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Invested assets and net new money
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Disclosure Invested Assets And Net New Money [Line Items]  
Disclosure Of Invested Assets And Net New Money Explanatory
 
Note 32
 
Invested assets and net new money
 
The
 
following
 
disclosures
 
provide
 
a
 
breakdown
 
of
 
UBS’s
 
invested
 
assets
 
and
 
a
 
presentation
 
of
 
their
 
development,
including net new money,
 
as required by the Swiss Financial Market
 
Supervisory Authority (FINMA).
Invested assets
Invested assets
 
consist of
 
all client
 
assets managed
 
by or
 
deposited with
 
UBS for
 
investment purposes.
 
Invested assets
include 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. All assets
held
 
for
 
purely
 
transactional
 
purposes
 
and
 
custody-only
 
assets,
 
including
 
corporate
 
client
 
assets
 
held
 
for
 
cash
management and
 
transactional purposes,
 
are
 
excluded from
 
invested assets,
 
as the
 
Group only
 
administers
 
the assets
and does not offer
 
advice on how they
 
should be invested. Also
 
excluded are non-bankable
 
assets (e.g., art collections)
and deposits from third-party banks for
 
funding or trading purposes.
Discretionary assets
 
are defined
 
as client
 
assets that
 
UBS decides
 
how to
 
invest. Other
 
invested assets
 
are those
 
where
the client ultimately
 
decides how the
 
assets are invested.
 
When a single
 
product is created
 
in one business
 
division and
sold
 
in another,
 
it is
 
counted
 
in
 
both
 
the
 
business
 
division
 
managing
 
the
 
investment
 
and the
 
one
 
distributing
 
it. This
results
 
in
 
double
 
counting
 
within
 
UBS’s
 
total
 
invested
 
assets
 
and
 
net
 
new
 
money,
 
as
 
both
 
business
 
divisions
 
are
independently providing a service to their respective clients,
 
and both add value and generate revenue.
Net new money
Net new money in a reporting period is the amount
 
of invested assets entrusted to UBS by new and existing
 
clients, less
those withdrawn by existing clients and clients who terminated
 
relationships with UBS.
Net new
 
money is
 
calculated using the
 
direct method,
 
under which
 
inflows and
 
outflows to
 
/ from
 
invested assets are
determined at
 
the client level,
 
based on transactions.
 
Interest and dividend
 
income from
 
invested assets
 
are not counted
 
as
net new money inflows.
 
Market and currency
 
movements,
 
as well as fees, commissions
 
and interest on loans
 
charged,
 
are
excluded from net new money,
 
as are effects resulting
 
from any acquisition or divestment
 
of a UBS subsidiary or business.
Reclassifications between invested
 
assets
 
and
 
custody-only assets
 
as
 
a
 
result of
 
a
 
change
 
in
 
service level
 
delivered are
generally treated as net new
 
money flows.
 
However, where the change in
 
service level directly results from an externally
imposed regulation or a
 
strategic decision by UBS to
 
exit a
 
market or specific service offering,
 
the one-time net
 
effect is
reported as
Other effects
.
The Investment Bank does not track
 
invested assets and net new money. However,
 
when a client is transferred from the
Investment Bank
 
to another
 
business division,
 
this may
 
produce net
 
new money
 
even though
 
the client’s
 
assets
 
were
already with UBS.
In 2023
 
UBS has
 
changed its
 
accounting policy
 
for net
 
new money
 
and invested
 
assets to
 
include its
 
share of
 
net new
money and
 
invested assets
 
from associates,
 
to better
 
reflect the
 
business strategy
 
and aligned
 
with the
 
equity method
accounting applied to
 
these entities. Comparative
 
figures in the tables
 
below have been
 
restated to reflect
 
this change,
resulting in an increase to
 
invested assets as of
 
31 December 2022 of
 
USD
24
bn and an increase
 
to net new money
 
for
2022 of USD
8
bn, all relating to Asset Management.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Invested assets and net new money
As of or for the year ended
USD bn
31.12.23
31.12.22
1
Fund assets managed by UBS
624
390
Discretionary assets
1,996
1,464
Other invested assets
3,094
2,127
Total invested assets
2
5,714
3,981
of which: double counts
461
340
Net new money
2
80
76
1 Comparative figures have been restated to include net new money and invested assets from associates.
 
2 Includes double counts.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Development of invested assets
USD bn
2023
2022
1
Total invested assets at the beginning of the year
2
3,981
4,614
Net new money
80
76
Market movements
3
428
(596)
Foreign currency translation
91
(74)
Other effects
1,134
(40)
of which: acquisitions / (divestments)
1,180
(19)
of which: Credit Suisse acquisition
1,205
0
Total invested assets at the end of the year
2
5,714
3,981
1 Comparative figures have been restated to include net new money and invested assets from associates.
 
2 Includes double counts.
 
3 Includes interest and dividend income.