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Pre-tax profit for Global Wealth Management & Business Banking was CHF 1,133 million in fourth quarter 2008 - a decrease of 39% from the prior quarter. During this period, the Wealth Management International & Switzerland unit was impacted by credit losses on lombard loans and its pre-tax profit declined 36% to CHF 712 million. The Wealth Management US unit had further charges for auction rate securities and recorded a pre-tax loss of CHF 341 million, compared with a pre-tax profit of CHF 203 million in the prior quarter. Business Banking Switzerland reported a record quarterly pre-tax profit of CHF 762 million, an increase of 39%, partly following the revaluation of UBS's participation in the SIX Swiss Exchange. Lower variable compensation resulted in significantly decreased personnel expenses in all three business units. Outflows of net new money were CHF 58.2 billion compared with outflows of CHF 49.3 billion in the prior quarter.

Business division reporting

As of or for the quarter ended

% change from

Year ended

CHF million, except where indicated

31.12.08

30.9.08

31.12.07

3Q08

4Q07

31.12.08

31.12.07

Income

5,074

5,304

6,331

(4)

(20)

21,802

24,841

Credit loss (expense) / recovery

(370)

(40)

(15)

825

(421)

28

Total operating income

4,703

5,265

6,316

(11)

(26)

21,381

24,869

Cash components

1,852

2,324

2,593

(20)

(29)

9,191

10,564

Share-based components 1

(3)

72

87

187

444

Total personnel expenses

1,849

2,396

2,680

(23)

(31)

9,378

11,008

General and administrative expenses

1,401

687

844

104

66

4,450

3,178

Services (to) / from other business units

210

233

240

(10)

(13)

926

1,106

Depreciation of property and equipment

70

69

69

1

1

261

241

Amortization of intangible assets

40

20

21

100

90

98

85

Total operating expenses

3,571

3,404

3,854

5

(7)

15,113

15,618

Business division performance before tax

1,133

1,861

2,462

(39)

(54)

6,269

9,251

Key performance indicators

Cost / income ratio (%) 2

70.4

64.2

60.9

69.3

62.9

Attributed equity and risk-weighted assets

Average attributed equity (CHF billion) 3

18.0

17.0

6

Return on attributed equity (RoaE) (%) 4

36.3

BIS risk-weighted assets (CHF billion) 5

89.2

91.3

(2)

Return on BIS risk-weighted assets (%) 6

6.9

Goodwill and intangible assets (CHF billion)

6.2

6.6

(6)

Additional information

Invested assets (CHF billion)

1,599

1,932

2,298

(17)

(30)

Net new money (CHF billion) 7

(58.2)

(49.3)

31.7

(123.0)

156.3

Client assets (CHF billion)

2,393

2,878

3,554

(17)

(33)

Personnel (full-time equivalents)

49,541

49,621

51,243

0

(3)

1 Additionally includes social security contributions and expenses related to alternative investment awards. 2 Operating expenses / income. 3 Refer to the "Capital management" section of this report for more information about the equity attribution framework. 4 Year-to-date business division performance before tax (annualized as applicable) / attributed equity (year-to-date average). 5 BIS risk-weighted assets (RWA) are according to Basel II. 6 Year-to-date business division performance before tax (annualized as applicable) / BIS RWA (year-to-date average). 7 Excludes interest and dividend income.

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