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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

 

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date: March 6, 2023

 

 

UBS Group AG

Commission File Number: 1-36764

 

UBS AG

Commission File Number: 1-15060

 

 

(Registrants' Name)

 

Bahnhofstrasse 45, Zurich, Switzerland and
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 31 December 2022 Pillar 3 Report of UBS Group and significant regulated subsidiaries and sub-groups, which appears immediately following this page.

 

 

 


      

Pillar 3 Report

  31 December 2022

  UBS Group and significant regulated subsidiaries

  and sub-groups

 

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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

“1m”

One million, i.e., 1,000,000

“1bn”

One billion, i.e., 1,000,000,000

“1trn”

One trillion, i.e., 1,000,000,000,000

 


      

Table of contents

UBS Group

5

Section 1

Introduction and basis for preparation

15

Section 2

Key metrics

17

Section 3

Overview of risk-weighted assets

18

Section 4

Linkage between financial statements and

regulatory exposures

21

Section 5

Credit risk

50

Section 6

Counterparty credit risk

57

Section 7

Comparison of A-IRB approach and

standardized approach for credit risk

61

Section 8

Securitizations

64

Section 9

Market risk

72

Section 10

Operational risk

72

Section 11

Interest rate risk in the banking book

75

Section 12

Going and gone concern requirements
and eligible capital

82

Section 13

Total loss-absorbing capacity

83

Section 14

Leverage ratio

86

Section 15

Liquidity and funding

89

Section 16

Remuneration

90

Section 17

Requirements for global systemically important banks and related indicators

 

 

 

 

 

 

Significant regulated subsidiaries and sub-groups

91

Section 1

Introduction

91

Section 2

UBS AG standalone

95

Section 3

UBS Switzerland AG standalone

102

Section 4

UBS Europe SE consolidated

103

Section 5

UBS Americas Holding LLC consolidated

 

 

 

Appendix

105

Abbreviations frequently used in our financial reports

107

Cautionary statement

       

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UBS Group

 

Section 1  Introduction and basis for preparation

Scope of Basel III Pillar 3 disclosures

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the BCBS) Basel III capital adequacy framework consists of three complementary pillars. Pillar 1 provides a framework for measuring minimum capital requirements for the credit, market, operational and non-counterparty-related risks faced by banks. Pillar 2 addresses the principles of the supervisory review process, emphasizing the need for a qualitative approach to supervising banks. Pillar 3 requires banks to publish a range of disclosures, mainly covering risk, capital, leverage, liquidity and remuneration.

This report provides Pillar 3 disclosures for the UBS Group and prudential key figures and regulatory information for UBS AG standalone, UBS Switzerland AG standalone, UBS Europe SE consolidated and UBS Americas Holding LLC consolidated in the respective sections under “Significant regulated subsidiaries and sub-groups.”

This Pillar 3 Report has been prepared in accordance with Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) Pillar 3 disclosure requirements (FINMA Circular 2016/1 “Disclosure – banks”) as revised on 8 December 2021, the underlying BCBS guidance “Revised Pillar 3 disclosure requirements” issued in January 2015, the “Frequently asked questions on the revised Pillar 3 disclosure requirements” issued in August 2016, the “Pillar 3 disclosure requirements – consolidated and enhanced framework” issued in March 2017 and the subsequent “Technical Amendment – Pillar 3 disclosure requirements – regulatory treatment of accounting provisions” issued in August 2018.

As UBS is considered a systemically relevant bank (an SRB) under Swiss banking law, UBS Group AG and UBS AG are required to comply with regulations based on the Basel III framework as applicable to Swiss SRBs on a consolidated basis.

Local regulators may also require the publication of Pillar 3 information at a subsidiary or sub-group level. Where applicable, these local disclosures are provided under “Holding company and significant regulated subsidiaries and sub-groups” at ubs.com/investors

    Refer to the “Capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet” section of our Annual Report 2022, available under “Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors, for more information about capital and other regulatory information as of 31 December 2022 for UBS Group AG consolidated, and to the “Capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet” section of the combined UBS Group AG and UBS AG Annual Report 2022, available under “Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors, for more information about capital and other regulatory information for UBS AG consolidated

Significant regulatory developments, disclosure requirements and other changes

FINMA’s annual assessment of recovery and resolution plans and revisions to the Swiss Banking Act and the Banking Ordinance

In March 2022, FINMA presented its annual assessment of the recovery and resolution plans of systemically important financial institutions in Switzerland as part of the too-big-to-fail framework. In its report, FINMA acknowledged the further progress that UBS has made with regard to its global resolvability by significantly reducing remaining obstacles to the implementation of its resolution strategy and making further improvements to its recovery plans. FINMA considered UBS’s global recovery plan and Swiss emergency plan to be effective, while identifying certain areas for further improvement, which UBS is in the process of addressing. Based on the improvements made in 2021, FINMA increased the resolvability discount on the gone concern capital requirements as of 1 July 2022.

In November 2022, the Swiss Federal Council adopted the amendments to the Banking Act and the Banking Ordinance, which entered into force as of 1 January 2023. The amendments enact insolvency provisions for banks into statutory law and strengthen the deposit insurance framework. They also replace the current, aforementioned resolvability discount on the gone concern capital requirements for systemically important banks (SIBs), including UBS, with a reduced base gone concern capital requirement. In addition, FINMA has the authority to impose a surcharge of up to 25% of the base gone concern capital requirement should obstacles to a SIB’s resolvability be identified in future resolvability assessments. We currently expect that our total gone concern requirements will remain substantially unchanged in the first quarter of 2023 because of these changes.

Revision of the Swiss liquidity requirements

In July 2022, the revision of the Swiss Liquidity Ordinance became effective, which increases the regulatory minimum liquidity requirements for systemically important banks (SIBs) from 1 January 2024. The specific increase for UBS remains uncertain pending supervisory guidance from FINMA, which is expected to be communicated to the firm in the autumn of 2023. Related new and revised regulatory reporting requirements became effective from the fourth quarter of 2022 onward.

 

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Amendment of the Swiss Capital Adequacy Ordinance regarding the final implementation of Basel III

In December 2022, the Swiss State Secretariat for International Finance changed the expected date on which the final Basel III guidelines are to enter into force, from 1 July 2024 to 1 January 2025. As a result, the Swiss implementation timeline would be aligned to the currently expected implementation timeline in the EU. We currently estimate that the revised Basel III framework would lead to a further net increase in risk-weighted assets (RWA) of around USD 12bn, before taking into account mitigating actions and not reflecting the impact of the output floor, which is phased in over time. Our estimate includes the finalization of the Basel III framework, as well as the fundamental review of the trading book, based on our current understanding of the relevant standards. It may change as a result of new or updated regulatory interpretations, appropriate conservatism in model calibration, the implementation of Basel III standards into national law, changes in business growth, market conditions and other factors. The final degree of alignment between the Swiss implementation and those in other jurisdictions, particularly those regarding the treatment of historical operational losses, remains uncertain at this stage.

Introduction of a Swiss public liquidity backstop

In conjunction with the revision of the Swiss Liquidity Ordinance, the Swiss Federal Council announced the key parameters for a public liquidity backstop in March 2022. The liquidity backstop would enable the Swiss government and the Swiss National Bank to support the liquidity of a Swiss SIB in the process of resolution. The introduction of the backstop is intended to increase the confidence of market participants in the ability of SIBs to become successfully recapitalized and remain solvent in a crisis situation. The Swiss Federal Department of Finance (the FDF) is expected to issue a public consultation by mid-2023.

US Inflation Reduction Act

As part of the Inflation Reduction Act (the IRA) passed by the US Congress in August 2022, a new corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT) was introduced, with an effective date of 1 January 2023. CAMT is calculated as 15% of an entity’s consolidated financial statement profits, without taking into account pre-2019 tax loss carry-forwards. As a result, the Group is expected to incur significant US current tax expenses, although these will be offset by the recognition of equivalent benefits in respect of deferred tax assets. There is no change to the Group’s effective tax rate. CAMT will temporarily defer the accretion of profits to the Group’s common equity tier 1 (CET1) capital, but the amount of such deferral is expected to be recaptured in the future through the use of CAMT credits. The 2022 impact on the accretion of CET1 capital would have been around USD 250m.

Other developments

Simplification of Pillar 3 disclosures

Starting with the 31 December 2022 Pillar 3 Report, we have replaced the “CR7: IRB – effect on RWA of credit derivatives used as CRM techniques” and “CCR3: Standardized approach – CCR exposures by regulatory portfolio and risk weights” tables with a qualitative statement, due to immateriality and in line with FINMA Circular 2016/1, general principles of disclosure.

Capital returns

The 2021 share repurchase program was concluded on 29 March 2022. A total of 240.3m UBS Group AG shares were acquired at an aggregate purchase price of CHF 3,810m (USD 4,137m).

On 31 March 2022, we commenced a new 2022 share repurchase program of up to USD 6bn. On 6 April 2022, the shareholders approved a dividend of USD 0.50 per share at the Annual General Meeting (the AGM). The dividend was paid on 14 April 2022 to shareholders of record on 13 April 2022.

In 2022, we repurchased 322m shares for a total acquisition cost of CHF 5,324m (USD 5,581m) under the 2021 and 2022 share repurchase programs. We expect to repurchase more than USD 5bn of our shares in 2023.

For 2022, the Board of Directors (the BoD) is proposing a dividend to UBS Group AG shareholders of USD 0.55 per share. Subject to approval at the AGM, scheduled for 5 April 2023, the dividend will be paid on 14 April 2023 to shareholders of record on 13 April 2023. The ex-dividend date will be 12 April 2023.

    Refer to the “Share information and earnings per share” section of our Annual Report 2022, available under “Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors, for more information

Sale of our shareholding in Mitsubishi Corp.-UBS Realty Inc.

In the second quarter of 2022, we completed the sale of our 49% shareholding in our Japanese real estate joint venture, Mitsubishi Corp.-UBS Realty Inc., to KKR & Co. Inc., as announced on 17 March 2022. The sale resulted in a pre-tax gain of USD 848m in Asset Management and increased our CET1 capital by USD 979m. Our asset management, wealth management and investment banking businesses operating in Japan were not affected by the sale.

 

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Material model updates

Following a review with FINMA regarding the French cross-border matter, we reflected additional operational risk RWA of USD 4.1bn in the first half of 2022. The additional operational risk RWA were phased in over two quarters, with USD 2.1bn reflected in the first quarter and USD 2.0bn in the second quarter of 2022.

Since the beginning of the second quarter of 2021, we began to phase in an RWA increase related to a new model for structured margin loans and similar products in Global Wealth Management. This RWA increase was phased in over five quarters up to and including the second quarter of 2022. As a result, credit risk RWA increased by USD 0.7bn in the first quarter of 2022 and by USD 0.7bn in the second quarter of 2022 when the phase-in was completed.

In addition, we implemented a new model for structured margin loans in the Investment Bank in the first quarter of 2022, resulting in a credit and counterparty credit risk increase of USD 0.4bn. The first quarter of 2022 also included a credit risk RWA increase of USD 0.3bn due to a loss given default (LGD) model update related to leveraged finance clients in the Investment Bank.

Furthermore, we updated the model for margin period of risk for prime brokerage clients, which resulted in an increase in credit risk RWA of USD 1.1bn in the second quarter of 2022.

We also updated the LGD model for mortgages in Switzerland, which resulted in an increase in credit risk RWA of USD 1.0bn in the second quarter of 2022.

In the third quarter of 2022, we updated the probability-of-default (PD) and LGD models for certain Lombard clients, which resulted in a credit risk RWA increase of USD 0.6bn. Furthermore, we updated the PD model for owner-occupied residential properties, which resulted in an additional credit risk RWA increase of USD 0.6bn.

In the fourth quarter of 2022, we began to phase in an RWA increase for a change in relation to the LGD model for private equity and hedge fund financing trades. This RWA increase is being phased in over four quarters and will be fully implemented by the third quarter of 2023. Credit risk RWA increased by USD 0.7bn in the fourth quarter of 2022 due to the aforementioned change.

Furthermore, we began to phase in an update to the PD model for hedge funds. The associated credit risk RWA increase will be phased in over four quarters, and the RWA increase in the fourth quarter of 2022 was USD 0.1bn. Finally, the fourth quarter of 2022 reflected an RWA reduction of USD 0.3bn related to updates to the Lombard model.

Frequency and comparability of Pillar 3 disclosures

The table below summarizes the reporting frequency for each disclosure as per the current FINMA requirements applicable to UBS.

We provide quantitative comparative information as of 30 September 2022 for disclosures required on a quarterly basis and as of 30 June 2022 for disclosures required on a semi-annual basis. Where specifically required by FINMA and / or the BCBS, we disclose comparative information for additional reporting dates.

Where required, movement commentary is aligned with the corresponding disclosure frequency required by FINMA and always refers to the latest comparative period. Throughout this report, signposts are displayed at the beginning of a section, table or chart – Annual | Semi-annual | Quarterly | – indicating whether the disclosure is provided annually, semi-annually or quarterly. A triangle symbol – – indicates the end of the signpost.

    Refer to our 31 March 2022, 30 June 2022 and 30 September 2022 Pillar 3 Reports, available under “Pillar 3 disclosures” at ubs.com/investors, for more information about previously published quarterly movement commentary

    Refer to our 30 June 2022 Pillar 3 Report, available under “Pillar 3 disclosures” at ubs.com/investors, for more information about previously published semi-annual movement commentary

 

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The following table outlines the annual, semi-annual and quarterly disclosure requirements that are satisfied in this report for UBS Group and significant regulated subsidiaries and sub-groups as applicable. For specific disclosures, this report may refer to our Annual Report 2022.

 

FINMA reference1

Disclosure title in this report

Section of this report

Page number in this report

Annual disclosure requirements

OVA

Bank risk management approach

Introduction and basis for preparation

11–12

LI1

Differences between accounting and regulatory scopes of consolidation and mapping of financial statements with regulatory risk categories

Section 4 Linkage between financial statements and regulatory exposures

19–20

LI2

Main sources of differences between regulatory exposure amounts and carrying values in financial statements (under the regulatory scope of consolidation)

Section 4 Linkage between financial statements and regulatory exposures

21

LIA

Explanations of differences between accounting and regulatory exposure amounts

Section 4 Linkage between financial statements and regulatory exposures

19

PV1

Prudent valuation adjustments (PVA)

Section 12 Going and gone concern requirements and eligible capital

81

GSIB1

Disclosure of G-SIB indicators

Section 17 Requirements for global systemically important banks and related indicators

90

LIQA

Liquidity risk management

Section 15 Liquidity and funding

88

CRA

Credit risk management

Section 5 Credit risk

22

CRB

Additional disclosure related to the credit quality of assets:

     Breakdown of exposures by industry

     Breakdown of exposures by geographical area

     Breakdown of exposures by residual maturity

     Credit-impaired exposures by industry

     Credit-impaired exposures by geographical area

     Past due exposures

     Breakdown of restructured exposures between credit-impaired and non-credit-impaired

Section 5 Credit risk

 

24

24

25

25

26

26

26

CRC

Credit risk mitigation

Section 5 Credit risk

27

CRD

Qualitative disclosures on banks’ use of external credit ratings under the standardized approach for credit risk

Section 5 Credit risk

28

CRE

Qualitative disclosure related to IRB models

Section 5 Credit risk

31

CR9

IRB – backtesting of probability of default (PD) per portfolio

Section 5 Credit risk

42–49

CCRA

Counterparty credit risk management

Section 6 Counterparty credit risk

50

SECA

     Introduction

     Objectives, roles and involvement

Section 7 Securitization

61

61–62

MRA

Market risk

Section 9 Market risk

64

MRB

Internal models approach

Section 9 Market risk

67

IRRBBA

Interest rate risk in the banking book

Section 11 Interest rate risk in the banking book

72

IRRBB1

Quantitative information about IRRBB

Section 11 Interest rate risk in the banking book

73

IRRBBA1

Quantitative disclosures relating to the position structure and interest rate reset of IRRBB risk

Section 11 Interest rate risk in the banking book

73–74

REMA REM1

REM2

REM3

Remuneration policy

Section 16 Remuneration

89

ORA

Operational risk

Section 10 Operational risk

72

VaR- and SVaR-based RWA

Section 9 Market risk

69

 

RniV-based RWA

Section 9 Market risk

70

 

IRC-based RWA

Section 9 Market risk

71

 

Comprehensive risk measure

Section 9 Market risk

71

 

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FINMA reference1

Disclosure title in this report

Section of this report

Page number in this report

Semi-annual disclosure requirements

CR1

Credit quality of assets

Section 5 Credit risk

23

CR2

Changes in stock of defaulted loans, debt securities and off-balance sheet exposures

Section 5 Credit risk

23

CR3

Credit risk mitigation techniques – overview

Section 5 Credit risk

28

CR4

Standardized approach – credit risk exposure and credit risk mitigation (CRM) effects

Section 5 Credit risk

29

CR5

Standardized approach – exposures by asset classes and risk weights

Section 5 Credit risk

30

CR6

IRB – credit risk exposures by portfolio and PD range

Section 5 Credit risk

33–40

CR7

Qualitative statement about the impact of credit derivatives used as CRM techniques on IRB credit risk RWA

Section 5 Credit risk

41

CR10

IRB (equities under the simple risk-weight method)

Section 5 Credit risk

50

CCR1

Analysis of counterparty credit risk (CCR) exposure by approach

Section 6 Counterparty credit risk

51

CCR2

Credit valuation adjustment (CVA) capital charge

Section 6 Counterparty credit risk

51

CCR3

Qualitative statement about the materiality of counterparty credit risk exposures subject to standardized risk weights

Section 6 Counterparty credit risk

51

CCR4

IRB – CCR exposures by portfolio and PD scale

Section 6 Counterparty credit risk

52–54

CCR5

Composition of collateral for CCR exposure

Section 6 Counterparty credit risk

55

CCR6

Credit derivatives exposures

Section 6 Counterparty credit risk

55

CCR8

Exposures to central counterparties

Section 6 Counterparty credit risk

56

SEC1 SEC2 SEC3 SEC4

Tailored table “Securitization exposures in the banking and trading book and associated regulatory capital requirements“

Section 8 Securitizations

63

MR1

The data is reflected in the “Securitization exposures in the banking and trading book and associated regulatory capital requirements” table

Section 8 Securitizations

63

MR3

IMA values for trading portfolios

Section 9 Market risk

68

MR4

Comparison of VaR estimates with gains / losses

Section 9 Market risk

69-70

CC1

Composition of regulatory capital

Section 12 Going and gone concern requirements and eligible capital

79–80

CC2

Reconciliation of accounting balance sheet to balance sheet under the regulatory scope of consolidation

Section 12 Going and gone concern requirements and eligible capital

77–78

CCA

Main features of regulatory capital instruments and other total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC)-eligible instruments

n/a – The CCA table is published on our website. Refer to the document titled “Capital and total loss-absorbing capacity instruments of UBS Group AG consolidated and UBS AG consolidated and standalone – key features” under “Bondholder information” at ubs.com/investors, for more information.

n/a

CCyB1

Geographical distribution of credit exposures used in the countercyclical capital buffer

Section 12 Going and gone concern requirements and eligible capital

76

TLAC1

TLAC composition for G-SIBs (at resolution group level)

Section 13 Total loss-absorbing capacity

82

TLAC2

Material sub-group entity – creditor ranking at legal entity level

Significant regulated subsidiaries and sub-groups:

Section 5 UBS Americas Holding LLC consolidated

104

TLAC3

Creditor ranking at legal entity level for the resolution entity,

UBS Group AG

Section 13 Total loss-absorbing capacity

83

LIQ2

Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR)

Section 15 Liquidity and funding

89

 

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FINMA reference1

Disclosure title in this report

Section of this report

Page number in this report

Quarterly disclosure requirements

KM1

Key metrics

UBS Group:

Section 2 Key metrics

 

Significant regulated subsidiaries and sub-groups:

Section 2 UBS AG standalone

Section 3 UBS Switzerland AG standalone

Section 4 UBS Europe SE consolidated

Section 5 UBS Americas Holding LLC consolidated

 

16

 

 

92

96

102

103

 

KM2

Key metrics – TLAC requirements (at resolution group level)

Section 2 Key metrics

17

OV1

Overview of RWA

Section 3 Overview of risk-weighted assets

18

CR8

RWA flow statements of credit risk exposures under IRB

Section 5 Credit risk

41

CCR7

RWA flow statements of CCR exposures under IMM and VaR

Section 6 Counterparty credit risk

56

MR2

RWA flow statements of market risk exposures under an internal models approach

Section 9 Market risk

66

LR1

BCBS Basel III leverage ratio summary comparison

Section 14 Leverage ratio

85

LR2

BCBS Basel III leverage ratio common disclosure

Section 14 Leverage ratio

85

LIQ1

Liquidity coverage ratio

Section 15 Liquidity and funding

87

High-quality liquid assets

Section 15 Liquidity and funding

86

Swiss SRB going and gone concern requirements and information

UBS Group

Section 12 Going and gone concern requirements and eligible capital

 

Significant regulated subsidiaries and sub-groups:

Section 2 UBS AG standalone

Section 3 UBS Switzerland AG standalone

 

75

 

 

 

93–94 

97–98 

 

Reconciliation of IFRS total assets to BCBS Basel III total on-balance sheet exposures excluding derivatives and securities financing transactions

Section 14 Leverage ratio

84

 

Swiss SRB leverage ratio denominator

Significant regulated subsidiaries and sub-groups:

Section 2 UBS AG standalone

Section 3 UBS Switzerland AG standalone

 

94

98

 

1 Disclosure requirement per FINMA Circular 2016/1 “Disclosure – banks.”

Format of Pillar 3 disclosures

As defined by FINMA, certain Pillar 3 disclosures follow a fixed format, whereas other disclosures are flexible and may be modified to a certain degree to present the most relevant information. Pillar 3 requirements are presented under the relevant FINMA table / template reference (e.g., OVA, OV1, LI1, etc.). Pillar 3 disclosures may also include row labeling (1, 2, 3, etc.) as prescribed by FINMA. Naming conventions used in our Pillar 3 disclosures are based on FINMA guidance and may not reflect UBS naming conventions.

The FINMA-defined asset classes used within this Pillar 3 Report are as follows:

     Central governments and central banks, consisting of exposures relating to governments at the level of the nation state and their central banks. The European Union is also treated as a central government.

     Banks and securities dealers, consisting of exposures to legal entities holding banking licenses and securities firms subject to adequate supervisory and regulatory arrangements, including risk-based capital requirements. Securities firms can only be assigned to this asset class if they are subject to a supervision equivalent to that of banks.

     Public-sector entities and multi-lateral development banks, consisting of exposures to institutions established on the basis of public law in different forms, such as administrative entities or public companies and regional governments, the Bank for International Settlements, the International Monetary Fund, and eligible multi-lateral development banks recognized by FINMA.

     Corporates: specialized lending, consisting of exposures relating to income-producing real estate and high-volatility commercial real estate, commodities finance, project finance, and object finance.

     Corporates: other lending, consisting of all exposures to corporates that are not specialized lending. This asset class includes private commercial entities, such as corporations, partnerships or proprietorships, insurance companies and funds (including managed funds).

     Retail: residential mortgages, consisting of residential mortgages, regardless of exposure size, if the owner occupies or rents out the mortgaged property.

     Retail: qualifying revolving retail exposures, consisting of unsecured and revolving credits to individuals that exhibit appropriate loss characteristics relating to credit card relationships at UBS.

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     Retail: other, consisting primarily of Lombard lending that represents loans made against the pledge of eligible marketable securities or cash, as well as exposures to small businesses, private clients and other retail customers without mortgage financing.

     Equity, consisting of instruments that have no stated or predetermined maturity and represent a residual interest in the net assets of an entity.

     Other assets, consisting of the remainder of exposures that UBS is exposed to, mainly non-counterparty-related assets.

Governance over Pillar 3 disclosures

The BoD and senior management are responsible for establishing and maintaining an effective internal control structure over the disclosure of financial information, including Pillar 3 disclosures. In line with BCBS and FINMA requirements, we have a BoD-approved Pillar 3 disclosure governance policy in place, which includes information about the key internal controls and procedures designed to govern the preparation, review and sign-off of Pillar 3 disclosures. This Pillar 3 Report has been verified and approved in line with that policy.

Risk management framework

Our Group-wide risk management framework is applied across all risk types. The table below presents an overview of risk management disclosures that are provided separately in our Annual Report 2022, available under “Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors.

 

Annual |

OVA: Bank risk management approach 

Pillar 3 disclosure requirement

Annual Report 2022 section

Disclosure

Annual Report 2022 page number

Business model and risk profile

Our strategy, business model and environment

     Market climate, Industry trends

     Risk factors

28–32

56–66

Risk, capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet

     Overview of risks arising from our business activities

     Risk categories

     Top and emerging risks

     Risk management and control principles

     Risk appetite framework

     Risk measurement

     Credit risk –  Main sources of credit risk, Overview of measurement, monitoring and management techniques, Credit risk profile of the Group

     Market risk –  Main sources of market risk, Overview of measurement, monitoring and management techniques

     Interest rate risk in the banking book

     Other market risk exposures

     Country risk framework, Country risk exposure

     Non-financial risk framework

84

85–86

86–87

90

89–91

93–95

96–97

 

 

111–112

 

115–118

118–119

119–121

131–132

Risk governance

Risk, capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet

     Risk categories

     Risk governance

     Interest rate risk in the banking book –  Risk management and governance

     Capital management –  Capital management objectives, Capital planning and activities

     Liquidity and funding management –  Strategy, objectives and governance

85–86

87–89

116

 

135

 

147

Communication and enforcement of risk culture within the bank

Risk, capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet

     Risk governance

     Risk appetite framework

     Internal risk reporting

     Non-financial risk framework

87–89

89–91

92

131–132

Scope and main features of risk measurement systems

Risk, capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet

     Risk measurement

     Credit risk –  Overview of measurement, monitoring and management techniques

     Market risk –  Overview of measurement, monitoring and management techniques

     Country risk exposure measure

     Advanced measurement approach model

93–95

96–97

 

111–112

 

120

132

Risk information reporting

Risk, capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet

     Risk governance

     Risk management and control principles

     Internal risk reporting

87–89

90

92

 

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OVA: Bank risk management approach (continued)

Pillar 3 disclosure requirement

Annual Report 2022 section

Disclosure

Annual Report 2022 page number

 

Stress testing

Risk, capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet

     Risk appetite framework

     Stress testing

     Credit risk models –  Stress loss

     Market risk stress loss

     Interest rate risk in the banking book

     Other market risk exposures

     Liquidity and funding management –  Liquidity and funding stress testing

89–91

93–94

107

112

115–118

118–119

147–148

 

Strategies and processes applied to manage, hedge and mitigate risks

Risk, capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet

     Credit risk –  Overview of measurement, monitoring and management techniques

     Credit risk mitigation

     Market risk –  Overview of measurement, monitoring and management techniques

     Value-at-risk

     Interest rate risk in the banking book

     Other market risk exposures

     Country risk exposure

     Non-financial risk framework

     Liquidity and funding management

     Currency management

     Risk management and control principles

96–97

 

102–104

111–112

 

112–115

115–118

118–119

120–121

131–132

147–149

156–157

90

 

Consolidated financial statements

     Note 10 Derivative instruments

     Note 20h Maximum exposure to credit risk for financial instruments measured at fair value

     Note 21 Offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities

291–293

328

 

330–331

 

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Our approach to measuring risk exposure and risk-weighted assets

Depending on the intended purpose, the measurement of risk exposure that we apply may differ. Exposures may be measured for financial accounting purposes under IFRS for deriving our regulatory capital requirement or for internal risk management and control purposes. Our Pillar 3 disclosures are generally based on measures of risk exposure used to derive the regulatory capital required under Pillar 1. Our RWA are calculated according to the BCBS Basel III framework, as implemented by the Swiss Capital Adequacy Ordinance issued by the Swiss Federal Council and by the associated circulars issued by FINMA.

The table below provides a summary of the approaches we use for the main risk categories to determine the regulatory risk exposure and RWA.

 

Category

Definition of risk

Regulatory risk exposure

Risk-weighted assets (RWA)

I. Credit risk

Credit risk

Credit risk is the risk of a loss resulting from the failure of a counterparty to meet its contractual obligations toward UBS arising from transactions such as loans, debt securities held in our banking book and undrawn credit facilities.

 

Refer to section 5, Credit risk.

Exposure at default (EAD) is the amount we expect a counterparty to owe us at the time of a possible default. For banking products, the EAD generally equals the IFRS carrying amount as of the reporting date. The EAD is expected to remain constant over the 12-month period. For loan commitments, a credit conversion factor is applied to model expected future drawdowns over the 12-month period.

We apply two approaches to measure credit risk RWA:

     Advanced internal ratings-based (A-IRB) approach, applied for the majority of our businesses. Counterparty risk weights are determined by reference to internal probability of default and LGD estimates.

     Standardized approach (SA), generally based on external ratings for a sub-set of our credit portfolio where internal measures are not available.

Non-counterparty-related risk

Non-counterparty-related risk (NCPA) denotes the risk of a loss arising from changes in value or from liquidation of assets not linked to any counterparty, for example, premises, equipment and software, and deferred tax assets on temporary differences. 

 

Refer to section 3, Overview of RWA.

The IFRS carrying amount is the basis for measuring NCPA exposure.

We measure non-counterparty-related risk RWA by applying prescribed regulatory risk weights to the NCPA exposure.

 

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Category

Definition of risk

Regulatory risk exposure

Risk-weighted assets (RWA)

Equity positions in the banking book

Risk from equity positions in the banking book refers to the investment risk arising from equity positions and other relevant investments or instruments held in our banking book.

 

Refer to section 5, Credit risk.

The IFRS carrying amount is the basis for measuring risk exposure for equity securities held in our banking book, but reflecting a net position.

We measure the RWA from equity positions in the banking book by applying prescribed regulatory risk weights to our listed and unlisted equity exposures.

II. Counterparty credit risk

Counterparty credit risk (CCR)

CCR is the risk that a counterparty for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, exchange-traded derivatives (ETDs) or securities financing transactions (SFTs) will default before the final settlement of a transaction and cause a loss to the firm if the transaction has a positive economic value at the time of default.

 

Refer to section 6, Counterparty credit risk.

We primarily use internal models to measure CCR exposures to third parties. All internal models are approved by FINMA.

     For OTC derivatives and ETDs we apply the effective expected positive exposure (EEPE) and stressed expected positive exposure (SEPE) as defined in the Basel III framework.

     For SFTs, we apply the close-out period approach.

 

In certain instances where risk models are not available:

     Exposure on OTC derivatives and ETDs is calculated considering the net positive replacement values and potential future exposure.

     Exposure for SFTs is based on the IFRS carrying amount, net of collateral mitigation.

We apply two approaches to measure CCR RWA:

     Advanced internal ratings-based (A-IRB) approach, applied for the majority of our businesses. Counterparty risk weights are determined by reference to internal counterparty ratings and LGD estimates.

     Standardized approach (SA), generally based on external ratings for a sub-set of our credit portfolio, where internal measures are not available.

 

We apply an additional credit valuation adjustment (CVA) capital charge to hold capital against the risk of mark-to-market losses associated with the deterioration of counterparty credit quality.

Settlement risk

Settlement risk is the risk of loss resulting from transactions that involve exchange of value (e.g., security versus cash) where we must deliver without first being able to determine with certainty that we will receive the countervalue.

 

Refer to section 3, Overview of risk-weighted assets.

The IFRS carrying amount is the basis for measuring settlement risk exposure.

We measure settlement risk RWA through the application of prescribed regulatory risk weights to the settlement risk exposure.

 

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Category

Definition of risk

Regulatory risk exposure

Risk-weighted assets (RWA)

III. Securitization exposures in the banking book

Securitization exposures in the banking book

Exposures arising from traditional and synthetic securitizations held in our banking book.

 

Refer to section 8, Securitizations.

The IFRS carrying amount after eligible regulatory credit risk mitigation and credit conversion factor is the basis for measuring securitization exposure. For synthetic securitization transactions, the exposure is equal to the fair value of the net long or short securitization position.

Consistent with the BCBS, we apply the FINMA-defined hierarchy of approaches for banking book securitizations to measure RWA:

     Internal ratings-based approach (SEC-IRBA), considering the advanced IRB risk weights, if the securitized pool largely consists of IRB positions and internal ratings are available.

     External ratings-based approach (SEC-ERBA), if the IRB approach cannot be applied, risk weights are applied based on external ratings, provided that we are able to demonstrate our expertise in critically reviewing and challenging the external ratings.

     Standardized approach (SEC-SA) or 1,250% risk weight factor, if none of the aforementioned approaches can be applied, we would apply the standardized approach where the delinquency status of a significant portion of the underlying exposure can be determined or a risk weight of 1,250%.

 

For re-securitization exposures we apply either the standardized approach or a risk weight factor of 1,250%.

IV. Market risk

Value-at-risk (VaR) 

VaR is a statistical measure of market risk, representing the market risk losses that could potentially be realized over a set time horizon (holding period) at an established level of confidence. For regulatory VaR, the holding period is 10 days and the confidence level is 99%. For our risk management measure, Management VaR, we apply a holding period of 1 day and a confidence level of 95%.

For further differences between the regulatory and Management VaR, refer to the “Risk management and control” section of our Annual Report 2022.

 

Refer to section 9, Market risk.

 

The VaR component of market risk RWA is calculated by taking the maximum of the period-end VaR and the product of the average VaR for the 60 trading days immediately preceding the period end and a VaR multiplier. The quantity is then multiplied by a risk weight factor of 1,250% to determine RWA. The VaR multiplier is dependent on the number of VaR backtesting exceptions within the most recent 250-trading-day window.

Stressed VaR  (SVaR) 

SVaR is a 10-day 99% VaR measure estimated with model parameters that are calibrated to historical data covering a one-year period of significant financial stress relevant to the firm’s current portfolio.

 

Refer to section 9, Market risk.

 

The derivation of SVaR RWA is similar to the one explained above for VaR. Unlike VaR, SVaR is computed weekly, and as a result the average SVaR is computed over the most recent 12 observations.

Add-on for risks not in VaR  (RniV)

Potential risks that are not fully captured by our VaR model are referred to as RniV. We have a framework to identify and quantify these potential risks and underpin them with capital.

 

Refer to section 9, Market risk.

 

Our RniV framework is used to derive the RniV-based component of the market risk RWA, which is approved by FINMA. Since the second quarter of 2018, RniV and RWA resulting from RniV are recalibrated on a monthly basis.

As the RWA from RniV are add-ons, they do not reflect any diversification benefits across risks capitalized through VaR and SVaR.

Incremental risk charge (the IRC)

The IRC represents an estimate of the default and rating migration risk of all trading book positions with issuer risk, except for equity products and securitization exposures, measured over a one-year time horizon at a 99.9% confidence level.

 

Refer to section 9, Market risk.

 

The IRC is calculated weekly, and the results are used to derive the IRC-based component of the market risk RWA. The derivation is similar to that for VaR- and SVaR-based RWA, but without a VaR multiplier.

 

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Category

Definition of risk

Regulatory risk exposure

Risk-weighted assets (RWA)

Comprehensive risk measure (the CRM)

The CRM is an estimate of the default and complex price risk, including the convexity and cross-convexity of the CRM portfolio across credit spread, correlation and recovery, measured over a one-year time horizon at a 99.9% confidence level.

 

Refer to section 9, Market risk.

 

Since the second quarter of 2019, we have not held eligible correlation trading positions. Prior to then, the CRM was calculated weekly and used to derive the CRM-based component of the market risk RWA, with the calculation subject to a floor equal to 8% of the equivalent capital charge under the specific risk measure (the SRM) for the correlation trading portfolio.

Securitization /

re-securitization in the trading book

Risk arising from traditional and synthetic securitizations held in our trading book.

 

Refer to section 8, Securitizations and
section 9, Market risk.

The exposure is equal to the fair value of the net long or short securitization position.

We measure trading book securitization RWA using the Ratings-based approach, i.e., applying risk weights based on external ratings.

V. Operational risk

Operational risk 

Operational risk is the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people or systems, or from external causes (deliberate, accidental or natural), including cybersecurity and information security risk. Operational risk includes, among others, legal risk, conduct risk and compliance risk.

Refer to section 10, Operational risk.

 

We use the advanced measurement approach to measure operational risk RWA in accordance with FINMA requirements.

 

 

 

 

 

Section 2  Key metrics

Key metrics of the fourth quarter of 2022

Quarterly | The KM1 and KM2 tables below are based on Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) Basel III rules. The KM2 table includes a reference to the total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) term sheet, published by the Financial Stability Board (the FSB). The FSB provides this term sheet at fsb.org/2015/11/total-loss-absorbing-capacity-tlac-principles-and-term-sheet

Our capital and leverage ratios decreased, primarily reflecting increases in risk-weighted assets (RWA) and in the leverage ratio denominator. Our common equity tier 1 (CET1) capital increased by USD 0.8bn to USD 45.5bn, mainly reflecting operating profit before tax of USD 1.9bn, with associated current tax expenses of USD 0.3bn, and positive effects from foreign currency translation of USD 1.0bn, partly offset by share repurchases of USD 1.3bn and dividend accruals of USD 0.4bn.

Our tier 1 capital decreased by USD 1.0bn to USD 58.3bn, reflecting a decrease in our additional tier 1 (AT1) capital of USD 1.8bn, partly offset by the aforementioned increase in our CET1 capital. The decrease in AT1 capital was mainly driven by our announcement on 5 December 2022 that we intended to redeem an AT1 capital instrument on 31 January 2023, the first call date (ISIN CH0400441280, with a nominal amount of USD 2.0bn, issued on 31 January 2018). This instrument ceased to be eligible as AT1 capital when the call was announced in December 2022.

The TLAC available as of 31 December 2022 included CET1 capital, AT1 and tier 2 capital instruments eligible under the TLAC framework, and non-regulatory capital elements of TLAC. Under the Swiss systemically relevant bank (SRB) framework, including transitional arrangements, TLAC excludes 45% of the gross unrealized gains on debt instruments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income for accounting purposes, which for regulatory capital purposes are measured at the lower of cost or market value. This amount was negligible as of 31 December 2022 but is included as available TLAC in the KM2 table in this section.

Our available TLAC increased by USD 0.6bn to USD 105.3bn, mainly reflecting a USD 1.6bn increase in TLAC-eligible senior unsecured debt, partly offset by the aforementioned decrease in our tier 1 capital. The increase of USD 1.6bn in TLAC-eligible senior unsecured debt was mainly due to interest rate risk hedge, foreign currency translation and other effects.

RWA increased by USD 9.0bn to USD 319.6bn, mainly driven by increases of USD 9.3bn in credit risk, USD 0.9bn in market risk and USD 0.5bn in operational risk RWA, partly offset by decreases of USD 2.6bn in counterparty credit risk. The overall increase of USD 9.0bn  included an increase of USD 8.1bn related to currency effects.

Leverage ratio exposure increased by USD 38.7bn to USD 1,028.5bn, including currency effects of USD 38.5bn, mainly driven by higher trading portfolio and lending assets, as well as purchases of high-quality liquid asset (HQLA) securities, partly offset by lower derivative exposures and securities financing transactions.

 

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In the fourth quarter of 2022, the quarterly average liquidity coverage ratio (the LCR) of UBS Group increased 1.0 percentage point to 163.7%, remaining above the prudential requirement communicated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA). The movement in the average LCR was driven by a reduction in the average net cash outflows of USD 1.8bn to USD 146.0bn, mainly due to lower outflows from customer deposits, partially offset by lower inflows from loans. The effect of the reduction in the average net cash outflows was largely offset by a decrease in the average HQLA of USD 1.8bn to USD 238.6bn, mainly driven by lower average cash balances due to higher funding consumption from the business divisions.

As of 31 December 2022, the net stable funding ratio (the NSFR) of UBS Group decreased 0.6 percentage points to 119.8%, remaining above the prudential requirement communicated by FINMA. The movement in the NSFR was driven by USD 25.0bn higher required stable funding, mainly due to an increase in trading assets and loans to customers, partially offset by lower derivative balances. Available stable funding increased by USD 27.5bn, predominantly due to increased customer deposits and debt securities issued.

 

KM1: Key metrics

 

 

 

 

 

USD m, except where indicated

 

 

 

31.12.22

30.9.22

30.6.22

31.3.22

31.12.21

Available capital (amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

1

Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1)1

45,457

44,664

44,798

44,593

45,281

1a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model CET1

45,457

44,664

44,794

44,587

45,267

2

Tier 11

58,321

59,359

59,907

60,053

60,488

2a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model Tier 1

58,321

59,359

59,902

60,047

60,475

3

Total capital1

58,806

59,845

60,401

61,056

61,928

3a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model total capital

58,806

59,845

60,396

61,051

61,914

Risk-weighted assets (amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

4

Total risk-weighted assets (RWA)

319,585

310,615

315,685

312,037

302,209

4a

Minimum capital requirement2

25,567

24,849

25,255

24,963

24,177

4b

Total risk-weighted assets (pre-floor)

319,585

310,615

315,685

312,037

302,209

Risk-based capital ratios as a percentage of RWA

 

 

 

 

 

5

CET1 ratio (%)1

14.22

14.38

14.19

14.29

14.98

5a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model CET1 ratio (%)

14.22

14.38

14.19

14.29

14.98

6

Tier 1 ratio (%)1

18.25

19.11

18.98

19.25

20.02

6a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model Tier 1 ratio (%)

18.25

19.11

18.98

19.24

20.01

7

Total capital ratio (%)1

18.40

19.27

19.13

19.57

20.49

7a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model total capital ratio (%)

18.40

19.27

19.13

19.57

20.49

Additional CET1 buffer requirements as a percentage of RWA

 

 

 

 

 

8

Capital conservation buffer requirement (%)

2.50

2.50

2.50

2.50

2.50

9

Countercyclical buffer requirement (%)

0.07

0.02

0.02

0.02

0.02

9a

Additional countercyclical buffer for Swiss mortgage loans (%)

0.27

0.26

 

 

 

10

Bank G-SIB and / or D-SIB additional requirements (%)

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

11

Total of bank CET1 specific buffer requirements (%)3

3.57

3.52

3.52

3.52

3.52

12

CET1 available after meeting the bank’s minimum capital requirements (%)

9.72

9.88

9.69

9.79

10.48

Basel III leverage ratio

 

 

 

 

 

13

Total Basel III leverage ratio exposure measure

1,028,461

989,787

1,025,422

1,072,953

1,068,862

14

Basel III leverage ratio (%)1

5.67

6.00

5.84

5.60

5.66

14a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model Basel III leverage ratio (%)

5.67

6.00

5.84

5.60

5.66

Liquidity coverage ratio (LCR)4

 

 

 

 

 

15

Total high-quality liquid assets (HQLA)

238,585

240,420

249,364

252,836

227,891

16

Total net cash outflow

145,972

147,832

155,082

158,448

146,820

16a

of which: cash outflows

262,123

263,699

268,641

280,217

275,373

16b

of which: cash inflows

116,151

115,866

113,559

121,769

128,554

17

LCR (%)

163.72

162.68

160.85

159.64

155.47

Net stable funding ratio (NSFR)

 

 

 

 

 

18

Total available stable funding

561,431

533,866

551,877

569,405

578,379

19

Total required stable funding

468,496

443,487

456,328

467,826

488,067

20

NSFR (%)

119.84

120.38

120.94

121.71

118.50

1 As of 1 July 2022, our capital amounts exclude the transitional relief of recognizing ECL allowances and provisions in CET1 capital in accordance with FINMA Circular 2013/1 “Eligible capital – banks.”    2 Calculated as 8% of total RWA, based on total capital minimum requirements, excluding CET1 buffer requirements.    3 Excludes non-BCBS capital buffer requirements for risk-weighted positions that are directly or indirectly backed by residential properties in Switzerland.    4 Calculated based on an average of 63 data points in the fourth quarter of 2022 and 66 data points in the third quarter of 2022. For the prior-quarter data points, refer to the respective Pillar 3 Report, available under “Pillar 3 disclosures” at ubs.com/investors, for more information.

   

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KM2: Key metrics – TLAC requirements (at resolution group level)1

USD m, except where indicated

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.12.22

30.9.22

30.6.22

31.3.22

31.12.21

1

Total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) available2

 105,312 

 104,745 

 106,249 

 106,573 

 104,783 

1a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model TLAC available

 105,312 

 104,745 

 106,244 

 106,568 

 104,769 

2

Total RWA at the level of the resolution group

 319,585 

 310,615 

 315,685 

 312,037 

 302,209 

3

TLAC as a percentage of RWA (%)

 32.95 

 33.72 

 33.66 

 34.15 

 34.67 

3a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model TLAC as a percentage of fully loaded ECL accounting model RWA (%)

 32.95 

 33.72 

 33.65 

 34.15 

 34.67 

4

Leverage ratio exposure measure at the level of the resolution group

 1,028,461 

 989,787 

 1,025,422 

 1,072,953 

 1,068,862 

5

TLAC as a percentage of leverage ratio exposure measure (%)

 10.24 

 10.58 

 10.36 

 9.93 

 9.80 

5a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model TLAC as a percentage of fully loaded ECL accounting model leverage exposure measure (%)

 10.24 

 10.58 

 10.36 

 9.93 

 9.80 

6a

Does the subordination exemption in the antepenultimate paragraph of Section 11 of the FSB TLAC Term Sheet apply?

No

6b

Does the subordination exemption in the penultimate paragraph of Section 11 of the FSB TLAC Term Sheet apply?

No

6c

If the capped subordination exemption applies, the amount of funding issued that ranks pari passu with excluded liabilities and that is recognized as external TLAC, divided by funding issued that ranks pari passu with excluded liabilities and that would be recognized as external TLAC if no cap was applied (%)

N/A – Refer to our response to 6b.

1 Resolution group level is defined as the UBS Group AG consolidated level.    2 As of 1 July 2022, our capital amounts exclude the transitional relief of recognizing ECL allowances and provisions in CET1 capital in accordance with FINMA Circular 2013/1 “Eligible capital – banks.”

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Section 3  Overview of risk-weighted assets

Overview of RWA and capital requirements

Quarterly | The OV1 table below provides an overview of our risk-weighted assets (RWA) and the related minimum capital requirements by risk type. The table presented is based on the respective Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) template and empty rows indicate current non-applicability to UBS.

During the fourth quarter of 2022, our RWA increased by USD 9.0bn to USD 319.6bn, mainly driven by increases of USD 9.3bn in credit risk, USD 0.9bn in market risk, and USD 0.5bn in operational risk RWA, partly offset by decreases of USD 2.6bn in counterparty credit risk.

Credit risk RWA increased by USD 9.3bn, driven by increases of USD 5.9bn related to currency effects, USD 3.0bn related to asset size and other movements, and, to a lesser extent, by USD 0.4bn related to model updates. Asset size and other movements increased by USD 3.0bn, mainly  due to loan balances attracting high risk weights under the standardized approach in Global Wealth Management. Model updates resulted in an RWA increase of USD 0.4bn, primarily driven by a USD 0.7bn quarterly phase-in impact related to updates to the loss-given-default model for hedge funds, partly offset by a decrease of USD 0.3bn related to updates to the Lombard model.

Market risk RWA increased by USD 0.9bn, driven by an increase of USD 0.9bn in regulatory add-ons, reflecting updates from the monthly risks-not-in-VaR assessment. An RWA decrease of USD 1.3bn, driven by a value-at-risk (VaR) model change that went live in the fourth quarter of 2022, was offset by an RWA increase of USD 1.2bn, arising from the introduction of a FINMA-agreed temporary measure to offset the aforementioned decrease in VaR-model-change-related RWA.

Operational risk RWA increased by USD 0.5bn, driven by the annual recalibration of the advanced measurement approach model.

Counterparty credit risk RWA decreased by USD 2.6bn, mainly due to lower RWA on derivatives.

The flow tables for credit risk, counterparty credit risk and market  risk RWA in the respective sections of this report provide further details regarding the movements in RWA in the fourth quarter of 2022.

    Refer to the “Introduction and basis for preparation” section of this report for more information about the applied regulatory standards

    Refer to the “Capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet” section of our Annual Report 2022, available under” Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors, for more information about capital management and RWA, including details regarding movements in RWA during 2022

 

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OV1: Overview of RWA

 

 

RWA

 

Section or table reference

 

Minimum capital requirements1

USD m

 

31.12.22

30.9.22

30.6.22

31.3.22

31.12.21

 

 

 

31.12.22

1

Credit risk (excluding counterparty credit risk)

 

 162,889 

 153,540 

 155,760 

 154,193 

 151,926 

 

 5 

 

 13,031 

2

of which: standardized approach (SA)

 

 41,930 

 37,382 

 36,149 

 35,583 

 35,473 

 

CR4

 

 3,354 

2a

of which: non-counterparty-related risk

 

 12,855 

 12,325 

 12,372 

 12,741 

 12,916 

 

CR4

 

 1,028 

3

of which: foundation internal ratings-based (F-IRB) approach

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

of which: supervisory slotting approach

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

of which: advanced internal ratings-based (A-IRB) approach

 

 120,958 

 116,158 

 119,611 

 118,609 

 116,453 

 

CR6, CR8

 

 9,677 

6

Counterparty credit risk2

 

 36,630 

 39,236 

 39,428 

 39,685 

 37,980 

 

6, CCR1, CCR8

 

 2,930 

7

of which: SA for counterparty credit risk (SA-CCR)

 

 6,785 

 8,138 

 7,864 

 7,172 

 6,378 

 

 

 

 543 

8

of which: internal model method (IMM)

 

 16,438 

 18,574 

 17,786 

 18,480 

 17,506 

 

CCR7

 

 1,315 

8a

of which: value-at-risk (VaR)

 

 9,421 

 9,389 

 10,263 

 9,625 

 8,854 

 

CCR7

 

 754 

9

of which: other CCR

 

 3,987 

 3,135 

 3,515 

 4,408 

 5,242 

 

 

 

 319 

10

Credit valuation adjustment (CVA)

 

 4,310 

 4,229 

 3,871 

 3,829 

 3,611 

 

6, CCR2

 

 345 

11

Equity positions under the simple risk-weight approach

 

 3,768 

 3,594 

 3,634 

 3,487 

 3,396 

 

4, CR10

 

 301 

12

Equity investments in funds – look-through approach

 

 638 

 470 

 535 

 611 

 774 

 

 

 

 51 

13

Equity investments in funds – mandate-based approach

 

 1,250 

 1,068 

 1,058 

 1,314 

 1,160 

 

 

 

 100 

14

Equity investments in funds – fallback approach

 

 236 

 226 

 215 

 269 

 106 

 

 

 

 19 

15

Settlement risk

 

 408 

 788 

 744 

 1,327 

 393 

 

 

 

 33 

16

Securitization exposures in banking book

 

 271 

 247 

 209 

 284 

 375 

 

 8 

 

 22 

17

of which: securitization internal ratings-based approach (SEC-IRBA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

of which: securitization external ratings-based approach (SEC-ERBA), including internal assessment approach (IAA)

 

 28 

 28 

 30 

 144 

 257 

 

 8 

 

 2 

19

of which: securitization standardized approach (SEC-SA)

 

 243 

 220 

 179 

 140 

 118 

 

 8 

 

 19 

20

Market Risk

 

 13,478 

 12,566 

 15,512 

 13,860 

 11,080 

 

8,9

 

 1,078 

21

of which: standardized approach (SA)

 

 463 

 505 

 615 

 516 

 652 

 

 8 

 

 37 

22

of which: internal models approach (IMA)

 

 13,015 

 12,061 

 14,896 

 13,345 

 10,428 

 

MR2

 

 1,041 

23

Capital charge for switch between trading book and banking book3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

Operational risk

 

 81,379 

 80,856 

 80,856 

 78,843 

 76,743 

 

 

 

 6,510 

25

Amounts below thresholds for deduction (250% risk weight)4

 

 14,328 

 13,792 

 13,863 

 14,336 

 14,665 

 

 

 

 1,146 

25a

 of which: deferred tax assets

 

 11,381 

 11,028 

 10,933 

 11,169 

 11,367 

 

 

 

 911 

26

Floor adjustment5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

Total

 

 319,585 

 310,615 

 315,685 

 312,037 

 302,209 

 

 

 

 25,567 

1 Calculated based on 8% of RWA.    2 Excludes settlement risk, which is separately reported in line 15 “Settlement risk.” Includes RWA with central counterparties. The split between the sub-components of counterparty credit risk refers to the calculation of the exposure measure.    3 Not applicable until the implementation of the final rules on the minimum capital requirements for market risk (the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book).    4 Includes items subject to threshold deduction treatment that do not exceed their respective threshold and are risk-weighted at 250%. Items subject to threshold deduction treatment include significant investments in common shares of non-consolidated financial institutions (banks, insurance and other financial entities) and deferred tax assets arising from temporary differences.    5 No floor effect, as 80% of our Basel I RWA, including the RWA equivalent of the Basel I capital deductions, does not exceed our Basel III RWA, including the RWA equivalent of the Basel III capital deductions.

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Section 4  Linkage between financial statements and regulatory exposures

Annual | This section provides information about the differences between our regulatory exposures and carrying amounts presented in our financial statements prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Assets and liabilities presented in our IFRS financial statements may be subject to more than one risk framework, as explained further below.

LIA: Explanation of the differences between the IFRS and regulatory scopes of consolidation

The scope of consolidation for the purpose of calculating Group regulatory capital is generally the same as the consolidation scope under IFRS and includes subsidiaries that are directly or indirectly controlled by UBS Group AG and are active in banking and finance. However, subsidiaries consolidated under IFRS whose business is outside the banking and finance sector are excluded from the regulatory scope of consolidation. Subject to the regulatory auditor’s consent, a subsidiary fully consolidated under IFRS may be proportionately consolidated under the regulatory scope of consolidation on an exceptional basis provided that (i) the bank’s obligation to support the company subject to consolidation is limited to the bank’s own holding quota and (ii) the remaining shareholders or partners are required to provide support in proportion to their holding quota and are legally and financially able to fulfill their obligations. The key difference between the IFRS and regulatory scopes of consolidation as of 31 December 2022 relates to investments in insurance, real estate and commercial companies, as well as investment vehicles, that are consolidated under IFRS but are either proportionately consolidated or not consolidated for regulatory capital purposes where they are subject to risk-weighting.

 

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As of 31 December 2022, UBS Asset Management Life Ltd (total assets on a standalone basis as of 31 December 2022: USD 13,255m; total equity on a standalone basis as of 31 December 2022: USD 27m) represented the most significant entity that was included in the IFRS scope of consolidation but not in the regulatory scope of consolidation. This life insurance entity accounts for most of the difference between the “Balance sheet in accordance with IFRS scope of consolidation” and the “Balance sheet in accordance with regulatory scope of consolidation” columns in the CC2 table. The difference is mainly related to financial assets at fair value not held for trading and other financial liabilities designated at fair value. As of 31 December 2022, entities consolidated under either IFRS or the regulatory scope of consolidation did not report any significant capital deficiencies.

In the banking book, certain equity investments are not consolidated under either the IFRS or under the regulatory scope. As of 31 December 2022, these investments mainly consisted of infrastructure holdings and joint operations (e.g., settlement and clearing institutions, and stock and financial futures exchanges) and included our participation in SIX Group. These investments are risk-weighted based on applicable threshold rules.

More information about the legal structure of UBS Group and the IFRS scope of consolidation is provided in the “Our evolution” section and “Note 1 Summary of material accounting policies”, respectively, of our Annual Report 2022, available under “Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors p

Fair value measurement

Annual | The table below refers to additional information about fair value measurement that is provided in our Annual Report 2022, available under “Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors.  

 

LIA: Explanations of differences between accounting and regulatory exposure amounts

Pillar 3 disclosure requirement

Annual Report 2022 section

Disclosure

Annual Report 2022 page number

Valuation methodologies applied, including mark-to-market and mark-to-model methodologies in use

Consolidated financial statements

     Note 20a Valuation principles

     Note 20c Fair value hierarchy

     Note 20e Level 3 instruments: valuation techniques and inputs

316

317–321

324–326

Description of the independent price verification process

Consolidated financial statements

     Note 20b Valuation governance

316–317

Procedures for valuation adjustments or reserves for valuing trading positions by type of instrument

Consolidated financial statements

     Note 20d Valuation adjustments and other items

321–323

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Annual | The LI1 table below provides a breakdown of the IFRS balance sheet into the risk types used to calculate our regulatory capital requirements. Cash collateral receivables and payables on derivative instruments, derivative financial instruments and financial assets at fair value not held for trading are subject to capital requirements under both market risk and counterparty credit risk frameworks. In addition, other financial assets measured at amortized cost, financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss and financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income include securities that have been pledged as collateral. These securities are also considered in the counterparty credit risk framework, as collateral pledged is subject to counterparty credit risk. Foreign exchange risk in the banking book is captured by the market risk framework. Banking book positions with foreign exchange risk are not included in the column regarding market risk.

 

 

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LI1: Differences between accounting and regulatory scopes of consolidation and mapping of financial statement categories with regulatory risk categories

31.12.22

 

Carrying values as reported in published financial statements

 

Carrying values under scope of regulatory consolidation

 

Carrying values of items:

USD m

 

 

 

 

 

Subject to credit risk framework1

Subject to counterparty credit risk framework2

Subject to securitization framework3

Subject to market risk framework

Not subject to capital requirements or subject to deduction from capital

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and balances at central banks

 

 169,445 

 

 169,445 

 

 169,445 

 

 

 

 

Loans and advances to banks

 

 14,792 

 

 14,703 

 

 13,575 

 1,1284

 

 

 

Receivables from securities financing transactions

 

 67,814 

 

 67,789 

 

 

 67,789 

 

 

 

Cash collateral receivables on derivative instruments

 

 35,032 

 

 35,032 

 

 

 35,032 

 

 2,225 

 

Loans and advances to customers

 

 387,220 

 

 387,264 

 

 382,960 

 2,9614

 1,342 

 

 

Other financial assets measured at amortized cost

 

 53,264 

 

 53,164 

 

 52,781 

 3,0676

 

 

 

Total financial assets measured at amortized cost

 

 727,568 

 

 727,397 

 

 618,761 

 109,977 

 1,342 

 2,225 

 

Financial assets at fair value held for trading

 

 107,866 

 

 107,879 

 

 1,4525

 36,7426

 83 

 106,343 

 

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

 

 36,742 

 

 36,742 

 

 

 36,742 

 

 36,742 

 

Derivative financial instruments

 

 150,108 

 

 150,126 

 

 

 150,126 

 

 150,126 

 

Brokerage receivables

 

 17,576 

 

 17,576 

 

 5,705 

 11,871 

 

 

 

Financial assets at fair value not held for trading7

 

 59,796 

 

 46,720 

 

 35,178 

 8,9166, 8

 

 11,995 

 

Total financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

 335,347 

 

 322,301 

 

 42,334 

 207,656 

 83 

 268,465 

 

Financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income

 

 2,239 

 

 2,199 

 

 2,199 

 

 

 

 

Investments in associates

 

 1,101 

 

 1,149 

 

 1,129 

 

 

 

 20 

Property, equipment and software

 

 12,288 

 

 12,242 

 

 12,242 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill and intangible assets

 

 6,267 

 

 6,200 

 

 

 

 

 

 6,200 

Deferred tax assets

 

 9,389 

 

 9,3759

 

 5,328 

 

 

 

 4,047 

Other non-financial assets

 

 10,166 

 

 10,159 

 

 5,335 

 

 

 4,471 

 353 

Total assets

 

 1,104,364 

 

 1,091,022 

 

 687,328 

 317,634 

 1,425 

 275,161 

 10,621 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts due to banks

 

 11,596 

 

 11,596 

 

 

 

 

 

 11,596 

Payables from securities financing transactions

 

 4,202 

 

 4,202 

 

 

 4,202 

 

 

 

Cash collateral payables on derivative instruments

 

 36,436 

 

 36,436 

 

 

 36,436 

 

 10,367 

 

Customer deposits

 

 525,051 

 

 525,075 

 

 

 

 

 

 525,075 

Debt issued measured at amortized cost

 

 114,621 

 

 114,621 

 

 

 

 

 

 114,621 

Other financial liabilities measured at amortized cost

 

 9,575 

 

 9,568 

 

 

 

 

 

 9,568 

Total financial liabilities measured at amortized cost

 

 701,481 

 

 701,497 

 

 

 40,638 

 

 10,367 

 660,859 

Financial liabilities at fair value held for trading

 

 29,515 

 

 29,515 

 

 

 

 

 29,515 

 

Derivative financial instruments

 

 154,906 

 

 154,918 

 

 

 154,878 

 

 154,878 

 4010

Brokerage payables designated at fair value

 

 45,085 

 

 45,085 

 

 

 29,740 

 

 

 15,345 

Debt issued designated at fair value

 

 73,638 

 

 73,650 

 

 

 

 

 71,500 

 2,150 

Other financial liabilities designated at fair value

 

 30,237 

 

 17,017 

 

 

 16,036 

 

 16,992 

 21 

Total financial liabilities measured at fair value through profit or loss

 

 333,381 

 

 320,185 

 

 

 200,654 

 

 272,886 

 17,557 

Provisions

 

 3,243 

 

 3,241 

 

 

 

 

 

 3,241 

Other non-financial liabilities

 

 9,040 

 

 9,014 

 

 

 

 

 

 9,014 

Total liabilities

 

 1,047,146 

 

 1,033,937 

 

 

 241,292 

 

 283,253 

 690,671 

1 Includes non-counterparty-related risk, equity investments in funds subject to a look-through approach, a mandate-based approach, a fallback approach and equity positions in the banking book subject to the simple risk-weight method of USD 21,633m, which are excluded from the credit risk tables CR1, CR2, CR3 and CRB in section 4 of this report, resulting in IFRS carrying values reflected in the credit risk section of USD 665,695m. However, credit risk tables CR4 and CR5 include non-counterparty-related risk, and credit risk table CR10 includes equity positions in the banking book subject to the simple risk-weight method.    2 Includes settlement risk, which is not included in section 5 of this report.    3 This column only consists of securitization positions in the banking book. Trading book securitizations are included in the “Subject to market risk framework” column.    4 Consists of default fund contributions and margin loans, which are both subject to counterparty credit risk.    5 Includes trading portfolio assets in the banking book and traded loans.    6 Includes assets pledged as collateral, since collateral posted is subject to counterparty credit risk.    7 Funded collar trades without rehypothecation rights are treated as non-credit-bearing exposures and are excluded from the “Subject to credit risk framework” column.    8 Includes securities financing transactions, as well as other exposures subject to the counterparty credit risk framework.    9 Net of deferred tax liabilities, which are offset against prudential filters (e.g., goodwill and intangibles, as well as cash flow hedges) in the regulatory capital calculation.    10 Relates to the carrying values of derivative loan commitments and forward starting SFTs that are measured at fair value. The replacement values are not representative for our capital calculations.

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Regulatory exposures

Annual | The LI2 table below illustrates the key differences between regulatory exposure amounts and accounting carrying amounts under the regulatory scope of consolidation. In addition to the accounting carrying amounts, the regulatory exposure amounts include:

     netting of financial instruments and cash collateral where an enforceable master netting agreement is in place (row 2);

     off-balance sheet amounts not related to derivatives and securities financing transactions (SFTs) (row 4);

     potential future exposure (PFE) for derivatives, offset by eligible financial collateral deductions (row 6);

     effects from the model calculation of effective expected positive exposure (EEPE) applied to derivatives (row 6);

     any collateral mitigation through the application of the close-out period approach or the comprehensive measurement approach (row 7); and

     effects of collateral mitigation in the banking book (row 8).

The regulatory exposure amount excludes prudential filters (row 5), consisting of items subject to deduction from capital, which are not risk-weighted. In addition, exposures that are only subject to market risk do not create any regulatory exposure, as their risk is reflected as part of our market risk risk-weighted asset (RWA) calculation (row 8).

 

LI2: Main sources of differences between regulatory exposure amounts and carrying values in financial statements (under the regulatory scope of consolidation)

31.12.22

 

Total

 

Items subject to:

USD m

 

 

 

Credit risk framework

Counterparty credit risk framework

Securitization framework

Market risk framework

1

Asset carrying value amount under scope of regulatory consolidation (as per template LI1)

 

 1,091,022 

 

 687,3281

 317,634 

 1,425 

 275,161 

2

Liabilities carrying value amount under scope of regulatory consolidation2

 

 (160,028) 

 

 

 (160,028) 

 

 

3

Total net amount under regulatory scope of consolidation

 

 930,993 

 

 687,328 

 157,606 

 1,425 

 275,161 

4

Off-balance sheet amounts (post-CCF; e.g., guarantees, commitments)3

 

 103,404 

 

 100,975 

 2,429 

 

 

5

Differences due to prudential filters

 

 (10,621) 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Derivatives: PFE and collateral mitigation (including off-balance sheet exposures)

 

 70,630 

 

 

 70,630 

 

 

7

SFTs: Collateral mitigation (including off-balance sheet exposures)

 

 (67,459) 

 

 

 (67,459) 

 

 

8

Other differences including collateral mitigation in the banking book

 

 (76,207) 

 

 (2,521) 

 

 

 (274,833)4

9

Exposure amounts considered for regulatory purposes

 

 950,741 

 

 785,782 

 163,205 

 1,425 

 328 

1 Includes non-counterparty-related risk, equity investments in funds subject to a look-through approach, a mandate-based approach, a fallback approach and equity positions in the banking book subject to the simple risk-weight method of USD 21,633m, which are excluded from the credit risk tables CR1, CR2, CR3 and CRB in section 4 of this report, resulting in IFRS carrying values reflected in the credit risk section of USD 665,695m. However, credit risk tables CR4 and CR5 include non-counterparty-related risk, and credit risk table CR10 includes equity positions in the banking book subject to the simple risk-weight method.    2 Includes the amounts of financial instruments and cash collateral considered for netting per the relevant netting agreement in order to not exceed the net amount of financial assets presented on the balance sheet (included in row 1); i.e., over-collateralization, where it exists, is not reflected in the table.    3 Includes off-balance sheet exposures where a credit conversion factor is applied.    4 Exposure at default is only calculated for securitization exposures in the trading book, resulting in a difference between carrying amounts and exposure amounts considered for regulatory purposes. The effect on the total exposure is higher, since certain exposures are subject to regulatory capital charges in both the market risk and the counterparty credit risk categories.

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Section 5  Credit risk

Introduction

Semi-annual | The parameters applied under the advanced internal ratings-based (A-IRB) approach are generally based on the same methodologies, data and systems we use for internal credit risk quantification, except where certain treatments are specified by regulatory requirements. These include, for example, the application of regulatory prescribed floors and multipliers, and differences with respect to eligibility criteria and exposure definitions. The exposure information presented in this section may thus differ from our internal management view disclosed in the “Risk management and control” sections of our quarterly and annual reports. Similarly, the regulatory capital prescribed measure of credit risk exposure also differs from how it is defined under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

Credit risk exposure categories

The definitions of the Pillar 3 credit risk exposure categories “Loans” and “Debt securities” below as specified by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), which are referred to in the “CR1: Credit quality of assets” and “CR3: Credit risk mitigation techniques – overview” tables in this section, provide a link to the IFRS balance sheet structure.

The Pillar 3 category “Loans” consists of financial instruments held with the intent to collect the contractual payments and includes the following IFRS balances to the extent that they are subject to the credit risk framework:

     Balances at central banks

     Loans and advances to banks

     Loans and advances to customers

     Other financial assets measured at amortized cost, excluding money market instruments, checks and bills, and other debt instruments;

     traded loans in the banking book that are included within Financial assets at fair value held for trading

     Brokerage receivables;

     loans including structured loans that are included within Financial assets at fair value not held for trading and 

     Other non-financial assets.

 

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The Pillar 3 category “Debt securities” includes the following IFRS balances to the extent that they are subject to the credit risk framework:

     money market instruments, checks and bills, and other debt instruments that are included within Other financial assets measured at amortized cost

     Financial assets at fair value held for trading, excluding traded loans;

     Financial assets at fair value not held for trading, excluding loans; and

     Financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income.

General information about credit risk

Annual | The table below presents an overview of Pillar 3 disclosures that are provided separately in our Annual Report 2022, available under “Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors

 

CRA: Credit risk management

 

Pillar 3 disclosure requirement

Annual Report 2022 section

Disclosure

Annual Report 2022 page number

 

 

Translation of the business model into the components of the bank’s credit risk profile

Risk management and control

     Key risks by business division and Group Functions

     Risk categories

     Main sources of credit risk

     Credit risk profile of the Group

84

85–86

96

97

 

 

 

 

Consolidated financial statements

     Note 19d Maximum exposure to credit risk

311

 

 

Criteria and approach used for defining credit risk management policy and for setting credit risk limits

Risk management and control

     Risk governance

     Risk appetite framework

     Risk measurement

     Credit risk –  Overview of measurement, monitoring and management techniques

87–89

89–91

93–95

96–97

 

 

 

 

 

 

Structure and organization of the credit risk management and control function

Risk management and control

     Risk governance

87–89

 

 

Interaction between the credit risk management, risk control, compliance and internal audit functions

Risk management and control

     Risk governance

     Risk appetite framework

87–89

89–91

 

 

 

 

Scope and content of the reporting on credit risk exposure to executive management and to the Board of Directors (the BoD)

Risk management and control

     Risk governance

     Risk appetite framework

     Internal risk reporting

     Credit risk profile of the Group

87–89

89–91

92

97

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Semi-annual | The CR1 table below provides a breakdown of defaulted and non-defaulted loans, debt securities and off-balance sheet exposures. The table includes a split of expected credit loss (ECL) accounting provisions based on the standardized approach and the internal ratings-based approach.

Decreases in net carrying values of Loans and increases in net carrying values of Debt securities, when compared with 30 June 2022, are explained in the CR3 table in this report. The net carrying value of Off-balance sheet exposures decreased by USD 0.2bn to USD 59.4bn, primarily related to guarantees in Personal & Corporate Banking.

    Refer to the “CR3: Credit risk mitigation techniques – overview” table in this section for more information about the net value movements related to Loans and Debt securities shown in the table below

    Refer to “Credit risk” in the “Risk management and control” section of our Annual Report 2022, which is available under ”Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors, for more information about the definitions of default and credit impairment and to “Credit risk exposure categories” in this section for more information about the classification of loans and debt securities

 

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CR1: Credit quality of assets

 

 

 

Gross carrying amounts of:

 

Allowances / impairments

 

Of which: ECL accounting provisions for credit losses on SA exposures

 

Of which: ECL accounting provisions for credit losses on

A-IRB exposures

(stages 1, 2 & 3)

 

Net values

USD m

 

Defaulted exposures1

Non-defaulted exposures

 

 

Allocated in regulatory category of Specific

(stage 3

credit-impaired)

Allocated in regulatory category of General

(stages 1 & 2)

 

 

31.12.22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Loans2

 

 2,222 

 584,393 

 

 (881)4

 

 (72) 

 (44) 

 

 (764) 

 

 585,734 

2

Debt securities

 

 

 79,964 

 

 (3) 

 

 

 (3) 

 

 

 

 79,961 

3

Off-balance sheet exposures3

 

 233 

 59,339 

 

 (159)4

 

 (1) 

 (3) 

 

 (155) 

 

 59,413 

4

Total

 

 2,455 

 723,695 

 

 (1,043)4

 

 (73) 

 (50) 

 

 (919) 

 

 725,107 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Loans2

 

 2,421 

 602,104 

 

 (908)4

 

 (88) 

 (54) 

 

 (765) 

 

 603,618 

2

Debt securities

 

 

 61,152 

 

 (2) 

 

 

 (2) 

 

 

 

 61,150 

3

Off-balance sheet exposures3

 

 183 

 59,546 

 

 (153)4

 

 (2) 

 (2) 

 

 (150) 

 

 59,576 

4

Total

 

 2,605 

 722,802 

 

 (1,063)4

 

 (90) 

 (58) 

 

 (915) 

 

 724,343 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.12.21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Loans2

 

 2,414 

 619,072 

 

 (962)4

 

 (96) 

 (58) 

 

 (808) 

 

 620,524 

2

Debt securities

 

 

 55,724 

 

 (2) 

 

 

 (2) 

 

 

 

 55,722 

3

Off-balance sheet exposures3

 

 196 

 64,203 

 

 (156)4

 

 (1) 

 (1) 

 

 (153) 

 

 64,243 

4

Total

 

 2,610 

 738,999 

 

 (1,120)4

 

 (97) 

 (62) 

 

 (961) 

 

 740,489 

1 Defaulted exposures are in line with credit-impaired exposures (stage 3) under IFRS 9. Refer to “Note 19 Expected credit loss measurement” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of our Annual Report 2022 for more information about IFRS 9.    2 Loan exposure is reported in line with the Pillar 3 definition. Refer to “Credit risk exposure categories” in this section for more information about the classification of Loans and Debt securities.    3 Off-balance sheet exposures include unutilized credit facilities, guarantees provided and forward starting loan commitments but exclude prolongations of loans that do not increase the initially committed loan amount. Unutilized credit facilities exclude unconditionally revocable as well as uncommitted credit facilities, even if they attract RWA.    4 Expected credit loss allowances and provisions amount to USD 1,091m as of 31 December 2022, as disclosed in “Note 7 General and administrative expenses” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of our Annual Report 2022. This Pillar 3 table excludes ECL on revocable off-balance sheet exposures (31 December 2022: USD 40m; 30 June 2022: USD 37m; 31 December 2021: USD 38m), ECL on exposures subject to counterparty credit risk (31 December 2022: USD 6m; 30 June 2022: USD 5m; 31 December 2021: USD 4m) and ECL on irrevocable committed prolongation of loans that do not give rise to additional credit exposures (31 December 2022: USD 2m; 30 June 2022: USD 2m; 31 December 2021: USD 3m).

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Semi-annual | The CR2 table below presents changes in stock of defaulted loans, debt securities and off-balance sheet exposures for the second half of 2022. The total amount of defaulted loans and debt securities was USD 2.5bn as of 31 December 2022, a decrease of USD 0.1bn compared to 30 June 2022.

 

CR2: Changes in stock of defaulted loans, debt securities and off-balance sheet exposures

USD m

For the half year ended 31.12.221

For the half year ended 30.6.221

1

Defaulted loans, debt securities and off-balance sheet exposures as of the beginning of the half year

 2,605 

 2,610 

2

Loans and debt securities that have defaulted since the last reporting period

 485 

 551 

3

Returned to non-defaulted status

 (351) 

 (170) 

4

Amounts written off

 (46) 

 (50) 

5

Other changes2

 (238) 

 (337) 

6

Defaulted loans, debt securities and off-balance sheet exposures as of the end of the half year

 2,455 

 2,605 

1 Off-balance sheet exposures include unutilized credit facilities, guarantees provided and forward starting loan commitments, but exclude prolongations of loans that do not increase the initially committed loan amount. Unutilized credit facilities exclude unconditionally revocable and uncommitted credit facilities, even if they attract RWA.    2 Includes primarily partial or full repayments, as well as currency effects.

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Annual | Amounts shown in the tables below relate to on-balance sheet IFRS carrying amounts, as well as off-balance sheet items according to the regulatory scope of consolidation that give rise to credit risk exposure under the Basel III framework.

 

CRB: Breakdown of exposures by industry1

31.12.22

USD m

Central banks

Banks

Construc-

tion

Electricity, gas, water supply

Financial services

Hotels and restaurants

Manufac-

turing4

Mining

Private households

Public authorities

Real estate and rentals

Retail and wholesale5

Services

Other6

Total carrying amount of assets

Loans2

 168,913 

 15,200 

 3,176 

 1,427 

 72,709 

 2,368 

 4,295 

 698 

 242,061 

 4,226 

 24,472 

 9,357 

 31,508 

 5,323 

 585,734 

Debt securities

 18,402 

 16,476 

 

 659 

 15,001 

 

 1 

 

 

 26,045 

 

 

 3,376 

 

 79,961 

Off-balance sheet exposures3

 0 

 4,373 

 1,526 

 1,388 

 15,092 

 231 

 9,533 

 922 

 4,163 

 2,371 

 1,804 

 7,747 

 8,560 

 1,702 

 59,413 

Total

 187,315 

 36,049 

 4,702 

 3,474 

 102,802 

 2,599 

 13,830 

 1,620 

 246,225 

 32,642 

 26,276 

 17,104 

 43,443 

 7,026 

 725,107 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.12.21

Loans2

 192,121 

 16,405 

 3,112 

 1,400 

 78,399 

 2,185 

 4,076 

 653 

 246,268 

 2,618 

 22,889 

 11,462 

 32,812 

 6,123 

 620,524 

Debt securities

 1,968 

 12,626 

 

 452 

 11,723 

 

 

 

 1 

 26,453 

 

 

 2,457 

 42 

 55,722 

Off-balance sheet exposures3

 

 4,450 

 1,733 

 829 

 11,320 

 1,118 

 9,893 

 1,270 

 5,624 

 1,684 

 1,866 

 8,319 

 13,271 

 2,866 

 64,243 

Total

 194,089 

 33,481 

 4,846 

 2,682 

 101,442 

 3,303 

 13,969 

 1,923 

 251,892 

 30,755 

 24,756 

 19,781 

 48,540 

 9,031 

 740,489 

1 The classification of each industry is based on the Global Industry Classification (GIC) standard.    2 Loan exposure is reported in line with the Pillar 3 definition. Refer to “Credit risk exposure categories” in this section for more information about the classification of Loans and Debt securities.    3 Off-balance sheet exposures include unutilized credit facilities, guarantees provided and forward starting loan commitments, but exclude prolongations of loans that do not increase the initially committed loan amount. Unutilized credit facilities exclude unconditionally revocable and uncommitted credit facilities, even if they attract RWA.    4 Includes the chemicals industry.    5 Includes the food and beverages industry.    6 Consists of transport, storage, communications and other.

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Annual | The table below provides a breakdown of our credit risk exposures by geographical area. The geographical distribution is based on the legal domicile of the counterparty or issuer.

 

CRB: Breakdown of exposures by geographical area

31.12.22

USD m

Asia Pacific

Latin America

Middle East and Africa

North America

Switzerland

Rest of Europe

Total carrying amount of assets

Loans1

 40,767 

 6,060 

 10,490 

 179,750 

 292,134 

 56,534 

 585,734 

Debt securities

 11,002 

 286 

 965 

 33,833 

 18,021 

 15,854 

 79,961 

Off-balance sheet exposures2

 3,002 

 473 

 1,403 

 21,027 

 22,808 

 10,700 

 59,413 

Total

 54,771 

 6,818 

 12,858 

 234,609 

 332,964 

 83,089 

 725,107 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.12.21

Loans1

 47,007 

 6,524 

 10,239 

 184,479 

 295,622 

 76,653 

 620,524 

Debt securities

 8,219 

 651 

 632 

 27,008 

 3,761 

 15,450 

 55,722 

Off-balance sheet exposures2

 4,009 

 407 

 2,752 

 22,045 

 23,776 

 11,253 

 64,243 

Total

 59,235 

 7,583 

 13,623 

 233,532 

 323,159 

 103,357 

 740,489 

1 Loan exposure is reported in line with the Pillar 3 definition. Refer to “Credit risk exposure categories” in this section for more information about the classification of Loans and Debt securities.    2 Off-balance sheet exposures include unutilized credit facilities, guarantees provided and forward starting loan commitments, but exclude prolongations of loans that do not increase the initially committed loan amount. Unutilized credit facilities exclude unconditionally revocable and uncommitted credit facilities, even if they attract RWA.

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Annual | The following table provides a breakdown of our credit risk exposure by residual contractual maturity as of the reporting date. The residual contractual maturity of assets includes the effect of callable features.

 

CRB: Breakdown of exposures by residual maturity

31.12.22

USD m

Due in

1 year or less

Due between

1 year and 5 years

Due over

5 years

Total carrying amount of assets

Loans1

 417,390 

 93,715 

 74,629 

 585,734 

Debt securities

 32,783 

 27,071 

 20,106 

 79,961 

Off-balance sheet exposures2

 25,059 

 30,630 

 3,723 

 59,413 

Total

 475,233 

 151,417 

 98,458 

 725,107 

 

 

 

 

 

31.12.21

Loans1

 440,342 

 108,174 

 72,007 

 620,524 

Debt securities

 17,241 

 20,261 

 18,221 

 55,722 

Off-balance sheet exposures2

 27,291 

 30,875 

 6,077 

 64,243 

Total

 484,874 

 159,310 

 96,305 

 740,489 

1 Loan exposure is reported in line with the Pillar 3 definition. Refer to “Credit risk exposure categories” in this section for more information about the classification of Loans and Debt securities.    2 Off-balance sheet exposures include unutilized credit facilities, guarantees provided and forward starting loan commitments, but exclude prolongations of loans that do not increase the initially committed loan amount. Unutilized credit facilities exclude unconditionally revocable and uncommitted credit facilities, even if they attract RWA.

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Annual |

CRB: Policies for past-due, non-performing and credit-impaired claims

Pillar 3 disclosure requirement

Annual Report 2022 section

Disclosure

Annual Report 2022 page number

Policies for past-due, non-performing and credit-impaired claims

Risk management and control

     Credit risk: Non-performing 

     Credit risk: Default and credit-impaired

109

109

         

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Annual | The following tables provide a breakdown of impaired exposures by geographical region and industry. The amounts shown are IFRS carrying amounts. The geographical distribution is based on the legal domicile of the counterparty or issuer.

 

CRB: Credit-impaired exposures by industry1

31.12.22

 

 

 

 

USD m

Credit-impaired exposures, gross (Stage 3)

Allowances for credit-impaired exposures

Credit-impaired exposures net of allowances

Write-offs for the year ended

Central banks

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

Construction

 174 

 (17) 

 157 

 (2) 

Electricity, gas, water supply

 4 

 

 4 

 

Financial services

 378 

 (96) 

 282 

 (41) 

Hotels and restaurants

 56 

 (1) 

 55 

 (3) 

Manufacturing2

 190 

 (107) 

 82 

 (3) 

Mining

 7 

 (3) 

 4 

 (1) 

Private households

 975 

 (104) 

 871 

 (11) 

Public authorities

 9 

 (4) 

 5 

 

Real estate and rentals

 57 

 (17) 

 39 

 (1) 

Retail and wholesale3

 302 

 (149) 

 152 

 (17) 

Services

 266 

 (33) 

 233 

 (5) 

Transport, storage, communications and other

 38 

 (30) 

 8 

 (12) 

Total

 2,455 

 (562) 

 1,892 

 (95) 

 

31.12.21

Central Banks

 

 

 

 

Banks

 1 

 

 1 

 

Construction

 155 

 (14) 

 142 

 (1) 

Electricity, gas, water supply

 7 

 (1) 

 7 

 

Financial services

 416 

 (132) 

 284 

 (7) 

Hotels and restaurants

 60 

 (4) 

 56 

 (10) 

Manufacturing2

 196 

 (114) 

 82 

 (8) 

Mining

 7 

 (1) 

 6 

 (14) 

Private households

 956 

 (131) 

 825 

 (41) 

Public authorities

 12 

 (5) 

 7 

 

Real estate and rentals

 103 

 (24) 

 79 

 (35) 

Retail and wholesale3

 338 

 (169) 

 169 

 (5) 

Services

 257 

 (36) 

 220 

 (14) 

Transport, storage, communications and other

 102 

 (31) 

 71 

 (1) 

Total

 2,610 

 (660) 

 1,949 

 (137) 

1 The classification of each industry is based on the Global Industry Classification (GIC) standard.    2 Includes the chemicals industry.    3 Includes the food and beverages industry.

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Annual | The following table provides a breakdown of our credit risk exposures by geographical region. The geographical distribution is based on the legal domicile of the counterparty or issuer.

 

CRB: Credit-impaired exposures by geographical area

31.12.22

 

 

 

 

USD m

Credit-impaired exposures, gross (stage 3)

Allowances for credit-impaired exposures

Credit-impaired exposures net of allowances

Write-offs for the year ended

Asia Pacific

 269 

 (53) 

 216 

 0 

Latin America

 21 

 (8) 

 13 

 0 

Middle East and Africa

 80 

 (57) 

 23 

 0 

North America

 433 

 (75) 

 358 

 (45) 

Switzerland

 1,336 

 (308) 

 1,028 

 (37) 

Rest of Europe

 316 

 (61) 

 255 

 (13) 

Total

 2,455 

 (562) 

 1,892 

 (95) 

 

 

 

 

 

31.12.21

Asia Pacific

 217 

 (81) 

 135 

 (1) 

Latin America

 31 

 (11) 

 20 

 0 

Middle East and Africa

 83 

 (61) 

 23 

 0 

North America

 458 

 (110) 

 347 

 (59) 

Switzerland

 1,517 

 (326) 

 1,191 

 (34) 

Rest of Europe

 305 

 (72) 

 233 

 (43) 

Total

 2,610 

 (660) 

 1,949 

 (137) 

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Annual | The table below provides a breakdown of total loan balances where payments have been missed. The past-due amounts are broadly in line with the previous year. The amount of past-due mortgage loans was not significant compared with the overall size of the mortgage portfolio. Amounts in the table below are IFRS carrying amounts and include IFRS balance sheet lines Loans and advances to customers and Loans and advances to banks

 

CRB: Past due exposures

USD m

31.12.22

31.12.21

1–10 days

 93 

 69 

11–30 days

 217 

 327 

31–60 days

 97 

 95 

61–90 days

 65 

 228 

>90 days

 1,225 

 995 

of which: mortgage loans

 3221

 3471

Total

 1,698 

 1,715 

1 Total mortgage loans as of 31 December 2022: USD 206bn (31 December 2021: 198bn).

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Restructured exposures

Annual |

CRB: Restructured exposures

Pillar 3 disclosure requirement

Annual Report 2022 section

Disclosure

Annual Report 2022 page number

 

Restructured exposures

Risk management and control

     Forbearance (credit restructuring)

110

 

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Annual | The table below provides more information about restructured exposures as of 31 December 2022. The decrease is mainly related to Personal & Corporate Banking.

 

CRB: Breakdown of restructured exposures between credit-impaired and non-credit-impaired

 

 

Credit-impaired

 

Non-credit-impaired

 

Total

USD m

 

31.12.22

31.12.21

 

31.12.22

31.12.21

 

31.12.22

31.12.21

Restructured exposures

 

 971 

 1,199 

 

 17 

 1 

 

 989 

 1,200 

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Credit risk mitigation

Annual | The table below presents an overview of Pillar 3 disclosures provided separately in our Annual Report 2022, available under “Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors.  

 

CRC: Credit risk mitigation

Pillar 3 disclosure requirement

Annual Report 2022 section

Disclosure

Annual Report 2022 page number

Core features of policies and processes for, and an indication of the extent to which the bank makes use of, on- and off-balance sheet netting

Risk management and control

     Traded products

101–102

Consolidated financial statements

     Note 10 Derivative instruments

     Note 21 Offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities

     Note 1a item 2i Offsetting

291–293

330–331

272

Core features of policies and processes for collateral evaluation and management

Risk management and control

     Credit risk mitigation

102–104

Information about market or credit risk concentrations under the credit risk mitigation instruments used

Risk management and control

     Risk concentrations

     Credit risk mitigation

95

102–104

Consolidated financial statements

     Note 10 Derivative instruments

     Note 19d Maximum exposure to credit risk

     Note 20h Maximum exposure to credit risk for financial instruments measured at fair value

     Note 21 Offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities

291–293

311

328

 

330–331

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Additional information about counterparty credit risk mitigation is provided in the “Counterparty credit risk” section of this report.

Semi-annual | The CR3 table below provides a breakdown of loans and debt securities into unsecured and partially or fully secured exposures, with additional information about the security type.

Compared with 30 June 2022, the carrying amount of unsecured loans decreased by USD 19.5bn to USD 207.7bn, mainly due to a decrease in cash and balances with central banks. Unsecured loans excluding cash and balances at central banks increased by USD 1.4bn, mainly due to currency effects in the Personal & Corporate Banking business. Unsecured debt securities increased by USD 18.8bn to USD 80.0bn, mainly due to an increase in high-quality liquid assets (HQLA).

The carrying amount of partially or fully secured exposures increased by USD 1.7bn to USD 378.0bn, mainly as a result of currency effects in our Personal & Corporate Banking business.

 

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CR3: Credit risk mitigation techniques – overview1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secured portion of exposures partially or fully secured:

USD m

 

Exposures fully unsecured: carrying amount

Exposures partially or fully secured: carrying amount

Total: carrying amount

 

Exposures secured by collateral

Exposures secured by financial guarantees

Exposures secured by credit derivatives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.12.22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Loans2

 

 207,732 

 378,002 

 585,734 

 

 358,946 

 3,047 

 21 

1a

of which: cash and balances at central banks

 

 168,826 

 

 168,826 

 

 

 

 

2

Debt securities

 

 79,961 

 

 79,961 

 

 

 

 

3

Total

 

 287,693 

 378,002 

 665,695 

 

 358,946 

 3,047 

 21 

4

of which: defaulted

 

 180 

 1,506 

 1,686 

 

 1,034 

 93 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Loans2

 

 227,267 

 376,351 

 603,618 

 

 359,367 

 3,229 

 41 

1a

of which: cash and balances at central banks

 

 189,726 

 

 189,726 

 

 

 

 

2

Debt securities

 

 61,150 

 

 61,150 

 

 

 

 

3

Total

 

 288,416 

 376,351 

 664,767 

 

 359,367 

 3,229 

 41 

4

of which: defaulted

 

 231 

 1,616 

 1,847 

 

 1,066 

 116 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.12.21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Loans2

 

 229,089 

 391,434 

 620,524 

 

 373,388 

 4,039 

 46 

1a

of which: cash and balances at central banks

 

 192,117 

 

 192,117 

 

 

 

 

2

Debt securities

 

 55,722 

 

 55,722 

 

 

 

 

3

Total

 

 284,811 

 391,434 

 676,246 

 

 373,388 

 4,039 

 46 

4

of which: defaulted

 

 171 

 1,597 

 1,768 

 

 1,122 

 154 

 

1 Exposures in this table represent carrying amounts in accordance with the regulatory scope of consolidation.    2 Loan exposure is reported in line with the Pillar 3 definition. Refer to “Credit risk exposure categories” in this section for more information about the classification of loans and debt securities.  

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Credit risk under the standardized approach

Introduction

Annual | The standardized approach is generally applied where using the advanced internal ratings-based (A-IRB) approach is not possible. The standardized approach requires banks to, where possible, use risk assessments prepared by external credit assessment institutions (ECAIs) or export credit agencies to determine the risk weightings applied to rated counterparties. We use three FINMA-recognized ECAIs to determine the risk weights for certain counterparties according to the BCBS-defined asset classes: S&P, Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings.

The mapping of external ratings to the standardized approach risk weights is determined by FINMA and published on its website. There were no changes in the ECAIs used compared with 31 December 2021.

Debt instruments are risk-weighted in accordance with the specific issue ratings available. If there is no specific issue rating published by an ECAI, the issuer rating is applied to the senior unsecured claims of that issuer subject to the conditions prescribed by FINMA. For the asset classes Retail, Equity and Other assets, we apply the regulatory prescribed risk weights independent of an external credit rating.

 

 

CRD: Qualitative disclosures on banks’ use of external credit ratings under the standardized approach for credit risk

 

 

 

31.12.22

 

 

 

External ratings used

 

Asset classes

 

Moody’s

S&P

Fitch

1

Central governments and central banks

 

l

l

l

2

Banks and securities dealers

 

l

l

l

3

Public-sector entities and multi-lateral development banks

 

l

l

l

4

Corporates

 

l

l

l

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Credit risk exposure and CRM effects

Semi-annual | The CR4 table below illustrates the credit risk exposure and effect of credit risk mitigation (CRM) on the calculation of capital requirements under the standardized approach. Compared with 30 June 2022, on-balance sheet exposures in the Central governments and central banks asset class decreased by USD 1.3bn to USD 4.8bn, mainly reflecting lower cash balances held at central banks.

Exposures before credit conversion factors (CCF) and CRM in the Corporates asset class increased by USD 5.3bn to USD 33.6bn and Exposures post credit conversion factors (CCF) and CRM increased by USD 4.9bn to USD 23.8bn. RWA increased by USD 5.1bn to USD 17.8bn, mainly driven by an increase in loans and loan commitments in Global Wealth Management.  

 

CR4: Standardized approach – credit risk exposure and credit risk mitigation (CRM) effects1

 

 

 

Exposures

before CCF and CRM

 

Exposures

post-CCF and post-CRM

 

RWA and RWA density

USD m, except where indicated

 

On-balance sheet amount

Off-balance sheet amount

Total

 

On-balance sheet amount

Off-balance sheet amount

Total

 

RWA

RWA density in %

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.12.22

 

 

Asset classes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Central governments and central banks

 

 4,767 

 

 4,767 

 

 4,771 

 1 

 4,772 

 

 276 

 5.8 

2

Banks and securities dealers

 

 13,540 

 1,212 

 14,752 

 

 13,518 

 529 

 14,047 

 

 3,001 

 21.4 

3

Public-sector entities and multi-lateral development banks

 

 3,158 

 1,757 

 4,915 

 

 3,158 

 781 

 3,938 

 

 1,021 

 25.9 

4

Corporates

 

 20,844 

 12,755 

 33,599 

 

 20,848 

 2,996 

 23,844 

 

 17,798 

 74.6 

5

Retail

 

 10,452 

 3,146 

 13,598 

 

 10,343 

 206 

 10,548 

 

 6,979 

 66.2 

6

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Other assets2

 

 13,229 

 245 

 13,474 

 

 13,229 

 245 

 13,474 

 

 12,855 

 95.4 

8

Total

 

 65,990 

 19,115 

 85,105 

 

 65,866 

 4,758 

 70,624 

 

 41,930 

 59.4 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.22

 

 

Asset classes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Central governments and central banks

 

 6,075 

 

 6,075 

 

 6,082 

 6 

 6,087 

 

 560 

 9.2 

2

Banks and securities dealers

 

 11,983 

 1,284 

 13,267 

 

 11,983 

 539 

 12,522 

 

 2,632 

 21.0 

3

Public-sector entities and multi-lateral development banks

 

 3,263 

 1,325 

 4,588 

 

 3,259 

 564 

 3,824 

 

 907 

 23.7 

4

Corporates

 

 17,818 

 10,455 

 28,274 

 

 17,649 

 1,299 

 18,947 

 

 12,701 

 67.0 

5

Retail

 

 10,644 

 3,173 

 13,817 

 

 10,499 

 133 

 10,632 

 

 6,976 

 65.6 

6

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Other assets2

 

 12,969 

 30 

 12,999 

 

 12,969 

 30 

 12,999 

 

 12,372 

 95.2 

8

Total

 

 62,752 

 16,268 

 79,021 

 

 62,440 

 2,572 

 65,011 

 

 36,149 

 55.6 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.12.21

 

 

Asset classes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Central governments and central banks

 

 6,601 

 

 6,601 

 

 6,619 

 6 

 6,626 

 

 622 

 9.4 

2

Banks and securities dealers

 

 11,134 

 1,291 

 12,425 

 

 11,092 

 561 

 11,654 

 

 2,505 

 21.5 

3

Public-sector entities and multi-lateral development banks

 

 2,644 

 1,100 

 3,744 

 

 2,628 

 452 

 3,079 

 

 745 

 24.2 

4

Corporates

 

 15,349 

 10,220 

 25,569 

 

 15,312 

 1,079 

 16,392 

 

 11,551 

 70.5 

5

Retail

 

 11,207 

 3,814 

 15,021 

 

 10,990 

 502 

 11,492 

 

 7,135 

 62.1 

6

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Other assets2

 

 13,571 

 191 

 13,762 

 

 13,571 

 45 

 13,615 

 

 12,916 

 94.9 

8

Total

 

 60,506 

 16,616 

 77,122 

 

 60,212 

 2,645 

 62,858 

 

 35,473 

 56.4 

1 Exposures in this table represent carrying amounts in accordance with the regulatory scope of consolidation.    2 Includes Non-counterparty-related assets.

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Exposures by asset class  and risk weight

Semi-annual | The CR5 table below shows exposures by asset classes and risk weights applied.

 

CR5: Standardized approach – exposures by asset classes and risk weights

USD m

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk weight

 

0%

10%

20%

35%

50%

75%

100%

150%

Others

Total credit exposures amount (post-CCF and post-CRM)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.12.22

 

 

Asset classes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Central governments and central banks

 

 4,454 

 

 51 

 

 1 

 

 266 

 

 

 4,772 

2

Banks and securities dealers

 

 

 

 13,436 

 

 594 

 

 16 

 

 

 14,047 

3

Public-sector entities and multi-lateral development banks

 

 12 

 

 3,255 

 

 603 

 

 68 

 

 

 3,938 

4

Corporates

 

 

 

 7,267 

 

 245 

 

 16,246 

 4 

 822

 23,844 

5

Retail

 

 

 

 

 5,129 

 

 1,061 

 4,300 

 58 

 

 10,548 

6

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Other assets

 

 619 

 

 

 

 

 

 12,855 

 

 

 13,474 

8

Total

 

 5,084 

 

 24,010 

 5,129 

 1,443 

 1,061 

 33,751 

 63 

 82 

 70,624 

9

of which: secured by real estate1

 

 

 

 

 5,129 

 81 

 99 

 3,690 

 

 

 8,998 

10

of which: past due

 

 

 

 

 211 

 1 

 65 

 68 

 54 

 

 399 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.22

 

 

Asset classes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Central governments and central banks

 

 5,499 

 

 9 

 

 42 

 

 538 

 

 

 6,087 

2

Banks and securities dealers

 

 

 

 12,064 

 

 458 

 

 

 

 

 12,522 

3

Public-sector entities and multi-lateral development banks

 

 4 

 

 3,449 

 

 306 

 

 64 

 

 

 3,824 

4

Corporates

 

 

 

 6,262 

 

 514 

 

 11,172 

 

 9992

 18,947 

5

Retail

 

 

 

 

 5,283 

 

 1,034 

 4,230 

 84 

 

 10,632 

6

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Other assets

 

 627 

 

 

 

 

 

 12,372 

 

 

 12,999 

8

Total

 

 6,130 

 

 21,784 

 5,283 

 1,321 

 1,034 

 28,376 

 84 

 999 

 65,011 

9

of which: secured by real estate1

 

 

 

 

 5,283 

 83 

 120 

 3,024 

 

 

 8,511 

10

of which: past due

 

 

 

 

 173 

 6 

 4 

 234 

 55 

 

 471 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.12.21

 

 

Asset classes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Central governments and central banks

 

 5,900 

 

 91 

 

 62 

 

 573 

 

 

 6,626 

2

Banks and securities dealers

 

 

 

 11,113 

 

 520 

 

 18 

 3 

 

 11,654 

3

Public-sector entities and multi-lateral development banks

 

 2 

 

 2,732 

 

 295 

 

 51 

 

 

 3,079 

4

Corporates

 

 

 

 5,066 

 

 498 

 41 

 10,239 

 5 

 5422

 16,392 

5

Retail

 

 

 

 

 6,292 

 

 1,220 

 3,902 

 77 

 

 11,492 

6

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Other assets

 

 699 

 

 

 

 

 

 12,916 

 

 

 13,615 

8

Total

 

 6,601 

 

 19,001 

 6,292 

 1,376 

 1,261 

 27,700 

 84 

 542 

 62,858 

9

of which: secured by real estate1

 

 

 

 

 6,292 

 

 181 

 2,354 

 

 

 8,827 

10

of which: past due

 

 

 

 

 108 

 6 

 4 

 193 

 58 

 

 369 

 1 Includes both residential mortgages and claims secured by other properties, such as commercial real estate.    2 Included exposures to central counterparties risk-weighted with 2%. From 31 December 2022 onward, we have risk-weighted positions, which are not related to exposures secured by credit derivatives cleared through central counterparties, according to corporate risk weights or included them under settlement risk, as appropriate

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Credit risk under internal ratings-based approaches

Annual | Under the advanced internal ratings-based (A-IRB) approach, the required capital for credit risk is quantified through empirical models that we have developed to estimate the probability of default (PD), loss given default (LGD), exposure at default (EAD) and other parameters, subject to FINMA approval. The table below presents an overview of Pillar 3 disclosures that are provided separately in our Annual Report 2022, available under “Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors.

 

 

CRE: Qualitative disclosure related to IRB models

Pillar 3 disclosure requirement

Annual Report 2022 section

Disclosure

Annual Report 2022 page number

Internal model development, controls and changes

Risk management and control

     Risk measurement

     Credit risk models

     Key features of our main credit risk models

     Risk governance

     Model risk management

93–95

104–109

105

87–89

92–93

Relationships between risk management and internal audit and independent review of IRB models

Risk management and control

     Risk governance

     Risk measurement

87–89

93–95

Scope and content of the reporting related to credit risk models

Risk management and control

     Risk measurement

     Credit risk –  Overview of measurement, monitoring and management techniques

     Credit risk models

93–95

96–97

 

104–109

Supervisor approval of applied approaches

Risk management and control

     Risk measurement

     Changes to models and model parameters during the period

     Stress testing

     Key features of our main credit risk models

     Model risk management

93–95

109

93–94

105

92–93

Number of key models used by portfolio and the main differences between models

Risk management and control

     Credit risk models

104–109

Description of the main characteristics of approved models

Risk management and control

     Credit risk models

104–109

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Annual | Semi-annual | The CR6 table below provides information about credit risk exposures under the A-IRB approach, including a breakdown of the main parameters used in A-IRB models to calculate the capital requirements, presented by portfolio and PD range across FINMA-defined asset classes.

Under the A-IRB approach, the required capital for credit risk is quantified through empirical models that we have developed to estimate the PD, LGD, EAD and other parameters, subject to FINMA approval.

Compared with 30 June 2022, EAD post-CCF and post-CRM increased by USD 2.3bn to USD 708.2bn, and RWA increased by USD 1.3bn to USD 121.0bn.

In the Central governments and central banks asset class, EAD post-CCF and post-CRM decreased by USD 3.6bn to USD 217.7bn, and RWA decreased by USD 0.3bn to USD 3.4bn, primarily driven by decreases in nostros and high-quality liquid assets (HQLA) in Group Functions.

In the Banks and securities dealers asset class, EAD post-CCF and post-CRM decreased by USD 0.3bn to USD 10.9bn, primarily due to a decrease in nostros in Group Functions. RWA increased by USD 1.4bn to USD 6.6bn, due to higher commitments related to the disposal of a business in Global Wealth Management.

In the Public-sector entities and multi-lateral development banks asset class, EAD post-CCF and post-CRM increased by USD 1.8bn to USD 8.6bn and RWA increased by USD 0.2bn to USD 0.8bn, primarily driven by an increase in HQLA.

In the Corporates: specialized lending asset class, EAD post-CCF and post-CRM increased by USD 0.9bn to USD 28.9bn, primarily due to currency effects in Personal & Corporate Banking. RWA decreased by USD 1.0bn to USD 13.1bn, mainly reflecting an improvement in the average PD and LGD distribution in Personal & Corporate Banking.

In the Corporates: other lending asset class, EAD post-CCF and post-CRM increased by USD 1.7bn to USD 61.6bn, primarily driven by an increase in loans and loan commitments, as well as currency effects, in Personal & Corporate Banking, partly offset by lower loan commitments in the Investment Bank. RWA decreased by USD 0.1bn to USD 38.0bn, primarily due to a decrease in loan commitments, partly offset by the phase-in impact related to updates to the LGD model for private equity and hedge fund financing trades in the Investment Bank, as well as business growth in Personal & Corporate Banking.

 

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In the Retail: residential mortgages asset class, EAD post-CCF and post-CRM increased by USD 6.8bn to USD 174.8bn, primarily due to currency effects in Personal & Corporate Banking and business growth in Global Wealth Management. RWA increased by USD 1.4bn to USD 38.4bn, mainly reflecting currency effects, business growth and an update to the PD model for owner-occupied residential properties.

In the Retail: other retail asset class, EAD post-CCF and post-CRM decreased by USD 5.0bn to USD 200.7bn, primarily driven by a decrease in Lombard loans in Global Wealth Management. RWA decreased by USD 0.4bn to USD 19.6bn, mainly due to the aforementioned reduction in Lombard exposures, as well as rating improvements related to Lombard lending.

    Refer to the “CR8: RWA flow statements  of credit risk exposures under IRB” table in this section for further details about the movement of credit risk exposures under the A-IRB approach for the fourth quarter of 2022

 

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Credit risk exposures by portfolio and PD range

Semi-annual |

CR6: IRB – Credit risk exposures by portfolio and PD range

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USD m, except where indicated

 

Original on-balance sheet gross exposure

Off-balance sheet exposures pre-CCF

Total exposures pre-CCF

Average CCF in %

EAD post-CCF and post-CRM

Average PD in %

Number of obligors (in thousands)

Average LGD in %

Average maturity in years

RWA

RWA density in %

EL

Provisions1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central governments and central banks as of 31.12.22

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

 

 214,433 

 2 

 214,435 

 40.3 

 216,920 

 0.0 

<0.1

 32.4 

 1.1 

 2,921 

 1.3 

 9 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 810 

 0 

 810 

 0.0 

 729 

 0.2 

<0.1

 43.7 

 1.0 

 196 

 26.9 

 1 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 57 

 0 

 57 

 12.6 

 3 

 0.5 

<0.1

 17.0 

 3.3 

 1 

 32.0 

 0 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 73 

 36 

 109 

 42.3 

 4 

 1.5 

<0.1

 34.9 

 3.6 

 5 

 130.5 

 0 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 262 

 285 

 547 

 36.0 

 21 

 5.7 

<0.1

 46.8 

 2.0 

 36 

 166.8 

 1 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 56 

 70 

 125 

 35.0 

 56 

 28.0 

<0.1

 75.0 

 1.0 

 232 

 415.8 

 12 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 10 

 0 

 10 

 10.2 

 2 

 100.0 

<0.1

 75.03

 2.9 

 2 

 106.0 

 5 

 

Subtotal

 

 215,700 

 393 

 216,093 

 36.4 

 217,735 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 32.4 

 1.1 

 3,393 

 1.6 

 27 

 5 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central governments and central banks as of 30.6.22

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

 

 217,843 

 1 

 217,844 

 19.1 

 220,550 

 0.0 

<0.1

 32.7 

 1.0 

 3,187 

 1.4 

 7 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 745 

 

 745 

 

 660 

 0.2 

<0.1

 46.5 

 1.0 

 189 

 28.6 

 0 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 0 

 1 

 1 

 55.0 

 0 

 0.3 

<0.1

 51.9 

 1.5 

 0 

 56.4 

 0 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 60 

 3 

 63 

 55.0 

 2 

 0.5 

<0.1

 16.7 

 4.1 

 1 

 35.4 

 0 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 44 

 63 

 107 

 41.5 

 1 

 1.5 

<0.1

 41.5 

 2.5 

 1 

 120.0 

 0 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 153 

 317 

 470 

 36.2 

 7 

 4.8 

<0.1

 33.8 

 3.2 

 9 

 126.0 

 0 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 73 

 

 73 

 

 73 

 28.0 

<0.1

 75.0 

 1.0 

 302 

 415.8 

 15 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 11 

 0 

 12 

 55.0 

 3 

 100.0 

<0.1

 59.33

 3.8 

 4 

 106.0 

 5 

 

Subtotal

 

 218,928 

 385 

 219,313 

 37.2 

 221,297 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 32.8 

 1.0 

 3,692 

 1.7 

 28 

 5 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central governments and central banks as of 31.12.21

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

 

 218,068 

 1 

 218,069 

 13.2 

 221,833 

 0.0 

<0.1

 32.2 

 1.0 

 2,311 

 1.0 

 4 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 559 

 

 559 

 

 472 

 0.2 

<0.1

 46.7 

 1.0 

 135 

 28.7 

 0 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 73 

 3 

 77 

 55.0 

 5 

 0.6 

<0.1

 59.2 

 2.6 

 5 

 92.1 

 0 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 33 

 86 

 119 

 35.6 

 4 

 1.5 

<0.1

 35.4 

 3.2 

 5 

 124.7 

 0 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 169 

 393 

 562 

 37.1 

 28 

 5.2 

<0.1

 47.7 

 1.6 

 46 

 161.0 

 1 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 11 

 0 

 11 

 10.0 

 4 

 100.0 

<0.1

 50.13

 3.9 

 5 

 106.0 

 6 

 

Subtotal

 

 218,913 

 483 

 219,397 

 36.9 

 222,347 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 32.2 

 1.0 

 2,506 

 1.1 

 12 

 5 

 

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USD m, except where indicated

 

Original on-balance sheet gross exposure

Off-balance sheet exposures pre-CCF

Total exposures pre-CCF

Average CCF in %

EAD post-CCF and post-CRM

Average PD in %

Number of obligors (in thousands)

Average LGD in %

Average maturity in years

RWA

RWA density in %

EL

Provisions1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks and securities dealers as of 31.12.22

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

 

 6,182 

 1,248 

 7,429 

 47.2 

 7,282 

 0.1 

 0.5 

 53.6 

 1.1 

 1,684 

 23.1 

 3 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 712 

 380 

 1,092 

 37.3 

 920 

 0.2 

 0.4 

 56.2 

 1.6 

 514 

 55.9 

 2 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 308 

 411 

 719 

 43.0 

 455 

 0.4 

 0.2 

 64.5 

 1.1 

 387 

 85.1 

 1 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 113 

 121 

 235 

 51.1 

 167 

 0.6 

 0.1 

 52.1 

 1.1 

 157 

 93.9 

 1 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 500 

 1,175 

 1,675 

 79.0 

 1,336 

 1.6 

 0.2 

 47.5 

 3.2 

 2,088 

 156.3 

 10 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 797 

 580 

 1,378 

 43.2 

 655 

 4.6 

 0.2 

 64.7 

 1.0 

 1,533 

 234.1 

 20 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 150 

 45 

 195 

 42.4 

 66 

 16.2 

<0.1

 68.2 

 2.1 

 263 

 398.4 

 7 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal

 

 8,761 

 3,961 

 12,722 

 54.7 

 10,881 

 0.7 

 1.6 

 54.3 

 1.4 

 6,626 

 60.9 

 44 

 13 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks and securities dealers as of 30.6.22

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

 

 7,216 

 956 

 8,172 

 53.1 

 8,358 

 0.1 

 0.6 

 51.3 

 1.0 

 1,699 

 20.3 

 3 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 657 

 302 

 959 

 39.4 

 804 

 0.2 

 0.3 

 55.6 

 1.7 

 443 

 55.1 

 1 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 416 

 489 

 906 

 43.3 

 611 

 0.4 

 0.2 

 66.4 

 1.1 

 550 

 90.0 

 2 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 171 

 122 

 293 

 48.6 

 192 

 0.6 

 0.1 

 55.0 

 1.1 

 195 

 101.4 

 1 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 388 

 442 

 830 

 39.9 

 555 

 1.5 

 0.2 

 48.5 

 1.1 

 613 

 110.4 

 4 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 611 

 628 

 1,239 

 44.7 

 578 

 4.6 

 0.2 

 67.6 

 1.0 

 1,374 

 237.5 

 18 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 165 

 89 

 253 

 34.2 

 79 

 16.9 

<0.1

 70.0 

 1.0 

 314 

 398.9 

 10 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal

 

 9,624 

 3,028 

 12,652 

 45.7 

 11,176 

 0.5 

 1.5 

 53.3 

 1.1 

 5,187 

 46.4 

 38 

 11 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks and securities dealers as of 31.12.21

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

 

 6,202 

 1,092 

 7,294 

 58.3 

 7,292 

 0.1 

 0.5 

 51.7 

 1.1 

 1,638 

 22.5 

 6 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 748 

 268 

 1,016 

 36.3 

 754 

 0.2 

 0.3 

 54.1 

 1.5 

 390 

 51.7 

 2 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 469 

 441 

 910 

 45.4 

 613 

 0.4 

 0.2 

 65.2 

 1.1 

 535 

 87.2 

 2 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 302 

 252 

 554 

 41.9 

 365 

 0.7 

 0.1 

 70.0 

 1.0 

 471 

 129.2 

 2 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 368 

 564 

 933 

 42.5 

 565 

 1.6 

 0.2 

 51.9 

 1.1 

 709 

 125.5 

 4 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 764 

 642 

 1,406 

 43.2 

 603 

 4.0 

 0.2 

 67.1 

 1.0 

 1,380 

 228.8 

 16 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 90 

 51 

 141 

 36.9 

 13 

 11.9 

<0.1

 60.6 

 1.1 

 41 

 313.7 

 1 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal

 

 8,944 

 3,310 

 12,254 

 47.6 

 10,206 

 0.4 

 1.5 

 54.3 

 1.1 

 5,164 

 50.6 

 33 

 12 

 

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USD m, except where indicated

 

Original on-balance sheet gross exposure

Off-balance sheet exposures pre-CCF

Total exposures pre-CCF

Average CCF in %

EAD post-CCF and post-CRM

Average PD in %

Number of obligors (in thousands)

Average LGD in %

Average maturity in years

RWA

RWA density in %

EL

Provisions1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Public-sector entities, multi-lateral development banks as of 31.12.22

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

 

 7,067 

 614 

 7,682 

 18.7 

 7,263 

 0.0 

 0.2 

 37.9 

 1.1 

 417 

 5.7 

 1 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 405 

 565 

 970 

 25.2 

 553 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 25.6 

 2.2 

 118 

 21.4 

 0 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 741 

 403 

 1,144 

 22.7 

 827 

 0.3 

 0.2 

 27.2 

 2.2 

 244 

 29.4 

 1 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 3 

 1 

 3 

 16.0 

 2 

 0.6 

<0.1

 11.2 

 1.8 

 0 

 14.9 

 0 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal

 

 8,217 

 1,583 

 9,800 

 22.0 

 8,646 

 0.1 

 0.6 

 36.1 

 1.2 

 779 

 9.0 

 2 

 0 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Public-sector entities, multi-lateral development banks as of 30.6.22

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

 

 5,567 

 661 

 6,228 

 19.2 

 5,775 

 0.0 

 0.2 

 36.5 

 1.1 

 277 

 4.8 

 0 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 170 

 473 

 643 

 24.6 

 285 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 31.4 

 2.0 

 68 

 23.8 

 0 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 631 

 361 

 992 

 27.9 

 714 

 0.3 

 0.2 

 27.1 

 2.3 

 211 

 29.6 

 1 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 34 

 17 

 51 

 29.9 

 39 

 0.6 

<0.1

 31.1 

 2.5 

 19 

 50.2 

 0 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 52 

 

 52 

 

 1 

 3.0 

<0.1

 17.1 

 5.0 

 0 

 50.4 

 0 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 4 

 

 4 

 

 4 

 100.0 

<0.1

 0.03

 1.0 

 4 

 106.0 

 0 

 

Subtotal

 

 6,459 

 1,512 

 7,970 

 23.1 

 6,817 

 0.1 

 0.6 

 35.2 

 1.3 

 581 

 8.5 

 1 

 0 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Public-sector entities, multi-lateral development banks as of 31.12.21

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

 

 4,682 

 1,183 

 5,865 

 19.1 

 4,985 

 0.0 

 0.2 

 38.0 

 1.1 

 323 

 6.5 

 1 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 268 

 231 

 499 

 12.1 

 294 

 0.2 

 0.1 

 30.4 

 2.5 

 72 

 24.5 

 0 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 617 

 428 

 1,045 

 27.8 

 721 

 0.4 

 0.2 

 27.4 

 2.3 

 215 

 29.8 

 1 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 38 

 16 

 53 

 27.0 

 41 

 0.6 

<0.1

 31.0 

 2.6 

 21 

 51.5 

 0 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 58 

 0 

 58 

 0.0 

 1 

 3.0 

<0.1

 17.1 

 5.0 

 0 

 50.4 

 0 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 4 

 

 4 

 

 4 

 100.0 

<0.1

 0.23

 1.0 

 5 

 106.0 

 0 

 

Subtotal

 

 5,667 

 1,858 

 7,525 

 20.3 

 6,046 

 0.1 

 0.6 

 36.3 

 1.3 

 636 

 10.5 

 2 

 0 

 

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USD m, except where indicated

 

Original on-balance sheet gross exposure

Off-balance sheet exposures pre-CCF

Total exposures pre-CCF

Average CCF in %

EAD post-CCF and post-CRM

Average PD in %

Number of obligors (in thousands)

Average LGD in %

Average maturity in years

RWA

RWA density in %

EL

Provisions1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporates: specialized lending as of 31.12.22

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

 

 4,143 

 1,017 

 5,160 

 68.1 

 4,835 

 0.1 

 0.5 

 13.6 

 2.0 

 330 

 6.8 

 0 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 2,597 

 986 

 3,583 

 50.3 

 2,916 

 0.2 

 0.3 

 23.0 

 2.1 

 630 

 21.6 

 1 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 4,361 

 2,534 

 6,895 

 33.0 

 5,178 

 0.4 

 0.6 

 27.4 

 1.9 

 2,043 

 39.5 

 5 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 3,712 

 2,299 

 6,011 

 35.4 

 4,464 

 0.6 

 0.5 

 26.0 

 1.8 

 2,036 

 45.6 

 7 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 8,550 

 3,017 

 11,567 

 28.6 

 9,360 

 1.3 

 1.3 

 27.6 

 1.8 

 5,875 

 62.8 

 35 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 1,810 

 423 

 2,233 

 55.4 

 2,046 

 3.3 

 0.3 

 35.0 

 1.6 

 2,177 

 106.4 

 23 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 1 

 0 

 1 

 0.0 

 1 

 11.0 

<0.1

 36.0 

 2.5 

 1 

 169.2 

 0 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 151 

 2 

 153 

 70.9 

 50 

 100.0 

<0.1

 67.83

 4.8 

 53 

 106.0 

 104 

 

Subtotal

 

 25,324 

 10,278 

 35,602 

 38.3 

 28,850 

 1.0 

 3.6 

 24.9 

 1.9 

 13,145 

 45.6 

 176 

 119 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporates: specialized lending as of 30.6.22

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

 

 3,102 

 1,085 

 4,187 

 71.6 

 3,879 

 0.1 

 0.5 

 13.9 

 2.1 

 278 

 7.2 

 0 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 2,013 

 1,021 

 3,034 

 43.6 

 2,363 

 0.2 

 0.3 

 25.6 

 2.0 

 572 

 24.2 

 1 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 4,958 

 2,566 

 7,523 

 30.2 

 5,679 

 0.4 

 0.6 

 29.5 

 1.9 

 2,500 

 44.0 

 6 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 4,269 

 2,000 

 6,269 

 37.1 

 4,940 

 0.6 

 0.6 

 27.5 

 2.0 

 2,421 

 49.0 

 9 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 8,439 

 2,549 

 10,988 

 33.1 

 9,272 

 1.3 

 1.3 

 29.0 

 1.8 

 6,329 

 68.3 

 37 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 1,520 

 529 

 2,049 

 48.5 

 1,783 

 3.5 

 0.3 

 35.7 

 1.8 

 1,947 

 109.2 

 22 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 0 

 4 

 4 

 21.5 

 1 

 10.2 

<0.1

 65.0 

 1.4 

 3 

 375.2 

 0 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 157 

 5 

 162 

 84.6 

 62 

 100.0 

<0.1

 62.13

 3.9 

 66 

 106.0 

 101 

 

Subtotal

 

 24,457 

 9,760 

 34,217 

 39.4 

 27,978 

 1.1 

 3.6 

 26.7 

 1.9 

 14,117 

 50.5 

 176 

 123 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporates: specialized lending as of 31.12.21

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

 

 2,903 

 1,060 

 3,963 

 73.1 

 3,516 

 0.1 

 0.5 

 13.9 

 2.1 

 264 

 7.5 

 0 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 2,066 

 1,119 

 3,186 

 44.5 

 2,419 

 0.2 

 0.3 

 22.2 

 1.9 

 497 

 20.5 

 1 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 4,793 

 2,566 

 7,359 

 33.6 

 5,577 

 0.4 

 0.6 

 26.9 

 2.0 

 2,318 

 41.6 

 5 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 4,758 

 2,292 

 7,050 

 39.5 

 5,568 

 0.6 

 0.5 

 27.4 

 1.8 

 2,692 

 48.3 

 10 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 8,128 

 3,593 

 11,721 

 32.4 

 9,282 

 1.3 

 1.3 

 28.3 

 1.9 

 6,266 

 67.5 

 36 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 1,797 

 385 

 2,182 

 43.9 

 1,948 

 3.3 

 0.4 

 32.7 

 1.9 

 1,970 

 101.1 

 21 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 193 

 3 

 196 

 71.9 

 91 

 100.0 

<0.1

 53.63

 3.0 

 97 

 106.0 

 105 

 

Subtotal

 

 24,640 

 11,017 

 35,657 

 39.7 

 28,402 

 1.2 

 3.6 

 25.9 

 1.9 

 14,103 

 49.7 

 179 

 116 

 

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USD m, except where indicated

 

Original on-balance sheet gross exposure

Off-balance sheet exposures pre-CCF

Total exposures pre-CCF

Average CCF in %

EAD post-CCF and post-CRM

Average PD in %

Number of obligors (in thousands)

Average LGD in %

Average maturity in years

RWA

RWA density in %

EL

Provisions1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporates: other lending as of 31.12.22

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

 

 12,395 

 19,869 

 32,264 

 37.5 

 19,348 

 0.1 

 7.3 

 34.7 

 1.8 

 4,308 

 22.3 

 4 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 4,102 

 6,856 

 10,958 

 35.6 

 6,566 

 0.2 

 2.3 

 40.3 

 2.1 

 2,896 

 44.1 

 6 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 5,956 

 6,183 

 12,138 

 35.2 

 7,854 

 0.4 

 3.0 

 36.0 

 2.3 

 4,564 

 58.1 

 10 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 4,809 

 3,558 

 8,367 

 38.7 

 6,088 

 0.6 

 3.0 

 29.8 

 2.1 

 3,747 

 61.5 

 12 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 9,866 

 8,132 

 17,998 

 39.9 

 12,159 

 1.4 

 10.7 

 29.0 

 2.1 

 8,305 

 68.3 

 50 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 5,679 

 9,191 

 14,870 

 41.7 

 8,421 

 4.4 

 5.0 

 33.0 

 2.4 

 12,546 

 149.0 

 123 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 327 

 442 

 770 

 57.8 

 462 

 15.0 

 0.2 

 23.9 

 1.9 

 869 

 187.9 

 17 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 1,023 

 250 

 1,272 

 39.6 

 726 

 100.0 

 0.8 

 27.83

 2.8 

 769 

 106.0 

 325 

 

Subtotal

 

 44,157 

 54,480 

 98,637 

 38.3 

 61,625 

 2.3 

 32.4 

 32.8 

 2.1 

 38,003 

 61.7 

 546 

 575 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporates: other lending as of 30.6.22

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

 

 10,247 

 20,441 

 30,689 

 36.2 

 16,994 

 0.1 

 7.7 

 35.4 

 1.7 

 3,947 

 23.2 

 4 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 5,626 

 6,883 

 12,510 

 35.7 

 8,080 

 0.2 

 2.4 

 36.1 

 2.2 

 3,156 

 39.1 

 6 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 5,233 

 3,900 

 9,133 

 39.2 

 6,344 

 0.4 

 3.1 

 33.4 

 2.4 

 3,438 

 54.2 

 7 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 4,691 

 3,872 

 8,562 

 38.1 

 6,064 

 0.6 

 2.9 

 28.1 

 2.1 

 3,367 

 55.5 

 11 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 9,593 

 8,404 

 17,997 

 39.6 

 11,876 

 1.4 

 10.8 

 28.0 

 2.1 

 8,175 

 68.8 

 47 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 5,792 

 12,557 

 18,349 

 38.5 

 9,300 

 4.3 

 5.4 

 33.8 

 2.3 

 14,033 

 150.9 

 137 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 425 

 430 

 855 

 52.8 

 555 

 15.5 

 0.3 

 29.0 

 1.4 

 1,224 

 220.5 

 25 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 1,105 

 203 

 1,308 

 40.7 

 748 

 100.0 

 0.7 

 28.43

 3.2 

 793 

 106.0 

 319 

 

Subtotal

 

 42,713 

 56,691 

 99,403 

 37.6 

 59,961 

 2.5 

 33.2 

 32.0 

 2.1 

 38,133 

 63.6 

 557 

 604 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporates: other lending as of 31.12.21

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

 

 12,096 

 19,907 

 32,003 

 36.7 

 17,136 

 0.1 

 8.0 

 34.6 

 1.7 

 3,865 

 22.6 

 4 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 6,391 

 7,442 

 13,833 

 35.7 

 8,832 

 0.2 

 2.4 

 39.6 

 2.1 

 3,755 

 42.5 

 7 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 6,048 

 4,988 

 11,036 

 37.0 

 7,114 

 0.4 

 3.1 

 28.9 

 2.3 

 3,365 

 47.3 

 7 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 4,384 

 4,249 

 8,634 

 38.4 

 5,872 

 0.6 

 2.8 

 30.3 

 2.0 

 3,541 

 60.3 

 11 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 10,164 

 8,245 

 18,409 

 42.7 

 12,052 

 1.5 

 11.0 

 29.0 

 2.1 

 8,721 

 72.4 

 52 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 6,354 

 11,831 

 18,186 

 40.5 

 9,983 

 4.3 

 5.5 

 31.5 

 2.4 

 14,303 

 143.3 

 138 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 364 

 410 

 774 

 54.7 

 516 

 13.4 

 0.3 

 28.2 

 1.6 

 949 

 184.0 

 20 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 1,140 

 232 

 1,372 

 40.5 

 737 

 100.0 

 0.8 

 33.23

 3.5 

 781 

 106.0 

 369 

 

Subtotal

 

 46,942 

 57,305 

 104,247 

 38.5 

 62,241 

 2.4 

 33.9 

 32.6 

 2.1 

 39,281 

 63.1 

 609 

 647 

 

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USD m, except where indicated

 

Original on-balance sheet gross exposure

Off-balance sheet exposures pre-CCF

Total exposures pre-CCF

Average CCF in %

EAD post-CCF and post-CRM

Average PD in %

Number of obligors (in thousands)

Average LGD in %

Average maturity in years

RWA

RWA density in %

EL

Provisions1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail: residential mortgages as of 31.12.22

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

 

 76,314 

 1,358 

 77,672 

 53.1 

 77,043 

 0.1 

 139.0 

 18.9 

 

 3,230 

 4.2 

 13 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 20,092 

 271 

 20,363 

 75.3 

 20,291 

 0.2 

 22.9 

 25.5 

 

 2,076 

 10.2 

 10 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 26,641 

 489 

 27,130 

 76.6 

 26,994 

 0.4 

 29.3 

 27.5 

 

 4,770 

 17.7 

 26 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 16,731 

 351 

 17,081 

 82.5 

 17,021 

 0.6 

 14.6 

 30.5 

 

 5,054 

 29.7 

 33 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 23,178 

 1,390 

 24,568 

 78.9 

 24,273 

 1.3 

 26.2 

 33.8 

 

 12,966 

 53.4 

 109 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 7,506 

 333 

 7,838 

 82.7 

 7,784 

 4.4 

 8.4 

 33.6 

 

 8,217 

 105.6 

 113 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 916 

 20 

 936 

 97.1 

 936 

 15.1 

 0.9 

 31.4 

 

 1,598 

 170.8 

 44 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 503 

 1 

 504 

 77.4 

 478 

 100.0 

 0.7 

 5.23

 

 506 

 106.0 

 26 

 

Subtotal

 

 171,880 

 4,212 

 176,092 

 70.7 

 174,820 

 0.9 

 242.0 

 24.8 

 

 38,417 

 22.0 

 374 

 186 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail: residential mortgages as of 30.6.22

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

 

 73,745 

 1,304 

 75,049 

 52.9 

 74,438 

 0.1 

 139.1 

 18.6 

 

 3,073 

 4.1 

 12 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 19,216 

 250 

 19,466 

 70.9 

 19,388 

 0.2 

 22.9 

 25.6 

 

 2,008 

 10.4 

 9 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 25,544 

 460 

 26,004 

 78.3 

 25,900 

 0.4 

 29.3 

 27.8 

 

 4,676 

 18.1 

 25 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 15,874 

 354 

 16,228 

 84.5 

 16,175 

 0.6 

 14.4 

 30.5 

 

 4,862 

 30.1 

 31 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 22,301 

 1,464 

 23,764 

 77.6 

 23,436 

 1.3 

 26.3 

 34.1 

 

 12,696 

 54.2 

 106 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 7,129 

 332 

 7,461 

 84.6 

 7,416 

 4.3 

 8.0 

 33.3 

 

 7,673 

 103.5 

 104 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 794 

 9 

 803 

 94.2 

 804 

 15.2 

 0.8 

 32.9 

 

 1,446 

 180.0 

 41 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 531 

 1 

 532 

 79.4 

 504 

 100.0 

 0.7 

 5.23

 

 534 

 106.0 

 27 

 

Subtotal

 

 165,133 

 4,175 

 169,308 

 70.8 

 168,060 

 0.9 

 241.5 

 24.8 

 

 36,969 

 22.0 

 356 

 140 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail: residential mortgages as of 31.12.21

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

 

 75,576 

 1,650 

 77,227 

 61.0 

 76,587 

 0.1 

 138.0 

 18.3 

 

 2,995 

 3.9 

 12 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 18,717 

 354 

 19,071 

 75.5 

 18,985 

 0.2 

 22.5 

 25.5 

 

 1,894 

 10.0 

 9 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 25,283 

 616 

 25,899 

 82.1 

 25,797 

 0.4 

 28.9 

 27.6 

 

 4,460 

 17.3 

 25 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 15,659 

 459 

 16,118 

 89.0 

 16,069 

 0.6 

 14.3 

 30.4 

 

 4,637 

 28.9 

 31 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 22,380 

 1,780 

 24,160 

 81.4 

 23,827 

 1.3 

 26.0 

 34.0 

 

 12,512 

 52.5 

 108 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 7,163 

 462 

 7,624 

 87.7 

 7,573 

 4.3 

 7.9 

 33.1 

 

 7,599 

 100.4 

 108 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 905 

 21 

 926 

 95.4 

 926 

 15.4 

 0.8 

 32.9 

 

 1,619 

 174.9 

 48 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 577 

 2 

 579 

 66.5 

 552 

 100.0 

 0.8 

 4.63

 

 585 

 106.0 

 27 

 

Subtotal

 

 166,261 

 5,344 

 171,605 

 51.0 

 170,315 

 1.0 

 239.0 

 24.5 

 

 36,302 

 21.3 

 368 

 152 

 

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CR6: IRB – Credit risk exposures by portfolio and PD range (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USD m, except where indicated

 

Original on-balance sheet gross exposure

Off-balance sheet exposures pre-CCF

Total exposures pre-CCF

Average CCF in %

EAD post-CCF and post-CRM

Average PD in %

Number of obligors (in thousands)

Average LGD in %

Average maturity in years

RWA

RWA density in %

EL

Provisions1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail: qualifying revolving retail exposures (QRRE) as of 31.12.22

 

31.12.22

0.00 to <0.15

 

 245 

 3,628 

 3,873 

 53.0 

 2,169 

 0.0 

 457.1 

 37.4 

 

 46 

 2.1 

 0 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 131 

 1,368 

 1,499 

 49.3 

 805 

 0.2 

 201.6 

 41.9 

 

 55 

 6.8 

 1 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 163 

 595 

 758 

 51.1 

 467 

 0.4 

 95.6 

 45.6 

 

 62 

 13.3 

 1 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 144 

 342 

 486 

 49.9 

 315 

 0.6 

 70.2 

 46.8 

 

 69 

 21.8 

 1 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 362 

 706 

 1,069 

 58.0 

 720 

 1.4 

 143.7 

 49.1 

 

 295 

 41.0 

 5 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 297 

 258 

 555 

 18.3 

 291 

 4.6 

 81.7 

 52.0 

 

 312 

 107.3 

 7 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 61 

 10 

 70 

 56.0 

 66 

 19.3 

 14.7 

 56.2 

 

 164 

 249.0 

 7 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 47 

 0 

 47 

 0.0 

 28 

 100.0 

 25.9 

 40.03

 

 30 

 106.0 

 19 

 

Subtotal

 

 1,450 

 6,907 

 8,357 

 51.2 

 4,861 

 1.4 

 1,090.5 

 41.9 

 

 1,033 

 21.3 

 40 

 32 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail: qualifying revolving retail exposures (QRRE) as of 30.6.22

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

 

 242 

 3,498 

 3,741 

 53.1 

 2,098 

 0.0 

 455.5 

 37.2 

 

 45 

 2.1 

 0 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 127 

 1,355 

 1,482 

 49.6 

 798 

 0.2 

 208.9 

 41.9 

 

 55 

 6.8 

 1 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 163 

 580 

 743 

 50.5 

 456 

 0.4 

 98.1 

 45.6 

 

 61 

 13.4 

 1 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 141 

 320 

 461 

 49.9 

 300 

 0.6 

 69.9 

 46.6 

 

 65 

 21.8 

 1 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 306 

 772 

 1,078 

 50.3 

 703 

 1.4 

 141.9 

 48.9 

 

 287 

 40.8 

 5 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 328 

 150 

 478 

 31.7 

 351 

 4.2 

 82.6 

 49.6 

 

 326 

 92.9 

 8 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 56 

 10 

 67 

 51.6 

 62 

 19.2 

 15.0 

 55.7 

 

 153 

 248.2 

 7 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 41 

 

 41 

 

 25 

 100.0 

 21.1 

 40.03

 

 26 

 106.0 

 17 

 

Subtotal

 

 1,405 

 6,686 

 8,091 

 51.2 

 4,794 

 1.4 

 1,092.9 

 41.8 

 

 1,018 

 21.2 

 38 

 29 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail: qualifying revolving retail exposures (QRRE) as of 31.12.21

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

 

 238 

 3,790 

 4,028 

 52.0 

 2,209 

 0.0 

 458.1 

 37.2 

 

 48 

 2.2 

 0 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 124 

 1,420 

 1,544 

 49.4 

 825 

 0.2 

 208.5 

 42.0 

 

 58 

 7.0 

 1 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 158 

 594 

 753 

 49.5 

 453 

 0.4 

 97.3 

 45.8 

 

 62 

 13.7 

 1 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 137 

 338 

 474 

 49.1 

 302 

 0.6 

 70.2 

 47.1 

 

 68 

 22.5 

 1 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 296 

 658 

 954 

 59.7 

 704 

 1.4 

 138.9 

 49.1 

 

 295 

 41.8 

 5 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 326 

 203 

 530 

 22.7 

 341 

 4.2 

 77.7 

 50.0 

 

 324 

 95.1 

 8 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 52 

 9 

 61 

 55.4 

 57 

 19.1 

 13.3 

 56.1 

 

 145 

 254.9 

 6 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 43 

 

 43 

 

 26 

 100.0 

 21.1 

 40.03

 

 27 

 106.0 

 17 

 

Subtotal

 

 1,373 

 7,013 

 8,386 

 51.0 

 4,917 

 1.3 

 1,085.1 

 42.2 

 

 1,028 

 20.9 

 38 

 29 

 

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CR6: IRB – Credit risk exposures by portfolio and PD range (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USD m, except where indicated

 

Original on-balance sheet gross exposure

Off-balance sheet exposures pre-CCF

Total exposures pre-CCF

Average CCF in %

EAD post-CCF and post-CRM

Average PD in %

Number of obligors (in thousands)

Average LGD in %

Average maturity in years

RWA

RWA density in %

EL

Provisions1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail: other retail as of 31.12.222

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

 

 112,246 

 293,242 

 405,488 

 18.2 

 165,459 

 0.0 

 476.9 

 29.2 

 

 8,095 

 4.9 

 20 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 4,477 

 8,336 

 12,814 

 20.9 

 6,215 

 0.2 

 11.4 

 27.7 

 

 808 

 13.0 

 3 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 7,096 

 11,982 

 19,078 

 19.1 

 9,379 

 0.4 

 14.4 

 28.1 

 

 1,982 

 21.1 

 9 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 6,982 

 13,524 

 20,506 

 20.5 

 9,752 

 0.6 

 18.8 

 23.8 

 

 2,424 

 24.9 

 15 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 6,607 

 8,983 

 15,590 

 22.3 

 8,608 

 1.1 

 34.4 

 39.7 

 

 4,692 

 54.5 

 37 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 1,029 

 891 

 1,920 

 17.0 

 1,179 

 4.5 

 3.2 

 63.4 

 

 1,413 

 119.9 

 38 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 62 

 43 

 105 

 28.4 

 74 

 19.9 

 1.0 

 27.5 

 

 59 

 79.2 

 4 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 92 

 1 

 93 

 71.0 

 82 

 100.0 

<0.1

 11.24

 

 87 

 106.0 

 10 

 

Subtotal

 

 138,592 

 337,003 

 475,595 

 18.5 

 200,748 

 0.2 

 560.2 

 29.5 

 

 19,561 

 9.7 

 137 

 27 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail: other retail as of 30.6.222

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

 

 118,082 

 272,365 

 390,447 

 18.3 

 167,877 

 0.0 

 475.7 

 29.0 

 

 8,189 

 4.9 

 21 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 4,525 

 8,467 

 12,993 

 19.4 

 6,169 

 0.2 

 11.2 

 27.7 

 

 796 

 12.9 

 3 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 8,045 

 11,754 

 19,799 

 18.6 

 10,230 

 0.4 

 14.1 

 32.5 

 

 2,478 

 24.2 

 12 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 7,539 

 13,683 

 21,222 

 20.0 

 10,280 

 0.6 

 17.3 

 24.6 

 

 2,597 

 25.3 

 16 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 7,006 

 10,420 

 17,426 

 21.2 

 9,214 

 1.2 

 37.8 

 31.2 

 

 3,933 

 42.7 

 34 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 1,322 

 1,545 

 2,868 

 21.0 

 1,645 

 3.8 

 3.3 

 54.8 

 

 1,629 

 99.0 

 38 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 271 

 240 

 511 

 18.3 

 307 

 20.3 

 0.9 

 26.3 

 

 233 

 76.0 

 16 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 83 

 1 

 84 

 42.0 

 57 

 100.0 

<0.1

 31.53

 

 60 

 106.0 

 24 

 

Subtotal

 

 146,872 

 318,477 

 465,349 

 18.5 

 205,778 

 0.2 

 560.5 

 29.2 

 

 19,914 

 9.7 

 162 

 38 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail: other retail as of 31.12.212

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

 

 133,340 

 314,819 

 448,158 

 18.1 

 190,358 

 0.0 

 499.1 

 28.4 

 

 8,817 

 4.6 

 23 

 

0.15 to <0.25

 

 5,729 

 8,764 

 14,493 

 19.0 

 7,395 

 0.2 

 9.3 

 27.9 

 

 951 

 12.9 

 4 

 

0.25 to <0.50

 

 6,517 

 10,046 

 16,563 

 18.9 

 8,415 

 0.4 

 10.5 

 30.8 

 

 1,921 

 22.8 

 9 

 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 4,410 

 7,997 

 12,407 

 19.4 

 5,963 

 0.6 

 11.3 

 24.4 

 

 1,506 

 25.3 

 9 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 5,164 

 9,231 

 14,395 

 21.1 

 7,106 

 1.2 

 45.3 

 34.3 

 

 3,221 

 45.3 

 28 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 795 

 1,087 

 1,882 

 22.4 

 1,038 

 4.4 

 3.5 

 46.4 

 

 902 

 86.9 

 27 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 137 

 99 

 236 

 17.6 

 141 

 20.7 

 1.0 

 24.7 

 

 100 

 71.0 

 7 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 38 

 3 

 41 

 10.1 

 14 

 100.0 

<0.1

 61.13

 

 14 

 106.0 

 25 

 

Subtotal

 

 156,130 

 352,045 

 508,175 

 18.3 

 220,429 

 0.1 

 579.9 

 28.6 

 

 17,433 

 7.9 

 131 

 37 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total 31.12.22

 

 614,082 

 418,816 

 1,032,899 

 23.0 

 708,165 

 0.6 

 1,930.9 

 30.0 

 1.34

 120,958 

 17.1 

 1,345 

 957 

Total 30.6.22

 

 615,591 

 400,713 

 1,016,304 

 23.1 

 705,861 

 0.6 

 1,934.0 

 30.0 

 1.34

 119,611 

 16.9 

 1,356 

 951 

Total 31.12.21

 

 628,870 

 438,375 

 1,067,245 

 23.0 

 724,901 

 0.5 

 1,943.8 

 29.5 

 1.34

 116,453 

 16.1 

 1,371 

 998 

1 In line with BCBS Pillar 3 disclosure requirements, provisions are only provided for the sub-totals by asset class. Expected credit loss (ECL) allowances and provisions amounted to USD 1,091m as of 31 December 2022, as disclosed in “Note 9 Financial assets at amortized cost and other positions in scope of expected credit loss measurement” of the UBS Group AG Annual Report 2022. This included USD 957m related to credit risk under the IRB approach, USD 128m related to credit risk under the standardized approach and USD 6m related to exposures under counterparty credit risk. The CR6 table includes ECL related to revocable off-balance sheet exposures of USD 38m, which are excluded from the “CR1: Credit quality of assets” table in this report.    2 The “Retail: other retail” asset class includes risk-weighted assets of USD 3.5bn related to a new model for structured margin loans and similar products in Global Wealth Management. The USD 3.5bn was phased in over five quarters until June 2022, and relates to the expected impact of the model, which is planned to be introduced in 2023. The associated changes to PD and LGD, as well as a refinement to the asset class allocation, primarily toward the corporate asset class, will only be reflected with the introduction of the new model.    3 Average LGD for defaulted exposures disclosed in the table is not used to calculate RWA. The disclosed number is derived using ECL accounting provisions (stage 3) divided by total exposures pre-CCF.    4 Retail asset classes are excluded from the average maturity as maturity is not relevant for risk weighting.

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Credit derivatives used as CRM techniques

Semi-annual | Where credit derivatives are used as credit risk mitigation, the probability of default (PD) of the obligor is in general substituted with the PD of the hedge provider. In addition, default correlation between the obligor and the hedge provider is taken into account through the double default approach. The impact of credit derivatives used as CRM techniques on IRB credit risk has been immaterial for past reporting periods and continued to be immaterial for this reporting period. Therefore, we have discontinued the disclosure of the “CR7: IRB – effect on RWA of credit derivatives used as CRM techniques” table, in line with FINMA Circular 2016/6, general principles of disclosure.

    Refer to the “CCR6: Credit derivatives exposures” table in the “Counterparty credit risk” section of this report for notional and fair value information about credit derivatives used as CRM

 

The table below provides definitions applied in the CR8 table below.

 

Definitions of credit risk and counterparty credit risk RWA movement table components for CR8 and CCR7

The references in the table below refer to the line numbers provided in the CR8 and CCR7 movement tables below.

Reference

Description

Definition

2

Asset size

 

Movements arising in the ordinary course of business, such as new transactions, sales and write-offs.

3

Asset quality / Credit quality of counterparties

 

Movements resulting from changes in the underlying credit quality of counterparties. These are caused by changes to risk parameters, e.g., counterparty ratings, LGD estimates or credit hedges.

4

Model updates

 

Movements arising from the implementation of new models and from parameter changes to existing models. The RWA effect of model updates is estimated based on the portfolio at the time of the implementation of the change.

5

Methodology and policy

 

 

Movements due to methodological changes in calculations driven by regulatory policy changes, including revisions to existing regulations, new regulations and add-ons mandated by the regulator. The effect of methodology and policy changes on RWA is estimated based on the portfolio at the time of the implementation of the change.

6

Acquisitions and disposals

 

Movements as a result of disposal or acquisition of business operations, quantified based on the credit risk exposures as of the end of the quarter preceding a disposal or following an acquisition. Purchases and sales of exposures in the ordinary course of business are reflected under Asset size

7

Foreign exchange movements

 

Movements as a result of exchange rate changes of transaction currencies against the US dollar.

8

Other

 

Movements due to changes that cannot be attributed to any other category.

         

RWA flow statements of credit risk exposures under IRB

Quarterly | Credit risk RWA under the A-IRB approach increased by USD 4.8bn to USD 121.0bn during the fourth quarter of 2022.

The RWA increase from asset size movements of USD 1.7bn was predominantly driven by increases from corporate loans in Personal & Corporate Banking. The decrease in RWA from asset quality of USD 2.1bn was primarily due to rating improvements on Lombard and mortgage loans.

Model updates resulted in an RWA increase of USD 0.4bn, primarily driven by a USD 0.7bn quarterly phase-in impact related to updates to the loss-given-default (LGD) model for private equity and hedge fund financing trades, partly offset by a reduction of USD 0.3bn related to updates to the model for standard Lombard loans. Foreign exchange movements led to an RWA increase of USD 4.8bn.

 

CR8: RWA flow statements of credit risk exposures under IRB

USD m

For the quarter ended 31.12.22

For the quarter ended 30.9.22

For the quarter ended 30.6.22

For the quarter ended 31.3.22

1

RWA as of the beginning of the quarter

 116,158 

 119,611 

 118,609 

 116,453 

2

Asset size

 1,670 

 (2,365) 

 381 

 1,415 

3

Asset quality

 (2,055) 

 (902) 

 1,418 

 682 

4

Model updates

 405 

 1,344 

 1,840 

 1,180 

5

Methodology and policy

 

 

 

 

5a

of which: regulatory add-ons

 

 

 

 

6

Acquisitions and disposals

 

 1,240 

 

 

7

Foreign exchange movements

 4,780 

 (2,770) 

 (2,637) 

 (1,121) 

8

Other

 

 

 

 

9

RWA as of the end of the quarter

 120,958 

 116,158 

 119,611 

 118,609 

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Backtesting

Annual | More information about backtesting of credit models is provided under “Backtesting” in the “Risk management and control” section of our Annual Report 2022

  

CR9: IRB – Backtesting of probability of default (PD) per portfolio1

 

 

PD range

External rating equivalent

 

Moody’s

External rating equivalent

 

S&P

External rating equivalent

 

Fitch

Weighted average PD in %

Arithmetic average PD

by obligors in %

 

Number of obligors

(in thousands)

 

Defaulted obligors

in the year

of which: new defaulted obligors in the year

Average historical annual default rate in %2

 

End of the previous year

End of the year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central governments and central banks as of 31.12.22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

Aaa to A3

AAA to A–

AAA to AA–

 0.0 

 0.0 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

0.15 to <0.25

Baa1 to Baa2

BBB+ to BBB

BBB+ to BBB

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

0.25 to <0.50

Baa3

BBB–

BBB–

 0.3 

 0.3 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

0.50 to <0.75

Ba1

BB+

BB+

 0.6 

 0.7 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

0.75 to <2.50

Ba2 to Ba3

BB to BB–

BB to BB–

 1.5 

 1.3 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

2.50 to <10.00

B1 to B3

B+ to B–

B+ to B–

 5.2 

 3.8 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

10.00 to <100.00

Caa1 to C

CCC to C

CCC to C

 12.9 

 13.0 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

Subtotal

 

 

 

 0.0 

 1.2 

 

< 0.1

 0.1 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central governments and central banks as of 31.12.21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

Aaa to A3

AAA to A–

AAA to AA–

 0.0 

 0.0 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

0.15 to <0.25

Baa1 to Baa2

BBB+ to BBB

BBB+ to BBB

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

0.25 to <0.50

Baa3

BBB–

BBB–

 0.3 

 0.3 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

0.50 to <0.75

Ba1

BB+

BB+

 0.7 

 0.7 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

0.75 to <2.50

Ba2 to Ba3

BB to BB–

BB to BB–

 1.2 

 1.1 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

2.50 to <10.00

B1 to B3

B+ to B–

B+ to B–

 3.6 

 3.5 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

10.00 to <100.00

Caa1 to C

CCC to C

CCC to C

 13.2 

 10.8 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

Subtotal

 

 

 

 0.0 

 1.7 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

 

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CR9: IRB – Backtesting of probability of default (PD) per portfolio (continued)1

 

 

PD range

External rating equivalent

 

Moody’s

External rating equivalent

 

S&P

External rating equivalent

 

Fitch

Weighted average PD in %

Arithmetic average PD

by obligors in %

 

Number of obligors

(in thousands)

 

Defaulted obligors

in the year

of which: new defaulted obligors in the year

Average historical annual default rate in %2

 

End of the previous year

End of the year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks and securities dealers as of 31.12.22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

Aaa to A3

AAA to A–

AAA to AA–

 0.1 

 0.0 

 

 0.5 

 0.5 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

0.15 to <0.25

Baa1 to Baa2

BBB+ to BBB

BBB+ to BBB

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

 0.3 

 0.3 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.1 

0.25 to <0.50

Baa3

BBB–

BBB–

 0.4 

 0.4 

 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

0.50 to <0.75

Ba1

BB+

BB+

 0.6 

 0.6 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.1 

0.75 to <2.50

Ba2 to Ba3

BB to BB–

BB to BB–

 1.7 

 1.3 

 

 0.2 

 0.1 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.1 

2.50 to <10.00

B1 to B3

B+ to B–

B+ to B–

 4.1 

 3.2 

 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.2 

10.00 to <100.00

Caa1 to C

CCC to C

CCC to C

 11.9 

 16.0 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.9 

Subtotal

 

 

 

 0.5 

 0.6 

 

 1.4 

 1.5 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.1 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks and securities dealers as of 31.12.21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

Aaa to A3

AAA to A–

AAA to AA–

 0.1 

 0.1 

 

 0.5 

 0.5 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

0.15 to <0.25

Baa1 to Baa2

BBB+ to BBB

BBB+ to BBB

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

 0.3 

 0.3 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.1 

0.25 to <0.50

Baa3

BBB–

BBB–

 0.4 

 0.4 

 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

0.50 to <0.75

Ba1

BB+

BB+

 0.7 

 0.6 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.1 

0.75 to <2.50

Ba2 to Ba3

BB to BB–

BB to BB–

 1.8 

 1.4 

 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.1 

2.50 to <10.00

B1 to B3

B+ to B–

B+ to B–

 4.7 

 3.2 

 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.3 

10.00 to <100.00

Caa1 to C

CCC to C

CCC to C

 10.8 

 17.8 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.9 

Subtotal

 

 

 

 0.5 

 0.8 

 

 1.4 

 1.4 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.1 

 

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CR9: IRB – Backtesting of probability of default (PD) per portfolio (continued)1

 

 

PD range

External rating equivalent

 

Moody’s

External rating equivalent

 

S&P

External rating equivalent

 

Fitch

Weighted average PD in %

Arithmetic average PD

by obligors in %

 

Number of obligors

(in thousands)

 

Defaulted obligors

in the year

of which: new defaulted obligors in the year

Average historical annual default rate in %2

 

End of the previous year

End of the year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Public-sector entities, multi-lateral development banks as of 31.12.22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

Aaa to A3

AAA to A–

AAA to AA–

 0.1 

 0.1 

 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

0.15 to <0.25

Baa1 to Baa2

BBB+ to BBB

BBB+ to BBB

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

 0.1 

 0.2 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

0.25 to <0.50

Baa3

BBB–

BBB–

 0.4 

 0.3 

 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

0.50 to <0.75

Ba1

BB+

BB+

 0.6 

 0.6 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.5 

0.75 to <2.50

Ba2 to Ba3

BB to BB–

BB to BB–

 0.9 

 1.4 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

2.50 to <10.00

B1 to B3

B+ to B–

B+ to B–

 3.0 

 2.7 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

10.00 to <100.00

Caa1 to C

CCC to C

CCC to C

 

 

 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 

 0 

 0 

 6.7 

Subtotal

 

 

 

 0.5 

 0.2 

 

 0.6 

 0.6 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Public-sector entities, multi-lateral development banks as of 31.12.21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

Aaa to A3

AAA to A–

AAA to AA–

 0.0 

 0.1 

 

 0.3 

 0.2 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

0.15 to <0.25

Baa1 to Baa2

BBB+ to BBB

BBB+ to BBB

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

 0.2 

 0.1 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

0.25 to <0.50

Baa3

BBB–

BBB–

 0.3 

 0.3 

 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

0.50 to <0.75

Ba1

BB+

BB+

 0.6 

 0.6 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.5 

0.75 to <2.50

Ba2 to Ba3

BB to BB–

BB to BB–

 1.0 

 1.2 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

2.50 to <10.00

B1 to B3

B+ to B–

B+ to B–

 2.9 

 2.7 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

10.00 to <100.00

Caa1 to C

CCC to C

CCC to C

 

 

 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 

 0 

 0 

 7.1 

Subtotal

 

 

 

 0.3 

 0.2 

 

 0.7 

 0.6 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

 

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CR9: IRB – Backtesting of probability of default (PD) per portfolio (continued)1

 

 

PD range

External rating equivalent

 

Moody’s

External rating equivalent

 

S&P

External rating equivalent

 

Fitch

Weighted average PD in %

Arithmetic average PD

by obligors in %

 

Number of obligors

(in thousands)

 

Defaulted obligors

in the year

of which: new defaulted obligors in the year

Average historical annual default rate in %2

 

End of the previous year

End of the year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporates: specialized lending as of 31.12.22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

Aaa to A3

AAA to A–

AAA to AA–

 0.1 

 0.1 

 

 0.5 

 0.5 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.1 

0.15 to <0.25

Baa1 to Baa2

BBB+ to BBB

BBB+ to BBB

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

 0.3 

 0.3 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.1 

0.25 to <0.50

Baa3

BBB–

BBB–

 0.4 

 0.4 

 

 0.6 

 0.6 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.1 

0.50 to <0.75

Ba1

BB+

BB+

 0.6 

 0.6 

 

 0.5 

 0.5 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.2 

0.75 to <2.50

Ba2 to Ba3

BB to BB–

BB to BB–

 1.3 

 1.4 

 

 1.3 

 1.3 

 

 1 

 0 

 0.4 

2.50 to <10.00

B1 to B3

B+ to B–

B+ to B–

 3.3 

 3.4 

 

 0.4 

 0.3 

 

 3 

 0 

 1.2 

10.00 to <100.00

Caa1 to C

CCC to C

CCC to C

 11.0 

 11.0 

 

< 0.1

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 4.9 

Subtotal

 

 

 

 1.2 

 1.1 

 

 3.6 

 3.5 

 

 4 

 0 

 0.3 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporates: specialized lending as of 31.12.21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

Aaa to A3

AAA to A–

AAA to AA–

 0.1 

 0.1 

 

 0.5 

 0.5 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.1 

0.15 to <0.25

Baa1 to Baa2

BBB+ to BBB

BBB+ to BBB

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

 0.3 

 0.3 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.1 

0.25 to <0.50

Baa3

BBB–

BBB–

 0.4 

 0.4 

 

 0.6 

 0.6 

 

 1 

 0 

 0.1 

0.50 to <0.75

Ba1

BB+

BB+

 0.6 

 0.6 

 

 0.6 

 0.5 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.2 

0.75 to <2.50

Ba2 to Ba3

BB to BB–

BB to BB–

 1.4 

 1.4 

 

 1.4 

 1.3 

 

 2 

 0 

 0.4 

2.50 to <10.00

B1 to B3

B+ to B–

B+ to B–

 3.4 

 3.4 

 

 0.3 

 0.4 

 

 2 

 0 

 1.2 

10.00 to <100.00

Caa1 to C

CCC to C

CCC to C

 

 

 

 0.0 

< 0.1

 

 0 

 0 

 5.3 

Subtotal

 

 

 

 1.3 

 1.0 

 

 3.7 

 3.6 

 

 5 

 0 

 0.3 

 

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CR9: IRB – Backtesting of probability of default (PD) per portfolio (continued)1

 

 

PD range

External rating equivalent

 

Moody’s

External rating equivalent

 

S&P

External rating equivalent

 

Fitch

Weighted average PD in %

Arithmetic average PD

by obligors in %

 

Number of obligors

(in thousands)

 

Defaulted obligors

in the year

of which: new defaulted obligors in the year

Average historical annual default rate in %2

 

End of the previous year

End of the year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporates: other lending as of 31.12.223

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

Aaa to A3

AAA to A–

AAA to AA–

 0.1 

 0.1 

 

 7.0 

 6.9 

 

 19 

 2 

 0.0 

0.15 to <0.25

Baa1 to Baa2

BBB+ to BBB

BBB+ to BBB

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

 2.3 

 2.3 

 

 9 

 1 

 0.0 

0.25 to <0.50

Baa3

BBB–

BBB–

 0.4 

 0.4 

 

 3.0 

 3.0 

 

 8 

 1 

 0.2 

0.50 to <0.75

Ba1

BB+

BB+

 0.6 

 0.6 

 

 2.8 

 2.9 

 

 8 

 1 

 0.3 

0.75 to <2.50

Ba2 to Ba3

BB to BB–

BB to BB–

 1.5 

 1.5 

 

 10.8 

 10.5 

 

 116 

 48 

 0.7 

2.50 to <10.00

B1 to B3

B+ to B–

B+ to B–

 4.3 

 4.1 

 

 5.5 

 5.0 

 

 150 

 17 

 2.1 

10.00 to <100.00

Caa1 to C

CCC to C

CCC to C

 13.4 

 16.8 

 

 0.3 

 0.2 

 

 49 

 3 

 12.3 

Subtotal

 

 

 

 2.7 

 1.5 

 

 31.6 

 30.8 

 

 359 

 73 

 0.3 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporates: other lending as of 31.12.21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

Aaa to A3

AAA to A–

AAA to AA–

 0.1 

 0.1 

 

 3.7 

 3.9 

 

 0 

 0 

 0.0 

0.15 to <0.25

Baa1 to Baa2

BBB+ to BBB

BBB+ to BBB

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

 1.6 

 1.6 

 

 3 

 0 

 0.0 

0.25 to <0.50

Baa3

BBB–

BBB–

 0.4 

 0.4 

 

 2.6 

 2.4 

 

 4 

 1 

 0.2 

0.50 to <0.75

Ba1

BB+

BB+

 0.6 

 0.6 

 

 2.4 

 2.3 

 

 9 

 0 

 0.3 

0.75 to <2.50

Ba2 to Ba3

BB to BB–

BB to BB–

 1.4 

 1.5 

 

 10.7 

 10.2 

 

 81 

 1 

 0.6 

2.50 to <10.00

B1 to B3

B+ to B–

B+ to B–

 4.4 

 3.9 

 

 4.9 

 5.2 

 

 90 

 1 

 2.0 

10.00 to <100.00

Caa1 to C

CCC to C

CCC to C

 14.9 

 14.2 

 

< 0.1

 0.1 

 

 13 

 4 

 11.7 

Subtotal

 

 

 

 3.3 

 1.5 

 

 26.0 

 25.7 

 

 200 

 7 

 0.3 

 

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CR9: IRB – Backtesting of probability of default (PD) per portfolio (continued)1

 

 

PD range

External rating equivalent

 

Moody’s

External rating equivalent

 

S&P

External rating equivalent

 

Fitch

Weighted average PD in %

Arithmetic average PD

by obligors in %

 

Number of obligors

(in thousands)

 

Defaulted obligors

in the year

of which: new defaulted obligors in the year

Average historical annual default rate in %2

 

End of the previous year

End of the year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail: residential mortgages as of 31.12.22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

Aaa to A3

AAA to A–

AAA to AA–

 0.1 

 0.1 

 

 138.0 

 139.0 

 

 81 

 7 

 0.1 

0.15 to <0.25

Baa1 to Baa2

BBB+ to BBB

BBB+ to BBB

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

 22.5 

 22.9 

 

 18 

 1 

 0.1 

0.25 to <0.50

Baa3

BBB–

BBB–

 0.4 

 0.4 

 

 28.9 

 29.3 

 

 30 

 5 

 0.1 

0.50 to <0.75

Ba1

BB+

BB+

 0.6 

 0.6 

 

 14.3 

 14.6 

 

 22 

 2 

 0.3 

0.75 to <2.50

Ba2 to Ba3

BB to BB–

BB to BB–

 1.3 

 1.3 

 

 26.0 

 26.2 

 

 70 

 11 

 0.4 

2.50 to <10.00

B1 to B3

B+ to B–

B+ to B–

 4.3 

 4.4 

 

 7.9 

 8.4 

 

 80 

 19 

 1.2 

10.00 to <100.00

Caa1 to C

CCC to C

CCC to C

 15.4 

 15.7 

 

 0.8 

 0.9 

 

 33 

 5 

 3.5 

Subtotal

 

 

 

 1.0 

 0.5 

 

 238.2 

 241.4 

 

 334 

 50 

 0.2 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail: residential mortgages as of 31.12.21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

Aaa to A3

AAA to A–

AAA to AA–

 0.1 

 0.1 

 

 136.1 

 138.0 

 

 78 

 0 

 0.1 

0.15 to <0.25

Baa1 to Baa2

BBB+ to BBB

BBB+ to BBB

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

 22.3 

 22.5 

 

 37 

 1 

 0.1 

0.25 to <0.50

Baa3

BBB–

BBB–

 0.4 

 0.4 

 

 28.7 

 28.9 

 

 46 

 0 

 0.1 

0.50 to <0.75

Ba1

BB+

BB+

 0.6 

 0.6 

 

 13.8 

 14.3 

 

 27 

 1 

 0.3 

0.75 to <2.50

Ba2 to Ba3

BB to BB–

BB to BB–

 1.3 

 1.3 

 

 26.3 

 26.0 

 

 69 

 0 

 0.4 

2.50 to <10.00

B1 to B3

B+ to B–

B+ to B–

 4.5 

 4.3 

 

 8.5 

 7.9 

 

 85 

 0 

 1.2 

10.00 to <100.00

Caa1 to C

CCC to C

CCC to C

 15.2 

 16.0 

 

 0.9 

 0.8 

 

 27 

 0 

 3.5 

Subtotal

 

 

 

 1.1 

 0.5 

 

 236.6 

 238.2 

 

 369 

 2 

 0.2 

 

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CR9: IRB – Backtesting of probability of default (PD) per portfolio (continued)1

 

 

PD range

External rating equivalent

 

Moody’s

External rating equivalent

 

S&P

External rating equivalent

 

Fitch

Weighted average PD in %

Arithmetic average PD

by obligors in %

 

Number of obligors

(in thousands)

 

Defaulted obligors

in the year

of which: new defaulted obligors in the year

Average historical annual default rate in %2

 

End of the previous year

End of the year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail: qualifying revolving retail exposure as of 31.12.223

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

Aaa to A3

AAA to A–

AAA to AA–

 0.0 

 0.0 

 

 458.1 

 457.1 

 

 180 

 1 

 0.0 

0.15 to <0.25

Baa1 to Baa2

BBB+ to BBB

BBB+ to BBB

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

 208.5 

 201.6 

 

 215 

 0 

 0.2 

0.25 to <0.50

Baa3

BBB–

BBB–

 0.4 

 0.3 

 

 97.3 

 95.6 

 

 207 

 13 

 0.3 

0.50 to <0.75

Ba1

BB+

BB+

 0.6 

 0.6 

 

 70.2 

 70.2 

 

 332 

 25 

 0.4 

0.75 to <2.50

Ba2 to Ba3

BB to BB–

BB to BB–

 1.4 

 1.3 

 

 138.9 

 143.7 

 

 1,209 

 148 

 1.0 

2.50 to <10.00

B1 to B3

B+ to B–

B+ to B–

 4.2 

 4.1 

 

 77.7 

 81.7 

 

 2,510 

 162 

 3.5 

10.00 to <100.00

Caa1 to C

CCC to C

CCC to C

 19.1 

 19.3 

 

 13.3 

 14.7 

 

 3,742 

 696 

 24.9 

Subtotal

 

 

 

 1.3 

 0.8 

 

 1,064.0 

 1,064.6 

 

 8,395 

 1,045 

 0.7 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail: qualifying revolving retail exposure as of 31.12.214

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

Aaa to A3

AAA to A–

AAA to AA–

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.15 to <0.25

Baa1 to Baa2

BBB+ to BBB

BBB+ to BBB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.25 to <0.50

Baa3

BBB–

BBB–

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.50 to <0.75

Ba1

BB+

BB+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.75 to <2.50

Ba2 to Ba3

BB to BB–

BB to BB–

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.50 to <10.00

B1 to B3

B+ to B–

B+ to B–

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.00 to <100.00

Caa1 to C

CCC to C

CCC to C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CR9: IRB – Backtesting of probability of default (PD) per portfolio (continued)1

 

 

PD range

External rating equivalent

 

Moody’s

External rating equivalent

 

S&P

External rating equivalent

 

Fitch

Weighted average PD in %

Arithmetic average PD

by obligors in %

 

Number of obligors

(in thousands)

 

Defaulted obligors

in the year

of which: new defaulted obligors in the year

Average historical annual default rate in %2

 

End of the previous year

End of the year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail: other retail as of 31.12.223

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

Aaa to A3

AAA to A–

AAA to AA–

 0.0 

 0.0 

 

 499.1 

 476.9 

 

 89 

 0 

 0.0 

0.15 to <0.25

Baa1 to Baa2

BBB+ to BBB

BBB+ to BBB

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

 9.3 

 11.4 

 

 5 

 0 

 0.0 

0.25 to <0.50

Baa3

BBB–

BBB–

 0.4 

 0.3 

 

 10.5 

 14.4 

 

 18 

 1 

 0.0 

0.50 to <0.75

Ba1

BB+

BB+

 0.6 

 0.6 

 

 11.3 

 18.8 

 

 26 

 2 

 0.0 

0.75 to <2.50

Ba2 to Ba3

BB to BB–

BB to BB–

 1.2 

 1.1 

 

 45.3 

 34.4 

 

 56 

 4 

 0.0 

2.50 to <10.00

B1 to B3

B+ to B–

B+ to B–

 4.4 

 3.6 

 

 3.5 

 3.2 

 

 31 

 0 

 0.1 

10.00 to <100.00

Caa1 to C

CCC to C

CCC to C

 20.7 

 20.7 

 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 

 56 

 2 

 0.4 

Subtotal

 

 

 

 0.1 

 0.2 

 

 579.9 

 560.2 

 

 281 

 9 

 0.0 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail: other retail as of 31.12.21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.00 to <0.15

Aaa to A3

AAA to A–

AAA to AA–

 0.0 

 0.0 

 

 343.2 

 491.6 

 

 27 

 8 

 0.0 

0.15 to <0.25

Baa1 to Baa2

BBB+ to BBB

BBB+ to BBB

 0.2 

 0.2 

 

 7.2 

 7.8 

 

 1 

 0 

 0.0 

0.25 to <0.50

Baa3

BBB–

BBB–

 0.4 

 0.4 

 

 8.4 

 9.1 

 

 1 

 0 

 0.1 

0.50 to <0.75

Ba1

BB+

BB+

 0.6 

 0.6 

 

 8.8 

 9.9 

 

 3 

 1 

 0.1 

0.75 to <2.50

Ba2 to Ba3

BB to BB–

BB to BB–

 1.1 

 1.1 

 

 47.8 

 43.5 

 

 13 

 1 

 0.0 

2.50 to <10.00

B1 to B3

B+ to B–

B+ to B–

 4.8 

 3.6 

 

 3.4 

 2.9 

 

 2 

 1 

 0.1 

10.00 to <100.00

Caa1 to C

CCC to C

CCC to C

 18.4 

 21.0 

 

 0.9 

 0.7 

 

 3 

 0 

 0.1 

Subtotal

 

 

 

 0.2 

 0.3 

 

 419.6 

 565.4 

 

 50 

 11 

 0.0 

1 This table covers all Pillar 1 PD models that are approved by FINMA and are subject to yearly confirmation / backtesting. Refer to the “Key features of our main credit risk models” table under “Credit risk models” in the “Risk management and control” section of our Annual Report 2022 for more information.    2 We use 15 years of data for the calculation of the “average historical annual default rate.”    3 During 2021 a new PD model for credit cards went live. Obligors subject to this model contribute to Corporates: other lending, Retail: qualifying revolving retail exposure, and Retail: other retail. Consequently, numbers shown for the end of the previous year may differ from those shown in previous reports.    4 This portfolio includes only obligors subject to the new Pillar 1 PD model for credit cards. 2022 was the first full year following go-live; consequently, no comparative period is shown.

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Equity exposures

Semi-annual | The table below provides information about our equity exposures under the simple risk-weight method.

 

CR10: IRB (equities under the simple risk-weight method)

USD m, except where indicated

 

On-balance sheet amount

Off-balance sheet amount

Risk weight in %1

Exposure amount2

RWA1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.12.22

 

 

Exchange-traded equity exposures

 

 10 

 

 300 

 10 

 33 

Other equity exposures

 

 881 

 

 400 

 881 

 3,735 

Total

 

 891 

 

 

 891 

 3,768 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.22

 

 

Exchange-traded equity exposures

 

 10 

 

 300 

 10 

 32 

Other equity exposures

 

 850 

 

 400 

 850 

 3,601 

Total

 

 860 

 

 

 860 

 3,634 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.12.21

 

 

Exchange-traded equity exposures

 

 24 

 

 300 

 24 

 78 

Other equity exposures

 

 783 

 

 400 

 783 

 3,319 

Total

 

 807 

 

 

 807 

 3,396 

1 RWA are calculated post-application of the A-IRB multiplier of 6%, therefore the respective risk weight is higher than 300% and 400%.    2 The exposure amount for equities in the banking book is based on the net position.

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Section 6  Counterparty credit risk

Introduction

Semi-annual I This section provides information about the exposures subject to the Basel III counterparty credit risk (CCR) framework. CCR arises from over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives and exchange-traded derivatives (ETDs), securities financing transactions (SFTs), and long settlement transactions. Within traded products, we determine the regulatory credit exposure on the majority of our derivatives portfolio by applying the internal model method. For the rest of the portfolio, we apply the standardized approach for counterparty credit risk (SA-CCR). For the majority of SFTs, we determine the regulatory credit exposure using the value-at-risk (VaR) approach. For the rest of the SFTs portfolio, we apply the comprehensive approach for credit risk mitigation.

Counterparty credit risk management

Annual | The table below presents an overview of Pillar 3 disclosures that are provided separately in our Annual Report 2022, available under “Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors

 

CCRA: Counterparty credit risk management

Pillar 3 disclosure requirement

Annual Report 2022 section

Disclosure

Annual Report 2022 page number

 

Risk management objectives and policies related to counterparty credit risk

Risk management and control

     Traded products

     Credit hedging

     Mitigation of settlement risk

101–102

104

104

 

Consolidated financial statements

     Note 1a item 2j Hedge accounting

     Note 10 Derivative instruments

273

291–293

 

The method used to assign the operating limits defined in terms of internal capacity for counterparty credit exposures and for CCP exposures

Risk management and control

     Risk governance

     Portfolio and position limits

     Credit risk –  Overview of measurement, monitoring and management techniques

     Credit hedging

     Credit risk models

87–89

95

96–97

 

104

104–109

 

Policies relating to guarantees and other risk mitigants, and counterparty risk assessment

Risk management and control

     Credit risk mitigation

102–104

 

Consolidated financial statements

     Note 10 Derivative instruments

     Note 21 Offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities

291–293

330–331

 

Policies with respect to wrong-way risk exposures

Risk management and control

     Exposure at default

106

 

The effect on the firm of a credit rating downgrade (i.e., amount of collateral that the firm would be required to provide) and the disclosure on rating actions

Risk management and control

     Credit ratings

148

 

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Counterparty credit exposure

Semi-annual I The CCR1 table below presents the methods used to calculate counterparty credit risk exposure. Compared with 30 June 2022, decreases in exposures related to the internal model method and SA-CCR of USD 3.6bn and USD 3.3bn, respectively, primarily reflected market-driven movements on foreign exchange contracts mainly in the Investment Bank.

 

CCR1: Analysis of counterparty credit risk (CCR) exposure by approach

 USD m, except where indicated

 

Replacement cost

Potential future exposure

EEPE

Alpha used for computing regulatory EAD

EAD

post-CRM

RWA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.12.22

 

 

1

SA-CCR (for derivatives)

 

 3,843 

 5,073 

 

 1.4 

 12,483 

 5,326 

2

Internal model method (for derivatives)

 

 

 

 27,400 

 1.6 

 43,840 

 16,066 

3

Simple approach for credit risk mitigation (for SFTs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Comprehensive approach for credit risk mitigation (for SFTs)

 

 

 

 

 

 14,311 

 3,959 

5

VaR (for SFTs)

 

 

 

 

 

 37,754 

 9,273 

6

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 108,387 

 34,624 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.22

 

 

1

SA-CCR (for derivatives)

 

 5,671 

 5,586 

 

 1.4 

 15,760 

 6,374 

2

Internal model method (for derivatives)

 

 

 

 29,629 

 1.6 

 47,406 

 17,390 

3

Simple approach for credit risk mitigation (for SFTs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Comprehensive approach for credit risk mitigation (for SFTs)

 

 

 

 

 

 12,806 

 3,480 

5

VaR (for SFTs)

 

 

 

 

 

 38,619 

 10,178 

6

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 114,591 

 37,422 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.12.21

 

 

1

SA-CCR (for derivatives)

 

 3,792 

 5,446 

 

 1.4 

 12,933 

 4,635 

2

Internal model method (for derivatives)

 

 

 

 27,493 

 1.6 

 43,989 

 17,150 

3

Simple approach for credit risk mitigation (for SFTs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Comprehensive approach for credit risk mitigation (for SFTs)

 

 

 

 

 

 20,773 

 5,198 

5

VaR (for SFTs)

 

 

 

 

 

 39,285 

 8,730 

6

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 116,980 

 35,712 

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Semi-annual | The CCR2 table below presents the credit valuation adjustment (CVA) capital charge with a breakdown by standardized and advanced approaches. In addition to the default risk capital requirements for CCR on derivatives, we add a CVA capital charge to cover the risk of mark-to-market losses associated with the deterioration of counterparty credit quality. The advanced CVA value-at-risk (VaR) approach has been used to calculate the CVA capital charge where we use the internal model method (the IMM). Where this is not the case, the standardized CVA approach has been used.

Compared with 30 June 2022, CVA RWA increased by USD 0.4bn to USD 4.3bn, primarily reflecting higher advanced CVA RWA, mainly as a result of higher average VaR levels in the average 60-day window.

 

CCR2: Credit valuation adjustment (CVA) capital charge

 

 

 

31.12.22

 

30.6.22

 

31.12.21

USD m

 

EAD post-CRM

RWA

 

EAD post-CRM

RWA

 

EAD post-CRM

RWA

 

Total portfolios subject to the advanced CVA capital charge

 

 42,687 

 1,526 

 

 46,920 

 1,038 

 

 43,666 

 985 

1

(i) VaR component (including the 3× multiplier)

 

 

 208 

 

 

 155 

 

 

 212 

2

(ii) Stressed VaR component (including the 3× multiplier)

 

 

 1,317 

 

 

 882 

 

 

 773 

3

All portfolios subject to the standardized CVA capital charge

 

 12,176 

 2,784 

 

 14,908 

 2,833 

 

 12,652 

 2,626 

4

Total subject to the CVA capital charge

 

 54,863 

 4,310 

 

 61,827 

 3,871 

 

 56,318 

 3,611 

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Semi-annual | We have discontinued the disclosure of the “CCR3: Standardized approach – CCR exposures by regulatory portfolio and risk weights” table, starting with the 31 December 2022 Pillar 3 Report on the grounds of materiality. The majority of our CCR exposures are subject to internal ratings-based (IRB) risk weights or disclosed separately when related to central counterparties. Our CCR exposures subject to standardized risk weights amounted to USD 2.3bn, of which USD 1.8bn related to the corporate asset class under the 100% risk-weight category.

    Refer to the “CCR4: IRB – CCR exposures by portfolio and PD scale” table and the “CCR8: exposures to central counterparties” in this section for more information about counterparty credit risk exposures subject to IRB risk weights and central counterparties, respectively

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Semi-annual | The CCR4 table below provides a breakdown of the key parameters used for the calculation of capital requirements under the advanced internal ratings-based (A-IRB) approach across FINMA-defined asset classes.

Compared with 30 June 2022, exposure at default (EAD) post credit risk mitigation (CRM) decreased by USD 6.1bn to USD 106.1bn across the various asset classes and RWA decreased by USD 2.7bn to USD 32.5bn.

In the Central governments and central banks asset class, EAD post-CRM increased by USD 5.3bn to USD 13.8bn and RWA increased by USD 0.4bn to USD 1.1bn, mainly as a result of increased exposures in SFTs in the Investment Bank and Group Functions.

In the Banks and securities dealers asset class, EAD post-CRM decreased by USD 1.2bn to USD 22.9bn and RWA decreased by USD 0.2bn to USD 6.2bn, primarily driven by lower derivative exposures in the Investment Bank.

In the Public-sector entities and multi-lateral development banks asset class, EAD post-CRM decreased by USD 0.1bn to USD 0.5bn and RWA remained unchanged at USD 0.1bn.

In the Corporates asset class, EAD post-CRM decreased by USD 9.2bn to USD 62.7bn and RWA decreased by USD 3.0bn to USD 24.4bn, due to exposure decreases in SFTs and foreign exchange derivatives mainly in the Investment Bank.

In the Retail: other retail asset class, EAD post-CRM decreased by USD 0.9bn to USD 6.2bn, mainly due to a decrease in derivatives in Global Wealth Management. RWA increased by USD 0.1bn to USD 0.8bn.

    Refer to the “CCR7: RWA flow statements of CCR exposures under internal model method (IMM) and value-at-risk (VaR)” table in this section for more information about RWA, including details of movements in CCR RWA

 

CCR4: IRB – CCR exposures by portfolio and PD scale

USD m, except where indicated

EAD post-CRM

Average PD in %

Number of obligors (in thousands)

Average LGD in %

Average maturity in years1

RWA

RWA density in %

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central governments and central banks as of 31.12.22

0.00 to <0.15

 13,058 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 46.2 

 0.6 

 572 

 4.4 

0.15 to <0.25

 248 

 0.2 

< 0.1

 52.2 

 0.4 

 63 

 25.4 

0.25 to <0.50

 482 

 0.3 

< 0.1

 93.3 

 0.6 

 434 

 90.0 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 15 

 1.1 

< 0.1

 95.0 

 0.2 

 21 

 142.1 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal

 13,802 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 48.0 

 0.6 

 1,089 

 7.9 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central governments and central banks as of 30.6.22

 

0.00 to <0.15

 8,151 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 39.5 

 0.5 

 422 

 5.2 

0.15 to <0.25

 216 

 0.2 

< 0.1

 54.1 

 0.3 

 56 

 25.9 

0.25 to <0.50

 179 

 0.3 

< 0.1

 97.8 

 1.0 

 172 

 96.4 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 1 

 1.6 

< 0.1

 65.0 

 1.0 

 1 

 136.2 

2.50 to <10.00

 0 

 2.6 

< 0.1

 75.0 

 1.0 

 0 

 228.3 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal

 8,547 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 41.1 

 0.5 

 652 

 7.6 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central governments and central banks as of 31.12.21

 

0.00 to <0.15

 10,084 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 35.7 

 0.6 

 410 

 4.1 

0.15 to <0.25

 164 

 0.2 

<0.1

 66.3 

 0.3 

 52 

 32.1 

0.25 to <0.50

 368 

 0.3 

<0.1

 93.4 

 0.7 

 333 

 90.4 

0.50 to <0.75

 6 

 0.7 

<0.1

 100.0 

 1.0 

 9 

 146.2 

0.75 to <2.50

 2 

 1.6 

<0.1

 65.0 

 1.0 

 3 

 136.2 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal

 10,624 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 38.2 

 0.6 

 807 

 7.6 

1 Average maturity for defaulted exposures disclosed in the table is not used to calculate RWA.    2 Includes exposures to managed funds.    3 From 30 June 2022 onward, the limit information for Lombard trading clients was refined, which resulted in a change in the distribution of the numbers of obligors by probability of default range.    4 Retail asset classes are excluded from the average maturity as they are not subject to maturity treatment.

 

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CCR4: IRB – CCR exposures by portfolio and PD scale (continued)

USD m, except where indicated

EAD post-CRM

Average PD in %

Number of obligors (in thousands)

Average LGD in %

Average maturity in years1

RWA

RWA density in %

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks and securities dealers as of 31.12.22

 

0.00 to <0.15

 16,205 

 0.1 

 0.3 

 49.9 

 0.7 

 2,960 

 18.3 

0.15 to <0.25

 3,876 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 48.4 

 0.7 

 1,390 

 35.9 

0.25 to <0.50

 1,713 

 0.4 

 0.1 

 53.0 

 0.6 

 802 

 46.8 

0.50 to <0.75

 431 

 0.6 

< 0.1

 56.3 

 0.7 

 286 

 66.3 

0.75 to <2.50

 553 

 1.2 

< 0.1

 59.5 

 0.7 

 660 

 119.4 

2.50 to <10.00

 95 

 4.2 

< 0.1

 85.5 

 0.3 

 78 

 82.5 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal

 22,872 

 0.2 

 0.9 

 50.4 

 0.7 

 6,176 

 27.0 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks and securities dealers as of 30.6.22

 

0.00 to <0.15

 17,853 

 0.1 

 0.4 

 49.6 

 0.7 

 3,307 

 18.5 

0.15 to <0.25

 3,565 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 50.1 

 0.7 

 1,310 

 36.7 

0.25 to <0.50

 1,607 

 0.4 

 0.1 

 53.5 

 0.7 

 790 

 49.1 

0.50 to <0.75

 411 

 0.6 

< 0.1

 55.3 

 0.7 

 295 

 71.8 

0.75 to <2.50

 534 

 1.2 

 0.1 

 55.0 

 0.8 

 583 

 109.3 

2.50 to <10.00

 53 

 3.9 

< 0.1

 77.4 

 0.5 

 81 

 151.6 

10.00 to <100.00

 0 

 19.7 

< 0.1

 78.0 

 1.0 

 0 

 463.8 

100.00 (default)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal

 24,024 

 0.1 

 0.9 

 50.2 

 0.7 

 6,366 

 26.5 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks and securities dealers as of 31.12.21

 

0.00 to <0.15

 16,427 

 0.1 

 0.4 

 49.4 

 0.7 

 2,848 

 17.3 

0.15 to <0.25

 3,555 

 0.2 

 0.2 

 48.9 

 0.6 

 1,238 

 34.8 

0.25 to <0.50

 1,587 

 0.4 

 0.2 

 53.5 

 0.7 

 839 

 52.8 

0.50 to <0.75

 449 

 0.6 

<0.1

 60.8 

 0.8 

 405 

 90.1 

0.75 to <2.50

 512 

 1.3 

 0.1 

 44.8 

 0.7 

 481 

 94.0 

2.50 to <10.00

 56 

 3.4 

<0.1

 76.4 

 0.7 

 103 

 184.5 

10.00 to <100.00

 0 

 22.0 

<0.1

 45.0 

 1.0 

 0 

 244.7 

100.00 (default)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal

 22,586 

 0.2 

 0.9 

 49.8 

 0.7 

 5,915 

 26.2 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Public-sector entities and multi-lateral development banks as of 31.12.22

0.00 to <0.15

 438 

 0.0 

< 0.1

 51.5 

 0.9 

 45 

 10.2 

0.15 to <0.25

 97 

 0.2 

< 0.1

 37.6 

 1.3 

 20 

 20.6 

0.25 to <0.50

 1 

 0.4 

< 0.1

 88.3 

 1.5 

 1 

 82.0 

0.50 to <0.75

 0 

 0.6 

< 0.1

 35.0 

 1.0 

 0 

 39.4 

0.75 to <2.50

 0 

 1.9 

< 0.1

 5.0 

 1.0 

 0 

 8.9 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal

 536 

 0.1 

< 0.1

 49.1 

 1.0 

 66 

 12.2 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Public-sector entities and multi-lateral development banks as of 30.6.22

0.00 to <0.15

 507 

 0.0 

< 0.1

 53.0 

 1.1 

 56 

 11.0 

0.15 to <0.25

 93 

 0.2 

< 0.1

 46.5 

 1.2 

 24 

 26.2 

0.25 to <0.50

 0 

 0.4 

< 0.1

 100.0 

 1.0 

 0 

 81.4 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 0 

 1.9 

< 0.1

 5.0 

 1.0 

 0 

 8.9 

2.50 to <10.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal

 600 

 0.0 

< 0.1

 52.0 

 1.1 

 81 

 13.4 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Public-sector entities and multi-lateral development banks as of 31.12.21

0.00 to <0.15

 383 

 0.0 

<0.1

 69.8 

 1.2 

 76 

 19.8 

0.15 to <0.25

 117 

 0.2 

<0.1

 27.5 

 1.4 

 18 

 15.5 

0.25 to <0.50

 0 

 0.4 

<0.1

 100.0 

 1.0 

 0 

 81.5 

0.50 to <0.75

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.75 to <2.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.50 to <10.00

 0 

 2.7 

<0.1

 5.0 

 1.0 

 0 

 9.8 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.00 (default)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal

 501 

 0.1 

 0.0 

 60.0 

 1.2 

 94 

 18.8 

1 Average maturity for defaulted exposures disclosed in the table is not used to calculate RWA.    2 Includes exposures to managed funds.    3 From 30 June 2022 onward, the limit information for Lombard trading clients was refined, which resulted in a change in the distribution of the numbers of obligors by probability of default range.    4 Retail asset classes are excluded from the average maturity as they are not subject to maturity treatment.

 

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CCR4: IRB – CCR exposures by portfolio and PD scale (continued)

USD m, except where indicated

EAD post-CRM

Average PD in %

Number of obligors (in thousands)

Average LGD in %

Average maturity in years1

RWA

RWA density in %

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporates: including specialized lending as of 31.12.222

 

0.00 to <0.15

 43,162 

 0.0 

 11.5 

 34.3 

 0.5 

 5,820 

 13.5 

0.15 to <0.25

 7,559 

 0.2 

 2.1 

 53.0 

 0.6 

 4,154 

 54.9 

0.25 to <0.50

 3,206 

 0.4 

 0.6 

 91.7 

 0.7 

 4,828 

 150.6 

0.50 to <0.75

 1,857 

 0.6 

 0.6 

 79.0 

 0.7 

 3,478 

 187.3 

0.75 to <2.50

 4,933 

 1.2 

 1.0 

 35.0 

 0.4 

 4,454 

 90.3 

2.50 to <10.00

 1,938 

 3.8 

 0.1 

 17.8 

 1.3 

 1,675 

 86.4 

10.00 to <100.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.00 (default)

 6 

 100.0 

< 0.1

 

 2.5 

 6 

 106.0 

Subtotal

 62,660 

 0.3 

 15.8 

 40.4 

 0.5 

 24,416 

 39.0 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporates: including specialized lending as of 30.6.222

 

0.00 to <0.15

 48,067 

 0.0 

 12.5 

 34.2 

 0.5 

 6,514 

 13.6 

0.15 to <0.25

 10,276 

 0.2 

 2.1 

 53.6 

 0.6 

 5,976 

 58.2 

0.25 to <0.50

 3,173 

 0.4 

 0.6 

 85.2 

 0.7 

 4,450 

 140.3 

0.50 to <0.75

 2,363 

 0.6 

 0.6 

 68.9 

 0.5 

 4,114 

 174.1 

0.75 to <2.50

 5,689 

 1.3 

 1.1 

 28.4 

 0.5 

 4,085 

 71.8 

2.50 to <10.00

 2,284 

 4.1 

 0.1 

 19.5 

 1.5 

 2,234 

 97.8 

10.00 to <100.00

 2 

 13.4 

< 0.1

 63.3 

 1.0 

 14 

 755.8 

100.00 (default)

 10 

 100.0 

< 0.1

 

 2.4 

 10 

 106.0 

Subtotal

 71,864 

 0.3 

 17.1 

 39.5 

 0.6 

 27,398 

 38.1 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporates: including specialized lending as of 31.12.212

 

0.00 to <0.15

 48,743 

 0.0 

 11.5 

 33.8 

 0.5 

 6,173 

 12.7 

0.15 to <0.25

 7,935 

 0.2 

 2.1 

 54.1 

 0.6 

 4,574 

 57.6 

0.25 to <0.50

 3,337 

 0.4 

 0.7 

 86.1 

 0.7 

 4,767 

 142.9 

0.50 to <0.75

 2,799 

 0.6 

 0.7 

 44.4 

 0.5 

 3,006 

 107.4 

0.75 to <2.50

 7,748 

 1.2 

 1.2 

 23.4 

 0.4 

 4,781 

 61.7 

2.50 to <10.00

 1,655 

 2.9 

 0.2 

 17.7 

 0.5 

 1,372 

 82.9 

10.00 to <100.00

 0 

 13.0 

<0.1

 50.0 

 1.0 

 0 

 424.9 

100.00 (default)

 20 

 100.0 

<0.1

 

 2.4 

 20 

 102.6 

Subtotal

 72,236 

 0.3 

 16.2 

 37.3 

 0.5 

 24,693 

 34.2 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail: other retail as of 31.12.22

 

0.00 to <0.15

 4,680 

 0.0 

 16.0 

 29.4 

 

 214 

 4.6 

0.15 to <0.25

 148 

 0.2 

 1.0 

 30.2 

 

 21 

 14.0 

0.25 to <0.50

 260 

 0.3 

 1.2 

 28.0 

 

 58 

 22.3 

0.50 to <0.75

 295 

 0.6 

 1.9 

 27.6 

 

 89 

 30.2 

0.75 to <2.50

 686 

 1.1 

 1.3 

 35.7 

 

 315 

 45.9 

2.50 to <10.00

 99 

 3.4 

 0.2 

 30.4 

 

 57 

 57.3 

10.00 to <100.00

 21 

 15.3 

 0.1 

 41.9 

 

 37 

 175.9 

100.00 (default)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal

 6,189 

 0.3 

 21.8 

 30.0 

 

 791 

 12.8 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail: other retail as of 30.6.223

 

0.00 to <0.15

 5,658 

 0.0 

 17.7 

 28.7 

 

 253 

 4.5 

0.15 to <0.25

 290 

 0.2 

 1.0 

 27.5 

 

 35 

 12.0 

0.25 to <0.50

 364 

 0.4 

 1.2 

 39.0 

 

 106 

 29.0 

0.50 to <0.75

 185 

 0.6 

 0.7 

 28.0 

 

 55 

 29.6 

0.75 to <2.50

 495 

 1.1 

 1.0 

 28.2 

 

 192 

 38.9 

2.50 to <10.00

 108 

 3.2 

 0.2 

 32.5 

 

 66 

 60.9 

10.00 to <100.00

 11 

 21.7 

< 0.1

 21.3 

 

 7 

 60.7 

100.00 (default)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal

 7,110 

 0.2 

 21.9 

 29.2 

 

 713 

 10.0 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail: other retail as of 31.12.21

 

0.00 to <0.15

 5,534 

 0.0 

 12.8 

 28.3 

 

 253 

 4.6 

0.15 to <0.25

 126 

 0.2 

 0.1 

 24.9 

 

 13 

 10.5 

0.25 to <0.50

 168 

 0.3 

 0.2 

 35.2 

 

 45 

 27.0 

0.50 to <0.75

 123 

 0.6 

 0.1 

 30.0 

 

 51 

 41.4 

0.75 to <2.50

 684 

 1.0 

 8.3 

 29.0 

 

 262 

 38.3 

2.50 to <10.00

 52 

 3.1 

<0.1

 28.9 

 

 25 

 49.2 

10.00 to <100.00

 9 

 13.9 

<0.1

 31.9 

 

 7 

 74.6 

100.00 (default)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal

 6,696 

 0.2 

 21.6 

 28.5 

 

 657 

 9.8 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total 31.12.22

 106,060 

 0.2 

 38.7 

 43.0 

 0.64

 32,538 

 30.7 

Total 30.6.22

 112,146 

 0.3 

 40.0 

 41.3 

 0.64

 35,209 

 31.4 

Total 31.12.22

 112,644 

 0.2 

 39.0 

 39.5 

 0.54

 32,166 

 28.6 

1 Average maturity for defaulted exposures disclosed in the table is not used to calculate RWA.    2 Includes exposures to managed funds.    3 From 30 June 2022 onward, the limit information for Lombard trading clients was refined, which resulted in a change in the distribution of the numbers of obligors by probability of default range.    4 Retail asset classes are excluded from the average maturity as they are not subject to maturity treatment.

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Semi-annual | The CCR5 table below presents a breakdown of collateral posted or received relating to counterparty credit risk exposures from derivative transactions and SFTs.

Compared with 30 June 2022, the fair value of collateral received for derivatives decreased by USD 7.1bn to USD 78.3bn, and the fair value of collateral posted for derivatives decreased by USD 3.7bn to USD 59.5bn, primarily reflecting maturing transactions and market-driven movements.

The fair value of collateral received for SFTs increased by USD 2.0bn to USD 559.8bn, and the fair value of collateral posted for SFTs increased by USD 12.3bn to USD 431.5bn. The increase in collateral received mainly related to sovereign debt, primarily driven by a balance sheet increase in Group Treasury. The increase in posted collateral was mainly related to increases in sovereign debt and equity securities primarily in the Investment Bank, due to an increase in client activity.

 

CCR5: Composition of collateral for CCR exposure1

 

 

Collateral used in derivative transactions

 

Collateral used in SFTs

 

 

Fair value of collateral received

 

Fair value of posted collateral

 

Fair value of collateral received

 

Fair value of posted collateral

USD m

 

Segregated2

Unsegregated

Total

 

Segregated3

Unsegregated

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.12.22

 

 

Cash – domestic currency4

 

 1,904 

 28,136 

 30,040 

 

 1,719 

 11,627 

 13,346 

 

 33,378 

 

 56,422 

Cash – other currencies4

 

 0 

 20,408 

 20,408 

 

 4,895 

 16,856 

 21,750 

 

 13,950 

 

 32,551 

Sovereign debt

 

 9,446 

 9,500 

 18,947 

 

 5,243 

 9,294 

 14,537 

 

 219,698 

 

 153,964 

Other debt securities

 

 1,446 

 2,866 

 4,312 

 

 235 

 1,617 

 1,852 

 

 66,112 

 

 34,412 

Equity securities

 

 4,299 

 272 

 4,571 

 

 1,659 

 6,392 

 8,051 

 

 226,634 

 

 154,140 

Total

 

 17,096 

 61,181 

 78,277 

 

 13,751 

 45,786 

 59,537 

 

 559,773 

 

 431,488 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.22

 

 

Cash – domestic currency4

 

 3,133 

 28,749 

 31,883 

 

 2,022 

 18,526 

 20,548 

 

 35,345 

 

 62,856 

Cash – other currencies4

 

 0 

 24,222 

 24,222 

 

 6,124 

 17,081 

 23,205 

 

 13,788 

 

 25,848 

Sovereign debt

 

 6,900 

 11,566 

 18,466 

 

 2,620 

 9,865 

 12,485 

 

 210,988 

 

 147,333 

Other debt securities

 

 1,357 

 2,751 

 4,108 

 

 140 

 2,217 

 2,357 

 

 66,098 

 

 33,899 

Equity securities

 

 6,425 

 309 

 6,734 

 

 2,704 

 1,978 

 4,682 

 

 231,573 

 

 149,238 

Total

 

 17,815 

 67,598 

 85,413 

 

 13,609 

 49,668 

 63,276 

 

 557,792 

 

 419,174 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.12.21

 

 

Cash – domestic currency4

 

 1,856 

 18,833 

 20,689 

 

 2,265 

 12,138 

 14,403 

 

 28,985 

 

 68,484 

Cash – other currencies4

 

 0 

 21,755 

 21,755 

 

 3,051 

 13,167 

 16,218 

 

 11,330 

 

 30,603 

Sovereign debt

 

 6,943 

 9,579 

 16,522 

 

 7,435 

 8,214 

 15,649 

 

 249,209 

 

 166,892 

Other debt securities

 

 1,312 

 3,500 

 4,812 

 

 203 

 745 

 947 

 

 74,238 

 

 36,152 

Equity securities

 

 9,466 

 268 

 9,735 

 

 3,070 

 6,695 

 9,765 

 

 295,834 

 

 171,492 

Total

 

 19,578 

 53,935 

 73,513 

 

 16,023 

 40,959 

 56,982 

 

 659,595 

 

 473,623 

1 This table includes collateral received and posted with and without the right of rehypothecation, but excludes securities placed with central banks related to undrawn credit lines and for payment, clearing and settlement purposes for which there were no associated liabilities or contingent liabilities.    2 Includes collateral received in derivative transactions, primarily initial margins, that is placed with a third-party custodian and to which UBS has access only in the event of counterparty default.    3 Includes collateral posted to central counterparties, where we apply a 0% risk weight for trades that we have entered into on behalf of a client and where the client has signed a legally enforceable agreement stipulating that the default risk of that central counterparty is carried by the client. Furthermore, it includes posted collateral, which is held in a segregated, bankruptcy-remote account and is therefore not considered in the determination of the net independent collateral amount.    4 Cash collateral received and posted for derivatives and SFTs are subject to netting recognized on the IFRS balance sheet.

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Semi-annual | The CCR6 table below presents an overview of credit risk protection bought or sold through credit derivatives.

Compared with 30 June 2022, notionals for credit derivatives decreased by USD 13.4bn to USD 45.6bn for protection bought and by USD 10.9bn to USD 41.6bn for protection sold. This was primarily driven by single-name credit default swaps and index credit default swaps, mostly due to compression activity in Group Treasury, as well as lower trade volumes in the Investment Bank.

 

CCR6: Credit derivatives exposures

 

 

31.12.22

 

30.6.22

 

31.12.21

USD m

 

Protection bought

Protection

sold

 

Protection bought

Protection

sold

 

Protection bought

Protection

sold

Notionals1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Single-name credit default swaps

 

 20,257 

 22,545 

 

 25,060 

 27,314 

 

 24,167 

 26,431 

Index credit default swaps

 

 22,824 

 18,687 

 

 27,769 

 23,566 

 

 25,554 

 18,842 

Total return swaps

 

 794 

 413 

 

 1,821 

 626 

 

 2,354 

 623 

Credit options

 

 1,693 

 0 

 

 4,325 

 1,000 

 

 4,000 

 500 

Total notionals

 

 45,567 

 41,645 

 

 58,975 

 52,506 

 

 56,075 

 46,396 

Fair values

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Positive fair value (asset)

 

 568 

 482 

 

 1,724 

 379 

 

 488 

 937 

Negative fair value (liability)

 

 577 

 632 

 

 505 

 1,325 

 

 1,193 

 570 

1 Includes notional amounts for client-cleared transactions.

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Counterparty credit risk risk-weighted assets

Quarterly | The CCR7 table below presents a flow statement explaining changes in counterparty credit risk RWA determined under the IMM for derivatives and the VaR approach for SFTs.

CCR RWA on derivatives under the IMM decreased by USD 2.1bn to USD 16.4bn during the fourth quarter of 2022. The RWA decrease of USD 3.1bn from asset size movements was primarily due to market-driven movements on foreign exchange contracts in the Investment Bank. These decreases were partly offset by an increase of USD 0.9bn related to currency effects.

CCR RWA on SFTs  under the VaR approach remained unchanged at USD 9.4bn during the fourth quarter of 2022, as an increase from currency effects was offset by a decrease in asset size.

    Refer to “Definitions of credit risk and counterparty credit risk RWA movement table components for CR8 and CCR7” in the “Credit risk” section of this report for definitions of CCR RWA movement table components  

 

CCR7: RWA flow statements of CCR exposures under internal model method (IMM) and value-at-risk (VaR)

  

 

For the quarter ended 31.12.22

 

For the quarter ended 30.9.22

 

For the quarter ended 30.6.22

 

For the quarter ended 31.3.22

USD m

 

Derivatives

SFTs

Total

 

Derivatives

SFTs

Total

 

Derivatives

SFTs

Total

 

Derivatives

SFTs

Total

 

 

 

Subject to IMM

Subject to VaR

 

 

Subject to IMM

Subject to VaR

 

 

Subject to IMM

Subject to VaR

 

 

Subject to IMM

Subject to VaR

 

1

RWA as of the beginning of the quarter

 

 18,574 

 9,389 

 27,962 

 

 17,786 

 10,263 

 28,049 

 

 18,480 

 9,625 

 28,105 

 

 17,506 

 8,854 

 26,360 

2

Asset size

 

 (3,079) 

 (229) 

 (3,308) 

 

 989 

 (800) 

 190 

 

 (35) 

 (339) 

 (374) 

 

 1,049 

 828 

 1,877 

3

Credit quality of counterparties

 

 (44) 

 (13) 

 (56) 

 

 180 

 33 

 213 

 

 16 

 (95) 

 (79) 

 

 54 

 4 

 59 

4

Model updates

 

 50 

 

 50 

 

 360 

 61 

 421 

 

 87 

 980 

 1,067 

 

 14 

 

 14 

5

Methodology and policy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 294 

 294 

 

 

 

 

5a

of which: regulatory add-ons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 294 

 294 

 

 

 

 

6

Acquisitions and disposals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Foreign exchange movements

 

 936 

 275 

 1,211 

 

 (742) 

 (168) 

 (910) 

 

 (762) 

 (203) 

 (965) 

 

 (143) 

 (61) 

 (204) 

8

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

RWA as of the end of the quarter

 

 16,438 

 9,421 

 25,859 

 

 18,574 

 9,389 

 27,962 

 

 17,786 

 10,263 

 28,049 

 

 18,480 

 9,625 

 28,105 

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Semi-annual | The CCR8 table below presents a breakdown of exposures to central counterparties and related RWA. Compared with 30 June 2022, exposures to qualifying central counterparties decreased by USD 14.4bn to USD 53.9bn, primarily reflecting roll-offs of foreign currency and equity / index contracts, as well as market-driven movements in the Investment Bank.

 

CCR8: Exposures to central counterparties

 

31.12.22

30.6.22

31.12.21

USD m

EAD (post-CRM)

RWA

EAD (post-CRM)

RWA

EAD (post-CRM)

RWA

1

Exposures to QCCPs (total)1

 53,936 

 1,374 

 68,346 

 1,568 

 63,590 

 1,667 

2

Exposures for trades at QCCPs (excluding initial margin and default fund contributions); of which

 31,367 

 554 

 32,778 

 552 

 31,939 

 499 

3

(i) OTC derivatives

 6,053 

 116 

 2,291 

 42 

 2,209 

 41 

4

(ii) Exchange-traded derivatives

 17,442 

 281 

 25,195 

 405 

 25,022 

 365 

5

(iii) Securities financing transactions

 7,872 

 157 

 5,292 

 106 

 4,708 

 94 

6

(iv) Netting sets where cross-product netting has been approved

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Segregated initial margin

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

Non-segregated initial margin2

 20,720 

 84 

 33,754 

 238 

 29,187 

 150 

9

Pre-funded default fund contributions

 1,849 

 737 

 1,813 

 778 

 2,464 

 1,017 

10

Unfunded default fund contributions

 0 

 0 

 

 

 

 

11

Exposures to non-QCCPs (total)

 438 

 633 

 252 

 438 

 379 

 601 

12

Exposures for trades at non-QCCPs (excluding initial margin and default fund contributions); of which

 397 

 397 

 215 

 215 

 311 

 311 

13

(i) OTC derivatives

 

 

 

 

 1 

 1 

14

(ii) Exchange-traded derivatives

 378 

 378 

 201 

 201 

 236 

 236 

15

(iii) Securities financing transactions

 19 

 19 

 14 

 14 

 74 

 74 

16

(iv) Netting sets where cross-product netting has been approved

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

Segregated initial margin

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

Non-segregated initial margin2

 11 

 11 

 8 

 8 

 48 

 48 

19

Pre-funded default fund contributions

 16 

 49 

 15 

 51 

 8 

 104 

20

Unfunded default fund contributions

 14 

 176 

 13 

 164 

 11 

 138 

1 Qualifying central counterparties (QCCPs) are entities licensed by regulators to operate as CCPs and meet the requirements outlined in FINMA Circular 2017/7.    2 Exposures associated with initial margin, where the exposures are measured under the IMM or the VaR approach, have been included within the exposures for trades (refer to line 2 for QCCPs and line 12 for non-QCCPs). The exposures for non-segregated initial margin (refer to line 8 for QCCPs and line 18 for non-QCCPs), i.e., not bankruptcy-remote in accordance with FINMA Circular 2017/7, reflect the replacement costs under SA-CCR multiplied by an alpha factor of 1.4. The RWA reflect the exposure multiplied by the applied risk weight of derivatives. Under SA-CCR, collateral posted to a segregated, bankruptcy-remote account does not increase the value of replacement costs.

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Section 7  Comparison of A-IRB approach and standardized approach for credit risk

Background

Annual | In accordance with current prudential regulations, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has approved our use of the advanced internal ratings-based (A-IRB) approach for calculating the required capital for the majority of our credit risk exposures.

The principal differences between the standardized approach (the SA) and the A-IRB approach identified below are based on the current SA rules without consideration of the material revisions announced by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the BCBS) in December 2017.

We believe advanced approaches that adequately capture economic risks are paramount for the appropriate representation of the capital requirements related to risk-taking activities. Within a strong risk control framework, in combination with robust stress-testing practices, strict risk limits, as well as leverage and liquidity requirements, advanced approaches promote a proactive risk culture, setting the right incentives to prudently manage risks.

Refer to the “Introduction and basis for preparation” section of this report for information about FINMA-defined asset classes.

Key methodological differences between the A-IRB approach and current SA

In line with the BCBS objectives, the A-IRB approach aims to balance the maintaining of prudent levels of capital while encouraging, where appropriate, the use of advanced risk management techniques. By design, the calibration of the current SA and the A-IRB approach is such that low-risk, short-maturity, well-collateralized portfolios across the various asset classes (with the exception of Central governments and central banks) receive lower risk weights under the A-IRB than under the current SA rules. Accordingly, risk-weighted assets (RWA) and capital requirements under the current SA would be substantially higher than under the A-IRB approach for lower-risk portfolios. Conversely, RWA for higher-risk portfolios are higher under the A-IRB approach than under the current SA.

Methodological differences primarily arise due to the measurement of exposure at default (EAD) and the risk weights applied. In both cases, the treatment of risk mitigation, such as collateral, can have a significant effect.

EAD measurement

For the measurement of EAD, the main methodological differences relate to derivatives, driven by the differences between the internal model method (IMM) and the regulatory-prescribed standardized approach for counterparty credit risk (SA-CCR).

The model-based approaches to derive estimates of EAD for derivatives and securities financing transactions (SFTs) reflect the detailed characteristics of individual transactions. They model the range of possible exposure outcomes across all transactions within the same legally enforceable netting set at various future time points. The modeling assesses the net amount that may be owed to us or that we may owe to others, taking into account the effect of correlated market moves over the potential time it may take to close out a position. The calculation considers current market conditions and is therefore sensitive to deteriorations in the market environment.

In contrast, EAD under the regulatory-prescribed rules is calculated as replacement costs at the balance sheet date plus regulatory add-ons, which take into account potential future market movements but at predetermined fixed rates, not sensitive to changes in market conditions. These add-ons are crudely differentiated by reference to only five product types and three maturity buckets. Moreover, the current regulatory-prescribed rules-based calculation gives very limited recognition to the benefits of diversification across transactions covered under the same legally enforceable netting agreement. As a result, large, diversified portfolios, such as those arising from our activities with other market-making banks, will generate much higher EAD under the current regulatory-prescribed rules than under our internal model-based approaches.

Risk weights

Under the A-IRB approach, risk weights are assigned according to the firm’s internal credit assessment of the counterparty to determine the probability of default (PD) and loss given default (LGD).

PD is an estimate of the likelihood of a counterparty defaulting on its contractual obligations over the next 12 months. It is assessed using rating tools tailored to the various categories of counterparties. Statistically developed scorecards, based on key attributes of the obligor, are used to determine PD for many of our corporate clients and for loans secured by real estate. Where available, market data may also be used to derive the PD for large corporate counterparties. For low-default portfolios, we take into account, where available, relevant external default data in the rating tool development. For Lombard loans, Merton-type historical return-based model simulations taking into account potential changes in the value of securities collateral are used in our rating approach. PD is not only an integral part of the credit risk measurement, but also an important input for determining the level of credit approval required for any given transaction. Moreover, for the purpose of capital underpinning, the majority of counterparty PDs are subject to a floor.

 

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LGD is the magnitude of the likely loss if there is a default. The calculation takes into account the loss of principal, interest and other amounts, such as workout costs, including the cost of carrying an impaired position during the workout process, less recovered amounts. Importantly, LGD considers the likely recovery rate of claims against defaulted counterparties, which depends on the type of counterparty and any credit mitigation by way of collateral or guarantees, with our estimates being supported by our internal historical loss data and external information where available.

The combination of PD and LGD determined at the counterparty level results in a highly granular level of differentiation of the economic risk from different borrowers and transactions.

In contrast, SA risk weights are largely reliant on external rating agencies’ assessments of the credit quality of the counterparty, with a 100% risk weight typically being applied where no external rating is available. Even where external ratings are available, there is only a coarse granularity of risk weights, with only four primary risk weights used for differentiating counterparties, with the addition of a 0% risk weight for AA– or better rated central governments and central banks. Risk weights of 35%, 75% and 100% are used for mortgages not in default, and risk weights of 75% and 100% are used for retail exposures not in default.

The SA does not differentiate across transaction maturities except for exposures to banks, albeit in a very simplistic manner considering transactions only shorter or longer than three months. This has clear limitations: for example, the economic risk of a six-month loan to a BB-rated US corporation is significantly different to that of a 10-year loan to the same borrower. This difference is evident from the distinction of PD levels based on ratings assigned by external rating agencies through their separate ratings for short-term and long-term debt for a given issuer.

The SA typically assigns lower risk weights to sub-investment grade counterparties than the A-IRB approach, thereby potentially understating the economic risk. Conversely, investment grade counterparties typically receive higher risk weights under the SA than under the A-IRB approach.

Maturity is also an important factor for all asset classes except Retail, with the A-IRB approach producing a higher capital requirement for longer-maturity exposures than for shorter-maturity exposures.

Additionally, under the A-IRB approach, we calculate expected loss measures that are deducted from common equity tier 1 (CET1) capital to the extent that they exceed eligible provisions, which is not the case under the SA.

Given the divergence between the SA and the economic risk, which is better represented under the A-IRB approach, particularly for lower-grade counterparties, there is a risk that applying the SA could incentivize higher levels of risk-taking without a commensurate increase in required capital.

Comparison of the A-IRB approach EAD and leverage ratio denominator by asset class

The leverage ratio denominator (the LRD) estimates presented in the table below reflect the credit risk and counterparty credit risk components of exposures only, and are therefore not representative of the LRD requirement at UBS level overall. The LRD estimates exclude exposures subject to market risk, non-counterparty-related risk and SA credit risk to provide a like-for-like comparison with the A-IRB credit risk EAD disclosed below.

 

Comparison of A-IRB approach EAD and leverage ratio denominator by asset class

31.12.22

 

A-IRB, credit and counterparty credit risk

 

LRD

in USD bn, except where indicated

 

Net EAD

Average RW %

RWA

 

 

Central governments and central banks

 

 232 

 2 

 4 

 

 236 

Multi-lateral development banks

 

 5 

 1 

 0 

 

 5 

Public-sector entities

 

 4 

 19 

 1 

 

 5 

Banks and securities dealers

 

 34 

 38 

 13 

 

 138 

Corporates

 

 153 

 49 

 76 

 

 224 

Retail

 

 387 

 15 

 60 

 

 321 

of which: Residential mortgages

 

 175 

 22 

 38 

 

 173 

of which: Lombard lending

 

 207 

 10 

 20 

 

 146 

Total

 

 814 

 19 

 154 

 

 930 

 

Comparison of the A-IRB approach, the SA and LRD by asset class

The differences between the A-IRB approach, the SA and the LRD per asset class are discussed below.

Central governments and central banks, Public-sector entities, and Multi-lateral development banks

The regulatory net EAD for Central governments and central banks, Public-sector entities, and Multi-lateral development banks as of 31 December 2022 was USD 241bn under the A-IRB approach. Since the vast majority of our exposure is driven by exposures to banking products, the LRD is broadly in line with the A-IRB net EAD and we would expect a similar amount under the SA.

The charts below provide comparisons of risk weights for exposures to the asset class Central governments and central banks and the sub-asset classes (i) highly rated Multi-lateral development banks and (ii) other Multi-lateral development banks and Public-sector entities calculated under the A-IRB approach and the SA. Risk weights under the A-IRB approach are shown for one-year and five-year maturities, both assuming an LGD of 45%. Our internal A-IRB ratings have been mapped to external ratings based on the long-term average of one-year default rates available from the major credit rating agencies, as described under “Credit risk models” in the “Risk management and control” section of our Annual Report 2022.

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The SA assigns a zero risk weight to central governments and central banks rated AA– and better, as well as to highly rated Multi-lateral development bank counterparties, while the A-IRB approach generally assigns risk weights higher than zero to even the highest-quality sovereign counterparties.

 

For other Multi-lateral development bank and Public-sector entity counterparties rated AA– and better, the risk weight applied under the SA is 20%.

However, because this asset class is not a significant driver of RWA, we would expect any resulting RWA difference between the A‑IRB approach and the SA to be relatively small.

 

Banks and securities dealers

The regulatory net EAD for the asset class Banks and securities dealers as of 31 December 2022 was USD 34bn under the A-IRB approach. The A-IRB net EAD is lower than the LRD, mainly due to collateral  mitigation on derivatives and SFTs. We would expect the net EAD to increase under the SA, related to derivatives and SFTs within the Investment Bank, due to the aforementioned methodological differences between the calculation of EAD under the two approaches.

The chart below provides a comparison of risk weights for Banks and securities dealers exposures calculated under the A‑IRB approach and the SA.

  

The vast majority of our exposure with Banks and securities dealers is of investment-grade quality. The average contractual maturity of this exposure is closer to the one-year example provided in the chart above. Therefore, we would expect a higher average risk weight under the SA than the 38% average risk weight under the A-IRB approach. In combination with higher EAD, we would expect this to lead to significantly higher RWA for Banks and securities dealers under the SA.

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Corporates

The regulatory net EAD for the Corporates asset class as of 31 December 2022 was USD 153bn under the A-IRB approach. The A-IRB net EAD is lower than the LRD, mainly due to collateral mitigation on derivatives and SFTs. We would expect the EAD to be higher under the SA related to derivatives and SFTs, due to the aforementioned methodological differences between the calculation of EAD under the two approaches. Derivatives and SFTs account for 41% of the EAD for this asset class as of 31 December 2022.

The following chart provides a comparison of risk weights for Corporates exposures calculated under the A-IRB approach and the SA. These exposures primarily arise from corporate lending and derivatives trading within the Investment Bank, and lending to large corporate clients and small and medium-sized entities in Switzerland. The comparison does not include the FINMA-required multiplier applied to the Investment Bank’s Corporates exposures under the A-IRB approach.

 

Investment-grade counterparties typically receive higher risk weights under the SA than under the A-IRB approach. The majority of our Corporates exposures fall into this category. We would therefore expect risk weights for Corporates to be generally higher under the SA.

In addition, SA risk weights rely on external ratings, with a default weighting of 100% being applied where no external rating is available. Typically, counterparties with no external rating are riskier and thus have higher risk weights under the A‑IRB approach. However, managed funds, which account for nearly one-third of our Corporates EAD, typically have no debt and are therefore unrated. The SA applies a 100% risk weight to exposures to such funds. Under A-IRB, these funds are considered very low risk and as of 31 December 2022 had an average risk weight of 17%. We believe the SA significantly overstates the associated risk.

Conversely, for certain exposures we consider the risk weight of 100% under the SA resulting from the absence of an external rating as insufficient, as is evident from the hypothetical leveraged finance counterparty example in the table below.

 

Comparison of risk weights as a function of internal rating assessment

The table assumes two counterparties without external rating assignments.

 

 

Interest
payment
coverage
(EBITDA / total
interest
payments)

Total debt /  EBITDA

Debt / assets

Liquidity (fraction of assets that are liquid)

Internal rating assessment

Exposure maturity

A-IRB risk weight range

SA risk weight

Managed funds

NA

NA

0

100%

AAA–AA

< 1Y

10–20%

100%

Leveraged
finance
counterparty

< 2

> 2.5

> 50%

0%

BB–C

> 5Y

100–600%

100%

 

Retail

Residential mortgages

The regulatory net EAD for the sub-asset class Residential mortgages as of 31 December 2022 was USD 175bn under the A-IRB approach. Since the vast majority of our exposures is driven by banking products, the LRD is broadly in line with the A-IRB net EAD and we would expect a similar amount under the SA.

Due to the size of our personal and corporate banking business in Switzerland, our domestic portfolios represent a significant portion of our overall lending exposures, with the largest being loans secured by residential properties. Our internal models assign risk weights to such loans by considering the debt service capacity of borrowers and the availability of other collateral, among other factors. These are important considerations for the Swiss market, where there is legal recourse to the borrower.

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In contrast, and different to the assignment of risk weights for the aforementioned asset classes, the SA is less complex and only differentiates the risk weights based on loan-to-value (LTV) ranges, as shown in the chart below.

  

The vast majority of our exposures would attract the minimum 35% risk weight under the SA, compared with an average of 22% as of 31 December 2022 observed under the A‑IRB approach.

The difference is largely due to the current SA rules not providing any benefit to the portion of exposures with an LTV below 67%. The vast majority of exposures fall within this category, as shown in the “Swiss mortgages: distribution of net exposure at default (EAD) across exposure segments and loan-to-value (LTV) buckets” table in the “Risk management and control” section of our Annual Report 2022, available under ”Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors

Lombard lending

The regulatory net EAD for the Lombard loans sub-asset class as of 31 December 2022 was USD 207bn under the A‑IRB approach, and mainly arises in our wealth management business.

Eligible collateral is more limited under the SA than under the A‑IRB approach. However, the haircuts applied to collateral under the A‑IRB approach are generally greater than those prescribed under the SA. Given this, we would expect the overall effect of applying current SA rules to be limited for this portfolio.

 

 

Section 8  Securitizations

SECA: Introduction

Annual | This section provides details of traditional and synthetic securitization exposures in the banking and trading book based on the Basel III securitization framework.

In a traditional securitization, a pool of loans (or other debt obligations) is transferred to structured entities that have been established to own the loan pool and to issue tranched securities to third-party investors referencing this pool of loans. In a synthetic securitization, legal ownership of securitized pools of assets is typically retained but associated credit risk is transferred to structured entities, commonly through guarantees, credit derivatives or credit-linked notes. Hybrid structures with a mix of traditional and synthetic features are disclosed as synthetic securitizations.

We act in different roles in securitization transactions. As originator, we create or purchase financial assets, which are then securitized in traditional or synthetic securitization transactions, enabling us to transfer significant risk to third-party investors. As sponsor, we manage, provide financing for or advise on securitization programs. In line with the Basel III framework, sponsoring includes underwriting activities. In all other cases we act as an investor, by taking securitization positions.

SECA: Objectives, roles and involvement

Securitization in the banking book

Securitization positions held in the banking book include legacy risk positions in Non-core and Legacy Portfolio within Group Functions. In 2022, for the majority of securitization carrying amounts on the balance sheet we acted as an originator or investor. Securitization and re-securitization positions in the banking book are measured at fair value, reflecting market prices where available, or based on our internal pricing models.

Securitization in the trading book

Securitizations held in the trading book are part of trading activities, including market-making and client facilitation, that could result in retention of certain securitization positions as an investor, including those we may have originated or sponsored. In the trading book, securitization and re-securitization positions are measured at fair value, reflecting market prices where available, or based on our internal pricing models.

Type of structured entities and affiliated entities involved in securitization transactions

For securitization transactions, the type of structured entities or special purpose vehicles employed is selected as appropriate based on the type of transaction undertaken. Examples include limited liability companies, common law trusts and depositor entities.

Refer to “Note 28 Interests in subsidiaries and other entities” of our Annual Report 2022, available under ”Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors,  for further information about interests in structured entities.

 

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Managing and monitoring of the credit and market risk of securitization positions

The banking book securitization and re-securitization portfolio is subject to specific risk monitoring, which may include interest rate and credit spread sensitivity analysis, as well as inclusion in firm-wide earnings-at-risk, capital-at-risk and combined stress test metrics.

The trading book securitization positions are also subject to multiple risk limits, such as management value-at-risk (VaR) and stress limits, as well as market value limits. As part of managing risks within predefined risk limits, traders may utilize hedging and risk mitigation strategies. Hedging may, however, expose us to basis risks, as the hedging instrument and the position being hedged may not always move in parallel. Such basis risks are managed within the overall limits. Any retained securitization from origination activities and any purchased securitization positions are governed by risk limits together with any other trading positions. Legacy trading book securitization exposure is subject to the same management VaR limit framework. Additionally, risk limits are used to control the unwinding, novation and asset sales process on an ongoing basis.

Accounting policies

Refer to “Consolidation” in “Note 1 Summary of material accounting policies” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of our Annual Report 2022, available under ”Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors, for information about accounting policies that relate to securitization activities.

Regulatory capital treatment of securitization exposures

In line with the revised securitization framework for banking book securitization exposures, we apply the following approaches to calculate the associated risk-weighted assets (RWA):

     we use external ratings (the external ratings-based approach (SEC-ERBA)), if available, from S&P, Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings for securitization exposures, provided that we are able to demonstrate our expertise in both critically challenging and reviewing the external ratings; or

     if we cannot apply the ERBA method, we apply the standardized approach (SEC-SA) where the delinquency status of a significant portion of the underlying exposure can be determined, or a risk weight of 1,250%. Re-securitization positions are either treated under the standardized approach or risk-weighted 1,250%;

     we do not use the internal assessment approach (IAA).

The selection of the external credit assessment institutions (ECAIs) is based on the primary rating agency concept. This concept is applied, in principle, to avoid having the credit assessment by one ECAI applied to one or more tranches and by another ECAI to the other tranches, unless this is the result of the application of the specific rules for multiple assessments. If any two of the aforementioned rating agencies have issued a rating for a particular exposure, we apply the lower of the two credit ratings. If all three rating agencies have issued a rating for a particular exposure, we apply the middle of the three credit ratings.

Securitization exposures in the banking and trading book

Semi-annual | The ”Securitization exposures in the banking and trading book and associated regulatory capital requirements” table below outlines the carrying values in the banking and trading books as of 31 December 2022, 30 June 2022 and 31 December 2021. For synthetic securitization transactions, the amounts disclosed reflect the net exposure amounts of the securitized exposures. The table also shows the RWA from securitization and the capital charge after application of the revised securitization framework caps. The semi-annual securitization disclosures (SEC1–SEC4) have been condensed into the aforementioned form based on materiality.

    Refer to our 31 December 2020 Pillar 3 Report, available under “Pillar 3 disclosures” at ubs.com/investors, for more information on the condensed semi-annual securitization disclosures

Development of securitization exposures in the second half of 2022

Compared with 30 June 2022, securitization exposures in the banking book increased by USD 0.5bn, primarily due to a wholesale investment where UBS acts as an investor. The securitization exposures in the trading book were broadly unchanged. p  

 

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Semi-annual

Securitization exposures in the banking and trading book and associated regulatory capital requirements

USD m

 

Carrying value / EAD

 

RWA

 

Total Capital Charge after cap

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Asset Classes – Banking Book1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail

 

 2 

 

 22 

 

 2 

Wholesale

 

 1,424 

 

 249 

 

 20 

Re-securitization

 

 0 

 

 0 

 

 0 

Total Banking Book

 

 1,425 

 

 271 

 

 22 

of which: UBS acts as investor

 

 1,425 

 

 271 

 

 22 

of which: UBS acts as originator and / or sponsor

 

 0 

 

 0 

 

 0 

Asset Classes – Trading Book

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail

 

 8 

 

 89 

 

 7 

Wholesale

 

 313 

 

 299 

 

 24 

Re-securitization

 

 6 

 

 75 

 

 6 

Total Trading Book

 

 328 

 

 463 

 

 37 

Total

 

 1,753 

 

 734 

 

 59 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.22

Asset Classes – Banking Book1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail

 

 2 

 

 20 

 

 2 

Wholesale

 

 941 

 

 189 

 

 15 

Re-securitization

 

 0 

 

 0 

 

 0 

Total Banking Book

 

 943 

 

 209 

 

 17 

of which: UBS acts as investor

 

 943 

 

 209 

 

 17 

of which: UBS acts as originator and / or sponsor

 

 0 

 

 0 

 

 0 

Asset Classes – Trading Book

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail

 

 24 

 

 108 

 

 9 

Wholesale

 

 333 

 

 423 

 

 34 

Re-securitization

 

 7 

 

 84 

 

 7 

Total Trading Book

 

 364 

 

 615 

 

 49 

Total

 

 1,307 

 

 824 

 

 66 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.12.21

Asset Classes – Banking Book1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail

 

 36 

 

 256 

 

 20 

Wholesale

 

 686 

 

 119 

 

 10 

Re-securitization

 

 0 

 

 0 

 

 0 

Total Banking Book

 

 723 

 

 375 

 

 30 

of which: UBS acts as investor

 

 688 

 

 141 

 

 11 

of which: UBS acts as originator and / or sponsor

 

 35 

 

 234 

 

 19 

Asset Classes – Trading Book

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail

 

 56 

 

 113 

 

 9 

Wholesale

 

 476 

 

 447 

 

 36 

Re-securitization

 

 8 

 

 92 

 

 7 

Total Trading Book

 

 540 

 

 652 

 

 52 

Total

 

 1,263 

 

 1,027 

 

 82 

1 Of the securitization exposures in the banking book, 99.8% carried a risk weighting of up to 100% as of 31 December 2022 (30 June 2022: 99.6%; 31 December 2021: 95.0%).

p

 

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Section 9  Market risk

Overview

Semi-annual | The amount of capital required to underpin market risk in the regulatory trading book is calculated using a variety of methods approved by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA). The components contributing to market risk risk-weighted assets (RWA) are value-at-risk (VaR), stressed value-at-risk (SVaR), an add-on for risks that are potentially not fully modeled in VaR (risks not in VaR, or RniV), the incremental risk charge (the IRC) and the securitization framework for securitization positions in the trading book. More information about each of these components is provided below.

Annual | The table below presents an overview of Pillar 3 disclosures separately provided in our Annual Report 2022, available under “Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors.  

 

MRA: Market risk

Pillar 3 disclosure requirement

Annual Report 2022 section

Disclosure

Annual Report 2022 page number

 

Strategies and processes of the bank for market risk

Risk management and control

     Risk appetite framework

     Market risk –  Overview of measurement, monitoring and management techniques

     Market risk stress loss, Value-at-risk

89–91

111–112

 

112–115

 

Consolidated financial statements

     Note 10 Derivative instruments

291–293

 

Structure and organization of the market risk management function

Risk management and control

     Key risks by business division and Group Functions

     Risk governance

84

87–89

 

Scope and nature of risk reporting and measurement systems

Risk management and control

     Internal risk reporting

     Main sources of market risk, Overview of measurement, monitoring and management techniques

92

111–112

 

p

Market risk risk-weighted assets

Market risk RWA development in the fourth quarter of 2022

Quarterly | The three main components that contribute to market risk RWA are VaR, SVaR and IRC. The VaR and SVaR components include the RWA charge for RniV.

The MR2 table below provides a breakdown of the movement in market risk RWA in the fourth quarter of 2022 under an internal models approach across those components, pursuant to the movement categories defined by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. These categories are described below.

 

 

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Definitions of market risk RWA movement table components for MR2

References in the table below link to the line numbers provided in the movement table below.

Reference

Description

 

Definition

1/8c

RWA as of previous and current reporting period end (end of period)

 

Quarter-end RWA.

1a/8b

Regulatory adjustment

 

Indicates the difference between rows 1 and 1b, and 8c and 8a, respectively.

1b/8a

RWA at previous and current quarter-end (end of day)

 

For a given component (e.g., VaR), this refers to the RWA computed whenever that component’s snapshot quarter-end figure is higher than the 60-day average for regulatory VaR, and the 12-week average for SVaR and IRC, thus determining the quarter-end RWA. The regulatory adjustment would be zero if the quarter-end RWA were triggered by the snapshot quarter-end figure.

 

Movement of end-of-day RWA

2

Movement in risk levels

 

Movements due to changes in positions and risk levels.

3

Model updates / changes

 

Movements due to routine updates to model parameters and model changes.

4

Methodology and policy

 

Movements due to methodological changes in calculations driven by regulatory policy changes, including revisions of existing regulations, new regulations and add-ons mandated by the regulator.

5

Acquisitions and disposals

 

Movements due to the disposal or acquisition of business operations, quantified based on the market risk exposures at the end of the quarter preceding a disposal or following an acquisition. Purchases and sales of exposures in the ordinary course of business are reflected in “Movement in risk levels.”

6

Foreign exchange movements

 

Movements due to changes in exchange rates. Note that the effect of movements in exchange rates is captured in “Movement in risk levels,” since exchange rate movements are part of the effects of market movements on risk levels.

7

Other

 

Movements due to changes that cannot be attributed to any other category.

 

RWA flow

Quarterly | Market risk RWA under an internal models  approach increased by USD 1.0bn to USD 13.0bn in the fourth quarter of 2022, driven by an increase in regulatory add-ons, reflecting updates from the monthly RNiV assessment. An RWA decrease, driven by a VaR model change that went live in the fourth quarter of 2022, was offset  by an RWA increase arising from the introduction of a FINMA-agreed temporary measure to offset the aforementioned decrease in VaR-model-change-related RWA. We are in discussions with FINMA regarding material updates to the VaR model in 2023, which would replace the aforementioned temporary measure and the currently applied add-on related to time decay.

The VaR multiplier was unchanged compared with the prior quarter, at 3.0.

 

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MR2: RWA flow statements of market risk exposures under an IMA1

USD m

VaR

Stressed VaR

IRC

CRM

Other

Total RWA

1

RWA as of 31.12.21

 2,872 

 5,883 

 1,673 

 

 

 10,428 

1a

Regulatory adjustment

 (2,368) 

 (4,916) 

 (284) 

 

 

 (7,567) 

1b

RWA at previous quarter-end (end of day)

 504 

 968 

 1,389 

 

 

 2,860 

2

Movement in risk levels

 1,996 

 2,028 

 180 

 

 

 4,204 

3

Model updates / changes

 (161) 

 36 

 0 

 

 

 (125) 

4

Methodology and policy

 0 

 0 

 0 

 

 

 0 

5

Acquisitions and disposals

 0 

 0 

 0 

 

 

 0 

6

Foreign exchange movements

 0 

 0 

 0 

 

 

 0 

7

Other

 39 

 87 

 0 

 

 

 126 

8a

RWA at the end of the reporting period (end of day)

 2,379 

 3,118 

 1,569 

 

 

 7,065 

8b

Regulatory adjustment

 1,985 

 4,227 

 66 

 

 

 6,279 

8c

RWA as of 31.3.22

 4,364 

 7,345 

 1,635 

 

 

 13,344 

1

RWA as of 31.3.22

 4,364 

 7,345 

 1,635 

 

 

 13,344 

1a

Regulatory adjustment

 (1,985) 

 (4,227) 

 (66) 

 

 

 (6,279) 

1b

RWA at previous quarter-end (end of day)

 2,379 

 3,118 

 1,569 

 

 

 7,065 

2

Movement in risk levels

 (1,002) 

 (426) 

 140 

 

 

 (1,288) 

3

Model updates / changes

 5 

 (41) 

 0 

 

 

 (36) 

4

Methodology and policy

 0 

 0 

 0 

 

 

 0 

5

Acquisitions and disposals

 0 

 0 

 0 

 

 

 0 

6

Foreign exchange movements

 0 

 0 

 0 

 

 

 0 

7

Other

 82 

 176 

 0 

 

 

 258 

8a

RWA at the end of the reporting period (end of day)

 1,464 

 2,827 

 1,709 

 

 

 5,999 

8b

Regulatory adjustment

 3,493 

 5,404 

 0 

 

 

 8,897 

8c

RWA as of 30.6.22

 4,956 

 8,231 

 1,709 

 

 

 14,896 

1

RWA as of 30.6.22

 4,956 

 8,231 

 1,709 

 

 

 14,896 

1a

Regulatory adjustment

 (3,493) 

 (5,404) 

 0 

 

 

 (8,897) 

1b

RWA at previous quarter-end (end of day)

 1,464 

 2,827 

 1,709 

 

 

 5,999 

2

Movement in risk levels

 1,531 

 1,403 

 (35) 

 

 

 2,899 

3

Model updates / changes

 25 

 15 

 0 

 

 

 40 

4

Methodology and policy

 0 

 0 

 0 

 

 

 0 

5

Acquisitions and disposals

 0 

 0 

 0 

 

 

 0 

6

Foreign exchange movements

 0 

 0 

 0 

 

 

 0 

7

Other

 58 

 206 

 0 

 

 

 264 

8a

RWA at the end of the reporting period (end of day)

 3,078 

 4,450 

 1,674 

 

 

 9,202 

8b

Regulatory adjustment

 406 

 2,453 

 0 

 

 

 2,859 

8c

RWA as of 30.9.22

 3,484 

 6,903 

 1,674 

 

 

 12,061 

1

RWA as of 30.9.22

 3,484 

 6,903 

 1,674 

 

 

 12,061 

1a

Regulatory adjustment

 (406) 

 (2,453) 

 0 

 

 

 (2,859) 

1b

RWA at previous quarter-end (end of day)

 3,078 

 4,450 

 1,674 

 

 

 9,202 

2

Movement in risk levels

 (725) 

 (800) 

 458 

 

 

 (1,067) 

3

Model updates / changes

 (100) 

 (633) 

 0 

 

 

 (733) 

4

Methodology and policy

 64 

 217 

 0 

 

 

 281 

5

Acquisitions and disposals

 0 

 0 

 0 

 

 

 0 

6

Foreign exchange movements

 0 

 0 

 0 

 

 

 0 

7

Other

 18 

 57 

 0 

 

 

 75 

8a

RWA at the end of the reporting period (end of day)

 2,335 

 3,291 

 2,132 

 

 

 7,758 

8b

Regulatory adjustment

 1,298 

 3,960 

 0 

 

 

 5,257 

8c

RWA as of 31.12.22

 3,633 

 7,251 

 2,132 

 

 

 13,015 

1 Components that describe movements in RWA are presented in italics.

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Securitization positions in the trading book

Semi-annual | Our exposure to securitization positions in the trading book includes exposures arising from secondary trading in commercial mortgage-backed securities in the Investment Bank, and limited positions in the Non-core and Legacy Portfolio within Group Functions that we continue to wind down.

Securitization exposures in the trading book is the only relevant disclosure component of market risk under the standardized approach. Securitization exposures subject to market risk RWA decreased by USD 36m to USD 328m as of 31 December 2022

    Refer to the “Securitizations” section of this report for more information about the securitization exposures in the trading book

Annual | The table below presents an overview of Pillar 3 disclosures separately provided in our Annual Report 2022, available under “Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors

 

MRB: Internal models approach

Pillar 3 disclosure requirement

Annual Report 2022 section

Disclosure

Annual Report 2022 page number

Description of activities and risks covered by the VaR models and stressed VaR models

Risk management and control

     Value-at-risk

     Main sources of market risk

112–115

111

VaR models applied by different entities within the Group

Risk management and control

     Main sources of market risk

     Value-at-risk

111

112–115

General description of VaR and stressed VaR models

Risk management and control

     Value-at-risk

112–115

Main differences between the VaR and stressed VaR models used for management purposes and for regulatory purposes

Risk management and control

     Value-at-risk

112–115

Further information on VaR models

Risk management and control

     Value-at-risk

     Market risk stress loss

     Market risk –  Overview of measurement, monitoring and management techniques

112–115

112

111–112

Consolidated financial statements

     Note 20 Fair value measurement

316–329

Description of stress testing applied to modeling parameters

Consolidated financial statements

     Note 20 Fair value measurement

316–329

Description of backtesting approach

Risk management and control

     Backtesting of VaR

     VaR model confirmation

114–115

115

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Regulatory calculation of market risk

Semi-annual | The MR3 table below shows minimum, maximum, average and period-end regulatory VaR, SVaR, the incremental risk charge (IRC) and the comprehensive risk capital charge. Since the second quarter of 2019, we have not held eligible correlation trading positions.

During the second half of 2022, 10-day 99% regulatory VaR and SVaR decreased, driven mainly by a VaR model change in October 2022

 

MR3: IMA values for trading portfolios

 

For the six-month period ended 31.12.22

For the six-month period ended 30.6.22

For the six-month period ended 31.12.21

USD m

 

 

 

 

VaR (10-day 99%)

 

 

 

1

Maximum value

 134 

 152 

 130 

2

Average value

 63 

 92 

 80 

3

Minimum value

 13 

 30 

 9 

4

Period end

 53 

 52 

 21 

 

Stressed VaR (10-day 99%)

 

 

 

5

Maximum value

 186 

 191 

 197 

6

Average value

 94 

 127 

 127 

7

Minimum value

 35 

 45 

 29 

8

Period end

 78 

 164 

 40 

 

Incremental risk charge (99.9%)

 

 

 

9

Maximum value

 199 

 155 

 232 

10

Average value

 124 

 119 

 130 

11

Minimum value

 89 

 75 

 98 

12

Period end

 171 

 137 

 111 

 

Comprehensive risk capital charge (99.9%)

 

 

 

13

Maximum value

 

 

 

14

Average value

 

 

 

15

Minimum value

 

 

 

16

Period end

 

 

 

17

Floor (standardized measurement method)

 

 

 

p

Value-at-risk

VaR definition

Annual | VaR is a statistical measure of market risk, representing the potential market risk losses over a set time horizon (holding period) at an established level of confidence. VaR assumes no change in the Group’s trading positions over the set time horizon.

We calculate VaR daily. The profit or loss distribution VaR is derived from our internally developed VaR model, which simulates returns over the holding period for those risk factors our trading positions are sensitive to, and subsequently quantifies the profit / loss effect of these risk factor returns on trading positions. Risk factor returns associated with general interest rate, foreign exchange and commodities risk factor classes are based on a pure historical simulation approach, using a five-year look-back window. Risk factor returns for selected issuer-based risk factors, e.g., equity price and credit spreads, are split into systematic and residual issuer-specific components using a factor model approach. Systematic returns are based on historical simulation, and residual returns on a Monte Carlo simulation. VaR model profit or loss distribution is derived from the sum of systematic and residual returns in such a way that we consistently capture systematic and residual risk. Correlations among risk factors are implicitly captured via a historical simulation approach. When modeling risk factor returns, we consider the stationarity properties of the historical time series of risk factor changes. Depending on the stationarity properties of the risk factors within a given factor class, we model the factor returns using absolute returns or logarithmic returns. Risk factor return distributions are updated fortnightly.

Our VaR model does not have full revaluation capability, but we source full revaluation grids and sensitivities from front-office systems, enabling us to capture material non-linear profit or loss effects.

We use a single VaR model for both internal management purposes and determining market risk RWA, although we consider different confidence levels and time horizons. For internal management purposes, we establish risk limits and measure exposures using VaR at a 95% confidence level with a 1-day holding period, aligned to the way we consider the risks associated with our trading activities. The regulatory measure of market risk used to underpin the market risk capital requirement under Basel III requires a measure equivalent to a 99% confidence level using a 10-day holding period. To calculate a 10-day holding period VaR, we use 10-day risk factor returns, with all observations equally weighted.

 

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Additionally, the portfolio population for management and regulatory VaR is slightly different. The one for regulatory VaR meets regulatory requirements for inclusion in regulatory VaR. Management VaR includes a broader range of positions. For example, regulatory VaR excludes credit spread risks from the securitization portfolio, which are treated instead under the securitization approach for regulatory purposes.

We also use SVaR for the calculation of market risk RWA. SVaR uses broadly the same methodology as regulatory VaR and is calculated using the same population, holding period (10-day) and confidence level (99%). Unlike regulatory VaR, the historical data set for SVaR is not limited to five years, instead covering the period from 1 January 2007 to the present. In deriving SVaR, we seek the largest 10-day holding period VaR for the current Group portfolio across all one-year look-back windows from 1 January 2007 to the present. SVaR is computed weekly.

Derivation of VaR- and SVaR-based RWA

Annual | VaR and SVaR are used to derive the VaR and SVaR components of the market risk Basel III RWA. This calculation takes the maximum of the respective period-end VaR measure and the product of the average VaR measure for the 60 business days immediately preceding the period end and a VaR multiplier set by FINMA. The VaR multiplier, which was 3.0 as of 31 December 2022, is dependent upon the number of VaR backtesting exceptions within a 250-business-day window. When the number of exceptions is greater than four, the multiplier increases gradually from three to a maximum of four if 10 or more backtesting exceptions occur. This is then multiplied by a risk weight factor of 1,250% to determine RWA. This calculation is set out in the table below.

Figures shown below exclude the effects of the time decay add-on.

 

VaR- and SVaR-based RWA

As of 31.12.22

 

 

 

 

 

 

USD m

Period-end VaR

(A)

60-day average VaR

(B)

VaR multiplier

(C)

Max. (A, B x C)

(D)

Risk weight factor

(E)

Basel III RWA

(D x E)

VaR (10-day 99%)

 14 

 24 

 3.00 

 71 

 1,250% 

 881 

Stressed VaR (10-day 99%) 

 45 

 60 

 3.00 

 181 

 1,250% 

 2,258 

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MR4: Comparison of VaR estimates with gains / losses

Semi-annual | VaR backtesting is a performance measurement process in which a 1-day VaR prediction is compared with the realized 1-day profit or loss. We compute backtesting VaR using a 99% confidence level and 1-day holding period for the regulatory VaR population. Since 99% VaR at UBS is defined as a risk measure that operates on the lower tail of the profit-or-loss distribution, 99% backtesting VaR is a negative number. Backtesting revenues exclude non-trading revenues, such as valuation reserves, fees and commissions, and revenues from intraday trading, to provide for a like-for-like comparison. A backtesting exception occurs when backtesting revenues are lower than the previous day’s backtesting VaR.

Statistically, given the 99% confidence level, two or three backtesting exceptions a year can be expected. More than four exceptions could indicate that the VaR model is not performing appropriately, as could too few exceptions over a long period. However, as noted under “VaR limitations” in the “Risk management and control” section of our Annual Report 2022, a sudden increase (or decrease) in market volatility relative to the five-year window could lead to a higher (or lower) number of exceptions. Therefore, Group-level backtesting exceptions are investigated, as are exceptional positive backtesting revenues, with the results reported to senior business management, the Group Chief Risk Officer and the Group Chief Market & Treasury Risk Officer. Internal and external auditors and relevant regulators are also informed of backtesting exceptions.

The “Group: development of regulatory backtesting revenues and actual trading revenues against backtesting VaR” chart below shows the 12-month development of backtesting VaR against the Group’s backtesting revenues and actual trading revenues for 2022. The chart shows both the 99% and the 1% backtesting VaR. The asymmetry between the negative and positive tails is due to the long gamma risk profile historically run in the Investment Bank.

The actual trading revenues include backtesting and intraday revenues.

There was one new Group VaR negative backtesting exception in the second half of 2022, and the total number of negative backtesting exceptions within the most recent 250-business-day window remained at one. As these backtesting exceptions remained below five, the FINMA VaR multiplier used to compute regulatory and stressed VaR RWA remained unchanged at three throughout the period.

 

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Risks not in VaR

Risks not in VaR definition

Annual | We have a framework to identify and quantify potential risks that are not entirely captured by our VaR model. We refer to these as risks not in VaR (RniV). This framework is used to underpin these potential risks with regulatory capital, calculated as a multiple of VaR and SVaR.

Our VaR model can be split into two components: the profit-or-loss representation and the risk factor model. This gives rise to two RniV categories: profit-or-loss representation RniV and risk factor RniV. Profit-or-loss representation RniV arise from approximations made by the VaR model to quantify the effect of risk factor changes on the profit and loss of positions and portfolios. Risk factor RniV originate from an inadequate modeling of the stochastic behavior of the risk factors.

Risks not in VaR quantification

The RniV quantification is conducted on the basis of a quantitative approach that was developed within the Risk Methodology department and that has been approved by FINMA. We quantify RniV on a monthly basis. The framework applies to both categories of RniV: profit-or-loss representation RniV and risk factor RniV.

Risks not in VaR mitigation

Material RniV items are monitored and controlled by means and measures other than VaR, such as position limits and stress limits. Additionally, there are ongoing initiatives to extend the VaR model to better capture these risks.

Derivation of RWA add-on for risks not in VaR

The RniV framework is used to derive the RniV-based component of the market risk Basel III RWA, using the aforementioned approach, which is approved by FINMA and is subject to recalibration at least once a quarter. As RWA from RniV are add-ons, they do not reflect any diversification benefits across risks capitalized through VaR and SVaR.

The RniV VaR and SVaR capital ratios applicable as of 31 December 2022 were 138% and 153%, respectively.

FINMA continues to require that RniV stressed VaR capital is floored at RniV VaR capital.

The period-end RWA shown below does not include the time decay add-on.

 

RniV-based RWA

As of 31.12.22

 

 

 

USD m

Period-end RWA

(A)

RniV add-on

(B)

RniV RWA

(A x B)

Regulatory VaR

 881 

 138% 

 1,213 

Stressed VaR

 2,258 

 153% 

 3,454 

Total RniV RWA

 

 

 4,667 

 

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Incremental risk charge

IRC is the potential loss due to the defaulting or credit migration of issuers of non-securitized credit instruments in the trading book. IRC is calculated as the portfolio loss at the 99.9th percentile of the portfolio loss distribution over a one-year time horizon. It uses a multi-factor model applying the constant position assumption for all positions in the IRC portfolio. This means that all positions are kept unchanged over a one-year time period.

The portfolio loss distribution is estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation approach. The simulation is performed in two steps: first, the distribution of credit ratings (including the defaulted state) at the one-year time horizon is estimated by a portfolio rating migration model; and, second, default and migration losses conditional on credit events generated by the migration model are calculated and aggregated.

The portfolio rating migration model is of the Merton type: migrations of credit ratings are considered to be functions of the underlying asset value of a firm. The correlation structure of asset values is based on the FIS APT factor model, with factor loadings and volatilities homogenized within region / industry / size buckets. For the government bucket, a conservative expert-based correlation value is used. The transition matrix approach is utilized to set migration and default thresholds. The transition matrix for sovereign obligors is calibrated to the history of S&P sovereign ratings. The transition matrix for non-sovereigns is calibrated to the history of UBS internal ratings.

For each position related to a defaulted obligor, default losses are calculated based on the maximum default exposure measure (the loss in the case of a default event assuming zero recovery) and a random recovery concept. To account for potential basis risk between instruments, different recovery values may be generated for different instruments even if they belong to the same issuer. To calculate rating migration losses, a linear (delta) approximation is used. A loss resulting from a migration event is calculated as a change in the average credit spread due to the rating change, multiplied by the corresponding sensitivity of a position to changes in credit spreads.

The validation of the IRC model relies heavily on sensitivity analyses embedded into the annual model reconfirmation.

Derivation of IRC-based RWA

IRC is calculated weekly and the results are used to derive the IRC-based component of the market risk Basel III RWA. The derivation is similar to that for VaR- and SVaR-based RWA, but without a VaR multiplier, and is shown below.

 

IRC-based RWA

As of 31.12.22

 

 

 

 

 

 

Period-end IRC

(A)

Average of last

12 weeks IRC

(B)

Max (A, B)

(C)

Risk weight factor

(D)

Basel III RWA

(C x D)

USD m

 

 171 

 134 

 171 

 1,250% 

 2,132 

 

Comprehensive risk measure

The comprehensive risk measure (the CRM) is an estimate of the default and complex price risk, including the convexity and cross-convexity of the CRM portfolio across credit spread, correlation and recovery, measured over a one-year time horizon at a 99.9% confidence level. The calculation assumes a static portfolio with trade aging, a modeling choice consistent with the portfolio being hedged in a back-to-back manner. The model scope covers collateralized debt obligation swaps, credit-linked notes (CLNs), 1st- and nth-to-default swaps, and CLNs and hedges for these positions, including single-name credit default swaps (CDSs), CLNs and index CDSs.

The CRM profit and loss distribution is estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation of defaults, loss given default rates and market data changes over the next 12 months, where spreads follow their own stochastic processes and are correlated to defaults. The risk engine loads the definition of all trades and, for each Monte Carlo scenario, generates the trade cash flows over the next 12 months and revalues the trades on the horizon date. The revaluation relies on sampled FX rates, credit spreads and index bases and introduces a correlation skew by using stochastic correlations and stochastic LGD rates. The correlation skew is calibrated at irregular intervals. The 99.9% negative quantile of the resulting profit and loss distribution is then taken to be the CRM result. Our CRM methodology is subject to minimum qualitative standards.

Since the second quarter of 2019, we have not held eligible correlation trading positions and therefore the CRM-based capital requirement has not been applicable to us.

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Section 10  Operational risk

Annual | The table below presents an overview of Pillar 3 disclosures separately provided in our Annual Report 2022, available under ”Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors

 

ORA: Operational risk

Pillar 3 disclosure requirement

Annual Report 2022 section

Disclosure

Annual Report 2022 page number

Details of the approach for operational risk capital assessment for which the bank qualifies

Risk management and control

     Non-financial risk framework

131–132

Description of the advanced measurement approaches (AMA) for operational risk

Risk management and control

     AMA model

132

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Section 11  Interest rate risk in the banking book

Annual | The table below presents an overview of Pillar 3 disclosures that are provided separately in our Annual Report 2022, available under “Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors

 

IRRBBA: Interest rate risk in the banking book 

Pillar 3 disclosure requirement

Annual Report 2022 section

Disclosure

Annual Report 2022 page number

The nature of interest rate risk in the banking book and key assumptions applied

Risk management and control

     Interest rate risk in the banking book

115–118

Sources of interest rate risk in the banking book

Risk management and control

     Interest rate risk in the banking book

115–118

Interest rate risk management and governance

Risk management and control

     Interest rate risk in the banking book

115–118

 

Economic value and net interest income sensitivity

The interest rate risk sensitivity figures presented in the IRRBB1 table below represent the effect of six interest rate scenarios defined by FINMA on the economic value of equity (EVE), which represents the present value of future cash flows related to the banking book irrespective of accounting treatment. EVE sensitivity excludes any modeled duration assigned to equity, goodwill, real estate and, as prescribed by FINMA, also excludes additional tier 1 (AT1) capital instruments that otherwise would be included under general Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) guidance.

As of 31 December 2022, the “Parallel up” scenario was the most severe and would have resulted in a change in EVE of negative USD 4.6bn, or 7.9% of our tier 1 capital (31 December 2021: negative USD 6.0bn, or 10.0%), which is well below the 15% threshold as per the BCBS supervisory outlier test for higher levels of interest rate risk in the banking book. The immediate effect on our tier 1 capital in the “Parallel up” scenario as of 31 December 2022 would have been only a decrease of USD 0.4bn, or 0.6% (31 December 2021: USD 1.1bn or 1.8%), reflecting the fact that the vast majority of our banking book is accrual accounted or subject to hedge accounting. The “Parallel up” scenario would subsequently have a positive effect on net interest income, assuming a constant balance sheet.

UBS also applies granular internal interest rate shock scenarios to its banking book positions to monitor the banking book’s specific risk profile.

The more adverse of the two parallel interest rate scenarios with regard to net interest income (NII) over the next 12 months was the “Parallel up” scenario, resulting in a potential change of negative USD 0.1bn. This excludes the contribution from cash held at central banks as per FINMA Pillar 3 disclosure requirements. With the inclusion of the cash held at central banks, the NII would increase by USD 2.7bn under the “Parallel up” scenario.

 

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IRRBB1: Quantitative information about IRRBB

As of 31.12.22

 

Delta EVE – Change of economic value of equity

 

Delta NII – Change of Net interest income1

USD m

 

31.12.22

31.12.21

 

31.12.22

31.12.21

Parallel up2

 

 (4,629) 

 (6,041) 

 

 (119) 

 (953) 

Parallel down2

 

 4,842 

 5,150 

 

 415 

 2,058 

Steepener3

 

 (1,409) 

 (1,180) 

 

 

 

Flattener4

 

 344 

 (207) 

 

 

 

Short-term up5

 

 (1,539) 

 (2,363) 

 

 

 

Short-term down6

 

 1,683 

 2,466 

 

 

 

Maximum7

 

 (4,629) 

 (6,041) 

 

 (119) 

 (953) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Period

 

31.12.22

 

31.12.21

Tier 1 capital

 

 58,321 

 

 60,488 

1 Disclosure of NII sensitivity is only required for the two parallel shock scenarios. The NII sensitivity estimates reflect the impact of immediate changes in interest rates, relative to constant rates, and assume no change to balance sheet size and structure, constant foreign exchange rates and no specific management action. Furthermore, the change in NII does not include the contribution from cash held at central banks.    2 Rates across all tenors move by ±150 bps for Swiss franc, ±200 bps for euro and US dollar and ±250 bps for pound sterling.    3 Short-term rates decrease and long-term rates increase.    4 Short-term rates increase and long-term rates decrease.    5 Short-term rates increase more than long-term rates.    6 Short-term rates decrease more than long-term rates.    7 “Maximum” indicates the most adverse interest rate scenario as shown in the table. 

IRRBBA1: Quantitative disclosures relating to the position structure and interest rate reset of IRRBB risk

As of 31.12.22

 

 

Volume1

 

Average interest rate repricing period (in years)

 

Maximum interest rate repricing period (in years)  for exposures with modeled interest rate repricing dates

USD m, except where indicated

 

Total

of which: CHF

of which: EUR

of which: USD

 

Total

of which: CHF

 

Total

of which: CHF

Determined

repricing period2

Loans and advances to banks

 

 35,823 

 6,699 

 13,845 

 11,679 

 

 0.25 

 0.40 

 

 

 

Loans and advances to customers

 

 168,791 

 31,560 

 20,167 

 102,433 

 

 0.70 

 0.92 

 

 

 

Money market mortgages

 

 52,658 

 52,658 

 

 

 

 0.04 

 0.04 

 

 

 

Fixed-rate mortgages

 

 113,540 

 104,247 

 12 

 8,868 

 

 4.27 

 4.07 

 

 

 

Financial investments

 

 78,274 

 19,276 

 10,575 

 41,539 

 

 3.04 

 0.97 

 

 

 

Other receivables

 

 140,072 

 7,083 

 15,685 

 95,496 

 

 0.30 

 0.04 

 

 

 

Receivables from interest rate derivatives

 

 777,967 

 144,946 

 89,388 

 498,395 

 

 1.51 

 0.68 

 

 

 

Amounts due to banks

 

 (27,566) 

 (6,712) 

 (3,365) 

 (16,943) 

 

 1.31 

 0.16 

 

 

 

Customer deposits

 

 (150,568) 

 (488) 

 (8,220) 

 (118,270) 

 

 0.39 

 0.42 

 

 

 

Medium-term notes

 

 (44) 

 (43) 

 0 

 

 

 2.85 

 2.84 

 

 

 

Bonds and covered bonds

 

 (99,097) 

 (11,523) 

 (25,582) 

 (50,041) 

 

 2.94 

 4.40 

 

 

 

Other liabilities

 

 (32,422) 

 (3,703) 

 (4,977) 

 (15,119) 

 

 0.12 

 0.04 

 

 

 

Liabilities from interest rate derivatives

 

 (769,414) 

 (234,976) 

 (66,683) 

 (420,210) 

 

 0.91 

 0.49 

 

 

 

Undetermined

repricing period3

Loans and advances to banks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans and advances to customers

 

 18,960 

 2,877 

 4,394 

 10,162 

 

 0.44 

 0.99 

 

 

 

Variable-rate mortgages

 

 25,985 

 19 

 0 

 23,747 

 

 3.54 

 1.17 

 

 

 

Other receivables on sight

 

 207 

 207 

 

 

 

 1.55 

 1.55 

 

 

 

Liabilities on sight in personal and current accounts

 

 (296,335) 

 (77,496) 

 (50,774) 

 (147,706) 

 

 1.68 

 1.85 

 

 

 

Other liabilities on sight

 

 (12,711) 

 (240) 

 (1,838) 

 (9,572) 

 

 0.26 

 0.04 

 

 

 

Liabilities from customer deposits, callable but not transferable

 

 (120,967) 

 (120,967) 

 

 

 

 1.93 

 1.93 

 

 

 

Total

 

 475,165 

 201,807 

 4,394 

 33,909 

 

 1.65 

 1.91 

 

 10 

 10 

1 The volume figures cover only banking book positions and are risk-based measures which differ from the accounting values on the IFRS balance sheet.    2 Receivables and payables from securities financing transactions are reported on a gross basis, consistent with our interest rate risk management and monitoring process. Additional tier 1 capital instruments are excluded.    3 Swiss franc variable-rate mortgages and balances associated with loans and advances to banks with a combined volume below USD 1bn are reported under Loans and advances to customers, consistent with our interest rate risk management and monitoring process.

 

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IRRBBA1: Quantitative disclosures relating to the position structure and interest rate reset of IRRBB risk

As of 31.12.21

 

 

Volume1

 

Average interest rate repricing period (in years)

 

Maximum interest rate repricing period (in years)  for exposures with modeled interest rate repricing dates

USD m, except where indicated

 

Total

of which: CHF

of which: EUR

of which: USD

 

Total

of which: CHF

 

Total

of which: CHF

Determined

repricing period 2

Loans and advances to banks

 

 9,278 

 1,106 

 4,818 

 2,113 

 

 1.40 

 2.00 

 

 

 

Loans and advances to customers

 

 174,786 

 34,028 

 16,325 

 108,626 

 

 0.72 

 1.43 

 

 

 

Money market mortgages

 

 43,140 

 43,140 

 

 

 

 0.08 

 0.08 

 

 

 

Fixed-rate mortgages

 

 113,531 

 112,318 

 58 

 400 

 

 3.67 

 3.70 

 

 

 

Financial investments

 

 51,594 

 4,045 

 8,683 

 34,034 

 

 2.95 

 3.45 

 

 

 

Other receivables

 

 197,238 

 4,395 

 41,553 

 127,586 

 

 0.10 

 0.19 

 

 

 

Receivables from interest rate derivatives

 

 736,022 

 158,882 

 97,820 

 435,565 

 

 1.30 

 0.71 

 

 

 

Amounts due to banks

 

 (1,060) 

 (526) 

 

 (267) 

 

 0.09 

 0.00 

 

 

 

Customer deposits

 

 (67,272) 

 (41) 

 (3,024) 

 (43,886) 

 

 0.15 

 2.20 

 

 

 

Medium-term notes

 

 (60) 

 (60) 

 0 

 

 

 3.03 

 3.03 

 

 

 

Bonds and covered bonds

 

 (140,128) 

 (12,771) 

 (30,910) 

 (78,603) 

 

 2.34 

 4.51 

 

 

 

Other liabilities

 

 (91,582) 

 (786) 

 (21,837) 

 (55,160) 

 

 0.24 

 0.75 

 

 

 

Liabilities from interest rate derivatives

 

 (727,339) 

 (234,105) 

 (86,853) 

 (352,116) 

 

 0.56 

 0.59 

 

 

 

Undetermined

repricing period3

Loans and advances to banks

 

 328 

 328 

 

 

 

 1.61 

 1.61 

 

 

 

Loans and advances to customers

 

 26,470 

 2,405 

 4,297 

 17,847 

 

 1.31 

 0.82 

 

 

 

Variable-rate mortgages

 

 22,302 

 139 

 

 18,998 

 

 2.55 

 1.24 

 

 

 

Other receivables on sight

 

 222 

 222 

 

 

 

 1.75 

 1.75 

 

 

 

Liabilities on sight in personal and current accounts

 

 (371,449) 

 (74,943) 

 (55,952) 

 (210,511) 

 

 1.32 

 1.74 

 

 

 

Other liabilities on sight

 

 (16,046) 

 (729) 

 (2,818) 

 (11,323) 

 

 0.17 

 0.04 

 

 

 

Liabilities from customer deposits, callable but not transferable

 

 (117,816) 

 (117,816) 

 

 

 

 2.06 

 2.06 

 

 

 

Total

 

 554,632 

 196,582 

 63,067 

 258,678 

 

 1.41 

 1.94 

 

 10 

 10 

1 The volume figures cover only banking book positions and are risk-based measures which differ from the accounting values on the IFRS balance sheet.    2 Receivables and payables from securities financing transactions are reported on a gross basis, consistent with our interest rate risk management and monitoring process. Subordinated liabilities are excluded.    3 Swiss franc variable-rate mortgages and balances associated with loans and advances to banks with a combined volume below USD 1bn are reported under Loans and advances to customers, consistent with our interest rate risk management and monitoring process.

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Section 12  Going and gone concern requirements and eligible capital

Quarterly | The table below provides details of the Swiss systemically relevant bank (SRB) going and gone concern capital requirements as required by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).

    Refer to the “Capital management” section of our Annual Report 2022 report, available under ”Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors, for more information about capital management

 

Swiss SRB going and gone concern requirements and information

As of 31.12.22

 

RWA

 

LRD

USD m, except where indicated

 

in %

 

 

in %

 

Required going concern capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total going concern capital

 

 14.641

 46,802 

 

 5.001

 51,423 

Common equity tier 1 capital

 

 10.34 

 33,060 

 

 3.502

 35,996 

of which: minimum capital

 

 4.50 

 14,381 

 

 1.50 

 15,427 

of which: buffer capital

 

 5.50 

 17,577 

 

 2.00 

 20,569 

of which: countercyclical buffer

 

 0.34 

 1,102 

 

 

 

Maximum additional tier 1 capital

 

 4.30 

 13,742 

 

 1.50 

 15,427 

of which: additional tier 1 capital

 

 3.50 

 11,185 

 

 1.50 

 15,427 

of which: additional tier 1 buffer capital

 

 0.80 

 2,557 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eligible going concern capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total going concern capital

 

 18.25 

 58,321 

 

 5.67 

 58,321 

Common equity tier 1 capital

 

 14.22 

 45,457 

 

 4.42 

 45,457 

Total loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital3

 

 4.03 

 12,864 

 

 1.25 

 12,864 

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

 

 3.65 

 11,675 

 

 1.14 

 11,675 

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

 

 0.37 

 1,189 

 

 0.12 

 1,189 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Required gone concern capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total gone concern loss-absorbing capacity4

 

 10.36 

 33,105 

 

 3.75 

 38,567 

of which: base requirement5

 

 12.86 

 41,099 

 

 4.50 

 46,281 

of which: additional requirement for market share and LRD

 

 1.44 

 4,602 

 

 0.50 

 5,142 

of which: applicable reduction on requirements

 

 (3.94) 

 (12,596) 

 

 (1.25) 

 (12,856) 

of which: rebate granted6

 

 (3.56) 

 (11,385) 

 

 (1.25) 

 (12,856) 

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

 

 (0.38) 

 (1,211) 

 

 0.00 

 0 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eligible gone concern capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total gone concern loss-absorbing capacity

 

 14.70 

 46,991 

 

 4.57 

 46,991 

Total tier 2 capital

 

 0.93 

 2,958 

 

 0.29 

 2,958 

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

 

 0.76 

 2,422 

 

 0.24 

 2,422 

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

 

 0.17 

 536 

 

 0.05 

 536 

TLAC-eligible senior unsecured debt

 

 13.78 

 44,033 

 

 4.28 

 44,033 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total loss-absorbing capacity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Required total loss-absorbing capacity

 

 25.00 

 79,907 

 

 8.75 

 89,990 

Eligible total loss-absorbing capacity

 

 32.95 

 105,312 

 

 10.24 

 105,312 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk-weighted assets / leverage ratio denominator

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk-weighted assets

 

 

 319,585 

 

 

 

Leverage ratio denominator

 

 

 

 

 

 1,028,461 

1 Includes applicable add-ons of 1.44% for RWA and 0.50% for LRD.    2 Our minimum CET1 leverage ratio requirement of 3.5% consists of a 1.5% base requirement, a 1.5% base buffer capital requirement, a 0.25% LRD add-on requirement and a 0.25% market share add-on requirement based on our Swiss credit business.    3 Includes outstanding low-trigger loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital instruments, which are available under the Swiss systemically relevant bank framework to meet the going concern requirements until their first call date. As of their first call date, these instruments are eligible to meet the gone concern requirements.    4 A maximum of 25% of the gone concern requirements can be met with instruments that have a remaining maturity of between one and two years. Once at least 75% of the minimum gone concern requirement has been met with instruments that have a remaining maturity of greater than two years, all instruments that have a remaining maturity of between one and two years remain eligible to be included in the total gone concern capital.    5 The gone concern requirement after the application of the rebate for resolvability measures and the reduction for the use of higher-quality capital instruments is floored at 10% and 3.75% for the RWA- and LRD-based requirements, respectively. This means that the combined reduction may not exceed 4.3 percentage points for the RWA-based requirement of 14.3% and 1.25 percentage points for the LRD-based requirement of 5.0%.    6 Based on the actions we completed up to December 2021 to improve resolvability, FINMA granted an increase in the rebate on the gone concern requirement from 55.0% to 65.0% of the maximum rebate, effective 1 July 2022, with an effective maximum rebate of 1.25 percentage points for the LRD-based requirements and – given the risk density of 35% underlying the regulatory requirements – an effective maximum rebate of 3.56 percentage points for the RWA-based requirements.

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Semi-annual | The CCyB1 table below provides details of the underlying exposures and risk-weighted assets (RWA) used in the computation of the countercyclical capital buffer (CCyB) requirement applicable to UBS Group AG consolidated. In the second half of 2022, the CCyB for Sweden and the CCyB for the UK were each set at a level of 1.00%, effective from 29 September 2022 and 13 December 2022, respectively, on risk-weighted positions that are related to private sector exposures. This increased our bank-specific countercyclical capital buffer rate to 7 basis points as per 31 December 2022.

    Refer to the “Risk management and control” section of our Annual Report 2022, available under ”Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors, for further information about the methodology of geographical allocation used

 

CCyB1: Geographical distribution of credit exposures used in the countercyclical capital buffer

USD m, except where indicated

31.12.22

Geographical breakdown

Countercyclical capital buffer rate, %

Exposure values and / or risk-weighted assets used in the computation of the countercyclical capital buffer

Bank-specific countercyclical capital buffer rate, %

Countercyclical amount

Exposure values1

Risk-weighted assets

Hong Kong SAR

 1.00 

 6,423 

 2,135 

 

 

Luxembourg

 0.50 

 18,240 

 4,745 

 

 

Sweden

 1.00 

 1,417 

 320 

 

 

United Kingdom

 1.00 

 36,400 

 10,187 

 

 

Sum

 

 62,480 

 17,388 

 

 

Total

 

 632,724 

 207,040 

 0.07 

 232 

1 Includes private sector exposures in the countries that are Basel Committee on Banking Supervision member jurisdictions under categories “Credit risk,” “Counterparty credit risk,” “Equity positions in the banking book,” “Settlement risk,” “Securitization exposures in the banking book” and “Amounts below thresholds for deduction,” as well as the corresponding trading book charges included under “Market Risk.”

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Semi-annual | The CC2 table below provides a reconciliation of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) balance sheet to the balance sheet according to the regulatory scope of consolidation as defined by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the BCBS) and FINMA. Lines in the balance sheet under the regulatory scope of consolidation are expanded and referenced where relevant to display all components that are used in the “CC1: Composition of regulatory capital” table.

    Refer to “LIA: Explanation of the differences between the IFRS and regulatory scopes of consolidation” in the “Linkage between financial statements and regulatory exposures” section of this report for more information about the most significant entities consolidated under IFRS but not included in the regulatory scope of consolidation

 

CC2: Reconciliation of accounting balance sheet to balance sheet under the regulatory scope of consolidation

As of 31.12.22

Balance sheet in

accordance with

IFRS scope

of consolidation

Effect of deconsolidated or proportionally consolidated entities for regulatory consolidation

Effect of additional consolidated entities for regulatory consolidation

Balance sheet in accordance with regulatory scope of consolidation

References1

USD m

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and balances at central banks

 169,445 

 0 

 

 169,445 

 

Loans and advances to banks

 14,792 

 (89) 

 

 14,703 

 

Receivables from securities financing transactions

 67,814 

 (25) 

 

 67,789 

 

Cash collateral receivables on derivative instruments

 35,032 

 

 

 35,032 

 

Loans and advances to customers

 387,220 

 43 

 

 387,264 

 

Other financial assets measured at amortized cost

 53,264 

 (100) 

 

 53,164 

 

Total financial assets measured at amortized cost

 727,568 

 (171) 

 

 727,397 

 

Financial assets at fair value held for trading

 107,866 

 13 

 

 107,879 

 

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

 36,742 

 

 

 36,742 

 

Derivative financial instruments

 150,108 

 18 

 

 150,126 

 

Brokerage receivables

 17,576 

 

 

 17,576 

 

Financial assets at fair value not held for trading

 59,796 

 (13,076) 

 

 46,720 

 

Total financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss

 335,347 

 (13,045) 

 

 322,301 

 

Financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income

 2,239 

 (40) 

 

 2,199 

 

Investments in associates

 1,101 

 48 

 

 1,149 

 

of which: goodwill

 24 

 

 

 24 

 4 

Property, equipment and software

 12,288 

 (47) 

 

 12,242 

 

Goodwill and intangible assets

 6,267 

 (67) 

 

 6,200 

 

of which: goodwill

 6,043 

 

 

 6,043 

 4 

of which: intangible assets

 224 

 (67) 

 

 157 

 5 

Deferred tax assets

 9,389 

 (14) 

 

 9,375 

 

of which: deferred tax assets recognized for tax loss carry-forwards

 3,988 

 (6) 

 

 3,983 

 6 

of which: deferred tax assets on temporary differences                

 5,400 

 (8) 

 

 5,392 

 10 

Other non-financial assets

 10,166 

 (7) 

 

 10,159 

 

of which: net defined benefit pension and other post-employment assets

 355 

 

 

 355 

 8 

Total assets

 1,104,364 

 (13,342) 

 

 1,091,022 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CC2: Reconciliation of accounting balance sheet to balance sheet under the regulatory scope of consolidation (continued)

As of 31.12.22

Balance sheet in

accordance with

IFRS scope

of consolidation

Effect of deconsolidated or proportionally consolidated entities for regulatory consolidation

Effect of additional consolidated entities for regulatory consolidation

Balance sheet in accordance with regulatory scope of consolidation

References1

USD m

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts due to banks

 11,596 

 

 

 11,596 

 

Payables from securities financing transactions

 4,202 

 

 

 4,202 

 

Cash collateral payables on derivative instruments

 36,436 

 

 

 36,436 

 

Customer deposits

 525,051 

 23 

 

 525,075 

 

Debt issued measured at amortized cost

 114,621 

 0 

 

 114,621 

 

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

 9,882 

 

 

 9,882 

 9 

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

 1,189 

 

 

 1,189 

 9 

of which: amount eligible for low-trigger loss-absorbing tier 2 capital

 2,422 

 

 

 2,422 

 11 

Other financial liabilities measured at amortized cost

 9,575 

 (7) 

 

 9,568 

 

Total financial liabilities measured at amortized cost

 701,481 

 16 

 

 701,497 

 

Financial liabilities at fair value held for trading

 29,515 

 

 

 29,515 

 

Derivative financial instruments

 154,906 

 11 

 

 154,918 

 

Brokerage payables designated at fair value

 45,085 

 

 

 45,085 

 

Debt issued designated at fair value

 73,638 

 13 

 

 73,650 

 

Other financial liabilities designated at fair value

 30,237 

 (13,221) 

 

 17,017 

 

Total financial liabilities measured at fair value through profit or loss

 333,381 

 (13,197) 

 

 320,185 

 

Provisions

 3,243 

 (1) 

 

 3,241 

 

Other non-financial liabilities

 9,040 

 (27) 

 

 9,014 

 

of which: amount eligible for high-trigger loss-absorbing capital (Deferred Contingent Capital Plan (DCCP))2

 1,376 

 

 

 1,376 

 9 

of which: deferred tax liabilities related to goodwill

 309 

 

 

 309 

 4 

of which: deferred tax liabilities related to other intangible assets

 8 

 

 

 8 

 5 

Total liabilities

 1,047,146 

 (13,209) 

 

 1,033,937 

 

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

Share capital

 304 

 

 

 304 

 1 

Share premium

 13,546 

 

 

 13,546 

 1 

Treasury shares

 (6,874) 

 

 

 (6,874) 

 3 

Retained earnings

 50,004 

 (6) 

 

 49,998 

 2 

Other comprehensive income recognized directly in equity, net of tax

 (103) 

 9 

 

 (94) 

 3 

of which: unrealized gains / (losses) from cash flow hedges

 (4,234) 

 

 

 (4,234) 

 7 

Equity attributable to shareholders

 56,876 

 3 

 

 56,880 

 

Equity attributable to non-controlling interests

 342 

 (137) 

 

 205 

 

Total equity

 57,218 

 (134) 

 

 57,085 

 

Total liabilities and equity

 1,104,364 

 (13,342) 

 

 1,091,022 

 

1 References link the lines of this table to the respective reference numbers provided in the “References” column in the “CC1: Composition of regulatory capital” table in this section.    2 The IFRS carrying amount of total DCCP liabilities was USD 1,614m as of 31 December 2022. Refer to the “Compensation” section of our Annual Report 2022, available under ”Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors, for more information about the DCCP.

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Semi-annual | The CC1 table below provides the composition of capital in the format prescribed by the BCBS and FINMA, and is based on BCBS Basel III rules, unless stated otherwise. Reference is made to items reconciling to the balance sheet under the regulatory scope of consolidation as disclosed in the “CC2: Reconciliation of accounting balance sheet to balance sheet under the regulatory scope of consolidation” table in this section.

    Refer to the documents titled “Capital and total loss-absorbing capacity instruments of UBS Group AG consolidated and UBS AG consolidated and standalone – key features” and “UBS Group AG consolidated capital instruments and TLAC-eligible senior unsecured debt,” available under “Bondholder information” at ubs.com/investors,  for an overview of the main features of our regulatory capital instruments, as well as the full terms and conditions

 

CC1: Composition of regulatory capital

As of 31.12.22

Amounts

References1

USD m, except where indicated

 

 

 

Common Equity Tier 1 capital: instruments and reserves

 

 

1

Directly issued qualifying common share (and equivalent for non-joint stock companies) capital plus related stock surplus

 13,850 

 1 

2

Retained earnings

 49,998 

 2 

3

Accumulated other comprehensive income (and other reserves)

 (6,968) 

 3 

5

Common share capital issued by subsidiaries and held by third parties (amount allowed in group CET1)

 

 

6

Common Equity Tier 1 capital before regulatory adjustments

 56,880 

 

 

Common Equity Tier 1 capital: regulatory adjustments

 

 

7

Prudent valuation adjustments

 (201) 

 

8

Goodwill (net of related tax liability)

 (5,754) 

 4 

9

Other intangibles other than mortgage servicing rights (net of related tax liability)

 (150) 

 5 

10

Deferred tax assets that rely on future profitability, excluding those arising from temporary differences (net of related tax liability)2

 (4,077) 

 6 

11

Cash flow hedge reserve

 4,234 

 7 

12

Shortfall of provisions to expected losses

 (471) 

 

13

Securitization gain on sale

 

 

14

Gains and losses due to changes in own credit risk on fair valued liabilities

 (627) 

 

15

Defined benefit pension fund net assets

 (311) 

 8 

16

Investments in own shares (if not already subtracted from paid-in capital on reported balance sheet)

 (1,552) 

 9 

17

Reciprocal cross-holdings in common equity

 

 

17a

Qualified holdings where a significant influence is exercised with other owners (CET1 instruments)

 

 

17b

Immaterial investments (CET1 items)

 

 

18

Investments in the capital of banking, financial and insurance entities that are outside the scope of regulatory consolidation, where the bank does not own more than 10% of the issued share capital (amount above 10% threshold)

 

 

19

Significant investments in the common stock of banking, financial and insurance entities that are outside the scope of regulatory consolidation (amount above 10% threshold)

 

 

20

Mortgage servicing rights (amount above 10% threshold)

 

 

21

Deferred tax assets arising from temporary differences (amount above 10% threshold, net of related tax liability)

 (64) 

 10 

22

Amount exceeding the 15% threshold

 

 

23

Of which: significant investments in the common stock of financials

 

 

24

Of which: mortgage servicing rights

 

 

25

Of which: deferred tax assets arising from temporary differences

 

 

26

Expected losses on equity investment under the PD / LGD approach

 

 

26a

Further adjustments to financial statements in accordance with a recognized international accounting standard

 

 

26b

Other adjustments

 (2,450)3

 

27

Regulatory adjustments applied to Common Equity Tier 1 due to insufficient Additional Tier 1 and Tier 2 to cover deductions

 

 

28

Total regulatory adjustments to Common Equity Tier 1

 (11,423) 

 

29

Common Equity Tier 1 capital (CET1)

 45,457 

 

 

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CC1: Composition of regulatory capital (continued)

As of 31.12.22

Amounts

References1

USD m, except where indicated

 

 

 

Additional Tier 1 capital: instruments

 

 

30

Directly issued qualifying additional Tier 1 instruments plus related stock surplus

 12,864 

 

31

Of which: classified as equity under applicable accounting standards

 

 

32

Of which: classified as liabilities under applicable accounting standards

 12,864 

 

34

Additional Tier 1 instruments (and CET1 instruments not included in row 5) issued by subsidiaries and held by third parties (amount allowed in group AT1)

 

 

36

Additional Tier 1 capital before regulatory adjustments

 12,864 

 

 

Additional Tier 1 capital: regulatory adjustments

 

 

37

Investments in own additional Tier 1 instruments4

 

 

38

Reciprocal cross-holdings in additional Tier 1 instruments

 

 

38a

Qualified holdings where a significant influence is exercised with other owners (AT1 instruments)

 

 

38b

Immaterial investments (AT1 instruments)

 

 

39

Investments in the capital of banking, financial and insurance entities that are outside the scope of regulatory consolidation, where the bank does not own more than 10% of the issued common share capital of the entity (amount above 10% threshold)

 

 

40

Significant investments in the capital of banking, financial and insurance entities that are outside the scope of regulatory consolidation

 

 

41

Other adjustments

 

 

42

Regulatory adjustments applied to additional Tier 1 due to insufficient Tier 2 to cover deductions

 

 

42a

Regulatory adjustments applied to CET1 capital due to insufficient additional Tier 1 to cover deductions

 

 

43

Total regulatory adjustments to additional Tier 1 capital

 

 

44

Additional Tier 1 capital (AT1)

 12,864 

 9 

45

Tier 1 capital (T1 = CET1 + AT1)

 58,321 

 

 

Tier 2 capital: instruments and provisions

 

 

46

Directly issued qualifying Tier 2 instruments plus related stock surplus

 4845

 11 

48

Tier 2 instruments (and CET1 and AT1 instruments not included in rows 5 or 34) issued by subsidiaries and held by third parties (amount allowed in group Tier 2)

 

 

50

Provisions

 

 

51

Tier 2 capital before regulatory adjustments

 484 

 

 

Tier 2 capital: regulatory adjustments

 

 

52

Investments in own Tier 2 instruments4

 

 11 

53

Reciprocal cross-holdings in Tier 2 instruments and other TLAC liabilities

 

 

53a

Qualified holdings where a significant influence is exercised with other owners (T2 instruments and other TLAC instruments)

 

 

53b

Immaterial investments (T2 instruments and other TLAC instruments)

 

 

54

Investments in the capital and other TLAC liabilities of banking, financial and insurance entities that are outside the scope of regulatory consolidation, where the bank does not own more than 10% of the issued common share capital of the entity (amount above 10% threshold)

 

 

55

Significant investments in the capital and other TLAC liabilities of banking, financial and insurance entities that are outside the scope of regulatory consolidation (net of eligible short positions)

 

 

56

Other adjustments

 

 

56a

Excess of the adjustments, which are allocated to the AT1 capital

 

 

57

Total regulatory adjustments to Tier 2 capital

 

 

58

Tier 2 capital (T2)

 484 

 

59

Total regulatory capital (TC = T1 + T2)

 58,806 

 

60

Total risk-weighted assets

 319,585 

 

 

Capital ratios and buffers

 

 

61

Common Equity Tier 1 (as a percentage of risk-weighted assets)

 14.22 

 

62

Tier 1 (as a percentage of risk-weighted assets)

 18.25 

 

63

Total capital (as a percentage of risk-weighted assets)

 18.40 

 

64

Institution-specific buffer requirement (capital conservation buffer plus countercyclical buffer requirements plus higher loss absorbency requirement, expressed as a percentage of risk-weighted assets)6

 3.57 

 

65

Of which: capital conservation buffer requirement

 2.50 

 

66

Of which: bank-specific countercyclical buffer requirement

 0.07 

 

67

Of which: higher loss absorbency requirement 

 1.00 

 

68

Common Equity Tier 1 (as a percentage of risk-weighted assets) available after meeting the bank’s minimum capital requirements

 9.72 

 

 

Amounts below the thresholds for deduction (before risk weighting)

 

 

72

Non-significant investments in the capital and other TLAC liabilities of other financial entities

 2,214 

 

73

Significant investments in the common stock of financial entities

 1,112 

 

74

Mortgage servicing rights (net of related tax liability)

 

 

75

Deferred tax assets arising from temporary differences (net of related tax liability)

 4,552 

 

 

Applicable caps on the inclusion of provisions in Tier 2

 

 

76

Provisions eligible for inclusion in Tier 2 in respect of exposures subject to standardized approach (prior to application of cap)

 

 

77

Cap on inclusion of provisions in Tier 2 under standardized approach

 

 

78

Provisions eligible for inclusion in Tier 2 in respect of exposures subject to internal ratings-based approach (prior to application of cap)

 

 

79

Cap for inclusion of provisions in Tier 2 under internal ratings-based approach

 

 

1 References link the lines of this table to the respective reference numbers provided in the “References” column in the “CC2: Reconciliation of accounting balance sheet to balance sheet under the regulatory scope of consolidation” table in this section.    2 IFRS netting for deferred tax assets and liabilities is reversed for items deducted from CET1 capital.    3 Includes USD 767m in compensation-related charge for regulatory capital purposes.    4 Under IFRS, debt issued and subsequently repurchased is treated as extinguished.    5 Consists of instruments with an IFRS carrying amount of USD 2.4bn less amortization of instruments where remaining maturity is between one and five years, own instruments held and 45% of the gross unrealized gains on debt instruments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income, which are measured at the lower of cost or market value for regulatory capital purposes.    6 BCBS requirements are exceeded by our Swiss SRB requirements. Refer to the “Capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet“ section of our Annual Report 2022, available under ”Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors, for more information about the Swiss SRB requirements.

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Prudent valuation adjustments

Annual | The PV1 table below provides a breakdown of prudent valuation adjustments to common equity tier 1 capital. These adjustments are incremental to those made under IFRS, which include adjustments for liquidity and model uncertainty, as well as credit, funding and debit valuation adjustments.

Instruments that are measured as part of a portfolio of combined long and short positions are valued at mid-market levels in an effort to ensure consistent valuation of the long and short component risks. A liquidity valuation adjustment is then made to the overall net long or short exposure to move the fair value to bid or offer, as appropriate, reflecting current market liquidity levels.

Uncertainties associated with the use of model-based valuations are incorporated into the measurement of fair value through the use of model reserves. These reserves reflect the amounts that the Group estimates should be deducted from valuations produced directly by models to incorporate uncertainties in the relevant modeling assumptions, in the model and market inputs used, or in the calibration of the model output to adjust for known model deficiencies.

In an effort to ensure compliance with the prudent valuation requirements, UBS has established systems, controls and governance around the valuation of positions measured at fair value.

As of 31 December 2022, the prudent valuation adjustment had increased by USD 34m to USD 201m compared with the prior year. This was primarily driven by reduced market liquidity, new positions and a longer closeout period used in credit valuation adjustment closeout calculations that are reported under Unearned credit spreads

    Refer to “Note 20 Fair value measurement” of our Annual Report 2022 for more information about the valuation adjustments in the financial accounts and related governance

 

PV1: Prudent valuation adjustments (PVA)

As of 31.12.22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USD m

Equity

Interest rates

FX

Credit

Commodities

Total

Of which: In the trading book

Of which: In the banking book

1

Closeout uncertainty, of which:

(17)

(77)

0

(64)

0

(158)

(34)

(123)

2

Mid-market value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Closeout cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Concentration

(17)

(77)

0

(64)

0

(158)

(34)

(123)

5

Early termination

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Model risk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Operational risk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

Investing and funding costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Unearned credit spreads

0

0

0

(43)

0

(43)

(43)

0

10

Future administrative costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

Total adjustment

(17)

(77)

0

(107)

0

(201)

(77)

(123)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of 31.12.21

1

Closeout uncertainty, of which:

(18)

(91)

0

(34)

0

(143)

(28)

(114)

2

Mid-market value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Closeout cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Concentration

(18)

(91)

0

(34)

0

(143)

(28)

(114)

5

Early termination

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Model risk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Operational risk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

Investing and funding costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Unearned credit spreads

0

0

0

(25)

0

(25)

(25)

0

10

Future administrative costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

Total adjustment1

(18)

(91)

0

(58)

0

(167)

(53)

(114)

1 Valuation adjustments recognized already under the financial accounting standards are USD 918m as of 31 December 2022 (31 December 2021: USD 1,004m), of which valuation adjustments account for USD 311m (31 December 2021: USD 341m) of liquidity and for USD 529m (31 December 2021: USD 571m) of model uncertainty. Further details are provided in “Note 20 Fair Value measurement” in the “Consolidated financial statements” section of our Annual Report 2022.

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Section 13 Total loss-absorbing capacity

Resolution group – composition of total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC)

Semi-annual | The TLAC1 table below is based  on Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) rules, and only applicable to UBS Group AG as the ultimate parent entity of the defined UBS resolution group, to which, in case of resolution, resolution tools (e.g., a bail-in) are expected to be applied.

In the second half of 2022, our eligible additional tier 1 (AT1) instruments  decreased by USD 2.2bn, mainly driven by our announcement on 5 December 2022 that we intended to redeem an AT1 capital instrument on 31 January 2023, the first call date (ISIN CH0400441280, with a nominal amount of USD 2.0bn, issued on 31 January 2018). This instrument ceased to be eligible as AT1 capital when the call was announced in December 2022.

Non-regulatory capital instruments increased by USD 0.7bn to USD 44.6bn as of 31 December 2022, mainly due to eight new issuances of TLAC-eligible senior unsecured debt denominated in US dollars, euro and yen amounting to USD 5.3bn equivalent, partly offset by two calls of TLAC-eligible unsecured debt denominated in US dollars amounting to USD 3.3bn and interest rate risk hedge, foreign currency translation and other effects

 

TLAC1: composition for G-SIBs (at resolution group level)

 

 

 

 

31.12.22

30.6.22

31.12.21

USD m, except where indicated

 

 

 

 

 

Regulatory capital elements of TLAC and adjustments

 

 

 

 

1

Common Equity Tier 1 capital (CET1)

 

 45,457 

 44,798 

 45,281 

2

Additional Tier 1 capital (AT1) before TLAC adjustments 

 

 12,864 

 15,108 

 15,207 

3

AT1 ineligible as TLAC as issued out of subsidiaries to third parties

 

 

 

 

4

Other adjustments 

 

 

 

 

5

Total AT1 instruments eligible under the TLAC framework 

 

 12,864 

 15,108 

 15,207 

6

Tier 2 capital (T2) before TLAC adjustments 

 

 484 

 494 

 1,440 

7

Amortized portion of T2 instruments where remaining maturity > 1 year 

 

 1,938 

 1,977 

 1,735 

8

T2 capital ineligible as TLAC as issued out of subsidiaries to third parties

 

 

 

 

9

Other adjustments 

 

 

 

 

10

Total T2 instruments eligible under the TLAC framework 

 

 2,422 

 2,471 

 3,174 

11

TLAC arising from regulatory capital 

 

 60,743 

 62,378 

 63,662 

 

Non-regulatory capital elements of TLAC 

 

 

 

 

12

External TLAC instruments issued directly by the bank and subordinated to excluded liabilities

 

 

 

 

13

External TLAC instruments issued directly by the bank which are not subordinated to excluded liabilities but meet all other TLAC term sheet requirements

 

 44,033 

 43,333 

 41,120 

14

of which: amount eligible as TLAC after application of the caps

 

 

 

 

15

External TLAC instruments issued by funding vehicles prior to 1 January 2022

 

 536 

 538 

 

16

Eligible ex ante commitments to recapitalize a G-SIB in resolution

 

 

 

 

17

TLAC arising from non-regulatory capital instruments before adjustments

 

 44,569 

 43,870 

 41,120 

 

Non-regulatory capital elements of TLAC: adjustments

 

 

 

 

18

TLAC before deductions

 

 105,312 

 106,249 

 104,783 

19

Deductions of exposures between multiple-point-of-entry (MPE) resolution groups that correspond to items eligible for TLAC (not applicable to SPE G-SIBs)

 

 

 

 

20

Deduction of investments in own other TLAC liabilities

 

 

 

 

21

Other adjustments to TLAC 

 

 

 

 

22

TLAC after deductions

 

 105,312 

 106,249 

 104,783 

 

Risk-weighted assets and leverage exposure measure for TLAC purposes

 

 

 

 

23

Total risk-weighted assets adjusted as permitted under the TLAC regime

 

 319,585 

 315,685 

 302,209 

24

Leverage exposure measure

 

 1,028,461 

 1,025,422 

 1,068,862 

 

TLAC ratios and buffers

 

 

 

 

25

TLAC (as a percentage of risk-weighted assets adjusted as permitted under the TLAC regime)

 

 32.95 

 33.66 

 34.67 

26

TLAC (as a percentage of leverage exposure)

 

 10.24 

 10.36 

 9.80 

27

CET1 (as a percentage of risk-weighted assets) available after meeting the resolution group’s minimum capital and TLAC requirements

 

 9.72 

 9.69 

 10.48 

28

Institution-specific buffer requirement (capital conservation buffer plus countercyclical buffer requirements plus higher loss absorbency requirement, expressed as a percentage of risk-weighted assets)

 

 3.57 

 3.52 

 3.52 

29

of which: capital conservation buffer requirement

 

 2.50 

 2.50 

 2.50 

30

of which: bank-specific countercyclical buffer requirement

 

 0.07 

 0.02 

 0.02 

31

of which: higher loss absorbency requirement 

 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

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Resolution entity – creditor ranking at legal entity level

Semi-annual | The TLAC3 table below provides an overview of the creditor ranking structure of the resolution entity, UBS Group AG, on a standalone basis.

UBS Group AG issues loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital instruments and TLAC-eligible senior unsecured debt.

UBS Group AG grants Deferred Contingent Capital Plan awards to UBS Group employees, which qualify as Basel III AT1 capital on a UBS Group consolidated basis and totaled USD 1,794m as of 31 December 2022 (30 June 2022: USD 1,814m). The related liabilities of UBS Group AG on a standalone basis of USD 1,365m (30 June 2022: USD 1,301m) are not included in the table below, as these do not give rise to any current claims until the awards are legally vested

As of 31 December 2022, the TLAC available on a UBS Group AG consolidated basis amounted to USD 105,312m (30 June 2022: USD 106,249m)

    Refer to “Holding company and significant regulated subsidiaries and sub-groups” at ubs.com/investors  for more information about UBS Group AG standalone for the year ended 31 December 2022

    Refer to “Bondholder information” at ubs.com/investors  for more information

    Refer to the “TLAC1: TLAC composition for G-SIBs (at resolution group level)” table in this section for more information about TLAC for UBS Group AG consolidated

 

 

TLAC3: creditor ranking at legal entity level for the resolution entity, UBS Group AG

 

As of 31.12.22

 

Creditor ranking

 

Total

USD m

 

1

2

3

 

 

1

Description of creditor ranking

 

Common shares

(most junior)2

Additional Tier 1

Bail-in debt and pari passu liabilities (most senior)

 

 

2

Total capital and liabilities net of credit risk mitigation1

 

 38,093 

 14,353 

 52,577 

 

 105,023 

3

Subset of row 2 that are excluded liabilities 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Total capital and liabilities less excluded liabilities (row 2 minus row 3)

 

 38,093 

 14,3533,4

 52,5775,6

 

 105,023 

5

Subset of row 4 that are potentially eligible as TLAC 

 

 38,093 

 11,968 

 49,476 

 

 99,537 

6

Subset of row 5 with 1 year ≤ residual maturity < 2 years

 

 

 

 4,864 

 

 4,864 

7

Subset of row 5 with 2 years ≤ residual maturity < 5 years

 

 

 

 22,522 

 

 22,522 

8

Subset of row 5 with 5 years ≤ residual maturity < 10 years

 

 

 

 13,340 

 

 13,340 

9

Subset of row 5 with residual maturity ≥ 10 years, but excluding perpetual securities

 

 

 

 8,749 

 

 8,749 

10

Subset of row 5 that is perpetual securities

 

 38,093 

 11,968 

 

 

 50,061 

1 No credit risk mitigation is applied to capital and liabilities for UBS Group AG standalone.    2 Common shares including the associated reserves are equal to equity attributable to shareholders as disclosed in the UBS Group AG standalone financial statements as of 31 December 2022, which were prepared in accordance with the principles of the Swiss Law on Accounting and Financial Reporting (32nd title of the Swiss Code of Obligations).    3 Includes interest expense accrued on AT1 capital instruments, which is not eligible as TLAC.    4 Includes an AT1 instrument in the amount of USD 2bn, the call of which was announced on 5 December 2022 (call date 31 January 2023).    5 Includes interest expense accrued on bail-in debt, interest-bearing liabilities that consist of loans from UBS AG and UBS Switzerland AG, negative replacement values, and tax and other liabilities that are not excluded liabilities under Swiss law and that rank pari-passu to bail-in debt.    6 Bail-in debt of USD 4.5bn was redeemed and bail-in debt of USD 5.4bn was issued during the six months ended 31 December 2022.

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Section 14  Leverage ratio

Basel III leverage ratio

Quarterly | The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the BCBS) leverage ratio, as summarized in the “KM1: Key metrics“ table in section 2 of this report, is calculated by dividing the period-end tier 1 capital by the period-end leverage ratio denominator (the LRD).

The LRD consists of on-balance sheet assets and off-balance sheet items based on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Derivative exposures are adjusted for a number of items, including replacement values and eligible cash variation margin netting, the current exposure method add-on for potential future exposure and net notional amounts for written credit derivatives. The LRD also includes an additional charge for counterparty credit risk related to securities financing transactions (SFTs).

The table below shows the difference between total IFRS assets per IFRS consolidation scope and the BCBS total on-balance sheet exposures. Those exposures are the starting point for calculating the BCBS LRD, as shown in the LR2 table in this section. The difference is due to the application of the regulatory scope of consolidation for the purpose of the BCBS calculation. In addition, carrying amounts for derivative financial instruments and SFTs are deducted from IFRS total assets. They are measured differently under BCBS leverage ratio rules and are therefore added back in separate exposure line items in the LR2 table.

 

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Difference between the Swiss SRB and BCBS leverage ratio

The LRD is the same under Swiss systemically relevant bank (SRB) and BCBS rules. However, there is a difference in the capital numerator between the two frameworks. Under BCBS rules, only common equity tier 1 and additional tier 1 capital are included in the numerator. Under Swiss SRB rules UBS is required to meet going and gone concern leverage ratio requirements. Therefore, depending on the requirement, the numerator  includes tier 1 capital instruments, tier 2 capital instruments and / or total loss-absorbing capacity-eligible senior unsecured debt.

 

Reconciliation of IFRS total assets to BCBS Basel III total on-balance sheet exposures excluding derivatives and securities financing transactions

USD m

31.12.22

30.9.22

31.12.21

On-balance sheet exposures

 

 

 

IFRS total assets

 1,104,364 

 1,111,753 

 1,117,182 

Adjustment for investments in banking, financial, insurance or commercial entities that are consolidated for accounting purposes but outside the scope of regulatory consolidation

 (13,342) 

 (12,436) 

 (21,618) 

Adjustment for investments in banking, financial, insurance or commercial entities that are outside the scope of consolidation for accounting purposes but consolidated for regulatory purposes

 

 

 

Adjustment for fiduciary assets recognized on the balance sheet pursuant to the operative accounting framework but excluded from the leverage ratio exposure measure

 

 

 

Less carrying amount of derivative financial instruments in IFRS total assets1

 (185,159) 

 (243,429) 

 (148,669) 

Less carrying amount of securities financing transactions in IFRS total assets2

 (89,882) 

 (96,087) 

 (99,484) 

Adjustments to accounting values

 

 

 

On-balance sheet items excluding derivatives and securities financing transactions, but including collateral

 815,981 

 759,801 

 847,412 

Asset amounts deducted in determining BCBS Basel III tier 1 capital

 (10,826) 

 (11,052) 

 (11,452) 

Total on-balance sheet exposures (excluding derivatives and securities financing transactions)

 805,155 

 748,749 

 835,959 

1 The exposures consist of derivative financial instruments and cash collateral receivables on derivative instruments, all of which are in accordance with the regulatory scope of consolidation.    2 The exposures consist of receivables from SFTs, margin loans, prime brokerage receivables and financial assets at fair value not held for trading, both related to SFTs, all of which are in accordance with the regulatory scope of consolidation.

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Quarterly | During the fourth quarter of 2022, the LRD increased by USD 38.7bn to USD 1,028.5bn, including currency effects of USD 38.5bn. On-balance sheet exposures (excluding derivatives and SFTs) increased by USD 56.4bn, mainly driven by higher trading portfolio assets in the Investment Bank, increases in lending  assets in Personal & Corporate Banking and Global Wealth Management, and purchases of high-quality liquid asset securities. Derivatives decreased by USD 14.9bn, mainly in the Investment Bank, primarily reflecting roll-offs of foreign exchange and equity / index contracts, as well as market-driven movements.

Securities financing transactions decreased by USD 5.6bn, mainly driven by a reduction in collateral sourcing for hedging client positions and lower brokerage receivables in the Investment Bank, partly offset by higher excess cash reinvestment trades in Group Treasury. Off-balance sheet items increased by USD 2.8bn, mainly due to higher unutilized credit lines in Global Wealth Management and Personal & Corporate Banking.

    Refer to “Leverage ratio denominator” in the “Capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet” section of our Annual Report 2022, available under “Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors, for more information

 

 

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LR2: BCBS Basel III leverage ratio common disclosure

USD m, except where indicated

31.12.22

30.9.22

31.12.21

 

 

 

 

 

 

On-balance sheet exposures

 

 

 

1

On-balance sheet items excluding derivatives and SFTs, but including collateral

 815,981 

 759,801 

 847,412 

2

(Asset amounts deducted in determining Basel III Tier 1 capital)

 (10,826) 

 (11,052) 

 (11,452) 

3

Total on-balance sheet exposures (excluding derivatives and SFTs)

 805,155 

 748,749 

 835,959 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative exposures

 

 

 

4

Replacement cost associated with all derivatives transactions (i.e., net of eligible cash variation margin)

 52,184 

 75,257 

 45,332 

5

Add-on amounts for PFE associated with all derivatives transactions

 72,077 

 72,334 

 78,959 

6

Gross-up for derivatives collateral provided where deducted from the balance sheet assets pursuant to the operative accounting framework

 

 

 

7

(Deductions of receivables assets for cash variation margin provided in derivatives transactions)

 (22,067) 

 (29,424) 

 (18,984) 

8

(Exempted QCCP leg of client-cleared trade exposures)

 (12,413) 

 (13,535) 

 (14,987) 

9

Adjusted effective notional amount of all written credit derivatives1

 41,188 

 50,857 

 44,243 

10

(Adjusted effective notional offsets and add-on deductions for written credit derivatives)2

 (40,702) 

 (50,329) 

 (43,629) 

11

Total derivative exposures

 90,266 

 105,161 

 90,934 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities financing transaction exposures

 

 

 

12

Gross SFT assets (with no recognition of netting), after adjusting for sale accounting transactions

 177,828 

 157,654 

 200,921 

13

(Netted amounts of cash payables and cash receivables of gross SFT assets)

 (87,946) 

 (61,567) 

 (101,437) 

14

CCR exposure for SFT assets

 8,741 

 8,168 

 9,695 

15

Agent transaction exposures

 

 

 

16

Total securities financing transaction exposures

 98,623 

 104,255 

 109,179 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other off-balance sheet exposures

 

 

 

17

Off-balance sheet exposure at gross notional amount

 111,555 

 103,838 

 106,112 

18

(Adjustments for conversion to credit equivalent amounts)

 (77,139) 

 (72,216) 

 (73,322) 

19

Total off-balance sheet items

 34,416 

 31,622 

 32,790 

 

Total exposures (leverage ratio denominator)

 1,028,461 

 989,787 

 1,068,862 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital and total exposures (leverage ratio denominator)

 

 

 

20

Tier 1 capital

 58,321 

 59,359 

 60,488 

21

Total exposures (leverage ratio denominator)

 1,028,461 

 989,787 

 1,068,862 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leverage ratio

 

 

 

22

Basel III leverage ratio (%)

 5.7 

 6.0 

 5.7 

1 Includes protection sold, including agency transactions.    2 Protection sold can be offset with protection bought on the same underlying reference entity, provided that the conditions according to the Basel III leverage ratio framework and disclosure requirements are met.

 

LR1: BCBS Basel III leverage ratio summary comparison

USD m

31.12.22

30.9.22

31.12.21

1

Total consolidated assets as per published financial statements

 1,104,364 

 1,111,753 

 1,117,182 

2

Adjustment for investments in banking, financial, insurance or commercial entities that are consolidated for accounting purposes but outside the scope of regulatory consolidation1

 (24,169) 

 (23,488) 

 (33,070) 

3

Adjustment for fiduciary assets recognized on the balance sheet pursuant to the operative accounting framework but excluded from the leverage ratio exposure measure

 

 

 

4

Adjustments for derivative financial instruments

 (94,893) 

 (138,268) 

 (57,734) 

5

Adjustment for securities financing transactions (i.e., repos and similar secured lending)

 8,741 

 8,168 

 9,695 

6

Adjustment for off-balance sheet items (i.e., conversion to credit equivalent amounts of off-balance sheet exposures)

 34,416 

 31,622 

 32,790 

7

Other adjustments

 

 

 

8

Leverage ratio exposure (leverage ratio denominator)

 1,028,461 

 989,787 

 1,068,862 

1 Includes assets that are deducted from tier 1 capital.

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Section 15  Liquidity and funding

Liquidity coverage ratio

Quarterly | We monitor the liquidity coverage ratio (the LCR) in all significant currencies in order to manage any currency mismatch between high-quality liquid assets (HQLA) and the net expected cash outflows in times of stress.

 

Pillar 3 disclosure requirement

Annual Report 2022 section

Disclosure

Annual Report 2022 page number

Concentration of funding sources

Capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet

Balance sheet and off-balance sheet: Liabilities by product and currency

154

Concentration of funding sources

Capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet

Liquidity and funding management:
Funding management

148

Currency mismatch in the LCR

Capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet

Liquidity and funding management:
Liquidity coverage ratio

149

High-quality liquid assets

Quarterly | HQLA must be easily and immediately convertible into cash at little or no loss of value, especially during a period of stress. HQLA are assets that are of low risk and are unencumbered. Other characteristics of HQLA are ease and certainty of valuation, low correlation with  risky assets, listing of the assets on a developed and recognized exchange, existence of an active and sizable market for the assets, and low volatility. Our HQLA predominantly consist of assets that qualify as Level 1 in the LCR framework, including cash, central bank reserves and government bonds.

 

 

High-quality liquid assets (HQLA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average 4Q221

 

Average 3Q221

USD bn, except where indicated

 

Level 1

weighted

liquidity

value2

Level 2

weighted

liquidity

value2

Total

weighted

liquidity

value2

 

Level 1

weighted

liquidity

value2

Level 2

weighted

liquidity

value2

Total

weighted

liquidity

value2

Cash balances3

 

151.5

 

151.5

 

167.0

 

167.0

Securities (on- and off-balance sheet)

 

66.1

21.0

87.1

 

53.8

19.6

73.5

Total HQLA4

 

217.6

21.0

238.6

 

220.8

19.6

240.4

1 Calculated based on an average of 63 data points in the fourth quarter of 2022 and 66 data points in the third quarter of 2022.    2 Calculated after the application of haircuts and, where applicable, caps on Level 2 assets.    3 Includes cash and balances with central banks and other eligible balances as prescribed by FINMA.    4 Calculated in accordance with FINMA requirements.

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LCR development during the fourth quarter of 2022

Quarterly | In the fourth quarter of 2022, the quarterly average LCR of UBS Group increased 1.0 percentage point to 163.7%, remaining above the prudential requirement communicated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).

The movement in the average LCR was driven by a reduction in the average net cash outflows of USD 1.8bn to USD 146.0bn, mainly due to lower outflows from customer deposits, partially offset by lower inflows from loans. The effect of the reduction in the average net cash outflows was largely offset by a decrease in the average HQLA of USD 1.8bn to USD 238.6bn, mainly driven by lower average cash balances due to higher funding consumption from the business divisions.

 

 

LIQ1: Liquidity coverage ratio

 

 

 

Average 4Q221

 

Average 3Q221

USD bn, except where indicated

 

Unweighted value

Weighted value2

 

Unweighted value

Weighted value2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High-quality liquid assets (HQLA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Total HQLA

 

242.6

238.6

 

244.1

240.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash outflows

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Retail deposits and deposits from small business customers

 

270.1

30.3

 

277.0

31.3

3

of which: stable deposits

 

37.9

1.3

 

38.8

1.4

4

of which: less stable deposits

 

232.2

29.0

 

238.2

29.9

5

Unsecured wholesale funding

 

215.0

113.0

 

225.1

118.2

6

of which: operational deposits (all counterparties)

 

49.4

12.2

 

51.4

12.7

7

of which: non-operational deposits (all counterparties)

 

154.1

89.4

 

161.8

93.5

8

of which: unsecured debt

 

11.4

11.4

 

12.0

12.0

9

Secured wholesale funding

 

 

66.3

 

 

66.5

10

Additional requirements:

 

104.0

31.7

 

99.8

30.0

11

of which: outflows related to derivatives and other transactions

 

66.5

21.4

 

62.1

20.5

12

of which: outflows related to loss of funding on debt products3

 

0.1

0.1

 

0.1

0.1

13

of which: committed credit and liquidity facilities

 

37.5

10.2

 

37.6

9.4

14

Other contractual funding obligations

 

17.9

16.9

 

14.7

13.7

15

Other contingent funding obligations

 

195.8

4.0

 

199.7

4.0

16

Total cash outflows

 

 

262.1

 

 

263.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash inflows

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

Secured lending

 

213.7

66.6

 

208.1

67.1

18

Inflows from fully performing exposures

 

53.5

23.8

 

57.3

25.4

19

Other cash inflows

 

25.7

25.7

 

23.3

23.3

20

Total cash inflows

 

292.8

116.2

 

288.7

115.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average 4Q221

 

Average 3Q221

USD bn, except where indicated

 

 

Total adjusted value4

 

 

Total adjusted value4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquidity coverage ratio (LCR)

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

Total HQLA

 

 

238.6

 

 

240.4

22

Net cash outflows

 

 

146.0

 

 

147.8

23

LCR (%)

 

 

163.7

 

 

162.7

1 Calculated based on an average of 63 data points in the fourth quarter of 2022 and 66 data points in the third quarter of 2022.    2 Calculated after the application of haircuts and inflow and outflow rates.    3 Includes outflows related to loss of funding on asset-backed securities, covered bonds, other structured financing instruments, asset-backed commercial papers, structured entities (conduits), securities investment vehicles and other such financing facilities.    4 Calculated after the application of haircuts and inflow and outflow rates, as well as, where applicable, caps on Level 2 assets and cash inflows.

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Liquidity risk management

Annual | The table below presents an overview of risk management disclosures related to risks resulting from liquidity and funding activities that are provided separately in our Annual Report 2022, available under “Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors

 

LIQA: Liquidity risk management

Pillar 3 disclosure requirement

Annual Report 2022 section

Disclosure

Annual Report 2022 page number

 

Liquidity risk management, including risk tolerance and target / limit setting, monitoring and reporting, including policies and practices, as well as governance and governance structure

Capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet

     Liquidity and funding management: Strategy, objectives and governance

147

 

Funding risk strategy and management: objective, diversification of funding sources, limits and targets approach

Capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet

     Liquidity and funding management: Funding management and Strategy, objectives and governance

147–148

 

Liquidity risk management and strategy: objective, diversification of liquid assets, limits and targets approach

Capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet

     Liquidity and funding management: Liquidity and funding stress testing and Strategy, objectives and governance

147–148

 

Stress testing approach and stress scenario description

Capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet

     Liquidity and funding management: Liquidity and funding stress testing

147–148

 

Contingency funding plan

Capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet

     Liquidity and funding management: Contingency funding plan

148

 

Asset encumbrance (encumbered, unencumbered and assets that cannot be pledged as collateral);

unencumbered assets by currency

Capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet

     Balance sheet and off-balance sheet: Asset encumbrance

     Unencumbered assets available to secure funding on a Group and / or legal entity level by currency

151

151

 

Limitations on the transferability of liquidity

Capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet

     Liquidity and funding management / Liquidity coverage ratio: Trapped liquidity at Group level (High-quality liquid assets paragraph)

149

 

Maturity of assets and liabilities to provide a view on the balance sheet and off-balance sheet structure

UBS Group AG consolidated financial statements

     Note 23 Maturity analysis of assets and liabilities

334–336

 

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Net Stable Funding ratio

NSFR development during the fourth quarter of 2022

Semi-annual | As of 31 December 2022, the net stable funding ratio (the NSFR) of UBS Group decreased 0.6 percentage points to 119.8%, remaining above the prudential requirement communicated by FINMA.

The movement in the NSFR was driven by USD 25.0bn higher required stable funding, mainly due to an increase in trading assets and loans to customers, partially offset by lower derivative balances. Available stable funding increased by USD 27.5bn, predominantly due to increased customer deposits and debt securities issued.

    Refer to “Liquidity and funding management” in the “Capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet” section of

our Annual Report 2022, available under ”Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors, for more information

 

LIQ2: Net stable funding ratio (NSFR)

 

 

31.12.22

 

30.9.22

 

 

Unweighted value by residual maturity

 

 

 

Unweighted value by residual maturity

 

 

USD bn

No Maturity

< 6 months

6 months to < 1 year

≥ 1 year

 

Weighted Value

 

No Maturity

< 6 months

6 months to < 1 year

≥ 1 year

 

Weighted Value

Available Stable Funding (ASF) Item

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Capital:

56.9

 

 

13.1

 

69.9

 

55.8

 

 

13.4

 

69.2

2

Regulatory Capital

56.9

 

 

12.5

 

69.4

 

55.8

 

 

12.9

 

68.7

3

Other Capital Instruments

 

 

 

0.5

 

0.5

 

 

 

 

0.5

 

0.5

4

Retail deposits and deposits from small business customers:

 

294.6

7.4

10.3

 

284.0

 

 

289.2

0.5

1.7

 

264.4

5

Stable deposits

 

37.7

0.0

0.0

 

35.8

 

 

38.9

0.0

0.0

 

37.0

6

Less stable deposits

 

256.9

7.4

10.3

 

248.1

 

 

250.3

0.5

1.7

 

227.5

7

Wholesale Funding:

 

339.6

26.2

103.1

 

200.5

 

 

331.3

19.9

101.9

 

193.1

8

Operational Deposits

 

51.3

 

 

 

25.7

 

 

50.1

 

 

 

25.1

9

Other wholesale funding

 

288.3

26.2

103.1

 

174.8

 

 

281.2

19.9

101.9

 

168.0

10

Liabilities with matching interdependent assets

 

4.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.6

 

 

 

 

11

Other liabilities:

36.3

72.5

 

6.0

 

7.0

 

39.8

95.6

 

0.9

 

7.1

12

NSFR derivative liabilities

 

 5.0 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

All other liabilities and equity not included in the above categories

36.3

72.5

 

0.9

 

7.0

 

39.8

95.6

 

0.9

 

7.1

14

Total ASF

 

 

 

 

 

561.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

533.9

Required Stable Funding (RSF) Item

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

Total NSFR high-quality liquid assets (HQLA)

 

 

 

 

 

28.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

21.2

16

Deposits held at other financial institutions for operational purposes

 

9.2

 

 

 

4.9

 

 

9.1

 

 

 

4.9

17

Performing loans and securities:

43.5

167.5

26.4

312.6

 

351.8

 

31.5

176.3

28.0

296.3

 

330.9

18

Performing loans to financial institutions secured by Level 1 HQLA or Level 2a HQLA

 

33.1

0.1

0.3

 

7.1

 

 

32.0

0.3

0.4

 

6.1

19

Performing loans to financial institutions secured by Level 2b HQLA or non-HQLA and unsecured performing loans to financial institutions

 

61.3

5.0

38.5

 

53.0

 

 

74.2

6.7

31.1

 

49.0

20

Performing loans to non-financial corporate clients, loans to retail and small business customers, and loans to sovereigns, central banks and PSEs, of which:

 

59.5

14.5

110.0

 

127.9

 

 

55.4

13.8

111.6

 

128.6

21

With a risk weight of less than or equal to 35% under Basel II standardized approach for credit risk

 

4.9

0.2

2.4

 

2.4

 

 

0.8

0.1

2.3

 

2.3

22

Performing residential mortgages, of which:

 

9.7

5.4

153.0

 

114.9

 

 

9.9

6.0

143.0

 

108.4

23

With a risk weight of less than or equal to 35% under Basel II standardized approach for credit risk

 

8.6

5.2

136.3

 

99.8

 

 

8.9

5.7

127.3

 

94.3

24

Securities that are not in default and do not qualify as HQLA, including exchange-traded equities

43.5

3.9

1.3

10.8

 

49.0

 

31.5

4.7

1.3

10.3

 

38.8

25

Assets with matching interdependent liabilities

4.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.6

 

 

 

 

 

26

Other assets:

36.8

20.3

0.1

94.1

 

80.9

 

36.3

41.5

0.1

101.7

 

84.0

27

Physical traded commodities, including gold

0.5

 

 

 

 

0.4

 

0.5

 

 

 

 

0.4

28

Assets posted as initial margin for derivative contracts and contributions to default funds of CCPs

 

 24.8 1

 

21.1

 

 

 21.1 1

 

17.9

29

NSFR derivative assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 6.5 1

 

6.5

30

NSFR derivative liabilities before deduction of variation margin posted

 

 60.3 1

 

12.1

 

 

 66.2 1

 

13.2

31

All other assets not included in the above categories

36.3

20.3

0.1

9.0

 

47.3

 

35.8

41.5

0.1

8.0

 

46.0

32

Off-balance sheet items

 

20.5

6.6

33.0

 

2.6

 

 

23.1

6.5

28.4

 

2.5

33

Total RSF

 

 

 

 

 

468.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

443.5

34

Net Stable Funding Ratio (%)

 

 

 

 

 

119.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

120.4

1 The ≥ 1 year maturity bucket includes balances for which differentiation by maturity is not required.

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Section 16  Remuneration

Annual | Pillar 3 disclosures on remuneration are separately provided on pages 179–180 and pages 197–238 in our Annual Report 2022, available under “Annual reporting” at ubs.com/investors

 

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Section 17  Requirements for global systemically important banks and related indicators

Semi-annual | The Financial Stability Board (the FSB) has determined that UBS is a global systemically important bank (a G-SIB), using an indicator-based methodology adopted by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the BCBS). Banks that qualify as G-SIBs are required to disclose 12 indicators for assessing the systemic importance of G-SIBs as defined by the BCBS. These indicators are used for the G-SIB score calculation and cover five categories: size, cross-jurisdictional activity, interconnectedness, substitutability / financial institution infrastructure, and complexity.

Based on the published indicators, G-SIBs are subject to additional common equity tier 1 (CET1) capital buffer requirements in the range from 1.0% to 3.5%. In November 2022, the FSB confirmed that, based on the year-end 2021 indicators, the additional CET1 capital buffer requirement for UBS Group will remain at 1.0%. As our Swiss systemically relevant bank Basel III capital requirements exceed the BCBS requirements, including the G-SIB buffer, we are not affected by these additional G-SIB requirements.

The BCBS introduced a leverage ratio buffer for G-SIBs as a part of the finalization of the Basel III framework announced in December 2017. The leverage ratio buffer is set at 50% of risk-weighted higher-loss absorbency requirements. Implementation of the final Basel III framework in Switzerland is expected to enter into force on 1 January 2025. We do not expect these changes to increase our additional CET1 capital buffer requirement.

We provide our G-SIB indicators as of 31 December 2021 under “Pillar 3 disclosures” at ubs.com/investors. Our G-SIB indicators as of 31 December 2022 will be published in July 2023 under “Pillar 3 disclosures” at ubs.com/investors.

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Significant regulated subsidiaries and sub-groups

 

Section 1  Introduction

Scope of disclosures in this section

The sections below include capital and other regulatory information as of 31 December 2022 for UBS AG standalone, UBS Switzerland AG standalone, UBS Europe SE consolidated and UBS Americas Holding LLC consolidated. Capital information in the following sections is based on Pillar 1 capital requirements. Entities may be subject to significant additional Pillar 2 requirements, which represent additional amounts of capital considered necessary and are agreed with regulators based on the risk profile of the respective entity.

UBS Americas Holding LLC consolidated

Dodd–Frank Act Stress Test

In June 2022, the Federal Reserve Board released the results of its 2022 Dodd–Frank Act Stress Test (DFAST). UBS’s US intermediate holding company, UBS Americas Holding LLC, exceeded the minimum capital requirements under the severely adverse scenario.

Stress capital buffer in the US

Following the completion of the annual DFAST and the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR), UBS Americas Holding LLC was assigned a stress capital buffer (an SCB) of 4.8% (previously 7.1%) under the SCB rule as of 1 October 2022, resulting in a total common equity tier 1 capital requirement of 9.3%.

Community Reinvestment Act

US banking regulators are expected to adopt rules that would substantially change how banks’ service to low-income and underserved communities is evaluated under the Community Reinvestment Act, which, if adopted as currently proposed, would change measurement of this obligation for UBS Bank USA. The regulators further propose regulations to implement the remaining Basel III capital requirements, including the fundamental review of the trading book requirements. These requirements, when final, will affect UBS Americas Holding LLC.

This proposal represents a significant regulatory agenda, which, if completed in the near future, would likely require significant resources to implement.

  

 

 

Section 2  UBS AG standalone

Key metrics of the fourth quarter of 2022

Quarterly | The table below is based on Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) Basel III rules.

During the fourth quarter of 2022, common equity tier 1 (CET1) capital increased by USD 0.5bn to USD 54.0bn, mainly reflecting operating profit before tax, partly offset by additional accruals for capital returns to UBS Group AG. Tier 1 capital decreased by USD 1.3bn to USD 65.8bn, primarily driven by a USD 1.8bn decrease in additional tier 1 (AT1) capital, partly offset by the aforementioned increase in CET1 capital. The decrease in AT1 capital was mainly driven by our announcement on 5 December 2022 that we intended to redeem an AT1 capital instrument on 31 January 2023, the first call date (ISIN CH0400441280, with a nominal amount of USD 2.0bn, issued on 31 January 2018). This instrument ceased to be eligible as AT1 capital when the call was announced in December 2022. Total capital decreased by USD 1.3bn to USD 66.3bn, mainly reflecting the aforementioned decrease in tier 1 capital.

Phase-in risk-weighted assets (RWA) increased by USD 9.5bn to USD 332.9bn during the fourth quarter of 2022, primarily driven by increased participation RWA and, to a lesser extent, by increases across market risk, as well as credit and counterparty credit risk RWA, partly offset by a decrease in operational risk RWA.

Leverage ratio exposure increased by USD 22.2bn to USD 575.5bn, mainly driven by higher trading portfolio assets and purchases of high-quality liquid asset (HQLA) securities, partly offset by lower derivatives.

Correspondingly, the CET1 capital ratio of UBS AG decreased to 16.2% from 16.5%, reflecting the increase in RWA, partly offset by the increase in the CET1 capital. The firm’s Basel III leverage ratio decreased to 11.4% from 12.1%, reflecting the higher leverage ratio exposure and the decrease in tier 1 capital.

 

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The quarterly average liquidity coverage ratio (the LCR) increase was driven by a decrease in the average net cash outflows of USD 2.2bn to USD 53.6bn, mainly due to higher inflows from intercompany funding to other UBS entities. The effect of the reduction in the average net cash outflows was partially offset by a decrease in the average HQLA of USD 4.2bn to USD 101.6bn due to higher funding consumption from the business divisions.

As of 31 December 2022, the net stable funding ratio (the NSFR) decreased by 0.9 percentage points to 90.8%, remaining above the prudential requirement communicated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA). The movement in the NSFR was driven by an increase in required stable funding of USD 16.9bn to USD 280.2bn, mainly due to higher trading assets and loans to customers, partly offset by decreased derivative balances. Available stable funding increased by USD 12.9bn to USD 254.4bn, largely driven by higher customer deposits and debt securities issued.

 

KM1: Key metrics

 

 

 

 

 

USD m, except where indicated

 

 

31.12.22

30.9.22

30.6.22

31.3.22

31.12.21

Available capital (amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

1

Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1)1

 53,995 

 53,480 

 54,146 

 52,218 

 52,818 

1a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model CET1

 53,995 

 53,480 

 54,139 

 52,211 

 52,803 

2

Tier 11

 65,836 

 67,149 

 68,188 

 66,597 

 66,658 

2a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model Tier 1

 65,836 

 67,149 

 68,180 

 66,589 

 66,643 

3

Total capital1

 66,321 

 67,634 

 68,682 

 67,599 

 68,054 

3a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model total capital

 66,321 

 67,634 

 68,674 

 67,592 

 68,039 

Risk-weighted assets (amounts)2

 

 

 

 

 

4

Total risk-weighted assets (RWA)

 332,864 

 323,364 

 327,846 

 330,401 

 317,913 

4a

Minimum capital requirement3

 26,629 

 25,869 

 26,228 

 26,432 

 25,433 

4b

Total risk-weighted assets (pre-floor)

 332,864 

 323,364 

 327,846 

 330,401 

 317,913 

Risk-based capital ratios as a percentage of RWA2

 

 

 

 

 

5

CET1 ratio (%)1

 16.22 

 16.54 

 16.52 

 15.80 

 16.61 

5a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model CET1 ratio (%)

 16.22 

 16.54 

 16.51 

 15.80 

 16.61 

6

Tier 1 ratio (%)1

 19.78 

 20.77 

 20.80 

 20.16 

 20.97 

6a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model Tier 1 ratio (%)

 19.78 

 20.77 

 20.80 

 20.15 

 20.96 

7

Total capital ratio (%)1

 19.92 

 20.92 

 20.95 

 20.46 

 21.41 

7a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model total capital ratio (%)

 19.92 

 20.92 

 20.95 

 20.46 

 21.40 

Additional CET1 buffer requirements as a percentage of RWA

 

 

 

 

 

8

Capital conservation buffer requirement (%)

 2.50 

 2.50 

 2.50 

 2.50 

 2.50 

9

Countercyclical buffer requirement (%)

 0.06 

 0.02 

 0.02 

 0.02 

 0.02 

9a

Additional countercyclical buffer for Swiss mortgage loans (%)

 0.00 

 0.00 

 

 

 

10

Bank G-SIB and / or D-SIB additional requirements (%)4

 

 

 

 

 

11

Total of bank CET1 specific buffer requirements (%)5

 2.56 

 2.52 

 2.52 

 2.52 

 2.52 

12

CET1 available after meeting the bank’s minimum capital requirements (%)

 11.72 

 12.04 

 12.02 

 11.30 

 12.11 

Basel III leverage ratio

 

 

 

 

 

13

Total Basel III leverage ratio exposure measure

 575,461 

 553,215 

 569,794 

 594,893 

 593,868 

14

Basel III leverage ratio (%)1

 11.44 

 12.14 

 11.97 

 11.19 

 11.22 

14a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model Basel III leverage ratio (%)

 11.44 

 12.14 

 11.97 

 11.19 

 11.22 

Liquidity coverage ratio (LCR)6

 

 

 

 

 

15

Total high-quality liquid assets (HQLA)

 101,609 

 105,768 

 104,628 

 103,168 

 89,488 

16

Total net cash outflow

 53,616 

 55,770 

 55,405 

 55,039 

 52,229 

16a

of which: cash outflows

 156,764 

 155,688 

 159,568 

 162,735 

 163,207 

16b

of which: cash inflows

 103,148 

 99,919 

 104,163 

 107,696 

 110,978 

17

LCR (%)

191.19

 190.23 

 189.29 

 188.26 

 173.19 

Net stable funding ratio (NSFR)7

 

 

 

 

 

18

Total available stable funding

254,433

241,505

244,791

249,760

257,992

19

Total required stable funding

280,166

263,308

265,597

275,424

289,195

20

NSFR (%)

90.82

91.72

92.17

90.68

89.21

1 As of 1 July 2022, our capital amounts exclude the transitional relief of recognizing ECL allowances and provisions in CET1 capital in accordance with FINMA Circular 2013/1 “Eligible capital – banks.”    2 Based on phase-in rules for RWA. Refer to “Swiss SRB going and gone concern requirements and information” below for more information.    3 Calculated as 8% of total RWA, based on total capital minimum requirements, excluding CET1 buffer requirements.    4 Swiss SRB going and gone concern requirements and information for UBS AG standalone are provided below in this section.    5 Excludes non-BCBS capital buffer requirements for risk-weighted positions that are directly or indirectly backed by residential properties in Switzerland.    6 Calculated after the application of haircuts and inflow and outflow rates, as well as, where applicable, caps on Level 2 assets and cash inflows. Calculated based on an average of 63 data points in the fourth quarter of 2022 and 66 data points in the third quarter of 2022. For the prior-quarter data points, refer to the respective Pillar 3 Report, available under “Pillar 3 disclosures” at ubs.com/investors, for more information.    7 In accordance with Art. 17h para. 3 and 4 of the Liquidity Ordinance, UBS AG standalone is required to maintain a minimum NSFR of at least 80% without taking into account excess funding of UBS Switzerland AG and 100% after taking into account such excess funding.

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Swiss SRB going and gone concern requirements and information

UBS AG standalone is considered a systemically relevant bank (an SRB) under Swiss banking law and is subject to capital regulations on a standalone basis.

The capital requirements based on RWA include a minimum CET1 capital requirement of 10.06%, including a countercyclical buffer of 0.06%, and a total going concern capital requirement of 14.36%, including a countercyclical buffer of 0.06%. The capital requirements based on the leverage ratio denominator (the LRD) include a minimum CET1 capital requirement of 3.5% and a total going concern leverage ratio requirement of 5.0%.

CET1 and high-trigger AT1 capital instruments are eligible as going concern capital. As of 31 December 2022, one remaining outstanding low-trigger AT1 capital instrument, amounting to USD 1.2bn, that was on lent from UBS Group AG to UBS AG qualifies as going concern capital, as agreed with FINMA.

 

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Currently, UBS AG standalone is subject to a gone concern capital requirement based on the sum of: (i) the capital requirements resulting from third-party exposure on a standalone basis; (ii) a buffer requirement equal to 30% of the Group’s gone concern capital requirement on UBS AG’s consolidated exposure; and (iii) the nominal value of the gone concern instruments issued by UBS entities and held by the parent bank. A transitional period until 2024 has been granted for the buffer requirement. The gone concern capital coverage ratio reflects how much gone concern capital is available to meet the gone concern requirement. Outstanding high- and low-trigger loss-absorbing tier 2 capital instruments, non-Basel III-compliant tier 2 capital instruments and total loss-absorbing capacity-eligible senior unsecured debt instruments are eligible to meet gone concern requirements until one year before maturity.

    Refer to “Significant regulatory developments, disclosure requirements and other changes to be adopted after 2022” in the “Introduction and basis for preparation” section of this report for more information about Revisions to the Swiss Banking Ordinance

For direct and indirect investments, including the holding of regulatory capital instruments of UBS AG by subsidiaries that are active in banking and finance, a FINMA decree introduced a risk-weighting approach, with a phase-in period until 1 January 2028. Starting from 1 July 2017, these investments were risk-weighted at 200%. From 1 January 2019 onward, the risk weights are being gradually raised by 5 percentage points per year for Switzerland-domiciled investments and by 20 percentage points per year for foreign-domiciled investments until the fully applied risk weights are 250% and 400%, respectively. As of 31 December 2022, the applicable phase-in risk weights are 220% for Switzerland-domiciled investments and 280% for foreign-domiciled investments.

    Refer to “Additional information” in the “Capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet” section of our Annual Report 2022 for more information about the joint liability of UBS AG and UBS Switzerland AG

 

Quarterly | The tables below provide details of the Swiss SRB RWA- and LRD-based going and gone concern requirements and information as required by FINMA; details regarding eligible gone concern instruments are provided below.

 

Swiss SRB going and gone concern requirements and information

As of 31.12.22

 

RWA, phase-in

 

RWA, fully applied as of 1.1.28

 

LRD

USD m, except where indicated

 

in %

 

 

in %

 

 

in %

 

Required going concern capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total going concern capital

 

 14.361

 47,800 

 

 14.361

 56,023 

 

 5.001

 28,773 

Common equity tier 1 capital

 

 10.06 

 33,486 

 

 10.06 

 39,247 

 

 3.50 

 20,141 

of which: minimum capital

 

 4.50 

 14,979 

 

 4.50 

 17,556 

 

 1.50 

 8,632 

of which: buffer capital

 

 5.50 

 18,307 

 

 5.50 

 21,457 

 

 2.00 

 11,509 

of which: countercyclical buffer

 

 0.06 

 200 

 

 0.06 

 234 

 

 

 

Maximum additional tier 1 capital

 

 4.30 

 14,313 

 

 4.30 

 16,776 

 

 1.50 

 8,632 

of which: additional tier 1 capital

 

 3.50 

 11,650 

 

 3.50 

 13,654 

 

 1.50 

 8,632 

of which: additional tier 1 buffer capital

 

 0.80 

 2,663 

 

 0.80 

 3,121 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eligible going concern capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total going concern capital

 

 19.78 

 65,836 

 

 16.88 

 65,836 

 

 11.44 

 65,836 

Common equity tier 1 capital

 

 16.22 

 53,995 

 

 13.84 

 53,995 

 

 9.38 

 53,995 

Total loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital

 

 3.56 

 11,841 

 

 3.04 

 11,841 

 

 2.06 

 11,841 

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

 

 3.20 

 10,654 

 

 2.73 

 10,654 

 

 1.85 

 10,654 

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

 

 0.36 

 1,187 

 

 0.30 

 1,187 

 

 0.21 

 1,187 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk-weighted assets / leverage ratio denominator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk-weighted assets

 

 

 332,864 

 

 

 390,128 

 

 

 

Leverage ratio denominator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 575,461 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Required gone concern capital2

 

Higher of RWA- or LRD-based

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total gone concern loss-absorbing capacity

 

 

 40,106 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eligible gone concern capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total gone concern loss-absorbing capacity

 

 

 46,982 

 

 

 

 

 

Gone concern capital coverage ratio

 

 117.15 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Includes applicable add-ons of 1.44% for RWA and 0.50% for LRD.    2 A maximum of 25% of the gone concern requirements can be met with instruments that have a remaining maturity of between one and two years. Once at least 75% of the minimum gone concern requirement has been met with instruments that have a remaining maturity of greater than two years, all instruments that have a remaining maturity of between one and two years remain eligible to be included in the total gone concern capital.

 

 

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Swiss SRB going and gone concern information

USD m, except where indicated

 

31.12.22

 

30.9.22

31.12.21

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eligible going concern capital

 

 

 

 

 

Total going concern capital

 

 65,836 

 

 67,149 

 66,658 

Total tier 1 capital

 

 65,836 

 

 67,149 

 66,658 

Common equity tier 1 capital

 

 53,995 

 

 53,480 

 52,818 

Total loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital

 

 11,841 

 

 13,669 

 13,840 

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

 

 10,654 

 

 12,481 

 11,414 

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

 

 1,187 

 

 1,188 

 2,426 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eligible gone concern capital

 

 

 

 

 

Total gone concern loss-absorbing capacity

 

 46,982 

 

 45,375 

 44,250 

Total tier 2 capital

 

 2,949 

 

 2,949 

 3,129 

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

 

 2,421 

 

 2,426 

 2,594 

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

 

 528 

 

 523 

 535 

TLAC-eligible senior unsecured debt

 

 44,033 

 

 42,426 

 41,120 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total loss-absorbing capacity

 

 

 

 

 

Total loss-absorbing capacity

 

 112,818 

 

 112,524 

 110,908 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominators for going and gone concern ratios

 

 

 

 

 

Risk-weighted assets phase-in

 

 332,864 

 

 323,364 

 317,913 

of which: investments in Switzerland-domiciled subsidiaries1

 

 39,589 

 

 37,427 

 38,935 

of which: investments in foreign-domiciled subsidiaries1

 

 121,021 

 

 115,512 

 108,982 

Risk-weighted assets fully applied as of 1.1.28

 

 390,128 

 

 377,973 

 382,934 

of which: investments in Switzerland-domiciled subsidiaries1

 

 44,988 

 

 42,530 

 45,273 

of which: investments in foreign-domiciled subsidiaries1

 

 172,887 

 

 165,018 

 167,664 

Leverage ratio denominator

 

 575,461 

 

 553,215 

 593,868 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital and loss-absorbing capacity ratios (%)

 

 

 

 

 

Going concern capital ratio, phase-in

 

 19.8 

 

 20.8 

 21.0 

of which: common equity tier 1 capital ratio, phase-in

 

 16.2 

 

 16.5 

 16.6 

Going concern capital ratio, fully applied as of 1.1.28

 

 16.9 

 

 17.8 

 17.4 

of which: common equity tier 1 capital ratio, fully applied as of 1.1.28

 

 13.8 

 

 14.1 

 13.8 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leverage ratios (%)

 

 

 

 

 

Going concern leverage ratio

 

 11.4 

 

 12.1 

 11.2 

of which: common equity tier 1 leverage ratio

 

 9.4 

 

 9.7 

 8.9 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital coverage ratio (%)

 

 

 

 

 

Gone concern capital coverage ratio

 

 117.1 

 

 117.8 

 112.0 

1 Net exposures for direct and indirect investments including holding of regulatory capital instruments in Switzerland-domiciled subsidiaries and for direct and indirect investments including holding of regulatory capital instruments in foreign-domiciled subsidiaries are risk-weighted at 220% and 280%, respectively, for the current year. Risk weights will gradually increase by 5 percentage points per year for Switzerland-domiciled investments and 20 percentage points per year for foreign-domiciled investments until the fully applied risk weights of 250% and 400%, respectively, are applied.

 

Leverage ratio information

Swiss SRB leverage ratio denominator

USD bn

 

31.12.22

30.9.22

31.12.21

 

 

 

 

 

Leverage ratio denominator

 

 

 

 

Swiss GAAP total assets

 

 504.8 

 486.1 

 509.9 

Difference between Swiss GAAP and IFRS total assets

 

 156.1 

 196.4 

 125.0 

Less derivatives and SFTs1

 

 (254.7) 

 (310.8) 

 (216.4) 

Less funding provided to significant regulated subsidiaries eligible as gone concern capital

 

 (21.9) 

 (20.8) 

 (21.8) 

On-balance sheet exposures (excluding derivatives and SFTs)

 

 384.3 

 350.9 

 396.7 

Derivatives

 

 88.3 

 101.7 

 89.7 

Securities financing transactions

 

 80.7 

 79.4 

 85.4 

Off-balance sheet items

 

 23.7 

 22.6 

 23.7 

Items deducted from Swiss SRB tier 1 capital

 

 (1.7) 

 (1.4) 

 (1.6) 

Total exposures (leverage ratio denominator)

 

 575.5 

 553.2 

 593.9 

1 The exposures consist of derivative financial instruments, cash collateral receivables on derivative instruments, receivables from SFTs, and margin loans, as well as prime brokerage receivables and financial assets at fair value not held for trading, both related to SFTs. These exposures are presented separately under Derivatives and Securities financing transactions in this table.

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Section 3  UBS Switzerland AG standalone

Key metrics of the fourth quarter of 2022

Quarterly | The table below is based on Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) Basel III rules and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

During the fourth quarter of 2022, common equity tier 1 (CET1) capital increased by CHF 0.1bn to CHF 12.6bn, mainly driven by operating profit, largely offset by additional accruals for dividends.

Total risk-weighted assets (RWA) decreased by CHF 2.0bn to CHF 107.2bn, reflecting a decrease of CHF 0.6bn from pre-floor RWA and a decrease of CHF 1.4bn from the floor adjustment, mainly due to decreases from Lombard lending, securities financing transactions (SFTs), and derivatives.

Leverage ratio exposure decreased by CHF 2.5bn to CHF 332.3bn, mainly due to lower derivatives and SFTs.

The quarterly average liquidity coverage ratio (the LCR) increased by 1.3 percentage points to 142.4%, remaining above the prudential requirement communicated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA). The average LCR increase was driven by lower average net cash outflows of CHF 0.6bn to CHF 62.4bn due to lower net outflows from SFTs. Average high-quality liquid assets slightly decreased by CHF 0.1bn to CHF 88.9bn.

As of 31 December 2022, the net stable funding ratio (the NSFR) decreased by 4.5 percentage points to 136.6%, remaining above the prudential requirement communicated by FINMA. The movement in the NSFR was driven by an increase in required stable funding of CHF 3.5bn to CHF 162.3bn, mainly due to higher loans to customers, and a decrease in available stable funding of CHF 2.5bn to CHF 221.7bn, mainly driven by lower customer deposits.

 

 

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KM1: Key metrics

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHF m, except where indicated

 

 

 

31.12.22

30.9.22

30.6.22

31.3.22

31.12.21

Available capital (amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1)1

 

 12,586 

 12,520 

 12,718 

 12,786 

 12,609 

1a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model CET1

 

 12,586 

 12,520 

 12,717 

 12,785 

 12,608 

2

Tier 11

 

 17,978 

 17,939 

 18,124 

 18,178 

 17,996 

2a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model Tier 1

 

 17,978 

 17,939 

 18,123 

 18,178 

 17,995 

3

Total capital1

 

 17,978 

 17,939 

 18,124 

 18,178 

 17,996 

3a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model total capital

 

 17,978 

 17,939 

 18,123 

 18,178 

 17,995 

Risk-weighted assets (amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Total risk-weighted assets (RWA)

 

 107,208 

 109,163 

 107,344 

 108,071 

 106,399 

4a

Minimum capital requirement2

 

 8,577 

 8,733 

 8,588 

 8,646 

 8,512 

4b

Total risk-weighted assets (pre-floor)

 

 97,662 

 98,242 

 96,583 

 95,858 

 93,437 

Risk-based capital ratios as a percentage of RWA

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

CET1 ratio (%)1

 

 11.74 

 11.47 

 11.85 

 11.83 

 11.85 

5a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model CET1 ratio (%)

 

 11.74 

 11.47 

 11.85 

 11.83 

 11.85 

6

Tier 1 ratio (%)1

 

 16.77 

 16.43 

 16.88 

 16.82 

 16.91 

6a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model Tier 1 ratio (%)

 

 16.77 

 16.43 

 16.88 

 16.82 

 16.91 

7

Total capital ratio (%)1

 

 16.77 

 16.43 

 16.88 

 16.82 

 16.91 

7a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model total capital ratio (%)

 

 16.77 

 16.43 

 16.88 

 16.82 

 16.91 

Additional CET1 buffer requirements as a percentage of RWA

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

Capital conservation buffer requirement (%)

 

 2.50 

 2.50 

 2.50 

 2.50 

 2.50 

9

Countercyclical buffer requirement (%)

 

 0.02 

 0.02 

 0.02 

 0.02 

 0.02 

9a

Additional countercyclical buffer for Swiss mortgage loans (%)

 

 0.75 

 0.74 

 

 

 

10

Bank G-SIB and / or D-SIB additional requirements (%)3

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

Total of bank CET1 specific buffer requirements (%)4

 

 2.52 

 2.52 

 2.52 

 2.52 

 2.52 

12

CET1 available after meeting the bank’s minimum capital requirements (%)

 

 7.24 

 6.97 

 7.35 

 7.33 

 7.35 

Basel III leverage ratio

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

Total Basel III leverage ratio exposure measure

 

 332,280 

 334,765 

 340,969 

 346,097 

 339,788 

14

Basel III leverage ratio (%)1

 

 5.41 

 5.36 

 5.32 

 5.25 

 5.30 

14a

Fully loaded ECL accounting model Basel III leverage ratio (%)

 

 5.41 

 5.36 

 5.32 

 5.25 

 5.30 

Liquidity coverage ratio (LCR)5

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

Total high-quality liquid assets (HQLA)

 

 88,889 

 89,016 

 93,651 

 94,850 

 91,304 

16

Total net cash outflow

 

 62,437 

 63,082 

 66,248 

 66,962 

 64,084 

16a

of which: cash outflows

 

 84,826 

 85,858 

 90,247 

 91,396 

 88,771 

16b

of which: cash inflows

 

 22,389 

 22,776 

 23,999 

 24,434 

 24,687 

17

LCR (%)

 

 142.41 

 141.15 

 141.42 

 141.72 

 142.57 

Net stable funding ratio (NSFR)6

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

Total available stable funding

 

221,689

224,149

225,178

228,789

225,239

19

Total required stable funding

 

162,306

158,853

156,232

159,876

158,072

20

NSFR (%)

 

136.59

141.10

144.13

143.10

142.49

1 As of 1 July 2022, our capital amounts exclude the transitional relief of recognizing ECL allowances and provisions in CET1 capital in accordance with FINMA Circular 2013/1 “Eligible capital – banks.”    2 Calculated as 8% of total RWA, based on total capital minimum requirements, excluding CET1 buffer requirements.    3 Swiss SRB going and gone concern requirements and information for UBS Switzerland AG are provided below.    4 Excludes non-BCBS capital buffer requirements for risk-weighted positions that are directly or indirectly backed by residential properties in Switzerland.    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. Calculated based on an average of 63 data points in the fourth quarter of 2022 and 66 data points in the third quarter of 2022. For the prior-quarter data points, refer to the respective Pillar 3 Report, available under “Pillar 3 disclosures” at ubs.com/investors, for more information.    6 UBS Switzerland AG is required to maintain a minimum NSFR of at least 100% on an ongoing basis as defined by Art. 17h para. 1 of the Liquidity Ordinance. A portion of the excess funding is needed to fulfill the NSFR requirement of UBS AG.

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Swiss SRB going and gone concern requirements and information

Quarterly | UBS Switzerland AG is considered a systemically relevant bank (an SRB) under Swiss banking law and is subject to capital regulations on a standalone basis. As of 31 December 2022, the going concern capital and leverage ratio requirements for UBS Switzerland AG standalone were 15.07% (including a countercyclical buffer of 0.77%) and 5.00%, respectively.

The Swiss SRB framework and requirements applicable to UBS Switzerland AG standalone are the same as those applicable to UBS Group AG consolidated, with the exception of a lower gone concern requirement, corresponding to 62% of the Group’s gone concern requirement (before applicable reductions).

The gone concern requirements were 8.87% for the RWA-based requirement and 3.10% for the leverage ratio denominator-based requirement.

    Refer to “Additional information” in the “Capital, liquidity and funding, and balance sheet” section of our Annual Report 2022 for more information about the joint liability of UBS AG and UBS Switzerland AG

 

Swiss SRB going and gone concern requirements and information

As of 31.12.22

 

RWA

 

LRD

CHF m, except where indicated

 

in %

 

 

in %

 

Required going concern capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total going concern capital

 

 15.071

 16,161 

 

 5.001

 16,614 

Common equity tier 1 capital

 

 10.77 

 11,551 

 

 3.50 

 11,630 

of which: minimum capital

 

 4.50 

 4,824 

 

 1.50 

 4,984 

of which: buffer capital

 

 5.50 

 5,896 

 

 2.00 

 6,646 

of which: countercyclical buffer

 

 0.77 

 830 

 

 

 

Maximum additional tier 1 capital

 

 4.30 

 4,610 

 

 1.50 

 4,984 

of which: additional tier 1 capital

 

 3.50 

 3,752 

 

 1.50 

 4,984 

of which: additional tier 1 buffer capital

 

 0.80 

 858 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eligible going concern capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total going concern capital

 

 16.77 

 17,978 

 

 5.41 

 17,978 

Common equity tier 1 capital

 

 11.74 

 12,586 

 

 3.79 

 12,586 

Total loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital

 

 5.03 

 5,393 

 

 1.62 

 5,393 

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

 

 5.03 

 5,393 

 

 1.62 

 5,393 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Required gone concern capital2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total gone concern loss-absorbing capacity

 

 8.87 

 9,505 

 

 3.10 

 10,301 

of which: base requirement

 

 7.97 

 8,548 

 

 2.79 

 9,271 

of which: additional requirement for market share and LRD

 

 0.89 

 957 

 

 0.31 

 1,030 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eligible gone concern capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total gone concern loss-absorbing capacity

 

 10.51 

 11,267 

 

 3.39 

 11,267 

TLAC-eligible senior unsecured debt

 

 10.51 

 11,267 

 

 3.39 

 11,267 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total loss-absorbing capacity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Required total loss-absorbing capacity

 

 23.94 

 25,666 

 

 8.10 

 26,915 

Eligible total loss-absorbing capacity

 

 27.28 

 29,245 

 

 8.80 

 29,245 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk-weighted assets / leverage ratio denominator

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk-weighted assets

 

 

 107,208 

 

 

 

Leverage ratio denominator

 

 

 

 

 

 332,280 

1 Includes applicable add-ons of 1.44% for RWA and 0.50% for LRD.    2 A maximum of 25% of the gone concern requirements can be met with instruments that have a remaining maturity of between one and two years. Once at least 75% of the minimum gone concern requirement has been met with instruments that have a remaining maturity of greater than two years, all instruments that have a remaining maturity of between one and two years remain eligible to be included in the total gone concern capital.   

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Swiss SRB loss-absorbing capacity

Quarterly |

Swiss SRB going and gone concern information

CHF m, except where indicated

 

31.12.22

 

30.9.22

31.12.21

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eligible going concern capital

 

 

 

 

 

Total going concern capital

 

 17,978 

 

 17,939 

 17,996 

Total tier 1 capital

 

 17,978 

 

 17,939 

 17,996 

Common equity tier 1 capital

 

 12,586 

 

 12,520 

 12,609 

Total loss-absorbing additional tier 1 capital

 

 5,393 

 

 5,419 

 5,387 

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

 

 5,393 

 

 5,419 

 5,387 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eligible gone concern capital

 

 

 

 

 

Total gone concern loss-absorbing capacity

 

 11,267 

 

 11,336 

 10,853 

TLAC-eligible senior unsecured debt

 

 11,267 

 

 11,336 

 10,853 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total loss-absorbing capacity

 

 

 

 

 

Total loss-absorbing capacity

 

 29,245 

 

 29,275 

 28,849 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk-weighted assets / leverage ratio denominator

 

 

 

 

 

Risk-weighted assets

 

 107,208 

 

 109,163 

 106,399 

Leverage ratio denominator

 

 332,280 

 

 334,765 

 339,788 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital and loss-absorbing capacity ratios (%)

 

 

 

 

 

Going concern capital ratio

 

 16.8 

 

 16.4 

 16.9 

of which: common equity tier 1 capital ratio

 

 11.7 

 

 11.5 

 11.9 

Gone concern loss-absorbing capacity ratio

 

 10.5 

 

 10.4 

 10.2 

Total loss-absorbing capacity ratio

 

 27.3 

 

 26.8 

 27.1 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leverage ratios (%)

 

 

 

 

 

Going concern leverage ratio

 

 5.4 

 

 5.4 

 5.3 

of which: common equity tier 1 leverage ratio

 

 3.8 

 

 3.7 

 3.7 

Gone concern leverage ratio

 

 3.4 

 

 3.4 

 3.2 

Total loss-absorbing capacity leverage ratio

 

 8.8 

 

 8.7 

 8.5 

 

Leverage ratio information

Swiss SRB leverage ratio denominator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHF bn

 

31.12.22

30.9.22

31.12.21

Leverage ratio denominator

 

 

 

 

Swiss GAAP total assets

 

 315.7 

 318.0 

 320.7 

Difference between Swiss GAAP and IFRS total assets

 

 4.6 

 6.0 

 2.9 

Less derivatives and SFTs1

 

 (7.5) 

 (12.2) 

 (9.6) 

On-balance sheet exposures (excluding derivatives and SFTs)

 

 312.7 

 311.8 

 313.9 

Derivatives

 

 3.6 

 5.7 

 4.3 

Securities financing transactions

 

 1.0 

 2.5 

 5.4 

Off-balance sheet items

 

 15.1 

 15.0 

 16.5 

Items deducted from Swiss SRB tier 1 capital

 

 (0.2) 

 (0.2) 

 (0.3) 

Total exposures (leverage ratio denominator)

 

 332.3 

 334.8 

 339.8 

1 The exposures consist of derivative financial instruments, cash collateral receivables on derivative instruments, receivables from SFTs, and margin loans, as well as prime brokerage receivables and financial assets at fair value not held for trading, both related to SFTs. These exposures are presented separately under Derivatives and Securities financing transactions in this table.

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Capital instruments

Quarterly |

Capital instruments of UBS Switzerland AG – key features

 

 

 

 

 

Presented according to issuance date.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share capital

 

Additional tier 1 capital

 

1

Issuer

 

UBS Switzerland AG, Switzerland

 

UBS Switzerland AG, Switzerland

UBS Switzerland AG, Switzerland

UBS Switzerland AG, Switzerland

UBS Switzerland AG, Switzerland

UBS Switzerland AG, Switzerland

UBS Switzerland AG, Switzerland

UBS Switzerland AG, Switzerland

UBS Switzerland AG, Switzerland

2

Unique identifier (e.g., CUSIP, ISIN or Bloomberg identifier for private placement)

 

 

3

Governing law(s) of the instrument

 

Swiss

 

Swiss

3a

Means by which enforceability requirement of Section 13 of the TLAC Term Sheet is achieved (for other TLAC-eligible instruments governed by foreign law)

 

n/a

 

n/a

 

Regulatory treatment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Transitional Basel III rules1

 

CET1 – going concern capital

 

Additional tier 1 capital

5

Post-transitional Basel III rules2

 

CET1 – going concern capital

 

Additional tier 1 capital

6

Eligible at solo / group / group and solo

 

UBS Switzerland AG consolidated and standalone

 

UBS Switzerland AG consolidated and standalone

7

Instrument type (types to be specified by each jurisdiction)

 

Ordinary shares

 

Loan3

8

Amount recognized in regulatory capital (currency in millions, as of most recent reporting date)1

 

CHF 10.0

 

CHF 1,000

CHF 825

USD 425

CHF 475

CHF 500

CHF 700

CHF 675

CHF 825

9

Par value of instrument (currency in millions)

 

CHF 10.0

 

CHF 1,000

CHF 825

USD 425

CHF 475

CHF 500

CHF 700

CHF 675

CHF 825

10

Accounting classification4

 

Equity attributable to UBS Switzerland AG shareholders

 

Due to banks held at amortized cost

11

Original date of issuance

 

 

18 December 2017

12 December 2018

12 December 2018

11 December 2019

29 October 2020

11 March 2021

2 June 2021

2 June 2021

12

Perpetual or dated

 

 

Perpetual

13

Original maturity date

 

 

14

Issuer call subject to prior supervisory approval

 

 

Yes

 

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Capital instruments of UBS Switzerland AG – key features (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

Presented according to issuance date.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share capital

 

Additional tier 1 capital

 

15

Optional call date, contingent call dates and redemption amount

 

 

First optional repayment date:

18 December 2022

First optional repayment date:

12 December 2023

First optional repayment date:

12 December 2023

First optional repayment date:

11 December 2024

First optional repayment date:

29 October 2025

First optional repayment date:

11 March 2026

First optional repayment date:

2 June 2026

First optional repayment date:

2 June 2028

 

Repayable at any time after the first optional repayment date.

Repayment subject to FINMA approval. Optional repayment amount: principal amount, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon.

Repayable on the first optional repayment date or on any of every second interest payment date thereafter.

Repayment subject to FINMA approval. Optional repayment amount: principal amount, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon.

Repayable on the first optional repayment date or on any interest payment date thereafter.

Repayment subject to FINMA approval. Optional repayment amount: principal amount, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon.

16

Subsequent call dates, if applicable

 

 

Early repayment possible due to a tax or regulatory event. Repayment due to a tax event subject to FINMA approval.

Repayment amount: principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest.

                         

 

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Capital instruments of UBS Switzerland AG – key features (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

Presented according to issuance date.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share capital

 

Additional tier 1 capital

 

 

Coupons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

Fixed or floating dividend / coupon

 

 

Floating

18

Coupon rate and any related index

 

 

3-month SARON Compound

+ 250 bps

per annum quarterly

3-month SARON Compound

+ 489 bps

per annum quarterly

3-month SOFR Compound

+ 561 bps

per annum quarterly

3-month SARON Compound

+ 433 bps

per annum quarterly

3-month SARON Compound

+ 397 bps

per annum quarterly

3-month SARON Compound

+ 337 bps

per annum quarterly

3-month SARON Compound

+ 307 bps

per annum quarterly

3-month SARON Compound

+ 308 bps

per annum quarterly

19

Existence of a dividend stopper

 

 

No

20

Fully discretionary, partially discretionary or mandatory

 

Fully discretionary

 

Fully discretionary

21

Existence of step-up or other incentive to redeem

 

 

No

22

Non-cumulative or cumulative

 

Non-cumulative

 

Non-cumulative

23

Convertible or non-convertible

 

 

Non-convertible

24

If convertible, conversion trigger(s)

 

 

25

If convertible, fully or partially

 

 

26

If convertible, conversion rate

 

 

27

If convertible, mandatory or optional conversion

 

 

28

If convertible, specify instrument type convertible into

 

 

29

If convertible, specify issuer of instrument it converts into

 

 

30

Write-down feature

 

 

Yes

31

If write-down, write-down trigger(s)

 

 

Trigger: CET1 ratio is less than 7%

 

 

FINMA determines a write-down necessary to ensure UBS Switzerland AG’s viability; or UBS Switzerland AG receives a commitment of governmental support that FINMA determines necessary to ensure UBS Switzerland AG’s viability. Subject to applicable conditions.

32

If write-down, fully or partially

 

 

Fully 

33

If write-down, permanent or temporary

 

 

Permanent

34

If temporary write-down, description of write-up mechanism

 

 

34a

Type of subordination

 

Statutory

 

Contractual

35

Position in subordination hierarchy in liquidation (specify instrument type immediately senior to instrument in the insolvency creditor hierarchy of the legal entity concerned)

 

Unless otherwise stated in the articles of association, once debts are paid back, the assets of the liquidated company are divided between the shareholders pro rata based on their contributions and considering the preferences attached to certain categories of shares (Art. 745, Swiss Code of Obligations)

 

Subject to any obligations that are mandatorily preferred by law, each obligation of UBS Switzerland AG that is unsubordinated or is subordinated and not ranked junior (such as all classes of share capital) or at par (such as tier 1 instruments)

36

Non-compliant transitioned features

 

 

37

If yes, specify non-compliant features

 

 

1 Based on Swiss SRB (including transitional arrangement) requirements.    2 Based on Swiss SRB requirements applicable as of 1 January 2020.    3 Loans granted by UBS AG, Switzerland.    4 As applied in UBS Switzerland AG‘s financial statements under Swiss GAAP.

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Section 4  UBS Europe SE consolidated

Quarterly | The table below provides information about the regulatory capital components, capital ratios, leverage ratio and liquidity of UBS Europe SE consolidated based on Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Pillar 1 requirements and in accordance with EU regulatory rules and International Financial Reporting Standards.

During the fourth quarter of 2022, EUR 2.4bn common equity tier 1 and EUR 3.0bn total capital remained stable. Risk-weighted assets decreased by EUR 1.2bn to EUR 10.7bn, as a result of the decrease in credit risk, mainly driven by exchange-traded and over-the-counter derivatives. Leverage ratio exposure decreased by EUR 9.9bn to EUR 41.8bn, mainly reflecting a decrease in Securities Financing Transactions and cash with central banks.

The average liquidity coverage ratio remained well above the regulatory requirements of 100% at 158.7%. The ratio decreased 7.5 percentage points with a EUR 0.5bn increase in high-quality liquid assets and a EUR 0.9bn increase in total net cash outflows. The net stable funding ratio has increased by 23.7% to 174.6% with a EUR 1.3bn decrease in required stable funding, mainly driven by a decrease in required stable funding from loans.

 

KM1: Key metrics1

 

 

 

EUR m, except where indicated

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.12.22

30.9.222

30.6.222

31.3.222

31.12.21

Available capital (amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1)

 

 2,441 

 2,436 

 2,427 

 2,766 

 2,764 

2

Tier 1

 

 3,041 

 3,036 

 3,027 

 3,056 

 3,054 

3

Total capital

 

 3,041 

 3,036 

 3,027 

 3,056 

 3,054 

Risk-weighted assets (amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Total risk-weighted assets (RWA)

 

 10,726 

 11,924 

 11,412 

 12,276 

 12,328 

4a

Minimum capital requirement3

 

 8583

 954 

 913 

 982 

 986 

Risk-based capital ratios as a percentage of RWA

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

CET1 ratio (%)

 

 22.8 

 20.4 

 21.3 

 22.5 

 22.4 

6

Tier 1 ratio (%)

 

 28.3 

 25.5 

 26.5 

 24.9 

 24.8 

7

Total capital ratio (%)

 

 28.3 

 25.5 

 26.5 

 24.9 

 24.8 

Additional CET1 buffer requirements as a percentage of RWA

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

Capital conservation buffer requirement (%)

 

 2.5 

 2.5 

 2.5 

 2.5 

 2.5 

9

Countercyclical buffer requirement (%)

 

 0.3 

 0.2 

 0.1 

 0.1 

 0.1 

10

Bank G-SIB and / or D-SIB additional requirements (%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

Total of bank CET1 specific buffer requirements (%)

 

 2.8 

 2.7 

 2.6 

 2.6 

 2.6 

12

CET1 available after meeting the bank’s minimum capital requirements (%)4

 

 18.34

 15.9 

 16.8 

 16.9 

 16.8 

Basel III leverage ratio

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

Total Basel III leverage ratio exposure measure

 

 41,818 

 51,736 

 47,364 

 52,250 

 46,660 

14

Basel III leverage ratio (%)5

 

 7.35

 5.9 

 6.4 

 5.8 

 6.5 

Liquidity coverage ratio (LCR)6

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

Total high-quality liquid assets (HQLA)

 

 20,597 

 20,056 

 19,060 

 17,948 

 17,143 

16

Total net cash outflow

 

 13,082 

 12,221 

 11,640 

 10,745 

 10,091 

17

LCR (%)

 

 158.7 

 166.2 

 165.8 

 167.9 

 170.3 

Net stable funding ratio (NSFR)

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

Total available stable funding

 

 13,856 

 13,912 

 13,853 

 14,696 

 15,358 

19

Total required stable funding

 

 7,935 

 9,220 

 9,343 

 8,624 

 8,963 

20

NSFR (%)

 

 174.6 

 150.9 

 148.3 

 170.4 

 171.3 

1 Based on applicable EU regulatory rules.    2 Comparative figures have been restated to align with the regulatory reports as submitted to the European Central Bank (the ECB).    3 Calculated as 8% of total RWA, based on total capital minimum requirements, excluding CET1 buffer requirements.    4 This represents the CET1 ratio that is available for meeting buffer requirements. It is calculated as the CET1 ratio minus 4.5% and after considering, where applicable, CET1 capital that has been used to meet tier 1 and / or total capital ratio requirements under Pillar 1.    5 On the basis of tier 1 capital.    6 Figures are calculated on a twelve-month average.

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Section 5  UBS Americas Holding LLC consolidated

Quarterly | The table below provides information about the regulatory capital components and capital, liquidity and leverage ratios of UBS Americas Holding LLC consolidated, based on the Pillar 1 requirements and in accordance with US Basel III rules.

Effective 1 October 2022, and through 30 September 2023, UBS Americas Holding LLC is subject to a stress capital buffer (an SCB) of 4.8%, in addition to the minimum risk capital requirements. The SCB was determined by the Federal Reserve Board following the completion of the 2022 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (the CCAR) based on Dodd–Frank Act Stress Test (DFAST) results and planned future dividends. The SCB, which replaces the static capital conservation buffer of 2.5%, is subject to change on an annual basis or as otherwise determined by the Federal Reserve Board.

During the fourth quarter of 2022, common equity tier 1 decreased by USD 1.2bn, primarily from payment of a dividend to UBS AG, partially offset by operating profit. Risk-weighted assets decreased by USD 2.3bn to USD 70.7bn, driven by decreases in market and credit risk. Leverage ratio exposure, calculated on an average basis, increased by USD 2.3bn to USD 194.0bn primarily due to increased cash at Federal Reserve Banks.

The average liquidity coverage ratio increased 3.2 percentage points, driven by a USD 3.2bn decrease in net cash outflows from a combination of higher secured and unsecured lending inflows, while cash outflows remained relatively constant, partly offset by a USD 4.0bn decrease in high-quality liquid assets.

 

KM1: Key metrics1

 

 

 

 

USD m, except where indicated

 

 

 

31.12.22

30.9.22

30.6.22

31.3.22

31.12.21

Available capital (amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1)

 

 11,367 

 12,588 

 12,454 

 12,926 

 13,002 

2

Tier 1

 

 16,449 

 16,643 

 16,509 

 16,975 

 17,051 

3

Total capital

 

 16,580 

 16,786 

 16,661 

 17,108 

 17,176 

Risk-weighted assets (amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Total risk-weighted assets (RWA)

 

 70,739 

 73,043 

 74,651 

 72,646 

 72,979 

4a

Minimum capital requirement2

 

 5,659 

 5,843 

 5,972 

 5,812 

 5,838 

Risk-based capital ratios as a percentage of RWA

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

CET1 ratio (%)

 

 16.1 

 17.2 

 16.7 

 17.8 

 17.8 

6

Tier 1 ratio (%)

 

 23.3 

 22.8 

 22.1 

 23.4 

 23.4 

7

Total capital ratio (%)

 

 23.4 

 23.0 

 22.3 

 23.6 

 23.5 

Additional CET1 buffer requirements as a percentage of RWA

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

BCBS capital conservation buffer requirement (%)

 

 2.5 

 2.5 

 2.5 

 2.5 

 2.5 

8a

US stress capital buffer requirement (%)

 

 4.8 

 7.1 

 7.1 

 7.1 

 7.1 

9

Countercyclical buffer requirement (%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

Bank G-SIB and / or D-SIB additional requirements (%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

BCBS total of bank CET1 specific buffer requirements (%)

 

 2.5 

 2.5 

 2.5 

 2.5 

 2.5 

11a

US total bank specific capital buffer requirements (%)

 

 4.8 

 7.1 

 7.1 

 7.1 

 7.1 

12

CET1 available after meeting the bank’s minimum capital requirements (%)3

 

 11.6 

 12.7 

 12.2 

 13.3 

 13.3 

Basel III leverage ratio

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

Total Basel III leverage ratio exposure measure

 

 194,003 

 191,695 

 198,332 

 197,5414

 188,1304

14

Basel III leverage ratio (%)5

 

 8.5 

 8.7 

 8.3 

 8.6 

 9.1 

14a

Total Basel III supplementary leverage ratio exposure measure

 

 214,709 

 214,292 

 224,259 

 223,482 

 212,167 

14b

Basel III supplementary leverage ratio (%)5

 

 7.7 

 7.8 

 7.4 

 7.6 

 8.0 

Liquidity coverage ratio (LCR)6

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

Total high-quality liquid assets (HQLA)

 

 26,296 

 30,249 

 34,065 

 34,451 

 32,371 

16

Total net cash outflow

 

 18,323 

 21,557 

 23,596 

 24,873 

 21,995 

17

LCR (%)

 

 143.5 

 140.3 

 144.4 

 138.6 

 147.2 

1 The net stable funding ratio requirement became effective as of 1 July 2021 and related disclosures will come into effect in the second quarter of 2023.    2 Calculated as 8% of total RWA, based on total minimum capital requirements, excluding CET1 buffer requirements.    3 This represents the CET1 ratio that is available for meeting buffer requirements. It is calculated as the CET1 ratio minus 4.5%.    4 The Total Basel III leverage ratio exposure measure as of 31 December 2021 has been aligned with UBS Americas Holding LLC’s reported figure in the FR Y-9C report that was filed with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve.    5 On the basis of tier 1 capital.    6 Figures are calculated on a quarterly average.

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Material sub-group entity – creditor ranking at legal entity level

Semi-annual | The TLAC 2 table below provides an overview of the creditor ranking structure of UBS Americas Holding LLC on a standalone basis.

As of 31 December 2022, UBS Americas Holding LLC had a total loss-absorbing capacity of USD 23.8bn after regulatory capital deductions and adjustments. This amount included tier 1 capital, excluding minority interest, of USD 16.4bn and USD 7.4bn of internal long-term debt that is eligible as internal TLAC issued to UBS AG, a wholly owned subsidiary of the UBS Group AG resolution entity.

 

TLAC2: Material sub-group entity – creditor ranking at legal entity level 

As of 31.12.22

 

Creditor ranking

 

Total

USD m

 

1

2

3

4

 

 

1

Is the resolution entity the creditor / investor?

 

No

No

No

No

 

 

2

Description of creditor ranking

 

Common Equity (most junior)1

Preferred Shares (Additional tier 1)

Subordinated debt

Unsecured loans and other pari passu liabilities (most senior)

 

 

3

Total capital and liabilities net of credit risk mitigation

 

 20,318 

 5,150 

 

 37,949 

 

 63,417 

4

Subset of row 3 that are excluded liabilities

 

 

 

 

 500 

 

 500 

5

Total capital and liabilities less excluded liabilities (row 3 minus row 4)

 

 20,318 

 5,150 

 

 37,449 

 

 62,917 

6

Subset of row 5 that are eligible as TLAC

 

 20,318 

 5,150 

 

 7,400 

 

 32,868 

7

Subset of row 6 with 1 year ≤ residual maturity < 2 years

 

 

 

 

 0 

 

 

8

Subset of row 6 with 2 years ≤ residual maturity < 5 years

 

 

 

 

 4,300 

 

 4,300 

9

Subset of row 6 with 5 years ≤ residual maturity < 10 years

 

 

 

 

 3,100 

 

 3,100 

10

Subset of row 6 with residual maturity ≥ 10 years, but excluded perpetual securities

 

 

 

 

 0 

 

 

11

Subset of row 6 that is perpetual securities

 

 20,318 

 5,150 

 

 

 

 25,468 

1Equity attributable to shareholders, which includes share premium and reserves.

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Abbreviations frequently used in our financial reports

 

A

ABS                 asset-backed securities

AG                  Aktiengesellschaft

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

APM                alternative performance measure

ARR                 alternative reference rate

ARS                 auction rate securities

ASF                 available stable funding

AT1                 additional tier 1

AuM               assets under management

 

B

BCBS               Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

BIS                   Bank for International Settlements

BoD                 Board of Directors

 

C

CAO                Capital Adequacy Ordinance

CCAR              Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review

CCF                 credit conversion factor

CCP                 central counterparty

CCR                counterparty credit risk

CCRC              Corporate Culture and Responsibility Committee

CDS                 credit default swap

CEA                 Commodity Exchange Act

CEO                Chief Executive Officer

CET1               common equity tier 1

CFO                 Chief Financial Officer

CGU                cash-generating unit

CHF                 Swiss franc

CIO                 Chief Investment Office

C&ORC           Compliance & Operational Risk Control


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

CST                 combined stress test

CUSIP              Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures

CVA                credit valuation adjustment

 

D

DBO                defined benefit obligation

DCCP              Deferred Contingent Capital Plan

DE&I                diversity, equity and inclusion

DFAST             Dodd–Frank act stress test

DM                  discount margin

DOJ                 US Department of Justice

DTA                 deferred tax asset

DVA                debit valuation adjustment

 

E

EAD                 exposure at default

EB                    Executive Board

EC                   European Commission

ECB                 European Central Bank

ECL                  expected credit loss

EGM               Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders

EIR                   effective interest rate

EL                    expected loss

EMEA              Europe, Middle East and Africa

EOP                 Equity Ownership Plan

EPS                  earnings per share

ESG                 environmental, social and governance

ESR                  environmental and social risk

ETD                 exchange-traded derivatives

ETF                  exchange-traded fund

EU                   European Union

EUR                 euro

EURIBOR        Euro Interbank Offered Rate

EVE                  economic value of equity

EY                    Ernst & Young Ltd

 

F

FA                    financial advisor

FCA                 UK Financial Conduct Authority

FDIC                Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

FINMA            Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority

FMIA               Swiss Financial Market Infrastructure Act


FSB                  Financial Stability Board

FTA                  Swiss Federal Tax Administration

FVA                 funding valuation adjustment

FVOCI             fair value through other comprehensive income

FVTPL              fair value through profit or loss

FX                    foreign exchange

 

G

GAAP              generally accepted accounting principles

GBP                 pound sterling

GCRG             Group Compliance, Regulatory & Governance

GDP                gross domestic product

GEB                 Group Executive Board

GHG               greenhouse gas

GIA                 Group Internal Audit

GRI                  Global Reporting Initiative

G-SIB              global systemically important bank

 

H

HQLA              high-quality liquid assets

 

I

IAS                  International Accounting Standards

IASB                International Accounting Standards Board

IBOR                interbank offered rate

IFRIC               International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee

IFRS                 International Financial Reporting Standards

IRB                  internal ratings-based

IRRBB              interest rate risk in the banking book

ISDA                International Swaps and Derivatives Association

ISIN                 International Securities Identification Number

 

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Abbreviations frequently used in our financial reports (continued)

 

K

KRT                 Key Risk Taker

 

L

LAS                  liquidity-adjusted stress

LCR                 liquidity coverage ratio

LGD                 loss given default

LIBOR              London Interbank Offered Rate

LLC                  limited liability company

LoD                 lines of defense

LRD                 leverage ratio denominator

LTIP                 Long-Term Incentive Plan

LTV                  loan-to-value

 

M

M&A               mergers and acquisitions

MRT                Material Risk Taker

 

N

NII                   net interest income

NSFR               net stable funding ratio

NYSE               New York Stock Exchange

 

O

OCA                own credit adjustment

OCI                 other comprehensive income

OECD              Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OTC                over-the-counter

 

P

PD                   probability of default

PIT                   point in time

P&L                  profit or loss

POCI               purchased or originated credit-impaired

 

Q

QCCP              Qualifying central counterparty


R

RBC                 risk-based capital

RbM                risk-based monitoring

REIT                 real estate investment trust

RMBS              residential mortgage-backed securities

RniV                risks not in VaR

RoCET1           return on CET1 capital

RoU                 right-of-use

rTSR                relative total shareholder return

RWA               risk-weighted assets

 

S

SA                   standardized approach or société anonyme

SA-CCR          standardized approach for counterparty credit risk

SAR                 Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

SDG                Sustainable Development Goal

SEC                 US Securities and Exchange Commission

SFT                  securities financing transaction

SI                     sustainable investing or sustainable investment

SIBOR             Singapore Interbank Offered Rate

SICR                significant increase in credit risk

SIX                   SIX Swiss Exchange

SME                small and medium-sized entities

SMF                 Senior Management Function

SNB                 Swiss National Bank

SOR                 Singapore Swap Offer Rate

SPPI                 solely payments of principal and interest

SRB                 systemically relevant bank

SRM                specific risk measure

SVaR               stressed value-at-risk


T

TBTF                too big to fail

TCFD               Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures

TIBOR             Tokyo Interbank Offered Rate

TLAC               total loss-absorbing capacity

TTC                 through the cycle

 

U

USD                 US dollar

 

V

VaR                 value-at-risk

VAT                 value added tax

 

 

 

 

This is a general list of the abbreviations frequently used in our financial reporting. Not all of the listed abbreviations may appear in this particular report.

 

  

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Cautionary Statement | This report and the information contained herein are provided solely for information purposes, and are not to be construed as solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any securities or other financial instruments in Switzerland, the United States or any other jurisdiction. No investment decision relating to securities of or relating to UBS Group AG, UBS AG or their affiliates should be made on the basis of this report. Refer to UBS’s most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F, quarterly reports and other information furnished to or filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 6-K, available at ubs.com/investors, for additional information.

Rounding | Numbers presented throughout this report may not add up precisely to the totals provided in the tables and text. Percentages and percent changes disclosed in text and tables are calculated on the basis of unrounded figures. Absolute changes between reporting periods disclosed in the text, which can be derived from numbers presented in related tables, are calculated on a rounded basis.

Tables | Within tables, blank fields generally indicate non-applicability or that presentation of any content would not be meaningful, or that information is not available as of the relevant date or for the relevant period. Zero values generally indicate that the respective figure is zero on an actual or rounded basis. Values that are zero on a rounded basis can be either negative or positive on an actual basis.

 

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UBS Group AG
P.O. Box
CH-8098 Zurich

ubs.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


      

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/ David Kelly _____________ 

Name:  David Kelly

Title:    Managing Director

 

 

 

By: _/s/ Ella Campi ______________ 

Name:  Ella Campi

Title:    Executive Director

 

 

UBS AG

 

 

 

By: _/s/ David Kelly _____________ 

Name:  David Kelly

Title:    Managing Director

 

 

 

By: _/s/ Ella Campi ______________ 

Name:  Ella Campi

Title:    Executive Director

 

 

 

 

Date:  March 6, 2023