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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: July 21, 2020

 

UBS Group AG

Commission File Number: 1-36764

 

UBS AG

Commission File Number: 1-15060

 

 

(Registrants' Name)

 

Bahnhofstrasse 45, Zurich, Switzerland

Aeschenvorstadt 1, Basel, Switzerland

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

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 Second Quarter 2020 Report of UBS Group AG, which appears immediately following this page.

 

 


 

  

Our financial results

 

Second quarter 2020 report

 

 


 

Corporate calendar UBS Group AG

Publication of the third quarter 2020 report:                        Tuesday, 20 October 2020

 

1.

UBS
Group

4

Recent developments

7

Group performance

   

2.

UBS business divisions and
Group Functions

20

Global Wealth Management

23

Personal & Corporate Banking

26

Asset Management

28

Investment Bank

31

Group Functions

   

3.

Risk, treasury and capital
management

35

Risk management and control

41

Balance sheet, liquidity and funding management

46

Capital management

   

4.

Consolidated
financial statements

61

UBS Group AG interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

107

UBS AG interim consolidated financial information (unaudited)

   

5.

Significant regulated subsidiary and sub-group information

112

Financial and regulatory key figures for our significant regulated subsidiaries and sub-groups

 

 

 

Appendix

 

 

115

Alternative performance measures

117

Abbreviations frequently used in
our financial reports

119

Information sources

120

Cautionary statement

 

 

   
Extraordinary General Meeting 2020:                                   Thursday, 19 November 2020
Publication of the fourth quarter 2020 report:                      Monday, 25 January 2021
Publication of the Annual Report 2020:                               Friday, 5 March 2021
Publication of the first quarter 2021 report:                          Tuesday, 27 April 2021

Corporate calendar UBS AG*

Publication of the second quarter 2020 report:                     Friday, 24 July 2020

*Publication dates of future quarterly and annual reports and results are made available as part of the corporate calendar of UBS AG at www.ubs.com/investors 

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Second quarter 2020 report 

Our key figures

 

 

As of or for the quarter ended

 

As of or year-to-date

USD million, except where indicated

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

31.12.19

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

Group results

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income

 

 7,403 

 7,934 

 7,052 

 7,532 

 

 15,337 

 14,750 

Operating expenses

 

 5,821 

 5,926 

 6,124 

 5,773 

 

 11,747 

 11,445 

Operating profit / (loss) before tax

 

 1,582 

 2,008 

 928 

 1,759 

 

 3,591 

 3,305 

Net profit / (loss) attributable to shareholders

 

 1,232 

 1,595 

 722 

 1,392 

 

 2,827 

 2,533 

Diluted earnings per share (USD)1

 

 0.33 

 0.43 

 0.19 

 0.37 

 

 0.76 

 0.67 

Profitability and growth2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return on equity (%)

 

 8.6 

 11.3 

 5.2 

 10.4 

 

 9.9 

 9.5 

Return on tangible equity (%)

 

 9.6 

 12.8 

 5.9 

 11.9 

 

 11.2 

 10.8 

Return on common equity tier 1 capital (%)

 

 13.2 

 17.7 

 8.2 

 16.0 

 

 15.4 

 14.6 

Return on risk-weighted assets, gross (%)

 

 10.7 

 12.0 

 10.8 

 11.4 

 

 11.4 

 11.1 

Return on leverage ratio denominator, gross (%)3

 

 3.2 

 3.5 

 3.1 

 3.3 

 

 3.3 

 3.3 

Cost / income ratio (%)

 

 75.8 

 72.3 

 86.8 

 76.5 

 

 74.0 

 77.4 

Effective tax rate (%)

 

 21.9 

 20.4 

 21.6 

 20.8 

 

 21.1 

 23.4 

Net profit growth (%)

 

 (11.5) 

 39.8 

 129.4 

 0.7 

 

 11.6 

 (14.1) 

Resources2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

 1,063,838 

 1,098,099 

 972,183 

 968,728 

 

 1,063,838 

 968,728 

Equity attributable to shareholders

 

 57,035 

 57,949 

 54,533 

 53,180 

 

 57,035 

 53,180 

Common equity tier 1 capital4

 

 38,146 

 36,691 

 35,582 

 34,948 

 

 38,146 

 34,948 

Risk-weighted assets4

 

 286,436 

 286,256 

 259,208 

 262,135 

 

 286,436 

 262,135 

Common equity tier 1 capital ratio (%)4

 

 13.3 

 12.8 

 13.7 

 13.3 

 

 13.3 

 13.3 

Going concern capital ratio (%)4

 

 18.7 

 18.1 

 20.0 

 19.1 

 

 18.7 

 19.1 

Total loss-absorbing capacity ratio (%)4

 

 32.7 

 32.7 

 34.6 

 33.3 

 

 32.7 

 33.3 

Leverage ratio denominator4

 

 974,348 

 955,932 

 911,325 

 911,379 

 

 974,348 

 911,379 

Leverage ratio denominator (with temporary FINMA exemption)5

 

 885,146 

 877,463 

 

 

 

 885,146 

 

Common equity tier 1 leverage ratio (%)4

 

 3.92 

 3.84 

 3.90 

 3.83 

 

 3.92 

 3.83 

Common equity tier 1 leverage ratio (%) (with temporary FINMA exemption)5

 

 4.31 

 4.18 

 

 

 

 4.31 

 

Going concern leverage ratio (%)4

 

 5.5 

 5.4 

 5.7 

 5.5 

 

 5.5 

 5.5 

Going concern leverage ratio (%) (with temporary FINMA exemption)5

 

 6.0 

 5.9 

 

 

 

 6.0 

 

Total loss-absorbing capacity leverage ratio (%)4

 

 9.6 

 9.8 

 9.8 

 9.6 

 

 9.6 

 9.6 

Liquidity coverage ratio (%)6

 

 155 

 139 

 134 

 145 

 

 155 

 145 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Invested assets (USD billion)7

 

 3,588 

 3,236 

 3,607 

 3,381 

 

 3,588 

 3,381 

Personnel (full-time equivalents)

 

 69,931 

 69,437 

 68,601 

 66,922 

 

 69,931 

 66,922 

Market capitalization8

 

 41,303 

 33,649 

 45,661 

 43,491 

 

 41,303 

 43,491 

Total book value per share (USD)8

 

 15.90 

 16.17 

 15.08 

 14.53 

 

 15.90 

 14.53 

Total book value per share (CHF)8

 

 15.06 

 15.58 

 14.60 

 14.18 

 

 15.06 

 14.18 

Tangible book value per share (USD)8

 

 14.11 

 14.38 

 13.29 

 12.72 

 

 14.11 

 12.72 

Tangible book value per share (CHF)8

 

 13.37 

 13.86 

 12.87 

 12.42 

 

 13.37 

 12.42 

1 Refer to “Note 9 Earnings per share (EPS) and shares outstanding” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of this report for more information.    2 Refer to the “Performance targets and measurement” section of our Annual Report 2019 for more information about our performance targets.    3 The leverage ratio denominators as of 30 June 2020 and 31 March 2020, which are used for the return calculation, do not reflect the effects of the temporary exemption that has been granted by FINMA in connection with COVID-19. Refer to the “Recent developments” section of this report for more information.    4 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.    5 Refer to the “Recent developments” and “Capital management” sections of this report for further details about the temporary FINMA exemption.    6 Refer to the “Balance sheet, liquidity and funding management” section of this report for more information.    7 Includes invested assets for Global Wealth Management, Asset Management and Personal & Corporate Banking.    8 Refer to “UBS shares” in the “Capital management” section of this report for more information.

 

 

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 our Group Functions. 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.

 

 

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UBS Group

Management report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Terms used in this report, unless the context requires otherwise

“UBS,” “UBS Group,” “UBS Group AG consolidated,” “Group,” “the Group,” “we,” “us” and “our”

UBS Group AG and its consolidated subsidiaries

“UBS AG consolidated”

UBS AG and its consolidated subsidiaries

“UBS Group AG” and “UBS Group AG standalone”

UBS Group AG on a standalone basis

“UBS AG” and “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

 

 

 

 


Recent developments 

Recent developments

Our response to COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has required our ongoing focus on safeguarding the well-being of our employees and their families, serving our clients, and preserving operational continuity.

Our employees and external workforce have continued to work from home to a substantial degree, with around 90,000 internal and external staff being able to access our systems remotely. Restrictions around office-based work have been adapted and partially lifted toward the end of the second quarter of 2020 based on our thorough assessments of country-, location- and job-specific circumstances, as well as on governmental requirements.

Our firm demonstrated sustained resilience in the second quarter, underscoring the benefits of our integrated and diversified business model, disciplined risk management and ongoing investment in technology and infrastructure. The measures we have implemented to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic have proven largely effective in addressing the relevant challenges and operational risks and some of these measures represent an acceleration of longer-term plans.

We are actively engaged in lending activities to support our clients and the economy, and we are involved in the execution of government-backed programs to assist businesses. We have continued to provide loans under the loan guarantee program in Switzerland that was established by the Swiss Federal Council in March 2020 to support small and medium-sized entities (SMEs). As of 17 July 2020, we have processed more than 24,000 applications from clients under this program and have committed CHF 2.7 billion of loans up to CHF 0.5 million, which are 100% guaranteed by the Swiss government, and CHF 0.5 billion of loans between CHF 0.5 million and CHF 20 million, which are 85% government-guaranteed. CHF 1.5 billion (47%) has been drawn under the program. We remain committed to donating any potential profits in relation to the government-backed lending program to COVID-19 relief efforts; however, as previously communicated, we do not expect any such profits in 2020.

Credit impairments and expected credit losses under IFRS 9 have remained at elevated levels during the second quarter of 2020, as a result of continued and forecasted adverse economic conditions. While the pandemic-related credit loss expenses we have recognized to date reflect our outlook and forecast as of the end of the second quarter of 2020, given the continued uncertainty related to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on businesses and the economy, it is reasonable to expect elevated credit loss expenses to persist year on year during the second half of 2020, although at lower levels than seen in the first half of 2020.

 


COVID-19-related regulatory and legal developments

In May 2020, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) published guidance related to regulatory exemptions that were provided in the first quarter of 2020 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on such guidance, the temporary exemption that permits banks to exclude central bank sight deposits from the leverage ratio denominator (the LRD) for the purpose of calculating going concern ratios has been extended for all banks from 1 July 2020 until 1 January 2021.

The loan guarantee program that was set up by the Swiss Federal Council in March 2020 to provide liquidity to Swiss SMEs via Swiss banks permits the issuance of new credit lines until 31 July 2020. The Swiss Federal Council issued a draft law in July 2020 with a planned duration until 31 December 2032, seeking to transpose the loan guarantee program created under the emergency law in March 2020 into a federal law. The law will include provisions to terminate temporary measures early.

US regulatory authorities temporarily eased the supplementary leverage ratio (SLR) requirements for subsidiary banks of bank holding companies and intermediate holding companies in May 2020. UBS Americas Holding LLC has been subject to SLR requirements for local US reporting since 1 April 2020. The relief also permits exclusion of US Treasury securities and deposits at Federal Reserve Banks from the SLR denominator through March 2021.

The EU has adjusted the Capital Requirements Regulation, with no significant impact on UBS Group AG.

International action regarding capital distributions

During the second quarter of 2020, regulators in several jurisdictions implemented measures restricting bank capital distributions and share repurchase programs. These measures are intended to maintain capital resilience and lending capacity following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In June 2020, the European Systemic Risk Board issued a recommendation that would prevent EU financial institutions from making capital distributions and running share buyback programs. In the US, banking regulators have taken several actions, including a prohibition on increasing dividends and share repurchases through buybacks during the third quarter of 2020. In the UK, the Prudential Regulation Authority (the PRA) also asked the seven largest systemic UK banks to suspend dividends and share repurchases until the end of 2020 and to refrain from paying cash bonuses to senior staff, including all material risk takers (MRTs).

UBS continues to monitor policy developments on distributions. No such measures are currently under official consideration in Switzerland and the above-mentioned restrictions do not limit our ability to carry out capital distributions.

 

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Other regulatory and legal developments

Revision of the Swiss Banking Act

In June 2020, the Swiss Federal Council adopted a dispatch on the partial revision of the Banking Act.

The proposed measures would strengthen the Swiss depositor protection scheme by requiring banks to deposit half of their contribution obligations for the deposit protection scheme in securities or cash with a custodian. An adjustment to the Intermediated Securities Act would require custodians of securities to separate their own portfolios from the portfolios of their clients. Furthermore, the revision amends the section of the Swiss Banking Act on bank insolvency provisions, including the ranking of claims in case of a bail-in and the required subordination of bail-in bonds, except those issued by a holding company with pari-passu liabilities of less than 5% of the total bail-in bond capital.

The revised Banking Act is not expected to come into force until the start of 2022. We expect moderate additional costs for all Switzerland-based Group entities in scope.

Brexit

Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, negotiations are continuing on the future EU–UK relationship ahead of the end of the transition period, which is scheduled to expire on 31 December 2020.

The UK and EU had both committed to complete the various equivalence assessments under existing financial services legislation by June 2020, but no further information from the EU and UK authorities about the outcome of those assessments has been released. It is unclear whether and when the EU and the UK will grant equivalence to each other.

Should the UK exit the transition period without at least the majority of equivalence determinations in place, significant market disruption may result. UBS Europe SE’s exposures to UK central counterparties (CCPs) would need to be migrated to an EU CCP before the end of the transition period. In addition, a number of market structure issues remain unresolved, including the operation of derivatives and share trading obligations under the EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II.

Developments related to the transition away from IBORs

The UK PRA and the Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) have confirmed that the deadline for transitioning away from LIBOR remains the end of 2021. Her Majesty’s Treasury has also announced that the FCA will be given additional powers to ensure a smooth wind-down of LIBOR and deal with complex legacy contracts that cannot transition from LIBOR. While the end-of-2021 deadline remains, various national working groups have deferred interim transition milestones in response to the progress being made by the market and increased challenges introduced by COVID-19.

Across various markets, UBS has a substantial number of contracts linked to interbank offered rates. The new, risk-free alternative reference rates (ARRs) do not currently provide a term structure, which will require a change in the contractual terms of products currently indexed on terms other than overnight. With the exception of the Sterling Overnight Interbank Average rate (SONIA), liquidity in ARRs remains low. Following two market-wide consultations undertaken by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, a key milestone for the derivatives markets is the publication of a revised fallback clause.

We have established a cross-divisional, cross-regional governance structure and change program to address the scale and complexity of the transition. UBS is committed to timely, orderly transition by the end of 2021; however, some contracts based on legacy IBORs will likely remain beyond 2021.

In May 2020, we launched our Swiss Average Rate Overnight (SARON) mortgage in the Swiss market.

Results of the annual Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review

In June 2020, the Federal Reserve Board released the results of its annual Dodd–Frank Act Stress Tests (DFAST) and Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR).

UBS’s intermediate holding company, UBS Americas Holding LLC, exceeded minimum capital requirements under the severely adverse scenario and the Federal Reserve Board did not object to its capital plan. As a result, UBS Americas Holding LLC will no longer be subject to the qualitative assessment component of CCAR. The Federal Reserve Board also conducted sensitivity analyses to model the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of these supplementary analyses, the Federal Reserve Board determined that firms should resubmit revised capital plans based on a new stress scenario that is to be provided to supervised firms by 30 September 2020.

Environmental, social and governance

In April 2020, the European Supervisory Authorities launched a consultation on the draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) on environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure standards. The draft RTS require financial institutions to publish and maintain a statement about their investment decisions’ principal adverse impacts on sustainability factors. The draft RTS also contain very detailed adverse impact disclosure requirements, both at an entity and a product level. At present, such information is not available in a standardized and reportable way, posing significant challenges to the implementation of the RTS if enacted as proposed. The consultation closes on 1 September 2020.

The Responsible Business Initiative (RBI) aims to introduce global due diligence requirements for human rights and environmental standards for Switzerland-based firms. A public vote on the RBI is scheduled for November 2020. The Swiss parliament has adopted a contingent counter-proposal to the RBI, which is aligned with current EU disclosure regulation and contains a reporting obligation on human rights and environmental standards, with due diligence requirements in the areas of child labor and conflict minerals. If the RBI is rejected in the November referendum, the counter-proposal will automatically become effective.

 

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Recent developments 

Other developments

Sale of a majority stake in UBS Fondcenter

In the first quarter of 2020, we announced that we will sell a majority stake in UBS Fondcenter to Clearstream, Deutsche Börse Group’s post-trade services provider. We currently expect to close the transaction in the third quarter of 2020, recording a post-tax gain of around USD 600 million. CET1 capital is expected to increase by around USD 400 million.

®   Refer to “Note 32 Changes in organization and acquisitions and disposals” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of our Annual Report 2019 for more information


Banking partnership with Banco do Brasil

As disclosed in our Annual Report 2019, we signed a binding agreement with Banco do Brasil in November 2019 to establish a strategic investment banking partnership that will provide investment banking services and institutional securities brokerage in Brazil and selected countries in South America. The transaction was initially expected to close in the first half of 2020. However, given the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken by governments to limit or close down non-essential business activity, we currently expect the transaction to close in the second half of 2020, subject to regulatory approvals. Upon closing of this transaction, CET1 capital is currently expected to decrease by USD 100 million to USD 200 million.

®   Refer to “Note 32 Changes in organization and acquisitions and disposals” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of our Annual Report 2019 for more information

 

 

  

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Group performance

Income statement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the quarter ended

 

% change from

 

Year-to-date

USD million

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

1Q20

2Q19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

Net interest income

 

 1,392 

 1,330 

 1,026 

 

 5 

 36 

 

 2,722 

 2,149 

Other net income from financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

 1,932 

 1,807 

 1,939 

 

 7 

 0 

 

 3,738 

 3,874 

Credit loss (expense) / recovery

 

 (272) 

 (268) 

 (12) 

 

 2 

 

 

 (540) 

 (33) 

Fee and commission income

 

 4,729 

 5,477 

 4,907 

 

 (14) 

 (4) 

 

 10,207 

 9,448 

Fee and commission expense

 

 (419) 

 (456) 

 (434) 

 

 (8) 

 (3) 

 

 (875) 

 (842) 

Net fee and commission income

 

 4,311 

 5,021 

 4,474 

 

 (14) 

 (4) 

 

 9,332 

 8,606 

Other income

 

 41 

 43 

 105 

 

 (6) 

 (61) 

 

 84 

 154 

Total operating income

 

 7,403 

 7,934 

 7,532 

 

 (7) 

 (2) 

 

 15,337 

 14,750 

Personnel expenses

 

 4,283 

 4,321 

 4,153 

 

 (1) 

 3 

 

 8,604 

 8,196 

General and administrative expenses

 

 1,063 

 1,133 

 1,175 

 

 (6) 

 (10) 

 

 2,196 

 2,362 

Depreciation and impairment of property, equipment and software

 

 458 

 456 

 427 

 

 0 

 7 

 

 914 

 854 

Amortization and impairment of goodwill and intangible assets

 

 17 

 16 

 18 

 

 8 

 (5) 

 

 32 

 33 

Total operating expenses

 

 5,821 

 5,926 

 5,773 

 

 (2) 

 1 

 

 11,747 

 11,445 

Operating profit / (loss) before tax

 

 1,582 

 2,008 

 1,759 

 

 (21) 

 (10) 

 

 3,591 

 3,305 

Tax expense / (benefit)

 

 347 

 410 

 366 

 

 (15) 

 (5) 

 

 757 

 773 

Net profit / (loss)

 

 1,236 

 1,598 

 1,393 

 

 (23) 

 (11) 

 

 2,833 

 2,532 

Net profit / (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests

 

 3 

 3 

 1 

 

 13 

 246 

 

 6 

 (1) 

Net profit / (loss) attributable to shareholders

 

 1,232 

 1,595 

 1,392 

 

 (23) 

 (11) 

 

 2,827 

 2,533 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income

 

 209 

 4,195 

 2,473 

 

 (95) 

 (92) 

 

 4,404 

 3,512 

Total comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests

 

 4 

 (2) 

 (5) 

 

 

 

 

 3 

 (3) 

Total comprehensive income attributable to shareholders

 

 205 

 4,197 

 2,478 

 

 (95) 

 (92) 

 

 4,402 

 3,515 

 

7 


Group performance  

Performance of our business divisions and Group Functions

 

 

For the quarter ended 30.6.20

USD million

 

Global Wealth Management

Personal &

Corporate

Banking

Asset

Manage-

ment

Investment Bank

Group Functions

UBS

Operating income

 

 3,942 

 823 

 524 

 2,268 

 (155) 

 7,403 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 3,062 

 586 

 367 

 1,656 

 151 

 5,821 

of which: net restructuring expenses1

 

 11 

 4 

 1 

 5 

 0 

 21 

of which: net expenses for litigation, regulatory and similar matters2

 

 8 

 (6) 

 0 

 1 

 0 

 2 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating profit / (loss) before tax

 

 880 

 238 

 157 

 612 

 (305) 

 1,582 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the quarter ended 31.3.20

USD million

 

Global Wealth Management

Personal &

Corporate

Banking

Asset

Manage-

ment

Investment Bank

Group Functions

UBS

Operating income

 

 4,547 

 904 

 514 

 2,449 

 (480) 

 7,934 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 3,329 

 570 

 357 

 1,741 

 (71) 

 5,926 

of which: net restructuring expenses1

 

 61 

 1 

 5 

 19 

 0 

 86 

of which: net expenses for litigation, regulatory and similar matters2

 

 7 

 0 

 0 

 (1) 

 (1) 

 6 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating profit / (loss) before tax

 

 1,218 

 334 

 157 

 709 

 (410) 

 2,008 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the quarter ended 30.6.19

USD million

 

Global Wealth Management

Personal &

Corporate

Banking

Asset

Manage-

ment

Investment Bank

Group Functions

UBS

Operating income

 

 4,057 

 958 

 475 

 2,071 

 (30) 

 7,532 

of which: net foreign currency translation gains3

 

 

 

 

 

 10 

 10 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 3,183 

 568 

 351 

 1,644 

 26 

 5,773 

of which: net restructuring expenses1

 

 12 

 2 

 10 

 13 

 1 

 39 

of which: net expenses for litigation, regulatory and similar matters2

 

 19 

 0 

 0 

 (1) 

 (14) 

 4 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating profit / (loss) before tax

 

 874 

 390 

 124 

 427 

 (56) 

 1,759 

1 Reflects expenses for new restructuring initiatives. Prior-year comparative figures also include restructuring expenses related to legacy cost programs.    2 Reflects the net increase in / (release of) provisions for litigation, regulatory and similar matters recognized in the income statement. Refer to ”Note 16 Provisions and contingent liabilities” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of this report for more information. Also includes recoveries from third parties of USD 0 million, USD 1 million and USD 1 million for the quarters ended 30 June 2020, 31 March 2020 and 30 June 2019, respectively.    3 Related to the disposal or closure of foreign operations.

 

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Performance of our business divisions and Group Functions

 

 

Year-to-date 30.6.20

USD million

 

Global Wealth Management

Personal &

Corporate

Banking

Asset

Manage-

ment

Investment Bank

Group Functions

UBS

Operating income

 

 8,489 

 1,727 

 1,038 

 4,718 

 (635) 

 15,337 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 6,391 

 1,155 

 724 

 3,396 

 80 

 11,747 

of which: net restructuring expenses1

 

 72 

 5 

 6 

 24 

 0 

 107 

of which: net expenses for litigation, regulatory and similar matters2

 

 15 

 (6) 

 0 

 0 

 (1) 

 8 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating profit / (loss) before tax

 

 2,098 

 572 

 314 

 1,321 

 (715) 

 3,591 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year-to-date 30.6.19

USD million

 

Global Wealth Management

Personal &

Corporate

Banking

Asset

Manage-

ment

Investment Bank

Group Functions

UBS

Operating income

 

 8,061 

 1,915 

 921 

 3,836 

 17 

 14,750 

of which: net foreign currency translations gains3

 

 

 

 

 

 10 

 10 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 6,323 

 1,139 

 693 

 3,202 

 88 

 11,445 

of which: net restructuring expenses1

 

 22 

 6 

 16 

 27 

 (1) 

 70 

of which: net expenses for litigation, regulatory and similar matters2

 

 20 

 0 

 0 

 (2) 

 (22) 

 (4) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating profit / (loss) before tax

 

 1,737 

 777 

 228 

 634 

 (71) 

 3,305 

1 Reflects expenses for new restructuring initiatives. Prior-year comparative figures also include restructuring expenses related to legacy cost programs.    2 Reflects the net increase in / (release of) provisions for litigation, regulatory and similar matters recognized in the income statement. Refer to ”Note 16 Provisions and contingent liabilities” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of this report for more information. Also includes recoveries from third parties of USD 1 million and USD 8 million for the first six months of 2020 and 2019, respectively.    3 Related to the disposal or closure of foreign operations.

 

 

Results: 2Q20 vs 2Q19

Profit before tax decreased by USD 177 million, or 10%, to USD 1,582 million, mainly driven by lower operating income. Operating income decreased by USD 129 million, or 2%, to USD 7,403 million, mainly reflecting a USD 260 million increase in net credit loss expenses, USD 163 million lower net fee and commission income, and a USD 64 million decrease in other income. This was partly offset by a USD 359 million increase in net interest income and other net income from financial
instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss. Operating expenses increased by USD 48 million, or 1%, to USD 5,821 million, mainly reflecting higher personnel expenses, partly offset by lower general and administrative expenses.

Operating income: 2Q20 vs 2Q19

Total operating income decreased by USD 129 million, or 2%, to USD 7,403 million.

 

 

 

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Group performance  

Net interest income and other net income from financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

 

For the quarter ended

 

% change from

 

Year-to-date

USD million

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

1Q20

2Q19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

Net interest income from financial instruments measured at amortized cost and fair value through other comprehensive income

 

 1,041 

 1,069 

 794 

 

 (3) 

 31 

 

 2,110 

 1,579 

Net interest income from financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

 351 

 261 

 232 

 

 34 

 51 

 

 612 

 571 

Other net income from financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

 1,932 

 1,807 

 1,939 

 

 7 

 0 

 

 3,738 

 3,874 

Total

 

 3,324 

 3,137 

 2,965 

 

 6 

 12 

 

 6,461 

 6,023 

Global Wealth Management

 

 1,291 

 1,331 

 1,206 

 

 (3) 

 7 

 

 2,622 

 2,467 

of which: net interest income

 

 1,023 

 1,031 

 966 

 

 (1) 

 6 

 

 2,054 

 1,975 

of which: transaction-based income from foreign exchange and other intermediary activity1

 

 269 

 300 

 240 

 

 (10) 

 12 

 

 569 

 492 

Personal & Corporate Banking

 

 608 

 609 

 610 

 

 0 

 0 

 

 1,217 

 1,219 

of which: net interest income

 

 517 

 511 

 501 

 

 1 

 3 

 

 1,029 

 994 

of which: transaction-based income from foreign exchange and other intermediary activity1

 

 91 

 97 

 110 

 

 (7) 

 (17) 

 

 188 

 225 

Asset Management

 

 (3) 

 (3) 

 1 

 

 (2) 

 

 

 (6) 

 2 

Investment Bank2

 

 1,496 

 1,610 

 1,185 

 

 (7) 

 26 

 

 3,106 

 2,278 

Global Banking3

 

 158 

 112 

 115 

 

 42 

 37 

 

 270 

 205 

Global Markets3

 

 1,338 

 1,498 

 1,069 

 

 (11) 

 25 

 

 2,836 

 2,073 

Group Functions

 

 (70) 

 (409) 

 (37) 

 

 (83) 

 89 

 

 (479) 

 57 

1 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.    2 Investment Bank information is provided at the business line level rather than by financial statement reporting line, in order to reflect the underlying business activities, which is consistent with the structure of the management discussion and analysis in the “Investment Bank” section of this report.    3 Effective as of 1 January 2020, the Investment Bank was realigned into two new business lines, Global Banking and Global Markets. The presentation of prior-year information reflects the new structure, with no effect on the overall results of the Investment Bank.

 

 

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 increased by USD 359 million to USD 3,324 million.

The Investment Bank increased by USD 311 million to USD 1,496 million, largely driven by Global Markets. Income increased in the Derivatives & Solutions business, mainly driven by higher client activity levels across Foreign Exchange, Rates and Credit products, partly offset by a decrease in Equity Derivatives net revenues, reflecting challenging market conditions for our structured derivatives business.

Global Wealth Management increased by USD 85 million to USD 1,291 million. This mainly reflected a USD 57 million increase in net interest income, despite lower US dollar interest rates, mainly driven by an increase in loan revenues as a result of higher loan margins and loan volumes, and an increase in deposit revenues. This was partly offset by lower investment-of-equity income. In addition, a USD 29 million increase in transaction-based income from foreign exchange and other intermediary activity was driven by higher levels of client activity.

Group Functions decreased by USD 33 million to negative USD 70 million. This was driven by an USD 82 million decrease in Group Treasury, reflecting lower income relating to centralized Group Treasury risk management services, driven by increased liquidity costs in relation to COVID-19 market stress, as well as lower income from accounting asymmetries including hedge accounting ineffectiveness. In addition, there was USD 20 million lower net income in Non-core Legacy Portfolio. These decreases were partly offset by a USD 69 million increase in Group Services, mainly reflecting lower funding costs related to deferred tax assets.

®   Refer to “Note 3 Net interest income” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of this report for more information about net interest income

 

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Net fee and commission income

Net fee and commission income was USD 4,311 million, compared with USD 4,474 million.

M&A and corporate finance fees decreased by USD 179 million to USD 117 million, primarily reflecting lower revenues from mergers and acquisitions in our Global Banking business in the Investment Bank, while the global fee pool declined by 23%.

Net brokerage fees increased by USD 158 million to USD 896 million, reflecting higher levels of client activity in the Investment Bank and Global Wealth Management.

Fees for portfolio management and related services decreased by USD 102 million to USD 1,813 million, predominantly in Global Wealth Management, mainly due to margin compression and lower invested assets at the beginning of the quarter, largely reflecting the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on equity markets.

Other fee and commission income decreased by USD 64 million to USD 387 million, largely driven by Global Wealth Management, mainly in the Americas, and Personal & Corporate Banking, mainly reflecting lower credit card revenues.

®   Refer to “Note 4 Net fee and commission income” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of this report for more information


Other income

Other income decreased by USD 64 million to USD 41 million. The second quarter of 2019 included a gain of USD 38 million related to the settlement of a litigation claim, income of USD 14 million related to a claim on a defaulted counterparty position and net foreign currency gains of USD 10 million related to the disposal of a branch.

®   Refer to “Note 5 Other income” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of this report for more information

 

 

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Group performance  

Credit loss (expense) / recovery

 

 

 

 

 

 

USD million

Global

Wealth

Management

Personal &

Corporate

Banking

Asset

Management

Investment

Bank

Group

Functions

UBS

For the quarter ended 30.6.20

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stages 1 and 2

 (45) 

 (100) 

 0 

 (56) 

 0 

 (202) 

Stage 3

 (19) 

 (10) 

 0 

 (22) 

 (20) 

 (70) 

Total credit loss (expense) / recovery

 (64) 

 (110) 

 0 

 (78) 

 (20) 

 (272) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the quarter ended 31.3.20

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stages 1 and 2

 (12) 

 (16) 

 0 

 (62) 

 0 

 (89) 

Stage 3

 (41) 

 (62) 

 0 

 (60) 

 (16) 

 (179) 

Total credit loss (expense) / recovery

 (53) 

 (77) 

 0 

 (122) 

 (16) 

 (268) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the quarter ended 30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stages 1 and 2

 8 

 12 

 0 

 3 

 0 

 22 

Stage 3

 (12) 

 (13) 

 0 

 (5) 

 (5) 

 (35) 

Total credit loss (expense) / recovery

 (5) 

 (1) 

 0 

 (1) 

 (6) 

 (12) 

 

 

USD million

Global

Wealth

Management

Personal &

Corporate

Banking

Asset

Management

Investment

Bank

Group

Functions

UBS

Year-to-date 30.6.20

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stages 1 and 2

 (57) 

 (116) 

 0 

 (118) 

 0 

 (291) 

Stage 3

 (61) 

 (71) 

 0 

 (82) 

 (35) 

 (249) 

Total credit loss (expense) / recovery

 (117) 

 (187) 

 0 

 (200) 

 (35) 

 (540) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year-to-date 30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stages 1 and 2

 11 

 16 

 0 

 (10) 

 0 

 17 

Stage 3

 (14) 

 (15) 

 0 

 (14) 

 (6) 

 (50) 

Total credit loss (expense) / recovery

 (4) 

 1 

 0 

 (24) 

 (6) 

 (33) 

 

 

Credit loss expense / recovery

Total net credit loss expenses were USD 272 million during the second quarter of 2020, compared with USD 12 million in the prior-year quarter, reflecting net expenses of USD 202 million related to stage 1 and 2 positions and net expenses of USD 70 million related to credit-impaired (stage 3) positions.

Stage 1 and 2 net credit loss expenses of USD 202 million were primarily driven by a net expense of USD 127 million from an update to the forward-looking scenarios, factoring in updated macroeconomic assumptions to reflect the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular updated GDP and unemployment assumptions. This also led to exposure movements from stage 1 to stage 2 as probabilities of default increased.

The remaining stage 1 and 2 expenses of USD 75 million mainly reflect the effects of expert judgement overlays for selected exposures to Swiss large corporates and small and medium-sized entities, as well as remeasurements within our loan books, mainly in the Investment Bank. These were partly offset by recoveries on energy-related exposures and securities financing transactions with a number of real estate investment trusts, where we had increased allowances in the first quarter of 2020.


Stage 3 net credit loss expenses were USD 70 million. In the Investment Bank, stage 3 net expenses of USD 22 million were driven by USD 38 million of expenses recognized across various positions, partly offset by recoveries on securities financing transactions with a number of real estate investment trusts, where we had increased allowances in the first quarter of 2020. In Group Functions, stage 3 expenses of USD 20 million arose from an energy-related exposure in the Non-core and Legacy Portfolio. In Global Wealth Management, stage 3 net expenses of USD 19 million primarily reflected USD 9 million on a single structured margin-lending position, with the remaining USD 10 million on a number of smaller positions across the portfolios. In Personal & Corporate Banking, stage 3 net expenses of USD 10 million arose primarily on two newly defaulted clients in the corporate lending portfolio.

®   Refer to “Note 10 Expected credit loss measurement” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of this report for more information about credit loss expense / recovery

 

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Operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the quarter ended

 

% change from

 

Year-to-date

USD million

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

1Q20

2Q19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

Personnel expenses

 

 4,283 

 4,321 

 4,153 

 

 (1) 

 3 

 

 8,604 

 8,196 

of which: salaries and variable compensation

 

 2,696 

 2,561 

 2,523 

 

 5 

 7 

 

 5,258 

 4,943 

of which: financial advisor compensation1

 

 941 

 1,094 

 1,005 

 

 (14) 

 (6) 

 

 2,035 

 1,965 

of which: other personnel expenses2

 

 645 

 666 

 625 

 

 (3) 

 3 

 

 1,311 

 1,287 

General and administrative expenses

 

 1,063 

 1,133 

 1,175 

 

 (6) 

 (10) 

 

 2,196 

 2,362 

of which: net expenses for litigation, regulatory and similar matters

 

 2 

 6 

 4 

 

 (71) 

 (56) 

 

 8 

 (4) 

of which: other general and administrative expenses

 

 1,061 

 1,127 

 1,171 

 

 (6) 

 (9) 

 

 2,188 

 2,366 

Depreciation and impairment of property, equipment and software

 

 458 

 456 

 427 

 

 0 

 7 

 

 914 

 854 

Amortization and impairment of goodwill and intangible assets

 

 17 

 16 

 18 

 

 8 

 (5) 

 

 32 

 33 

Total operating expenses

 

 5,821 

 5,926 

 5,773 

 

 (2) 

 1 

 

 11,747 

 11,445 

1 Financial advisor compensation consists of grid-based compensation based directly on compensable revenues generated by financial advisors and supplemental compensation calculated on the basis of financial advisor productivity, firm tenure, assets and other variables. It also includes expenses related to compensation commitments with financial advisors entered into at the time of recruitment that are subject to vesting requirements.    2 Consists of expenses related to contractors, social security, pension and other post-employment benefit plans, and other personnel expenses. Refer to “Note 6 Personnel expenses” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of this report for more information.

 

Operating expenses: 2Q20 vs 2Q19

Operating expenses increased by USD 48 million, or 1%, to USD 5,821 million.

Personnel expenses

Personnel expenses increased by USD 130 million to USD 4,283 million, mainly driven by higher expenses for variable compensation and an increase in accruals for untaken vacation. This was partly offset by lower financial advisor compensation in Global Wealth Management, driven by a decrease in compensable revenues in the Americas.

®   Refer to “Note 6 Personnel expenses” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of this report for more information

General and administrative expenses

General and administrative expenses decreased by USD 112 million to USD 1,063 million. This was mainly driven by lower travel and entertainment expenses, outsourcing costs, and professional fees.  

We believe that the industry continues to operate in an environment in which expenses associated with litigation, regulatory and similar matters will remain elevated for the foreseeable future and we continue to be exposed to a number of significant claims and regulatory matters. The outcome of many of these matters, the timing of a resolution, and the potential effects of resolutions on our future business, financial results or financial condition are extremely difficult to predict.

®   Refer to “Note 7 General and administrative expenses” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of this report for more information

®   Refer to “Note 16 Provisions and contingent liabilities” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of this report and to the “Regulatory and legal developments” and “Risk factors” sections of our Annual Report 2019 for more information about litigation, regulatory and similar matters


Depreciation, amortization and impairment

Depreciation and impairment of property, equipment and software increased by USD 31 million to USD 458 million, mainly driven by higher expenses for capitalized internally generated software.

Tax: 2Q20 vs 2Q19

We recognized income tax expenses of USD 347 million for the second quarter of 2020, representing an effective tax rate of 21.9%, compared with USD 366 million for the second quarter of 2019.

Current tax expenses were USD 343 million, compared with USD 209 million, and related to taxable profits of UBS Switzerland AG and other entities.

Deferred tax expenses were USD 4 million, compared with USD 157 million. These included expenses of USD 68 million in respect of the amortization of deferred tax assets (DTAs) previously recognized in relation to tax losses carried forward and deductible temporary differences, which primarily relate to UBS Americas Inc. Deferred tax expenses were decreased by a benefit of USD 31 million in respect of additional DTA recognition that resulted from the contribution of real estate assets by UBS AG to UBS Americas Inc. and UBS Financial Services Inc. in the second quarter of 2020. The additional DTA recognition related to the elections that were made in the fourth quarter of 2018 to capitalize certain historic real estate costs. This amount represents one half of the expected full-year benefit and, therefore, further amounts totaling USD 31 million will be recognized in the third and fourth quarters of 2020 in accordance with the requirements of IAS 34, Interim Financial Reporting. Deferred tax expenses were also decreased by a benefit of USD 33 million in respect of an increase in temporary difference DTAs as the expected value of future tax deductions for deferred compensation awards increased.

 

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Group performance  

Excluding any potential effects from the reassessment of deferred tax assets in the fourth quarter of 2020 in connection with our business planning process, we expect a tax rate for 2020 of around 20%. This reflects the effects of the aforementioned increase in DTAs from the contribution of real estate assets as well as the limited tax expense impact from the sale of the majority stake in UBS Fondcenter AG, which is expected to close in the third quarter of 2020.

®   Refer to “Note 8 Income taxes” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of this report for more information

®   Refer to the “Recent developments” section of this report for more information about the sale of the majority stake in UBS Fondcenter AG

Total comprehensive income attributable to shareholders: 2Q20 vs 2Q19

Total comprehensive income attributable to shareholders was USD 205 million, compared with USD 2,478 million. Net profit attributable to shareholders was USD 1,232 million, compared with USD 1,392 million, and other comprehensive income (OCI) attributable to shareholders, net of tax, was negative USD 1,027 million, compared with positive USD 1,086 million.

In the second quarter of 2020, OCI related to own credit on financial liabilities designated at fair value was negative USD 872 million, compared with positive USD 72 million, primarily due to a significant tightening of our own credit spreads compared with the first quarter of 2020, which have largely returned to the levels observed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Defined benefit plan OCI was negative USD 500 million, compared with positive USD 8 million. We recorded net pre-tax OCI losses of USD 412 million related to our non-Swiss pension plans, mainly driven by the UK defined benefit plans, which incurred OCI losses of USD 374 million. This reflected OCI losses of USD 707 million from the remeasurement of the defined benefit obligation, primarily reflecting a decrease in the applicable discount rate, partly offset by OCI gains of USD 333 million due to a positive return on plan assets. The net pre-tax OCI loss related to the Swiss pension plan was USD 7 million.

Taxes on defined benefit plan OCI amounted to a net expense of USD 80 million in the second quarter of 2020. This was primarily due to the derecognition of DTAs in respect of UK tax losses carried forward that relate to previous contributions to the UK defined benefit plans as a result of a decrease in the expected future taxable income following the reversal of cumulative own credit gains.

OCI related to the cost of hedging was negative USD 13 million in the second quarter of 2020.


Foreign currency translation OCI was positive USD 261 million in the second quarter of 2020, mainly resulting from the strengthening of the Swiss franc (2%), the euro (2%) and the Australian dollar (12%) against the US dollar. OCI related to foreign currency translation in the same quarter of last year was positive USD 168 million.

OCI related to cash flow hedges was positive USD 95 million, mainly reflecting an increase in unrealized gains on US dollar hedging derivatives resulting from decreases in the relevant US dollar long-term interest rates. In the second quarter of 2019, OCI related to cash flow hedges was positive USD 773 million.

OCI associated with financial assets measured at fair value through OCI was positive USD 1 million, compared with positive USD 65 million in the same quarter of last year.

®   Refer to “Statement of comprehensive income” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of this report for more information

®   Refer to “Note 11 Fair value measurement” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of this report for more information about own credit on financial liabilities designated at fair value

®   Refer to “Note 29 Pension and other post-employment benefit plans” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of our Annual Report 2019 for more information about other comprehensive income related to defined benefit plans

Sensitivity to interest rate movements

As of 30 June 2020, we estimate that a parallel shift in yield curves by plus 100 basis points could lead to a combined increase in annual net interest income of approximately USD 1.4 billion in Global Wealth Management and Personal & Corporate Banking. A parallel shift in yield curves by minus 100 basis points could lead to a combined reduction in annual net interest income of approximately USD 0.3 billion.

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 30 June 2020 applied to our banking book. These estimates further assume no change to balance sheet size and structure, constant foreign exchange rates and no specific management action.

®   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 we provide 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: 2Q20 vs 2Q19

The cost / income ratio was 75.8%, compared with 76.5%, driven mainly by an increase in income. The cost / income ratio is measured based on income before credit loss expenses.

Common equity tier 1 capital: 2Q20 vs 1Q20

During the second quarter of 2020, our common equity tier 1 (CET1) capital increased by USD 1.5 billion to USD 38.1 billion, mainly as a result of operating profit before tax and foreign currency effects, which were partially offset by current taxes, defined benefit plans and accruals for capital returns to shareholders.

Considering the elevated uncertainty about the size and depth of the economic shock resulting from COVID-19, as well as widespread regulatory direction to maintain capital flexibility, we are reviewing the mix between cash dividends and share repurchases. While it is premature to provide guidance for 2020, going forward our intention is to continue to pay out excess capital and maintain our overall capital returns to shareholders consistent with previous levels. Depending on business development and the outlook in the second half, we may resume share repurchases in the fourth quarter.

Similar to the prior quarter, our Basel III expected loss on portfolios subject to internal ratings remained higher than IFRS 9 stage 1 and 2 expected credit losses, with the excess amount deducted from CET1 capital. As a consequence, the stage 1 and 2 credit loss expense in the second quarter of 2020 related to positions under the IRB approach did not decrease our CET1 capital.

Return on CET1 capital: 2Q20 vs 2Q19

The annualized return on CET1 capital (RoCET1) was 13.2%, compared with 16.0%, driven by a decrease in net profit attributable to shareholders and an increase in the average CET1 capital.


Risk-weighted assets: 2Q20 vs 1Q20

Risk-weighted assets (RWA) increased by USD 0.2 billion to USD 286.4 billion, reflecting increases from model updates of USD 4.6 billion and currency effects of USD 2.1 billion, as well as regulatory add-ons of USD 1.5 billion, partly offset by decreases in asset size and other movements of USD 4.6 billion and methodology and policy changes of USD 3.4 billion.

Common equity tier 1 capital ratio: 2Q20 vs 1Q20

Our CET1 capital ratio increased from 12.8% to 13.3%, reflecting the aforementioned USD 1.5 billion increase in CET1 capital.

Leverage ratio denominator (excluding temporary exemption from FINMA): 2Q20 vs 1Q20

The leverage ratio denominator (LRD) increased by USD 18 billion to USD 974 billion. This increase was driven by an increase in asset size and other movements of USD 9 billion, mainly reflecting an increase in high-quality liquidity assets and partly offset by derivative exposures and securities financing transactions, as well as an increase due to currency effects of USD 9 billion.

Common equity tier 1 leverage ratio (excluding temporary exemption from FINMA): 2Q20 vs 1Q20

Our CET1 leverage ratio increased from 3.84% to 3.92% in the second quarter of 2020, as the aforementioned USD 1.5 billion increase in CET1 capital offset the aforementioned USD 18 billion increase in the LRD. We expect our CET1 leverage ratio to remain above 3.7% for the near future.

Going concern leverage ratio (excluding temporary exemption from FINMA): 2Q20 vs 1Q20

Our going concern leverage ratio increased from 5.4% to 5.5%, driven by a USD 1.6 billion increase in total going concern capital, partly offset by the aforementioned USD 18 billion increase in the LRD.

Personnel: 2Q20 vs 1Q20

We employed 69,931 personnel (full-time equivalents) as of 30 June 2020, a net increase of 494 compared with 31 March 2020. This mainly reflects the ongoing insourcing of certain activities from third-party vendors to our Business Solutions Centers, as well as staffing to address regulatory requirements, partly offset by the effect of our cost management initiatives.

 

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Group performance  

Return on equity and CET1 capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of or for the quarter ended

 

Year-to-date

USD million, except where indicated

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net profit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net profit / (loss) attributable to shareholders

 

 1,232 

 1,595 

 1,392 

 

 2,827 

 2,533 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity attributable to shareholders

 

 57,035 

 57,949 

 53,180 

 

 57,035 

 53,180 

Less: goodwill and intangible assets

 

 6,414 

 6,407 

 6,624 

 

 6,414 

 6,624 

Tangible equity attributable to shareholders

 

 50,620 

 51,542 

 46,555 

 

 50,620 

 46,555 

Less: other CET1 deductions

 

 12,474 

 14,851 

 11,607 

 

 12,474 

 11,607 

Common equity tier 1 capital

 

 38,146 

 36,691 

 34,948 

 

 38,146 

 34,948 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Returns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return on equity (%)

 

 8.6 

 11.3 

 10.4 

 

 9.9 

 9.5 

Return on tangible equity (%)

 

 9.6 

 12.8 

 11.9 

 

 11.2 

 10.8 

Return on common equity tier 1 capital (%)

 

 13.2 

 17.7 

 16.0 

 

 15.4 

 14.6 

 

 

Net new money and invested assets

Management’s discussion and analysis of net new money and invested assets is provided in the “UBS business divisions and Group Functions” section of this report.

 

Net new money1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the quarter ended

 

Year-to-date

USD billion

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

Global Wealth Management

 

 9.2 

 11.6 

 (1.7) 

 

 20.8 

 20.6 

Asset Management

 

 19.2 

 32.7 

 (15.0) 

 

 51.9 

 (14.9) 

of which: excluding money market flows

 

 8.8 

 22.8 

 (13.9) 

 

 31.6 

 (16.1) 

of which: money market flows

 

 10.4 

 9.9 

 (1.1) 

 

 20.3 

 1.3 

1 Net new money excludes interest and dividend income.

 

Invested assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of

 

% change from

USD billion

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

31.3.20

30.6.19

Global Wealth Management

 

 2,590 

 2,339 

 2,486 

 

 11 

 4 

Asset Management

 

 928 

 832 

 831 

 

 12 

 12 

of which: excluding money market funds

 

 805 

 720 

 734 

 

 12 

 10 

of which: money market funds

 

 123 

 111 

 97 

 

 11 

 26 

 

 

 

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Results: 6M20 vs 6M19

Profit before tax increased by USD 286 million, or 9%, to USD 3,591 million.

Operating income increased by USD 587 million, or 4%, to USD 15,337 million, driven by USD 726 million higher net fee and commission income. Net brokerage fee income increased by USD 569 million due to higher levels of client activity in Global Wealth Management and the Investment Bank, and investment fund fees and fees for portfolio management and related services increased by USD 272 million, mainly reflecting higher average invested assets.

In addition, net interest income and other net income from financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss increased by USD 438 million, mainly driven by higher income in our Global Markets business in the Investment Bank as a result of higher volumes and market volatility, and in Global Wealth Management, driven by higher net interest income, mainly reflecting growth in lending revenues, partly offset by lower deposit revenues as a result of lower US dollar interest rates, as well as higher transaction-based income as a result of elevated client activity levels. These effects were partly offset by a decrease in Group Functions, mainly reflecting losses in Group Treasury in relation to accounting asymmetries including hedge accounting, compared with positive income in the prior year, and higher negative income related to centralized Group Treasury risk management services. In addition, Non-core and Legacy Portfolio recognized valuation losses of USD 143 million on auction rate securities compared with valuation gains of USD 32 million recognized in the prior-year period. The decreases in Group Treasury and Non-core and Legacy Portfolio were partly offset by an increase in Group Services, mainly as a result of lower funding costs related to deferred tax assets.

The increases in net fee and commission income, net interest income and other net income from financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss were partly offset by a USD 507 million increase in net credit loss expenses.

Operating expenses increased by USD 302 million, or 3%, mainly reflecting a USD 408 million increase in personnel
expenses, driven by higher expenses for variable compensation and an increase in accruals for untaken vacation, as well as higher financial advisor compensation in Global Wealth Management. This was partly offset by a USD 166 million decrease in general and administrative expenses, mainly reflecting lower travel and entertainment expenses, outsourcing costs, and professional fees.

Outlook

While measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic have had initial success in some countries, there has been material disruption to many businesses as well as increased unemployment. The timing and path of recovery is likely to vary widely based on effectiveness of efforts to control the spread of COVID-19 and economic stimulus measures in different countries as well as increasing geopolitical tensions and political uncertainties. The range of possible outcomes remains very wide, and making reliable predictions about the timing and shape of any potential economic recovery remains difficult.

Given the continued uncertainty related to the pandemic, it is reasonable to expect elevated Group credit loss expenses in the second half of 2020, but below those seen in the first half of the year. The majority of our credit exposures are either with our Global Wealth Management clients or in Switzerland, and are of high quality. Switzerland’s effective crisis management measures will help it withstand this shock to the economy. Higher market levels at the start of the quarter will benefit recurring fee income. Our ongoing actions to improve our net interest income, including loan growth, should partly offset higher liquidity costs incurred to respond to the current environment, in addition to US dollar interest rate headwinds. Going forward, the pandemic, along with seasonality, may have an impact on client activity levels.

We remain focused on supporting our employees, clients and the economies in which we operate while executing on our strategic plans and maintaining our disciplined approach to managing risks across the firm.

 

 

  

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UBS business
divisions
and Group Functions

 Management report

  

 


Global Wealth Management 

Global Wealth Management

Global Wealth Management1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of or for the quarter ended

 

% change from

 

Year-to-date

USD million, except where indicated

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

1Q20

2Q19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Results

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

 

 1,023 

 1,031 

 966 

 

 (1) 

 6 

 

 2,054 

 1,975 

Recurring net fee income2

 

 2,128 

 2,434 

 2,315 

 

 (13) 

 (8) 

 

 4,562 

 4,533 

Transaction-based income3

 

 824 

 1,113 

 764 

 

 (26) 

 8 

 

 1,937 

 1,529 

Other income

 

 32 

 21 

 17 

 

 50 

 88 

 

 53 

 28 

Income

 

 4,006 

 4,600 

 4,062 

 

 (13) 

 (1) 

 

 8,606 

 8,064 

Credit loss (expense) / recovery

 

 (64) 

 (53) 

 (5) 

 

 21 

 

 

 (117) 

 (4) 

Total operating income

 

 3,942 

 4,547 

 4,057 

 

 (13) 

 (3) 

 

 8,489 

 8,061 

Total operating expenses

 

 3,062 

 3,329 

 3,183 

 

 (8) 

 (4) 

 

 6,391 

 6,323 

Business division operating profit / (loss) before tax

 

 880 

 1,218 

 874 

 

 (28) 

 1 

 

 2,098 

 1,737 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performance measures and other information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recurring income4

 

 3,151 

 3,465 

 3,280 

 

 (9) 

 (4) 

 

 6,616 

 6,507 

Recurring income as a percentage of income (%)

 

 78.6 

 75.3 

 80.8 

 

 

 

 

 76.9 

 80.7 

Financial advisor variable compensation5,6

 

 813 

 964 

 879 

 

 (16) 

 (7) 

 

 1,777 

 1,694 

Compensation commitments with recruited financial advisors5,7

 

 128 

 130 

 127 

 

 (2) 

 1 

 

 258 

 271 

Pre-tax profit growth (%)

 

 0.7 

 41.1 

 (9.1) 

 

 

 

 

 20.8 

 (15.8) 

Cost / income ratio (%)

 

 76.4 

 72.4 

 78.4 

 

 

 

 

 74.3 

 78.4 

Average attributed equity (USD billion)8

 

 16.7 

 16.5 

 16.6 

 

 1 

 0 

 

 16.6 

 16.5 

Return on attributed equity (%)8

 

 21.1 

 29.6 

 21.0 

 

 

 

 

 25.3 

 21.0 

Risk-weighted assets (USD billion)8

 

 82.8 

 78.8 

 77.3 

 

 5 

 7 

 

 82.8 

 77.3 

Leverage ratio denominator (USD billion)8,9

 

 330.7 

 310.6 

 323.2 

 

 6 

 2 

 

 330.7 

 323.2 

Goodwill and intangible assets (USD billion)

 

 5.1 

 5.1 

 5.1 

 

 0 

 (1) 

 

 5.1 

 5.1 

Net new money (USD billion)

 

 9.2 

 11.6 

 (1.7) 

 

 

 

 

 20.8 

 20.6 

Invested assets (USD billion)

 

 2,590 

 2,339 

 2,486 

 

 11 

 4 

 

 2,590 

 2,486 

Net margin on invested assets (bps)10

 

 14 

 20 

 14 

 

 (27) 

 1 

 

 17 

 14 

Gross margin on invested assets (bps)

 

 65 

 74 

 66 

 

 (12) 

 (2) 

 

 70 

 67 

Client assets (USD billion)

 

 2,881 

 2,591 

 2,768 

 

 11 

 4 

 

 2,881 

 2,768 

Loans, gross (USD billion)11

 

 188.6 

 184.6 

 176.4 

 

 2 

 7 

 

 188.6 

 176.4 

Customer deposits (USD billion)11

 

 314.8 

 310.9 

 288.7 

 

 1 

 9 

 

 314.8 

 288.7 

Recruitment loans to financial advisors5

 

 1,930 

 1,997 

 2,195 

 

 (3) 

 (12) 

 

 1,930 

 2,195 

Other loans to financial advisors5

 

 743 

 703 

 880 

 

 6 

 (16) 

 

 743 

 880 

Advisors (full-time equivalents)

 

 9,786 

 9,983 

 10,403 

 

 (2) 

 (6) 

 

 9,786 

 10,403 

1 Comparatives may differ as a result of 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 Recurring net fee income consists 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, as well as credit card fees and administrative fees for accounts.    3 Transaction-based income consists of the non-recurring portion of net fee and commission income, mainly composed of brokerage and transaction-based investment fund 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.    4 Recurring income consists of net interest income and recurring net fee income.    5 Relates to licensed professionals with the ability to provide investment advice to clients in the Americas.    6 Financial advisor variable compensation consists of formulaic compensation based directly on compensable revenues generated by financial advisors and supplemental compensation calculated on the basis of financial advisor productivity, firm tenure, new assets and other variables.    7 Compensation commitments with recruited financial advisors represent expenses related to compensation commitments granted to financial advisors at the time of recruitment that are subject to vesting requirements.    8 Refer to the “Capital management” section of this report for more information.    9 The leverage ratio denominators as of 30 June 2020 and 31 March 2020 do not reflect the effects of the temporary exemption that has been granted by FINMA in connection with COVID-19. Refer to the “Recent developments” section of this report for more information.    10 Calculated as operating profit before tax (annualized as applicable) divided by average invested assets.    11 Loans and Customer deposits in this table include customer brokerage receivables and payables, respectively, which are presented in a separate reporting line on the balance sheet.

 

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Results: 2Q20 vs 2Q19

Profit before tax increased by USD 6 million, or 1%, to USD 880 million, reflecting lower operating expenses, which more than offset lower operating income.

Operating income

Total operating income decreased by USD 115 million, or 3%, to USD 3,942 million, mainly driven by lower recurring net fee income and higher credit loss expenses, partly offset by higher transaction-based and net interest income.

Net interest income increased by USD 57 million, or 6%, to USD 1,023 million despite lower US dollar interest rates, mainly driven by an increase in loan revenues, as a result of higher loan volumes and margins, and an increase in deposit revenues, reflecting higher deposit volumes. This was partly offset by lower investment-of-equity income.

Recurring net fee income decreased by USD 187 million, or 8%, to USD 2,128 million, mainly due to lower invested assets at the beginning of the quarter, which drives the billing reference levels in our Americas business, largely reflecting the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on equity markets, and due to margin compression from mandate product shifts and lower fund fees.

Transaction-based income increased by USD 60 million, or 8%, to USD 824 million, driven by continued high levels of client activity and greater market volatility.

Net credit loss expenses were USD 64 million, compared with net expenses of USD 5 million. Stage 1 and 2 credit loss expenses were USD 45 million, mainly due to expenses of USD 25 million resulting from an update to the forward-looking scenarios, factoring in updated macroeconomic assumptions to reflect the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular updated GDP and unemployment assumptions as well as model updates. Stage 3 net credit loss expenses were USD 19 million, primarily reflecting USD 9 million on a single structured margin lending position, with the remaining USD 10 million on a number of smaller positions across the portfolios.

Operating expenses

Total operating expenses decreased by USD 121 million, or 4%, to USD 3,062 million. The decrease was mainly driven by lower financial advisor variable compensation, reflecting a decrease in compensable revenues in the Americas, lower costs for travel and marketing as a result of COVID-19-related restrictions, and a decrease in other personnel expenses as a result of lower headcount.

Invested assets: 2Q20 vs 1Q20

Invested assets increased by USD 251 billion, or 11%, to USD 2,590 billion, driven by positive market performance of USD 230 billion, positive currency effects of USD 12 billion and net new money inflows of USD 9 billion.


Net new money inflows of USD 9 billion included the limited effects of seasonal tax outflows in the Americas of USD 0.4 billion, compared with USD 5.1 billion in the second quarter of 2019, as a result of the COVID-19-related extension of the tax due date in the US to July 2020. We therefore expect the larger part of seasonal tax outflows to affect net new money during the third quarter of 2020.

Mandate penetration increased to 34.2% from 33.8%, mostly reflecting positive market effects that had a proportionally greater impact on mandate volumes than on overall invested assets.

Loans: 2Q20 vs 1Q20

Loans increased by USD 4.0 billion, or 2%, to USD 188.6 billion, primarily driven by net new loans of USD 3.4 billion, which mainly originated in our Global Family Office. Net new loans were largely driven by an increase in Lombard loans.

Loan penetration decreased to 7.3% from 7.9%, driven by a proportionally higher increase in invested assets.

®   Refer to the “Risk management and control” section of this report for more information

Results: 6M20 vs 6M19

Profit before tax increased by USD 361 million, or 21%, to USD 2,098 million, reflecting higher operating income, partly offset by higher operating expenses.

Total operating income increased by USD 428 million, or 5%, to USD 8,489 million, mainly driven by higher transaction-based, net interest and recurring net fee income.

Net interest income increased by USD 79 million to USD 2,054 million, mainly reflecting growth in lending revenues, partly offset by lower deposit revenues as a result of lower US dollar interest rates and despite higher deposit volumes.

Recurring net fee income increased by USD 29 million to USD 4,562 million, primarily driven by higher average invested assets, partly offset by margin compression from mandate product shifts and lower fund fees.

Transaction-based income increased by USD 408 million to USD 1,937 million, reflecting higher levels of client activity in all regions.

Net credit loss expenses were USD 117 million, compared with net expenses of USD 4 million. Stage 1 and 2 credit loss expenses were USD 57 million, resulting from an update to the forward-looking scenarios, factoring in updated macroeconomic assumptions to reflect the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular updated GDP and unemployment assumptions as well as model updates. Stage 3 net credit loss expenses were USD 61 million, mostly reflecting losses from a small number of collateralized and securities-based lending positions, and, to a lesser extent, losses from other exposures.

Total operating expenses increased by USD 68 million, or 1%, to USD 6,391 million, mainly driven by higher financial advisor variable compensation and restructuring expenses. These effects were partly offset by lower costs for travel, marketing and professional fees as well as for other personnel expenses as a result of lower headcount.

 

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Global Wealth Management 

Regional breakdown of performance measures

 

 

 

As of or for the quarter ended 30.6.20

USD billion, except where indicated

Americas1

Switzerland

EMEA2

Asia Pacific

Global Wealth Management3

Total operating income (USD million)

 2,017 

 396 

 859 

 658 

 3,942 

Total operating expenses (USD million)

 1,790 

 247 

 592 

 425 

 3,062 

Operating profit / (loss) before tax (USD million)

 227 

 149 

 267 

 233 

 880 

Cost / income ratio (%)

 86.5 

 61.0 

 68.7 

 64.6 

 76.4 

Loans, gross4

 63.75

 38.5 

 41.0 

 44.7 

 188.6 

Net new loans

 1.3 

 0.8 

 1.6 

 (0.2) 

 3.4 

Loan penetration (%)6

 4.7 

 16.3 

 7.7 

 10.0 

 7.3 

Mandate volume

 535 

 85 

 206 

 61 

 887 

Mandate penetration (%)6

 39.1 

 35.8 

 38.7 

 13.6 

 34.2 

Invested assets

 1,369 

 236 

 532 

 449 

 2,590 

Net new money

 0.1 

 0.8 

 8.0 

 0.2 

 9.2 

Advisors (full-time equivalents)

 6,410 

 714 

 1,615 

 947 

 9,786 

1 Including business units: United States and Canada; and Latin America.    2 Including business units: Europe; Central and Eastern Europe, Greece and Israel; and Middle East and Africa.    3 Including minor functions, which are not included in the four regions individually presented in this table, with USD 12 million of total operating income, USD 8 million of total operating expenses, USD 4 million of operating profit before tax, USD 0.6 billion of loans, USD 0.0 billion of net new loan outflows, USD 0.3 billion of mandate volume, USD 3 billion of invested assets, USD 0.0 billion of net new money inflows and 100 advisors in the second quarter of 2020.    4 Including the impact of the aircraft finance business shift to the Global Wealth Management regions.    5 Loans include customer brokerage receivables, which are presented in a separate reporting line on the balance sheet.    6 Penetration as percentage of invested assets.

 

 

Regional comments 2Q20 vs 2Q19, except where indicated

Americas

Profit before tax decreased by USD 135 million to USD 227 million, reflecting lower operating income that was partly offset by a decrease in operating expenses, mainly due to lower compensable revenues for financial advisors. Operating income decreased by USD 254 million to USD 2,017 million, mainly driven by a decrease in recurring net fee income due to lower invested assets at the beginning of the second quarter of 2020, which drives the billing reference levels, largely reflecting the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on equity markets, and USD 53 million credit loss expenses, mainly resulting from an update to the forward-looking scenarios as well as model updates. Loan volumes increased 2% compared with the first quarter of 2020, to USD 64 billion, reflecting USD 1.3 billion of net new loans. Mandate penetration was 39.1%.

Switzerland

Profit before tax increased by USD 4 million to USD 149 million, mainly reflecting lower operating expenses. Operating income was stable at USD 396 million. Lower recurring net fee income and higher net credit loss expenses were almost entirely offset by higher net interest income, driven by loan growth, and transaction-based income, resulting from higher client activity levels. Loan volumes increased 4% compared with the first quarter of 2020, to USD 39 billion, reflecting USD 0.8 billion of net new loans. Mandate penetration was 35.8%.


EMEA

Profit before tax increased by USD 37 million to USD 267 million, reflecting higher operating income and lower operating expenses. Operating income increased by USD 18 million to USD 859 million, mainly driven by net interest income, resulting from loan growth, and transaction-based income, resulting from higher client activity levels. Operating expenses decreased 3% to USD 592 million, reflecting a decrease in headcount. Loan volumes increased 6% compared with the first quarter of 2020, to USD 41 billion, reflecting USD 1.6 billion of net new loans, mainly from our Global Family Office. Mandate penetration was 38.7%.

Asia Pacific

Profit before tax increased by USD 97 million to USD 233 million, reflecting higher operating income that was partly offset by higher operating expenses. Operating income increased by USD 104 million to USD 658 million, mainly driven by strong transaction-based income and net interest income, resulting from deposit revenue and loan growth. Loan volumes increased 1% compared with the first quarter of 2020, to USD 45 billion. Net new loans were negative, mainly driven by client deleveraging at the beginning of the second quarter of 2020. Mandate penetration was 13.6%.

 

  

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Personal & Corporate Banking

Personal & Corporate Banking – in Swiss francs1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of or for the quarter ended

 

% change from

 

Year-to-date

CHF million, except where indicated

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

1Q20

2Q19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Results

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

 

 496 

 493 

 500 

 

 1 

 (1) 

 

 989 

 991 

Recurring net fee income2

 

 159 

 170 

 159 

 

 (7) 

 0 

 

 329 

 315 

Transaction-based income3

 

 227 

 264 

 286 

 

 (14) 

 (21) 

 

 491 

 569 

Other income

 

 12 

 19 

 12 

 

 (34) 

 (1) 

 

 31 

 35 

Income

 

 894 

 946 

 958 

 

 (5) 

 (7) 

 

 1,840 

 1,910 

Credit loss (expense) / recovery

 

 (104) 

 (74) 

 (1) 

 

 40 

 

 

 (179) 

 1 

Total operating income

 

 790 

 871 

 957 

 

 (9) 

 (17) 

 

 1,661 

 1,910 

Total operating expenses

 

 561 

 549 

 568 

 

 2 

 (1) 

 

 1,110 

 1,136 

Business division operating profit / (loss) before tax

 

 229 

 322 

 389 

 

 (29) 

 (41) 

 

 551 

 774 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performance measures and other information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average attributed equity (CHF billion)4

 

 8.4 

 8.4 

 8.3 

 

 (1) 

 0 

 

 8.4 

 8.3 

Return on attributed equity (%)4

 

 10.9 

 15.3 

 18.7 

 

 

 

 

 13.1 

 18.6 

Pre-tax profit growth (%)

 

 (41.3) 

 (16.4) 

 13.5 

 

 

 

 

 (28.9) 

 6.5 

Cost / income ratio (%)

 

 62.8 

 58.0 

 59.2 

 

 

 

 

 60.3 

 59.5 

Net interest margin (bps)

 

 148 

 149 

 152 

 

 

 

 

 148 

 151 

Risk-weighted assets (CHF billion)4

 

 65.5 

 65.0 

 64.2 

 

 1 

 2 

 

 65.5 

 64.2 

Leverage ratio denominator (CHF billion)4,5

 

 213.7 

 218.3 

 209.5 

 

 (2) 

 2 

 

 213.7 

 209.5 

Business volume for personal banking (CHF billion)

 

 173 

 168 

 160 

 

 3 

 8 

 

 173 

 160 

Net new business volume for personal banking (CHF billion)

 

 3.8 

 3.2 

 1.8 

 

 

 

 

 7.0 

 4.9 

Net new business volume growth for personal banking (%)6

 

 9.2 

 7.6 

 4.4 

 

 

 

 

 8.4 

 6.3 

Goodwill and intangible assets (CHF billion)

 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 

 0 

 (1) 

 

 0.0 

 0.0 

Client assets (CHF billion)7

 

 666 

 640 

 662 

 

 4 

 1 

 

 666 

 662 

Loans, gross (CHF billion)

 

 135.8 

 132.8 

 131.9 

 

 2 

 3 

 

 135.8 

 131.9 

Customer deposits (CHF billion)

 

 155.2 

 153.0 

 143.1 

 

 1 

 9 

 

 155.2 

 143.1 

Secured loan portfolio as a percentage of total loan portfolio, gross (%)

 

 91.7 

 91.6 

 92.0 

 

 

 

 

 91.7 

 92.0 

Impaired loan portfolio as a percentage of total loan portfolio, gross (%)8

 

 1.1 

 1.0 

 1.2 

 

 

 

 

 1.1 

 1.2 

1 Comparatives may differ as a result of 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 Recurring net fee income consists 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, as well as administrative fees for accounts.    3 Transaction-based income consists 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.    4 Refer to the “Capital management” section of this report for more information.    5 The leverage ratio denominators as of 30 June 2020 and 31 March 2020 do not reflect the effects of the temporary exemption that has been granted by FINMA in connection with COVID-19. Refer to the “Recent developments” section of this report for more information.    6 Calculated as net new business volume for the period (annualized as applicable) divided by business volume at the beginning of the period.    7 Client assets are comprised of invested assets and other assets held purely for transactional purposes or custody only. We do not measure net new money for Personal & Corporate Banking.    8 Refer to the “Risk management and control” section of this report for more information about (credit-)impaired exposures.

 

 

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Personal & Corporate Banking 

Results: 2Q20 vs 2Q19

Profit before tax decreased by CHF 160 million, or 41%, to CHF 229 million, reflecting higher credit loss expenses and lower income, partly offset by lower operating expenses.

Operating income

Total operating income decreased by CHF 167 million, or 17%, to CHF 790 million, predominantly reflecting higher net credit loss expenses and lower transaction-based income.

Net interest income decreased slightly to CHF 496 million. Recurring net fee income was stable at CHF 159 million.

Transaction-based income decreased by CHF 59 million to CHF 227 million, mainly driven by lower revenue from credit card and foreign exchange transactions, reflecting lower spending on travel and leisure by clients due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Other income was stable at CHF 12 million.

Net credit loss expenses for the second quarter of 2020 were CHF 104 million, compared with expenses of CHF 1 million. Stage 1 and 2 net expenses were CHF 95 million, mainly reflecting expenses for selected exposures to Swiss large corporates, small and medium-sized entities, and, to a lesser extent, real estate. These modeled expected credit losses were primarily driven by the update to the forward-looking scenarios, factoring in updated macroeconomic assumptions to reflect the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular updated Swiss GDP, unemployment and real estate prices, as well as expert judgment overlays. Stage 3 net expenses were CHF 9 million, primarily reflecting two newly defaulted clients in the corporate lending portfolio.

Operating expenses

Total operating expenses decreased by CHF 7 million, or 1%, to CHF 561 million, mainly driven by lower variable compensation, reflecting lower operational performance.


Results: 6M20 vs 6M19

Profit before tax decreased by CHF 223 million, or 29%, to CHF 551 million, reflecting higher credit loss expenses and lower income, partly offset by lower operating expenses.

Total operating income decreased by CHF 249 million, or 13%, to CHF 1,661 million, predominantly reflecting higher net credit loss expenses and lower transaction-based income.

Net interest income was stable at CHF 989 million. Recurring net fee income increased by CHF 14 million to CHF 329 million, driven by higher custody fees, mainly resulting from the shift of CHF 6 billion of business volume from Global Wealth Management to Personal & Corporate Banking in the fourth quarter of 2019.

Transaction-based income decreased by CHF 78 million to CHF 491 million, mainly driven by lower revenues from credit card fees and foreign exchange transactions, reflecting lower spending on travel and leisure by clients due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Other income decreased by CHF 4 million to CHF 31 million, mainly reflecting lower revenues from our equity participations.

Net credit loss expenses were CHF 179 million, compared with recoveries of CHF 1 million. Stage 1 and 2 net expenses were CHF 110 million, mainly reflecting expenses for selected exposures to Swiss large corporates, small and medium-sized entities, and, to a lesser extent, real estate. These modeled expected losses were primarily driven by the update to the forward-looking scenarios, factoring in updated macroeconomic assumptions to reflect the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular updated Swiss GDP, unemployment and real estate prices, as well as expert judgment overlays. Stage 3 net expenses were CHF 69 million, primarily reflecting a deterioration in the recoveries expected from loans to corporate counterparties that were already credit-impaired as of 31 December 2019.

Total operating expenses decreased by CHF 26 million, or 2%, to CHF 1,110 million, primarily driven by lower variable compensation, reflecting lower operational performance. 

 

 

 

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Personal & Corporate Banking – in US dollars1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of or for the quarter ended

 

% change from

 

Year-to-date

USD million, except where indicated

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

1Q20

2Q19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Results

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

 

 517 

 511 

 501 

 

 1 

 3 

 

 1,029 

 994 

Recurring net fee income2

 

 166 

 177 

 160 

 

 (6) 

 4 

 

 342 

 315 

Transaction-based income3

 

 237 

 274 

 286 

 

 (14) 

 (17) 

 

 511 

 570 

Other income

 

 13 

 19 

 13 

 

 (33) 

 2 

 

 32 

 35 

Income

 

 933 

 981 

 959 

 

 (5) 

 (3) 

 

 1,914 

 1,914 

Credit loss (expense) / recovery

 

 (110) 

 (77) 

 (1) 

 

 42 

 

 

 (187) 

 1 

Total operating income

 

 823 

 904 

 958 

 

 (9) 

 (14) 

 

 1,727 

 1,915 

Total operating expenses

 

 586 

 570 

 568 

 

 3 

 3 

 

 1,155 

 1,139 

Business division operating profit / (loss) before tax

 

 238 

 334 

 390 

 

 (29) 

 (39) 

 

 572 

 777 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performance measures and other information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average attributed equity (USD billion)4

 

 8.7 

 8.7 

 8.3 

 

 0 

 5 

 

 8.7 

 8.3 

Return on attributed equity (%)4

 

 10.9 

 15.3 

 18.8 

 

 

 

 

 13.1 

 18.6 

Pre-tax profit growth (%)

 

 (39.1) 

 (13.5) 

 12.5 

 

 

 

 

 (26.4) 

 2.9 

Cost / income ratio (%)

 

 62.8 

 58.0 

 59.3 

 

 

 

 

 60.3 

 59.5 

Net interest margin (bps)

 

 147 

 149 

 150 

 

 

 

 

 148 

 149 

Risk-weighted assets (USD billion)4

 

 69.2 

 67.4 

 65.7 

 

 3 

 5 

 

 69.2 

 65.7 

Leverage ratio denominator (USD billion)4,5

 

 225.6 

 226.5 

 214.6 

 

 0 

 5 

 

 225.6 

 214.6 

Business volume for personal banking (USD billion)

 

 183 

 174 

 164 

 

 5 

 11 

 

 183 

 164 

Net new business volume for personal banking (USD billion)

 

 4.0 

 3.3 

 1.8 

 

 

 

 

 7.3 

 5.0 

Net new business volume growth for personal banking (%)6

 

 9.2 

 7.7 

 4.4 

 

 

 

 

 8.4 

 6.3 

Goodwill and intangible assets (USD billion)

 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 

 2 

 2 

 

 0.0 

 0.0 

Client assets (USD billion)7

 

 704 

 665 

 678 

 

 6 

 4 

 

 704 

 678 

Loans, gross (USD billion)

 

 143.4 

 137.9 

 135.1 

 

 4 

 6 

 

 143.4 

 135.1 

Customer deposits (USD billion)

 

 163.9 

 158.8 

 146.6 

 

 3 

 12 

 

 163.9 

 146.6 

Secured loan portfolio as a percentage of total loan portfolio, gross (%)

 

 91.7 

 91.6 

 92.0 

 

 

 

 

 91.7 

 92.0 

Impaired loan portfolio as a percentage of total loan portfolio, gross (%)8

 

 1.1 

 1.0 

 1.2 

 

 

 

 

 1.1 

 1.2 

1 Comparatives may differ as a result of 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 Recurring net fee income consists 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, as well as administrative fees for accounts.    3 Transaction-based income consists 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.    4 Refer to the “Capital management” section of this report for more information.    5 The leverage ratio denominators as of 30 June 2020 and 31 March 2020 do not reflect the effects of the temporary exemption that has been granted by FINMA in connection with COVID-19. Refer to the “Recent developments” section of this report for more information.    6 Calculated as net new business volume for the period (annualized as applicable) divided by business volume at the beginning of the period.    7 Client assets are comprised of invested assets and other assets held purely for transactional purposes or custody only. We do not measure net new money for Personal & Corporate Banking.    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

Asset Management1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of or for the quarter ended

 

% change from

 

Year-to-date

USD million, except where indicated

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

1Q20

2Q19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Results

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net management fees2

 

 449 

 477 

 452 

 

 (6) 

 (1) 

 

 926 

 871 

Performance fees

 

 75 

 36 

 23 

 

 106 

 227 

 

 112 

 50 

Total operating income

 

 524 

 514 

 475 

 

 2 

 10 

 

 1,038 

 921 

Total operating expenses

 

 367 

 357 

 351 

 

 3 

 5 

 

 724 

 693 

Business division operating profit / (loss) before tax

 

 157 

 157 

 124 

 

 0 

 27 

 

 314 

 228 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performance measures and other information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average attributed equity (USD billion)3

 

 1.9 

 1.8 

 1.8 

 

 2 

 3 

 

 1.8 

 1.8 

Return on attributed equity (%)3

 

 33.7 

 34.4 

 27.6 

 

 

 

 

 34.1 

 25.3 

Pre-tax profit growth (%)

 

 26.7 

 51.7 

 28.8 

 

 

 

 

 38.1 

 12.8 

Cost / income ratio (%)

 

 70.0 

 69.5 

 73.8 

 

 

 

 

 69.7 

 75.3 

Risk-weighted assets (USD billion)3

 

 5.9 

 6.0 

 4.6 

 

 0 

 29 

 

 5.9 

 4.6 

Leverage ratio denominator (USD billion)3,4

 

 6.7 

 4.9 

 4.7 

 

 36 

 44 

 

 6.7 

 4.7 

Goodwill and intangible assets (USD billion)

 

 1.3 

 1.3 

 1.4 

 

 1 

 (1) 

 

 1.3 

 1.4 

Net margin on invested assets (bps)5

 

 7 

 7 

 6 

 

 (1) 

 19 

 

 7 

 6 

Gross margin on invested assets (bps)

 

 24 

 24 

 23 

 

 1 

 4 

 

 24 

 23 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information by business line / asset class

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net new money (USD billion)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equities6

 

 5.1 

 15.0 

 (10.1) 

 

 

 

 

 20.1 

 (4.1) 

Fixed Income

 

 14.0 

 18.6 

 (1.9) 

 

 

 

 

 32.6 

 (7.3) 

of which: money market

 

 10.4 

 9.9 

 (1.1) 

 

 

 

 

 20.3 

 1.3 

Multi-asset & Solutions6

 

 0.3 

 0.0 

 (1.5) 

 

 

 

 

 0.3 

 (2.6) 

Hedge Fund Businesses

 

 (0.6) 

 (2.2) 

 (1.4) 

 

 

 

 

 (2.8) 

 (1.5) 

Real Estate & Private Markets

 

 0.4 

 1.3 

 0.0 

 

 

 

 

 1.7 

 0.7 

Total net new money

 

 19.2 

 32.7 

 (15.0) 

 

 

 

 

 51.9 

 (14.9) 

of which: net new money excluding money markets

 

 8.8 

 22.8 

 (13.9) 

 

 

 

 

 31.6 

 (16.1) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Invested assets (USD billion)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equities6

 

 372 

 312 

 312 

 

 19 

 19 

 

 372 

 312 

Fixed Income

 

 287 

 265 

 252 

 

 8 

 14 

 

 287 

 252 

of which: money market

 

 123 

 111 

 97 

 

 11 

 26 

 

 123 

 97 

Multi-asset & Solutions6

 

 141 

 130 

 141 

 

 9 

 0 

 

 141 

 141 

Hedge Fund Businesses

 

 40 

 39 

 42 

 

 2 

 (6) 

 

 40 

 42 

Real Estate & Private Markets

 

 88 

 87 

 84 

 

 2 

 5 

 

 88 

 84 

Total invested assets

 

 928 

 832 

 831 

 

 12 

 12 

 

 928 

 831 

of which: passive strategies

 

 363 

 324 

 326 

 

 12 

 11 

 

 363 

 326 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information by region

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Invested assets (USD billion)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Americas

 

 239 

 215 

 194 

 

 11 

 23 

 

 239 

 194 

Asia Pacific

 

 158 

 138 

 151 

 

 14 

 4 

 

 158 

 151 

Europe, Middle East and Africa (excluding Switzerland)

 

 223 

 196 

 209 

 

 14 

 6 

 

 223 

 209 

Switzerland

 

 309 

 283 

 277 

 

 9 

 12 

 

 309 

 277 

Total invested assets

 

 928 

 832 

 831 

 

 12 

 12 

 

 928 

 831 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information by channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Invested assets (USD billion)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Third-party institutional

 

 549 

 497 

 513 

 

 10 

 7 

 

 549 

 513 

Third-party wholesale

 

 100 

 86 

 88 

 

 17 

 14 

 

 100 

 88 

UBS’s wealth management businesses

 

 279 

 249 

 230 

 

 12 

 21 

 

 279 

 230 

Total invested assets

 

 928 

 832 

 831 

 

 12 

 12 

 

 928 

 831 

1 Comparatives may differ as a result of 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 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), gains or losses from seed money and co-investments, funding costs, and other items that are not performance fees.    3 Refer to the “Capital management” section of this report for more information.    4 The leverage ratio denominators as of 30 June 2020 and 31 March 2020 do not reflect the effects of the temporary exemption that has been granted by FINMA in connection with COVID-19. Refer to the “Recent developments” section of this report for more information.    5 Calculated as operating profit before tax (annualized as applicable) divided by average invested assets.    6 Comparative figures have been restated as a result of an adjustment in asset classification, effective as of 1 April 2020, in order to better reflect the underlying nature of certain assets, following an internal asset reporting review in light of the evolution of our separately managed accounts initiative in the US with Global Wealth Management. The restatement had no effect on total net new money and no effect on total invested assets. Prior-period information has been restated, resulting in an increase of USD 10 billion, or 3%, in invested assets in Equities and a decrease of USD 10 billion, or 7%, in invested assets in Multi-asset & Solutions in the first quarter of 2020.

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Results: 2Q20 vs 2Q19

Profit before tax increased by USD 33 million, or 27%, to USD 157 million, reflecting strong operating leverage, with higher operating income only partly offset by higher operating expenses.

Operating income

Total operating income increased by USD 49 million, or 10%, to USD 524 million.

Net management fees decreased by USD 3 million, or 1%, to USD 449 million, mainly resulting from the market turbulence at the end of the first quarter of 2020, which was largely offset by higher average invested assets, reflecting continued strong net new money generation.

Performance fees increased by USD 52 million to USD 75 million, mainly driven by higher performance fees in Hedge Fund Businesses.

Operating expenses

Total operating expenses increased by USD 16 million, or 5%, to USD 367 million, mainly driven by an increase in personnel expenses reflecting strong revenues.


Invested assets: 2Q20  vs 1Q20   

Invested assets increased by USD 96 billion to USD 928 billion, reflecting positive market performance of USD 67 billion and net new money inflows of USD 19 billion, in addition to positive foreign currency translation effects of USD 10 billion.

Net new money inflows were USD 19.2 billion. Excluding money market flows, net new money inflows were USD 8.8 billion.

Results: 6M20 vs 6M19

Profit before tax increased by USD 86 million, or 38%, to USD 314 million, reflecting strong operating leverage, with higher operating income only partly offset by higher operating expenses.

Total operating income increased by USD 117 million, or 13%, to USD 1,038 million.

Net management fees increased by USD 55 million, or 6%, to USD 926 million, reflecting higher average invested assets.

Performance fees increased by USD 62 million to USD 112 million, mainly driven by increases in Hedge Fund Businesses and Equities.

Total operating expenses increased by USD 31  million, or 4%, to USD 724 million, mainly driven by higher personnel expenses, reflecting higher variable compensation, partly offset by lower general and administrative expenses.

 

 

 

  

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Investment Bank 

Investment Bank

Investment Bank1,2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of or for the quarter ended

 

% change from

 

Year-to-date

USD million, except where indicated

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

1Q20

2Q19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Results

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advisory

 

 93 

 199 

 268 

 

 (53) 

 (65) 

 

 292 

 377 

Capital Markets

 

 432 

 334 

 344 

 

 29 

 25 

 

 766 

 605 

Global Banking

 

 525 

 534 

 612 

 

 (2) 

 (14) 

 

 1,058 

 982 

Execution & Platform

 

 422 

 590 

 356 

 

 (28) 

 19 

 

 1,012 

 733 

Derivatives & Solutions

 

 948 

 984 

 670 

 

 (4) 

 41 

 

 1,932 

 1,352 

Financing

 

 452 

 464 

 435 

 

 (3) 

 4 

 

 916 

 793 

Global Markets

 

 1,821 

 2,037 

 1,461 

 

 (11) 

 25 

 

 3,859 

 2,879 

of which: Equities

 

 974 

 1,148 

 1,073 

 

 (15) 

 (9) 

 

 2,122 

 2,043 

of which: Foreign Exchange, Rates and Credit

 

 847 

 889 

 388 

 

 (5) 

 118 

 

 1,737 

 836 

Income

 

 2,346 

 2,571 

 2,073 

 

 (9) 

 13 

 

 4,917 

 3,860 

Credit loss (expense) / recovery

 

 (78) 

 (122) 

 (1) 

 

 (36) 

 

 

 (200) 

 (24) 

Total operating income

 

 2,268 

 2,449 

 2,071 

 

 (7) 

 9 

 

 4,718 

 3,836 

Total operating expenses

 

 1,656 

 1,741 

 1,644 

 

 (5) 

 1 

 

 3,396 

 3,202 

Business division operating profit / (loss) before tax

 

 612 

 709 

 427 

 

 (14) 

 43 

 

 1,321 

 634 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performance measures and other information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pre-tax profit growth (%)

 

 43.5 

 241.6 

 (20.2) 

 

 

 

 

 108.3 

 (42.9) 

Average attributed equity (USD billion)3

 

 12.6 

 12.4 

 12.4 

 

 2 

 2 

 

 12.5 

 12.3 

Return on attributed equity (%)3

 

 19.4 

 22.8 

 13.8 

 

 

 

 

 21.1 

 10.3 

Cost / income ratio (%)

 

 70.6 

 67.7 

 79.3 

 

 

 

 

 69.1 

 82.9 

Risk-weighted assets (USD billion)3

 

 97.8 

 102.8 

 85.9 

 

 (5) 

 14 

 

 97.8 

 85.9 

Return on risk-weighted assets, gross (%)

 

 9.4 

 11.2 

 9.3 

 

 

 

 

 10.2 

 8.5 

Leverage ratio denominator (USD billion)3,4

 

 303.4 

 297.4 

 300.4 

 

 2 

 1 

 

 303.4 

 300.4 

Return on leverage ratio denominator, gross (%)5

 

 3.1 

 3.5 

 2.8 

 

 

 

 

 3.3 

 2.7 

Goodwill and intangible assets (USD billion)

 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 

 (9) 

 (97) 

 

 0.0 

 0.1 

Average VaR (1-day, 95% confidence, 5 years of historical data)

 

 13 

 13 

 10 

 

 1 

 33 

 

 13 

 10 

Impaired loan portfolio as a percentage of total loan portfolio, gross (%)6,7

 

 1.7 

 1.2 

 0.8 

 

 

 

 

 1.7 

 0.8 

1 Comparative figures in this table have been restated to reflect the new structure of the Investment Bank, split into Global Banking and Global Markets. Global Banking has two product verticals: Capital Markets and Advisory. Global Markets combines Equities and Foreign Exchange, Rates and Credit (FRC), with three product verticals: Execution & Platform, Derivatives & Solutions, and Financing.    2 Comparatives may additionally differ as a result of 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.    3 Refer to the “Capital management” section of this report for more information.    4 The leverage ratio denominators as of 30 June 2020 and 31 March 2020 do not reflect the effects of the temporary exemption that has been granted by FINMA in connection with COVID-19. Refer to the “Recent developments” section of this report for more information.    5 Refer to footnote 4 to this table for information about the leverage ratio denominators as of 30 June 2020 and 31 March 2020 that are used for the return calculation.    6 Refer to the “Risk management and control” section of this report for more information about (credit-)impaired loan exposures.    7 Impaired loan portfolio as a percentage of total loan portfolio, gross, as of 30 June 2019 has been restated, resulting in a decrease of 0.3%.

 

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Results: 2Q20 vs  2Q19

Profit before tax increased by USD 185 million, or 43%, to USD 612 million, driven by higher operating income, partly offset by higher operating expenses.

Operating income

Total operating income increased by USD 197 million, or 9%, to USD 2,268 million, reflecting higher revenues in Global Markets, partly offset by lower revenues in Global Banking and higher credit loss expenses.

Global Banking

Global Banking revenues decreased by USD 87 million, or 14%, to USD 525 million, reflecting lower revenues in Advisory, partly offset by higher Capital Markets revenues.

Advisory revenues decreased by USD 175 million, or 65%, to USD 93 million, reflecting the exceptional prior-year quarter and lower revenues from mergers and acquisitions, while the global fee pool declined 23%.

Capital Markets revenues increased by USD 88 million, or 25%, to USD 432 million. This was primarily due to mark-to-market gains of USD 88 million in leveraged capital markets, corporate lending and real estate finance as credit spreads tightened. These gains were largely offset by mark-to-market losses of USD 70 million on a portfolio of instruments used to hedge relevant credit exposures. Revenues in Equity Capital Markets increased by USD 27 million, or 22%, compared with an increase in the global fee pool of 63%.

Global Markets

Global Markets revenues increased by USD 360 million, or 25%, to USD 1,821 million, due to higher volumes, volatility and credit spread movements, particularly in Foreign Exchange, Rates and Credit products, reflecting the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing client activity levels.

Execution & Platform revenues increased by USD 66 million, or 19%, to USD 422 million, mainly driven by higher client activity levels in cash equities and fixed income products that are traded over electronic platforms.

Derivatives & Solutions revenues increased by USD 278 million, or 41%, to USD 948 million, driven by higher client activity levels across Foreign Exchange, Rates and Credit products. This was partly offset by a decrease in Equity Derivatives revenues due to challenging market conditions for our structured derivatives business.

Financing revenues increased by USD 17 million, or 4%, to USD 452 million, due to higher revenues in Equity Financing, which benefited from market volatility.

Of which: Equities

Equities revenues decreased by USD 99 million, or 9%, to USD 974 million, mainly due to decreases in Equity Derivatives. This was partly offset by increases in Cash Equities and Financing Services revenues.

Of which: Foreign Exchange, Rates and Credit

Foreign Exchange, Rates and Credit increased by USD 459 million, or 118%, to USD 847 million, mainly reflecting higher revenues across various business lines within Derivatives & Solutions.

Credit loss expense / recovery

Net credit loss expenses were USD 78 million, compared with net expenses of USD 1 million. Stage 1 and 2 net credit loss expenses were USD 56 million, mainly due to expenses of USD 72 million, resulting from an update to the forward-looking scenarios, factoring in updated macroeconomic assumptions to reflect the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular updated GDP and unemployment assumptions. This was partly offset by recoveries on energy-related exposures and securities financing transactions with a number of real estate investment trusts, where we had increased allowances in the first quarter of 2020. Stage 3 net credit loss expenses were USD 22 million, with USD 38 million of expenses recognized across various positions, partly offset by recoveries on securities financing transactions with a number of real estate investment trusts, where we had increased allowances in the first quarter of 2020.

Operating expenses

Total operating expenses increased by USD 12 million, or 1%, to USD 1,656 million, mainly driven by an increase in personnel expenses, reflecting strong revenues in Global Markets. This was partly offset by reduced travel and legal expenses.

Risk-weighted assets and leverage ratio denominator: 2Q20  vs 1Q20 

Risk-weighted assets

Total risk-weighted assets (RWA) decreased by USD 5 billion, or 5%, to USD 98 billion. Credit and counterparty credit risk RWA decreased by USD 4 billion due to decreases in loans and loan commitments, as well as derivative exposures. This was partly offset by increased securities financing transaction exposures. Market risk RWA decreased by USD 1 billion, primarily driven by the removal of a model multiplier, as well as the impact of client activity and market conditions on stressed and regulatory value-at-risk (VaR)

®   Refer to the “Capital management” section of this report for more information

Leverage ratio denominator

The leverage ratio denominator increased by USD 6 billion, or 2%, to USD 303 billion, mainly reflecting increased cash balances and trading portfolio valuations, partly offset by decreased derivative exposures, reflecting roll-offs and market-driven movements.

®    Refer to the “Capital management” and “Balance sheet, liquidity and funding management” sections of this report for more information

 

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Investment Bank 

Results: 6M20 vs 6M19

Profit before tax increased by USD 687 million, or 108%, to USD 1,321 million, driven by higher operating income, partly offset by higher operating expenses.

Total operating income increased by USD 882 million, or 23%, to USD 4,718 million, reflecting higher revenues in both Global Markets and Global Banking, partly offset by higher credit loss expenses.

Global Banking revenues increased by USD 76 million, or 8%, to USD 1,058 million, reflecting higher revenues in Capital Markets, partly offset by lower revenues in Advisory.

Advisory revenues decreased by USD 85 million, or 22%, to USD 292 million, mainly reflecting lower revenues from mergers and acquisitions, compared with a decline in the global fee pool of 19%.

Capital Markets revenues increased by USD 161 million, or 27%, to USD 766 million. This was primarily driven by gains of USD 121 million in a portfolio of instruments used to hedge credit exposure in the Investment Bank’s lending and leveraged loan portfolios. These gains were partly offset by mark-to-market losses of USD 95 million on the leveraged capital markets, corporate lending and real estate finance portfolios, as credit spreads widened in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Revenues in Equity Capital Markets increased by USD 71 million, or 39%, compared with an increase in the global fee pool of 45%.

Global Markets revenues increased by USD 980 million, or 34%, to USD 3,859 million, due to higher volumes, volatility and credit spread movements, particularly in Foreign Exchange, Rates and Cash Equities, reflecting the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing client activity levels.

Execution & Platform revenues increased by USD 279 million, or 38%, to USD 1,012 million, mainly driven by higher client activity levels in cash equities and fixed income products that are traded over electronic platforms.


Derivatives & Solutions revenues increased by USD 580 million, or 43%, to USD 1,932 million, driven by higher client activity levels across Foreign Exchange, Rates and Credit products. This was partly offset by a decrease in Equity Derivative revenues due to challenging market conditions for our structured derivatives business.

Financing revenues increased by USD 123 million, or 15%, to USD 916 million, due to higher revenues in Equity Financing, which benefited from market volatility, and higher Clearing revenues.

Equities revenues increased by USD 79 million, or 4%, to USD 2,122 million, mainly driven by increases in Cash Equities and Financing Services revenues, partly offset by a decrease in Equity Derivatives revenues.

Foreign Exchange, Rates and Credit increased by USD 901 million, or 108%, to USD 1,737 million, mainly reflecting higher revenues in Foreign Exchange and Rates products within Derivatives & Solutions and Execution & Platform.

Net credit loss expenses were USD 200 million, compared with net expenses of USD 24 million. Stage 1 and 2 net credit loss expenses were USD 118 million, mainly due to expenses of USD 86 million, resulting from an update to the forward-looking scenarios, factoring in updated macroeconomic assumptions to reflect the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular updated GDP and unemployment assumptions. Stage 3 net credit loss expenses were USD 82 million, driven by losses of USD 51 million on energy-related exposures.

Total operating expenses increased by USD 194 million, or 6%, to USD 3,396 million, mainly driven by an increase in personnel expenses, reflecting strong revenues in both Global Markets and Global Banking. This was partly offset by a decrease in general and administrative expenses.

 

 

  

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Group Functions

Group Functions1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of or for the quarter ended

 

% change from

 

Year-to-date

USD million, except where indicated

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

1Q20

2Q19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Results

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total operating income

 

 (155) 

 (480) 

 (30) 

 

 (68) 

 418 

 

 (635) 

 17 

Total operating expenses

 

 151 

 (71) 

 26 

 

 

 472 

 

 80 

 88 

Operating profit / (loss) before tax

 

 (305) 

 (410) 

 (56) 

 

 (26) 

 443 

 

 (715) 

 (71) 

of which: Group Treasury

 

 (192) 

 (131) 

 17 

 

 47 

 

 

 (323) 

 119 

of which: Non-core and Legacy Portfolio

 

 (69) 

 (219) 

 34 

 

 (68) 

 

 

 (289) 

 38 

of which: Group Services

 

 (44) 

 (60) 

 (107) 

 

 (27) 

 (59) 

 

 (103) 

 (227) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk-weighted assets (USD billion)2

 

 30.8 

 31.3 

 28.6 

 

 (2) 

 7 

 

 30.8 

 28.6 

Leverage ratio denominator (USD billion)2,3

 

 108.0 

 116.4 

 68.5 

 

 (7) 

 58 

 

 108.0 

 68.5 

1 Comparatives may differ as a result of 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 Refer to the “Capital management” section of this report for more information.    3 The leverage ratio denominators as of 30 June 2020 and 31 March 2020 do not reflect the effects of the temporary exemption that has been granted by FINMA in connection with COVID-19. Refer to the “Recent developments” section of this report for more information.

 

Results: 2Q20 vs 2Q19

Group Functions recorded a loss before tax of USD 305 million, compared with a loss of USD 56 million.

Group Treasury

The Group Treasury result was negative USD 192 million, compared with positive USD 17 million.

Group Treasury included income related to centralized Group Treasury risk management services of negative USD 120 million, compared with negative USD 69 million. This decrease was driven by increased liquidity costs in relation to COVID-19 market stress.

Income from accounting asymmetries including hedge accounting ineffectiveness was net USD 48 million, compared with net USD 98 million.

Operating expenses increased by USD 97 million to USD 120 million, mainly driven by increased variable compensation recorded in relation to the reversal of prior-period funding valuation losses due to significant tightening of funding spreads on derivatives.

Non-core and Legacy Portfolio

The Non-core and Legacy Portfolio result was negative USD 69 million, compared with positive USD 34 million. This included a credit loss expense of USD 20 million on an energy-related exposure, compared with an overall credit loss expense of USD 5 million in the prior-year quarter. Furthermore, the second quarter of 2019 included a gain of USD 38 million related to the settlement of a litigation claim and income of USD 14 million related to a claim on a defaulted counterparty position. Operating expenses increased by USD 16 million to USD 43 million.

Group Services

The Group Services result was negative USD 44 million, compared with negative USD 107 million. This mainly resulted from lower funding costs related to deferred tax assets.

 

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Group Functions 

Results: 6M20 vs 6M19

Group Functions recorded a loss before tax of USD 715 million, compared with a loss of USD 71 million.

The Group Treasury result was negative USD 323 million, compared with positive USD 119 million.

Group Treasury included income from accounting asymmetries including hedge accounting ineffectiveness of net negative USD 102 million, compared with net positive income of USD 242 million. Revenues related to centralized Group Treasury risk management services were negative USD 196 million, compared with negative USD 88 million.

Group Treasury operating expenses decreased by USD 21 million, mainly driven by a reduction in variable compensation recorded in relation to net funding valuation losses in the first half of 2020 due to widening of funding spreads on derivatives.


The Non-core and Legacy Portfolio result was negative USD 289 million, compared with positive USD 38 million. This result was mainly due to valuation losses of USD 143 million on a remaining exposure of USD 1.4 billion to auction rate securities (ARS), compared with valuation gains recognized in the prior-year period. Our remaining exposure to ARS was rated AA or above as of 30 June 2020. In addition, the first half of 2020 included a credit loss expense of USD 35 million on an energy-related exposure.

The Group Services result was negative USD 103 million, compared with negative USD 227 million. This mainly resulted from lower funding costs related to deferred tax assets.

  

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Risk, treasury and capital management

Management report

 



 

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 our Annual Report 2019.

The outbreak of COVID-19 and the associated market turbulences have caused widespread economic disruption. The related effects on credit risk, market risk, country risk and operational risk in the second quarter of 2020 are reflected in the following sections.

®   Refer to the “Recent developments” section of this report for more information about the COVID-19 pandemic

Credit risk

Credit loss expense / recovery

Total net credit loss expenses were USD 272 million during the second quarter of 2020, compared with USD 268 million during the first quarter of 2020, reflecting net expenses of USD 202 million related to stage 1 and 2 positions and net expenses of USD 70 million related to credit-impaired (stage 3) positions.

Stage 1 and 2 net credit loss expenses of USD 202 million were primarily driven by a net expense of USD 127 million from an update to the forward-looking scenarios, factoring in updated macroeconomic assumptions to reflect the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular updated GDP and unemployment assumptions. This also led to exposure movements from stage 1 to stage 2 as probabilities of default increased.


The remaining stage 1 and 2 expenses of USD 75 million mainly reflect the effects of expert judgement overlays for selected exposures to Swiss large corporates and small and medium-sized entities, as well as remeasurements within our loan book, mainly in the Investment Bank. These were partly offset by recoveries on energy-related exposures and securities financing transactions with a number of real estate investment trusts, where we had increased allowances in the first quarter of 2020.

Stage 3 net credit loss expenses were USD 70 million. In the Investment Bank, stage 3 net expenses of USD 22 million were driven by USD 38 million of expenses recognized across various positions, partly offset by recoveries on securities financing transactions with a number of real estate investment trusts, where we had increased allowances in the first quarter of 2020. In Group Functions, stage 3 expenses of USD 20 million arose from an energy-related exposure in the Non-core and Legacy Portfolio. In Global Wealth Management, stage 3 net expenses of USD 19 million primarily reflected USD 9 million on a single structured margin-lending position, with the remaining USD 10 million on a number of smaller positions across the portfolios. In Personal & Corporate Banking, stage 3 net expenses of USD 10 million arose primarily on two newly defaulted clients in the corporate lending portfolio.

®   Refer to “Note 10 Expected credit loss measurement” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of this report for more information about credit loss expense / recovery

®   Refer to “Note 1 Summary of significant accounting policies” and “Note 23b Expected credit loss measurement” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of the Annual Report 2019 for more information about the scenario updates

 

Credit loss (expense) / recovery

 

 

 

 

 

 

USD million

Global

Wealth

Management

Personal &

Corporate

Banking

Asset

Management

Investment

Bank

Group

Functions

UBS

For the quarter ended 30.6.20

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stages 1 and 2

 (45) 

 (100) 

 0 

 (56) 

 0 

 (202) 

Stage 3

 (19) 

 (10) 

 0 

 (22) 

 (20) 

 (70) 

Total credit loss (expense) / recovery

 (64) 

 (110) 

 0 

 (78) 

 (20) 

 (272) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the quarter ended 31.3.20

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stages 1 and 2

 (12) 

 (16) 

 0 

 (62) 

 0 

 (89) 

Stage 3

 (41) 

 (62) 

 0 

 (60) 

 (16) 

 (179) 

Total credit loss (expense) / recovery

 (53) 

 (77) 

 0 

 (122) 

 (16) 

 (268) 

 

 

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Risk management and control 

Committed credit facilities

Drawings under committed credit facilities remained stable as we did not observe a marked increase in drawing of existing credit facilities by clients over the second quarter of 2020. We manage our credit risk on the aggregate of drawn and committed undrawn credit facilities and model full drawing of committed facilities in our stress testing framework.

Loan underwriting

In the Investment Bank, new loan underwriting activity was slow during the quarter; but nevertheless, distributions progressed well. As of 30 June 2020, loan underwriting commitments totaled USD 5.2 billion on a notional basis (compared with USD 10.8 billion as of 31 March 2020). All of the loan underwriting commitments were mandated. In aggregate USD 1.9 billion of commitments have exceeded our distribution target dates, due to challenging market conditions.

Loan underwriting exposures are held for trading, with fair values reflecting the market conditions at the end of the quarter. Credit hedges are in place and fair value write-downs were more than offset by gains on credit hedges.

Exposures to the oil and gas sector

During the second quarter of 2020, oil prices recovered somewhat from the decline in the first quarter of the year; although they remain at low levels. We have significantly reduced our exposure to the oil and gas sector in recent years. As of 30 June 2020, total net lending exposure directly related to the production and supply of oil and gas totaled USD 1.4 billion, all of which is in the Investment Bank and Non-core and Legacy Portfolio. 70% of our net exposure of USD 1.4 billion was with investment-grade-rated counterparties.

In addition, we closely monitor our exposures related to our commodity trade finance activities within Personal & Corporate Banking. Risks in this business are mostly idiosyncratic non-financial risks.

Overall banking products exposures

Overall banking products exposure increased by USD 30 billion to USD 594 billion as of 30 June 2020. USD 10 billion of this increase related to balances at central banks, USD 7 billion to loans and advances to customers and USD 11 billion to loan commitments.

The credit-impaired gross exposure decreased by USD 353 million to USD 3,854 million as of 30 June 2020. The decrease stemmed mainly from recoveries of securities financing transactions and real estate investment trusts in the Investment Bank and Group Functions.

In Personal & Corporate Banking, loans and advances to customers increased by USD 5.5 billion, mainly due to the Swiss government-backed lending program for small and medium-sized entities, as well as a few large loans to investment grade Swiss multi-nationals. In Global Wealth Management, the USD 4.5 billion increase of loans and advances to customers was mainly driven by higher volumes of Lombard loans. In the Investment Bank, loans and advances to customers decreased by USD 1.6 billion, mainly due to large corporate clients.

Exposure related to traded products decreased by USD 10.0 billion over the second quarter of 2020, mainly driven by decreased market volatility.

Lombard and securities-based lending

After peaks in March, the number and volume of margin calls in Global Wealth Management for Lombard and securities-based lending returned to normal levels from mid-April onward.

The average loan-to-value (LTV) for the portfolio was approximately 50% as of 30 June 2020.

Swiss mortgage portfolio

Of our total Swiss real estate portfolio of USD 156 billion, USD 141 billion related to Swiss residential real estate, USD 6 billion to commercial retail and office real estate, and a further USD 9 billion to industrial and other real estate.

The residential portfolio consists of USD 116 billion for single-family homes (average LTV of 55%) and USD 24 billion in residential income-producing real estate (average LTV of 53%). In particular we are carefully monitoring the level of risk in our Swiss commercial retail and office real estate portfolio (average LTV of 47%) and its resilience to the economic impact of COVID-19. We have seen only a very limited number of requests for suspension of amortization payments in the first half of 2020 across our mortgage portfolios.

®   Refer to the “Risk management and control” section of our Annual Report 2019 for more information about our Swiss mortgage portfolio

Exposure to the Swiss economy and Swiss corporates

Within Personal & Corporate Banking, risks related to our exposures to certain industry sectors has increased. Industries in focus with a negative outlook include tourism; culture, sports & education; and watches; as well as media and, to a lesser degree, retail. Our exposure to the tourism sector (including hotels, restaurants and transport) totaled USD 1.9 billion as of 30 June 2020, with hotels accounting for USD 0.9 billion of this exposure. Our exposure to the culture, sports & education sector was USD 0.9 billion, our exposure to the media sector amounted to USD 0.3 billion, our exposure to the watch sector was USD 0.2 billion, and our exposure to the retail sector was USD 1.7 billion. Apart from a few large counterparties, our exposures within these sectors is highly diversified across Switzerland.

 

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Banking and traded products exposure in our business divisions and Group Functions

 

 

30.6.20

USD million

 

Global Wealth

Management

Personal &

Corporate

Banking

Asset

Management

Investment

Bank

Group

Functions

Group

Banking products1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross exposure

 

 268,709 

 209,374 

 3,993 

 62,771 

 48,797 

 593,644 

of which: loans and advances to customers (on-balance sheet)

 

 184,157 

 143,392 

 1 

 13,691 

 4,500 

 345,741 

of which: guarantees and loan commitments (off-balance sheet)

 

 8,612 

 26,904 

 0 

 18,230 

 2,219 

 55,964 

Traded products2, 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross exposure

 

 9,664 

 973 

 0 

 39,072 

 49,710 

of which: over-the-counter derivatives

 

 6,819 

 930 

 0 

 10,590 

 18,339 

of which: securities financing transactions

 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 20,519 

 20,519 

of which: exchange-traded derivatives

 

 2,845 

 44 

 0 

 7,963 

 10,852 

Other credit lines, gross4

 

 12,130 

 22,323 

 0 

 3,300 

 70 

 37,822 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total credit-impaired exposure, gross (stage 3)

 

 1,353 

 1,809 

 0 

 280 

 412 

 3,854 

Total allowances and provisions for expected credit losses (stages 1 to 3)

 

 345 

 799 

 0 

 271 

 73 

 1,489 

of which: stage 1

 

 101 

 111 

 0 

 74 

 3 

 289 

of which: stage 2

 

 62 

 199 

 0 

 85 

 0 

 346 

of which: stage 3 (allowances and provisions for credit-impaired exposures)

 

 182 

 489 

 0 

 112 

 70 

 853 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.3.20

USD million

 

Global Wealth Management

Personal &

Corporate

Banking

Asset

Management

Investment

Bank

Group

Functions

Group

Banking products1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross exposure

 

 246,572 

 200,515 

 2,772 

 55,037 

 59,185 

 564,082 

of which: loans and advances to customers (on-balance sheet)

 

 179,703 

 137,877 

 1 

 15,284 

 5,621 

 338,486 

of which: guarantees and loan commitments (off-balance sheet)

 

 5,567 

 23,126 

 0 

 15,433 

 2,037 

 46,164 

Traded products2, 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross exposure

 

 10,047 

 956 

 0 

 48,678 

 59,680 

of which: over-the-counter derivatives

 

 7,411 

 902 

 0 

 16,949 

 25,262 

of which: securities financing transactions

 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 21,144 

 21,144 

of which: exchange-traded derivatives

 

 2,636 

 54 

 0 

 10,585 

 13,275 

Other credit lines, gross4

 

 10,507 

 20,521 

 0 

 3,315 

 144 

 34,487 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total credit-impaired exposure, gross (stage 3)

 

 1,179 

 1,591 

 0 

 796 

 640 

 4,207 

Total allowances and provisions for expected credit losses (stages 1 to 3)

 

 288 

 739 

 0 

 202 

 53 

 1,282 

of which: stage 1

 

 68 

 84 

 0 

 50 

 3 

 205 

of which: stage 2

 

 48 

 123 

 0 

 53 

 0 

 225 

of which: stage 3 (allowances and provisions for credit-impaired exposures)

 

 171 

 533 

 0 

 99 

 50 

 852 

1 IFRS 9 gross exposure including other financial assets at amortized cost, but excluding cash, receivables from securities financing transactions, cash collateral receivables on derivative instruments, financial assets at FVOCI, irrevocable committed prolongation of existing loans and unconditionally revocable committed credit lines and forward starting reverse repurchase and securities borrowing agreements.    2 Internal management view of credit risk, which differs in certain respects from IFRS.    3 As counterparty risk for traded products is managed at counterparty level, no further split between exposures in the Investment Bank and Group Functions is provided.    4 Unconditionally revocable committed credit lines.  

 

Global Wealth Management and Personal & Corporate Banking loans and advances to customers, gross

 

 

Global Wealth Management

 

Personal & Corporate Banking

USD million

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

Secured by residential property

 

 56,502 

 55,638 

 

 104,357 

 101,866 

Secured by commercial / industrial property1

 

 2,828 

 2,703 

 

 18,322 

 17,568 

Secured by cash

 

 19,913 

 23,040 

 

 1,610 

 1,672 

Secured by securities

 

 88,512 

 82,681 

 

 1,663 

 1,514 

Secured by guarantees and other collateral

 

 14,768 

 13,932 

 

 5,594 

 3,644 

Unsecured loans and advances to customers

 

 1,633 

 1,709 

 

 11,846 

 11,612 

Total loans and advances to customers, gross

 

 184,157 

 179,703 

 

 143,392 

 137,877 

Allowances

 

 (212) 

 (167) 

 

 (638) 

 (603) 

Total loans and advances to customers, net of allowances

 

 183,946 

 179,536 

 

 142,754 

 137,274 

1 Includes exposures with mixed collateral as security, where the primary purpose of the loan is not to finance a specific property.

 

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Risk management and control 

Market risk

We continued to manage market risks at generally low levels of management value-at-risk (VaR). Average management VaR (1‑day, 95% confidence level) was unchanged, at USD 14 million, compared with the first quarter of 2020.


There were no Group VaR negative backtesting exceptions in the second quarter of 2020, and the total number of negative backtesting exceptions within the most recent 250-business-day window remained at 3. The FINMA VaR multiplier derived from back testing exceptions for market risk RWA remained unchanged compared with the prior quarter, at 3.0. FINMA’s freeze on back-testing exceptions did not affect this multiplier.

 

Management value-at-risk (1-day, 95% confidence, 5 years of historical data) of our business divisions and

Group Functions by general market risk type1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average by risk type

USD million

 

Min.

Max.

Period end

Average

Equity

Interest

rates

Credit

spreads

Foreign

exchange

Commodities

Global Wealth Management

 

 0 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 0 

 1 

 1 

 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

 

 11 

 19 

 13 

 13 

 12 

 6 

 5 

 4 

 4 

Group Functions

 

 4 

 7 

 4 

 5 

 0 

 4 

 2 

 1 

 0 

Diversification effect2,3

 

 

 

 (3) 

 (5) 

 0 

 (4) 

 (3) 

 (1) 

 0 

Total as of 30.6.20

 

 11 

 19 

 14 

 14 

 12 

 8 

 6 

 4 

 4 

Total as of 31.3.20

 

 8 

 31 

 20 

 14 

 10 

 9 

 6 

 3 

 4 

1 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.    2 Difference between the sum of the standalone VaR for the business divisions and Group Functions and the VaR for the Group as a whole.    3 As the minimum and maximum occur on different days for different business divisions and Group Functions, it is not meaningful to calculate a portfolio diversification effect.

 

As of 30 June 2020, the interest rate sensitivity of our banking book to a +1-basis-point parallel shift in yield curves was negative USD 26.6 million, compared with negative USD 26.4 million as of 31 March 2020. The change in the interest rate sensitivity was driven by a longer Swiss franc equity duration, partially offset by the tightening of funding spreads on own issuances. The reported interest rate sensitivity excludes the additional tier 1 (AT1) capital instruments as per FINMA Pillar 3 disclosure requirements, with a sensitivity of USD 4.4 million per basis point, and our equity, goodwill and real estate, with a modeled sensitivity of USD 21.7 million per basis point, of which USD 5.1 million and USD 16.3 million are attributable to the Swiss franc and the US dollar portfolios, respectively.

The most adverse of the six FINMA interest rate scenarios was the “Parallel up” scenario, which resulted in a change in the economic value of equity of negative USD 5.6 billion, representing a pro forma reduction of 10.4% of tier 1 capital, which is well below the regulatory outlier test of 15% of tier 1 capital. The immediate effect of the “Parallel up” scenario on tier 1 capital as of 30 June 2020 would be a reduction of 1.3%, or USD 0.7 billion, arising from the part of our banking book that is measured at fair value through profit or loss and from the financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income. This scenario would, however, have a positive effect on net interest income.

®   Refer to “Interest rate risk in the banking book” in the “Market risk” section of our Annual Report 2019 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 equity, capital and net interest income of Global Wealth Management and Personal & Corporate Banking

 

Interest rate risk – banking book

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USD million

+1 bp

Parallel up1

Parallel down1

Steepener2

Flattener3

Short-term up4

Short-term down5

CHF

 (5.2) 

 (736.7) 

 829.8 

 (351.6) 

 207.9 

 (88.9) 

 93.8 

EUR

 (0.3) 

 (60.4) 

 25.8 

 (92.5) 

 60.1 

 39.9 

 (84.2) 

GBP

 0.1 

 28.8 

 (21.7) 

 (19.9) 

 24.7 

 34.4 

 (29.9) 

USD

 (20.5) 

 (4,654.1) 

 3,854.6 

 (416.3) 

 (623.0) 

 (2,176.4) 

 2,323.9 

Other

 (0.7) 

 (142.6) 

 157.2 

 4.1 

 (34.1) 

 (83.8) 

 91.0 

Total effect on economic value of equity as per Pillar 3 requirement as of 30.6.20

 (26.6) 

 (5,565.0) 

 4,845.7 

 (876.2) 

 (364.4) 

 (2,274.8) 

 2,394.5 

Additional tier 1 (AT1) capital instruments

 4.4 

 847.4 

 (904.3) 

 (80.1) 

 267.2 

 580.5 

 (606.2) 

Total including AT1 capital instruments as of 30.6.20

 (22.2) 

 (4,717.7) 

 3,941.3 

 (956.3) 

 (97.2) 

 (1,694.3) 

 1,788.3 

Total effect on economic value of equity as per Pillar 3 requirement as of 31.3.20

 (26.4) 

 (5,434.8) 

 5,266.0 

 (965.1) 

 (146.3) 

 (2,129.1) 

 2,328.6 

Total including AT1 capital instruments as of 31.3.20

 (22.0) 

 (4,592.3) 

 4,364.6 

 (1,026.7) 

 101.7 

 (1,567.8) 

 1,742.3 

1 Rates across all tenors move by ±150 bps for Swiss franc, ±200 bps for euro and US dollar and ±250 bps for pound sterling.    2 Short-term rates decrease and long-term rates increase.    3 Short-term rates increase and long-term rates decrease.    4 Short-term rates increase more than long-term rates.    5 Short-term rates decrease more than long-term rates.

 

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Country risk

The COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on growth, employment, debt dynamics and supply chains, has become the primary driver of country risk, and we expect this to be the case for at least the near future. In several countries, case numbers continue to rise, and in others there are concerns about the potential for further waves of the virus. We expect measures taken by governments and central banks that are intended to support their economies to give rise to increased sovereign risk.

We remain watchful of developments in Europe and political changes in a number of countries. Our direct exposure to peripheral European countries is limited, although we have
significant country risk exposure to major European economies, including the UK, Germany and France. The UK’s process of withdrawing from the EU remains an area of concern.

We continue to monitor potential trade policy disputes, as well as the economic and political climate in Hong Kong.

A number of emerging markets are facing economic, political and market pressures. Separately, our direct exposure to Thailand decreased from USD 3.9 billion to USD 1.4 billion over the second quarter of 2020, as a loan underwriting transaction was de-risked as planned through syndication.

Our exposure to emerging market countries is well diversified.

®   Refer to the “Risk management and control” section of our Annual Report 2019 for more information

 

Exposures to eurozone countries rated lower than AAA / Aaa by at least one major rating agency

 

USD million

 

30.6.20

 

31.3.20

 

 

Banking products, gross1

 

Traded products

 

Trading inventory

 

Total

 

Total

 

 

Before

hedges

Net of

hedges

 

Before

hedges

Net of

hedges

 

Net long per issuer

 

 

Net of

hedges

 

 

Net of

hedges

Austria

 

 103 

 102 

 

 257 

 221 

 

 1,325 

 

 1,685 

 1,648 

 

 2,280 

 2,238 

Belgium

 

 69 

 69 

 

 355 

 355 

 

 137 

 

 561 

 561 

 

 671 

 671 

Finland

 

 10 

 10 

 

 162 

 162 

 

 1,010 

 

 1,182 

 1,182 

 

 733 

 733 

France

 

 1,378 

 1,377 

 

 1,557 

 1,439 

 

 7,488 

 

 10,423 

 10,304 

 

 8,368 

 8,255 

Greece

 

 9 

 4 

 

 1 

 1 

 

 8 

 

 19 

 13 

 

 18 

 10 

Ireland

 

 609 

 607 

 

 58 

 58 

 

 310 

 

 978 

 975 

 

 1,273 

 1,272 

Italy

 

 735 

 670 

 

 191 

 175 

 

 1,855 

 

 2,781 

 2,700 

 

 1,397 

 1,316 

Portugal

 

 30 

 30 

 

 37 

 37 

 

 6 

 

 73 

 73 

 

 110 

 109 

Spain

 

 530 

 441 

 

 7 

 7 

 

 235 

 

 773 

 683 

 

 880 

 850 

Other2

 

 743 

 723 

 

 326 

 326 

 

 23 

 

 1,092 

 1,072 

 

 759 

 743 

Total

 

 4,217 

 4,032 

 

 2,953 

 2,782 

 

 12,397 

 

 19,566 

 19,211 

 

 16,490 

 16,198 

1 Before deduction of IFRS 9 ECL allowances and provisions.    2 Represents aggregate exposures to Andorra, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, Slovakia and Slovenia.

 

 

39 


Risk management and control 

Operational risk

The global focus on the control and containment of COVID-19 continues; for the firm, all regions are operating without significant business disruption. Market volumes stabilized during the second quarter of 2020, allowing us to reduce the operational backlogs we experienced in the first quarter of 2020. The pandemic is leading to changes in the way firms work, with longer-term implications on non-financial risk. The drivers of these risks are market conditions leading to intensified client interaction, combined with new working arrangements (including at our third-party suppliers) and employees operating under increased levels of stress. We continue to take measures that we believe are appropriate to monitor and manage these risks.

We remain focused on the safety and well-being of our staff, the operational resilience of the firm, and the operational continuity needed to serve our clients. To maintain our operations while complying with governmental requirements imposed in many of our principal locations, and to protect the health of our employees, we have enabled around 90,000 internal and external staff to work remotely, including client coverage and trading staff where permitted by applicable regulations. Global return to office protocols have been established and will be implemented on a local/regional level in line with government rules and regulations. Remote working arrangements can lead to increased conduct risk, inherent risk of fraudulent activities and potential increases in the number of suspicious transactions, as well as unauthorized trades, and risk of market abuse or manipulation, and have also increased information security risks (in particular, regarding client identifying data and unpublished price-sensitive information). We have taken measures to adapt our employee conduct monitoring and supervision processes to address the changes to conduct risks, and have not observed a meaningful increase in the number of incidents.


We have continued programs to educate clients and employees on fraud risk and have updated our protocols for interaction to mitigate this risk. We have also implemented additional monitoring and analytics to closely track fraud risk and are keeping a close eye on emerging trends to deploy further mitigating activity as necessary.

The trend of increased sophistication of COVID-19-themed cyberattacks observed in Q1 continued and we have maintained our enhanced monitoring for COVID-19-related cyber threats. Regular communications were and are provided to remind employees about associated risks, including hints and tips for staying cybersafe when working remotely. To date, we believe that our security controls have been effective, with no significant cyber incidents affecting the firm during the second quarter of 2020.

In addition to COVID-19 impacts, financial crime (including money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions violations, fraud, bribery and corruption) continues to present a major risk, as technological innovation and geopolitical developments increase the complexity of doing business and high regulatory attention persists. We continue to prioritize our efforts to meet the developing nature of these risks and to invest heavily in our detection capabilities and core systems as part of our financial crime prevention program, with a focus on improving these to meet regulatory expectations. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a Cease and Desist Order against the firm in May 2018 related to our US branch know-your-customer and anti-money laundering (AML) programs. As a response, the firm initiated an extensive program that seeks to ensure sustainable remediation of US-relevant Bank Secrecy Act / AML issues across all US legal entities. In addition to the significant improvement measures introduced in 2019, we have also focused on strategic enhancements in the areas of AML / know-your-customer and sanctions on a global scale.

 

  

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Balance sheet, liquidity and funding management

Strategy, objectives and governance

This section provides balance sheet, liquidity and funding management information and should be read in conjunction with the “Treasury management” section of our Annual Report 2019, which provides more information about the Group’s strategy, objectives and governance in connection with liquidity and funding management.

Balances provided in this section represent quarter-end positions, unless indicated otherwise. Intra-quarter balances fluctuate in the ordinary course of business and may differ from quarter-end positions.

Assets and liquidity management

Balance sheet assets (30 June 2020 vs 31 March 2020)

As of 30 June 2020, balance sheet assets totaled USD 1,064 billion, a decrease of USD 34 billion compared with 31 March 2020. Total assets excluding derivatives and cash collateral receivables on derivative instruments increased by USD 35 billion to USD 881 billion, mainly driven by increases in other financial assets measured at amortized cost and fair value, cash and balances at central banks, trading portfolio assets, and lending assets, as well as non-financial assets and financial assets for unit-linked investment contracts. This was partly offset by decreases in securities financing transactions at amortized cost.


The Group continues to maintain increased liquidity levels in an uncertain environment. As a result, other financial assets measured at amortized cost and fair value increased by USD 12 billion due to purchases of high-quality liquid assets (HQLA) during the quarter and cash and balances at central banks increased by USD 10 billion.

Trading portfolio assets increased by USD 8 billion, mainly due to higher inventory levels held in the Investment Bank to hedge client positions. Lending assets increased by USD 6 billion, driven by Personal & Corporate Banking and Global Wealth Management, primarily reflecting currency effects and increases in Lombard loans, as well as loans related to the Swiss government-backed lending program.

Non-financial assets and financial assets for unit-linked investment contracts increased by USD 4 billion, largely reflecting market-driven movements in financial assets for unit-linked investment contracts.

These increases were partly offset by a decrease of USD 4 billion in securities financing transactions at amortized cost, mainly as a result of lower collateral sourcing.

Derivatives and cash collateral receivables on derivative instruments decreased by USD 70 billion, mainly reflecting roll-offs and market-driven movements in foreign exchange and equity / index contracts in our Derivatives & Solutions and Financing businesses in the Investment Bank.

®   Refer to the “Consolidated financial statements” section of this report for more information

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of

 

% change from

USD billion

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

31.12.19

 

31.3.20

31.12.19

Cash and balances at central banks

 

 149.5 

 139.3 

 107.1 

 

 7 

 40 

Lending1

 

 360.3 

 354.5 

 339.2 

 

 2 

 6 

Securities financing transactions at amortized cost

 

 85.3 

 89.6 

 84.2 

 

 (5) 

 1 

Trading portfolio2

 

 98.0 

 90.5 

 127.5 

 

 8 

 (23) 

Derivatives and cash collateral receivables on derivative instruments

 

 182.9 

 252.5 

 145.1 

 

 (28) 

 26 

Brokerage receivables

 

 19.8 

 20.3 

 18.0 

 

 (2) 

 10 

Other financial assets measured at amortized cost and fair value3

 

 103.8 

 91.3 

 85.6 

 

 14 

 21 

Non-financial assets and financial assets for unit-linked investment contracts

 

 64.2 

 60.0 

 65.4 

 

 7 

 (2) 

Total assets

 

 1,063.8 

 1,098.1 

 972.2 

 

 (3) 

 9 

1 Consists of loans and advances to banks and customers.    2 Consists of financial assets at fair value held for trading.    3 Consists of financial assets at fair value not held for trading, financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income and other financial assets measured at amortized cost, but excludes financial assets for unit-linked investment contracts.

 

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Balance sheet, liquidity and funding management 

Liquidity coverage ratio

In the second quarter of 2020, the UBS Group liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) increased 16 percentage points to 155%, remaining above the 110% Group LCR minimum requirement communicated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).

The LCR increase was primarily driven by higher average HQLA balances due to increased debt issuances, lower net funding consumption by the business divisions and higher customer deposit balances in Global Wealth Management. In addition, net cash outflows increased due to reduced average net inflows from secured financing transactions and higher average outflows from customer deposits, partly offset by higher average inflows from derivative transactions.

®   Refer to the “Treasury management” section of our Annual Report 2019 for more information about liquidity management and the liquidity coverage ratio

 

Liquidity coverage ratio

 

 

 

USD billion, except where indicated

 

Average 2Q201

Average 1Q201

 

High-quality liquid assets2

 

 

 

Cash balances3

 

 145 

 106 

Securities (on- and off-balance sheet)

 

 62 

 65 

Total high-quality liquid assets4

 

 207 

 171 

 

 

 

 

Cash outflows2

 

 

 

Retail deposits and deposits from small business customers

 

 30 

 29 

Unsecured wholesale funding

 

 114 

 110 

Secured wholesale funding

 

 65 

 71 

Other cash outflows

 

 42 

 40 

Total cash outflows

 

 251 

 250 

 

 

 

 

Cash inflows2

 

 

 

Secured lending

 

 69 

 81 

Inflows from fully performing exposures

 

 31 

 31 

Other cash inflows

 

 17 

 15 

Total cash inflows

 

 117 

 127 

 

 

 

 

Liquidity coverage ratio

 

 

 

High-quality liquid assets

 

 207 

 171 

Net cash outflows

 

 134 

 122 

Liquidity coverage ratio (%)5

 

 155 

 139 

1 Calculated based on an average of 65 data points in the second quarter of 2020 and 63 data points in the first quarter of 2020.    2 Calculated after the application of haircuts and inflow and outflow rates.    3 Includes cash and balances at central banks and other eligible balances as prescribed by FINMA.    4 Calculated in accordance with FINMA requirements.    5 Calculated after the application of haircuts and inflow and outflow rates as well as, where applicable, caps on Level 2 assets and cash inflows.

 

 

Liabilities and funding management

Liabilities (30 June 2020 vs 31 March 2020)

Total liabilities decreased by USD 33 billion to USD 1,007 billion as of 30 June 2020. Total liabilities excluding derivatives and cash collateral payables on derivative instruments increased by USD 30 billion to USD 817 billion as of 30 June 2020, driven by increases across almost all liability lines.

Customer deposits increased by USD 8 billion in Personal & Corporate Banking and Global Wealth Management, mainly reflecting currency effects and clients holding higher levels of cash in an uncertain market environment. Long-term debt issued increased by USD 8 billion, mainly driven by higher Debt issued designated at fair value, reflecting market-driven movements and a tightening of UBS’s credit spreads. Non-financial liabilities and financial liabilities related to unit-linked investment contracts increased by USD 5 billion, mainly due to market-driven
movements related to unit-linked investment contracts. Short-term borrowings increased by USD 3 billion, mainly driven by money market issuances, which were partly offset by decreases in amounts due to banks. Other financial liabilities at amortized cost and fair value increased by USD 3 billion, mainly due to lower netting of securities financing transactions measured at fair value.

Derivatives and cash collateral payables on derivative instruments decreased by USD 63 billion, in line with the aforementioned decrease in derivative financial assets and cash collateral receivables.

The “Liabilities by product and currency” table in this section provides more information about our funding sources.

®   Refer to “Bondholder information” at www.ubs.com/investors  for more information about capital and senior debt instruments

®   Refer to the “Consolidated financial statements” section of this report for more information

 

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Equity (30 June 2020 vs 31 March 2020)

Equity attributable to shareholders decreased to USD 57,035 million as of 30 June 2020, from USD 57,949 million as of 31 March 2020.

Total comprehensive income attributable to shareholders was USD 205 million, reflecting net profit of USD 1,232 million and negative other comprehensive income (OCI) of USD 1,027 million. OCI mainly included negative OCI related to own credit of USD 872 million, negative defined benefit plan OCI of USD 500 million, positive foreign currency translation OCI of USD 261 million and positive cash flow hedge OCI of USD 95 million.

Distributions to shareholders reduced retained earnings by USD 654 million, reflecting the payment of 50% of the USD 0.365 dividend per share. The other 50% was distributed from the capital contribution reserve within share premium. Swiss tax law effective 1 January 2020 requires Switzerland-domiciled companies with shares listed on a stock exchange pay no more than 50% of dividends from capital contribution reserves, with the remainder required to be paid from retained earnings. The payment of the second dividend installment of USD 0.365 is expected in the fourth quarter of 2020, subject to approval by shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting, which would result in a total dividend of USD 0.73 per share for the 2019 financial year.

Share premium decreased by USD 508 million, mainly due to the aforementioned distribution of USD 654 million to shareholders from the capital contribution reserve of UBS Group AG. This was partly offset by the amortization of deferred share-based compensation awards, which increased share premium by USD 150 million.

Net treasury share activity increased equity attributable to shareholders by USD 44 million.

®   Refer to the “Consolidated financial statements” and “Group performance” sections of this report for more information

®   Refer to “UBS shares” in the “Capital management” section of this report for more information about the share repurchase program

 

 

Liabilities and equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of

 

% change from

USD billion

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

31.12.19

 

31.3.20

31.12.19

Short-term borrowings1

 

 48.8 

 46.0 

 28.4 

 

 6 

 72 

Securities financing transactions at amortized cost

 

 12.0 

 12.9 

 7.8 

 

 (7) 

 55 

Customer deposits

 

 474.3 

 465.9 

 448.3 

 

 2 

 6 

Long-term debt issued2

 

 149.2 

 141.6 

 155.5 

 

 5 

 (4) 

Trading portfolio3

 

 34.4 

 32.6 

 30.6 

 

 6 

 13 

Derivatives and cash collateral payables on derivative instruments

 

 189.2 

 252.3 

 152.3 

 

 (25) 

 24 

Brokerage payables

 

 40.2 

 37.7 

 37.2 

 

 7 

 8 

Other financial liabilities measured at amortized cost and fair value4

 

 21.0 

 18.3 

 17.5 

 

 15 

 20 

Non-financial liabilities and financial liabilities related to unit-linked investment contracts

 

 37.5 

 32.8 

 39.9 

 

 14 

 (6) 

Total liabilities

 

 1,006.6 

 1,040.0 

 917.5 

 

 (3) 

 10 

Share capital

 

 0.3 

 0.3 

 0.3 

 

 0 

 0 

Share premium

 

 17.1 

 17.6 

 18.1 

 

 (3) 

 (5) 

Treasury shares

 

 (3.6) 

 (3.6) 

 (3.3) 

 

 (1) 

 8 

Retained earnings

 

 36.0 

 36.8 

 34.2 

 

 (2) 

 5 

Other comprehensive income5

 

 7.2 

 6.8 

 5.3 

 

 5 

 35 

Total equity attributable to shareholders

 

 57.0 

 57.9 

 54.5 

 

 (2) 

 5 

Equity attributable to non-controlling interests

 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

 2 

 (1) 

Total equity

 

 57.2 

 58.1 

 54.7 

 

 (2) 

 5 

Total liabilities and equity

 

 1,063.8 

 1,098.1 

 972.2 

 

 (3) 

 9 

1 Consists of short-term debt issued measured at amortized cost and amounts due to banks.    2 Consists of long-term debt issued measured at amortized cost and debt issued designated at fair value. The classification of debt issued into short-term and long-term does not consider any early redemption features. Long-term debt issued also includes debt with a remaining time to maturity of less than one year.    3 Consists of financial liabilities at fair value held for trading.    4 Consists of financial liabilities measured at amortized cost and other financial liabilities designated at fair value, but excludes financial liabilities related to unit-linked investment contracts.    5 Excludes other comprehensive income related to defined benefit plans and own credit that is recorded directly in Retained earnings.

 

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Balance sheet, liquidity and funding management 

Off-balance sheet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of

 

% change from

USD billion

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

 

31.3.20

Total guarantees1

 

 14.6 

 16.2 

 

(10)

Loan commitments1

 

 46.3 

 41.0 

 

13

Forward starting reverse repurchase agreements1

 

 39.5 

 46.3 

 

(15)

Forward starting repurchase agreements1

 

 45.5 

 32.5 

 

40

Committed unconditionally revocable credit lines2

 

 37.8 

 34.5 

 

10

1 These lines provided in this table are aligned with the scope disclosed in “Note 17 Guarantees, commitments and forward starting transactions” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of this report. Total guarantees and Loan commitments are shown net of sub-participations.    2 Refer to “Note 10 Expected credit loss measurement” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of this report for more information.

 

Off-balance sheet (30 June 2020 vs 31 March 2020)

Loan commitments increased by USD 5 billion, driven by increased liquidity facilities made available to Swiss multi-nationals and a USD 0.6 billion increase related to the Swiss government-backed lending program.

Forward starting reverse repurchase agreements decreased by USD 7 billion and forward starting repurchase agreements increased by USD 13 billion, primarily in Group Functions, reflecting fluctuations in market activity in short-dated securities financing transactions.

Guarantees decreased by USD 2 billion and committed unconditionally revocable credit lines increased by USD 3 billion.

®   Refer to the “Recent developments” section of this report for more information about the Swiss government-backed lending program

 

 

 

Pro forma net stable funding ratio

 

 

USD billion, except where indicated

30.6.20

31.3.20

Available stable funding

 522 

 503 

Required stable funding

 442 

 443 

Pro forma net stable funding ratio (%)

 118 

 114 

 

Net stable funding ratio

As of 30 June 2020, our estimated pro forma net stable funding ratio (NSFR) was 118%, an increase of 4 percentage points compared with 31 March 2020, primarily reflecting a USD 19 billion increase in available stable funding, mainly driven by increases in deposits and debt issued.


The calculation of our pro forma NSFR includes estimates of the effect of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision rules and will be refined when NSFR rule-making is completed in Switzerland and as regulatory interpretations evolve and new models and associated systems are enhanced.

®   Refer to the “Treasury management” section of our Annual Report 2019 for more information about the net stable funding ratio

 

 

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Liabilities by product and currency

 

 

USD billion

 

As a percentage of total liabilities

 

 

All currencies

 

All currencies

 

USD

 

CHF

 

EUR

 

Other

 

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

Short-term borrowings

 

48.8

46.0

 

4.9

4.4

 

2.8

2.5

 

0.6

0.3

 

0.7

0.7

 

0.8

0.9

of which: due to banks

 

12.4

18.8

 

1.2

1.8

 

0.4

1.2

 

0.5

0.3

 

0.2

0.1

 

0.2

0.2

of which: short-term debt issued1

 

36.4

27.2

 

3.6

2.6

 

2.4

1.4

 

0.0

0.0

 

0.6

0.6

 

0.6

0.7

Securities financing transactions

 at amortized cost

 

12.0

12.9

 

1.2

1.2

 

1.0

1.0

 

0.0

0.0

 

0.1

0.0

 

0.1

0.1

Customer deposits

 

474.3

465.9

 

47.1

44.8

 

18.0

17.0

 

19.6

18.4

 

5.4

5.3

 

4.1

4.1

of which: demand deposits

 

199.5

193.6

 

19.8

18.6

 

6.0

5.0

 

6.7

6.8

 

4.1

4.2

 

3.0

2.6

of which: retail savings / deposits

 

193.2

189.0

 

19.2

18.2

 

7.2

7.0

 

11.5

10.6

 

0.5

0.5

 

0.0

0.0

of which: time deposits

 

47.2

52.9

 

4.7

5.1

 

3.3

3.6

 

0.4

0.1

 

0.1

0.0

 

1.0

1.3

of which: fiduciary deposits

 

34.3

30.5

 

3.4

2.9

 

1.5

1.4

 

1.0

0.9

 

0.8

0.5

 

0.1

0.1

Long-term debt issued2

 

149.2

141.6

 

14.8

13.6

 

8.5

8.0

 

1.5

1.3

 

3.3

3.0

 

1.6

1.4

of which: senior unsecured debt

 

57.8

56.2

 

5.7

5.4

 

3.0

3.0

 

0.2

0.1

 

2.0

1.8

 

0.6

0.4

of which: covered bonds

 

2.6

2.6

 

0.3

0.2

 

0.0

0.0

 

0.0

0.0

 

0.3

0.2

 

0.0

0.0

of which: subordinated debt

 

21.1

20.9

 

2.1

2.0

 

1.6

1.5

 

0.0

0.0

 

0.3

0.3

 

0.2

0.2

of which: debt issued through the Swiss central mortgage institutions

 

8.8

8.6

 

0.9

0.8

 

0.0

0.0

 

0.9

0.8

 

0.0

0.0

 

0.0

0.0

of which: other long-term debt

 

0.0

0.0

 

0.0

0.0

 

0.0

0.0

 

0.0

0.0

 

0.0

0.0

 

0.0

0.0

of which: debt issued measured at fair value

 

58.9

53.3

 

5.8

5.1

 

3.9

3.5

 

0.4

0.3

 

0.7

0.6

 

0.8

0.8

Trading portfolio

 

34.4

32.6

 

3.4

3.1

 

1.0

1.1

 

0.2

0.1

 

1.0

0.6

 

1.3

1.3

Derivatives and cash collateral payables on derivative instruments

 

189.2

252.3

 

18.8

24.3

 

15.4

20.4

 

0.2

0.3

 

2.0

2.1

 

1.1

1.5

Brokerage payables

 

40.2

37.7

 

4.0

3.6

 

3.0

2.8

 

0.0

0.1

 

0.3

0.3

 

0.7

0.5

Other financial liabilities measured at amortized cost and fair value3

 

21.0

18.3

 

2.1

1.8

 

1.3

1.1

 

0.2

0.2

 

0.3

0.3

 

0.2

0.2

Non-financial liabilities and financial liabilities related to unit-linked investment contracts

 

37.5

32.8

 

3.7

3.2

 

0.5

0.5

 

0.2

0.1

 

0.2

0.2

 

2.9

2.4

Total liabilities

 

1,006.6

1,040.0

 

100.0

100.0

 

51.5

54.4

 

22.4

20.8

 

13.3

12.4

 

12.8

12.4

1 Short-term debt issued consists of certificates of deposit, commercial paper, acceptances and promissory notes, and other money market paper.    2 Consists of long-term debt issued measured at amortized cost and debt issued designated at fair value. The classification of debt issued into short-term and long-term does not consider any early redemption features. Long-term debt issued also includes debt with a remaining time to maturity of less than one year.    3 Consists of financial liabilities measured at amortized cost and other financial liabilities designated at fair value, but excludes financial liabilities related to unit-linked investment contracts.

 

  

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Capital management 

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 the “Capital management” section of our Annual Report 2019, which provides more information about our capital management objectives, planning and activities, as well as the Swiss SRB total loss-absorbing capacity framework. New capital requirements effective from 1 January 2020 are provided on the next page.

Additional regulatory disclosures for UBS Group AG on a consolidated basis will be provided in our 30 June 2020 Pillar 3 report. The Pillar 3 report will also include information relating to our significant regulated subsidiaries and sub-groups (UBS AG standalone, UBS Switzerland AG standalone, UBS Europe SE consolidated and UBS Americas Holding LLC consolidated) as of 30 June 2020 and will be available as of 14 August 2020 under “Pillar 3 disclosures” at www.ubs.com/investors

Capital and other regulatory information for UBS AG consolidated in accordance with the Basel III framework, as applicable to Swiss SRBs, will be provided in the UBS AG second quarter 2020 report, which will be available as of 24 July 2020 under “Quarterly reporting” at www.ubs.com/investors. 

UBS Group AG is a holding company and conducts substantially all operations through UBS AG and subsidiaries thereof. UBS Group AG and UBS AG have contributed 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.

 

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Swiss SRB requirements and information

As of 1 January 2020, we have fully phased in the going and gone concern requirements of the Swiss Capital Adequacy Ordinance (the CAO) that include the too-big-to-fail provisions applicable to Swiss SRBs, which became effective on 1 July 2016 and were phased in until 1 January 2020. Information about the Swiss SRB capital framework and about Swiss SRB going and gone concern requirements that were phased in until the end of 2019 is provided in the “Capital management” section of our Annual Report 2019  

With the CAO having entered into force as of 1 January 2020, instruments meeting gone concern requirements continue to remain eligible until one year before maturity; the previously applicable 50% haircut in the last year of eligibility has been removed.


The aforementioned requirements are also applicable to UBS AG consolidated. UBS Switzerland AG and UBS AG are subject to going and gone concern requirements on a standalone basis, as will be detailed in our 30 June 2020 Pillar 3 report, which will be available as of 14 August 2020 under “Pillar 3 disclosures” at www.ubs.com/investors. 

The table below provides the risk-weighted assets (RWA)- and leverage ratio denominator (LRD)-based requirements and information as of 30 June 2020, excluding the effects of the temporary exemption of central bank sight deposits for the going concern leverage ratio calculation granted by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) on 25 March 2020 in connection with COVID-19. The effects of the temporary exemption are presented on the following page.

®  Refer to the “Recent developments” section of this report for more information about the COVID-19-related regulatory and legal developments

Swiss SRB going and gone concern requirements and information

As of 30.6.20

 

RWA

 

LRD1

USD million, except where indicated

 

in %

 

 

in %

 

Required going concern capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total going concern capital

 

 13.962

 39,979 

 

 4.882

 47,499 

Common equity tier 1 capital

 

 9.66 

 27,663 

 

 3.38 

 32,884 

of which: minimum capital

 

 4.50 

 12,890 

 

 1.50 

 14,615 

of which: buffer capital

 

 5.14 

 14,723 

 

 1.88 

 18,269 

of which: countercyclical buffer

 

 0.02 

 50 

 

 

 

Maximum additional tier 1 capital

 

 4.30 

 12,317 

 

 1.50 

 14,615 

of which: additional tier 1 capital

 

 3.50 

 10,025 

 

 1.50 

 14,615 

of which: additional tier 1 buffer capital

 

 0.80 

 2,291 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eligible going concern capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total going concern capital

 

 18.69 

 53,537 

 

 5.49 

 53,537 

Common equity tier 1 capital

 

 13.32 

 38,146 

 

 3.92 

 38,146 

Total loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital3

 

 5.37 

 15,390 

 

 1.58 

 15,390 

of which: high-trigger loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital

 

 4.50 

 12,899 

 

 1.32 

 12,899 

of which: low-trigger loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital

 

0.87

 2,491 

 

 0.26 

2,491

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Required gone concern capital4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total gone concern loss-absorbing capacity

 

 10.44 

 29,897 

 

 3.72 

 36,203 

of which: base requirement

 

 12.86 

 36,836 

 

 4.50 

 43,846 

of which: additional requirement for market share and LRD

 

 1.08 

 3,094 

 

 0.38 

 3,654 

of which: applicable reduction on requirements

 

 (3.50) 

 (10,032) 

 

 (1.16) 

 (11,296) 

of which: rebate granted (equivalent to 42.5% of maximum rebate)5

 

 (2.27) 

 (6,501) 

 

 (0.80) 

 (7,764) 

of which: reduction for usage of low-trigger tier 2 capital instruments

 

 (1.23) 

 (3,532) 

 

 (0.36) 

 (3,532) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eligible gone concern capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total gone concern loss-absorbing capacity

 

 13.97 

 40,021 

 

 4.11 

 40,021 

Total tier 2 capital

 

 2.65 

 7,598 

 

 0.78 

 7,598 

of which: low-trigger loss-absorbing tier 2 capital

 

 2.47 

 7,063 

 

 0.72 

 7,063 

of which: non-Basel III-compliant tier 2 capital

 

 0.19 

 534 

 

 0.05 

 534 

TLAC-eligible senior unsecured debt

 

 11.32 

 32,423 

 

 3.33 

 32,423 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total loss-absorbing capacity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Required total loss-absorbing capacity

 

 24.40 

 69,876 

 

 8.59 

 83,703 

Eligible total loss-absorbing capacity

 

 32.66 

 93,557 

 

 9.60 

 93,557 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk-weighted assets / leverage ratio denominator

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk-weighted assets

 

 

 286,436 

 

 

 

Leverage ratio denominator1

 

 

 

 

 

 974,348 

1 LRD-based requirements and eligible capital presented in this table do not reflect the effects of the temporary exemption that has been granted by FINMA in connection with COVID-19. Refer to the “Recent developments” section of this report and to the COVID-19-related information in this section.    2 Includes applicable add-ons of 1.08% for RWA and 0.375% for LRD.    3 Includes outstanding low-trigger loss-absorbing additional tier 1 (AT1) 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 From 1 January 2020 onward, 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.    5 Based on the actions we completed up to December 2019 to improve resolvability, FINMA granted an increase of rebate on the gone concern requirement from 42.5% to 47.5% of the maximum rebate, effective from 1 July 2020.

 

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Capital management 

Application of the temporary COVID-19-related FINMA exemption of central bank sight deposits

In line with the FINMA exemption rules that apply until 1 January 2021, the eligible LRD relief applicable to UBS is reduced by the going concern LRD equivalent of the capital distribution that UBS plans to make for the financial year 2019.


The table below summarizes the effects on our Swiss SRB going concern capital requirements and information. The FINMA exemption rules have no effect on our Swiss SRB gone concern capital requirements and ratios.

Outside of this section, for simplicity and due to the short-term nature of the FINMA exemption, we have chosen to present the LRD excluding the temporary FINMA exemption.

 

Swiss SRB going concern requirements and information including temporary FINMA exemption

As of 30.6.20

 

LRD

USD million, except where indicated

 

in %

 

 

 

 

 

Leverage ratio denominator before temporary exemption

 

 

 974,348 

Effective relief

 

 

 (89,202) 

of which: central bank sight deposits eligible for relief

 

 

 (142,987) 

of which: reduction of relief due to paid and planned dividend distribution1

 

 

 53,785 

Leverage ratio denominator after temporary exemption

 

 

 885,146 

 

 

 

 

Required going concern capital

 

 

 

Total going concern capital

 

 4.88 

 43,151 

Common equity tier 1 capital

 

 3.38 

 29,874 

 

 

 

 

Eligible going concern capital

 

 

 

Total going concern capital

 

 6.05 

 53,537 

Common equity tier 1 capital

 

 4.31 

 38,146 

1 Represents the leverage ratio denominator equivalent to a 4.875% going concern leverage ratio requirement applied to the planned 2019 dividend of USD 2,622 million, which includes the first installment of the 2019 dividend (USD 0.365 per share, paid on 7 May 2020) and the special dividend reserve of USD 0.365 per share (this reserve is earmarked for distribution based on the decision to be taken at an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) planned for 19 November 2020).

 

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Total loss-absorbing capacity

The table below provides Swiss SRB going and gone concern information based on the rules that are effective from 1 January 2020 and does not reflect the effects of the temporary exemption of central bank sight deposits from leverage ratio calculation granted by FINMA in connection with COVID-19.

The effects of the temporary exemption are presented on the previous page.

®  Refer to the “Recent developments” section of this report for more information about the COVID-19-related regulatory and legal developments

 

 

Swiss SRB going and gone concern information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USD million, except where indicated

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

31.12.19

 

 

 

 

 

Eligible going concern capital

 

 

 

 

Total going concern capital

 

 53,537 

 51,916 

 51,888 

Total tier 1 capital

 

 53,537 

 51,916 

 51,888 

Common equity tier 1 capital

 

 38,146 

 36,691 

 35,582 

Total loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital

 

 15,390 

 15,225 

 16,306 

of which: high-trigger loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital

 

 12,899 

 12,761 

 13,892 

of which: low-trigger loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital

 

 2,491 

 2,464 

 2,414 

 

 

 

 

 

Eligible gone concern capital1

 

 

 

 

Total gone concern loss-absorbing capacity

 

 40,021 

 41,704 

 37,753 

Total tier 2 capital

 

 7,598 

 7,551 

 7,431 

of which: low-trigger loss-absorbing tier 2 capital

 

 7,063 

 7,017 

 6,892 

of which: non-Basel III-compliant tier 2 capital

 

 534 

 534 

 540 

TLAC-eligible senior unsecured debt

 

 32,423 

 34,153 

 30,322 

 

 

 

 

 

Total loss-absorbing capacity

 

 

 

 

Total loss-absorbing capacity

 

 93,557 

 93,620 

 89,641 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk-weighted assets / leverage ratio denominator

 

 

 

 

Risk-weighted assets

 

 286,436 

 286,256 

 259,208 

Leverage ratio denominator2

 

 974,348 

 955,932 

 911,325 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital and loss-absorbing capacity ratios (%)

 

 

 

 

Going concern capital ratio

 

 18.7 

 18.1 

 20.0 

of which: common equity tier 1 capital ratio

 

 13.3 

 12.8 

 13.7 

Gone concern loss-absorbing capacity ratio

 

 14.0 

 14.6 

 14.6 

Total loss-absorbing capacity ratio

 

 32.7 

 32.7 

 34.6 

 

 

 

 

 

Leverage ratios (%)2

 

 

 

 

Going concern leverage ratio

 

 5.5 

 5.4 

 5.7 

of which: common equity tier 1 leverage ratio

 

 3.92 

 3.84 

 3.90 

Gone concern leverage ratio

 

 4.1 

 4.4 

 4.1 

Total loss-absorbing capacity leverage ratio

 

 9.6 

 9.8 

 9.8 

1 As of 1 January 2020, instruments available to meet gone concern requirements remain eligible until one year before maturity without a haircut of 50% in the last year of eligibility. Refer to the “Total loss-absorbing capacity and movement” section of our first quarter 2020 report, available under “Quarterly reporting” at www.ubs.com/investors, for more information.    2 Leverage ratio denominators (LRDs) and leverage ratios for 30 June 2020 and 31 March 2020 do not reflect the effects of the temporary exemption that has been granted by FINMA in connection with COVID-19. Refer to the “Recent developments” section of this report and to the COVID-19-related information in this section.

 

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Total loss-absorbing capacity and movement

Our total loss-absorbing capacity was stable over the second quarter of 2020 at USD 93.6 billion.

Going concern capital and movement

As of 30 June 2020, our going concern capital increased by USD 1.6 billion to USD 53.5 billion over the second quarter of 2020, mainly due to the increase in our common equity tier 1 (CET1) capital of USD 1.5 billion. This increase was a result of operating profit before tax and foreign currency effects, which were partially offset by current taxes, defined benefit plans and accruals for capital returns to shareholders. Similar to the prior quarter, our Basel III expected loss on portfolios subject to internal ratings remained higher than IFRS 9 stage 1 and 2 expected credit losses, with the excess amount deducted from CET1 capital. As a consequence, the stage 1 and 2 credit loss expense in the second quarter of 2020 related to positions under the IRB approach did not decrease our CET1 capital.

The increase in our additional tier 1 (AT1) capital was driven by interest rate risk hedge, foreign currency translation and other effects.

®   Refer to “UBS shares” in this section for more information about the share repurchase program


Gone concern loss-absorbing capacity and movement

Our total gone concern loss-absorbing capacity decreased by USD 1.7 billion to USD 40.0 billion, mainly due to a decrease of eligibility due to the shortening of the residual tenor to below one year of two total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC)-eligible senior unsecured debt instruments with a total eligible amount of USD 2.9 billion. This effect was partially offset by the issuance of three new USD-denominated TLAC-eligible senior unsecured debt instruments with a total nominal value of USD 0.8 billion, as well as interest rate risk hedge, foreign currency translation and other effects.

®   Refer to “Bondholder information” at www.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 increased 0.5 percentage points to 13.3%, reflecting a USD 1.5 billion increase in CET1 capital.

Our CET1 leverage ratio (excluding the above-mentioned FINMA exemption) increased from 3.84% to 3.92% in the second quarter of 2020, as the aforementioned increase in CET1 capital more than offset the USD 18 billion increase in the LRD.

Our gone concern loss-absorbing capacity ratio decreased from 14.6% to 14.0%, driven by the aforementioned decrease in gone concern loss-absorbing capacity. Our gone concern leverage ratio decreased from 4.4% to 4.1%, mainly due to the aforementioned decrease in gone concern loss-absorbing capacity as well as the increase of the LRD.

 

 

Reconciliation of IFRS equity to Swiss SRB common equity tier 1 capital

 

 

 

 

USD million

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

31.12.19

Total IFRS equity

 

 57,207 

 58,118 

 54,707 

Equity attributable to non-controlling interests

 

 (173) 

 (169) 

 (174) 

Defined benefit plans, net of tax

 

 0 

 (260) 

 (9) 

Deferred tax assets recognized for tax loss carry-forwards

 

 (6,093) 

 (6,272) 

 (6,121) 

Deferred tax assets on temporary differences, excess over threshold

 

 

 

 (221) 

Goodwill, net of tax1

 

 (6,003) 

 (5,983) 

 (6,178) 

Intangible assets, net of tax

 

 (153) 

 (170) 

 (195) 

Compensation-related components (not recognized in net profit)

 

 (1,135) 

 (980) 

 (1,717) 

Expected losses on advanced internal ratings-based portfolio less provisions

 

 (262) 

 (429) 

 (495) 

Unrealized (gains) / losses from cash flow hedges, net of tax

 

 (2,871) 

 (2,765) 

 (1,260) 

Own credit related to (gains) / losses on financial liabilities measured at fair value that existed at the balance sheet date, net of tax

 

 (39) 

 (1,037) 

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Unrealized gains related to debt instruments at fair value through OCI, net of tax

 

 (163) 

 (161) 

 (32) 

Prudential valuation adjustments

 

 (155) 

 (218) 

 (104) 

Accruals for dividends to shareholders for 2019

 

 (1,314) 

 (2,628) 

 (2,628) 

of which: first installment of 2019 dividend, paid on 7 May 2020

 

 

 (1,314) 

 

of which: special dividend reserve for second installment of 2019 dividend, planned to be paid after the EGM to be held on 19.11.20

 

 (1,314) 

 (1,314) 

 

Other2

 

 (701) 

 (357) 

 (40) 

Total common equity tier 1 capital

 

 38,146 

 36,691 

 35,582 

1 Includes goodwill related to significant investments in financial institutions of USD 19 million as of 30 June 2020 (31 March 2020: USD 20 million; 31 December 2019: USD 178 million) presented on the balance sheet line Investments in associates.    2 Includes accruals for dividends to shareholders for the current year and other items.

  

 

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Swiss SRB total loss-absorbing capacity movement

 

USD million

 

 

 

Going concern capital

Swiss SRB

Common equity tier 1 capital as of 31.3.20

 36,691 

Operating profit before tax

 1,582 

Current tax (expense) / benefit

 (343) 

Foreign currency translation effects

 263 

Defined benefit plan

 (240) 

Other1

 194 

Common equity tier 1 capital as of 30.6.20

 38,146 

Loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital as of 31.3.20

 15,225 

Interest rate risk hedge, foreign currency translation and other effects

 165 

Loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital as of 30.6.20

 15,390 

Total going concern capital as of 31.3.20

 51,916 

Total going concern capital as of 30.6.20

 53,537 

 

 

Gone concern loss-absorbing capacity

 

Tier 2 capital as of 31.3.20

 7,551 

Interest rate risk hedge, foreign currency translation and other effects

 46 

Tier 2 capital as of 30.6.20

 7,598 

TLAC-eligible senior unsecured debt as of 31.3.20

 34,153 

Issuance of TLAC-eligible senior unsecured debt instruments

 800 

Decrease in eligibility due to shortening of residual tenor

 (2,851) 

Interest rate risk hedge, foreign currency translation and other effects

 321 

TLAC-eligible senior unsecured debt as of 30.6.20

 32,423 

Total gone concern loss-absorbing capacity as of 31.3.20

 41,704 

Total gone concern loss-absorbing capacity as of 30.6.20

 40,021 

 

 

Total loss-absorbing capacity

 

Total loss-absorbing capacity as of 31.3.20

 93,620 

Total loss-absorbing capacity as of 30.6.20

 93,557 

1 Includes movements related to accruals for dividends to shareholders for the current year and other items.

 

  

 

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Capital management 

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 12 billion and our CET1 capital by USD 1.2 billion as of 30 June 2020 (31 March 2020: USD 12 billion and USD 1.1 billion, respectively) and decreased our CET1 capital ratio 14 basis points (31 March 2020: 15 basis points). Conversely, we estimate that a 10% appreciation of the US dollar against other currencies would have decreased our RWA by USD 11 billion and our CET1 capital by USD 1.1 billion (31 March 2020: USD 11 billion and USD 1.0 billion, respectively) and increased our CET1 capital ratio 14 basis points (31 March 2020: 14 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 61 billion as of 30 June 2020 (31 March 2020: USD 57 billion) and decreased our Swiss SRB going concern leverage ratio 17 basis points (31 March 2020: 16 basis points). Conversely, we estimate that a 10% appreciation of the US dollar against other currencies would have decreased our LRD by USD 56 billion (31 March 2020: USD 52 billion) and increased our Swiss SRB going concern leverage ratio 17 basis points (31 March 2020: 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 currency movements” in the “Capital management” section of our Annual Report 2019 for more information


Estimated effect on capital from litigation, regulatory and similar matters subject to provisions and contingent liabilities

We have estimated the loss in capital that we could incur as a result of the risks associated with the matters described in “Note 16 Provisions and contingent liabilities” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of this report. We have used for this purpose the advanced measurement approach (AMA) methodology that we use when determining the capital requirements associated with operational risks, based on a 99.9% confidence level over a 12-month horizon. The methodology takes into consideration UBS and industry experience for the AMA operational risk categories to which those matters correspond, as well as the external environment affecting risks of these types, in isolation from other areas. On this standalone basis, we estimate the loss in capital that we could incur over a 12-month period as a result of our risks associated with these operational risk categories at USD 4.3 billion as of 30 June 2020. This estimate is not related to and does not take into account any provisions recognized for any of these matters and does not constitute a subjective assessment of our actual exposure in any of these matters.

®   Refer to “Operational risk” in the “Risk management and control” section of our Annual Report 2019 for more information

®   Refer to “Note 16  Provisions and contingent liabilities” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of this report for more information

 

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Risk-weighted assets

During the second quarter of 2020, RWA increased by USD 0.2 billion to USD 286.4 billion, reflecting increases from model updates of USD 4.6 billion and currency effects of USD 2.1 billion as well as regulatory add-ons of USD 1.5 billion, partly offset by decreases in asset size and other movements of USD 4.6 billion and methodology and policy changes of USD 3.4 billion.

 

 

Movement in risk-weighted assets by key driver

USD billion

 

RWA as of 31.3.20

Currency

effects

Methodology and policy changes

Model updates / changes

Regulatory add-ons

Asset size and other1

RWA as of 30.6.20

Credit and counterparty credit risk2

 

 171.9 

 1.9 

 (0.1) 

 1.6 

 

 (3.1) 

 172.2 

Non-counterparty-related risk

 

 21.7 

 0.1 

 

 

 

 0.6 

 22.4 

Market risk

 

 15.1 

 

 (3.3) 

 3.0 

 1.5 

 (2.1) 

 14.2 

Operational risk

 

 77.5 

 

 

 

 

 

 77.5 

Total

 

 286.3 

 2.1 

 (3.4) 

 4.6 

 1.5 

 (4.6) 

 286.4 

1 Includes the Pillar 3 categories “Asset size,” “Credit quality of counterparties,” “Acquisitions and disposals” and “Other.” For more information, refer to our 30 June 2020 Pillar 3 report, which will be available as of 14 August 2020 under “Pillar 3 disclosures” at www.ubs.com/investors.    2 Includes settlement risk, credit valuation adjustments, equity exposures in the banking book and securitization exposures in the banking book.

 

 

Credit and counterparty credit risk

Credit and counterparty credit risk RWA increased by USD 0.3 billion to USD 172.2 billion as of 30 June 2020. The RWA movements described below exclude currency effects.

Asset size and other movements contributed to a USD 3.1 billion decrease in RWA.

   Investment Bank RWA decreased by USD 5.3 billion, driven by lower loans and loan commitments. Furthermore, derivatives RWA decreased, mainly as a result of lower volumes in Global Markets.

   Global Wealth Management RWA increased by USD 3.1 billion, mainly driven by Lombard loans and other retail facilities, primarily due to business growth and, to a lesser extent, changes in credit ratings.

   Personal & Corporate Banking RWA increased by USD 0.5 billion due to business growth from loans and loan commitments, predominantly for corporates.

   Group Functions RWA decreased by USD 1.4 billion due to a reduction in clearing and settlement account exposure as well as lower derivative exposures.

 

Overall, changes in credit ratings and loss given default resulted in an increase of less than USD 1.0 billion in RWA during the second quarter of 2020.

RWA increased by USD 1.6 billion, driven by model updates related to real estate portfolios, securities financing transactions as well as Lombard loans.

 

 


We expect that further methodology changes and model updates will increase credit and counterparty credit risk RWA by up to USD 1 billion for the remainder of 2020. The extent and timing of RWA changes may vary as methodology changes and model updates are completed and receive regulatory approval. In addition, changes in the composition of the relevant portfolios and other market factors will affect RWA.

®   Refer to the “Risk management and control” section of this report and our 30 June 2020 Pillar 3 report, which will be available as of 14 August 2020 under “Pillar 3 disclosures” at www.ubs.com/investors,  for more information

®   Refer to “Credit risk models” in the “Risk management and control” section of our Annual Report 2019 for more information

 

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Market risk

Market risk RWA decreased by USD 0.9 billion to USD 14.2 billion in the second quarter of 2020. This minor decrease was the result of two largely offsetting effects: (i) a USD 5.4 billion reduction driven by a decrease of USD 3.3 billion from a regulatory policy change and a decrease of USD 2.1 billion in asset size and other movements in the Investment Bank’s Global Markets business from client activity and asset price movements; and (ii) a USD 4.5 billion increase as a result of the ongoing parameter updates of our VaR model and an increase of USD 1.5 billion in regulatory add-ons, which was driven by the monthly risks-not-in-VaR assessment. The regulatory policy change was the removal of a FINMA required temporary market risk RWA multiplier following our demonstration of model performance in certain sub-portfolios.

®   Refer to the “Risk management and control” section of this report and our 30 June 2020 Pillar 3 report, which will be available as of 14 August 2020 under “Pillar 3 disclosures” at www.ubs.com/investors,  for more information

®   Refer to ”Market risk” in the “Risk management and control” section of our Annual Report 2019 for more information


Operational risk

Operational risk RWA were USD 77.5 billion as of 30 June 2020, unchanged from 31 March 2020.

®  Refer to “Operational risk” in the “Risk management and control” section of our Annual Report 2019 for information about the advanced measurement approach model

 

 

Risk-weighted assets by business division and Group Functions

USD billion

 

Global Wealth

Management

Personal &

Corporate

Banking

Asset

Manage-

ment

Investment

Bank

Group Functions

Total

RWA

 

 

30.6.20

Credit and counterparty credit risk1

 

 41.5 

 59.4 

 2.6 

 60.9 

 7.8 

 172.2 

Non-counterparty-related risk2

 

 6.1 

 2.1 

 0.7 

 3.5 

 10.0 

 22.4 

Market risk

 

 1.5 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 10.9 

 1.7 

 14.2 

Operational risk

 

 33.6 

 7.7 

 2.6 

 22.4 

 11.2 

 77.5 

Total

 

 82.8 

 69.2 

 5.9 

 97.8 

 30.8 

 286.4 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.3.20

Credit and counterparty credit risk1

 

 37.7 

 57.6 

 2.7 

 64.8 

 9.1 

 171.9 

Non-counterparty-related risk2

 

 6.1 

 2.1 

 0.7 

 3.5 

 9.3 

 21.7 

Market risk

 

 1.4 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 12.1 

 1.7 

 15.1 

Operational risk

 

 33.6 

 7.7 

 2.6 

 22.4 

 11.2 

 77.5 

Total

 

 78.8 

 67.4 

 6.0 

 102.8 

 31.3 

 286.3 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20 vs 31.03.20

Credit and counterparty credit risk1

 

 3.8 

 1.7 

 0.0 

 (3.9) 

 (1.2) 

 0.3 

Non-counterparty-related risk2

 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.6 

 0.7 

Market risk

 

 0.2 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 (1.1) 

 0.1 

 (0.9) 

Operational risk

 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

Total

 

 4.0 

 1.7 

 0.0 

 (5.0) 

 (0.5) 

 0.2 

1 Includes settlement risk, credit valuation adjustments, equity 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 (30 June 2020: USD 9.2 billion; 31 March 2020: USD 8.7 billion), property, equipment and software (30 June 2020: USD 12.8 billion; 31 March 2020: USD 12.7 billion), and other items (30 June 2020: USD 0.3 billion; 31 March 2020: USD 0.2 billion).

 

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Leverage ratio denominator

During the second quarter of 2020, the LRD increased by USD 18 billion to USD 974 billion, driven by asset size and other movements of USD 9 billion and currency effects of USD 9 billion.

  

Movement in leverage ratio denominator by key driver1

USD billion

 

LRD as of

31.3.20

Currency

effects

Asset size and

other

LRD as of

30.6.20

On-balance sheet exposures (excluding derivative exposures and SFTs)2

 

 704.5 

 7.4 

 29.3 

 741.2 

Derivative exposures

 

 106.7 

 1.2 

 (15.4) 

 92.5 

Securities financing transactions

 

 127.9 

 0.6 

 (5.6) 

 122.8 

Off-balance sheet items

 

 29.9 

 0.3 

 0.3 

 30.5 

Deduction items

 

 (13.1) 

 0.0 

 0.4 

 (12.7) 

Total

 

 955.9 

 9.4 

 9.0 

 974.3 

1 This table does not reflect the effects of the temporary exemption that has been granted by FINMA in connection with COVID-19. Refer to the “Recent developments” section of this report and to the previous COVID-19-related information in this section.    2 Excludes derivative financial instruments, cash collateral receivables on derivative instruments, cash collateral on securities borrowed, reverse repurchase agreements, margin loans and prime brokerage receivables related to securities financing transactions, which are presented separately under Derivative exposures and Securities financing transactions in this table.  

 

The LRD movements described below exclude currency effects and do not reflect the effects of the temporary exemption of central bank sight deposits granted by FINMA in connection with COVID-19.

On-balance sheet exposures increased by USD 29 billion, mainly driven by an increase in high-quality liquid assets (HQLA) in the liquidity buffer portfolio in Group Functions, higher cash and balances with central banks across multiple businesses, and higher trading portfolio assets in the Investment Bank.

Derivative exposures decreased by USD 15 billion, mainly driven by foreign exchange and equity / index contracts in the Investment Bank, reflecting roll-offs and market-driven movements.


Securities financing transactions (SFTs) decreased by USD 6 billion, driven by Group Functions mainly as a result of lower collateral sourcing.

®   Refer to the “Balance sheet, liquidity and funding management” section of this report for more information about balance sheet movements

®   Refer to the “Recent developments” section of this report for more information about the COVID-19-related regulatory and legal developments, and to “Application of the temporary COVID-19-related FINMA exemption of central bank sight deposits” in this section

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Leverage ratio denominator by business division and Group Functions1

USD billion

 

Global Wealth

Management

Personal &

Corporate

Banking

Asset

Management

Investment

Bank

Group Functions

Total

 

 

30.6.20

Total IFRS assets

 

 327.2 

 209.9 

 34.9 

 349.3 

 142.6 

 1,063.8 

Difference in scope of consolidation2

 

 (0.1) 

 0.0 

 (26.8) 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 (26.8) 

Less: derivative exposures and SFTs3

 

 (24.7) 

 (11.1) 

 (0.8) 

 (192.5) 

 (66.8) 

 (295.9) 

On-balance sheet exposures

 

 302.4 

 198.7 

 7.3 

 156.8 

 76.0 

 741.2 

Derivative exposures

 

 6.5 

 1.8 

 0.0 

 77.4 

 6.8 

 92.5 

Securities financing transactions

 

 20.8 

 9.9 

 0.8 

 60.8 

 30.6 

 122.8 

Off-balance sheet items

 

 6.1 

 15.3 

 0.0 

 8.5 

 0.6 

 30.5 

Items deducted from Swiss SRB tier 1 capital

 

 (5.1) 

 (0.1) 

 (1.4) 

 (0.1) 

 (6.0) 

 (12.7) 

Total

 

 330.7 

 225.6 

 6.7 

 303.4 

 108.0 

 974.3 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.3.20

Total IFRS assets

 

 309.9 

 211.5 

 29.5 

 395.9 

 151.3 

 1,098.1 

Difference in scope of consolidation2

 

 (0.2) 

 0.0 

 (23.2) 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 (23.3) 

Less: derivative exposures and SFTs3

 

 (35.8) 

 (21.0) 

 (0.8) 

 (257.7) 

 (55.0) 

 (370.3) 

On-balance sheet exposures

 

 273.9 

 190.5 

 5.5 

 138.2 

 96.4 

 704.5 

Derivative exposures

 

 7.4 

 1.8 

 0.0 

 89.6 

 7.9 

 106.7 

Securities financing transactions

 

 30.0 

 19.6 

 0.8 

 62.7 

 14.8 

 127.9 

Off-balance sheet items

 

 4.5 

 14.8 

 0.0 

 7.2 

 3.3 

 29.9 

Items deducted from Swiss SRB tier 1 capital

 

 (5.2) 

 (0.2) 

 (1.4) 

 (0.3) 

 (6.0) 

 (13.1) 

Total

 

 310.6 

 226.5 

 4.9 

 297.4 

 116.4 

 955.9 

 

 

 

30.6.20 vs 31.3.20

Total IFRS assets

 

 17.3 

 (1.6) 

 5.3 

 (46.7) 

 (8.7) 

 (34.3) 

Difference in scope of consolidation2

 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 (3.6) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 (3.5) 

Less: derivative exposures and SFTs3

 

 11.2 

 9.8 

 0.1 

 65.2 

 (11.8) 

 74.5 

On-balance sheet exposures

 

 28.5 

 8.2 

 1.8 

 18.5 

 (20.4) 

 36.7 

Derivative exposures

 

 (1.0) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 (12.2) 

 (1.0) 

 (14.2) 

Securities financing transactions

 

 (9.2) 

 (9.8) 

 (0.1) 

 (1.9) 

 15.8 

 (5.1) 

Off-balance sheet items

 

 1.6 

 0.5 

 0.0 

 1.3 

 (2.8) 

 0.6 

Items deducted from Swiss SRB tier 1 capital

 

 0.1 

 0.1 

 0.0 

 0.2 

 0.0 

 0.4 

Total

 

 20.1 

 (0.9) 

 1.8 

 6.0 

 (8.4) 

 18.4 

1 This table does not reflect the effects of the temporary exemption that has been granted by FINMA in connection with COVID-19. Refer to the “Recent developments” section of this report and to the previous COVID-19-related information in this section for more information.    2 Represents the difference between the IFRS and the regulatory scope of consolidation, which is the applicable scope for the LRD calculation.    3 Consists of derivative financial instruments, cash collateral receivables on derivative instruments, receivables from securities financing transactions, and margin loans as well as prime brokerage receivables and financial assets at fair value not held for trading, both related to securities financing transactions, in accordance with the regulatory scope of consolidation, which are presented separately under Derivative exposures and Securities financing transactions.   

 

  

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Equity attribution and return on attributed equity

Under our equity attribution framework, tangible equity is attributed based on a weighting of 50% each for average risk-weighted assets (RWA) and average leverage ratio denominator (LRD), which both include resource allocations from Group Functions to the business divisions. Average RWA and LRD are converted to their common equity tier 1 (CET1) capital equivalents based on capital ratios of 12.5% and 3.75%, respectively. 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.

Furthermore, we allocate to business divisions attributed equity that is related to certain CET1 deduction items, such as compensation-related components and the expected losses on advanced internal ratings-based portfolio less general provisions.


In addition to tangible equity, we allocate equity to our businesses to support goodwill and intangible assets.

We attribute all remaining Basel III capital deduction items to Group Functions. These deduction items include deferred tax assets (DTAs) recognized for tax loss carry-forwards and DTAs on temporary differences in excess of the threshold, which together generally constitute the largest component, dividend accruals and unrealized gains from cash flow hedges.

®   Refer to the “Capital management” section of our Annual Report 2019 for more information about the equity attribution framework

®   Refer to the “Balance sheet, liquidity and funding management” section of this report for more information about movements in equity attributable to shareholders

 

 

Average attributed equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the quarter ended

 

Year-to-date

USD billion

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

Global Wealth Management

 

 16.7 

 16.5 

 16.6 

 

 16.6 

 16.5 

Personal & Corporate Banking

 

 8.7 

 8.7 

 8.3 

 

 8.7 

 8.3 

Asset Management

 

 1.9 

 1.8 

 1.8 

 

 1.8 

 1.8 

Investment Bank

 

 12.6 

 12.4 

 12.4 

 

 12.5 

 12.3 

Group Functions

 

 17.6 

 16.8 

 14.3 

 

 17.2 

 14.4 

of which: deferred tax assets1

 

 6.8 

 6.9 

 7.2 

 

 6.9 

 7.2 

of which: related to retained RWA and LRD2,3

 

 3.9 

 2.8 

 2.8 

 

 3.3 

 3.0 

of which: defined benefit plans

 

 0.1 

 0.1 

 0.0 

 

 0.1 

 0.0 

of which: dividend accruals and others4

 

 6.8 

 6.9 

 4.2 

 

 6.8 

 4.2 

Average equity attributed to business divisions and Group Functions

 

 57.5 

 56.2 

 53.4 

 

 56.9 

 53.4 

1 Includes average attributed equity related to the Basel III capital deduction items for deferred tax assets (deferred tax assets recognized for tax loss carry-forwards and deferred tax assets on temporary differences, excess over threshold) as well as retained RWA and LRD related to deferred tax assets.    2 Excludes average attributed equity related to retained RWA and LRD related to deferred tax assets.    3 Temporary exemptions granted by FINMA until 1 January 2021 are not considered for average attributed equity. Refer to “COVID-19-related regulatory and legal developments” in the “Recent developments” section of this report for more information about the temporary exemptions granted by FINMA.    4 The increase in attributed equity related to dividend accruals and others compared with the second quarter of 2019 is primarily driven by unrealized gains from cash flow hedges of USD 1.9 billion and own credit related to gains or losses on financial liabilities measured at fair value of USD 0.5 billion.

 

Return on attributed equity1

 

 

 

 

 

For the quarter ended

 

Year-to-date

In %

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

Global Wealth Management

 

 21.1 

 29.6 

 21.0 

 

 25.3 

 21.0 

Personal & Corporate Banking

 

 10.9 

 15.3 

 18.8 

 

 13.1 

 18.6 

Asset Management

 

 33.7 

 34.4 

 27.6 

 

 34.1 

 25.3 

Investment Bank

 

 19.4 

 22.8 

 13.8 

 

 21.1 

 10.3 

1 Return on attributed equity for Group Functions is not shown, as it is not meaningful.

57 


Capital management 

UBS shares

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 par value of CHF 0.10 per share. Shares issued were unchanged in the second quarter of 2020.

We held 272 million shares as of 30 June 2020, of which 149 million shares had been acquired under our share repurchase program for cancelation purposes. The remaining 123 million shares are primarily held to hedge our share delivery obligations related to employee share-based compensation and participation plans.


Treasury shares held decreased by 3 million shares in the second quarter of 2020. We have temporarily suspended share repurchases given the current uncertain environment.

 

 

UBS Group AG share information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of or for the quarter ended

 

% change from

 

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

31.3.20

Shares issued

 

 3,859,055,395 

 3,859,055,395 

 3,859,055,395 

 

 0 

Treasury shares

 

 271,876,346 

 274,964,517 

 199,121,101 

 

 (1) 

of which: related to share repurchase program

 

 148,975,800 

 148,975,800 

 72,435,200 

 

 0 

Shares outstanding

 

 3,587,179,049 

 3,584,090,878 

 3,659,934,294 

 

 0 

Basic earnings per share (USD)1

 

 0.34 

 0.44 

 0.38 

 

 (23) 

Diluted earnings per share (USD)1

 

 0.33 

 0.43 

 0.37 

 

 (23) 

Basic earnings per share (CHF)2

 

 0.33 

 0.43 

 0.38 

 

 (23) 

Diluted earnings per share (CHF)2

 

 0.32 

 0.41 

 0.37 

 

 (22) 

Equity attributable to shareholders (USD million)

 

 57,035 

 57,949 

 53,180 

 

 (2) 

Less: goodwill and intangible assets (USD million)

 

 6,414 

 6,407 

 6,624 

 

 0 

Tangible equity attributable to shareholders (USD million)

 

 50,620 

 51,542 

 46,555 

 

 (2) 

Total book value per share (USD)

 

 15.90 

 16.17 

 14.53 

 

(2)

Tangible book value per share (USD)

 

 14.11 

 14.38 

 12.72 

 

(2)

Share price (USD)3

 

 11.51 

 9.39 

 11.88 

 

 23 

Market capitalization (USD million)

 

 41,303 

 33,649 

 43,491 

 

23

1 Refer to “Note 9 Earnings per share (EPS) and shares outstanding” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of this report for more information.    2 Basic and diluted earnings per share in Swiss francs are calculated based on a translation of net profit / (loss) under our US dollar presentation currency.    3 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.

 

 

Ticker symbols UBS Group AG

 

 

 

 

Trading exchange

SIX / NYSE

Bloomberg

Reuters

SIX Swiss Exchange

UBSG

UBSG SW

UBSG.S

New York Stock Exchange

UBS

UBS UN

UBS.N

 

Security identification codes

ISIN

 

CH0244767585

Valoren

 

24 476 758

CUSIP

 

CINS H42097 10 7

 

  

58 


 

Consolidated financial statements

Unaudited

 

 

 


 

Table of contents

 

UBS Group AG interim consolidated financial
statements (unaudited)

 

 

61

Income statement

62

Statement of comprehensive income

64

Balance sheet

66

Statement of changes in equity

68

Statement of cash flows

 

 

70

1     Basis of accounting

73

2     Segment reporting

74

3     Net interest income

74

4     Net fee and commission income

75

5     Other income

75

6     Personnel expenses

75

7     General and administrative expenses

76

8     Income taxes

76

9     Earnings per share (EPS) and shares outstanding

77

10   Expected credit loss measurement

84

11   Fair value measurement

93

12   Derivative instruments

94

13   Other assets and liabilities

95

14   Debt issued designated at fair value

96

15   Debt issued measured at amortized cost

97

16   Provisions and contingent liabilities

105

17   Guarantees, commitments and forward starting
       transactions

106

18   Currency translation rates

 

 

 

 

 

UBS AG interim consolidated financial information
(unaudited)

 

 

107

Comparison between UBS Group AG consolidated and
UBS AG consolidated

  

 


 

UBS Group AG interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

Income statement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the quarter ended

 

Year-to-date

USD million

 

Note

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

Interest income from financial instruments measured at amortized cost and fair value through

other comprehensive income

 

 3 

 

 2,133 

 2,455 

 2,749 

 

 4,588 

 5,419 

Interest expense from financial instruments measured at amortized cost

 

 3 

 

 (1,092) 

 (1,385) 

 (1,955) 

 

 (2,478) 

 (3,840) 

Net interest income from financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

 3 

 

 351 

 261 

 232 

 

 612 

 571 

Net interest income

 

 3 

 

 1,392 

 1,330 

 1,026 

 

 2,722 

 2,149 

Other net income from financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

 

 

 1,932 

 1,807 

 1,939 

 

 3,738 

 3,874 

Credit loss (expense) / recovery

 

 10 

 

 (272) 

 (268) 

 (12) 

 

 (540) 

 (33) 

Fee and commission income

 

 4 

 

 4,729 

 5,477 

 4,907 

 

 10,207 

 9,448 

Fee and commission expense

 

 4 

 

 (419) 

 (456) 

 (434) 

 

 (875) 

 (842) 

Net fee and commission income

 

 4 

 

 4,311 

 5,021 

 4,474 

 

 9,332 

 8,606 

Other income

 

 5 

 

 41 

 43 

 105 

 

 84 

 154 

Total operating income

 

 

 

 7,403 

 7,934 

 7,532 

 

 15,337 

 14,750 

Personnel expenses

 

 6 

 

 4,283 

 4,321 

 4,153 

 

 8,604 

 8,196 

General and administrative expenses

 

 7 

 

 1,063 

 1,133 

 1,175 

 

 2,196 

 2,362 

Depreciation and impairment of property, equipment and software

 

 

 

 458 

 456 

 427 

 

 914 

 854 

Amortization and impairment of goodwill and intangible assets

 

 

 

 17 

 16 

 18 

 

 32 

 33 

Total operating expenses

 

 

 

 5,821 

 5,926 

 5,773 

 

 11,747 

 11,445 

Operating profit / (loss) before tax

 

 

 

 1,582 

 2,008 

 1,759 

 

 3,591 

 3,305 

Tax expense / (benefit)

 

 8 

 

 347 

 410 

 366 

 

 757 

 773 

Net profit / (loss)

 

 

 

 1,236 

 1,598 

 1,393 

 

 2,833 

 2,532 

Net profit / (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 3 

 3 

 1 

 

 6 

 (1) 

Net profit / (loss) attributable to shareholders

 

 

 

 1,232 

 1,595 

 1,392 

 

 2,827 

 2,533 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share (USD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 9 

 

 0.34 

 0.44 

 0.38 

 

 0.79 

 0.69 

Diluted

 

 9 

 

 0.33 

 0.43 

 0.37 

 

 0.76 

 0.67 

 

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UBS Group AG interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited) 

Statement of comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the quarter ended

 

Year-to-date

USD million

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive income attributable to shareholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net profit / (loss)

 

 1,232 

 1,595 

 1,392 

 

 2,827 

 2,533 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 458 

 (280) 

 302 

 

 178 

 145 

Effective portion of changes in fair value of hedging instruments designated as net investment hedges, before tax

 

 (197) 

 143 

 (122) 

 

 (54) 

 (96) 

Foreign currency translation differences on foreign operations reclassified to the income statement

 

 0 

 0 

 3 

 

 0 

 4 

Effective portion of changes in fair value of hedging instruments designated as net investment hedges reclassified to the income statement

 

 2 

 (8) 

 (13) 

 

 (7) 

 (13) 

Income tax relating to foreign currency translations, including the impact of net investment hedges

 

 (2) 

 0 

 (2) 

 

 (2) 

 0 

Subtotal foreign currency translation, net of tax

 

 261 

 (145) 

 168 

 

 116 

 40 

Financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net unrealized gains / (losses), before tax

 

 19 

 208 

 90 

 

 226 

 171 

Realized gains reclassified to the income statement from equity

 

 (15) 

 (9) 

 (2) 

 

 (24) 

 (3) 

Realized losses reclassified to the income statement from equity

 

 0 

 0 

 1 

 

 0 

 1 

Income tax relating to net unrealized gains / (losses)

 

 (3) 

 (51) 

 (24) 

 

 (54) 

 (41) 

Subtotal financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income, net of tax

 

 1 

 147 

 65 

 

 149 

 128 

Cash flow hedges of interest rate risk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effective portion of changes in fair value of derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges, before tax

 

 291 

 1,953 

 987 

 

 2,244 

 1,575 

Net (gains) / losses reclassified to the income statement from equity

 

 (171) 

 (103) 

 (24) 

 

 (274) 

 (45) 

Income tax relating to cash flow hedges

 

 (25) 

 (345) 

 (191) 

 

 (370) 

 (298) 

Subtotal cash flow hedges, net of tax

 

 95 

 1,505 

 773 

 

 1,600 

 1,232 

Cost of hedging

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in fair value of cost of hedging, before tax

 

 (18) 

 6 

 

 

 (12) 

 

Amortization of initial cost of hedging to the income statement

 

 5 

 2 

 

 

 7 

 

Income tax relating to cost of hedging

 

 0 

 0 

 

 

 0 

 

Subtotal cost of hedging, net of tax

 

 (13) 

 8 

 

 

 (4) 

 

Total other comprehensive income that may be reclassified to the income statement, net of tax

 

 345 

 1,515 

 1,006 

 

 1,860 

 1,399 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to the income statement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defined benefit plans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gains / (losses) on defined benefit plans, before tax

 

 (420) 

 101

 14 

 

 (410) 

 (148) 

Income tax relating to defined benefit plans

 

 (80) 

 143 

 (7) 

 

 63 

 (23) 

Subtotal defined benefit plans, net of tax

 

 (500) 

 153 

 8 

 

 (347) 

 (171) 

Own credit on financial liabilities designated at fair value2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gains / (losses) from own credit on financial liabilities designated at fair value, before tax

 

 (1,095) 

 1,156 

 72 

 

 62 

 (254) 

Income tax relating to own credit on financial liabilities designated at fair value

 

 223 

 (223) 

 0 

 

 0 

 8 

Subtotal own credit on financial liabilities designated at fair value, net of tax

 

 (872) 

 934 

 72 

 

 62 

 (246) 

Total other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to the income statement, net of tax

 

 (1,372) 

 1,086 

 80 

 

 (286) 

 (417) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income

 

 (1,027) 

 2,602 

 1,086 

 

 1,575 

 982 

Total comprehensive income attributable to shareholders

 

 205 

 4,197 

 2,478 

 

 4,402 

 3,515 

 

62 


 

Statement of comprehensive income (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the quarter ended

 

Year-to-date

USD million

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net profit / (loss)

 

 3 

 3 

 1 

 

 6 

 (1) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to the income statement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation movements, before tax

 

 1 

 (5) 

 (6) 

 

 (4) 

 (2) 

Income tax relating to foreign currency translation movements

 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 

 0 

 0 

Subtotal foreign currency translation, net of tax

 

 1 

 (5) 

 (6) 

 

 (4) 

 (2) 

Total other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to the income statement, net of tax

 

 1 

 (5) 

 (6) 

 

 (4) 

 (2) 

Total comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests

 

 4 

 (2) 

 (5) 

 

 3 

 (3) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net profit / (loss)

 

 1,236 

 1,598 

 1,393 

 

 2,833 

 2,532 

Other comprehensive income

 

 (1,026) 

 2,597 

 1,080 

 

 1,571 

 980 

of which: other comprehensive income that may be reclassified to the income statement

 

 345 

 1,515 

 1,006 

 

 1,860 

 1,399 

of which: other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to the income statement

 

 (1,371) 

 1,082 

 74 

 

 (289) 

 (419) 

Total comprehensive income

 

 209 

 4,195 

 2,473 

 

 4,404 

 3,512 

1 Includes a net pre-tax OCI gain of USD 247 million related to UK defined benefit plans (driven by a decrease in the defined benefit obligation, mainly resulting from a higher discount rate), largely offset by a net pre-tax OCI loss of USD 242 million related to the Swiss pension plan (driven by an extraordinary employer contribution of USD 235 million that increased the gross plan assets, but led to an OCI loss as no net pension asset could be recognized on the balance sheet as of 31 March 2020 due to the asset ceiling). Refer to “Note 29 Pension and other post-employment benefit plans” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of the Annual Report 2019 for more information about the effects from changes to the Swiss pension plan and the measures to mitigate them.    2 Refer to Note 11 for more information.

 

63 


UBS Group AG interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited) 

 

Balance sheet

 

 

 

 

 

 

USD million

 

Note

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

31.12.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and balances at central banks

 

 

 

 149,549 

 139,258 

 107,068 

Loans and advances to banks

 

 

 

 15,633 

 16,972 

 12,447 

Receivables from securities financing transactions

 

 

 

 85,271 

 89,648 

 84,245 

Cash collateral receivables on derivative instruments

 

 12 

 

 30,846 

 39,545 

 23,289 

Loans and advances to customers

 

 10 

 

 344,652 

 337,551 

 326,786 

Other financial assets measured at amortized cost

 

 13 

 

 27,253 

 23,765 

 22,980 

Total financial assets measured at amortized cost

 

 

 

 653,205 

 646,739 

 576,815 

Financial assets at fair value held for trading

 

 11 

 

 98,046 

 90,490 

 127,514 

of which: assets pledged as collateral that may be sold or repledged by counterparties

 

 

 

 38,505 

 31,192 

 41,285 

Derivative financial instruments

 

11, 12

 

 152,008 

 212,982 

 121,841 

Brokerage receivables

 

 11 

 

 19,848 

 20,319 

 18,007 

Financial assets at fair value not held for trading

 

 11 

 

 94,292 

 82,753 

 83,944 

Total financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

 

 

 364,194 

 406,544 

 351,307 

Financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income

 

 11 

 

 8,624 

 7,653 

 6,345 

Investments in associates

 

 

 

 1,054 

 1,042 

 1,051 

Property, equipment and software

 

 

 

 12,875 

 12,764 

 12,804 

Goodwill and intangible assets

 

 

 

 6,414 

 6,407 

 6,469 

Deferred tax assets

 

 

 

 9,294 

 9,316 

 9,537 

Other non-financial assets

 

 13 

 

 8,177 

 7,634 

 7,856 

Total assets

 

 

 

 1,063,838 

 1,098,099 

 972,183 

 

64 


 

Balance sheet (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

USD million

 

Note

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

31.12.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts due to banks

 

 

 

 12,410 

 18,822 

 6,570 

Payables from securities financing transactions

 

 

 

 12,019 

 12,867 

 7,778 

Cash collateral payables on derivative instruments

 

 12 

 

 36,882 

 45,649 

 31,415 

Customer deposits

 

 

 

 474,254 

 465,946 

 448,284 

Debt issued measured at amortized cost

 

 15 

 

 126,744 

 115,432 

 110,497 

Other financial liabilities measured at amortized cost

 

 13 

 

 9,699 

 9,934 

 9,712 

Total financial liabilities measured at amortized cost

 

 

 

 672,007 

 668,649 

 614,256 

Financial liabilities at fair value held for trading

 

 11 

 

 34,426 

 32,571 

 30,591 

Derivative financial instruments

 

11, 12

 

 152,280 

 206,649 

 120,880 

Brokerage payables designated at fair value

 

 11 

 

 40,248 

 37,652 

 37,233 

Debt issued designated at fair value

 

11, 14

 

 58,864 

 53,299 

 66,809 

Other financial liabilities designated at fair value

 

11, 13

 

 37,902 

 31,536 

 35,940 

Total financial liabilities measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

 

 

 323,721 

 361,707 

 291,452 

Provisions

 

 16 

 

 2,601 

 2,566 

 2,974 

Other non-financial liabilities

 

 13 

 

 8,302 

 7,059 

 8,794 

Total liabilities

 

 

 

 1,006,630 

 1,039,981 

 917,476 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share capital

 

 

 

 338 

 338 

 338 

Share premium

 

 

 

 17,125 

 17,633 

 18,064 

Treasury shares

 

 

 

 (3,592) 

 (3,636) 

 (3,326) 

Retained earnings

 

 

 

 35,991 

 36,796 

 34,154 

Other comprehensive income recognized directly in equity, net of tax

 

 

 

 7,173 

 6,818 

 5,303 

Equity attributable to shareholders

 

 

 

 57,035 

 57,949 

 54,533 

Equity attributable to non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 173 

 169 

 174 

Total equity

 

 

 

 57,207 

 58,118 

 54,707 

Total liabilities and equity

 

 

 

 1,063,838 

 1,098,099 

 972,183 

 

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UBS Group AG interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited) 

 

Statement of changes in equity

 

 

 

 

USD million

Share

capital

Share

premium

Treasury

shares

Retained

earnings

Balance as of 1 January 2019 before the adoption of IFRIC 23

 338 

 20,843 

 (2,631) 

 30,448 

Effect of adoption of IFRIC 23

 

 

 

 (11) 

Balance as of 1 January 2019 after the adoption of IFRIC 23

 338 

 20,843 

 (2,631) 

 30,437 

Issuance of share capital

 0 

 

 

 

Acquisition of treasury shares

 

 

 (1,180)2

 

Delivery of treasury shares under share-based compensation plans

 

 (853) 

 912 

 

Other disposal of treasury shares

 

 (2) 

 572

 

Premium on shares issued and warrants exercised

 

 29 

 

 

Share-based compensation expensed in the income statement

 

 342 

 

 

Tax (expense) / benefit

 

 13 

 

 

Dividends

 

 (2,544)3

 

 

Equity classified as obligation to purchase own shares

 

 (18) 

 

 

Translation effects recognized directly in retained earnings

 

 

 

 (5) 

New consolidations / (deconsolidations) and other increases / (decreases)

 

 (7) 

 

 

Total comprehensive income for the period

 

 

 

 2,116 

of which: net profit / (loss)

 

 

 

 2,533 

of which: other comprehensive income (OCI) that may be reclassified to the income statement, net of tax

 

 

 

 

of which: OCI that will not be reclassified to the income statement, net of tax – defined benefit plans

 

 

 

 (171) 

of which: OCI that will not be reclassified to the income statement, net of tax – own credit

 

 

 

 (246) 

of which: OCI that will not be reclassified to the income statement, net of tax – foreign currency translation

 

 

 

 

Balance as of 30 June 2019

 338 

 17,802 

 (2,843) 

 32,548 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as of 1 January 2020

 338 

 18,064 

 (3,326) 

 34,154 

Issuance of share capital

 

 

 

 

Acquisition of treasury shares

 

 

 (1,008)2

 

Delivery of treasury shares under share-based compensation plans

 

 (602) 

 655 

 

Other disposal of treasury shares

 

 (8) 

 872

 

Premium on shares issued and warrants exercised

 

 

 

 

Share-based compensation expensed in the income statement

 

 313 

 

 

Tax (expense) / benefit

 

 13 

 

 

Dividends

 

 (654)3

 

 (654)3

Translation effects recognized directly in retained earnings

 

 

 

 (11) 

Share of changes in retained earnings of associates and joint ventures

 

 

 

 (40) 

New consolidations / (deconsolidations) and other increases / (decreases)

 

 0 

 

 

Total comprehensive income for the period

 

 

 

 2,542 

of which: net profit / (loss)

 

 

 

 2,827 

of which: other comprehensive income (OCI) that may be reclassified to the income statement, net of tax

 

 

 

 

of which: OCI that will not be reclassified to the income statement, net of tax – defined benefit plans

 

 

 

 (347) 

of which: OCI that will not be reclassified to the income statement, net of tax – own credit

 

 

 

 62 

of which: OCI that will not be reclassified to the income statement, net of tax – foreign currency translation

 

 

 

 

Balance as of 30 June 2020

 338 

 17,125 

 (3,592) 

 35,991 

1 Excludes other comprehensive income related to defined benefit plans and own credit that is recorded directly in Retained earnings.    2 Includes treasury shares acquired and disposed of by the Investment Bank in its capacity as a market-maker with regard to UBS shares and related derivatives, and to hedge certain issued structured debt instruments. These acquisitions and disposals are reported based on the sum of the net monthly movements.    3 Reflects the payment of an ordinary cash dividend of USD 0.365 (2019: CHF 0.70) per dividend-bearing share. From 2020 onward, Swiss tax law effective 1 January 2020 requires Switzerland-domiciled companies with shares listed on a stock exchange pay no more than 50% of dividends from capital contribution reserves, with the remainder required to be paid from retained earnings.   

 

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Other comprehensive

income recognized

directly in equity,

net of tax1

of which:

foreign currency translation

of which:

financial assets

measured at fair value through OCI

of which:

cash flow hedges

of which:

cost of hedging

Total equity

attributable to

shareholders

Non-controlling

interests

Total equity

 3,930 

 3,924 

 (103) 

 109 

 

 52,928 

 176 

 53,103 

 

 

 

 

 

 (11) 

 

 (11) 

 3,930 

 3,924 

 (103) 

 109 

 

 52,917 

 176 

 53,092 

 

 

 

 

 

 0 

 

 0 

 

 

 

 

 

 (1,180) 

 

 (1,180) 

 

 

 

 

 

 59 

 

 59 

 

 

 

 

 

 55 

 

 55 

 

 

 

 

 

 29 

 

 29 

 

 

 

 

 

 342 

 

 342 

 

 

 

 

 

 13 

 

 13 

 

 

 

 

 

 (2,544) 

 (6) 

 (2,550) 

 

 

 

 

 

 (18) 

 

 (18) 

 5 

 

 

 5 

 

 0 

 

 0 

 

 

 

 

 

 (7) 

 3 

 (5) 

 1,399 

 40 

 128 

 1,232 

 

 3,515 

 (3) 

 3,512 

 

 

 

 

 

 2,533 

 (1) 

 2,532 

 1,399 

 40 

 128 

 1,232 

 

 1,399 

 

 1,399 

 

 

 

 

 

 (171) 

 

 (171) 

 

 

 

 

 

 (246) 

 

 (246) 

 

 

 

 

 

 0 

 (2) 

 (2) 

 5,335 

 3,964 

 25 

 1,346 

 

 53,180 

 170 

 53,350 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 5,303 

 4,028 

 14 

 1,260 

 

 54,533 

 174 

 54,707 

 

 

 

 

 

 0 

 

 0 

 

 

 

 

 

 (1,008) 

 

 (1,008) 

 

 

 

 

 

 52 

 

 52 

 

 

 

 

 

 79 

 

 79 

 

 

 

 

 

 0 

 

 0 

 

 

 

 

 

 313 

 

 313 

 

 

 

 

 

 13 

 

 13 

 

 

 

 

 

 (1,308) 

 (4) 

 (1,312) 

 11 

 

 0 

 11 

 

 0 

 

 0 

 

 

 

 

 

 (40) 

 

 (40) 

 

 

 

 

 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 1,860 

 116 

 149 

 1,600 

 (4) 

 4,402 

 3 

 4,404 

 

 

 

 

 

 2,827 

 6 

 2,833 

 1,860 

 116 

 149 

 1,600 

 (4) 

 1,860 

 

 1,860 

 

 

 

 

 

 (347) 

 

 (347) 

 

 

 

 

 

 62 

 

 62 

 

 

 

 

 

 0 

 (4) 

 (4) 

 7,173 

 4,144 

 163 

 2,871 

 (4) 

 57,035 

 173 

 57,207 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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UBS Group AG interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited) 

 

Statement of cash flows

 

 

 

 

 

Year-to-date

USD million

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

Cash flow from / (used in) operating activities

 

 

 

Net profit / (loss)

 

 2,833 

 2,532 

Non-cash items included in net profit and other adjustments:

 

 

 

Depreciation and impairment of property, equipment and software

 

 914 

 854 

Amortization and impairment of intangible assets

 

 32 

 33 

Credit loss expense / (recovery)

 

 540 

 33 

Share of net profits of associates / joint ventures and impairment of associates

 

 (29) 

 (25) 

Deferred tax expense / (benefit)

 

 192 

 394 

Net loss / (gain) from investing activities

 

 241 

 11 

Net loss / (gain) from financing activities

 

 (7,048) 

 5,998 

Other net adjustments

 

 (579) 

 (466) 

Net change in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

Loans and advances to banks / amounts due to banks

 

 5,585 

 (1,158) 

Securities financing transactions

 

 3,167 

 (840) 

Cash collateral on derivative instruments

 

 (2,046) 

 2,396 

Loans and advances to customers

 

 (14,222) 

 (750) 

Customer deposits

 

 20,429 

 10,734 

Financial assets and liabilities at fair value held for trading and derivative financial instruments

 

 38,734 

 (9,009) 

Brokerage receivables and payables

 

 1,140 

 (1,564) 

Financial assets at fair value not held for trading, other financial assets and liabilities

 

 (7,168) 

 (6,721) 

Provisions, other non-financial assets and liabilities

 

 (1,531) 

 (375) 

Income taxes paid, net of refunds

 

 (403) 

 (429) 

Net cash flow from / (used in) operating activities

 

 40,781 

 1,649 

 

 

 

 

Cash flow from / (used in) investing activities

 

 

 

Purchase of subsidiaries, associates and intangible assets

 

 (1) 

 (5) 

Disposal of subsidiaries, associates and intangible assets

 

 14 

 100 

Purchase of property, equipment and software

 

 (831) 

 (782) 

Disposal of property, equipment and software

 

 6 

 8 

Purchase of financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income

 

 (4,132) 

 (1,757) 

Disposal and redemption of financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income

 

 1,944 

 1,160 

Net (purchase) / redemption of debt securities measured at amortized cost

 

 (4,817) 

 653 

Net cash flow from / (used in) investing activities

 

 (7,817) 

 (623) 

 

 

 

 

 

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Statement of cash flows (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

Year-to-date

USD million

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

Cash flow from / (used in) financing activities

 

 

 

Net short-term debt issued / (repaid)

 

 14,912 

 (14,248) 

Net movements in treasury shares and own equity derivative activity

 

 (882) 

 (1,044) 

Distributions paid on UBS shares

 

 (1,308) 

 (2,544) 

Repayment of lease liabilities1

 

 (273) 

 

Issuance of long-term debt, including debt issued designated at fair value

 

 46,059 

 31,471 

Repayment of long-term debt, including debt issued designated at fair value

 

 (46,137) 

 (25,931) 

Net changes in non-controlling interests

 

 (4) 

 (6) 

Net cash flow from / (used in) financing activities

 

 12,368 

 (12,301) 

 

 

 

 

Total cash flow

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period

 

 119,873 

 126,079 

Net cash flow from / (used in) operating, investing and financing activities

 

 45,332 

 (11,275) 

Effects of exchange rate differences on cash and cash equivalents

 

 1,563 

 613 

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period2

 

 166,768 

 115,417 

of which: cash and balances at central banks3

 

 149,430 

 101,341 

of which: loans and advances to banks

 

 14,428 

 12,108 

of which: money market paper

 

 2,911 

 1,968 

 

 

 

 

Additional information

 

 

 

Net cash flow from / (used in) operating activities includes:

 

 

 

Interest received in cash

 

 6,365 

 7,792 

Interest paid in cash

 

 4,200 

 6,039 

Dividends on equity investments, investment funds and associates received in cash

 

 1,104 

 1,243 

1 In 2019, cash payments for the principal portion of the lease liability were classified within operating activities under Financial assets at fair value not held for trading, other financial assets and liabilities.    2 USD 5,393 million and USD 3,161 million of cash and cash equivalents (mainly reflected in Loans and advances to banks) were restricted as of 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2019, respectively. Refer to “Note 26 Restricted and transferred financial assets” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of the Annual Report 2019 for more information.    3 Includes only balances with an original maturity of three months or less.

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Notes to the UBS Group AG interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited) 

Notes to the UBS Group AG interim
consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

Note 1 Basis of accounting

Basis of preparation

The consolidated financial statements (the financial statements) of UBS Group AG and its subsidiaries (together, “UBS” or the “Group”) are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (the IASB), and are presented in US dollars (USD), which is also the functional currency of UBS Group AG, UBS AG’s Head Office, UBS’s US-based operations and UBS AG London Branch. These interim financial statements are prepared in accordance with IAS 34, Interim Financial Reporting

In preparing these interim financial statements, 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 2019, except for the changes described in this Note. These interim financial statements are unaudited and should be read in conjunction with UBS Group AG’s audited consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report 2019. In the opinion of management, all necessary adjustments were made for a fair presentation of the Group’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Preparation of these interim financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income, expenses and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. These estimates and assumptions are based on the best available information. Actual results in the future could differ from such estimates and such differences may be material to the financial statements. Revisions to estimates, based on regular reviews, are recognized in the period in which they occur. For more information about areas of estimation uncertainty that are considered to require critical judgment, refer to “Note 1a Significant accounting policies” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of the Annual Report 2019.


Presentation of interest income and expense from financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss

Effective from 1 January 2020, UBS presents interest income and interest expense from financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss on a net basis in its Income Statement, in line with how UBS assesses and manages interest and in accordance with IFRS. This presentation change has no effect on Net interest income or on Net profit attributable to shareholders. Prior periods have been aligned with this change in presentation. Further information about net interest income from financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss is provided in Note 3.

Segment reporting

Effective from 1 January 2020, UBS only reports total operating expenses for each business division and no longer discloses a detailed cost breakdown by financial statement line item within its Segment reporting disclosures provided in Note 2. This change streamlines reporting, ensures alignment with how UBS manages its cost base and has no effect on the Income Statement, or on the net profit of any business division.

 

 

 

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Note 1 Basis of accounting (continued)

Adoption of hedge accounting requirements of IFRS 9, Financial Instruments

Application and transition effect

Effective from 1 January 2020, UBS has prospectively adopted the hedge accounting requirements of IFRS 9 with respect to all of its existing hedge accounting programs, except for fair value hedges of portfolio interest rate risk, which, as permitted under IFRS 9, continue to be accounted for under IAS 39, Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement

IFRS 9’s hedge accounting model further aligns accounting with risk management practices, amends hedge effectiveness requirements and prohibits voluntary de-designations. IFRS 9 permits the designation of certain additional hedged items, including layer components, net positions, and aggregated exposures, such as a combination of a non-derivative and derivative. IFRS 9 also introduces the concept of “cost of hedging,” under which the time value of an option contract, the forward element of a forward contract or the foreign currency basis spread in a cross-currency swap can be deferred in other comprehensive income and, depending on the nature of the hedged transaction, released to the income statement either when the hedged item affects the income statement or over the term of the hedged item.

The adoption of these requirements had no financial impact on UBS’s financial statements. However, the adoption allows UBS to designate more effective hedge accounting relationships, including fair value hedges of foreign currency risk using cross-currency swaps, and to reduce income statement volatility caused by foreign currency basis spread.

Starting from 1 January 2020, UBS has been utilizing the concept of “cost of hedging” in its newly designated fair value hedge program of foreign currency debt using cross-currency swaps. The hedged risk is determined as changes in the value of the hedged items arising solely from changes in spot foreign exchange rates. The foreign currency basis spread in cross-currency swaps is excluded from the hedge designation and accounted for through other comprehensive income as a cost of hedging. As of 30 June 2020, the notional of hedging instruments and hedged items designated in the program amounted to USD 13.7 billion, with a gain of USD 9 million deferred in other comprehensive income as a cost of hedging.


Update to significant accounting policy – Hedge accounting (disclosed in “Note 1a item 3j Hedge accounting” in the financial statements 2019 included in the Annual Report 2019)

Hedge accounting under IFRS 9

The Group applies hedge accounting requirements of IFRS 9 for fair value hedges of interest rate risk related to debt instruments, fair value hedges of foreign exchange risk related to debt instruments, cash flow hedges of forecast transactions and hedges of net investments in foreign operations.

At the time a financial instrument is designated in a hedge relationship, UBS formally documents the relationship between the hedging instrument(s) and hedged item(s), including the risk management objectives and strategy in undertaking the hedge transaction, the nature of risk being hedged and the methods that will be used to assess whether the hedge effectiveness criteria are met. As part of effectiveness testing, UBS assesses, both at the inception of the hedge and on an ongoing basis, whether there is an economic relationship between the hedged item and the hedging instrument, including whether the relationship is dominated by the effect of credit risk and whether the appropriate hedge ratio is being used. In the case of hedging forecast transactions, the forecast transaction must be highly probable to occur. UBS discontinues hedge accounting when: (i) the hedge effectiveness criteria have ceased to be met; (ii) the derivative expires or is sold, terminated or exercised; (iii) the hedged item matures, is sold or repaid; (iv) forecast transactions are no longer deemed to meet the highly probable criteria; or (v) the risk management objective on the basis of which the hedge relationship was designated changes. Voluntary discontinuation of hedge accounting is not permitted.

Hedge ineffectiveness represents the amount by which the changes in the fair value of the hedging instrument differ from changes in the fair value of the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk, or the amount by which changes in the present value of future cash flows of the hedging instrument exceed changes in the present value of expected cash flows of the hedged item. Such ineffectiveness is recorded in Other net income from financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss

Fair value hedges of interest rate risk related to debt instruments

In fair value hedges of interest rate risk, the fair value change of the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk is reflected as an adjustment to the carrying value of the hedged item and recognized in the income statement along with the change in the fair value of the hedging instrument. If the hedge accounting relationship is terminated for reasons other than derecognition of the hedged item, the adjustment to the carrying value is amortized to the income statement over the remaining term to maturity of the hedged item using the effective interest rate method.

 

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Notes to the UBS Group AG interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited) 

Note 1 Basis of accounting (continued)

Fair value hedges of foreign exchange risk related to debt instruments

In fair value hedges of foreign currency risk, the fair value change of the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk is reflected in the measurement of the hedged item and recognized in the income statement along with the change in the fair value of the hedging instrument. The foreign currency basis spread of cross-currency swaps designated as hedging derivatives is excluded from the designation of fair value hedges of foreign currency risk. UBS has chosen to account for the foreign currency basis as a cost of hedging with amounts deferred in Other comprehensive income within Equity. These amounts are released to the income statement over the term of the hedged item or upon discontinuation of the hedge relationship.

Cash flow hedges of forecast transactions

Fair value gains or losses associated with the effective portion of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges for cash flow repricing risk are recognized initially in Other comprehensive income within Equity. When the hedged forecast cash flows affect profit or loss, the associated gains or losses on the hedging derivatives are reclassified from Equity to the income statement and are presented in Interest income from derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges within  Interest income from financial instruments measured at amortized cost and fair value through other comprehensive income

If a cash flow hedge of forecast transactions is no longer considered effective, or if the hedge relationship is terminated, the cumulative gains or losses on the hedging derivatives previously reported in Other comprehensive income within Equity remain there until the committed or forecast transactions occur and affect profit or loss. If the forecast transactions are no longer expected to occur, the deferred gains or losses are immediately reclassified to the income statement.

Hedges of net investments in foreign operations

Hedges of net investments in foreign operations are accounted for similarly to cash flow hedges. Gains or losses on the hedging
instrument relating to the effective portion of the hedge are recognized directly in
Other comprehensive income within Equity while any gains or losses relating to the ineffective and/or undesignated portion (for example, the interest element of a forward contract) are recognized in the income statement. Upon disposal or partial disposal of the foreign operation, the cumulative value of any such gains or losses recognized in Equity  associated with the entity is reclassified to Other income

Hedge accounting under IAS 39

As permitted under IFRS 9, the Group continues to apply hedge accounting requirements of IAS 39 to fair value hedges of portfolio interest rate risk related to loans. As a result, the hedge accounting policy set out in the UBS Group AG consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report 2019 continues to apply to this program.

Annual Improvements to IFRS Standards 2018–2020 Cycle and narrow-scope amendments to IFRS 3, Business Combinations, and IAS 37, Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets

In May 2020, the IASB issued several narrow-scope amendments to a number of standards as well as the Annual Improvements to IFRS Standards 2018–2020 Cycle. These minor amendments are effective from 1 January 2022. UBS is currently assessing the impact on the Group’s financial statements.

Amendment to IFRS 16, Leases, (COVID-19-Related Rent Concessions)

In May 2020, the IASB issued an amendment to IFRS 16 to provide an option for lessees to account for rent concessions occurring as a direct consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic as if they were not lease modifications. The amendment is effective from 1 June 2020. UBS has not adopted this option, given that the effects on the Group’s financial statements are not material.

 

 

 

 

 

  

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Note   Segment reporting

UBS’s businesses are organized globally into four business divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. All four business divisions are supported by Group Functions and qualify as reportable segments for the purpose of segment reporting. Together with Group Functions they reflect the management structure of the Group.

®   Refer to “Note 1a Significant accounting policies item 2” and “Note 2 Segment reporting” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of the Annual Report 2019 for more information about the Group’s reporting segments


  


 

 

USD million

 

Global Wealth Management

 

Personal & Corporate Banking

 

Asset

Management

 

Investment Bank

 

Group Functions

 

UBS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the six months ended 30 June 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

 

 2,054 

 

 1,029 

 

 (9) 

 

 3 

 

 (354) 

 

 2,722 

Non-interest income

 

 6,553 

 

 886 

 

 1,048 

 

 4,914 

 

 (246) 

 

 13,155 

Income

 

 8,606 

 

 1,914 

 

 1,038 

 

 4,917 

 

 (600) 

 

 15,877 

Credit loss (expense) / recovery

 

 (117) 

 

 (187) 

 

 0 

 

 (200) 

 

 (35) 

 

 (540) 

Total operating income

 

 8,489 

 

 1,727 

 

 1,038 

 

 4,718 

 

 (635) 

 

 15,337 

Total operating expenses

 

 6,391 

 

 1,155 

 

 724 

 

 3,396 

 

 80 

 

 11,747 

Operating profit / (loss) before tax

 

 2,098 

 

 572 

 

 314 

 

 1,321 

 

 (715) 

 

 3,591 

Tax expense / (benefit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 757 

Net profit / (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 2,833 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of 30 June 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

 327,218 

 

 209,851 

 

 34,865 

 

 349,266 

 

 142,638 

 

 1,063,838 

 

 

USD million

 

Global Wealth Management

 

Personal & Corporate Banking

 

Asset

Management

 

Investment Bank

 

Group Functions

 

UBS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the six months ended 30 June 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

 

 1,975 

 

 994 

 

 (13) 

 

 (403) 

 

 (403) 

 

 2,149 

Non-interest income

 

 6,090 

 

 920 

 

 934 

 

 4,264 

 

 425 

 

 12,633 

Income

 

 8,064 

 

 1,914 

 

 921 

 

 3,860 

 

 23 

 

 14,783 

Credit loss (expense) / recovery

 

 (4) 

 

 1 

 

 0 

 

 (24) 

 

 (6) 

 

 (33) 

Total operating income

 

 8,061 

 

 1,915 

 

 921 

 

 3,836 

 

 17 

 

 14,750 

Total operating expenses

 

 6,323 

 

 1,139 

 

 693 

 

 3,202 

 

 88 

 

 11,445 

Operating profit / (loss) before tax

 

 1,737 

 

 777 

 

 228 

 

 634 

 

 (71) 

 

 3,305 

Tax expense / (benefit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 773 

Net profit / (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 2,532 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of 31 December 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

 309,766 

 

 209,405 

 

 34,565 

 

 315,855 

 

 102,592 

 

 972,183 

 

 

  

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Notes to the UBS Group AG interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited) 

 

Note 3  Net interest income

 

 

For the quarter ended

 

Year-to-date

USD million

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

Net interest income from financial instruments measured at amortized cost and fair value through other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income from loans and deposits1

 

 1,632 

 1,868 

 2,065 

 

 3,500 

 4,088 

Interest income from securities financing transactions2

 

 202 

 367 

 545 

 

 569 

 1,044 

Interest income from other financial instruments measured at amortized cost

 

 87 

 89 

 83 

 

 176 

 179 

Interest income from debt instruments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income

 

 35 

 17 

 27 

 

 52 

 52 

Interest income from derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges

 

 178 

 113 

 29 

 

 290 

 55 

Total interest income from financial instruments measured at amortized cost and fair value through other comprehensive income

 

 2,133 

 2,455 

 2,749 

 

 4,588 

 5,419 

Interest expense on loans and deposits3

 

 244 

 463 

 737 

 

 707 

 1,404 

Interest expense on securities financing transactions4

 

 224 

 219 

 324 

 

 443 

 612 

Interest expense on debt issued

 

 596 

 676 

 863 

 

 1,272 

 1,761 

Interest expense on lease liabilities

 

 27 

 28 

 31 

 

 56 

 63 

Total interest expense from financial instruments measured at amortized cost

 

 1,092 

 1,385 

 1,955 

 

 2,478 

 3,840 

Total net interest income from financial instruments measured at amortized cost and fair value through other comprehensive income

 

 1,041 

 1,069 

 794 

 

 2,110 

 1,579 

Net interest income from financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income from financial instruments at fair value held for trading

 

 242 

 201 

 325 

 

 442 

 759 

Net interest income from brokerage balances

 

 182 

 137 

 43 

 

 318 

 120 

Net interest income from securities financing transactions at fair value not held for trading5

 

 18 

 33 

 27 

 

 51 

 57 

Interest income from other financial instruments at fair value not held for trading

 

 153 

 202 

 233 

 

 355 

 453 

Interest expense on other financial instruments designated at fair value

 

 (244) 

 (311) 

 (396) 

 

 (555) 

 (819) 

Total net interest income from financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

 351 

 261 

 232 

 

 612 

 571 

Total net interest income

 

 1,392 

 1,330 

 1,026 

 

 2,722 

 2,149 

1 Consists of interest income from cash and balances at central banks, loans and advances to banks and customers, and cash collateral receivables on derivative instruments, as well as negative interest on amounts due to banks, customer deposits, and cash collateral payables on derivative instruments.    2 Includes interest income on receivables from securities financing transactions and negative interest, including fees, on payables from securities financing transactions.    3 Consists of interest expense on amounts due to banks, cash collateral payables on derivative instruments, and customer deposits, as well as negative interest on cash and balances at central banks, loans and advances to banks, and cash collateral receivables on derivative instruments.    4 Includes interest expense on payables from securities financing transactions and negative interest, including fees, on receivables from securities financing transactions.    5 Includes interest expense on securities financing transactions designated at fair value.

 

 

 

Note Net fee and commission income

 

 

For the quarter ended

 

Year-to-date

USD million

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

Fee and commission income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Underwriting fees

 

 257 

 200 

 224 

 

 456 

 379 

of which: equity underwriting fees

 

 123 

 106 

 118 

 

 230 

 166 

of which: debt underwriting fees

 

 133 

 93 

 105 

 

 227 

 212 

M&A and corporate finance fees

 

 117 

 218 

 296 

 

 335 

 413 

Brokerage fees

 

 959 

 1,245 

 826 

 

 2,204 

 1,654 

Investment fund fees

 

 1,197 

 1,295 

 1,196 

 

 2,492 

 2,373 

Portfolio management and related services

 

 1,813 

 2,059 

 1,915 

 

 3,872 

 3,719 

Other

 

 387 

 461 

 451 

 

 848 

 911 

Total fee and commission income1

 

 4,729 

 5,477 

 4,907 

 

 10,207 

 9,448 

of which: recurring

 

 2,980 

 3,341 

 3,136 

 

 6,320 

 6,134 

of which: transaction-based

 

 1,674 

 2,098 

 1,749 

 

 3,773 

 3,264 

of which: performance-based

 

 75 

 39 

 23 

 

 114 

 50 

Fee and commission expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brokerage fees paid

 

 63 

 86 

 88 

 

 149 

 168 

Distribution fees paid

 

 144 

 156 

 142 

 

 300 

 284 

Other

 

 212 

 214 

 203 

 

 426 

 390 

Total fee and commission expense

 

 419 

 456 

 434 

 

 875 

 842 

Net fee and commission income

 

 4,311 

 5,021 

 4,474 

 

 9,332 

 8,606 

of which: net brokerage fees

 

 896 

 1,158 

 738 

 

 2,055 

 1,486 

1 Reflects third-party fee and commission income for the second quarter of 2020 of USD 2,809 million for Global Wealth Management (first quarter of 2020: USD 3,384 million; second quarter of 2019: USD 2,946 million), USD 313 million for Personal & Corporate Banking (first quarter of 2020: USD 354 million; second quarter of 2019: USD 327 million), USD 700 million for Asset Management (first quarter of 2020: USD 702 million; second quarter of 2019: USD 647 million), USD 872 million for the Investment Bank (first quarter of 2020: USD 1,004 million; second quarter of 2019: USD 962 million) and USD 36 million for Group Functions (first quarter of 2020: USD 33 million; second quarter of 2019: USD 25 million).

 

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Note Other income

 

 

For the quarter ended

 

Year-to-date

USD million

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

Associates, joint ventures and subsidiaries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net gains / (losses) from acquisitions and disposals of subsidiaries1

 

 (2) 

 8 

 10 

 

 7 

 11 

Net gains / (losses) from disposals of investments in associates

 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 

 0 

 4 

Share of net profits of associates and joint ventures

 

 13 

 16 

 10 

 

 29 

 25 

Impairments related to associates

 

 0 

 0 

 (1) 

 

 0 

 (1) 

Total

 

 11 

 25 

 20 

 

 36 

 39 

Net gains / (losses) from disposals of financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income

 

 15 

 9 

 1 

 

 24 

 2 

Income from properties2

 

 6 

 7 

 7 

 

 13 

 13 

Net gains / (losses) from properties held for sale

 

 9 

 0 

 7 

 

 9 

 7 

Other

 

 0 

 3 

 70 

 

 3 

 92 

Total other income

 

 41 

 43 

 105 

 

 84 

 154 

1 Includes foreign exchange gains / (losses) reclassified from other comprehensive income related to the disposal or closure of foreign operations.    2 Includes rent received from third parties.

 

 

 

Note Personnel expenses

 

 

For the quarter ended

 

Year-to-date

USD million

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

Salaries and variable compensation

 

 2,696 

 2,561 

 2,523 

 

 5,258 

 4,943 

Financial advisor compensation1

 

 941 

 1,094 

 1,005 

 

 2,035 

 1,965 

Contractors

 

 91 

 84 

 96 

 

 176 

 192 

Social security

 

 228 

 211 

 195 

 

 439 

 408 

Pension and other post-employment benefit plans

 

 202 

 236 

 194 

 

 438 

 418 

Other personnel expenses

 

 123 

 135 

 140 

 

 258 

 269 

Total personnel expenses

 

 4,283 

 4,321 

 4,153 

 

 8,604 

 8,196 

1 Financial advisor compensation consists of grid-based compensation based directly on compensable revenues generated by financial advisors and supplemental compensation calculated on the basis of financial advisor productivity, firm tenure, assets and other variables. It also includes expenses related to compensation commitments with financial advisors entered into at the time of recruitment that are subject to vesting requirements.

 

 

 

NoteGeneral and administrative expenses

 

 

For the quarter ended

 

Year-to-date

USD million

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

Occupancy

 

 101 

 97 

 91 

 

 198 

 188 

Rent and maintenance of IT and other equipment

 

 185 

 198 

 168 

 

 382 

 353 

Communication and market data services

 

 152 

 149 

 157 

 

 301 

 312 

Administration

 

 115 

 148 

 103 

 

 263 

 226 

of which: UK and German bank levies

 

 3 

 15 

 (32) 

 

 17 

 (17) 

Marketing and public relations1

 

 65 

 50 

 72 

 

 115 

 138 

Travel and entertainment

 

 31 

 69 

 100 

 

 101 

 190 

Professional fees

 

 163 

 160 

 193 

 

 323 

 370 

Outsourcing of IT and other services

 

 228 

 235 

 259 

 

 463 

 530 

Litigation, regulatory and similar matters2

 

 2 

 6 

 4 

 

 8 

 (4) 

Other

 

 23 

 20 

 28 

 

 43 

 60 

Total general and administrative expenses

 

 1,063 

 1,133 

 1,175 

 

 2,196 

 2,362 

1 Includes charitable donations.    2 Reflects the net increase in / (release of) provisions for litigation, regulatory and similar matters recognized in the income statement. Refer to Note 16 for more information. Also includes recoveries from third parties (second quarter of 2020: USD 0 million; first quarter of 2020: USD 1 million; second quarter of 2019: USD 1 million). 

 

 

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Notes to the UBS Group AG interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited) 

Note   Income taxes

The Group recognized income tax expenses of USD 347 million for the second quarter of 2020, representing an effective tax rate of 21.9%, compared with USD 366 million for the second quarter of 2019.

Current tax expenses were USD 343 million, compared with USD 209 million, and related to taxable profits of UBS Switzerland AG and other entities.

Deferred tax expenses were USD 4 million, compared with USD 157 million. These included expenses of USD 68 million in respect of the amortization of deferred tax assets (DTAs) previously recognized in relation to tax losses carried forward and deductible temporary differences, which primarily relate to UBS Americas Inc. Deferred tax expenses were decreased by a benefit of USD 31 million in respect of additional DTA recognition that resulted from the contribution of real estate assets by UBS AG to UBS Americas Inc. and UBS Financial Services Inc. in the second quarter of 2020. The additional DTA recognition related to the elections that were made in the fourth quarter of 2018 to capitalize certain historic real estate costs. This amount represents one half of the expected full-year benefit and, therefore, further amounts totaling USD 31 million will be recognized in the third and fourth quarters of 2020 in accordance with the requirements of IAS 34, Interim Financial Reporting. Deferred tax expenses were also decreased by a benefit of USD 33 million in respect of an increase in temporary difference DTAs as the expected value of future tax deductions for deferred compensation awards increased.

 

 

  

 

Note Earnings per share (EPS) and shares outstanding

 

 

As of or for the quarter ended

 

As of or year-to-date

 

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic earnings (USD million)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net profit / (loss) attributable to shareholders

 

 1,232 

 1,595 

 1,392 

 

 2,827 

 2,533 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted earnings (USD million)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net profit / (loss) attributable to shareholders

 

 1,232 

 1,595 

 1,392 

 

 2,827 

 2,533 

Less: (profit) / loss on own equity derivative contracts

 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 

 0 

 0 

Net profit / (loss) attributable to shareholders for diluted EPS

 

 1,232 

 1,595 

 1,392 

 

 2,827 

 2,533 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding for basic EPS1

 

 3,584,522,015 

 3,591,853,051 

 3,694,660,679 

 

 3,588,187,534 

 3,694,529,827 

Effect of dilutive potential shares resulting from notional shares, in-the-money options and warrants outstanding

 

 106,543,728 

 114,911,986 

 95,817,338 

 

 110,717,626 

 101,297,249 

Weighted average shares outstanding for diluted EPS

 

 3,691,065,743 

 3,706,765,037 

 3,790,478,017 

 

 3,698,905,160 

 3,795,827,076 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share (USD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 0.34 

 0.44 

 0.38 

 

 0.79 

 0.69 

Diluted

 

 0.33 

 0.43 

 0.37 

 

 0.76 

 0.67 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding and potentially dilutive instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares issued

 

 3,859,055,395 

 3,859,055,395 

 3,859,055,395 

 

 3,859,055,395 

 3,859,055,395 

Treasury shares

 

 271,876,346 

 274,964,517 

 199,121,101 

 

 271,876,346 

 199,121,101 

Shares outstanding

 

 3,587,179,049 

 3,584,090,878 

 3,659,934,294 

 

 3,587,179,049 

 3,659,934,294 

Potentially dilutive instruments2

 

 27,456,453 

 29,801,232 

 27,263,830 

 

 26,911,953 

 27,239,110 

1 The weighted average shares outstanding for basic 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.    2 Reflects potential shares that could dilute basic earnings per share in the future, but were not dilutive for the periods presented. It mainly includes equity derivative contracts.

 

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Note 10  Expected credit loss measurement

a) Expected credit losses in the period

Total net credit loss expenses were USD 272 million during the second quarter of 2020, reflecting net expenses of USD 202 million related to stage 1 and 2 positions and net expenses of USD 70 million related to credit-impaired (stage 3) positions.

Stage 1 and 2 net credit loss expenses of USD 202 million were primarily driven by a net expense of USD 127 million from an update to the forward-looking scenarios, factoring in updated macroeconomic assumptions to reflect the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular updated GDP and unemployment assumptions. This also led to exposure movements from stage 1 to stage 2 as probabilities of default increased.

The remaining stage 1 and 2 expenses of USD 75 million mainly reflect the effects of expert judgement overlays for selected exposures to Swiss large corporates and small and medium-sized entities, as well as remeasurements within our loan book, mainly in the Investment Bank. These were partly offset by recoveries on energy-related exposures and securities financing transactions with a number of real estate investment trusts, where we had increased allowances in the first quarter of 2020.


Stage 3 net credit loss expenses were USD 70 million. In the Investment Bank, stage 3 net expenses of USD 22 million were driven by USD 38 million of expenses recognized across various positions, partly offset by recoveries on securities financing transactions with a number of real estate investment trusts, where we had increased allowances in the first quarter of 2020. In Group Functions, stage 3 expenses of USD 20 million arose from an energy-related exposure in the Non-core and Legacy Portfolio. In Global Wealth Management, stage 3 net expenses of USD 19 million primarily reflected USD 9 million on a single structured margin-lending position, with the remaining USD 10 million on a number of smaller positions across the portfolios. In Personal & Corporate Banking, stage 3 net expenses of USD 10 million arose primarily on two newly defaulted clients in the corporate lending portfolio.

 

 

 

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Notes to the UBS Group AG interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited) 

 

Note 10   Expected credit loss measurement (continued)

b) Changes to ECL models, scenarios, scenario weights and key inputs

The outlook for the global economy has deteriorated markedly since the end of 2019 as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. COVID-19 and related lockdown measures have significantly impacted major economies across the world. Uncertainties are still at a high level, making predictions difficult and displaying several potential triggers for further negative developments.

Scenarios and scenario weights

For the second quarter of 2020, the two scenarios and related macroeconomic factors that were applied in the first quarter of 2020 were reviewed in light of the economic and political conditions prevailing at 30 June 2020 through a series of extraordinary governance meetings, with input from UBS risk and finance experts across the regions and business divisions.

The key aspects of the narratives for the scenarios are summarized below.

   The baseline scenario was updated for 30 June 2020 and takes into account a significant deterioration of GDP in relevant markets. GDP in the US and Switzerland is expected to decline by around 6.4% and 5.5%, respectively, in 2020 – this reflects a very significant drop in the first half of 2020 and an expected sequential rebound of about 4% and 8%, respectively, in the second half of the year. The Eurozone also experiences a very severe contraction in economic activity in 2020, with an 8.2% decline in GDP. In addition, the baseline reflects the sharp increase in unemployment observed in the first half of 2020, with unemployment expected to remain at around 14% in the US and to rise to just below 4% in Switzerland by the end of 2020. Housing prices are assumed to be largely flat in Switzerland but to decrease in the US, by around 4% over the two years 2020 and 2021 in cumulative terms. Overall, economic improvements are expected to take place in 2021, with GDP expected to increase by around 4% in both the US and Switzerland.


   The global crisis scenario (also known as the severe downside scenario) was updated during the second quarter of 2020 to account for updated market data and the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. The scenario assumptions are considered to be consistent with assumptions for COVID-19-related disruption but to a significantly more adverse degree than what is considered under the baseline scenario, with a full‑year GDP contraction expected to continue into 2021 and only a moderate recovery starting from the end of 2021. Relative to their values at the end of the first quarter of 2020 and considering the period until the end of the first quarter of 2021, GDP is assumed to decline by more than 11% in both the US and Switzerland and unemployment to remain elevated, with a peak above 17% and 6% in the US and Switzerland, respectively. Housing prices are also assumed to decline significantly, by almost 14% and 20% in the US and Switzerland, respectively.

   Given the evolving pandemic, management assessed in the first quarter of 2020 whether an interim review of the upside (asset price inflation) and mild downside (monetary-tightening) scenarios, both of which were applied at the end of 2019, would be warranted, as these scenarios became less probable in the specific circumstances. This assessment was reviewed during the second quarter of 2020 and, consistent with the first quarter, management agreed that the upside and the mild downside narratives should remain in place, as they may become relevant again once there is more clarity on COVID-19; however, their probability weights should be temporarily set to zero given (i) there are too many uncertainties and lack of supportable information on precedent cases that could be used for modeling narratives and economic shock factors, and (ii) the probability weight estimation would have been speculative. This assessment will be reviewed in the third quarter of 2020.

 

 

 

 

Baseline

Key parameters

 

2020

 

2021

Real GDP growth (annual % change, annual average)

 

 

 

 

United States

 

 (6.4) 

 

 4.5 

Eurozone

 

 (8.2) 

 

 6.2 

Switzerland

 

 (5.5) 

 

 4.4 

Unemployment rate (annual %, level, 4Q average)

 

 

 

 

United States

 

 14.1 

 

 7.8 

Eurozone

 

 9.8 

 

 6.6 

Switzerland

 

 3.9 

 

 3.4 

Real estate (annual % change, 4Q average)

 

 

 

 

United States

 

 (2.8) 

 

 (1.6) 

Eurozone

 

 (10.2) 

 

 8.6 

Swiss Single-Family Homes

 

 (0.2) 

 

 0.5 

 

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Note 10   Expected credit loss measurement (continued)

As a consequence of the exceptional circumstances and prevailing uncertainties at the end of the second quarter of 2020, UBS decided to keep the weight allocation consistent with the decision made in the first quarter of 2020, with a 70% weighting assigned to the baseline and a 30% weighting assigned to the global crisis scenario. Overall, these weights still reflect the current sentiment regarding the boundaries of economic outcomes, with a bias toward the updated baseline scenario, but give sufficient credence to the global crisis scenario, thereby accounting for the prospect that the pandemic may not be contained effectively.

 

Economic scenarios and weights applied

ECL scenario

Assigned weights in %

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

31.12.19

Upside

0.0

0.0

7.5

Baseline

70.0

70.0

42.5

Mild downside

0.0

0.0

35.0

Global crisis

30.0

30.0

15.0

Sensitivity to different scenario weight combinations and ”pro forma all-stage-2” measurement

Expected credit loss (ECL) is sensitive to changing scenario weights, in particular if narratives and parameters are selected that are not close to the baseline scenario, highlighting the non-linearity of credit losses. UBS reported USD 636 million of ECL allowances and provisions for stage 1 or 2 positions at the end of the second quarter of 2020. If UBS had applied a 100% weight to the baseline scenario or 100% weight to the global crisis scenario, ECL allowances and provisions would have been approximately USD 0.5 billion and USD 1.2 billion, respectively. As a way of comparing IFRS 9 to its US GAAP equivalent standard, if all stage 1 and 2 positions across the portfolio had been measured for lifetime ECL irrespective of whether there was a significant increase in credit risk (SICR) status, with a 70% weight applied to the baseline and 30% to the global crisis scenario, ECL allowances and provisions for positions not subject to credit-impairment would have been approximately USD 1.5 billion.

 

 

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Note 10   Expected credit loss measurement (continued)

c) ECL-relevant balance sheet and off-balance sheet positions including ECL allowances and provisions

The tables set out below and on the following pages provide information about financial instruments and certain non-financial instruments that are subject to ECL. For amortized-cost instruments, the carrying amount represents the maximum exposure to credit risk, taking into account the allowance for credit losses. Financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income (FVOCI) are also subject to ECL; however, unlike amortized-cost instruments, the allowance for credit losses for FVOCI instruments does not reduce the carrying value of these financial assets. Rather, the carrying value of financial assets measured at FVOCI represents the maximum exposure to credit risk.

In addition to on-balance sheet financial assets, certain off-balance sheet and other credit lines are also subject to ECL. The maximum exposure to credit risk for off-balance sheet financial instruments is calculated based on the maximum contractual amounts.

 

USD million

 

30.6.20

 

 

Carrying amount1,2

 

ECL allowance

Financial instruments measured at amortized cost

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Cash and balances at central banks

 

 149,549 

 149,549 

 0 

 0 

 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

Loans and advances to banks

 

 15,633 

 15,534 

 99 

 0 

 

 (6) 

 (4) 

 (1) 

 (1) 

Receivables from securities financing transactions

 

 85,271 

 85,271 

 0 

 0 

 

 (2) 

 (2) 

 0 

 0 

Cash collateral receivables on derivative instruments

 

 30,846 

 30,846 

 0 

 0 

 

 (1) 

 (1) 

 0 

 0 

Loans and advances to customers

 

 344,652 

 318,977 

 23,673 

 2,002 

 

 (1,089) 

 (134) 

 (236) 

 (719) 

of which: Private clients with mortgages

 

 137,563 

 128,527 

 8,076 

 960 

 

 (157) 

 (25) 

 (93) 

 (39) 

of which: Real estate financing

 

 40,653 

 34,083 

 6,559 

 11 

 

 (55) 

 (10) 

 (42) 

 (4) 

of which: Large corporate clients

 

 14,376 

 11,148 

 2,962 

 266 

 

 (308) 

 (34) 

 (58) 

 (217) 

of which: SME clients

 

 13,518 

 7,845 

 5,177 

 496 

 

 (319) 

 (21) 

 (29) 

 (269) 

of which: Lombard

 

 116,482 

 116,292 

 0 

 191 

 

 (71) 

 (11) 

 0 

 (60) 

of which: Credit cards

 

 1,396 

 1,065 

 304 

 26 

 

 (35) 

 (9) 

 (11) 

 (15) 

of which: Commodity trade finance

 

 3,194 

 3,155 

 30 

 9 

 

 (83) 

 (5) 

 0 

 (78) 

Other financial assets measured at amortized cost

 

 27,253 

 26,107 

 404 

 741 

 

 (151) 

 (40) 

 (10) 

 (100) 

of which: Loans to financial advisors

 

 2,673 

 2,090 

 201 

 382 

 

 (116) 

 (34) 

 (7) 

 (74) 

Total financial assets measured at amortized cost

 

 653,205 

 626,286 

 24,176 

 2,743 

 

 (1,249) 

 (181) 

 (247) 

 (821) 

Financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income

 

 8,624 

 8,624 

 0 

 0 

 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

Total on-balance sheet financial assets in scope of ECL requirements

 

 661,829 

 634,910 

 24,176 

 2,743 

 

 (1,249) 

 (181) 

 (247) 

 (821) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total exposure

 

ECL provision

Off-balance sheet (in scope of ECL)

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Guarantees

 

 16,313 

 14,768 

 1,369 

 176 

 

 (47) 

 (11) 

 (4) 

 (32) 

of which: Large corporate clients

 

 3,494 

 2,640 

 733 

 121 

 

 (8) 

 (3) 

 (3) 

 (3) 

of which: SME clients

 

 1,293 

 725 

 514 

 54 

 

 (25) 

 (1) 

 (1) 

 (24) 

of which: Financial intermediaries and hedge funds

 

 6,964 

 6,910 

 54 

 0 

 

 (6) 

 (6) 

 0 

 0 

of which: Lombard

 

 602 

 602 

 0 

 0 

 

 (1) 

 0 

 0 

 (1) 

of which: Commodity trade finance

 

 1,601 

 1,583 

 18 

 0 

 

 (1) 

 (1) 

 0 

 0 

Irrevocable loan commitments

 

 39,651 

 34,494 

 5,044 

 114 

 

 (121) 

 (57) 

 (64) 

 0 

of which: Large corporate clients

 

 23,167 

 18,284 

 4,838 

 45 

 

 (109) 

 (50) 

 (59) 

 0 

Forward starting reverse repurchase and securities borrowing agreements

 

 2,210 

 2,210 

 0 

 0 

 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

Committed unconditionally revocable credit lines

 

 37,822 

 32,892 

 4,870 

 60 

 

 (65) 

 (34) 

 (32) 

 0 

of which: Real estate financing

 

 5,666 

 5,019 

 647 

 0 

 

 (25) 

 (4) 

 (21) 

 0 

of which: Large corporate clients

 

 4,356 

 3,482 

 856 

 18 

 

 (9) 

 (4) 

 (5) 

 0 

of which: SME clients

 

 4,980 

 2,962 

 1,984 

 34 

 

 (17) 

 (14) 

 (4) 

 0 

of which: Lombard

 

 9,410 

 9,410 

 0 

 0 

 

 (1) 

 (1) 

 0 

 0 

of which: Credit cards

 

 8,159 

 7,726 

 425 

 8 

 

 (10) 

 (7) 

 (2) 

 0 

Irrevocable committed prolongation of existing loans

 

 4,265 

 4,240 

 25 

 1 

 

 (7) 

 (7) 

 0 

 0 

Total off-balance sheet financial instruments and other credit lines

 

 100,262 

 88,604 

 11,307 

 351 

 

 (240) 

 (108) 

 (100) 

 (32) 

Total allowances and provisions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 (1,489) 

 (289) 

 (346) 

 (853) 

1 The carrying amount of financial assets measured at amortized cost represents the total gross exposure net of the respective ECL allowances.    2 The presentation of ECL exposures by stage includes best estimates to account for the effect of management overlays on model outputs.

 

 

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USD million

 

31.3.20

 

 

Carrying amount1

 

ECL allowance

Financial instruments measured at amortized cost

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Cash and balances at central banks

 

 139,258 

 139,258 

 0 

 0 

 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

Loans and advances to banks

 

 16,972 

 16,894 

 78 

 0 

 

 (6) 

 (4) 

 (1) 

 (1) 

Receivables from securities financing transactions

 

 89,648 

 88,394 

 449 

 804 

 

 (34) 

 (2) 

 (15) 

 (16) 

Cash collateral receivables on derivative instruments

 

 39,545 

 39,545 

 0 

 0 

 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

Loans and advances to customers

 

 337,551 

 320,740 

 14,896 

 1,914 

 

 (936) 

 (101) 

 (164) 

 (671) 

of which: Private clients with mortgages

 

 134,759 

 126,633 

 7,168 

 957 

 

 (111) 

 (17) 

 (55) 

 (39) 

of which: Real estate financing

 

 39,097 

 33,876 

 5,205 

 16 

 

 (49) 

 (6) 

 (39) 

 (4) 

of which: Large corporate clients

 

 15,343 

 14,328 

 849 

 166 

 

 (191) 

 (21) 

 (35) 

 (134) 

of which: SME clients

 

 11,943 

 10,453 

 1,036 

 455 

 

 (358) 

 (18) 

 (20) 

 (320) 

of which: Lombard

 

 114,401 

 114,144 

 0 

 258 

 

 (56) 

 (10) 

 0 

 (46) 

of which: Credit cards

 

 1,317 

 985 

 308 

 23 

 

 (34) 

 (7) 

 (14) 

 (14) 

of which: Commodity trade finance

 

 2,801 

 2,778 

 13 

 10 

 

 (82) 

 (5) 

 0 

 (77) 

Other financial assets measured at amortized cost

 

 23,765 

 22,820 

 410 

 536 

 

 (143) 

 (31) 

 (15) 

 (97) 

of which: Loans to financial advisors

 

 2,699 

 2,198 

 303 

 198 

 

 (112) 

 (25) 

 (13) 

 (73) 

Total financial assets measured at amortized cost

 

 646,739 

 627,651 

 15,833 

 3,255 

 

 (1,120) 

 (139) 

 (195) 

 (786) 

Financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income

 

 7,653 

 7,653 

 0 

 0 

 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

Total on-balance sheet financial assets in scope of ECL requirements

 

 654,392 

 635,305 

 15,833 

 3,255 

 

 (1,120) 

 (139) 

 (195) 

 (786) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total exposure

 

ECL provision

Off-balance sheet (in scope of ECL)

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Guarantees

 

 17,830 

 17,387 

 361 

 83 

 

 (76) 

 (8) 

 (1) 

 (66) 

of which: Large corporate clients

 

 3,742 

 3,471 

 244 

 26 

 

 (33) 

 (1) 

 0 

 (32) 

of which: SME clients

 

 1,308 

 1,185 

 67 

 56 

 

 (28) 

 0 

 0 

 (27) 

of which: Financial intermediaries and hedge funds

 

 7,965 

 7,949 

 16 

 0 

 

 (5) 

 (5) 

 0 

 0 

of which: Lombard

 

 603 

 603 

 0 

 0 

 

 (7) 

 0 

 0 

 (7) 

of which: Commodity trade finance

 

 1,967 

 1,951 

 16 

 0 

 

 (1) 

 (1) 

 0 

 0 

Irrevocable loan commitments

 

 28,334 

 27,701 

 550 

 84 

 

 (46) 

 (34) 

 (13) 

 0 

of which: Large corporate clients

 

 18,224 

 17,712 

 453 

 59 

 

 (33) 

 (26) 

 (7) 

 0 

Forward starting reverse repurchase and securities borrowing agreements

 

 5,123 

 5,123 

 0 

 0 

 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

Committed unconditionally revocable credit lines

 

 34,487 

 33,509 

 942 

 35 

 

 (36) 

 (20) 

 (16) 

 0 

of which: Real estate financing

 

 4,989 

 4,679 

 310 

 0 

 

 (16) 

 (3) 

 (12) 

 0 

of which: Large corporate clients

 

 3,784 

 3,697 

 70 

 17 

 

 (2) 

 (1) 

 0 

 0 

of which: SME clients

 

 4,644 

 4,492 

 133 

 18 

 

 (10) 

 (9) 

 (1) 

 0 

of which: Lombard

 

 7,649 

 7,649 

 0 

 0 

 

 0 

 (1) 

 0 

 0 

of which: Credit cards

 

 8,295 

 7,923 

 371 

 0 

 

 (5) 

 (4) 

 (2) 

 0 

Irrevocable committed prolongation of existing loans

 

 4,040 

 4,038 

 0 

 2 

 

 (4) 

 (4) 

 0 

 0 

Total off-balance sheet financial instruments and other credit lines

 

 89,814 

 87,757 

 1,852 

 204 

 

 (162) 

 (66) 

 (29) 

 (66) 

Total allowances and provisions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 (1,282) 

 (205) 

 (225) 

 (852) 

1 The carrying amount of financial assets measured at amortized cost represents the total gross exposure net of the respective ECL allowances.

 

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USD million

 

31.12.19

 

 

Carrying amount1

 

ECL allowance

Financial instruments measured at amortized cost

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Cash and balances at central banks

 

 107,068 

 107,068 

 0 

 0 

 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

Loans and advances to banks

 

 12,447 

 12,367 

 80 

 0 

 

 (6) 

 (4) 

 (1) 

 (1) 

Receivables from securities financing transactions

 

 84,245 

 84,245 

 0 

 0 

 

 (2) 

 (2) 

 0 

 0 

Cash collateral receivables on derivative instruments

 

 23,289 

 23,289 

 0 

 0 

 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

Loans and advances to customers

 

 326,786 

 309,499 

 15,538 

 1,749 

 

 (764) 

 (82) 

 (123) 

 (559) 

of which: Private clients with mortgages

 

 132,646 

 124,063 

 7,624 

 959 

 

 (110) 

 (15) 

 (55) 

 (41) 

of which: Real estate financing

 

 38,481 

 32,932 

 5,532 

 17 

 

 (43) 

 (5) 

 (34) 

 (4) 

of which: Large corporate clients

 

 9,703 

 9,184 

 424 

 94 

 

 (117) 

 (15) 

 (4) 

 (98) 

of which: SME clients

 

 11,786 

 9,817 

 1,449 

 521 

 

 (303) 

 (17) 

 (15) 

 (271) 

of which: Lombard

 

 112,893 

 112,796 

 0 

 98 

 

 (22) 

 (4) 

 0 

 (18) 

of which: Credit cards

 

 1,661 

 1,314 

 325 

 22 

 

 (35) 

 (8) 

 (14) 

 (13) 

of which: Commodity trade finance

 

 2,844 

 2,826 

 8 

 10 

 

 (81) 

 (5) 

 0 

 (77) 

Other financial assets measured at amortized cost

 

 22,980 

 21,953 

 451 

 576 

 

 (143) 

 (35) 

 (13) 

 (95) 

of which: Loans to financial advisors

 

 2,877 

 2,341 

 334 

 202 

 

 (109) 

 (29) 

 (11) 

 (70) 

Total financial assets measured at amortized cost

 

 576,815 

 558,420 

 16,069 

 2,326 

 

 (915) 

 (124) 

 (137) 

 (655) 

Financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income

 

 6,345 

 6,345 

 0 

 0 

 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

Total on-balance sheet financial assets in scope of ECL requirements

 

 583,159 

 564,765 

 16,069 

 2,326 

 

 (915) 

 (124) 

 (137) 

 (655) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total exposure

 

ECL provision

Off-balance sheet (in scope of ECL)

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Guarantees

 

 18,142 

 17,757 

 304 

 82 

 

 (42) 

 (8) 

 (1) 

 (33) 

of which: Large corporate clients

 

 3,687 

 3,461 

 203 

 24 

 

 (10) 

 (1) 

 0 

 (9) 

of which: SME clients

 

 1,180 

 1,055 

 67 

 58 

 

 (24) 

 0 

 0 

 (23) 

of which: Financial intermediaries and hedge funds

 

 7,966 

 7,950 

 16 

 0 

 

 (5) 

 (4) 

 0 

 0 

of which: Lombard

 

 622 

 622 

 0 

 0 

 

 (1) 

 0 

 0 

 (1) 

of which: Commodity trade finance

 

 2,334 

 2,320 

 13 

 0 

 

 (1) 

 (1) 

 0 

 0 

Irrevocable loan commitments

 

 27,547 

 27,078 

 419 

 50 

 

 (35) 

 (30) 

 (5) 

 0 

of which: Large corporate clients

 

 18,735 

 18,349 

 359 

 27 

 

 (27) 

 (24) 

 (3) 

 0 

Forward starting reverse repurchase and securities borrowing agreements

 

 1,657 

 1,657 

 0 

 0 

 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

Committed unconditionally revocable credit lines

 

 35,092 

 33,848 

 1,197 

 46 

 

 (34) 

 (17) 

 (17) 

 0 

of which: Real estate financing

 

 5,242 

 4,934 

 307 

 0 

 

 (16) 

 (3) 

 (13) 

 0 

of which: Large corporate clients

 

 4,274 

 4,188 

 69 

 17 

 

 (1) 

 (1) 

 0 

 0 

of which: SME clients

 

 4,787 

 4,589 

 171 

 27 

 

 (9) 

 (8) 

 (1) 

 0 

of which: Lombard

 

 7,976 

 7,975 

 0 

 1 

 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

of which: Credit cards

 

 7,890 

 7,535 

 355 

 0 

 

 (6) 

 (4) 

 (2) 

 0 

of which: Commodity trade finance

 

 344 

 344 

 0 

 0 

 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

Irrevocable committed prolongation of existing loans

 

 3,289 

 3,285 

 0 

 4 

 

 (3) 

 (3) 

 0 

 0 

Total off-balance sheet financial instruments and other credit lines

 

 85,728 

 83,626 

 1,920 

 182 

 

 (114) 

 (58) 

 (23) 

 (33) 

Total allowances and provisions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 (1,029) 

 (181) 

 (160) 

 (688) 

1 The carrying amount of financial assets measured at amortized cost represents the total gross exposure net of the respective ECL allowances.

 

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The table below provides information about the ECL gross exposure and the ECL coverage ratio for our core loan portfolios: Loans and advances to customers, Other financial assets measured at amortized cost and relevant Off-balance sheet exposures. Cash and balances at central banks, Loans and advances to banks, Receivables from securities financing transactions, Cash collateral receivables on derivative instruments, and Financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income are not included in the table below due to their lower sensitivity to ECL.

ECL coverage ratios are calculated by taking ECL allowances and provisions divided by the gross carrying amount of the exposures.

 

 

ECL coverage ratios for core loan portfolios

 

30.6.20

 

 

Gross carrying amount (USD million)1

 

ECL coverage (bps)

Financial instruments measured at amortized cost

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Loans and advances to customers

 

 345,741 

 319,111 

 23,909 

 2,721 

 

 32 

 4 

 99 

 2,643 

of which: Private clients with mortgages

 

 137,720 

 128,552 

 8,169 

 1,000 

 

 11 

 2 

 113 

 394 

of which: Real estate financing

 

 40,708 

 34,093 

 6,601 

 15 

 

 14 

 3 

 63 

 2,541 

of which: Large corporate clients

 

 14,684 

 11,182 

 3,020 

 483 

 

 210 

 30 

 191 

 4,488 

of which: SME clients

 

 13,837 

 7,866 

 5,206 

 765 

 

 231 

 27 

 55 

 3,520 

of which: Lombard

 

 116,554 

 116,303 

 0 

 251 

 

 6 

 1 

 0 

 2,403 

of which: Credit cards

 

 1,430 

 1,074 

 315 

 41 

 

 242 

 81 

 354 

 3,569 

of which: Commodity trade finance

 

 3,278 

 3,160 

 30 

 87 

 

 254 

 15 

 8 

 8,973 

Other financial assets measured at amortized cost

 

 27,404 

 26,148 

 414 

 842 

 

 55 

 15 

 241 

 1,194 

of which: Loans to financial advisors

 

 2,789 

 2,124 

 208 

 456 

 

 415 

 161 

 347 

 1,627 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross exposure (USD million)

 

ECL coverage (bps)

Off-balance sheet (in scope of ECL)

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Guarantees

 

 16,313 

 14,768 

 1,369 

 176 

 

 29 

 7 

 27 

 1,831 

Irrevocable loan commitments

 

 39,651 

 34,494 

 5,044 

 114 

 

 31 

 16 

 128 

 0 

Committed unconditionally revocable credit lines

 

 37,822 

 32,892 

 4,870 

 60 

 

 17 

 10 

 65 

 0 

Irrevocable committed prolongation of existing loans

 

 4,265 

 4,240 

 25 

 1 

 

 16 

 16 

 15 

 0 

1 The presentation of ECL exposures by stage includes best estimates to account for the effect of management overlays on model outputs.

 

 

 

31.3.20

 

 

Gross carrying amount (USD million)

 

ECL coverage (bps)

Financial instruments measured at amortized cost

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Loans and advances to customers

 

 338,486 

 320,841 

 15,060 

 2,585 

 

 28 

 3 

 109 

 2,596 

of which: Private clients with mortgages

 

 134,870 

 126,650 

 7,224 

 996 

 

 8 

 1 

 77 

 390 

of which: Real estate financing

 

 39,146 

 33,881 

 5,245 

 20 

 

 12 

 2 

 75 

 2,047 

of which: Large corporate clients

 

 15,534 

 14,349 

 885 

 300 

 

 123 

 15 

 401 

 4,476 

of which: SME clients

 

 12,301 

 10,470 

 1,055 

 775 

 

 291 

 17 

 188 

 4,129 

of which: Lombard

 

 114,457 

 114,154 

 0 

 303 

 

 5 

 1 

 0 

 1,508 

of which: Credit cards

 

 1,351 

 993 

 322 

 37 

 

 254 

 72 

 420 

 3,708 

of which: Commodity trade finance

 

 2,882 

 2,783 

 13 

 87 

 

 283 

 18 

 1 

 8,818 

Other financial assets measured at amortized cost

 

 23,908 

 22,850 

 425 

 633 

 

 60 

 13 

 360 

 1,531 

of which: Loans to financial advisors

 

 2,811 

 2,224 

 317 

 271 

 

 397 

 114 

 418 

 2,702 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross exposure (USD million)

 

ECL coverage (bps)

Off-balance sheet (in scope of ECL)

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Guarantees

 

 17,830 

 17,387 

 361 

 83 

 

 42 

 5 

 30 

 8,045 

Irrevocable loan commitments

 

 28,334 

 27,701 

 550 

 84 

 

 16 

 12 

 228 

 0 

Committed unconditionally revocable credit lines

 

 34,487 

 33,509 

 942 

 35 

 

 11 

 6 

 168 

 0 

Irrevocable committed prolongation of existing loans

 

 4,040 

 4,038 

 0 

 2 

 

 10 

 10 

 0 

 0 

 

 

 

83 


Notes to the UBS Group AG interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited) 

 

Note 10   Expected credit loss measurement (continued)

 

 

 

31.12.19

 

 

Gross carrying amount (USD million)

 

ECL coverage (bps)

Financial instruments measured at amortized cost

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Loans and advances to customers

 

 327,550 

 309,581 

 15,661 

 2,308 

 

 23 

 3 

 79 

 2,420 

of which: Private clients with mortgages

 

 132,756 

 124,077 

 7,679 

 1,000 

 

 8 

 1 

 72 

 406 

of which: Real estate financing

 

 38,524 

 32,937 

 5,567 

 21 

 

 11 

 2 

 62 

 1,765 

of which: Large corporate clients

 

 9,819 

 9,199 

 429 

 192 

 

 119 

 16 

 100 

 5,088 

of which: SME clients

 

 12,089 

 9,834 

 1,464 

 791 

 

 251 

 18 

 104 

 3,420 

of which: Lombard

 

 112,915 

 112,799 

 0 

 116 

 

 2 

 0 

 0 

 1,566 

of which: Credit cards

 

 1,696 

 1,322 

 339 

 35 

 

 205 

 60 

 404 

 3,718 

of which: Commodity trade finance

 

 2,925 

 2,831 

 8 

 87 

 

 278 

 17 

 3 

 8,844 

Other financial assets measured at amortized cost

 

 23,123 

 21,988 

 463 

 672 

 

 62 

 16 

 274 

 1,420 

of which: Loans to financial advisors

 

 2,987 

 2,370 

 344 

 272 

 

 366 

 122 

 305 

 2,570 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross exposure (USD million)

 

ECL coverage (bps)

Off-balance sheet (in scope of ECL)

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

 

Total

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Guarantees

 

 18,142 

 17,757 

 304 

 82 

 

 23 

 4 

 30 

 4,032 

Irrevocable loan commitments

 

 27,547 

 27,078 

 419 

 50 

 

 13 

 11 

 120 

 0 

Committed unconditionally revocable credit lines

 

 35,092 

 33,848 

 1,197 

 46 

 

 10 

 5 

 143 

 0 

Irrevocable committed prolongation of existing loans

 

 3,289 

 3,285 

 0 

 4 

 

 8 

 8 

 0 

 0 

 

 

  

 

Note 11  Fair value measurement

This Note provides fair value measurement information for both financial and non-financial instruments and should be read in conjunction with “Note 24 Fair value measurement” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of the Annual Report 2019, which provides more information about valuation principles, valuation governance, fair value hierarchy classification, valuation adjustments, valuation techniques and inputs, sensitivity of fair value measurements, and methods applied to calculate fair values for financial instruments not measured at fair value.

All financial and non-financial assets and liabilities measured or disclosed at fair value are categorized into one of three fair value hierarchy levels. In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. For disclosure purposes, the level in the hierarchy within which the instrument is classified in its entirety is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the position’s fair value measurement:

   Level 1: quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets and liabilities;

   Level 2: valuation techniques for which all significant inputs are, or are based on, observable market data; or

   Level 3: valuation techniques for which significant inputs are not based on observable market data.


 

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Note 11   Fair value measurement (continued)

a) Fair value hierarchy

The fair value hierarchy classification of financial and non-financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value is summarized in the table below.

 

Determination of fair values from quoted market prices or valuation techniques1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

31.3.20

 

31.12.19

USD million

 

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

 

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

 

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial assets at fair value held for trading

 

 82,057 

 13,279 

 2,710 

 98,046 

 

 73,693 

 14,779 

 2,018 

 90,490 

 

 113,634 

 12,068 

 1,812 

 127,514 

of which:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity instruments

 

 64,174 

 710 

 76 

 64,960 

 

 54,966 

 535 

 185 

 55,686 

 

 96,161 

 400 

 226 

 96,787 

Government bills / bonds

 

 11,057 

 2,272 

 10 

 13,339 

 

 11,017 

 2,826 

 9 

 13,852 

 

 9,630 

 1,770 

 64 

 11,464 

Investment fund units

 

 6,282 

 1,744 

 27 

 8,053 

 

 7,077 

 1,556 

 21 

 8,654 

 

 7,088 

 1,729 

 50 

 8,867 

Corporate and municipal bonds

 

 537 

 7,296 

 779 

 8,612 

 

 618 

 8,230 

 498 

 9,346 

 

 755 

 6,617 

 542 

 7,914 

Loans

 

 0 

 980 

 1,600 

 2,580 

 

 0 

 1,205 

 1,120 

 2,325 

 

 0 

 1,180 

 791 

 1,971 

Asset-backed securities

 

 7 

 277 

 218 

 501 

 

 16 

 428 

 184 

 628 

 

 0 

 372 

 140 

 512 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments

 

 868 

 149,599 

 1,541 

 152,008 

 

 1,193 

 209,344 

 2,445 

 212,982 

 

 356 

 120,222 

 1,264 

 121,841 

of which:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

 

 472 

 53,316 

 7 

 53,795 

 

 635 

 94,070 

 26 

 94,730 

 

 240 

 52,227 

 8 

 52,474 

Interest rate contracts

 

 25 

 55,147 

 330 

 55,502 

 

 20 

 55,398 

 418 

 55,836 

 

 6 

 42,288 

 263 

 42,558 

Equity / index contracts

 

 0 

 36,195 

 795 

 36,991 

 

 4 

 53,989 

 1,301 

 55,294 

 

 7 

 22,220 

 597 

 22,825 

Credit derivative contracts

 

 0 

 1,540 

 405 

 1,945 

 

 0 

 1,574 

 669 

 2,243 

 

 0 

 1,612 

 394 

 2,007 

Commodity contracts

 

 0 

 3,302 

 1 

 3,304 

 

 0 

 3,909 

 6 

 3,915 

 

 0 

 1,820 

 0 

 1,821 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brokerage receivables

 

 0 

 19,848 

 0 

 19,848 

 

 0 

 20,319 

 0 

 20,319 

 

 0 

 18,007 

 0 

 18,007 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial assets at fair value not held for trading

 

 49,389 

 41,168 

 3,735 

 94,292 

 

 39,666 

 39,388 

 3,699 

 82,753 

 

 40,608 

 39,373 

 3,963 

 83,944 

of which:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial assets for unit-linked investment contracts

 

 26,387 

 0 

 5 

 26,392 

 

 22,826 

 0 

 0 

 22,826 

 

 27,568 

 118 

 0 

 27,686 

Corporate and municipal bonds

 

 578 

 20,737 

 0 

 21,316 

 

 655 

 19,753 

 0 

 20,408 

 

 653 

 18,732 

 0 

 19,385 

Government bills / bonds

 

 22,175 

 4,540 

 0 

 26,714 

 

 15,954 

 3,853 

 0 

 19,808 

 

 12,089 

 3,700 

 0 

 15,790 

Loans

 

 0 

 8,317 

 1,024 

 9,340 

 

 0 

 8,390 

 1,081 

 9,470 

 

 0 

 10,206 

 1,231 

 11,438 

Securities financing transactions

 

 0 

 7,163 

 126 

 7,289 

 

 0 

 6,909 

 147 

 7,056 

 

 0 

 6,148 

 147 

 6,294 

Auction rate securities

 

 0 

 0 

 1,393 

 1,393 

 

 0 

 0 

 1,393 

 1,393 

 

 0 

 0 

 1,536 

 1,536 

Investment fund units

 

 188 

 396 

 103 

 688 

 

 138 

 395 

 107 

 641 

 

 194 

 448 

 98 

 740 

Equity instruments

 

 61 

 0 

 545 

 606 

 

 93 

 3 

 454 

 549 

 

 103 

 4 

 452 

 559 

Other

 

 0 

 13 

 540 

 553 

 

 0 

 84 

 518 

 602 

 

 0 

 16 

 499 

 515 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income on a recurring basis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income

 

 1,551 

 7,074 

 0 

 8,624 

 

 1,651 

 6,002 

 0 

 7,653 

 

 1,906 

 4,439 

 0 

 6,345 

of which:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asset-backed securities

 

 0 

 6,634 

 0 

 6,634 

 

 0 

 5,507 

 0 

 5,507 

 

 0 

 3,955 

 0 

 3,955 

Government bills / bonds

 

 1,515 

 98 

 0 

 1,612 

 

 1,613 

 92 

 0 

 1,705 

 

 1,859 

 16 

 0 

 1,875 

Corporate and municipal bonds

 

 36 

 341 

 0 

 378 

 

 38 

 404 

 0 

 441 

 

 47 

 468 

 0 

 515 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Precious metals and other physical commodities

 

 4,890 

 0 

 0 

 4,890 

 

 4,050 

 0 

 0 

 4,050 

 

 4,597 

 0 

 0 

 4,597 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-financial assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other non-financial assets2

 

 0 

 0 

 130 

 130 

 

 0 

 0 

 202 

 202 

 

 0 

 0 

 199 

 199 

Total assets measured at fair value

 

 138,755 

 230,968 

 8,116 

 377,839 

 

 120,253 

 289,832 

 8,364 

 418,449 

 

 161,101 

 194,110 

 7,237 

 362,448 

 

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Notes to the UBS Group AG interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited) 

 

Note 11  Fair value measurement (continued)

Determination of fair values from quoted market prices or valuation techniques (continued)1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

31.3.20

 

31.12.19

USD million

 

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

 

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

 

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial liabilities at fair value held for trading

 

 28,216 

 6,093 

 117 

 34,426 

 

 26,965 

 5,463 

 143 

 32,571 

 

 25,791 

 4,726 

 75 

 30,591 

of which:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity instruments

 

 23,464 

 306 

 76 

 23,846 

 

 22,289 

 282 

 26 

 22,598 

 

 22,526 

 149 

 59 

 22,734 

Corporate and municipal bonds

 

 38 

 4,558 

 39 

 4,635 

 

 22 

 3,921 

 74 

 4,018 

 

 40 

 3,606 

 16 

 3,661 

Government bills / bonds

 

 4,052 

 770 

 0 

 4,822 

 

 3,880 

 710 

 0 

 4,590 

 

 2,820 

 646 

 0 

 3,466 

Investment fund units

 

 662 

 431 

 2 

 1,096 

 

 774 

 532 

 43 

 1,349 

 

 404 

 294 

 0 

 698 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments

 

 871 

 148,116 

 3,293 

 152,280 

 

 1,246 

 201,770 

 3,633 

 206,649 

 

 385 

 118,498 

 1,996 

 120,880 

of which:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

 

 447 

 54,385 

 67 

 54,899 

 

 636 

 92,515 

 65 

 93,217 

 

 248 

 53,705 

 60 

 54,013 

Interest rate contracts

 

 7 

 49,048 

 838 

 49,894 

 

 6 

 49,776 

 892 

 50,674 

 

 7 

 36,434 

 130 

 36,571 

Equity / index contracts

 

 0 

 39,622 

 1,445 

 41,067 

 

 4 

 53,968 

 1,557 

 55,528 

 

 3 

 24,171 

 1,293 

 25,468 

Credit derivative contracts

 

 0 

 1,781 

 917 

 2,698 

 

 0 

 1,875 

 1,065 

 2,940 

 

 0 

 2,448 

 512 

 2,960 

Commodity contracts

 

 0 

 3,128 

 10 

 3,138 

 

 0 

 3,437 

 0 

 3,438 

 

 0 

 1,707 

 0 

 1,707 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial liabilities designated at fair value on a recurring basis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brokerage payables designated at fair value

 

 0 

 40,248 

 0 

 40,248 

 

 0 

 37,652 

 0 

 37,652 

 

 0 

 37,233 

 0 

 37,233 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt issued designated at fair value

 

 0 

 49,123 

 9,741 

 58,864 

 

 0 

 46,013 

 7,286 

 53,299 

 

 0 

 56,943 

 9,866 

 66,809 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other financial liabilities designated at fair value

 

 0 

 36,757 

 1,145 

 37,902 

 

 0 

 30,309 

 1,227 

 31,536 

 

 0 

 35,119 

 822 

 35,940 

of which:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial liabilities related to unit-linked investment contracts

 

 0 

 26,573 

 0 

 26,573 

 

 0 

 23,150 

 0 

 23,150 

 

 0 

 28,145 

 0 

 28,145 

Securities financing transactions

 

 0 

 8,371 

 0 

 8,371 

 

 0 

 5,992 

 0 

 5,992 

 

 0 

 5,742 

 0 

 5,742 

Over-the-counter debt instruments

 

 0 

 1,796 

 1,057 

 2,852 

 

 0 

 1,159 

 1,138 

 2,297 

 

 0 

 1,231 

 791 

 2,022 

Total liabilities measured at fair value

 

 29,087 

 280,337 

 14,296 

 323,721 

 

 28,211 

 321,207 

 12,289 

 361,707 

 

 26,176 

 252,518 

 12,759 

 291,452 

1 Bifurcated embedded derivatives are presented on the same balance sheet lines as their host contracts and are not included in this table. The fair value of these derivatives was not material for the periods presented.    2 Other non-financial assets primarily consist of properties and other non-current assets held for sale, which are measured at fair value less costs to sell as a result of meeting the held-for-sale criteria.

 

b) Valuation adjustments

Deferred day-1 profit or loss reserves

The table below summarizes the changes in deferred day-1 profit or loss reserves during the relevant period.


Deferred day-1 profit or loss is generally released into Other net income from financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss when pricing of equivalent products or the underlying parameters become observable or when the transaction is closed out.

 

Deferred day-1 profit or loss reserves

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the quarter ended

 

Year-to-date

USD million

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

Reserve balance at the beginning of the period

 

 194 

 146 

 161 

 

 146 

 255 

Profit / (loss) deferred on new transactions

 

 121 

 118 

 58 

 

 239 

 90 

(Profit) / loss recognized in the income statement

 

 (72) 

 (69) 

 (60) 

 

 (141) 

 (187) 

Foreign currency translation

 

 0 

 (1) 

 0 

 

 (1) 

 (1) 

Reserve balance at the end of the period

 

 243 

 194 

 158 

 

 243 

 158 

 

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Note 11  Fair value measurement (continued)

Own credit

The valuation of financial liabilities designated at fair value requires consideration of the own credit component of fair value. Own credit risk is reflected in the valuation of UBS’s fair value option liabilities where this component is considered relevant for valuation purposes by UBS’s counterparties and other market participants. However, own credit risk is not reflected in the valuation of UBS’s liabilities that are fully collateralized or for other obligations for which it is established market practice to not include an own credit component.

The description of UBS’s methodology to estimate own credit and the related accounting principles is included in “Note 24 Fair value measurement” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of the Annual Report 2019.

In the second quarter of 2020, other comprehensive income related to own credit on financial liabilities designated at fair value was negative USD 1,095 million, primarily due to a significant tightening of UBS’s credit spreads, which have largely returned to the levels observed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Own credit adjustments on financial liabilities designated at fair value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Included in Other comprehensive income

 

 

For the quarter ended

 

Year-to-date

USD million

 

30.6.20

 

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

Recognized during the period:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realized gain / (loss)

 

 8 

 

 1 

 6 

 

 9 

 6 

Unrealized gain / (loss)

 

 (1,103) 

 

 1,156 

 66 

 

 53 

 (260) 

Total gain / (loss), before tax

 

 (1,095) 

 

 1,156 

 72 

 

 62 

 (254) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of

 

 

 

USD million

 

30.6.20

 

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

 

 

Recognized on the balance sheet as of the end of the period:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized life-to-date gain / (loss)

 

 (31) 

 

 1,069 

 60 

 

 

 

 

Credit, funding, debit and other valuation adjustments

A description of UBS’s methodology for estimating credit valuation adjustments (CVAs), funding valuation adjustments (FVAs), debit valuation adjustments (DVAs) and other valuation adjustments is included in “Note 24 Fair value measurement” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of the Annual Report 2019.

In the second quarter of 2020, CVAs and FVAs decreased due to the reversal of the significant widening of credit and funding spreads observed in the first quarter of 2020 as a result of the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Other valuation adjustments for liquidity and model uncertainty also decreased, primarily due to smaller bid–offer spreads as markets stabilized during the second quarter of 2020.

 

Valuation adjustments on financial instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of

Life-to-date gain / (loss), USD million

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

31.12.19

Credit valuation adjustments1

 

 (78) 

 (92) 

 (48) 

Funding valuation adjustments2

 

 (141) 

 (378) 

 (93) 

Debit valuation adjustments

 

 1 

 2 

 1 

Other valuation adjustments

 

 (715) 

 (879) 

 (566) 

of which: liquidity

 

 (385) 

 (536) 

 (300) 

of which: model uncertainty

 

 (330) 

 (343) 

 (266) 

1 Amounts do not include reserves against defaulted counterparties.    2 Includes FVAs on structured financing transactions of USD 44 million as of 30 June 2020, USD 194 million as of 31 March 2020 and USD 43 million as of 31 December 2019.

 

c) Transfers between Level 1 and Level 2

The amounts disclosed in this section reflect transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 for instruments that were held for the entire reporting period.


Assets and liabilities transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 during the first six months of 2020, or from Level 1 to Level 2 during the first six months of 2020, were not material.

  

 

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Note 11  Fair value measurement (continued)

d) Level 3 instruments: valuation techniques and inputs

The table below presents significant Level 3 assets and liabilities together with the valuation techniques used to measure fair value, the significant inputs used in the valuation technique that are considered unobservable and a range of values for those unobservable inputs.

The range of values represents the highest- and lowest-level inputs used in the valuation techniques. Therefore, the range does not reflect the level of uncertainty regarding a particular input, but rather the different underlying characteristics of the relevant assets and liabilities. The ranges will therefore vary from period to period and parameter to parameter, based on characteristics of the instruments held at each balance sheet date. Furthermore, the ranges and weighted averages of unobservable inputs may differ across other financial institutions due to the diversity of the products in each firm’s inventory.

The significant unobservable inputs disclosed in the table below are consistent with those included in “Note 24 Fair value measurement” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of the Annual Report 2019. A description of the potential effect that a change in each unobservable input in isolation may have on a fair value measurement, including information to facilitate an understanding of factors that give rise to the input ranges shown, is also provided in “Note 24 Fair value measurement” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of the Annual Report 2019.

 

 

Valuation techniques and inputs used in the fair value measurement of Level 3 assets and liabilities

 

Fair value

 

 

 

Significant unobservable input(s)1

Range of inputs

 

Assets

 

Liabilities

 

Valuation technique(s)

 

30.6.20

 

31.12.19

 

USD billion

30.6.20

31.12.19

 

30.6.20

31.12.19

 

 

low

high

weighted average2

 

low

high

weighted average2

unit1

Financial assets and liabilities at fair value held for trading and Financial assets at fair value not held for trading

Corporate and municipal bonds

 0.8 

 0.5 

 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 

Relative value to market comparable

 

Bond price equivalent

 0 

 143 

 101 

 

 0 

 143 

 101 

points

Traded loans, loans designated at fair value, loan commitments and guarantees

 3.1 

 2.4 

 

 0.1 

 0.0 

 

Relative value to market comparable

 

Loan price equivalent

 0 

 100 

 99 

 

 0 

 101 

 99 

points

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discounted expected cash flows

 

Credit spread

 250 

 1,000 

 

 

 225 

 530 

 

basis points

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market comparable and securitization model

 

Discount margin

 1 

 19 

 3 

 

 0 

 14 

 2 

%

Auction rate securities

 1.4 

 1.5 

 

 

 

 

Relative value to market comparable

 

Bond price equivalent

 79 

 91 

 80 

 

 79 

 98 

 88 

points

Investment fund units3

 0.1 

 0.1 

 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 

Relative value to market comparable

 

Net asset value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity instruments3

 0.6 

 0.7 

 

 0.1 

 0.1 

 

Relative value to market comparable

 

Price

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt issued designated at fair value4

 

 

 

 9.7 

 9.9 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other financial liabilities designated at fair value

 

 

 

 1.1 

 0.8 

 

Discounted expected cash flows

 

Funding spread

 44 

 175 

 

 

 44 

 175 

 

basis points

Derivative financial instruments

Interest rate contracts

 0.3 

 0.3 

 

 0.8 

 0.1 

 

Option model

 

Volatility of interest rates

 33 

 80 

 

 

 15 

 63 

 

basis points

Credit derivative contracts

 0.4 

 0.4 

 

 0.9 

 0.5 

 

Discounted expected cash flows

 

Credit spreads

 (2) 

 558 

 

 

 1 

 700 

 

basis points

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bond price equivalent

 0 

 113 

 

 

 0 

 100 

 

points

Equity / index contracts

 0.8 

 0.6 

 

 1.4 

 1.3 

 

Option model

 

Equity dividend yields

 0 

 14 

 

 

 0 

 14 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volatility of equity stocks, equity and other indices

 4 

 125 

 

 

 4 

 105 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity-to-FX correlation

 (45) 

 61 

 

 

 (45) 

 71 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity-to-equity correlation

 (17) 

 99 

 

 

 (17) 

 98 

 

%

1 The ranges of significant unobservable inputs are represented in points, percentages and basis points. Points are a percentage of par (e.g., 100 points would be 100% of par).    2 Weighted averages are provided for non-derivative financial instruments and were calculated by weighting inputs based on the fair values of the respective instruments. Weighted averages are not provided for inputs related to derivative contracts as this would not be meaningful.    3 The range of inputs is not disclosed as there is a dispersion of values given the diverse nature of the investments.    4 Valuation techniques, significant unobservable inputs and the respective input ranges for Debt issued designated at fair value are the same as the equivalent derivative instruments presented elsewhere in this table.   

 

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e) Level 3 instruments: sensitivity to changes in unobservable input assumptions

The table below summarizes those financial assets and liabilities classified as Level 3 for which a change in one or more of the unobservable inputs to reflect reasonably possible alternative assumptions would change fair value significantly, and the estimated effect thereof.

The table shown presents the favorable and unfavorable effects for each class of financial assets and liabilities for which the potential change in fair value is considered significant. The sensitivity of fair value measurements for debt issued designated at fair value and over-the-counter debt instruments designated at fair value is reported with the equivalent derivative or structured financing instrument within the table below.


The sensitivity data shown below presents an estimation of valuation uncertainty based on reasonably possible alternative values for Level 3 inputs at the balance sheet date and does not represent the estimated effect of stress scenarios. Typically, these financial assets and liabilities are sensitive to a combination of inputs from Levels 1–3. Although well-defined interdependencies may exist between Levels 1–2 and Level 3 parameters (e.g., between interest rates, which are generally Level 1 or Level 2, and prepayments, which are generally Level 3), these have not been incorporated in the table. Furthermore, direct interrelationships between the Level 3 parameters are not a significant element of the valuation uncertainty.

 

Sensitivity of fair value measurements to changes in unobservable input assumptions1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

31.3.20

 

31.12.19

USD million

 

Favorable

changes

Unfavorable

changes

 

Favorable

changes

Unfavorable

changes

 

Favorable

changes

Unfavorable

changes

Traded loans, loans designated at fair value, loan commitments and guarantees

 

 71 

 (83) 

 

 165 

 (209) 

 

 46 

 (21) 

Securities financing transactions

 

 26 

 (26) 

 

 35 

 (33) 

 

 11 

 (11) 

Auction rate securities

 

 105 

 (105) 

 

 105 

 (105) 

 

 87 

 (87) 

Asset-backed securities

 

 45 

 (45) 

 

 42 

 (51) 

 

 35 

 (40) 

Equity instruments

 

 160 

 (92) 

 

 150 

 (82) 

 

 140 

 (80) 

Interest rate derivative contracts, net

 

 12 

 (23) 

 

 16 

 (20) 

 

 8 

 (17) 

Credit derivative contracts, net

 

 62

 (11)2

 

 34 

 (38) 

 

 31 

 (35) 

Foreign exchange derivative contracts, net

 

 14 

 (8) 

 

 15 

 (13) 

 

 12 

 (8) 

Equity / index derivative contracts, net

 

 351 

 (352) 

 

 362 

 (429) 

 

 183 

 (197) 

Other

 

 35 

 (35) 

 

 48 

 (50) 

 

 47 

 (51) 

Total

 

 824 

 (780) 

 

 972 

 (1,028) 

 

 600 

 (547) 

1 Sensitivity of issued and over-the-counter debt instruments is reported with the equivalent derivative or securities financing instrument.    2 Includes refinements applied in estimating valuation uncertainty, resulting from a move to use issuer specific proxy credit default swap curves rather than generic curves.

 

 

f) Level 3 instruments: movements during the period

Significant changes in Level 3 instruments

The table on the following pages presents additional information about significant Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis. Level 3 assets and liabilities may be hedged with instruments classified as Level 1 or Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy and, as a result, realized and unrealized gains and losses included in the table may not comprise the effect of related hedging activity. Furthermore, the realized and unrealized gains and losses presented within the table are not limited solely to those arising from Level 3 inputs, as valuations are generally derived from both observable and unobservable parameters.

 

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Note 11  Fair value measurement (continued)

Movements of Level 3 instruments1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total gains / losses included in comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USD billion

Balance

as of

31 December 2018

Net gains / losses included in income2

of which: related to Level 3 instruments held at the end of the reporting period

Purchases

Sales

Issuances

Settlements

Transfers

into

Level 3

Transfers

out of

Level 3

Foreign currency translation

Balance

as of

30 June

2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial assets at fair value held for trading

 2.0 

 (0.1) 

 0.0 

 0.3 

 (1.2) 

 0.8 

 0.0 

 0.2 

 (0.3) 

 0.0 

 1.6 

of which:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment fund units

 0.4 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 (0.2) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 (0.2) 

 0.0 

 0.2 

Corporate and municipal bonds

 0.7 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 (0.2) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 (0.1) 

 0.0 

 0.5 

Loans

 0.7 

 (0.1) 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 (0.7) 

 0.8 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.7 

Other

 0.2 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.3 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments – assets

 1.4 

 (0.2) 

 (0.1) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.3 

 (0.2) 

 0.2 

 (0.1) 

 0.0 

 1.5 

of which:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate contracts

 0.4 

 (0.1) 

 (0.1) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.6 

Equity / index contracts

 0.5 

 (0.1) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 (0.1) 

 0.0 

 0.4 

Credit derivative contracts

 0.5 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 (0.1) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.5 

Other

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial assets at fair value not held for trading

 4.4 

 0.3 

 0.3 

 0.3 

 (0.4) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.2 

 (0.9) 

 0.0 

 3.9 

of which:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans

 1.8 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 0.1 

 (0.1) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.2 

 (0.9) 

 0.0 

 1.3 

Auction rate securities

 1.7 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 (0.1) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 1.6 

Equity instruments

 0.5 

 0.1 

 0.1 

 0.0 

 (0.2) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.5 

Other

 0.5 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.6 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments – liabilities

 2.2 

 0.0 

 (0.1) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.2 

 (0.4) 

 0.1 

 (0.2) 

 0.0 

 1.9 

of which:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate contracts

 0.2 

 (0.1) 

 (0.1) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.2 

Equity / index contracts

 1.4 

 0.0 

 (0.1) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 (0.3) 

 0.0 

 (0.2) 

 0.0 

 1.0 

Credit derivative contracts

 0.5 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 (0.1) 

 0.1 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.6 

Other

 0.1 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt issued designated at fair value

 11.0 

 0.4 

 0.4 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 3.9 

 (2.2) 

 0.3 

 (2.1) 

 0.0 

 11.4 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other financial liabilities designated at fair value

 1.0 

 0.1 

 0.1 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.2 

 (0.7) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.7 

1 Effective 2020, UBS has enhanced its disclosure of Level 3 movements by excluding from the table the impacts of instruments purchased during the period and sold prior to the end of the period. Prior-period comparatives have been restated accordingly.    2 Net gains / losses included in comprehensive income are comprised of Net interest income, Other net income from financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss and Other income.    3 Total Level 3 assets as of 30 June 2020 were USD 8.1 billion (31 December 2019: USD 7.2 billion). Total Level 3 liabilities as of 30 June 2020 were USD 14.3 billion (31 December 2019: USD 12.8 billion).       

 

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Total gains / losses included in comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance

as of

31 December

20193

Net gains / losses included in income2

of which: related to Level 3 instruments held at the end of the reporting period

Purchases

Sales

Issuances

Settlements

Transfers

into

Level 3

Transfers

out of

Level 3

Foreign

currency

translation

Balance

as of

30 June

20203

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 1.8 

 (0.1) 

 0.0 

 0.3 

 (1.0) 

 1.4 

 0.0 

 0.3 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 2.7 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.5 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.2 

 (0.2) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.2 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.8 

 0.8 

 (0.1) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 (0.6) 

 1.4 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 1.6 

 0.4 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 (0.2) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.3 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 1.3 

 0.3 

 0.4 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.5 

 (0.5) 

 0.0 

 (0.1) 

 0.0 

 1.5 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 0.3 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 (0.2) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.3 

 0.6 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.5 

 (0.2) 

 0.0 

 (0.1) 

 0.0 

 0.8 

 0.4 

 0.1 

 0.1 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 (0.2) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.4 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 4.0 

 (0.1) 

 (0.1) 

 0.5 

 (0.6) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 3.7 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 1.2 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.4 

 (0.5) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 1.0 

 1.5 

 (0.1) 

 (0.1) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 1.4 

 0.5 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.5 

 0.7 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 (0.1) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.8 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 2.0 

 1.2 

 1.1 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.5 

 (0.8) 

 0.6 

 (0.3) 

 0.0 

 3.3 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 0.1 

 0.7 

 0.7 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 (0.3) 

 0.3 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.8 

 1.3 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.5 

 (0.4) 

 0.0 

 (0.2) 

 0.0 

 1.4 

 0.5 

 0.3 

 0.3 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 (0.1) 

 0.3 

 (0.1) 

 0.0 

 0.9 

 0.1 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 9.9 

 0.2 

 0.3 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 3.9 

 (3.5) 

 0.4 

 (1.0) 

 0.0 

 9.7 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 0.8 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.6 

 (0.3) 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 1.1 

 

 

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Notes to the UBS Group AG interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited) 

 

Note 11   Fair value measurement (continued)

Assets and liabilities transferred into or out of Level 3 are presented as if those assets or liabilities had been transferred at the beginning of the year.

Assets transferred into and out of Level 3 in the first six months of 2020 totaled USD 0.4 billion and USD 0.2 billion, respectively. Transfers into Level 3 mainly consisted of corporate and municipal bonds, reflecting decreased observability of the relevant valuation inputs.


Liabilities transferred into and out of Level 3 in the first six months of 2020 totaled USD 1.0 billion and USD 1.3 billion, respectively. Transfers into Level 3 mainly consisted of debt issued designated at fair value, primarily credit-linked and equity-linked issued debt instruments, as well as credit and interest rate derivative contracts due to decreased observability of the relevant valuation inputs. Transfers out of Level 3 mainly consisted of debt issued designated at fair value, primarily equity-linked issued debt instruments, due to increased observability of the embedded derivative inputs.

 

g) Financial instruments not measured at fair value

The table below reflects the estimated fair values of financial instruments not measured at fair value.

 

Financial instruments not measured at fair value

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

31.3.20

 

31.12.19

USD billion

 

Carrying amount

Fair value

 

Carrying amount

Fair value

 

Carrying amount

Fair value

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and balances at central banks

 

 149.5 

 149.5 

 

 139.3 

 139.3 

 

 107.1 

 107.1 

Loans and advances to banks

 

 15.6 

 15.6 

 

 17.0 

 17.0 

 

 12.4 

 12.4 

Receivables from securities financing transactions

 

 85.3 

 85.3 

 

 89.6 

 89.7 

 

 84.2 

 84.2 

Cash collateral receivables on derivative instruments

 

 30.8 

 30.8 

 

 39.5 

 39.5 

 

 23.3 

 23.3 

Loans and advances to customers

 

 344.7 

 344.7 

 

 337.6 

 339.4 

 

 326.8 

 329.1 

Other financial assets measured at amortized cost

 

 27.3 

 27.8 

 

 23.8 

 24.5 

 

 23.0 

 23.2 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts due to banks

 

 12.4 

 12.4 

 

 18.8 

 18.8 

 

 6.6 

 6.6 

Payables from securities financing transactions

 

 12.0 

 12.0 

 

 12.9 

 12.9 

 

 7.8 

 7.8 

Cash collateral payables on derivative instruments

 

 36.9 

 36.9 

 

 45.6 

 45.6 

 

 31.4 

 31.4 

Customer deposits

 

 474.3 

 474.4 

 

 465.9 

 466.1 

 

 448.3 

 448.4 

Debt issued measured at amortized cost

 

 126.7 

 127.8 

 

 115.4 

 113.0 

 

 110.5 

 113.6 

Other financial liabilities measured at amortized cost1

 

 5.8 

 5.8 

 

 6.1 

 6.1 

 

 5.8 

 5.7 

1 Excludes lease liabilities.

 

The fair values included in the table above have been calculated for disclosure purposes only. The fair value valuation techniques and assumptions relate only to the fair value of UBS’s financial instruments not measured at fair value. Other institutions may use different methods and assumptions for their fair value estimation, and therefore such fair value disclosures cannot necessarily be compared from one financial institution to another.

 

  

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Note 12  Derivative instruments

 

a) Derivative instruments

As of 30.6.20, USD billion

 

Derivative

financial

assets

Notional values

related to derivative

financial assets3

Derivative

financial

liabilities

Notional values

related to derivative

financial liabilities3

Other

notional

values4

Derivative financial instruments1,2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate contracts

 

 55.5 

 910 

 49.9 

 887 

 11,797 

Credit derivative contracts

 

 1.9 

 66 

 2.7 

 68 

 0 

Foreign exchange contracts

 

 53.8 

 2,971 

 54.9 

 2,818 

 2 

Equity / index contracts

 

 37.0 

 376 

 41.1 

 474 

 105 

Commodity contracts

 

 3.3 

 66 

 3.1 

 58 

 11 

Unsettled purchases of non-derivative financial instruments5

 

 0.3 

 32 

 0.2 

 12 

 

Unsettled sales of non-derivative financial instruments5

 

 0.2 

 31 

 0.4 

 18 

 

Total derivative financial instruments, based on IFRS netting6

 

 152.0 

 4,451 

 152.3 

 4,334 

 11,914 

Further netting potential not recognized on the balance sheet7

 

 (138.1) 

 

 (134.3) 

 

 

of which: netting of recognized financial liabilities / assets

 

 (112.3) 

 

 (112.3) 

 

 

of which: netting with collateral received / pledged

 

 (25.8) 

 

 (21.9) 

 

 

Total derivative financial instruments, after consideration of further netting potential

 

 13.9 

 

 18.0 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of 31.3.20, USD billion

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments1,2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate contracts

 

 55.8 

 971 

 50.7 

 924 

 12,095 

Credit derivative contracts

 

 2.2 

 81 

 2.9 

 68 

 0 

Foreign exchange contracts

 

 94.7 

 3,413 

 93.2 

 3,221 

 2 

Equity / index contracts

 

 55.3 

 422 

 55.5 

 487 

 111 

Commodity contracts

 

 3.9 

 73 

 3.4 

 70 

 11 

Unsettled purchases of non-derivative financial instruments5

 

 0.4 

 38 

 0.4 

 16 

 

Unsettled sales of non-derivative financial instruments5

 

 0.5 

 39 

 0.5 

 22 

 

Total derivative financial instruments, based on IFRS netting6

 

 213.0 

 5,037 

 206.6 

 4,807 

 12,219 

Further netting potential not recognized on the balance sheet7

 

 (193.2) 

 

 (186.6) 

 

 

of which: netting of recognized financial liabilities / assets

 

 (160.7) 

 

 (160.7) 

 

 

of which: netting with collateral received / pledged

 

 (32.5) 

 

 (25.9) 

 

 

Total derivative financial instruments, after consideration of further netting potential

 

 19.8 

 

 20.1 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of 31.12.19, USD billion

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments1,2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate contracts

 

 42.6 

 1,007 

 36.6 

 961 

 11,999 

Credit derivative contracts

 

 2.0 

 70 

 3.0 

 70 

 0 

Foreign exchange contracts

 

 52.5 

 3,173 

 54.0 

 2,994 

 1 

Equity / index contracts

 

 22.8 

 420 

 25.5 

 534 

 122 

Commodity contracts

 

 1.8 

 56 

 1.7 

 60 

 13 

Unsettled purchases of non-derivative financial instruments5

 

 0.1 

 17 

 0.1 

 7 

 

Unsettled sales of non-derivative financial instruments5

 

 0.1 

 15 

 0.1 

 10 

 

Total derivative financial instruments, based on IFRS netting6

 

 121.8 

 4,759 

 120.9 

 4,635 

 12,135 

Further netting potential not recognized on the balance sheet7

 

 (110.7) 

 

 (106.1) 

 

 

of which: netting of recognized financial liabilities / assets

 

 (89.3) 

 

 (89.3) 

 

 

of which: netting with collateral received / pledged

 

 (21.4) 

 

 (16.8) 

 

 

Total derivative financial instruments, after consideration of further netting potential

 

 11.1 

 

 14.8 

 

 

1 Derivative financial liabilities as of 30 June 2020 include USD 35 million related to derivative loan commitments (31 March 2020: USD 43 million; 31 December 2019: USD 17 million). No notional amounts related to these commitments are included in this table, but they are disclosed in Note 17, under Loan commitments.    2 Includes certain forward starting repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements that are classified as measured at fair value through profit or loss and are recognized within derivative instruments. The fair value of these derivative instruments was not material for any periods presented. No notional amounts related to these instruments are included in this table, but they are disclosed in Note 17, under Forward starting transactions.    3 In cases where derivative financial instruments are presented on a net basis on the balance sheet, the respective notional values of the netted derivative financial instruments are still presented on a gross basis.    4 Other notional values relate to derivatives that are cleared through either a central counterparty or an exchange. The fair value of these derivatives is presented on the balance sheet net of the corresponding cash margin under Cash collateral receivables on derivative instruments and Cash collateral payables on derivative instruments and was not material for any periods presented.    5 Changes in the fair value of purchased and sold non-derivative financial instruments between trade date and settlement date are recognized as derivative financial instruments.    6 Financial assets and liabilities are presented net on the balance sheet if UBS has the unconditional and legally enforceable right to offset the recognized amounts, both in the normal course of business and in the event of default, bankruptcy or insolvency of the entity and all of the counterparties, and intends either to settle on a net basis or to realize the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.    7 Reflects the netting potential in accordance with enforceable master netting and similar arrangements where not all criteria for a net presentation on the balance sheet have been met. Refer to “Note 25 Offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of the Annual Report 2019 for more information.

 

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Notes to the UBS Group AG interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited) 

 

Note 12  Derivative instruments (continued)

Derivative financial assets decreased by USD 61 billion and derivative financial liabilities decreased by USD 54 billion compared with the first quarter of 2020, mainly reflecting roll-offs and market-driven movements in foreign exchange and equity / index contracts in our Derivatives & Solutions and Financing businesses in the Investment Bank.

 

b) Cash collateral on derivative instruments

USD billion

 

Receivables

30.6.20

Payables

30.6.20

 

Receivables

31.3.20

Payables

31.3.20

 

Receivables

31.12.19

Payables

31.12.19

Cash collateral on derivative instruments, based on IFRS netting1

 

 30.8 

 36.9 

 

 39.5 

 45.6 

 

 23.3 

 31.4 

Further netting potential not recognized on the balance sheet2

 

 (18.0) 

 (20.1) 

 

 (21.7) 

 (24.2) 

 

 (14.4) 

 (18.1) 

of which: netting of recognized financial liabilities / assets

 

 (16.7) 

 (18.3) 

 

 (19.6) 

 (21.8) 

 

 (13.3) 

 (16.5) 

of which: netting with collateral received / pledged

 

 (1.3) 

 (1.8) 

 

 (2.1) 

 (2.4) 

 

 (1.1) 

 (1.7) 

Cash collateral on derivative instruments, after consideration of further netting potential

 

 12.8 

 16.8 

 

 17.9 

 21.5 

 

 8.9 

 13.3 

1 Financial assets and liabilities are presented net on the balance sheet if UBS has the unconditional and legally enforceable right to offset the recognized amounts, both in the normal course of business and in the event of default, bankruptcy or insolvency of UBS or its counterparties, and intends either to settle on a net basis or to realize the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.    2 Reflects the netting potential in accordance with enforceable master netting and similar arrangements where not all criteria for a net presentation on the balance sheet have been met. Refer to “Note 25 Offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of the Annual Report 2019 for more information.

 

  

 

Note 13  Other assets and liabilities

 

a) Other financial assets measured at amortized cost

USD million

30.6.20

31.3.20

31.12.19

Debt securities

 19,062 

 14,118 

 14,141 

of which: government bills / bonds

 9,812 

 8,458 

 8,492 

Loans to financial advisors1

 2,673 

 2,699 

 2,877 

Fee- and commission-related receivables

 1,650 

 2,094 

 1,521 

Finance lease receivables

 1,409 

 1,386 

 1,444 

Settlement and clearing accounts

 317 

 893 

 587 

Accrued interest income

 624 

 624 

 742 

Other

 1,518 

 1,951 

 1,669 

Total other financial assets measured at amortized cost

 27,253 

 23,765 

 22,980 

1 Related to financial advisors in the US and Canada.

 

b) Other non-financial assets

USD million

30.6.20

31.3.20

31.12.19

Precious metals and other physical commodities

 4,890 

 4,050 

 4,597 

Bail deposit1

 1,300 

 1,273 

 1,293 

Prepaid expenses

 980 

 1,069 

 927 

VAT and other tax receivables

 374 

 384 

 493 

Properties and other non-current assets held for sale

 242 

 202 

 199 

Other 

 390 

 657 

 346 

Total other non-financial assets

 8,177 

 7,634 

 7,856 

1 Refer to item 1 in Note 16b for more information.

 

c) Other financial liabilities measured at amortized cost

USD million

30.6.20

31.3.20

31.12.19

Other accrued expenses

 1,607 

 1,835 

 1,928 

Accrued interest expenses

 1,155 

 1,065 

 1,562 

Settlement and clearing accounts

 1,818 

 1,844 

 1,379 

Lease liabilities

 3,850 

 3,830 

 3,943 

Other

 1,268 

 1,360 

 900 

Total other financial liabilities measured at amortized cost

 9,699 

 9,934 

 9,712 

 

 

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Note 13  Other assets and liabilities (continued)

 

d) Other financial liabilities designated at fair value

USD million

30.6.20

31.3.20

31.12.19

Financial liabilities related to unit-linked investment contracts

 26,573 

 23,150 

 28,145 

Securities financing transactions

 8,371 

 5,992 

 5,742 

Over-the-counter debt instruments

 2,852 

 2,297 

 2,022 

Other

 105 

 96 

 31 

Total other financial liabilities designated at fair value

 37,902 

 31,536 

 35,940 

of which: life-to-date own credit (gain) / loss

 (64) 

 (217) 

 (4) 

 

e) Other non-financial liabilities

USD million

30.6.20

31.3.20

31.12.19

Compensation-related liabilities

 5,799 

 4,514 

 6,812 

of which: Deferred Contingent Capital Plan

 1,561 

 1,464 

 1,855 

of which: financial advisor compensation plans

 1,267 

 1,189 

 1,463 

of which: other compensation plans

 1,575 

 648 

 2,310 

of which: net defined benefit pension and post-employment liabilities

 771 

 629 

 633 

of which: other compensation-related liabilities1

 624 

 585 

 552 

Deferred tax liabilities

 675 

 800 

 311 

Current tax liabilities

 875 

 705 

 852 

VAT and other tax payables

 518 

 575 

 475 

Deferred income

 249 

 219 

 141 

Other

 186 

 245 

 202 

Total other non-financial liabilities

 8,302 

 7,059 

 8,794 

1 Includes liabilities for payroll taxes and untaken vacation.

 

  

 

Note 14  Debt issued designated at fair value

USD million

30.6.20

31.3.20

31.12.19

Issued debt instruments

 

 

 

Equity-linked1

 35,657 

 32,927 

 41,722 

Rates-linked

 13,694 

 12,898 

 16,318 

Credit-linked

 1,866 

 1,682 

 1,916 

Fixed-rate

 4,436 

 3,797 

 4,636 

Commodity-linked

 1,335 

 1,249 

 1,567 

Other

 1,876 

 746 

 649 

of which: debt that contributes to total loss-absorbing capacity

 1,220 

 259 

 217 

Total debt issued designated at fair value

 58,864 

 53,299 

 66,809 

of which: issued by UBS AG with original maturity greater than one year2

 41,403 

 37,364 

 51,031 

of which: life-to-date own credit (gain) / loss

 95 

 (852) 

 92 

1 Includes investment fund unit-linked instruments issued.    2 Issued by the legal entity UBS AG. Based on original contractual maturity without considering any early redemption features. 100% of the balance as of 30 June 2020 was unsecured (31 March 2020: 100% of the balance was unsecured; 31 December 2019: more than 99% of the balance was unsecured).

 

  

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Notes to the UBS Group AG interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited) 

Note 15  Debt issued measured at amortized cost

USD million

30.6.20

31.3.20

31.12.19

Certificates of deposit

 16,401 

 9,246 

 5,190 

Commercial paper

 16,156 

 15,453 

 14,413 

Other short-term debt

 3,877 

 2,468 

 2,235 

Short-term debt1

 36,434 

 27,167 

 21,837 

Senior unsecured debt that contributes to total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC)

 31,258 

 33,895 

 30,105 

Senior unsecured debt other than TLAC

 26,519 

 22,282 

 25,569 

of which: issued by UBS AG with original maturity greater than one year2

 21,729 

 20,576 

 22,349 

Covered bonds

 2,605 

 2,570 

 2,633 

Subordinated debt

 21,130 

 20,917 

 21,775 

of which: high-trigger loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital instruments

 11,041 

 10,902 

 11,931 

of which: low-trigger loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital instruments

 2,491 

 2,464 

 2,414 

of which: low-trigger loss-absorbing tier 2 capital instruments

 7,063 

 7,017 

 6,892 

of which: non-Basel III-compliant tier 2 capital instruments

 534 

 534 

 540 

Debt issued through the Swiss central mortgage institutions

 8,795 

 8,597 

 8,574 

Other long-term debt

 3 

 3 

 4 

Long-term debt3

 90,310 

 88,265 

 88,660 

Total debt issued measured at amortized cost4

 126,744 

 115,432 

 110,497 

1 Debt with an original contractual maturity of less than one year.    2 Issued by the legal entity UBS AG. Based on original contractual maturity without considering any early redemption features. As of 30 June 2020, 100% of the balance was unsecured (31 March 2020: 100% of the balance was unsecured; 31 December 2019: 100% of the balance was unsecured).    3 Debt with an original contractual maturity greater than or equal to one year. The classification of debt issued into short-term and long-term does not consider any early redemption features.    4 Net of bifurcated embedded derivatives, the fair value of which was not material for the periods presented.

 

  

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Note 16   Provisions and contingent liabilities

a) Provisions

The table below presents an overview of total provisions.

USD million

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

31.12.19

Provisions other than provisions for expected credit losses

 

 2,361 

 2,404 

 2,861 

Provisions for expected credit losses

 

 240 

 162 

 114 

Total provisions

 

 2,601 

 2,566 

 2,974 

 

 

The following table presents additional information for provisions other than provisions for expected credit losses.

 

USD million

Litigation, regulatory and similar matters1

Restructuring

Other3

Total

Balance as of 31 December 2019

 2,475 

 106 

 280 

 2,861 

Balance as of 31 March 2020

 1,998 

 142 

 264 

 2,404 

Increase in provisions recognized in the income statement

 20 

 20 

 8 

 49 

Release of provisions recognized in the income statement

 (18) 

 (8) 

 (1) 

 (28) 

Provisions used in conformity with designated purpose

 (33) 

 (45) 

 (7) 

 (85) 

Foreign currency translation / unwind of discount

 14 

 1 

 5 

 20 

Balance as of 30 June 2020

 1,980 

 1112

 269 

 2,361 

1 Comprises provisions for losses resulting from legal, liability and compliance risks.    2 Primarily consists of personnel-related restructuring provisions of USD 51 million as of 30 June 2020 (31 March 2020: USD 78 million; 31 December 2019: USD 40 million) and provisions for onerous contracts of USD 55 million as of 30 June 2020 (31 March 2020: USD 59 million; 31 December 2019: USD 61 million).    3 Mainly includes provisions related to real estate, employee benefits and operational risks.

 

 

Restructuring provisions primarily relate to severance payments and onerous contracts. Severance-related provisions are used within a short time period, usually within six months, but potential changes in amount may be triggered when natural staff attrition reduces the number of people affected by a restructuring event and therefore the estimated costs. Onerous contracts for property are recognized when UBS is committed to pay for non-lease components, such as utilities, service charges, taxes and maintenance, when a property is vacated or not fully recovered from sub-tenants.

Information about provisions and contingent liabilities in respect of litigation, regulatory and similar matters, as a class, is included in Note 16b. There are no material contingent liabilities associated with the other classes of provisions.

 

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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.

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 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, in which case the matter is treated as a contingent liability under the applicable accounting standard; 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.

 

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The aggregate amount provisioned for litigation, regulatory and similar matters as a class is disclosed in the “Provisions” table in Note 16a above. It is not practicable to provide an aggregate estimate of liability for our litigation, regulatory and similar matters as a class of contingent liabilities. Doing so would require UBS to provide 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. Although UBS therefore cannot provide a numerical estimate of the future losses that could arise from litigation, regulatory and similar matters, UBS believes that the aggregate amount of possible future losses from this class that are more than remote substantially exceeds the level of current provisions.

Litigation, regulatory and similar matters may also result in non-monetary penalties and consequences. For example, the non-prosecution agreement UBS entered into with the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Criminal Division, Fraud Section in connection with submissions of benchmark interest rates, including, among others, the British Bankers’ Association London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), was terminated by the DOJ based on its determination that UBS had committed a US crime in relation to foreign exchange matters. As a consequence, UBS AG pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud for conduct in the LIBOR matter, paid a fine and was subject to probation, which ended in January 2020.

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 risk of loss associated with litigation, regulatory and similar matters is a component of operational risk for purposes of determining capital requirements. Information concerning our capital requirements and the calculation of operational risk for this purpose is included in the “Capital management” section of this report.

 

 

Provisions for litigation, regulatory and similar matters by business division and in Group Functions1

USD million

Global Wealth

Manage-

ment

Personal & Corporate Banking

Asset

Manage-

ment

Investment Bank

Group Functions

UBS

Balance as of 31 December 2019

 782 

 113 

 0 

 255 

 1,325 

 2,475 

Balance as of 31 March 2020

 747 

 112 

 0 

 205 

 934 

 1,998 

Increase in provisions recognized in the income statement

 20 

 0 

 0 

 1 

 0 

 20 

Release of provisions recognized in the income statement

 (12) 

 (6) 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 (18) 

Provisions used in conformity with designated purpose

 (33) 

 0 

 0 

 (1) 

 0 

 (33) 

Foreign currency translation / unwind of discount

 9 

 2 

 0 

 2 

 0 

 14 

Balance as of 30 June 2020

 732 

 108 

 0 

 207 

 934 

 1,980 

1 Provisions, if any, for matters described in this disclosure are recorded in Global Wealth Management (item 3 and item 4) and Group Functions (item 2). Provisions, if any, for the matters described in items 1 and 6 of this disclosure are allocated between Global Wealth Management and Personal & Corporate Banking, and provisions, if any, for the matters described in this disclosure in item 5 are allocated between the Investment Bank and Group Functions.

 

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Notes to the UBS Group AG interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited) 

 

Note 16   Provisions and contingent liabilities (continued) 

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. It is possible that the implementation of automatic tax information exchange and other measures relating to cross-border provision of financial services could give rise to further inquiries in the future. UBS has received disclosure orders from the Swiss Federal Tax Administration (FTA) to transfer information based on requests for international administrative assistance in tax matters. The requests concern a number of UBS account numbers pertaining to current and former clients and are based on data from 2006 and 2008. UBS has taken steps to inform affected clients about the administrative assistance proceedings and their procedural rights, including the right to appeal. The requests are based on data received from the German authorities, who seized certain data related to UBS clients booked in Switzerland during their investigations and have apparently shared this data with other European countries. UBS expects additional countries to file similar requests.

The Swiss Federal Administrative Court ruled in 2016 that, in the administrative assistance proceedings related to a French bulk request, UBS has the right to appeal all final FTA client data disclosure orders. On 30 July 2018, the Swiss Federal Administrative Court granted UBS’s appeal by holding the French administrative assistance request inadmissible. The FTA filed a final appeal with the Swiss Federal Supreme Court. On 26 July 2019, the Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Federal Administrative Court. In December 2019, the court released its written decision. The decision requires the FTA to obtain confirmation from the French authorities that transmitted data will be used only for the purposes stated in their request before transmitting any data. The stated purpose of the original request was to obtain information relating to taxes owed by account holders. Accordingly, any information transferred to the French authorities must not be passed to criminal authorities or used in connection with the ongoing case against UBS discussed in this item. In February 2020, the FTA ordered that UBS would not be granted party status in the French administrative assistance proceedings. UBS appealed this decision to the Federal Administrative Court. On 15 July, the Federal Administrative Court upheld the FTA’s decision, holding that UBS does not have party status in these proceedings. UBS has ten days to appeal this decision to the Swiss Supreme Court.


Since 2013, UBS (France) S.A., UBS AG and certain former employees have been under investigation in France for alleged complicity in unlawful solicitation of clients on French territory, regarding the laundering of proceeds of tax fraud, and banking and financial solicitation by unauthorized persons. In connection with this investigation, the investigating judges ordered UBS AG to provide bail (“caution”) of EUR 1.1 billion and UBS (France) S.A. to post bail of EUR 40 million, which was reduced on appeal to EUR 10 million.

A trial in the court of first instance took place from 8 October 2018 until 15 November 2018. On 20 February 2019, the court announced 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 laundering the proceeds of tax fraud. The court imposed fines aggregating EUR 3.7 billion on UBS AG and UBS (France) S.A. and awarded EUR 800 million of civil damages to the French state. UBS has appealed the decision. Under French law, the judgment is suspended while the appeal is pending. The trial originally scheduled for 2 June 2020 has been rescheduled to 8-24 March 2021. The Court of Appeal will retry the case de novo as to both the law and the facts, and the fines and penalties can be greater than or less than those imposed by the court of first instance. A subsequent appeal to the Cour de Cassation, France’s highest court, is possible with respect to questions of law.

UBS believes that based on both the law and the facts the judgment of the court of first instance should be reversed. UBS believes it followed its obligations under Swiss and French law as well as the European Savings Tax Directive. Even assuming liability, which it contests, UBS believes the penalties and damage amounts awarded greatly exceed the amounts that could be supported by the law and the facts. In particular, UBS believes the court incorrectly based the penalty on the total regularized assets rather than on any unpaid taxes on those assets for which a fraud has been characterized and further incorrectly awarded damages based on costs that were not proven by the civil party. Notwithstanding that UBS believes it should be acquitted, our balance sheet at 30 June 2020 reflected provisions with respect to this matter in an amount of EUR 450 million (USD 506 million at 30 June 2020). The wide range of possible outcomes in this case contributes to a high degree of estimation uncertainty. The provision reflected on our balance sheet at 30 June 2020 reflects our best estimate of possible financial implications, although it is reasonably possible that actual penalties and civil damages could exceed the provision amount.

 

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In 2016, UBS was notified by the Belgian investigating judge that it is under formal investigation (“inculpé”) regarding the laundering of proceeds of tax fraud, of banking and financial solicitation by unauthorized persons, and of serious tax fraud. In 2018, tax authorities and a prosecutor’s office in Italy asserted that UBS is potentially liable for taxes and penalties as a result of its activities in Italy from 2012 to 2017. In June 2019, UBS entered into a settlement agreement with the Italian tax authorities under which it paid EUR 101 million to resolve the claims asserted by the authority related to UBS AG’s potential permanent establishment in Italy. In October 2019, the Judge of Preliminary Investigations of the Milan Court approved an agreement with the Milan prosecutor under Article 63 of Italian Administrative Law 231 under which UBS AG, UBS Switzerland AG and UBS Monaco have paid an aggregate of EUR 10.3 million to resolve claims premised on the alleged inadequacy of historical internal controls. No admission of wrongdoing was required in connection with this resolution.

Our balance sheet at 30 June 2020 reflected provisions with respect to matters described in this item 1 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. Claims related to sales of residential mortgage-backed securities and mortgages

From 2002 through 2007, prior to the crisis in the US residential loan market, UBS was a substantial issuer and underwriter of US residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) and was a purchaser and seller of US residential mortgages.

Since 2014, the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York has sought information from UBS pursuant to the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA), related to UBS’s RMBS business from 2005 through 2007. On 8 November 2018, the DOJ filed a civil complaint in the District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The complaint seeks unspecified civil monetary penalties under FIRREA related to UBS’s issuance, underwriting and sale of 40 RMBS transactions in 2006 and 2007. UBS moved to dismiss the civil complaint on 6 February 2019. On 10 December 2019, the district court denied UBS’s motion to dismiss.

Our balance sheet at 30 June 2020 reflected a provision with respect to matters described in this item 2 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 this matter 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.

3. 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 2.1 billion, 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 2 billion. In 2014, the US Supreme Court rejected the BMIS Trustee’s motion for leave to appeal decisions dismissing all claims except those for the recovery of approximately USD 125 million of payments alleged to be fraudulent conveyances and preference payments. In 2016, the bankruptcy court dismissed these claims against the UBS entities. In February 2019, the Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of the BMIS Trustee’s remaining claims, and the US Supreme Court subsequently denied a petition seeking review of the Court of Appeals’ decision. The case has been remanded to the Bankruptcy Court for further proceedings.

 

 

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4. Puerto Rico

Declines since 2013 in the market prices of Puerto Rico municipal bonds and of closed-end funds (funds) that are sole-managed and co-managed by UBS Trust Company of Puerto Rico and distributed by UBS Financial Services Incorporated of Puerto Rico (UBS PR) have led to multiple regulatory inquiries, as well as customer complaints and arbitrations with aggregate claimed damages of USD 3.4 billion, of which claims with aggregate claimed damages of USD 2.6 billion have been resolved through settlements, arbitration or withdrawal of the claim. The claims have been filed by clients in Puerto Rico who own the funds or Puerto Rico municipal bonds and/or who used their UBS account assets as collateral for UBS non-purpose loans; customer complaint and arbitration allegations include fraud, misrepresentation and unsuitability of the funds and of the loans.

A shareholder derivative action was filed in 2014 against various UBS entities and current and certain former directors of the funds, alleging hundreds of millions of US dollars in losses in the funds. In 2015, defendants’ motion to dismiss was denied and a request for permission to appeal that ruling was denied by the Puerto Rico Supreme Court. In 2014, a federal class action complaint also was filed against various UBS entities, certain members of UBS PR senior management and the co-manager of certain of the funds, seeking damages for investor losses in the funds during the period from May 2008 through May 2014. Following denial of the plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, the case was dismissed in October 2018.

In 2014 and 2015, UBS entered into settlements with the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority in relation to their examinations of UBS’s operations.

In 2011, a purported derivative action was filed on behalf of the Employee Retirement System of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (System) against over 40 defendants, including UBS PR, which was named in connection with its underwriting and consulting services. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants violated their purported fiduciary duties and contractual obligations in connection with the issuance and underwriting of USD 3 billion of bonds by the System in 2008 and sought damages of over USD 800 million. In 2016, the court granted the System’s request to join the action as a plaintiff, but ordered that plaintiffs must file an amended complaint. In 2017, the court denied defendants’ motion to dismiss the amended complaint.


Beginning in 2015, certain agencies and public corporations of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Commonwealth) defaulted on certain interest payments on Puerto Rico bonds. In 2016, US federal legislation created an oversight board with power to oversee Puerto Rico’s finances and to restructure its debt. The oversight board has imposed a stay on the exercise of certain creditors’ rights. In 2017, the oversight board placed certain of the bonds into a bankruptcy-like proceeding under the supervision of a Federal District Judge. These events, further defaults or any further legislative action to create a legal means of restructuring Commonwealth obligations or to impose additional oversight on the Commonwealth’s finances, or any restructuring of the Commonwealth’s obligations, may increase the number of claims against UBS concerning Puerto Rico securities, as well as potential damages sought.

In May 2019, the oversight board filed complaints in Puerto Rico federal district court bringing claims against financial, legal and accounting firms that had participated in Puerto Rico municipal bond offerings, including UBS, seeking a return of underwriting and swap fees paid in connection with those offerings. UBS estimates that it received approximately USD 125 million in fees in the relevant offerings.

In August 2019 and February 2020, three US insurance companies that insured issues of Puerto Rico municipal bonds sued UBS and seven other underwriters of Puerto Rico municipal bonds. The actions collectively seek recovery of an aggregate of USD 955 million in damages from the defendants. The plaintiffs in these cases claim that defendants failed to reasonably investigate financial statements in the offering materials for the insured Puerto Rico bonds issued between 2002 and 2007, which plaintiffs argue they relied upon in agreeing to insure the bonds notwithstanding that they had no contractual relationship with the underwriters.

Our balance sheet at 30 June 2020 reflected provisions with respect to matters described in this item 4 in amounts 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 provisions that we have recognized.

 

 

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5. 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 the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), FINMA, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Board) and the Connecticut Department of Banking, the DOJ’s Criminal Division and the European Commission. UBS has ongoing obligations under the Cease and Desist Order of the Federal Reserve Board and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (as successor to the Connecticut Department of Banking), and to cooperate with relevant authorities and to undertake certain remediation measures. UBS has also been 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. Investigations relating to foreign exchange matters by certain authorities remain ongoing notwithstanding these resolutions.

Foreign exchange-related civil litigation: Putative class actions have been filed since 2013 in US federal courts and in other jurisdictions against UBS and other banks on behalf of putative classes of persons who engaged in foreign currency transactions with any of the defendant banks. UBS has 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 under a settlement agreement that provides for UBS to pay an aggregate of USD 141 million and provide cooperation to the settlement classes. Certain class members have excluded themselves from that settlement and have filed individual actions in US and English courts against UBS and other banks, alleging violations of US and European competition laws and unjust enrichment.

In 2015, 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 March 2017, the court granted UBS’s (and the other banks’) motions to dismiss the complaint. The plaintiffs filed an amended complaint in August 2017. In March 2018, the court denied the defendants’ motions to dismiss the amended complaint.


In 2017, two putative class actions were filed in federal court in New York against UBS and numerous other banks on behalf of persons and entities who had indirectly purchased foreign exchange instruments from a defendant or co-conspirator in the US, and a consolidated complaint was filed in June 2017. In March 2018, the court dismissed the consolidated complaint. In October 2018, the court granted plaintiffs’ motion seeking leave to file an amended complaint. UBS and 11 other banks have reached an agreement with the plaintiffs to settle the class action for a total of USD 10 million. The settlement is subject to court approval.

LIBOR and other benchmark-related regulatory matters: Numerous government agencies, including the SEC, the CFTC, the DOJ, the FCA, the UK Serious Fraud Office, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, FINMA, various state attorneys general in the US and competition authorities in various jurisdictions, have conducted investigations regarding potential improper attempts by UBS, among others, to manipulate LIBOR and other benchmark rates at certain times. UBS reached settlements or otherwise concluded investigations relating to benchmark interest rates with the investigating authorities. UBS has ongoing obligations to cooperate with the authorities with whom we have reached resolutions and to undertake certain remediation measures with respect to benchmark interest rate submissions. UBS has been 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, Euroyen TIBOR, Yen LIBOR, EURIBOR, CHF LIBOR, GBP LIBOR, SGD SIBOR and SOR and Australian BBSW, and seek unspecified compensatory and other damages under varying legal theories.

 

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USD LIBOR class and individual actions in the US: In 2013 and 2015, the district court in the USD LIBOR actions dismissed, in whole or in part, certain plaintiffs’ antitrust claims, federal racketeering claims, CEA claims, and state common law claims. Although the Second Circuit vacated the district court’s judgment dismissing antitrust claims, the district court again dismissed antitrust claims against UBS in 2016. Certain plaintiffs have appealed that decision to the Second Circuit. Separately, in 2018, the Second Circuit reversed in part the district court’s 2015 decision dismissing certain individual plaintiffs’ claims and certain of these actions are now proceeding. UBS entered into an agreement in 2016 with representatives of a class of bondholders to settle their USD LIBOR class action. The agreement has received preliminary court approval and remains subject to final approval. In 2018, the district court denied plaintiffs’ motions for class certification in the USD class actions for claims pending against UBS, and plaintiffs sought permission to appeal that ruling to the Second Circuit. In July 2018, the Second Circuit denied the petition to appeal of the class of USD lenders and in November 2018 denied the petition of the USD exchange class. In December 2019, UBS entered into an agreement with representatives of the class of USD lenders to settle their USD LIBOR class action. The agreement has received final court approval. In January 2019, a putative class action was filed in the District Court for the Southern District of New York against UBS and numerous other banks on behalf of US residents who, since 1 February 2014, directly transacted with a defendant bank in USD LIBOR instruments. The complaint asserts antitrust claims. The defendants moved to dismiss the complaint in August 2019. On 26 March 2020 the court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint in its entirety. Plaintiffs have appealed the dismissal.

Other benchmark class actions in the US: In 2014, the court in one of the Euroyen TIBOR lawsuits dismissed certain of the plaintiffs’ claims, including a federal antitrust claim, for lack of standing. In 2015, this court dismissed the plaintiffs’ federal racketeering claims on the same basis and affirmed its previous dismissal of the plaintiffs’ antitrust claims against UBS. In 2017, this court also dismissed the other Yen LIBOR / Euroyen TIBOR action in its entirety on standing grounds, as did the court in the CHF LIBOR action. Also in 2017, the court in the EURIBOR lawsuit dismissed the case as to UBS and certain other foreign defendants for lack of personal jurisdiction. Plaintiffs in the other Yen LIBOR, Euroyen TIBOR and the EURIBOR actions have appealed the dismissals. In April 2020, the appeals court reversed the dismissal of the Yen LIBOR / Euroyen TIBOR complaint. The EURIBOR action remains on appeal. In October 2018, the court in the SIBOR / SOR action dismissed all but one of plaintiffs’ claims against UBS. Plaintiffs in the CHF LIBOR and
SIBOR / SOR actions filed amended complaints following the dismissals, and the courts granted renewed motions to dismiss in July 2019 (SIBOR / SOR) and in September 2019 (CHF LIBOR). Plaintiffs in both actions have appealed. In November 2018, the court in the BBSW lawsuit dismissed the case as to UBS and certain other foreign defendants for lack of personal jurisdiction. Following that dismissal, plaintiffs in the BBSW action filed an amended complaint in April 2019, which UBS and other defendants named in the amended complaint have moved to dismiss. In February 2020, the court in the BBSW action granted in part and denied in part defendants’ motions to dismiss the amended complaint. The court dismissed the GBP LIBOR action in August 2019, and plaintiffs appealed the dismissal in September 2019.

Government bonds: Putative class actions have been filed since 2015 in US federal courts against UBS and other banks on behalf of persons who participated in markets for US Treasury securities since 2007. A consolidated complaint was filed in 2017 in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging that the banks colluded with respect to, and manipulated prices of, US Treasury securities sold at auction and in the secondary market and asserting claims under the antitrust laws and for unjust enrichment. Defendants’ motions to dismiss the consolidated complaint are pending. Similar class actions have been filed concerning European government bonds and other government bonds.

UBS and reportedly other banks are responding to investigations and requests for information from various authorities regarding government bond trading practices. As a result of its review to date, UBS has taken appropriate action.

Government sponsored entities (GSE) bonds: Starting in February 2019, class action complaints were filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York against UBS and other banks on behalf of plaintiffs who traded GSE bonds. A consolidated complaint was filed alleging collusion in GSE bond trading between 1 January 2009 and 1 January 2016. In December 2019, UBS and eleven other defendants agreed to settle the class action for a total of USD 250 million. The settlement is subject to court approval.

With respect to additional matters and jurisdictions not encompassed by the settlements and orders referred to above, our balance sheet at 30 June 2020 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.

 

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Note 16   Provisions and contingent liabilities (continued) 

6. 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 has 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 may continue to result, in a number of client requests for UBS 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.

Our balance sheet at 30 June 2020 reflected a provision with respect to matters described in this item 6 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.

 

 

  

 

Note 17   Guarantees, commitments and forward starting transactions

The table below presents the maximum irrevocable amount of guarantees, commitments and forward starting transactions.

 

 

 

Gross

 

Total gross

 

Sub-participations

 

Net

As of 30.6.20, USD million

 

Measured

at fair value

Not measured

at fair value

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total guarantees

 

 963 

 16,313 

 

 17,275 

 

 (2,627) 

 

 14,648 

Loan commitments

 

 7,390 

 39,651 

 

 47,042 

 

 (782) 

 

 46,259 

Forward starting transactions1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reverse repurchase agreements

 

 37,327 

 2,206 

 

 39,533 

 

 

 

 

Securities borrowing agreements

 

 

 4 

 

 4 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase agreements

 

 43,367 

 2,172 

 

 45,539 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of 31.3.20, USD million

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total guarantees

 

 969 

 17,830 

 

 18,800 

 

 (2,634) 

 

 16,166 

Loan commitments

 

 13,514 

 28,334 

 

 41,848 

 

 (817) 

 

 41,031 

Forward starting transactions1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reverse repurchase agreements

 

 41,161 

 5,113 

 

 46,275 

 

 

 

 

Securities borrowing agreements

 

 

 9 

 

 9 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase agreements

 

 31,293 

 1,221 

 

 32,515 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of 31.12.19, USD million

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total guarantees

 

 986 

 18,142 

 

 19,128 

 

 (2,646) 

 

 16,482 

Loan commitments

 

 6,308 

 27,547 

 

 33,856 

 

 (787) 

 

 33,069 

Forward starting transactions1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reverse repurchase agreements

 

 20,284 

 1,657 

 

 21,941 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase agreements

 

 7,740 

 408 

 

 8,148 

 

 

 

 

1 Cash to be paid in the future by either UBS or the counterparty.

 

 

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Notes to the UBS Group AG interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited) 

Note 18   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 rate1

 

 

As of

 

For the quarter ended

 

Year-to-date

 

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

31.12.19

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

1 CHF

 

 1.06 

 1.04 

 1.03 

 1.02 

 

 1.04 

 1.04 

 1.00 

 

 1.04 

 1.00 

1 EUR

 

 1.12 

 1.10 

 1.12 

 1.14 

 

 1.11 

 1.10 

 1.13 

 

 1.11 

 1.13 

1 GBP

 

 1.24 

 1.24 

 1.32 

 1.27 

 

 1.24 

 1.28 

 1.28 

 

 1.26 

 1.30 

100 JPY

 

 0.93 

 0.93 

 0.92 

 0.93 

 

 0.93 

 0.93 

 0.92 

 

 0.93 

 0.91 

1 Monthly income statement items of operations with a functional currency other than the US dollar are translated with month-end rates into US dollars. Disclosed average rates for a quarter represent an average of three month-end rates, 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 average rates for the Group.

  

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UBS AG interim consolidated financial
information (unaudited)

This section contains a comparison of selected financial and capital information between UBS Group AG consolidated and UBS AG consolidated. Refer to the UBS AG second quarter 2020 report, which will be available as of 24 July 2020 under “Quarterly reporting” at www.ubs.com/investors, for the interim consolidated financial statements of UBS AG.

Comparison between UBS Group AG consolidated and UBS AG consolidated

The accounting policies applied under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) to both the UBS Group AG and the UBS AG consolidated financial statements are identical. However, there are certain scope and presentation differences as noted below.

   Assets, liabilities, operating income, operating expenses and operating profit before tax relating to UBS Group AG and its directly held subsidiaries, including UBS Business Solutions AG, are reflected in the consolidated financial statements of UBS Group AG but not of UBS AG. UBS AG’s assets, liabilities, operating income and operating expenses related to transactions with UBS Group AG and its directly held subsidiaries, including UBS Business Solutions AG and other shared services subsidiaries, are not subject to elimination in the UBS AG consolidated financial statements, but are eliminated in the UBS Group AG consolidated financial statements. UBS Business Solutions AG and other shared services subsidiaries of UBS Group AG charge other legal entities within the UBS AG consolidation scope for services provided, including a markup on costs incurred.

   The equity of UBS Group AG consolidated was USD 1.6 billion higher than the equity of UBS AG consolidated as of 30 June 2020. This difference was mainly driven by higher dividends paid by UBS AG to UBS Group AG
compared with the dividend distributions of UBS Group AG, as well as higher retained earnings in the UBS Group AG consolidated financial statements, largely related to the aforementioned markup charged by shared services subsidiaries of UBS Group AG to other legal entities in the UBS AG scope of consolidation. In addition, UBS Group AG is the grantor of the majority of the compensation plans of the Group and recognizes share premium for equity-settled awards granted. These effects were partly offset by treasury shares acquired as part of our currently suspended share repurchase program and those held to hedge share delivery obligations associated with Group compensation plans, as well as additional share premium recognized at the UBS AG consolidated level related to the establishment of UBS Group AG and UBS Business Solutions AG, a wholly owned subsidiary of UBS Group AG.

   The going concern capital of UBS Group AG consolidated was USD 2.6 billion higher than the going concern capital of UBS AG consolidated as of 30 June 2020, reflecting higher going concern loss-absorbing additional tier 1 (AT1) capital of USD 1.8 billion and higher common equity tier 1 (CET1) capital of USD 0.7 billion.

   The CET1 capital of UBS Group AG consolidated was USD 0.7 billion higher than that of UBS AG consolidated as of 30 June 2020. The difference in CET1 capital was primarily due to higher UBS Group AG consolidated IFRS equity of USD 1.6 billion, as described above, and lower UBS Group AG accruals for future capital returns to shareholders, partly offset by compensation-related regulatory capital accruals at the UBS Group AG level.

   The going concern loss-absorbing AT1 capital of UBS Group AG consolidated was USD 1.8 billion higher than that of UBS AG consolidated as of 30 June 2020, reflecting deferred contingent capital plan awards.

 

 

 

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Notes to the UBS Group AG interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited) 

Comparison between UBS Group AG consolidated and UBS AG consolidated

 

 

As of or for the quarter ended 30.6.20

USD million, except where indicated

 

UBS Group AG

consolidated

UBS AG

consolidated

Difference

(absolute)

 

 

 

 

 

Income statement

 

 

 

 

Operating income

 

 7,403 

 7,512 

 (109) 

Operating expenses

 

 5,821 

 5,987 

 (166) 

Operating profit / (loss) before tax

 

 1,582 

 1,525 

 57 

of which: Global Wealth Management

 

 880 

 868 

 12 

of which: Personal & Corporate Banking

 

 238 

 238 

 0 

of which: Asset Management

 

 157 

 157 

 0 

of which: Investment Bank

 

 612 

 611 

 1 

of which: Group Functions

 

 (305) 

 (349) 

 44 

Net profit / (loss)

 

 1,236 

 1,197 

 39 

of which: net profit / (loss) attributable to shareholders

 

 1,232 

 1,194 

 39 

of which: net profit / (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests

 

 3 

 3 

 0 

 

 

 

 

 

Statement of comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income

 

(1,026)

(1,035)

9

of which: attributable to shareholders

 

(1,027)

(1,037)

9

of which: attributable to non-controlling interests

 

1

1

0

Total comprehensive income

 

209

161

48

of which: attributable to shareholders

 

205

157

48

of which: attributable to non-controlling interests

 

4

4

0

 

 

 

 

 

Balance sheet

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

1,063,838

1,063,435

403

Total liabilities

 

1,006,630

1,007,847

(1,216)

Total equity

 

57,207

55,589

1,619

of which: equity attributable to shareholders

 

57,035

55,416

1,619

of which: equity attributable to non-controlling interests

 

173

173

0

 

 

 

 

 

Capital information

 

 

 

 

Common equity tier 1 capital

 

38,146

37,435

711

Going concern capital

 

53,537

50,986

2,551

Risk-weighted assets

 

286,436

284,798

1,639

Common equity tier 1 capital ratio (%)

 

13.3

13.1

0.2

Going concern capital ratio (%)

 

18.7

17.9

0.8

Total loss-absorbing capacity ratio (%)

 

32.7

32.0

0.7

Leverage ratio denominator

 

974,348

974,124

224

Leverage ratio denominator (with temporary FINMA exemption)1

 

885,146

910,070

(24,925)

Common equity tier 1 leverage ratio (%)

 

3.92

3.84

0.07

Common equity tier 1 leverage ratio (%) (with temporary FINMA exemption)1

 

4.31

4.11

0.20

Going concern leverage ratio (%)

 

5.5

5.2

0.3

Going concern leverage ratio (%) (with temporary FINMA exemption)1

 

6.0

5.6

0.4

Total loss-absorbing capacity leverage ratio (%)

 

9.6

9.3

0.3

1 Refer to the “Recent developments” and “Capital management” sections of this report for further details about the temporary FINMA exemption.

 

 

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As of or for the quarter ended 31.3.20

 

As of or for the quarter ended 31.12.19

UBS Group AG

consolidated

UBS AG

consolidated

Difference

(absolute)

 

UBS Group AG

consolidated

UBS AG

consolidated

Difference

(absolute)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 7,934 

 8,009 

 (75) 

 

 7,052 

 7,145 

 (93) 

 5,926 

 6,210 

 (285) 

 

 6,124 

 6,332 

 (207) 

 2,008 

 1,799 

 209 

 

 928 

 814 

 114 

 1,218 

 1,201 

 18 

 

 766 

 754 

 12 

 334 

 335 

 0 

 

 310 

 311 

 (1) 

 157 

 157 

 0 

 

 180 

 180 

 0 

 709 

 679 

 30 

 

 (22) 

 (18) 

 (4) 

 (410) 

 (572) 

 162 

 

 (306) 

 (413) 

 107 

 1,598 

 1,424 

 174 

 

 727 

 628 

 100 

 1,595 

 1,421 

 174 

 

 722 

 622 

 100 

 3 

 3 

 0 

 

 6 

 6 

 0 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,597

2,671

(74)

 

 (2,295) 

 (1,475) 

 (819) 

2,602

2,675

(74)

 

 (2,299) 

 (1,479) 

 (819) 

(5)

(5)

0

 

 4 

 4 

0

4,195

4,095

100

 

 (1,567) 

 (847) 

(720)

4,197

4,097

100

 

 (1,577) 

 (857) 

(720)

(2)

(2)

0

 

 10 

 10 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,098,099

1,099,185

(1,085)

 

972,183

971,916

267

1,039,981

1,041,201

(1,220)

 

917,476

917,988

(512)

58,118

57,983

135

 

54,707

53,928

779

57,949

57,814

135

 

54,533

53,754

779

169

169

0

 

174

174

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36,691

36,194

497

 

35,582

35,280

302

51,916

47,115

4,801

 

51,888

47,237

4,650

286,256

284,706

1,551

 

259,208

257,831

1,376

12.8

12.7

0.1

 

13.7

13.7

0.0

18.1

16.5

1.6

 

20.0

18.3

1.7

32.7

32.1

0.6

 

34.6

33.9

0.7

955,932

957,199

(1,267)

 

911,325

911,232

94

877,463

903,756

(26,293)

 

 

 

 

3.84

3.78

0.06

 

3.90

3.87

0.03

4.18

4.00

0.18

 

 

 

 

5.4

4.9

0.5

 

5.7

5.2

0.5

5.9

5.2

0.7

 

 

 

 

9.8

 9.5 

0.3

 

9.8

9.6

0.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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Significant regulated subsidiary and sub-group information

Unaudited

 


 

Financial and regulatory key figures for our significant regulated subsidiaries and sub-groups

 

 

UBS AG

(standalone)

 

UBS Switzerland AG

(standalone)

 

UBS Europe SE

(consolidated)1

 

UBS Americas Holding LLC

(consolidated)

 

 

USD million,

except where indicated

 

CHF million,

except where indicated

 

EUR million,

except where indicated

 

USD million,

except where indicated

As of or for the quarter ended

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

 

30.6.20

31.3.202

 

30.6.203,4

31.3.204

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial information5,6,7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income statement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total operating income

 

3,757

3,014

 

1,912

1,887

 

297

213

 

2,830

3,083

Total operating expenses

 

2,286

1,754

 

1,260

1,720

 

216

242

 

2,598

2,798

Operating profit / (loss) before tax

 

1,471

1,260

 

652

167

 

81

(28)

 

232

285

Net profit / (loss)

 

1,424

1,223

 

524

130

 

71

(38)

 

145

171

Balance sheet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

493,858

487,536

 

304,256

299,459

 

55,277

60,553

 

161,765

162,982

Total liabilities

 

442,056

434,609

 

291,679

286,656

 

50,747

56,062

 

133,639

134,877

Total equity

 

51,802

52,927

 

12,577

12,803

 

4,530

4,491

 

28,127

28,105

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital8,9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common equity tier 1 capital

 

51,810

48,998

 

11,776

11,427

 

3,013

3,043

 

13,567

11,975

Additional tier 1 capital

 

13,551

10,921

 

4,703

4,710

 

290

290

 

3,043

3,048

Tier 1 capital

 

65,361

59,919

 

16,479

16,137

 

3,303

3,333

 

16,610

15,024

Total going concern capital10

 

65,361

59,919

 

16,479

16,137

 

3,303

3,333

 

 

 

Tier 2 capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

766

755

Total gone concern loss-absorbing capacity10,11

 

39,993

44,137

 

10,892

10,910

 

1,79412

1,80812

 

 

 

Total capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,303

3,333

 

17,376

15,778

Total loss-absorbing capacity10,11

 

105,355

104,056

 

27,371

27,047

 

5,097

5,140

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk-weighted assets and leverage ratio denominator8,9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk-weighted assets

 

310,752

317,621

 

105,304

104,489

 

13,559

15,154

 

64,324

53,812

Leverage ratio denominator

 

573,741

574,692

 

323,068

317,071

 

44,020

49,004

 

146,641

135,534

Leverage ratio denominator (with temporary FINMA exemption)13

 

573,741

574,692

 

250,553

249,175

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplementary leverage ratio denominator14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

147,672

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital and leverage ratios (%)8,9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common equity tier 1 capital ratio

 

16.7

15.4

 

11.2

10.9

 

22.2

20.1

 

21.1

22.3

Tier 1 capital ratio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24.4

22.0

 

25.8

27.9

Going concern capital ratio10

 

21.0

18.9

 

15.6

15.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total capital ratio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24.4

22.0

 

27.0

29.3

Total loss-absorbing capacity ratio10

 

 

 

 

26.0

25.9

 

37.6

33.9

 

 

 

Tier 1 leverage ratio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.5

6.8

 

11.3

11.1

Supplementary tier 1 leverage ratio14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.2

 

Going concern leverage ratio

 

11.4

10.4

 

5.1

5.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Going concern leverage ratio (with temporary FINMA exemption)13

 

11.4

10.4

 

6.6

6.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total loss-absorbing capacity leverage ratio10

 

 

 

 

8.5

8.5

 

11.6

10.5

 

 

 

Gone concern capital coverage ratio

 

123.6

142.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquidity9,10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High-quality liquid assets (billion)

 

92

68

 

85

75

 

16

15

 

 

 

Net cash outflows (billion)

 

52

48

 

62

53

 

11

10

 

 

 

Liquidity coverage ratio (%)15,16

 

178

141

 

138

141

 

141

142

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joint and several liability between UBS AG and UBS Switzerland AG (billion)17

 

 

 

 

11

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 As a result of the cross-border merger of UBS Limited into UBS Europe SE effective 1 March 2019, UBS Europe SE became a significant regulated subsidiary of UBS Group AG. The size, scope and business model of the merged entity is now materially different.    2 The Management Board of UBS Europe SE has proposed a dividend for the 2019 financial year which will be subject to approval at an Extraordinary General Meeting in the fourth quarter of 2020. Comparative figures have been restated to align with the UBS Europe SE Pillar 3 report and other regulatory reports as submitted to the European Central Bank, which reflect this proposed dividend.    3 UBS Americas Holding LLC, as a designated category III bank, has been subject to a simplification of regulatory capital rules since 1 April 2020. The revisions simplify the framework for regulatory capital deductions and increase risk weights for mortgage servicing assets, certain deferred tax assets arising from temporary differences, and investments in the capital of unconsolidated financial institutions (below the deduction threshold (25%), resulting in an impact of 0.3% on the CET1 ratio).    4 The adoption of ASU 2019-12 in the second quarter of 2020 resulted in a retrospective removal of cumulative tax expense and related balances pertaining to UBS Americas Holding LLC within the IHC tax group for financial reporting purposes. Comparative financial key figures have been adjusted accordingly. For the purposes of regulatory reporting, we have applied this accounting change prospectively and have not restated the corresponding comparative regulatory key figures.    5 UBS AG and UBS Switzerland AG financial information is prepared in accordance with Swiss GAAP (FINMA Accounting Ordinance, FINMA Circular 2020/1 and the Banking Ordinance), but does not represent interim financial statements under Swiss GAAP.    6 UBS Europe SE financial information is prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) but does not represent interim financial statements under IFRS.    7 UBS Americas Holding LLC financial information is prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the US (US GAAP) but does not represent interim financial statements under US GAAP.    8 For UBS AG and UBS Switzerland AG, based on applicable Swiss systemically relevant bank (SRB) framework. For UBS Europe SE, based on applicable EU Basel III rules. For UBS Americas Holding LLC, based on applicable US Basel III rules.    9 Refer to the 30 June 2020 Pillar 3 report, which will be available as of 14 August 2020 under “Pillar 3 disclosures” at www.ubs.com/investors, for more information.    10 There was no local disclosure requirement for UBS Americas Holding LLC as of 30 June 2020 or 31 March 2020.    11 Total loss-absorbing capacity of UBS Americas Holding LLC is disclosed on a semi-annual basis in our Pillar 3 report.    12 Consists of positions that meet the conditions laid down in Art. 72a–b of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) II with regard to contractual, structural or legal subordination.    13 Refer to the “Recent developments” and “Capital management” sections of this report for further details about the temporary FINMA exemption.    14 UBS Americas Holding LLC, as a designated category III bank, has been subject to supplementary leverage ratio (SLR) reporting since 1 April 2020. Temporary relief will be provided by the Federal Reserve Board (the Federal Reserve), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the OCC) through March 2021, allowing for the exclusion of US Treasury securities and deposits at Federal Reserve Banks from the SLR denominator. This exclusion resulted in an increase in SLR of 135 bps on 30 June 2020.    15 UBS AG is required to maintain a liquidity coverage ratio of 105% as communicated by FINMA.    16 UBS Switzerland AG, as a Swiss SRB, is required to maintain a liquidity coverage ratio of 100%. In connection with the Swiss Emergency Plan, UBS Switzerland AG must satisfy additional liquidity requirements.    17 Refer to the “Capital management” section of our Annual Report 2019 for more information about the joint and several liability. Under certain circumstances, the Swiss Banking Act and FINMA’s Banking Insolvency Ordinance authorize FINMA to modify, extinguish or convert to common equity liabilities of a bank in connection with a resolution or insolvency of such bank.   

  

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UBS Group AG is a holding company and conducts substantially all operations through UBS AG and subsidiaries thereof. UBS Group AG and UBS AG have contributed 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. The tables in this section summarize the regulatory capital components and capital ratios of our significant regulated subsidiaries and sub-groups determined under the regulatory framework of each subsidiary’s or sub-group’s home jurisdiction.

Supervisory authorities generally have discretion to impose higher requirements or to otherwise limit the activities of subsidiaries. Supervisory authorities also may require entities to measure capital and leverage ratios on a stressed basis and may limit the ability of an entity to engage in new activities or take capital actions based on the results of those tests.

In June 2020, the Federal Reserve Board released the results of its annual Dodd Frank Act Stress Tests (DFAST) and Comprehensive Capital Adequacy Review (CCAR). UBS Americas Holding LLC, our US intermediate holding company, exceeded minimum capital requirements under the severely adverse scenario and the Federal Reserve Board did not object to its capital plan. As a result, UBS Americas Holding will no longer be subject to the qualitative assessment component of CCAR.

®   Refer to the “Recent developments” section of this report for more information about the results of the annual Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review


Standalone financial information for UBS AG, UBS Switzerland AG and UBS Group AG will be available as of 24 July 2020 under “Complementary financial information” at www.ubs.com/investors

Standalone regulatory information for UBS AG and UBS Switzerland AG, as well as consolidated regulatory information for UBS Europe SE and UBS Americas Holding LLC, will be provided in the 30 June 2020 Pillar 3 report, which will be available as of 14 August 2020 under “Pillar 3 disclosures” at www.ubs.com/investors

Selected financial and regulatory information for UBS AG consolidated is included in the key figures table below. Refer also to the UBS AG second quarter 2020 report, which will be available as of 24 July 2020 under “Quarterly reporting” at www.ubs.com/investors

 

 

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Significant regulated subsidiary and sub-group information 

UBS AG consolidated key figures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of or for the quarter ended

 

As of or year-to-date

USD million, except where indicated

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

31.12.19

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

Results

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income

 

 7,512 

 8,009 

 7,145 

 7,632 

 

 15,521 

 14,975 

Operating expenses

 

 5,987 

 6,210 

 6,332 

 5,975 

 

 12,197 

 11,864 

Operating profit / (loss) before tax

 

 1,525 

 1,799 

 814 

 1,657 

 

 3,324 

 3,110 

Net profit / (loss) attributable to shareholders

 

 1,194 

 1,421 

 622 

 1,307 

 

 2,615 

 2,375 

Profitability and growth1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return on equity (%)

 

 8.4 

 10.2 

 4.6 

 9.9 

 

 9.3 

 9.0 

Return on tangible equity (%)

 

 9.5 

 11.5 

 5.2 

 11.3 

 

 10.5 

 10.3 

Return on common equity tier 1 capital (%)

 

 13.0 

 15.9 

 7.1 

 14.8 

 

 14.4 

 13.5 

Return on risk-weighted assets, gross (%)

 

 10.9 

 12.2 

 11.0 

 11.6 

 

 11.6 

 11.4 

Return on leverage ratio denominator, gross (%)2

 

 3.2 

 3.5 

 3.2 

 3.4 

 

 3.4 

 3.3 

Cost / income ratio (%)

 

 76.9 

 75.0 

 88.5 

 78.2 

 

 75.9 

 79.1 

Net profit growth (%)

 

 (8.7) 

 33.0 

 128.4 

 2.0 

 

 10.1 

 (11.8) 

Resources1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

 1,063,435 

 1,099,185 

 971,916 

 968,645 

 

 1,063,435 

 968,645 

Equity attributable to shareholders

 

 55,416 

 57,814 

 53,754 

 52,359 

 

 55,416 

 52,359 

Common equity tier 1 capital3

 

 37,435 

 36,194 

 35,280 

 35,881 

 

 37,435 

 35,881 

Risk-weighted assets3

 

 284,798 

 284,706 

 257,831 

 261,364 

 

 284,798 

 261,364 

Common equity tier 1 capital ratio (%)3

 

 13.1 

 12.7 

 13.7 

 13.7 

 

 13.1 

 13.7 

Going concern capital ratio (%)3

 

 17.9 

 16.5 

 18.3 

 17.8 

 

 17.9 

 17.8 

Total loss-absorbing capacity ratio (%)3

 

 32.0 

 32.1 

 33.9 

 33.0 

 

 32.0 

 33.0 

Leverage ratio denominator3

 

 974,124 

 957,199 

 911,232 

 911,601 

 

 974,124 

 911,601 

Leverage ratio denominator (with temporary FINMA exemption)4

 

 910,070 

 903,756 

 

 

 

 910,070 

 

Common equity tier 1 leverage ratio (%)3

 

 3.84 

 3.78 

 3.87 

 3.94 

 

 3.84 

 3.94 

Common equity tier 1 leverage ratio (%) (with temporary FINMA exemption)4

 

 4.11 

 4.00 

 

 

 

 4.11 

 

Going concern leverage ratio (%)3

 

 5.2 

 4.9 

 5.2 

 5.1 

 

 5.2 

 5.1 

Going concern leverage ratio (%) (with temporary FINMA exemption)4

 

 5.6 

 5.2 

 

 

 

 5.6 

 

Total loss-absorbing capacity leverage ratio (%)3

 

 9.3 

 9.5 

 9.6 

 9.5 

 

 9.3 

 9.5 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Invested assets (USD billion)5

 

 3,588 

 3,236 

 3,607 

 3,381 

 

 3,588 

 3,381 

Personnel (full-time equivalents)

 

 47,120 

 47,182 

 47,005 

 47,072 

 

 47,120 

 47,072 

1 Refer to the “Performance targets and measurement” section of our Annual Report 2019 for more information about our performance targets.    2 The leverage ratio denominators as of 30 June 2020 and 31 March 2020, which are used for the return calculation, do not reflect the effects of the temporary exemption that has been granted by FINMA in connection with COVID-19. Refer to the “Recent developments” section of this report for more information.    3 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.    4 Refer to the “Recent developments” and “Capital management” sections of this report for further details about the temporary FINMA exemption.    5 Includes invested assets for Global Wealth Management, Asset Management and Personal & Corporate Banking.   

  

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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. We report a number of APMs in the discussion of the financial and operating performance of the Group, our business divisions and our Group Functions. 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 in the table below. Our APMs may qualify as non-GAAP measures as defined by US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations.

 

APM label

Definition

Information content

 

Invested assets

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.

Recurring income

– GWM

Calculated as the total of net interest income and recurring net fee income.

This measure provides information about the amount of recurring net interest and fee income.

Recurring net fee income

– GWM, P&C

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 (as well as credit card fees for GWM).

This measure provides information about the amount of recurring net fee income.

Transaction-based income

– GWM, P&C

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, as well as fees for payment and foreign exchange transactions (and credit card fees for P&C), 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.

Cost / income ratio (%)

Calculated as operating expenses divided by operating income before credit loss expense or recovery.

This measure provides information about the efficiency of the business by comparing operating expenses with gross income.

Gross margin on invested assets (bps)

– GWM, AM

Calculated as operating income before credit loss expense or recovery (annualized as applicable) divided by average invested assets.

This measure provides information about the operating income before credit loss expense or recovery of the business in relation to invested assets.

Net interest margin (bps)

– P&C

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 margin on invested assets (bps)

– GWM, AM

Calculated as operating profit before tax (annualized as applicable) divided by average invested assets.

This measure provides information about the operating profit before tax of the business in relation to invested assets.

Net new business volume growth (%)

– P&C

Calculated as total net inflows and outflows of client assets and loans during the period (annualized as applicable) divided by total business volume / client assets at the beginning of the period.

This measure provides information about the growth of the business volume as a result of net new business volume flows during a specific period.

 

 

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APM label

Calculation

Information content

 

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 in comparison with the prior period.

Recurring income as a % of income

– GWM

Calculated as net interest income and recurring net fee income divided by operating income before credit loss expense or recovery.

This measure provides information about the proportion of recurring income in operating income.

Return on common equity tier 1 capital (%)

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 (%)

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 (%)

Calculated as annualized operating income before credit loss expense or recovery divided by average leverage ratio denominator.

This measure provides information about the revenues of the business in relation to leverage ratio denominator.

Return on risk-weighted
assets, gross (%)

Calculated as annualized operating income before credit loss expense or recovery divided by average risk-weighted assets.

This measure provides information about the revenues of the business in relation to risk-weighted assets.

Return on tangible equity (%)

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.

Total book value per share

(USD and CHF1)

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 tangible book value per share (USD and CHF1)

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.

Loan penetration (%)

Calculated as loans divided by invested assets.

This measure provides information about the loan volume in relation to invested assets.

Mandate penetration (%)

Calculated as mandate volume divided by invested assets.

This measure provides information about mandate volume in relation to invested assets.

1  Total book value per share and total tangible book value per share in Swiss francs are calculated based on a translation of equity under our US dollar presentation currency.

 

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Abbreviations frequently used in our financial reports

 

A

ABS                 asset-backed securities

AEI                  automatic exchange of information

AGM               Annual General Meeting of shareholders

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

APAC              Asia Pacific

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

BEAT               base erosion and anti-abuse tax

BIS                   Bank for International Settlements

BoD                 Board of Directors

BVG                Swiss occupational
pension plan

 

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

CCyB               countercyclical buffer

CDO                collateralized debt
obligation

CDS                 credit default swap

CEA                 Commodity Exchange Act

 


CEM                current exposure method

CEO                Chief Executive Officer

CET1               common equity tier 1

CFO                 Chief Financial Officer

CFTC               US Commodity Futures Trading Commission

CHF                 Swiss franc

CIC                  Corporate & Institutional Clients

CIO                 Chief Investment Office

CLS                  Continuous Linked Settlement

CMBS             commercial mortgage-backed security

C&ORC           Compliance & Operational Risk Control

CRD IV            EU Capital Requirements Directive of 2013

CRM               credit risk mitigation (credit risk) or comprehensive risk measure (market risk)

CRR                 Capital Requirements Regulation

CST                 combined stress test

CVA                credit valuation adjustment

 

D

DBO                defined benefit obligation

DCCP              Deferred Contingent Capital Plan

DJSI                 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

DM                  discount margin

DOJ                 US Department of Justice

D-SIB               domestic systemically important bank

DTA                 deferred tax asset

DVA                debit valuation adjustment

 

E

EAD                 exposure at default

EB                    Executive Board

EBA                 European Banking Authority

EC                   European Commission

ECB                 European Central Bank

ECL                  expected credit loss

EIR                   effective interest rate

EL                    expected loss

EMEA              Europe, Middle East and Africa

EOP                 Equity Ownership Plan

EPE                  expected positive exposure


EPS                  earnings per share

ESG                 environmental, social and governance

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

FCT                  foreign currency translation

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

GDP                gross domestic product

GEB                 Group Executive Board

GIA                 Group Internal Audit

GIIPS               Greece, Italy, Ireland,
Portugal and Spain

GMD               Group Managing Director

GRI                  Global Reporting Initiative

GSE                 government sponsored entities

G-SIB              global systemically important bank

 

H

HQLA              high-quality liquid assets

HR                   human resources

 

 

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Abbreviations frequently used in our financial reports (continued)

 

I

IAA                  internal assessment approach

IAS                  International Accounting Standards

IASB                International Accounting Standards Board

IBOR               interbank offered rate

IFRIC               International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee

IFRS                 International Financial Reporting Standards

IHC                  intermediate holding company

IMA                 internal models approach

IMM                internal model method

IRB                  internal ratings-based

IRC                  incremental risk charge

IRRBB              interest rate risk in the banking book

ISDA                International Swaps and Derivatives Association

 

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

LRD                 leverage ratio denominator

LTIP                 Long-Term Incentive Plan

LTV                  loan-to-value

 

M

M&A               mergers and acquisitions

MiFID II           Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II

MRT                Material Risk Taker

 

N

NAV                net asset value

NCL                 Non-core and Legacy Portfolio

 


NII                   net interest income

NRV                 negative replacement value

NSFR               net stable funding ratio

NYSE               New York Stock Exchange

 

O

OCA                own credit adjustment

OCI                 other comprehensive income

OTC                over-the-counter

 

P

PD                   probability of default  

PFE                  potential future exposure

PIT                   point in time

P&L                  profit or loss

POCI               purchased or originated credit-impaired

PRA                 UK Prudential Regulation Authority

PRV                 positive replacement value

 

Q

QCCP              qualifying central counterparty

QRRE              qualifying revolving retail exposures

 

R

RBA                 role-based allowances

RBC                 risk-based capital

RbM                risk-based monitoring

RMBS              residential mortgage-backed securities

RniV                risks not in VaR

RoAE               return on attributed equity

RoCET1          return on CET1 capital

RoTE               return on tangible equity

RoU                 right-of-use

RV                   replacement value

RW                  risk weight

RWA               risk-weighted assets

 

S

SA                   standardized approach

SA-CCR          standardized approach for counterparty credit risk


SAR                 stock appreciation right or Special Administrative Region

SBC                 Swiss Bank Corporation

SDG                Sustainable Development Goal

SE                    structured entity

SEC                 US Securities and Exchange Commission

SEEOP             Senior Executive Equity Ownership Plan

SFT                  securities financing transaction

SI                     sustainable investing

SICR                significant increase in credit risk

SIX                   SIX Swiss Exchange

SME                small and medium-sized entity

SMF                 Senior Management Function

SNB                 Swiss National Bank

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

TCJA               US Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

TLAC               total loss-absorbing capacity

TTC                 through-the-cycle

 

U

UBS RESI         UBS Real Estate Securities Inc.

UoM               units of measure

USD                 US dollar

 

V

VaR                 value-at-risk

VAT                 value added tax

 

W

WEKO             Swiss Competition Commission

 

 

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

Annual Report (SAP No. 80531): Published in English, this single-volume report provides descriptions of: our Group strategy and performance; the strategy and performance of the business divisions and Group Functions; risk, treasury and capital management; corporate governance, corporate responsibility and our compensation framework, including information about compensation for the Board of Directors and the Group Executive Board members; and financial information, including the financial statements.

Geschäftsbericht (SAP No. 80531): This publication provides the translation into German of our Annual Report.

Annual Review (SAP No. 80530): This booklet contains key information about our strategy and performance, with a focus on corporate responsibility at UBS. It is published in English, German, French and Italian.

Compensation Report (SAP No. 82307): This report discusses our 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.

 

Quarterly publications  

The quarterly financial report provides an update on our strategy and performance for the respective quarter. It is available in English.

 

How to order publications

The annual and quarterly publications are available in .pdf format at www.ubs.com/investors, under “UBS Group AG and UBS AG financial information,” and printed copies can be requested from UBS free of charge. For annual publications, refer to the “Investor services” section at www.ubs.com/investors. Alternatively, they can be ordered by quoting the SAP number and the language preference, where applicable, from UBS AG, F4UK–AUL, P.O. Box, CH-8098 Zurich, Switzerland.

 


Other information

Website

The “Investor Relations” website at www.ubs.com/investors  provides the following information about UBS: news releases; financial information, including results-related filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission; information for shareholders, including UBS share price charts, as well as data and dividend information, and for bondholders; the UBS 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

Our quarterly results presentations are webcast live. Playbacks
of most presentations can be downloaded from
www.ubs.com/presentations

 

Messaging service

Email alerts to news about UBS can be subscribed for under UBS news alert” at www.ubs.com/global/en/investor-relations/contact/
investor-services.html
. Messages are sent in English, German, French or Italian, with an option to select theme preferences for such alerts.

 

Form 20-F and other submissions to the US Securities and Exchange Commission

We file periodic reports and submit other information about UBS to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (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 wrap-around document. Most sections of the filing can be satisfied by referring to the combined UBS Group AG and UBS 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 we file with the SEC is available on the SEC’s website: www.sec.gov. Refer to www.ubs.com/investors  for more information.

  

 

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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 and statements relating to the anticipated effect of transactions and strategic initiatives on UBS’s business and future development. While these forward-looking statements represent UBS’s judgments and expectations 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. The outbreak of COVID-19 and the measures being taken globally to reduce the peak of the resulting pandemic have had and may continue to have a significant adverse effect on global economic activity, and an adverse effect on the credit profile of some of our clients and other market participants, which has resulted in and may continue to increase expected credit loss expense and credit impairments. The unprecedented scale of the measures to control the COVID-19 outbreak creates significantly greater uncertainty about forward-looking statements in addition to the factors that generally affect our businesses, but are not limited to: (i) the degree to which UBS is successful in the ongoing 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 other changes related to the COVID-19 pandemic; (ii) the degree to which UBS is successful in implementing changes to its businesses to meet changing market, regulatory and other conditions; (iii) the continuing low or negative interest rate environment in Switzerland and other jurisdictions; (iv) developments (including as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic) 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, and currency exchange rates, and the effects of economic conditions, market developments, and geopolitical tensions, 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 changes in UBS’s credit spreads and ratings, as well as availability and cost of funding to meet requirements for debt eligible for total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC); (vi) changes in or the implementation of financial legislation and regulation in Switzerland, the US, the UK, the European Union 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) the degree to which UBS is successful in implementing further changes to its legal structure to improve its resolvability and meet related regulatory requirements and the potential need to make further changes to the legal structure or booking model of UBS Group in response to legal and regulatory requirements, proposals in Switzerland and other jurisdictions for mandatory structural reform of banks or systemically important institutions or to other external developments, and the extent to which such changes will have the intended effects; (viii) UBS’s ability to maintain and improve its systems and controls for the detection and prevention of money laundering and compliance with sanctions to meet evolving regulatory requirements and expectations, in particular in the US; (ix) the uncertainty arising from the UK’s exit from the EU; (x) changes in UBS’s competitive position, including whether differences in regulatory capital and other requirements among the major financial centers will adversely affect UBS’s ability to compete in certain lines of business; (xi) changes in the standards of conduct applicable to our businesses that may result from new regulations or new enforcement of existing standards, including recently enacted and proposed 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 our RWA as well as the amount of capital available for return to shareholders; (xiii) the effects on UBS’s cross-border banking business of tax or regulatory developments and of possible changes in UBS’s policies and practices relating to this business; (xiv) 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; (xv) 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; (xvi) UBS’s ability to implement new technologies and business methods, including digital services and 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; (xvii) limitations on the effectiveness of UBS’s internal processes for risk management, risk control, measurement and modeling, and of financial models generally; (xviii) the occurrence of operational failures, such as fraud, misconduct, unauthorized trading, financial crime, cyberattacks and systems failures, the risk of which is increased while COVID-19 control measures require large portions of the staff of both UBS and its service providers to work remotely; (xix) restrictions on the ability of UBS Group 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; (xx) 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; and (xxi) the effect that these or other factors or unanticipated events may have on our reputation and the additional consequences that this may have on our 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. Our business and financial performance could be affected by other factors identified in our past and future filings and reports, including those filed with 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 UBS’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2019 and UBS’s First Quarter 2020 Report on Form 6K. 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 are calculated on the basis of unrounded figures. Information about absolute changes between reporting periods, which is provided in text and which can be derived from figures displayed in the tables, is calculated on a rounded basis.

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UBS Group AG

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This Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into (1) each of the registration statements of UBS AG on Form F-3 (Registration Number 333-225551) and on Form F-4 (Registration Number 333-234705), and of UBS Group AG on Form S-8 (Registration Numbers 333-200634; 333-200635; 333-200641; 333-200665; 333-215254; 333-215255; 333-228653; and 333-230312), 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 Form 6-K’s 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/ Kirt Gardner__________________

Name:  Kirt Gardner

Title:    Group Chief Financial Officer

 

 

By: _/s/ Todd Tuckner_________________

      Name: Todd Tuckner

      Title: Group Controller and

            Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

 

UBS AG

 

 

 

By: _/s/   Sergio Ermotti_______________

Name:  Sergio Ermotti

Title:    President of the Executive Board

 

 

By: _/s/ Kirt Gardner__________________

Name:  Kirt Gardner

Title:    Chief Financial Officer

 

 

By: _/s/ Todd Tuckner_________________

      Name: Todd Tuckner

      Title: Group Controller and

            Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

 

 

Date:  July 21, 2020