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Other financial and non-financial assets
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Other Financial And Non Financial Assets [Line Items]  
Other Financial And Non Financial Assets Explanatory [textblock]
Note 14
 
Other assets
a) Other financial assets measured at amortized cost
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
USD m
31.12.23
31.12.22
Debt securities
45,057
44,594
Loans to financial advisors
2,615
2,611
Fee- and commission-related receivables
2,619
1,812
Finance lease receivables
6,288
1,315
Settlement and clearing accounts
 
338
1,175
Accrued interest income
3,163
1,259
Other
5,418
1
499
Total other financial assets measured at amortized cost
65,498
53,264
 
of which: Credit Suisse
2
11,378
1 Predominantly includes cash collateral provided to exchanges and clearing houses to secure securities trading activity through those counterparties.
 
2 Refer to Note 2 for more information about the acquisition of
the Credit Suisse Group.
Effective from 1 April 2022, UBS
 
has reclassified a portfolio of
 
financial assets from
Financial assets measured at fair
 
value
through other comprehensive income
with a fair value of USD
6.9
bn (the Portfolio) to
Other financial assets measured at
amortized cost
.
The Portfolio’s cumulative fair value losses of USD
449
m pre-tax and USD
333
m post-tax, previously recognized in
Other
comprehensive
 
income
,
 
have
 
been
 
removed
 
from
 
equity
 
and
 
adjusted
 
against
 
the
 
value
 
of
 
the
 
assets
 
on
 
the
reclassification date, so that
 
the Portfolio is measured
 
as if the assets
 
had always been classified
 
at amortized cost, with
a value
 
of USD
7.4
bn as
 
on 1
 
April 2022.
 
The reclassification
 
had no
 
effect on
 
the income
 
statement. The
 
reclassified
Portfolio
 
is
 
made
 
up
 
of
 
high-quality
 
liquid
 
assets,
 
primarily
 
US
 
government
 
treasuries
 
and
 
US
 
government
 
agency
mortgage-backed securities, held
 
and separately managed
 
by UBS Bank
 
USA. The accounting
 
reclassification has arisen
as a direct result
 
of the transformation
 
of UBS’s Global
 
Wealth Management Americas
 
business, which has significantly
impacted UBS Bank
 
USA. This includes initiatives
 
approved by the
 
Group Executive Board to
 
significantly grow and extend
the business,
 
as disclosed
 
on 1 February
 
2022 during
 
UBS’s fourth
 
quarter
 
2021 earnings
 
presentation.
 
Over the
 
two
years preceding the reclassification date, UBS Bank USA’s deposit base grew
 
by more than 100% generating substantial
cash balances, with a number of new products being launched,
 
including new deposit types that are longer in duration,
additional lending and a broader range of customer
 
segments targeted. Following the commencement of these activities
and the announcement
 
made in the
 
first quarter of
 
2022, the Portfolio
 
is no longer
 
held in a
 
business model to
 
collect
the contractual
 
cash flows
 
and sell
 
the assets
 
but
 
is instead
 
solely held
 
to collect
 
the contractual
 
cash flows
 
until the
assets mature, requiring a reclassification of the Portfolio
 
in line with IFRS 9 with effect from 1 April 2022.
b) Other non-financial assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
USD m
31.12.23
31.12.22
Precious metals and other physical commodities
 
5,930
4,471
Deposits and collateral provided in connection with litigation,
 
regulatory and similar matters
1
2,726
2,205
Prepaid expenses
2,080
1,076
Current tax assets
 
1,456
182
VAT,
 
withholding tax and other tax receivables
1,327
1,286
Properties and other non-current assets held for sale
188
369
Other
2,342
578
Total other non-financial assets
16,049
10,166
of which: Credit Suisse
2
7,099
1 Refer to Note 18 for more information.
 
2 Refer to Note 2 for more information about the acquisition of the Credit Suisse Group.