Strategy and structure

UBS is, and has been for many years, a truly global firm, working with corporate, institutional and private clients. Our strategy is to concentrate on three global core businesses – wealth management, asset management and investment banking and securities trading – as well as retail and corporate banking in Switzerland. We operate as one firm, with an integrated business model that ensures we add value to our clients by drawing on the combined resources and expertise of all our businesses.

Our businesses

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.