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Note 3 Net Interest and Trading Income
Note 3  Net Interest and Trading Income

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Accounting standards require separate disclosure of net interest income and net trading income (see the tables on this and the next page). This required disclosure, however, does not take into account that net interest and trading income are generated by a range of different businesses. In many cases, a particular business can generate both net interest and trading income. Fixed income trading activity, for example, generates both trading profits and coupon income. UBS management therefore analyzes net interest and trading income according to the businesses that drive it. The second table below (labeled Breakdown by businesses) provides information that corresponds to this management view. Net income from trading businesses includes both interest and trading income generated by the Group's trading businesses and the Investment Bank's lending activities. Net income from interest margin businesses comprises interest income from the Group's loan portfolio. Net income from treasury and other activities reflects all income from the Group's centralized treasury function.

Net interest and trading income

Quarter ended

% change from

CHF million

31.3.08

31.12.07

31.3.07

4Q07

1Q07

Net interest income

1,679

1,537

1,308

9

28

Net trading income

(11,643)

(13,915)

4,667

16

Total net interest and trading income

(9,964)

(12,378)

5,975

20

Breakdown by businesses

Quarter ended

% change from

CHF million

31.3.08

31.12.07

31.3.07

4Q07

1Q07

Net income from trading businesses 1

(15,761)

(14,420)

4,274

(9)

Net income from interest margin businesses

1,581

1,637

1,466

(3)

8

Net income from treasury activities and other

4,216

405

235

941

Total net interest and trading income

(9,964)

(12,378)

5,975

20

1  Includes lending activities of the Investment Bank.

Net interest income

Quarter ended

% change from

CHF million

31.3.08

31.12.07

31.3.07

4Q07

1Q07

Interest income

Interest earned on loans and advances

5,436

6,360

4,312

(15)

26

Interest earned on securities borrowed and reverse repurchase agreements

7,919

10,753

11,953

(26)

(34)

Interest and dividend income from trading portfolio

6,763

8,603

9,611

(21)

(30)

Interest income on financial assets designated at fair value

80

76

33

5

142

Interest and dividend income from financial investments available-for-sale

24

28

33

(14)

(27)

Total

20,222

25,820

25,942

(22)

(22)

Interest expense

Interest on amounts due to banks and customers

5,793

6,921

6,742

(16)

(14)

Interest on securities lent and repurchase agreements

6,045

8,985

10,176

(33)

(41)

Interest and dividend expense from trading portfolio

2,332

3,144

3,900

(26)

(40)

Interest on financial liabilities designated at fair value

1,749

2,272

1,616

(23)

8

Interest on debt issued

2,624

2,961

2,200

(11)

19

Total

18,543

24,283

24,634

(24)

(25)

Net interest income

1,679

1,537

1,308

9

28

Interest includes forward points on foreign exchange swaps used to manage short-term interest rate risk on foreign currency loans and deposits.

Note 3 Net Interest and Trading Income (continued)

Net trading income 1

Quarter ended

% change from

CHF million

31.3.08

31.12.07

31.3.07

4Q07

1Q07

Equities

2,840

1,751

2,828

62

0

Fixed income

(20,436)

(15,696)

450

(30)

Foreign exchange and other 2

5,953

30

1,389

329

Net trading income

(11,643)

(13,915)

4,667

16

thereof net gains / (losses) from financial liabilities designated at fair value

10,161

2,363

(486)

330

1  Please refer to the table "Net Interest and Trading Income" on the previous page for the Net income from trading businesses (for an explanation, read the corresponding introductory comment). 2  Includes trading from money markets, currencies and commodities.

Financial liabilities designated at fair value are to a large extent economically hedged with derivatives and other instruments whose change in fair value is also reported in Net trading income.

The Group recorded a gain of CHF 2,103 million and CHF 659 million for the quarters ended 31 March 2008 and 31 December 2007, respectively in Net trading income from changes in the fair value of financial liabilities designated at fair value attributable to changes in the Group's own credit risk. The change applies to those financial liabilities designated at fair value where the Group's own credit risk would be considered by market participants and excludes fully collateralized transactions and other instruments for which it is established market practice not to include an entity-specific adjustment for own credit. It was calculated based on a senior long-term debt curve generated from observed external pricing for funding associated with new senior debt issued by the Group.

Significant impacts on net trading income 1,2

Quarter ended 31.3.08

Year ended 31.12.07

USD billion

CHF billion 3

USD billion

CHF billion 3

US sub-prime residential mortgage market

US sub-prime super senior RMBS CDO 4

(5.3)

(5.4)

(9.2)

(10.5)

US sub-prime residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS)

(2.1)

(2.2)

(2.6)

(2.9)

US sub-prime warehouse and retained RMBS CDO

0.2

0.2

(2.8)

(3.2)

US Alt-A residential mortgage market

US Alt-A, AAA - rated RMBS backed by first lien mortgages

(4.5)

(4.5)

(0.8)

(0.9)

US Alt-A, super senior RMBS CDO 4 and other

(1.6)

(1.7)

(1.2)

(1.4)

US Prime residential mortgage market

US super senior prime RMBS CDO 4

(0.2)

(0.2)

US prime RMBS

(0.7)

(0.7)

Credit valuation adjustments for monoline credit protection

US RMBS CDO

(1.5)

(1.5)

(0.8)

(0.9)

Other than US RMBS CDO

(0.2)

(0.2)

US Commercial mortgage market

US commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBSs) CDO

(0.2)

(0.2)

US CMBS/CMBX

(0.1)

(0.1)

US Commercial real estate loans

(0.1)

(0.1)

US Reference linked notes (RLN)

US RLN sub-prime and Alt-A

(1.2)

(1.2)

(1.3)

(1.5)

US RLN CMBS

(0.2)

(0.2)

US RLN other ABS and corporate debt

(0.2)

(0.2)

Leveraged finance

(0.3)

(0.3)

US student loans

(1.0)

(1.0)

Subtotal

(19.2)

(19.5)

(18.7) 5

(21.3) 5

Mandatory convertible notes 6

3.9

Total

(15.6)

1 Includes mainly positions reflected in the section "Risk concentrations" in the MD&A of this report and in Note 12. 2 The positions disclosed in this table are reflected in Net trading income of CHF (11,643) million and CHF (8,353) million for the period ended 31 March 2008 and 31 December 2007 respectively. 3 The exchange rates represent the average rates for first quarter 2008 (1 USD = 1.02 CHF) and for fourth quarter 2007 (1 USD = 1.14 CHF). 4 Amounts exclude credit valuation adjustments taken in first quarter for a single monoline insurer where hedge protection is considered ineffective. Amounts are shown as part of monoline profit and loss. 5 Includes only positions disclosed in Note 3 of the Annual Report 2007. 6 See Note 12 for details.

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