Footnotes
1 Net income attributable to shareholders
2 Relating to the combined revenue results of SUB, IWM and APAC PB within WM&C
3 Includes Global Markets, Investment Banking and Capital Markets as well as APAC Markets and APAC Advisory, Underwriting and Financing within Wealth Management & Connected; APAC Advisory, Underwriting and Financing revenues converted to USD at quarter-end average rates
4 Gross global revenues from advisory, debt and equity underwriting generated across all divisions
5 Excludes impact of CHF 6 billion RWA uplift due to a change in the time period applied in the capital calculations resulting from the redemption of certain legacy SRU eurozone exposures
6 As of October 29, 2019
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Return on tangible equity is based on tangible shareholders’ equity, a non-GAAP financial measure, which is calculated by deducting goodwill and other intangible assets from total shareholders’ equity as presented in our balance sheet. Tangible book value, a non-GAAP financial measure, is equal to tangible shareholders' equity. Tangible book value per share is a non-GAAP financial measure, which is calculated by dividing tangible shareholders' equity by total number of shares outstanding. Management believes that tangible shareholders' equity/tangible book value, return on tangible equity and tangible book value per share are meaningful as they are measures used and relied upon by industry analysts and investors to assess valuations and capital adequacy. For end-3Q19, tangible shareholders’ equity excluded goodwill of CHF 4,760 million and other intangible assets of CHF 219 million from total shareholders’ equity of CHF 45,150 million as presented in our balance sheet. For end-2Q19, tangible shareholders’ equity excluded goodwill of CHF 4,731 million and other intangible assets of CHF 216 million from total shareholders’ equity of CHF 43,673 million as presented in our balance sheet. For end-3Q18, tangible shareholders’ equity excluded goodwill of CHF 4,736 million and other intangible assets of CHF 214 million from total shareholders’ equity of CHF 42,734 million as presented in our balance sheet. Shares outstanding were 2,473.8 million at end-3Q19.
Regulatory capital is calculated as the worst of 10% of RWA and 3.5% of leverage exposure. Return on regulatory capital (a non-GAAP financial measure) is calculated using income / (loss) after tax and assumes a tax rate of 30% and capital allocated based on the worst of 10% of average RWA and 3.5% of average leverage exposure. For the Markets business within the APAC division and for the Global Markets and Investment Banking & Capital Markets divisions, return on regulatory capital is based on US dollar denominated numbers. Adjusted return on regulatory capital is calculated using adjusted results, applying the same methodology to calculate return on regulatory capital.
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the ability to maintain sufficient liquidity and access capital markets;
market volatility and interest rate fluctuations and development saffecting interest rate levels;
the strength of the global economy in general and the strength of the economies of the countries in which we conduct our operations, in particular the risk of continued slow economic recovery or downturn in the EU, the US or other developed countries or in emerging markets in 2019 and beyond;
the direct and indirect impacts of deterioration or slow recovery in residential and commercial real estate markets;
adverse rating actions by credit rating agencies in respect of us, sovereign issuers, structured credit products or other credit-related exposures;
the ability to achieve our strategic goals, including those related to our targets and financial goals;
the ability of counterparties to meet their obligations to us;
the effects of, and changes in, fiscal, monetary, exchange rate, trade and tax policies, as well as currency fluctuations;
political and social developments, including war, civil unrest or terrorist activity;
the possibility of foreign exchange controls, expropriation, nationalization or confiscation of assets in countries in which we conduct our operations;
operational factors such as systems failure, human error, or the failure to implement procedures properly;
the risk of cyber attacks, information or security breaches or technology failures on our business or operations;
the adverse resolution of litigation, regulatory proceedings and other contingencies;
actions taken by regulators with respect to our business and practices and possible resulting changes to our business organization, practices and policies in countries in which we conduct our operations;
the effects of changes in laws, regulations or accounting or tax standards, policies or practices in countries in which we conduct our operations;
the potential effects of changes in our legal entity structure;
competition or changes in our competitive position in geographic and business areas in which we conduct our operations;
the ability to retain and recruit qualified personnel;
the ability to maintain our reputation and promote our brand;
the ability to increase market share and control expenses;
technological changes;
the timely development and acceptance of our new products and services and the perceived overall value of these products and services by users;
acquisitions, including the ability to integrate acquired businesses successfully, and divestitures, including the ability to sell non-core assets; and
other unforeseen or unexpected events and our success at managing these and the risks involved in the foregoing.
We caution you that the foregoing list of important factors is not exclusive. When evaluating forward-looking statements, you should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and events, including the information set forth in “Risk factors” in I – Information on the company in our Annual Report 2018.
