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UBS results in second quarter 2008
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Global Wealth Management & Business Banking
Global Wealth Management & Business Banking

Business group reporting
Business group reporting

Pre-tax profit for Global Wealth Management & Business Banking was CHF 1,123 million in second quarter 2008, a decrease of 48% from the previous quarter. Contributing factors include a pre-tax loss in Wealth Management US, which was CHF 741 million primarily due to the USD 900 million (CHF 919 million) provision made in connection with auction rate securities, and reduced pre-tax profits in UBS’s international and Swiss wealth management businesses, which fell by 11% to CHF 1,266 million. Business Banking, on the other hand, saw an increase in pre-tax profit of 11% to CHF 598 million. The quarter saw net new money outflows of CHF 19.3 billion compared with inflows of CHF 3.7 billion in the prior quarter.

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Business group reporting

As of or for the quarter ended

% change from

Year-to-date

CHF million, except where indicated

30.6.08

31.3.08

30.6.07

1Q08

2Q07

30.6.08

30.6.07

Income

5,572

5,852

6,246

(5)

(11)

11,424

12,207

Credit loss (expense) / recovery

(8)

(3)

11

167

(11)

32

Total operating income

5,564

5,849

6,257

(5)

(11)

11,413

12,239

Cash components

2,457

2,559

2,657

(4)

(8)

5,015

5,259

Share-based components 1

43

75

159

(43)

(73)

118

266

Total personnel expenses

2,500

2,634

2,816

(5)

(11)

5,134

5,525

General and administrative expenses

1,631

732

826

123

97

2,363

1,548

Services (to) / from other business units

229

253

291

(9)

(21)

482

575

Depreciation of property and equipment

63

59

58

7

9

122

110

Amortization of intangible assets

19

19

21

0

(10)

37

46

Total operating expenses

4,442

3,697

4,012

20

11

8,138

7,804

Business group performance before tax

1,123

2,152

2,245

(48)

(50)

3,275

4,435

Key performance indicators

Cost / income ratio (%) 2

79.7

63.2

64.2

71.2

63.9

Attributed equity and risk-weighted assets

Average attributed equity (CHF billion) 3

17.0

17.0

0

Return on attributed equity (RoaE) (%) 4

38.5

BIS risk-weighted assets (CHF billion) 5

93.2

89.5

171.6

4

Return on BIS risk-weighted assets (%) 6

7.2

5.5

Goodwill and intangible assets (CHF billion) 7

6.0

5.9

6.0

2

Additional information

Invested assets (CHF billion)

2,006

1,994

2,345

1

(14)

Net new money (CHF billion) 8

(19.3)

3.7

36.0

(15.5)

83.5

Client assets (CHF billion)

3,035

3,044

3,643

0

(17)

Personnel (full-time equivalents)

50,839

51,589

49,717

(1)

2

1 Additionally includes social security contributions and expenses related to alternative investment awards. 2 Operating expenses / income. 3 See page Treasury shares for further explanation. 4 Year-to-date business group performance before tax (annualized as applicable) / attributed equity (year-to-date average). 5 BIS risk-weighted assets (RWA) are according to Basel II; for quarters prior to 1Q08, RWA are according to the Basel I framework. 6 Year-to-date business group performance before tax (annualized as applicable) / BIS RWA (year-to-date average). 7 Quarters prior to 1Q08 represent goodwill and intangible assets in excess of 4% of BIS tier 1 capital. 8 Excludes interest and dividend income.

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