Investment governance made simple

To help you make well-founded decisions, we update you regularly with clear and informative reports and analyses. The most important are:

• Portfolio dashboard and market heatmap: Two new summary reports set out the essential features of your investments.
  • In the portfolio dashboard you can see at a glance essential information about returns, risks and asset allocation. 
  • The market heatmap shows you market developments by asset class and sub-segment – clear and easy to understand.
• Audience-targeted reports for the foundation board, investment committee and management.
  
  • The foundation board receives an overview of the risks, earnings and costs of all investments – and can verify whether investments and liabilities correspond in the medium and long term.
  • The report for the investment committee forms the basis for informed decision-making with regard to returns, investment structure, risks, monitoring and costs.
  • Management benefits from extensive analyses of the portfolio’s structure, returns and risk as well as from various thematic special reports.
• Thematic special reports: Illiquid investments are found in almost every portfolio today. To help you assess in depth the opportunities and risks of these investments, we offer a series of thematic reports:
  • Real Estate gives you greater transparency – even for extensive real estate portfolios. Tables and charts show clearly your exposure as well as trends in different regions of Switzerland. And with the UBS Real Estate Bubble Index you have a basis for well-founded, proactive decisions.
  • Infrastructure provides information on the most important sectors – electricity, water, airports, rail, roads, bridges and tunnels – and visualizes your direct and indirect infrastructure investments.
  • Derivatives makes it easier to assess the effectiveness of your hedging strategy for currencies, equities, bonds and liquidity. Gross and net exposure can be seen at a glance and provide indispensable data for the optimization of your derivatives and overlay strategies.
• Analyses: Our various analyses and simulations provide valuable insights and information to help you optimize your portfolio.
  • Financial market analysis: Use the research of our Chief Investment Office (CIO) in the form of informative analyses, reports and assessments prepared individually for you. 
  • Sustainability analytics: We can support you in the evaluation and optimization of the sustainability of your investments according to ESG factors (environment, society and governance). You can recognize potential reputational risks as well as long-term investment risks and react correspondingly before problems arise. The analysis covers the two most important approaches for sustainable investments – exclusion and (ESG) inclusion.
  • Scenario simulation: What effects would an interest rate rise in Europe have on your portfolio? Or a weakening of the Swiss franc against the euro? With the UBS Asset Wizard scenario simulation, you can assess the robustness of your portfolio under specific market conditions and thus minimize your risks.
    

For the planning, implementing and monitoring of your investments, our tools provide a valuable service.

• UBS Asset Wizard: With just two clicks you get clear and detailed insight into your assets. Based on the very latest daily information you can assess directly the performance of your asset managers and investment criteria and react in good time.
• Proxy voting: With an online tool we make it easy for you to exercise your right to vote. Be an active influence on the companies you’re invested in and act in line with your corporate governance principles.
• UBS KeyLink: Our professional e-banking solution is an integrated platform for your payment transactions, cash management, foreign exchange trades, precious metals and securities transactions, and continuous link settlement (CLS).
• UBS Custody Info Portal: Here you’ll find – around the clock and at a glance – all process-relevant information: cut-off times, delivery routes, sub-custodians, international holidays and the entire custodian network in all available markets.
  

The close connection between good investment governance and positive performance is well proven.

• First, you have all your assets and asset managers constantly in view.
• Second, thanks to our analyses and reports you have an early-warning system and can act proactively if necessary.
• Third, you can compare not only the performance but also the attribution of various asset classes and asset managers.
• And fourth, you can recognize deviations from investment policy immediately and reduce your risks accordingly.