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Investment Bank

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In third quarter 2008, the Investment Bank recorded a pre-tax loss of CHF 2,748 million compared with a pre-tax loss of CHF 5,233 million in the prior quarter. Negative revenues of CHF 4,563 million in the fixed income, currencies and commodities area contributed to this loss, and were only partly offset by positive contributions from equities and the investment banking department, as well as a gain of CHF 2,207 million due to the widening of UBS's own credit spread over the quarter.

Division reporting

As of or for the quarter ended

% change from

Year-to-date

CHF million, except where indicated

30.9.08

30.6.08

30.9.07

2Q08

3Q07

30.9.08

30.9.07

Investment banking

786

1,008

1,545

(22)

(49)

2,351

4,959

Advisory

448

437

820

3

(45)

1,261

1,955

Capital market revenues

440

750

793

(41)

(45)

1,469

3,245

Equities

198

438

546

(55)

(64)

744

1,966

Fixed income, currencies and commodities

242

312

247

(22)

(2)

725

1,279

Other fee income and risk management

(102)

(179)

(68)

43

(50)

(379)

(241)

Sales and trading

(3,426)

(3,178)

(2,959)

(8)

(16)

(23,770)

6,106

Equities

1,136

1,542

1,448

(26)

(22)

4,626

6,989

Fixed income, currencies and commodities

(4,563)

(4,720)

(4,407)

3

(4)

(28,396)

(883)

Total Investment Bank income

(2,641)

(2,170)

(1,414)

(22)

(87)

(21,418)

11,065

Credit loss (expense) / recovery

(317)

(10)

(26)

(635)

(43)

Total Investment Bank operating income core business

(2,958)

(2,180)

(1,440)

(36)

(105)

(22,054)

11,022

Own credit

2,207

(122)

0

4,188

0

Total Investment Bank operating income as reported

(750)

(2,302)

(1,440)

67

48

(17,866)

11,022

Cash components

1,089

1,731

828

(37)

32

4,888

6,683

Share-based components 1

(28)

(237)

487

88

(299)

1,643

Total personnel expenses

1,061

1,494

1,315

(29)

(19)

4,589

8,326

General and administrative expenses

640

784

793

(18)

(19)

2,540

2,493

Services (to) / from other business units

241

248

188

(3)

28

680

548

Depreciation of property and equipment

34

45

59

(24)

(42)

131

159

Impairment of goodwill

0

341

0

(100)

341

0

Amortization of intangible assets

21

20

38

5

(45)

64

131

Total operating expenses

1,998

2,931

2,393

(32)

(17)

8,345

11,657

Division performance before tax

(2,748)

(5,233)

(3,833)

47

28

(26,210)

(635)

Key performance indicators

Compensation ratio (%) 2

N/A3

N/A 3

N/A 3

N/A 3

75.2

Cost / income ratio (%) 4

N/A3

N/A 3

N/A 3

N/A 3

105.4

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

1.0

0.4

0.4

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

461

310

447

49

3

Attributed equity and risk-weighted assets

Average attributed equity (CHF billion) 6

26.0

27.0

(4)

Return on attributed equity (RoaE) (%) 7

(129.4)

BIS risk-weighted assets (CHF billion) 8

221.1

214.2

3

Return on BIS risk-weighted assets (%) 9

(15.8)

(0.4)

Goodwill and intangible assets (CHF billion) 10

5.1

4.8

6

Additional information

Personnel (full-time equivalents)

18,901

19,475

22,666

(3)

(17)

1 Additionally includes social security contributions and expenses related to alternative investment awards. 2 Personnel expenses / income. 3 Neither the cost / income nor the compensation ratio are meaningful due to losses recorded in the Investment Bank. 4 Operating expenses / income. 5 Regulatory VaR. In third quarter 2008, UBS changed from internal management VaR to regulatory VaR as the basis for external disclosure. Further information about this change can be found in the sidebar " Value at Risk developments - treatment of CVA". 6 See this page for further explanation. 7 Year-to-date division performance before tax (annualized as applicable) / attributed equity (year-to-date average). 8 BIS risk-weighted assets (RWA) are according to Basel II; for quarters prior to 1Q08, RWA are according to the Basel I framework. 9 Year-to-date division performance before tax (annualized as applicable) / BIS RWA (year-to-date average). 10 Quarters prior to 1Q08 represent goodwill and intangible assets in excess of 4% of BIS tier 1 capital.

As announced on 3 October 2008, the Investment Bank will be repositioned following a detailed strategic review of the division by its chairman and chief executive officer, the Group Executive Committee and the Board of Directors. The repositioning will increase the efficiency of the division and lead to further reductions in its headcount and balance sheet. Reprioritizing the Investment Bank's business portfolio will preserve its core strengths and client franchises in the areas of equities, investment banking and fixed income, currencies and commodities, while select business activities will be downsized or exited.

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