calculation
 
Information content
Underlying return on attributed equity
1
(%)
 
Calculated as annualized underlying business
 
division
operating profit before tax (as defined above) divided
by average attributed equity.
This measure provides information about the
profitability of the business divisions in relation to
attributed equity, while excluding items that
management believes are not representative of the
underlying performance of the businesses.
Underlying return on common equity
tier 1 capital
1
 
(%)
Calculated as annualized net profit attributable to
shareholders divided by average common equity
 
tier 1
capital. Net profit attributable to shareholders
excludes items that management believes
 
are not
representative of the underlying performance of the
businesses and also excludes related tax impact.
This measure provides information about the
profitability of the business in relation to common
equity tier 1 capital, while excluding items that
management believes are not representative of the
underlying performance of the businesses.
Underlying return on tangible equity
1
(%)
Calculated as annualized net profit attributable to
shareholders divided by average equity attributable
 
to
shareholders less average goodwill and intangible
assets. Net profit attributable to shareholders excludes
items that management believes are not
representative of the underlying performance of the
businesses and also excludes related tax impact.
This measure provides information about the
profitability of the business in relation to tangible
equity, while excluding items that management
believes are not representative of the underlying
performance of the businesses.
1
Profit or loss information for each
 
of the fourth quarter of 2024,
 
the third quarter of 2024
 
and the fourth quarter of 2023
 
is based entirely on consolidated
 
data following the acquisition of
 
the Credit Suisse Group
and for the purpose of the calculation of return
 
measures has been annualized by multiplying such by four. Profit or loss information for 2024 is based
 
entirely on consolidated data following the acquisition of the Credit
Suisse Group. Profit or loss information for 2023 includes seven months (June to December 2023) of post
 
-acquisition consolidated data and five months of UBS Group data only (January to May 2023).
 
This is
 
a general list
 
of the APMs
 
used in our
 
financial reporting. Not
 
all of
 
the APMs listed
 
above may appear
 
in
this particular report.
Information related to underlying return on common equity tier 1 (CET1) capital and underlying return on tangible
equity (%)
As of or for the quarter ended
As of or for the year ended
USD m, except where indicated
31.12.24
30.9.24
31.12.23
1
31.12.24
31.12.23
1
Underlying operating profit / (loss) before tax
 
1,768
 
2,386
 
592
 
8,831
 
3,963
Underlying tax expense / (benefit)
 
456
 
619
 
(329)
 
2,162
 
1,194
Net profit / (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests
 
9
 
3
 
1
 
60
 
16
Underlying net profit / (loss) attributable to shareholders
 
1,303
 
1,763
 
920
 
6,609
 
2,753
Underlying net profit / (loss) attributable to shareholders, annualized
 
5,211
 
7,054
 
3,681
 
6,609
 
2,753
Tangible equity
 
 
78,192
 
79,976
 
78,109
 
78,192
 
78,109
Average tangible equity
 
 
79,084
 
78,173
 
76,956
 
77,973
 
67,133
CET1 capital
 
 
71,367
 
74,213
 
78,002
 
71,367
 
78,002
Average CET1 capital
 
 
72,790
 
75,158
 
77,464
 
75,666
 
65,461
Underlying return on tangible equity (%)
 
6.6
 
9.0
 
4.8
 
8.5
 
4.1
Underlying return on common equity tier 1 capital (%)
 
7.2
 
9.4
 
4.8
 
8.7
 
4.2
1 Comparative-period information
 
has been revised.
 
Refer to “Note 2
 
Accounting for the acquisition
 
of the Credit Suisse
 
Group” in the
 
“Consolidated financial statements”
 
section of the UBS
 
Group third quarter
2024 report, available under “Quarterly reporting” at ubs.com/investors, for
 
more information.
 
 
 
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Abbreviations frequently used in our financial reports
A
ABS
 
asset-backed securities
AG
 
Aktiengesellschaft
AGM
 
Annual General Meeting of
shareholders
AI
 
artificial intelligence
A-IRB
 
advanced internal ratings-
based
AIV
 
alternative investment
vehicle
ALCO
 
Asset and Liability
Committee
AMA
 
advanced measurement
approach
AML
 
anti-money laundering
AoA
 
Articles of Association
APM
 
alternative performance
measure
ARR
 
alternative reference rate
ARS
 
auction rate securities
ASF
 
available stable funding
AT1
 
additional tier 1
AuM
 
assets under management
B
BCBS
 
Basel Committee on
Banking Supervision
BIS
 
Bank for International
Settlements
BoD
 
Board of Directors
C
CAO
 
Capital Adequacy
Ordinance
CCAR
 
Comprehensive Capital
Analysis and Review
CCF
 
credit conversion factor
CCP
 
central counterparty
CCR
 
counterparty credit risk
CCRC
 
Corporate Culture and
Responsibility Committee
CDS
 
credit default swap
CEA
 
Commodity Exchange Act
CEO
 
Chief Executive Officer
CET1
 
common equity tier 1
CFO
 
Chief Financial Officer
CGU
 
cash-generating unit
CHF
 
Swiss franc
CIO
 
Chief Investment Office
C&ORC
 
Compliance & Operational
Risk Control
CRM
 
credit risk mitigation (credit
risk) or comprehensive risk
measure (market risk)
CST
 
combined stress test
CUSIP
 
Committee on Uniform
Security Identification
Procedures
CVA
 
credit valuation adjustment
D
DBO
 
defined benefit obligation
DCCP
 
Deferred Contingent
Capital Plan
 
DE&I
 
diversity, equity and
inclusion
DFAST
 
Dodd–Frank Act Stress Test
DM
 
discount margin
DOJ
 
US Department of Justice
DTA
 
deferred tax asset
DVA
 
debit valuation adjustment
E
EAD
 
exposure at default
EB
 
Executive Board
EC
 
European Commission
ECB
 
European Central Bank
ECL
 
expected credit loss
EGM
 
Extraordinary General
Meeting of shareholders
EIR
 
effective interest rate
EL
 
expected loss
EMEA
 
Europe, Middle East and
Africa
EOP
 
Equity Ownership Plan
EPS
 
earnings per share
ESG
 
environmental, social and
governance
ESR
 
environmental and social
risk
ETD
 
exchange-traded derivatives
ETF
 
exchange-traded fund
EU
 
European Union
EUR
 
euro
EURIBOR
 
Euro Interbank Offered Rate
EVE
 
economic value of equity
EY
 
Ernst & Young Ltd
F
FA
 
financial advisor
FCA
 
UK Financial Conduct
Authority
FDIC
 
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation
FINMA
 
Swiss Financial Market
Supervisory Authority
FMIA
 
Swiss Financial Market
Infrastructure Act
FSB
 
Financial Stability Board
FTA
 
Swiss Federal Tax
Administration
FVA
 
funding valuation
adjustment
FVOCI
 
fair value through other
comprehensive income
FVTPL
 
fair value through profit or
loss
FX
 
foreign exchange
G
GAAP
 
generally accepted
accounting principles
GBP
 
pound sterling
GCRG
 
Group Compliance,
Regulatory & Governance
GDP
 
gross domestic product
GEB
 
Group Executive Board
GHG
 
greenhouse gas
GIA
 
Group Internal Audit
GRI
 
Global Reporting Initiative
G-SIB
 
global systemically
important bank
H
HQLA
high-quality liquid assets
I
IAS
 
International Accounting
Standards
IASB
 
International Accounting
Standards Board
IBOR
 
interbank offered rate
IFRIC
 
International Financial
Reporting Interpretations
Committee
IFRS
 
accounting standards
Accounting
 
issued by the IASB
 
Standards
IRB
 
internal ratings-based
IRRBB
 
interest rate risk in the
banking book
ISDA
 
International Swaps and
Derivatives Association
ISIN
 
International Securities
Identification Number
 
 
 
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Abbreviations frequently used in our financial reports (continued)
K
KRT
 
Key Risk Taker
L
LAS
 
liquidity-adjusted stress
LCR
 
liquidity coverage ratio
LGD
 
loss given default
LIBOR
 
London Interbank Offered
Rate
LLC
 
limited liability company
LoD
 
lines of defense
LRD
 
leverage ratio denominator
LTIP
 
Long-Term
 
Incentive Plan
LTV
 
loan-to-value
M
M&A
 
mergers and acquisitions
MRT
 
Material Risk Taker
N
NII
 
net interest income
NSFR
 
net stable funding ratio
NYSE
 
New York Stock Exchange
O
OCA
 
own credit adjustment
OCI
 
other comprehensive
income
OECD
 
Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and
Development
OTC
 
over-the-counter
P
PCI
 
purchased credit impaired
PD
 
probability of default
PIT
 
point in time
P&L
 
profit or loss
PPA
 
purchase price allocation
Q
QCCP
 
qualifying central
counterparty
R
RBC
 
risk-based capital
RbM
 
risk-based monitoring
REIT
 
real estate investment trust
RMBS
 
residential mortgage-
backed securities
RniV
 
risks not in VaR
RoCET1
 
return on CET1 capital
RoU
 
right-of-use
rTSR
 
relative total shareholder
return
RWA
 
risk-weighted assets
S
SA
 
standardized approach or
société anonyme
SA-CCR
 
standardized approach for
counterparty credit risk
SAR
 
Special Administrative
Region of the People’s
Republic of China
SDG
 
Sustainable Development
Goal
SEC
 
US Securities and Exchange
Commission
SFT
 
securities financing
transaction
SI
 
sustainable investing or
sustainable investment
SIBOR
 
Singapore Interbank
Offered Rate
SICR
 
significant increase in credit
risk
SIX
 
SIX Swiss Exchange
SME
 
small and medium-sized
entities
SMF
 
Senior Management
Function
SNB
 
Swiss National Bank
SOR
 
Singapore Swap Offer Rate
SPPI
 
solely payments of principal
and interest
SRB
 
systemically relevant bank
SRM
 
specific risk measure
SVaR
 
stressed value-at-risk
T
TBTF
 
too big to fail
TCFD
 
Task
 
Force on Climate-
related Financial Disclosures
TIBOR
 
Tokyo
 
Interbank Offered
Rate
TLAC
 
total loss-absorbing capacity
TTC
 
through the cycle
U
USD
 
US dollar
V
VaR
 
value-at-risk
VAT
value added tax
This is a
 
general list
 
of the
 
abbreviations frequently
 
used in
 
our financial
 
reporting. Not
 
all of the
 
listed abbreviations
may appear in this particular report.
 
 
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Information sources
 
Reporting publications
Annual publications
UBS
 
Group
 
Annual
 
Report
:
 
Published
 
in
 
English,
 
this
 
report
 
provides
 
descriptions
 
of:
 
the
 
Group
 
strategy
 
and
performance; the
 
strategy and
 
performance of
 
the business
 
divisions and
 
Group Items;
 
risk, treasury
 
and capital
management; corporate
 
governance;
 
the compensation
 
framework, including
 
information about
 
compensation for
the Board of Directors and the Group Executive Board members; and financial information, including the financial
statements.
 
“Auszug aus
 
dem Geschäftsbericht
”: This publication
 
provides a German
 
translation of
 
selected sections
 
of the UBS
Group Annual Report.
 
Compensation
 
Report
:
 
This
 
report
 
discusses
 
the
 
compensation
 
framework
 
and
 
provides
 
information
 
about
compensation for
 
the Board
 
of Directors
 
and the
 
Group Executive
 
Board members.
 
It is
 
available in
 
English and
German (
“Vergütungsbericht
”) and represents a component of the UBS
 
Group Annual Report.
Sustainability Report
: Published
 
in English,
 
the Sustainability Report
 
provides disclosures on
 
environmental, social
and governance topics related to the UBS Group.
 
It also provides certain disclosures related to diversity,
 
equity and
inclusion.
Quarterly publications
 
Quarterly financial report
: This report provides an
 
update on performance and strategy (where
 
applicable) for the
respective quarter. It is available in English.
The annual
 
and quarterly
 
publications
 
are available
 
in .pdf
 
and online
 
formats
 
at
ubs.com/investors
, under
 
“Financial
information”.
 
Printed copies, in any language, of the aforementioned
 
annual publications are no longer provided.
 
Other information
Website
The “Investor
 
Relations” website
 
at
ubs.com/investors
 
provides the
 
following information
 
about UBS:
 
results-related
news
 
releases;
 
financial
 
information,
 
including
 
results-related
 
filings
 
with
 
the
 
US
 
Securities
 
and
 
Exchange
Commission
 
(the
 
SEC);
 
information
 
for
 
shareholders,
 
including
 
UBS
 
dividend
 
and
 
share
 
repurchase
 
program
information, and for bondholders, including rating agencies reports; the corporate calendar; and presentations by
management for investors and financial analysts. Information is available online in English, with some information
also available in German.
Results presentations
Quarterly
 
results
 
presentations
 
are
 
webcast
 
live.
 
Recordings
 
of
 
most
 
presentations
 
can
 
be
 
downloaded
 
from
ubs.com/presentations
.
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Email
 
alerts
 
to
 
news
 
about
 
UBS
 
can
 
be
 
subscribed
 
for
 
under
 
“UBS
 
News
 
Alert”
 
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relations/contact/investor-services.html
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Form 20-F and other submissions to the US
 
Securities and Exchange Commission
UBS files periodic
 
reports with
 
and submits
 
other information
 
to the
 
SEC. Principal
 
among these
 
filings is the
 
annual
report on Form 20-F,
 
filed pursuant to
 
the US Securities
 
Exchange Act of 1934.
 
The filing of
 
Form 20-F is structured
as a wraparound document. Most sections of the filing can be
 
satisfied by referring to the UBS Group AG Annual
Report. However, there is
 
a small amount
 
of additional information in
 
Form 20-F that is
 
not presented elsewhere
and is particularly targeted at readers in the US. Readers are encouraged to refer to this additional disclosure. Any
document that filed
 
with the SEC
 
is available on
 
the SEC’s website:
sec.gov
. Refer to
ubs.com/investors
 
for more
information.
 
 
 
UBS Group fourth quarter 2024 report |
Appendix
 
72
Cautionary statement
 
regarding forward-looking statements
 
|
 
This report contains
 
statements that
 
constitute “forward-looking
 
statements”,
 
including but
not limited to management’s
 
outlook for UBS’s financial performance,
 
statements relating to the
 
anticipated effect of transactions
 
and strategic initiatives on
UBS’s
 
business and
 
future
 
development and
 
goals
 
or
 
intentions to
 
achieve climate,
 
sustainability and
 
other social
 
objectives. While
 
these
 
forward-looking
statements represent
 
UBS’s judgments,
 
expectations and
 
objectives concerning the
 
matters described,
 
a number
 
of risks,
 
uncertainties and
 
other important
factors could cause actual
 
developments and results to
 
differ materially from UBS’s
 
expectations. In particular, the global economy
 
may be negatively affected
 
by
shifting political circumstances, including
 
increased tension between world powers,
 
conflicts in the Middle East,
 
as well as the continuing Russia–Ukraine
 
war. In
addition, the
 
ongoing conflicts
 
may continue
 
to cause
 
significant population
 
displacement, and
 
lead to shortages
 
of vital commodities,
 
including energy
 
shortages
and food
 
insecurity outside
 
the areas
 
immediately involved
 
in armed
 
conflict. Governmental
 
responses to
 
the armed
 
conflicts, including
 
successive sets
 
of sanctions
on Russia and
 
Belarus, and Russian
 
and Belarusian entities
 
and nationals, and
 
the uncertainty
 
as to whether
 
the ongoing conflicts
 
will further widen
 
and intensify,
may have significant adverse effects on
 
the market and macroeconomic conditions,
 
including in ways that cannot
 
be anticipated. UBS’s acquisition of the
 
Credit
Suisse Group has materially changed its outlook and strategic direction and introduced new
 
operational challenges. The integration of the Credit Suisse entities
into the UBS structure is expected to continue through 2026
 
and presents significant operational and execution
 
risk, including the risks that UBS may be
 
unable
to achieve the cost reductions and business benefits contemplated by the transaction, that it may incur higher costs to execute
 
the integration of Credit Suisse
and that the
 
acquired business may
 
have greater risks
 
or liabilities than
 
expected. Following the failure
 
of Credit Suisse,
 
Switzerland is considering significant
changes to its
 
capital, resolution and regulatory
 
regime, which, if
 
proposed and adopted, may
 
significantly increase our capital
 
requirements or impose
 
other
costs on UBS.
 
These factors create greater uncertainty
 
about forward-looking statements.
 
Other factors that may
 
affect UBS’s performance and
 
ability to achieve
its plans, outlook
 
and other objectives
 
also include, but
 
are not limited
 
to: (i) the degree
 
to which UBS
 
is successful in
 
the execution
 
of its strategic
 
plans, including
its cost
 
reduction and
 
efficiency initiatives
 
and its
 
ability to
 
manage its
 
levels of
 
risk-weighted assets
 
(RWA) and
 
leverage ratio
 
denominator (LRD),
 
liquidity
coverage ratio and other financial resources,
 
including changes in RWA assets
 
and liabilities arising from higher market volatility and
 
the size of the combined
Group; (ii) the
 
degree to
 
which UBS
 
is successful
 
in implementing
 
changes to
 
its businesses
 
to meet
 
changing market,
 
regulatory and
 
other conditions;
 
(iii) inflation
and interest rate volatility in
 
major markets; (iv) developments in
 
the macroeconomic climate and
 
in the markets in which
 
UBS operates or to which
 
it is exposed,
including movements in securities prices or liquidity, credit
 
spreads, currency exchange rates, residential and commercial real estate markets, general economic
conditions, and changes to national
 
trade policies on the financial
 
position or creditworthiness of UBS’s
 
clients and counterparties, as well
 
as on client sentiment
and levels of activity;
 
(v) changes in the availability of
 
capital and funding, including any
 
adverse changes in UBS’s
 
credit spreads and credit
 
ratings of UBS, as
well as availability and cost of funding to
 
meet requirements for debt eligible for total loss-absorbing
 
capacity (TLAC); (vi) changes in central
 
bank policies or the
implementation of financial legislation and regulation
 
in Switzerland, the US,
 
the UK, the EU
 
and other financial centers
 
that have imposed, or
 
resulted in, or
may do so in the future, more stringent or entity-specific capital, TLAC, leverage ratio, net stable funding ratio, liquidity and funding requirements, heightened
operational resilience requirements, incremental tax requirements, additional levies, limitations on permitted activities, constraints on remuneration, constraints
on transfers
 
of capital
 
and liquidity
 
and sharing
 
of operational
 
costs across
 
the Group
 
or other
 
measures, and
 
the effect
 
these will
 
or would
 
have on
 
UBS’s
business activities; (vii) UBS’s ability to successfully implement resolvability and related regulatory requirements and the potential need to make further changes
to the legal structure
 
or booking model of UBS
 
in response to legal and
 
regulatory requirements and any additional requirements
 
due to its acquisition of the
Credit Suisse Group, or other developments;
 
(viii) UBS’s ability to maintain
 
and improve its systems and controls
 
for complying with sanctions in
 
a timely manner
and for the detection and prevention
 
of money laundering to meet evolving regulatory
 
requirements and expectations, in particular in
 
the current geopolitical
turmoil; (ix) the uncertainty arising from domestic stresses in certain major economies; (x) changes in UBS’s competitive position, including whether differences
in regulatory capital and other requirements among the
 
major financial centers adversely affect UBS’s
 
ability to compete in certain lines of
 
business; (xi) changes
in the standards of conduct applicable to its businesses that may result from new regulations or
 
new enforcement of existing standards, including measures to
impose new and enhanced duties when interacting with customers and
 
in the execution and handling of customer transactions; (xii) the
 
liability to which UBS
may be
 
exposed, or
 
possible constraints
 
or sanctions
 
that regulatory
 
authorities might
 
impose on
 
UBS, due
 
to litigation,
 
contractual claims
 
and regulatory
investigations, including the
 
potential for disqualification
 
from certain businesses,
 
potentially large fines
 
or monetary penalties,
 
or the loss of
 
licenses or privileges
as
 
a
 
result
 
of
 
regulatory or
 
other governmental
 
sanctions, as
 
well as
 
the effect
 
that litigation,
 
regulatory and
 
similar matters
 
have on
 
the operational
 
risk
component of its RWA; (xiii) UBS’s
 
ability to retain and attract the
 
employees necessary to generate
 
revenues and to manage, support
 
and control its businesses,
which
 
may
 
be
 
affected
 
by
 
competitive factors;
 
(xi) changes in
 
accounting or
 
tax standards
 
or
 
policies, and
 
determinations or
 
interpretations affecting
 
the
recognition of gain or loss, the valuation of goodwill,
 
the recognition of deferred tax assets and other matters; (xv) UBS’s
 
ability to implement new technologies
and business methods,
 
including digital services,
 
artificial intelligence and other
 
technologies, and ability to
 
successfully compete with both
 
existing and new
financial service
 
providers, some
 
of which may
 
not be
 
regulated to
 
the same
 
extent; (xvi) limitations on
 
the effectiveness of
 
UBS’s internal processes
 
for risk
management, risk control,
 
measurement and modeling,
 
and of financial
 
models generally;
 
(xvii) the occurrence of
 
operational failures,
 
such as fraud,
 
misconduct,
unauthorized trading, financial crime, cyberattacks, data leakage and systems failures, the risk of which is increased with persistently high levels of cyberattack
threats; (xviii) restrictions on the
 
ability of UBS
 
Group AG,
 
UBS AG and
 
regulated subsidiaries of UBS
 
AG to make payments
 
or distributions, including due
 
to
restrictions on the
 
ability of its
 
subsidiaries to make
 
loans or distributions,
 
directly or indirectly, or, in the case
 
of financial difficulties,
 
due to the
 
exercise by FINMA
or
 
the
 
regulators
 
of
 
UBS’s
 
operations
 
in
 
other
 
countries
 
of
 
their
 
broad
 
statutory
 
powers
 
in
 
relation
 
to
 
protective
 
measures,
 
restructuring
 
and
 
liquidation
proceedings; (xix) the degree to which changes in
 
regulation, capital or legal structure, financial results
 
or other factors may affect UBS’s ability
 
to maintain its
stated capital return objective; (xx) uncertainty
 
over the scope of actions that
 
may be required by UBS, governments
 
and others for UBS to achieve goals
 
relating
to climate, environmental and social matters, as well as the evolving
 
nature of underlying science and industry and the possibility of conflict
 
between different
governmental standards and regulatory regimes; (xxi) the ability of UBS to access capital markets; (xxii) the ability of UBS to successfully recover from
 
a disaster
or other business continuity problem due to a
 
hurricane, flood, earthquake, terrorist attack, war,
 
conflict), pandemic, security breach, cyberattack, power loss,
telecommunications failure or
 
other natural or man-made
 
event; and (xxiii) the
 
effect that these or other
 
factors or unanticipated
 
events, including media reports
and speculations, may have on its reputation and the additional consequences that this may have on its business and performance. The sequence in which the
factors above are
 
presented is not
 
indicative of their
 
likelihood of occurrence
 
or the potential
 
magnitude of their
 
consequences. UBS’s business and
 
financial
performance could be affected
 
by other factors identified
 
in its past
 
and future filings
 
and reports, including
 
those filed with the
 
US Securities and
 
Exchange
Commission (the SEC).
 
More detailed information
 
about those factors
 
is set forth
 
in documents furnished
 
by UBS and
 
filings made by
 
UBS with the
 
SEC, including
the UBS Group AG and
 
UBS AG Annual Reports
 
on Form 20-F for
 
the year ended 31 December
 
2023. UBS is not
 
under any obligation to
 
(and expressly disclaims
any obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking
 
statements, whether as a result of new information,
 
future events, or otherwise.
Rounding |
 
Numbers presented throughout this report may not add up
 
precisely to the totals provided in the tables and text.
 
Percentages and percent changes
disclosed in text and tables are
 
calculated on the basis of unrounded
 
figures. Absolute changes between reporting periods disclosed in
 
the text, which can be
derived from numbers presented in related tables, are calculated on
 
a rounded basis.
Tables |
 
Within tables, blank fields generally indicate non-applicability or that presentation of any content would not be meaningful, or that information is not
available as of the relevant date or for the relevant period. Zero values generally indicate that the respective figure is zero on an actual or rounded basis.
 
Values
that are zero on a rounded basis can be either negative
 
or positive on an actual basis.
Websites |
 
In this report, any
 
website addresses are provided
 
solely for information
 
and are not intended
 
to be active links.
 
UBS is not incorporating
 
the contents
of any such websites into this report.
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This
 
Form
 
6-K
 
is
 
hereby
 
incorporated
 
by
 
reference
 
into
 
(1)
 
each
 
of
 
the
 
registration
 
statements
 
on
 
Form
 
F-3
(Registration Numbers
 
333-263376 and
 
333-278934), and
 
on Form
 
S-8 (Registration
 
Numbers 333-200634;
 
333-
200635;
 
333-200641;
 
333-200665;
 
333-215254;
 
333-215255;
 
333-228653;
 
333-230312;
 
333-249143
 
and
 
333-
272975), and
 
into each
 
prospectus outstanding
 
under any
 
of the
 
foregoing registration
 
statements, (2)
 
any outstanding
offering circular or similar document issued
 
or authorized by UBS AG that incorporates by
 
reference any Forms 6-
K of UBS AG that are
 
incorporated into its registration
 
statements filed with the SEC,
 
and (3) the base prospectus
 
of
Corporate Asset Backed
 
Corporation (“CABCO”)
 
dated June 23,
 
2004 (Registration
 
Number 333-111572), the Form
8-K
 
of
 
CABCO
 
filed
 
and
 
dated
 
June
 
23,
 
2004
 
(SEC
 
File
 
Number
 
001-13444),
 
and
 
the
 
Prospectus
 
Supplements
relating to
 
the CABCO
 
Series 2004-101
 
Trust
 
dated May
 
10, 2004
 
and May
 
17, 2004
 
(Registration Number
 
033-
91744 and 033-91744-05).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
 
registrants have duly caused this
report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
 
authorized.
UBS Group AG
By:
 
/s/
 
Sergio Ermotti
 
___
Name:
 
Sergio Ermotti
Title:
 
Group Chief Executive Officer
 
By:
 
/s/ Todd Tuckner
 
_
Name:
 
Todd Tuckner
Title:
 
Group Chief Financial Officer
By:
 
/s/ Steffen Henrich
 
____________
Name:
 
Steffen Henrich
Title:
 
Group Controller
 
UBS AG
By:
 
/s/
 
Sergio Ermotti
 
_
Name:
 
Sergio Ermotti
Title:
 
President of the Executive Board
By:
 
/s/ Todd Tuckner
 
_
Name:
 
Todd Tuckner
Title:
 
Chief Financial Officer
By:
 
/s/ Steffen Henrich
 
_____________
Name:
 
Steffen Henrich
Title:
 
Controller
 
Date:
 
February 4, 2025

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