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Global Wealth Management & Business Banking
Global Wealth Management & Business Banking

Business description

Global Wealth Management & Business Banking comprises the following business units, which are reported separately:

Wealth Management International & Switzerland provides a comprehensive range of products and services, individually tailored for wealthy and affluent clients around the world (except domestic US clients), via its extensive global branch network and through financial intermediaries. An open product platform gives clients access to a wide array of pre-screened, top-quality products from third-party providers that complement UBS's own lines.

Wealth Management US offers sophisticated products and services specifically designed to address the needs of emerging affluent, affluent, high net worth and ultra-high net worth domestic US clients.

Business Banking Switzerland offers high-quality, standardized products to the retail market for individual and small company clients, as well as more complex products and advisory services for larger corporate and institutional clients and financial institutions in Switzerland.

Performance in 2007

Wealth Management International & Switzerland:

Record net new money intake of CHF 125.1 billion (CHF 97.6 billion in 2006) led to an all-time high in invested assets of CHF 1,294 billion (up 14% from 2006).

Record pre-tax profit of CHF 6,306 million (up 21% compared with 2006).

Cost / income ratio improved for the fifth consecutive year to 50.9%.

Wealth Management US:

23% year-on-year increase in performance before tax to CHF 718 million despite weakening of the US dollar. Record recurring income and lower general and administrative expenses.

Strong net new money intake of CHF 26.6 billion (CHF 15.7 billion in 2006). Invested assets increased to CHF 840 billion reflecting rising markets, net new money intake and the first-time inclusion of McDonald Investments.

Business Banking Switzerland:

Record performance before tax of CHF 2,460 million (CHF 2,356 million in 2006), mainly due to income growth.

Continued high level of efficiency with cost / income ratio of 57.3%.

Business group / business unit reporting

CHF million, except where indicated

Wealth Management International & Switzerland

Wealth Management US

Business Banking Switzerland

Global Wealth Management & Business Banking

As of or for the year ended

31.12.07

31.12.06

31.12.07

31.12.06

31.12.07

31.12.06

31.12.07

31.12.06

Total operating income

12,866

10,798

6,659

5,863

5,489

5,270

25,014

21,931

Total operating expenses

6,560

5,595

5,941

5,281

3,029

2,914

15,530

13,790

Business group / business unit performance before tax

6,306

5,203

718

582

2,460

2,356

9,484

8,141

Additional information

Net new money (CHF billion)1

125.1

97.6

26.6

15.7

4.6

1.2

156.3

114.5

Invested assets (CHF billion)

1,294

1,138

840

824

164

161

2,298

2,123

Personnel (full-time equivalents)

15,811

13,564

19,347

18,557

15,932

15,913

51,090

48,034

1 Excludes interest and dividend income.

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