UBS's third-quarter 2026 results

Reported revenues were USD 13,350m, up 5% YoY. On an underlying basis, revenues increased by 10% to USD 13,387m, with a 3% YoY increase in revenues in our core businesses.

GWM underlying revenues increased 8% YoY to USD 6,898m, mainly driven by a 9% increase in recurring net fee income and 8% rise in net interest income. The Investment Bank delivered a record third quarter of underlying revenues, propelled by a 17% increase in Global Markets to USD 2,548m, led by a 22% increase in Equities, supported by higher client balances, market share gains and strong activity in Corporate Derivatives and Structured Products.

Group invested assets were USD 7.3trn. GWM net new assets for the quarter totaled USD 55.1bn, representing a 4.5% annualized growth rate, with positive contributions across all regions and led by APAC and the Americas. In the Americas, we continued to execute our strategy with discipline, driving growth and delivering further improvements in profitability. PBT increased by 28% YoY, and the PBT margin improved by over 2 percentage points YoY to 16%.

Our Unified Global Alternatives initiative across GWM and Asset Management saw a record USD 12.5bn in new commitments in the quarter with assets under management up to USD 371bn.

We remain a reliable partner for the Swiss economy continuing to support businesses and households with our global reach, advice and expertise. We granted or renewed CHF ~40bn of loans to businesses and households in 3Q26, underscoring our position as the leading provider of credit to the economy. Client momentum in Personal & Corporate Banking remained strong, with the franchise adding net new clients and delivering CHF 3.3bn in net new loans and CHF 1.8bn in net new deposits.

Integration firmly on track to be substantially completed by the end of this year

We continue to execute on the final stages of the integration. With USD 13.2bn of gross cost reductions already delivered, including USD 0.6bn in the third quarter, we expect to deliver a total of USD 13.7bn in cumulative gross cost savings, above our previous ambition of approximately USD 13.5bn.

As of 30 September 2026, nearly all of the legacy Credit Suisse IT applications in scope for decommissioning were no longer in use and around 90% of such applications had already been fully decommissioned.

With nine-month underlying return on CET1 of 16.7% and underlying cost/income ratio of 69.6%, we are also well positioned to outperform our 2026 exit rate return on CET1 capital target of ~15% and achieve our 2026 exit rate cost/income ratio target of <70% with potential for incremental improvement.

Strong capital position and balance sheet for all seasons

Our strong capital generation in the quarter further fortified our capital position with a CET1 capital ratio of 14.7% and a CET1 leverage ratio of 4.6%, both above our guidance of ~14% and >4.0%, respectively. We expect to end 2026 with a CET1 capital ratio at or very close to our target of around 14%, including a potential accrual for the initial portion of intended 2027 share buybacks.

Our performance allows us to continue deploying resources towards profitable growth opportunities, investing into our future, and delivering on our capital return ambitions. In the quarter we continued to accrue for mid-teens percentage growth in our dividend, and repurchased USD 1.8bn of shares. We plan to complete the USD 3bn program by the time we report our fourth quarter results. The amount and pace of share repurchases will remain subject to our short-term financial performance and outlook, maintaining a CET1 capital ratio of around 14% and further visibility on the deliberations by the Swiss Parliament on the capitalization of foreign subsidiaries.

We will communicate our 2027 capital return ambitions with our fourth-quarter and full-year financial results in February 2027.

Strategically investing in our franchise and footprint

We remain focused on investing in technology, including AI, as well as our capabilities and talent, to position UBS for the future as we enhance our client experience, further strengthen our infrastructure and increase efficiency.

We continue to progress our 9 large-scale, end-to-end transformational AI initiatives and build on our 608 live AI use cases in production (81% YoY increase, with another 1,090+ applications in development).

We also continue to provide our employees with the AI tools necessary to successfully deliver tangible outcomes for our clients and our business on a daily basis. Our employees are running over 12,700 AI personal agents to support them in their daily activities. Over 18,000 of our software developers are leveraging AI tools in the software development cycles, leading to measurable productivity gains. And, our award-winning STAAT tool has year-to-date generated over 30 million insights to be distributed to the Financial Advisor teams to help them even better advise their clients.

Our sustained commitment to building AI capabilities responsibly and at scale through our firm-wide investment in skills and tools was recognized externally – we’re the leading bank in Europe in the 2026 Evident AI Index for financial services and the only European bank in the global top 10. UBS was also recognized as the global leader in responsible AI and talent development.

Of special significance is our first place globally for Talent Development, which recognizes the firm-wide engagement in our AI Learning Journeys and enablement initiatives such as AI Power Hour, and our academic partnerships with Oxford and Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA). These activities, combined with our investment in AI tools for employees across the firm, are ensuring we can all play an active role in developing and using meaningful AI skills and capabilities.