57/100BUBS Group company profile
- CEO
- Sergio Ermotti
- Employees
- 103,177
- Headquarters
- Bahnhofstrasse 45, Zurich, ZH 8098, CH
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks - Diversified
- IPO date
- 16 May 2000
- Stock exchange
- NYSE
- ISIN
- CH0244767585
Website:ubs.com
About the company
UBS Group AG, a financial services giant headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, since its founding in 1862 (and known as UBS AG until its name change in December 2014), delivers a comprehensive range of financial advice and solutions to a global clientele of private individuals, institutions, and corporations. The firm structures its operations across four primary business segments: The Global Wealth Management division caters specifically to affluent and ultra-high-net-worth clients. It provides sophisticated investment guidance, various lending products, including mortgages and securities-based loans, and extensive planning services encompassing estate and wealth management, philanthropy, corporate and banking services, and family advisory. Through its Personal & Corporate Banking arm, UBS supports individual clients with essential banking services like deposits, cards, and digital platforms, alongside financing, investment opportunities, and retirement solutions. For corporate and institutional clients, this division furnishes a wide array of solutions, spanning equity and debt capital market activities, syndicated and structured credit facilities, private placements, leasing, traditional financing, international trade and export finance, global custody, and transactional banking for payments and liquidity management. The Asset Management division specializes in a broad spectrum of investment strategies, encompassing equities, fixed income, hedge funds, real estate, and private market assets. It also crafts bespoke multi-asset solutions and offers expert advisory and fiduciary services, including multi-manager hedge fund solutions. Finally, the Investment Bank offers strategic counsel to clients on significant business ventures and assists them in securing capital for their operations. It facilitates the trading, sale, and financing of securities across global capital markets, while also aiding clients in risk management and liquidity optimization, and provides distinctive insights and research on key financial markets and various securities.
Employees
UBS Group had about 105,236 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report. That is 4.6% fewer than a year before.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns UBS Group
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 32.9% of UBS Group's shares on 30 June 2026, 815 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
Common questions about UBS Group
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