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Annual Report 2011
Our performance in 2011
Contents
2 Letter to shareholders
6 Key figures
7 UBS and its businesses
8 Our Board of Directors
10 Our Group Executive Board
12 The making of UBS
1. Operating environment 3.
and strategy
16 Current market climate and industry drivers 112
19 Regulatory developments 116
22 Our strategy 133
27 Measurement of performance 140
30 Wealth Management 142
33 Retail & Corporate 144
35 Wealth Management Americas 151
38 Global Asset Management
Annual Report 2011 Our performance in 2
Contents 2 Letter to shareholders 6 Key
Annual Report 2011 Letter to shareholders
Sergio P. Ermotti Group Chief Executive Officer
Annual Report 2011 Letter to shareholders
expertise to strengthen the Board further. Bruno
Annual Report 2011 Key figures As of
UBS and its businesses We draw on our 150-year
Annual Report 2011 Our Board of Director
1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10
Annual Report 2011 Our Group Executive B
1 7 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10
Annual Report 2011 The making of UBS
In the early 1990s, SBC and Union Bank of Sw
Annual Report 2011 The firm’s progres
Operating environment and strategy
Operating environment and strategy Current market
Foreign exchange markets: Swiss franc appreciatio
Operating environment and strategy Current market
Regulatory developments Operating environment and
Operating environment and strategy Regulatory dev
underwriting activities. The rule would also limi
Operating environment and strategy Our strategy
strengthen its industry-leading positioning, whil
Operating environment and strategy Our strategy
competitive and successful Investment Bank is cri
Operating environment and strategy Our strategy
Measurement of performance Performance measure
Operating environment and strategy Our strategy
Changes to key performance indicators in 2012 Co
Operating environment and strategy Our strategy
latory and suitability requirements in every regi
Operating environment and strategy Our strategy
Retail & Corporate Operating environment and stra
Operating environment and strategy Our strategy
Wealth Management Americas Operating environment
Operating environment and strategy Our strategy
ment advisors, trust companies, and other financi
Operating environment and strategy Our strategy
The long-term outlook for the asset managemen
Operating environment and strategy Our strategy
the US, across the major real estate sectors
Operating environment and strategy Our strategy
nificantly. We will nevertheless continue to
Operating environment and strategy Our strategy
Corporate Center Operating environment and strate
Operating environment and strategy Our strategy
Regulation and supervision Operating environment
Operating environment and strategy Regulation and
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consume
Operating environment and strategy Risk factors
or indirectly, for example, to alter our legal st
Operating environment and strategy Risk factors
– a market downturn is likely to reduce the volu
Operating environment and strategy Risk factors
Operational risks may affect our business All of
Operating environment and strategy Risk factors
Financial and operating performance
Financial and operating performance Critical acco
which is described in the “Capital management” se
Financial and operating performance Critical acco
Changes in the fair value of derivatives tha
Financial and operating performance UBS results
2011 Performance before tax Profit from contin
Financial and operating performance UBS results
In 2011, we recorded CHF 261 million in personne
Financial and operating performance UBS results
Net new money1 For the year ended CHF billion
Financial and operating performance UBS results
2010 Results In 2010, we reported a Group net
Financial and operating performance UBS results
Swiss Confederation in consideration of the
Financial and operating performance UBS results
CUUGVFGXGNQROGPV %*(DKNNKQP
Financial and operating performance UBS results
(20%), respectively, and ending 2011 at CHF 487 b
Financial and operating performance UBS results
gage-backed securities which are backed by a US g
Financial and operating performance UBS results
Financial instruments not recognized on the balan
Financial and operating performance UBS results
2010 As of 31 December 2010, cash and cash equiv
Financial and operating performance Wealth Manage
Wealth Management Business unit reporting As of
Financial and operating performance Wealth Manage
2010 Results In 2010, pre-tax profit increased
Financial and operating performance Wealth Manage
Business performance 2011 Results Pre-tax pr
Financial and operating performance Wealth Manage
Wealth Management Americas Business division r
Financial and operating performance Wealth Manage
Business performance 2011 Results Wealth Man
Financial and operating performance Wealth Manage
2010 Results Wealth Management Americas report
Financial and operating performance Wealth Manage
Global Asset Management Business division repo
Financial and operating performance Global Asset
Business performance 2011 Results Pre-tax pr
Financial and operating performance Global Asset
US large cap growth select strategy finished well
Financial and operating performance Global Asset
Net new money outflows were CHF 3.2 billion
Financial and operating performance Investment Ba
Business division reporting (continued) As of or
Financial and operating performance Investment Ba
Europe, the Middle East and Africa declined and m
Financial and operating performance Investment Ba
exposure to which was also reduced during this pe
Financial and operating performance Corporate Cen
2011 Results The Corporate Centre recorded a p
Financial and operating performance Corporate Cen
Risk, treasury and capital management Risk, treas
Risk, treasury and capital management Risk manage
in line with evolving industry practice, we adapt
Risk, treasury and capital management Risk manage
Group risk appetite framework Our risk appetite
Risk, treasury and capital management Risk manage
risk from specific counterparties, sectors or por
Risk, treasury and capital management Risk manage
credit valuation adjustment (CVA) on traded
Risk, treasury and capital management Risk manage
Wealth Management & Swiss Bank: distribution of n
Risk, treasury and capital management Risk manage
The Investment Bank’s net banking products expo
Risk, treasury and capital management Risk manage
Impairment and default – distressed claims Audit
Risk, treasury and capital management Risk manage
Impaired assets by type of financial instrument
Risk, treasury and capital management Risk manage
the underlying reference asset, fell instantaneou
Risk, treasury and capital management Risk manage
86% of our emerging market country exposures were
Risk, treasury and capital management Risk manage
Market risk Market risk is the risk of loss r
Risk, treasury and capital management Risk manage
with our risk positions, as well as the revenue i
Risk, treasury and capital management Risk manage
rates on client deposit behavior, results in non-
Risk, treasury and capital management Risk manage
targeted stress tests for our concentrated exposu
Risk, treasury and capital management Risk manage
the form of policies. Where the residual operatio
Risk, treasury and capital management Treasury ma
Equity attribution We use an equity attribution
Risk, treasury and capital management Treasury ma
the net cumulative funding requirement for a s
Risk, treasury and capital management Treasury ma
Funding position and diversification As stated, b
Risk, treasury and capital management Treasury ma
Maturity analysis of financial liabilities1
Risk, treasury and capital management Treasury ma
Interest rate and currency management Manageme
Risk, treasury and capital management Treasury ma
Capital management Eligible capital must be av
Risk, treasury and capital management Capital man
Reconciliation of IFRS equity to BIS capital Base
Risk, treasury and capital management Capital man
“FINMA leverage ratio” shows the FINMA leverage r
Risk, treasury and capital management Capital man
cover future employee option exercises. At the en
Risk, treasury and capital management Capital man
Basel 2.5 Pillar 3 Introduction The capital a
Risk, treasury and capital management Basel 2.5 P
Category UB
Risk, treasury and capital management Basel 2.5 P
Credit risk exposures and RWA This table shows t
Risk, treasury and capital management Basel 2.5 P
Derivation of regulatory net credit exposure Thi
Risk, treasury and capital management Basel 2.5 P
Advanced IRB approach Advanced IRB approach: re
Risk, treasury and capital management Basel 2.5 P
Regulatory gross and net credit exposure by risk
Risk, treasury and capital management Basel 2.5 P
Changes in allowances, provisions and specific cr
Risk, treasury and capital management Basel 2.5 P
Credit derivatives1, 2 This table provides an o
Risk, treasury and capital management Basel 2.5 P
Market risk As a result of the implementation of
Risk, treasury and capital management Basel 2.5 P
Stressed value-at-risk Stressed VaR is a 10day 9
Risk, treasury and capital management Basel 2.5 P
Securitization This section provides details on
Risk, treasury and capital management Basel 2.5 P
Securitization in the banking book Banking book
Risk, treasury and capital management Basel 2.5 P
Banking book – losses recognized from retained se
Risk, treasury and capital management Basel 2.5 P
Banking book – deductions from eligible capital r
Risk, treasury and capital management Basel 2.5 P
Securitization in the trading book Trading book
Risk, treasury and capital management Basel 2.5 P
Trading book – correlation products subject to th
Risk, treasury and capital management Basel 2.5 P
Trading book – securitization exposures subject t
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
Group structure and shareholders UBS Group leg
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
Capital structure Capital Under Swiss company
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
At year-end 2011, we owned UBS registered share
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
Convocation of general meetings of shareholders
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
Michel Demaré Belgian, born 31 August 1956 ABB Lt
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
Wolfgang Mayrhuber Austrian, born 22 March 1947 D
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
the BoD and its Committees are functioning effect
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
of three and a half hours each. The Senior Indepe
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
John A. Fraser Australian and British, born 8 Aug
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
Tom Naratil American (US), born 1 December 1961 U
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
Change of control and defense measures We ref
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
Fees paid to external independent auditors UBS p
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
We are committed to maintaining the transparen
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
In 2011, BoD member Wolfgang Mayrhuber became
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
ernmental organizations on the subjects of defore
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
All commercial activities that: – engage in chil
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
tive and negative feedback on relevant ESG issues
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
Environmental indicators1 20112
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
again made valuable contributions to important so
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
ployees transferred between business divisions, c
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
Education and talent development We take a struc
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
as finances, family, bereavement and legal / cons
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
Corporate governance, responsibility and compensa
Advisory vote Corporate governance, responsibilit
weaker share price performance had on the value o
Advisory vote Corporate governance, responsibilit
levels of the organization. Towers Watson has no
Advisory vote Corporate governance, responsibilit
takes into account the long-term risk impact of e
Advisory vote Corporate governance, responsibilit
Overview of our compensation model Our compen
Advisory vote Corporate governance, responsibilit
Impact of the unauthorized trading incident The
Advisory vote Corporate governance, responsibilit
Sign-on payments, severance payments and guarante
Advisory vote Corporate governance, responsibilit
proximately 1,000 senior executives, employees wh
Advisory vote Corporate governance, responsibilit
Deferred variable compensation plans Apart fr
Advisory vote Corporate governance, responsibilit
Performance Equity Plan Plan type – UBS share pl
Advisory vote Corporate governance, responsibilit
Equity Ownership Plan Plan type – UBS share plan
Advisory vote Corporate governance, responsibilit
Compensation funding and expenses How we deter
Advisory vote Corporate governance, responsibilit
Total variable compensation1
Advisory vote Corporate governance, responsibilit
Ex-post explicit and implicit adjustments to defe
Advisory vote Corporate governance, responsibilit
framework provides for the Chairman to receive a
Advisory vote Corporate governance, responsibilit
Share and option ownership / entitlements of GEB
Advisory vote Corporate governance, responsibilit
Total payments to BoD members CHF, except where i
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Total For the number of Number of Year o
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Total For the number of Number of Year o
Advisory vote Corporate governance, responsibilit
Financial information
Financial information Table of contents
411 UBS AG (Parent Bank)
Financial information Introduction and a
Update on internal control over financial reporti
Financial information Consolidated financial stat
285 Financial information
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287 Financial information
Financial information Consolidated financial stat
Income statement For the year ended
Financial information Consolidated financial stat
Balance sheet % change from CHF million
Financial information Consolidated financial stat
Financial information Consolidated financial stat
Statement of cash flows For the year ended CHF mi
Financial information Consolidated financial stat
Notes to the consolidated financial statements
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Note 1 Summary of significant accounting policies
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Note 1 Summary of significant accounting policies
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Note 1 Summary of significant accounting policies
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Note 1 Summary of significant accounting policies
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Note 1 Summary of significant accounting policies
Financial information Notes to the consolidated f
Note 1 Summary of significant accounting policies
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Note 1 Summary of significant accounting policies
Financial information Notes to the consolidated f
Note 1 Summary of significant accounting policies
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Note 1 Summary of significant accounting policies
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Note 1 Summary of significant accounting policies
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Note 2a Segment reportin g UBS AG is the parent
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Note 2a Segment reporting (continued) Transactio
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Note 2b Segment reporting by geographic location
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Note 3 Net interest and trading income (continued
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Note 6 Personnel expenses For the year ended
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Balance sheet notes: asset s Note 9a Due from
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Note 11 Trading portfolio CHF million
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Note 12 Financial assets designated at fair value
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Note 14 Investments in associates CHF million
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Note 16 Goodwill and intangible assets (continued
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Balance sheet notes: liabilitie s Note 18 Due
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Note 20 Other liabilities CHF million
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Note 21 Provisions and contingent liabilities (co
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Note 21 Provisions and contingent liabilities (co
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Note 21 Provisions and contingent liabilities (co
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Note 22 Income taxes For the year ended CHF milli
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Note 23 Derivative instruments and hedge accounti
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Note 23 Derivative instruments and hedge accounti
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Note 23 Derivative instruments and hedge accounti
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Note 23 Derivative instruments and hedge accounti
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Additional information Note 26 Fair value of f
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Note 26 Fair value of financial instruments (cont
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Note 26 Fair value of financial instruments (cont
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Note 26 Fair value of financial instruments (cont
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Note 26 Fair value of financial instruments (cont
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Note 26 Fair value of financial instruments (cont
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Note 28 Measurement categories of financial asset
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Note 28 Measurement categories of financial asset
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Note 29 Pension and other post-employment benefit
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Note 29 Pension and other post-employment benefit
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Note 29 Pension and other post-employment benefit
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Note 30 Equity participation and other compensati
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Note 30 Equity participation and other compensati
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Note 30 Equity participation and other compensati
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Note 30 Equity participation and other compensati
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Note 30 Equity participation and other compensati
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Note 31 Related parties The Group defines relate
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Note 31 Related parties (continued) e) Other rela
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Note 33 Significant subsidiaries and associates (
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Note 33 Significant subsidiaries and associates (
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Note 37 Reorganizations and disposals Restructur
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Note 39 Swiss banking law requirements (continued
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Note 40 Supplemental guarantor information requir
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Note 40 Supplemental guarantor information requir
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Note 40 Supplemental guarantor information requir
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Note 40 Supplemental guarantor information requir
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UBS AG (Parent Bank) Parent Bank review Inco
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rowing of CHF 14 billion as well as reduced secur
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Balance sheet
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Notes to the Parent Bank financial statements
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Note 2 Accounting policies (continued) Investmen
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Additional balance sheet information Note 5 Ot
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Note 10 Share capital and significant shareholder
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Off-balance-sheet and other information Note 1
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Share and option ownership / entitlements of GEB
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Total payments to BoD members CHF, except where i
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Vested and unvested options of GEB members on 31
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Vested and unvested options of GEB members on 31
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435 Financial information
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437 Financial information
Additional disclosure required under SEC regulati
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Key figures As of or for the year ended CHF milli
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Balance sheet data CHF million
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D – Information required by industry guide 3 S
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Average balances and interest rates (continued) 3
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Analysis of changes in interest income and expens
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Short-term borrowings The following table presen
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Due from banks and loans (gross) (continued) The
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Cross-border outstandings Cross-border outstandi
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Allocation of the allowances and provisions for c
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Loss history statistics CHF million, except where
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