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Business division reporting
Business division reporting

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In fourth quarter 2008, the Investment Bank recorded a pre-tax loss of CHF 7,483 million compared with a pre-tax loss of CHF 2,748 million in the prior quarter. Results were mainly affected by negative revenues of CHF 3,107 million in the fixed income, currencies and commodities area. An own credit charge of CHF 1,616 million was recorded in the fourth 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

Investment banking

528

786

1,677

(33)

(69)

2,880

6,636

Advisory

348

448

742

(22)

(53)

1,609

2,697

Capital market revenues

374

440

1,016

(15)

(63)

1,844

4,261

Equities

233

198

817

18

(71)

977

2,783

Fixed income, currencies and commodities

142

242

199

(41)

(29)

866

1,478

Other fee income and risk management

(195)

(102)

(81)

(91)

(141)

(573)

(322)

Sales and Trading

(2,876)

(3,288)

(13,939)

13

79

(26,106)

(7,833)

Equities

231

1,225

2,015

(81)

(89)

5,184

9,004

Fixed income, currencies and commodities

(3,107)

(4,514)

(15,954)

31

81

(31,289)

(16,837)

Total Investment Bank income

(2,348)

(2,503)

(12,262)

6

81

(23,226)

(1,197)

Credit loss (expense) / recovery

(1,939) 1

(317)

(223)

512

770

(2,575)

(266)

Total Investment Bank operating income core business

(4,288)

(2,820)

(12,485)

(52)

66

(25,801)

(1,463)

Own credit 2

(1,616)

2,069

659

2,032

659

Total Investment Bank operating income as reported

(5,903)

(750)

(11,826)

(687)

50

(23,769)

(804)

Cash components

286

1,089

2,219

(74)

(87)

5,173

8,902

Share-based components 3

7

(28)

741

(99)

(292)

2,384

Total personnel expenses

293

1,061

2,960

(72)

(90)

4,882

11,286

General and administrative expenses

858

640

893

34

(4)

3,399

3,386

Services (to) / from other business units

309

241

263

28

17

990

811

Depreciation of property and equipment

100

34

51

194

96

231

210

Impairment of goodwill

0

0

0

341

0

Amortization of intangible assets

20

21

41

(5)

(51)

83

172

Total operating expenses

1,580

1,998

4,208

(21)

(62)

9,925

15,865

Business division performance before tax

(7,483)

(2,748)

(16,034)

(172)

53

(33,694)

(16,669)

1 Includes CHF 1,329 million in credit losses from impairment charges on reclassified financial instruments. 2 Represents economic own credit changes of financial liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss. Prior periods have been adjusted to adhere to this "economic own credit" approach. Refer to note 10 for details and comparison with own credit amounts as defined by IFRS 7 (which are presented in note 3 of this report). 3 Additionally includes social security contributions and expenses related to alternative investment awards.

Business division reporting (continued)

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

Key performance indicators

Compensation ratio (%) 1, 2

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Cost / income ratio (%) 2, 3

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

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

3.0

1.0

0.4

Average VaR (10-day, 99% confidence, 5 years of historical data) 4

438

461

665

(5)

(34)

Attributed equity and risk-weighted assets

Average attributed equity (CHF billion) 5

26.0

26.0

0

Return on attributed equity (RoaE) (%) 6

(126.0)

BIS risk-weighted assets (CHF billion) 7

195.8

221.1

(11)

Return on BIS risk-weighted assets (%) 8

(15.5)

Goodwill and intangible assets (CHF billion)

4.6

5.1

(10)

Additional information

Personnel (full-time equivalents)

17,171

18,901

21,779

(9)

(21)

1 Personnel expenses / income. 2 Neither the cost / income nor the compensation ratio are meaningful due to losses recorded in the Investment Bank. 3 Operating expenses / income. 4 Regulatory VaR. In third quarter 2008, UBS changed from internal management VaR to regulatory VaR as the basis for external disclosure. 5 Refer to the discussion of the equity attribution framework in the "Capital management" section of this report. 6 Year-to-date business division performance before tax (annualized as applicable) / attributed equity (year-to-date average). 7 BIS risk-weighted assets (RWA) are according to Basel II. 8 Year-to-date business division performance before tax (annualized as applicable) / BIS RWA (year-to-date average).

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