Before opening a UBS investment account, your UBS client advisor will help you analyze your investment goals and currency of account (reference currency of CHF, EUR or USD) and decide upon an investment strategy that suits you.
You combine the advantages of an account
Simple: The money you deposit is automatically invested in the UBS Funds of your choice.
Pays interest: Amounts below the minimum investment amount earn interest at a preferential interest rate. (Except for UBS investment fund account in USD).
Flexible: You can make deposits and withdrawals from your UBS investment fund account whenever you like.
Fully invested: Your money will be invested not only in complete units, but also in fractions of these units.
Individual: You decide when and by how much you want your assets to grow.
UBS KeyClub: You earn valuable UBS KeyClub points on your assets.
with the benefits of UBS Funds.
Security: You benefit from optimum risk diversification and increase your chances of better returns by making regular deposits (cost-averaging effect).
Returns: Over the long term, UBS Funds offer you higher earnings potential than a savings account. As an investor, you benefit from interest and dividend payments as well as from increases in the funds value.
Varied: You can choose from a wide range of over 200 UBS Funds.
Diversification of investment risk: Benefit from the broad diversification of UBS Funds.
Quality: All investments are carefully selected and continuously monitored.
Overview: Annual investment fund account reports and individual statements for each investment help you keep track of your investments at all times.
The UBS investment fund account at a glance
Account currencies: CHF, EUR, USD
Deposits: Possible at all times (via bank/account transfer, standing order, UBS e-banking or over the counter in cash). Money is automatically invested in the UBS Fund(s) of your choice as soon as the minimum investment amount has been reached.
Withdrawals: Possible at all times; at least CHF/EUR/USD 500, or CHF/EUR/USD 100 for young bank clients1 and young professionals1. Maximum of 80% of the investment fund account assets.
Minimum investment: CHF/EUR/USD 500, or CHF/EUR/USD 100 for young bank clients1 and young professionals1.
Interest rate: Preferential interest rates on the amount not invested in UBS Funds. Only accounts in CHF and EUR bear interest; investment fund accounts in USD do not (you can find detailed information in a separate overview, which you can pick up at your UBS branch or access via the Internet at www.ubs.com/interestrates).
Conditions:
0.14% annual administration fee for managing the UBS investment fund account
Issuing commissions for investing in UBS Funds (prices vary depending on the fund)
and the standard commissions and costs of the individual investment funds
Third-party charges (e.g. VAT, withholding tax, federal stamp duties, etc.) will be
charged separately
Preferential conditions for young bank clients1 and young professionals1
No administration fee
50% discount on issuing commission (other commissions and costs are charged
as usual)
Investment plan types: Growth plan or redemption plan
Investment strategies:
Relative return: Fixed Income, Yield, Balanced, Growth, Equity
Absolute return: Medium, Plus
Free: Your choice from a range of over 200 UBS Funds
Opportunities and risks: You participate in the performance of the financial markets and enjoy higher long-term earnings potential than with an ordinary savings account. As an investor you must keep in mind that the performance of the investment fund account may periodically be negative.
Statements: Individual confirmations for each investment
Reporting: Annual investment fund account reporting
UBS e-banking: Access detailed information about your UBS investment fund account at any time via UBS e-banking.
Publication: UBS Funds' prices are published in the daily press as well as on Teletext and the Internet (detailed information can be found online at www.ubs.com/fundgate).
UBS KeyClub: Free membership of UBS KeyClub bonus program entitles you to earn bonus points on your UBS KeyClub assets and on the purchases you make with your UBS Credit Card; you also receive additional points for your loyalty to UBS.
1 Young bank clients: children and young people up to 20 as well as UBS Generation and UBS Campus clients.
Young professionals: UBS Young Professional clients.
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