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Investment Bank
Investment Bank

Business group reporting
Business group reporting

In first quarter 2008, the Investment Bank recorded a loss of CHF 18,228 million, compared with a pre-tax profit of CHF 1,539 million in first quarter 2007. This decline was due to net revenues of negative CHF 19,113 million in the fixed income, currencies and commodities area, mainly related to the inventory of securities linked to the US real estate market.

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Business group reporting

Quarter ended

% change from

CHF million

31.3.08

31.12.07

31.3.07

4Q07

1Q07

Investment banking

557

1,677

1,335

(67)

(58)

Advisory

376

742

438

(49)

(14)

Capital market revenues

279

1,016

980

(73)

(72)

Equities

108

817

546

(87)

(80)

Fixed income, currencies and commodities

171

199

434

(14)

(61)

Other fee income and risk management

(98)

(81)

(83)

(21)

(18)

Sales and trading

(17,165)

(13,939)

4,923

(23)

Equities

1,948

2,015

2,868

(3)

(32)

Fixed income, currencies and commodities

(19,113)

(15,954)

2,055

(20)

Total Investment Bank income

(16,608)

(12,262)

6,258

(35)

Credit loss (expense) / recovery

(308)

(223)

(20)

38

Total Investment Bank operating income core business

(16,916)

(12,485)

6,238

(35)

Own credit

2,103

659

0

219

Total Investment Bank operating income as reported

(14,813)

(11,826)

6,238

(25)

Cash components

2,075

2,226

3,033

(7)

(32)

Share-based components 1

(34)

741

596

Total personnel expenses

2,041

2,967

3,629

(31)

(44)

General and administrative expenses

1,121

902

769

24

46

Services (to) / from other business units

180

247

193

(27)

(7)

Depreciation of property and equipment

51

51

54

0

(6)

Amortization of intangible assets

22

41

54

(46)

(59)

Total operating expenses

3,415

4,208

4,699

(19)

(27)

Business group performance before tax

(18,228)

(16,034)

1,539

(14)

Key performance indicators

Compensation ratio (%) 2

N/A 3

N/A 3

58.0

Cost / income ratio (%) 4

N/A 3

N/A 3

75.1

Impaired lending portfolio as a % of total lending portfolio, gross

0.3

0.4

0.1

Average VaR (10-day, 99% confidence, 5 years of historical data)

306

665

517

(54)

(41)

Attributed equity and risk-weighted assets

Average attributed equity (CHF billion) 5

28.0

Return on attributed equity (RoaE) (%) 6

(260.4)

BIS risk-weighted assets (CHF billion) 7

225.2

190.7

182.2

Return on BIS risk-weighted assets (%) 8

(32.4)

(8.7)

3.5

Goodwill and intangible assets (CHF billion) 9

4.9

5.3

5.5

Additional information

Personnel (full-time equivalents)

21,320

21,932

22,179

(3)

(4)

1  Additionally includes social security contributions and expenses related to alternative investment awards. 2  Personnel expenses / income. 3  Both the cost / income and the compensation ratios are not meaningful due to losses recorded in the Investment Bank. 4  Operating expenses / income. 5  See page 65 for further explanation. 6  Year-to-date business group performance before tax (annualized as applicable) / attributed equity (year-to-date average). 7  BIS risk-weighted assets (RWA) are according to Basel II; for quarters prior to first quarter 2008, RWA are according to the Basel I framework. 8  Year-to-date business group performance before tax (annualized as applicable) / BIS RWA (year-to-date average). 9  Quarters prior to first quarter 2008 represent goodwill and intangible assets in excess of 4% of BIS Tier 1 capital.

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