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Interests in unconsolidated structured entities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Interests In Unconsolidated Structured Entities [Line Items]  
Unconsolidated structured entities
 
c) Unconsolidated structured entities
UBS is considered
 
to sponsor another
 
entity if, in
 
addition to
 
ongoing involvement
 
with that
 
entity,
 
it had a
 
key role
 
in
establishing that entity or in
 
bringing together relevant
 
counterparties for a transaction facilitated
 
by that entity.
 
During
2024, the
 
Group sponsored
 
the creation
 
of various SEs
 
and interacted
 
with a
 
number of non-sponsored
 
SEs, including
securitization vehicles, client vehicles
 
and certain investment funds,
 
that UBS did
 
not consolidate as of
 
31 December 2024
because it did not control them.
Interests in unconsolidated structured entities
The table below presents the Group’s interests in and maximum exposure to loss
 
from unconsolidated SEs, as well as the
total assets held by the SEs
 
in which UBS had an interest
 
as of year-end, except for
 
investment funds and other vehicles
sponsored by third parties, for which the
 
carrying amount of UBS’s interest as of year
 
-end has been disclosed.
Sponsored unconsolidated structured entities in which UBS did
 
not have an interest at year-end
During 2024 and
 
2023,
 
the Group
 
did not earn
 
material income
 
from sponsored
 
unconsolidated SEs
 
in which UBS
 
did
not have an interest at year-end.
 
During 2024 and 2023, UBS and third parties did not transfer any assets into sponsored securitization vehicles created in
those years.
 
UBS and
 
third parties
 
transferred assets,
 
alongside deposits
 
and debt
 
issuances (which
 
are assets
 
from the
perspective
 
of
 
the
 
vehicle),
 
of
 
USD
2.5
bn
 
and
 
USD
3.0
bn,
 
respectively,
 
into
 
sponsored
 
client
 
vehicles
 
created
 
in
 
2024
(2023:
 
USD
0.5
bn
 
and
 
USD
0.5
bn,
 
respectively).
 
For
 
sponsored
 
investment
 
funds,
 
several
 
new
 
open
 
ended
 
and
 
close
ended funds were created
 
during the year
 
with further transfers
 
arising from management
 
of the strategy
 
and investor
activity, which,
 
when combined
 
with market
 
movements, resulted
 
in a
 
net asset
 
value movement
 
of USD
1
bn in
 
2024
(2023: USD
3
bn).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interests in unconsolidated structured entities
31.12.24
USD m, except where indicated
Securitization
vehicles
1
Client
vehicles sponsored
by UBS
2
Investment
funds
Other vehicles
sponsored by third
parties
3
Total
Maximum
exposure to loss
4
Financial assets at fair value held for trading
94
143
6,482
235
6,953
6,953
Derivative financial instruments
2
110
83
0
195
195
Loans and advances to customers
0
138
286
23
446
446
Financial assets at fair value not held for trading
1,275
0
721
236
2,232
2,232
Financial assets measured at fair value through other
comprehensive income
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other financial assets measured at amortized cost
1,023
0
0
0
1,024
1,024
Total assets
2,394
392
7,571
494
10,851
10,851
Derivative financial instruments
1
50
716
0
767
2
Total liabilities
1
50
716
0
767
2
Assets held by the unconsolidated structured entities in
which UBS had an interest (USD bn)
63
5
3
6
195
7
0
8
31.12.23
USD m, except where indicated
Securitization
vehicles
1
Client
vehicles sponsored
by UBS
2
Investment
funds
Other vehicles
sponsored by third
parties
3
Total
Maximum
exposure to loss
4
Financial assets at fair value held for trading
2,086
58
9,653
325
12,122
12,122
Derivative financial instruments
2
174
68
0
244
244
Loans and advances to customers
0
0
312
246
558
558
Financial assets at fair value not held for trading
1,645
0
497
579
2,720
2,720
Financial assets measured at fair value through other
comprehensive income
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other financial assets measured at amortized cost
202
0
1
0
203
453
Total assets
3,935
232
10,531
1,151
15,848
16,098
Derivative financial instruments
7
27
590
0
623
98
Total liabilities
7
27
590
0
623
98
Assets held by the unconsolidated structured entities in
which UBS had an interest (USD bn)
70
5
3
6
276
7
1
8
1 Includes loans with a high
 
LTV and
 
credit-impaired loans to pre-securitization
 
warehouse structured entities managed
 
by third parties, as
 
well as securities issued by
 
securitization structured entities sponsored
 
by
both UBS and third parties.
 
2 Client vehicles sponsored by UBS are structured entities that do not qualify as a securitization in line with regulatory requirements
 
and are not considered an investment fund.
 
3 Other
vehicles sponsored by third parties are structured entities that do not qualify as a securitization in line with regulatory requirements and are not considered an investment fund. Interests in other vehicles sponsored by
third parties included loans with a
 
high LTV
 
and credit-impaired loans provided to
 
third-party structured entities.
 
4 For the purpose of this
 
disclosure, maximum exposure to
 
loss amounts do not consider
 
the risk-
reducing effects of collateral
 
or other credit enhancements.
 
5 Represents the principal
 
amount outstanding.
 
6 Represents the market
 
value of total assets.
 
7 Represents the net asset
 
value of the investment
funds sponsored by UBS and the carrying amount of UBS’s interests in the investment funds not sponsored
 
by UBS.
 
8 Represents the carrying amount of UBS’s interest in other vehicles sponsored
 
by third parties.
The Group retains or purchases
 
interests in unconsolidated SEs in the form
 
of direct investments, financing, guarantees,
letters of
 
credit
 
and derivatives
 
,
 
as well
 
as through
 
management
 
contracts. The
 
Group’s
 
maximum exposure
 
to loss
 
is
generally equal to the carrying amount of
 
the Group’s interest in the given SE, with this
 
subject to change over time with
market
 
movements.
 
Guarantees,
 
letters
 
of
 
credit
 
and
 
credit
 
derivatives
 
are
 
an
 
exception,
 
with
 
the
 
given
 
contract’s
notional amount, adjusted for losses already incurred,
 
representing the maximum loss that
 
the Group is exposed to.
The
 
maximum
 
exposure
 
to
 
loss
 
disclosed
 
in
 
the
 
table
 
above
 
does
 
not
 
reflect
 
the
 
Group’s
 
risk
 
management
 
activities,
including
 
effects
 
from
 
financial
 
instruments
 
that
 
may
 
be
 
used
 
to
 
economically
 
hedge
 
risks
 
inherent
 
in
 
the
 
given
unconsolidated SE or risk-reducing effects of collateral or
 
other credit enhancements.
In
 
2024
 
and
 
2023,
 
the
 
Group
 
did
 
not
 
provide
 
support,
 
financial
 
or
 
otherwise,
 
to
 
any
 
unconsolidated
 
SE
 
when
 
not
contractually obligated to do so, nor does the Group currently
 
have any intention to do so in the future.
In 2024
 
and 2023,
 
income and
 
expenses from
 
interests in
 
unconsolidated SEs
 
primarily resulted
 
from mark-to-market
movements
 
recognized
 
in
Other
 
net
 
income from
 
financial
 
instruments
 
measured
 
at
 
fair
 
value
 
through
 
profit or
 
loss
,
which were generally hedged with
 
other financial instruments, as well
 
as fee and commission income
 
received from UBS-
sponsored funds.
Interests in securitization vehicles
As
 
of
 
31 December
 
2024
 
and
 
31 December
 
2023,
 
the
 
Group
 
held
 
interests,
 
both
 
retained
 
and
 
acquired,
 
in
 
various
securitization vehicles
 
that relate to
 
financing, underwriting, secondary
 
market and
 
derivative trading activities.
 
In addition
to the interests disclosed in the table above, the Group manages the assets of certain securitization vehicles and receives
fees based, in whole or in
 
part, on the asset value
 
of the vehicles. Interest
 
in such vehicles is not represented
 
by the on-
balance sheet fee receivab
 
le but rather by the future
 
exposure to variable fees.
 
The net asset value of
 
such vehicles was
USD
24
bn as of 31 December 2024 (31 December 2023:
 
USD
26
bn) and has been excluded from the table above.
The numbers outlined in the table above may differ from the securitization
 
positions presented in the 31 December
 
2024
Pillar 3
 
Report,
 
available
 
under “Pillar
 
3 disclosures”
 
at
ubs.com/investors
, for
 
the following
 
reasons:
 
(i) exclusion
 
of synthetic
securitizations
 
transacted
 
with entities
 
that are
 
not SEs
 
and transactions
 
in which
 
the Group
 
did not
 
have an
 
interest
 
because
it did
 
not absorb
 
any risk;
 
(ii) a
 
different
 
measurement
 
basis in
 
certain
 
cases (e.g.
 
IFRS Accounting
 
Standards
 
carrying
 
amount
within
 
the table
 
above compared
 
with net
 
exposure
 
amount at
 
default
 
for Pillar
 
3 disclosures);
 
and (iii)
 
different
 
classification
of vehicles
 
viewed as sponsored
 
by the Group
 
versus sponsored
 
by third parties.
Refer to the 31 December 2024 Pillar 3 Report,
 
available under “Pillar 3 disclosures” at
ubs.com/investors
,
for more information
Interests in client vehicles sponsored by UBS
UBS-sponsored
 
client
 
vehicles
 
are
 
established
 
predominantly
 
for
 
clients
 
to
 
gain
 
exposure
 
to
 
specific
 
assets
 
or
 
risk
exposures. Such vehicles
 
may enter into derivative
 
agreements,
 
with UBS or a
 
third party,
 
to align the cash flows
 
of the
entity with the investor’s intended investment objective,
 
or to introduce other desired risk exposures
 
.
 
As of 31 December 2024
 
and 31 December 2023,
 
the Group retained interests
 
in client vehicles sponsored
 
by UBS that
relate to financing, secondary market and derivative
 
trading activities,
 
and to hedge structured product offerings.
 
Interests in investment funds
Investment funds have a collective
 
investment objective, and are
 
either passively managed, so
 
that any decision-making
does not have a substantive effect
 
on variability,
 
or are actively managed and investors
 
or their governing bodies do not
have substantive voting or similar rights.
The Group holds
 
interests in a
 
number of investment
 
funds,
 
primarily resulting from
 
seed investments or
 
in order to
 
hedge
structured product offerings.
 
In addition to
 
the interests disclosed
 
in the table
 
above, the
 
Group manages the
 
assets of
various pooled investment funds and receives fees based, in whole or in part, on the net asset value of the fund and / or
the performance of the fund. The specific fee structure is determined based on various market
 
factors and considers the
fund’s nature and the
 
jurisdiction of incorporation,
 
as well as fee
 
schedules negotiated with
 
clients. These fee contracts
represent an interest in the fund, as they align the Group’s exposure with investors, providing a
 
variable return based on
the performance
 
of the
 
entity. Depending
 
on the
 
structure of
 
the fund,
 
these fees
 
may be
 
collected directly
 
from the
fund’s assets and / or from
 
the investors. Any amounts
 
due are collected on a
 
regular basis and are generally
 
backed by
the fund’s assets.
 
Therefore, interest
 
in such funds
 
is not represented
 
by the on-balance
 
sheet fee receivable
 
but rather
by
 
the
 
future
 
exposure
 
to
 
variable
 
fees.
 
The
 
net
 
asset
 
value
 
of
 
such
 
funds
 
was
 
USD
532
bn
 
and
 
USD
511
bn
 
as
 
of
31 December 2024
 
and 31 December
 
2023, respectively,
 
and has
 
been excluded
 
from the
 
table above.
 
The Group
 
did
not have any material exposure to loss from these interests
 
as of 31 December 2024 or as of 31 December 2023.
Interests in other vehicles sponsored by third parties
Interests in other vehicles sponsored by third parties
 
include loans with a high LTV
 
and credit-impaired loans provided to
third-party structured entities.