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Who we are
Who we are

We are one of the world's leading financial firms, serving a discerning international client base. Our business, global in scale, is focused on growth. As an integrated firm, we create added value for clients by drawing on the combined resources and expertise of all our businesses.

We are present in all major financial centers, with offices in more than 50 countries. We employ around 78,000 people, with 39% in the Americas, 35% in Switzerland, 16% in the rest of Europe and 10% in the Asia Pacific region.

We are one of the best capitalized financial institutions in the world, with a BIS Tier 1 ratio of 11.9%, invested assets of CHF 3.0 trillion, equity attributable to UBS shareholders of around CHF 50 billion and market capitalization of roughly CHF 154 billion (on 31 December 2006).

What we do

In wealth management, our services are designed for high net worth and affluent individuals around the world, ­whether investing internationally or in their home country. We provide them with tailored, unbiased advice and investment services – ranging from asset management to estate planning and from corporate finance to art banking.

As an asset manager, we offer innovative investment management solutions in nearly every asset class to private, institutional and corporate clients, and through financial ­intermediaries. Our investment capabilities comprise traditional assets (for instance equities, fixed income and asset allocation), alternative and quantitative investments (multi-manager funds, funds of hedge funds, hedge funds) and real estate.

In the investment banking and securities businesses, we provide securities products and research (in the areas of ­equities, fixed income, rates, foreign exchange, energy and metals) as well as advice and access to the world's capital markets to corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Our Swiss retail and corporate banking business provides a complete set of banking and securities services for domestic individual and corporate clients.

Our vision

We are determined to be the best global financial services company. We focus on wealth and asset management, and on investment banking and securities businesses. We continually earn recognition and trust from clients, shareholders, and staff through our ability to anticipate, learn and shape our future. We share a common ambition to succeed by delivering quality in what we do. Our purpose is to help our clients make financial decisions with confidence. We use our resources to develop effective solutions and services for our clients. We foster a distinctive, meritocratic culture of ambition, performance and learning as this attracts, retains and develops the best talent for our company. By growing both our client and our talent franchises, we add sustainable value for our shareholders.

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