Frequently asked questions

UBS usually publishes its results quarterly in January, May, July and October. The Annual Report is usually published in March. The reports and earnings releases can be found under the following links:

Future publication dates are shown in our corporate calendar.

An overview of UBS key facts and figures is provided in our annual and quarterly reports and our results materials, which are available under the following links:

UBS AG was formed on 29 June 1998, when Union Bank of Switzerland (founded 1862) and Swiss Bank Corporation (founded 1872) merged to form UBS AG, but its roots go back much further. In 2014, UBS Group AG was established as the holding company for UBS Group. Information about the history of UBS Group AG and its predecessor banks as well as a selection of the most important dates and events can be found under the following link:

Information about UBS's Board of Directors and Group Executive Board can be found under the following links:

A description of UBS’s current strategy can be found under the following link:

UBS is committed to meeting the highest international standards of corporate governance and responsibility. For more information, please view the "Corporate governance" section of our website.

UBS aims to be a leader in sustainability in the financial industry. Our key program in this regard is UBS and Society – a cross-divisional umbrella platform covering all our activities and capabilities in sustainable investing and philanthropy, environmental and human rights policies that govern client and supplier relations, managing our own environmental footprint, as well as our firm’s community investment. For more information, please refer to the "UBS and Society" section of our website.

For details about UBS's current credit ratings, please see the 'Credit ratings' page under the following link:

Information about UBS Group AG's interests in subsidiaries and other entities can be found in Note 30 "Interests in subsidiaries and other entities" of the UBS Group AG's consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Reports. The information can also be accessed through the "Group structure" section of our corporate governance website under the following link:

UBS Group AG shares are listed on SIX Swiss Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.

A Global Registered Share is a security that can be traded and transferred across borders without the need for conversion. This means that identical shares can be traded on different stock exchanges in different currencies. For example, the same share purchased on SIX Swiss Exchange can be sold on the New York Stock Exchange or vice versa.

Some US-registered broker-dealers or affiliates are participants of SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX) with their own membership and market-making capabilities. These brokers will accept orders to be executed on SIX and/or the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Depending on the broker, you may be charged differently for transactions on SIX compared to the NYSE. Brokers or custodians may also charge an additional fee for the transfer of shares from Switzerland to the US or vice versa.

SIX is expected to be the main exchange for determining the movement in our share price, because of the greater volume of UBS shares traded on SIX. During the hours in which both SIX and NYSE are simultaneously open for trading, price differences between these exchanges are likely to be minimized by professional market-makers. As a result, the share price will typically be similar between the two exchanges when considering the prevailing US dollar / Swiss franc exchange rate. When SIX is closed for trading, globally traded volumes will typically be lower. However, the specialist firm making a market in UBS Group AG shares on the NYSE is required to facilitate sufficient liquidity and maintain an orderly market in UBS Group AG shares throughout normal NYSE trading hours.

UBS usually publishes its results quarterly in January, May, July and October. The Annual Report is usually published in March. Future publication dates are shown in our corporate calendar.

We publish important corporate information on our website as a way of facilitating timely disclosure to our investors, analysts, clients and employees. Moreover, in order to be informed of the publication of quarterly results and other ad hoc-relevant information, you can sign up to our UBS NewsAlert service.

Information relating to dividends can be found under the following links:

The dates of UBS's annual general meetings of shareholders (AGMs) are shown in our corporate calendar. Additionally, information on AGMs is shown in the “General meetings of shareholders” section of our Investor Relations website. AGMs are normally held in April or May in Switzerland (Basel).

UBS’s financial results presentations, debt investor updates and conference materials, including the Investor Update 2014, can be accessed under the following link: