UBS AG
Versione ottimizzata per screen reader per visitatori ipovedenti e non vedenti Home | Accessibilità | Versione zoomata | Sitemap locale | Service Finder | Contatto | eng deu fra ita | Cerca
   
Relazioni 2006  
Retrospettiva Financial Report Handbook
     
Introduction
Presentation of Financial Information
UBS
Financial Businesses
Industrial Holdings
Balance Sheet and Cash Flows
Accounting Standards and Policies
Financial Statements
Notes to the Financial Statements
UBS AG (Parent Bank)
Additional Disclosure Required under SEC Regulations
 

Note 16 Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
Note 16 Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

At year-end 2006, five out of seven segments carry goodwill, of which Industrial Holdings has less than 1% of the total balance. Business Banking Switzerland and Corporate Center carry no goodwill. For the purpose of testing goodwill for impairment, UBS determines the recoverable amount of its segments on the basis of value in use.

The recoverable amount is determined using a proprietary model based on the discounted cash flow method, which has been adapted to give effect to the special features of the banking business and its regulatory environment. The recoverable amount is determined by estimating streams of earnings available to shareholders in the next four quarters based on a rolling forecast process, discounted to their present values. The terminal value reflecting all periods beyond the first year is calculated on the basis of the estimated individual return on equity for each segment, which is derived from the forecast first-year profit, the underlying equity, the cost of equity and the long-term growth rate. The recoverable amount of the segments is the sum of earnings available to shareholders from the first year and the terminal value. The model is most sensitive to changes in the forecast earnings available to shareholders in year one, the estimated return on equity, the underlying equity, the cost of equity and to changes in the long-term growth rate. The applied long-term growth rate is based on long-term risk free interest rates. Earnings available to shareholders are estimated based on forecast results, business initiatives and planned capital investments and returns to shareholders. Validation parameters used within the Group's impairment test model are linked to external market information, where applicable. Discount rates applied range from 8% for Wealth Management International & Switzerland and for Business Banking Switzerland to 10.5% for Investment Bank.

Management believes that reasonable changes in key assumptions used to determine the recoverable amounts of segments will not result in an impairment situation.

Goodwill

Other intangible assets

CHF million

Total

Infrastructure

Customer relationships, contractual rights and other

Total

31.12.06

31.12.05

Historical cost

Balance at the beginning of the year

11,313

1,016

2,056

3,072

14,385

13,096

Additions and reallocations

2,015

0

1,321

1,321

3,336

92

Disposals

(142)

0

(1,231)

(1,231)

(1,373)

(395)

Write-offs 1

0

0

(28)

(28)

(28)

(112)

Foreign currency translation

(722)

(74)

(31)

(105)

(827)

1,704

Balance at the end of the year

12,464

942

2,087

3,029

15,493

14,385

Accumulated amortization

Balance at the beginning of the year

263

636

899

899

895

Amortization 2

48

148

196

196

340

Reallocations

0

0

0

0

(307)

Disposals

0

(301)

(301)

(301)

(30)

Write-offs 1

0

(28)

(28)

(28)

(112)

Foreign currency translation

(20)

(26)

(46)

(46)

113

Balance at the end of the year

291

429

720

720

899

Net book value at the end of the year

12,464

651

1,658

2,309

14,773

13,486

1  Represents write-offs of fully amortized other intangible assets. 2  Amortization expense of CHF 43 million and CHF 209 million is related to discontinued operations for 2006 and 2005, ­respectively.

The following table presents the disclosure of goodwill and other intangible assets by business segment for the year ended 31 December 2006.

CHF million

Balance at the beginning of the year

Additions and reallocations

Disposals

Amortization

Foreign currency translation

Balance at the end of the year

Goodwill

Wealth Management International & Switzerland

1,566

116

0

(37)

1,645

Wealth Management US

3,841

444

0

(279)

4,006

Business Banking Switzerland

0

0

0

0

0

Global Asset Management

1,438

190

0

(97)

1,531

Investment Bank

4,309

1,260

0

(307)

5,262

Corporate Center

0

0

0

0

0

Industrial Holdings

159

5

(142)

(2)

20

UBS

11,313

2,015

(142)

(722)

12,464

Other intangible assets

Wealth Management International & Switzerland

141

184

0

(10)

10

325

Wealth Management US

753

148

0

(53)

(55)

793

Business Banking Switzerland

0

0

0

0

0

0

Global Asset Management

8

488

0

(4)

6

498

Investment Bank

296

483

0

(72)

(19)

688

Corporate Center

9

0

0

(9)

0

0

Industrial Holdings

966

18

(930)

(48)

(1)

5

UBS

2,173

1,321

(930)

(196)

(59)

2,309

The estimated, aggregated amortization expenses for other intangible assets are as follows:

CHF million

Other intangible assets

Estimated, aggregated amortization expenses for:

2007

334

2008

238

2009

238

2010

219

2011

187

2012 and thereafter

1,093

Total

2,309

Importante avvertenza legale - si prega di leggere la clausola di esonero della responsabilità prima di proseguire.
I prodotti e servizi presentati in queste pagine eventualmente non sono disponibili per le persone residenti in determinate nazioni. Per maggiori informazioni vogliate consultare le limitazioni di vendita relative al servizio in questione.
© UBS 1998-2009. Tutti i diritti riservati.
Privacy Policy

 
Create your own report 
Create your own report

Create your own report by searching and selecting articles of our Annual Reporting products.