November 18, 2024 (NO COMMENTS)

UBS’s market risk-weighted assets (RWAs) rose by $2.5 billion to $25 billion in the third quarter, a level not seen since at least 2016. The Swiss lender attributed $1.4 billion of the increase to a capital buffer introduced by Swiss regulator Finma to cover possible maturity mismatches between positions and hedges within the incremental risk charge (IRC).