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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date: May 5, 2015
UBS Group AG Commission File Number: 1-36764
UBS AG Commission File Number: 1-15060
(Registrants’ Names)
Bahnhofstrasse 45, Zurich, Switzerland (Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F ⌧ Form 40-F �
This Form 6-K consists of the presentation materials related to the First Quarter 2015 Results of UBS Group AG and UBS AG, including speaker notes, which appear immediately following this page.
First q
uarte
r 2015 re
sults
May 5
, 2015
Cautio
nary
state
ment re
gard
ing fo
rward
-lookin
g sta
tem
ents
1
This p
rese
nta
tion co
nta
ins sta
tem
ents th
at co
nstitu
te “fo
rward
-lookin
g sta
tem
ents,” in
cludin
g b
ut n
ot lim
ited to
managem
ent’s o
utlo
ok fo
r UBS’s fin
ancia
l perfo
rmance
and sta
tem
ents re
latin
g to
the a
nticip
ate
d e
ffect o
f
transa
ctions a
nd stra
tegic in
itiativ
es o
n U
BS’s b
usin
ess a
nd fu
ture
develo
pm
ent. W
hile
these
forw
ard
-lookin
g sta
tem
ents re
pre
sent U
BS’s ju
dgm
ents a
nd e
xpecta
tions co
nce
rnin
g th
e m
atte
rs describ
ed, a
num
ber o
f risks,
unce
rtain
ties a
nd o
ther im
porta
nt fa
ctors co
uld
cause
actu
al d
evelo
pm
ents a
nd re
sults to
diffe
r mate
rially
from
UBS’s e
xpecta
tions. T
hese
facto
rs inclu
de, b
ut a
re n
ot lim
ited to
: (i) the d
egre
e to
which
UBS is su
ccessfu
l in
execu
ting its a
nnounce
d stra
tegic p
lans, in
cludin
g its co
st reductio
n a
nd e
fficiency
initia
tives a
nd its p
lanned fu
rther re
ductio
n in
its Base
l III risk-w
eig
hte
d a
ssets (R
WA) a
nd le
vera
ge ra
tio d
enom
inato
r (LRD
), and to
main
tain
its state
d ca
pita
l retu
rn o
bje
ctive; (ii) d
evelo
pm
ents in
the m
ark
ets in
which
UBS o
pera
tes o
r to w
hich
it is expose
d, in
cludin
g m
ovem
ents in
secu
rities p
rices o
r liquid
ity, cre
dit sp
reads, cu
rrency
exch
ange ra
tes
and in
tere
st rate
s and th
e e
ffect o
f eco
nom
ic conditio
ns a
nd m
ark
et d
evelo
pm
ents o
n th
e fin
ancia
l positio
n o
r creditw
orth
iness o
f UBS’s clie
nts a
nd co
unte
rpartie
s, and th
e d
egre
e to
which
UBS is su
ccessfu
l in im
ple
mentin
g
changes to
its busin
ess to
meet ch
angin
g m
ark
et, re
gula
tory
and o
ther co
nditio
ns; (iii) ch
anges in
the a
vaila
bility
of ca
pita
l and fu
ndin
g, in
cludin
g a
ny ch
anges in
UBS’s cre
dit sp
reads a
nd ra
tings, o
r arisin
g fro
m
require
ments fo
r bail-in
debt o
r loss-a
bso
rbin
g ca
pita
l; (iv) ch
anges in
or th
e im
ple
menta
tion o
f financia
l legisla
tion a
nd re
gula
tion in
Sw
itzerla
nd, th
e U
S, th
e U
K a
nd o
ther fin
ancia
l cente
rs that m
ay im
pose
more
stringent
capita
l (inclu
din
g le
vera
ge ra
tio), liq
uid
ity a
nd fu
ndin
g re
quire
ments, in
crem
enta
l tax re
quire
ments, a
dditio
nal le
vie
s, limita
tions o
n p
erm
itted a
ctivitie
s, constra
ints o
n re
munera
tion o
r oth
er m
easu
res; (v
) unce
rtain
ty a
s to
when a
nd to
what d
egre
e th
e S
wiss F
inancia
l Mark
et S
uperv
isory
Auth
ority
(FIN
MA) w
ill appro
ve re
ductio
ns to
the in
crem
enta
l RW
A re
sultin
g fro
m th
e su
pple
menta
l opera
tional risk
capita
l analy
sis mutu
ally
agre
ed to
by
UBS a
nd F
INM
A, o
r will a
ppro
ve a
limite
d re
ductio
n o
f capita
l require
ments d
ue to
measu
res to
reduce
reso
lvability
risk; (v
i) the d
egre
e to
which
UBS is su
ccessfu
l in e
xecu
ting th
e tra
nsfe
r of b
usin
ess to
UBS S
witze
rland
AG
, a e
stablish
ing a
US in
term
edia
te h
old
ing co
mpany a
nd im
ple
mentin
g th
e U
S e
nhance
d p
rudentia
l standard
s, com
ple
ting th
e sq
ueeze
-out o
f min
ority
share
hold
ers o
f UBS A
G, ch
angin
g th
e o
pera
ting m
odel o
f UBS
Lim
ited a
nd o
ther ch
anges w
hich
UBS m
ay m
ake in
its legal e
ntity
structu
re a
nd o
pera
ting m
odel, in
cludin
g th
e p
ossib
le co
nse
quence
s of su
ch ch
anges, a
nd th
e p
ote
ntia
l need to
make o
ther ch
anges to
the le
gal stru
cture
or b
ookin
g m
odel o
f UBS G
roup in
resp
onse
to le
gal a
nd re
gula
tory
require
ments, in
cludin
g ca
pita
l require
ments, re
solv
ability
require
ments a
nd p
roposa
ls in S
witze
rland a
nd o
ther co
untrie
s for m
andato
ry stru
ctura
l refo
rm
of b
anks; (v
ii) changes in
UBS’s co
mpetitiv
e p
ositio
n, in
cludin
g w
heth
er d
iffere
nce
s in re
gula
tory
capita
l and o
ther re
quire
ments a
mong th
e m
ajo
r financia
l cente
rs will a
dverse
ly a
ffect U
BS’s a
bility
to co
mpete
in ce
rtain
lines o
f busin
ess; (v
iii) changes in
the sta
ndard
s of co
nduct a
pplica
ble
to o
ur b
usin
esse
s that m
ay re
sult fro
m n
ew
regula
tion o
r new
enfo
rcem
ent o
f existin
g sta
ndard
s, inclu
din
g m
easu
res to
impose
new
or e
nhance
d
dutie
s when in
tera
cting w
ith cu
stom
ers o
r in th
e e
xecu
tion a
nd h
andlin
g o
f custo
mer tra
nsa
ctions; (ix
) the lia
bility
to w
hich
UBS m
ay b
e e
xpose
d, o
r possib
le co
nstra
ints o
r sanctio
ns th
at re
gula
tory
auth
oritie
s mig
ht im
pose
on U
BS, d
ue to
litigatio
n, co
ntra
ctual cla
ims a
nd re
gula
tory
investig
atio
ns; (x
) the e
ffects o
n U
BS’s cro
ss-bord
er b
ankin
g b
usin
ess o
f tax o
r regula
tory
develo
pm
ents a
nd o
f possib
le ch
anges in
UBS’s p
olicie
s and p
ractice
s
rela
ting to
this b
usin
ess; (x
i) UBS’s a
bility
to re
tain
and a
ttract th
e e
mplo
yees n
ece
ssary
to g
enera
te re
venues a
nd to
manage, su
pport a
nd co
ntro
l its busin
esse
s, which
may b
e a
ffecte
d b
y co
mpetitiv
e fa
ctors in
cludin
g
diffe
rence
s in co
mpensa
tion p
ractice
s; (xii) ch
anges in
acco
untin
g o
r tax sta
ndard
s or p
olicie
s, and d
ete
rmin
atio
ns o
r inte
rpre
tatio
ns a
ffectin
g th
e re
cognitio
n o
f gain
or lo
ss, the v
alu
atio
n o
f goodw
ill, the re
cognitio
n o
f
defe
rred ta
x a
ssets a
nd o
ther m
atte
rs; (xiii) lim
itatio
ns o
n th
e e
ffectiv
eness o
f UBS’s in
tern
al p
roce
sses fo
r risk m
anagem
ent, risk
contro
l, measu
rem
ent a
nd m
odelin
g, a
nd o
f financia
l models g
enera
lly; (x
iv) w
heth
er U
BS
will b
e su
ccessfu
l in k
eepin
g p
ace
with
com
petito
rs in u
pdatin
g its te
chnolo
gy, p
articu
larly
in tra
din
g b
usin
esse
s; (xv) th
e o
ccurre
nce
of o
pera
tional fa
ilure
s, such
as fra
ud, m
isconduct, u
nauth
orize
d tra
din
g a
nd sy
stem
s
failu
res; (x
vi) re
strictions to
the a
bility
of su
bsid
iarie
s of th
e G
roup to
make lo
ans o
r distrib
utio
ns o
f any k
ind, d
irectly
or in
dire
ctly, to
UBS G
roup A
G; a
nd (x
vii) th
e e
ffect th
at th
ese
or o
ther fa
ctors o
r unanticip
ate
d e
vents
may h
ave o
n o
ur re
puta
tion a
nd th
e a
dditio
nal co
nse
quence
s that th
is may h
ave o
n o
ur b
usin
ess a
nd p
erfo
rmance
. The se
quence
in w
hich
the fa
ctors a
bove a
re p
rese
nte
d is n
ot in
dica
tive o
f their lik
elih
ood o
f occu
rrence
or th
e p
ote
ntia
l magnitu
de o
f their co
nse
quence
s. Our b
usin
ess a
nd fin
ancia
l perfo
rmance
could
be a
ffecte
d b
y o
ther fa
ctors id
entifie
d in
our p
ast a
nd fu
ture
filings a
nd re
ports, in
cludin
g th
ose
filed w
ith th
e S
EC. M
ore
deta
iled in
form
atio
n a
bout th
ose
facto
rs is set fo
rth in
docu
ments fu
rnish
ed b
y U
BS a
nd filin
gs m
ade b
y U
BS w
ith th
e S
EC, in
cludin
g U
BS’s A
nnual R
eport o
n F
orm
20-F
for th
e y
ear e
nded 3
1 D
ece
mber 2
014. U
BS is n
ot
under a
ny o
blig
atio
n to
(and e
xpre
ssly d
isclaim
s any o
blig
atio
n to
) update
or a
lter its fo
rward
-lookin
g sta
tem
ents, w
heth
er a
s a re
sult o
f new
info
rmatio
n, fu
ture
events, o
r oth
erw
ise.
This p
rese
nta
tion a
nd th
e in
form
atio
n co
nta
ined h
ere
in a
re p
rovid
ed so
lely
for in
form
atio
n p
urp
ose
s, and a
re n
ot to
be co
nstru
ed a
s a so
licitatio
n o
f an o
ffer to
buy o
r sell a
ny se
curitie
s or o
ther fin
ancia
l
instru
ments in
Sw
itzerla
nd, th
e U
nite
d S
tate
s or a
ny o
ther ju
risdictio
n. N
o in
vestm
ent d
ecisio
n re
latin
g to
secu
rities o
f or re
latin
g to
UBS G
roup A
G, U
BS A
G o
r their a
ffiliate
s should
be m
ade o
n th
e b
asis o
f this d
ocu
ment.
Refe
r to U
BS's first q
uarte
r 2015 re
port a
nd its A
nnual re
port o
n F
orm
20-F
for th
e y
ear e
nded 3
1 D
ece
mber 2
014. N
o re
pre
senta
tion o
r warra
nty
is made o
r implie
d co
nce
rnin
g, a
nd U
BS a
ssum
es n
o re
sponsib
ility fo
r, the
accu
racy
, com
ple
teness, re
liability
or co
mpara
bility
of th
e in
form
atio
n co
nta
ined h
ere
in re
latin
g to
third
partie
s, which
is base
d so
lely
on p
ublicly
availa
ble
info
rmatio
n. U
BS u
nderta
kes n
o o
blig
atio
n to
update
the
info
rmatio
n co
nta
ined h
ere
in.
Disclaim
er:
©UBS
2015.
The
key
sym
boland
UBS
are
am
ong
the
registe
red
and
unre
giste
red
tradem
ark
sof
UBS.
All
rights
rese
rved.
Net p
rofit a
ttributa
ble
to U
BS G
roup A
G sh
are
hold
ers o
f CH
F 1
,977 m
illion
Gro
up
Ne
t pro
fit attrib
uta
ble
to U
BS
Gro
up
AG
sh
are
ho
lde
rs C
HF 1
,97
7 m
illion
, dilu
ted
EP
S C
HF 0
.53
Re
po
rted
pro
fitb
efo
reta
x(P
BT
)C
HF
2,7
08
millio
n,a
dju
ste
dP
BT
CH
F2
,26
8m
illion
Ba
se
l III
fully
ap
plie
d C
ET
1 ra
tio 1
3.7
%, S
wis
s S
RB
fully
ap
plie
d le
ve
rag
e ra
tio 4
.6%
Bu
sin
ess d
ivis
ion
s1
We
alth
Ma
na
ge
me
nt:
PBT C
HF 8
56 m
illion a
nd N
NM
CH
F 1
4.4
billio
n
–H
ighest P
BT sin
ce 3
Q08, n
et m
arg
in u
p 7
bps to
35 b
ps
We
alth
Ma
na
ge
me
nt A
me
rica
s:
PBT U
SD
293 m
illion a
nd N
NM
USD
4.8
billio
n
–Reco
rd P
BT a
nd re
cord
USD
investe
d a
ssets
Re
tail &
Co
rpo
rate
:PBT C
HF 4
43 m
illion
–H
ighest first q
uarte
r PBT sin
ce 1
Q10 a
nd a
ll KPIs w
ithin
targ
et ra
nges
Glo
ba
l Asse
t Ma
na
gem
en
t:PBT C
HF 1
86 m
illion a
nd N
NM
CH
F 7
.5 b
illion e
xclu
din
g m
oney m
ark
et flo
ws
–PBT u
p 5
0%
, hig
hest sin
ce 4
Q09
In
ve
stm
en
t Ba
nk
:
–Stro
ng p
erfo
rmance
s in b
oth
ICS a
nd C
CS
Co
rpo
rate
Ce
nte
r:PBT o
f negativ
e C
HF 3
40 m
illion
–Sig
nifica
nt P
BT im
pro
vem
ent a
cross a
ll thre
e C
orp
ora
te C
ente
r units
1Q
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ighlig
hts
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ted,referto
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andFX
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PBT C
HF 8
44 m
illion
UBS G
roup A
G re
sults (co
nso
lidate
d)
Refe
r to slid
e 3
0 fo
r deta
ils about a
dju
sted n
um
bers, B
ase
l III num
bers a
nd F
X ra
tes in
this p
rese
nta
tion; 1
Inclu
des n
on-co
ntro
lling in
tere
sts in U
BS A
G re
flectin
g th
e n
on-e
xch
anged
UBS A
G sh
are
s as w
ell a
s non-co
ntro
lling in
tere
sts rela
ted to
the p
refe
rred n
ote
s issued b
y U
BS A
G; 2
In a
dditio
n to
net p
rofit a
ttributa
ble
to n
on-co
ntro
lling in
tere
sts in U
BS A
G
refle
cting th
e n
on-e
xch
anged U
BS A
G sh
are
s, we e
xpect to
attrib
ute
net p
rofit o
f ~CH
F 8
0 m
illion to
non-co
ntro
lling in
tere
sts rela
ted to
the p
refe
rred n
ote
s issued b
y U
BS A
G in
both
2015, a
ll of w
hich
in th
e se
cond q
uarte
r, and 2
016 a
nd o
f ~CH
F 7
0 m
illion in
2017
3
CH
F m
illion
FY13
FY14
1Q
14
4Q
14
1Q
15
Tota
l opera
ting in
com
e27,7
32
28,0
27
7,2
58
6,7
46
8,8
41
Tota
l opera
ting e
xpense
s24,4
61
25,5
67
5,8
65
6,3
42
6,1
34
Pro
fit be
fore
tax
as re
po
rted
3,2
72
2,4
61
1,3
93
40
42
,70
8
ofw
hich
:ow
ncre
dit
on
financia
llia
bilitie
sdesig
nate
dat
fair
valu
e(2
83)
292
88
70
226
of w
hich
: gain
s on sa
les o
f real e
state
288
44
23
20
378
of w
hich
: gain
on d
isposa
ls65
43
00
141
of w
hich
: net re
structu
ring ch
arg
es
(772)
(677)
(204)
(208)
(305)
of w
hich
: net lo
sses re
late
d to
the b
uyback
of d
ebt in
public te
nder o
ffers
(167)
00
00
of w
hich
: impairm
ent o
f a fin
ancia
l investm
ent a
vaila
ble
-for-sa
le0
(48)
00
0
of w
hich
: credit re
late
d to
changes to
retire
e b
enefit p
lans in
the U
S0
41
08
0
Ad
juste
d p
rofit b
efo
re ta
x4
,14
12
,76
61
,48
65
14
2,2
68
of w
hich
: pro
visio
ns fo
r litigatio
n, re
gula
tory
and sim
ilar m
atte
rs(1
,701)
(2,5
94)
(193)
(310)
(58)
Tax (e
xpense
)/benefit
110
1,1
80
(339)
515
(670)
Net p
rofit a
ttributa
ble
to p
refe
rred n
ote
hold
ers
204
142
031
0
Net
pro
fitattrib
uta
ble
non-co
ntro
lling
inte
rests
1,2
532
029
61
Ne
t pro
fit attrib
uta
ble
to U
BS
Gro
up
AG
sh
are
ho
lde
rs3
,17
23
,46
61
,05
48
58
1,9
77
Dilu
ted E
PS (C
HF)
0.8
30.9
10.2
7
0.2
30.5
3
Retu
rn o
n ta
ngib
le e
quity
, adju
sted (%
)9.8
8.6
10.7
8.6
14.4
Tota
l book v
alu
e p
er sh
are
(CH
F)
12.7
4
13.9
4
13.0
7
13.9
414.3
3
Tangib
le b
ook v
alu
e p
er sh
are
(CH
F)
11.0
7
12.1
4
11.4
1
12.1
412.5
9
Wealth
Managem
ent
Adju
sted n
um
bers u
nle
ss oth
erw
ise in
dica
ted, re
fer to
slide 3
0 fo
r deta
ils about a
dju
sted n
um
bers, B
ase
l III num
bers a
nd F
X ra
tes in
this p
rese
nta
tion
1 C
HF 4
22 m
illion e
xclu
din
g C
HF 2
91 m
illion ch
arg
es fo
r pro
visio
ns fo
r litigatio
n, re
gula
tory
and sim
ilar m
atte
rs; 2 P
rofit b
efo
re ta
x CH
F 6
84 m
illion e
xclu
din
g
CH
F 2
91 m
illion ch
arg
es fo
r pro
visio
ns fo
r litigatio
n, re
gula
tory
and sim
ilar m
atte
rs
4
Op
era
ting
in
co
me
Op
era
ting
exp
en
ses
Pro
fit
befo
re
tax
2,106
2,004
2,031
1,921
1,943
1,859
1,837
1,953
1,913
1,250
1,311
1,264
1,528
713
11,285
1,348
1,220
1,346
1,224
69%
66%
73%
66%
62%
C/I ra
tio
Perso
nnel
Oth
er
Op
era
ting
inco
me
CH
F 2
,10
6 m
illion
Op
era
ting
ex
pe
nse
s C
HF 1
,25
0 m
illion
PB
T C
HF 8
56
millio
n
64%
80%
59%
65%
3Q13
1Q14
3Q144Q14
1Q15
1Q132Q13
4Q13
2Q14
PBT C
HF 8
56 m
illion, h
ighest sin
ce 3
Q08
Tra
nsa
ctio
n-b
ase
d
Net in
tere
st
Recu
rring n
et fe
e
Oth
er
Cre
dit lo
ss (expense
)/reco
very
73%
77%
77%
72%
76%
Recu
rring
inco
me
71%
75%
72%
78%
856909
891911
897922
978986
949
508523
517513
496518
569583
560
554505
406423
542472
479436
589Tra
nsa
ction-b
ase
d in
com
e in
crease
d a
cross a
ll regio
ns, m
ost
nota
bly
in A
PAC
Net in
tere
st inco
me d
ecre
ase
d, m
ain
ly d
ue to
low
er in
com
e fro
m
loans a
nd d
eposits o
n a
stronger S
wiss F
ranc
Recu
rring n
et fe
e in
com
e d
ecre
ase
d, m
ain
ly d
ue to
low
er
investe
d a
ssets o
n a
stronger S
wiss F
ranc
G&
A e
xpense
s decre
ase
d, m
ain
ly d
ue to
low
er m
ark
etin
g a
nd
Corp
ora
te C
ente
r costs
Perso
nnel e
xpense
s incre
ase
d, m
ain
ly d
ue to
incre
ase
d v
aria
ble
com
pensa
tion a
nd u
nta
ken v
aca
tion a
ccruals
59%
cost/in
com
e ra
tio
836825
778862
822815
828834
859
521442
486463
436477
391388
3932
856694
767659
512617
607690
Wealth M
anagement
5
Strong grow
th in mandate penetration, net m
argin up 7 bps to 35 bps
10.15.0
5.810.9
9.815.0
10.714.4
3.0
Gro
ss marg
in1
Net m
arg
in2
3Q13
1Q14
3Q14
4Q14
1Q15
1Q13
2Q13
4Q13
2Q14
95.1
94.9
96.8
102.2
111.7
93.2
105.3
110.8
112.7
5.8%
1.2%
4.2%4.8%
4.9%
2.7%2.3%
4.6%
7.3%
970987
966928
89 9886
871862
870
Annualize
d
gro
wth
rate
In
veste
d
assets
CH
F b
illion
Marg
ins
bps
CH
F b
illion
Net n
ew
mon
ey
Loans
CH
F b
illion
NN
M C
HF 1
4.4
billio
n, 5
.8%
gro
wth
rate
on stro
ng in
flow
s from
APAC a
s well a
s Euro
pe
Dom
estic a
nd In
tern
atio
nal
In
ve
ste
d a
ssets
CH
F 9
70
billio
npositiv
e m
ark
et p
erfo
rmance
, more
than o
ffset b
ynegativ
e F
X tra
nsla
tion e
ffects
Ma
nd
ate
pe
ne
tratio
n 2
5.5
%w
ith stro
ng n
et m
andate
sale
s of C
HF 1
5.0
billio
n
Ne
t ma
rgin
35
bp
s
Gro
ss lo
an
s C
HF
11
0.8
billio
ntra
nsla
tion e
ffects, u
nderly
ing tre
nd re
main
s positiv
e
Adju
sted n
um
bers u
nle
ss oth
erw
ise in
dica
ted, re
fer to
slide 3
0 fo
r deta
ils about a
dju
sted n
um
bers, B
ase
l III num
bers a
nd F
X ra
tes in
this p
rese
nta
tion
1Annualize
d o
pera
ting in
com
e b
efo
re cre
dit lo
ss (expense
) or re
covery
in b
ps o
f avera
ge in
veste
d a
ssets; 2
Annualize
d P
BT in
bps o
f avera
ge in
veste
d a
ssets
, dow
n o
n F
X
, up fro
m 2
4.4
%,
, strong N
NM
and
86
82
86
84
87
85
85
90
91
28
28
23
30
32
33
17
35
28
, up 7
bps
Wealth M
anagement
Adju
sted n
um
bers u
nle
ss oth
erw
ise in
dica
ted, re
fer to
slide 3
0 fo
r deta
ils about a
dju
sted n
um
bers, B
ase
l III num
bers a
nd F
X ra
tes in
this p
rese
nta
tion
Base
d o
n th
e W
ealth
Managem
ent b
usin
ess a
rea stru
cture
; refe
r topage 3
1 o
f the 1
Q15 fin
ancia
l report fo
r more
info
rmatio
n
In
ve
ste
d a
sse
tsCH
F b
illion
1,4
96
77
67
61
Clie
nt a
dvis
ors
FTE
31.3
.15
1,2
01
77
3
50
33
49
27
61
78
16
5
Eu
rop
eS
witz
erla
nd
Asia
Pa
cific
Em
erg
ing
ma
rke
tsof w
hic
h: U
HN
W
6
CH
F b
illion
Ne
t ne
wm
on
ey
Annualize
d
gro
wth
rate
Gro
ss
ma
rgin
bps
3.3%1.1%
(1.7
%)
(0.7
%)
(2.5
%)
1Q14
3Q144Q141Q15
2Q14
1Q14
3Q144Q141Q15
2Q14
1Q14
3Q144Q141Q15
2Q14
1Q14
3Q144Q141Q15
2Q14
1Q14
3Q144Q141Q15
2Q14
7.8%9.2%
12.2
%13.1
%
16.0
%
3.6%
0.2%0.9%
5.3%
11.0
%
3.6%1.8%
0.8%
8.7%
(0.5
%)
8.1%5.9%
5.1%
9.1%7.1%
(2.2
)1.0
(1.5
)3.0
(0.6
)5.0
7.8
5.0
8.2
8.9
4.4
0.4
0.1
1.6
2.2
3.3
0.7
(0.2
)1.5
0.3
7.4
5.7
7.1
10.1
9.6
8082
8383
8583
7383
7885
9690
9189
9096
9597
9293
5457
5255
56
Stro
ng N
NM
gro
wth
, positiv
e in
all re
gio
ns, w
ith A
PAC a
nd E
uro
pe
as m
ain
co
ntrib
uto
rs
1,924
1,919
1,901
1,898
1,865
1,851
1,748
1,780
1,696
Wealth M
anagement A
mericas
Adju
sted n
um
bers u
nle
ss oth
erw
ise in
dica
ted, re
fer to
slide 3
0 fo
r deta
ils about a
dju
sted n
um
bers, B
ase
l III num
bers a
nd F
X ra
tes in
this p
rese
nta
tion
7
Op
era
ting
in
co
me
Op
era
ting
exp
en
ses
Pro
fit
befo
re
tax
1,652
1,582
1,567
1,517
1,523
1,608
1,691
1,651
1,476
C/I ra
tio
Perso
nnel
Oth
er
3Q13
1Q14
3Q14
4Q141Q15
1Q132Q13
4Q13
2Q14
Record
PBT U
SD
293 m
illion
Tra
nsa
ctio
n-b
ase
d
Net in
tere
st
Recu
rring n
et fe
e
Oth
er
Cre
dit lo
ss (expense
)/reco
very
71%
75%
73%
74%
77%
Recu
rring
inco
me
69%
75%
77%
76%
86%
86%
84%
86%
86%
87%
87%
85%
88%
Op
era
ting
inco
me
US
D 1
,90
1 m
illion
Op
era
ting
ex
pe
nse
s U
SD
1,6
08
millio
n
PB
T U
SD
29
3 m
illion
9481,030
1,0431,088
1,1191,163
1,1971,187
1,186
217235
286276
250261
276280
277530
507433
476472
464441
448432
1,2021,241
1,2341,256
1,2571,303
1,3071,336
1,292
274282
283311
325349
344355
316
293233
267246
284283
232256
220
G&
A e
xpense
s decre
ase
d, m
ain
ly d
ue to
low
er ch
arg
es fo
r
pro
visio
ns fo
r litigatio
n, re
gula
tory
and sim
ilar m
atte
rs and
low
er C
orp
ora
te C
ente
r costs
Perso
nnel e
xpense
s decre
ase
d, m
ain
ly d
ue to
low
er F
A
com
pensa
tion, p
rimarily
refle
cting lo
wer p
erfo
rmance
-base
d
com
pensa
tion a
nd slig
htly
low
er co
mpensa
ble
revenues
Opera
ting in
com
e d
ecre
ase
d, m
ain
ly d
ue to
low
er tra
nsa
ction-
base
d in
com
e
85%
cost/in
com
e ra
tio
Wealth M
anagement A
mericas
Adju
sted n
um
bers u
nle
ss oth
erw
ise in
dica
ted, re
fer to
slide 3
0 fo
r deta
ils about a
dju
sted n
um
bers, B
ase
l III num
bers a
nd F
X ra
tes in
this p
rese
nta
tion
1Annualize
d o
pera
ting in
com
e b
efo
re cre
dit lo
ss (expense
) or re
covery
in b
ps o
f avera
ge in
veste
d a
ssets; 2
Annualize
d P
BT in
bps o
f avera
ge in
veste
d a
ssets
8
Annualize
d
gro
wth
rate
78
78
73
75
76
80
76
79
76
NN
M U
SD
4.8
billio
n, 1
.9%
gro
wth
rate
refle
cting n
et n
ew
money in
flow
s from
financia
l adviso
rs em
plo
yed m
ore
than o
ne y
ear
In
ve
ste
d a
ssets
US
D 1
,05
0 b
illion
positiv
e m
ark
et p
erfo
rmance
and N
NM
Ne
t ma
rgin
11
bp
s
Record
USD
investe
d a
ssets
and lo
an b
ala
nces
2.8
2.1
4.9
2.1
4.9
USD
billio
n9.2
(2.5
)4.8
5.5
Gro
ss marg
in1
Net m
arg
in2
Net n
ew
mon
ey
3Q13
1Q14
3Q144Q141Q15
1Q132Q13
4Q13
2Q14
11
10
12
12
11
10
10
11
9
In
veste
d
assets
USD
billio
n
36.8
37.6
39.1
39.6
43.3
Loans
USD
billio
n34.5
41.7
45.5
44.6
Marg
ins
bps
Gro
ss lo
an
s U
SD
45
.5 b
illion
credit lin
es a
nd m
ortg
ages
1.9%2.2%
1.9%
(1.0%)
0.9%
2.1%
0.9%1.3%
4.4%
1,0501,032
1,0161,017
987970
91 9892
891new
reco
rdon
main
ly o
n in
crease
d
up
2bps
,
,
Wealth M
anagement A
mericas
9
Reco
rd U
SD
investe
d a
ssets a
nd in
dustry
-leadin
g F
A p
roductiv
ity
In
veste
d a
ssets
an
d F
A p
rod
uctiv
ityN
et in
tere
st in
co
me a
nd
len
din
g
Investe
d a
ssets p
er F
A (U
SD
millio
n)
Annualize
d re
venue p
er F
A (U
SD
k)
Cre
dit
loss
(expense
)/recovery
(USD
millio
n)
Investe
d a
ssets
3Q13
1Q14
3Q14
4Q14
1Q15
1Q13
2Q13
4Q13
2Q14
Loans, g
ross
3Q13
1Q14
3Q14
4Q14
1Q15
1Q13
2Q13
4Q13
2Q14
Adju
sted n
um
bers u
nle
ss oth
erw
ise in
dica
ted, re
fer to
slide 3
0 fo
r deta
ils about a
dju
sted n
um
bers, B
ase
l III num
bers a
nd F
X ra
tes in
this p
rese
nta
tion
9611,005
9941,042
1,0371,068
1,0791,091
1,088
1,0501,032
1,0161,017
987970
919892
891
126126
129136
139143
143147
150217
235
286276
250261
276280
277
0(2
1)
(9)
19
(1)
0(2
)0
0
45.544.6
43.341.7
39.639.1
37.636.8
34.5
Net in
tere
st inco
me (U
SD
millio
n)
Retail &
Corporate
Adju
sted n
um
bers u
nle
ss oth
erw
ise in
dica
ted, re
fer to
slide 3
0 fo
r deta
ils about a
dju
sted n
um
bers, B
ase
l III num
bers a
nd F
X ra
tes in
this p
rese
nta
tion
10
Op
era
ting
inco
me
Op
era
ting
exp
en
ses
Pro
fi t
befo
re
tax
958
938
932
931
958
948
919
979
913
512
571
532
587
541
558
557
536
557
59%
57%
62%
58%
52%
C/I ra
tio
Perso
nnel
Oth
er
61%
60%
54%
57%
Hig
hest first q
uarte
r PBT sin
ce 1
Q10 a
nd a
ll KPIs w
ithin
targ
et ra
nges
Tra
nsa
ctio
n-b
ase
d
Net in
tere
st
Recu
rring n
et fe
e
Oth
er
Cre
dit lo
ss (expense
)/reco
very
3Q13
1Q14
3Q144Q141Q15
1Q132Q13
4Q13
2Q14
Op
era
ting
inco
me
CH
F 9
79
millio
n
Op
era
ting
ex
pe
nse
s C
HF 5
36
millio
n
PB
T C
HF 4
43
millio
n
531542
531540
523541
563557
568
243272
262256
234247
267273
284
134133
140138
144127
127126
130
376361
350336
343336
331322
343
181197
191251
189235
181235
193
443356
446367
401344
417390
362
Tra
nsa
ction-b
ase
d in
com
e in
crease
d, m
ain
ly d
ue to
FX-tra
din
g a
nd h
edgin
g-re
late
d in
com
e
Net in
tere
st inco
me in
crease
d, m
ain
ly d
ue to
pricin
g m
easu
res,
partly
offse
t by lo
wer a
lloca
ted re
venues fro
m G
roup A
LM
Cre
dit lo
ss expense
s decre
ase
d
G&
A e
xpense
s decre
ase
d, m
ain
ly a
s 4Q
14 in
cluded sig
nifica
nt
investm
ents in
our m
ultich
annel o
fferin
g; m
ark
etin
g e
xpense
s
and p
rofe
ssional fe
es a
lso d
eclin
ed
Perso
nnel e
xpense
s incre
ase
d, m
ain
ly d
ue to
hig
her v
aria
ble
com
pensa
tion a
ccruals
54%
cost/in
com
e ra
tio
Net in
tere
st marg
in 1
65 b
ps v
s. 162 b
ps in
4Q
14,
main
ly re
flectin
g h
igher n
et in
tere
st inco
me
Annualize
d n
et n
ew
reta
il busin
ess v
olu
me g
row
th 3
.1%
vs.
0.6
% in
4Q
14, fo
llow
ing th
e ty
pica
l seaso
nal p
atte
rn
Glo
bal A
sset M
anagem
ent
Adju
sted n
um
bers u
nle
ss oth
erw
ise in
dica
ted, re
fer to
slide 3
0 fo
r deta
ils about a
dju
sted n
um
bers, B
ase
l III num
bers a
nd F
X ra
tes in
this p
rese
nta
tion
11
Op
era
ting
in
co
me
Op
era
ting
exp
en
ses
Pro
fi t
befo
re
tax
429449
418410
404427
462463
443
6872
51
14
97
34
48
9
27
46
5
38
45
1
47
48
24
47
29
48
9
41
48
3
53
213230
206215
205208
222223
218
110108
111124
120149
116150
107
32
53
73
33
83
57
32
53
39
31
73
38
32
3
186151
107126
143130
152160
124
69%
71%
70%
72%
69%
C/I ra
tio
Perso
nnel
Oth
er
67%
77%
64%
75%
3Q
13
1Q
14
3Q
14
4Q
14
1Q
15
1Q
13
2Q
13
4Q
13
2Q
14
PBT C
HF 1
86 m
illion, u
p 5
0%
and h
ighest sin
ce 4
Q09
Perfo
rmance
fees
Net m
anagem
ent fe
es
(1.3
)(3
.9)
(4.6
)13.0
3.8
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UBS First Quarter 2015 Earnings Call Remarks
May 5, 2015
Sergio P. Ermotti (Group CEO): Opening remarks
SLIDE 2 – 1Q15 highlights
While the first quarter is typically the strongest of the year, our results this quarter are exceptionally good. We reported adjusted pre-tax profit of almost 2.3 billion francs, and net profit was almost 2.0 billion francs. And the results were strong across the board, with all of our business divisions performing well. Our Basel 3 fully applied CET1 ratio also rose to 13.7%, so we remain the best capitalized bank in our peer group.
The results underline that our business model works and our approach to thinking long-term and acting early is paying off. From a macroeconomic and market point of view, the first quarter was more demanding than a typical year, but we were prepared.
So while our results for the quarter are very good and I am confident about our momentum, like we said at Q4, we wouldn’t multiply any quarterly result by four.
Turning to the business divisions -
Together our wealth management businesses delivered the highest profits since 2008 and made solid progress with their strategic initiatives to grow lending and increase mandate penetration.
Wealth Management had its best quarter since 2008 in terms of profitability. Net new money was very strong, even for a first quarter, and was achieved without compromising our profitability standards.
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Wealth Management Americas delivered another record profit before tax on its highest ever invested asset base, and attracted solid net new money.
Despite a very challenging macroeconomic environment, Retail and Corporate delivered its best first quarter in five years.
Global Asset Management also posted strong results and robust net new money.
The Investment Bank deserves applause not only for its excellent performance with pre-tax profit of 844 million francs, but also because the results were delivered without increasing our risk profile, and while remaining within allocated resource limits. This is a very important point to consider when assessing our results. Our strategy focusses on areas where we excel, and it is well-suited to the high volume and volatility environment we saw in Q1.
Our strategic cost reduction program is ambitious, and I am pleased with the progress we are making in its implementation. While improving our efficiency and effectiveness is a top priority, short-term dynamics will not change our plans, as this would impact our ability to deliver long-term sustainable growth.
Tom will now take you through the details of the quarter.
Tom Naratil (Group CFO & Group COO): Walk-through of the quarter
SLIDE 3 – UBS Group AG results (consolidated)
As usual, my commentary will reference adjusted results unless otherwise stated.
This quarter, we excluded net restructuring charges of 305 million Swiss francs, an own credit gain of 226 million, gains on sales of real estate of 378 million and a gain of 141 million on the sale of a subsidiary in Wealth Management. The net effect of these adjustment items is an accretion to capital of around 150 million in the quarter. An overview of these adjustments can be found on page 15 of our first quarter report.
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Profit before tax was 2.3 billion, up from 514 million in the prior quarter.
IFRS net profit attributable to shareholders was nearly 2 billion, and adjusted return on tangible equity was seasonally high at 14.4%, ahead of our full-year target of around 10%.
Net profit attributable to non-controlling interests was 61 million. This primarily related to net profit attributable to non-controlling interests in UBS AG reflecting the non-exchanged UBS AG shares. We also expect to attribute net profit of approximately 80 million to non-controlling interests related to the preferred notes issued by UBS AG, all of which will be booked in the second quarter of 2015.
SLIDE 4 – Wealth Management
Wealth Management delivered a strong performance, with profit before tax of 856 million, up 23% to its highest level since the third quarter of 2008.
Operating income increased 5% to 2.1 billion, as transaction-based income rose in all regions, but most notably in APAC and Switzerland. While transaction-based income was up across nearly all products, the increase was largely driven by seasonal effects, portfolio rebalancing and higher volumes in FX as a consequence of the SNB’s actions in January.
Both net interest income and recurring net fees were down due to the stronger Swiss Franc. Excluding the effect of currency movements, recurring income increased on a continued rise in recurring net fees. This underlying trend gives us even more confidence in our ability to deliver on our key initiatives, as net mandate sales were strongly positive in all regions.
Expenses decreased 5%, mainly due to lower marketing expenses and Corporate Center costs, as well as favorable currency effects. This brought the cost/income ratio to 59%, within our target range of 55 to 65%.
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SLIDE 5 – Wealth Management
Net new money was a strong 14.4 billion, the highest it’s been in eight quarters.
Mandate penetration increased 110 basis points to 25.5% of invested assets, as the business delivered 15 billion in net mandate sales.
Both gross and net margin were up on higher revenues and profit before tax, and on a lower average invested asset base. Gross margin increased 4 basis points to 86 basis points, and net margin increased 7 basis points to 35 basis points, its highest level in over five years.
Marginal transactional activity continues to cause significant swings in trading and commission revenues, resulting in large month-to-month swings in our gross margin, which was 91 basis points in January, 82 basis points in February and 92 basis points in March. What we’ve seen in two out of three months in the first quarter shows the potential upside in a more normalized environment.
SLIDE 6 – Wealth Management
Net new money was positive in all regions, with the largest net inflows in APAC, which delivered 8.2 billion of net new money. Europe delivered net new money of 3 billion, with strong inflows from our domestic business, and positive net inflows from our international business, following seasonally high offshore outflows in the fourth quarter. Net new money was 1.6 billion in Switzerland and 1.5 billion in Emerging Markets.
On a global basis, net new money continued to be strong, with 10.1 billion from our ultra-high net worth clients and a solid contribution from our high net worth clients. Of the 14.4 billion of net new money delivered in the quarter, only 1.8 billion came from increased Lombard lending.
Our net new money is one of many KPIs that we use to monitor our performance, and we don’t buy net new money. Surprisingly, we’ve seen some irrational competition for net new money as some large competitors pay premiums for deposits and these assets.
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In contrast to some of these competitors, as we highlighted in our fourth quarter earnings call, we’ll be taking action on a number of fronts to optimize our resource utilization, and to ensure that any resource constraints are appropriately priced. Some of these actions may cause affected clients to withdraw some of their cash assets, thus impacting our net new money. These exits would result in net new money outflows, which we’ll exclude from our net new money growth KPI calculation. While it’s unlikely that all assets will be withdrawn, the assets in scope approach 30 billion francs. We expect the bulk of the liquidity coverage ratio and leverage ratio denominator relief from these actions to come in the second quarter, with a slight benefit to come in the third.
Our net new money growth of 5.8% in the first quarter does not exclude any outflows associated with these assets.
Both APAC and Switzerland saw a sharp rise in revenue, as transaction-based income increased on higher client activity. In APAC, we saw strong demand for structured products, particularly related to equities. In Switzerland, the increase was largely driven by rebalancing and foreign-exchange related revenues triggered by the SNB’s actions in January. Revenues were relatively stable in Emerging Markets and down in Europe on a stronger Swiss Franc.
SLIDE 7 – Wealth Management Americas
Wealth Management Americas had a record quarter, generating a profit before tax of 293 million dollars, up 26% on lower expenses.
Operating income was 1.9 billion dollars, and decreased from the fourth quarter, mainly as there were fewer calendar and trading days. As a percentage of revenue, recurring income increased to a record 77%.
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Expenses were down 5% to 1.6 billion dollars, mainly due to lower FA compensation on lower compensable revenues, and also as charges for litigation, regulatory and similar matters declined from the prior quarter.
Our cost/income ratio was 84.6%, at the top end our target range of 75 to 85%.
SLIDE 8 – Wealth Management Americas
Wealth Management America’s trillion dollar invested asset base continued to grow to record levels, on both positive market performance and solid net new money at 4.8 billion dollars. Net inflows were driven by advisors who’ve been with the firm for more than one year. For the second quarter, we expect to see the typical trend of increased client withdrawals associated with seasonal income tax payments.
We continued to see positive trends in mandate penetration, which increased 40 basis points to 33.9%.
Net margin increased 2 basis points to 11 basis points on lower expenses, which more than offset the impact of a higher average invested asset base and lower revenues, while gross margin was down 2 basis points to 73 basis points.
SLIDE 9 – Wealth Management Americas
Invested assets per FA increased to a record 150 million dollars, while our annualized revenue per FA remained industry leading at 1.1 million dollars. The average production of recruits continued to outpace production of FAs leaving, with 77% of our recruits ranked in the first and second industry quintile, compared with 29% of FAs who left. In general, we’ve continued to see low FA attrition in the industry and at UBS.
Consistent with our strategy, we continued to grow lending balances with total loans growing 2% to 45.5 billion dollars. Average mortgage balances increased 2% to 7.8 billion dollars and securities-backed lending balances were up 3% to 32.1 billion. Although pricing on securities-based lending remains firm, mortgage spreads are under pressure as the industry targets high quality High Net Worth and Ultra High Net Worth mortgage loans.
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SLIDE 10 – Retail & Corporate
Retail and Corporate delivered its best first quarter in five years with a profit before tax of 443 million francs, up 24%. All KPIs were within their target ranges.
Operating income was up 7%, mostly reflecting lower credit loss expenses, but also higher transaction-based income and net interest income.
Transaction-based income was up 4% to 284 million, as the volatility in both interest rates and foreign-exchange after the SNB’s actions led to increased client activity in FX hedging and trading, as well as gains from macro fair-value hedge ineffectiveness. This was partly offset by a decline in credit card-related income, which was higher in the fourth quarter reflecting seasonal holiday activity.
Net interest income increased 2% to 568 million with increases in both loans and deposits, as we introduced pricing measures in response to the SNB’s policy changes, and as we saw continued benefits from pricing measures we implemented in the prior year. This more than offset the continued effect of persistently low interest rates on our replication portfolios.
On our fourth quarter earnings call, we noted that if the negative interest rate environment in Switzerland continued, our net interest margin would likely be at the lower end of our target range of 140 to 180 basis points. Considering today’s environment, in a constant rate scenario and if asset spreads hold firm despite new market entrants in the mortgage market, as we approach year-end, we would expect a net interest margin that is a bit lower than the middle of our target range.
Following a typical seasonal pattern, net new business volume growth for our retail business was solid at 3.1%, within our target range of 1 to 4%. Net new business volume for retail clients stood at 1.1 billion, and was impacted by over half a billion francs of euro-denominated cash withdrawals following the SNB’s actions.
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Net credit loss expenses were 21 million partly reflecting the strengthening of the Swiss Franc and more challenging economic conditions. At this point in time, we’ve not yet seen any significant impact on our loan portfolio from a higher Swiss franc. For the rest of this year, we expect to see more normalized and slightly increased credit loss expense levels compared with 2014. We continue to monitor both the environment and our loan portfolio closely.
Expenses decreased 4%, as lower general and administrative expenses more than offset an increase in personnel expenses. G&A expenses decreased by 48 million, as the prior quarter included higher investments in multichannel offerings, and as marketing expenses and professional fees declined.
SLIDE 11 – Global Asset Management
In Global Asset Management, the business delivered its strongest performance in over five years, with profit before tax increasing 50% to 186 million.
Operating income was up 3% to 511 million, on strong performance fees, with a notable increase in O’Connor and A&Q. This more than offset lower net management fees, which were impacted by currency moves, with the largest effect on traditional investments. Expenses declined by 13% to 325 million, on lower charges for provisions for litigation, regulatory and similar matters, and lower allocated costs from Corporate Center.
Net new money excluding money markets was 7.5 billion, as we saw strong inflows in alternatives as well as other asset classes. Net new money from our wealth management businesses was 5.1 billion, the highest it’s been since the first quarter of 2007.
Investment performance was solid overall, with strong performances in O’Connor and A&Q, where over 90% of assets eligible for performance fees were above high-water marks at quarter-end.
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SLIDE 12 – Investment Bank
The Investment Bank delivered a strong quarter, with a profit before tax of 844 million and an annualized return on attributed equity of 46%, as all regions generated double-digit revenue growth year-over-year.
Investor Client Services delivered its best quarter since the acceleration of our strategy in 2012, on higher volatility, client activity and volumes.
Equities revenues increased 27% versus the prior quarter to 1.2 billion, with stronger performance across all sectors and regions, largely on seasonally higher client activity. On a year-on-year basis, revenues were up 15% with strong performances in financing services and derivatives. Revenues increased year-over-year in all regions, but most notably in APAC, where there was a strong rise in revenues from equity finance on higher client activity levels.
In FX, Rates and Credit, revenues were 701 million, up from 297 million in the prior quarter, and up 71% year-over-year, reflecting increased client flows and volatility levels across FX and Rates, as well as solid results from credit flow on lower risk and resource utilization. In rates and credit, the business maintained high balance sheet velocity in order to meet the needs of our clients.
Corporate Client Solutions revenues were 801 million, up 13% on higher revenues in DCM, ECM, and financing solutions as well as higher risk management revenues, partly offset by lower advisory revenues.
On a year-over-year basis, revenues were up 4% mainly in ECM, on increased participation in public offerings, as well as higher revenues from private transactions. The performance in ECM along with increases in Advisory, Financing Solutions and Risk Management was partly offset by lower revenues in DCM, as the market fee pool was down 29% and as participation in leveraged finance transactions was lower.
Operating expenses were up 11% in the quarter on higher variable compensation expenses, partly offset by lower charges for litigation regulatory and similar matters, and as the prior quarter included a charge of 68 million for the annual UK bank levy. The cost/income ratio was down 17 percentage points to 68%.
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SLIDE 13 – Investment Bank
Once again, we’ve demonstrated that our business model works with the Investment Bank delivering excellent returns on attributed equity while carefully managing risk and deployment of its resources. As Sergio mentioned, this is a very important point to consider when assessing our results. We’ve provided this slide to place our results in the appropriate context.
We continue to focus on our traditional strengths in advisory, capital markets, equities and foreign exchange, complemented by a refocused rates and credit platform. The Investment Bank is an active participant in capital markets flow activities, including sales, trading and market-making. Our model is geared towards client facilitation and flow, and volumes explain almost all quarterly fluctuations in revenues.
To support our goal of earning attractive risk-adjusted returns on our allocated capital, we operate within a tightly controlled framework for balance sheet, risk-weighted assets and LRD. This is evidenced by the stability of our resource consumption, despite the demands from seasonal activity.
Revenue per unit of VaR was the highest it’s been since the acceleration of our strategy and return on risk weighted assets was the highest in eight quarters, as average VaR remained flat and risk-weighted assets declined by 3 billion to 64 billion.
SLIDE 14 – Corporate Center
We’ve increased the level of detail in reporting for Corporate Center and reflected changes in its structure. Corporate Center is now divided into three units: Corporate Center Services, Corporate Center Group Asset and Liability Management, and Non-core and Legacy Portfolio.
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Profit before tax in Corporate Center Services was negative 222 million, compared with negative 261 million in the prior quarter. This was driven by reduced operating expenses before allocations on lower G&A and personnel expenses, slightly offset by comparatively lower net allocations.
Profit before tax in Corporate Center Group Asset and Liability Management was 122 million compared with a loss of 208 million in the prior quarter. Gross revenues from balance sheet risk management activities were broadly unchanged.
Gross revenues from hedging activities increased significantly to 167 million from a loss of 63 in the prior quarter, as a result of increased gains from ineffectiveness in our cash flow hedges and gains on cross-currency basis swaps held as economic hedges. While the accounting asymmetry within Group Asset and Liability Management creates quarterly volatility within our financials, the net economic effect is largely neutral, as the positions managed within Group ALM represent economic hedges offsetting UBS’s structural positioning.
Profit before tax in Non-core and Legacy Portfolio was negative 240 million. Operating income was negative 80 million, compared with negative 361 million in the prior quarter. The decrease in negative income was the result of greater novation and unwind activity in the prior quarter. Operating expenses decreased by 190 million to 160 million, on lower charges for provisions for litigation, regulatory and similar matters and as the prior quarter included 52 million for the annual UK bank levy and a net charge of 42 million related to certain disputed receivables.
SLIDE 15 – Corporate Center cost reductions
In the first quarter of what is a critical year for our cost reduction initiatives, we made good progress, increasing our annualized cost reduction by 600 million to 800 million, based on the March exit rate versus full-year 2013.
The exit rate captures the annualized cost run-rate at the end of March, where it has been adjusted to reflect seasonality for a more accurate comparison against a full year. For our March exit rate, this was a net upward adjustment to expenses.
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Our continued improvement in efficiency is the result of successful and ongoing execution of our outsourcing, near shoring and offshoring initiatives, continued optimization of our real estate footprint, and other key levers.
While we’re pleased with our progress in our effectiveness and efficiency efforts this quarter, we’ll need to work hard to offset incremental costs associated with permanent regulatory demand to achieve our net cost reduction target of 1.4 billion in Corporate Center by the end of the year.
SLIDE 16 – Swiss SRB Basel III capital and leverage ratios
Our fully applied CET1 ratio increased 30 basis points to 13.7% and remained above 10% post-stress, as CET1 regulatory capital increased largely on higher retained earnings, partly offset by the impact of a stronger Swiss franc. Risk-weighted assets were flat at 216 billion, with small moves within the business divisions and Corporate Center.
We highlighted in our annual report that the changes to the applicable discount rate and interest rate related assumptions for our Swiss pension plan during January and February would’ve reduced our IFRS equity and fully applied CET1 capital by around 700 million. Due to the sharp change in market and macroeconomic conditions, we carried out a detailed review of the actuarial assumptions. As a result, we enhanced the methodology for estimating the discount rate, by improving the construction of the yield curve where the market for long tenor maturities of Swiss high quality bonds was not sufficiently deep. Also, we now have a more complete set of data points based on full-year information for the rate of salary increases, interest credit on retirement savings, employee turnover and the rate of employee disabilities. These improvements in estimate more than offset the impact of a decrease in the applicable discount rate previously highlighted, resulting in a 490 million net decrease in our defined benefit obligation related to our Swiss plan. This, along with an increase in the fair value of the underlying plan assets, led to a pre-tax gain of 906 million recognized in OCI. We note that we’ve maintained a prudent approach in our review of the IFRS accounting for our Swiss Pension Plan, and I’d emphasize that none of these calculations impact our pensioners or current employees.
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Our fully applied Swiss SRB leverage ratio increased 50 basis points to 4.6%, as our fully applied total regulatory capital increased, largely due to the issuance of 3.5 billion of high and low-trigger AT1 instruments out of UBS Group AG in February, and as our leverage ratio denominator decreased by 21 billion. Our fully applied BIS Basel III leverage ratio was 3.4%. Looking at a pro-forma measure of the Swiss SRB leverage ratio using a denominator based on BIS rules, our fully applied ratio would be 4.5%. We’ve added additional disclosure on our leverage ratio based on the BIS rules in the appendix of this presentation, the capital section of our quarterly report, as well as on our investor relations website.
The decrease in our Swiss SRB leverage ratio denominator was largely driven by Non-core and Legacy Portfolio, where it decreased by 9 billion to 84 billion, on continued trade unwinds, migrations and compressions.
Leverage ratio denominator also decreased by 7 billion in Wealth Management Americas, mainly due to a reassessment of securities-based lending credit lines.
We’ve also made continued progress in our measures to improve the resolvability of the bank in response to too big to fail requirements. We expect to complete the transfer of our Retail & Corporate and Wealth Management business booked in Switzerland from UBS AG to UBS Switzerland AG, as early as mid-June. The transfer arrangements will provide that UBS Switzerland AG and UBS AG will each have joint liability for most obligations of the other entity that exist on the asset transfer date. The joint liability is explained in further detail on page 10 of the report.
Thank you. I’ll now hand it back over to Sergio for some closing remarks.
Sergio P. Ermotti (Group CEO): Closing remarks
SLIDE 17 – The world’s leading wealth management franchise
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Thank you Tom.
It is clear that our businesses were at the top of their game this quarter.
In particular, our wealth management businesses combined delivered a pre-tax profit of over 1.1 billion francs, up 23% in the quarter and 24% year-over-year, the first time profits have exceeded 1 billion francs since 2008. Almost three quarters of the 3.9 billion in revenues we generated were recurring.
The businesses delivered 19 billion in net new money, which along with investment performance, partly offset currency-related headwinds to our two trillion franc invested asset base.
The positive long-term trends we see in our wealth management businesses remain strong. First quarter revenues, pre-tax profit, and invested assets have all increased year-over-year for 3 consecutive years.
UBS is the world’s largest and most geographically diverse wealth manager. As we’ve said in the past, you can’t realistically build or buy the world’s leading high and ultra-high net worth wealth management franchise. We’re also the only large bank with global wealth management at the center of its strategy. Our exposure to the world’s fastest growing wealth pools is evidenced by our strength in APAC, which is the result of over 50 years of commitment to the region, as well as the partnerships between Wealth Management, the Investment Bank and Global Asset Management.
SLIDE 18 – UBS—a unique and attractive investment proposition.
Before we open up for your questions, I would like to close with a few thoughts and observations.
Looking ahead, the macro-environment continues to evolve at an accelerated pace, especially as global monetary policies are likely to diverge. Negative interest rates in Switzerland and the Eurozone will continue to be an issue, at least in the short term, as well as high levels of volatility in foreign-exchange markets.
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The industry also continues to face increasing regulatory requirements. In Switzerland, the review of the too big to fail regulation is underway. We continue to support a strong and comprehensive regulatory framework while allowing Switzerland’s financial industry to remain competitive. While I have no reason to believe future changes will be unreasonable, it’s quite clear that the debate will include consequences not only for the banking industry but also for the overall economy, and as further requirements will most likely lead the industry to re-price in order to achieve appropriate shareholder returns. Therefore, the outcome of this process will not change the fundamental investment case for UBS.
We have a unique business model with an attractive investment proposition. We are the world’s leading wealth manager, operating in the world’s largest and fastest growing markets. Retail & Corporate, Global Asset Management and the Investment Bank all add to our wealth management franchise, providing a unique proposition for clients.
We are confident that we will achieve our full-year targeted return on tangible equity of around 10% for this year. We remain committed to our attractive capital returns policy, without compromising our capacity to reinvest in our businesses, and while maintaining capital strength as a key element of our success.
In closing, I’m pleased with the strong quarter. We stayed close to our clients, we stayed disciplined on risk and we delivered across all businesses and regions. The results again demonstrate the benefits of a strategy defined early and executed with a focus on long-term value creation. I can assure you that we will have the same focus going forward.
Thank you. Tom and I will now take your questions.
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Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements: This presentation contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements,” including but not limited to management’s outlook for UBS’s financial performance and statements relating to the anticipated effect of transactions and strategic initiatives on UBS’s business and future development. While these forward-looking statements represent UBS’s judgments and expectations concerning the matters described, a number of risks, uncertainties and other important factors could cause actual developments and results to differ materially from UBS’s expectations. These factors include, but are not limited to: (i) the degree to which UBS is successful in executing its announced strategic plans, including its cost reduction and efficiency initiatives and its planned further reduction in its Basel III risk-weighted assets (RWA) and leverage ratio denominator (LRD), and to maintain its stated capital return objective; (ii) developments in the markets in which UBS operates or to which it is exposed, including movements in securities prices or liquidity, credit spreads, currency exchange rates and interest rates and the effect of economic conditions and market developments on the financial position or creditworthiness of UBS’s clients and counterparties, and the degree to which UBS is successful in implementing changes to its business to meet changing market, regulatory and other conditions; (iii) changes in the availability of capital and funding, including any changes in UBS’s credit spreads and ratings, or arising from requirements for bail-in debt or loss-absorbing capital; (iv) changes in or the implementation of financial legislation and regulation in Switzerland, the US, the UK and other financial centers that may impose more stringent capital (including leverage ratio), liquidity and funding requirements, incremental tax requirements, additional levies, limitations on permitted activities, constraints on remuneration or other measures; (v) uncertainty as to when and to what degree the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) will approve reductions to the incremental RWA resulting from the supplemental operational risk capital analysis mutually agreed to by UBS and FINMA, or will approve a limited reduction of capital requirements due to measures to reduce resolvability risk; (vi) the degree to which UBS is successful in executing the transfer of business to UBS Switzerland AG, a establishing a US intermediate holding company and implementing the US enhanced prudential standards, completing the squeeze-out of minority shareholders of UBS AG, changing the operating model of UBS Limited and other changes which UBS may make in its legal entity structure and operating model, including the possible consequences of such changes, and the potential need to make other changes to the legal structure or booking model of UBS Group in response to legal and regulatory requirements, including capital requirements, resolvability requirements and proposals in Switzerland and other countries for mandatory structural reform of banks; (vii) changes in UBS’s competitive position, including whether differences in regulatory capital and other requirements among the major financial centers will adversely affect UBS’s ability to compete in certain lines of business; (viii) changes in the standards of conduct applicable to our businesses that may result from new regulation or new enforcement of existing standards, including measures to impose new or enhanced duties when interacting with customers or in the execution and handling of customer transactions; (ix) the liability to which UBS may be exposed, or possible constraints or sanctions that regulatory authorities might impose on UBS, due to litigation, contractual claims and regulatory investigations; (x) the effects on UBS’s cross-border banking business of tax or regulatory developments and of possible changes in UBS’s policies and practices relating to this business; (xi) UBS’s ability to retain and attract the employees necessary to generate revenues and to manage, support and control its businesses, which may be affected by competitive factors including differences in compensation practices; (xii) changes in accounting or tax standards or policies, and determinations or interpretations affecting the recognition of gain or loss, the valuation of goodwill, the recognition of deferred tax assets and other matters; (xiii) limitations on the effectiveness of UBS’s internal processes for risk management, risk control, measurement and modeling, and of financial models generally; (xiv) whether UBS will be successful in keeping pace with competitors in updating its technology, particularly in trading businesses; (xv) the occurrence of operational failures, such as fraud, misconduct, unauthorized trading and systems failures; (xvi) restrictions to the ability of subsidiaries of the Group to make loans or distributions of any kind, directly or indirectly, to UBS Group AG; and (xvii) the effect that these or other factors or unanticipated events may have on our reputation and the additional consequences that this may have on our business and performance. The sequence in which the factors above are presented is not indicative of their likelihood of occurrence or the potential magnitude of their consequences. Our business and financial performance could be affected by other factors identified in our past and future filings and reports, including those filed with the SEC. More detailed information about those factors is set forth in documents furnished by UBS and filings made by UBS with the SEC, including UBS’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2014. UBS is not under any obligation to (and expressly disclaims any obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Disclaimer: This presentation and the information contained herein are provided solely for information purposes, and are not to be construed as a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any securities or other financial instruments in Switzerland, the United States or any other jurisdiction. No investment decision relating to securities of or relating to UBS Group AG, UBS AG or their affiliates should be made on the basis of this document. Refer to UBS’s first quarter 2015 report and its Annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2014. No representation or warranty is made or implied concerning, and UBS assumes no responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness, reliability or comparability of the information contained herein relating to third parties, which is based solely on publicly available information. UBS undertakes no obligation to update the information contained herein.
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Adjusted results: Unless otherwise indicated, first-quarter 2015 “adjusted” figures exclude each of the following items, to the extent applicable, on a Group and business division level: an own credit gain of CHF 226 million, the abovementioned gains on sales of real estate of CHF 378 million and the gain on sale of a subsidiary of CHF 141 million, as well as net restructuring charges of CHF 305 million. For the fourth quarter of 2014, the items we excluded were an own credit gain of CHF 70 million, gains on sales of real estate of CHF 20 million, net restructuring charges of CHF 208 million and a credit of CHF 8 million related to changes to retiree benefit plans in the US. Adjusted results are non-GAAP financial measures as defined by SEC regulations. Please refer to the “Group performance” section of the First Quarter 2015 Report for more information on adjusted results.
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This Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into (1) each of the registration statements of UBS AG on Form F-3 (Registration Number 333-200212) and of UBS Group AG on Form S-8 (Registration Numbers 333-200634; 333-200635; 333-200641; and 333-200665) and into each prospectus outstanding under any of the foregoing registration statements, (2) any outstanding offering circular or similar document issued or authorized by UBS AG that incorporates by reference any Form 6-K’s of UBS AG that are incorporated into its registration statements filed with the SEC, and (3) the base prospectus of Corporate Asset Backed Corporation (“CABCO”) dated June 23, 2004 (Registration Number 333-111572), the Form 8-K of CABCO filed and dated June 23, 2004 (SEC File Number 001-13444), and the Prospectus Supplements relating to the CABCO Series 2004-101 Trust dated May 10, 2004 and May 17, 2004 (Registration Number 033-91744 and 033-91744-05).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on itsbehalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: May 5, 2015
UBS Group AG
By: /s/ David Kelly Name: David KellyTitle: Managing Director
By: /s/ Sarah M. Starkweather Name: Sarah M. StarkweatherTitle: Executive Director
UBS AG
By: /s/ David Kelly Name: David KellyTitle: Managing Director
By: /s/ Sarah M. Starkweather Name: Sarah M. StarkweatherTitle: Executive Director