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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2022
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 20-F
☐   REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
☒   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021
☐   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
☐   SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
   Date of event requiring this shell company report……………….
   For the transition period from __________ to __________
Commission file number: 001-15244
Credit Suisse Group AG
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
Paradeplatz 8 8001   Zurich Switzerland
(Address of principal executive offices)
David R. Mathers
Chief Financial Officer
Paradeplatz 8 8001   Zurich Switzerland
david.mathers@credit-suisse.com
Telephone: +41 44 333 1111
(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)
Commission file number: 001-33434
Credit Suisse AG
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
Paradeplatz 8 8001   Zurich Switzerland
(Address of principal executive offices)
David R. Mathers
Chief Financial Officer
Paradeplatz 8 8001   Zurich Switzerland
david.mathers@credit-suisse.com
Telephone: +41 44 333 1111
(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)
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Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: 
Title of each class of securities  Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
 
Credit Suisse Group AG 
American Depositary Shares each representing one Share   CS New York Stock Exchange
Shares par value CHF 0.04 * CSGN * New York Stock Exchange *
 
Credit Suisse AG 
Credit Suisse X-Links® Monthly Pay 2xLeveraged Mortgage REIT ETNs due July 11, 2036  ** REML ** NYSE Arca **
Credit Suisse S&P MLP Index ETNs due December 4, 2034 Linked to the S&P MLP Index   MLPO NYSE Arca
Credit Suisse X-Links® Gold Shares Covered Call ETNs due February 2, 2033   GLDI The Nasdaq Stock Market
Credit Suisse X-Links® Silver Shares Covered Call ETNs due April 21, 2033   SLVO The Nasdaq Stock Market
Credit Suisse X-Links® Crude Oil Shares Covered Call ETNs due April 24, 2037   USOI The Nasdaq Stock Market
Credit Suisse FI Large Cap Growth Enhanced ETNs due June 13, 2024 Linked to the Russell 1000® Growth Index Total Return  *** FLGE *** NYSE Arca ***
Credit Suisse FI Enhanced Europe 50 ETNs due May 11, 2028 Linked to the STOXX® Europe 50 USD (Gross Return) Index  **** FEUL **** NYSE Arca ****
 
*
Not for trading, but only in connection with the registration of the American Depositary Shares
      
**
On December 27, 2021, Notification of Removal from Listing and/or Registration under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), was filed on Form 25 with respect to the Credit Suisse X-Links® Monthly Pay 2xLeveraged Mortgage REIT ETNs due July 11, 2036. The withdrawal from listing on NYSE Arca shall be effective 10 days after the filing of Form 25. The withdrawal from registration under Section 12(b) of the Act is expected to be effective no later than 90 days from December 27, 2021.
      
***
On December 23, 2021, Notification of Removal from Listing and/or Registration under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), was filed on Form 25 with respect to the Credit Suisse FI Large Cap Growth Enhanced ETNs due June 13, 2024 Linked to the Russell 1000® Growth Index Total Return. On January 10, 2022, an amended Form 25 was filed to correct an error in the name of the ETN. The withdrawal from listing on NYSE Arca shall be effective 10 days after the filing of the amended Form 25. The withdrawal from registration under Section 12(b) of the Act is expected to be effective no later than 90 days from January 10, 2022.
****
On December 22, 2021, Notification of Removal from Listing and/or Registration under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), was filed on Form 25 with respect to the Credit Suisse FI Enhanced Europe 50 ETNs due May 11, 2028 Linked to the STOXX® Europe 50 USD (Gross Return) Index. The withdrawal from listing on NYSE Arca shall be effective 10 days after the filing of Form 25. The withdrawal from registration under Section 12(b) of the Act is expected to be effective no later than 90 days from December 22, 2021.
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of December 31, 2021: 2,569,684,509 shares of Credit Suisse Group AG
Indicate by check mark if the Registrants are well-known seasoned issuers, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
   Yes   ☐ No   ☒
If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the Registrants are not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
   Yes   ☐ No   ☒
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrants (1) have filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrants were required to file such reports) and (2) have been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes   ☒   No   ☐
Indicate by check mark whether Registrants have submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (paragraph 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
Yes   ☒   No   ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrants are large accelerated filers, accelerated filers, non-accelerated filers, or emerging growth companies. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ☒   Accelerated filer ☐ Non-accelerated filer ☐ Emerging growth company ☐
If emerging growth companies that prepare their financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the Registrants have elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐
† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☒
Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the Registrants have used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:
U.S. GAAP   ☒ International  ☐   Other   ☐ Financial Reporting Standards    as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board
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Definitions
Sources
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking information
Explanatory note
Part I
Item 1. Identity of directors, senior management and advisers.
Item 2. Offer statistics and expected timetable.
Item 3. Key information.
Item 4. Information on the company.
Item 4A. Unresolved staff comments.
Item 5. Operating and financial review and prospects.
Item 6. Directors, senior management and employees.
Item 7. Major shareholders and related party transactions.
Item 8. Financial information.
Item 9. The offer and listing.
Item 10. Additional information.
Item 11. Quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk.
Item 12. Description of securities other than equity securities.
Part II
Item 13. Defaults, dividend arrearages and delinquencies.
Item 14. Material modifications to the rights of security holders and use of proceeds.
Item 15. Controls and procedures.
Item 16A. Audit committee financial expert.
Item 16B. Code of ethics.
Item 16C. Principal accountant fees and services.
Item 16D. Exemptions from the listing standards for audit committee.
Item 16E. Purchases of equity securities by the issuer and affiliated purchasers.
Item 16F. Change in registrants’ certifying accountant.
Item 16G. Corporate governance.
Item 16H. Mine safety disclosure.
Item 16I. Disclosure regarding foreign jurisdictions that prevent inspections.
Part III
Item 17. Financial statements.
Item 18. Financial statements.
Item 19. Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
1
Definitions
For the purposes of this Form 20-F and the attached Annual Report 2021, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms “Credit Suisse Group,” “Credit Suisse,” the “Group,” “we,” “us” and “our” mean Credit Suisse Group AG and its consolidated subsidiaries. The business of Credit Suisse AG, the direct bank subsidiary of the Group, is substantially similar to the Group, and we use these terms to refer to both when the subject is the same or substantially similar. We use the term the “Bank” when we are referring only to Credit Suisse AG and its consolidated subsidiaries.
Abbreviations and selected terms are explained in the List of abbreviations and the Glossary in the back of the Annual Report 2021.
Sources
Throughout this Form 20-F and the attached Annual Report 2021, we describe the position and ranking of our various businesses in certain industry and geographic markets. The sources for such descriptions come from a variety of conventional publications generally accepted as relevant business indicators by members of the financial services industry. These sources include: Standard & Poor’s, Dealogic, Institutional Investor, Lipper, Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings.
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking information
For Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see the Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking information on the inside page of the back cover of the attached Annual Report 2021.
Explanatory note
For the avoidance of doubt, the information appearing on pages 2, 4 to 8, 240 to 245 and A-3 to A-11 are not included in Credit Suisse’s and the Bank’s Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.
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Part I
Item 1. Identity of directors, senior management and advisers.
Not required because this Form 20-F is filed as an annual report.
Item 2. Offer statistics and expected timetable.
Not required because this Form 20-F is filed as an annual report.
Item 3. Key information.
A – [Reserved]
B – Capitalization and indebtedness.
Not required because this Form 20-F is filed as an annual report.
C – Reasons for the offer and use of proceeds.
Not required because this Form 20-F is filed as an annual report.
D – Risk factors.
For Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see I – Information on the company – Risk factors on pages 38 to 52 of the attached Annual Report 2021.
Item 4. Information on the company.
A – History and development of the company.
For Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see I– Information on the company – Strategy on pages 10 to 11 and IV – Corporate Governance – Overview –Corporate governance framework – Company details on page 188 of the attached Annual Report 2021. In addition, for Credit Suisse, please see Note 3 – Business developments, significant shareholders and subsequent events and Note 4 – Segment information in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group on pages 302 to 306 of the attached Annual Report 2021 and, for the Bank, please see Note 3 – Business developments, significant shareholders and subsequent events and Note 4 – Segment information in VIII – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) on pages 467 to 468 of the attached Annual Report 2021. For additional information on Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see Item 10.H of this Form 20-F regarding documents on display.
B – Business overview.
For Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see I – Information on the company – Divisions on pages 12 to 17 of the attached Annual Report 2021. In addition, for Credit Suisse, please see Note 4 – Segment information in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group on pages 305 to 306 of the attached Annual Report 2021 and, for the Bank, please see Note 4 – Segment information in VIII – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) on pages 467 to 468 of the attached Annual Report 2021.
C – Organizational structure.
For Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see I– Information on the company – Strategy on pages 10 to 11 and II – Operating and financial review – Credit Suisse – Group and Bank differences on page 70 of the attached Annual Report 2021. For a list of Credit Suisse’s significant subsidiaries, please see Note 41 – Significant subsidiaries and equity method investments in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group on pages 425 to 428 of the attached Annual Report 2021 and, for a list of the Bank’s significant subsidiaries, please see Note 40 – Significant subsidiaries and equity method investments in VIII – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) on pages 527 to 528 of the attached Annual Report 2021.
D – Property, plant and equipment.
For Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see X – Additional information – Other information – Property and equipment on page 589 of the attached Annual Report 2021.
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Information required by subpart 1400 of Regulation S-K
For Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see X – Additional information – Statistical information on pages 578 to 584 of the attached Annual Report 2021. In addition, for both Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet – Risk management – Risk portfolio analysis – Credit risk – Loans and irrevocable loan commitments on page 166 of the attached Annual Report 2021.
Disclosure pursuant to Section 13(r) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
During 2021, Credit Suisse AG processed a small number of de minimis payments related to the operation of Iranian diplomatic missions in Switzerland and related to fees for ministerial government functions such as issuing passports and visas. Processing these payments is permitted under Swiss law, and Credit Suisse AG intends to continue processing such payments. Revenues and profits from these activities are not calculated but would be negligible.
Item 4A. Unresolved staff comments.
None.
Item 5. Operating and financial review and prospects.
A – Operating results.
For Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see II – Operating and financial review on pages 53 to 110 of the attached Annual Report 2021. In addition, for both Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see I – Information on the company – Regulation and supervision on pages 18 to 37 of the attached Annual Report 2021, III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet – Liquidity and funding management – Funding management – Structural interest rate management on page 119 and – Capital management – Shareholders’ equity – Foreign exchange exposure on page 136 of the attached Annual Report 2021.
B – Liquidity and capital resources.
For Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet – Liquidity and funding management and – Capital management on pages 112 to 137 and III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet – Balance sheet and off-balance sheet – Contractual obligations and other commercial commitments on page 182 of the attached Annual Report 2021. In addition, for Credit Suisse, please see Consolidated statements of cash flows in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group on pages 290 to 291, Note 26 – Long-term debt in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group on pages 334 to 335 and Note 38 – Capital adequacy in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group on pages 410 to 411 of the attached Annual Report 2021 and, for the Bank, please see Consolidated statements of cash flows in VIII – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) on pages 464 to 465, Note 25 – Long-term debt in VIII – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) on page 486 and Note 37 – Capital adequacy in VIII – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) on pages 525 to 526 of the attached Annual Report 2021.
C – Research and development, patents and licenses, etc.
Not applicable.
D – Trend information.
For Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see Item 5.A of this Form 20-F. In addition, for Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see I – Information on the company – Divisions on pages 12 to 17 of the attached Annual Report 2021.
E – Critical accounting estimates.
For Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see II – Operating and financial review – Critical accounting estimates on pages 105 to 110 of the attached Annual Report 2021.
Item 6. Directors, senior management and employees.
A – Directors and senior management.
For Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see IV – Corporate Governance – Board of Directors, – Board Committees, – Biographies of the Board, – Executive Board and – Biographies of the Executive Board members on pages 197 to 230 of the attached Annual Report 2021.
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B – Compensation.
For Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see V – Compensation on pages 246 to 280 of the attached Annual Report 2021. In addition, for Credit Suisse, please see Note 10 – Compensation and benefits in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group on page 308, Note 30 – Employee deferred compensation in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group on pages 347 to 351, Note 32 – Pension and other post-retirement benefits in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group on pages 353 to 362, Note 6 – Personnel expenses in VII – Parent company financial statements – Credit Suisse Group on page 444 and Note 24 – Shareholdings in VII –Parent company financial statements – Credit Suisse Group on pages 452 to 453 of the attached Annual Report 2021. For the Bank, please see Note 10 – Compensation and benefits in VIII – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) on page 469, Note 29 – Employee deferred compensation in VIII – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) on pages 493 to 495, Note 31 – Pension and other post-retirement benefits in VIII – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) on pages 497 to 502, Note 6 – Personnel expenses in IX – Parent company financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) on page 552, Note 17 – Pension plans in IX – Parent company financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) on pages 560 to 561 and Note 24 – Shareholdings of the Board of Directors, Executive Board and employees and information on compensation plans in IX – Parent company financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) on pages 571 to 572 of the attached Annual Report 2021.
C – Board practices.
For Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see IV – Corporate Governance on pages 183 to 238 of the attached Annual Report 2021.
D – Employees.
For Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see IV – Corporate Governance – Overview – Corporate Governance framework – Employee relations on page 190 of the attached Annual Report 2021. In addition, for both Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see II – Operating and financial review – Credit Suisse – Employees and other headcount on page 63 of the attached Annual Report 2021.
E – Share ownership.
For Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see V – Compensation on pages 246 to 280 of the attached Annual Report 2021. In addition, for Credit Suisse, please see Note 30 – Employee deferred compensation in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group on pages 347 to 351, and Note 24 –Shareholdings in VII – Parent company financial statements – Credit Suisse Group on pages 452 to 453 of the attached Annual Report 2021. For the Bank, please see Note 29 – Employee deferred compensation in VIII – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) on pages 493 to 495, and Note 24 – Shareholdings of the Board of Directors, Executive Board and employees and information on compensation plans in IX – Parent company financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) on pages 571 to 572 of the attached Annual Report 2021.
Item 7. Major shareholders and related party transactions.
A – Major shareholders.
For Credit Suisse, please see IV – Corporate Governance – Shareholders on pages 191 to 196 of the attached Annual Report 2021. In addition, for Credit Suisse, please see Note 3 – Business developments, significant shareholders and subsequent events in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group on pages 302 to 304, Note 17 – Credit Suisse Group shares held by subsidiaries in VII – Parent company financial statements – Credit Suisse Group on page 449, Note 18 – Purchases and sales of treasury shares in VII – Parent company financial statements – Credit Suisse Group on page 449 and Note 19 – Significant shareholders in VII – Parent company financial statements – Credit Suisse Group on page 449 of the attached Annual Report 2021. Credit Suisse’s major shareholders do not have different voting rights. The Bank has 4,399,680,200 shares outstanding and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse. See Note 23 – Significant shareholders and groups of shareholders in IX – Parent company financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) on page 570 of the attached Annual Report 2021.
B – Related party transactions.
For Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see V – Compensation on pages 246 to 280 and IV – Corporate Governance – Additional information – Banking relationships with Board and Executive Board members and related party transactions on page 235 of the attached Annual Report 2021. In addition, for Credit Suisse, please see Note 31 – Related parties in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group on pages 351 to 353 and Note 22 – Assets and liabilities with related parties in VII – Parent company financial statements – Credit Suisse Group on page 451 of the attached Annual Report 2021. For the Bank, please see Note 30 – Related parties in VIII – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) on page 496 and Note 25 – Amounts receivable from and amounts payable to related parties in IX – Parent company financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) on page 573 of the attached Annual Report 2021.
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C – Interests of experts and counsel.
Not applicable because this Form 20-F is filed as an annual report.
Item 8. Financial information.
A – Consolidated statements and other financial information.
Please see Item 18 of this Form 20-F.
For a description of Credit Suisse’s legal and arbitration proceedings, please see Note 40 – Litigation in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group on pages 413 to 425 of the attached Annual Report 2021. For a description of the Bank’s legal and arbitration proceedings, please see Note 39 – Litigation in VIII – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) on page 526 of the attached Annual Report 2021.
For a description of Credit Suisse’s policy on dividend distributions, please see III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet – Capital management – Dividends and dividend policy on page 137 of the attached Annual Report 2021.
B – Significant changes.
None.
Item 9. The offer and listing.
A – Offer and listing details, C – Markets.
For information regarding the price history of Credit Suisse Group shares and the stock exchanges and other regulated markets on which they are listed or traded, please see X – Additional information – Other information – Listing details on page 589 of the attached Annual Report 2021. Shares of the Bank are not listed.
B – Plan of distribution, D – Selling shareholders, E – Dilution, F – Expenses of the issue.
Not required because this Form 20-F is filed as an annual report.
Item 10. Additional information.
A – Share capital.
Not required because this Form 20-F is filed as an annual report.
B – Memorandum and Articles of Association.
For Credit Suisse, please see IV – Corporate Governance – Overview – Corporate Governance framework, – Shareholders and – Board of Directors on pages 186 to 221 of the attached Annual Report 2021. In addition, for Credit Suisse, please see X – Additional information – Other information – Exchange controls and – American Depositary Shares on page 585 of the attached Annual Report 2021. Shares of the Bank are not listed.
C – Material contracts.
Neither Credit Suisse nor the Bank has any contract that would constitute a material contract for the two years immediately preceding the date of this Form 20-F.
D – Exchange controls.
For Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see X – Additional information – Other information – Exchange controls on page 585 of the attached Annual Report 2021.
E – Taxation.
For Credit Suisse, please see X – Additional information – Other information – Taxation on pages 585 to 588 of the attached Annual Report 2021. The Bank does not have any public shareholders.
F – Dividends and paying agents.
Not required because this Form 20-F is filed as an annual report.
G – Statement by experts.
Not required because this Form 20-F is filed as an annual report.
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H – Documents on display.
Credit Suisse and the Bank file annual reports on Form 20-F and furnish or file quarterly and other reports on Form 6-K and other information with the SEC pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These materials are available to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, which contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. Further, our reports on Form 20-F, Form 6-K and certain other materials are available on the Credit Suisse website at www.credit-suisse.com. Information contained on our website and apps is not incorporated by reference into this Form 20-F.
In addition, Credit Suisse’s parent company financial statements, together with the notes thereto, are set forth on pages 435 to 454 of the attached Annual Report 2021 and incorporated by reference herein. The Bank’s parent company financial statements, together with the notes thereto, are set forth on pages 531 to 576 of the attached Annual Report 2021 and incorporated by reference herein.
I – Subsidiary information.
Not applicable.
Item 11. Quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk.
For Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see I – Information on the company – Risk factors on pages 38 to 52 and III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet – Risk management on pages 138 to 179 of the attached Annual Report 2021.
Item 12. Description of securities other than equity securities.
A – Debt securities, B – Warrants and rights, C – Other securities.
Not applicable.
D – American Depositary Shares.
For Credit Suisse, please see IV – Corporate Governance – Additional information – Other information – Fees and charges for holders of ADS on page 237 of the attached Annual Report 2021. Shares of the Bank are not listed.
Part II
Item 13. Defaults, dividend arrearages and delinquencies.
None.
Item 14. Material modifications to the rights of security holders and use of proceeds.
None.
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Item 15. Controls and procedures.
For Credit Suisse’s management report, please see Controls and procedures in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group on page 283 and for the related report of the Group’s independent auditors, please see Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on pages 284 to 284-III of the attached Annual Report 2021. For the Bank’s management report please see Controls and procedures in VIII – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) on page 457 and for the related report of the Group’s independent auditors, please see Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on pages 458 to 458-III of the attached Annual Report 2021.
Item 16A. Audit committee financial expert.
For Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see IV – Corporate Governance – Board of Directors – Board committees – Audit Committee on page 208 of the attached Annual Report 2021.
Item 16B. Code of ethics.
For Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see IV – Corporate Governance – Overview – Corporate governance framework on pages 186 to 190 of the attached Annual Report 2021.
Item 16C. Principal accountant fees and services.
For Credit Suisse and the Bank, please see IV – Corporate Governance – Audit – External audit on page 234 of the attached Annual Report 2021.
Item 16D. Exemptions from the listing standards for audit committee.
None.
Item 16E. Purchases of equity securities by the issuer and affiliated purchasers.
For Credit Suisse, please see III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet – Capital management – Share purchases on page 136 of the attached Annual Report 2021. The Bank does not have any class of equity securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
Item 16F. Change in registrants’ certifying accountant.
None.
Item 16G. Corporate governance.
For Credit Suisse, please see IV – Corporate Governance – Additional Information – Other information – Complying with rules and regulations on pages 235 to 236 of the attached Annual Report 2021. Shares of the Bank are not listed.
Item 16H. Mine safety disclosure.
None.
Item 16I. Disclosure regarding foreign jurisdictions that prevent inspections.
Not applicable.
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Part III
Item 17. Financial statements.
Not applicable.
Item 18. Financial statements.
Credit Suisse’s consolidated financial statements, together with the notes thereto and the Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm thereon, are set forth on pages 281 to 434 of the attached Annual Report 2021 and incorporated by reference herein. The Bank’s consolidated financial statements, together with the notes thereto (and any notes or portions thereof in the consolidated financial statements of Credit Suisse Group referred to therein) and the Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm thereon, are set forth on pages 455 to 530 of the attached Annual Report 2021 and incorporated by reference herein.
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Item 19. Exhibits.
1.2 Articles of association (Statuten) of Credit Suisse AG as of September 4, 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.2 of Credit Suisse Group AG’s and Credit Suisse AG’s annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2014 filed on March 20, 2015). https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053092/000137036815000028/a140320ar-ex1_2.htm
2.1 Pursuant to the requirement of this item, we agree to furnish to the SEC upon request a copy of any instrument defining the rights of holders of long-term debt of us or of our subsidiaries for which consolidated or unconsolidated financial statements are required to be filed.
101 Interactive Data Files (XBRL-Related Documents).
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).
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SIGNATURES
Each of the registrants hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.
                           CREDIT SUISSE GROUP AG
                           (Registrant)
                           Date: March 10, 2022
/s/ Thomas Gottstein                                 /s/ David R. Mathers
Name: Thomas Gottstein                            Name: David R. Mathers
Title: Chief Executive Officer                       Title: Chief Financial Officer 
                           CREDIT SUISSE AG
                           (Registrant)
                           Date: March 10, 2022
/s/ Thomas Gottstein                                 /s/ David R. Mathers
Name: Thomas Gottstein                            Name: David R. Mathers
Title: Chief Executive Officer                       Title: Chief Financial Officer 
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Key metrics
   in / end of % change
2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Credit Suisse (CHF million)   
Net revenues 22,696 22,389 22,484 1 0
Provision for credit losses 4,205 1,096 324 284 238
Total operating expenses 19,091 17,826 17,440 7 2
Income/(loss) before taxes (600) 3,467 4,720 (27)
Net income/(loss) attributable to shareholders (1,650) 2,669 3,419 (22)
Cost/income ratio (%) 84.1 79.6 77.6
Effective tax rate (%) (171.0) 23.1 27.4
Basic earnings/(loss) per share (CHF) (0.67) 1.09 1.35 (19)
Diluted earnings/(loss) per share (CHF) (0.67) 1.06 1.32 (20)
Return on equity (%) (3.8) 5.9 7.7
Return on tangible equity (%) (4.2) 6.6 8.7
Assets under management and net new assets (CHF billion)   
Assets under management 1,614.0 1,511.9 1,507.2 6.8 0.3
Net new assets 30.9 42.0 79.3 (26.4) (47.0)
Balance sheet statistics (CHF million)   
Total assets 1 755,833 818,965 801,829 (8) 2
Net loans 291,686 291,908 296,779 0 (2)
Total shareholders' equity 43,954 42,677 43,644 3 (2)
Tangible shareholders' equity 40,761 38,014 38,690 7 (2)
Basel III regulatory capital and leverage statistics (%)   
CET1 ratio 14.4 12.9 12.7
CET1 leverage ratio 4.3 4.3 4.0
Tier 1 leverage ratio 6.1 6.3 5.5
Share information   
Shares outstanding (million) 2,569.7 2,406.1 2,436.2 7 (1)
   of which common shares issued  2,650.7 2,447.7 2,556.0 8 (4)
   of which treasury shares  (81.0) (41.6) (119.8) 95 (65)
Book value per share (CHF) 17.10 17.74 17.91 (4) (1)
Tangible book value per share (CHF) 15.86 15.80 15.88 0 (1)
Market capitalization (CHF million) 23,295 27,904 32,451 (17) (14)
Dividend per share (CHF) 0.10 0.10 0.2776 0 (64)
Number of employees (full-time equivalents)   
Number of employees 50,110 48,770 47,860 3 2
See relevant tables for additional information on these metrics.
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Prior periods have been revised. Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies – Revisions of prior period financial statements” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
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For the purposes of this report, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms “Credit Suisse Group”, “Credit Suisse”, the “Group”, “we”, “us” and “our” mean Credit Suisse Group AG and its consolidated subsidiaries. The business of Credit Suisse AG, the direct bank subsidiary of the Group, is substantially similar to the Group, and we use these terms to refer to both when the subject is the same or substantially similar. We use the term the “Bank” when we are referring only to Credit Suisse AG and its consolidated subsidiaries. We use the term the “Bank parent company” when we are referring only to the standalone parent entity Credit Suisse AG. Abbreviations and selected terms are explained in the List of abbreviations and the Glossary in the back of this report. Publications referenced in this report, whether via website links or otherwise, are not incorporated into this report. The English language version of this report is the controlling version. In various tables, use of “–” indicates not meaningful or not applicable.
Annual Report 2021
Message from the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer
I – Information on the company
Strategy
Divisions
Regulation and supervision
Risk factors
II – Operating and financial review
Operating environment
Credit Suisse
Swiss Universal Bank
International Wealth Management
Asia Pacific
Asset Management
Investment Bank
Corporate Center
Assets under management
Critical accounting estimates
III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet
Liquidity and funding management
Capital management
Risk management
Balance sheet and off-balance sheet
IV – Corporate Governance
Corporate Governance
V – Compensation
Compensation
Report of the Statutory Auditor
VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group
Controls and procedures
Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated financial statements
Notes to the consolidated financial statements
VII – Parent company financial statements – Credit Suisse Group
Report of the Statutory Auditor
Parent company financial statements
Notes to the financial statements
Proposed appropriation of retained earnings and capital distribution
VIII – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank)
Controls and procedures
Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated financial statements
Notes to the consolidated financial statements
IX – Parent company financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank)
Report of the Statutory Auditor
Parent company financial statements
Notes to the financial statements
Proposed appropriation of retained earnings and capital distribution
X – Additional information
Statistical information
Other information
Appendix
Selected five-year information
List of abbreviations
Glossary
Investor information
Financial calendar and contacts
Message from the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer
The year 2021 was very disappointing and challenging for Credit Suisse. Our reported financial results were negatively impacted by the Archegos and Supply Chain Finance Funds (SCFF) matters, a goodwill impairment and litigation provisions as we worked to proactively resolve legacy issues. We deeply regret that the Archegos and SCFF matters have caused significant concerns for our stakeholders, and we would like to thank them for their support during these times. We recognize that there are no quick fixes, and 2022 is expected to be a transition year. Still, we have achieved a great deal, in difficult circumstances, to turn the page and set the path for the future with our new Strengthen, Simplify and Invest for Growth strategy. We have made a number of enhancements throughout the year, and thanks to the dedication of our employees around the world, we are rebuilding a bank we can all be proud of, with the clear aim of delivering sustainable growth and value for our shareholders. At the same time, the world around us is changing in at times alarming ways, with the ongoing effects of COVID-19 and, more recently, the tragic consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As a global financial institution, we have a crucial role to play for our clients, investors, employees, communities, societies and economies that are confronting immense challenges. We understand we have to work hard to retain the trust of all our stakeholders. We are up to the task.
Dear shareholders, clients and colleagues
We would like to start by addressing the recent geopolitical events with regards to Russia and Ukraine. We are all deeply saddened by the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ukraine and as a firm stand united with the international community in supporting those impacted by this crisis. The instability that these events are creating for societies and countries across the globe will have far-reaching consequences, and our thoughts go out to all those impacted.
We have reviewed our positions and believe that the bank’s exposure in relation to Russia is well-managed and that we have appropriate systems in place to address associated risks.
We would also like to provide a review of the past financial year. Our reported financial results for the full year 2021 were particularly impacted by a net charge of CHF 4.8 billion relating to Archegos, a goodwill impairment of CHF 1.6 billion relating to the acquisition of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) in 2000, and CHF 1.2 billion of major litigation provisions as we sought to more proactively address legacy issues. Reflecting these impacts, Credit Suisse reported a net loss attributable to shareholders of CHF 1.7 billion for 2021. In light of this disappointing result, we would like to thank our shareholders, clients and colleagues for their continued trust and support during this difficult time. Our underlying performance for 2021 has shown that, at its core, our franchise remains resilient. The foundations are in place for us to invest and grow through the determined execution of our new Group strategy, in order to deliver value for our shareholders.
Decisive actions and key achievements
In response to challenges during the year, we completed a comprehensive risk review, substantially reduced our risk positions and strengthened our risk leadership and infrastructure. We have already made significant progress with our remediation efforts across the bank, such as with the SCFF matter, where the priority remains the recovery of funds for investors. For both the Archegos and SCFF matters, actions were taken against a number of employees and monetary penalties were imposed in the form of malus and clawbacks.
At the same time, we delivered notable achievements in 2021 as well as in the first weeks of 2022:
We strengthened our capital position in 2021, putting us on solid footing to execute our strategy.
We bolstered our Executive Board leadership in the Investment Bank, Asset Management, Risk, Compliance, Technology & Operations, Wealth Management and Human Resources.
We made significant progress on our commitment to provide at least CHF 300 billion in sustainable finance by 2030, and achieved strong growth in sustainable Assets under Management1 in 2021.
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Axel Lehmann, Chairman of the Board of Directors (right) and Thomas Gottstein, Chief Executive Officer.
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We implemented the first measures in the beginning of 2022 to deliver our ambition of generating CHF 1.0 - 1.5 billion in annual structural cost savings2 by 2024. For example, we went live with our new organizational structure as per January 1, 2022, establishing two globally integrated divisions, Wealth Management and the Investment Bank., a centralized technology and operations organization and announced the outsourcing of our global procurement effort.
These actions and achievements underscore our determination to make tangible changes at Credit Suisse, and support our ambition to place risk management at the center of everything we do, while progressively pursuing our growth agenda.
A new Group strategy and vision
With the implementation of our strategy, we are turning a new page for Credit Suisse. The strategy provides a compelling way forward, aimed at building on our existing strengths and accelerating growth in key strategic business areas.
The Group was reorganized into four divisions – Wealth Management, Investment Bank, Swiss Bank and Asset Management – and four regions – Switzerland, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific and Americas – effective January 1 of this year.
Over the next three years, we aim to drive sustainable growth and economic profit with a focus on three pillars, grounded in determined risk awareness:
Strengthening our core by deploying around CHF 3 billion3 of capital to the Wealth Management division by 2024 and strengthening our balance sheet and organization.
Simplifying our operating model with a unified, global Wealth Management division, a unified, global Investment Bank and a centralized Technology and Operations function, driving structural cost discipline to fund strategic investments.
Investing for growth in clients, businesses, talent and technology including an aspiration to increase capital expenditure by 35% to approximately CHF 3 billion4 in 2024 versus the 2018-2020 average.
Across these three pillars we are driving our sustainability and technology ambitions to bring Credit Suisse into a sustainable future. Following the Group strategy review in 2021, we have created a globally integrated Sustainability function, reporting directly to the CEO, which will pursue the implementation of our sustainability strategy — delivering sustainable solutions, enabling client transitions, engaging with thought leadership, driving our own transition, and adapting our culture and engagement— across our divisions and regions.
Our strategy pillars are being leveraged to progress our digital transformation to drive change, growth and user experience in a modern world. The transformation will focus on simplifying our business platforms, investing in our digitally-enabled client experience to sharpen our “high touch” versus “high tech” segments and strengthening our cybersecurity infrastructure.
Resilient underlying performance and strong capital and liquidity position
For the year 2021, Credit Suisse reported a net loss attributable to shareholders of CHF 1.7 billion, compared to net income attributable to shareholders of CHF 2.7 billion in 2020. We posted a loss before taxes of CHF 600 million for 2021, compared to income before taxes of CHF 3.5 billion in the prior year. Nonetheless, our underlying performance in 2021 demonstrates the resilience and strength of our franchise. On an adjusted basis, excluding significant items and Archegos*, we generated net revenues of CHF 22.5 billion for the year. We achieved record5 income before taxes on an adjusted basis, excluding significant items* in 2021 in both the SUB and APAC divisions of CHF 2.4 billion and USD 1.0 billion, respectively. For the Group, income before taxes on the same basis totaled CHF 6.6 billion for 2021, up 51% compared to the prior year. In addition, we further strengthened our capital base, as our capital and leverage ratios benefitted from the issuance of mandatory convertible notes as well as reductions in risk-weighted assets and leverage exposure6. Our common equity tier1 (CET1) ratio increased from 12.9% at the end of 2020 to 14.4% at the end of 2021. Our CET1 leverage ratio was 4.3% and our tier 1 leverage ratio was 6.1% at the end of 2021. Across the Group, we attracted CHF 30.9 billion of net new assets for 2021, reflecting the trust our clients continued to place in us. Group assets under management reached over CHF 1.6 trillion as of December 31, 2021, corresponding to growth of around 7% year on year.
Distribution to shareholders
The Board of Directors will propose a cash distribution of CHF 0.10 per share for the 2021 financial year to shareholders at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on April 29, 2022. This is consistent with the reduced dividend paid in respect of the financial year 2020 and reflects a prudent capital distribution approach for a challenging year.
Changes to the Board of Directors
At the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held on October 1, 2021, Axel P. Lehmann was newly elected as a non-executive member of the Board of Directors of Credit Suisse Group and, after a brief transition period, became the Chair of the Risk Committee. Juan Colombas was also newly elected as a non-executive member of the Board of Directors and as a member of the Compensation Committee at the EGM last October.
António Horta-Osório, who was elected as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors at the AGM on April 30, 2021, resigned from the Board of Directors on January 16, 2022.
As a result, Axel P. Lehmann was appointed as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of Credit Suisse Group on January 16, 2022 and will be proposed for election as Chairman at the AGM on April 29, 2022. The Board of Directors and the Executive Board are in full alignment on the new strategy in order to drive forward the transformation of our bank.
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Changes to the Executive Board
In the course of 2021, the Group announced a number of changes to the Executive Board in connection with the implementation of our new Group structure – thus reinforcing the governance of our bank. We are delighted to welcome all seven new members to the Executive Board who joined us during the last 12 months, bringing with them a wealth of expertise and experience. Our newly strengthened leadership team has taken up its work with a full focus on delivering the Group’s strategy.
Outlook
Compared to the exceptional strength witnessed in the first quarter of 2021, we have seen a reversion to lower, pre-pandemic levels of business activity. Our current business activity also reflects the adverse impact on our Equities revenues of the ongoing exit from substantially all of our Prime Services business; the significant cumulative reduction in our risk appetite starting a year ago following the Archegos and Supply Chain Finance Funds matters; as well as some slowdown in franchise momentum relating to these matters and to our announced business reorganization. We expect that the year 2022 will be a transition year as the benefits of our strategic capital reallocation towards core businesses and generation of structural costs savings to invest for growth should largely materialize from 2023 onwards, while the results for 2022 will be impacted by higher restructuring costs and compensation costs compared to 2021. Our reported results are expected to also reflect volatility in the share price of our 8.6% holding7 in Allfunds Group.
As discussed in more detail in the Risk management section of the Credit Suisse Annual Report 2021, at year-end 2021 we had Russia net credit exposure of approximately CHF 0.8 billion including derivatives and financing exposures in the Investment Bank, trade finance exposures in the Swiss Universal Bank and Lombard and other loans in International Wealth Management. These net exposures have been reduced since the end of 2021. In addition, our Russian subsidiaries had a net asset value of approximately CHF 0.2 billion. As of March 7, 2022, we had minimal total credit exposures towards specifically sanctioned individuals managed by our Wealth Management division. Our market risk exposure to Russia as of March 9, 2022 is not significant. Credit Suisse is monitoring settlement risks related to certain open transactions with Russian banks and non-bank counterparties or Russian underlyings as market closures, the imposition of exchange controls, sanctions or other factors may limit our ability to settle existing transactions or realize collateral which may result in changes in our exposure. It is premature to estimate the potential impact of the war in Ukraine on the global economy and markets and on our clients’ risk appetite. However, in the short term, the resultant increase in trading and hedging business activity is expected to be offset by a reduction in capital market issuances due to the rise in volatility as well as by higher credit provisions.
Running our business with a strong balance sheet and with a diligent execution of our strategy is an absolute priority of the Board of Directors and Executive Board. We intend to continue to operate with a strong capital base and a CET1 ratio of more than 14% pre-Basel 3 reform and CET1 leverage ratio of approximately 4.5% by 2024. Over the coming quarters, we expect to implement our strategy progressively and have clearly defined financial goals for all our divisions and for the Group, including a return on tangible equity ambition of more than 10% in 2024, as we deliver on our strategic objectives.
Finally, we want to address recent reporting at the end of February 2022 by a consortium of media outlets focused on Credit Suisse and purported client relationships with related allegations targeting a broad time period as early as the 1940s. In its reporting, the consortium refers to a large number of external sources, including those previously known, as well as an alleged leak. Credit Suisse strongly rejects the allegations and insinuations about the bank’s purported business practices. We take the information about the purported leak very seriously and will continue with our related investigation, with an internal task force including external experts, building on our data protection and data leakage prevention controls. As a leading global financial institution, Credit Suisse is deeply aware of its responsibility to clients, and the financial system as a whole, to ensure that the highest standards of conduct are upheld. In this context, it is worth mentioning that Credit Suisse during the last decade – and in line with the broader Swiss wealth management industry – significantly strengthened the quality and robustness of its compliance, client onboarding, KYC (Know Your Client), AML (Anti-Money Laundering) and client lifecycle management systems and processes, including adopting the AEOI (Automatic Exchange of Information) regime with foreign counterparts in 2017.
We would like to thank our roughly 50,000 employees around the world for their hard work and dedication. The disappointing events during the year as well as the continued difficult conditions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, made 2021 particularly challenging – for our clients, for our company and especially for our people. Throughout this period, our employees supported each other, worked tirelessly to serve our clients and showed great commitment and loyalty to the bank. This spirit of solidarity and determination is one of the hallmarks of Credit Suisse, and we are very proud of what our teams continue to achieve together in periods of uncertainty. We are fully dedicated to steering Credit Suisse back into calmer waters and leveraging exciting new opportunities for our bank as we strive to build a sustainable business for the future.
Best regards
Axel P. Lehmann                        Thomas Gottstein
Chairman of the                     Chief Executive Officer
Board of Directors
March 2022
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Important Information
* Refers to results excluding certain items included in our reported results. These results are non-GAAP financial measures. For further information and a reconciliation to the most directly comparable US GAAP measures, refer to “Reconciliation of adjustment items” in II – Operating and financial review – Credit Suisse.
1 Refers to Credit Suisse’s assets managed according to the Credit Suisse Sustainable Investment Framework, reflecting a combination of further product classifications, onboarding of new sustainable funds, net sales and market as well as foreign exchange movements.
2 Measured using adjusted operating expenses, excluding significant items, at constant 2021 foreign exchange rates, progressively increasing from 2022-2024; does not include cost reductions from exited businesses.
3 Based on average of 13.5% RWA and 4.25% Leverage Exposure.
4 At constant 2021 FX rates, in 2024 vs. 2018-2020 average.
5 Since restated history commencing in 2016.
6 Compared to leverage exposure in 2020 without the temporary exclusion of central bank reserves permitted by FINMA in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
7 As of February 28, 2022.
For further details on capital-related information, see “Capital Management-Regulatory Framework” in III-Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet.
This document contains certain unaudited interim financial information for the first quarter of 2022. This information has been derived from management accounts, is preliminary in nature, does not reflect the complete results of the first quarter of 2022 and is subject to change, including as a result of any normal quarterly adjustments in relation to the financial statements for the first quarter of 2022. This information has not been subject to any review by our independent registered public accounting firm. There can be no assurance that the final results for these periods will not differ from these preliminary results, and any such differences could be material. Quarterly financial results for the first quarter of 2022 will be included in our 1Q22 Earnings Release. These interim results of operations are not necessarily indicative of the results to be achieved for the remainder of or the full first quarter of 2022.
This document contains forward-looking statements that involve inherent risks and uncertainties, and we might not be able to achieve the predictions, forecasts, projections and other outcomes we describe or imply in forward-looking statements. A number of important factors could cause results to differ materially from the plans, targets, goals, expectations, estimates and intentions we express in these forward-looking statements, including those we identify in “Risk factors” and in the “Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking information” in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, published on March 10, 2022 and filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, and in other public filings and press releases. We do not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
We may not achieve all of the expected benefits of our strategic initiatives. Factors beyond our control, including but not limited to the market and economic conditions (including macroeconomic and other challenges and uncertainties, for example, resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic), changes in laws, rules or regulations and other challenges discussed in our public filings, could limit our ability to achieve some or all of the expected benefits of these initiatives.
In particular, the terms “Estimate”, “Illustrative”, “Ambition”, “Objective”, “Outlook”, “Goal”, “Commitment” and “Aspiration” are not intended to be viewed as targets or projections, nor are they considered to be Key Performance Indicators. All such estimates, illustrations, ambitions, objectives, outlooks, goals, commitments and aspirations are subject to a large number of inherent risks, assumptions and uncertainties, many of which are completely outside of our control. These risks, assumptions and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general market conditions, market volatility, increased inflation, interest rate volatility and levels, global and regional economic conditions, challenges and uncertainties resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, political uncertainty, war, geopolitical and diplomatic tensions, instabilities and conflicts, changes in tax policies, scientific or technological developments, evolving sustainability strategies, changes in the nature or scope of our operations, changes in carbon markets, regulatory changes, changes in levels of client activity as a result of any of the foregoing and other factors. Accordingly, these statements, which speak only as of the date made, are not guarantees of future performance and should not be relied on for any purpose. We do not intend to update these estimates, illustrations, ambitions, objectives, outlooks, goals, commitments, aspirations or any other forward-looking statements. For these reasons, we caution you not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements.
In preparing this document, management has made estimates and assumptions that affect the numbers presented. Actual results may differ. Annualized numbers do not take into account variations in operating results, seasonality and other factors and may not be indicative of actual, full-year results. Figures throughout this document may also be subject to rounding adjustments. All opinions and views constitute good faith judgments as of the date of writing without regard to the date on which the reader may receive or access the information. This information is subject to change at any time without notice and we do not intend to update this information.
Our estimates, ambitions, objectives and targets often include metrics that are non-GAAP financial measures and are unaudited. A reconciliation of the estimates, ambitions, objectives and targets to the nearest GAAP measures is unavailable without unreasonable efforts. Adjusted results exclude goodwill impairment, major litigation provisions, real estate gains and other revenue and expense items included in our reported results, all of which are unavailable on a prospective basis. Such estimates, ambitions, objectives and targets are calculated in a manner that is consistent with the accounting policies applied by us in preparing our financial statements.
The English language version of this document is the controlling version.
 
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I – Information on the company
Strategy
Divisions
Regulation and supervision
Risk factors
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Strategy
Credit Suisse Strategy
On November 4, 2021, we announced that the Board of Directors had unanimously agreed on a long-term strategic direction for the Group and approved the introduction of a global business and regional matrix structure.
The strategy is based on a long-term vision and emphasizes the integrated model, with a well-defined three-year plan, investing in sustainable growth across Credit Suisse’s businesses, while placing risk management and a culture that reinforces the importance of personal accountability and responsibility at its core.
We have continued to strengthen our risk management and capital position and have taken action to de-risk the bank, while increasing the investment in our core businesses.
Over the next three years, the bank aims to drive sustainable growth and economic profit driven by three key pillars:
Strengthening its core by shifting capital to value-creating businesses and exiting non-core markets and businesses.
Simplifying its operating model with a unified, global Wealth Management division, a unified, global Investment Bank and a central Technology and Operations function, driving structural cost discipline to fund strategic investments.
Investing for growth in clients, businesses, talent and technology where we believe we have sustainable competitive advantage.
Organizational structure
Divisions
Effective January 1, 2022, the Group is organized into four divisions – Wealth Management, Investment Bank, Swiss Bank and Asset Management – and four geographic regions – Switzerland, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific and Americas. Beginning in the first quarter of 2022, our financial reporting will be presented as four divisional reporting segments, together with the Corporate Center.
The Wealth Management division integrates the former International Wealth Management division with the ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) and external asset manager client segments in the former Swiss Universal Bank division as well as the private banking business in the former Asia Pacific division. We plan to exit certain non-core markets and expand our market-leading UHNW franchises in selected scale markets.
The Investment Bank division integrates the advisory and capital markets businesses of the former Asia Pacific and Swiss Universal Bank divisions with the existing Investment Bank division to create a single global franchise across all four regions. We intend to invest in capital-light advisory and capital markets businesses, and continue to leverage our credit, securitized products and leveraged finance businesses, while further growing connectivity with Wealth Management in Global Trading Solutions (GTS) and our advisory and capital markets businesses.
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We are in the process of exiting our prime services business, with the exception of Index Access and APAC Delta One. We are also reducing the long-duration structured derivatives book, exiting certain non-core GTS markets without a wealth management nexus and optimizing corporate lending exposures.
The Swiss Bank division includes high-net-worth (HNW), affluent, retail, and corporate and institutional client segments. It intends to continue to invest in further growth and build its leading position by bringing the fully integrated services of the Group to private, corporate and institutional clients together with the global business divisions.
The Asset Management division is focused on strengthening its investment capabilities and building out its presence in select European and Asia Pacific markets, while simultaneously strengthening connectivity to our Wealth Management and Swiss Bank divisions. We plan to further reduce our non-core investment and partnership portfolio.
As a consequence of unifying our wealth management businesses and our investment banking businesses into global divisions and emphasizing our quest to further simplify our structure, we reintegrated parts of the former Sustainability, Research & Investment Solutions (SRI) function into the global business divisions, namely Investment Solutions & Products (IS&P) into Wealth Management and Securities Research into the Investment Bank. Sustainability remains a core priority of the Group, and we remain committed to our sustainability objectives.
Regions
The global divisions will be complemented by four geographic regions namely, Switzerland; EMEA; Asia Pacific; and Americas. The regions have responsibility for their market presence, client targeting and coverage strategy to drive cross-divisional collaboration and strengthen legal entity management oversight and regulatory relationships at a regionally aligned level. In the Asia Pacific region, we believe the bank has a unique opportunity to capture growth from our leading position. This includes investing in its mainland China franchise, centered around the Bank for Entrepreneurs model, building on our leading Singapore and Hong Kong hubs and further leveraging investment, financing, advisory and capital markets solutions.
Corporate functions
Our operating businesses are supported by focused corporate functions at the Group Executive Board level, consisting of: Chief Financial Officer, Chief Technology & Operations Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel and Human Resources. The bank’s corporate functions partner with the divisions and regions as part of our effort to provide effective collaboration, management and control oversight.
The simplification of the business model and IT infrastructure is key to improving effectiveness as well as defining clear accountability and ownership. We have centralized our IT and operations functions under the new Chief Technology and Operations Officer. Furthermore, centralized teams covering procurement and enterprise architecture have been established under the Chief Financial Officer to drive the overall cost management program.
Financial objectives and certain management actions
We announced the following financial objectives and management aims:
Reduce capital in the Investment Bank by more than USD 3 billion by the end of 2022, redeploy capital to a unified, global Wealth Management division and increase the ratio of capital allocated to Wealth Management, Swiss Bank and Asset Management, collectively, versus the Investment Bank to approximately two times.
Achieve a Group return on tangible equity of more than 10% by 2024.
Achieve by 2024, a CET1 ratio of more than 14% pre-Basel III reforms and a CET1 leverage ratio of approximately 4.5%.
Distribute approximately 25% of net income for 2022, based on net income attributable to shareholders, subject to market and economic conditions.
We aim to drive structural cost savings to invest for growth. In connection with the reorganization, we expect operating expenses to be impacted by approximately CHF 400 million of restructuring expenses.
As the implementation of the reorganization progresses, restructuring costs relating to asset impairments and liability valuations may arise in connection with business activities we are planning to exit and their related infrastructure.
Our estimates, ambitions, objectives, targets and aspirations often include metrics that are non-GAAP financial measures and are unaudited. A reconciliation of these estimates, ambitions, objectives, targets and aspirations to the nearest generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) measures is unavailable without unreasonable efforts. Return on Tangible Equity is based on tangible shareholders’ equity, a non-GAAP financial measure also known as tangible book value, which is calculated by deducting goodwill and other intangible assets from total shareholders’ equity as presented in our balance sheet, both of which are unavailable on a prospective basis. Such estimates, ambitions, objectives, targets and aspirations are calculated in a manner that is consistent with the accounting policies applied by us in preparing our financial statements.
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Divisions
Wealth Management
Business profile
The Wealth Management division offers comprehensive wealth management and investment solutions and tailored financing and advisory services to ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) and high-net-worth (HNW) individuals and external asset managers. Our wealth management business is among the industry’s leaders in our target markets. We serve our clients along a client-centric and needs-based delivery model, utilizing the broad spectrum of Credit Suisse’s global capabilities, including those offered by the Investment Bank and Asset Management.
Under the new organizational structure, we serve our clients through coverage areas addressing the geographies of Switzerland, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America. In addition, we are in the process of exiting certain non-core markets, while expanding our market leading UHNW and HNW franchises in selected markets.
Organizational change
Effective January 1, 2022, the new Wealth Management division combines and integrates the former International Wealth Management division with the UHNW and external asset manager client businesses in the former Swiss Universal Bank division, as well as the private banking business in the former Asia Pacific division.
> Refer to “Organizational structure” in Strategy for further information.
Business strategy
Wealth Management significantly contributes to Credit Suisse’s strategic and financial ambitions and our business is among the industry’s leaders in our target markets. We evolved our business strategy in 2021 to further enhance our client reach and delivery in order to benefit from the attractive growth opportunities in our industry. The following three strategic priorities guide our decisions:
Needs-based client segment focus
We have tailored our organization and client coverage model with the aim of systematically serving the specific needs of each client segment and promoting long-term growth across our target markets. Our leading position in the UHNW and HNW market, outside the US, should allow us to grow our market share, supported by a targeted increase in our relationship manager headcount.
In the UHNW segment, we intend to expand our strong franchise through an integrated solution delivery and collaboration. We believe that our integrated, one-stop-shop value proposition across our clients’ lifecycle needs will continue to be a key driver of success and differentiator for our UHNW and Entrepreneurial clients. By leveraging and extending our UHNW strengths, we also expect to expand our HNW client franchise, especially in Asia Pacific and emerging markets.
Additionally, we believe that a value proposition built around wealth planning and House View led advisory services, a personalized and timely offering and an omni-channel engagement, will continue to lead to a superior client experience in the HNW client segment with less complex needs. Here, we expect to grow our position in Switzerland, with certain European clients booked outside their home markets, and in sizable onshore markets in Asia Pacific and EMEA.
Expanded capabilities
We focus on systematically offering solutions and products that are tailored to our clients’ needs, holistically advising them on their assets and liabilities. We believe that broadened collaboration and partnership across our firm provides the basis for creating a differentiated and needs-based value proposition and for gaining a larger share of our clients’ business. We are leveraging our investment strategy and research capabilities, including the Credit Suisse House View, as part of our approach to further optimize the risk/return profiles of our clients’ investment portfolios, also through GTS, Asset Management and sustainability-related solutions. It remains our priority to grow discretionary and advisory mandates, embed sustainability into our thematic investment solutions and advisory process and continue to grow our private markets and alternatives offering.
Finally, financing solutions for our clients are an integral part of our holistic approach to wealth management. As capital deployment into our division increases, we expect to grow our lending balances. We also plan to increase our advisory solutions in collaboration with the Investment Bank.
Technology investments and simplified operating model and processes
We plan to invest into infrastructure and drive the digital transformation with the aim of further improving the technology-enabled service experience for our clients and our relationship managers. In particular, we will prioritize the development of our analytics-driven personalized offering, the direct-to-client investment idea delivery and our omni-channel service model.
Furthermore, we plan to simplify and automate our operating model and front-to-back processes as we consolidate and leverage our technology capabilities across geographies, enhance risk management and control processes and streamline the client onboarding process. All these measures are targeted at a better client experience, higher front-office productivity and a cost efficient and scalable global technology platform, while systematically embedding risk management and compliance into our processes.
Products and services
We offer a wide range of wealth management solutions tailored to the specific needs of our clients, working in close collaboration with our investment banking and asset management businesses.
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Structured advisory process
We apply a structured and technology-enabled approach in our advisory process based on a thorough understanding of our clients’ needs, personal circumstances, product knowledge, investment objectives and a comprehensive analysis of their financial situation to define individual client risk profiles. On this basis, we define an individual investment and financing strategy in collaboration with our clients. This strategy is implemented to help ensure adherence to portfolio quality standards and compliance with suitability and appropriateness standards for all investment and financing instruments. Our relationship managers, working together with our investment consultants and, where required, with other solution-specific experts, are responsible for the implementation and ensuring our ability to provide comprehensive advice to our clients.
Comprehensive investment services
We offer a comprehensive range of investment advice and discretionary asset management services based on the outcome of our structured advisory process and the global “House View” of our Credit Suisse Investment Committee. We base our advice and services on the analysis and recommendations of our research and investment strategy teams, which provide a wide range of investment expertise, including macroeconomic, equity, bond, commodity and foreign-exchange analysis, as well as research on the economy. Our investment advice covers a range of services, from portfolio consulting to advising on individual investments. We offer our clients portfolio and risk management solutions, including managed investment products. These are products actively managed and structured by our specialists or third parties. We apply environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria at various points in the investment process with an active sustainability offering, which invests in line with the Credit Suisse Sustainable Investment Framework, and passive ESG index and exchange traded funds. Our GTS offering provides investors access to structured products, leveraging institutional-like investment ideas, while our Asset Management division provides a broad range of thematic or specific investment solutions for our clients. For clients with more complex requirements, we offer investment portfolio structuring and the implementation of individual strategies, including a wide range of structured, alternative and private market investments. Discretionary asset management services are available to clients who wish to delegate the responsibility for investment decisions to Credit Suisse. In addition, our clients benefit from our comprehensive expertise and services in wealth planning, succession planning and trust services.
Financing and lending
We offer a broad range of financing and lending solutions across all of our private client segments, including consumer credit and real estate mortgage lending, real asset lending relating to ship and aviation financing for UHNWI, standard and structured hedging and lombard lending solutions as well as collateral trading services.
Investment Bank
Business profile
The Investment Bank offers a broad range of financial products and services focused on client-driven businesses and also supports Credit Suisse’s Wealth Management division and its clients. Our suite of products and services includes global securities sales, trading and execution, capital raising and advisory services. Our clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, sovereigns, ultra-high-net-worth and institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, financial sponsors and private individuals around the world. We deliver our investment banking capabilities globally through regional and local teams based in both major developed and emerging market centers. Our integrated business model enables us to deliver high value, customized solutions that leverage the expertise offered across Credit Suisse and that help our clients unlock capital and value in order to achieve their strategic goals.
Organizational change
Effective January 1, 2022, the Investment Bank was further integrated to create a single global investment banking franchise by combining the advisory and capital markets businesses of the former Swiss Universal Bank and Asia Pacific divisions with the existing Investment Bank.
> Refer to “Organizational structure” in Strategy for further information.
Business strategy
Our global Investment Bank strategy is predicated on businesses where we have market leadership and where our products and solutions drive value for our Wealth Management division. We plan to further pivot to capital-light capital markets and advisory businesses and expand our market-leading credit, securitized products and leveraged finance businesses, while further growing connectivity with Wealth Management in GTS and our advisory and capital markets businesses. As part of this change in strategic direction, the division is in the process of exiting Prime Services with the exception of global Index Access and APAC Delta One. We are also optimizing our corporate lending portfolio exposure and reducing the long-duration structured derivatives book, while exiting approximately ten non-core GTS markets without Wealth Management nexus. The strategy includes simplification of the business model, diversification across regions and increased focus on corporates, entrepreneurs, and ultra-high-net-worth individuals.
To achieve this, we combined the advisory and capital markets businesses across Asia and Switzerland with our existing footprint under one business called Investment Banking & Capital Markets (IBCM), creating a globally aligned offering for our clients, and plan to build on our market leading positions across products and coverage areas. In addition, we intend to expand our M&A
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footprint through the Investment Banking-Advisory business with a dedicated middle market platform focused on companies with a wealth management nexus.
In our market leading Credit franchise, we plan to protect and grow our capabilities while expanding the product range for UHNW clients. In GTS, we expect to further increase collaboration across Credit Suisse by focusing on products that serve UHNW and family office clients. GTS intends to pivot away from targeted products and countries that are of less strategic importance to Wealth Management. In cash equities, we plan to continue to invest in execution across the electronic and high touch platforms. We expect this business to increase connectivity with the Equity Capital Markets (ECM) business as well as its delivery to family offices and UHNWI.
We believe these strategic actions make us well-positioned to deliver strong and sustainable returns throughout market cycles. By the end of 2022, we expect to reduce capital usage by approximately 25% as compared to 2020 levels, driving a USD 3 billion capital release for the Group to be redeployed into Wealth Management. This should enable the investment banking businesses to be a strong strategic partner to the bank’s core corporate, entrepreneurial, UHNW, institutional and financial sponsor clients.
Products and services
Capital markets and advisory
Equity capital markets originates, syndicates and underwrites equity in initial public offerings (IPOs), common and convertible stock issues, acquisition financing and other equity issues. Debt capital markets originates, syndicates and underwrites corporate and sovereign debt, including investment grade and leveraged loans, investment grade and high yield bonds and unit transactions. We are also a leading provider of committed acquisition financing, including leveraged loan, bridge finance and mezzanine finance. Advisory services advises clients on all aspects of M&A, corporate sales, restructurings, divestitures, spin-offs and takeover defense strategies.
Equities
Cash equities provides a comprehensive suite of offerings, including: (i) sales trading, responsible for managing the order flow between our clients and the marketplace and providing clients with trading ideas and capital commitments, identifying trends and delivering the most effective trade execution; (ii) high touch and program trading, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and advanced execution services (AES) platform under our global execution services group, which executes client orders and makes markets in listed and over-the-counter (OTC) cash securities, ETFs and programs, providing liquidity to the market through both capital commitments and risk management. AES is a sophisticated suite of algorithmic trading strategies, tools and analytics that facilitates global trading across equities, options, futures and foreign exchange. By employing algorithms to execute client orders and limit volatility, AES helps institutions and hedge funds reduce market impact. Credit Suisse provides access to over 100 trading destinations in over 40 countries and on six continents. In addition, we also provide specific research and analytics and other content-driven products and services. Prime Services offers hedge funds and institutional clients global index trading and financing in Asia. Equity derivatives provides a full range of equity-related and cross-asset products globally, including investment options, systematic strategies and financing solutions, as well as sophisticated hedging and risk management expertise and comprehensive execution capabilities to private banking clients, financial institutions, hedge funds, asset managers and corporations. Convertibles: The convertibles team provides secondary trading and market making of convertible bonds as well as pricing and distribution of Credit Suisse-originated convertible issuances.
Fixed income
Global credit products is an industry-leading, client-focused credit franchise that provides expert coverage in credit trading, sales and financing. Our strong history of credentials, including a strong record in leveraged finance, reflects our unique ability to provide value-added products and solutions to our investors. We are a leading sales and trading market-maker in private and public debt across the credit spectrum, including leveraged loans, high yield and investment grade cash, as well as systematic trading. We are also a market-maker in the credit derivatives market, including the credit default swap index (CDX) suite, liquid single-name credit default swaps (CDS), sovereign CDS, credit default swaptions and iBoxx total return swaps. We offer clients a comprehensive range of financing options for credit products including, but not limited to, repurchase agreements, short covering, total return swaps, portfolio lending and collateralized loan obligation formation. Securitized products is a market-leading franchise providing asset based liquidity and financing solutions and products to institutional and Wealth Management clients. We have experience in a broad range of asset categories including consumer, commercial, residential, commercial real estate, transportation and alternatives. Our finance business focuses on providing asset and portfolio advisory services and financing solutions (warehouse, bridge and acquisition) and originates, structures and executes capital markets transactions for our clients. Our trading platform provides market liquidity across a broad range of loans and securities, including residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), asset-backed securities (ABS) and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS). CMBS and RMBS include government- and agency-backed as well as private-label loans. We have a seasoned and dedicated securitized product sales force that distributes our primary and secondary product offerings to our client base. We also offer residential mortgage servicing capabilities through our mortgage servicer Select Portfolio Services. Macro products includes our global foreign exchange and rates businesses and investment grade capital markets team in Switzerland. Our rates business offers market-making capabilities in US cash and derivatives, European cleared swaps and select bilateral and structured solutions. Our investor products business manufactures credit rates, foreign exchange and commodity based structured products for institutional and private banking clients. Emerging markets,
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financing and structured credit includes a range of financing products including cash flow lending, share-backed lending and secured financing transactions and onshore trading in Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Turkey, China, India and South Korea. In addition, we offer financing solutions and tailored investment products for Latin American, Central and Eastern European, Middle Eastern and African financial institutions and corporate and sovereign clients.
Other
Other products and activities include lending and certain real estate investments. Corporate lending includes senior bank debt in the form of syndicated loans and commitments to extend credit to investment grade and non-investment grade borrowers.
Research and HOLT
Our equity and fixed income businesses are enhanced by the research and HOLT functions. HOLT offers a framework for objectively assessing the performance of over 20,000 companies worldwide, with interactive tools and consulting services that clients use to make informed investment decisions.
Equity and fixed income research uses in-depth analytical frameworks, proprietary methodologies and data sources to analyze approximately 3,000 companies worldwide and provide macroeconomic insights into this constantly changing environment.
Swiss Bank
Business profile
The Swiss Bank division offers comprehensive advice and a wide range of financial solutions to private, corporate and institutional clients primarily domiciled in our home market of Switzerland. Our private clients business has a leading franchise in Switzerland, including HNW, affluent, retail and small business clients. In addition, we provide consumer finance services through our subsidiary BANK-now and the leading credit card brands through our investment in Swisscard AECS GmbH. Our corporate and institutional clients business serves large corporate clients, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), institutional clients, financial institutions and commodity traders.
Organizational change
Effective January 1, 2022, the ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) and external asset manager client segments of the former Swiss Universal Bank division became part of the Wealth Management division. The Swiss advisory and capital markets business was moved into the Investment Bank division.
> Refer to “Organizational structure” in Strategy for further information.
Business strategy
The Swiss Bank operates in an attractive market with a resilient economy, leading multinationals and SMEs, and large institutional clients. The Swiss Bank has leading positions in each business segment: HNW, affluent, retail, consumer finance, credit cards, corporate banking and institutional banking.
In close collaboration with the other divisions, we aim to further build on our positioning as:
Bank for Switzerland with global expertise, committed to our Swiss home market and to all our clients in Switzerland
Bank for Entrepreneurs, leveraging Credit Suisse experience in supporting entrepreneurs together with the Wealth Management division
Bank for holistic solutions, working as partners, understanding clients’ complex needs and finding compelling solutions that solve problems holistically, giving clients practical experiences, services and products
Bank for the digital generation, further leveraging digitalization, automation and data management to serve and advise our clients in an increasingly digital society and economy
The Swiss Bank operates a “high-touch/high-tech” business model, providing tailor-made solutions for HNW, affluent and corporate and institutional clients with sophisticated needs (“high-touch”), and an increasingly digitally-led hybrid service model for retail and corporate clients with less complex needs and a preference for digital channels (“high-tech”). Across all businesses we seek to put a strong focus on disciplined risk management.
For “high-touch”, our aspiration is to gain market share by building on our strong positions with our clients and providing the full range of our offering. Our key initiatives to achieve this goal are:
Strengthen global connectivity with Wealth Management, the Investment Bank and Asset Management
Invest in relationship managers, specialists, a competitive platform and data analytics
Invest in products: sustainability, lending, private markets
Drive capital velocity by redirecting capital and creating fund-based offerings
For “high-tech”, our aspiration is to innovate with a tech-centric approach to win new clients and improve profitability. Our key initiatives to achieve this goal are:
Simplify and digitalize front-to-back operating model
Further expand our CSX platform: grow private clients, enhance offering, target smaller SME clients
Further invest in digital client engagement and marketing
Products and services
For our Swiss retail and small business clients, we provide core banking solutions, such as payments, accounts, debit and credit cards, product bundles, as well as investment solutions and lending offerings such as mortgages, consumer loans and lombard loans. In 2021, we further strengthened our CSX digital offering, including the launch of CSX Pension and CSX Mortgage. The CSX offering, targeting younger and digitally savvy clients, surpassed 100,000 clients in 2021.
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For our Swiss HNW and affluent clients, we provide products for day-to-day banking needs and a wide range of tailored solutions for more sophisticated client needs. These include discretionary and advisory investment mandates, a variety of lending solutions, wealth planning services as well as a dedicated offering for entrepreneurs. In 2021, apart from the aforementioned digital enhancements, we continued to invest in our advisory process. This allows us to offer our clients integrated financial planning services and more personalized offerings, which is intended to significantly enhance the client experience along their individual lifecycle.
We also announced a strategic partnership with MoneyPark AG and PriceHubble AG to provide a fully integrated digital real estate offering to our clients.
In accordance with our ambition to position ourselves as the “Bank for Entrepreneurs”, we provide corporate and institutional clients with a holistic range of banking solutions. Our value proposition in the Swiss market allows us to assist our clients at virtually every stage of their business life cycle.
For our corporate clients, we provide a comprehensive set of banking solutions such as payment services, foreign exchange, traditional and structured lending, corporate leasing, employee share ownership services (ESOS) and escrow services. For large Swiss corporations, multinational groups and commodity traders with specific needs for global finance and transaction banking, we leverage Credit Suisse’s global investment banking expertise and provide tailored services, including large-scale financing and capital market transactions.
For our institutional clients, we have a dedicated coverage model and offer a broad range of products and services. For pension funds and corporate investors, we provide the full suite of Credit Suisse solutions:
Institutional mandates and fund solutions from Asset Management
Trading solutions from the Investment Bank
Asset servicing solutions including global custody, investment reporting and private labeled funds
Cash products and payment processing
Investment strategy advisory including asset-liability management
For financial institutions, we deliver the following core products and services:
Swiss franc and multicurrency payments
Continuous linked settlement
Execution/brokerage
Swiss and international custody
Trade finance
Private label funds
Asset Management
Business profile
Effective April 1, 2021, the Asset Management business was carved out from the International Wealth Management division and established as a new separate division of the Group. The Asset Management division offers investment solutions and services globally to a broad range of clients, including pension funds, governments, foundations and endowments, corporations and individuals, with a strong presence in our Swiss home market. Backed by the Group’s global presence, Asset Management offers active and passive solutions in traditional investments as well as alternative investments. We apply environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria at various points in the investment process with an active sustainability offering, which invests in line with the Credit Suisse Sustainable Investment Framework, and passive ESG index and exchange traded funds.
Business strategy
Asset Management’s vision is to be a talent- and technology-led multi-specialist asset manager of choice in both public and private markets and across institutional and Wealth Management clients, as well as third party wholesale distributors. To deliver on this vision, we plan to simplify, strengthen and invest in our Asset Management business.
Simplification is a key element in the years to come as we plan to undergo a fundamental transformation of our business. This involves, among other things, (i) further reducing our non-core investment and partnership portfolio; and (ii) building one modern global operating platform for our core franchise, characterized by globally standardized, streamlined and automated processes with a view towards delivering scale and efficiency gains while simultaneously reducing operational risk.
While simplifying the business, we also envisage strengthening the existing franchise across key dimensions of our five defined strategic pillars: distribution, products and capabilities, operational model and technology, risk and controls, and governance and legal entity set-up. Planned strategic actions include the introduction of a holistic and globally aligned coverage model for our target client segments, a strengthened sales management team, the establishment of a global product management function, the build-out of core investment capabilities and the development of innovative solutions.
We also plan to invest with the primary focus on shifting our business into higher margin segments of the market by (i) building out our third party wholesale business and expanding our in-house Wealth Management connectivity; (ii) building a meaningful presence in attractive markets across Europe and the Asia Pacific region; and (iii) expanding our high alpha investment capabilities and developing our private markets offering.
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Products and services
Our traditional investment products provide strategies and comprehensive management across equities, fixed income, and multi-asset products in both fund formation and customized solutions. Stressing investment principles, such as risk management and asset allocation, we take an active and disciplined approach to investing. Alongside our actively managed offerings, we have a suite of passively managed solutions, which provide clients access to a wide variety of investment options for different asset classes in a cost-effective manner.
We also offer institutional and individual clients a range of alternative investment products, including credit investments, hedge fund strategies, real estate and commodities.
Credit Suisse Reporting structure in 2021
Until December 31, 2021, we served our clients through three regionally focused divisions: Swiss Universal Bank, International Wealth Management and Asia Pacific. These regional businesses were supported by our Asset Management and Investment Bank divisions. Our business divisions cooperated closely to provide holistic financial solutions, including innovative products and specially tailored advice. Our financial reporting for 2021 is presented as five reporting segments plus the Corporate Center.
> Refer to the respective divisional reporting in II – Operating and financial review for further information.
The Swiss Universal Bank division offered comprehensive advice and a wide range of financial solutions to private, corporate and institutional clients primarily domiciled in our home market of Switzerland. Our Private Clients business had a leading franchise in our Swiss home market and served ultra-high-net-worth individual, high-net-worth individual, affluent and retail clients. Our Corporate & Institutional Clients business served large corporate clients, small and medium-sized enterprises, institutional clients, external asset managers, financial institutions and commodity traders.
The International Wealth Management division offered comprehensive advisory services and tailored investment and financing solutions to entrepreneurial, ultra-high-net-worth and high-net-worth individuals, to classic private banking clients and to external asset managers. In Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America we served our clients along a client-centric and needs-based delivery model, utilizing the broad spectrum of Credit Suisse’s global capabilities.
The Asia Pacific division delivered an integrated wealth management, financing, underwriting and advisory offering to our target ultra-high-net-worth, entrepreneur and corporate clients. We provided a comprehensive suite of wealth management products and services to our clients in Asia Pacific and provided a broad range of advisory services related to debt and equity underwriting of public offerings and private placements as well as mergers and acquisitions. Our close collaboration with the Investment Bank supported and enabled our wealth management activities in the region through the delivery of holistic, innovative products and tailored advice.
The Asset Management division was established as a separate division on April 1, 2021 and offered investment solutions and services globally to a broad range of clients, including pension funds, governments, foundations and endowments, corporations and individuals, with a strong presence in our Swiss home market. Backed by the Group’s global presence, Asset Management offered active and passive solutions in traditional investments as well as alternative investments. We applied environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria at various points in the investment process with an active sustainability offering, which invested in line with the Credit Suisse Sustainable Investment Framework and passive ESG index and exchange traded funds.
The Investment Bank division delivered client-centric sales and trading products, services and solutions across all asset classes and regions as well as advisory, underwriting and financing services. Our range of products and services included global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage, capital raising and comprehensive corporate advisory services. Additionally, our GTS platform provided centralized trading and sales services to the Group’s other business divisions. Our clients included financial institutions and sponsors, corporations, governments, ultra-high-net-worth individuals, sovereigns and institutional investors.
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Regulation and supervision
Overview
Our operations are regulated by authorities in each of the jurisdictions in which we have offices, branches and subsidiaries.
Central banks and other bank regulators, financial services agencies, securities agencies and exchanges and self-regulatory organizations are among the regulatory authorities that oversee our businesses. There is coordination among many of our regulators, in particular among our primary regulators in Switzerland, the US, the EU and the UK as well as in the Asia Pacific region.
The supervisory and regulatory regimes of the countries in which we operate determine to some degree our ability to expand into new markets, the services and products that we are able to offer in those markets and how we structure specific operations.
Governments and regulatory authorities around the world have responded to challenging market conditions by proposing and enacting numerous reforms of the regulatory framework for financial services firms such as the Group. In particular, a number of reforms have been proposed and enacted by regulators, including our primary regulators, which could potentially have a material effect on our business. These regulatory developments could result in additional costs or limit or restrict the way we conduct our business. Although we expect regulatory-related costs and capital requirements for all major financial services firms (including the Group) to continue to be high, we cannot predict the likely impact of proposed regulations on our businesses or results. We believe, however, that overall we are well positioned for regulatory reform, as we have reduced risk and maintained strong capital, funding and liquidity.
> Refer to “Risk factors” for further information on risks that may arise relating to regulation.
Recent regulatory developments and proposals
Some of the most significant regulations proposed or enacted during 2021 and early 2022 are discussed below.
Global initiatives
Certain regulatory developments and standards are being coordinated on a global basis and implemented under local law, such as those discussed below.
COVID-19 pandemic
Since December 2019, COVID-19 has spread rapidly across the world, and on March 3, 2020, it was characterized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Financial services regulators and authorities around the world, such as the European Central Bank (ECB), the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Fed), the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA (FINMA) have focused on and are closely monitoring the evolution of the COVID-19 outbreak and its impact on the financial services sector. These regulators have adopted measures to provide temporary relief to supervised entities in respect of certain regulatory requirements. These regulatory initiatives have accompanied a range of measures by national governments and central banks in a number of jurisdictions to support the economy and, in particular, incentivize lending to businesses and consumers. Such measures include interest-rate cuts and introducing or extending asset purchase schemes and liquidity and credit facilities for financial sector institutions. Authorities will continue to monitor the spread of COVID-19 closely and are expected to adapt their guidance to firms as the situation develops.
In September 2020, the Federal COVID-19 Act was approved by the Swiss Parliament, and subsequently enacted in Switzerland. Under the Federal COVID-19 Act and the corresponding COVID-19 Hardship Ordinance and COVID-19 Loss of Earning Ordinance, the Swiss Federal Council was granted a number of powers to implement measures to address the consequences of the global COVID-19 pandemic. On March 31, 2021, the Swiss Federal Council approved amendments to the COVID-19 Hardship Ordinance and the COVID-19 Loss of Earnings Ordinance, which became effective April 1, 2021. With regard to hardship cases, clarifications and amendments were namely made to the duration of the dividend ban applicable under the referenced legislation. The Federal COVID-19 Act, as amended (and as a consequence thereof the amendments to the COVID-19 Hardship Ordinance and the COVID-19 Loss of Earnings Ordinance) was approved by way of public vote on November 28, 2021.
Interbank Offered Rate Transition
Credit Suisse has identified a significant number of its liabilities and assets linked to interbank offered rate (IBOR) indices across businesses that require transition to alternative reference rates (ARRs) and is participating in national working groups and industry forums that are working to address this transition.
On March 5, 2021, ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA), the LIBOR administrator, announced that it would cease the publication of representative settings for all CHF, EUR, GBP and JPY LIBORs and for the one-week and two-month USD LIBORs immediately following the LIBOR publication on December 31, 2021 and for the remaining USD LIBORs immediately following the LIBOR publication on June 30, 2023. Concurrently, the FCA confirmed that all LIBOR settings will either cease to be provided by any administrator or be available only in synthetic, non-representative form after such dates with respect to such LIBOR settings, to be used in certain instances. On September 29, 2021, the FCA confirmed that to avoid disruption to legacy contracts that reference the one-, three- and six-month GBP and JPY LIBOR settings, it will require the IBA to publish these settings under a synthetic methodology, based on term risk-free rates, for 12 months starting immediately after the final publication of the six LIBOR settings on December 31, 2021 and before they would otherwise cease. On November 16, 2021, the FCA
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confirmed that it will allow UK supervised entities to use synthetic GBP and JPY LIBOR rates in all legacy LIBOR contracts, other than cleared derivatives, that have not been changed at or ahead of December 31, 2021. It also published a final notice on its decision that use of USD LIBOR will not be allowed in new contracts written after December 31, 2021, except in certain cases.
Following the FCA’s announcement on March 5, 2021, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) issued a statement on the same date noting that the FCA’s announcement constitutes an “index cessation event” for purposes of the IBOR Supplement and the IBOR Protocol. The IBOR Supplement and the IBOR Protocol were launched in October 2020 to facilitate the derivatives markets’ transition away from LIBOR and other IBORs. The IBOR Supplement is intended to enhance the robustness of derivatives contracts traded on or after January 25, 2021 by addressing the risk that some IBORs are permanently discontinued or, in the case of LIBOR, cease to be representative, by applying fallbacks to specified ARRs upon such a trigger. The IBOR Protocol permits adhering parties to amend in-scope transactions entered into prior to January 25, 2021 on similar terms.
On September 16, 2021, FINMA published guidance (FINMA Guidance 03/2021) regarding the transition from LIBOR to ARRs. Thereunder, FINMA highlighted that it expected supervised institutions to address LIBOR transition as a matter of the highest priority, particularly in the area of syndicated loans where it saw the greatest need for action. FINMA also clarified that, although a synthetic LIBOR for the most widely-used tenors of GBP and JPY LIBOR would be published for a limited time only for contracts that are impossible or impractical to modify on time (“tough legacy” contracts) and although the cessation date had been moved to mid-2023 for the most-widely used tenors of USD LIBOR, the milestones of the roadmap set out in FINMA’s prior guidance for the year 2021 remained relevant, and it expected the supervised entities to continue to accord a high priority to the LIBOR transition relating to these currencies.
When IBA had first announced that it would consult on its intention to cease the publication of such LIBOR settings on November 30, 2020, the Fed, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released a statement that encouraged banks to cease entering into new contracts that use USD LIBOR as a reference rate as soon as practicable and in any event by December 31, 2021 in order to facilitate an orderly LIBOR transition. The FCA expressed support for the statement made by the Fed, OCC and FDIC. On October 20, 2021, the Fed, OCC, FDIC, the National Credit Union Administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and US state bank and state credit union regulators released a joint statement announcing that, with limited exceptions, entering into new contracts, including derivatives, that use LIBOR as a reference rate after December 31, 2021, would create safety and soundness risks for supervised institutions. The joint statement also outlined considerations supervised institutions should bear in mind when assessing the appropriateness of ARRs as well as the supervisors’ expectations regarding fallback language. In addition, the joint statement encouraged supervised institutions to develop and implement a transition plan for communicating with consumers, clients and counterparties and to ensure systems and operation capabilities will be ready for transitioning to a replacement reference rate after LIBOR’s discontinuation.
New York State has enacted legislation providing that, upon the discontinuation of USD LIBOR or a public announcement by certain officials that USD LIBOR is no longer representative, USD LIBOR-based benchmarks in New York law-governed agreements will, by operation of law, be replaced with references to a benchmark based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), with certain adjustments, unless the agreement provides for fallbacks that are not based on LIBOR (or polls or surveys). Some other US states have enacted similar legislation, and the US House of Representatives passed a similar bill.
> Refer to “Replacement of interbank offered rates” in II – Operating and financial review – Credit Suisse – Other information for further information pertaining to IBOR transition.
Switzerland
Credit Suisse is subject to the Basel III framework, as implemented in Switzerland, as well as Swiss legislation and regulations for systemically important banks, which include capital, liquidity, leverage and large exposure requirements and rules for emergency plans designed to maintain systemically important functions in the event of impending insolvency.
> Refer to “Liquidity and funding management” and “Capital management” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet for information regarding our current regulatory framework and expected changes to this framework affecting capital and liquidity standards.
Introduction of transparency and due diligence requirements regarding environmental, social, human rights and anti-corruption matters
On November 29, 2020, the popular initiative “The Responsible Business Initiative – Protecting human rights and the environment” was rejected by a majority of the Swiss cantons in a public vote. As a result, the indirect counterproposal of the Swiss Parliament entered into effect on January 1, 2022 by way of amendment of the Swiss Code of Obligations and enactment of the corresponding "Ordinance on Due Diligence and Transparency Requirements regarding Metals and Mineral from Conflict Areas and Child Labor" (Due Diligence and Transparency Ordinance), which was published on December 3, 2021. Companies of public interest (i.e., listed companies, banks, insurance companies and other supervised companies in the financial sector) must report annually on certain non-financial matters. The report must contain information necessary to understand the company’s business development, performance and position, as well as the impact the company’s activity has on environmental (including CO2 targets), social, employee, human rights and anti-corruption matters. Further, the Due Diligence and Transparency Ordinance provides for additional due diligence duties with regard to conflict minerals and
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child labor. The relevant transparency and due diligence requirements will apply for the first time for the 2023 reporting period, with the first reports due in 2024.
DLT-Law
During 2021, the Law on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT-Law) took effect. The DLT-Law introduces a new concept of so-called “DLT-Rights,” allowing for the tokenization of rights, claims and financial instruments, such as bonds, shares or derivatives. In addition, the DLT-Law provides for an introduction of a new licensing category under the Financial Market Infrastructure Act for DLT-trading facilities, which are financial market infrastructures that enable the trading of DLT securities. Further, the provisions increase legal certainty under the Swiss insolvency regime by explicitly regulating the segregation of crypto-based assets in bankruptcy proceedings. The amendments to the Swiss Code of Obligations and the Federal Act on Intermediated Securities set-out under the DLT-Law, which enable the creation of ledger based DLT-Rights, entered into force on February 1, 2021. The remaining provisions of the DLT-Law, together with the implementing ordinance, entered into force on August 1, 2021.
Observation matter
On October 19, 2021, FINMA announced the conclusion of its enforcement proceedings against Credit Suisse related to past observation activities. FINMA noted that in addition to the known observation of two former Executive Board members, a small group of former executives within the bank planned and mostly executed five further observations of former employees or third parties. The regulator criticized the bank’s decision-making, documentation and supervision of the observations and the lack of internal regulations. The bank has already improved its governance and processes in the security area and has also taken steps to enforce the correct usage of electronic communication. FINMA considers these measures in principle suitable to remedy the deficiencies identified and complemented them with limited additional requirements. FINMA has also reprimanded two individuals in writing and opened enforcement proceedings against three further individuals.
Revision of the Swiss Anti-Money Laundering Act
On March 19, 2021, the Swiss Parliament approved the revision of the Swiss Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA), which incorporates several recommendations from the enhanced follow-up process of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF). The revised AMLA will further specify the notification duty regarding suspicious activity reports and increase the frequency of client data reviews. The revised AMLA will also enhance transparency by introducing additional legal duties for associations subject to increased risks of terrorist financing. However, the FATF’s recommendation to extend the scope of application of AMLA to advisors, such as lawyers, fiduciaries and tax advisors, was not adopted by the Swiss Parliament.
On October 1, 2021, the Swiss Federal Council subsequently published a draft revision of the Anti-Money-Laundering Ordinance (AMLO) detailing the implementation of the changes introduced under the revised AMLA and initiated a public consultation relating thereto, which ended on January 17, 2022. The revisions to the AMLO are expected to enter into force by mid-2022.
Revision of the Swiss Bank Law
On December 17, 2021, the Swiss Parliament approved a revision of the Swiss Federal Act on Banks and Savings Banks of November 8, 1934, as amended (Bank Law). The amendments to the Bank Law aim to strengthen depositor protection and promote financial system stability by reducing the time required to pay out protected deposits through the depositor protection scheme in the event a bank enters bankruptcy proceedings. The revised Bank Law will also require banks to deposit 50% of the contribution obligations under the depositor protection regime in securities or Swiss francs. The revision will further introduce amendments regarding the banking insolvency regime and segregation laws. The revised Bank Law will enhance legal certainty by introducing (i) a more detailed and robust legal basis for the ordering of a bail-in by FINMA (including the ranking of liabilities subject to bail-in) and (ii) a detailed framework governing the practical implementation of a bail-in. The new provisions also provide for the subordination of bail-in-bonds, with the exception of regulatory bail-in-bonds issued by a group holding company, provided that other debt ranking pari passu does not exceed 5% of the total issued bail-in-bond debt. The revised Bank Law will enter into force in early 2023.
FINMA Circulars and guidances
Direct Transmission
On March 22, 2021, FINMA published a revised version of the FINMA Circular 2017/06 – Direct Transmission. The Circular on “Direct Transmission” sets the rules for direct, legally compliant and timely exchanges of information between entities supervised by FINMA, such as Credit Suisse, and foreign authorities. The amendments include an extension of the list of authorities eligible for administrative assistance to encompass those foreign authorities with which FINMA has concluded bilateral cooperation agreements meeting the standard for administrative assistance. Additionally, the reporting process for planned transmissions has been further clarified.
Disclosure – Banks
On July 1, 2021, the revised FINMA Circular 2016/01 "Disclosure – Banks" (Circular) entered into force. Under the Circular, FINMA further clarified and specified the disclosure obligations applicable to banks relating to climate risks. Pursuant to the Circular, large banks, such as Credit Suisse, are required to describe the major climate-related financial risks and their impact on the business strategy, business model and financial planning. In addition, they must disclose (i) the process for identifying, assessing and managing climate-related financial risks (risk management) and (ii) quantitative information (including a description of the applied methodology) on their climate-related financial risks. These disclosure obligations apply to our annual reporting for the 2021 financial year.
> Refer to “credit-suisse.com/sustainabilityreport” for our Sustainability Report.
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Sustainable Finance and Greenwashing
On November 3, 2021, FINMA published new guidance (FINMA Guidance 05/2021) on preventing and combating greenwashing. The communication was published in the context of the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow and the recent contribution of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) of which FINMA is a member. FINMA notes the growing demand for ESG products and the resulting growing number of financial products being labelled – or claiming to be – sustainable, green, social, etc. FINMA warns that there may be a risk that investors are misled regarding the actual characteristics of the relevant financial products and services as there are currently no specific regulatory requirements for sustainability-related financial products and services in Switzerland. FINMA also emphasized the need to protect the reputation of the Swiss financial center as a whole. Guidance 05/2021 mainly focuses on three aspects: (i) expectations regarding descriptions/labels of Swiss collective investment schemes as being “sustainable,” ”green” or “ESG,” and whether these characteristics are actually ensured and appropriately disclosed, (ii) additional organizational requirements for institutions that manage sustainability-related Swiss or foreign collective investment schemes, including adequate investment decision processes, specialist expertise, sustainability strategies and sustainability-related tools and (iii) rules of conduct at the point of sale for ESG-related financial products.
Tax
After publishing a first draft legislation and conducting a consultation procedure in 2020 regarding the reform of the Swiss withholding tax system applicable to interest payments, the Swiss Federal Council has decided to pursue the reform, and on April 14, 2021, submitted to the Federal Parliament a proposal for amendment of the Federal Withholding Tax Act to abolish the 35% Swiss withholding tax on interest payments of bonds. On December 17, 2021, the Swiss Parliament approved the amendment but only for bonds issued on or after January 1, 2023, and resolved to maintain the tax on interest payments of bonds issued before that date. Additionally, on December 17, 2021, the Swiss Parliament also approved the introduction of a withholding tax duty on manufactured payments compensating original payments subject to Swiss withholding tax. Further, an amendment of the Federal Stamp Duty Act to abolish the 0.15% turnover tax on bonds of Swiss issuers and on bonds of foreign issuers with a remaining term of 12 months was approved. All of these amendments are subject to an optional referendum.
On June 18, 2021, the Swiss Parliament adopted the amendment of the Federal Withholding Tax Act to extend the exemption of interest on “Too Big to Fail” instruments from withholding tax until the end of 2026. The amendment entered into force on January 1, 2022.
On June 18, 2021, the Swiss Parliament also adopted the amendment of the Federal Stamp Duty Act to abolish the 1% issue tax on Swiss equity securities. However, on October 5, 2021 a referendum was called and on February 13, 2022, the amendment was rejected in the national vote.
In October 2021, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published key parameters and rules on a minimum tax rate of 15% (Pillar Two) for multinational companies with revenue of more than EUR 750 million, such as Credit Suisse. On January 12, 2022, the Swiss Federal Council decided to implement the minimum tax rate by means of a constitutional amendment. If the amendment is approved in a mandatory referendum, the minimum tax will come into force on January 1, 2024 by means of a temporary ordinance, with a law to be subsequently enacted through the normal legislative process. The introduction of the minimum tax system may subject Credit Suisse to additional compliance and reporting obligations as well as increased operational costs. The impact on Credit Suisse’s tax rate remains uncertain.
US
In July 2010, the US enacted the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act), which provides a broad framework for regulatory changes. Although rulemaking in respect of many of the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act has taken place by different regulators, including the US Department of the Treasury (US Treasury), the Fed, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the OCC, the FDIC, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), those rules are subject to update and revision and uncertainty remains about the ultimate scope of the US regulatory framework.
Sanctions
As a result of Russian military operations in Ukraine, as well as allegations concerning Russian acts related to Syria, cybersecurity, electoral interference, and other matters, the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions against a number of parties, sectors, and activities relating to Russia, including the designation of Russian government officials, financial institutions, business people and certain related companies as specially designated nationals (SDNs). Such designation blocks their assets and prohibits dealings within US jurisdiction by both the designated SDNs and entities owned 50% or more by one or more blocked persons. OFAC has also imposed targeted sanctions relating to certain debt and equity activities, limitations on USD payments, Russian sovereign debt, and transactions with the Russian sovereign. US law also authorizes the imposition of other restrictions against non-US entities that, among other activities, engage in significant transactions with or provide material support to blocked persons. In addition, the EU, UK, Switzerland and other governments have imposed or announced similar sanctions against a number of parties, sectors and activities relating to Russia, including asset-freeze sanctions targeting Russian individuals and financial institutions, restrictions on deposits exceeding certain values from Russian nationals or residents, restrictions on transactions with the Russian sovereign, and imposed capital markets-related restrictions. In addition, the EU required the disconnection of certain Russian banks from the SWIFT network. The Russian government has also enacted certain countermeasures, which include restrictions relating to
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foreign currency accounts and security transactions. In light of the ongoing situation in Ukraine, additional US, EU, UK and Swiss sanctions related to Russia or additional Russian persons or entities are being discussed, and the potential effects of related disruptions (including potential Russian countermeasures) may include an adverse impact on our businesses and the businesses of our customers.
Since 2017, the US has imposed sanctions related to Venezuela that, among other restrictions, block the assets of and prohibit transactions with the Government of Venezuela and state-owned entities, as well as certain government officials, maritime shipping companies and trade facilitators outside of Venezuela, and prohibit further dealings with them within US jurisdiction. Further sanctions related to Venezuela or Venezuelan entities are possible, and the potential effects of related disruptions may include an adverse impact on our businesses.
Political and trade tensions between the US and China led to a series of sanctions and countermeasures in 2020 and 2021, some of which are particularly relevant to financial institutions. These include US sanctions prohibiting US persons from transacting in certain publicly traded securities linked to designated Chinese companies, as well as new Chinese countermeasures that are not yet well-defined. The ultimate impact of such sanctions on financial markets and financial institutions operating in China remains unclear. There are also a range of other sanctions and export control developments from both China and the US that could affect the integration of Chinese and US markets and have an impact on our customers or economic circumstances. Further sanctions and other restrictive measures arising from tensions in China-US relations are also possible. These developments may give rise to conflicts of law, compliance risks, and market disruptions that may have an adverse impact on our business.
The US has also increasingly focused on virtual currency transactions, including enforcement actions against virtual currency payment processors and sanctions against virtual currency service providers facilitating financial transactions linked to ransomware payments. These actions demonstrate the US government’s increasing focus on the issue of ransomware and virtual currencies, and this new area of compliance may result in potential legal or compliance risks.
Banking regulation and supervision
On June 24, 2021, the Fed announced the results of its annual supervisory stress tests, as implemented pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act. Our US intermediate holding company (IHC) remained above its risk-based minimum capital requirements. Restrictions on payment of dividends and share repurchases put in place by the Fed during the COVID-19 pandemic ended on June 30, 2021. Our US IHC is now permitted to make distributions to its parent, subject to its applicable stress capital buffer requirement, the size of which is subject to update depending on future Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) results. If our US IHC does not maintain this buffer above minimum risk-based capital requirements, it will be limited in its ability to pay dividends and make discretionary bonus payments and other earnings distributions.
Broker-dealer regulation and supervision
On September 16, 2020, the SEC adopted amendments to SEC Rule 15c2-11, which sets out a broker-dealer’s information review obligations concerning the issuer of an over-the-counter security prior to publication or submission of a quotation in that security. The amendments to SEC Rule 15c2-11 became effective on December 28, 2020, and the compliance date was September 28, 2021. On September 24, 2021, the SEC staff issued a letter setting out a no-action position until January 2, 2022 for quotations published by broker-dealers for fixed income securities to allow for an orderly and good faith transition into compliance with the amended rule. On December 16, 2021, the SEC staff issued an additional no-action letter phasing-in the applicability of Rule 15c2-11 to fixed income securities, depending on the type of issuer, through January 5, 2024.
Derivative regulation and supervision
On July 30, 2021 and October 8, 2021, the SEC issued final orders for substituted compliance for non-US, SEC-registered security-based swap dealers that are subject to certain UK and Swiss regulations, respectively, which would allow such security-based swap dealers to comply with certain requirements under the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934 via compliance with corresponding requirements of the UK and Switzerland, respectively. Credit Suisse International (CSI) and Credit Suisse AG avail themselves of such substituted compliance, which reduces the extent of their burden of having to reconcile compliance with conflicting SEC and UK or Swiss requirements. However, both orders include extensive conditions and limitations, especially in relation to such matters as counterparty protection and financial reporting requirements, which limit the extent to which CSI and Credit Suisse AG avail themselves of substituted compliance and subject CSI and Credit Suisse AG to additional costs and burdens due to a need to still comply with various SEC rules and conditions.
On August 31, 2021, the CFTC issued a time-limited no-action letter for swap dealers subject to capital requirements of the OCC, the Board of Governors of the Fed the FDIC, the Farm Credit Administration or the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The time-limited no-action letter provides that the CFTC’s Market Participants Division will not recommend an enforcement action to the CFTC if such swap dealers fail to comply with certain CFTC financial reporting requirements. Although CSI would be able to avail itself of such no-action relief, the conditions imposed by the UK substituted compliance order discussed above effectively supersede this no-action relief.
On September 30, 2021, the CFTC issued a time-limited no-action letter for non-bank swap dealers domiciled in Japan, Mexico, the UK and the EU, which provides that the CFTC’s Market Participants Division will not recommend an enforcement action to the CFTC if such swap dealers comply with their respective home-country capital and financial reporting requirements in lieu of the CFTC’s capital and financial reporting requirements. Credit
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Suisse Securities Europe Limited (CSSEL) is availing itself of such no-action relief.
EU
Banking and securities regulation and supervision
The EU has also proposed and enacted a wide range of prudential, securities and governance regulations to address systemic risk and to further regulate financial institutions, products and markets. These proposals are at various stages of the EU pre-legislative, legislative rule-making and implementation processes, and their final form and cumulative impact remain uncertain.
On July 20, 2021, the European Commission presented a package of legislative proposals to strengthen the EU’s anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) rules. The legislative package, which is being discussed by the European Parliament and Council, introduces a new EU authority that will transform AML/CFT supervision and that should be operational in 2024. Further, a new directive, the Sixth Directive on AML/CTF (AMLD6), is expected to replace the existing Directive 2015/849/EU.
On October 27, 2021, the European Commission published legislative proposals for the amendment of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) including through an amending Regulation (CRR III), and the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD) through an amending Directive (CRD VI). CRR III contains, among other things, proposed reforms to the CRR regarding international prudential standards based on the Basel III framework, including provisions relating to credit risk, credit valuation adjustment risk, operational risk, market risk and the output floor, and would implement the outstanding elements of the Basel III reform in the EU, which was due to be implemented by January 1, 2023, but under the proposals would now apply from January 1, 2025. The CRD VI proposals include, among other things, measures relating to supervisory powers, sanctions, and environmental, social and governance risks and new measures regarding the provision of banking services into the EU by third-country undertakings.
Both 2021 and 2022 will be pivotal years for the integration of ESG risks across the three pillars of the EU banking prudential framework. Concerning Pillar I minimum mandatory capital requirements, CRR III proposes to advance the deadline from 2025 to 2023 for the European Banking Authority (EBA) to deliver its report on a possible dedicated prudential treatment for exposures subject to environmental and social risk. Concerning Pillar II supervisory review, the EBA issued in June 2021 a report providing a common definition of “ESG risks” and elaborating on the arrangements related to banks' management of such risks and their inclusion in the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP) performed by competent supervisors. The ECB will be conducting climate stress tests in 2022, and the findings are likely to further contribute to advance regulation in this respect. Concerning Pillar III disclosure requirements, the EBA issued in January 2022 the draft technical standards (with methodologies and templates) that will apply to the disclosure of ESG risks by large listed institutions, starting in 2022. CRR III proposes to extend these disclosure obligations in the future to all EU banks.
General Data Protection Regulation
On June 4, 2021 the European Commission published its new standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for transferring personal data from the EU to third countries pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Other countries, such as Switzerland and the UK, are in parallel considering their approach to this new development. While the UK had not yet taken a final decision in 2021, the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner accepted on August 27, 2021 the SCCs as an adequate measure for cross border data transfers to third countries. The previous set of SCCs have been repealed effective September 27, 2021, and any contracts implementing the old SCCs will no longer be deemed to provide appropriate safeguards under the GDPR from December 27, 2022, requiring organizations, including Credit Suisse, to revise their existing contractual structures for international personal data transfers. In this context, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published the final version of its recommendations on measures that supplement transfer tools (such as the SCCs) to ensure compliance with the EU level of protection of personal data and issued further clarifying guidelines on the interplay between the territorial scope and the provisions of the GDPR on international data transfers.
On June 28, 2021 the European Commission adopted two adequacy decisions under the GDPR and the Law Enforcement Directive in respect of the UK. As such, personal data can continue to freely flow from the EU to the UK, and no SCCs are required. The adequacy decisions incorporate a new “sunset clause,” which limits the duration of the adequacy to four years. After the four years, the adoption process will need to be restarted by the European Commission to assess whether the adequacy finding should be renewed.
UK-EU relationship
On June 23, 2016, voters in the UK voted to leave the EU. Following extensive negotiations with the EU on the terms of its withdrawal, the UK ceased to be a member of the EU on January 31, 2020, and after a transitional period ending on December 31, 2020, EU law, including financial services passporting, no longer applies in the UK. On December 24, 2020, the UK and the EU announced that they had agreed on a Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), an Agreement between the UK and the European Atomic Energy Community for Cooperation on the Safe and Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy and an Agreement concerning Security Procedures for Exchanging and Protecting Classified Information. The TCA provisionally applied since January 1, 2021 and, following the ratification by the UK and EU, entered into full application on May 1, 2021. The TCA generally does not cover financial services. On March 26, 2021, the EU and the UK announced that they had completed negotiations in relation to the “non-binding memorandum of understanding governing the regulatory dialogue” for regulatory cooperation in financial services. However, no memorandum of understanding has as yet been formally agreed or published. Although equivalence may be one
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of the topics discussed in any regulatory dialogue, the decision to grant equivalence is unilateral and not subject to bilateral negotiation. There can be no assurance that the EU will grant equivalence to the UK financial services regime and (even if equivalence is granted) any such decision may be revoked at any time. Notably, on February 8, 2022 the EU Commission adopted a decision to extend equivalence for UK central counterparties (CCPs) until June 30, 2025 only, and, at the same time, launched a consultation and call for evidence on possible legislative and non-legislative measures aimed at enhancing the attractiveness of clearing at EU CCPs.
The body of EU law, as it stood at the end of the transition period, has largely been retained in UK law in the immediate term, with Her Majesty’s Treasury (HM Treasury) exercising certain statutory powers to remedy deficiencies in retained EU law relating to financial services, through statutory instruments. The statutory instruments are not intended to make policy changes, other than to reflect the UK’s new position outside the EU. HM Treasury has also delegated powers to the UK’s financial services regulators to address deficiencies in the regulators’ rulebooks arising as a result of the exit, and to the EU Binding Technical Standards that are part of retained EU law. However, the intended fate of many EU laws that were not retained is not yet certain.
Credit Suisse is working to address the implications of the consequences of these changes and to minimize disruption for our clients. Adverse changes to any of these arrangements, and even uncertainty over potential changes during any period of negotiation, could potentially impact our results in the UK or other markets we serve.
UK
Banking regulation and supervision
The UK government has begun a broad program of review of the UK’s future regulatory framework. The Financial Services Act 2021 (FSA 2021) was enacted on April 29, 2021. Among other things, the FSA 2021 amends UK laws on financial services in relation to the prudential regimes for banks and investment firms (including the implementation in the UK of Basel III reforms) and benchmarks giving the FCA new and enhanced powers to manage the wind-down of a critical benchmark such as LIBOR. Further, the FSA 2021 also contains measures in relation to market abuse safeguards, insider dealing and money laundering.
On July 9, 2021 the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a policy statement, including near-final rules, implementing certain of the Basel III standards in the UK. The final rules were published on October 14, 2021. The rules include, among other things, revised standards concerning the definition of capital, prudent valuation for market risk and market risk management requirements, counterparty credit risk, large exposures and liquidity coverage requirements. The rules became effective on January 1, 2022.
On December 3, 2021, the Bank of England published a policy statement and updated statement of policy on its revised approach to setting a minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL), marking the final stage of its MREL review on the calibration of MREL and the final compliance date, in light of changes in the UK regulatory framework since the statement of policy was last updated in 2018. The revised statement of policy became effective on January 1, 2022.
On December 10, 2021, the PRA and FCA issued an industry-wide “Dear CEO” letter on their supervisory review of global equity finance businesses, following the default of Archegos in March 2021. The letter set out their key observations and lessons learned relating to business strategy and organization, onboarding and reputational risk, financial risk management controls and governance, and liquidation and close-out. Relevant firms, including Credit Suisse, are now expected to carry out a systematic review of their equity finance business and risk management practices and controls, and to report their findings to the PRA and the FCA, with detailed plans for remediation where relevant, by the end of the first quarter of 2022.
Tax
On March 3, 2021, the UK Chancellor announced that the main rate of UK corporation tax will increase from 19% to 25% from April 2023. This increase was legislated for in the Finance Act 2021. On October 27, 2021, it was further announced that the corporation tax surcharge for banking companies, which applies on top of the main corporation tax rate, will be reduced from 8% to 3% from April 2023. Taking into account the increase of the main corporation tax rate, this means that from April 1, 2023, the total rate of corporation tax that banks will be subject to will be 28% (increased from 27%). The corporation tax surcharge applies to profits above an allowance available for banking groups, which will be increased from GBP 25 million to GBP 100 million from April 1, 2023. These further legislative changes were included in the Finance Bill 2021-2022.
Operational resilience
On March 29, 2021, the PRA and the FCA jointly published policy statements, setting the final rules on the UK operational resilience framework. The new rules apply from March 31, 2022 and require firms to identify their important business services, set impact tolerances for such business services and commence mapping and testing against severe but plausible scenarios by such date. Further, firms are expected to introduce any required resilience reinforcements to remain within their impact tolerances by March 31, 2025. The rules in the UK will apply to CSI, CSSEL, Credit Suisse (UK) Limited and Credit Suisse AG, London Branch.
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Regulatory framework
The principal regulatory structures that apply to our operations are discussed below.
Global initiatives
Total Loss-Absorbing Capacity
On January 1, 2019, the final Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) Total Loss Absorbing Capacity (TLAC) standard for global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) became effective, subject to a phase-in until January 1, 2022. The purpose of the standard is to enhance the ability of regulators to recapitalize a G-SIB at the point of non-viability in a manner that minimizes systemic disruption, preserves critical functions and limits the exposure of public sector funds. TLAC-eligible instruments include instruments that count towards satisfying minimum regulatory capital requirements, as well as long-term unsecured debt instruments that have remaining maturities of no less than one year, are subordinated by statute, corporate structure or contract to certain excluded liabilities, including deposits, are held by unaffiliated third parties and meet certain other requirements. Excluding any applicable regulatory capital buffers that are otherwise required, as of January 1, 2022, the minimum TLAC requirement is at least 18% of a G-SIB’s risk-weighted assets. In addition, as of January 1, 2022, the minimum TLAC requirement is at least 6.75% of the Basel III leverage ratio denominator. National regulators may implement or interpret the requirements more strictly within their own jurisdictions.
In Switzerland, the FSB’s TLAC standard was implemented on July 1, 2016 under the Capital Adequacy Ordinance.
> Refer to “Liquidity and funding management” and “Capital management” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet for information regarding our current regulatory framework and expected changes to this framework affecting capital and liquidity standards.
In the US, the Fed has adopted a final rule that implements the FSB’s TLAC standard. The final rule requires, among other things, the US IHCs of non-US G-SIBs, such as Credit Suisse’s US IHC, to maintain minimum amounts of “internal” TLAC, a TLAC buffer and long-term debt satisfying certain eligibility criteria, commencing January 1, 2019. The entity designated as Credit Suisse’s US IHC is required to issue all TLAC debt instruments to a foreign parent entity (a non-US entity that controls the IHC) or another foreign affiliate that is wholly owned by its foreign parent. The final rules also impose limitations on the types of financial transactions in which the entity designated as Credit Suisse’s US IHC can engage.
In the UK, the Bank of England published its statement of policy on its approach to establishing the requirement under the EU Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) for certain UK entities, including CSI and CSSEL, to maintain MREL as well as its approach on setting internal MREL. Similar to the FSB’s TLAC standard, the MREL requirement obliges firms within the scope of the BRRD to maintain a minimum level of own funds and liabilities that can be bailed in. The statement of policy provides that internal MREL requirements for UK material subsidiaries of non-UK G-SIBs, such as Credit Suisse would be scaled between 75% and 90% of external MREL based on factors including the resolution strategy of the group and the home country’s approach to internal TLAC calibration. Interim internal MREL requirements came into effect beginning January 1, 2019, and their full implementation became effective January 1, 2022. In addition, the CRR II introduced a requirement, as of June 27, 2019, for material subsidiaries of non-EU G-SIBs, which are not resolution entities, to maintain internal MREL scaled at 90% of the external MREL requirement that would apply if the material subsidiary were a resolution entity. The Bank of England has stated that its statement of policy should be read in compliance with the CRR II requirements.
ISDA Resolution Stay Protocols
Credit Suisse voluntarily adhered to the ISDA 2015 Universal Resolution Stay Protocol (ISDA 2015 Universal Protocol) at the time of its launch in November 2015. By adhering to the ISDA 2015 Universal Protocol, parties agree to be bound by certain existing and forthcoming special resolution regimes to ensure that cross-border derivatives and securities financing transactions are subject to statutory stays on direct and affiliate-linked default rights in the event a bank counterparty enters into resolution, regardless of its governing law. These stays are intended to facilitate an orderly resolution of a troubled bank. The ISDA 2015 Universal Protocol also introduces similar stays and overrides on affiliate-linked default rights in the event that an affiliate of an adhering party becomes subject to proceedings under the US Bankruptcy Code, under which no such stays or overrides currently exist.
In order to expand the scope of parties and transactions covered by the ISDA 2015 Universal Protocol or similar contractual arrangements, the G20 committed to introducing regulations requiring large banking groups to include ISDA 2015 Universal Protocol-like provisions in certain financial contracts when facing counterparties under foreign laws.
In Switzerland, the Federal Ordinance on Banks and Savings Institutions (Banking Ordinance) and the Federal Ordinance of FINMA on the Insolvency of Banks and Securities Dealers (FINMA Banking Insolvency Ordinance) require Swiss banks, including Credit Suisse, to include a clause under which the counterparty recognizes FINMA’s stay powers under the Federal Act on Banks and Savings Banks of November 8, 1934, as amended, in certain of their contracts and in certain contracts entered into by their subsidiaries or affiliates. The requirement to include such a clause applies to the financial contracts exhaustively listed under the FINMA Banking Insolvency Ordinance and that are not governed by Swiss law or that provide for jurisdiction outside of Switzerland.
In the UK, the PRA published final rules requiring UK entities, including CSI and CSSEL, to ensure that their counterparties under a broad range of financial arrangements are subject to the
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stays on early termination rights under the UK Banking Act that would be applicable upon their resolution.
ISDA has developed another protocol, the ISDA Resolution Stay Jurisdictional Modular Protocol, which is intended to be a mechanism to facilitate market-wide compliance with these requirements by both dealers, such as Credit Suisse, and their counterparties.
In the EU, amendments to BRRD (through amending Directive BRRD II) (BRRD II) introduced harmonized requirements for relevant EU entities to include a contractual term within certain financial contracts governed by the laws of a non-EU jurisdiction, recognizing that the contract may be subject to the exercise of resolution powers by the resolution authority to suspend the entity’s payment or delivery obligations, or to suspend a counterparty’s termination or security enforcement rights.
In the US, the Fed, the FDIC and the OCC each issued final rules designed to improve the resolvability of US headquartered G-SIBs and the US operations of non-US G-SIBs, such as our US operations. These final rules require covered entities to modify certain qualified financial contracts to obtain agreement of counterparties that (1) their qualified financial contracts are subject to the stays on default rights under the Dodd-Frank Act’s Orderly Liquidation Authority and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, which is similar to requirements introduced in other jurisdictions to which we are already subject, and (2) certain affiliate-linked default rights would be limited or overridden if an affiliate of the G-SIB entered proceedings under the US Bankruptcy Code or other insolvency or resolution regimes. ISDA has developed the ISDA 2018 US Resolution Stay Protocol (ISDA US Protocol) to facilitate compliance with the final rules. All the relevant Credit Suisse’s entities have adhered to the ISDA US Protocol to amend their qualified financial contracts with adhering counterparties to comply with the final rules.
Foreign Exchange
In 2017, public and private sector representatives from the foreign exchange (FX) committees of 16 international foreign exchange trading centers agreed to form a Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC) and publish the FX Global Code, which sets out global principles of good practice, including ethics, governance, execution, information sharing, risk management and compliance, and confirmation and settlement processes. Credit Suisse signed the FX Global Code’s Statement of Commitment on a global basis on May 21, 2018 and supports the adoption of the FX Global Code by FX market participants. The GFXC published an updated version of the FX Global Code on July 15, 2021.
Switzerland
Banking regulation and supervision
Although Credit Suisse Group is not a bank according to the Bank Law and the Banking Ordinance, the Group is required, pursuant to the provisions on consolidated supervision of financial groups and conglomerates of the Bank Law, to comply with certain requirements for banks. Such requirements include capital adequacy, loss-absorbing capacity, solvency and risk concentration on a consolidated basis, and certain reporting obligations. Our banks in Switzerland are regulated by FINMA on a legal entity basis and, if applicable, on a consolidated basis.
Our banks in Switzerland operate under banking licenses granted by FINMA pursuant to the Bank Law and the Banking Ordinance. In addition, certain of these banks hold securities firm licenses granted by FINMA pursuant to the Swiss Federal Act on Stock Exchanges and Securities Trading, which was in effect at the time the license was granted. As of January 1, 2020, the applicable ongoing licensing requirements for securities firms are set out under the Financial Institutions Act (FinIA) and the Financial Institutions Ordinance (FinIO).
FINMA is the sole bank supervisory authority in Switzerland and is independent, including from the Swiss National Bank (SNB). Under the Bank Law, FINMA is responsible for the supervision of the Swiss banking system. The SNB is responsible for implementing the government’s monetary policy relating to banks and securities firms and for ensuring the stability of the financial system. Under the “Too Big to Fail” legislation, the SNB is also responsible for determining which banks in Switzerland are systemically important banks and which functions are systemically relevant in Switzerland. The SNB has identified the Group on a consolidated basis as a systemically important bank for the purposes of Swiss law.
Our banks in Switzerland are subject to close and continuous prudential supervision and direct audits by FINMA. Under the Bank Law, our banks are subject to inspection and supervision by an independent regulatory auditing firm recognized by FINMA, which is appointed by the bank’s board of directors and required to assess whether the bank is in compliance with laws and regulations, including the Bank Law, the Banking Ordinance and FINMA regulations.
Credit Suisse is subject to the Basel III framework, as implemented in Switzerland, as well as Swiss legislation and regulations for systemically important banks, which include capital, liquidity, leverage and large exposure requirements, and rules for emergency plans designed to maintain systemically relevant functions in the event of impending insolvency.
Our regulatory capital is calculated on the basis of accounting principles generally accepted in the US, with certain adjustments required by, or agreed with, FINMA.
> Refer to “Liquidity and funding management” and “Capital management” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet for further information regarding our current regulatory framework and expected changes to this framework affecting capital and liquidity standards.
Under Swiss banking law, banks and securities firms are required to manage risk concentration within specific limits. Aggregated credit exposure to any single counterparty or a group of related counterparties must bear an adequate relationship to the bank’s
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adjusted eligible capital (for systemically important banks like us, to their core Tier 1 capital) taking into account counterparty risks and risk mitigation instruments.
Subject to certain transitional periods, the Financial Services Act (FinSA) and the FinIA as well as the implementing ordinances, the Financial Services Ordinance (FinSO) and the FinIO entered into effect on January 1, 2020. With the enactment of FinSA and FinSO a new statutory regime, governing the provision of financial services in Switzerland, including to Swiss clients from abroad on a cross-border basis, as well as the offering of financial instruments, and the admission to trading of financial instruments, was introduced in Switzerland. FinSA namely introduced a new prospectus regime for the offering of securities in Switzerland. FINMA granted both BX Swiss AG and the SIX Exchange Regulation AG a license as reviewing bodies for prospectuses with effect from June 1, 2020. The reviewing bodies are regulated under the FinSA and are tasked with reviewing and approving the prospectuses published in connection with a public offer of securities or the admission of securities to trading on a trading venue in Switzerland. Subject to certain exemptions, the publication of approved prospectuses is mandatory since December 1, 2020 for issuers of securities, provided a public offer or admission to trading is intended in Switzerland. FinSA also introduced duties for Swiss financial service providers or foreign financial service providers providing financial services to clients in Switzerland, including on a mere cross-border basis. FinIA and FinIO govern the licensing requirements and provide for a differentiated supervisory regime for securities firms, asset managers, trustees, managers of collective assets, fund management companies and investment firms.
Under the Bank Law and FinIA, Swiss banks and securities firms are obligated to keep confidential the existence and all aspects of their relationships with customers. These customer confidentiality laws do not, however, provide protection with respect to criminal offenses such as insider trading, money laundering, terrorist financing activities, tax fraud or evasion or prevent the disclosure of information to courts and administrative authorities.
Swiss rules and regulations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing are comprehensive and require banks and other financial intermediaries to thoroughly verify and document customer identity before commencing business. In addition, these rules and regulations, aimed at preventing money laundering, include obligations to maintain appropriate policies for dealings with politically exposed persons and procedures and controls to detect money laundering and terrorist financing activities, including reporting suspicious activities to authorities.
In addition, the Swiss Criminal Code provides for stringent anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws prohibiting illegitimate bribery payments (and the receipt thereof) to Swiss and foreign public officials as well as persons in the private sector.
Compensation design and its implementation and disclosure have been required to comply with standards promulgated by FINMA under its Circular on Remuneration Schemes and the Compensation Ordinance, as updated from time to time.
Securities firm and asset management regulation and supervision
Our securities firm activities in Switzerland are conducted primarily through the Bank, under the supervision of FINMA, and are subject to regulation under FinIA and FinIO, which regulate all aspects of the securities firm business in Switzerland, including regulatory capital, risk concentration, sales and trading practices, record-keeping requirements and procedures and periodic reporting procedures.
Our asset management activities in Switzerland, which include the establishment and administration of mutual funds registered for public distribution, are conducted under the supervision of FINMA and are governed by FinIA.
Resolution regime
Following the financial crisis of 2007/2008, the Swiss legislator promulgated special rules for the stabilization and restructuring of systemically important financial institutions. Among other aspects, these rules require plans for recovery and resolution. Each systemically important bank is required to submit a recovery plan to FINMA once a year, in which it sets out how it would stabilize itself in a crisis without government intervention, also taking the requirements of foreign regulators into account; this plan requires FINMA’s approval. In addition, each Swiss systemically important bank must submit an emergency plan, in which it details how it would ensure uninterrupted continuity of its systemically important functions in Switzerland, particularly access to deposits and payments, in a crisis; FINMA must review this plan and evaluate whether it is ready to be implemented if necessary. Credit Suisse was required to submit an effective Swiss emergency plan to FINMA for review by the end of 2019, and on February 25, 2020, FINMA published a report noting that it regarded the Swiss emergency plan submitted by Credit Suisse as effective. A third element is the resolution plan, which FINMA produces for systemically important banks, indicating how the entire global group would be recapitalized, restructured and/or liquidated in a crisis; FINMA assesses the resolvability of an institution on the basis of whether the preparations are sufficient to successfully implement the plan if necessary. If internationally active Swiss systemically important banks increase their global resolvability, FINMA can grant rebates on the respective institution’s gone concern capital requirements. On March 19, 2021, FINMA published a report providing a detailed assessment of the recovery and resolution plans of the systemically important Swiss institutions. FINMA approved the recovery plans of all five systemically important Swiss banks. FINMA continued to regard the Swiss emergency plan submitted by Credit Suisse as effective. With respect to the global resolvability, FINMA concluded that Credit Suisse has already taken important preparatory steps and has made further progress in 2020.
The FINMA Banking Insolvency Ordinance governs resolution (i.e., restructuring or liquidation) proceedings applicable to Swiss
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banks and securities firms, such as Credit Suisse AG and Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG, and Swiss-domiciled parent companies of financial groups, such as Credit Suisse Group AG, and certain other unregulated Swiss-domiciled companies belonging to financial groups. Instead of prescribing a particular resolution concept, the FINMA Banking Insolvency Ordinance provides FINMA with a significant amount of authority and discretion in the case of resolution, as well as various restructuring tools from which FINMA may choose.
FINMA may open resolution proceedings if there is an impending insolvency because there is justified concern that the relevant Swiss bank (or Swiss-domiciled parent companies of financial groups and certain other unregulated Swiss-domiciled companies belonging to financial groups) is over-indebted, has serious liquidity problems or no longer fulfills capital adequacy requirements. Resolution proceedings may only take the form of restructuring (rather than liquidation) proceedings if (i) the recovery of, or the continued provision of individual banking services by, the relevant bank appears likely and (ii) the creditors of the relevant bank are likely better off in restructuring proceedings than in liquidation proceedings. All realizable assets in the relevant entity’s possession will be subject to such proceedings, regardless of where they are located.
If FINMA were to open restructuring proceedings with respect to Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG or Credit Suisse Group AG, it would have discretion to take decisive actions, including (i) transferring the assets of the banks or Credit Suisse Group AG, as applicable, or a portion thereof, together with its debt and other liabilities, or a portion thereof, and contracts, to another entity, (ii) staying (for a maximum of two working days) the termination of, and the exercise of rights to terminate netting rights, rights to enforce or dispose of certain types of collateral or rights to transfer claims, liabilities or certain collateral, under contracts to which the banks or Credit Suisse Group AG, as applicable, is a party, (iii) converting the debt of the banks or Credit Suisse Group AG, as applicable, into equity (debt-to-equity swap), and/or (iv) partially or fully writing off the obligations of the banks or Credit Suisse Group AG, as applicable (haircut).
Prior to any debt-to equity swap or haircut, outstanding equity capital and debt instruments issued by Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG or Credit Suisse Group AG that are part of its regulatory capital (including outstanding high trigger capital instruments and low trigger capital instruments) must be converted or written off (as applicable) and cancelled. Any debt-to-equity swap (but not any haircut) would have to follow the hierarchy of claims to the extent such debt is not excluded from such conversion by the FINMA Banking Insolvency Ordinance. Contingent liabilities of Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG or Credit Suisse Group AG such as guarantees could also be subjected to a debt-to-equity swap or a haircut, to the extent amounts are due and payable thereunder at any time during restructuring proceedings.
For systemically important institutions, such as Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG and Credit Suisse Group AG, creditors have no right to reject the restructuring plan approved by FINMA.
Supervision
The Federal Act on Financial Market Infrastructure and Market Conduct in Securities and Derivatives Trading (FMIA) governs the organization and operation of financial market infrastructures and the conduct of financial market participants in securities and derivatives trading. FMIA, along with the Financial Market Infrastructure Ordinance (FMIO) came into effect on January 1, 2016. However, financial market infrastructures and the operators of organized trading facilities were granted different transitional periods to comply with various new duties, including those associated with the publication of pre- and post-trade transparency information and with high-frequency trading. Under the FMIA, FINMA was designated to determine the timing of the introduction of a clearing obligation and to specify the categories of derivatives covered. Accordingly, on September 1, 2018, the revised Ordinance of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority on Financial Market Infrastructures and Market Conduct in Securities and Derivatives Trading entered into force, introducing a mandatory clearing obligation for standardized interest-rate and credit derivatives traded OTC and making effective, as of such date, the deadlines for the first clearing obligations laid down in the FMIO, i.e., six months, twelve months or eighteen months, depending on the categories of derivatives and the type of counterparty.
Tax
Automatic exchange of information and administrative assistance in tax matters
In Switzerland, the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (MAC) and the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA), together with the Federal Act on the International Automatic Exchange of Information in Tax Matters and its implementing ordinance, form the legal basis for the automatic exchange of information. Based on the MCAA, the multilateral agreement with the EU on the international automatic exchange of information in tax matters and a number of bilateral automatic exchange of information (AEI) agreements, most of them based on the MCAA, Switzerland collects and exchanges information with more than 100 jurisdictions in respect of financial assets held in, and income derived thereon and credited to, accounts or deposits maintained in Switzerland.
In June 2020, the Swiss Parliament adopted a reform of the Federal Act on the International Automatic Exchange of Information in Tax Matters. The aim of the reform was to implement certain recommendations of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (Global Forum) after the Global Forum's review of the Swiss AEI legal framework. The amendments include modifications to a bank's diligence obligations, including with respect to the opening of bank accounts and document retention. The law entered into effect on January 1, 2021.
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Further to the MAC, Switzerland is required to spontaneously exchange certain information on advanced tax rulings in accordance with the OECD and G20 project to combat base erosion and profit shifting. Additionally in 2009, Switzerland adopted the OECD standard on administrative assistance in tax matters in accordance with Art. 26 of the OECD Model Agreement which has subsequently been included in 81 Double Tax Agreements, 80 of which are in force and applicable. The 2009 protocol (Protocol, ratified in 2019) amending the tax treaty regarding income tax between Switzerland and the US, a mechanism for the exchange of information upon request in tax matters between Switzerland and the US is now in place. This mechanism allows the US to make group requests under the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) concerning non-consenting US accounts and non-consenting non-participating foreign financial institutions. The Protocol further erases the distinction between tax evasion and tax fraud in the context of administrative assistance to permit any exchanges of information as may be relevant to the administration or enforcement of the domestic laws concerning taxes.
Finally, in accordance with the MCAA on the Exchange of Country-by-Country Reports as well as the implementing Swiss federal legislation, multinational groups of companies in Switzerland have to prepare country-by-country reports since the 2018 tax year with the exchange of the reports by Switzerland having started in 2020.
Tax exemptions on TLAC and similar instruments
Based on the revised Withholding Tax Act, which entered into force on January 1, 2022, the exemption from withholding tax of interest paid on contingent convertible bonds and write-down bonds of banks or group companies of finance groups which were approved by FINMA and issued between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2021, has been extended to issuances between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2026. It also exempts interest paid on TLAC instruments approved by FINMA for purposes of meeting regulatory requirements which have been or will be issued between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2026, or have been issued prior to January 1, 2017 where the foreign issuer thereof has been or will be substituted for a Swiss issuer between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2026.
Furthermore, since 2017, equity securities in banks or group companies of a financial group issued in connection with the conversion of TLAC instruments into equity are exempt from the 1% issuance stamp tax, in addition to the exemption since 2012 for equity securities in banks issued from conversion capital.
Participation Exemption for “Too Big to Fail” Instruments
Current legislation requires systemically important banks to issue contingent convertible bonds, write-off bonds and bail-in bonds (“Too Big to Fail” instruments) through their top holding company, which may then on-lend the funds to direct or indirect subsidiaries. Based on the revised Withholding Tax Act, as amended by the Federal Act on Calculation of the Participation Deduction for “Too Big to Fail” instruments, which became effective as of January 1, 2019, top holding companies (Konzernobergesellschaften) of systemically important banks are permitted to carve-out interest expenses on these “Too Big to Fail” instruments for purposes of calculating their tax-exempt net participation income. To level the effect of the carve-out, the respective assets and liabilities positions are also eliminated in the calculation. This allows for a calculation of the participation exemption with a complete carve-out of “Too Big to Fail” instruments to the extent the proceeds thereof are downstreamed.
50:50 Distribution Rule
Based on the Withholding Tax Act and federal and cantonal income tax acts, as amended by the Federal Act on Tax Reform and AHV Financing, which became effective as of January 1, 2020, companies listed on a Swiss stock exchange who are paying a dividend out of legal capital contribution reserves are required to simultaneously pay a dividend out of taxable reserves of at least the same amount. Also, under these new rules, when a company listed on a Swiss stock exchange repurchases shares to cancel them, the company must charge at least fifty percent of the liquidation amount to capital contribution reserves, the liquidation amount being the amount equal to the repurchase price less the nominal amount. Prior to the new law, these companies were not limited in using the one or other type of reserves.
The Swiss Federal Tax Authority’s and Swiss courts’ practice on withholding tax refunds
The Swiss Federal Tax Authority (FTA) and the Swiss courts continue to apply a strict beneficial ownership test for the application of any double taxation agreement based refund of Swiss withholding tax on dividend payments and interest payments. The focus is on the beneficial ownership of the securities and/or the dividends or interest at the time of payment, which is assessed from a factual and economic point of view, without regard to the parties’ intentions or motivation, and must be proven by the party requesting a refund in the form of detailed documentation at the request of the FTA. In the context of derivative transactions, it has become increasingly more difficult to obtain a refund of Swiss withholding tax as in most cases the FTA will not consider the recipient of a payment subject to withholding tax under a derivative transaction to be the beneficial owner of that payment for purposes of a refund of such withholding tax. However, the Swiss Supreme Court has also held that this strict application of the beneficial ownership test, as well as the proof requirements, do not mean that a financial institution involved in a derivative transaction is not entitled to a refund; if beneficial ownership can be established, a refund will be granted.
Cybersecurity
FINMA continues to view cyber risks as one of the most significant operational risks for financial institutions, and has increasingly focused its supervisory practice on such risks. Supervised institutions such as Credit Suisse are, therefore, required to adequately address the relevant cyber risks under its operational risk management. These risks are also monitored directly by FINMA, for example through ongoing supervision and focused on-site audits, and monitored by audit firms as part of the regulatory
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audit process. Further, under the FINMA Guidance 05/2020 – Duty to report cyber-attacks pursuant to Article 29 paragraph 2 FINMASA, FINMA has outlined the regulatory duties in case of cyber-attacks directed against Swiss supervised financial institutions. Thereunder, supervised entities must notify FINMA within 24 hours of cyber-attacks that could potentially lead to a malfunction or failure of its critical functions. Depending on the severity of the cyber-attack, additional disclosure and reporting obligations may apply.
US
Banking regulation and supervision
Our banking operations are subject to extensive federal and state regulation and supervision in the US. Our direct US offices are composed of our New York Branch and representative offices in California. Each of these offices is licensed with, and subject to examination and regulation by, the state banking authority in the state in which it is located.
Our New York Branch is licensed by the New York Superintendent of Financial Services (Superintendent), examined by the DFS, and subject to laws and regulations applicable to a foreign bank operating a New York branch. Under the New York Banking Law, our New York Branch must maintain eligible assets with banks in the state of New York. The amount of eligible assets required, which is expressed as a percentage of third-party liabilities, could increase if our New York Branch is no longer designated well rated by the Superintendent.
The New York Banking Law authorizes the Superintendent to seize our New York Branch and all of Credit Suisse AG’s business and property in New York State (which includes property of our New York Branch, wherever it may be located, and all of Credit Suisse AG’s property situated in New York State) under circumstances generally including violations of law, unsafe or unsound practices or insolvency. In liquidating or dealing with our New York Branch’s business after taking possession, the Superintendent would only accept for payment the claims of depositors and other creditors (unaffiliated with us) that arose out of transactions with our New York Branch. After the claims of those creditors were paid out of the business and property of the Bank in New York, the Superintendent would turn over the remaining assets, if any, to us or our liquidator or receiver.
Under New York banking law and US federal banking laws, our New York Branch is generally subject to single borrower lending limits expressed as a percentage of the worldwide capital of the Bank. Under the Dodd-Frank Act, lending limits take into account credit exposure arising from derivative transactions, securities borrowing and lending transactions and repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements with counterparties.
Our operations are also subject to reporting and examination requirements under US federal banking laws. Our US non-banking operations are subject to examination by the Fed in its capacity as our US umbrella supervisor. The New York Branch is also subject to examination by the Fed and is subject to federal banking law requirements and limitations on the acceptance and maintenance of deposits. The New York Branch is not a member of, and its deposits are not insured by, the FDIC, and it does not engage in retail deposit taking.
US federal banking laws provide that a state-licensed branch (such as the New York Branch) or agency of a foreign bank may not, as a general matter, engage as principal in any type of activity that is not permissible for a federally licensed branch or agency of a foreign bank unless the Fed has determined that such activity is consistent with sound banking practice. In addition, regulations which the Fed may adopt (including at the recommendation of the FSOC) could affect the nature of the activities which the Bank (including the New York Branch) may conduct, and may impose restrictions and limitations on the conduct of such activities.
The Fed may terminate the activities of a US branch or agency of a foreign bank if it finds that the foreign bank: (i) is not subject to comprehensive supervision in its home country; (ii) has violated the law or engaged in an unsafe or unsound banking practice in the US; or (iii) for a foreign bank that presents a risk to the stability of the US financial system, the home country of the foreign bank has not adopted, or made demonstrable progress toward adopting, an appropriate system of financial regulation to mitigate such risk.
Credit Suisse Group and the Bank became financial holding companies for purposes of US federal banking law in 2000 and, as a result, may engage in a broad range of non-banking activities in the US, including insurance, securities, private equity and other financial activities, in each case subject to regulatory requirements and limitations. Credit Suisse Group is still required to obtain the prior approval of the Fed (and potentially other US banking regulators) before acquiring, directly or indirectly, the ownership or control of more than 5% of any class of voting shares of (or otherwise controlling) any US bank, bank holding company or many other US depositary institutions and their holding companies, and as a result of the Dodd-Frank Act, before making certain acquisitions involving large non-bank companies. The New York Branch is also restricted from engaging in certain tying arrangements involving products and services, and in certain transactions with certain of its affiliates. If Credit Suisse Group or the Bank ceases to be well-capitalized or well-managed under applicable Fed rules, or otherwise fails to meet any of the requirements for financial holding company status, it may be required to discontinue certain financial activities or terminate its New York Branch. Credit Suisse Group’s ability to undertake acquisitions permitted for financial holding companies could also be adversely affected.
Credit Suisse is also subject to the so-called “Volcker Rule,” which limits the ability of banking entities to sponsor or invest in certain private equity or hedge funds, broadly defined, and to engage in certain types of proprietary trading for their own account. These restrictions are subject to certain exclusions and exemptions, including with respect to underwriting, market-making, risk-mitigating hedging and certain asset and fund
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management activities, and with respect to certain transactions and investments occurring solely outside of the US. The Volcker Rule requires banking entities to establish an extensive array of compliance policies, procedures and quantitative metrics reporting designed to ensure and monitor compliance with restrictions under the Volcker Rule. It also requires an annual attestation either by the Chief Executive Officer of the top-tier foreign banking organization or the senior management officer in the US as to the implementation of a compliance program reasonably designed to achieve compliance with the Volcker Rule. In April 2017, the Fed granted Credit Suisse an extended transition period to conform investments in certain illiquid funds under the Volcker Rule for an additional five years (i.e., until July 21, 2022). Credit Suisse has implemented a Volcker Rule compliance program reasonably designed to satisfy the requirements of the Volcker Rule. The Volcker Rule’s implementing regulations are highly complex and may be subject to further rulemaking and regulatory interpretation and guidance.
Fed regulations implementing the Dodd-Frank Act required Credit Suisse to create a single US IHC to hold all of its US subsidiaries with limited exceptions. The IHC requirement does not apply to the New York Branch. Credit Suisse’s US IHC is subject to US risk-based capital and leverage requirements that are largely consistent with the Basel III framework published by the BCBS, though they diverge in several important respects due to the requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act, and is subject to capital planning and capital stress testing requirements under the Dodd-Frank Act and the Fed’s annual CCAR.
Credit Suisse’s US IHC is also subject to additional requirements under the Fed’s final TLAC framework for IHCs, described above. In addition, both Credit Suisse’s US IHC itself and the combined US operations of Credit Suisse (including Credit Suisse’s US IHC and the New York Branch) are subject to other prudential requirements, including with respect to liquidity risk management, liquidity stress testing and separate liquidity buffers for each of Credit Suisse’s US IHC and the New York Branch. Our US IHC is also subject to the Fed’s applicable rules on liquidity coverage ratio (LCR), single counterparty credit limits (SCCL) and, effective as of July 1, 2021, the Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR). The SCCL limits our aggregate net credit exposures to any single unaffiliated counterparty based on Tier 1 capital. Our combined US operations (including our US IHC and New York Branch) may qualify for a regime of substituted compliance with comparable home country rules, but our US IHC is ineligible for the substituted compliance regime and remains subject to a separate SCCL requirement. Under proposals that remain under consideration, the combined US operations of Credit Suisse may become subject to an early remediation regime which could be triggered by risk-based capital, leverage, stress tests, liquidity, risk management and market indicators.
> Refer to “Liquidity and funding management” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet for further information on Basel III LCR and NSFR.
A major focus of US policy and regulation relating to financial institutions has been to combat money laundering and terrorist financing and to enforce compliance with US economic sanctions. These laws and regulations impose obligations to maintain appropriate policies, procedures and controls to detect and report money laundering and terrorist financing, verify the identity of customers and comply with economic sanctions. Any failure to maintain and implement adequate programs to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, and conduct targeted by or in violation of such economic sanctions, laws and regulations, could have serious legal and reputational consequences. Conflicts of law, including those arising from blocking regulations targeting US sanctions, may also raise serious legal risks. We take our obligations to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing in the US and globally and to comply with US economic sanctions very seriously, while appropriately respecting and protecting the confidentiality of clients. We have policies, procedures and training intended to ensure that our employees comply with “know your customer” regulations and understand when a client relationship or business should be evaluated as higher risk for us. We are also subject to both the anti-bribery and accounting provisions of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The anti-bribery provisions prohibit the bribery of non-US government officials. The accounting provisions require us to keep accurate books and records and to maintain a system of internal accounting controls.
The Dodd-Frank Act requires issuers with listed securities to establish a claw-back policy to recoup erroneously awarded compensation in the event of an accounting restatement but no final rules have been adopted.
Broker-dealer and asset management regulation and supervision
Our US broker-dealers are subject to extensive regulation by US regulatory authorities. The SEC is the federal agency primarily responsible for the regulation of broker-dealers, investment advisers and investment companies. In addition, the US Treasury has the authority to promulgate rules relating to US Treasury and government agency securities, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) has the authority to promulgate rules relating to municipal securities, and the MSRB also promulgates regulations applicable to certain securities credit transactions. In addition, broker-dealers are subject to regulation by securities industry self-regulatory organizations, including the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and by state securities authorities.
Our US broker-dealers are registered with the SEC and our primary US broker-dealer is registered in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Our US registered entities are subject to extensive regulatory requirements that apply to all aspects of their business activity, including, where applicable: capital requirements; the use and safekeeping of customer funds and securities; the suitability of customer investments and best interest obligations for certain retail customers; record-keeping and reporting requirements; employee-related matters; limitations on extensions of credit in securities transactions; prevention and detection of money laundering and terrorist financing; procedures relating to research analyst independence;
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procedures for the clearance and settlement of trades; and communications with the public.
Our US broker-dealers are also subject to the SEC’s net capital rule, which requires broker-dealers to maintain a specified level of minimum net capital in relatively liquid form. Compliance with the net capital rule could limit operations that require intensive use of capital, such as underwriting and trading activities and the financing of customer account balances and also could restrict our ability to withdraw capital from our broker-dealers. Most of our US broker-dealers are also subject to additional net capital requirements of FINRA and, in some cases, other self-regulatory organizations.
Our securities and asset management businesses include legal entities registered and regulated as a broker-dealer and investment adviser by the SEC. The SEC-registered mutual funds that we advise are subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940. For pension fund customers, we are subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and similar state statutes.
The Dodd-Frank Act also requires broader regulation of hedge funds and private equity funds, as well as credit rating agencies.
Derivative regulation and supervision
The CFTC is the federal agency primarily responsible for the regulation of futures commission merchants, commodity pool operators, commodity trading advisors and introducing brokers, among other regulatory categories. With the effectiveness of the Dodd-Frank Act, CFTC oversight was expanded to include persons engaging in a relevant activity with respect to swaps, and registration categories were added for swap dealers and major swap participants. For derivatives activities, these CFTC registrants are subject to industry self-regulatory organizations, such as the National Futures Association (NFA), which has been designated by the CFTC as a registered futures association.
Each of CSI and CSSEL is registered with the CFTC as a swap dealer as a result of its applicable swap activities and is therefore subject to requirements relating to reporting, record-keeping, swap confirmation, swap portfolio reconciliation and compression, mandatory clearing, mandatory on-facility trading, swap trading relationship documentation, external business conduct, risk management, chief compliance officer duties and reports and internal controls. However, where permitted by comparability determinations by the CFTC or in reliance on no-action letters issued by the CFTC, non-US swap dealers, including CSI and CSSEL, can comply with certain requirements through substituted compliance with EU regulations. The CFTC has also granted no-action letters that have applied since the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, which permit CSI and CSSEL to satisfy such requirements by complying with relevant UK regulations.
As a registered swap dealer that is not a bank, CSSEL is also subject to the CFTC’s margin rules for uncleared swaps. As a non-US swap dealer, CSSEL is only subject to these rules in connection with its uncleared swaps with US persons, non-US persons guaranteed by US persons, and certain non-US swap dealer subsidiaries of US persons. As a registered swap dealer that is a foreign bank, CSI is subject to the margin rules for uncleared swaps and security-based swaps of the Fed, and CSI likewise is only subject to these rules in connection with its uncleared swaps and security-based swaps with US persons, non-US persons guaranteed by US persons, and certain non-US swap dealer subsidiaries of US persons. Both the CFTC’s margin rules and the Fed’s margin rules are following a phased implementation schedule. Since March 1, 2017, CSI and CSSEL have been required to comply with variation margin requirements with covered entities under these rules, requiring the exchange of daily mark-to-market margin with all such covered entities. Initial margin requirements began phasing in annually for different counterparties from September 1, 2016, with remaining phases relating to the application of initial margin requirements to market participants with group-wide notional derivatives exposure during the preceding March, April and May of at least USD 50 billion or at least USD 8 billion on September 1, 2021 or September 1, 2022, respectively. The broad expansion of initial margin requirements on September 1, 2021 or September 1, 2022 could have a significant adverse impact on our OTC derivatives business because of the large number of affected counterparties that might need to enter into new documentation and upgrade their systems in order to comply.
As a non-bank swap dealer, CSSEL is subject to the CFTC’s capital and financial reporting rules that were adopted in July 2020 and took effect on October 6, 2021. CSSEL is availing itself of the CFTC no-action relief discussed above for such capital and financial reporting requirements. In addition, CSI, which is a UK bank provisionally registered with the CFTC as a swap dealer, is now subject to new CFTC financial reporting requirements. Despite the CFTC’s no-action letter relief discussed above that CSI would be able to avail itself of, due to CSI’s dual registration with the SEC as a security-based swap dealer, the conditions imposed by the SEC UK substituted compliance order discussed above effectively supersede such no-action relief. Thus, CSI must bear increased cost to comply with the SEC’s requirements given that they diverge from CSI’s UK financial reporting obligations (for example by requiring it to report certain different financial information).
One of our US broker-dealers, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, is also registered as a futures commission merchant and subject to the capital, segregation and other requirements of the CFTC and the NFA.
Our asset management businesses include legal entities registered and regulated as commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors by the CFTC and the NFA and therefore are subject to disclosure, recordkeeping, reporting and other requirements of the CFTC and the NFA.
The Dodd-Frank Act mandates that the CFTC establish aggregate position limits for certain physical commodity futures
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contracts and economically equivalent swaps, and on October 15, 2020, the CFTC adopted final rules expanding and revising position limits for certain physical commodity derivatives. Overall, the new rules may restrict the ability of our asset management businesses to trade in physical commodity derivatives covered by position limits, restrict the ability of our market making businesses to provide liquidity in these derivatives to certain types of clients, and generally increase the compliance costs and burdens of our businesses that transact in physical commodity derivatives.
Additionally, the SEC has finalized rules implementing most of the key derivatives provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, including security-based swap dealer registration, capital, margin, segregation, internal and external business conduct, recordkeeping and financial reporting, risk mitigation techniques, and transaction reporting rules. These rules took effect on November 1, 2021. Unlike the CFTC, the SEC has not yet finalized rules relating to mandatory clearing or mandatory on-facility trading. While the SEC’s rules have largely paralleled many of the CFTC’s rules, significant differences between the final CFTC and SEC rules could materially increase the compliance costs associated with, and hinder the efficiency of, our equity and credit derivatives businesses with US persons. For example, significant differences between the cross-border application of SEC and CFTC rules could have such effects. In particular, SEC rules applying public transaction reporting and external business conduct requirements to security-based swaps between non-US persons that are arranged, negotiated or executed by US personnel (ANE transactions) could discourage non-US counterparties from entering into such transactions, especially given the limited extent to which the SEC permits substituted compliance with relevant non-US requirements. While the SEC has issued time-limited relief from its reporting requirements which will last until the earlier of November 8, 2025 or 12 months after the SEC provides notice that its no-action position will expire, the portion of the relief related to assignment of reporting duties does not extend to certain ANE transactions. Also, as discussed above, certain conditions that the SEC included in its substituted compliance orders for Switzerland and the UK limit the extent to which Credit Suisse AG and CSI can avail themselves of substituted compliance, thus subjecting them to the additional burden of complying with many SEC rules and conditions in addition to home country requirements.
FATCA
Pursuant to an agreement with the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) entered into in compliance with FATCA, Credit Suisse is required to identify and provide the IRS with information on accounts held by US persons and certain US-owned foreign entities, as well as to withhold tax on payments made to foreign financial institutions that are not in compliance with FATCA and account holders who fail to provide sufficient information to classify an account as a US or non-US account. Switzerland and the US have entered into a “Model 2” intergovernmental agreement to implement FATCA, which requires Credit Suisse to disclose account details directly to the US tax authority with the consent of the US clients concerned. Where US clients do not provide Credit Suisse consent to disclose to the IRS, the US authorities must make a group request for this data through normal administrative assistance channels. Group requests are effective for information applying to cases dating from June 30, 2014.
Resolution regime
The Dodd-Frank Act also established an “Orderly Liquidation Authority,” a regime for the orderly liquidation of systemically significant non-bank financial companies, which could potentially apply to certain of our US entities. The Secretary of the US Treasury may under certain circumstances appoint the FDIC as receiver for a failing financial company in order to prevent risks to US financial stability. The FDIC would then have the authority to charter a “bridge” company to which it can transfer assets and liabilities of the financial company, including swaps and other qualified financial contracts, in order to preserve the continuity of critical functions of the financial company. The FDIC has indicated that it prefers a single-point-of-entry strategy, although it retains the ability to resolve individual financial companies. In July 2020, the FDIC and SEC finalized rules that would clarify the application of the Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA) in a receivership for a systemically significant broker-dealer under the Dodd-Frank Act’s Orderly Liquidation Authority, which could potentially apply to our US broker-dealer. The rules clarify how relevant provisions of SIPA would be incorporated into a proceeding under the Orderly Liquidation Authority, that the Securities Investor Protection Corporation would be appointed as trustee for the broker-dealer, the claims process and the FDIC’s powers as receiver with respect to the transfer of assets of the broker-dealer.
In addition, the Dodd-Frank Act and related rules promulgated by the Fed and the FDIC require bank holding companies and companies treated as bank holding companies with total consolidated assets above specified thresholds, such as us, and certain designated non-bank financial firms, to submit periodically to the Fed and the FDIC resolution plans describing the strategy for rapid and orderly resolution under the US Bankruptcy Code or other applicable insolvency regimes, though such plans may not rely on the Orderly Liquidation Authority. Our combined US operations are required to file a resolution plan every three years, alternating between a full resolution plan and a less extensive targeted resolution plan that will focus on certain core elements, responding to the targeted information request described above, and certain changes from the previous full plan. We filed a targeted plan on December 17, 2021. The deadline for our next full plan is July 1, 2024.
Cybersecurity
Federal and state regulators, including the DFS, Fed, FINRA and the SEC, have increasingly focused on cybersecurity risks and responses for regulated entities. For example, the DFS cybersecurity regulation applies to any licensed person, including DFS-licensed branches of non-US banks, and requires each company to assess its specific risk profile periodically and design a program that addresses its risks in a robust fashion. Each covered entity must monitor its systems and networks and notify the superintendent of the DFS within 72 hours after it is determined that a material cybersecurity event has occurred. The Fed has also
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adopted a notification rule effective May 2022 that will require certain banking organizations (including the US operations of non-US banks) to notify the Fed within 36 hours of a determination that a significant computer-security incident has occurred. Similarly, FINRA has identified cybersecurity as a significant risk and will assess firms’ programs to mitigate those risks. In addition, the SEC has issued expanded interpretative guidance that highlights requirements under US federal securities laws that public operating companies must pay particular attention to with respect to cybersecurity risks and incidents.
EU
Financial services regulation and supervision
Our EU banks, investment firms and fund managers are subject to extensive regulation by EU and national regulatory authorities, whose requirements are increasingly imposed under EU directives and regulations aimed at increasing integration and harmonization in the European market for financial services. While regulations have immediate and direct effect in EU member states, directives must be implemented through national legislation. As a result, the terms of implementation of directives are not always consistent from country to country. In response to the financial crisis and in order to strengthen European supervisory arrangements, the EU established the European Systemic Risk Board, which has macro-prudential oversight of the financial system. The EU has also established three supervisory authorities responsible for promoting greater harmonization and consistent application of EU legislation by national regulators: the European Banking Authority, the European Securities and Markets Authority and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority.
The Basel III capital framework is implemented in the EU by the amendments to the CRD (through the amending directive CRD V) and the CRR II (jointly known as the CRD V package). The CRD V package comprises a single prudential rule book for banks and investment firms. CRR II contains, among other things, amendments to the previous CRR relating to, among other things, leverage ratio, market risk, counterparty credit risk and large exposures and implementing the FSB’s TLAC standard. CRD V includes among other things, corporate governance and remuneration requirements, including a cap on variable remuneration. The CRD V amendments also include a new requirement, applicable from December 30, 2023, for non-EU banking groups with two or more institutions and at least EUR 40 billion of assets in the EU to establish an EU intermediate financial holding company that would be subject to consolidated prudential supervision in the EU. While the majority of the CRR II measures will apply from June 28, 2021, certain requirements, such as the new TLAC requirements, applied immediately on entry into force on June 27, 2019. EU member states were required to adopt national legislative measures necessary to comply with CRD V by December 28, 2020.
Within the eurozone, banks are supervised within the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM). This empowers the ECB to act as a single direct supervisor for significant banks in the 19 eurozone countries and for certain non-eurozone countries which may choose to participate in the Single Supervisory Mechanism (so far, Bulgaria and Croatia have joined the SSM).
The revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) have introduced a number of significant changes to the regulatory framework established by the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID I), and the European Commission has adopted a number of delegated and implementing measures, which supplement their requirements. In particular, MiFID II and MiFIR have introduced enhanced organizational and business conduct standards that apply to investment firms, including a number of Credit Suisse EU entities advising clients within the European Economic Area. These provisions include standards for managing conflicts of interest, best execution and enhanced investor protection. MiFID II has also enforced specific safeguards for algorithmic and high-frequency trading and introduced a ban on the receipt of investment research by portfolio managers and providers of independent investment advice unless paid for by clients. On February 26, 2021, the EU enacted a series of “quick-fix” amendments to MiFID II, which aim to alleviate the administrative burdens on investment firms in order to facilitate the EU’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The changes include amendments to client information and product governance requirements and the regime for research on small and mid-cap issuers and on fixed income instruments. The amendments entered into force on February 27, 2021 and apply from February 28, 2022. EU member states were required to transpose the amendments into national law by November 28, 2021. Furthermore, on December 6, 2021, the European Commission published two legislative proposals for a new regulation and a new directive amending MiFID II and MiFIR as part of its 2020 Capital Markets Union Action Plan. This legislative package would establish a new process for selecting consolidated tape providers for the EU market; moreover, the proposals would, among other things, make changes to the transparency regimes, update the share and derivative trading obligations and ban payments for order flow. The public consultation on the two proposals will end in March 2022.
The Benchmarks Regulation (BMR) introduces new rules aimed at ensuring greater accuracy and integrity of benchmarks in financial instruments. The BMR sets out various requirements which will govern the activities of benchmark administrators and submitters. Certain requirements have applied to Credit Suisse in its capacity as a contributor to several critical benchmarks since June 30, 2016. The majority of the other provisions of the BMR have applied since January 1, 2018, although a two-year transition period permitting usage of the EU non-critical benchmark, not yet compliant with the BMR, by EU-supervised entities came to an end on December 31, 2019 and “critical” and third country benchmark providers, including CSI as a UK benchmark administrator, have been given until December 31, 2023 to comply. A number of European Commission Delegated Regulations supplementing the BMR also entered into force in 2018. The regulations specify, among other things, the criteria for assessing whether certain events would result in significant and adverse impacts
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on matters including the market integrity and financial stability of one or more member states and the conditions to assess the impact resulting from the cessation of, or change to, existing benchmarks.
On January 4, 2017, the European Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) with regard to regulatory technical standards for risk mitigation techniques for OTC derivatives not cleared by a CCP entered into force. The Delegated Regulation imposes a requirement on financial counterparties and non-financial counterparties above the clearing threshold to collect initial margin and variation margin in respect of non-centrally cleared OTC derivative transactions. The requirements relating to initial margin and variation margin have applied since February 4, 2017 in relation to the largest market participants. Other market participants have become or in the future will become subject to the requirements relating to initial margin through a series of phase-in dates, starting September 1, 2017. Requirements relating to variation margin have applied to all financial and non-financial counterparties above the clearing threshold since March 1, 2017. On June 17, 2019, a broad range of amendments to EMIR (through the “EMIR Refit” Regulation) entered into force, including in relation to counterparty classification, clearing, margin and reporting requirements. In particular, the amendments include an obligation for clearing members and clients which provide clearing services to provide services under fair, reasonable, non-discriminatory and transparent commercial terms, which has applied since June 18, 2021. Further amendments to EMIR (known as “EMIR 2.2”) entered into force in January 2020. EMIR 2.2 focuses on the authorization and supervision of CCPs. Amongst other things, EMIR 2.2 creates new supervisory mechanisms for ensuring more coherent and consistent supervision of EU CCPs as well as a more robust regime for recognizing non-EU CCPs, including through the newly established CCP Supervisory Committee and a tiering system for non-EU CCPs according to their systemic importance to the EU or member states. Further, on February 18, 2021, certain amendments to the EMIR regulatory technical standards entered into force. Among other things, amendments to the regulatory technical standards for risk mitigation techniques for OTC derivatives not cleared by a CCP extend the deadline for the implementation of initial margin requirements for firms in the final implementation phases, extend the temporary exemption for single-stock equity options or index options (equity options) to January 4, 2024 and allowed UK counterparties to be replaced with EU counterparties without triggering the bilateral margin and clearing obligation requirements under certain conditions until January 1, 2022.
Resolution regime
The BRRD establishes a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms and applies to all Credit Suisse EU entities, including branches of the Bank. The BRRD introduces requirements for recovery and resolution plans, provides for bank resolution tools, including bail-in for failing banks, and establishes country-specific bank resolution financing arrangements. In addition, as part of their powers over banks in resolution, resolution authorities are empowered to replace a bank’s senior management, transfer a bank’s rights, assets and liabilities to another person, take a bank into public ownership, and close out and terminate a bank’s financial contracts or derivatives contracts. Banks are required to produce recovery plans, describing proposed arrangements to permit them to restore their viability, while resolution authorities are empowered to produce resolution plans which describe how a bank may be resolved in an orderly manner, were it to fail.
Under the BRRD, the resolution authority can increase the capital of a failing or failed bank through bail-in: i.e., the write-down, reduction or cancellation of liabilities held by unsecured creditors, or their conversion to equity or other securities. All of a bank’s liabilities are subject to bail-in, unless explicitly excluded by the BRRD because they are, for example, covered deposits, secured liabilities, or liabilities arising from holding client assets or client money.
The BRRD also requires banks to hold a certain amount of bail-inable loss-absorbing capacity at both individual and consolidated levels. This requirement is known as the MREL, and is conceptually similar to the TLAC framework.
In June 2019, amendments to BRRD (through BRRD II) entered into force. EU member states were required to adopt national legislative measures necessary to comply with BRRD II by December 28, 2020. BRRD II contains amendments to the existing EU regime relating to MREL to align it with the TLAC standard and to introduce, among other things, changes to the contractual recognition of bail-in and a new moratorium power for competent authorities.
The Single Resolution Mechanism Regulation, which came into force on August 19, 2014, established the Single Resolution Board as the resolution authority in charge of significant banks and banking groups, as well as other cross-border banking groups, in the eurozone. Since January 1, 2016, the Single Resolution Board has had full resolution powers, including bail-in.
Data protection regulation
The GDPR applies to the processing of personal data in the context of our EU establishments as well as on an extraterritorial basis. The GDPR also forms the basis of our Global Data Protection standard ensuring that policies and processes of the highest standard apply to all Credit Suisse entities globally, subject to local laws and regulations. The GDPR requires us to take various measures to ensure compliance with the regulation, including processing personal data in accordance with the data protection principles, maintaining records of data processing, ensuring adequate security for personal data, complying with data breach notification requirements, and giving effect to data subjects’ rights. Furthermore, in accordance with the GDPR, we have appointed a Data Protection Officer who is responsible for monitoring our compliance with and providing advice in connection with global data protection laws and regulations. The GDPR grants broad enforcement powers to data protection authorities,
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including the potential to levy significant administrative fines for non-compliance.
In addition to the GDPR, other jurisdictions in which we operate have adopted or are proposing data privacy standards, for example the Federal Act on Data Protection in Switzerland, applicable US data privacy laws including the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 and the California Privacy Rights Act, the Thailand Personal Data Protection Act and the Data Protection Law DIFC No. 5 2020 in Dubai, some of which are similar to the GDPR or contain their own requirements more robust than the GDPR. Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, the UK also adopted into its national legislation the UK version of the GDPR, which largely mirrors the GDPR as in force in the EU. In 2021, China passed the Data Security Law and the Personal Information Protection Law, which create extraterritorial jurisdiction and enact strict requirements around the areas of information security, personal data processing, data localization and cross-border data transfers, and under which the Chinese government can request data for national security or criminal investigations and must give its approval prior to the transfer of data to a judicial or enforcement agency outside of China. As additional data privacy laws come into effect in the coming years, we continue to monitor changes and ensure compliance with our data privacy obligations.
Anti-money laundering regulation
The Fifth Money Laundering Directive (MLD5) entered into force on July 9, 2018 and EU member states were required to comply with the requirements of MLD5 by January 10, 2020. Among other things, MLD5 clarifies the requirements for enhanced due diligence measures and countermeasures relating to high-risk third countries and introduced a new obligation for EU member states to establish centralized mechanisms to identify holders and controllers of bank and payment accounts.
Investment services regulation
Since July 1, 2019, following a decision by the European Commission not to extend the recognition of the equivalence of the Swiss legal and supervisory framework for trading venues with that of the EU, EU investment firms are, in principle, prohibited from trading in certain equity securities of companies domiciled in Switzerland on Swiss trading venues. Likewise, since July 1, 2019, under measures taken by the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, trading venues domiciled in the EU are effectively prohibited from offering or facilitating trading in certain equity securities of Swiss companies.
UK
Banking regulation and supervision
The principal statutory regulators of financial services activity in the UK are the PRA, a part of the Bank of England, which is responsible for the micro-prudential regulation of banks and larger investment firms, and the FCA, which regulates markets, the conduct of business of all financial firms, and the prudential regulation of firms not regulated by the PRA. In addition, the Financial Policy Committee of the Bank of England is responsible for macro-prudential regulation.
The UK was required to implement EU directives into national law until the end of the transitional period following its exit from the EU in January 2020. Following the end of the transitional period on December 31, 2020, EU laws which were in effect and applicable as at December 31, 2020 were “on-shored” (retained) in UK law with amendments that remedy, mitigate, or prevent “deficiencies” in the on-shored EU law arising from the withdrawal of the UK from the EU but do not otherwise make general policy changes. Accordingly, at present, the regulatory regime for banks operating in the UK largely conforms to required EU standards, including compliance with capital adequacy standards, customer protection requirements, conduct of business rules and anti-money laundering rules. These standards, requirements and rules are similarly implemented, under the same directives, throughout the member states of the EU in which we operate.
CSI, Credit Suisse (UK) Limited and Credit Suisse AG, London Branch are authorized to take deposits. We also have a number of entities authorized to conduct investment business and asset management activities. In deciding whether to grant authorization, the PRA must first determine whether a firm satisfies the threshold conditions for authorization, which include suitability and the requirement for the firm to be fit and proper. The PRA is also responsible for approval of certain models with respect to regulatory capital requirements of our UK subsidiaries.
Our London Branch is required to comply principally with Swiss home country regulation. However, as a response to the global financial crisis, the PRA made changes to its prudential supervision rules in its rulebook, applying a principle of “self-sufficiency,” such that CSI, CSSEL and Credit Suisse (UK) Limited are required to maintain adequate liquidity resources, under the day-to-day supervision of the entity’s senior management, held in a custodian account in the name of the entity, unencumbered and attributed to the entity balance sheet. In addition, the PRA requires CSI, CSSEL and Credit Suisse (UK) Limited to maintain a minimum capital ratio and to monitor and report large exposures in accordance with the CRR.
The PRA has implemented the requirements of CRD relating to staff remuneration and imposed a 1:1 cap on variable remuneration which can rise to 1:2 with explicit shareholder approval.
The UK Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013, enacted in December 2013, establishes a more stringent regulatory regime for senior managers and specified risk takers in a bank or PRA authorized investment firm; it also makes reckless misconduct in the management of a bank a criminal offense. These rules impact our UK entities, such as CSI and CSSEL.
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Broker-dealer and asset management regulation and supervision
Our London bank and broker-dealer subsidiaries are authorized under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA) and are subject to regulation by the PRA and FCA. In addition, our asset management companies are authorized under the FSMA and are subject to regulation by the FCA. In deciding whether to authorize an investment firm in the UK, the PRA and FCA will consider the threshold conditions, which include suitability and the general requirement for a firm to be fit and proper. The PRA and FCA are responsible for regulating most aspects of an investment firm’s business, including its regulatory capital, sales and trading practices, use and safekeeping of customer funds and securities, record-keeping, margin practices and procedures, registration standards for individuals carrying on certain functions, anti-money laundering systems and periodic reporting and settlement procedures.
Resolution regime
The UK legislation related to the recovery and resolution of credit institutions such as Credit Suisse consists of the special resolution regime (SRR) and the PRA recovery and resolution framework, which implemented the BRRD in the UK. The UK Banking Act and the related secondary legislation govern the application of the SRR, which grants the UK authorities powers to handle systemically important firms, such as banks, in case of highly likely failure. The UK resolution authority is the Bank of England which is empowered, among other things, to direct firms and their parent undertakings to address or remove barriers to resolvability, to enforce resolution actions and to carry out resolvability assessments of credit institutions. Separately, the PRA has the power to require parent undertakings of firms subject to this regime to take actions such as the preparation and submission of group recovery plans or the facilitation of the use of resolution powers.
Financial crime
We are also subject, as a result of our operations in the UK, to UK financial crime legislation including the Bribery Act 2010, the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 and financial sanctions imposed by the UK government. In addition, as part of the FCA’s responsibility to ensure the integrity of the UK financial markets, it requires all authorized firms in the UK, including CS entities, to have systems and controls in place to mitigate the risk that they might be used to commit financial crime.
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Risk factors
Our businesses are exposed to a variety of risks that could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition, including, among others, those described below.
Liquidity risk
Liquidity, or ready access to funds, is essential to our business, particularly our investment banking businesses. We seek to maintain available liquidity to meet our obligations in a stressed liquidity environment.
> Refer to “Liquidity and funding management” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet for information on our liquidity management.
Our liquidity could be impaired if we were unable to access the capital markets, sell our assets or if our liquidity costs increase
Our ability to borrow on a secured or unsecured basis and the cost of doing so can be affected by increases in interest rates or credit spreads, the availability of credit, regulatory requirements relating to liquidity, including the possible amendments to the Swiss liquidity ordinance to increase the regulatory minimum liquidity requirements for systemically important banks, or the market perceptions of risk relating to us, certain of our counterparties or the banking sector as a whole, including our perceived or actual creditworthiness. An inability to obtain financing in the unsecured long-term or short-term debt capital markets, or to access the secured lending markets, could have a substantial adverse effect on our liquidity. In challenging credit markets our funding costs may increase or we may be unable to raise funds to support or expand our businesses, adversely affecting our results of operations. Following the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009, our costs of liquidity have been significant and we expect to incur ongoing costs as a result of regulatory requirements for increased liquidity.
> Refer to “Regulatory developments” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet – Liquidity and funding management for further information.
If we are unable to raise needed funds in the capital markets (including through offerings of equity, regulatory capital securities and other debt), we may need to liquidate unencumbered assets to meet our liabilities. In a time of reduced liquidity, we may be unable to sell some of our assets, or we may need to sell assets at depressed prices, which in either case could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.
Our businesses rely significantly on our deposit base for funding
Our businesses benefit from short-term funding sources, including primarily demand deposits, inter-bank loans, time deposits and cash bonds. Although deposits have been, over time, a stable source of funding, this may not continue. In that case, our liquidity position could be adversely affected, and we might be unable to meet deposit withdrawals on demand or at their contractual maturity, to repay borrowings as they mature or to fund new loans, investments and businesses.
Changes in our ratings may adversely affect our business
Ratings are assigned by rating agencies. Rating agencies may lower, indicate their intention to lower or withdraw their ratings at any time. The major rating agencies remain focused on the financial services industry, particularly regarding potential declines in profitability, asset quality deterioration, asset price volatility, risk and governance controls, the impact from any potential easing or enhancement of regulatory requirements and challenges from increased costs related to compliance and litigation. In July 2021, Moody’s Investors Service lowered its long-term senior unsecured debt and deposit ratings of Credit Suisse AG by one notch. Any downgrades in our ratings could increase our borrowing costs, limit our access to capital markets, increase our cost of capital and adversely affect the ability of our businesses to sell or market their products, engage in business transactions, particularly financing and derivatives transactions, and retain our clients.
Archegos and SCFF-related risks
Significant negative consequences of the Archegos and supply chain finance funds matters
As previously reported, Credit Suisse incurred a net charge of CHF 4.8 billion in 2021 in respect of the Archegos matter. Credit Suisse also previously reported that it is reasonably possible that it will incur a loss in respect of the SCFF matter, though it is not yet possible to estimate the size of such a reasonably possible loss. However, the ultimate cost of resolving the SCFF matter may be material to our operating results. In addition, we have suffered and may continue to suffer reputational harm and reductions in certain areas of our business, such as a slowdown in net new asset generation in Asset Management in 2021, attributable, at least in part, to these matters.
A number of regulatory and other inquiries, investigations and actions have been initiated or are being considered in respect of each of these matters, including enforcement actions by FINMA. FINMA has also imposed certain risk-reducing measures and capital surcharges discussed elsewhere in this report. Third parties appointed by FINMA are conducting investigations into these matters. The Luxembourg CSSF is also reviewing the SCFF matter through a third party. Furthermore, we are subject to various litigation claims in respect of these matters and we may become subject to additional litigation, disputes or other actions.
> Refer to “Note 40 – Litigation” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
The Board launched investigations into both of these matters, which not only focused on the direct issues arising from each of them, but also reflected on the broader consequences and lessons learned. We also established Asset Management as a separate division of the Group, undertook various senior management changes in response to these matters and previously granted compensation awards were recovered from certain individuals through malus and clawback provisions. On July 29, 2021, we
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published the report based on the independent external investigation into Archegos, which found, among other things, a failure to effectively manage risk in the Investment Bank’s prime services business by both the first and second lines of defense as well as a lack of risk escalation. On February 10, 2022, we announced that the separate report related to the SCFF matter has been completed and that the findings have been made available to the Board and the report was shared with FINMA.
The combined effect of these two matters, including the material loss incurred in respect of Archegos, may have other material adverse consequences for us, including negative effects on our business and operating results from actions that we have taken and may be required or decide to take in the future in response to these matters. Among these actions are our decision to reduce our 2020 dividend proposal, suspend our share buyback program, deleverage certain businesses and clients and reduce leverage exposure and RWA in the Investment Bank. Furthermore, as part of our revised strategy and restructuring program announced in November 2021, we are in the process of exiting substantially all of our prime services business and redeploying allocated capital from our Investment Bank to our Wealth Management businesses. In addition, we have been required by FINMA to take certain capital and related actions, including a temporary add-on to RWA in the first quarter of 2021 in relation to our exposure in the Archegos matter and a Pillar 2 capital add-on relating to the SCFF matter. There could also be additional capital and related actions, including an add-on to RWA relating to operational risk. There can be no assurance that measures instituted to manage related risks will be effective in all instances. Such actions have caused and may continue to cause loss of revenues and assets under management, as well as a material adverse effect on our ability to attract and retain customers, clients, investors and employees and to conduct business transactions with our counterparties.
Several of the processes discussed above are still ongoing, including the process of seeking to recover amounts in respect of the SCFF matter. In addition, the Board conducted a review of the Group’s business strategy and risk appetite. As a result of the new strategy, the Group recorded a goodwill impairment of CHF 1.6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2021. There can be no assurance that any additional losses, damages, costs and expenses, as well as any further regulatory and other investigations and actions or any downgrade of our credit ratings, will not be material to us, including from any impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects, liquidity, capital position or reputation.
> Refer to “Archegos Capital Management” in II – Operating and financial review – Credit Suisse – Significant events in 2021, “Key risk developments – Archegos and supply chain finance fund matters” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet - Risk management and “Regulatory developments” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet – Capital management for further information.
Market and credit risks
The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected, and may continue to adversely affect, our business, operations and financial performance
Since December 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has spread rapidly and globally, with a high concentration of cases in certain countries in which we conduct business. The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected, and may continue to adversely affect, our business, operations and financial performance.
The spread of COVID-19 and resulting government controls and containment measures implemented around the world have caused severe disruption to global supply chains, labor markets and economic activity, which have contributed to rising inflationary pressure and spikes in market volatility. The spread of COVID-19 is continuing to have an adverse impact on the global economy, the severity and duration of which is difficult to predict, and has adversely affected our business, operations and financial performance. Modeling for current expected credit losses (CECL) has been made more difficult by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on market volatility and macroeconomic factors, and has required ongoing monitoring and more frequent testing across the Group, particularly for credit models. There can be no assurance that, even after adjustments are made to model outputs, the Group will not recognize unexpected losses arising from the model uncertainty that has resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted, and may continue to adversely affect, our credit loss estimates, mark-to-market losses, trading revenues, net interest income and potential goodwill assessments, and may also adversely affect our ability to successfully realize our strategic objectives and goals, including those related to the Group strategy that we announced on November 4, 2021. Should current economic conditions persist or deteriorate, the macroeconomic environment could have a continued adverse effect on these outlined and other aspects of our business, operations and financial performance, including decreased client activity or demand for our products, disruptions to our workforce or operating systems, possible constraints on capital and liquidity or a possible downgrade of our credit ratings. Additionally, legislative and regulatory changes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as consumer and corporate relief measures, could further affect our business. As such measures are often rapidly introduced and varying in their nature, we are also exposed to heightened risks as we may be required to implement large-scale changes quickly. Furthermore, increases in inflation and expectations that annual inflation may remain high for a long period of time has forced major central banks to accelerate the withdrawal of emergency monetary policies and liquidity support measures put in place during the earlier stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. As some of these measures expire, are withdrawn or are no longer supported by governments, economic growth may be negatively impacted, which in turn may adversely affect our business, operations and financial performance.
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The extent of the adverse impact of the pandemic on the global economy and markets will depend, in part, on the duration and severity of the measures taken to limit the spread of the virus and counter its impact, including further emergence of more easily transmissible and/or dangerous strains of COVID-19 and the availability, successful distribution and public acceptance of vaccines and treatments, and, in part, on the size and effectiveness of the compensating measures taken by governments, including additional stimulus legislation, and how quickly and to what extent normal economic and operating conditions can resume. To the extent the COVID-19 pandemic continues to adversely affect the global economy and/or our business, operations or financial performance, it may also have the effect of increasing the likelihood and/or magnitude of other risks described herein, or may give rise to other risks not presently known to us or not currently expected to be significant to our business, operations or financial performance. We continue to closely monitor the potential adverse effects and impact on our operations, businesses and financial performance, including liquidity and capital usage, though the extent of the impact is difficult to fully and accurately predict at this time due to the continuing evolution of this uncertain situation.
We may incur significant losses on our trading and investment activities due to market fluctuations and volatility
Although we continue to strive to reduce our balance sheet and have made significant progress in implementing our strategy over the past few years, we also continue to maintain large trading and investment positions and hedges in the debt, currency and equity markets, and in private equity, hedge funds, real estate and other assets. These positions could be adversely affected by volatility in financial and other markets, that is, the degree to which prices fluctuate over a particular period in a particular market, regardless of market levels. To the extent that we own assets, or have net long positions, in any of those markets, a downturn in those markets could result in losses from a decline in the value of our net long positions. Conversely, to the extent that we have sold assets that we do not own, or have net short positions, in any of those markets, an upturn in those markets could expose us to potentially significant losses as we attempt to cover our net short positions by acquiring assets in a rising market. Market fluctuations, downturns and volatility can adversely affect the fair value of our positions and our results of operations. Adverse market or economic conditions or trends have caused, and in the future may cause, a significant decline in our net revenues and profitability.
Our businesses and organization are subject to the risk of loss from adverse market conditions and unfavorable economic, monetary, political, legal, regulatory and other developments in the countries in which we operate
As a global financial services company, our businesses could be materially adversely affected by unfavorable global and local economic and market conditions, as well as geopolitical events and other developments in Europe, the US, Asia and elsewhere around the world (even in countries in which we do not currently conduct business). For example, the escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine could lead to regional and/or global instability, as well as adversely affect commodity and other financial markets or economic conditions. The US, EU, UK, Switzerland and other countries have imposed, and may further impose, financial and economic sanctions and export controls targeting certain Russian entities and/or individuals, and we may face restrictions on engaging with certain consumer and/or institutional businesses due to any current or impending sanctions and laws (including any Russian countermeasures), which could adversely affect our business. Further, numerous countries have experienced severe economic disruptions particular to that country or region, including extreme currency fluctuations, high inflation, or low or negative growth, among other negative conditions, which could have an adverse effect on our operations and investments. Equity market volatility has decreased during 2021 compared to the previous year despite ongoing concerns surrounding the spread of COVID-19. The economic environment may experience further volatility, increased inflation or other negative economic impacts depending on the longevity and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic.
> Refer to “Regulation and supervision” and “Key risk developments” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet – Risk management for further information.
Although the severity of the European sovereign debt crisis appears to have abated somewhat over recent years, political uncertainty, including in relation to the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, remains elevated and could cause disruptions in market conditions in Europe and around the world and could further have an adverse impact on financial institutions, including us. The economic and political impact of the UK leaving the EU, including on investments and market confidence in the UK and the remainder of the EU, may adversely affect our future results of operations and financial condition.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, our legal entities that are organized or operate in the UK face limitations on providing services or otherwise conducting business in the EU, which require us to implement significant changes to our legal entity structure. In addition, as part of an overarching global legal entity simplification program, the Group has developed a comprehensive EU entity strategy and is also defining a strategy to optimize the legal entity structure across other regions, including expediting the closure of redundant entities. There are a number of uncertainties that may affect the feasibility, scope and timing of the intended results, including the outcome of the ongoing negotiations between the EU and the UK for a framework for regulatory cooperation on financial services and the operation of their unilateral and autonomous processes for recognizing each other’s regulatory framework as equivalent. Finally, future significant legal and regulatory changes, including possible regulatory divergence between the EU and the UK, affecting us and our operations may require us to make further changes to our legal structure. The implementation of these changes has required, and may further require, the investment of significant time and resources and has increased, and may potentially further increase, operational, regulatory, compliance, capital, funding and tax costs as well as our counterparties’ credit risk.
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> Refer to “UK-EU relationship” in Regulation and supervision – Recent regulatory developments and proposals – EU and “Corporate Governance framework” in IV – Corporate Governance for further information.
The environment of political uncertainty in countries and regions in which we conduct business may also affect our business. The increased popularity of nationalist and protectionist sentiments, including implementation of trade barriers and restrictions on market access, may result in significant shifts in national policy and a decelerated path to further European integration. Similar uncertainties exist regarding the impact of supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, wage pressures, rising inflation, the escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, any of which may be disruptive to global economic growth and may also negatively affect our business.
In the past, the low interest rate environment has adversely affected our net interest income and the value of our trading and non-trading fixed income portfolios, and resulted in a loss of customer deposits as well as an increase in the liabilities relating to our existing pension plans. Furthermore, while interest rates may remain low for a longer period of time, major central banks have begun increasing or signaling that they expect to increase interest rates in response to rising inflation concerns. Future changes in interest rates, including increasing interest rates or changes in the current negative short-term interest rates in our home market, could adversely affect our businesses and results. Interest rate cuts by national governments and central banks could also adversely impact our net interest income. In addition, movements in equity markets have affected the value of our trading and non-trading equity portfolios, while the historical strength of the Swiss franc has adversely affected our revenues and net income and exposed us to currency exchange rate risk. Further, diverging monetary policies among the major economies in which we operate, in particular among the Fed, ECB and SNB, may adversely affect our results.
Such adverse market or economic conditions may negatively impact our investment banking and wealth management businesses and adversely affect net revenues we receive from commissions and spreads. These conditions may result in lower investment banking client activity, adversely impacting our financial advisory and underwriting fees. Such conditions may also adversely affect the types and volumes of securities trades that we execute for customers. Cautious investor behavior in response to adverse conditions could result in generally decreased client demand for our products, which could negatively impact our results of operations and opportunities for growth. Unfavorable market and economic conditions have affected our businesses in the past, including the low interest rate environment, continued cautious investor behavior and changes in market structure. These negative factors could be reflected, for example, in lower commissions and fees from our client-flow sales and trading and asset management activities, including commissions and fees that are based on the value of our clients’ portfolios.
Our response to adverse market or economic conditions may differ from that of our competitors and an investment performance that is below that of competitors or asset management benchmarks could also result in a decline in assets under management and related fees, making it harder to attract new clients. There could be a shift in client demand away from more complex products, which may result in significant client deleveraging, and our results of operations related to wealth management and asset management activities could be adversely affected. Adverse market or economic conditions, including as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, could exacerbate such effects.
In addition, several of our businesses engage in transactions with, or trade in obligations of, governmental entities, including supranational, national, state, provincial, municipal and local authorities. These activities can expose us to enhanced sovereign, credit-related, operational and reputational risks, which may also increase as a result of adverse market or economic conditions. Risks related to these transactions include the risks that a governmental entity may default on or restructure its obligations or may claim that actions taken by government officials were beyond the legal authority of those officials, which have in the past and may in the future adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
Adverse market or economic conditions could also affect our private equity investments. If a private equity investment substantially declines in value, we may not receive any increased share of the income and gains from such investment (to which we are entitled in certain cases when the return on such investment exceeds certain threshold returns), may be obligated to return to investors previously received excess carried interest payments and may lose our pro rata share of the capital invested. In addition, it could become more difficult to dispose of the investment, as even investments that are performing well may prove difficult to exit.
In addition to the macroeconomic factors discussed above, other political, social and environmental developments beyond our control, including terrorist attacks, cyber attacks, military conflicts, diplomatic tensions, economic or political sanctions, disease pandemics, war, political or civil unrest and widespread demonstrations, climate change, natural disasters, or infrastructure issues, such as transportation or power failures, could have a material adverse effect on economic and market conditions, market volatility and financial activity, with a potential related effect on our businesses and results. In addition, as geopolitical tensions rise, compliance with legal or regulatory obligations in one jurisdiction may be seen as supporting the law or policy objectives of that jurisdiction over another jurisdiction, creating additional risks for our business.
> Refer to “Non-financial risk” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet - Risk management - Risk coverage and management for further information.
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Uncertainties regarding the discontinuation of benchmark rates may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and are requiring adjustments to our agreements with clients and other market participants, as well as to our systems and processes
In July 2017, the FCA, which regulates LIBOR, announced that it will no longer compel banks to submit rates for the calculation of the LIBOR benchmark after year-end 2021. Other IBORs may also be permanently discontinued or cease to be representative. In March 2021, the FCA confirmed that, consistent with its prior announcement, all CHF, EUR, GBP and JPY LIBOR settings and the one-week and two-month USD LIBOR settings will permanently cease to be provided by any administrator or will no longer be representative immediately after December 31, 2021. As of January 1, 2022, these LIBOR settings are no longer available on a representative basis. Although the one-, three- and six-month GBP and JPY LIBOR settings remain published on a synthetic, temporary and non-representative basis, primarily to facilitate the transition of any residual legacy contract that the parties were unable to address in time, these synthetic LIBORs are not available for reference in new trading activity. The remaining USD LIBOR settings will permanently cease to be provided by any administrator or will no longer be representative immediately after June 30, 2023, providing additional time to address the legacy contracts that reference such USD LIBOR settings. However, there is no certainty that the extended period of time to transition to ARRs is sufficient given how widely USD LIBOR is referenced. A number of initiatives have been developed to support the transition, such as the publication by ISDA of Supplement number 70 to the 2006 ISDA Definitions (IBOR Supplement) and the accompanying IBOR Protocol. Although these measures may help facilitate the derivatives markets’ transition away from IBORs, our clients and other market participants may not adhere to the IBOR Protocol or may not be otherwise willing to apply the provisions of the IBOR Supplement to relevant documentation. Furthermore, no similar multilateral mechanism exists to amend legacy loans or bonds, many of which must instead be amended individually, which may require the consent of multiple lenders or bondholders. As a consequence, there can be no assurance that market participants, including Credit Suisse, will be able to successfully modify all outstanding IBOR referencing contracts or otherwise be sufficiently prepared for the uncertainties resulting from cessation, potentially leading to disputes. Legislation has been proposed or enacted in a number of jurisdictions to address affected contracts without robust fallback provisions. For example, New York State has enacted legislation providing for the replacement of USD LIBOR-based benchmarks in certain agreements by operation of law. However, the scope of this legislation is limited and may be subject to challenge on various grounds. In addition, it is uncertain whether, when and how other jurisdictions will enact similar legislation. Furthermore, the terms and scope of existing and future legislative solutions may be inconsistent and potentially overlapping.
Credit Suisse has identified a significant number of its liabilities and assets, including credit instruments such as credit agreements, loans and bonds, linked to IBORs across its businesses that require transition to ARRs. The overwhelming majority of Credit Suisse’s legacy non-USD LIBOR portfolio has been remediated, either by active transition to ARRs, or by adding robust fallback provisions intended to govern the transition to ARRs upon the cessation of LIBORs. While Credit Suisse has a significant level of liabilities and assets linked to USD LIBOR, derivatives make up the majority of the legacy portfolio, and many of our derivative counterparts have already adhered to the IBOR Protocol. The discontinuation of IBORs or future changes in the administration of benchmarks could result in adverse consequences to the return on, value of and market for securities, credit instruments and other instruments whose returns or contractual mechanics are linked to any such benchmark, including those issued and traded by the Group. For example, ARR-linked products may not provide a term structure and may calculate interest payments differently than benchmark-linked products, which could lead to greater uncertainty with respect to corresponding payment obligations. The transition to ARRs also raises concerns of liquidity risk, which may arise due to slow acceptance, take-up and development of liquidity in products that use ARRs, leading to market dislocation or fragmentation. It is also possible that such products will perform differently to IBOR products during times of economic stress, adverse or volatile market conditions and across the credit and economic cycle, which may impact the value, return on and profitability of our ARR-based assets. The transition to ARRs also requires a change in contractual terms of existing products currently linked to IBORs.
Further, the replacement of IBORs with an ARR in existing securities and other contracts, or in internal discounting models, could negatively impact the value of and return on such existing securities, credit instruments and other contracts and result in mispricing and additional legal, financial, tax, operational, market, compliance, reputational, competitive or other risks to us, our clients and other market participants. For example, we may face a risk of litigation, disputes or other actions from clients, counterparties, customers, investors or others regarding the interpretation or enforcement of related contractual provisions or if we fail to appropriately communicate the effect that the transition to ARRs will have on existing and future products. Further, litigation, disputes or other action may occur as a result of the interpretation or application of legislation, in particular, if there is an overlap between legislation introduced in different jurisdictions. In addition, the transition to ARRs requires changes to our documentation, methodologies, processes, controls, systems and operations, which has resulted and may continue to result in increased effort and cost. There may also be related risks that arise in connection with the transition. For example, our hedging strategy may be negatively impacted or market risk may increase in the event of different ARRs applying to our assets compared to our liabilities. In particular, our swaps and similar instruments that reference an IBOR and that are used to manage long-term interest rate risk related to our credit instruments could adopt different ARRs than the related credit instruments, resulting in potential basis risk and potentially making hedging our credit instruments more costly or less effective.
> Refer to “Replacement of interbank offered rates” in II – Operating and financial review – Credit Suisse – Other information for further information.
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We may incur significant losses in the real estate sector
We finance and acquire principal positions in a number of real estate and real estate-related products, primarily for clients, and originate loans secured by commercial and residential properties. As of December 31, 2021, our real estate loans as reported to the SNB totaled approximately CHF 147.9 billion. We also securitize and trade in commercial and residential real estate and real estate-related whole loans, mortgages and other real estate and commercial assets and products, including CMBS and RMBS. Our real estate-related businesses and risk exposures could be adversely affected by any downturn in real estate markets, other sectors and the economy as a whole. In particular, we have exposure to commercial real estate, which has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting tight government controls and containment measures. Should these conditions persist or deteriorate, they could create additional risk for our commercial real estate-related businesses. In addition, the risk of potential price corrections in the real estate market in certain areas of Switzerland could have a material adverse effect on our real estate-related businesses.
Holding large and concentrated positions can expose us to large losses
Concentrations of risk can expose us to large losses given that we have provided or may in the future provide sizeable loans to, conduct sizeable transactions with and own securities holdings in certain customers, clients, counterparties, industries, countries or any pool of exposures with a common risk characteristic. Decreasing economic growth in any sector in which we make significant commitments, for example, through underwriting, lending or advisory services, could also negatively affect our net revenues. In addition, a significant deterioration in the credit quality of one of our borrowers or counterparties could lead to concerns about the creditworthiness of other borrowers or counterparties in similar, related or dependent industries. This type of interrelationship could exacerbate our credit, liquidity and market risk exposure and potentially cause us to incur losses.
We have significant risk concentration in the financial services industry as a result of the large volume of transactions we routinely conduct with broker-dealers, banks, funds and other financial institutions, and in the ordinary conduct of our business, we can be subject to risk concentration with a particular counterparty. In addition, we, and other financial institutions, may pose systemic risk in a financial or credit crisis, and may be vulnerable to market sentiment and confidence, particularly during periods of severe economic stress. We, like other financial institutions, continue to adapt our practices and operations in consultation with our regulators to better address an evolving understanding of our exposure to, and management of, systemic risk and risk concentration to financial institutions. Regulators continue to focus on these risks, and there are numerous new regulations and government proposals, and significant ongoing regulatory uncertainty, about how best to address them. There can be no assurance that the changes in our industry, operations, practices and regulation will be effective in managing these risks.
> Refer to “Regulation and supervision” for further information.
Risk concentration can cause us to suffer losses even when economic and market conditions are generally favorable for others in our industry.
Our hedging strategies may not prevent losses
If any of the variety of instruments and strategies we use to hedge our exposure to various types of risk in our businesses is not effective, we can incur losses. We may be unable to purchase hedges or be only partially hedged, or our hedging strategies may not be fully effective in mitigating our risk exposure in all market environments or against all types of risk.
Market risk may increase the other risks that we face
In addition to the potentially adverse effects on our businesses described above, market risk could exacerbate the other risks that we face. For example, if we were to incur substantial trading losses, our need for liquidity could rise sharply while our access to liquidity could be impaired. In conjunction with another market downturn, our customers and counterparties could also incur substantial losses of their own, thereby weakening their financial condition and increasing our credit and counterparty risk exposure to them.
We can suffer significant losses from our credit exposures
Our businesses are subject to the fundamental risk that borrowers and other counterparties will be unable to perform their obligations. Our credit exposures exist across a wide range of transactions that we engage in with a large number of clients and counterparties, including lending relationships, commitments and letters of credit, as well as derivative, currency exchange and other transactions. Our exposure to credit risk can be exacerbated by adverse economic or market trends, as well as increased volatility in relevant markets or instruments. For example, adverse economic effects arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, such as disruptions to economic activity and global supply chains, labor shortages, wage pressures and rising inflation, will likely continue to negatively impact the creditworthiness of certain counterparties and result in increased credit losses for our businesses. In addition, disruptions in the liquidity or transparency of the financial markets may result in our inability to sell, syndicate or realize the value of our positions, thereby leading to increased concentrations. Any inability to reduce these positions may not only increase the market and credit risks associated with such positions, but also increase the level of risk-weighted assets on our balance sheet, thereby increasing our capital requirements, all of which could adversely affect our businesses.
> Refer to “Credit risk” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet – Risk management – Risk coverage and management for information on management of credit risk.
Our regular review of the creditworthiness of clients and counterparties for credit losses does not depend on the accounting treatment of the asset or commitment. Changes in creditworthiness of loans and loan commitments that are fair valued are reflected in trading revenues.
Management’s determination of the provision for credit losses is subject to significant judgment, and we may not accurately assess
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or mitigate all areas of exposure. Our banking businesses may need to increase their provisions for credit losses or may record losses in excess of the previously determined provisions if our original estimates of loss prove inadequate, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. Our accounting standards generally require management to estimate lifetime current expected credit losses on Credit Suisse’s credit exposure held at amortized cost. Our adoption of the CECL accounting standard in 2020 has resulted and could in the future result in greater volatility in earnings and capital levels due to economic developments or occurrence of an extreme and statistically rare event that cannot be adequately reflected in the CECL model. For example, the effects surrounding the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic could have an adverse effect on the Group’s credit loss estimates and goodwill assessments in the future, which could have a significant impact on our results of operations and regulatory capital. In addition, we are applying model overlays, as the CECL model outputs are overly sensitive to the effect of economic inputs that lie significantly outside of their historical range. We can suffer unexpected losses if the models and assumptions that are used to estimate our allowance for credit losses are not sufficient to address our credit losses.
> Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies”, “Note 9 – Provision for credit losses”, “Note 19 – Loans” and “Note 20 – Financial instruments measured at amortized cost and credit losses” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Under certain circumstances, we may assume long-term credit risk, extend credit against illiquid collateral and price derivative instruments aggressively based on the credit risks that we take. As a result of these risks, our capital and liquidity requirements may continue to increase.
Defaults by one or more large financial institutions could adversely affect financial markets generally and us specifically
Concerns, rumors about or an actual default by one institution could lead to significant liquidity problems, losses or defaults by other institutions because the commercial soundness of many financial institutions may be closely related as a result of credit, trading, clearing or other relationships between institutions. This risk is typically referred to as systemic risk. Concerns about defaults by and failures of many financial institutions could lead to losses or defaults by financial institutions and financial intermediaries with which we interact on a daily basis, such as clearing agencies, clearing houses, banks, securities firms and exchanges. Our credit risk exposure will also increase if the collateral we hold cannot be realized or can only be liquidated at prices insufficient to cover the full amount of the exposure.
The information that we use to manage our credit risk may be inaccurate or incomplete
Although we regularly review our credit exposure to specific clients and counterparties and to specific industries, countries and regions that we believe may present credit concerns, default risk may arise from events or circumstances that are difficult to foresee or detect, such as fraud. We may also lack correct and complete information with respect to the credit or trading risks of a counterparty or risk associated with specific industries, countries and regions or misinterpret such information that is received or otherwise incorrectly assess a given risk situation. Additionally, there can be no assurance that measures instituted to manage such risk will be effective in all instances.
Strategy risk
We may not achieve all of the expected benefits of our strategic initiatives
On November 4, 2021, we announced certain changes to the structure and organization of the Group and a new strategy and restructuring program. This program is intended to support our efforts to achieve our strategic objectives, which are based on a number of key assumptions regarding the future economic environment, the economic growth of certain geographic regions, the regulatory landscape, our ability to meet certain financial goals, anticipated interest rates and central bank action, among other things. If any of these assumptions (including but not limited to our ability to meet certain financial goals) prove inaccurate in whole or in part, our ability to achieve some or all of the expected benefits of our strategy could be limited, including our ability to generate structural cost savings, fund growth investments, retain key employees, distribute capital to shareholders or achieve our other goals, such as those in relation to return on tangible equity. In addition, the Group depends on dividends, distributions and other payments from its subsidiaries to fund external dividend payments and share buybacks. Factors beyond our control, including but not limited to market and economic conditions, changes in laws, rules or regulations, execution risk related to the implementation of our strategy and other challenges and risk factors discussed in this report, could limit our ability to achieve some or all of the expected benefits of this strategy. Capital payments from subsidiaries might be restricted as a result of regulatory, tax or other constraints. If we are unable to implement our strategy successfully in whole or in part or should the components of the strategy that are implemented fail to produce the expected benefits, our financial results and our share price may be materially and adversely affected.
> Refer to “Strategy” for further information on our strategic direction.
Additionally, part of our strategy has involved a change in focus within certain areas of our business, including the exit of certain businesses as well as the expansion of products, such as sustainable investment and financing offerings, which may have unanticipated negative effects in other areas of the business and may result in an adverse effect on our business as a whole. For example, we anticipate that revenues for the Investment Bank will be adversely affected by the planned exit of substantially all of our prime services business and the related reduction of more than USD 3 billion in capital from the Investment Bank. In addition, the effect of the impairment of the capital effective component of the participation book values of the Bank parent company, discussed
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elsewhere in this report, may also have an adverse effect on our results of operations in certain areas of our business.
The implementation of our strategy may increase our exposure to certain risks, including but not limited to credit risks, market risks, operational risks and regulatory risks. We also seek to achieve certain financial goals, for example in relation to return on tangible equity, which may or may not be successful. There is no guarantee that we will be able to achieve these goals in the form described or at all. Finally, changes to the organizational structure of our business, as well as changes in personnel and management, may lead to temporary instability of our operations.
In addition, acquisitions and other similar transactions we undertake subject us to certain risks. Even though we review the records of companies we plan to acquire, it is generally not feasible for us to review all such records in detail. Even an in-depth review of records may not reveal existing or potential problems or permit us to become familiar enough with a business to fully assess its capabilities and deficiencies. As a result, we may assume unanticipated liabilities (including legal and compliance issues), or an acquired business may not perform as well as expected. We also face the risk that we will not be able to integrate acquisitions into our existing operations effectively as a result of, among other things, differing procedures, business practices and technology systems, as well as difficulties in adapting an acquired company into our organizational structure. We face the risk that the returns on acquisitions will not support the expenditures or indebtedness incurred to acquire such businesses or the capital expenditures needed to develop such businesses. We also face the risk that unsuccessful acquisitions result in us being required to write down or write off any goodwill associated with such transactions. We continue to have a significant amount of goodwill recorded on our balance sheet that could result in additional goodwill impairment charges.
We may also seek to engage in new joint ventures (within the Group and with external parties) and strategic alliances. Although we endeavor to identify appropriate partners, our joint venture efforts may prove unsuccessful or may not justify our investment and other commitments.
Country and currency exchange risk
Country risks may increase market and credit risks we face
Country, regional and political risks are components of market and credit risk. Financial markets and economic conditions generally have been and may in the future be materially affected by such risks. Economic or political pressures in a country or region, including those arising from local market disruptions, currency crises, monetary controls or other factors, may adversely affect the ability of clients or counterparties located in that country or region to obtain foreign currency or credit and, therefore, to perform their obligations to us, which in turn may have an adverse impact on our results of operations.
We may face significant losses in emerging markets
An element of our strategy is to increase our wealth management businesses in emerging market countries. Our implementation of this strategy will increase our existing exposure to economic instability in those countries. We monitor these risks, seek diversity in the sectors in which we invest and emphasize client-driven business. Our efforts at limiting emerging market risk, however, may not always succeed. In addition, various emerging market countries have experienced and may continue to experience severe economic, financial and political disruptions or slower economic growth than in previous years, including significant devaluations of their currencies, defaults or threatened defaults on sovereign debt and capital and currency exchange controls. In addition, sanctions have been imposed on certain individuals and companies in these markets that prohibit or restrict dealings with them and certain related entities and further sanctions are possible. The possible effects of any such disruptions may include an adverse impact on our businesses and increased volatility in financial markets generally.
Currency fluctuations may adversely affect our results of operations
We are exposed to risk from fluctuations in exchange rates for currencies, particularly the US dollar. In particular, a substantial portion of our assets and liabilities are denominated in currencies other than the Swiss franc, which is the primary currency of our financial reporting. Our capital is also stated in Swiss francs, and we do not fully hedge our capital position against changes in currency exchange rates. The Swiss franc remained strong in 2021.
As we incur a significant part of our expenses in Swiss francs while we generate a large proportion of our revenues in other currencies, our earnings are sensitive to changes in the exchange rates between the Swiss franc and other major currencies. Although we have implemented a number of measures designed to offset the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on our results of operations, the appreciation of the Swiss franc in particular and exchange rate volatility in general have had an adverse impact on our results of operations and capital position in recent years and may continue to have an adverse effect in the future.
Operational, risk management and estimation risks
We are exposed to a wide variety of operational risks, including cybersecurity and other information technology risks
Operational risk is the risk of financial loss arising from inadequate or failed internal processes, people or systems or from external events. In general, although we have business continuity plans, our businesses face a wide variety of operational risks, including technology risk that stems from dependencies on information technology, third-party suppliers and the telecommunications infrastructure as well as from the interconnectivity of multiple financial institutions with central agents, exchanges and clearing houses. As a global financial services company, we rely heavily on our financial, accounting and other data processing
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systems, which are varied and complex, and we may face additional technology risks due to the global nature of our operations. Our business depends on our ability to process a large volume of diverse and complex transactions within a short space of time, including derivatives transactions, which have increased in volume and complexity. We may rely on automation, robotic processing, machine learning and artificial intelligence for certain operations, and this reliance may increase in the future with corresponding advancements in technology, which could expose us to additional cybersecurity risks. We are exposed to operational risk arising from errors made in the execution, confirmation or settlement of transactions or from transactions not being properly recorded or accounted for. Cybersecurity and other information technology risks for financial institutions have significantly increased in recent years and we may face an increased risk of cyber attacks or heightened risks associated with a lesser degree of data and intellectual property protection in certain foreign jurisdictions in which we operate. Regulatory requirements in these areas have increased and are expected to increase further, which may vary and potentially conflict across different jurisdictions.
Information security, data confidentiality and integrity are of critical importance to our businesses, and there has been recent regulatory scrutiny on the ability of companies to safeguard personal information of individuals in accordance with data protection regulation, including the European General Data Protection Regulation and the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection. Governmental authorities, employees, individual customers or business partners may initiate proceedings against us as a result of security breaches affecting the confidentiality or integrity of personal data, as well as the failure, or perceived failure, to comply with data protection regulations. The adequate monitoring of operational risks and adherence to data protection regulations have also come under increased regulatory scrutiny. Any failure of Credit Suisse to adequately ensure the security of data and to address the increased technology-related operational risks could also lead to regulatory sanctions or investigations and a loss of trust in our systems, which may adversely affect our reputation, business and operations.
> Refer to “Recent regulatory developments and proposals– Switzerland – Data Protection Act”, “Regulatory Framework – Switzerland – Cybersecurity”, “Regulatory Framework – US – Cybersecurity” and “Regulatory Framework – EU – Data protection regulation” in Regulation and supervision for further information.
Threats to our cybersecurity and data protection systems require us to dedicate significant financial and human resources to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of our systems and information. Despite our wide range of security measures, it is not always possible to anticipate the evolving threat landscape and mitigate all risks to our systems and information. These threats may derive from human error, misconduct (including errors in judgment, fraud or malice and/or engaging in violations of applicable laws, rules, policies or procedures), or may result from accidental technological failure. There may also be attempts to fraudulently induce employees, clients, third parties or other users of our systems to disclose sensitive information in order to gain access to our data or that of our clients. We could also be affected by risks to the systems and information of our clients, vendors, service providers, counterparties and other third parties. For example, remote working may require our employees to use third party technology, which may not provide the same level of information security as our own information systems. Risks relating to cyber attacks on our vendors and other third parties have also been increasing due to more frequent and severe supply chain attacks impacting software and information technology service providers in recent years. Security breaches may involve substantial remediation costs, affect our ability to carry out our businesses or impair the trust of our clients or potential clients, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial results. In addition, we may introduce new products or services or change processes, resulting in new operational risks that we may not fully appreciate or identify.
The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic has led to a wide-scale and prolonged shift to remote working for our employees, which increases the vulnerability of our information technology systems and the likelihood of damage as a result of a cybersecurity incident. For example, the use of remote devices to access the firm’s networks could impact our ability to quickly detect and mitigate security threats and human errors as they arise. Additionally, it is more challenging to ensure the comprehensive roll-out of system security updates and we also have less visibility over the physical security of our devices and systems. Our customers have also increasingly relied on remote (digital) banking services during the COVID-19 pandemic. This has resulted in a greater demand for our information technology infrastructure and increases the potential significance of any outage or cybersecurity incident that may occur. Due to the evolving nature of cybersecurity risks and our reduced visibility and control in light of remote working in the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic, our efforts to provide appropriate policies and security measures may prove insufficient to mitigate all cybersecurity and data protection threats. The rise in remote access, by both our employees and customers, has increased the burden on our information technology systems and may cause our systems (and our ability to deliver our services) to become slow or fail entirely. Any slowdown in our service delivery or any system outage due to overutilization will have a negative impact on our business and reputation.
We and other financial institutions have suffered cyber attacks, information or security breaches, personal data breaches and other forms of attacks, incidents and failures. Cybersecurity risks have also significantly increased in recent years in part due to the growing number and increasingly sophisticated activities of malicious cyber actors, including organized crime groups, state-sponsored actors, terrorist organizations, extremist parties and hackers. In addition, we have been and will continue to be subject to cyber attacks, information or security breaches, personal data breaches and other forms of attacks, incidents and failures involving disgruntled employees, activists and other third parties, including those engaging in corporate espionage. We expect to continue to be the target of such attacks in the future, and we may experience other forms of cybersecurity or data protection incidents or failures in the future. In the event of a cyber attack,
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information or security breach, personal data breach or technology failure, we have experienced and may in the future experience operational issues, the infiltration of payment systems or the unauthorized release, gathering, monitoring, misuse, loss or destruction of confidential, proprietary and other information relating to Credit Suisse, our clients, employees, vendors, service providers, counterparties or other third parties. Emerging technologies, including the increasing use of automation, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, as well as the broad utilization of third-party financial data aggregators, could further increase our cybersecurity risk and exposure.
Given our global footprint and the high volume of transactions we process, the large number of clients, partners and counterparties with which we do business, our growing use of digital, mobile, cloud- and internet-based services, and the increasing frequency, sophistication and evolving nature of cyber attacks, a cyber attack, information or security breach, personal data breach or technology failure may occur without detection for an extended period of time. In addition, we expect that any investigation of a cyber attack, information or security breach, personal data breach or technology failure will be inherently unpredictable and it may take time before any investigation is complete. These factors may inhibit our ability to provide timely, accurate and complete information about the event to our clients, employees, regulators, other stakeholders and the public. During such time, we may not know the extent of the harm or how best to remediate it and certain errors or actions may be repeated or compounded before they are discovered and rectified, all or any of which would further increase the costs and consequences of a cyber attack, information or security breach, personal data breach or technology failure.
If any of our systems do not operate properly or are compromised as a result of cyber attacks, information or security breaches, personal data breaches, technology failures, unauthorized access, loss or destruction of data, unavailability of service, computer viruses or other events that could have an adverse security impact, we could, among other things, be subject to litigation or suffer financial loss not covered by insurance, a disruption of our businesses, liability to our clients, employees, counterparties or other third parties, damage to relationships with our vendors or service providers, regulatory intervention or reputational damage. Any such event could also require us to expend significant additional resources to modify our protective measures or to investigate and remediate vulnerabilities or other exposures. We may also be required to expend resources to comply with new and increasingly expansive regulatory requirements related to cybersecurity.
We may suffer losses due to employee misconduct
Our businesses are exposed to risk from potential non-compliance with policies or regulations, employee misconduct or negligence and fraud, which could result in civil, regulatory or criminal investigations, litigations and charges, regulatory sanctions and serious reputational or financial harm. In recent years, a number of multinational financial institutions have suffered material losses due to, for example, the actions of traders executing unauthorized trades or other employee misconduct. It is not always possible to deter or fully prevent employee misconduct and the precautions we take to prevent and detect this activity have not always been, and may not always be, fully effective.
Our risk management procedures and policies may not be fully effective in mitigating our risk exposures in all market environments or against all types of risk, which can result in unexpected, material losses in the future
We seek to monitor and control our risk exposure through a broad and diversified set of risk management policies and procedures as well as hedging strategies, including the use of models in analyzing and monitoring the various risks we assume in conducting our activities. These risk management strategies, techniques, models, procedures and policies, however, may not be fully effective in mitigating our risk exposure in all economic market environments or against all types of risk, including risks that we fail to identify, anticipate or mitigate, in whole or in part, which may result in unexpected, material losses.
Some of our quantitative tools and metrics for managing risk, including value-at-risk and economic risk capital, are based upon our use of observed historical market behavior. Our risk management tools and metrics may fail to predict important risk exposures. In addition, our quantitative modeling does not take all risks into account and makes numerous assumptions and judgments regarding the overall environment, and therefore cannot anticipate every market development or event or the specifics and timing of such outcomes. As a result, risk exposures could arise from factors we did not anticipate or correctly evaluate in our statistical models. This could limit our ability to manage our risks, and in these and other cases, it can also be difficult to reduce our risk positions due to the activity of other market participants or widespread market dislocations. As a result, our losses may be significantly greater than what the historical measures may indicate.
In addition, inadequacies or lapses in our risk management procedures and policies can expose us to unexpected losses, and our financial condition or results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. For example, in respect of the Archegos matter, the independent report found, among other things, a failure to effectively manage risk in the Investment Bank’s prime services business by both the first and second lines of defense as well as a lack of risk escalation. Such inadequacies or lapses can require significant resources and time to remediate, lead to non-compliance with laws, rules and regulations, attract heightened regulatory scrutiny, expose us to regulatory investigations or legal proceedings and subject us to litigation or regulatory fines, penalties or other sanctions, or capital surcharges or add-ons. In addition, such inadequacies or lapses can expose us to reputational damage. If existing or potential customers, clients or counterparties believe our risk management is inadequate, they could take their business elsewhere or seek to limit their transactions with us, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operation and financial condition.
> Refer to “Risk management” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet for information on our risk management.
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Our actual results may differ from our estimates and valuations
We make estimates and valuations that affect our reported results, including determining the fair value of certain assets and liabilities, establishing provisions for contingencies and losses for loans, litigation and regulatory proceedings, accounting for goodwill and intangible asset impairments, evaluating our ability to realize deferred tax assets, valuing equity-based compensation awards, modeling our risk exposure and calculating expenses and liabilities associated with our pension plans. These estimates are based on judgment and available information, and our actual results may differ materially from these estimates.
> Refer to “Critical accounting estimates” in II – Operating and financial review and “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for information on these estimates and valuations.
Our estimates and valuations rely on models and processes to predict economic conditions and market or other events that might affect the ability of counterparties to perform their obligations to us or impact the value of assets. To the extent our models and processes become less predictive due to unforeseen market conditions, illiquidity or volatility, our ability to make accurate estimates and valuations could be adversely affected.
Our accounting treatment of off-balance sheet entities may change
We enter into transactions with special purpose entities (SPEs) in our normal course of business, and certain SPEs with which we transact and conduct business are not consolidated and their assets and liabilities are off-balance sheet. We may have to exercise significant management judgment in applying relevant accounting consolidation standards, either initially or after the occurrence of certain events that may require us to reassess whether consolidation is required. Accounting standards relating to consolidation, and their interpretation, have changed and may continue to change. If we are required to consolidate an SPE, its assets and liabilities would be recorded on our consolidated balance sheets and we would recognize related gains and losses in our consolidated statements of operations, and this could have an adverse impact on our results of operations and capital and leverage ratios.
> Refer to “Off-balance sheet” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet – Balance sheet and off-balance sheet for information on our transactions with and commitments to SPEs.
We are exposed to climate change risks, which could adversely affect our reputation, business operations, clients and customers, as well as the creditworthiness of our counterparties
We operate in many regions, countries and communities around the world where our businesses, and the activities of our clients, could be impacted by climate change, which poses both short- and long-term risks to us and our clients. Climate change could expose us to financial risk either through its physical (e.g., climate or weather-related events) or transitional (e.g., changes in climate policy or in the regulation of financial institutions with respect to climate change risks) effects. Transition risks could be further accelerated by the increasingly frequent occurrence of changes in the physical climate, such as hurricanes, floods, wildfires and extreme temperatures.
Physical and transition climate risks could have a financial impact on us either directly, through our physical assets, costs and operations, or indirectly, through our financial relationships with our clients. These risks are varied and include, but are not limited to, the risk of declines in asset values, including in connection with our real estate investments, credit risk associated with loans and other credit exposures to our clients, business risk, including loss of revenues associated with reducing exposure to traditional business with clients that do not have a credible transition plan, decreased assets under management if such clients decide to move assets away, increased defaults and reallocation of capital as a result of changes in global policies, and regulatory risk, including ongoing legislative and regulatory uncertainties and changes regarding climate risk management and best practices. Additionally, the risk of reduced availability of insurance, operational risk related to Credit Suisse-owned buildings and infrastructure, the risk of significant interruptions to business operations, as well as the need to make changes in response to those consequences are further examples of climate-related risks.
At our 2020 Investor Day, we announced our ambition to achieve net zero emissions from our financing activities no later than 2050, with intermediate emissions goals to be defined for 2030, as part of our approach to align our financing with the objectives of the Paris Agreement. In order to reach these ambitions and goals, or any other related aspirations we may set from time to time, we will need to incorporate climate considerations into our business strategy, products and services and our financial and non-financial risk management processes, and may incur significant cost and effort in doing so. Further, national and international standards, industry and scientific practices, regulatory requirements and market expectations regarding Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives are under continuous development, may rapidly change and are subject to different interpretations. There can be no assurance that these standards, practices, regulatory requirements and market expectations will not be interpreted differently than our interpretation when setting our related goals and ambitions, or change in a manner that substantially increases the cost or effort for us to achieve such goals and ambitions, or that our goals and ambitions may prove to be considerably more difficult or even impossible to achieve. This may be exacerbated if we choose or are required to accelerate our goals and ambitions based on national or international regulatory developments or stakeholder expectations. In addition, data relating to ESG, including climate change, may be limited in availability and variable in quality and consistency, which may limit our ability to perform robust climate-related risk analyses and realize our ambitions and goals.
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Given the growing volume of nascent climate and sustainability-related laws, rules and regulations, increasing demand from various stakeholders for environmentally sustainable products and services and regulatory scrutiny, we and other financial institutions may be subject to increasing litigation, enforcement and contract liability risks in connection with climate change, environmental degradation and other ESG-related issues. In addition, our reputation and client relationships may be damaged by our or our clients’ involvement in certain business activities associated with climate change or as a result of negative public sentiment, regulatory scrutiny or reduced investor and stakeholder confidence due to our response to climate change and our climate change strategy. If we fail to appropriately measure and manage the various risks we face as a result of climate change, fail to achieve the goals and ambitions we have set (or can only do so at a significant expense to our business), or fail to adapt our strategy and business model to the changing regulatory requirements and market expectations, our reputation, business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.
> Refer to “Key risk developments – Climate change” and “Climate-related risks” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet - Risk management for further information on our risk management procedures relating to climate change.
Legal, regulatory and reputational risks
Our exposure to legal liability is significant
We face significant legal risks in our businesses, and the volume and amount of damages claimed in litigation, regulatory proceedings and other adversarial proceedings against financial services firms continue to increase in many of the principal markets in which we operate.
We and our subsidiaries are subject to a number of material legal proceedings, regulatory actions and investigations, and an adverse result in one or more of these proceedings could have a material adverse effect on our operating results for any particular period, depending, in part, on our results for such period.
> Refer to “Note 40 – Litigation” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for information relating to these and other legal and regulatory proceedings involving our investment banking and other businesses.
It is inherently difficult to predict the outcome of many of the legal, regulatory and other adversarial proceedings involving our businesses, particularly those cases in which the matters are brought on behalf of various classes of claimants, seek damages of unspecified or indeterminate amounts or involve novel legal claims. Management is required to establish, increase or release reserves for losses that are probable and reasonably estimable in connection with these matters, all of which requires the application of significant judgment and discretion.
> Refer to “Critical accounting estimates” in II – Operating and financial review and “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Our business is highly regulated, and existing, new or changed laws, rules and regulations may adversely affect our business and ability to execute our strategic plans
In many areas of our business, we are subject to extensive laws, rules and regulations by governments, governmental agencies, supervisory authorities and self-regulatory organizations in Switzerland, the EU, the UK, the US and other jurisdictions in which we operate. We have in the past faced, and expect to continue to face, increasingly extensive and complex laws, rules, regulations and regulatory scrutiny and possible enforcement actions. In recent years, costs related to our compliance with these requirements and the penalties and fines sought and imposed on the financial services industry by regulatory authorities have increased significantly. We expect such increased regulation and enforcement to continue to increase our costs, including, but not limited to, costs related to compliance, systems and operations, and to negatively affect our ability to conduct certain types of business. These increased costs and negative impacts on our business could adversely affect our profitability and competitive position. These laws, rules and regulations often serve to limit our activities, including through the application of increased or enhanced capital, leverage and liquidity requirements, the implementation of additional capital surcharges for risks related to operational, litigation, regulatory and similar matters, customer protection and market conduct regulations, anti-money laundering, anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws, rules and regulations, and direct or indirect restrictions on the businesses in which we may operate or invest. Such limitations can have a negative effect on our business and our ability to implement strategic initiatives. To the extent we are required to divest certain businesses, we could incur losses, as we may be forced to sell such businesses at a discount, which in certain instances could be substantial, as a result of both the constrained timing of such sales and the possibility that other financial institutions are liquidating similar investments at the same time.
Since 2008, regulators and governments have focused on the reform of the financial services industry, including enhanced capital, leverage and liquidity requirements, changes in compensation practices (including tax levies) and measures to address systemic risk, including ring-fencing certain activities and operations within specific legal entities. These regulations and requirements could require us to reduce assets held in certain subsidiaries or inject capital or other funds into or otherwise change our operations or the structure of our subsidiaries and the Group. Differences in the details and implementation of such regulations may further negatively affect us, as certain requirements are currently not expected to apply equally to all of our competitors or to be implemented uniformly across jurisdictions.
Moreover, as a number of these requirements are currently being finalized and implemented, their regulatory impact may further increase in the future and their ultimate impact cannot be predicted at this time. For example, the Basel III reforms are still being finalized and implemented and/or phased in, as applicable. The additional requirements related to minimum regulatory capital, leverage ratios and liquidity measures imposed by Basel III, as
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implemented in Switzerland, together with more stringent requirements imposed by the Swiss legislation and their application by FINMA, and the related implementing ordinances and actions by our regulators, have contributed to our decision to reduce risk-weighted assets and the size of our balance sheet, and could potentially affect our business, impact our access to capital markets and increase our funding costs. In addition, various reforms in the US, including the “Volcker Rule” and derivatives regulation, have imposed, and will continue to impose, new regulatory duties on certain of our operations. These requirements have contributed to our decision to exit certain businesses (including a number of our private equity businesses) and may lead us to exit other businesses. Recent CFTC, SEC and Fed rules and proposals have materially increased, or could in the future materially increase, the operating costs, including margin requirements, compliance, information technology and related costs, associated with our derivatives businesses with US persons, while at the same time making it more difficult for us to operate a derivatives business outside the US. Further, in 2014, the Fed adopted a final rule under the Dodd-Frank Act that introduced a new framework for regulation of the US operations of foreign banking organizations such as ours. Implementation is expected to continue to result in us incurring additional costs and to affect the way we conduct our business in the US, including through our US IHC. Further, current and possible future cross-border tax regulation with extraterritorial effect, such as FATCA, the OECD global minimum tax rate levels and rules (Pillar Two) and other bilateral or multilateral tax treaties and agreements on the automatic exchange of information in tax matters, impose detailed reporting obligations and increased compliance and systems-related costs on our businesses, and, as concerns the Pillar Two system of global minimum tax, may affect our tax rate. In addition, the US tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017 introduced substantial changes to the US tax system, including the lowering of the corporate tax rate and the introduction of the US base erosion and anti-abuse tax. Additionally, implementation of regulations such as the Capital Requirements Directive V (CRD V) in the EU, FinSA in Switzerland, and other reforms may negatively affect our business activities. Whether or not the FinSA, together with supporting or implementing ordinances and regulations, will be deemed equivalent to MiFID II, currently remains uncertain. Swiss banks, including us, may accordingly be limited from participating in certain businesses regulated by MiFID II. Finally, we expect that TLAC requirements, currently in force in Switzerland, the US and in the UK, as well as in the EU and which are being finalized in many other jurisdictions, as well as new requirements and rules with respect to the internal total loss-absorbing capacity (iTLAC) of G-SIBs and their operating entities, may increase our cost of funding and restrict our ability to deploy capital and liquidity on a global basis as needed once the TLAC and iTLAC requirements are implemented across all relevant jurisdictions.
We are subject to economic sanctions laws and regulatory requirements of various countries. These laws and regulatory requirements generally prohibit or restrict transactions involving certain countries/territories and parties. Our costs of monitoring and complying with frequent, complex, and potentially conflicting changes to applicable economic sanctions laws and regulatory requirements have increased and there is an increased risk that we may not identify and stop prohibited activities before they occur or that we may otherwise fail to comply with economic sanctions laws and regulatory requirements. Any conduct targeted by or in violation of a sanctions program could subject us to significant civil and potentially criminal penalties or other adverse consequences.
> Refer to “Sanctions” in Regulation and supervision – Recent regulatory developments and proposals – US for further information.
We expect the financial services industry and its members, including us, to continue to be affected by the significant uncertainty over the scope and content of regulatory reform in 2022 and beyond, in particular, uncertainty in relation to the future US regulatory agenda, which includes a variety of proposals to change existing regulations or the approach to regulation of the financial industry as well as potential new tax policy, and potential changes in regulation following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU and the results of European national elections. In addition, we face regulatory and legislative uncertainty in the US and other jurisdictions with respect to climate change, including with respect to any new or changing disclosure requirements. Changes in laws, rules or regulations, or in their interpretation or enforcement, or the implementation of new laws, rules or regulations, may adversely affect our results of operations.
Despite our best efforts to comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations, a number of risks remain, particularly in areas where applicable laws, rules or regulations may be unclear or inconsistent across jurisdictions or where governments, regulators or international bodies, organizations or unions revise their previous guidance or courts overturn previous rulings. Additionally, authorities in many jurisdictions have the power to bring administrative or judicial proceedings against us, which could result in, among other things, suspension or revocation of our licenses, cease and desist orders, fines, civil penalties, criminal penalties, deferred prosecution agreements or other disciplinary action. Such matters have in the past and could in the future materially adversely affect our results of operations and seriously harm our reputation.
> Refer to “Regulation and supervision” for a description of our regulatory regime and a summary of some of the significant regulatory and government reform proposals affecting the financial services industry as well as to “Liquidity and funding management” and “Capital management” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet for information regarding our current regulatory framework and expected changes to this framework affecting capital and liquidity standards.
Damage to our reputation can significantly harm our businesses, including our competitive position and business prospects
We suffered reputational harm as a result of the Archegos and SCFF matters and may suffer further reputational harm in the future as a result of these matters or other events. Our ability to attract and retain customers, clients, investors and employees, and conduct business transactions with our counterparties, can be adversely affected to the extent our reputation is damaged. Harm to our reputation can arise from various sources, including if our comprehensive procedures and controls fail, or appear
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to fail, to prevent employee misconduct, negligence and fraud, to address conflicts of interest and breach of fiduciary obligations, to produce materially accurate and complete financial and other information, to identify credit, liquidity, operational and market risks inherent in our business or to prevent adverse legal or regulatory actions or investigations. Additionally, our reputation can be harmed by compliance failures, information or security breaches, personal data breaches, cyber incidents, technology failures, challenges to the suitability or reasonableness of our particular trading or investment recommendations or strategies and the activities of our customers, clients, counterparties and third parties. Actions by the financial services industry generally or by certain members or individuals in the industry also can adversely affect our reputation. In addition, our reputation may be negatively impacted by our ESG practices and disclosures, including those related to climate change and how we address ESG concerns in our business activities, or by our clients’ involvement in certain business activities associated with climate change. Adverse publicity or negative information in the media, posted on social media by employees, or otherwise, whether or not factually correct, can also adversely impact our business prospects or financial results, which risk can be magnified by the speed and pervasiveness with which information is disseminated through those channels.
A reputation for financial strength and integrity is critical to our performance in the highly competitive environment arising from globalization and convergence in the financial services industry, and our failure to address, or the appearance of our failing to address, these and other issues gives rise to reputational risk that can harm our business, results of operations and financial condition. Failure to appropriately address any of these issues could also give rise to additional regulatory restrictions and legal risks, which may further lead to reputational harm.
> Refer to “Reputational risk” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet – Risk management – Risk coverage and management for further information.
Resolution proceedings and resolution planning requirements may affect our shareholders and creditors
Pursuant to Swiss banking laws, FINMA has broad powers and discretion in the case of resolution proceedings with respect to a Swiss bank, such as Credit Suisse AG or Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG, and to a Swiss parent company of a financial group, such as Credit Suisse Group AG. These broad powers include the power to initiate restructuring proceedings with respect to Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG or Credit Suisse Group AG and, in connection therewith, cancel the outstanding equity of the entity subject to such proceedings, convert such entity’s debt instruments and other liabilities into equity and/or cancel such debt instruments and other liabilities, in each case, in whole or in part, and stay (for a maximum of two business days) certain termination and netting rights under contracts to which such entity is a party, as well as the power to order protective measures, including the deferment of payments, and institute liquidation proceedings with respect to Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG or Credit Suisse Group AG. The scope of such powers and discretion and the legal mechanisms that would be applied are subject to development and interpretation.
We are currently subject to resolution planning requirements in Switzerland, the US, the EU and the UK and may face similar requirements in other jurisdictions. If a resolution plan is determined by the relevant authority to be inadequate, relevant regulations may allow the authority to place limitations on the scope or size of our business in that jurisdiction, require us to hold higher amounts of capital or liquidity, require us to divest assets or subsidiaries or to change our legal structure or business to remove the relevant impediments to resolution.
> Refer to “Switzerland – Resolution regime”, “US – Resolution regime”, “EU – Resolution regime” and “UK – Resolution regime” in Regulation and supervision – Regulatory Framework for a description of the current resolution regime under Swiss, US, EU and UK banking laws as they apply to Credit Suisse.
Any conversion of our convertible capital instruments would dilute the ownership interests of existing shareholders
Under Swiss regulatory capital rules, we are required to issue a significant amount of contingent capital instruments, certain of which would convert into common equity upon the occurrence of specified triggering events, including our common equity tier 1 ratio falling below prescribed thresholds (7% in the case of high-trigger instruments), or a determination by FINMA that conversion is necessary, or that we require extraordinary public sector support, to prevent us from becoming insolvent. As of December 31, 2021, we had 2,569.7 million shares outstanding and we had issued in the aggregate an equivalent of CHF 1.4 billion in principal amount of such contingent convertible capital instruments, and we may issue more such contingent convertible capital instruments in the future. The conversion of some or all of our contingent convertible capital instruments due to the occurrence of any of such triggering events would result in the dilution of the ownership interests of our then existing shareholders, which dilution could be substantial. Additionally, any conversion, or the anticipation of the possibility of a conversion, could negatively impact the market price of our ordinary shares.
> Refer to “Contingent capital instruments” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet – Capital management – Capital instruments for further information on the triggering events related to our contingent convertible capital instruments.
Changes in monetary policy are beyond our control and difficult to predict
We are affected by the monetary policies adopted by the central banks and regulatory authorities of Switzerland, the US and other countries. The actions of the SNB and other central banking authorities directly impact our cost of funds for lending, capital raising and investment activities and may impact the value of financial instruments we hold and the competitive and operating environment for the financial services industry. Many central banks, including the Fed, have implemented significant changes to their monetary policy or have experienced significant changes in their management and may implement or experience further changes. We cannot predict whether these changes will have a material adverse effect on us or our operations. In addition, changes in monetary policy may affect the credit quality of our customers. Any changes in monetary policy are beyond our control and difficult to predict.
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Legal restrictions on our clients may reduce the demand for our services
We may be materially affected not only by regulations applicable to us as a financial services company, but also by regulations and changes in enforcement practices applicable to our clients. Our business could be affected by, among other things, existing and proposed tax legislation, antitrust and competition policies, corporate governance initiatives and other governmental regulations and policies, and changes in the interpretation or enforcement of existing laws and rules that affect business and the financial markets. For example, focus on tax compliance and changes in enforcement practices could lead to further asset outflows from our wealth management businesses.
Competition
We face intense competition
We face intense competition in all sectors of the financial services markets and for the products and services we offer. Consolidation through mergers, acquisitions, alliances and cooperation, including as a result of financial distress, has increased competitive pressures. Competition is based on many factors, including the products and services offered, pricing, distribution systems, customer service, brand recognition, perceived financial strength and the willingness to use capital to serve client needs. Consolidation has created a number of firms that, like us, have the ability to offer a wide range of products and services, from loans and deposit taking to brokerage, investment banking and asset management services. Some of these firms may be able to offer a broader range of products than we do, or offer such products at more competitive prices. Current market conditions have resulted in significant changes in the competitive landscape in our industry as many institutions have merged, altered the scope of their business, declared bankruptcy, received government assistance or changed their regulatory status, which will affect how they conduct their business. In addition, current market conditions have had a fundamental impact on client demand for products and services. Some new competitors in the financial technology sector have sought to target existing segments of our businesses that could be susceptible to disruption by innovative or less regulated business models. Emerging technology, including robo-advising services, digital asset services and other financial products and services, may also result in further competition in the markets in which we operate, for example, by allowing e-commerce firms or other companies to provide products and services similar to ours at a lower price or in a more competitive manner in terms of customer convenience. We may face a competitive disadvantage if these services or our other competitors are subject to different and, in certain cases, less restrictive legal and/or regulatory requirements. We can give no assurance that our results of operations will not be adversely affected.
We must recruit and retain highly skilled employees
Our performance is largely dependent on the talents and efforts of highly skilled individuals. Competition for qualified employees is intense and the hiring market in the financial services and other industries has been and is expected to continue to be extremely competitive. In addition, the impact of COVID-19 on evolving workforce norms, practices and expectations, as well as persistent labor shortages, could adversely affect our ability to recruit and retain employees. We have devoted considerable resources to recruiting, training and compensating employees. Our continued ability to compete effectively in our businesses depends on our ability to attract new employees and to retain and motivate our existing employees. The continued public focus on compensation practices in the financial services industry, and related regulatory changes, may have an adverse impact on our ability to attract and retain highly skilled employees. In particular, limits on the amount and form of executive compensation imposed by regulatory initiatives, including the Swiss Compensation Ordinance, or any successor legislation thereof in Switzerland and the Capital Requirements Directive IV (as amended by CRD V) in the EU and the UK, could potentially have an adverse impact on our ability to retain certain of our most highly skilled employees and hire new qualified employees in certain businesses. Additionally, following the Archegos and SCFF matters, we announced a reduction in our Group variable compensation pool for 2021 compared to the prior year. Decreases in compensation, as well as matters impacting our financial results or reputation, can negatively impact our ability to retain employees and recruit new talent.
We face competition from new technologies
Our businesses face competitive challenges from new technologies, including new trading technologies and trends towards direct access to automated and electronic markets with low or no fees and commissions, and the move to more automated trading platforms. Such technologies and trends may adversely affect our commission and trading revenues, exclude our businesses from certain transaction flows, reduce our participation in the trading markets and the associated access to market information and lead to the establishment of new and stronger competitors. We have made, and may continue to be required to make, significant additional expenditures to develop and support new trading systems or otherwise invest in technology to maintain our competitive position.
The evolution of internet-based financial solutions has also facilitated growth in new technologies, such as cryptocurrency and blockchain, which may disrupt the financial services industry and require us to commit further resources to adapt our products and services. Wider adoption of such emerging technologies may also increase our costs for complying with evolving laws, rules and regulations, and if we are not timely or successful in adapting to evolving consumer or market preferences, our business and results of operations may be adversely affected. Additionally, as we develop new products and services that involve emerging technologies, we may face new risks if they are not designed and governed adequately.
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II – Operating and financial review
Operating environment
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Operating environment
Global economic activity rebounded sharply in 2021. Global equity markets ended the year substantially higher. Major government bond yields increased but remained at low levels, and the US dollar was generally stronger against major currencies in 2021.
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to affect the economic environment throughout 2021. Infection rates ebbed and flowed across the world during the course of 2021, including in countries where Credit Suisse has a significant presence. Vaccination programs during the year continued to significantly reduce the correlation between COVID-19 infection and serious illness, although booster shots were increasingly required to sustain a high level of protection. In addition, in the fourth quarter of 2021 an additional challenge arose with the emergence of the Omicron variant, which is more transmissible than previous variants. However, in early 2022 there were signs that the Omicron infection wave was peaking and that governments would relatively soon be able to ease social and economic activity restrictions.
Economic environment
Global economic output rebounded sharply in 2021. Service sector activity remained constrained in the first quarter as ongoing waves of COVID-19 caused social distancing in major economies. At the same time, fiscal stimulus, particularly in the US, boosted household income and caused demand for goods to surge. As the year progressed, increasing vaccination levels meant social distancing declined, causing an increase in demand for services. Inflation increased significantly in most major economies, driven by strong demand for goods, supply shortages and recovering labor markets.
Global monetary policies started to tighten from an accommodative stance in the second half of 2021. The US Federal Reserve (Fed) kept its target range for the federal funds rate at 0-0.25% but started to reduce asset purchases at the end of year and indicated interest rate increases would be forthcoming in 2022. The Bank of England ended asset purchases and began raising interest rates. A number of emerging market central banks started to increase interest rates in the second half of the year. However, the European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan and the Swiss National Bank all maintained their accommodative policies with interest rates at or below zero.
Global equities moved substantially higher in 2021, helped by the economic recovery and improving investors’ risk appetite. Global equities appreciated more than 20%, driven by measures introduced by governments and central banks globally to address the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including fiscal stimulus and accommodative monetary policies such as substantial asset purchase programs. US and Swiss equities outperformed global equities, while Japanese and emerging market equities underperformed. Among industry sectors, energy was the top performer with a 44% increase, followed by real estate and information technology. The utilities sector was the worst performer, followed by communications services and consumer staples.
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Equity market volatility, as measured by the Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index (VIX), experienced multiple short-term spikes, which were most pronounced in late January and early December of 2021 but ended the year slightly lower than 2020. The Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index increased 8% in 2021. World bank stocks outperformed against global equity markets in 2021. European bank stocks outperformed world bank stocks in 2021, particularly due to a strong performance in the fourth quarter. At the end of 2021, world bank stocks traded 35% higher compared to 2020 (refer to the charts under “Equity markets”).
In fixed income, most bonds delivered negative returns with high volatility towards the end of 2021, reflecting market expectations as central banks started tightening monetary policies. In US dollar rates, the spread between the 2-year and 10-year on the yield curve flattened gradually, while the yield curves became steeper for the euro and the Swiss franc (refer to the charts under “Yield curves”). In credit, global high-yield corporate bonds outperformed both global investment-grade corporate bonds and emerging market sovereign bonds, both of which delivered negative total returns due to their longer duration. Credit spreads remained at tight levels (refer to the chart under “Credit spreads”).
The Fed’s shift from its accommodative monetary policy supported the US dollar, which gained against most major currencies in 2021. The euro lost 7% and the Swiss franc 3% against the US dollar. The Japanese yen depreciated substantially by more than 10% against the US dollar. Most emerging market currencies also lost against the US dollar. The Chinese renminbi outperformed the US dollar and was the best performing major emerging market currency, while the Turkish lira and the Argentine peso were the worst performers against the US dollar.
The Credit Suisse Commodity Benchmark rose significantly through 2021, ending the year 43% higher. Energy was the key outperforming sector as OPEC+ supply restraints and recovering demand pushed oil inventories well below average. Similarly, low gas inventories globally and concerns over insufficient winter reserves lifted prices. Industrial metals as well as agricultural markets rose as well, but sector performance trailed the benchmark. Decreasing inventories across both segments, supply chain problems and strong demand created significant upward price pressures. In contrast, precious metals recorded a negative year, with both gold and silver prices declining.
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Credit Suisse
In 2021, we recorded a net loss attributable to shareholders of CHF 1,650 million. Return on equity and return on tangible equity were (3.8)% and (4.2)%, respectively. As of the end of 2021, our CET1 ratio was 14.4%.
Results
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2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Statements of operations (CHF million)   
Net interest income 5,811 5,948 7,017 (2) (15)
Commissions and fees 13,165 11,853 11,158 11 6
Trading revenues 1 2,431 3,295 1,739 (26) 89
Other revenues 1,289 1,293 2,570 0 (50)
Net revenues  22,696 22,389 22,484 1 0
Provision for credit losses  4,205 1,096 324 284 238
Compensation and benefits 8,963 9,890 10,036 (9) (1)
General and administrative expenses 7,159 6,523 6,128 10 6
Commission expenses 1,243 1,256 1,276 (1) (2)
Goodwill impairment 1,623 0 0
Restructuring expenses 103 157 (34)
Total other operating expenses 10,128 7,936 7,404 28 7
Total operating expenses  19,091 17,826 17,440 7 2
Income/(loss) before taxes  (600) 3,467 4,720 (27)
Income tax expense 1,026 801 1,295 28 (38)
Net income/(loss)  (1,626) 2,666 3,425 (22)
Net income/(loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests 24 (3) 6
Net income/(loss) attributable to shareholders  (1,650) 2,669 3,419 (22)
Statement of operations metrics (%)   
Return on regulatory capital (1.2) 6.9 8.4
Cost/income ratio 84.1 79.6 77.6
Effective tax rate (171.0) 23.1 27.4
Earnings per share (CHF)   
Basic earnings/(loss) per share (0.67) 1.09 1.35 (19)
Diluted earnings/(loss) per share (0.67) 1.06 1.32 (20)
Return on equity (%)   
Return on equity (3.8) 5.9 7.7
Return on tangible equity 2 (4.2) 6.6 8.7
Book value per share (CHF)   
Book value per share 17.10 17.74 17.91 (4) (1)
Tangible book value per share 2 15.86 15.80 15.88 (1)
Balance sheet statistics (CHF million)   
Total assets 3 755,833 818,965 801,829 (8) 2
Risk-weighted assets 267,787 275,084 290,463 (3) (5)
Leverage exposure 3 889,137 812,996 924,528 9 (12)
Number of employees (full-time equivalents)   
Number of employees 50,110 48,770 47,860 3 2
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Represent revenues on a product basis which are not representative of business results within our business segments as segment results utilize financial instruments across various
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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. Management believes that these metrics are meaningful as they are measures used and relied upon by industry analysts and investors to assess valuations and capital adequacy.
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Prior periods have been revised. Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies – Revisions of prior period financial statements” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
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Credit Suisse reporting structure
Effective April 1, 2021, the Asset Management business was separated from the International Wealth Management division and was managed as a new separate division of the Group. Reflecting these updates, our financial reporting for 2021 is presented as five reporting segments plus the Corporate Center. Prior periods have been restated to conform to the current presentation. These restatements had no impact on the net income/(loss) or the total shareholders’ equity of the Group.
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Organizational structure
Effective January 1, 2022, the Group is organized into four divisions – Wealth Management, Investment Bank, Swiss Bank and Asset Management – and four geographic regions – Switzerland, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific and Americas, reflecting the strategic announcement made on November 4, 2021. Our first quarter 2022 financial reporting will be presented as four divisional reporting segments plus the Corporate Center.
> Refer to “Strategy” in I– Information on the company for further information.
Results summary
2021 results
In 2021, Credit Suisse reported a net loss attributable to shareholders of CHF 1,650 million compared to net income attributable to shareholders of CHF 2,669 million in 2020. In 2021, Credit Suisse reported a loss before taxes of CHF 600 million, compared to income before taxes of CHF 3,467 million in 2020. Our 2021 results included a goodwill impairment charge of CHF 1,623 million, of which CHF 1,520 million was recognized in the Investment Bank. Adjusted income before taxes excluding significant items and Archegos Capital Management (Archegos) in 2021 was CHF 6,599 million compared to CHF 4,375 million in 2020. The 2021 results included provision for credit losses of CHF 4,205 million, mainly driven by a net charge of CHF 4,307 million in respect of the failureby Archegos to meet its margin commitments, which was reflected in the Investment Bank.
> Refer to “Archegos Capital Management” in Significant events in 2021 for further discussion.
The 2021 results included a net gain of CHF 602 million relating to our equity investment in Allfunds Group (as described below), which was recognized in the divisional results of Swiss Universal Bank, International Wealth Management and Asia Pacific and a loss of CHF 70 million relating to our equity investment in the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX) Group AG, which was recognized in the divisional results of Swiss Universal Bank and International Wealth Management. Results also included an impairment of CHF 113 million relating to York Capital Management (York), which was recognized in Asset Management.
As of the end of 2021, our Bank for International Settlements (BIS) common equity tier 1 (CET1) ratio was 14.4% and our risk-weighted assets (RWA) were CHF 267.8 billion.
> Refer to “Capital management” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet for further information.
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to affect the economic environment throughout 2021. Equity and credit markets generally performed well during the year on the increased prospect of a strong economic recovery due to significant fiscal supports, accommodative monetary policies, accelerating vaccination programs and the easing of economic and social activity lockdowns. Negative impacts related to the pandemic on a broad and diverse population of supply chains began to affect numerous business sectors in the global economy and toward the end of the year gave rise to inflationary pressures. We continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on our operations and businesses.
> Refer to “COVID-19 pandemic” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance Sheet and Off-balance sheet – Risk management for further information.
At least in part due to recent events, we have experienced a slowdown in net new asset generation, particularly in Asset Management in the second half of 2021, which is likely to negatively affect our performance in 2022. Additionally, we anticipate that revenues in the Investment Bank will be adversely affected by the planned exit of substantially all of the prime services business and the expected reduction of more than USD 3 billion in allocated capital in the Investment Bank compared to the end of 2020. The effect of the impairment of the capital effective component of the participation book values of the Bank parent company, discussed elsewhere in this report, as well as steps we have taken beginning in 2021, or plan to take, with respect to risk-reducing measures and capital surcharges, including in response to the
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Archegos and the supply chain finance funds (SCFF) matters, can also be expected to have an adverse effect on our results of operations in certain areas of our business. Our results are expected to also reflect volatility in the share price of our 8.6% holding in Allfunds Group.
> Refer to “Archegos Capital Management” and “Supply chain finance funds” in Significant events in 2021, “Strategy” in I – Information on the company, “Capital management” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet.
2020 results
In 2020, Credit Suisse reported net income attributable to shareholders of CHF 2,669 million compared to CHF 3,419 million in 2019. Income before taxes was CHF 3,467 million compared to CHF 4,720 million in 2019. The 2020 results reflected stable net revenues and a 2% increase in total operating expenses. Provision for credit losses was CHF 1,096 million compared to CHF 324 million in 2019, driven by negative developments in our corporate lending portfolio and the application of the current expected credit loss (CECL) methodology. Total operating expenses in 2020 included net litigation provisions of CHF 1,227 million, mainly in connection with mortgage-related matters, and restructuring expenses of CHF 157 million. Total operating expenses in 2019 included net litigation provisions of CHF 623 million, mainly in connection with mortgage-related matters. Results in 2020 were impacted by the weakening of the average rate of the US dollar against the Swiss franc, which adversely impacted revenues, but favorably impacted expenses.
The 2020 results included a gain of CHF 268 million relating to the completed transfer of the Credit Suisse InvestLab AG (InvestLab) fund platform to Allfunds Group (as described below), which was recognized in the divisional results of Swiss Universal Bank, International Wealth Management and Asia Pacific. In 2020, we revalued our equity investment in the SIX Group AG, resulting in a gain before taxes of CHF 158 million, which was recognized in the divisional results of Swiss Universal Bank and International Wealth Management, we revalued our equity investment in Pfandbriefbank, resulting in a gain of CHF 134 million, which was recognized in the divisional results of Swiss Universal Bank, and we revalued our equity investment in Allfunds Group, resulting in a gain before taxes of CHF 127 million, which was recognized in the divisional results of Swiss Universal Bank, International Wealth Management and Asia Pacific. Results also included an impairment of CHF 414 million relating to York, which was recognized in Asset Management.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the consequences for markets and the global economy affected the Group’s financial performance in 2020, including significant impacts on our provision for credit losses and trading revenues as well as on net interest income as a result of foreign exchange movements and a sharp reduction in US dollar interest rates.
> Refer to “Risk factors” in I – Information on the company, “COVID-19 pandemic and related regulatory measures” in II – Operating and financial review – Credit Suisse and “Key risk developments” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance Sheet and Off-balance sheet – Risk management in the Credit Suisse Annual Report 2020.
2021 results details
Net revenues
Compared to 2020, net revenues of CHF 22,696 million were stable, as higher net revenues in Asset Management and Swiss Universal Bank were offset by lower net revenues in International Wealth Management and the Investment Bank. The increase in net revenues in Asset Management was driven by higher investment and partnership income, increased performance and placement revenue, and growth in management fees, reflecting higher average assets under management. The increase in net revenues in Swiss Universal Bank was mainly due to higher recurring commissions and fees as well as higher other revenues, partially offset by lower transaction-based revenues. The decrease in net revenues in International Wealth Management was driven by lower transaction- and performance-based revenues and lower net interest income, partially offset by higher other revenues and higher recurring commissions and fees. The decrease in net revenues in the Investment Bank, compared to a strong prior year, reflected lower sales and trading revenues, as a result of the loss related to Archegos, partially offset by higher capital markets and advisory activity.
Provision for credit losses
In 2021, we recorded provision for credit losses of CHF 4,205 million, primarily reflecting provisions of CHF 4,193 million in the Investment Bank in respect of the Archegos matter. Provision for credit losses reflected CHF 4,440 million of specific provisions, partially offset by a release of CHF 235 million of non-specific provisions for expected credit losses.
Total operating expenses
We reported total operating expenses of CHF 19,091 million in 2021, a 7% increase compared to 2020, mainly relating to a goodwill impairment charge of CHF 1,623 million and increased general and administrative expenses, partially offset by lower compensation and benefits. General and administrative expenses increased 10%, primarily driven by higher professional services fees, higher litigation provisions and higher IT, machinery and equipment expenses. Litigation provisions in 2021 were mainly in connection with legacy litigation matters, including mortgage-related matters and settlements with regard to the Stadtwerke München GmbH (SWM) and the Mozambique matters, as well as provisions in connection with the SCFF matter. Compensation and benefits decreased 9%, mainly due to lower discretionary compensation expenses and lower deferred compensation awards, including a downward adjustment to performance share awards as a result of the full year divisional loss in the Investment Bank and malus and clawbacks of previously granted compensation awards in connection with the Archegos and the SCFF matters. Total operating expenses in 2021 included restructuring expenses of CHF 103 million.
> Refer to Note 40 – Litigation in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
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Results overview 

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2021 (CHF million)   
Net revenues  5,801 3,462 3,242 1,456 8,888 (153) 22,696
Provision for credit losses  6 (14) 27 0 4,193 (7) 4,205
Compensation and benefits 1,807 1,548 1,288 612 3,443 265 8,963
Total other operating expenses 1,259 952 933 544 4,955 1,485 10,128
   of which general and administrative expenses  1,040 785 667 427 2,826 1,414 7,159
   of which goodwill impairment  0 0 103 0 1,520 0 1,623
   of which restructuring expenses  14 12 4 3 71 (1) 103
Total operating expenses  3,066 2,500 2,221 1,156 8,398 1,750 19,091
Income/(loss) before taxes  2,729 976 994 300 (3,703) (1,896) (600)
Return on regulatory capital 17.1 16.2 21.3 33.9 (22.8) (1.2)
Cost/income ratio 52.9 72.2 68.5 79.4 94.5 84.1
Total assets 263,797 88,715 67,395 3,393 211,802 120,731 755,833
Goodwill 585 285 940 1,107 0 0 2,917
Risk-weighted assets 79,880 30,942 24,698 8,230 70,181 53,856 267,787
Leverage exposure 301,289 104,310 74,530 2,527 281,326 125,155 889,137
2020 (CHF million)   
Net revenues  5,615 3,747 3,155 1,090 9,098 (316) 22,389
Provision for credit losses  270 110 236 0 471 9 1,096
Compensation and benefits 1,975 1,658 1,319 652 3,934 352 9,890
Total other operating expenses 1,266 888 772 477 3,038 1,495 7,936
   of which general and administrative expenses  1,013 707 614 373 2,409 1,407 6,523
   of which restructuring expenses  44 37 4 18 47 7 157
Total operating expenses  3,241 2,546 2,091 1,129 6,972 1,847 17,826
Income/(loss) before taxes  2,104 1,091 828 (39) 1,655 (2,172) 3,467
Return on regulatory capital 13.4 18.4 17.1 (4.0) 9.6 6.9
Cost/income ratio 57.7 67.9 66.3 103.6 76.6 79.6
Total assets 1 261,465 91,503 67,356 3,703 271,976 122,962 818,965
Goodwill 575 284 1,021 1,068 1,478 0 4,426
Risk-weighted assets 81,288 34,017 26,589 8,983 77,872 46,335 275,084
Leverage exposure 1 295,507 101,025 74,307 2,989 320,828 18,340 812,996
2019 (CHF million)   
Net revenues  5,905 4,181 3,029 1,635 8,161 (427) 22,484
Provision for credit losses  109 48 55 1 104 7 324
Compensation and benefits 1,945 1,688 1,285 689 3,940 489 10,036
Total other operating expenses 1,278 859 767 466 3,091 943 7,404
   of which general and administrative expenses  1,060 710 620 393 2,470 875 6,128
Total operating expenses  3,223 2,547 2,052 1,155 7,031 1,432 17,440
Income/(loss) before taxes  2,573 1,586 922 479 1,026 (1,866) 4,720
Return on regulatory capital 15.9 26.2 16.6 44.6 5.6 8.4
Cost/income ratio 54.6 60.9 67.7 70.6 86.2 77.6
Total assets 1 249,829 86,555 73,719 4,722 268,997 118,007 801,829
Goodwill 607 295 995 1,199 1,567 0 4,663
Risk-weighted assets 80,489 33,742 31,857 9,787 82,218 52,370 290,463
Leverage exposure 1 284,798 95,356 81,090 3,729 334,759 124,796 924,528
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Prior periods have been revised. Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies – Revisions of prior period financial statements” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
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Goodwill
The strategic announcement made on November 4, 2021 required an impairment assessment of the carrying value of our goodwill position in the fourth quarter of 2021. Upon performance of that assessment, we recorded a goodwill impairment charge of CHF 1,623 million in 2021, which was recognized across two business divisions in relation to our investment banking businesses, CHF 1,520 million in the Investment Bank and CHF 103 million in Asia Pacific, and was mainly related to the acquisition of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) in 2000. The goodwill impairment charge did not impact CET1 capital and leverage ratios.
> Refer to “Goodwill impairment” in Critical accounting estimates and “Note 21 – Goodwill” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Income tax expense
In 2021, we recorded an income tax expense of CHF 1,026 million compared to CHF 801 million in 2020. The negative effective tax rate for the full year mainly reflected the impact of the loss related to Archegos, for which only the loss attributable to non-UK operations could be recognized as a partial tax benefit, whereas, for the remainder of the loss, a valuation allowance was required.
Additionally, the tax rate reflected the impact of the non-deductible goodwill impairment, the impact of the geographical mix of results, litigation provisions, including provisions relating to the Mozambique matter, for which only limited tax benefits could be obtained, withholding taxes and non-deductible funding costs. Overall, net deferred tax assets decreased CHF 184 million to CHF 2,953 million during 2021, primarily driven by earnings, partially offset by the impact of the partial tax benefit of the loss related to Archegos, for which the Group recognized a deferred tax asset.
> Refer to “Note 29 – Tax” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Subsequent event
Litigation settlement
In March 2022, Credit Suisse International reached a settlement related to a legacy litigation brought by SWM, and the parties will shortly apply to the court to have all proceedings against Credit Suisse discontinued. As a result, the Group increased its 2021 litigation provision by CHF 78 million in the Corporate Center and decreased its estimate of the aggregate range of reasonably possible losses not covered by existing provisions from zero to CHF 1.6 billion to zero to CHF 1.5 billion.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
In late February 2022, the Russian government launched a military attack on Ukraine. In response to Russia’s military attack, the US, EU, UK, Switzerland and other countries across the world imposed severe sanctions against Russia’s financial system and on Russian government officials and Russian business leaders. The sanctions included limitations on the ability of Russian banks to access the SWIFT financial messaging service and restrictions on transactions with the Russian central bank. The Russian government has also imposed certain countermeasures, which include restrictions relating to foreign currency accounts and security transactions. These measures followed earlier sanctions that had already been imposed by the US, EU and UK in 2021 in response to alleged Russian activities related to Syria, cybersecurity, electoral interference and other matters. The Group is assessing the impact of the sanctions already imposed, and potential future escalations, on its exposures and client relationships. As of December 31, 2021, the Group had a net credit exposure to Russia of approximately CHF 0.8 billion primarily comprised of corporate and institutional loans, trade finance activities and derivatives exposures. In addition, its Russian subsidiaries had a net asset value of approximately CHF 0.2 billion as of December 31, 2021. As of March 7, 2022, we had minimal total credit exposures towards specifically sanctioned individuals managed by our Wealth Management division. The Group is currently monitoring settlement risk on certain open transactions with Russian counterparties, and market closures, the imposition of exchange controls, sanctions or other actions may limit our ability to settle existing transactions or realize on collateral, which could result in unexpected increases in exposures. The Group notes that these recent developments may affect its financial performance, including credit loss estimates and potential asset impairments, albeit given the early stage of these developments, it is not yet possible to estimate the size of any reasonably possible losses.
2020 results details
Net revenues
Compared to 2019, net revenues of CHF 22,389 million were stable, primarily reflecting higher net revenues in the Investment Bank, offset by lower net revenues in Asset Management and International Wealth Management. The increase in net revenues in the Investment Bank was driven by broad-based growth across all businesses. The decrease in net revenues in Asset Management was mainly driven by the impairment loss from York reflected in investment and partnership income. The decrease in net revenues in International Wealth Management was driven by significantly lower other revenues, lower net interest income and lower recurring commissions and fees, partially offset by higher transaction-based revenues.
Provision for credit losses
In 2020, we recorded provision for credit losses of CHF 1,096 million, primarily reflecting provisions of CHF 471 million in the Investment Bank, CHF 270 million in Swiss Universal Bank, CHF 236 million in Asia Pacific and CHF 110 million in International Wealth Management. Provision for credit losses reflected CHF 685 million of specific provisions and CHF 411 million related to the application of the CECL methodology.
Total operating expenses
We reported total operating expenses of CHF 17,826 million in 2020, a 2% increase compared to 2019. General and administrative expenses increased 6%, primarily driven by higher net litigation provisions of CHF 1,227 million, mainly in connection with mortgage-related matters, partially offset by lower travel and entertainment expenses and lower professional services fees. Total operating expenses in 2020 included restructuring expenses of CHF 157 million.
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Reconciliation of adjustment items
Results excluding certain items included in our reported results are non-GAAP financial measures. Management believes that such results provide a useful presentation of our operating results for purposes of assessing our Group and divisional performance consistently over time, on a basis that excludes items that management does not consider representative of our underlying performance. Provided below is a reconciliation to the most directly comparable US GAAP measures.
Reconciliation of adjustment items

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2021 (CHF million)   
Net revenues  5,801 3,462 3,242 1,456 8,888 (153) 22,696
   Real estate (gains)/losses  (213) (19) 0 0 0 0 (232)
   (Gains)/losses on business sales  6 18 0 0 0 5 29
   Major litigation recovery  (49) 0 0 0 0 0 (49)
   Valuation adjustment related to major litigation  0 0 0 0 0 69 69
Adjusted net revenues  5,545 3,461 3,242 1,456 8,888 (79) 22,513
Significant items
   Gain on equity investment in Allfunds Group  (186) (249) (187) 0 0 0 (622)
   Loss on equity investment in SIX Group AG  43 27 0 0 0 0 70
   Impairment on York Capital Management  0 0 0 113 0 0 113
Adjusted net revenues excluding significant items  5,402 3,239 3,055 1,569 8,888 (79) 22,074
   Archegos  0 0 0 0 470 0 470
Adjusted net revenues excluding significant items and Archegos  5,402 3,239 3,055 1,569 9,358 (79) 22,544
Provision for credit losses  6 (14) 27 0 4,193 (7) 4,205
   Archegos  0 0 0 0 (4,307) 0 (4,307)
Provision for credit losses excluding Archegos  6 (14) 27 0 (114) (7) (102)
Total operating expenses  3,066 2,500 2,221 1,156 8,398 1,750 19,091
   Goodwill impairment  0 0 (103) 0 (1,520) 0 (1,623)
   Restructuring expenses  (14) (12) (4) (3) (71) 1 (103)
   Major litigation provisions  (1) 9 0 0 (149) (1,080) (1,221)
   Expenses related to real estate disposals  (4) (7) 0 (1) (44) 0 (56)
Adjusted total operating expenses  3,047 2,490 2,114 1,152 6,614 671 16,088
Significant items
   Expenses related to equity investment in Allfunds Group  (6) (7) (7) 0 0 0 (20)
Adjusted total operating expenses excluding significant items  3,041 2,483 2,107 1,152 6,614 671 16,068
   Archegos  0 0 0 0 (26) 5 (21)
Adjusted total operating expenses excluding significant items and Archegos  3,041 2,483 2,107 1,152 6,588 676 16,047
Income/(loss) before taxes  2,729 976 994 300 (3,703) (1,896) (600)
Adjusted income/(loss) before taxes  2,492 985 1,101 304 (1,919) (743) 2,220
Adjusted income/(loss) before taxes excluding significant items  2,355 770 921 417 (1,919) (743) 1,801
Adjusted income/(loss) before taxes excluding significant items and Archegos  2,355 770 921 417 2,884 (748) 6,599
Adjusted return on regulatory capital (%) 15.6 16.3 23.6 34.5 (11.5) 4.3
Adjusted return on regulatory capital excluding significant items (%) 14.8 12.8 19.7 47.3 (11.5) 3.5
Adjusted return on regulatory capital excluding significant items and Archegos (%) 14.8 12.8 19.7 47.3 18.3 12.9
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Reconciliation of adjustment items (continued)

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2020 (CHF million)   
Net revenues  5,615 3,747 3,155 1,090 9,098 (316) 22,389
   Real estate (gains)/losses  (15) 0 0 0 0 0 (15)
Adjusted net revenues  5,600 3,747 3,155 1,090 9,098 (316) 22,374
Significant items
   Gain related to InvestLab transfer  (25) (15) (25) (203) 0 0 (268)
   Gain on equity investment in Allfunds Group  (38) (51) (38) 0 0 0 (127)
   Gain on equity investment in SIX Group AG  (97) (61) 0 0 0 0 (158)
   Gain on equity investment in Pfandbriefbank  (134) 0 0 0 0 0 (134)
   Impairment on York Capital Management  0 0 0 414 0 0 414
Adjusted net revenues excluding significant items  5,306 3,620 3,092 1,301 9,098 (316) 22,101
Provision for credit losses  270 110 236 0 471 9 1,096
Total operating expenses  3,241 2,546 2,091 1,129 6,972 1,847 17,826
   Restructuring expenses  (44) (37) (4) (18) (47) (7) (157)
   Major litigation provisions  (45) 11 0 0 (24) (930) (988)
   Expenses related to real estate disposals  (3) (5) 0 (2) (41) 0 (51)
Adjusted total operating expenses  3,149 2,515 2,087 1,109 6,860 910 16,630
Income/(loss) before taxes  2,104 1,091 828 (39) 1,655 (2,172) 3,467
Adjusted income/(loss) before taxes  2,181 1,122 832 (19) 1,767 (1,235) 4,648
Adjusted income/(loss) before taxes excluding significant items  1,887 995 769 192 1,767 (1,235) 4,375
Adjusted return on regulatory capital (%) 13.9 18.9 17.2 (2.0) 10.2 9.2
Adjusted return on regulatory capital excluding significant items (%) 12.0 16.8 15.9 19.4 10.2 8.7
2019 (CHF million)   
Net revenues  5,905 4,181 3,029 1,635 8,161 (427) 22,484
   Real estate (gains)/losses  (223) (45) 0 0 (7) 24 (251)
   (Gains)/losses on business sales  0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Adjusted net revenues  5,682 4,136 3,029 1,635 8,154 (401) 22,235
Significant items
   Gain related to InvestLab transfer  (98) (131) (98) 0 0 0 (327)
   Gain on equity investment in SIX Group AG  (306) (192) 0 0 0 0 (498)
Adjusted net revenues excluding significant items  5,278 3,813 2,931 1,635 8,154 (401) 21,410
Provision for credit losses  109 48 55 1 104 7 324
Total operating expenses  3,223 2,547 2,052 1,155 7,031 1,432 17,440
   Major litigation provisions  (3) 30 0 0 0 (416) (389)
   Expenses related to real estate disposals  (12) (17) 0 (4) (76) 1 (108)
Adjusted total operating expenses  3,208 2,560 2,052 1,151 6,955 1,017 16,943
Income/(loss) before taxes  2,573 1,586 922 479 1,026 (1,866) 4,720
Adjusted income/(loss) before taxes  2,365 1,528 922 483 1,095 (1,425) 4,968
Adjusted income/(loss) before taxes excluding significant items  1,961 1,205 824 483 1,095 (1,425) 4,143
Adjusted return on regulatory capital (%) 14.6 25.2 16.6 44.9 6.0 8.9
Adjusted return on regulatory capital excluding significant items (%) 12.1 19.9 14.8 44.9 6.0 7.4
Income tax expense
In 2020, we recorded income tax expense of CHF 801 million compared to CHF 1,295 million in 2019. The Credit Suisse effective tax rate was 23.1% in 2020, compared to 27.4% in 2019. The effective tax rate for 2020 mainly reflected the impact of the geographical mix of results, non-deductible funding costs and other tax adjustments of a recurring nature. Additionally, the effective tax rate was positively impacted by the re-assessment of the US base erosion and anti-abuse tax (BEAT) provision for 2019 of CHF 180 million, the impact of previously unrecognized tax benefits of CHF 157 million relating to the resolution of interest cost deductibility with and between international tax authorities and the impact of a change in US tax rules, which resulted in a benefit of CHF 141 million. The impact of these benefits was partially offset by the annual reassessment of deferred taxes of CHF 252 million. Overall, net deferred tax assets decreased CHF 739 million to CHF 3,137 million during 2020, mainly driven by foreign exchange impacts, the annual re-assessment of deferred taxes and earnings.
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Net revenues by region
   in % change
2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Net revenues (CHF million)   
Switzerland 6,609 6,502 6,774 2 (4)
EMEA 4,670 4,803 5,149 (3) (7)
Americas 7,294 7,116 7,276 3 (2)
Asia Pacific 4,276 4,284 3,712 0 15
Corporate Center (153) (316) (427) (52) (26)
Net revenues  22,696 22,389 22,484 1 0
A significant portion of our business requires inter-regional coordination in order to facilitate the needs of our clients. The methodology for allocating our results by region is dependent on management judgment. For the wealth management business, results are allocated based on the management reporting structure of our relationship manager organization. For the investment banking business, trading results are allocated based on where the risk is primarily managed, while also reflecting certain revenue transfers to regions where the relevant sales teams and clients are domiciled.
The US tax reform enacted in December 2017 introduced the BEAT tax regime, effective as of January 1, 2018, for which final regulations were issued by the US Department of Treasury on December 2, 2019. Following the publication of the 2019 financial statements, Credit Suisse continued its analysis of the final regulations, resulting in a revision to the technical application of the prior BEAT estimate. This new information was not available or reasonably knowable at the time of the publication of the 2019 financial statements and resulted in a change of accounting estimate reflected in 2020.
> Refer to “Note 29 – Tax” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Employees and other headcount
As of December 31, 2021, we had 50,110 employees worldwide, of which 16,370 were in Switzerland and 33,740 were abroad.
Employees and other headcount
end of 2021 2020
Employees
Swiss Universal Bank 13,370 13,220
International Wealth Management 8,110 7,880
Asia Pacific 7,530 6,890
Asset Management 2,270 1,970
Investment Bank 17,750 17,560
Corporate Center 1,080 1,250
Total employees  50,110 48,770
   of which Switzerland  16,370 16,040
   of which all other regions  33,740 32,730
Other headcount
Outsourced roles, contractors and consultants 1 16,430 13,210
Total employees and other headcount  66,540 61,980
Based on full-time equivalents.
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The number of employees increased by 1,340 compared to the end of 2020. The increase reflected increases in Asia Pacific, Asset Management, International Wealth Management and the Investment Bank, partially offset by a decrease in the Corporate Center. The number of outsourced roles, contractors and consultants increased by 3,220 compared to the end of 2020.
Organizational changes
Several changes were made to the Board of Directors and the Executive Board during 2021.
> Refer to “Overview” in IV – Corporate Governance for further information.
Changes to the Board of Directors
At the 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM), António Horta-Osório was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors (Board) and Clare Brady and Blythe Masters were elected new members. At an Extraordinary General Meeting on October 1, 2021, Axel Lehmann and Juan Colombas were elected members of the Board. Effective January 16, 2022, Axel Lehmann was appointed Chairman of the Board succeeding António Horta-Osório, who resigned from the Board.
In December 2021, we announced a board composition model change of the Group’s main regional subsidiary and advisory boards, including a number of subsidiary board appointments, in order to further increase connectivity between the Group Board and our main subsidiary boards.
> Refer to “Governance of Group subsidiaries” in IV –Corporate Governance – Board of Directors for further information.
Changes to the Executive Board
Effective April 1, 2021, the Board appointed Ulrich Körner CEO of Asset Management and a member of the Executive Board.
Effective April 30, 2021, in connection with the Archegos matter, Brian Chin, former CEO of the Investment Bank, stepped down from his role on the Executive Board. Lara Warner, former Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, stepped down from her role on the Executive Board on April 6, 2021. Both left Credit Suisse.
Effective May 1, 2021, Christian Meissner, former co-head of IWM Investment Banking Advisory and vice-chairman of Investment Banking, was appointed CEO of the Investment Bank and a
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member of the Executive Board. Effective April 6, 2021, Joachim Oechslin, former senior advisor and chief of staff to the CEO, was appointed interim Chief Risk Officer and a member of the Executive Board on an interim basis, and Thomas Grotzer, former General Counsel and member of the executive board of Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG, was appointed ad interim Global Head of Compliance. Effective October 1, 2021, Rafael Lopez Lorenzo was appointed Chief Compliance Officer and member of the Executive Board. Effective January 1, 2022, David Wildermuth was appointed Chief Risk Officer (CRO) and a member of the Executive Board. Joachim Oechslin reassumed a senior role as strategic advisor to the CEO.
Effective December 31, 2021, Lydie Hudson, former CEO Sustainability, Research & Investment Solutions, stepped down from the Executive Board.
Effective January 1, 2022, Joanne Hannaford was appointed Chief Technology & Operations Officer and a member of the Executive Board and James Walker, the former Chief Operating Officer, stepped down from the Executive Board and became the deputy chief executive officer of Credit Suisse Holdings (USA), Inc. Also effective January 1, 2022, the following additional appointments were made to the Executive Board: Francesco De Ferrari, CEO of the Wealth Management division and ad interim CEO of the EMEA region; Christian Meissner, CEO of the Investment Bank and CEO of the Americas region; André Helfenstein, CEO of the Swiss Bank and CEO of the Switzerland region; Ulrich Körner, CEO of the Asset Management division; and Helman Sitohang, CEO of the Asia Pacific region.
Effective February 1, 2022, Christine Graeff was appointed Global Head of Human Resources.
Significant events in 2021
Archegos Capital Management
The Group incurred significant losses in 2021 in respect of the failure by Archegos to meet its margin commitments. Certain Group subsidiaries were notified by the fund that it would be unable to return margin advances previously extended and, following the failure of the fund, the Group exited the fund positions.
In the first quarter of 2021, we recorded a provision for credit losses of CHF 4,430 million with regard to this matter. In the second quarter of 2021, we incurred additional losses of CHF 594 million with regard to this matter, consisting of CHF 493 million of trading losses as a result of market movements during the process of closing out the fund positions, a provision for credit losses of CHF 70 million and operating expenses of CHF 31 million mainly reflecting severance-related costs and professional services fees. In the third quarter of 2021, our results included a positive impact of CHF 235 million, consisting of net revenues of CHF 23 million, a release of provision for credit losses of CHF 188 million pertaining to an assessment of the future recoverability of receivables and negative operating expenses of CHF 24 million. In the fourth quarter of 2021, our results included a release of provision for credit losses of CHF 5 million and total operating expenses of CHF 14 million. The aggregate loss attributable to this matter in 2021 was CHF 4,798 million.
In connection with this matter, we reviewed exposures across the Investment Bank, in particular in our prime services business. In 2021, we significantly reduced RWA and leverage exposure by USD 11.7 billion and USD 56.7 billion, respectively, in the Investment Bank, compared to the end of 2020, including a substantial resizing of our prime services business. In connection with our long-term strategic direction for the Group announced on November 4, 2021, we are in the process of exiting the prime services business, with the exception of Index Access and APAC Delta One.
The Board had initiated an externally led investigation of the Archegos matter, which was supervised by a special committee of the Board. On July 29, 2021, Credit Suisse published on its website the report based on this independent external investigation, as well as a summary of management’s responses to this report. Since then, we have continued to further implement a Group-wide remediation program to facilitate the execution of key activities including:
strengthening the risk management environment through the streamlining of governance and oversight structures, including the alignment of incentives with roles and accountability, and through the reinforcement of a Group-wide risk mindset and speak-up culture;
holistically reviewing client relationships to identify and manage risk concentrations; and
reinforcing risk capabilities and frameworks, especially in the areas of credit risk, counterparty risk and stress testing, including the related models employed.
> Refer to “Risk management” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet for further information.
The Archegos review contains a broader aspect of leveraging remediation efforts in specific functions and business lines to identify areas across the Group where similar risks may exist and to identify and implement solutions in response to lessons learned, including key controls and requisite risk metrics. While many of the key actions have already been completed or are in the process of being completed in 2022, we expect certain aspects of our remediation activities, particularly to the extent they require infrastructure changes, to continue into 2023 and beyond as we seek to strengthen specific risk management capabilities, expertise and culture.
As a consequence of the Archegos losses and the findings of the externally led investigation of this matter, previously granted compensation awards were recovered from certain individuals through malus and clawback provisions. In 2021, we also applied a downward adjustment on outstanding performance share awards in the Investment Bank, reflecting the full year loss in the Investment Bank division.
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Supply chain finance funds
On March 1, 2021, the boards of four SCFFs managed by certain Group subsidiaries decided to suspend redemptions and subscriptions of those funds to protect the interests of the funds’ investors. On March 4, 2021, the boards decided to terminate the SCFFs and to proceed to their liquidation. Those decisions were based on concerns that a substantial part of the funds’ assets was subject to considerable valuation uncertainty. Credit Suisse Asset Management (Schweiz) AG (CSAM) acts as the portfolio manager of the SCFFs.
The assets held by the SCFFs, largely consisting of notes backed by existing and future receivables, were originated and structured by Greensill Capital (UK) Limited or one of its affiliates (Greensill Capital). Greensill Capital filed for insolvency in the UK on March 8, 2021, and the portfolio manager is working closely with the administrators of Greensill Capital, Grant Thornton, and with other parties to facilitate this process.
The last published net asset value (NAV) of the SCFFs in late February 2021 was approximately USD 10 billion in the aggregate. As of January 31, 2022, together with the cash already distributed to investors and cash remaining in the funds, total cash collected in the SCFFs amounts to approximately USD 7.3 billion including the cash position in the funds at the time of suspension. Redemption payments totaling approximately USD 6.7 billion have been made to their investors in six cash distributions. The portfolio manager continues to work to liquidate the remaining assets of the SCFFs, including by engaging directly with potentially delinquent obligors and other creditors, and to file insurance claims, as appropriate. However, there remains considerable uncertainty regarding the valuation of a significant part of the remaining assets, including the fact that certain of the notes underlying the funds were not paid when they fell due and the portfolio manager has been informed that further notes will not be paid when they fall due in the future. It therefore can be assumed that the investors of the SCFFs will suffer a loss. CSAM intends to take all necessary steps to collect outstanding amounts from debtors and insurers, but can give no assurance as to the final amount that may be recovered for the SCFFs under such notes. The amount of loss of the investors therefore is currently unknown.
Based on currently available information, losses for the investors can be expected to occur predominantly in positions that, prior to March 31, 2021, had a NAV of approximately USD 2.3 billion in the aggregate. These positions relate primarily to three groups of companies: “GFG Alliance”, Katerra and Bluestone. For these three focus areas, more time is required to assess the situation accurately. CSAM continues to invest substantial efforts to maximize and expedite recovery in these positions, including pursuing consensual restructuring in addition to filing insurance claims and seeking legal enforcement of the funds’ claims where appropriate. For these three focus group areas, given the complexity of the situation and negotiations, any predictions on recovery rates would be premature.
In October 2021, CSAM reached an agreement with “GFG Alliance” for the repayment in full of the portion of the “GFG Alliance” exposure relating to its Australian operations. Under the terms of this agreement, an upfront payment of AUD 129 million (USD 96 million) was made and further payments on the remaining principal of AUD 240 million (USD 178 million), including interest, are expected through mid-2023.
A number of regulatory and other inquiries, investigations and actions have been initiated or are being considered in respect of this matter, including by FINMA, one of which is the agreement to a Pillar 2 buffer with Credit Suisse. Furthermore, civil actions have been filed by fund investors against Credit Suisse. As this matter develops, we may become subject to additional litigation and regulatory inquiries, investigations and actions.
We continue to analyze this matter, including with the assistance of external counsel and other experts. The Board initiated an externally led investigation of this matter, supervised by a special committee of the Board. The related report has been completed, the findings have been made available to the Board and the report was shared with FINMA. Given the reputational impact of the SCFF matter on us, actions have been taken against a number of employees where the Board deemed it was appropriate. In light of the ongoing recovery process and the legal complexities of the matter, there is no intention by the Board to publish the report. An internal project has been set up to further enhance governance as well as to strengthen risk management processes. The Group continues to assess the potential for recovery on behalf of the investors in the funds, and further analyze new, pending or threatened proceedings. As previously reported, the resolution of the matter, the timing of which is difficult to predict, could cause the Group to incur material losses.
Redemptions and subscriptions of certain other funds managed by CSAM or CSAM subsidiaries that invested in part in the SCFFs were also suspended in early March 2021. The illiquid part of these funds’ assets was subsequently separated into a separate share class to allow for subscriptions and redemptions of the original share classes, reflecting the liquid part of the funds’ assets, to resume as of April 7, 2021. The separate share class reflecting the illiquid assets is in the process of being liquidated, and shareholders receive pro rata payments of the redemption proceeds.
Group subsidiaries also have collateralized bridge lending and other direct and indirect exposures to Greensill Capital, including exposures relating to certain fund-linked products. With respect to the outstanding collateralized bridge loan of USD 140 million, USD 50 million was repaid by the administrators of Greensill Capital, reducing the outstanding amount of the loan to USD 90 million, and we marked its fair value to USD 63 million as of December 31, 2021.
As a consequence of the SCFF matter, previously granted compensation awards were recovered from certain individuals through malus and clawback provisions, primarily in Asset Management.
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Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2021, we introduced a fee waiver program for clients impacted by this matter wherein certain commissions and fees arising from current and future business transactions may be reimbursed on a quarterly basis, provided certain conditions are met. We incurred negative revenues of CHF 28 million in 2021 in our wealth management businesses relating to this fee waiver program.
Significant negative consequences of the supply chain finance funds and Archegos matters
There can be no assurance that any additional losses, damages, costs and expenses, as well as any further regulatory and other investigations and actions or any further downgrade of our credit ratings, will not be material to us, including from any impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects, liquidity or capital position.
> Refer to “Risk factors” in I – Information on the company for further information on risks that may arise in relation to these matters, “Archegos and supply chain finance funds matters” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet – Risk Management for further information and “Note 40 - Litigation” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for a description of the regulatory and legal developments relating to these matters.
Amendments to AGM Proposals
In connection with the above, on April 6, 2021, the Board announced adjusted proposals for the 2021 AGM. The adjusted proposals included a withdrawal of the proposal on variable compensation for the Executive Board, an update to the 2020 Compensation Report, a withdrawal of the proposal on discharge of the members for the Board and the Executive Board and an update to the dividend proposal.
> Refer to “Annual General Meeting” in IV – Corporate Governance for further information.
Allfunds Group initial public offering
As previously disclosed, during 2019 and 2020 Credit Suisse held an equity investment in Allfunds Group following the transfer of the Group’s open architecture investment fund platform Credit Suisse InvestLab to Allfunds Group. On April 23, 2021, Allfunds Group announced a successful initial public offering (IPO) on the Euronext Amsterdam exchange, with an initial market capitalization of EUR 7.24 billion on the day of the listing. Net revenues in 2021 pertaining to Allfunds Group included gains of CHF 622 million reflecting share price movements as well as a reduction of our equity interest from 14.0% to 8.6% as of December 31, 2021. Following the IPO, the Group’s investment in Allfunds Group was reclassified from other investments to trading assets. In accordance with historical practice, the impact was reflected in the Swiss Universal Bank, International Wealth Management and Asia Pacific divisions.
Credit Suisse Life & Pensions AG
In the third quarter of 2021, Credit Suisse Life & Pensions AG was sold to Octium Holdings SA. As a result of the sale, the Group recorded a loss of CHF 42 million, which was reflected in International Wealth Management and Swiss Universal Bank.
Share buyback
On December 30, 2021, we completed the 2021 share buyback program, which commenced on January 12, 2021 and was suspended in April 2021. In 2021, 25.1 million shares were repurchased and are expected to be cancelled by means of a capital reduction to be proposed at the next AGM.
> Refer to “Share purchases” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance Sheet and Off-Balance sheet – Capital Management for further information.
Mandatory Convertible Notes Offering
On April 22, 2021, the Group announced that it had placed two series of mandatory convertible notes (MCNs), Series A MCNs and Series B MCNs, to be convertible into 100 million shares and 103 million shares of Credit Suisse Group AG, respectively. The MCNs settled on May 12, 2021. The aggregate principal amount of Series A MCNs issued was CHF 865 million and the aggregate principal amount of Series B MCNs issued was CHF 891 million. The shares of Credit Suisse Group AG underlying the Series A MCNs were issued from Credit Suisse Group AG’s conditional capital. The shares of Credit Suisse Group AG underlying the Series B MCNs were issued from Credit Suisse Group AG’s authorized capital. On November 12, 2021, the Series A MCNs and Series B MCNs were converted, and the shares of Credit Suisse Group AG held by Credit Suisse Group (Guernsey) VII Limited, the issuing entity of the MCNs, were delivered to the holders of MCNs.
Dividend proposal
Our Board will propose to the shareholders at the AGM on April 29, 2022 a cash distribution of CHF 0.10 per share for the financial year 2021. 50% of the distribution will be paid out of capital contribution reserves, free of Swiss withholding tax and will not be subject to income tax for Swiss resident individuals holding the shares as a private investment, and 50% will be paid out of retained earnings, net of 35% Swiss withholding tax.
Other information
Recent media reports
In February 2022, a consortium of media outlets issued reports focused on Credit Suisse and purported client relationships with related allegations targeting a broad time period as early as the 1940s. Credit Suisse strongly rejects the allegations and insinuations about the bank’s purported business practices. In their reporting, the consortium refers to a large number of external sources, including those previously known, as well as an alleged leak. We take the information about the purported leak very seriously and will continue with our related investigation, with an internal task force including specialist external experts, building on our data protection and data leakage prevention controls.
Legacy RMBS settlement relating to consumer relief
As previously disclosed, on January 18, 2017, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (CSS LLC) and its current and former US subsidiaries and US affiliates reached a settlement with the US
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Department of Justice (DOJ) related to its legacy residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) business, a business conducted through 2007. The settlement resolved potential civil claims by the DOJ related to certain of those Credit Suisse entities’ packaging, marketing, structuring, arrangement, underwriting, issuance and sale of RMBS. Pursuant to the terms of the settlement a civil monetary penalty was paid to the DOJ in January 2017. The settlement also required the above-mentioned entities to provide certain levels of consumer relief measures, including affordable housing payments and loan forgiveness, and the DOJ and Credit Suisse agreed to the appointment of an independent monitor to oversee the completion of the consumer relief requirements of the settlement. A reassessment of progress towards satisfaction of this consumer relief commitment within the five-year period provided in the settlement has resulted in a plan of a revised approach pursuant to which the Group may include acquiring and modifying loan assets on a principal basis and an expectation that the Group may only complete the consumer relief conditions by 2026 or later, subject to market conditions and the Group’s risk appetite. In light of Credit Suisse’s current plans as to how it will satisfy these obligations, Credit Suisse expects to incur additional costs beyond those previously anticipated in relation to satisfying those obligations. Credit Suisse has also recorded an additional litigation provision in the second quarter of 2021 with regard to these matters. This estimated additional cost is highly sensitive to certain parameters, including market conditions in the US housing market, which at present are dynamic, the assumed eligibility and classification of consumer relief already completed and the acceptance rate on such completed consumer relief by the monitor. A lower acceptance rate on such completed activity may result in a higher volume of principal activity under the planned revised approach. The amount of consumer relief Credit Suisse must provide also increases after 2021 pursuant to the original settlement by 5% per annum of the outstanding amount due until these obligations are settled. The monitor publishes reports periodically on these consumer relief matters.
Replacement of interbank offered rates
Following significant international and regulatory pressure to replace certain interbank offered rate (IBOR) benchmarks with alternative reference rates (ARRs), a major structural change in global financial markets is in progress. A significant milestone of the transition was passed at the end of 2021. From January 1, 2022 representative settings for all CHF, EUR, GBP and JPY LIBORs and for the one-week and two-month USD LIBORs have ceased publication. These rates had previously been in use for decades and the cessation has impacted millions of transactions and thousands of market participants. The transition of the remaining USD LIBOR settings was given an 18-month extension, with these scheduled to be discontinued following the LIBOR publication on June 30, 2023. The one-, three- and six-month GBP and JPY LIBOR settings remain published on a synthetic, temporary and non-representative basis, primarily to facilitate the transition of any residual legacy contract that the parties were unable to address in time. However, synthetic LIBORs are not available for reference in new trading activity, and as publication is temporary, remediation efforts need to continue.
The overwhelming majority of Credit Suisse’s legacy non-USD LIBOR portfolio has been remediated, either by active transition to ARRs, or by adding robust fallback provisions intended to govern the transition to ARRs upon the cessation of LIBORs. Legacy derivative contracts were de-risked largely by the widespread adherence to the International Swap and Derivatives Association’s 2020 IBOR Fallbacks Protocol (IBOR Protocol), while for cash instruments the dominant strategy involved direct engagement with counterparties. By the end of 2021, the CHF, JPY, GBP and EUR LIBOR derivatives and cash markets transitioned to ARRs, and these ARRs now underpin the Group’s core product offerings worldwide. As for the legacy non-USD portfolio, the bank is fully prepared to implement the fallback provisions that transition the portfolio away from the relevant LIBORs.
With respect to the USD markets, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), the alternative reference rate recommended by the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC), has already gained a significant foothold in the markets. With regulatory pressure to move new trading activity away from LIBOR, except in certain limited circumstances, SOFR is now becoming the dominant market rate even ahead of the official cessation date for USD LIBOR.
While Credit Suisse has a significant level of liabilities and assets linked to USD LIBOR, most of the legacy portfolio should have a reduced level of transition risk due to the presence of robust fallback provisions. Derivatives make up the majority of this portfolio, and many of our derivative counterparts have already adhered to the IBOR Protocol, which should help to eliminate contractual uncertainty around the discontinuation of USD LIBOR.
Under the leadership of members of the Executive Board and our business and functional leaders across the entire Group, the IBOR Transition Program remains fully engaged to facilitate the transition away from USD LIBOR by mid-2023. With respect to the remaining USD LIBOR settings, work remains focused on the five key areas identified in 2019:
Operational readiness and resiliency: by the end of 2021 the bank was operationally ready to support SOFR products in most markets in which it was active, but product development and facilitation work continues in select markets. Given the significant number of USD transactions that are expected to rely on fallback provisions, we are also starting to prepare for the transition in 2023.
Legal contract assessment and repapering: while most of the remaining legacy contracts have undergone an initial review, work remains to capture, analyze and, where possible, amend the documentation for key LIBOR-terms in a significant amount of contracts, primarily related to cash products. Resources are in place to accommodate contract renegotiations when our clients are ready to engage.
Product development and industry engagement: Credit Suisse continues to participate in national working groups in all of our main markets and actively supports the initiatives developed in these forums. In industry and client interactions we seek to build consensus with our clients, peers and national regulators to strengthen the integrity and robustness of our core markets
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through the transition to ARRs. Building on our established USD franchise, we are continuing to pioneer innovative solutions in the SOFR markets.
Risk management and mitigation: to manage transition risk, the Group implemented a group-wide policy to limit new LIBOR-referencing business and control the wind-down of legacy exposures in advance of the expected cessation (now July 2023). Accordingly, divisional plans were developed to ensure timely compliance with the policy and limits therein. Certain milestones were put in place and are monitored to ensure the transition is progressed in a timely fashion. Modelling and other risk management systems have been revised to accommodate the transition and were successfully tested in 2021. Pricing models have been reviewed and updated where needed. While most of the remaining legacy LIBOR portfolio has reduced transition risk, we are continuing our client outreach efforts to actively transition or de-risk the residual portfolio by adding robust fallback provisions.
Strategic Transition Planning and Communication: aligned with regulatory guidance on the transition, Credit Suisse’s businesses have developed and ratified their own transition plans. While certain product details and conventions remain to be agreed upon across the markets, we believe that these plans position us to be prepared and to optimally service our clients during and after the transition. Over forty thousand of our employees. have been trained for taking our clients on this journey and we continue to inform our clients about the progress of the transition.
While the significant majority of the Group’s legacy LIBOR portfolio has robust fallback provisions to guide the transition to ARRs once LIBOR rates become non-representative or not available, certain risks associated with the transition may still exist, including financial, legal, tax, operational and conduct risks. Credit Suisse continues to focus on identifying the potential impact this transition may have on clients, and new risks that may arise to assist them through the whole of the transition period.
Subsidiary guarantee information
Certain wholly owned finance subsidiaries of the Group, including Credit Suisse Group Funding (Guernsey) Limited, which is a Guernsey incorporated non-cellular company limited by shares, have issued securities fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Group. There are various legal and regulatory requirements, including the satisfaction of a solvency test under Guernsey law for the Guernsey subsidiary, applicable to some of the Group’s subsidiaries that may limit their ability to pay dividends or distributions and make loans and advances to the Group.
The Group and the Bank have issued full, unconditional and several guarantees of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc.’s outstanding SEC-registered debt securities, which as of December 31, 2021 consisted of a single outstanding issuance with a balance of USD 742 million maturing in July 2032. Credit Suisse (USA), Inc. is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of the Group, and the guarantees have been in place since March 2007. In accordance with the guarantees, if Credit Suisse (USA), Inc. fails to make a timely payment under the agreements governing such debt securities, the holders of the debt securities may demand payment from either the Group or the Bank, without first proceeding against Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., but to date there has been no occasion where holders of the debt securities have demanded payment under the guarantees. The guarantee from the Group is subordinated to senior liabilities, and the guarantees from the Group and the Bank are structurally subordinated to liabilities of any of the subsidiaries of the Group or the Bank that do not guarantee the debt securities.
Return on regulatory capital
Credit Suisse measures firm-wide returns against total shareholders’ equity and tangible shareholders’ equity, a non-GAAP financial measure also known as tangible book value. In addition, it also measures the efficiency of the firm and its divisions with regard to the usage of regulatory capital. Beginning in the third quarter of 2021, the return on regulatory capital calculation has been updated to closer align with the actual capital and leverage ratio levels under which Credit Suisse operates, rather than the previously used minimum requirements set by regulators. Regulatory capital is calculated as the average of 13.5% of RWA and 4.25% of leverage exposure and return on regulatory capital, a non-GAAP financial measure, is calculated using income/(loss) after tax and assumes a tax rate of 30% for periods prior to 2020 and 25% from 2020 onward. Prior periods have been restated. For the Investment Bank, return on regulatory capital is based on US dollar denominated numbers. Return on regulatory capital excluding certain items included in our reported results is calculated using results excluding such items, applying the same methodology.
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Format of presentation
In managing our business, revenues are evaluated in the aggregate, including an assessment of trading gains and losses and the related interest income and expense from financing and hedging positions. For this reason, specific individual revenue categories in isolation may not be indicative of performance. Certain reclassifications have been made to prior periods to conform to the current presentation. In connection with ongoing internal control processes, the Group identified accounting issues that were not material individually or in aggregate to prior balance sheet-related disclosures, and as a result of these accounting issues prior periods have been revised.
Compensation and benefits
Compensation and benefits for a given year reflect the strength and breadth of the business results and staffing levels and include fixed components, such as salaries, benefits and the amortization of share-based and other deferred compensation from prior-year awards, and a discretionary variable component. The variable component reflects the performance-based variable
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compensation for the current year. The portion of the performance-based compensation for the current year deferred through share-based and other awards is expensed in future periods and is subject to vesting and other conditions.
Our shareholders’ equity reflects the effect of share-based compensation. Share-based compensation expense (which is generally based on fair value at the time of grant) reduces equity; however, the recognition of the obligation to deliver the shares increases equity by a corresponding amount. Equity is generally unaffected by the granting and vesting of share-based awards and by the settlement of these awards through the issuance of shares from approved conditional capital. The Group may issue shares from conditional capital to meet its obligations to deliver share-based compensation awards. If Credit Suisse purchases shares from the market to meet its obligation to employees, these purchased treasury shares reduce equity by the amount of the purchase price.
> Refer to “Group compensation” in V – Compensation, “Consolidated statements of changes in equity”, “Tax benefits associated with share-based compensation” in Note 29 – Tax and “Note 30 – Employee deferred compensation” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Allocations and funding
Revenue sharing
Responsibility for each product is allocated to a specific segment, which records all related revenues and expenses. Revenue-sharing and service level agreements govern the compensation received by one segment for generating revenue or providing services on behalf of another. These agreements are negotiated periodically by the relevant segments on a product-by-product basis. The aim of revenue-sharing and service level agreements is to reflect the pricing structure of unrelated third-party transactions.
Cost allocation
Corporate services and business support, including in finance, operations, human resources, legal, risk management, compliance and IT, are provided by corporate functions, and the related costs are allocated to the segments and the Corporate Center based on their respective requirements and other relevant measures.
Funding
We centrally manage our funding activities. We primarily focus our issuance strategy on offering long-term debt securities at the Group level for funding and capital purposes.
> Refer to “Note 4 – Segment information” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Fair valuations
Fair value can be a relevant measurement for financial instruments when it aligns the accounting for these instruments with how we manage our business. The levels of the fair value hierarchy as defined by the relevant accounting guidance are not a measurement of economic risk, but rather an indication of the observability of prices or valuation inputs.
> Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies” and “Note 36 – Financial instruments” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
The fair value of the majority of the Group’s financial instruments is based on quoted prices in active markets (level 1) or observable inputs (level 2). These instruments include government and agency securities, certain short-term borrowings, most investment grade corporate debt, certain high yield debt securities, exchange-traded and certain over-the-counter (OTC) derivative instruments and most listed equity securities.
In addition, the Group holds financial instruments for which no prices are available and for which have few or no observable inputs (level 3). For these instruments, the determination of fair value requires subjective assessment and judgment depending on liquidity, pricing assumptions, the current economic and competitive environment and the risks affecting the specific instrument. In such circumstances, valuation is determined based on management’s own judgments about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability (including assumptions about risk). These instruments include certain OTC derivatives, including interest rate, foreign exchange, equity and credit derivatives, certain corporate equity-linked securities, mortgage-related securities, private equity investments, certain loans and credit products, including leveraged finance, certain syndicated loans and certain high yield bonds.
Models were used to value financial instruments for which no prices are available and which have little or no observable inputs (level 3). Models are developed internally and are reviewed by functions independent of the front office to ensure they are appropriate for current market conditions. The models require subjective assessment and varying degrees of judgment depending on liquidity, concentration, pricing assumptions and risks affecting the specific instrument. The models consider observable and unobservable parameters in calculating the value of these products, including certain indices relating to these products. Consideration of these indices is more significant in periods of lower market activity.
As of the end of 2021, 29% and 20% of our total assets and total liabilities, respectively, were measured at fair value.
The majority of our level 3 assets are recorded in our investment banking businesses. Total assets at fair value recorded as level 3 instruments decreased CHF 5.8 billion to CHF 10.6 billion as of the end of 2021, primarily reflecting net transfers out, mainly in trading assets, loans and other investments, and net settlements, mainly in loans, loans held-for-sale and trading assets.
As of the end of 2021, our level 3 assets comprised 1% of total assets and 5% of total assets measured at fair value, compared to 2% and 6%, respectively, as of the end of 2020.
We believe that the range of any valuation uncertainty, in the aggregate, would not be material to our financial condition; however, it may be material to our operating results for any particular period, depending, in part, upon the operating results for such period.
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Group and Bank differences
The business of the Bank is substantially the same as the business of Credit Suisse Group, and substantially all of the Bank’s operations are conducted through the Swiss Universal Bank, International Wealth Management, Asia Pacific, Asset Management and the Investment Bank segments. Certain Corporate Center activities of the Group, such as hedging activities relating to share-based compensation awards, are not applicable to the Bank. Certain other assets, liabilities and results of operations, primarily relating to Credit Suisse Services AG, our Swiss service company, with branches in the UK, Singapore and India, and its subsidiary in Poland, are managed as part of the activities of the Group’s segments. However, they are legally owned by the Group and are not part of the Bank’s consolidated financial statements.
Comparison of consolidated statements of operations
   Group Bank
in 2021 2020 2019 2021 2020 2019
Statements of operations (CHF million)   
Net revenues 22,696 22,389 22,484 23,042 22,503 22,686
Provision for credit losses 4,205 1,096 324 4,209 1,092 324
Total operating expenses 19,091 17,826 17,440 18,924 18,200 17,969
Income/(loss) before taxes  (600) 3,467 4,720 (91) 3,211 4,393
Income tax expense 1,026 801 1,295 938 697 1,298
Net income/(loss)  (1,626) 2,666 3,425 (1,029) 2,514 3,095
Net income/(loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests 24 (3) 6 (100) 3 14
Net income/(loss) attributable to shareholders  (1,650) 2,669 3,419 (929) 2,511 3,081
Comparison of consolidated balance sheets
   Group Bank
end of 2021 2020 2021 2020
Balance sheet statistics (CHF million)   
Total assets 1 755,833 818,965 759,214 822,831
Total liabilities 1 711,603 776,024 711,127 775,772
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Prior periods have been revised. Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies – Revisions of prior period financial statements” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Capitalization and indebtedness
   Group Bank
end of 2021 2020 2021 2020
Capitalization and indebtedness (CHF million)   
Due to banks 18,965 16,423 18,960 16,420
Customer deposits 392,819 390,921 393,841 392,039
Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions   1 35,274 36,994 35,368 37,087
Long-term debt 166,896 161,087 160,695 160,279
Other liabilities 97,649 170,599 102,263 169,947
Total liabilities  711,603 776,024 711,127 775,772
Total equity 44,230 42,941 48,087 47,059
Total capitalization and indebtedness  755,833 818,965 759,214 822,831
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Prior periods have been revised. Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies – Revisions of prior period financial statements” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Dividends from the Bank to the Group
for the financial year 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Dividends (CHF million)   
Dividends 570 1 11 1 10 10 10
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The Bank’s total share capital is fully paid and consisted of 4,399,680,200 registered shares as of December 31, 2021. Dividends are determined in accordance with Swiss law and the Bank's articles of incorporation. Proposal of the Board of Directors to the annual general meeting of the Bank.
2
Includes a non-cash distribution of CHF 1 million made in connection with a transfer of certain employees and the related assets and liabilities to Credit Suisse ­Services AG.
BIS capital metrics
   Group Bank
end of 2021 2020 2021 2020
Capital and risk-weighted assets (CHF million)   
CET1 capital 38,529 35,361 44,185 40,701
Tier 1 capital 54,373 51,202 59,110 55,659
Total eligible capital 54,852 1 52,163 1 59,589 2 56,620 2
Risk-weighted assets 267,787 275,084 266,934 275,676
Capital ratios (%)   
CET1 ratio 14.4 12.9 16.6 14.8
Tier 1 ratio 20.3 18.6 22.1 20.2
Total capital ratio 20.5 1 19.0 1 22.3 2 20.5 2
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Amounts are shown on a look-through basis. Certain tier 2 instruments were subject to phase out and are no longer eligible as of January 1, 2022. As of 2021 and 2020, total eligible capital was CHF 55,074 million and CHF 52,437 million, including CHF 222 million and CHF 273 million of such instruments and the total capital ratio was 20.6% and 19.1%, respectively.
2
Amounts are shown on a look-through basis. Certain tier 2 instruments were subject to phase out and are no longer eligible as of January 1, 2022. As of 2021 and 2020, total eligible capital was CHF 59,811 million and CHF 56,893 million, including CHF 222 million and CHF 273 million of such instruments and the total capital ratio was 22.4% and 20.6%, respectively.
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Swiss Universal Bank
In 2021, we reported income before taxes of CHF 2,729 million and net revenues of CHF 5,801 million. Income before taxes increased 30% compared to 2020, reflecting lower provision for credit losses, higher net revenues and lower total operating expenses.
Results summary
2021 results
In 2021, income before taxes of CHF 2,729 million increased 30% compared to 2020. Net revenues of CHF 5,801 million increased 3% compared to 2020, mainly due to higher recurring commissions and fees as well as higher other revenues, partially offset by lower transaction-based revenues. Recurring commissions and fees increased 10%, mainly driven by higher investment product management fees, higher security account and custody services fees, higher discretionary mandate management fees, higher investment advisory fees and higher revenues from our investment in Swisscard. Other revenues in 2021 included gains on the sale of real estate of CHF 213 million, reflected in Private Clients, and a gain on the equity investment in Allfunds Group of CHF 186 million and an insurance claim refund of CHF 49 million relating to a major litigation case, both reflected in Corporate & Institutional Clients, partially offset by a SIX equity investment revaluation loss of CHF 43 million reflected in Private Clients and Corporate & Institutional Clients. Other revenues in 2020 included a Pfandbriefbank equity investment revaluation gain of CHF 134 million and gains on the sale of real estate of CHF 15 million, both reflected in Private Clients, a SIX equity investment revaluation gain of CHF 97 million, reflected in Private Clients and Corporate & Institutional Clients, as well as a gain related to the completed transfer of the Credit Suisse InvestLab AG (InvestLab) fund platform to Allfunds Group of CHF 25 million and a gain on the equity investment in Allfunds Group of CHF 38 million, both reflected in Corporate & Institutional Clients. Net interest income was stable, with lower loan margins on slightly higher average loan volumes, a positive impact from other banking book positions and higher treasury revenues, offset by lower deposit margins on slightly higher average deposit volumes. Transaction-based revenues decreased 2%, mainly driven by lower revenues from Global Trading Solutions (GTS) as well as lower brokerage and product issuing fees, partially offset by higher fees from foreign exchange client business and valuation gains on derivatives in connection with the transition from Interbank Offered Rates (IBOR) to alternative reference rates. Provision for credit losses was CHF 6 million in 2021 on a net loan portfolio of CHF 176.2 billion, compared to CHF 270 million provision for credit losses on a net loan portfolio of CHF 176.3 billion in 2020. Provision for credit losses in 2021 included a release of non-specific provisions for expected credit losses of CHF 65 million. Total operating expenses of CHF 3,066 million decreased 5%, reflecting lower compensation and benefits as well as lower restructuring expenses, partially offset by higher general and administrative expenses. 2020 included major litigation provisions of CHF 45 million as well as restructuring expenses mainly in connection with the integration of Neue Aargauer Bank (NAB) of CHF 44 million.
Divisional results
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2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Statements of operations (CHF million)   
Net revenues  5,801 5,615 5,905 3 (5)
Provision for credit losses  6 270 109 (98) 148
Compensation and benefits 1,807 1,975 1,945 (9) 2
General and administrative expenses 1,040 1,013 1,060 3 (4)
Commission expenses 205 209 218 (2) (4)
Restructuring expenses 14 44 (68)
Total other operating expenses 1,259 1,266 1,278 (1) (1)
Total operating expenses  3,066 3,241 3,223 (5) 1
Income before taxes  2,729 2,104 2,573 30 (18)
Statement of operations metrics (%)   
Return on regulatory capital 17.1 13.4 15.9
Cost/income ratio 52.9 57.7 54.6
Number of employees and relationship managers   
Number of employees (full-time equivalents) 13,370 13,220 12,560 1 5
Number of relationship managers 1,740 1,770 1,790 (2) (1)
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Divisional results (continued)
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Net revenues (CHF million)   
Private Clients 3,068 3,055 3,186 0 (4)
Corporate & Institutional Clients 2,733 2,560 2,719 7 (6)
Net revenues  5,801 5,615 5,905 3 (5)
Net revenue detail (CHF million)   
Net interest income 2,688 2,683 2,705 0 (1)
Recurring commissions and fees 1,577 1,440 1,489 10 (3)
Transaction-based revenues 1,206 1,235 1,144 (2) 8
Other revenues 330 257 567 28 (55)
Net revenues  5,801 5,615 5,905 3 (5)
Balance sheet statistics (CHF million)   
Total assets 263,797 261,465 249,829 1 5
Net loans 176,237 176,332 170,772 0 3
   of which Private Clients  113,698 118,223 116,158 (4) 2
Risk-weighted assets 79,880 81,288 80,489 (2) 1
Leverage exposure 301,289 295,507 284,798 2 4
Net interest income includes a term spread credit on stable deposit funding and a term spread charge on loans. Recurring commissions and fees includes investment product management, discretionary mandate and other asset management-related fees, fees for general banking products and services and revenues from wealth structuring solutions. Transaction-based revenues arise primarily from brokerage fees, fees from foreign exchange client transactions, trading and sales income, equity participations income and other transaction-based income. Other revenues include fair value gains/(losses) on synthetic securitized loan portfolios and other gains and losses.
We continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on our operations and businesses.
> Refer to “Results summary” in Credit Suisse for further information related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 results
In 2020, income before taxes of CHF 2,104 million decreased 18% compared to 2019. Net revenues of CHF 5,615 million decreased 5% compared to 2019, mainly due to lower other revenues. Other revenues in 2020 included a Pfandbriefbank equity investment revaluation gain of CHF 134 million reflected in Private Clients in the second quarter of 2020, a SIX equity investment revaluation gain of CHF 97 million reflected in Private Clients and Corporate & Institutional Clients in the fourth quarter of 2020, a gain related to the completed transfer of the InvestLab fund platform to Allfunds Group of CHF 25 million in the first quarter of 2020 and a gain on the equity investment in Allfunds Group of CHF 38 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, both reflected in Corporate & Institutional Clients, and gains on the sale of real estate of CHF 15 million reflected in Private Clients. Other revenues in 2019 included a SIX equity investment revaluation gain of CHF 306 million reflected in Private Clients and Corporate & Institutional Clients, gains on the sale of real estate of CHF 223 million, mainly reflected in Private Clients, and the gain related to the transfer of the InvestLab fund platform reflected in Corporate & Institutional Clients of CHF 98 million. Recurring commissions and fees decreased 3%, driven by lower revenues from our investment in Swisscard and lower banking services fees. Net interest income was stable, with lower deposit margins on slightly lower average deposit volumes and lower treasury revenues, partially offset by lower loan margins on slightly higher average loan volumes. Transaction-based revenues increased 8%, mainly driven by higher brokerage and product issuing fees, higher revenues from GTS and higher revenues from our Swiss investment banking business, partially offset by lower equity participations income, which included a lower dividend from our ownership interest in SIX Group. Provision for credit losses was CHF 270 million in 2020 on a net loan portfolio of CHF 176.3 billion, compared to CHF 109 million provision for credit losses on a net loan portfolio of CHF 170.8 billion in 2019. Provision for credit losses in 2020 mainly reflected the impact on our commodity trade finance and Swiss corporate portfolios from the expected deterioration of macroeconomic factors under the CECL methodology, primarily in the first quarter of 2020, and a single case in our commodity trade finance portfolio in the third quarter of 2020. Total operating expenses of CHF 3,241 million were stable, with major litigation provisions of CHF 45 million as well as restructuring expenses mainly in connection with the integration of NAB of CHF 44 million in 2020, offset by lower allocated corporate function costs, lower professional services fees and lower occupancy expenses.
The COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected our business performance in 2020, including higher provision for credit losses, adverse foreign exchange-related movements and a sharp reduction in US dollar interest rates.
> Refer to “Results summary” in Credit Suisse for further information related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Capital and leverage metrics
As of the end of 2021, we reported risk-weighted assets of CHF 79.9 billion, a decrease of CHF 1.4 billion compared to the end of 2020, primarily driven by movements in risk levels in credit risk, mainly related to advanced credit valuation adjustment, and internal model and parameter updates in operational risk, mainly reflecting our update to the operational risk allocation keys. These decreases were partially offset by the foreign exchange impact. Leverage exposure of CHF 301.3 billion was CHF 5.8 billion higher compared to the end of 2020, mainly driven by increased high-quality liquid assets (HQLA) and business growth.
Reconciliation of adjustment items
   Private Clients Corporate & Institutional Clients Swiss Universal Bank
in 2021 2020 2019 2021 2020 2019 2021 2020 2019
Results (CHF million)   
Net revenues  3,068 3,055 3,186 2,733 2,560 2,719 5,801 5,615 5,905
   Real estate (gains)/losses  (213) (15) (221) 0 0 (2) (213) (15) (223)
   (Gains)/losses on business sales  6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
   Major litigation recovery  0 0 0 (49) 0 0 (49) 0 0
Adjusted net revenues  2,861 3,040 2,965 2,684 2,560 2,717 5,545 5,600 5,682
Significant items
   Gain related to InvestLab transfer  0 0 0 0 (25) (98) 0 (25) (98)
   Gain on equity investment in Allfunds Group  0 0 0 (186) (38) 0 (186) (38) 0
   (Gain)/loss on equity investment in SIX Group AG  21 (47) (149) 22 (50) (157) 43 (97) (306)
   Gain on equity investment in Pfandbriefbank  0 (134) 0 0 0 0 0 (134) 0
Adjusted net revenues excluding significant items  2,882 2,859 2,816 2,520 2,447 2,462 5,402 5,306 5,278
Provision for credit losses  30 62 46 (24) 208 63 6 270 109
Total operating expenses  1,804 1,913 1,858 1,262 1,328 1,365 3,066 3,241 3,223
   Restructuring expenses  (6) (35) (8) (9) (14) (44)
   Major litigation provisions  0 0 0 (1) (45) (3) (1) (45) (3)
   Expenses related to real estate disposals  (4) (3) (8) 0 0 (4) (4) (3) (12)
Adjusted total operating expenses  1,794 1,875 1,850 1,253 1,274 1,358 3,047 3,149 3,208
Significant items
   Expenses related to equity investment in Allfunds Group  0 0 0 (6) 0 0 (6) 0 0
Adjusted total operating expenses excluding significant items  1,794 1,875 1,850 1,247 1,274 1,358 3,041 3,149 3,208
Income before taxes  1,234 1,080 1,282 1,495 1,024 1,291 2,729 2,104 2,573
Adjusted income before taxes  1,037 1,103 1,069 1,455 1,078 1,296 2,492 2,181 2,365
Adjusted income before taxes excluding significant items  1,058 922 920 1,297 965 1,041 2,355 1,887 1,961
Adjusted return on regulatory capital (%) 15.6 13.9 14.6
Adjusted return on regulatory capital excluding significant items (%) 14.8 12.0 12.1
Adjusted results and adjusted results excluding significant items are non-GAAP financial measures. Refer to "Reconciliation of adjustment items" in Credit Suisse for further information.
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Private Clients
2021 results details
Income before taxes of CHF 1,234 million increased 14% compared to 2020, mainly driven by lower total operating expenses and lower provision for credit losses.
Net revenues
In 2021, net revenues of CHF 3,068 million were stable, reflecting higher recurring commissions and fees offset by lower transaction-based revenues, lower net interest income and lower other revenues. Recurring commissions and fees of CHF 859 million increased 11%, primarily reflecting higher discretionary mandate management fees, higher investment product management fees, higher security account and custody services fees as well as higher revenues from our investment in Swisscard. Transaction-based revenues of CHF 440 million decreased 8%, primarily driven by lower brokerage and product issuing fees as well as lower revenues from GTS. Net interest income of CHF 1,595 million decreased CHF 19 million, with lower deposit margins on slightly lower average deposit volumes and stable loan margins on slightly lower average loan volumes, partially offset by higher treasury revenues. Other revenues in 2021 included gains on the sale of real estate of CHF 213 million, a SIX equity investment revaluation loss of CHF 21 million and a loss from the sale of Credit Suisse Life & Pensions AG of CHF 6 million. Other revenues in 2020 included the Pfandbriefbank equity investment revaluation gain of CHF 134 million, the SIX equity investment revaluation gain of CHF 47 million and gains on the sale of real estate of CHF 15 million.
Provision for credit losses
The Private Clients loan portfolio is substantially comprised of residential mortgages in Switzerland and loans collateralized by securities and, to a lesser extent, consumer finance loans.
In 2021, Private Clients recorded provision for credit losses of CHF 30 million compared to CHF 62 million in 2020. The provisions were primarily related to our consumer finance business.
Total operating expenses
Compared to 2020, total operating expenses of CHF 1,804 million decreased 6%, mainly reflecting lower compensation and benefits as well as lower restructuring expenses, partially offset by higher general and administrative expenses. Compensation and benefits of CHF 1,048 million decreased 10%, primarily driven by lower allocated corporate function costs and lower discretionary compensation expenses. General and administrative expenses of CHF 663 million increased 7%, primarily reflecting higher advertising and marketing expenses as well as higher allocated corporate function costs.
Margins
Our gross margin was 143 basis points in 2021, six basis points lower compared to 2020, mainly reflecting a 4.6% increase in average assets under management and lower transaction-based revenues, partially offset by higher recurring commissions and fees.
> Refer to “Assets under management” for further information.
Our net margin was 58 basis points in 2021, five basis points higher compared to 2020, mainly reflecting lower total operating expenses and lower provision for credit losses, partially offset by the higher average assets under management.
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Results – Private Clients
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2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Statements of operations (CHF million)   
Net revenues  3,068 3,055 3,186 0 (4)
Provision for credit losses  30 62 46 (52) 35
Compensation and benefits 1,048 1,166 1,099 (10) 6
General and administrative expenses 663 617 656 7 (6)
Commission expenses 87 95 103 (8) (8)
Restructuring expenses 6 35 (83)
Total other operating expenses 756 747 759 1 (2)
Total operating expenses  1,804 1,913 1,858 (6) 3
Income before taxes  1,234 1,080 1,282 14 (16)
Statement of operations metrics (%)   
Cost/income ratio 58.8 62.6 58.3
Net revenue detail (CHF million)   
Net interest income 1,595 1,614 1,580 (1) 2
Recurring commissions and fees 859 775 826 11 (6)
Transaction-based revenues 440 480 412 (8) 17
Other revenues 174 186 368 (6) (49)
Net revenues  3,068 3,055 3,186 0 (4)
Margins on assets under management (bp)   
Gross margin 1 143 149 150
Net margin 2 58 53 60
Number of relationship managers   
Number of relationship managers 1,240 1,290 1,280 (4) 1
1
Net revenues divided by average assets under management.
2
Income before taxes divided by average assets under management.
2020 results details
Income before taxes of CHF 1,080 million decreased 16% compared to 2019, mainly driven by lower net revenues and higher total operating expenses.
Net revenues
In 2020, net revenues of CHF 3,055 million decreased 4%, mainly reflecting lower other revenues. Other revenues in 2020 included the Pfandbriefbank equity investment revaluation gain of CHF 134 million, the SIX equity investment revaluation gain of CHF 47 million and gains on the sale of real estate of CHF 15 million. Other revenues in 2019 included gains on the sale of real estate of CHF 221 million and the SIX equity investment revaluation gain of CHF 149 million. Recurring commissions and fees of CHF 775 million decreased 6%, primarily reflecting lower revenues from our investment in Swisscard. Transaction-based revenues of CHF 480 million increased 17%, primarily driven by higher client activity and higher revenues from GTS, partially offset by lower equity participations income, which included the lower dividend from our ownership interest in SIX Group. Net interest income of CHF 1,614 million increased 2%, with lower loan margins on slightly higher average loan volumes, partially offset by lower deposit margins on stable average deposit volumes and lower treasury revenues.
Provision for credit losses
In 2020, Private Clients recorded provision for credit losses of CHF 62 million compared to CHF 46 million in 2019. The provision was primarily related to our consumer finance business including the application of the CECL methodology.
Total operating expenses
Compared to 2019, total operating expenses of CHF 1,913 million increased 3%, mainly reflecting higher compensation and benefits and restructuring expenses of CHF 35 million in 2020, partially offset by lower general and administrative expenses. Compensation and benefits of CHF 1,166 million increased 6%, primarily driven by higher allocated corporate function costs, higher pension expenses and increased salary expenses, partially offset by lower discretionary compensation expenses. General and administrative expenses of CHF 617 million decreased 6%, primarily reflecting lower allocated corporate function costs.
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Assets under management
As of the end of 2021, assets under management of CHF 217.5 billion were CHF 8.9 billion higher compared to the end of 2020, mainly due to favorable market movements and net new assets, partially offset by structural effects. Net new assets of CHF 1.4 billion reflected inflows across all client segments. Structural effects included the transfer of assets under management of CHF 4.0 billion to Corporate & Institutional Clients in the first quarter of 2021 related to the integration of NAB.
As of the end of 2020, assets under management of CHF 208.6 billion were CHF 9.0 billion lower compared to the end of 2019, mainly due to net asset outflows and unfavorable foreign exchange-related movements, partially offset by favorable market movements. Net asset outflows of CHF 5.9 billion mainly reflected outflows in the UHNW client segment, driven by a single outflow in the first quarter of 2020.
Assets under management – Private Clients
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2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Assets under management (CHF billion)   
Assets under management 217.5 208.6 217.6 4.3 (4.1)
Average assets under management 214.4 205.0 212.8 4.6 (3.7)
Assets under management by currency (CHF billion)   
USD 36.8 34.8 36.0 5.7 (3.3)
EUR 20.4 19.3 20.2 5.7 (4.5)
CHF 151.2 145.7 151.9 3.8 (4.1)
Other 9.1 8.8 9.5 3.4 (7.4)
Assets under management  217.5 208.6 217.6 4.3 (4.1)
Growth in assets under management (CHF billion)   
Net new assets 1.4 (5.9) 3.4
Other effects 7.5 (3.1) 16.2
   of which market movements  13.3 1.9 18.7
   of which foreign exchange  0.4 (3.8) (1.5)
   of which other  (6.2) (1.2) (1.0)
Growth in assets under management  8.9 (9.0) 19.6
Growth in assets under management (%)   
Net new assets 0.7 (2.7) 1.7
Other effects 3.6 (1.4) 8.2
Growth in assets under management  4.3 (4.1) 9.9
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Corporate & Institutional Clients
2021 results details
Income before taxes of CHF 1,495 million increased 46% compared to 2020, reflecting significantly lower provision for credit losses, higher net revenues and lower total operating expenses.
Net revenues
Compared to 2020, net revenues of CHF 2,733 million increased 7%, reflecting higher revenues across all revenue categories. Other revenues in 2021 included the gain on the equity investment in Allfunds Group of CHF 186 million and the insurance claim refund of CHF 49 million relating to a major litigation case, partially offset by a SIX equity investment revaluation loss of CHF 22 million. Other revenues in 2020 included the SIX equity investment revaluation gain of CHF 50 million, the gain related to the completed transfer of the InvestLab fund platform of CHF 25 million and the gain on the equity investment in Allfunds Group of CHF 38 million. Recurring commissions and fees of CHF 718 million increased 8%, mainly driven by higher security account and custody services fees, higher investment product management fees, higher fees from lending activities and higher investment advisory fees. Net interest income of CHF 1,093 million increased 2%, with lower loan margins on higher average loan volumes and a positive impact from other banking book positions, partially offset by lower deposit margins on higher average deposit volumes and lower treasury revenues. Transaction-based revenues of CHF 766 million increased CHF 11 million, mainly reflecting higher fees from foreign exchange client business and valuation gains on derivatives in connection with the transition from IBOR to alternative reference rates, partially offset by lower revenues from GTS.
Provision for credit losses
The Corporate & Institutional Clients loan portfolio has relatively low concentrations and is mainly secured by real estate, securities and other financial collateral.
In 2021, Corporate & Institutional Clients recorded a release of provision for credit losses of CHF 24 million compared to provision for credit losses of CHF 208 million in 2020. Provision for credit losses in 2021 included a release of non-specific provisions for expected credit losses of CHF 64 million.
Results – Corporate & Institutional Clients
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2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Statements of operations (CHF million)   
Net revenues  2,733 2,560 2,719 7 (6)
Provision for credit losses  (24) 208 63 230
Compensation and benefits 759 809 846 (6) (4)
General and administrative expenses 377 396 404 (5) (2)
Commission expenses 118 114 115 4 (1)
Restructuring expenses 8 9 (11)
Total other operating expenses 503 519 519 (3) 0
Total operating expenses  1,262 1,328 1,365 (5) (3)
Income before taxes  1,495 1,024 1,291 46 (21)
Statement of operations metrics (%)   
Cost/income ratio 46.2 51.9 50.2
Net revenue detail (CHF million)   
Net interest income 1,093 1,069 1,125 2 (5)
Recurring commissions and fees 718 665 663 8 0
Transaction-based revenues 766 755 732 1 3
Other revenues 156 71 199 120 (64)
Net revenues  2,733 2,560 2,719 7 (6)
Number of relationship managers   
Number of relationship managers 500 480 510 4 (6)
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Total operating expenses
Compared to 2020, total operating expenses of CHF 1,262 million decreased 5%, primarily reflecting lower compensation and benefits as well as lower general and administrative expenses. Compensation and benefits of CHF 759 million decreased 6%, driven by lower discretionary compensation expenses. General and administrative expenses of CHF 377 million decreased 5%, primarily reflecting lower litigation provisions, partially offset by higher allocated corporate function costs. 2020 included major litigation provisions of CHF 45 million.
2020 results details
Income before taxes of CHF 1,024 million decreased 21% compared to 2019, reflecting lower net revenues and higher provision for credit losses, partially offset by lower total operating expenses.
Net revenues
Compared to 2019, net revenues of CHF 2,560 million decreased 6%, mainly driven by lower other revenues. Other revenues in 2020 included the SIX equity investment revaluation gain of CHF 50 million, the gain related to the completed transfer of the InvestLab fund platform of CHF 25 million and the gain on the equity investment in Allfunds Group of CHF 38 million. Other revenues in 2019 included the SIX equity investment revaluation gain of CHF 157 million and the gain of CHF 98 million related to the transfer of the InvestLab fund platform. Net interest income of CHF 1,069 million decreased 5%, with lower deposit margins on lower average deposit volumes and lower loan margins on stable average loan volumes. Recurring commissions and fees of CHF 665 million were stable, with higher fund and investment advisory fees and higher fees from lending activities, offset by lower banking services fees. Transaction-based revenues of CHF 755 million increased 3%, mainly reflecting higher revenues from GTS, higher revenues from our Swiss investment banking business and increased brokerage and product issuing fees, partially offset by lower fees from foreign exchange client business and lower equity participations income, which included the lower dividend from our ownership interest in SIX Group.
Provision for credit losses
In 2020, Corporate & Institutional Clients recorded provision for credit losses of CHF 208 million compared to CHF 63 million in 2019. The provision for credit losses in 2020 reflected the impact on our commodity trade finance and Swiss corporate portfolios from the expected deterioration of macroeconomic factors under the CECL methodology, primarily in the first quarter of 2020, and a single case in our commodity trade finance portfolio in the third quarter of 2020.
Total operating expenses
Compared to 2019, total operating expenses of CHF 1,328 million decreased 3%, primarily reflecting lower compensation and benefits. Compensation and benefits of CHF 809 million decreased 4%, driven by lower allocated corporate function costs and lower salary expenses. General and administrative expenses of CHF 396 million decreased 2%, primarily reflecting lower allocated corporate function costs, lower occupancy expenses, decreased professional services fees and lower travel and entertainment expenses, partially offset by higher litigation provisions.
Assets under management
As of the end of 2021, assets under management of CHF 513.5 billion were CHF 50.9 billion higher compared to the end of 2020, mainly due to favorable market movements, net new assets and structural effects. Net new assets of CHF 5.1 billion reflected inflows from our pension and external asset managers businesses. Structural effects included the transfer of assets under management of CHF 4.0 billion from Private Clients in the first quarter of 2021 related to the integration of NAB.
As of the end of 2020, assets under management of CHF 462.6 billion were CHF 26.2 billion higher compared to the end of 2019, mainly driven by favorable market movements and net new assets, partially offset by unfavorable foreign exchange-related movements. Net new assets of CHF 13.7 billion mainly reflected inflows from our pension business.
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International Wealth Management
In 2021, we reported income before taxes of CHF 976 million and net revenues of CHF 3,462 million. Income before taxes decreased 11% compared to 2020, primarily reflecting lower net revenues, partially offset by lower provision for credit losses.
Results summary
2021 results
In 2021, income before taxes of CHF 976 million decreased 11% compared to 2020. Net revenues of CHF 3,462 million decreased 8% compared to 2020, driven by lower transaction- and performance-based revenues and lower net interest income, partially offset by higher other revenues and higher recurring commissions and fees. Other revenues in 2021 included a gain on the equity investment in Allfunds Group of CHF 249 million, a gain on the sale of real estate of CHF 19 million and gains on the sale of businesses of CHF 17 million, partially offset by a loss from the sale of Credit Suisse Life & Pensions AG of CHF 35 million in the third quarter of 2021 and a SIX equity investment revaluation loss of CHF 27 million. Other revenues in 2020 included a gain of CHF 15 million related to the completed transfer of the InvestLab fund platform as well as a SIX equity investment revaluation gain of CHF 61 million and a gain on the equity investment in Allfunds Group of CHF 51 million. In 2021, we recorded a release of provision for credit losses of CHF 14 million on a net loan portfolio of CHF 53.2 billion, compared to CHF 110 million provision for credit losses on a net loan portfolio of CHF 52.2 billion in 2020. Provision for credit losses in 2021 included a release of non-specific provisions for expected credit losses of CHF 47 million. Total operating expenses of CHF 2,500 million decreased 2% compared to 2020, driven by lower compensation and benefits and lower restructuring expenses, partially offset by higher general and administrative expenses.
We continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on our operations and businesses.
> Refer to “Results summary” in Credit Suisse for further information related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Divisional results
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2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Statements of operations (CHF million)   
Net revenues  3,462 3,747 4,181 (8) (10)
Provision for credit losses  (14) 110 48 129
Compensation and benefits 1,548 1,658 1,688 (7) (2)
General and administrative expenses 785 707 710 11 0
Commission expenses 155 144 149 8 (3)
Restructuring expenses 12 37 (68)
Total other operating expenses 952 888 859 7 3
Total operating expenses  2,500 2,546 2,547 (2) 0
Income before taxes  976 1,091 1,586 (11) (31)
Statement of operations metrics (%)   
Return on regulatory capital 16.2 18.4 26.2
Cost/income ratio 72.2 67.9 60.9
Number of employees (full-time equivalents)   
Number of employees 8,110 7,880 7,940 3 (1)
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Divisional results (continued)
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2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Net revenue detail (CHF million)   
Net interest income 1,082 1,265 1,419 (14) (11)
Recurring commissions and fees 1,197 1,136 1,205 5 (6)
Transaction- and performance-based revenues 964 1,221 1,186 (21) 3
Other revenues 219 125 371 75 (66)
Net revenues  3,462 3,747 4,181 (8) (10)
Balance sheet statistics (CHF million)   
Total assets 88,715 91,503 86,555 (3) 6
Net loans 53,187 52,167 53,771 2 (3)
Risk-weighted assets 30,942 34,017 33,742 (9) 1
Leverage exposure 104,310 101,025 95,356 3 6
Margins on assets under management (bp)   
Gross margin 1 89 107 115
Net margin 2 25 31 44
Number of relationship managers   
Number of relationship managers 1,100 1,140 1,150 (4) (1)
Net interest income includes a term spread credit on stable deposit funding and a term spread charge on loans. Recurring commissions and fees includes investment product management, discretionary mandate and other asset management-related fees, fees for general banking products and services and revenues from wealth structuring solutions. Transaction- and performance-based revenues arise primarily from brokerage and product issuing fees, fees from foreign exchange client transactions, trading and sales income, equity participations income and other transaction- and performance-based income.
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Net revenues divided by average assets under management.
2
Income before taxes divided by average assets under management.
2020 results
In 2020, income before taxes of CHF 1,091 million decreased 31% compared to 2019. Net revenues of CHF 3,747 million were 10% lower compared to 2019, driven by significantly lower other revenues, lower net interest income and lower recurring commissions and fees, partially offset by higher transaction-based revenues. Other revenues in 2020 included the gain of CHF 15 million related to the completed transfer of the InvestLab fund platform as well as the SIX equity investment revaluation gain of CHF 61 million and the gain on the equity investment in Allfunds Group of CHF 51 million. Other revenues in 2019 included a SIX equity investment revaluation gain of CHF 192 million, a gain of CHF 131 million related to the transfer of the InvestLab fund platform and gains on the sale of real estate of CHF 45 million. Provision for credit losses was CHF 110 million on a net loan portfolio of CHF 52.2 billion, compared to CHF 48 million provision for credit losses on a net loan portfolio of CHF 53.8 billion in 2019. Provision for credit losses in 2020 was mainly related to ship finance. Total operating expenses of CHF 2,546 million were stable compared to 2019, with lower compensation and benefits, offset by restructuring expenses of CHF 37 million in 2020.
Results in 2020 were impacted by the weakening of the average rate of the US dollar against the Swiss franc, which adversely impacted revenues, but favorably impacted expenses.
The COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected our business performance in 2020, including higher provision for credit losses, adverse foreign exchange-related movements and a sharp reduction in US dollar interest rates.
> Refer to “Results summary” in Credit Suisse for further information related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Capital and leverage metrics
As of the end of 2021, we reported risk-weighted assets of CHF 30.9 billion, a decrease of CHF 3.1 billion compared to the end of 2020, mainly driven by movements in risk levels in credit risk, primarily reflecting decreases in lending exposures. Leverage exposure of CHF 104.3 billion was CHF 3.3 billion higher compared to the end of 2020, driven by an increase in HQLA and business growth.
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Reconciliation of adjustment items
   International Wealth Management
in 2021 2020 2019
Adjusted results (CHF million)   
Net revenues  3,462 3,747 4,181
   Real estate (gains)/losses  (19) 0 (45)
   (Gains)/losses on business sales  18 0 0
Adjusted net revenues  3,461 3,747 4,136
Significant items
   Gain related to InvestLab transfer  0 (15) (131)
   Gain on equity investment in Allfunds Group  (249) (51) 0
   (Gain)/loss on equity investment in SIX Group AG  27 (61) (192)
Adjusted net revenues excluding significant items  3,239 3,620 3,813
Provision for credit losses  (14) 110 48
Total operating expenses  2,500 2,546 2,547
   Restructuring expenses  (12) (37)
   Major litigation provisions  9 11 30
   Expenses related to real estate disposals  (7) (5) (17)
Adjusted total operating expenses  2,490 2,515 2,560
Significant items
   Expenses related to equity investment in Allfunds Group  (7) 0 0
Adjusted total operating expenses excluding significant items  2,483 2,515 2,560
Income before taxes  976 1,091 1,586
Adjusted income before taxes  985 1,122 1,528
Adjusted income before taxes excluding significant items  770 995 1,205
Adjusted return on regulatory capital (%) 16.3 18.9 25.2
Adjusted return on regulatory capital excluding significant items (%) 12.8 16.8 19.9
Adjusted results and adjusted results excluding significant items are non-GAAP financial measures. Refer to "Reconciliation of adjustment items" in Credit Suisse for further information.
2021 results details
Income before taxes of CHF 976 million decreased 11% compared to 2020, primarily reflecting lower net revenues, partially offset by lower provision for credit losses.
Net revenues
Compared to 2020, net revenues of CHF 3,462 million were 8% lower, driven by lower transaction- and performance-based revenues and lower net interest income, partially offset by higher other revenues and higher recurring commissions and fees. Transaction- and performance-based revenues of CHF 964 million decreased 21%, mainly reflecting lower client activity, lower revenues from GTS and a revaluation loss on an investment compared to a revaluation gain on the same investment in 2020. Net interest income of CHF 1,082 million decreased 14%, with lower deposit margins on higher average deposit volumes, a negative impact from other banking book positions and lower treasury revenues, partially offset by lower loan margins on higher average loan volumes. Other revenues in 2021 included the gain on the equity investment in Allfunds Group of CHF 249 million, the gain on the sale of real estate of CHF 19 million and the gains on the sale of businesses of CHF 17 million, partially offset by the loss from the sale of Credit Suisse Life & Pensions AG of CHF 35 million in the third quarter of 2021 and the SIX equity investment revaluation loss of CHF 27 million. Other revenues in 2020 included the gain of CHF 15 million related to the completed transfer of the InvestLab fund platform as well as the SIX equity investment revaluation gain of CHF 61 million and the gain on the equity investment in Allfunds Group of CHF 51 million. Recurring commissions and fees of CHF 1,197 million increased 5%, mainly driven by higher investment product management fees, higher discretionary mandate management fees and higher security account and custody services fees, partially offset by lower banking services fees.
Provision for credit losses
The loan portfolio primarily comprises lombard loans, mainly backed by listed securities, ship finance and real estate mortgages.
In 2021, we recorded a release of provision for credit losses of CHF 14 million, compared to CHF 110 million in 2020. Provision for credit losses in 2021 mainly reflected a release of non-specific provisions for expected credit losses of CHF 47 million, partially offset by provisions relating to several individual cases.
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Total operating expenses
Compared to 2020, total operating expenses of CHF 2,500 million decreased 2%, driven by lower compensation and benefits and lower restructuring expenses, partially offset by higher general and administrative expenses. Compensation and benefits of CHF 1,548 million decreased 7%, mainly reflecting lower discretionary compensation expenses and lower deferred compensation expenses from prior-year awards. General and administrative expenses of CHF 785 million increased 11%, primarily reflecting higher allocated corporate function costs and higher professional services fees.
Margins
Our gross margin was 89 basis points in 2021, 18 basis points lower compared to 2020, driven by an 11.0% increase in average assets under management, lower transaction- and performance-based revenues and lower net interest income, partially offset by higher other revenues and higher recurring commissions and fees.
> Refer to “Assets under management” for further information.
Our net margin was 25 basis points in 2021, six basis points lower compared to 2020, mainly reflecting lower net revenues and the higher average assets under management, partially offset by lower provision for credit losses.
2020 results details
Income before taxes of CHF 1,091 million decreased 31% compared to 2019, primarily reflecting lower net revenues.
Net revenues
Compared to 2019, net revenues of CHF 3,747 million were 10% lower, driven by significantly lower other revenues, lower net interest income and lower recurring commissions and fees, partially offset by higher transaction- and performance-based revenues. Other revenues in 2020 included the gain of CHF 15 million related to the completed transfer of the InvestLab fund platform as well as the SIX equity investment revaluation gain of CHF 61 million and the gain on the equity investment in Allfunds Group of CHF 51 million. Other revenues in 2019 included the SIX equity investment revaluation gain of CHF 192 million, the gain of CHF 131 million related to the transfer of the InvestLab fund platform and the gains on the sale of real estate of CHF 45 million. Net interest income of CHF 1,265 million decreased 11%, with lower deposit margins on higher average deposit volumes, lower loan margins on lower average loan volumes and lower treasury revenues. Recurring commissions and fees of CHF 1,136 million decreased 6%, mainly driven by lower investment product management fees and lower discretionary mandate management fees. Transaction- and performance-based revenues of CHF 1,221 million increased 3%, mainly reflecting higher revenues from GTS and higher client activity, partially offset by lower equity participations income, which included a lower dividend from our ownership interest in SIX Group, lower performance fees and lower corporate advisory fees from integrated solutions.
Provision for credit losses
In 2020, we recorded provision for credit losses of CHF 110 million, compared to CHF 48 million in 2019. Provision for credit losses in 2020 was mainly related to ship finance.
Total operating expenses
Compared to 2019, total operating expenses of CHF 2,546 million were stable, with lower compensation and benefits, offset by restructuring expenses of CHF 37 million in 2020. Compensation and benefits of CHF 1,658 million decreased 2%, mainly reflecting lower discretionary compensation expenses, partially offset by higher deferred compensation expenses from prior-year awards. General and administrative expenses of CHF 707 million were stable, primarily reflecting lower allocated corporate function costs and lower travel and entertainment expenses, offset by higher professional services fees and higher litigation provisions.
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Assets under management
As of the end of 2021, assets under management of CHF 390.7 billion were CHF 25.3 billion higher compared to the end of 2020, driven by favorable market movements, net new assets and favorable foreign exchange-related movements, partially offset by structural effects mainly in relation to the wind down of the supply chain finance funds and certain business exits. Net new assets of CHF 11.0 billion mainly reflected inflows in emerging markets and Western Europe.
As of the end of 2020, assets under management of CHF 365.4 billion were CHF 4.6 billion lower compared to the end of 2019, driven by unfavorable foreign exchange-related movements, partially offset by net new assets and favorable market movements. Net new assets of CHF 16.7 billion mainly reflected inflows from both emerging markets and Western Europe.
Assets under management
   in / end of % change
2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Assets under management (CHF billion)   
Assets under management 390.7 365.4 370.0 6.9 (1.2)
Average assets under management 388.4 349.8 364.5 11.0 (4.0)
Assets under management by currency (CHF billion)   
USD 202.1 180.5 179.2 12.0 0.7
EUR 110.1 110.4 101.4 (0.3) 8.9
CHF 18.5 17.9 18.7 3.4 (4.3)
Other 60.0 56.6 70.7 6.0 (19.9)
Assets under management  390.7 365.4 370.0 6.9 (1.2)
Growth in assets under management (CHF billion)   
Net new assets 11.0 16.7 11.0
Other effects 14.3 (21.3) 1.5
   of which market movements  19.2 11.6 31.1
   of which foreign exchange  1.7 (28.8) (8.2)
   of which other  (6.6) (4.1) (21.4)
Growth in assets under management  25.3 (4.6) 12.5
Growth in assets under management (%)   
Net new assets 3.0 4.5 3.1
Other effects 3.9 (5.7) 0.4
Growth in assets under management  6.9 (1.2) 3.5
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Asia Pacific
In 2021, we reported income before taxes of CHF 994 million and net revenues of CHF 3,242 million. Income before taxes increased 20% compared to 2020, reflecting lower provision for credit losses and higher net revenues, partially offset by higher total operating expenses.
Results summary
2021 results
In 2021, income before taxes of CHF 994 million increased 20% compared to 2020 due to lower provision for credit losses and higher net revenues, partially offset by higher total operating expenses, including the goodwill impairment charge. Net revenues of CHF 3,242 million increased 3%, driven by higher other revenues, higher recurring commissions and fees and higher transaction-based revenues, partially offset by lower net interest income. Other revenues in 2021 included a gain on the equity investment in Allfunds Group of CHF 187 million. Other revenues in 2020 included a gain related to the completed transfer of the InvestLab fund platform to Allfunds Group of CHF 25 million and a gain on the equity investment in Allfunds Group of CHF 38 million. Provision for credit losses was CHF 27 million on a net loan portfolio of CHF 35.9 billion compared to CHF 236 million of provision for credit losses on a net loan portfolio of CHF 38.6 billion in 2020. Provision for credit losses in 2021 was driven by several individual cases, partially offset by a release related to non-specific provisions for expected credit losses of CHF 12 million. Compared to 2020, total operating expenses of CHF 2,221 million increased 6%, primarily reflecting the goodwill impairment charge and higher general and administrative expenses, partially offset by lower compensation and benefits.
We continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on our operations and businesses.
> Refer to “Results summary” in Credit Suisse for further information related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Divisional results
   in / end of % change
2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Statements of operations (CHF million)   
Net revenues  3,242 3,155 3,029 3 4
Provision for credit losses  27 236 55 (89) 329
Compensation and benefits 1,288 1,319 1,285 (2) 3
General and administrative expenses 667 614 620 9 (1)
Commission expenses 159 154 147 3 5
Goodwill impairment 103 0 0
Restructuring expenses 4 4
Total other operating expenses 933 772 767 21 1
Total operating expenses  2,221 2,091 2,052 6 2
Income before taxes  994 828 922 20 (10)
Statement of operations metrics (%)   
Return on regulatory capital 21.3 17.1 16.6
Cost/income ratio 68.5 66.3 67.7
Balance sheet statistics (CHF million)   
Total assets 67,395 67,356 73,719 0 (9)
Net loans 35,863 38,625 45,969 (7) (16)
Risk-weighted assets 24,698 26,589 31,857 (7) (17)
Leverage exposure 74,530 74,307 81,090 (8)
Number of employees (full-time equivalents)   
Number of employees 7,530 6,890 6,530 9 6
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Divisional results (continued)
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2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Net revenue detail (CHF million)   
Net interest income 949 1,071 1,118 (11) (4)
Recurring commissions and fees 414 348 378 19 (8)
Transaction-based revenues 1,692 1,670 1,433 1 17
Other revenues 187 66 100 183 (34)
Net revenues  3,242 3,155 3,029 3 4
Margins on assets under management (annualized) (bp)   
Gross margin 1 141 147 141
Net margin 2 43 39 43
Number of relationship managers   
Number of relationship managers 680 600 600 13 0
Net interest income includes a term spread credit on stable deposit funding and a term spread charge on loans. Recurring commissions and fees includes investment product management, discretionary mandate and other asset management-related fees, fees for general banking products and services and revenues from wealth structuring solutions. Transaction-based revenues arise primarily from brokerage and product issuing fees, fees from foreign exchange client transactions, trading and sales income including revenues from GTS, financing, underwriting and advisory fees, equity participations income and other transaction-based income. Financing revenues include unrealized mark-to-market movements on our fair valued portfolio.
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Net revenues divided by average assets under management.
2
Income before taxes divided by average assets under management.
2020 results
In 2020, income before taxes of CHF 828 million decreased 10% compared to 2019, mainly due to higher provision for credit losses, partially offset by higher net revenues. Net revenues of CHF 3,155 million increased 4%, driven by higher transaction-based revenues, partially offset by lower net interest income, lower other revenues and lower recurring commissions and fees. Other revenues in 2020 included a gain related to the completed transfer of the InvestLab fund platform to Allfunds Group of CHF 25 million and a gain on the equity investment in Allfunds Group of CHF 38 million. Other revenues in 2019 included a gain of CHF 98 million related to the transfer of the InvestLab fund platform. Provision for credit losses was CHF 236 million on a net loan portfolio of CHF 38.6 billion compared to CHF 55 million of provision for credit losses on a net loan portfolio of CHF 46.0 billion in 2019. Provision for credit losses in 2020 was driven by several individual cases across various industries, including relating to airline, catering and food and beverage companies. Compared to 2019, total operating expenses of CHF 2,091 million increased 2%, primarily reflecting higher compensation and benefits.
Results in 2020 were impacted by the weakening of the average rate of the US dollar against the Swiss franc, which adversely impacted revenues, but favorably impacted expenses.
Our operating environment and results in 2020 were significantly influenced by the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Reactions of investors and central banks and a sharp reduction in US dollar interest rates significantly increased volatility in financial markets and led to higher credit losses.
> Refer to “Results summary” in Credit Suisse for further information related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Capital and leverage metrics
As of the end of 2021, we reported risk-weighted assets of CHF 24.7 billion, a decrease of CHF 1.9 billion compared to the end of 2020, primarily due to movements in risk levels in credit risk, mainly related to reduced lending exposures, partially offset by the foreign exchange impact. Leverage exposure was CHF 74.5 billion, an increase of CHF 0.2 billion compared to the end of 2020, driven by the foreign exchange impact and higher HQLA, largely offset by lower business usage.
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Reconciliation of adjustment items
   Asia Pacific
in 2021 2020 2019
Adjusted results (CHF million)   
Net revenues  3,242 3,155 3,029
Significant items
   Gain related to InvestLab transfer  0 (25) (98)
   Gain on equity investment in Allfunds Group  (187) (38) 0
Adjusted net revenues excluding significant items  3,055 3,092 2,931
Provision for credit losses  27 236 55
Total operating expenses  2,221 2,091 2,052
   Goodwill impairment  (103) 0 0
   Restructuring expenses  (4) (4) 0
   Major litigation provisions  0 0 0
Adjusted total operating expenses  2,114 2,087 2,052
Significant items
   Expenses related to equity investment in Allfunds Group  (7) 0 0
Adjusted total operating expenses excluding significant items  2,107 2,087 2,052
Income before taxes  994 828 922
Adjusted income before taxes  1,101 832 922
Adjusted income before taxes excluding significant items  921 769 824
Adjusted return on regulatory capital (%) 23.6 17.2 16.6
Adjusted return on regulatory capital excluding significant items (%) 19.7 15.9 14.8
Adjusted results and adjusted results excluding significant items are non-GAAP financial measures. Refer to “Reconciliation of adjustment items” in Credit Suisse for further information.
2021 results details
Income before taxes of CHF 994 million increased 20% compared to 2020, reflecting lower provision for credit losses and higher net revenues, partially offset by higher total operating expenses.
Net revenues
Net revenues of CHF 3,242 million increased 3% compared to 2020, mainly reflecting higher other revenues and higher recurring commissions and fees, partially offset by lower net interest income. Other revenues in 2021 included a gain on the equity investment in Allfunds Group of CHF 187 million. Other revenues in 2020 included a gain related to the completed transfer of the InvestLab fund platform to Allfunds Group of CHF 25 million and the gain on the equity investment in Allfunds Group of CHF 38 million. Recurring commissions and fees of CHF 414 million increased 19%, mainly reflecting higher investment product management fees, discretionary mandate management fees and investment advisory fees. Transaction-based revenues of CHF 1,692 million increased slightly, primarily reflecting higher financing revenues, largely offset by lower revenues from GTS. Financing revenues in 2021 mainly reflected the significantly lower unrealized mark-to-market losses, net of hedges, of CHF 29 million on our fair valued portfolio, compared to losses, net of hedges, of CHF 210 million in 2020. Net interest income decreased 11% to CHF 949 million, mainly reflecting lower loan margins on stable average loan volumes and significantly lower deposit margins on higher average deposit volumes, partially offset by higher treasury revenues.
Provision for credit losses
The loan portfolio primarily comprises lombard loans, which are mainly backed by listed securities, share-backed loans and secured and unsecured loans to corporates.
In 2021, we recorded provision for credit losses of CHF 27 million compared to provision for credit losses of CHF 236 million in 2020. Provision for credit losses in 2021 was driven by several individual cases and included a release of provision for credit losses related to non-specific provisions for expected credit losses of CHF 12 million.
Total operating expenses
Total operating expenses of CHF 2,221 million increased 6% compared to 2020, mainly reflecting the goodwill impairment charge and higher general and administrative expenses, partially offset by lower compensation and benefits. General and administrative expenses increased 9% to CHF 667 million, mainly due to higher professional services fees, higher IT machinery and equipment costs and higher allocated corporate function costs. Compensation and benefits decreased 2% to CHF 1,288 million, mainly reflecting lower discretionary compensation expenses and lower deferred compensation expenses from prior-year awards, partially offset by higher salary expenses, primarily due to headcount-related growth investments.
Margins
Our gross margin was 141 basis points in 2021, 6 basis points lower compared to 2020, mainly reflecting a 7% increase in average assets under management.
> Refer to “Assets under management” for further information.
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Our net margin was 43 basis points in 2021, 4 basis point higher compared to 2020, reflecting lower provision for credit losses and higher net revenues, partially offset by higher total operating expenses and the increase in average assets under management.
2020 results details
Income before taxes of CHF 828 million decreased 10% compared to 2019, reflecting higher provision for credit losses and higher total operating expenses, partially offset by higher net revenues.
Net revenues
Net revenues of CHF 3,155 million increased 4% compared to 2019, reflecting higher transaction-based revenues, partially offset by lower net interest income, lower other revenues and lower recurring commissions and fees. Transaction-based revenues increased 17% to CHF 1,670 million, primarily reflecting higher revenues from GTS, higher client activity, higher structured equity origination and equity underwriting revenues, partially offset by lower financing revenues and lower fees from mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions. Financing revenues reflected unrealized mark-to-market losses on our fair valued portfolio. Net interest income decreased 4% to CHF 1,071 million, mainly reflecting significantly lower deposit margins on lower average deposit volumes and lower average loan volumes despite higher loan margins, partially offset by higher treasury revenues. Other revenues in 2020 included the gain of CHF 25 million related to the completed transfer of the InvestLab fund platform to Allfunds Group and the gain on the equity investment in Allfunds Group of CHF 38 million compared to the gain of CHF 98 million related to the transfer of the InvestLab fund platform in 2019. Recurring commissions and fees of CHF 348 million decreased 8%, mainly reflecting lower investment product management fees, security account and custody services fees and fees from lending activities, partially offset by higher discretionary mandate management fees.
Provision for credit losses
In 2020, we recorded provision for credit losses of CHF 236 million compared to provision for credit losses of CHF 55 million in 2019. Provision for credit losses in 2020 was driven by several individual cases across various industries, including relating to airline, catering and food and beverage companies.
Total operating expenses
Total operating expenses of CHF 2,091 million increased 2% compared to 2019, mainly reflecting higher compensation and benefits. Compensation and benefits increased 3% to CHF 1,319 million, mainly reflecting higher discretionary compensation expenses and higher deferred compensation expenses from prior-year awards, largely offset by lower salary expenses. General and administrative expenses of CHF 614 million were stable, mainly due to lower travel and entertainment expenses and lower allocated corporate function costs, offset by higher IT machinery and equipment costs and higher professional services fees.
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Assets under management
As of the end of 2021, assets under management of CHF 218.8 billion were CHF 2.5 billion lower compared to the end of 2020, reflecting unfavorable market movements, structural effects related to the strategic decision to exit substantially all of our prime services businesses and net asset outflows, partially offset by favorable foreign exchange-related movements. Net asset outflows of CHF 1.1 billion mainly reflected outflows from Japan and China, and included client deleveraging as well as de-risking measures taken during the year, partially offset by inflows from Australia.
As of the end of 2020, assets under management of CHF 221.3 billion were CHF 1.3 billion higher compared to the end of 2019, mainly reflecting favorable market movements and net new assets, largely offset by unfavorable foreign exchange-related movements. Net new assets of CHF 8.6 billion mainly reflected inflows from Southeast Asia, Australia, Japan and Greater China.
Assets under management
   in / end of % change
2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Assets under management (CHF billion)   
Assets under management 218.8 221.3 220.0 (1.1) 0.6
Average assets under management 230.3 214.9 215.2 7.2 (0.1)
Assets under management by currency (CHF billion)   
USD 123.4 122.5 122.7 0.7 (0.2)
EUR 7.3 6.0 7.0 21.7 (14.3)
CHF 2.1 1.7 1.8 23.5 (5.6)
Other 86.0 91.1 88.5 (5.6) 2.9
Assets under management  218.8 221.3 220.0 (1.1) 0.6
Growth in assets under management (CHF billion)   
Net new assets (1.1) 8.6 8.7
Other effects (1.4) (7.3) 12.0
   of which market movements  (3.6) 10.3 17.0
   of which foreign exchange  4.8 (17.2) (3.2)
   of which other  (2.6) (0.4) (1.8)
Growth in assets under management  (2.5) 1.3 20.7
Growth in assets under management (%)   
Net new assets (0.5) 3.9 4.4
Other effects (0.6) (3.3) 6.0
Growth in assets under management  (1.1) 0.6 10.4
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Asset Management
In 2021, we reported income before taxes of CHF 300 million and net revenues of CHF 1,456 million. Income before taxes increased significantly compared to 2020, primarily driven by overall stronger net revenues.
Results summary
2021 results
In 2021, we reported income before taxes of CHF 300 million, which increased significantly compared to 2020, mainly due to higher net revenues. Net revenues of CHF 1,456 million increased 34% compared to 2020, driven by higher investment and partnership income, increased performance and placement revenues and growth in management fees, reflecting higher average assets under management. Investment and partnership income in 2021 included an impairment of CHF 113 million related to York, while 2020 included an impairment of CHF 414 million related to York, partially offset by a gain of CHF 203 million related to the completed transfer of the InvestLab fund platform. Total operating expenses of CHF 1,156 million increased 2% compared to 2020, mainly due to higher general and administrative expenses, partially offset by lower compensation and benefits and restructuring expenses incurred in 2020.
We continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on our operations and businesses.
> Refer to “Results summary” in Credit Suisse for further information related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 results
In 2020, we reported a loss before taxes of CHF 39 million compared to income before taxes of CHF 479 million in 2019, mainly reflecting lower net revenues. Net revenues of CHF 1,090 million decreased 33% compared to 2019, mainly driven by the CHF 414 million impairment loss related to York reflected in investment and partnership income. Total operating expenses of CHF 1,129 million decreased 2%, compared to 2019, reflecting lower compensation and benefits and lower general and administrative expenses, partially offset by restructuring expenses of CHF 18 million in 2020. Results in 2020 were impacted by the weakening of the average rate of the US dollar against the Swiss franc, which favorably impacted our results.
The COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected our business performance in 2020, including adverse foreign exchange-related movements and lower investment-related revenues.
> Refer to “Results summary” in Credit Suisse for further information related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Divisional results
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2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Statements of operations (CHF million)   
Net revenues  1,456 1,090 1,635 34 (33)
Provision for credit losses  0 0 1 (100)
Compensation and benefits 612 652 689 (6) (5)
General and administrative expenses 427 373 393 14 (5)
Commission expenses 114 86 73 33 18
Restructuring expenses 3 18 (83)
Total other operating expenses 544 477 466 14 2
Total operating expenses  1,156 1,129 1,155 2 (2)
Income/(loss) before taxes  300 (39) 479
Statement of operations metrics (%)   
Return on regulatory capital 33.9 (4.0) 44.6
Cost/income ratio 79.4 103.6 70.6
Number of employees (full-time equivalents)   
Number of employees 2,270 1,970 2,290 15 (14)
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Divisional results (continued)
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2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Net revenue detail (CHF million)   
Management fees 1,152 1,050 1,112 10 (6)
Performance and placement revenues 272 170 244 60 (30)
Investment and partnership income 32 (130) 279
Net revenues  1,456 1,090 1,635 34 (33)
   of which recurring commissions and fees  1,084 1,003 1,026 8 (2)
   of which transaction- and performance-based revenues  471 377 615 25 (39)
   of which other revenues  (99) (290) (6) (66)
Balance sheet statistics (CHF million)   
Total assets 3,393 3,703 4,722 (8) (22)
Risk-weighted assets 8,230 8,983 9,787 (8) (8)
Leverage exposure 2,527 2,989 3,729 (15) (20)
Management fees include fees on assets under management, asset administration revenues and transaction fees related to the acquisition and disposal of investments in the funds being managed. Performance revenues relate to the performance or return of the funds being managed and includes investment-related gains and losses from proprietary funds. Placement revenues arise from our third-party private equity fundraising activities and secondary private equity market advisory services. Investment and partnership income includes equity participation income from seed capital returns and from minority investments in third-party asset managers, income from strategic partnerships and distribution agreements and other revenues.
Capital and leverage metrics
As of the end of 2021, we reported RWA of CHF 8.2 billion, a decrease of CHF 0.8 billion compared to the end of 2020, mainly related to movements in risk levels in credit risk driven by the York impairment loss. In addition, the redemption of a hedge fund investment in 2021 decreased market risk levels allocated to Asset Management. Leverage exposure of CHF 2.5 billion was CHF 0.5 billion lower compared to the end of 2020, mainly driven by the deleveraging of the non-core investment and partnership portfolio.
Reconciliation of adjustment items
   Asset Management
in 2021 2020 2019
Adjusted results (CHF million)   
Net revenues  1,456 1,090 1,635
Significant items
   Gain related to InvestLab transfer  0 (203) 0
   Impairment on York Capital Management  113 414 0
Adjusted net revenues excluding significant items  1,569 1,301 1,635
Provision for credit losses  0 0 1
Total operating expenses  1,156 1,129 1,155
   Restructuring expenses  (3) (18) 0
   Expenses related to real estate disposals  (1) (2) (4)
Adjusted total operating expenses  1,152 1,109 1,151
Income/(loss) before taxes  300 (39) 479
Adjusted income/(loss) before taxes  304 (19) 483
Adjusted income before taxes excluding significant items  417 192 483
Adjusted return on regulatory capital (%) 34.5 (2.0) 44.9
Adjusted return on regulatory capital excluding significant items (%) 47.3 19.4 44.9
Adjusted results and adjusted results excluding significant items are non-GAAP financial measures. Refer to “Reconciliation of adjustment items” in Credit Suisse for further information.
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2021 results details
In 2021, we reported income before taxes of CHF 300 million compared to a loss before taxes of CHF 39 million in 2020. The increase mainly reflected higher net revenues.
Net revenues
Compared to 2020, net revenues of CHF 1,456 million increased 34%. Investment and partnership income of CHF 32 million increased significantly, mainly due to the reduced York impairment. Investment and partnership income in 2021 included the impairment of CHF 113 million to the valuation of our non-controlling interest in York, while 2020 included the impairment of CHF 414 million related to York, partially offset by a gain of CHF 203 million related to the completed transfer of the InvestLab fund platform. Management fees of CHF 1,152 million increased 10%, mainly reflecting higher average assets under management. Performance and placement revenues of CHF 272 million increased 60%, related to gains on seed money investments in 2021 compared to losses in 2020 and higher placement fees.
Total operating expenses
Total operating expenses of CHF 1,156 million increased 2%, compared to 2020, mainly due to higher general and administrative and commission expenses, partially offset by lower compensation and benefits and the higher restructuring expenses incurred in 2020. General and administrative expenses of CHF 427 million increased 14%, mainly reflecting increased professional services fees, including those relating to the wind down and administration of our supply chain finance funds. Compensation and benefits of CHF 612 million decreased 6%, primarily driven by lower discretionary compensation expenses. 2020 included restructuring expenses of CHF 18 million.
2020 results details
In 2020, we reported a loss before taxes of CHF 39 million compared to income before taxes of CHF 479 million in 2019. The decrease mainly reflected lower net revenues due to the impairment loss related to York.
Net revenues
Compared to 2019, net revenues of CHF 1,090 million decreased 33%, mainly driven by the CHF 414 million impairment loss related to York reflected in investment and partnership income. Investment and partnership income in 2020 also included the gain of CHF 203 million related to the completed transfer of the InvestLab fund platform, while 2019 included gains on the sale of our remaining economic interest in a third-party manager relating to a private equity investment. Performance and placement revenues of CHF 170 million decreased 30%, mainly reflecting investment-related losses in 2020 compared to gains in 2019 and lower placement fees. Management fees of CHF 1,050 million decreased 6%, primarily reflecting lower real estate-related transaction fees.
Total operating expenses
Compared to 2019, total operating expenses of CHF 1,129 million decreased 2%, reflecting lower compensation and benefits and lower general and administrative expenses, partially offset by restructuring expenses of CHF 18 million in 2020. Compensation and benefits of CHF 652 million decreased 5%, primarily reflecting lower discretionary compensation expenses, partially offset by higher allocated corporate function costs. General and administrative expenses of CHF 373 million decreased 5%, primarily reflecting lower travel and entertainment expenses and lower allocated corporate function costs.
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Assets under management
As of the end of 2021, assets under management of CHF 476.8 billion were CHF 36.5 billion higher compared to the end of 2020, driven by favorable market movements and net new assets of CHF 14.6 billion, partially offset by structural effects of CHF 10.5 billion, mainly related to the wind down of our supply chain finance funds. Net new assets were mainly driven by inflows from investments and partnerships, primarily related to an emerging markets joint venture, and traditional investments, primarily related to index solutions.
As of the end of 2020, assets under management of CHF 440.3 billion were CHF 2.4 billion higher compared to the end of 2019, mainly reflecting favorable market movements and net new assets, partially offset by structural effects and unfavorable foreign exchange-related movements. Net new assets of CHF 15.5 billion mainly reflected inflows from traditional investments, primarily related to index solutions. Structural effects included CHF 14.8 billion relating to the sale of Wincasa AG in 2012 following the conclusion in 2020 of a transition period regarding the related assets under management.
Assets under management
   in / end of % change
2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Assets under management (CHF billion)   
Traditional investments 306.6 285.8 262.8 7.3 8.8
Alternative investments 116.3 109.5 130.6 6.2 (16.2)
Investments and partnerships 53.9 45.0 44.5 19.8 1.1
Assets under management  476.8 440.3 437.9 8.3 0.5
Average assets under management 463.9 428.7 416.3 8.2 3.0
Assets under management by currency (CHF billion)   
USD 120.8 120.8 119.8 0.8
EUR 57.4 57.5 54.8 (0.2) 4.9
CHF 238.7 213.5 215.3 11.8 (0.8)
Other 59.9 48.5 48.0 23.5 1.0
Assets under management  476.8 440.3 437.9 8.3 0.5
Growth in assets under management (CHF billion)   
Net new assets 1 14.6 15.5 21.5
Other effects 21.9 (13.1) 27.7
   of which market movements  28.0 18.4 33.7
   of which foreign exchange  4.4 (14.2) (5.3)
   of which other  (10.5) 2 (17.3) (0.7)
Growth in assets under management  36.5 2.4 49.2
Growth in assets under management (%)   
Net new assets 3.3 3.5 5.5
Other effects 5.0 (3.0) 7.2
Growth in assets under management  8.3 0.5 12.7
1
Includes outflows for private equity assets reflecting realizations at cost and unfunded commitments on which a fee is no longer earned.
2
Includes CHF 7.9 billion relating to the exit of our supply chain finance funds business.
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Investment Bank
In 2021, we reported a loss before taxes of CHF 3,703 million, including a goodwill impairment charge of CHF 1,520 million. Net revenues of CHF 8,888 million decreased 2% compared to a strong prior year, with lower sales and trading revenues, reflecting the loss related to Archegos and the impact of de-risking across our businesses, partially offset by higher capital markets and advisory revenues.
Results summary
2021 results
In 2021, we reported a loss before taxes of CHF 3,703 million, driven by a loss of CHF 4,803 million in respect of the failure by Archegos to meet its margin commitments and the goodwill impairment charge of CHF 1,520 million. Adjusted income before taxes excluding Archegos of CHF 2,884 million increased significantly compared to CHF 1,767 million in 2020. Net revenues of CHF 8,888 million decreased 2% compared to a strong prior year, reflecting lower sales and trading revenues, as a result of the loss related to Archegos, partially offset by higher capital markets and advisory activity. Excluding Archegos, net revenues increased 3%, primarily driven by higher capital markets and advisory activity. The year was characterized by constructive market conditions for many of our businesses, including higher underwriting issuance activity, driven by normalized levels of volatility, tightening of spreads and continued low interest rates. Fixed income sales and trading revenues decreased 15% compared to a strong prior year, which benefited from more favorable market conditions, reflecting reduced trading activity in macro, global credit products and emerging markets, partially offset by significantly higher securitized products revenues.
Divisional results
   in / end of % change
2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Statements of operations (CHF million)   
Net revenues  8,888 9,098 8,161 (2) 11
Provision for credit losses  4,193 471 104 353
Compensation and benefits 3,443 3,934 3,940 (12)
General and administrative expenses 2,826 2,409 2,470 17 (2)
Commission expenses 538 582 621 (8) (6)
Goodwill impairment 1,520 0 0
Restructuring expenses 71 47 0 51
Total other operating expenses 4,955 3,038 3,091 63 (2)
Total operating expenses  8,398 6,972 7,031 20 (1)
Income/(loss) before taxes  (3,703) 1,655 1,026 61
Statement of operations metrics (%)   
Return on regulatory capital (22.8) 9.6 5.6
Cost/income ratio 94.5 76.6 86.2
Balance sheet statistics (CHF million)   
Total assets 1 211,802 271,976 268,997 (22) 1
Net loans 25,226 23,359 24,657 8 (5)
Risk-weighted assets 70,181 77,872 82,218 (10) (5)
Risk-weighted assets (USD) 76,740 88,423 84,842 (13) 4
Leverage exposure 1 281,326 320,828 334,759 (12) (4)
Leverage exposure (USD) 1 307,620 364,298 345,442 (16) 5
Number of employees (full-time equivalents)   
Number of employees 17,750 17,560 17,050 1 3
1
Prior periods have been revised. Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies – Revisions of prior period financial statements” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
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Divisional results (continued)
   in % change
2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Net revenue detail (CHF million)   
Fixed income sales and trading 3,426 4,016 3,352 (15) 20
Equity sales and trading 1,763 2,410 2,278 (27) 6
Capital markets 3,026 2,353 1,860 29 27
Advisory and other fees 885 603 596 47 1
Other revenues 1 (212) (284) 75 (25)
Net revenues  8,888 9,098 8,161 (2) 11
1
Other revenues include treasury funding costs and changes in the carrying value of certain investments and costs of selling certain non-core positions in the corporate lending.
Equity sales and trading revenues decreased 27%, mainly reflecting a loss of CHF 470 million related to Archegos in prime services. Excluding this loss, revenues decreased 7% compared to a strong 2020, in light of our strategy to resize the prime services franchise, partially offset by significantly higher equity derivatives revenues. Capital markets revenues increased 29%, reflecting strong client activity across equity and debt capital markets, driven by increased issuance activity. Advisory and other fees increased 47%, reflecting higher revenues from completed M&A transactions. Provision for credit losses was CHF 4,193 million in 2021 compared to CHF 471 million in 2020. The provision for credit losses in 2021 was driven by a charge of CHF 4,307 million related to Archegos. Total operating expenses of CHF 8,398 million increased 20%, mainly due to the goodwill impairment charge. Adjusted total operating expenses excluding Archegos decreased 4% compared to 2020. In 2021, we incurred restructuring expenses of CHF 71 million.
We continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on our operations and businesses.
> Refer to “Results summary” in Credit Suisse for further information related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 results
In 2020, we reported income before taxes of CHF 1,655 million and net revenues of CHF 9,098 million. Market conditions were impacted by the global COVID-19 pandemic as well as geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainties related to the UK’s withdrawal from the EU and the US elections, resulting in record levels of volatility. Results in 2020 were impacted by the weakening of the average rate of the US dollar against the Swiss franc, which adversely impacted revenues, but favorably impacted expenses. Net revenues increased 11% compared to 2019, driven by broad-based growth across all businesses. Fixed income sales and trading revenues increased 20%, reflecting strong macro, credit and emerging markets trading activity. Equity sales and trading revenues increased 6%, reflecting higher equity derivatives and cash equities trading activity due to significantly increased trading volumes and volatility. Capital markets revenues increased 27%, reflecting significantly higher equity capital markets revenues and increased share of wallet. Advisory and other fees increased 1%, reflecting higher revenues from completed M&A transactions despite a decline in industry-wide issuance activity. Provision for credit losses was CHF 471 million in 2020 compared to CHF 104 million in 2019, driven by the application of the CECL methodology, as well as negative developments in our corporate lending portfolio across various industries. Negative other revenues in 2020 mainly reflected higher funding costs related to COVID-19 and a loss from a single name counterparty. Total operating expenses of CHF 6,972 million were stable in Swiss francs, but increased 6% in US dollars, reflecting increased compensation and benefits and higher general and administrative and restructuring expenses. In 2020, we incurred restructuring expenses of CHF 47 million.
In 2020, operating conditions were impacted by unprecedented events, primarily driven by the global COVID-19 pandemic as well as geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainties related to the UK’s withdrawal from the EU and the US elections. Uncertainty due to the spread of COVID-19 led to severe market dislocations including record levels of volatility, widening credit spreads and a collapse in energy prices. Major central banks and governments around the world responded by implementing unprecedented monetary and fiscal policy stimulus measures, which resulted in strong investor demand for yield with record debt and equity issuance levels and resulted in significantly higher volumes and client activity in our trading businesses, in particular our GTS business. However, the economic impact of the pandemic had a negative impact on our credit exposures.
> Refer to “Results summary” in Credit Suisse for further information related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Capital and leverage metrics
As of the end of 2021, risk-weighted assets were USD 76.7 billion, a decrease of USD 11.7 billion compared to 2020, reflecting decreases in derivative and financing exposures in prime services, as well as business reductions in our corporate lending portfolio. Leverage exposure was USD 307.6 billion, a decrease of USD 56.7 billion compared to 2020, reflecting business reductions primarily in prime services, partially offset by increased HQLA.
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Reconciliation of adjustment items
   Investment Bank
in 2021 2020 2019
Adjusted results (CHF million)   
Net revenues  8,888 9,098 8,161
   Real estate (gains)/losses  0 0 (7)
Adjusted net revenues  8,888 9,098 8,154
   Archegos  470 0 0
Adjusted net revenues excluding Archegos  9,358 9,098 8,154
Provision for credit losses  4,193 471 104
   Archegos  (4,307) 0 0
Provision for credit losses excluding Archegos  (114) 471 104
Total operating expenses  8,398 6,972 7,031
   Goodwill impairment  (1,520) 0 0
   Restructuring expenses  (71) (47)
   Major litigation provisions  (149) (24) 0
   Expenses related to real estate disposals  (44) (41) (76)
Adjusted total operating expenses  6,614 6,860 6,955
   Archegos  (26) 0 0
Adjusted total operating expenses excluding Archegos  6,588 6,860 6,955
Income/(loss) before taxes  (3,703) 1,655 1,026
Adjusted income/(loss) before taxes  (1,919) 1,767 1,095
Adjusted income before taxes excluding Archegos  2,884 1,767 1,095
Adjusted return on regulatory capital (%) (11.5) 10.2 6.0
Adjusted return on regulatory capital excluding Archegos (%) 18.3 10.2 6.0
Adjusted results and adjusted results excluding Archegos are non-GAAP financial measures. Refer to “Reconciliation of adjustment items” in Credit Suisse for further information.
2021 results details
Fixed income sales and trading
Fixed income sales and trading revenues of CHF 3,426 million decreased 15% compared to 2020, which benefited from more favorable market conditions, reflecting reduced trading activity in macro, global credit products and emerging markets, partially offset by higher securitized products revenues. Macro products revenues decreased significantly, driven by lower revenues in our rates and foreign exchange businesses due to significantly reduced volumes and volatility. In addition, global credit products revenues decreased, mainly reflecting lower investment grade and leverage finance trading activity compared to a strong prior year, which benefited from significantly higher trading volumes and client activity. In addition, emerging markets revenues decreased, driven by reduced structured credit, trading and financing activity across regions. These decreases were partially offset by higher securitized products revenues compared to a strong prior year, reflecting higher non-agency trading activity and increased asset finance revenues, partially offset by lower agency trading activity.
Equity sales and trading
Equity sales and trading revenues of CHF 1,763 million decreased 27% compared to 2020, mainly reflecting a loss of CHF 470 million related to Archegos in prime services. Excluding this loss, revenues decreased 7% compared to a strong 2020, in light of our strategy to resize the prime services franchise, partially offset by significantly higher equity derivatives revenues. Prime services revenues significantly decreased, primarily due to the loss related to Archegos and reduced capital usage as we significantly de-risked and resized the business. Cash equities revenues decreased slightly, reflecting lower trading activity in the US, partially offset by higher trading activity in Asia, driven by increased client activity. These declines were partially offset by significantly higher equity derivatives revenues, reflecting increased structured trading activity.
Capital markets
Capital markets revenues of CHF 3,026 million increased 29% compared to 2020, reflecting strong client activity across equity and debt capital markets, driven by increased issuance activity. Equity capital markets revenues increased, driven by higher initial public offering (IPO) and follow-on issuance activity. Debt capital markets revenues increased, reflecting significantly higher leveraged finance issuance activity.
Advisory and other fees
Revenues from advisory and other fees of CHF 885 million increased 47% compared to 2020, driven by higher revenues from completed M&A transactions.
Provision for credit losses
The Investment Bank recorded provision for credit losses of CHF 4,193 million in 2021 compared to CHF 471 million in 2020. The provision for credit losses in 2021 was driven by a charge of CHF 4,307 million, related to Archegos.
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Total operating expenses
Total operating expenses of CHF 8,398 million increased 20% compared to 2020, mainly due to the goodwill impairment charge. Adjusted total operating expenses excluding Archegos decreased 4% compared to 2020. Compensation and benefits of CHF 3,443 million decreased 12%, primarily due to decreased discretionary compensation expenses and deferred compensation expenses from prior year awards, including a downward adjustment on outstanding performance share awards reflecting the full year divisional loss and malus and clawbacks of previously granted compensation awards, primarily in connection with Archegos. General and administrative expenses of CHF 2,826 million increased 17%, primarily due to increased litigation provisions, allocated corporate functions costs and professional services fees. In 2021, we incurred costs related to Archegos of CHF 26 million and restructuring expenses of CHF 71 million.
2020 results details
Fixed income sales and trading
Fixed income sales and trading revenues of CHF 4,016 million increased 20% compared to 2019, reflecting higher revenues across most businesses, driven by increased trading volumes and client activity. Macro products revenues increased, due to significantly improved performance in our rates and foreign exchange businesses. Global credit products revenues increased significantly, driven by higher investment grade and leveraged finance trading activity across regions. In addition, emerging markets revenues increased, reflecting higher structured credit and trading client activity, particularly in Asia. In Swiss francs, securitized products revenues decreased slightly, while revenues in US dollars increased, reflecting higher agency trading revenues partially offset by lower non-agency trading activity.
Equity sales and trading
Equity sales and trading revenues of CHF 2,410 million increased 6% compared to 2019, reflecting higher equity derivatives and cash equities revenues. Equity derivatives revenues increased, driven by higher client activity in corporate and flow equity derivatives. Cash equities revenues increased due to higher trading and client activity across regions. In Swiss francs, prime services revenues decreased, while revenues in US dollars were stable, as higher client financing activity across regions was offset by lower commissions in listed derivatives.
Capital markets
Capital markets revenues of CHF 2,353 million increased 27% compared to 2019, reflecting strong client activity across equity and debt capital markets, driven by increased issuance activity. Equity capital markets revenues increased significantly, driven by higher initial public offering (IPO) issuances and follow-on activity. In addition, debt capital markets revenues increased, driven by higher investment grade issuance activity reflecting favorable market conditions including a continued low interest rate environment partially offset by lower leveraged finance activity.
Advisory and other fees
Revenues from advisory and other fees of CHF 603 million were stable compared to 2019, while revenues in US dollars increased 7%, driven by higher revenues from completed M&A transactions.
Provision for credit losses
The Investment Bank recorded provision for credit losses of CHF 471 million in 2020 compared to CHF 104 million in 2019, driven by the application of the CECL methodology, primarily due to sectors highly vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as negative developments in our corporate lending portfolio across various industries, mainly in the mining, real estate and oil and gas sectors.
Total operating expenses
Compared to 2019, total operating expenses of CHF 6,972 million were stable in Swiss francs, but increased 6% in US dollars, reflecting increased compensation and benefits and higher general and administrative and restructuring expenses. General and administrative expenses of CHF 2,409 million decreased 2%, mainly reflecting reduced travel and entertainment costs, lower allocated corporate function costs, and lower expenses related to real estate disposals, partially offset by increased revenue-related costs from capital markets transactions and higher UK bank levy expenses. Compensation and benefits of CHF 3,934 million were stable, as increased discretionary compensation expenses were offset by reduced salary expenses. In 2020, we incurred restructuring expenses of CHF 47 million.
Global capital markets and advisory fees
   in % change
2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Global capital markets and advisory fees (USD million)   
Debt capital markets 1,488 1,356 1,203 10 13
Equity capital markets 1,714 1,192 570 44 109
Total capital markets  3,202 2,548 1,773 26 44
Advisory and other fees 1,163 800 752 45 6
Global capital markets and advisory fees  4,365 3,348 2,525 30 33
Until December 31, 2021, the Group’s global capital markets and advisory business operated across the Investment Bank, Asia Pacific and Swiss Universal Bank. In order to reflect the global performance and capabilities of this business and for enhanced comparability versus its peers, the table above aggregates total capital markets and advisory fees for the Group into a single metric in US dollar terms.
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Corporate Center
In 2021, we reported a loss before taxes of CHF 1,896 million compared to a loss of CHF 2,172 million in 2020.
Corporate Center composition
Corporate Center includes parent company operations such as Group financing, expenses for projects sponsored by the Group, including costs associated with the evolution of our legal entity structure to meet developing and future regulatory requirements, and certain other expenses and revenues that have not been allocated to the segments. Corporate Center further includes consolidation and elimination adjustments required to eliminate intercompany revenues and expenses.
Treasury results include the impact of volatility in the valuations of certain central funding transactions such as structured notes issuances and swap transactions. Treasury results also include additional interest charges from transfer pricing to align funding costs to assets held in the Corporate Center and legacy funding costs. The Asset Resolution Unit is separately presented within our Corporate Center disclosures, including related asset funding costs. Certain activities not linked to the underlying portfolio, such as legacy funding costs, legacy litigation provisions, a specific client compliance function and noncontrolling interests without significant economic interest are recorded in the Corporate Center and are not reflected in the Asset Resolution Unit. Other revenues primarily include required elimination adjustments associated with trading in own shares, treasury commissions charged to divisions, the cost of certain hedging transactions executed in connection with the Group’s RWA and valuation hedging impacts from long-dated legacy deferred compensation and retirement programs mainly relating to former employees.
Compensation and benefits include fair value adjustments on certain deferred compensation plans not allocated to the segments and fair value adjustments on certain other long-dated legacy deferred compensation and retirement programs mainly relating to former employees.
Corporate Center results
   in / end of % change
2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Statements of operations (CHF million)   
Treasury results (263) (356) (501) (26) (29)
Asset Resolution Unit (94) (178) (144) (47) 24
Other 204 218 218 (6) 0
Net revenues  (153) (316) (427) (52) (26)
Provision for credit losses  (7) 9 7 29
Compensation and benefits 265 352 489 (25) (28)
General and administrative expenses 1,414 1,407 875 0 61
Commission expenses 72 81 68 (11) 19
Restructuring expenses (1) 7
Total other operating expenses 1,485 1,495 943 (1) 59
Total operating expenses  1,750 1,847 1,432 (5) 29
Income/(loss) before taxes  (1,896) (2,172) (1,866) (13) 16
   of which Asset Resolution Unit  (231) (337) (383) (31) (12)
Balance sheet statistics (CHF million)   
Total assets 1 120,731 122,962 118,007 (2) 4
Risk-weighted assets 53,856 46,335 52,370 16 (12)
Leverage exposure 1 125,155 18,340 2 124,796 (85)
1
Prior periods have been revised. Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies – Revisions of prior period financial statements” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
2
As of the end of 2020 leverage exposure excludes CHF 110,677 million of central bank reserves, after adjusting for the dividend paid in 2020.
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Reconciliation of adjustment items
   Corporate Center
in 2021 2020 2019
Adjusted results (CHF million)   
Net revenues  (153) (316) (427)
   Real estate (gains)/losses  0 0 24
   (Gains)/losses on business sales  5 0 2
   Valuation adjustment related to major litigation  69 0 0
Adjusted net revenues  (79) (316) (401)
Provision for credit losses  (7) 9 7
Total operating expenses  1,750 1,847 1,432
   Restructuring expenses  1 (7)
   Major litigation provisions  (1,080) (930) (416)
   Expenses related to real estate disposals  0 0 1
Adjusted total operating expenses  671 910 1,017
   Archegos  5 0 0
Adjusted total operating expenses excluding Archegos  676 910 1,017
Income/(loss) before taxes  (1,896) (2,172) (1,866)
Adjusted income/(loss) before taxes  (743) (1,235) (1,425)
Adjusted income/(loss) before taxes excluding Archegos  (748) (1,235) (1,425)
Adjusted results and adjusted results excluding Archegos are non-GAAP financial measures. Refer to “Reconciliation of adjustment items” in Credit Suisse for further information.
Results summary
2021 results
In 2021, we reported a loss before taxes of CHF 1,896 million compared to a loss of CHF 2,172 million in 2020. We reported negative net revenues of CHF 153 million in 2021, primarily driven by negative treasury results and the Asset Resolution Unit. Total operating expenses of CHF 1,750 million decreased 5% compared to 2020, mainly reflecting lower compensation and benefits. General and administrative expenses included litigation provisions of CHF 1,148 million.
2020 results
In 2020, we reported a loss before taxes of CHF 2,172 million compared to a loss of CHF 1,866 million in 2019. We reported negative net revenues of CHF 316 million in 2020, primarily driven by negative treasury results and the Asset Resolution Unit. Total operating expenses of CHF 1,847 million increased 29% compared to 2019, mainly reflecting higher general and administrative expenses, primarily driven by increased legacy litigation provisions of CHF 996 million in 2020, mainly in connection with mortgage-related matters, partially offset by lower compensation and benefits.
Capital and leverage metrics
As of the end of 2021, we reported RWA of CHF 53.9 billion, an increase of CHF 7.5 billion compared to the end of 2020, primarily driven by an increase in operational risk, mainly due to external and internal model and parameter updates related to provisions for mortgage-related matters recorded in 2020 and the settlement with MBIA Insurance Corp. in 2021. Leverage exposure was CHF 125.2 billion as of the end of 2021 compared to CHF 18.3 billion as of the end of 2020. Leverage exposure in 2020 reflected the temporary exclusion of central bank reserves of CHF 110.7 billion, as permitted by FINMA.
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2021 Results details
Net revenues
In 2021, we reported negative net revenues of CHF 153 million compared to CHF 316 million in 2020.
Negative treasury results of CHF 263 million in 2021 reflected negative revenues of CHF 139 million relating to funding activities, excluding Asset Resolution Unit-related asset funding costs, losses of CHF 104 million relating to hedging volatility, losses of CHF 29 million relating to fair value option volatility on own debt and losses of CHF 11 million with respect to structured notes volatility. Negative revenues and losses were partially offset by gains of CHF 20 million on fair-valued money market instruments.
In the Asset Resolution Unit, we reported negative net revenues of CHF 94 million in 2021 compared to CHF 178 million in 2020. The movement was primarily driven by higher revenues from portfolio assets and lower asset funding costs.
Other revenues of CHF 204 million decreased CHF 14 million compared to 2020. 2021 included negative revenues of CHF 69 million in connection with a valuation adjustment on a legacy exposure related to the Mozambique matter.
Provision for credit losses
In 2021, we recorded a release of provision for credit losses of CHF 7 million compared to provision for credit losses of CHF 9 million in 2020.
Total operating expenses
Total operating expenses of CHF 1,750 million decreased 5% compared to 2020, primarily reflecting lower compensation and benefits. Compensation and benefits of CHF 265 million decreased 25%, mainly reflecting decreases in discretionary compensation expenses, compensation and benefits related to the Asset Resolution Unit and deferred compensation expenses from prior-year awards, partially offset by the impact of corporate function allocations. General and administrative expenses of CHF 1,414 million were stable, primarily reflecting higher litigation provisions offset by lower corporate function allocations. 2021 included litigation provisions of CHF 1,148 million, mainly in connection with legacy litigation matters, including mortgage-related matters and settlements with regard to the SWM and the Mozambique matters, as well as provisions in connection with the SCFF matter.
2020 Results details
Net revenues
In 2020, we reported negative net revenues of CHF 316 million compared to CHF 427 million in 2019.
Negative treasury results of CHF 356 million in 2020 reflected losses of CHF 234 million with respect to structured notes volatility, negative revenues of CHF 147 million relating to funding activities, excluding Asset Resolution Unit-related asset funding costs, losses of CHF 50 million relating to hedging volatility and losses of CHF 34 million on fair-valued money market instruments. Negative revenues and losses were partially offset by gains of CHF 107 million relating to fair value option volatility on own debt.
In the Asset Resolution Unit, we reported negative net revenues of CHF 178 million in 2020 compared to CHF 144 million in 2019. The movement was primarily driven by lower revenues from portfolio assets.
Other revenues of CHF 218 million were stable compared to 2019, as the elimination of losses from trading in own shares compared to the elimination of gains in 2019 and a loss in 2019 related to a real estate sale were offset by the negative valuation impact from long-dated legacy deferred compensation and retirement programs and the valuation adjustment on a legacy exposure.
Provision for credit losses
In 2020, we recorded provision for credit losses of CHF 9 million compared to CHF 7 million in 2019.
Total operating expenses
Total operating expenses of CHF 1,847 million increased 29% compared to 2019, primarily reflecting higher general and administrative expenses, partially offset by lower compensation and benefits. General and administrative expenses of CHF 1,407 million increased 61%, primarily reflecting increased legacy litigation provisions of CHF 996 million, mainly in connection with mortgage-related matters. Compensation and benefits of CHF 352 million decreased 28%, mainly reflecting decreases in deferred compensation expenses from prior-year awards, discretionary compensation expenses and compensation and benefits related to the Asset Resolution Unit.
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Expense allocation to divisions
   in % change
2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Expense allocation to divisions (CHF million)   
Compensation and benefits 3,051 3,359 3,454 (9) (3)
General and administrative expenses 3,499 3,193 2,879 10 11
Commission expenses 72 81 68 (11) 19
Restructuring expenses 45 37 22
Total other operating expenses 3,616 3,311 2,947 9 12
Total operating expenses before allocations to divisions  6,667 6,670 6,401 0 4
Net allocation to divisions 4,917 4,823 4,969 2 (3)
   of which Swiss Universal Bank  1,044 1,032 1,063 1 (3)
   of which International Wealth Management  785 741 754 6 (2)
   of which Asia Pacific  698 664 669 5 (1)
   of which Asset Management  210 231 222 (9) 4
   of which Investment Bank  2,180 2,155 2,261 1 (5)
Total operating expenses  1,750 1,847 1,432 (5) 29
Corporate services and business support, including in finance, operations, human resources, legal, compliance, risk management and IT, are provided by corporate functions, and the related costs are allocated to the segments and the Corporate Center based on their requirements and other relevant measures.
Asset Resolution Unit
   in / end of % change
2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Statements of operations (CHF million)   
Revenues from portfolio assets 90 39 84 131 (54)
Asset funding costs (184) (217) (228) (15) (5)
Net revenues  (94) (178) (144) (47) 24
Provision for credit losses  1 (4) 5
Compensation and benefits 72 90 131 (20) (31)
General and administrative expenses 59 68 95 (13) (28)
Commission expenses 5 5 8 0 (38)
Total other operating expenses 64 73 103 (12) (29)
Total operating expenses  136 163 234 (17) (30)
Income/(loss) before taxes  (231) (337) (383) (31) (12)
Balance sheet statistics (CHF million)   
Total assets 10,132 12,560 12,668 (19) (1)
Risk-weighted assets (USD) 1 7,197 9,930 10,750 (28) (8)
Leverage exposure (USD) 16,110 20,532 20,719 (22) (1)
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Risk-weighted assets excluding operational risk were USD 6,585 million, USD 8,963 million and USD 9,043 million as of the end of 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
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Assets under management
As of the end of 2021, assets under management were CHF 1,614.0 billion, 6.8% higher compared to the end of 2020, with net new assets of CHF 30.9 billion.
Assets under management
Assets under management comprise assets that are placed with us for investment purposes and include discretionary and advisory counterparty assets. Discretionary assets are assets for which the client fully transfers the discretionary power to a Credit Suisse entity with a management mandate. Discretionary assets are reported in the business in which the advice is provided as well as in the business in which the investment decisions take place. Assets managed by the Asset Management division for other businesses are reported in each applicable business and eliminated at the Group level. Advisory assets include assets placed with us where the client is provided access to investment advice but retains discretion over investment decisions.
Assets under management and net new assets include assets managed by consolidated entities, joint ventures and strategic participations. Assets from joint ventures and participations are counted in proportion to our share in the respective entity.
Net new assets
Net new assets include individual cash payments, delivery of securities and cash flows resulting from loan increases or repayments.
Interest and dividend income credited to clients and commissions, interest and fees charged for banking services as well as changes in assets under management due to currency and market volatility are not taken into account when calculating net new assets. Any such changes are not directly related to the Group’s success in acquiring assets under management. Similarly structural effects mainly relate to asset inflows and outflows due to acquisition or divestiture, exit from businesses or markets or exits due to new regulatory requirements and are not taken into account when calculating net new assets. The Group reviews relevant policies regarding client assets on a regular basis.
> Refer to “Note 39 – Assets under management” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Assets under management and client assets
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2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Assets under management (CHF billion)   
Swiss Universal Bank – Private Clients 217.5 208.6 217.6 4.3 (4.1)
Swiss Universal Bank – Corporate & Institutional Clients 513.5 462.6 436.4 11.0 6.0
International Wealth Management 390.7 365.4 370.0 6.9 (1.2)
Asia Pacific 218.8 221.3 220.0 (1.1) 0.6
Asset Management 476.8 440.3 437.9 8.3 0.5
Assets managed across businesses 1 (203.3) (186.3) (174.7) 9.1 6.6
Assets under management  1,614.0 1,511.9 1,507.2 6.8 0.3
   of which discretionary assets  526.6 483.0 489.7 9.0 (1.4)
   of which advisory assets  1,087.4 1,028.9 1,017.5 5.7 1.1
Client assets (CHF billion)   2
Swiss Universal Bank – Private Clients 288.1 262.5 260.4 9.8 0.8
Swiss Universal Bank – Corporate & Institutional Clients 630.7 562.2 534.4 12.2 5.2
International Wealth Management 501.6 465.5 474.0 7.8 (1.8)
Asia Pacific 304.0 315.4 275.0 (3.6) 14.7
Asset Management 476.8 440.3 437.9 8.3 0.5
Assets managed across businesses 1 (203.3) (186.3) (174.7) 9.1 6.6
Client assets  1,997.9 1,859.6 1,807.0 7.4 2.9
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Represents assets managed by Asset Management for the other businesses.
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Client assets is a broader measure than assets under management as it includes transactional accounts and assets under custody (assets held solely for transaction-related or safekeeping/custody purposes) and assets of corporate clients and public institutions used primarily for cash management or transaction-related purposes.
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Results summary
2021 results
As of the end of 2021, assets under management were CHF 1,614.0 billion, an increase of CHF 102.1 billion compared to the end of 2020. The increase was driven by favorable market movements, net new assets of CHF 30.9 billion and favorable foreign exchange-related movements, partially offset by structural effects. Structural effects included CHF 11.2 billion related to the SCFF matter, of which CHF 7.9 billion related to the wind down of our supply chain finance funds, reflected in Asset Management, and CHF 3.3 billion related to the reclassification to assets under custody for our clients’ assets that were impacted by the suspension and ongoing liquidation of these funds, reflected in our wealth management businesses. Structural effects also reflected the strategic decision to exit substantially all of our prime services businesses.
Net new assets of CHF 30.9 billion in 2021 mainly reflected inflows across the following businesses. Net new assets of CHF 14.6 billion in Asset Management were mainly driven by inflows from investments and partnerships, primarily related to an emerging markets joint venture, traditional investments, primarily related to index solutions. Net new assets of CHF 11.0 billion in International Wealth Management mainly reflected inflows in emerging markets and Western Europe. Net new assets of CHF 5.1 billion in the Corporate & Institutional Clients business of Swiss Universal Bank reflected inflows from the pension and external asset managers businesses. Net new assets of CHF 1.4 billion in the Private Clients business of Swiss Universal Bank reflected inflows across all client segments. These inflows were partially offset by net asset outflows of CHF 1.1 billion in Asia Pacific, which mainly reflected outflows from Japan and China, and included client deleveraging as well as de-risking measures taken during the year, partially offset by inflows from Australia.
2020 results
As of the end of 2020, assets under management were CHF 1,511.9 billion, an increase of CHF 4.7 billion compared to the end of 2019. The increase was driven by favorable market movements and net new assets of CHF 42.0 billion, partially offset by unfavorable foreign exchange-related movements and structural effects. Structural effects included CHF 14.8 billion in Asset Management relating to the sale of Wincasa AG in 2012 following the conclusion in 2020 of a transition period regarding the related assets under management.
Net new assets of CHF 42.0 billion mainly reflected inflows across the following businesses. Net new assets of CHF 16.7 billion in International Wealth Management mainly reflected inflows from both emerging markets and Western Europe. Net new assets of CHF 15.5 billion in Asset Management mainly reflected inflows from traditional investments. Net new assets of CHF 13.7 billion in the Corporate & Institutional Clients business of Swiss Universal Bank mainly reflected inflows from the pension business. Net new assets of CHF 8.6 billion in Asia Pacific mainly reflected inflows from Southeast Asia, Australia, Japan and Greater China. These inflows were partially offset by net asset outflows of CHF 5.9 billion in the Private Clients business of Swiss Universal Bank, mainly reflecting outflows in the UHNW client segment, driven by a single outflow in the first quarter of 2020.
> Refer to “Swiss Universal Bank”, “International Wealth Management”, “Asia Pacific” and “Asset Management" for further information.
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Growth in assets under management
in 2021 2020 2019
Net new assets (CHF billion)   
Swiss Universal Bank - Private Clients 1.4 (5.9) 3.4
Swiss Universal Bank - Corporate & Institutional Clients 5.1 13.7 45.3
International Wealth Management 11.0 16.7 11.0
Asia Pacific (1.1) 8.6 8.7
Asset Management 1 14.6 15.5 21.5
Assets managed across businesses 2 (0.1) (6.6) (10.6)
Net new assets  30.9 42.0 79.3
Other effects (CHF billion)   
Swiss Universal Bank - Private Clients 7.5 (3.1) 16.2
Swiss Universal Bank - Corporate & Institutional Clients 45.8 12.5 42.4
International Wealth Management 14.3 (21.3) 1.5
Asia Pacific (1.4) (7.3) 12.0
Asset Management 21.9 (13.1) 3 27.7
Strategic Resolution Unit 4 (0.5)
Assets managed across businesses 2 (16.9) (5.0) (16.3)
Other effects  71.2 (37.3) 83.0
   of which market movements  80.8 53.4 126.8
   of which foreign exchange  11.8 (68.1) (19.8)
   of which other  (21.4) 5 (22.6) 3 (24.0)
Growth in assets under management (CHF billion)   
Swiss Universal Bank - Private Clients 8.9 (9.0) 19.6
Swiss Universal Bank - Corporate & Institutional Clients 50.9 26.2 87.7
International Wealth Management 25.3 (4.6) 12.5
Asia Pacific (2.5) 1.3 20.7
Asset Management 1 36.5 2.4 49.2
Strategic Resolution Unit 4 (0.5)
Assets managed across businesses 2 (17.0) (11.6) (26.9)
Growth in assets under management  102.1 4.7 162.3
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Includes outflows for private equity assets reflecting realizations at cost and unfunded commitments on which a fee is no longer earned.
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Represents assets managed by Asset Management for the other businesses.
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Includes CHF 14.8 billion relating to the sale of Wincasa AG in 2012 following the conclusion in 2020 of a transition period regarding the related assets under management.
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Beginning in 2019, the Strategic Resolution Unit ceased to exist as a separate division of the Group. The residual assets under management were either transferred to other divisions or no longer qualify as assets under management.
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Includes structural effects of CHF 11.2 billion related to the SCFF matter, of which CHF 7.9 billion related to the wind down of our supply chain finance funds, reflected in Asset Management, and CHF 3.3 billion related to the reclassification to assets under custody for our clients’ assets that were impacted by the suspension and ongoing liquidation of these funds, reflected in our wealth management businesses. It also includes structural effects reflecting the strategic decision to exit substantially all of our prime services businesses.
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Growth in assets under management (continued)
in 2021 2020 2019
Net new assets (annualized) (%)   
Swiss Universal Bank - Private Clients 0.7 (2.7) 1.7
Swiss Universal Bank - Corporate & Institutional Clients 1.1 3.1 13.0
International Wealth Management 3.0 4.5 3.1
Asia Pacific (0.5) 3.9 4.4
Asset Management 1 3.3 3.5 5.5
Assets managed across businesses 2 0.1 3.8 7.2
Net new assets  2.0 2.8 5.9
Other effects (annualized) (%)   
Swiss Universal Bank - Private Clients 3.6 (1.4) 8.2
Swiss Universal Bank - Corporate & Institutional Clients 9.9 2.9 12.2
International Wealth Management 3.9 (5.7) 0.4
Asia Pacific (0.6) (3.3) 6.0
Asset Management 5.0 (3.0) 7.2
Strategic Resolution Unit 3 (100.0)
Assets managed across businesses 2 9.0 2.8 11.0
Other effects  4.8 (2.5) 6.2
Growth in assets under management (annualized) (%)   
Swiss Universal Bank - Private Clients 4.3 (4.1) 9.9
Swiss Universal Bank - Corporate & Institutional Clients 11.0 6.0 25.2
International Wealth Management 6.9 (1.2) 3.5
Asia Pacific (1.1) 0.6 10.4
Asset Management 1 8.3 0.5 12.7
Strategic Resolution Unit 3 (100.0)
Assets managed across businesses 2 9.1 6.6 18.2
Growth in assets under management  6.8 0.3 12.1
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Includes outflows for private equity assets reflecting realizations at cost and unfunded commitments on which a fee is no longer earned.
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Represents assets managed by Asset Management for the other businesses.
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Beginning in 2019, the Strategic Resolution Unit ceased to exist as a separate division of the Group. The residual assets under management were either transferred to other divisions or no longer qualify as assets under management.
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Critical accounting estimates
In order to prepare the consolidated financial statements in accordance with US GAAP, management is required to make certain accounting estimates to ascertain the value of assets and liabilities. These estimates are based upon judgment and the information available at the time, and actual results may differ materially from these estimates. Management believes that the estimates and assumptions used in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements are reasonable and consistently applied.
We believe that the critical accounting estimates discussed below involve the most complex judgments and assessments.
> Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies” and “Note 2 – Recently issued accounting standards” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information on significant accounting policies and new accounting pronouncements. For financial information relating to the Bank, refer to the corresponding notes in the consolidated financial statements of the Bank.
Fair value
A significant portion of our financial instruments is carried at fair value. The fair value of the majority of these financial instruments is based on quoted prices in active markets or observable inputs.
In addition, we hold financial instruments for which no prices are available and which have few or no observable inputs. For these instruments, the determination of fair value requires subjective assessment and judgment, depending on liquidity, pricing assumptions, the current economic and competitive environment and the risks affecting the specific instrument. In such circumstances, valuation is determined based on management’s own judgments about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. These instruments include certain OTC derivatives including interest rate, foreign exchange, equity and credit derivatives, certain corporate equity-linked securities, mortgage-related securities, private equity investments and certain loans and credit products, including leveraged finance, certain syndicated loans, certain high yield bonds and life finance instruments.
Control processes are applied to ensure that the fair values of the financial instruments reported in the consolidated financial statements, including those derived from pricing models, are appropriate and determined on a reasonable basis.
> Refer to “Note 36 – Financial instruments” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Variable interest entities
As a normal part of our business, we engage in various transactions, which include entities that are considered variable interest entities (VIEs). VIEs are special purpose entities that typically either lack sufficient equity to finance their activities without additional subordinated financial support or are structured such that the holders of the voting rights do not substantively participate in the gains and losses of the entity. Such entities are required to be assessed for consolidation, compelling the primary beneficiary to consolidate the VIE. The primary beneficiary is the party that has the power to direct the activities that most significantly affect the economics of the VIE and has the right to receive benefits or the obligation to absorb losses of the entity that could be potentially significant to the VIE. We consolidate all VIEs for which we are the primary beneficiary. Application of the requirements for consolidation of VIEs may require the exercise of significant judgment.
> Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies” and “Note 35 – Transfers of financial assets and variable interest entities” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information on VIEs.
Contingencies and loss provisions
A contingency is an existing condition that involves a degree of uncertainty that will ultimately be resolved upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of future events.
Litigation contingencies
We are involved in a number of judicial, regulatory and arbitration proceedings concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of our businesses. Some of these proceedings have been brought on behalf of various classes of claimants and seek damages of material and/or indeterminate amounts. We accrue loss contingency litigation provisions and take a charge to income in connection with certain proceedings when losses, additional losses or ranges of loss are probable and reasonably estimable. We also accrue litigation provisions for the estimated fees and expenses of external lawyers and other service providers in relation to such proceedings, including in cases for which we have not accrued a loss contingency provision. We accrue these fee and expense litigation provisions and take a charge to income in connection therewith when such fees and expenses are probable and reasonably estimable. We review our legal proceedings each quarter to determine the adequacy of our litigation provisions and may increase or release provisions based on management’s judgment and the advice of counsel. This review includes consideration of management’s strategy for resolution of matters through settlement or trial, as well as changes in such strategy. The establishment of additional provisions or releases of litigation provisions may be necessary in the future as developments in such proceedings warrant.
It is inherently difficult to determine whether a loss is probable or even reasonably possible or to estimate the amount of any loss or loss range for many of our legal proceedings. Estimates, by their nature, are based on judgment and currently available information and involve a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the type and nature of the proceeding, the progress of the matter, the advice of counsel, our defenses and our experience in similar matters, as well as our assessment of matters, including settlements, involving other defendants in similar or related cases or proceedings. Factual and legal determinations, many of which are complex, must be made before a loss, additional losses or ranges
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of loss can be reasonably estimated for any proceeding. We do not believe that we can estimate an aggregate range of reasonably possible losses for certain of our proceedings because of their complexity, the novelty of some of the claims, the early stage of the proceedings, the limited amount of discovery that has occurred and/or other factors. Most matters pending against us seek damages of an indeterminate amount. While certain matters specify the damages claimed, such claimed amount may not represent our reasonably possible losses.
> Refer to “Note 40 – Litigation” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information on legal proceedings.
Allowance and provision for credit losses
On January 1, 2020, the Group adopted the new accounting standard ASU 2016-13 “Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments” and its subsequent amendments, applying a modified retrospective approach, which replaced the incurred credit loss model for recognizing credit losses. The new standard requires the measurement of CECL for financial assets held at amortized cost as of the reporting date over the remaining contractual life (considering the effect of prepayments) based on historical experience, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forward-looking information, including macroeconomic scenarios. To address circumstances where in management’s judgment the CECL model outputs are overly sensitive to the effect of economic inputs that lie significantly outside of their historical range, model overlays are applied.
> Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies” and “Note 20 – Financial instruments measured at amortized cost and credit losses” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Current expected credit loss
The measurement of expected credit losses across all categories of financial assets held at amortized cost requires judgment, the estimation of the amount, timing of future cash flows and collateral values when determining credit losses. The Group’s CECL calculations are outputs of complex statistical models and expert judgment overlays with a number of underlying assumptions regarding the choice of variable inputs and their interdependencies.
For performing credit exposures, the model parameters are based on internally and externally compiled data comprising both quantitative and qualitative factors and are tailored to various categories and exposures. The CECL measurement has three main inputs: probability of default, loss given default and exposure at default. The estimation of these parameters include the expected macroeconomic environment, the contractual maturities of exposures, historical data considering portfolio-specific factors, differences in product structure, collateral types, seniority of the claim, counterparty industry and recovery costs of any collateral that is integral to the financial asset.
There is significant judgment involved in the estimation and application of forward-looking information, including macroeconomic scenarios. The Group’s estimation of expected credit losses is based on a discounted estimate that considers future macroeconomic scenarios that are probability-weighted according to the best estimate of their relative likelihood. This estimate is based on historical frequency, current trends and conditions and macroeconomic factors such as regional gross domestic product, unemployment rates and interest rates.
For credit-impaired financial assets, the expected credit losses are measured using the present value of estimated future cash flows (unless a practical expedient for collateral-dependent financial assets is applied), and the impaired credit exposures and related allowances are revalued to reflect the passage of time.
Expected credit losses for individually impaired credit exposures are measured by performing an in-depth review and analysis, considering factors such as recovery and exit options as well as collateral and the risk profile of the borrower. The individual measurement of expected credit losses for impaired financial assets also considers reasonable and supportable forward-looking information that is relevant to the individual counterparty (idiosyncratic information) and reflective of the macroeconomic environment that the borrower is exposed to, apart from any historical loss information and current conditions. If there are different scenarios relevant for the individual expected credit loss measurement, they are considered on a probability-weighted basis.
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to affect the economic environment throughout 2021. We continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on our operations and businesses.
> Refer to “Risk Management” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet and “Note 20 – Financial instruments measured at amortized cost and credit losses” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for loan portfolio disclosures, valuation adjustment disclosures and certain other information relevant to the evaluation of credit risk and credit risk management.
Goodwill impairment
Under US GAAP, goodwill is not amortized, but is reviewed for potential impairment on an annual basis as of December 31 and at any other time when events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value of goodwill may not be recoverable.
For the purpose of testing goodwill for impairment, each reporting unit is assessed individually. A reporting unit is an operating segment or one level below an operating segment, also referred to as a component. A component of an operating segment is deemed to be a reporting unit if the component constitutes a business for which discrete financial information is available and management regularly reviews the operating results of that component.
Effective April 1, 2021, the Asset Management business was separated from the International Wealth Management division and managed as a new separate division of the Group. The Asset Management division is considered a reporting unit of the Group.
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On November 4, 2021, the Group announced an updated strategy together with related organizational changes, which included the introduction of a new segment structure effective January 1, 2022. The new segment structure required the reallocation of goodwill balances from the current reporting units to the new reporting units on a relative fair value basis.
The Group’s reporting units as at December 31, 2021 are defined as follows: Swiss Universal Bank – Private Clients, Swiss Universal Bank – Corporate & Institutional Clients, International Wealth Management, Asia Pacific, Asset Management and the Investment Bank.
Under US GAAP, a qualitative assessment is permitted to evaluate whether a reporting unit’s fair value is less than its carrying value. If on the basis of the qualitative assessment it is more likely than not that the reporting unit’s fair value is higher than its carrying value, no quantitative goodwill impairment test is required. If on the basis of the qualitative assessment it is more likely than not that the reporting unit’s fair value is lower than its carrying value, a quantitative goodwill impairment test must be performed to identify the existence and the amount of an impairment loss, if any. The qualitative assessment is intended to be a simplification of the annual impairment test and can be bypassed for any reporting unit and any period to proceed directly to performing the quantitative goodwill impairment test. When bypassing the qualitative assessment in any period, the preparation of a qualitative assessment can be resumed in any subsequent period. It is the Group’s current practice to bypass the qualitative assessment.
In addition to the annual goodwill impairment test, interim assessments are performed by the Group to identify possible triggering events – that is, the occurrence of events and changes in circumstances that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of the reporting unit below its carrying amount. Such triggering events include, but are not limited to: (i) macroeconomic conditions such as a deterioration in general economic conditions or other developments in equity and credit markets; (ii) industry and market considerations such as a deterioration in the environment in which the entity operates, an increased competitive environment, a decline in market-dependent multiples or metrics (considered in both absolute terms and relative to peers), and regulatory or political developments; (iii) other relevant entity-specific events such as changes in management, key personnel or strategy; (iv) a more-likely-than-not expectation of selling or disposing of all, or a portion, of a reporting unit; (v) results of testing for recoverability of a significant asset group within a reporting unit; (vi) recognition of a goodwill impairment in the financial statements of a subsidiary that is a component of a reporting unit; and (vii) a sustained decrease in share price (considered in both absolute terms and relative to peers).
In accordance with the current practice of the Group, or if deemed necessary based on the Group’s qualitative assessment, or upon identification of a triggering event, a quantitative impairment test is performed by calculating the fair value of the reporting unit and comparing that amount to its carrying value. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying value, there is no goodwill impairment. If the carrying value exceeds the fair value, there is a goodwill impairment. The goodwill impairment is calculated as the difference between the carrying value and the fair value of the reporting unit up to a maximum of the goodwill amount recorded in that reporting unit.
The carrying value of each reporting unit for the purpose of the goodwill impairment test is determined by considering the reporting units’ risk-weighted assets usage, leverage ratio exposure, deferred tax assets, goodwill, intangible assets and other CET1 capital relevant adjustments. The residual value between the total of these elements and the Group’s shareholders’ equity is allocated to the carrying value of the reporting units on a pro-rata basis. As of December 31, 2021, this residual value was a debit of CHF 541 million.
In estimating the fair value of its reporting units, the Group applied a combination of the market approach and the income approach. Under the market approach, consideration was given to price to projected earnings multiples or price to book value multiples for similarly traded companies and prices paid in recent transactions that have occurred in its industry or in related industries. Under the income approach, a discount rate was applied that reflects the risk and uncertainty related to the reporting unit’s projected cash flows, which were determined from the Group’s financial plan.
In determining the estimated fair value, the Group relied upon its latest five-year financial plan, which included significant management assumptions and estimates based on its view of current and future economic conditions and regulatory changes.
Estimates of the Group’s future earnings potential, and that of the reporting units, involve considerable judgment, including management’s view on future changes in market cycles, the regulatory environment and the anticipated result of the implementation of business strategies, competitive factors and assumptions concerning the retention of key employees.
In the first quarter of 2021, the Group determined that both the Archegos and the supply chain finance funds matters were goodwill triggering events impacting all reporting units of the Group. Based on its goodwill impairment analyses performed, the Group concluded that the estimated fair value for all of the reporting units with goodwill exceeded their related carrying values and no impairments were necessary as of March 31, 2021. The fair value of the Investment Bank and the former International Wealth Management – Asset Management reporting units exceeded their related carrying values by 17% and 18%, respectively.
In the second quarter of 2021, the Board of Directors of the Group conducted an initial review of the Group’s overall business strategy and risk appetite in addition to business reviews and potential personnel and organizational changes contemplated
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in response to both the Archegos and the supply chain finance funds matters. The Group determined that these strategy and business reviews, and the associated and anticipated changes to the financial plans arising from these reviews, were goodwill triggering events for the second quarter of 2021 impacting all reporting units of the Group. Based on its goodwill impairment analyses performed, the Group concluded that the estimated fair value for all of the reporting units with goodwill exceeded their related carrying values and no impairments were necessary as of June 30, 2021. The fair value of the Investment Bank reporting unit exceeded its related carrying value by only 4%.
The strategy review was ongoing during the third quarter of 2021; however, there were no specific developments or events that constituted a triggering event.
The announcement on November 4, 2021 of the strategy and organizational changes represented a triggering event in the fourth quarter of 2021 for goodwill impairment testing purposes, and under US GAAP goodwill has to be tested for impairment both before and immediately after a reorganization of reporting units. The review of the Group’s five-year financial plan to reflect the announced strategy was finalized in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Based on its goodwill impairment analysis performed as of December 31, 2021, the Group concluded that the fair value for the Investment Bank reporting unit was below its related carrying value and consequently the goodwill was fully impaired.
The new segment structure required the reallocation of goodwill balances from the current reporting units to the new reporting units on a relative fair value basis. Under the new reporting structure, effective January 1, 2022, the investment banking-related businesses of the Asia Pacific reporting unit were transferred to the Investment Bank reporting unit and therefore a portion of the Asia Pacific reporting unit’s goodwill balance as of December 31, 2021 was transferred. The Group concluded that the goodwill amount transferred to the Investment Bank reporting unit was also fully impaired. The total goodwill impairment for the Group as of December 31, 2021 was CHF 1,623 million. The goodwill impairment for the Investment Bank reporting unit was CHF 1,520 million and the goodwill impairment for the Asia Pacific reporting unit was CHF 103 million.
The Group concluded that the estimated fair value for all of the other reporting units with goodwill substantially exceeded their related carrying values and no further impairment was necessary as of December 31, 2021.
During the year the Group engaged the services of an independent valuation specialist to assist in the valuation of certain reporting units. The specialist also assisted in the valuation of the Asset Management, Asia Pacific and the Investment Bank reporting units as of December 31, 2021. The valuations were performed using a combination of the market approach and income approach.
The results of the impairment evaluation of each reporting unit’s goodwill would be significantly impacted by adverse changes in the underlying parameters used in the valuation process. If actual outcomes or the future outlook adversely differ from management’s best estimates of the key economic assumptions and associated cash flows applied in the valuation of the reporting unit, the Group could potentially incur material impairment charges in the future.
> Refer to “Note 21 – Goodwill” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information on goodwill.
Taxes
Uncertainty of income tax positions
We follow the income tax guidance under US GAAP, which sets out a consistent framework to determine the appropriate level of tax reserves to maintain for uncertain income tax positions.
Significant judgment is required in determining whether it is more likely than not that an income tax position will be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. Further judgment is required to determine the amount of benefit eligible for recognition in the consolidated financial statements.
> Refer to “Note 29 – Tax” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information on income tax positions.
Deferred tax valuation allowances
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax effects of net operating loss (NOL) carry-forwards and temporary differences between the carrying values of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases at the dates of the consolidated balance sheets.
The realization of deferred tax assets on temporary differences is dependent upon the generation of taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. The realization of deferred tax assets on NOLs is dependent upon the generation of taxable income during the periods prior to their expiration, if applicable. Management regularly evaluates whether deferred tax assets will be realized. If management considers it more likely than not that all or a portion of a deferred tax asset will not be realized, a corresponding valuation allowance is established. In evaluating whether deferred tax assets will be realized, management considers both positive and negative evidence, including projected future taxable income, the reversal of deferred tax liabilities, which can be scheduled, and tax planning strategies.
This evaluation requires significant management judgment, primarily with respect to projected taxable income. Future taxable income can never be predicted with certainty. It is derived from budgets and strategic business plans but is dependent on numerous factors, some of which are beyond management’s control. Substantial variance of actual results from estimated future taxable profits, or changes in our estimate of future taxable profits
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and potential restructurings, could lead to changes in deferred tax assets being realizable, or considered realizable, and would require a corresponding adjustment to the valuation allowance.
As part of its normal practice, management has conducted a detailed evaluation of its expected future results and has also considered stress scenarios, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the withdrawal of the UK from the EU. This evaluation has indicated the expected future results that are likely to be earned in jurisdictions where the Group has significant gross deferred tax assets, such as Switzerland, the UK and the US. Management then compared those expected future results with the applicable law governing utilization of deferred tax assets. Based on the expected future results in the Bank parent company and given that the Swiss tax law allows for a seven-year carry-forward period for NOLs, a valuation allowance is still required on the deferred tax assets of this entity. UK tax law allows for an unlimited carry-forward period for NOLs, and even though there are restrictions on the use of tax losses carried forward, these are not expected to have a material impact on the recoverability of the net deferred tax assets. US tax law allows for a 20-year carry-forward period for NOLs arising prior to 2017, federal NOLs generated in the tax years 2018, 2019 or 2020 can be carried back for five years and with no expiry limitations for NOLs arising in 2018 and subsequent years.
> Refer to “Note 29 – Tax” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information on deferred tax assets.
Pension plans
The Group
The Group covers pension requirements, in both Swiss and non-Swiss locations, through various defined benefit pension plans and defined contribution pension plans.
Our funding policy with respect to these pension plans is consistent with local government and tax requirements.
The Group accounts for the Group plan as a single-employer defined benefit pension plan and uses the projected unit credit actuarial method to determine the net periodic benefit costs, projected benefit obligation (PBO), accumulated benefit obligation (ABO) and the related amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets. The calculation of the expense and liability associated with the defined benefit pension plans requires an extensive use of assumptions, which include the discount rate, expected return on plan assets and rate of future compensation increases. Management determines these assumptions based upon currently available market and industry data and historical experience of the plans. Management also consults with an independent actuarial firm to assist in selecting appropriate assumptions and valuing its related liabilities. Management regularly reviews the actuarial assumptions used to value and measure the defined benefit obligation on a periodic basis as required by US GAAP. The actuarial assumptions that we use may differ materially from actual results due to changing market and economic conditions and specific experience of the plans (such as investment management over or underperformance, higher or lower withdrawal rates and longer or shorter life spans of the participants). Any such differences could have a significant impact on the amount of pension expense recorded in future years.
The funded status of our defined benefit pension and other post-retirement defined benefit plans is recorded in the consolidated balance sheets. The impacts from re-measuring the funded status (reflected in actuarial gains or losses) and from amending the plan (reflected in prior service cost or credits) are recognized in equity as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) (AOCI).
The PBO of our total defined benefit pension plans included CHF 811 million and CHF 498 million related to our assumption for future salary increases as of December 31, 2021 and 2020. The ABO is defined as the PBO less the amount related to estimated future salary increases. The difference between the fair value of plan assets and the ABO was an overfunding of CHF 4,822 million for 2021, compared to CHF 3,126 million for 2020.
We are required to estimate the expected long-term rate of return on plan assets, which is then used to compute benefit costs recorded in the consolidated statements of operations. Estimating future returns on plan assets is particularly subjective, as the estimate requires an assessment of possible future market returns based on the plan asset mix. In calculating pension expense and in determining the expected long-term rate of return, we use the market-related value of assets. The assumptions used to determine the benefit obligation as of the measurement date are also used to calculate the net periodic benefit costs for the 12-month period following this date.
The expected weighted-average long-term rate of return used to determine the expected return on plan assets as a component of the net periodic benefit costs in 2021 and 2020 was 2.50% and 2.10%, respectively, for the Swiss plan and 1.79% and 2.37%, respectively, for the international plans. In 2021, if the expected long-term rate of return had been increased/decreased one percentage point, net pension expense for the Swiss plan would have decreased/increased CHF 168 million and net pension expense for the international plans would have decreased/increased CHF 36 million.
The discount rates used in determining the benefit obligation and the pension expense are based on yield curves, constructed from high-quality corporate bonds currently available and observable in the market and are expected to be available during the period to maturity of the pension benefits. In countries where there is no deep market in high-quality corporate bonds with longer durations, the best available market information, including government bond yields and risk premiums, is used to construct the yield curve. Credit Suisse uses the spot rate approach for determining the benefit obligation and for service and interest cost components of the pension expense for future years. Under the spot
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rate approach, individual spot rates along the yield curve are applied to each expected future benefit payment, whereas under the previous methodology a single weighted-average discount rate derived from the yield curve was applied.
For the Swiss plan, the weighted average discount rate for the PBO increased 0.16 percentage points, from 0.40% as of December 31, 2020 to 0.56% as of December 31, 2021, mainly due to an increase in Swiss bond market rates. The average discount rate for the PBO for the international plans increased 0.48 percentage points, from 1.67% as of December 31, 2020 to 2.15% as of December 31, 2021, mainly due to an increase in bond market rates. For the year ended December 31, 2021, a one percentage point decline in the discount rates for the Swiss plan would have resulted in an increase in the PBO of CHF 2,449 million and an increase in pension expense of CHF 123 million, and a one percentage point increase in discount rates would have resulted in a decrease in the PBO of CHF 1,932 million and a decrease in the pension expense of CHF 117 million. A one percentage point decline in discount rates for the international plans as of December 31, 2021 would have resulted in an increase in the PBO of CHF 626 million and a decrease in pension expense of CHF 7 million, and a one percentage point increase in discount rates would have resulted in a decrease in the PBO of CHF 479 million and an increase in the pension expense of CHF 14 million.
Actuarial gains and losses recognized in AOCI are amortized over the average remaining service period of active employees expected to receive benefits under the plan, which, as of December 31, 2021, was approximately 10 years for the Swiss plan and 3 to 20 years for the international plans. For plans where there are very few active members, actuarial gains and losses are amortized over the average remaining life expectancy of the inactive participants. Prior service cost recognized in AOCI are amortized over the remaining service period of the employees affected by the plan amendment. The pre-tax expense associated with the amortization of net actuarial losses and prior service cost for defined benefit pension plans for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 was CHF 249 million, CHF 181 million and CHF 158 million, respectively. The impact from deviations between our actuarial assumptions and the actual developments of such parameters observed for our pension plans further impacts the amount of net actuarial losses or gains recognized in equity, resulting in a higher or lower amount of amortization expense in periods after 2022.
> Refer to “Note 32 – Pension and other post-retirement benefits” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
The Bank
The Bank covers pension requirements for its employees in Switzerland through participation in a defined benefit pension plan sponsored by the Group (Group plan). Various legal entities within the Group participate in the Group plan, which is set up as an independent trust domiciled in Zurich. The Group accounts for the Group plan as a single-employer defined benefit pension plan and uses the projected unit credit actuarial method to determine the net periodic pension expense, PBO, ABO and the related amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets. The funded status of the Group plan is recorded in the consolidated balance sheets. The actuarial gains and losses and prior service costs or credits are recognized in equity as a component of AOCI.
The Bank accounts for the Group plan on a defined contribution basis whereby it only recognizes the amounts required to be contributed to the Group plan during the period as net periodic pension expense and only recognizes a liability for any contributions due and unpaid. No other expense or balance sheet amounts related to the Group plan are recognized by the Bank.
The Bank covers pension requirements for its employees in international locations through participation in various pension plans, which are accounted for as single-employer defined benefit pension plans or defined contribution pension plans.
In 2021 and 2020, the weighted-average expected long-term rate of return used to calculate the expected return on plan assets as a component of the net periodic benefit costs for the international single-employer defined benefit pension plans was 1.79% and 2.37%, respectively. In 2021, if the expected long-term rate of return had been increased/decreased one percentage point, net pension expense would have decreased/increased CHF 36 million.
The discount rate used in determining the benefit obligation is based either on high-quality corporate bond rates or government bond rates plus a premium in order to approximate high-quality corporate bond rates. The average discount rate for the PBO for the international plans increased 0.47 percentage points, from 1.66% as of December 31, 2020 to 2.13% as of December 31, 2021. A one percentage point decline in the discount rate for the international single-employer plans as of December 31, 2021 would have resulted in an increase in PBO of CHF 626 million and a decrease in pension expense of CHF 7 million, and a one percentage point increase in discount rates would have resulted in a decrease in PBO of CHF 479 million and an increase in pension expense of CHF 14 million.
Actuarial gains and losses recognized in AOCI are amortized over the average remaining service period of active employees expected to receive benefits under the plan. For plans where there are very few active members, actuarial gains and losses are amortized over the average remaining life expectancy of the inactive participants. Prior service cost recognized in AOCI are amortized over the remaining service period of the employees affected by the plan amendment. The pre-tax expense associated with the amortization of recognized net actuarial losses and prior service cost for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 was CHF 15 million, CHF 14 million and CHF 20 million, respectively.
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Liquidity and funding management
During 2021, we maintained a strong liquidity and funding position. The majority of our unsecured funding was generated from core customer deposits and long-term debt.
Liquidity management
In response to regulatory reform, since 2015 we have primarily focused our issuance strategy on offering long-term debt securities at the Group level for funding and capital purposes. Prior to that, securities for funding and capital purposes were primarily issued by the Bank, our principal operating subsidiary and a US registrant. We also issue short and medium-term debt securities at the Bank level for funding diversification. Our primary source of liquidity is funding through consolidated entities. Proceeds from issuances are lent to operating subsidiaries and affiliates on both a senior and subordinated basis, as needed; the latter typically to meet going and gone concern capital requirements and the former as desired by management to support business initiatives and liquidity needs.
Our liquidity and funding strategy is approved by the Group’s Capital Allocation and Liability Management Committee (Group CALMC) and overseen by the Board of Directors (Board). The implementation and execution of the liquidity and funding strategy is managed by Treasury. The global liquidity group centralizes control of liability and collateral management with the aim of optimizing our liquidity sourcing, funding costs and high-quality liquid assets (HQLA) portfolio within Treasury. Treasury ensures adherence to our funding policy and the global liquidity group is focused on the efficient coordination of the short-term unsecured and secured funding desks. This approach enhances our ability to manage potential liquidity and funding risks and to promptly adjust our liquidity and funding levels to meet stress situations. As of January 2022, the global liquidity group was integrated into Treasury. Our liquidity and funding profile is regularly reported to Group CALMC and the Board, who define our risk tolerance, including liquidity risk, and set parameters for the balance sheet and funding usage of our businesses. The Board is responsible for defining our overall risk tolerance in the form of a risk appetite statement.
Our liquidity and funding profile reflects our strategy and risk appetite and is driven by business activity levels and the overall operating environment. We have adapted our liquidity and funding profile to reflect lessons learned from the financial crisis, the subsequent changes in our business strategy and regulatory developments. We have been an active participant in regulatory and industry forums to promote best practice standards on quantitative and qualitative liquidity management. Our internal liquidity risk management framework is subject to review and monitoring by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA (FINMA), other regulators and rating agencies.
Regulatory framework
BIS liquidity framework
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) established the Basel framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring. The Basel framework includes a liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) and a net stable funding ratio (NSFR). Credit Suisse is subject to the Basel framework, as implemented in Switzerland, as well as Swiss legislation and regulations for systemically important banks.
The LCR addresses liquidity risk over a 30-day period. The LCR aims to ensure that banks have unencumbered high-quality liquid assets (HQLA) available to meet short-term liquidity needs under a severe stress scenario. The LCR is comprised of two components, the value of HQLA in stressed conditions and the total net cash outflows calculated according to specified scenario parameters. Under the BCBS framework, the minimum required ratio of liquid assets over net cash outflows is 100%.
The NSFR establishes criteria for a minimum amount of stable funding based on the liquidity of a bank’s on- and off-balance sheet activities over a one-year horizon. The NSFR is a complementary measure to the LCR and is structured to ensure that illiquid assets are funded with an appropriate amount of stable long-term funds. The NSFR is defined as the ratio of available stable funding over the amount of required stable funding and, once implemented by national regulators, should always be at least 100%.
Swiss liquidity requirements
The Swiss Federal Council adopted a liquidity ordinance (Liquidity Ordinance) that implements Basel liquidity requirements into Swiss law. Under the Liquidity Ordinance, banks are subject to a minimum LCR requirement of 100% at all times and the associated disclosure requirements.
Since July 1, 2021, banks have been subject to a minimum NSFR requirement of 100% at all times and the associated disclosure requirements. Based on the Liquidity Ordinance, Credit Suisse AG (Bank parent) is allowed to fulfill the minimum NSFR of 100% by taking into consideration any excess funding of Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG on a stand-alone basis, and the Bank parent has an NSFR requirement of at least 80% without taking into consideration any such excess funding. Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG must always fulfill the NSFR of at least 100% on a stand-alone basis.
> Refer to credit-suisse.com/regulatorydisclosures for additional information.
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Our liquidity principles and our liquidity risk management framework as agreed with FINMA are in line with the Basel liquidity framework.
Regulatory developments
On September 30, 2021, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance initiated the consultation on amendments to the Liquidity Ordinance. The revisions are intended to ensure that systemically important banks hold sufficient liquidity, in order to adequately absorb liquidity shocks and cover their liquidity needs in the event of restructuring or liquidation. As proposed, the revisions would significantly increase the regulatory minimum liquidity requirements for systemically important banks, including Credit Suisse. The consultation period ended on January 13, 2022.
Liquidity risk management
Our approach to liquidity risk management
Our liquidity and funding policy is designed to ensure that funding is available to meet all obligations in times of stress, whether caused by market events or issues specific to Credit Suisse. We achieve this through a conservative asset/liability management strategy aimed at maintaining long-term funding, including stable deposits, in excess of illiquid assets. To address short-term liquidity stress, we maintain a liquidity pool, as described below, that covers unexpected outflows in the event of severe market and idiosyncratic stress. Our liquidity risk parameters reflect various liquidity stress assumptions that we believe are conservative. We manage our liquidity profile at a sufficient level such that, in the event we are unable to access unsecured funding, we expect to have sufficient liquidity to sustain operations for a period of time in excess of our minimum limit. This includes potential currency mismatches, which are not deemed to be a major risk but are monitored and subject to limits, particularly in the significant currencies of euro, Japanese yen, pound sterling, Swiss franc and US dollar.
We use the NSFR as one of our primary tools, in parallel with the internal liquidity barometer and the LCR, to monitor the liquidity position and plan funding.
We use our internal liquidity barometer to manage liquidity to internal targets and as a basis to model both Credit Suisse-specific and market-wide stress scenarios and their impact on liquidity and funding, but also to quantify our internal buffer above regulatory liquidity metrics such as those related to the LCR. Our internal barometer framework supports the management of our funding structure. It allows us to manage the time horizon over which the stressed market value of unencumbered assets (including cash) exceeds the aggregate value of contractual outflows of unsecured liabilities plus a conservative forecast of anticipated contingent commitments. This internal barometer framework enables us to manage liquidity to a desired profile under a Credit Suisse-specific or market-wide stress that permits us to continue business activities for a period of time (also known as a liquidity horizon) without changing business plans. Under this framework, we also have short-term targets based on additional stress scenarios to ensure uninterrupted liquidity for short time frames.
We allocate the majority of the balance sheet usage related to our Treasury-managed HQLA portfolio to the business divisions to allow for a more efficient management of their business activities from an overall Group perspective with respect to LCR and Swiss leverage requirements.
Our overall liquidity management framework allows us to run stress analyses on our balance sheet and off-balance sheet positions, which include, but are not limited to, the following:
A multiple-notch downgrade in the Bank’s long-term debt credit ratings, which would require additional funding as a result of certain contingent off-balance sheet obligations;
Significant withdrawals from private banking client deposits;
Potential cash outflows associated with the prime brokerage business;
Over-collateralization of available secured funding;
Limited availability ofcapital markets, certificates of deposit and commercial paper;
Other money market access will be significantly reduced;
A reduction in funding value of unencumbered assets;
The inaccessibility of assets held by subsidiaries due to regulatory, operational and other constraints;
The possibility of providing non-contractual liquidity support in times of market stress, including purchasing our unsecured debt;
Monitoring the concentration in sources of wholesale funding and thus encourage funding diversification;
Monitoring the composition and analysis of the unencumbered assets;
Restricted availability of foreign currency swap markets; and
Other scenarios as deemed necessary from time to time.
Governance
Funding, liquidity, capital and our foreign exchange exposures are managed centrally by Treasury. Oversight of these activities is provided by Group CALMC, a committee that includes the chief executive officers (CEOs) of the Group and the divisions, the CFO, the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) and the Treasurer.
It is Group CALMC’s responsibility to review the capital position, balance sheet development, current and prospective funding, interest rate risk and foreign exchange exposure and to define and monitor adherence to internal risk limits. Group CALMC regularly reviews the methodology and assumptions of our liquidity risk management framework and determines the liquidity horizon to be maintained.
All liquidity stress tests are coordinated and overseen by the CRO to ensure a consistent and coordinated approach across all risk disciplines.
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Contingency funding planning
In the event of a liquidity crisis, our Contingency Funding Plan provides for specific actions to be taken depending on the nature of the crisis. Our plan is designed to address ever-increasing liquidity and funding stresses and has pre-defined escalation levels aimed at maximizing the likelihood that we can take certain measures to address liquidity or funding shortfalls. In order to identify a deteriorating liquidity situation, we monitor a set of regulatory and economic liquidity metrics while also seeking the views of our subject matter experts as well as Group and entity senior management, who retain at all times the authority to take remedial actions promptly. In all cases, the plan’s primary objectives are to strengthen liquidity (immediate), reduce funding needs (medium term) and assess recovery options (longer term).
Liquidity metrics
Liquidity pool
Treasury manages a sizeable portfolio of HQLA comprised of cash held at central banks and securities. A portion of the liquidity pool is generated through reverse repurchase agreements with top-rated counterparties. We are mindful of potential credit risk and therefore focus our liquidity holdings strategy on cash held at central banks and highly rated government bonds and on short-term reverse repurchase agreements. These government bonds are eligible as collateral for liquidity facilities with various central banks including the Swiss National Bank (SNB), the US Federal Reserve (Fed), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BoE). Our direct exposure on these bonds is limited to highly liquid, top-rated sovereign entities or fully guaranteed agencies of sovereign entities. The liquidity pool may be used to meet the liquidity requirements of our operating companies. All securities, including those obtained from reverse repurchase agreements, are subject to a stress level haircut in our barometer to reflect the risk that emergency funding may not be available at market value in a stress scenario.
We centrally manage this liquidity pool and hold it at our main operating entities. Holding securities in these entities ensures that we can make liquidity and funding available to local entities in need without delay.
As of December 31, 2021, our liquidity pool managed by Treasury and the global liquidity group had an average HQLA value of CHF 229.9 billion. The liquidity pool consisted of CHF 143.9 billion of cash held at major central banks, primarily the SNB, the ECB and the Fed, and CHF 86.0 billion market value of securities issued by governments and government agencies, primarily from the US and the UK.
In addition to the above-mentioned liquidity pool, there is also a portfolio of unencumbered liquid assets managed by the businesses, primarily in the Investment Bank division, in cooperation with the global liquidity group. These assets generally include high-grade bonds and highly liquid equity securities that form part of major indices. In coordination with the businesses and the global liquidity group, Treasury can access these assets to generate liquidity if required. As of December 31, 2021, this portfolio of liquid assets had a market value of CHF 26.3 billion, consisting of CHF 11.5 billion of high-grade bonds and CHF 14.8 billion of highly liquid equity securities. Under our internal model, an average stress-level haircut of 11% is applied to these assets. The haircuts applied to this portfolio reflect our assessment of overall market risk at the time of measurement, potential monetization capacity taking into account increased haircuts, market volatility and the quality of the relevant securities.
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Liquid assets (CHF million)   
Cash held at central banks 68,003 33,058 38,630 4,245 143,936 114,429
Securities 12,434 46,762 6,800 19,979 85,975 86,867
Liquid assets 1 80,437 79,820 45,430 24,224 229,911 201,296
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Liquidity Coverage Ratio
Our calculation methodology for the LCR is prescribed by the Liquidity Ordinance and the FINMA 2015/2 Circular “Liquidity risks – banks,” as amended (Liquidity Circular), and uses a three-month average that is measured using daily calculations during the quarter. The FINMA calculation of HQLA takes into account a cancellation mechanism (post-cancellation view) and is therefore not directly comparable to the assets presented in the financial statements that could potentially be monetized under a severe stress scenario. The cancellation mechanism effectively excludes the impact of certain secured financing transactions from available HQLA and simultaneously adjusts the level of net cash outflows calculated. Application of the cancellation mechanism adjusts both the numerator and denominator of the LCR calculation, meaning that the impact is mostly neutral on the LCR itself.
Our HQLA measurement methodology excludes potentially eligible HQLA available for use by entities of the Group in certain jurisdictions that may not be readily accessible for use by the Group as a whole. These HQLA eligible amounts may be restricted for reasons such as local regulatory requirements, including large exposure requirements, or other binding constraints that could limit the transferability to other Group entities in other jurisdictions.
On this basis, the level of our LCR was 203% as of the end of 2021, an increase from 190% as of the end of 2020, representing an average HQLA of CHF 227 billion and average net cash outflows of CHF 112 billion. The ratio reflects a conservative liquidity position, including ensuring that the Group’s branches and subsidiaries meet applicable local liquidity requirements.
The increase in the LCR compared to 2020 reflected a higher level of average HQLA, which was partially offset by an increase in net cash outflows. The higher level of HQLA reflected an increase in the amount of securities held during the period. The increase in net cash outflows primarily resulted from an increase in cash outflows from unsecured wholesale funding, primarily driven by increases in non-operational deposits and unsecured debt, as well as a decrease in net cash inflows associated with secured wholesale funding and secured lending activities. These increases in net cash outflows were partially offset by higher net cash inflows arising from balances related to open trades.
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High-quality liquid assets (CHF million)
High-quality liquid assets 3 227,193 203,536
Cash outflows
Retail deposits and deposits from small business customers 161,444 19,555 19,825
Unsecured wholesale funding 256,295 95,093 89,758
Secured wholesale funding 29,344 44,979
Additional requirements 167,500 35,640 35,989
Other contractual funding obligations 85,492 85,492 56,751
Other contingent funding obligations 201,750 3,663 5,574
Total cash outflows  268,787 252,876
Cash inflows
Secured lending 109,297 40,049 59,090
Inflows from fully performing exposures 60,810 28,270 28,081
Other cash inflows 88,312 88,312 58,329
Total cash inflows  258,419 156,631 145,500
Liquidity coverage ratio
High-quality liquid assets (CHF million) 227,193 203,536
Net cash outflows (CHF million) 112,156 107,376
Liquidity coverage ratio (%)  203 190
Calculated using a three-month average, which is calculated on a daily basis.
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Net Stable Funding Ratio
Our calculation methodology for the NSFR is prescribed by the Liquidity Ordinance and the Liquidity Circular, including associated disclosure requirements which became effective in the third quarter of 2021. At the end of the fourth quarter of 2021, the level of our NSFR was 127%, an increase from 126% as of end of the third quarter of 2021, representing available stable funding (ASF) of CHF 437 billion and required stable funding (RSF) of CHF 343 billion.
The increase in the NSFR compared to the third quarter of 2021 reflects a decrease in RSF, partially offset by a decrease in ASF.
The decrease in the RSF is mainly attributed to a decrease in our trading inventory (non-HQLA securities) and a decrease in our reverse repo transactions backed by HQLA. This was accompanied by a decrease in our loans portfolio associated with performing loans as well as deposits held at banks. The decrease in ASF was primarily a result of maturing debt issuances including certificates of deposit and commercial papers as well as a decrease in retail deposits and deposits with non-financial corporates.
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Available stable funding (CHF million) 436,856 446,805
Required stable funding (CHF million) 342,870 353,492
Net stable funding ratio (%) 127 126
Funding management
Treasury is responsible for the development, execution and regular updating of our funding plan. The plan reflects projected business growth, development of the balance sheet, future funding needs and maturity profiles as well as the effects of changing market and regulatory conditions.
Interest expense on long-term debt is monitored and managed relative to certain indices, which historically included interbank offered rate (IBOR) benchmarks, but is transitioning to alternative reference rates (ARRs) in place of IBORs. This follows from our own internal IBOR transition program to coordinate transition readiness on a firm-wide basis and is aligned with international and regulatory expectations. This approach to term funding best reflects the sensitivity of both our liabilities and our assets to changes in interest rates.
We continually manage the impact of funding spreads through careful management of our liability mix and opportunistic issuance of debt. The effect of funding spreads on interest expense depends on many factors, including market conditions, product type and the absolute level of the indices on which our funding is based.
We diversify our long-term funding sources by issuing structured notes, which are debt securities on which the return is linked to commodities, stocks, indices or currencies or other assets. We generally hedge structured notes with positions in the underlying assets or derivatives.
We also use other collateralized financings, including repurchase agreements and securities lending agreements. The level of our repurchase agreements fluctuates, reflecting market opportunities, client needs for highly liquid collateral, such as US treasuries and agency securities, and the impact of balance sheet and risk-weighted asset limits. In addition, matched book trades, under which securities are purchased under agreements to resell and are simultaneously sold under agreements to repurchase with comparable maturities, earn spreads, are relatively risk free and are generally related to client activity.
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Funding sources
We fund our balance sheet primarily through core customer deposits, long-term debt, including structured notes, and shareholders’ equity. We monitor the funding sources, including their concentrations against certain limits, according to their counterparty, currency, tenor, geography and maturity, and whether they are secured or unsecured.
With the introduction of the NSFR reporting in the third quarter of 2021, we have aligned the balance sheet funding structure diagram with the NSFR framework.
Loans, which comprise the largest component of our illiquid assets, are funded by our core customer deposits, with an excess coverage of 28% as of the end of 2021, compared to 22% as of the end of 2020, reflecting an increase in deposits. We fund other illiquid assets, including real estate, private equity and other long-term investments as well as the haircut for the illiquid portion of securities, with long-term debt and equity, in which we try to maintain a substantial funding buffer.
Our core customer deposits totaled CHF 391 billion as of the end of 2021, an increase compared to CHF 373 billion as of the end of 2020, reflecting an increase in the customer deposit base in the private banking and corporate & institutional banking businesses in 2021. Core customer deposits are from clients with whom we have a broad and long-standing relationship. Core customer deposits exclude certificates of deposits. We place a priority on maintaining and growing customer deposits, as they have proven to be a stable and resilient source of funding even in difficult market conditions. Our core customer deposit funding is supplemented by the issuance of long-term debt.
> Refer to the chart “Balance sheet funding structure” and “Balance sheet” in Balance sheet and off-balance sheet for further information.
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Funds transfer pricing
We maintain an internal funds transfer pricing system based on market rates. Our funds transfer pricing system is designed to allocate to our businesses all funding costs in a way that incentivizes their efficient use of funding. Our funds transfer pricing system is an essential tool that allocates to the businesses the short-term and long-term costs of funding their balance sheet usages and off-balance sheet contingencies. The funds transfer pricing framework ensures full funding costs allocation under normal business conditions, but it is of even greater importance in a stressed capital markets environment where raising funds is more challenging and expensive. Under this framework, our businesses are also credited to the extent they provide long-term stable funding.
Contractual maturity of assets and liabilities
The following table provides contractual maturities of the assets and liabilities specified as of the end of 2021. The contractual maturities are an important source of information for liquidity risk management. However, liquidity risk is also managed based on an expected maturity that considers counterparty behavior and in addition takes into account certain off-balance sheet items such as derivatives. Liquidity risk management performs extensive analyses of counterparty behavioral assumptions under various stress scenarios.
> Refer to “Contractual obligations and other commercial commitments” in Balance sheet and off-balance sheet and “Note 34 – Guarantees and commitments” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information on contractual maturities of guarantees and commitments.
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Assets (CHF million)   
Cash and due from banks 160,290 710 328 83 0 3,407 164,818
Interest-bearing deposits with banks 0 417 630 245 26 5 1,323
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions 26,000 38,460 11,907 22,118 5,422 0 103,907
Securities received as collateral, at fair value 14,987 30 0 0 0 0 15,017
Trading assets, at fair value 111,141 0 0 0 0 0 111,141
Investment securities 0 49 39 66 95 756 1,005
Other investments (244) 19 3 0 (1) 6,049 5,826
Net loans 8,810 42,970 32,700 52,408 101,648 53,150 291,686
Goodwill 0 0 0 0 0 2,917 2,917
Other intangible assets 0 0 0 0 0 276 276
Brokerage receivables 16,687 0 0 0 0 0 16,687
Other assets 18,978 1,853 2,348 1,204 6,321 10,526 41,230
Total assets  356,649 84,508 47,955 76,124 113,511 77,086 755,833
Liabilities   
Due to banks 5,180 5,082 4,758 3,935 10 0 18,965
Customer deposits 277,446 30,745 45,840 37,026 1,379 383 392,819
Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions 7,502 7,057 4,465 13,996 2,254 0 35,274
Obligation to return securities received as collateral, at fair value 14,987 30 0 0 0 0 15,017
Trading liabilities, at fair value 27,535 0 0 0 0 0 27,535
Short-term borrowings 0 2,425 4,060 12,908 0 0 19,393
Long-term debt 0 656 6,211 19,616 85,662 54,751 166,896
Brokerage payables 13,060 0 0 0 0 0 13,060
Other liabilities 17,305 1,014 90 618 1,813 1,804 22,644
Total liabilities  363,015 47,009 65,424 88,099 91,118 56,938 711,603
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Structural interest rate management
Structural interest rate risk management optimizes the preservation of earnings stability and net present value across various interest rate scenarios. Exposure to interest rate risk in the banking book arises mainly from loans and deposits (including replicated non-maturing deposits) related to our wealth management businesses. This inherent interest rate risk is aggregated in centrally managed banking books, allowing for the netting of interest rate risk exposures, but leaving the originating business with the responsibility for margin management. The remaining interest rate risk is hedged with interest rate swaps. Interest rate risk exposures from debt funding are usually hedged with interest rate swaps. Furthermore, Treasury manages the interest rate risk of the Group’s net shareholders’ equity according to the strategy approved by senior management.
Debt issuances and redemptions
Our long-term debt includes senior, senior bail-in and subordinated debt issued in US-registered offerings and medium-term note programs, euro medium-term note programs, stand-alone offerings, structured note programs, covered bond programs, Australian dollar domestic medium-term note programs and a Samurai shelf registration statement in Japan. As a global bank, we have access to multiple markets worldwide and our major funding centers are New York, London, Zurich and Tokyo.
We use a wide range of products and currencies to ensure that our funding is efficient and well diversified across markets and investor types. Substantially all of our unsecured senior debt is issued without financial covenants, such as adverse changes in our credit ratings, cash flows, results of operations or financial ratios, which could trigger an increase in our cost of financing or accelerate the maturity of the debt. Our covered bond funding is in the form of mortgage-backed loans funded by domestic covered bonds issued through Pfandbriefbank Schweizerischer Hypothekarinstitute, one of two institutions established by a 1930 act of the Swiss Parliament to centralize the issuance of covered bonds, or from our own Swiss covered bond program established in June 2019. Historically, issuances of covered bonds were also made through our own international covered bond program.
The following table provides information on long-term debt issuances, maturities and redemptions in 2021, excluding structured notes.
Debt issuances and redemptions

in 2021

Senior
Senior
bail-in
Sub-
ordinated
Long-term
debt
Long-term debt (CHF billion, notional value)   
Issuances  12.6 8.5 0.0 21.1
   of which unsecured  10.8 8.5 0.0 19.3
   of which secured  1.8 0.0 0.0 1.8
Maturities / Redemptions  9.3 2.3 0.0 11.6
   of which unsecured  6.0 2.3 0.0 8.3
   of which secured  3.3 0.0 0.0 3.3
Excludes structured notes.
As of the end of 2021, we had outstanding long-term debt of CHF 166.9 billion, which included senior and subordinated instruments. We had CHF 43.1 billion and CHF 15.4 billion of structured notes and covered bonds outstanding, respectively, as of the end of 2021 compared to CHF 47.0 billion and CHF 17.1 billion, respectively, as of the end of 2020.
> Refer to “Issuances and redemptions” in Capital management for further information on capital issuances, including buffer and progressive capital instruments.
Short-term borrowings decreased 7% to CHF 19.4 billion as of the end of 2021 compared to CHF 20.9 billion in 2020.
> Refer to “Issuances and redemptions” in Capital management for further information on capital issuances, including low-trigger and high-trigger capital instruments.
Credit ratings
Our access to the debt capital markets and our borrowing costs depend significantly on our credit ratings. Rating agencies take many factors into consideration in determining a company’s rating, including, among others, earnings performance, business mix, market position, ownership, financial strategy, level of capital, risk management policies and practices, management team and the broader outlook for the financial services industry more generally. The rating agencies may raise, lower or withdraw their ratings, or publicly announce an intention to raise or lower their ratings, at any time.
Although retail and private bank deposits are generally less sensitive to changes in a bank’s credit ratings, the cost and availability of other sources of unsecured external funding is generally a function of credit ratings. Credit ratings are especially important to us when competing in certain markets and when seeking to engage in longer-term transactions, including over-the-counter (OTC) derivative instruments.
A downgrade in credit ratings could reduce our access to capital markets, increase our borrowing costs, require us to post additional collateral or allow counterparties to terminate transactions under certain of our trading and collateralized financing and derivative contracts. This, in turn, could reduce our liquidity and negatively impact our operating results and financial position. Our internal liquidity barometer takes into consideration contingent events associated with a two-notch downgrade in our credit ratings. The maximum impact of a simultaneous one, two or three-notch downgrade by all three major rating agencies in the Bank’s long-term debt ratings would result in additional collateral requirements or assumed termination payments under certain derivative instruments of CHF 100 million, CHF 200 million and CHF 800 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2021, and would not be material to our liquidity and funding planning. If the downgrade does not involve all three rating agencies, the impact may be smaller. In July 2021 Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the long-term senior unsecured debt and deposit ratings of Credit Suisse AG by one notch. At the same time, the rating agency affirmed the senior unsecured debt ratings of Credit Suisse Group AG.
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Potential cash outflows on these derivative contracts associated with a downgrade of our long-term debt credit ratings, such as the requirement to post additional collateral to the counterparty, the loss of re-hypothecation rights on any collateral received and impacts arising from additional termination events, are monitored and taken into account in the calculation of our liquidity requirements. There are additional derivative related risks that do not relate to the downgrade of our long-term debt credit ratings and which may impact our liquidity position, including risks relating to holdings of derivatives collateral or potential movements in the valuation of derivatives positions. The potential outflows resulting across all derivative product types are monitored as part of the LCR scenario parameters and the internal liquidity reporting.
> Refer to “Investor information” in the Appendix for further information on Group and Bank credit ratings.
Cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities
As a global financial institution, our cash flows are complex and interrelated and bear little relation to our net earnings and net assets. Consequently, we believe that traditional cash flow analysis is less meaningful in evaluating our liquidity position than the liquidity and funding policies described above. Cash flow analysis may, however, be helpful in highlighting certain macro trends in our business.
For the year ended December 31, 2021, net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations was CHF 36.9 billion, primarily reflecting an increase in net trading assets and liabilities and a decrease in other assets, partially offset by a decrease in other liabilities. Our operating assets and liabilities vary significantly in the normal course of business due to the amount and timing of cash flows. Management believes cash flows from operations, available cash balances and short-term and long-term borrowings will be sufficient to fund our operating liquidity needs.
Our investing activities primarily include originating loans to be held to maturity, other receivables and the investment securities portfolio. For the year ended December 31, 2021, net cash used in investing activities from continuing operations was CHF 10.1 billion, primarily impacted by an increase in central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions, by an increase in loans and by investments in subsidiaries and other investments, partially offset by the proceeds from sales of loans.
Our financing activities primarily include the issuance of debt and receipt of customer deposits. We pay annual dividends on our common shares. In 2021, net cash used in financing activities of continuing operations was CHF 47 million, mainly reflecting the repayment of long-term debt and the repurchase of treasury shares, mostly offset by the issuance of long-term debt and the sale of treasury shares.
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Capital management
As of the end of 2021, our BIS CET1 ratio was 14.4%, our BIS CET1 leverage ratio was 4.3% and our BIS tier 1 leverage ratio was 6.1%.
Capital strategy
Credit Suisse considers a strong and efficient capital position to be a priority. Through our capital strategy, our goal is to strengthen our capital position and optimize the use of risk-weighted assets (RWA), particularly in light of emerging regulatory capital requirements.
The overall capital needs of Credit Suisse reflect management’s regulatory and credit rating objectives as well as our underlying risks. Our framework considers the capital needed to absorb losses, both realized and unrealized, while remaining a strongly capitalized institution. Multi-year projections and capital plans are prepared for the Group and its major subsidiaries and reviewed throughout the year with their regulators. These plans are subject to various stress tests, reflecting both macroeconomic and specific risk scenarios. Capital contingency plans are developed in connection with these stress tests to ensure that possible mitigating actions are consistent with both the amount of capital at risk and the market conditions for accessing additional capital.
Regulatory framework
Credit Suisse is subject to the Basel framework, as implemented in Switzerland, as well as Swiss legislation and regulations for systemically important banks, which include capital, liquidity, leverage and large exposure requirements and rules for emergency plans designed to maintain systemically relevant functions in the event of threatened insolvency.
The Basel framework describes a range of options for determining capital requirements in order to provide banks and supervisors the ability to select approaches that are most appropriate for their operations and their financial market infrastructure. In general, Credit Suisse has adopted the most advanced approaches, which align with the way that risk is internally managed and provide the greatest risk sensitivity.
Our capital metrics fluctuate during any reporting period in the ordinary course of business.
BIS requirements
The BCBS, the standard setting committee within the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), issued the Basel framework, with higher minimum capital requirements and conservation and countercyclical buffers, revised risk-based capital measures, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards. The framework was designed to strengthen the resilience of the banking sector and requires banks to hold more capital, mainly in the form of common equity.
Under the Basel framework, the minimum common equity tier 1 (CET1) requirement is 4.5% of RWA. In addition, a 2.5% CET1 capital conservation buffer is required to absorb losses in periods of financial and economic stress.
A progressive buffer between 1% and 2.5% (with a possible additional 1% surcharge) of CET1, depending on a bank’s systemic importance, is an additional capital requirement for global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). The Financial Stability Board (FSB) identified Credit Suisse as a G-SIB. A progressive buffer of 1% was applied to Credit Suisse in 2021 and will remain unchanged for 2022.
CET1 capital is subject to certain regulatory deductions and other adjustments to common equity, including the deduction of deferred tax assets for tax-loss carry-forwards, goodwill and other intangible assets.
In addition to the CET1 requirements, there is also a requirement for 1.5% of additional tier 1 capital and 2% of tier 2 capital. These requirements may also be met with CET1 capital. To qualify as additional tier 1 under the Basel framework, capital instruments must provide for principal loss absorption through a conversion into common equity or a write-down of principal feature. The trigger for such conversion or write-down must include a CET1 ratio of at least 5.125% as well as a trigger at the point of non-viability.
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The Basel framework further provides for a countercyclical buffer that could require banks to hold up to 2.5% of CET1. This requirement is imposed by national regulators where credit growth is deemed to be excessive and leading to the build-up of system-wide risk.
Banks are required to maintain a tier 1 leverage ratio of 3%.
Swiss requirements
The legislation implementing the Basel framework in Switzerland in respect of capital requirements for systemically important banks, including Credit Suisse, goes beyond the Basel minimum standards for systemically important banks.
Under the Capital Adequacy Ordinance, Swiss banks classified as systemically important banks operating internationally, such as Credit Suisse, are subject to two different minimum requirements for loss-absorbing capacity: such banks must hold sufficient capital that absorbs losses to ensure continuity of service (going concern requirement), and they must issue sufficient debt instruments to fund an orderly resolution without recourse to public resources (gone concern requirement).
Going concern capital and gone concern capital together form our total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC). The going concern and gone concern requirements are generally aligned with the FSB’s total loss-absorbing capacity standard.
Both the going concern and the gone concern requirements were subject to phase-in, with gradually increasing requirements as well as grandfathering provisions for certain outstanding instruments, and became fully effective on January 1, 2020. Under the Capital Adequacy Ordinance’s grandfathering provisions, additional tier 1 capital instruments with a low trigger qualify as going concern capital until their first call date; additional tier 1 capital instruments and tier 2 capital instruments that no longer qualify as going concern capital, qualify as gone concern capital until termination or one year before their final maturity, respectively.
Additionally, there are FINMA decrees that apply to Credit Suisse, as a systemically important bank operating internationally, including capital adequacy requirements as well as liquidity and risk diversification requirements.
Banks that do not maintain the minimum requirements may be limited in their ability to pay dividends and make discretionary bonus payments and other earnings distributions.
Going concern requirement
The going concern requirement for a G-SIB consists of (i) a base requirement of 12.86% of RWA and 4.5% of leverage exposure; and (ii) a surcharge, which reflects the G-SIB’s systemic importance. For Credit Suisse, this translates into a going concern requirement of 14.3% of RWA, of which the minimum CET1 component is 10%, with the remainder to be met with a maximum of 4.3% additional tier 1 capital, which includes high-trigger capital instruments that would be converted into common equity or written down if the CET1 ratio falls below 7%. Under the going concern requirement, the Swiss leverage ratio must be 5%, of which the minimum CET1 component is 3.5%, with the remainder to be met with a maximum of 1.5% additional tier 1 capital, which includes high-trigger capital instruments.
Gone concern requirement
The gone concern requirement of a G-SIB is equal to its total going concern requirement, which consists of a base requirement of 12.86% of RWA and 4.5% of leverage exposure, plus any surcharges applicable to the relevant G-SIB. The gone concern requirement does not include any countercyclical buffers. Credit Suisse is subject to a gone concern requirement of 14.3% of RWA and a 5% Swiss leverage ratio and is subject to potential capital rebates for resolvability and for certain tier 2 low-trigger instruments recognized as gone concern capital.
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The gone concern requirement should primarily be fulfilled with bail-in instruments that are designed to absorb losses after the write-down or conversion into equity of regulatory capital of a G-SIB in a restructuring scenario, but before the write-down or conversion into equity of other senior obligations of the G-SIB. Bail-in instruments do not feature capital triggers that may lead to a write-down and/or a conversion into equity outside of restructuring, but only begin to bear losses once the G-SIB is formally in restructuring proceedings and FINMA orders capital measures (i.e., a write-down and/or a conversion into equity) in the restructuring plan.
Bail-in instruments must fulfill certain criteria in order to qualify under the gone concern requirement, including FINMA approval. In addition to bail-in instruments, the gone concern requirement may further be fulfilled with other capital instruments, including CET1, additional tier 1 capital instruments or tier 2 capital instruments.
FINMA decrees
The SNB designated the Group as a financial group of systemic importance under applicable Swiss law. FINMA requires the Group to fully comply with the special requirements for systemically important banks operating internationally, which include capital adequacy requirements and also specify liquidity and risk diversification requirements.
In December 2013, FINMA issued a decree (2013 FINMA Decree), specifying capital adequacy requirements for the Bank on a stand-alone basis (Bank parent company), and for the Bank and the Group, each on a consolidated basis, as systemically important banks.
In October 2017, FINMA issued an additional decree with respect to the regulatory capital requirements of the Bank parent company (2017 FINMA Decree), specifying the treatment of investments in subsidiaries for capital adequacy purposes. This decree partially replaced certain aspects of the 2013 FINMA Decree, but all other aspects of that decree remain in force. The changes aim to create a capital adequacy framework for the Bank parent company that is more comparable to relevant international frameworks and does not rely on exemptions from, or corrections of, the basic framework applicable to all Swiss banks. The changes only apply to the going concern capital requirements for the Bank parent company.
The 2017 FINMA Decree requires the Bank parent company to risk-weight both direct and indirect investments in subsidiaries, with the initial risk-weight set at 200%. Beginning in 2019, the risk-weights began to increase over a 10-year period to 250% for direct and indirect investments in Swiss subsidiaries and to 400% for direct and indirect investments in foreign subsidiaries. In 2021, investments in Swiss-domiciled subsidiaries were risk-weighted at 215% and investments in foreign-domiciled subsidiaries were risk-weighted at 260%.
The 2017 FINMA Decree also applies an adjustment (referred to as a regulatory filter) to any impact on CET1 capital arising from the accounting change under applicable Swiss banking rules for the Bank parent company’s investments in subsidiaries from the portfolio valuation method to the individual valuation method, which was implemented as of December 31, 2019. In contrast to the accounting treatment, the regulatory filter allows Credit Suisse to measure the regulatory capital position as if the Bank parent company had maintained the portfolio valuation method. As a result, the methodology valuation losses under the individual valuation method are reversed and the Bank parent company’s CET1 capital as well as the Bank parent company’s participation values, which are subject to risk weighting, are higher, since the regulatory filter allows the reversal of the methodology valuation losses under the individual valuation method, in comparison to the portfolio valuation method applied for regulatory capital.
The valuation of the Bank parent company’s participations in subsidiaries is reviewed for potential impairment on at least an annual basis as of December 31 and at any other time that events or circumstances indicate that the participations’ value may be impaired. During 2021, the Archegos and supply chain finance funds matters as well as the announcement on November 4, 2021 regarding the updated strategy and the exit of certain businesses were triggering events. The review of the Credit Suisse legal entities’ five-year financial plans, including consideration of the updated strategy, was finalized for the fourth quarter of 2021.
Based on the analysis in the course of this review, which included the support of an independent valuation specialist appointed by Credit Suisse to advise on the valuation of the participations, the Bank parent company recorded in the fourth quarter of 2021, for regulatory purposes, a participation impairment of CHF 3.5 billion. Furthermore, following recently concluded discussions with FINMA and advisors appointed by them and resulting specific capital guidance issued by FINMA in January 2022, effective as of December 31, 2021, the capital effective component of the participation book values was reduced by a further CHF 7.6 billion. As a consequence, the Bank parent company’s Swiss CET1 ratio was 11.7% as of December 31, 2021. This had no impact on the Group’s CET1 ratio.
As a result of the annual transition framework and approach described above, the Bank parent company’s Swiss CET1 ratio was 11.4% as of January 1, 2022. The Bank parent company’s capital planning process with respect to its US, UK and Swiss participations anticipates a return of the Swiss CET1 ratio to a level above 12% by the end of 2022.
> Refer to credit-suisse.com/regulatorydisclosures for the Bank parent company’s regulatory disclosures.
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Swiss capital and leverage requirements for Credit Suisse

For 2021
Capital
ratio
Leverage
ratio
Capital components (%)   
CET1 – minimum 4.5 1.5
Additional tier 1 – maximum 3.5 1.5
Minimum component  8.0 3.0
CET1 – minimum 5.5 2.0
Additional tier 1 – maximum 0.8 0.0
Buffer component  6.3 2.0
Going concern  14.3 5.0
   of which base requirement  12.86 4.5
   of which surcharge  1.44 0.5
Gone concern  14.3 5.0
   of which base requirement  12.86 4.5
   of which surcharge  1.44 0.5
Total loss-absorbing capacity  28.6 10.0
Does not include the FINMA Pillar 2 capital add-on of CHF 1.8 billion relating to the supply chain finance funds matter, the effects of the countercyclical buffers and any rebates for resolvability and for certain tier 2 low-trigger instruments recognized in gone concern capital.
As of the end of 2021, for the Group, the rebates for resolvability and for certain tier 2 low-trigger instruments for the capital ratios were 3.135% and 0.446%, respectively, and for the Bank, they were 3.135% and 0.448%, respectively. For the Group, the rebates for resolvability and for certain tier 2 low-trigger instruments for leverage ratios were 1.1% and 0.137%, respectively, and for the Bank, they were 1.1% and 0.136%, respectively. Net of these rebates, the gone concern ratio for capital and leverage for the Group were 10.719% and 3.763%, respectively, and for the Bank they were 10.717% and 3.764%, respectively.
Other requirements
Requirements in Switzerland include an extended countercyclical buffer, which is based on the BIS countercyclical buffer that could require banks to hold up to 2.5% of RWA in the form of CET1 capital. The extended countercyclical buffer relates to a requirement that can be imposed by national regulators when credit growth is deemed to be excessive and leading to the build-up of system-wide risk. The Swiss Federal Council has not activated the BIS extended countercyclical buffer for Switzerland.
However, the Swiss Federal Council may from time to time require banks to hold additional CET1 capital for certain credit exposures (Swiss countercyclical capital buffer).
> Refer to “Regulatory developments” for additional information.
FINMA requirements include capital charges for mortgages that finance owner-occupied residential property in Switzerland (mortgage multiplier). The mortgage multiplier applies for purposes of both BIS and FINMA requirements.
Other regulatory disclosures
In connection with the Basel framework, certain regulatory disclosures for the Group and certain of its subsidiaries are required. The Group’s Pillar 3 disclosure, regulatory disclosures, additional information on capital instruments, including the main features and terms and conditions of regulatory capital instruments and total loss-absorbing capacity-eligible instruments that form part of the eligible capital base and total loss-absorbing capacity resources, G-SIB financial indicators, reconciliation requirements, leverage ratios and certain liquidity disclosures as well as regulatory disclosures for subsidiaries can be found on our website.
> Refer to credit-suisse.com/regulatorydisclosures for additional information.
Regulatory developments
In March 2020, FINMA announced the temporary exclusion of central bank reserves from leverage ratio calculations. This temporary measure expired as of January 1, 2021.
As of the end of March 2021, FINMA imposed a temporary add-on to our risk weighted assets relating to credit risk in the Investment Bank of USD 6.1 billion (CHF 5.8 billion) in relation to our exposure in the Archegos matter. This add-on was reduced to zero by the end of the second quarter of 2021.
In the first quarter of 2021, we agreed with FINMA to apply a Pillar 2 capital add-on of USD 2.0 billion relating to the supply chain finance funds (SCFF) matter. As of December 31, 2021, for the Group this Pillar 2 capital add-on of CHF 1.8 billion equated to an additional Swiss CET1 capital ratio of 68 basis points and a Swiss CET1 leverage ratio requirement of 21 basis points.
In June 2021, FINMA announced its reassessment of rebates for resolvability relating to the gone concern requirement. The eligibility for the rebates for resolvability is assessed on an annual basis. Effective July 1, 2021, for the Group and the Bank, the rebate for resolvability relating to the capital ratio was 3.135% and the rebate for resolvability relating to the leverage ratio was 1.1%.
In March 2020, the Swiss Federal Council approved the proposal of the Swiss National Bank to deactivate the Swiss countercyclical capital buffer in an effort to provide banks with greater flexibility to provide loans designed to address the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. During its meeting on January 26, 2022 and at the request of the Swiss National Bank, the Swiss Federal Council reactivated the Swiss countercyclical capital buffer, in light of the recent developments in the Swiss real estate and mortgage markets. This is expected to increase our CET1 capital requirement by approximately 24 basis points. From September 30, 2022 onward, banks, such as Credit Suisse, will be required to hold additional CET1 capital amounting to 2.5% of RWA pertaining to mortgage loans that are directly or indirectly secured by residential real estate in Switzerland. The Swiss countercyclical capital buffer serves to strengthen the banking sector's resilience in the event of increased vulnerabilities in the Swiss mortgage and residential real estate markets.
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Capital instruments
Contingent capital instruments
We have issued high-trigger and low-trigger capital instruments to meet our capital requirements. Our high-trigger instruments either mandatorily convert into our ordinary shares or their principal amount is written down to zero upon the occurrence of certain specified triggering events. These events include our CET1 ratio falling below 7% (or any lower applicable minimum threshold), or a determination by FINMA that conversion or write down is necessary, or that we require public sector capital support, to prevent us from becoming insolvent, bankrupt or unable to pay a material amount of our debts, or other similar circumstances. Conversion or write down can only be prevented if FINMA, at our request, is satisfied that certain conditions exist and conversion or write down is not required. High-trigger instruments are designed to absorb losses before our other capital instruments, including the low-trigger capital instruments. The features of low-trigger capital instruments are described below. Contingent Capital Awards would not convert into common equity, but would be written down to zero upon a trigger event.
Higher Trigger Capital Amount
The capital ratio write-down triggers for certain of our outstanding capital instruments take into account the fact that other outstanding capital instruments that contain relatively higher capital ratios as part of their trigger feature are expected to convert into equity or be written down prior to the write-down of such capital instruments. The amount of additional capital that is expected to be contributed by such conversion into equity or write-down is referred to as the Higher Trigger Capital Amount.
The following tier 1 capital notes (collectively, Tier 1 Capital Notes), which have a trigger amount of 5.125% and qualify as low trigger capital instruments, were outstanding as of December 31, 2021:
USD 2.5 billion 6.25% tier 1 capital notes; and
USD 2.25 billion 7.5% tier 1 capital notes.
The following tier 2 capital notes (collectively, Tier 2 Capital Notes), which have a trigger amount of 5% and qualify as low trigger capital instruments, were outstanding as of December 31, 2021:
USD 2.5 billion 6.5% tier 2 capital notes.
Issuances and redemptions


Currency
Par value
at issuance
(million)


Coupon rate (%)


Description

Year of
maturity
Issuances – callable bail-in instruments   
First quarter of 2021 EUR 1,500 floating rate Senior notes 2026
EUR 1,500 0.625 Senior notes 2033 1
USD 2,000 1.305 Senior notes 2027
Second quarter of 2021 USD 3,250 3.091 Senior notes 2032
Fourth quarter of 2021 GBP 450 2.125 Senior notes 2029
Redemptions – bail-in instruments   
Second quarter of 2021 USD 1,000 floating rate Senior notes 2021
USD 1,500 3.45 Senior notes 2021
Fourth quarter of 2021 USD 60 2 floating rate Senior notes 2022
January 2022 to date USD 1,750 3.574 Senior notes 2023 3
AUD 176 5.0 4 Senior notes 2038
1
Matures in 2033 with no call option.
2
On December 12, 2019, a USD 1 billion senior bail-in instrument was partially redeemed, with a remaining amount of USD 60 million. On August 31, 2021, the Group elected to call the notes on the first optional call date, October 6, 2021.
3
On December 15, 2021, the Group elected to call the notes on the optional call date, January 9, 2022.
4
The interest rate of this zero coupon annual accreting senior callable note reflects the yield rate of the note. On January 27, 2022, the Group elected to call the notes on the first optional call date, February 8, 2022.
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Each of the series of Tier 1 Capital Notes and Tier 2 Capital Notes qualify as low-trigger capital instruments and have a write-down feature, which means that the full principal amount of the notes will be permanently written down to zero upon the occurrence of specified triggering events. These events occur when the amount of our CET1 ratio, together with an additional ratio described below that takes into account other outstanding capital instruments, falls below 5.125% for the Tier 1 Capital Notes and 5% for the Tier 2 Capital Notes. The write-down can only be prevented if FINMA, at our request, is satisfied that certain conditions exist and determines a write-down is not required. The capital notes will also be written down upon a non-viability event, which occurs when FINMA determines that a write-down is necessary, or that we require extraordinary public sector capital support, to prevent us from becoming insolvent, bankrupt or unable to pay a material amount of our debts, or other similar circumstances.
With respect to the capital instruments that specify a trigger event if the CET1 ratio were to fall below 5.125%, the Higher Trigger Capital Amount was CHF 11.4 billion and the Higher Trigger Capital Ratio (i.e., the ratio of the Higher Trigger Capital Amount to the aggregate of all RWA of the Group) was 4.3%, both as of the end of 2021.
With respect to the capital instruments that specify a trigger event if the CET1 ratio were to fall below 5%, the Higher Trigger Capital Amount was CHF 15.8 billion and the Higher Trigger Capital Ratio was 5.9%, both as of the end of 2021.
> Refer to the table “BIS capital metrics – Group” for further information on the BIS metrics used to calculate such measures.
BIS capital metrics
BIS capital metrics – Group
end of 2021 2020 % change
Capital and risk-weighted assets (CHF million)
CET1 capital 38,529 35,361 9
Tier 1 capital 54,373 51,202 6
Total eligible capital 54,852 52,163 5
Risk-weighted assets 267,787 275,084 (3)
Capital ratios (%)
CET1 ratio 14.4 12.9
Tier 1 ratio 20.3 18.6
Total capital ratio 20.5 19.0
Eligible capital – Group
end of 2021 2020 % change
Eligible capital (CHF million)
Total shareholders' equity  43,954 42,677 3
Adjustments 
   Regulatory adjustments 1 157 (342)
   Goodwill 2 (2,893) (4,681) (38)
   Other intangible assets 2 (50) (271) (82)
   Deferred tax assets that rely on    future profitability  (881) (1,070) (18)
   Shortfall of provisions to expected losses  (220) (176) 25
   Gains/(losses) due to changes in    own credit on fair-valued liabilities  2,144 2,466 (13)
   Defined benefit pension assets 2 (3,280) (2,249) 46
   Investments in own shares  (477) (397) 20
   Other adjustments 3 75 (596)
Total adjustments  (5,425) (7,316) (26)
CET1 capital  38,529 35,361 9
High-trigger capital instruments (7% trigger) 11,399 11,410 0
Low-trigger capital instruments (5.125% trigger) 4,445 4,431 0
Additional tier 1 capital  15,844 15,841 0
Tier 1 capital  54,373 51,202 6
Tier 2 low-trigger capital instruments (5% trigger) 479 961 (50)
Tier 2 capital 4 479 961 (50)
Total eligible capital 4 54,852 52,163 5
1
Includes certain adjustments, such as a cumulative dividend accrual.
2
Net of deferred tax liability.
3
Includes reversals of cash flow hedge reserves and, in 2020, of unrealized gains on certain investments that are not eligible for CET1 recognition.
4
Amounts are shown on a look-through basis. Certain tier 2 instruments were subject to phase out and are no longer eligible as of January 1, 2022. As of 2021 and 2020, total eligible capital was CHF 55,074 million and CHF 52,437 million, including CHF 222 million and CHF 273 million of such instruments and the total capital ratio was 20.6% and 19.1%, respectively.
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Capital movement – Group
2021 2020
CET1 capital (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  35,361 36,774
Net income/(loss) attributable to shareholders (1,650) 2,669
Foreign exchange impact 1 691 (2,664)
Regulatory adjustment of goodwill and intangible assets, net of deferred tax liability 1,616 (389)
Issuance of Mandatory Convertible Notes 2 1,652
Impact from the reduction of the investment in Allfunds Group 3 862
Reversal of unrealized gains on certain equity investments not eligible for CET1 recognition 432 (427)
Dividends 227 (755)
Repurchase of shares under the share buyback program (305) (325)
Other 4 (357) 478
Balance at end of period  38,529 35,361
Additional tier 1 capital (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  15,841 13,017
Foreign exchange impact 543 (1,214)
Issuances 0 3,633
Other 5 (540) 405
Balance at end of period  15,844 15,841
Tier 2 capital (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  961 2,934
Foreign exchange impact 36 (161)
Redemptions 0 (1,341)
Other 6 (518) (471)
Balance at end of period  479 961
Eligible capital (CHF million)   
Balance at end of period  54,852 52,163
1
Includes US GAAP cumulative translation adjustments and the foreign exchange impact on regulatory CET1 adjustments.
2
Reflects the regulatory capital impact of the issuance of the MCNs, net of fees and expenses.
3
Reflects regulatory adjustments relating to the IPO of Allfunds Group and the subsequent reduction of our equity investment to below 10%.
4
Includes the net effect of share-based compensation and a regulatory adjustment of defined benefit pension plan assets.
5
Primarily reflects valuation impacts.
6
Includes the impact of the prescribed amortization requirement as instruments move closer to their maturity date.
Our CET1 ratio was 14.4% as of the end of 2021 compared to 12.9% as of the end of 2020. Our tier 1 ratio was 20.3% as of the end of 2021 compared to 18.6% as of the end of 2020. Our total capital ratio was 20.5% as of the end of 2021 compared to 19.0% as of the end of 2020.
CET1 capital was CHF 38.5 billion as of the end of 2021, an increase of 9% compared to CHF 35.4 billion as of the end of 2020. CET1 was mainly impacted by the issuance of mandatory convertible notes (MCN), the reduction of the investment in Allfunds Group and a positive foreign exchange impact. The goodwill impairment, which impacted net income attributable to shareholders, was adjusted for regulatory capital purposes and did not have an impact on CET1 capital.
Additional tier 1 capital was CHF 15.8 billion as of the end of 2021, stable compared to the end of 2020, as a positive foreign exchange impact was offset by valuation impacts.
Tier 2 capital was CHF 0.5 billion as of the end of 2021 compared to CHF 1.0 billion as of the end of 2020, mainly due to the impact of the prescribed amortization requirement as instruments move closer to their maturity date.
Total eligible capital as of the end of 2021 was CHF 54.9 billion compared to CHF 52.2 billion as of the end of 2020, mainly reflecting an increase in CET1 capital.
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Risk-weighted assets
Our balance sheet positions and off-balance sheet exposures translate into RWA, which are categorized as credit, market and operational RWA. When assessing RWA, it is not the nominal size, but rather the nature (including risk mitigation such as collateral or hedges) of the balance sheet positions or off-balance sheet exposures that determines the RWA.
Credit risk RWA reflect the capital requirements for the possibility of a loss being incurred as the result of a borrower or counterparty failing to meet its financial obligations or as a result of a deterioration in the credit quality of the borrower or counterparty. Under the Basel framework, certain regulatory capital adjustments are dependent on the level of CET1 capital (thresholds). The amount above the threshold is deducted from CET1 capital and the amount below the threshold is risk weighted. RWA subject to such threshold adjustments are included in credit risk RWA. For measuring the capital requirements related to credit risk, we use the advanced internal ratings-based (A-IRB) approach. Under the A-IRB approach for measuring credit risk, risk weights are determined by using internal risk parameters for probability of default (PD), loss given default (LGD) and effective maturity. The exposure at default (EAD) is either derived from balance sheet values or by using models. For the capital requirements for counterparty credit risk, we use the internal models method (IMM) for the majority of the derivatives and the value-at-risk (VaR) model for securities financing transactions (SFT). We have also implemented the credit valuation adjustment (CVA), which covers the risk of mark-to-market losses on the expected counterparty risk arising from changes in a counterparty’s credit spreads.
Market risk RWA reflect the capital requirements of potential changes in the fair values of financial instruments in response to market movements inherent in both balance sheet and off-balance sheet items. For calculating the capital requirements related to market risk, the internal models and standardized approaches are used. Within the Basel framework for FINMA regulatory capital purposes, we implemented risk measurement models, including an incremental risk charge (IRC), stressed value-at-risk (VaR) and risks not in VaR (RNIV).
The IRC is a regulatory capital charge for default and migration risk on positions in the trading books and is intended to complement additional standards being applied to the VaR modeling framework, including stressed VaR. Stressed VaR replicates a VaR calculation on the Group’s current portfolio, taking into account a one-year observation period relating to significant financial stress and helps reduce the pro-cyclicality of the minimum capital requirements for market risk. RNIV and stressed RNIV are risks that are not currently implemented within the Group’s VaR model, such as certain basis risks, higher order risks and cross risks.
For capital purposes, FINMA, in line with BIS requirements, uses a multiplier to impose an increase in market risk capital for every regulatory VaR backtesting exception above four in the prior rolling 12-month period. In 2021, our market risk capital multiplier remained at FINMA and BIS minimum levels and we did not experience an increase in market risk capital.
> Refer to “Market risk” in Risk management for further information.
Operational risk RWA reflect the capital requirements for the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems or from external events. We use the advanced measurement approach (AMA) to calculate the operational risk regulatory capital requirements. The AMA model covers our identified operational risk types and applies a loss distribution approach to calculate the forward-looking potential total annual operational loss.
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Risk-weighted assets – Group

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Swiss
Universal
Bank
International
Wealth
Management

Asia
Pacific

Asset
Management

Investment
Bank

Corporate
Center


Group
2021 (CHF million)
Credit risk 68,816 20,594 18,133 6,186 45,385 24,691 183,805
Market risk 1,404 1,053 1,451 62 10,048 2,337 16,355
Operational risk 9,660 9,295 5,114 1,982 14,748 26,828 67,627
Risk-weighted assets  79,880 30,942 24,698 8,230 70,181 53,856 267,787
2020 (CHF million)
Credit risk 69,428 23,397 20,133 6,523 53,475 25,156 198,112
Market risk 1,598 1,157 1,645 805 10,749 2,363 18,317
Operational risk 10,262 9,463 4,811 1,655 13,648 18,816 58,655
Risk-weighted assets  81,288 34,017 26,589 8,983 77,872 46,335 275,084
Risk-weighted assets movements
RWA decreased 3% to CHF 267.8 billion as of the end of 2021 from CHF 275.1 billion as of the end of 2020, mainly driven by a decrease in movements in risk levels in credit risk. This decrease was partially offset by increases related to external model and parameter updates in both operational and credit risk and the foreign exchange impact.
Excluding the foreign exchange impact, the decrease in credit risk was primarily driven by movements in risk levels attributable to book size and risk levels attributable to book quality, partially offset by external model and parameter updates. The decrease relating to risk levels attributable to book size was primarily driven by decreases in derivative exposures, mainly in the Investment Bank, lending exposures, mainly in the Investment Bank, International Wealth Management and Asia Pacific, and secured financing exposures, mainly in the Investment Bank. The movements in risk levels attributable to book size was also impacted by decreased advanced CVA, mainly in Swiss Universal Bank and the Corporate Center, partially offset by an increase in the Investment Bank. This decrease was partially offset by increases in equity exposures relating to our investment in Allfunds Group in International Wealth Management, Swiss Universal Bank and Asia Pacific. The decrease in risk levels attributable to book quality was primarily driven by changes in risk weighting across credit risk classes, mainly impacting the Investment Bank, Asia Pacific and International Wealth Management. External model and parameter updates were mainly relating to the de-recognition of excess collateral for margin loans in the Investment Bank and relating to the equity variance swap trades.
Excluding the foreign exchange impact, the decrease in market risk was primarily driven by internal model and parameter updates, mainly driven by VaR and RNIV methodology enhancements, and movements in risk levels, mainly in securitized products and Global Trading Solutions in the Investment Bank. The reduction in market risk levels allocated to the Asset Management division was due to the redemption of a hedge fund investment.
Excluding the foreign exchange impact, the increase in operational risk was mainly driven by external model and parameter updates in the Corporate Center related to provisions for mortgage-related matters recorded in 2020 and the settlement with MBIA Insurance Corp. in 2021. In addition, internal model and parameter updates reflected updated operational risk allocation keys, resulting in higher operational risk RWA in the Corporate Center, the Investment Bank, Asset Management and Asia Pacific, offset by lower operational risk RWA in Swiss Universal Bank and International Wealth Management.
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Risk-weighted asset movement by risk type – Group

2021
Swiss
Universal
Bank
International
Wealth
Management

Asia
Pacific

Asset
Management

Investment
Bank

Corporate
Center


Total
Credit risk (CHF million)
Balance at beginning of period  69,428 23,397 20,133 6,523 53,475 25,156 198,112
Foreign exchange impact 317 271 530 207 1,693 659 3,677
Movements in risk levels (1,201) (3,389) (2,634) (544) (10,203) (1,329) (19,300)
   of which credit risk – book size 1 (709) (1,755) (1,718) (480) (9,281) (1,392) (15,335)
   of which credit risk – book quality 2 (492) (1,634) (916) (64) (922) 63 (3,965)
Model and parameter updates – internal 3 51 166 (65) 0 (1,030) 124 (754)
Model and parameter updates – external 4 221 149 169 0 1,450 81 2,070
Balance at end of period  68,816 20,594 18,133 6,186 45,385 24,691 183,805
Market risk (CHF million)
Balance at beginning of period  1,598 1,157 1,645 805 10,749 2,363 18,317
Foreign exchange impact 63 46 67 39 492 89 796
Movements in risk levels (107) (57) (113) (579) (444) 77 (1,223)
Model and parameter updates – internal 3 (150) (93) (148) (203) (749) (192) (1,535)
Balance at end of period  1,404 1,053 1,451 62 10,048 2,337 16,355
Operational risk (CHF million)
Balance at beginning of period  10,262 9,463 4,811 1,655 13,648 18,816 58,655
Foreign exchange impact 412 376 186 61 525 742 2,302
Model and parameter updates – internal 3 (1,014) (544) 117 266 575 1,391 791
Model and parameter updates – external 4 0 0 0 0 0 5,879 5,879
Balance at end of period  9,660 9,295 5,114 1,982 14,748 26,828 67,627
Total (CHF million)
Balance at beginning of period  81,288 34,017 26,589 8,983 77,872 46,335 275,084
Foreign exchange impact 792 693 783 307 2,710 1,490 6,775
Movements in risk levels (1,308) (3,446) (2,747) (1,123) (10,647) (1,252) (20,523)
Model and parameter updates – internal 3 (1,113) (471) (96) 63 (1,204) 1,323 (1,498)
Model and parameter updates – external 4 221 149 169 0 1,450 5,960 7,949
Balance at end of period  79,880 30,942 24,698 8,230 70,181 53,856 267,787
1
Represents changes in portfolio size.
2
Represents changes in average risk weighting across credit risk classes.
3
Represents movements arising from internally driven updates to models and recalibrations of model parameters specific only to Credit Suisse.
4
Represents movements arising from externally mandated updates to models and recalibrations of model parameters specific only to Credit Suisse.
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Leverage metrics
Credit Suisse has adopted the BIS leverage ratio framework, as issued by the BCBS and implemented in Switzerland by FINMA. Under the BIS framework, the leverage ratio measures tier 1 capital against the end-of-period exposure. As used herein, leverage exposure consists of period-end total assets and prescribed regulatory adjustments, such as derivative financial instruments, securities financing transactions and off-balance sheet exposures.
Leverage exposure – Group
end of 2021 2020 1
Leverage exposure (CHF million)
Swiss Universal Bank 301,289 295,507
International Wealth Management 104,310 101,025
Asia Pacific 74,530 74,307
Asset Management 2,527 2,989
Investment Bank 281,326 320,828
Corporate Center 125,155 18,340
Leverage exposure  889,137 812,996
1
Prior period has been corrected. Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies – Revisions of prior period financial statements” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
The leverage exposure was CHF 889.1 billion as of the end of 2021, which increased 9% compared to CHF 813.0 billion as of the end of 2020. The increase was mainly due to the expiration on January 1, 2021 of the temporary exclusion of central bank reserves from the leverage exposure as permitted by FINMA in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The increase was partially offset by a decrease in the consolidated balance sheet primarily due to the lower operating activities, partially offset by a positive foreign exchange impact.
> Refer to “Balance sheet and off-balance sheet” for further information on the movement in the Group’s consolidated balance sheet.
Leverage exposure components – Group
end of 2021 2020 1 % change
Leverage exposure (CHF million)   
Total assets  755,833 818,965 (8)
Adjustments 
   Difference in scope of consolidation    and tier 1 capital deductions 2 (9,386) (16,680) (44)
   Derivative financial instruments  55,901 68,577 (18)
   Securities financing transactions  (8,546) (39,009) (78)
   Off-balance sheet exposures  93,286 88,944 5
   Other  2,049 (107,801) 3
Total adjustments  133,304 (5,969)
Leverage exposure  889,137 812,996 9
1
Prior period has been corrected. Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies – Revisions of prior period financial statements” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
2
Includes adjustments for investments in banking, financial, insurance or commercial entities that are consolidated for accounting purposes but outside the scope of regulatory consolidation and tier 1 capital deductions related to balance sheet assets.
3
Includes cash held at central banks of CHF 110,677 million, after adjusting for the dividend paid in 2020.
BIS leverage metrics – Group
end of 2021 2020 % change
Capital and leverage exposure (CHF million)   
CET1 capital 38,529 35,361 9
Tier 1 capital 54,373 51,202 6
Leverage exposure 889,137 812,996 1,2 9
Leverage ratios (%)   
CET1 leverage ratio 4.3 4.3
Tier 1 leverage ratio 6.1 6.3
1
Leverage exposure excluded CHF 110,677 million of cash held at central banks, after adjusting for the dividend paid in 2020.
2
Prior period has been corrected. Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies – Revisions of prior period financial statements” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
BIS leverage ratios – Group
The CET1 leverage ratio was 4.3% as of the end of 2021, stable compared to the end of 2020, reflecting higher leverage exposure and higher CET1 capital. The tier 1 leverage ratio was 6.1% as of the end of 2021, compared to 6.3% as of the end of 2020, mainly reflecting higher leverage exposure.
Swiss metrics
Swiss capital metrics
As of the end of 2021, our Swiss CET1 capital was CHF 38.5 billion and our Swiss CET1 ratio was 14.4%. Our going concern capital was CHF 54.4 billion and our going concern capital ratio was 20.3%. Our gone concern capital was CHF 46.6 billion and our gone concern capital ratio was 17.4%. Our total loss-absorbing capacity was CHF 101.0 billion and our TLAC ratio was 37.6%.
Swiss capital metrics – Group
end of 2021 2020 % change
Swiss capital and risk-weighted assets (CHF million)   
Swiss CET1 capital 38,529 35,351 9
Going concern capital 54,372 51,192 6
Gone concern capital 46,648 41,852 11
Total loss-absorbing capacity 101,020 93,044 9
Swiss risk-weighted assets 268,418 275,576 (3)
Swiss capital ratios (%)
Swiss CET1 ratio 14.4 12.8
Going concern capital ratio 20.3 18.6
Gone concern capital ratio 17.4 15.2
TLAC ratio 37.6 33.8
Rounding differences may occur.
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Swiss capital and risk-weighted assets – Group
end of 2021 2020 % change
Swiss capital (CHF million)   
CET1 capital – BIS 38,529 35,361 9
Swiss regulatory adjustments 1 0 (10) (100)
Swiss CET1 capital  38,529 35,351 9
Additional tier 1 high-trigger capital instruments 11,398 11,410 0
Grandfathered additional tier 1 low-trigger capital instruments 4,445 4,431 0
Swiss additional tier 1 capital  15,843 15,841 0
Going concern capital  54,372 51,192 6
Bail-in debt instruments 44,251 39,450 12
Tier 2 low-trigger capital instruments 479 961 (50)
Tier 2 amortization component 1,918 1,441 33
Gone concern capital 2 46,648 41,852 11
Total loss-absorbing capacity  101,020 93,044 9
Risk-weighted assets (CHF million)   
Risk-weighted assets – BIS 267,787 275,084 (3)
Swiss regulatory adjustments 3 631 492 28
Swiss risk-weighted assets  268,418 275,576 (3)
1
Includes adjustments for certain unrealized gains outside the trading book.
2
Amounts are shown on a look-through basis. Certain tier 2 instruments and their related tier 2 amortization components were subject to phase out and are no longer eligible as of January 1, 2022. As of 2021 and 2020, gone concern capital was CHF 46,897 million and CHF 42,198 million, including CHF 249 million and CHF 346 million, respectively, of such instruments.
3
Primarily includes differences in the credit risk multiplier.
Swiss leverage metrics – Group
end of 2021 2020 % change
Swiss capital and leverage exposure (CHF million)   
Swiss CET1 capital 38,529 35,351 9
Going concern capital 54,372 51,192 6
Gone concern capital 46,648 41,852 11
Total loss-absorbing capacity 101,020 93,044 9
Leverage exposure 889,137 812,996 1 9
Swiss leverage ratios (%)
Swiss CET1 leverage ratio 4.3 4.3
Going concern leverage ratio 6.1 6.3
Gone concern leverage ratio 5.2 5.1 2
TLAC leverage ratio 11.4 11.4
Rounding differences may occur.
1
Prior period has been corrected. Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies – Revisions of prior period financial statements” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
2
The gone concern ratio would have been 4.5%, if calculated using a leverage exposure of CHF 923,673 million, without the temporary exclusion of cash held at central banks, after adjusting for the dividend paid in 2020, of CHF 110,677 million.
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Swiss leverage metrics
The leverage exposure used in the Swiss leverage ratios is measured on the same period-end basis as the leverage exposure for the BIS leverage ratio. As of the end of 2021, our Swiss CET1 leverage ratio was 4.3%, our going concern leverage ratio was 6.1%, our gone concern leverage ratio was 5.2% and our TLAC leverage ratio was 11.4%.
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Bank regulatory disclosures
The following capital, RWA and leverage disclosures apply to the Bank. The business of the Bank is substantially the same as that of the Group, including business drivers and trends relating to capital, RWA and leverage metrics.
> Refer to “BIS capital metrics”, “Risk-weighted assets”, “Leverage metrics” and “Swiss metrics” for further information.
BIS capital metrics – Bank
end of 2021 2020 % change
Capital and risk-weighted assets (CHF million)
CET1 capital 44,185 40,701 9
Tier 1 capital 59,110 55,659 6
Total eligible capital 59,589 56,620 5
Risk-weighted assets 266,934 275,676 (3)
Capital ratios (%)
CET1 ratio 16.6 14.8
Tier 1 ratio 22.1 20.2
Total capital ratio 22.3 20.5
The Bank’s CET1 ratio was 16.6% as of the end of 2021 compared to 14.8% as of the end of 2020. The Bank’s tier 1 ratio was 22.1% as of the end of 2021 compared to 20.2% as of the end of 2020. The Bank’s total capital ratio was 22.3% as of the end of 2021 compared to 20.5% as of the end of 2020.
CET1 capital was CHF 44.2 billion as of the end of 2021, an increase of 9% compared to CHF 40.7 billion as of the end of 2020. CET1 was mainly impacted by a capital contribution following the issuance of MCN by the Group, the reduction of the investment in Allfunds Group and a positive foreign exchange impact. The goodwill impairment, which impacted net income attributable to shareholders, was adjusted for regulatory capital purposes and did not have an impact on CET1 capital.
Additional tier 1 capital was CHF 14.9 billion as of the end of 2021 compared to CHF 15.0 billion as of the end of 2020, as a positive foreign exchange impact was offset by valuation impacts.
Eligible capital and risk-weighted assets – Bank
end of 2021 2020 % change
Eligible capital (CHF million)
Total shareholders' equity  47,390 46,264 2
Regulatory adjustments 1 (670) (1,088) (38)
Other adjustments 2 (2,535) (4,475) (43)
CET1 capital  44,185 40,701 9
Additional tier 1 instruments 14,925 3 14,958 0
Additional tier 1 capital  14,925 14,958 0
Tier 1 capital  59,110 55,659 6
Tier 2 low-trigger capital instruments (5% trigger) 479 961 (50)
Tier 2 capital 4 479 961 (50)
Total eligible capital 4 59,589 56,620 5
Risk-weighted assets by risk type (CHF million)
Credit risk 182,952 198,704 (8)
Market risk 16,355 18,317 (11)
Operational risk 67,627 58,655 15
Risk-weighted assets  266,934 275,676 (3)
1
Includes certain adjustments, such as a cumulative dividend accrual.
2
Includes certain deductions, such as goodwill, other intangible assets and certain deferred tax assets.
3
Consists of high-trigger and low-trigger capital instruments. Of this amount, CHF 11.4 billion consists of capital instruments with a capital ratio write-down trigger of 7% and CHF 3.5 billion consists of capital instruments with a capital ratio write-down trigger of 5.125%.
4
Amounts are shown on a look-through basis. Certain tier 2 instruments were subject to phase out and are no longer eligible as of January 1, 2022. As of 2021 and 2020, total eligible capital was CHF 59,811 million and CHF 56,893 million, including CHF 222 million and CHF 273 million of such instruments and the total capital ratio was 22.4% and 20.6%, respectively.
Tier 2 capital was CHF 0.5 billion as of the end of 2021 compared to CHF 1.0 billion as of the end of 2020, mainly due to the impact of the prescribed amortization requirement as instruments move closer to their maturity date.
The Bank’s total eligible capital was CHF 59.6 billion as of the end of 2021 compared to CHF 56.6 billion as of the end of 2020, mainly reflecting an increase in CET1 capital.
RWA decreased CHF 8.7 billion to CHF 266.9 billion as of the end of 2021 compared to CHF 275.7 billion as of the end of 2020.
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Leverage exposure components – Bank
end of 2021 2020 1 % change
Leverage exposure (CHF million)   
Total assets  759,214 822,831 (8)
Adjustments 
   Difference in scope of consolidation    and tier 1 capital deductions 2 (6,251) (14,079) (56)
   Derivative financial instruments  56,058 68,651 (18)
   Securities financing transactions  (8,546) (39,004) (78)
   Off-balance sheet exposures  93,286 88,948 5
   Other  2,049 (121,342) 3
Total adjustments  136,596 (16,826)
Leverage exposure  895,810 806,005 11
1
Prior period has been corrected. Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies – Revisions of prior period financial statements” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
2
Includes adjustments for investments in banking, financial, insurance or commercial entities that are consolidated for accounting purposes but outside the scope of regulatory consolidation and tier 1 capital deductions related to balance sheet assets.
3
Includes cash held at central banks of CHF 124,218 million, after adjusting for the dividend paid in 2020.
BIS leverage metrics – Bank
end of 2021 2020 % change
Capital and leverage exposure (CHF million)   
CET1 capital 44,185 40,701 9
Tier 1 capital 59,110 55,659 6
Leverage exposure 895,810 806,005 1,2 11
Leverage ratios (%)   
CET1 leverage ratio 4.9 5.0
Tier 1 leverage ratio 6.6 6.9
1
Leverage exposure excluded CHF 124,218 million of cash held at central banks, after adjusting for the dividend paid in 2020.
2
Prior period has been corrected. Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies – Revisions of prior period financial statements” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Swiss capital metrics – Bank
end of 2021 2020 % change
Swiss capital and risk-weighted assets (CHF million)
Swiss CET1 capital 44,185 40,691 9
Going concern capital 59,110 55,648 6
Gone concern capital 41,316 41,857 (1)
Total loss-absorbing capacity 100,426 97,505 3
Swiss risk-weighted assets 267,558 276,157 (3)
Swiss capital ratios (%)
Swiss CET1 ratio 16.5 14.7
Going concern capital ratio 22.1 20.2
Gone concern capital ratio 15.4 15.2
TLAC ratio 37.5 35.3
Rounding differences may occur.
Swiss capital and risk-weighted assets – Bank
end of 2021 2020 % change
Swiss capital (CHF million)   
CET1 capital – BIS 44,185 40,701 9
Swiss regulatory adjustments 1 0 (10) 100
Swiss CET1 capital  44,185 40,691 9
Additional tier 1 high-trigger capital instruments 11,382 11,408 0
Grandfathered additional tier 1 low-trigger capital instruments 3,543 3,549 0
Swiss additional tier 1 capital  14,925 14,957 0
Going concern capital  59,110 55,648 6
Bail-in debt instruments 38,920 39,455 (1)
Tier 2 low-trigger capital instruments 479 961 (50)
Tier 2 amortization component 1,917 1,441 33
Gone concern capital 2 41,316 41,857 (1)
Total loss-absorbing capacity  100,426 97,505 3
Risk-weighted assets (CHF million)   
Risk-weighted assets – BIS 266,934 275,676 (3)
Swiss regulatory adjustments 3 624 481 30
Swiss risk-weighted assets  267,558 276,157 (3)
1
Includes adjustments for certain unrealized gains outside the trading book.
2
Amounts are shown on a look-through basis. Certain tier 2 instruments and their related tier 2 amortization components were subject to phase out and are no longer eligible as of January 1, 2022. As of 2021 and 2020, gone concern capital was CHF 41,565 million and CHF 42,203 million, including CHF 249 million and CHF 346 million, respectively, of such instruments.
3
Primarily includes differences in the credit risk multiplier.
Swiss leverage metrics – Bank
end of 2021 2020 % change
Swiss capital and leverage exposure (CHF million)
Swiss CET1 capital 44,185 40,691 9
Going concern capital 59,110 55,648 6
Gone concern capital 41,316 41,857 (1)
Total loss-absorbing capacity 100,426 97,505 3
Leverage exposure 895,810 806,005 1 11
Swiss leverage ratios (%)
Swiss CET1 leverage ratio 4.9 5.0
Going concern leverage ratio 6.6 6.9
Gone concern leverage ratio 4.6 5.2 2
TLAC leverage ratio 11.2 12.1
Rounding differences may occur.
1
Prior period has been corrected. Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies – Revisions of prior period financial statements” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
2
The gone concern ratio would have been 4.5%, if calculated using a leverage exposure of CHF 930,223 million, without the temporary exclusion of cash held at central banks, after adjusting for the dividend paid in 2020, of CHF 124,218 million.
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Shareholders’ equity
Group
The Group’s total shareholders’ equity was CHF 44.0 billion as of the end of 2021 compared to CHF 42.7 billion as of the end of 2020. Total shareholders’ equity was positively impacted by an increase in capital following the conversion of the MCN, an actuarial gain from the year-end re-measurement of the Group’s defined benefit pension plan assets and liabilities, an increase in the share-based compensation obligation and foreign exchange-related movements on cumulative translation adjustments, partially offset the net loss attributable to shareholders and transactions relating to the settlement of share based-compensation awards.
> Refer to the “Consolidated statements of changes in equity” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information on the Group’s total shareholders’ equity.
Bank
The Bank’s total shareholders’ equity was CHF 47.4 billion as of the end of 2021 compared to CHF 46.3 billion as of the end of 2020. Total shareholders’ equity was positively impacted by a capital contribution following the conversion of the MCN, an increase in the share-based compensation obligation and foreign exchange-related movements on cumulative translation adjustments, partially offset by the net loss attributable to shareholders and transactions relating to the settlement of share-based compensation awards.
> Refer to the “Consolidated statements of changes in equity” in VIII – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) for further information on the Bank’s total shareholders’ equity.
Shareholders' equity and share metrics
   Group Bank
end of 2021 2020 % change 2021 2020 % change
Shareholders' equity (CHF million)   
Common shares 106 98 8 4,400 4,400 0
Additional paid-in capital 34,938 33,323 5 47,417 46,232 3
Retained earnings 31,064 32,834 (5) 14,932 15,871 (6)
Treasury shares, at cost (828) (428) 93
Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) (21,326) (23,150) (8) (19,359) (20,239) (4)
Total shareholders' equity  43,954 42,677 3 47,390 46,264 2
Goodwill (2,917) (4,426) (34) (2,881) (3,755) (23)
Other intangible assets (276) (237) 16 (276) (237) 16
Tangible shareholders' equity 1 40,761 38,014 7 44,233 42,272 5
Shares outstanding (million)   
Common shares issued 2,650.7 2,447.7 8 4,399.7 4,399.7 0
Treasury shares (81.0) (41.6) 95
Shares outstanding  2,569.7 2,406.1 7 4,399.7 4,399.7 0
Par value (CHF)   
Par value  0.04 0.04 0 1.00 1.00 0
Book value per share (CHF)   
Total book value per share  17.10 17.74 (4) 10.77 10.52 2
Goodwill per share (1.14) (1.84) (38) (0.65) (0.85) (24)
Other intangible assets per share (0.10) (0.10) 0 (0.07) (0.06) 17
Tangible book value per share 1 15.86 15.80 0 10.05 9.61 5
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Management believes that tangible shareholders' equity and tangible book value per share, both non-GAAP financial measures, are meaningful as they are measures used and relied upon by industry analysts and investors to assess valuations and capital adequacy.
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Foreign exchange exposure
Foreign exchange risk associated with investments in branches, subsidiaries and affiliates is managed within defined parameters that create a balance between the interests of stability of capital adequacy ratios and the preservation of Swiss franc shareholders’ equity. Foreign exchange risk associated with the nonfunctional currency net assets of branches and subsidiaries is managed through a combination of forward-looking and concurrent backward-looking hedging activity, which is aimed at reducing the foreign exchange rate induced volatility of reported earnings.
Share purchases
The Swiss Code of Obligations limits a corporation’s ability to hold or repurchase its own shares. We may only repurchase shares if we have sufficient free reserves to pay the purchase price, and if the aggregate nominal value of the repurchased shares does not exceed 10% of our nominal share capital. Furthermore, we must create a special reserve in our parent company’s financial statements in the amount of the purchase price of the acquired shares. In our consolidated financial statements, own shares are recorded at cost and reported as treasury shares, resulting in a reduction in total shareholders’ equity. Shares repurchased by us do not carry any voting rights at shareholders’ meetings.
In 2021, we purchased 2,151.4 million treasury shares and sold or re-issued 2,053.3 million treasury shares. Of these, 2,126.3 million shares were purchased through open market transactions, predominantly for market-making purposes and facilitating customer orders and to meet the Group’s delivery obligations with respect to share-based compensation. As of December 31, 2021, the Group held 81.1 million treasury shares.
> Refer to “Note 27 – Accumulated other comprehensive income and additional share information” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for information on movement in treasury shares.
As announced on October 29, 2020, the Board of Directors (Board) approved an additional share buyback program for 2021 of up to CHF 1.5 billion. We had expected to buy back at least CHF 1.0 billion of shares in 2021, subject to market and economic conditions. We commenced the 2021 share buyback program on January 12, 2021 and acquired our own shares on a second trading line on the SIX Swiss Exchange, subject to deduction of applicable Swiss federal withholding tax. We suspended the share buyback program in April 2021. As of such time, we had bought back CHF 305 million worth of shares. On December 30, 2021, the 2021 share buyback program was completed. Shares repurchased in 2021 are expected to be cancelled by means of a capital reduction to be proposed at the next annual general meeting (AGM) of shareholders.
> Refer to “Impact of share-based compensation on shareholders’ equity” in V – Compensation – Supplementary information for further information.
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January 193.2 12.12 4.1 950
February 136.8 12.53 7.0 864
March 269.3 12.18 12.0 716
April 189.7 9.79 2.0 695
May 138.0 9.32 0.0 695
June 187.0 9.63 0.0 695
July 152.8 9.21 0.0 695
August 166.1 9.53 0.0 695
September 205.9 9.40 0.0 695
October 133.2 9.53 0.0 695
November 189.6 9.34 0.0 695
December 189.8 8.81 0.0 695
Total share purchases  2,151.4 25.1
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As announced on October 29, 2020, the Board of Directors approved a share buyback program of Group ordinary shares for 2021 up to CHF 1.5 billion. Following the completion of share buybacks in April 2021, the program was suspended. The program was completed on December 30, 2021.
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Dividends and dividend policy
Under the Swiss Code of Obligations, dividends may be paid out only if and to the extent the corporation has distributable profits from previous business years, or if the free reserves of the corporation are sufficient to allow distribution of a dividend. In addition, at least 5% of the annual net profits must be retained and booked as general legal reserves for so long as these reserves amount to less than 20% of the paid-in share capital. Our reserves currently exceed this 20% threshold. Furthermore, dividends may be paid out only after shareholder approval at the AGM. The Board may propose that a dividend be paid out, but cannot itself set the dividend. In Switzerland, the auditors are required to confirm whether the appropriation of retained earnings is in accordance with Swiss law and the company’s articles of incorporation. In practice, the shareholders usually approve the dividend proposal of the Board of Directors. Dividends are usually due and payable after the shareholders’ resolution relating to the allocation of profits has been passed. Under the Swiss Code of Obligations, the statute of limitations in respect of claiming the payment of dividends that have been declared is five years.
In the original 2021 AGM proposal, the Board proposed a cash distribution of CHF 0.2926 per share for the financial year 2020. Following the developments in 2021 related to the Archegos matter, the Board amended its dividend proposal for the financial year 2020, proposing to distribute an ordinary total dividend of CHF 0.10 gross per share, half from retained earnings and half out of the capital contribution reserves, which was approved by shareholders at the 2021 AGM.
Our dividend payment policy seeks to provide investors with an efficient form of capital distribution relative to earnings. Our dividend payment policy is to pay a cash dividend per share, subject to performance and the decision of the Board and approval of our shareholders in due course.
Our Board will propose to the shareholders at the AGM on April 29, 2022 a cash distribution of CHF 0.10 per share for the financial year 2021. 50% of the distribution will be paid out of capital contribution reserves, free of Swiss withholding tax and will not be subject to income tax for Swiss resident individuals holding the shares as a private investment, and 50% will be paid out of retained earnings, net of 35% Swiss withholding tax.
Reflecting our holding company structure, the Group is not an operating company and holds investments in subsidiaries. It is therefore reliant on the dividends of its subsidiaries to pay shareholder dividends and service its long-term debt. The subsidiaries of the Group are generally subject to legal restrictions on the amount of dividends they can pay. The amount of dividends paid by operating subsidiaries is determined after consideration of the expectations for future results and growth of the operating businesses.
> Refer to “Proposed distribution out of capital contribution reserves” in VII – Parent company financial statements – Credit Suisse Group – Proposed appropriation of retained earnings and capital distribution for further information on dividends.
Dividend per ordinary share
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2020 0.101659 0.10
2019 0.2761 0.2776
2018 0.257126 0.2625
2017 0.249 0.25
2016 0.7161 0.70
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Risk management
As of the end of 2021, the Group had a gross loan portfolio of CHF 293.1 billion, gross impaired loans of CHF 2.8 billion and, in 2021, an average risk management VaR of USD 60 million.
In 2021, we undertook a number of actions and implemented an enhanced risk approach in response to Archegos and the SCFF matters. In response to these matters, we implemented senior management changes, constrained our risk appetite and significantly reduced leverage exposure and RWA in the Investment Bank. We performed extensive reviews of elevated risks and single name concentrations, among others. We are reinforcing risk culture across the Group, including in our business divisions.
Our discussion of risk management includes the following main sections:
Key risk developments provides an overview of topics with an actual or potential impact on risk management that have been important for the Group in 2021 and beyond.
Risk oversight and governance provides an overview on oversight, culture and key management bodies and committees covering risk management matters.
Risk appetite framework provides an overview on key aspects and our process of risk appetite setting as well as the types of risk constraints we apply.
Risk coverage and management provides an overview of our main risk types. For each of the risk types presented, we provide our definition of this risk type, sources of this risk, our approach to evaluation and management of this risk and related governance.
Risk portfolio analysis provides quantitative information and discussion of our risk exposure, primarily in relation to credit and market risk.
Key risk developments
We are closely monitoring the following key risk and global economic developments as well as the potential effects on our operations and businesses, including through the reassessment of financial plans and the development of stress scenarios that take into account potential additional negative impacts.
Archegos and supply chain finance funds matters
The Group incurred significant losses in the first and second quarter of 2021 in respect of the failure by Archegos to meet its margin commitments. Certain Group subsidiaries were notified by Archegos that it would be unable to return margin advances previously extended and, following the failure of the fund, the Group exited the fund positions. Subsequently, Investment Bank RWA and leverage exposure were reduced in prime services, and RWA in the other divisions reflected reductions from de-risking measures. Also, in connection with our long-term strategic direction for the Group announced on November 4, 2021, we are in the process of exiting the prime services businesses, with the exception of Index Access and APAC Delta One.
The Board had initiated an externally led investigation of the Archegos matter, which was supervised by a special committee of the Board. On July 29, 2021, Credit Suisse published on its website the report based on this independent external investigation, as well as a summary of management’s responses to this report. Since then, we have continued to further implement a Group-wide remediation program to facilitate the execution of key activities including:
Risk appetite: In connection with the Archegos matter, Credit Suisse significantly reduced its overall risk appetite in 2021, reduced credit concentrations and conducted a detailed review across all business divisions and risk types to assess if Credit Suisse has other material risk concentrations similar to Archegos. A subsequent risk appetite review was performed in late 2021 also in connection with the strategy review across all risk classes, including a review of the strategic risk objectives, the Group’s overall risk capacity in light of the updated financial and capital plans and an assessment of several focus portfolios. In addition, we continue to review and implement efforts to improve the overall risk appetite and limit framework and breach escalation processes. We have completed the initial fundamental review of risk exposures led by the tactical crisis committee. We continue to examine the risk profile of each business division, recalibrating limits, reducing concentrations and strengthening our risk governance.
Governance and leadership: The Group focused on strengthening the risk management environment through the streamlining of governance and oversight structures, including the alignment of incentives with roles and accountability. The Group also focused on the reinforcement of a Group-wide risk mindset and speak-up culture, a broad-reaching review of resource and seniority levels across relevant areas to strengthen the overall Risk organization and its leadership team as well as the first line of defense.
Risk management culture and capabilities: Credit Suisse initiated a series of cultural measures, such as strengthening risk awareness and setting the right incentives for the businesses to better balance risk and return. Credit Suisse is committed to continuing to build and enhance risk management capabilities through investments in people, data and infrastructure and reporting capabilities. We holistically reviewed client relationships to identify and manage risk concentrations and reinforced risk capabilities and frameworks, especially in the areas of credit risk, counterparty risk and stress testing, including the related models employed.
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The Archegos review contains a broader aspect of leveraging remediation efforts in specific functions and business lines to identify areas across the Group where similar risks may exist and to identify and implement solutions in response to lessons learned, including key controls and requisite risk metrics. While many of the key actions have already been completed or are in the process of being completed in 2022, we expect certain aspects of our remediation activities, particularly to the extent they require infrastructure changes, to continue into 2023 and beyond as we seek to further strengthen specific risk management capabilities, expertise and culture.
Separately, in early March 2021, the boards of four SCFFs managed by certain Group subsidiaries decided to suspend redemptions and subscriptions of those funds to protect the interests of the funds’ investors, to terminate the SCFFs and to proceed to their liquidation. It is reasonably possible that we will incur a loss in respect of the SCFF matter, though it is not yet possible to estimate the size of such a reasonably possible loss. Effective April 1, 2021, we established Asset Management as a separate division. With this change, we have appointed new leadership positions within Asset Management and also moved risk oversight of the division into a dedicated divisional risk management function. Furthermore, we have enhanced our due diligence by strengthening governance and introduced an enhanced new product approval process. The Board also initiated an externally led investigation of this matter, supervised by a special committee of the Board. The related report has been completed, the findings have been made available to the Board and the report was shared with FINMA. An internal project has been set up to further enhance governance as well as to strengthen risk management processes.
Consideration of these matters was included in the Group-wide review of risk appetite, risk positions and business and risk processes in close cooperation with the Board and external advisors. We continue to analyze these matters, including with the assistance of external counsel and other experts. We also intend to apply lessons learned from these matters across the bank.
> Refer to “Significant events in 2021” in II – Credit Suisse results – Credit Suisse and “Risk factors” in I – Information on the company for information on the Archegos and SCFF matters.
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to affect the economic environment throughout 2021. Infection rates ebbed and flowed across the world during the course of 2021, including in countries where Credit Suisse has a significant presence. Vaccination programs during the year continued to significantly reduce the correlation between COVID-19 infection and serious illness, although booster shots were increasingly required to sustain a high level of protection. In addition, in the fourth quarter of 2021 an additional challenge arose with the emergence of the Omicron variant, which is more transmissible than previous variants. However, in early 2022 there were signs that the Omicron infection wave was peaking and that governments would relatively soon be able to ease social and economic activity restrictions. We continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on our operations and businesses.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
In late February 2022, the Russian government launched a military attack on Ukraine. In response to Russia’s military attack, the US, EU, UK, Switzerland and other countries across the world imposed severe sanctions against Russia’s financial system and on Russian government officials and Russian business leaders. The sanctions included limitations on the ability of Russian banks to access the SWIFT financial messaging service and restrictions on transactions with the Russian central bank. The Russian government has also imposed certain countermeasures, which include restrictions relating to foreign currency accounts and security transactions. These measures followed earlier sanctions that had already been imposed by the US, EU and UK in 2021 in response to alleged Russian activities related to Syria, cybersecurity, electoral interference and other matters, including the prohibition of US banks from participating in the primary market for any Russian sovereign bonds or any lending to the Russian sovereign, as well as other restrictions since 2014 relating to new debt or equity of certain Russian banks and energy companies. We are assessing the impact of the sanctions already imposed, and potential future escalations, on our exposures and client relationships. A stress test has also been developed and in February 2022 the Executive Board invoked the crisis management process. Key priorities in this respect include taking measures to protect the safety and security of impacted staff, implementing the different sanctions and close monitoring of potential business interruptions and increased cyber threats.
> Refer to “Selected European credit risk exposures” in Risk portfolio analysis – Credit risk for further information on the Group’s credit risk exposure to Russia.
Inflation concerns
Annual inflation rates increased in 2021 across all major economies. The prospect that supply chain disruptions could be prolonged and the surge in natural gas prices in late 2021 also indicated that annual inflation rates would likely remain high far into 2022. The outlook of annual inflation remaining high for a longer period of time forced major central banks to accelerate the withdrawal of emergency monetary policies and liquidity supports put in place to underpin the markets during the earlier stages of the COVID-19 crisis. In the fourth quarter of 2021 and in early 2022, the Fed started to reduce its asset purchase program and indicated to the markets that it would raise the federal funds rate and start to reduce its balance sheet during the course of 2022. Other major central banks also started to withdraw their emergency monetary policies in late 2021. Government bond yields increased across durations and were more volatile. The rise in US government bond yields also lifted sovereign bond yields in other developed market economies and led to a stronger US dollar. Investors were concerned that an accelerated withdrawal of support, as well as higher and more volatile government bond yields would have potentially adverse impacts on major global equity and credit markets as well as on certain emerging market countries. Based on an internal review of our exposures in the first half of
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2021, we adjusted certain country risk and transaction limits. A stress test was developed and frequently applied to assess market risk vulnerabilities.
China
China-related market developments during 2021 continued to require intensified risk management of Credit Suisse exposures throughout the year. In early January 2021, sanctions came into effect which prohibited US persons from holding investments in what were identified by the US Department of Defense as Chinese military-linked companies. China’s policymakers also placed new restrictions on leverage in the real estate sector and increased their oversight and antitrust investigations in various parts of its economy, including the financial technology, child education and online gaming sectors, and with respect to the listing of Chinese companies in foreign countries. There were also concerns that the default of certain credit instruments issued by one of China’s largest property developers would seriously damage China’s property development sector, with potentially adverse impacts on China’s economy and global markets. In December 2021 and in the first months of 2022, to help mitigate these potentially adverse impacts, Chinese government policies pivoted toward providing more support for the economy in the form of policy interest rate cuts, reductions in reserve requirement ratios for banks as well as introducing some targeted fiscal initiatives. We have closely monitored the risk management implications on our lombard loan portfolio and on our trading and lending book exposures to local government- and state-owned enterprises, as well as the accelerating default trend in the onshore corporate debt market.
Cyber risk
The financial industry continues to be increasingly reliant on technology, faces dynamic cyber threats from a variety of actors and new technology vulnerabilities are being discovered. We continue to invest significantly in our information and cybersecurity program in order to strengthen our ability to anticipate, detect, defend against and recover from cyber attacks. We regularly assess the effectiveness of our key controls and conduct ongoing employee training and awareness activities, including for key management personnel, in order to seek to strengthen resilience of our systems and promote a strong cyber risk culture. In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Group has further increased the usage of remote working technology and has been continuously adapting controls to address the increased cyber risk exposure.
Climate change
The relevance of climate-related risks continues to grow, driven by a potential acceleration of transition policies and manifesting physical impacts. Credit Suisse has made significant progress in analyzing climate-related risks and developing solutions addressing local regulatory initiatives, while engaging with industry peers and other stakeholders with the aim to set best practices in this field. To manage transition risks, we have adopted several initiatives, including becoming a founding member of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance convened by the UN Environment Program Finance Initiative, and also committed to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). With regard to indirect physical risks, we assessed climate-related risks by applying physical models to our portfolios, starting with pilot assessments for certain legal entities. We are expanding our capabilities to identify and monitor climate-related risks at the Group-wide level and we extended the sectorial coverage of client energy transition frameworks (CETFs) which are designed to assist clients in developing and executing plans to decarbonize.
Swiss property market
Property prices rose strongly in Switzerland in 2021 due to continued low interest rates and constrained supply. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) warned on several occasions during 2021 that the rise in prices, particularly in residential real estate, was stretching affordability and was increasing the risk of an eventual sharp price correction which could potentially disrupt the financial sector and the economy. Property and mortgage bubbles were also cited as a significant risk for Switzerland in FINMA’s 2021 Risk Monitor report which was published in November 2021. In light of these recent developments in the Swiss real estate and mortgage markets, the Swiss Federal Council at the request of the Swiss National Bank reactivated the Swiss countercyclical capital buffer during its meeting on January 26, 2022. From September 30, 2022 onward, banks, such as Credit Suisse, will be required to hold additional CET1 capital amounting to 2.5% of RWA pertaining to mortgage loans that are directly or indirectly secured by residential real estate in Switzerland. We regularly monitor risks in our Swiss residential mortgage loan portfolio and apply risk mitigation measures.
Turkey
The implementation of central bank interest rate cuts, in the context of inflation far above the Turkish central bank target, created the potential for a further large decrease in the value of the Turkish lira, a significant widening in sovereign and corporate debt spreads and an increase in political and social risks, and threatened a substantial weakening in gross domestic product growth. Domestic economic policymaking in 2021 and in the first months of 2022 remained especially challenging to predict. Dependency on foreign capital inflows remained high in the context of Turkey’s need to roll over significant amounts of debt in 2021 and 2022 while its foreign reserves remained close to historically low levels. We are continuing to monitor exposures and local funding conditions as well as potential reputational risks. Stress tests are also frequently applied.
SPACs
Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are publicly listed shell companies created to merge with a private operating company. SPAC issuance rose strongly in 2020, peaked in February 2021 and slowed sharply in the second quarter of 2021, slightly recovering by end of 2021. Many companies that completed a public listing through a SPAC merger in 2020 have underperformed the major equity markets in 2021 and investor interest in SPACs has decreased. At the same time regulatory scrutiny has increased, particularly with regard to financial forecasts, due
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diligence and the accounting treatment of warrants issued when a SPAC is established. Credit Suisse is a major participant in the SPAC underwriting market through our equity capital markets business, and we have enhanced business oversight and deal selection criteria to reflect ongoing changes in regulatory, legal and reputational risks.
Replacement of interbank offered rates
A major structural change in global financial markets is in progress with respect to the replacement of certain IBOR benchmarks with alternative reference rates. At the end of 2021 a major industry milestone was reached: the publication of most non-USD and select USD LIBOR rates has been discontinued. The overwhelming majority of Credit Suisse’s legacy non-USD LIBOR portfolio has been remediated, either by active transition to alternative reference rates (ARRs), or by adding robust fallback provisions intended to govern the transition to ARRs upon the cessation of LIBORs. The transition of the remaining USD LIBOR settings was given an 18-month extension, with these scheduled to be discontinued at the end of June 2023. With regulatory pressure to move new trading activity away from LIBOR, except in certain limited circumstances, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) is now becoming the dominant market rate even ahead of the official cessation date for USD LIBOR. While the significant majority of the Group’s legacy USD LIBOR portfolio has robust fallback provisions to guide the transition to ARRs once LIBOR rates become non-representative or not available, certain risks associated with the transition may still exist, including financial, legal, tax, operational and conduct risks. Global policies and controls have been updated to reflect the latest developments and the Group’s IBOR transition program team continues to work with our businesses and clients to seek to timely mitigate the residual risks.
Equity markets
Equity markets experienced large moves in January and February of 2021 in some single-name stocks, driven by unprecedented activity from retail investors focused on stocks in which hedge funds held large short positions. The rally in those heavily shorted stocks led to a so-called short squeeze, which forced some hedge funds into quickly unwinding their positions. The event drew scrutiny from regulators on concerns over market collusion, investor protection and potentially excessive risk-taking. In addition, the need for trading platforms favored by retail investors to raise significant amounts of additional capital showed that such activities have grown to potentially become systemic threats to future financial market stability. In response to these events, we have tightened our monitoring of potential short squeeze target positions.
Risk management oversight
Risk management is an integral part of the business planning process with strong senior management and Board involvement. We continuously work to strengthen risk management across the Group in an effort to meet the challenges resulting from a volatile market environment and increasing complexity driven by the changing regulatory landscape. Utilizing comprehensive risk management processes and sophisticated control systems, we continuously work to minimize the negative impact that may arise from risk concentrations.
Furthermore, following the Archegos matter, the Board immediately launched a broad review of potential issues and implemented responsive changes. These changes included a reduction in risk appetite, reviews across businesses and risk types to identify potential other risk exposures, reductions in credit concentrations and enhancements to limit governance and escalation processes. Additionally, we have launched a comprehensive remediation program which aims to ensure lasting change in the overall organization.
The Group’s business operations are designed to facilitate a commitment to conscious and disciplined risk-taking. We believe that independent risk management, compliance and audit processes with proper management accountability are critical to the interests and concerns of stakeholders. The Group’s approach to risk management is supported by the following principles:
Establish a clear risk appetite that sets out the types and levels of risk we are prepared to take;
Have in place risk management and compliance policies that set out authorities and responsibilities for taking and managing risks;
Seek to establish resilient risk constraints that promote multiple perspectives on risk and reduce the reliance on single risk measures;
Actively monitor risks and take mitigating actions where they fall outside accepted levels; and
Breaches of risk limits or tolerances are identified, analyzed and escalated, and large, repeated or unauthorized exceptions may lead to terminations, adverse adjustments to compensation or other disciplinary action.
Culture
Our culture encompasses a shared set of values across the Group that fosters the importance, understanding and control of risk.
We continue to promote a strong risk culture where employees are empowered to take accountability for identifying and escalating risks and for challenging inappropriate actions. Expectations on risk culture are regularly communicated by senior management, reinforced through policies and training, and considered in the performance assessment and compensation processes and, with respect to employee conduct, assessed by formal disciplinary review committees. In 2021, our performance management and compensation management processes were further strengthened to reiterate these expectations. Performance management enhancements include a more comprehensive performance evaluation of designated employees with regard to risk management objectives.
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> Refer to “V – Compensation” for further information on our compensation process.
We seek to promote responsible behavior through the Group’s Code of Conduct, which sets forth the behavioral expectations of our employees and members of the Board, in order to maintain and strengthen our reputation for integrity, fair dealing and measured risk-taking.
With the launch of our revised culture framework in January 2021, we recognized the need to increase our focus on inclusion and accountability. As a core element of our activities in 2021, we actively engaged with our employees to measure how we are performing in relation to our cultural values. This has identified areas for further focus, which has resulted in a coordinated program of work for 2022 and beyond.
> Refer to “Purpose” in our Sustainability Report, available on credit-suisse.com/sustainabilityreport, for further information on our approach to culture.
Governance
Effective governance sets a solid foundation for comprehensive risk management discipline. The Group’s risk governance framework is based on a “three lines of defense” governance model, where each line has a specific role with defined responsibilities and works in close collaboration to identify, assess and mitigate risks.
The first line of defense is the front office, which is responsible for pursuing suitable business opportunities within the strategic risk objectives and compliance requirements of the Group. Its primary responsibility is to oversee compliance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements, maintain effective internal controls and help to ensure that the Group operates within its risk appetite. The first line of defense represents the business area or function that allows the risk to enter the Group from clients, employees or other third parties or events and is responsible for managing them or enabling their management. The first line of defense is accountable for managing risks inherent in its activities.
The second line of defense consists of independent risk management, compliance and control functions which are responsible for establishing risk management framework and associated control standards, and providing independent challenge to the activities, processes and controls carried out by the first line of defense. In this context, the Risk function (Risk) for example is responsible for articulating and designing the risk appetite framework across the Group. The second line of defense can perform and complement the responsibility of identification, measurement, management and reporting of risks, while the first line of defense retains the overall accountability for risk management related to its activities. Independent risk management in the second line of defense is not limited to the Risk and Compliance functions. Instead, it comprises relevant standard setting and independent review and challenge activities over processes and controls carried out by the first line of defense in relation to the risks faced.
The third line of defense is the Internal Audit function, which monitors the effectiveness of controls across various functions and operations, including risk management, compliance and governance practices.
The Group’s operations are regulated by authorities in each of the jurisdictions in which we conduct business. Central banks and other bank regulators, financial services agencies, securities agencies and exchanges and self-regulatory organizations are among the regulatory authorities that oversee our businesses. FINMA is our primary regulator.
> Refer to “Regulation and supervision” in I – Information on the company for further information.
The Group’s governance includes a committee structure and a comprehensive set of corporate policies which are developed, reviewed and approved by the Board, the Executive Board, their respective committees, the Chief Risk Officer of the Group (CRO) and the board of directors of significant subsidiaries, in accordance with their respective responsibilities and levels of authority.
> Refer to “Board of Directors” and “Executive Board” in IV – Corporate Governance for further information.
Board of Directors
The Board is responsible for our overall strategic direction, supervision and control, and for defining our overall tolerance for risk. In particular, the Board approves the risk management framework and sets overall risk appetite for the Group in consultation with its Risk Committee (Risk Committee) among other responsibilities and authorities defined in the Organizational Guidelines and Regulations (OGR).
The Risk Committee is responsible for assisting the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities of risk management. These responsibilities include the oversight of the enterprise-wide risk management and practices, the promotion of a sound risk culture with clear accountability and ownership, the review of key risk and resources and the assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of the Group’s Risk function.
The Audit Committee is responsible for assisting the Board in fulfilling its oversight role by monitoring management’s approach with respect to financial reporting, internal controls, accounting and legal and regulatory compliance. Additionally, the Audit Committee monitors the qualifications, independence and performance of external auditors and Internal Audit.
The Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee is responsible for assisting the Board in fulfilling its oversight duties with respect to the Group’s exposure to financial crime risk. It is tasked with monitoring and assessing the effectiveness of financial crime compliance programs and initiatives focused on improving conduct and vigilance within the context of combatting financial crime.
The Compensation Committee is responsible for determining, reviewing and proposing compensation and related principles
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for the Group. Under the compensation risk framework, various corporate functions including Risk, Compliance, General Counsel, Human Resources, Internal Audit and Product Control provide input for the assessment of the divisions’ and certain individuals’ overall risk and conduct performance and determine an overall risk rating, which is presented to the chairs of the Compensation Committee, Risk Committee and Audit Committee, and is contemplated as part of the divisions’ and certain individuals’ performance.
The Digital Transformation and Technology Committee was established in January 2022 with the primary function of assisting the Board in setting, steering and overseeing the execution of the bank’s data, digitalization and technology strategy. The committee is tasked with overseeing the strategically aligned execution of the bank’s major digitalization and technology initiatives and setting governance standards for digital transformation across the Group. The Digital Transformation and Technology Committee replaces the advisory Innovation and Technology Committee, which was retired in December 2021.
Executive Board
The Executive Board is responsible for establishing our strategic business plans, subject to approval by the Board, and implementing such plans. It further reviews and coordinates significant initiatives within Risk and approves Group-wide risk policies. The CRO and the Chief Compliance Officer of the Group (CCO) represent the Risk and Compliance functions, respectively, and provide regular information and reports to the Executive Board and the Board.
Executive Board committees
In the fourth quarter of 2021, we undertook several changes to our risk committees at the Executive Board level. Most notably, we dissolved the Capital Allocation & Risk Management Committee (CARMC), which operated in three cycles, and the Executive Board Risk Forum. The responsibilities of those former committees have been assumed by the newly established Executive Board Risk Management Committee (ExB RMC) and the Group Capital Allocation and Liability Management Committee (Group CALMC).
The Executive Board Risk Management Committee (ExB RMC), co-chaired by the Group’s CEO, CRO and CCO, replaces the Internal Control System and Position & Client Risk cycles of the former CARMC and the former Executive Board Risk Forum. The ExB RMC is primarily responsible for steering and monitoring the development and execution of the Group’s risk strategy, approving risk appetite across all risk types for the Group and its divisions, as well as reviewing the aggregate and highest risk exposures, major risk concentrations and key non-financial risks. The ExB RMC approves applications for risk limits that require final approval by the Risk Committee or the Board. The ExB RMC is also responsible for assessing the appropriateness and efficiency of the internal control system and serves as an escalation point for risk issues raised by subordinated risk committees or Executive Board members.
The Group Capital Allocation and Liability Management Committee (Group CALMC) replaces the Asset & Liability Management cycle of the former CARMC. Group CALMC reviews the funding and balance sheet trends and activities, plans and monitors regulatory and business liquidity requirements and internal and regulatory capital adequacy. Group CALMC also reviews and proposes the contingency funding plan for approval by the Board, reviews the position taking of interest rate risk in the banking book and decides on changes in approaches relating to investment of own equity. Further, it sets internal targets, approves and reviews adherence to internal targets for capital allocation, funding, liquidity and capital management actions, including the review and monitoring of share repurchases.
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The Credit Suisse AGParent Capital Allocation, Liability and Risk Management Committee (Credit Suisse AG Parent CALRMC) reviews the capital, liquidity and funding trends and activities of Credit Suisse AG (Bank parent company). The Credit Suisse AG Parent CALRMC reviews and challenges the financial and capital plans of major subsidiaries of the Bank parent company, including key risks and key dependencies, such as dividends or other capital repatriations from the major subsidiaries to the Bank parent company, ahead of approvals by the respective subsidiary governance bodies. The committee also monitors and reviews the Bank parent company’s aggregate risk profile, in particular the Bank parent company-specific vulnerabilities, and approves risk appetite for the Bank parent company and its branches.
The Valuation Risk Management Committee (VARMC) is responsible for establishing policies regarding the valuation of certain material assets and the policies and calculation methodologies applied in the valuation process. Further, VARMC is responsible for monitoring and assessing valuation risks, reviewing inventory valuation conclusions and directing the resolution of significant inventory valuation issues.
Divisional and legal entity risk management committees
Our governance framework includes dedicated risk management committees for each division. Divisional and legal entity risk management committees review risk, legal, compliance and internal control matters specific to the divisions and individual legal entities, respectively.
The divisional chief risk officers have established granular risk appetite frameworks and reporting capabilities to cover the specific needs of their business divisions and are responsible for the alignment of the risk management activities within our divisions.
Legal entity chief risk officers provide risk oversight within their region and for certain significant legal entities operating in locations of those regions. They are responsible for a consistent and compliant application of the Group’s risk appetite frameworks and related policies.
Risk function
Following the Archegos and SCFF matters, the previously combined Chief Risk and Compliance Officer function reverted to the separate functions of Risk and Compliance, headed by the CRO and the CCO, respectively.
Risk, headed by the CRO, is an independent global function responsible for providing risk management oversight and establishing an organizational basis to manage risk matters. Risk challenges and engages with the business divisions, focusing on strategic, sustainable and compliant returns on risk that reflect the appetite of the Group. The function promotes holistic risk management as well as a consistent, effective and efficient control framework across the Group’s defined risk types. Risk defines, monitors and manages limits and models as well as creates, implements and monitors risk relevant policies and procedures.
The organizational structure of Risk is aligned to oversee our divisions as well as our regions and significant legal entities and covers global risk types.
Compliance function
Compliance, headed by the CCO, is an independent global function that works with the businesses to manage risks arising from the potential failure to comply with applicable laws, regulations, rules or market standards. As a second line of defense function, responsibilities include independently assessing compliance risk, executing, monitoring and testing activities and reporting on adherence to our compliance risk appetite and other significant matters to the Board and senior management. Compliance creates, implements and monitors compliance policies and procedures designed to prevent or detect compliance breaches of employees and clients. Compliance is mandated to ensure that regulatory and compliance risks are overseen and managed in the organization and is also responsible for the identification and appropriate remediation of significant breaches of the Group’s compliance processes and controls. Compliance runs global risk oversight programs, for example anti-fraud, conflict of interest, cross border and financial crime compliance, and establishes and monitors policies, guidelines, procedures and controls related to potential risks such as money laundering, bribery and corruption and sanctions.
The organizational structure of Compliance is aligned to oversee our divisions as well as our regions and significant legal entities and covers global key compliance topics.
Risk appetite framework
Overview
We maintain a comprehensive Group-wide risk appetite framework, which is governed by a global policy and provides a robust foundation for risk appetite setting and management across the Group. A key element of the framework is a detailed statement of the Board-approved risk appetite which is aligned to our financial and capital plans. The framework also encompasses the processes and systems for assessing the appropriate level of risk appetite required to constrain our overall risk profile.
Risk capacity is the maximum level of risk that we can assume given our current level of resources before breaching any constraints determined by liquidity and capital requirements, the operational environment and our responsibilities to depositors, shareholders, investors and other stakeholders. Risk appetite expresses the aggregate level and types of risk we are willing to assume within our risk capacity to achieve our strategic objectives and business plan. Risk profile is a point-in-time assessment of our net risk exposures aggregated within and across each
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relevant risk category and is expressed in a variety of different quantitative risk metrics and qualitative risk observations. The size of our risk profile is restricted to the planned level of our risk appetite through the use of risk constraints, such as limits, guidelines, tolerances and targets.
Key aspects and process
The Group risk appetite framework is governed by an overarching global policy that encompasses the suite of specific policies, processes and systems with which the risk constraints are calibrated and the risk profile is managed. Strategic risk objectives (SROs) are effectively embedded across our organization at the Group, business division and legal entity level through a suite of different types of risk measures (quantitative and qualitative) as part of our efforts to ensure we operate within the thresholds defined by the Board. The SROs are regularly assessed as part of our continuing enhancements to our risk management processes. In December 2021, the Board reviewed and confirmed the SROs, which consist of:
promoting stability of earnings to support performance in line with financial objectives;
ensuring sound management of funding and liquidity in normal and stressed conditions;
maintaining capital adequacy under both normal and stressed conditions; and
maintaining the integrity of our business and operations.
Group-wide risk appetite is reviewed in partnership with the financial and capital planning process at least annually, based on bottom-up forecasts that reflect planned risk usage by the businesses and top-down, Board-driven strategic risk objectives and risk appetite. Scenario stress testing of financial and capital plans is an essential element in the risk appetite calibration process, through which our strategic risk objectives, financial resources and business plans are aligned. The capital plans are also analyzed using our economic capital coverage ratio, which provides a further means of assessing bottom-up risk plans with respect to available capital resources. The Group-wide risk appetite is approved through a number of internal governance forums, including the ExB RMC, the Risk Committee and, subsequently, by the Board. Ad hoc risk appetite reviews may be triggered by material market events, material loss events, material revisions to the financial and capital plans as well as breaches of Board-level risk constraints. The Archegos matter was classified as a material loss event and triggered a Group-wide risk appetite re-assessment which concluded in risk appetite reductions.
The risk appetite statement is the formal plan, approved by the Board, for our Group-wide risk appetite. Divisional allocations are cascaded from the Group and approved in divisional risk management committees. Legal entity risk appetites are set by the local legal entity board of directors within the limits established by the Group. The top-down and bottom-up risk appetite calibration process includes the following key steps:
Top-down:
Group-level strategic risk objectives are agreed by the Board in line with our financial and capital objectives.
Top-down risk capacities and risk appetites are determined with reference to available resources and key thresholds, such as minimum regulatory requirements.
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A risk appetite statement is determined and approved annually by the Board, and is based on the strategic risk objectives, the comprehensive scenario stress testing of our forecasted financial results and capital requirements, and our economic capital framework. A semi-annual review of the risk appetite and capacity levels is performed. The risk appetite statement comprises quantitative and qualitative risk measures necessary for adequate control of the risk appetite across the organization. The review of the top-down and bottom-up risk appetite levels and their allocation between divisions and legal entities is performed by the ExB RMC.
Separate legal entity risk appetite frameworks aligned to local regulatory requirements are in place for material subsidiaries. An integrated year-end planning process is designed to ensure that individual legal entity risk appetites are consistent with Group levels.
Divisional risk committees are responsible for allocating risk appetite within the respective divisions based on individual business line reviews and requirements.
Bottom-up:
Planned risk levels and related risk appetite requests are provided by front office business experts in conjunction with financial and capital plans in order to promote consistency with the business strategy. Risk plans are reviewed by the relevant risk management committees.
Bottom-up risk forecasts are aggregated across businesses to assess divisional and Group-wide risk plans and to support management decisions on variations to existing risk appetite levels or the possible implementation of new risk appetite measures.
The effectiveness of risk appetite in support of business strategy execution and delivery against financial objectives is assessed via a risk appetite effectiveness framework. This framework assists senior management and the Board in ensuring that appropriate levels of risk appetite are set and that the subsequent risk constraints are appropriately calibrated.
Risk, financial and capital plans are jointly reviewed and approved by the Executive Board and the Board.
The Group-wide risk appetite framework encompasses multiple quantitative and qualitative aspects. The quantitative risk appetite aspects are measured using various metrics, including stress scenario metrics related to capital, earnings and liquidity, RWA and economic risk capital. The qualitative risk appetite aspects are used to monitor adherence to international and local laws and regulations, industry guidelines and internal policies, and are designed to manage and mitigate the Group’s conduct and reputational risk. The division-specific risk appetite statements leverage the Group-wide quantitative and qualitative aspects by including constraints across credit risk, market risk and non-financial risk and are designed to ensure that risk-taking activity by our businesses remains within the Group-wide risk appetite.
Risk constraints
A core aspect of our risk appetite framework is a sound system of integrated risk constraints. These allow us to maintain our risk profile within our overall risk appetite, and encourage meaningful discussion between the relevant businesses, Risk functions and members of senior management around the evolution of our risk profile and risk appetite. Considerations include changing external factors (such as market developments, geopolitical conditions and client demand) as well as internal factors (such as financial resources, business needs and strategic views). Our risk appetite framework utilizes a suite of different types of risk constraints to reflect the aggregate risk appetite of the Group and to further cascade risk appetite across our organization, including among business divisions and legal entities. The risk constraints restrict our maximum balance sheet and off-balance sheet exposure given the market environment, business strategy and financial resources available to absorb losses. Different levels of seniority are mapped to each type of risk constraint, which require specific permanent or temporary modification, enforcement and breach response protocols. Risk constraints are monitored on a regular basis as part of our efforts to ensure they continue to fulfill their purposes.
We define the following risk constraint categories:
Qualitative constraints represent constraints that are used to manage identified but unquantifiable or subjective risks, with adherence assessed by the appropriate level of constraint authority.
Quantitative constraints represent constraints that are used to manage identified quantifiable risks and exist in the form of limits, guidelines, tolerances, targets and flags.
Constraint authority for the risk constraints is determined by the relevant approving body and constraints are currently in effect for all key risk governance bodies and committees including the Board, its Risk Committee and the ExB RMC. The appropriateness of the constraint types for the various risk classes within our risk appetite, including market, credit, non-financial and liquidity risk, is determined considering the respective characteristics of the various risk constraint types.
In general, risk constraints will be set in different ways depending on their respective functions and objectives. For example, certain risk constraints will reflect a maximum risk appetite, whereas others will be set closer to the current usage in order to ensure timely escalation and feedback among the relevant businesses, Risk functions and members of senior management. These considerations also influence the extent to which certain risk constraints may be introduced, modified or retired in response to changing external and internal factors.
We define the following types of risk constraints:
Qualitative constraint statements are required for all qualitative constraints. Qualitative constraint statements need to be
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specific and to clearly define the respective risk to ensure that the risk profile for unquantifiable or subjective risks is readily assessable.
Limits, guidelines and tolerances are specific threshold levels for a given risk metric. Limits are binding thresholds that require discussion to avoid a breach and trigger immediate remediating action if a breach occurs. Guidelines are thresholds which, if breached, require an action plan to reduce risk below the guideline or to propose, justify and agree to adjust the guideline. Tolerances are designed as management thresholds to initiate discussion, and breach of a tolerance level triggers review by the relevant constraint authority.
Targets represent the level of risk that the Group intends to accept in pursuit of business objectives at a specific point in time in the future.
Flags are early warning indicators, which serve primarily as a business risk management and supervisory control tool for our front offices, Treasury and Risk. Flags can be set for any quantifiable risk and may be complementary to other types of constraints.
With respect to limits, guidelines and tolerances, established criteria are applied in the selection of the appropriate risk constraint, including the assessment of (i) the materiality of the respective risk metric with regard to its contribution to the overall Group risk appetite; (ii) the importance of the risk constraint to the organization from a qualitative perspective; (iii) the characteristic of the respective risk, e.g., risk concentrations or high priority risk for the Group; and (iv) the availability of mitigating actions to manage the risk profile of the Group in relation to the respective risk.
We have established a constraint structure which manages the Group’s risk profile using multiple metrics, including VaR, scenario analysis, economic risk capital and various exposure limits at the Group level. The overall risk limits for the Group are set by the Board in consultation with its Risk Committee and are binding. In 2021 and 2020, no Board limits were exceeded.
Dedicated constraints are also in place to cover the specific risk profiles of individual businesses and legal entities. In the context of the overall risk appetite of the Group, as defined by the limits set by the Board in consultation with its Risk Committee, the ExB RMC is responsible for allocating key limits to divisions as deemed necessary to manage risk within individual lines of business. The divisional risk management committees and the divisional and legal entity chief risk officers are responsible for allocating risk appetite further within the organization. For this purpose, they use a detailed framework of individual risk limits designed to control risk-taking at a granular level by individual businesses and in the aggregate. The risk constraints are intended to:
limit overall risk-taking to the Group’s risk appetite;
trigger senior management discussions with the businesses involved, risk management and governance committees in case of substantial change in the overall risk profile;
promote consistent risk measurement across businesses;
provide a common framework for the allocation of resources to businesses; and
provide a basis for protecting the Group’s capital base and meeting strategic risk objectives.
The limit owners are responsible for reviewing warning thresholds for risk limits. They may set warning thresholds for potential limit excesses at any level lower than the approved limits as deemed appropriate after taking into account the nature of the underlying business. A comprehensive risk appetite constraint framework is in place which defines roles and responsibilities, including risk constraint setting and escalation authorities. Following the Archegos matter, we reinforced escalation procedures for breaches in risk constraints. Risk limit breaches that have not been remediated within strictly defined remediation timelines across all risk limits must be escalated to the CRO and the corresponding front office Executive Board member.
Risk coverage and management
We use a wide range of risk management practices to address the variety of risks that arise from our business activities. Policies, processes, standards, risk assessment and measurement methodologies, risk appetite constraints, and risk monitoring and reporting are key components of our risk management practices. Our risk management practices complement each other in our analysis of potential loss, support the identification of interdependencies and interactions of risks across the organization and provide a comprehensive view of our exposures. We regularly review and update our risk management practices to promote consistency with our business activities and relevance to our business and financial strategies.
Risk management practices have evolved over time without a standardized approach within the industry, therefore comparisons across firms may not be meaningful. Our main risk types include the following:
Capital risk
Credit risk
Market risk
Non-financial risk
Model risk
Reputational risk
Business risk
Climate-related risks
Fiduciary risk
Pension risk
An additional main risk type is funding liquidity risk, which is the risk that the Group, although solvent, either does not have sufficient financial resources to enable it to meet its obligations as they fall due, or can secure such resources only at excessive cost. Management of funding liquidity risk is described in the “Liquidity and funding management” section of this report.
> Refer to “Liquidity and funding management” for further information on funding liquidity risk.
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Climate-related risks are a core element of sustainability risks. Sustainability risks are potentially adverse impacts on the environment, on people or society, which may be caused by, contributed to or directly linked to financial service providers, usually through the activities of their clients. These may manifest themselves as reputational risks, but potentially also as credit, operational or other risks. Credit Suisse considers sustainability risks in its Group-wide reputational risk review process.
> Refer to “Reputational risk” for further information on sustainability risks.
Capital risk
Definition
Capital risk is the risk that we do not have adequate capital to support our activities and maintain the minimum capital requirements. Under the Basel framework, we are required to maintain a robust and comprehensive framework for assessing capital adequacy, defining internal capital targets and ensuring that these capital targets are consistent with our overall risk profile and the current operating environment.
Sources of capital risk
Capital risk results from the Group’s risk exposures, available capital resources, regulatory requirements and accounting standards.
Evaluation and management of capital risk
The stress testing framework and economic risk capital are tools used by the Group to evaluate and manage capital risk. Our capital management framework is designed to ensure that we meet all regulatory capital requirements for the Group and its regulated subsidiaries.
> Refer to “Capital strategy” and “Regulatory framework” in Capital management for further information on the management of capital and RWA and regulatory capital requirements.
Overview of stress testing framework
Stress testing (or scenario analysis) represents a risk management approach thatformulates hypothetical questions, including what would happen to our portfolio if, for example, historic or adverse forward-looking events were to occur. A well-developed stress testing framework provides a powerful tool for senior management to identify these risks and also take corrective actions to protect the earnings and capital from undesired impacts.
Stress testing is a fundamental element of our Group-wide risk appetite framework included in overall risk management to ensure that our financial position and risk profile provide sufficient resilience to withstand the impact of severe economic conditions. Stress testing results are monitored against limits, and are used in risk appetite discussions and strategic business planning and to support our internal capital adequacy assessment process (ICAAP). The ICAAP aims to identify and accurately assess the significance of material risks faced by the Group. As part of the Group-wide ICAAP process, the bank assesses its present financial position and expected changes to the current business profile, the environment in which it expects to operate, its projected business plans, projected financial position and future planned sources of capital. Within the risk appetite framework, the ExB RMC sets Group-wide and divisional stressed position loss limits to correspond to minimum post-stress capital ratios. Currently, limits are set on the basis of BIS CET1 capital ratios. Stress tests also form an integral part of the Group’s capital planning and the recovery and resolution plan (RRP) process. Within the RRP, stress tests provide the indicative scenario severity required to reach recovery and resolution capital levels.
Stress testing provides key inputs for managing the following objectives of the risk appetite framework:
Ensuring Group-wide capital adequacy on both a regulatory basis and under stressed conditions: We run a suite of scenarios on forecasted financial metrics such as net revenues, total operating expenses, income before taxes and RWA. The post-stress capital ratios are assessed against the risk appetite of the Group.
Maintaining stable earnings: We mainly use stress testing to quantitatively assess earnings stability risk. Earnings appetites are established and monitored as part of our efforts to contain excessive risk-taking which could compromise our earnings stability.
We also conduct externally defined stress tests that meet the specific requirements of regulators. For example, as part of various regular stress tests and analyses, FINMA requires a semi-annual loss potential analysis that includes two stress tests. For 2021, the FINMA stress tests included an extreme scenario that sees the world economy experience a severe recession, mainly as a result of the worsening of a European debt crisis, and an updated version of the COVID-19 pandemic scenario that assumes aggressive resurgences in COVID-19 cases in the second half of 2021, leading to stringent containment measures and financial market turmoil. As a result of the Archegos matter, we also refined our loss potential analysis stress testing model by incorporating a component to capture expected losses from higher risk collateralized counterparties failing to meet margin calls during periods of market volatility or stress. In 2021, Credit Suisse developed a new end-of-globalization internal scenario to stress capital adequacy as part of its ICAAP. The end-of-globalization scenario envisages a faltering of the drivers of globalization resulting in large risk aversion and global recessionary trends.
Methodology and scope of Group-wide stress testing
Stress tests are carried out to determine stressed position losses, earnings volatility and stressed capital ratios using historical, forward-looking and reverse stress testing scenarios. The scope of stress testing includes market, credit, operational, business and pension risk. Stress tests also include the scenario impact on RWA through changes to market, credit and operational components. Scenarios are reviewed and updated regularly as markets and business strategies evolve.
We use historical stress testing scenarios to consider the impact of market shocks from relevant periods of extreme market disturbance. Standardized severity levels allow comparability of severity
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across differing risk types. The calibration of bad day, bad week, severe event and extreme event scenarios involves the identification of the worst moves that have occurred in recent history. Severe flight to quality (SFTQ) is a key scenario used for Group-wide stress testing and risk appetite setting. It is a combination of market shocks and defaults that reflects conditions similar to what followed the 2008/2009 financial crisis. The SFTQ scenario assumes a severe crash across financial markets, along with stressed default rates.
We use forward-looking stress testing scenarios to complement historical scenarios. The forward-looking scenarios are centered on potential macroeconomic, geopolitical or policy threats. The Scenario Management Oversight Committee, comprised of internal economists and representatives of the front office, Risk and the CFO function, discusses the backdrop to several forward-looking scenarios. The Scenario Management Oversight Committee reviews a wide range of scenarios and selects those that are most relevant to the analysis of key macroeconomic shocks. Some examples of forward-looking scenarios include global recessionary trends due to the world moving into US- and China-led economic blocks, a so-called emerging markets economic “hard landing” and the impact of monetary policy changes by central banks. During 2021, the Group focused on the following forward-looking scenarios:
Financial sector problems in the eurozone: the markets challenge the solvency of a systemically-important bank, which puts the overall European financial sector and selected eurozone countries under acute pressure with a potential breakdown in relations between Switzerland and the EU. As a result, the eurozone and the Swiss economy are forced into recession. Contagion from a European recession to the US and emerging market economies is assumed to be substantial.
A China and emerging markets “hard landing” scenario: there is a severe economic slowdown in China driven by a wave of defaults in the private non-financial and financial sectors. The problems in China negatively impact all large emerging markets through lower commodity prices, increased capital flight and reduced intra-regional foreign trade. The Hong Kong dollar comes under significant pressure and de-pegs from the US dollar. There is also significant contagion to the economy in the US and in Europe.
A Swiss and eurozone crisis scenario: the US-China trade war intensifies, pulling more sectors and countries, including the eurozone, into recession. Switzerland is pulled into the trade war, recession hardens local public opinion against the EU creating yet more policy uncertainty which deepens and prolongs the damage inflicted on Switzerland’s markets and economy. Public finances deteriorate sharply and defaults rise sharply with sovereigns, banks and some large corporates suffering multiple credit rating downgrades.
A Swiss recession scenario: designed to capture the impact of large, unprecedented interest rate hikes in Switzerland. Aggressive monetary policy tightening triggers a deep recession in Switzerland. The sharp rise in interest rates and a fall in immigration triggers a large reduction in residential property prices. Fears rise over systemic financial sector instability due to credit quality and collateral deterioration. Banks significantly reduce lending, worsening and prolonging the recession. Global investors view the events in Switzerland as having a low spillover impact on global markets.
An end-of-globalization scenario: envisages US-China de-coupling on bilateral market access, intellectual property rights, technology, etc. and the world moving into US- and China-led economic blocks. There is a quick and highly disruptive unwinding of global supply chains. More countries turn to protectionist measures. China’s economy deteriorates into recession. There is contagion to the emerging markets. Developing countries are also negatively affected from increased barriers to trade, investments and capital flows. The world’s major economies including Europe and the US deteriorate into recession. The trigger events increase risk aversion significantly across the markets; equity prices fall sharply and credit spreads widen significantly. A G-SIB financial institution focused on Asia Pacific markets comes close to default.
We also use a flight to quality lite scenario (FTQ Lite), which is a one-in-three years likelihood scenario with a lower severity of impact than SFTQ but with a higher likelihood of occurrence. FTQ Lite is used to test the earnings robustness of the Group.
In addition to the Group-wide stress testing scenarios described above and managed by the Enterprise Risk Management function, various complementary scenarios are also used by global Risk functions to mitigate concentration risks across the entire Group, including for example Credit Risk and Market Risk.
We use reverse stress testing scenarios to complement traditional stress testing and enhance our understanding of business model vulnerabilities. Reverse stress testing leverages the most severe internal capital scenario to identify potential business viability failures. This is achieved by working backwards from current capital levels to derive loss amounts that would breach the Group’s risk appetite. In addition to the modeled impact generated by the scenario, management will assume further idiosyncratic impacts (e.g., non-financial risk incidents, large counterparty defaults, credit rating downgrades, reputational impairment and loss of clients) that would lead to business model failure.
Overview of economic risk capital
Economic risk capital measures risks in terms of economic realities rather than regulatory or accounting rules and estimates the amount of capital needed to remain solvent and in business under extreme market, business and operating conditions over the period of one year, given a target financial strength (our long-term credit rating). This framework allows us to assess, monitor and manage capital adequacy and solvency risk in both “going concern” and “gone concern” scenarios. In a “going concern” scenario, we hold sufficient capital to absorb losses to ensure continuity of service. In a “gone concern” scenario, we hold sufficient capital to absorb unexpected losses at a confidence level of 99.97% and fund an orderly resolution without recourse to public resources. Economic risk capital supplements the Group’s RRP process.
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Position risk categories 
  Risks captured
Credit risk  • Risk of counterparty defaults relating to investment and private banking credit exposures directly held in the form of lending products (including loans and credit guarantees) or derivatives and shorter-term exposures such as underwriting commitments and trading book inventory, as well as credit exposures relating to issuers of collateral in derivatives, reverse repurchase and securities lending transactions; settlement risk is not captured in the economic risk capital framework
• Potential changes in creditworthiness relating to private banking corporate and retail credit exposures
Non-traded credit spread risk  • Potential changes in creditworthiness relating to investment banking credit exposures
Securitized products  • Commercial and residential real estate activities, including mortgage-backed securities, mortgage loans and real estate acquired at auction, and other securitized products, including asset-backed securities
• Benefits from certain market risk hedges
Traded risk  • Interest rates, credit spreads, foreign exchange rates, equity and commodity prices and volatilities, equity risk arbitrage, life finance and litigation activities, and illiquid hedge fund exposures
• Risks currently not implemented in our economic risk capital models for traded risks, primarily for fixed income and equity trading, such as certain basis risks, higher order risks and cross risks between asset classes
Equity investments • Private equity and other illiquid equity investment exposures
At the level of the Group, economic risk capital is used primarily as a tool for capital management in a “gone concern” scenario, measuring the combined impact from quantifiable risks such as market, credit, operational, pension and expense risk. Additionally, economic risk capital is also used for risk management purposes for specific businesses within the Group.
> Refer to “Capital strategy” and “Regulatory framework” in Capital management for further information on our capital management framework.
Methodology and scope of economic risk capital
Economic risk capital is set to a level needed to absorb unexpected losses at a confidence level of 99.97%. Our economic risk capital model is a set of methodologies used for measuring quantifiable risks associated with our business activities on a consistent basis. It is calculated separately for position risk (reflecting our exposure to market and credit risks), operational risk and other risks, using appropriate methodologies for each risk category. Economic risk capital is calculated by aggregating position, operational and other risks.
Position risk is the level of unexpected loss from our portfolio of balance sheet and off-balance sheet positions over a one-year holding period and includes market and credit risks. It is calculated at a 99% confidence level for risk management purposes reflecting a “going concern” scenario and at a 99.97% confidence level for capital management purposes reflecting a “gone concern” resolution scenario. Our position risks categories are described in the table “Position risk categories”. To determine our overall position risk, we consider the diversification benefit across risk types. When analyzing position risk for risk management purposes, we look at individual risk types before and after the diversification benefit.
Operational risk is the risk of an adverse impact arising from inadequate or failed internal processes, people or systems, or from external events. We use an internal model to calculate the economic capital requirement for operational risk at a 99.97% confidence level and a one-year holding period.
Other risks covered include expense risk, pension risk, owned real estate risk, foreign exchange risk between available economic capital and economic risk capital, and the benefit from deferred share-based compensation awards.
Available economic capital is our internal view of the capital available to absorb losses based on the reported BIS CET1 capital under the Basel framework, with economic adjustments applied to provide consistency with our economic risk capital.
The economic risk capital coverage ratio operates with a number of distinct bands that serve as key controls for monitoring and managing our operational solvency. An economic risk capital coverage ratio lower than 125% requires senior management review. Immediate actions such as risk reductions or capital measures would be triggered at a coverage ratio lower than 100%. The Board has set the minimum level for this coverage ratio at 80%.
Governance of capital risk
For capital risk, the Scenario Management Oversight Committee is responsible for the Group-wide scenario calibration and analysis process, including the design of scenarios and the assessment and approval of scenario results. Stress tests are conducted on a regular basis and the results, trend information and supporting analysis are reported to the Board, senior management and regulators. We have a comprehensive set of stress testing models that is governed by the Model Approval and Control Committee (MACC) and the NFRM Capital Data Committee, both of which are functional approval committees under the Risk Processes & Standards Committee (RPSC) governance and approve new and changed models and methodologies. Members of the functional approval committees include relevant risk function experts, such as for market, liquidity, credit and operational risk, and representatives from the Group’s divisions, major legal entities and control functions.
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Our economic risk capital models are similarly governed by the MACC, which approves the economic risk capital models and methodologies.
Credit risk
Definition
Credit risk is the risk of financial loss arising as a result of a borrower or counterparty failing to meet its financial obligations or as a result of deterioration in the credit quality of the borrower or counterparty. In the event of a default, a bank generally incurs a loss equal to the amount owed by the debtor, less any recoveries from foreclosure, liquidation of collateral, the restructuring of the debtor company or other recovery proceeds from the debtor. A change in the credit quality of a counterparty has an impact on the valuation of assets measured at fair value, with valuation changes recorded in the consolidated statements of operations.
Sources of credit risk
Credit risk can arise from the execution of our business strategy in the divisions and includes risk positions such as exposures directly held in the form of lending products (including loans and credit guarantees) or derivatives, shorter-term exposures such as underwriting commitments, and settlement risk related to the exchange of cash or securities outside of typical delivery versus payment structures. For the divisions, the main sources of credit risk are presented in the table “Main sources of credit risk by division”.
Evaluation and management of credit risk
We use a credit risk management framework which provides for the consistent evaluation, measurement and management of credit risk across the Group. Assessments of credit risk exposures for internal risk estimates and RWA are calculated based on PD, LGD and EAD models. The credit risk framework incorporates the following core elements:
counterparty and transaction assessments: application of internal credit ratings (PD), assignment of LGD and EAD values in relation to counterparties and transactions;
credit limits: establishment of credit limits, including limits based on notional exposure, potential future exposure and stress exposure, subject to approval by delegated authority holders, to serve as primary risk controls on exposures and to prevent undue risk concentrations;
credit monitoring, impairments and provisions: processes to support the ongoing monitoring and management of credit exposures, supporting the early identification of deterioration and any subsequent impact; and
risk mitigation: active management of credit exposures through the use of cash sales, participations, collateral, guarantees, insurance or hedging instruments.
In addition to traditional credit exposure measurement, monitoring and management using current and potential future exposure metrics, we perform counterparty and portfolio credit risk assessments of the impact of various internal stress test scenarios. We assess the impact to credit risk exposures arising from market movements in accordance with the scenario narrative, which can further support the identification of concentration or tail risks. Our scenario suite includes historical scenarios as well as forward-looking scenarios which are aligned with those used by the Market Risk and Enterprise Risk Management functions. As a result of the Archegos matter, we have strengthened governance around credit risk limit constraints including stress scenario impacts where escalation to senior management including the ExB RMC and Risk Committee is required for material breaches.
Counterparty and transaction assessments
Credit Risk evaluates and assesses counterparties and clients to whom the Group has credit exposures. For the majority of counterparties and clients, Credit Risk uses internally developed statistical rating models to determine internal credit ratings which are intended to reflect the PD of each counterparty. These rating models are backtested against internal experience, validated by a function independent of model development and approved by our main regulators for application in the regulatory capital calculation under the A-IRB approach of the Basel framework. Findings from backtesting serve as a key input for any future rating model developments.
Main sources of credit risk by division 
Swiss Universal Bank  Real estate financing, lending to corporate clients and lending against financial collateral
International Wealth Management  Lending against financial collateral and real assets (e.g., real estate, ships, aircraft) and corporate lending
Asia Pacific  Lending to ultra-high-net-worth and entrepreneur clients, mainly backed by listed financial collateral; secured and unsecured loans to corporates in the Asia Pacific region
Investment Bank  Loan underwriting and lending commitments to corporate clients, markets and trading activities including securities financing and derivatives products with global institutional clients, including banks, insurance companies, asset managers and hedge funds; through the use of derivatives clients may take positions that are exposed to movements in risk factors such as interest rates, credit spreads, foreign exchange rates or equity prices
Corporate Center Money market exposure through balance sheet management, credit exposure with central counterparties and legacy positions
The divisions represent Credit Suisse's organizational structure effective until December 31, 2021.
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Internal statistical rating models are based on a combination of quantitative factors (e.g., financial fundamentals and market data) and qualitative factors (e.g., credit history and economic trends).
For the remaining counterparties where statistical rating models are not used, internal credit ratings are assigned on the basis of a structured expert approach using a variety of inputs such as peer analyses, industry comparisons, external ratings and research as well as the judgment of expert credit officers.
In addition to counterparty ratings, Credit Risk also assesses the risk profile of individual transactions and assigns transaction ratings which reflect specific contractual terms such as seniority, security and collateral.
Internal credit ratings may differ from external credit ratings, where available, and are subject to periodic review. Our internal ratings are mapped to a PD band associated with each rating which is calibrated to historical default experience using internal data and external data sources. Our internal masterscale for credit ratings is shown in the table “Credit Suisse counterparty ratings”.
LGD estimates the size of loss that may arise on a credit exposure in the event of a default. We assign LGD on credit exposures based on the structure of the transaction and credit mitigation such as collateral or guarantees. The LGD values are calibrated to reflect a downturn macroeconomic environment and include recovery costs.
EAD represents the expected amount of credit exposure in the event of a default and reflects the current drawn exposure and an expectation regarding the future evolution of the credit exposure. For loan exposures, a credit conversion factor is applied to project the additional drawn amount between current utilization and the approved facility amount. The credit exposure related to traded products such as derivatives is based on a simulation using statistical models.
We use internal rating methodologies consistently for the purposes of approval, establishment and monitoring of credit limits and credit portfolio management, credit policy, management reporting, risk-adjusted performance measurement, economic risk capital measurement and allocation and financial accounting.
Credit limits
Our credit exposures are managed at the counterparty and ultimate parent level in accordance with credit limits which apply in relation to notional exposure, potential future exposure and stress exposure. Credit limits are established to constrain lending business where exposure is typically related to committed loan amounts, and similarly in relation to trading business where exposure is typically subject to model-based estimation of future exposure amounts. Credit limits to counterparties and groups of connected companies are subject to formal approval under delegated authority within the divisions where the credit exposures are generated, and where significant in terms of size or risk profile, are subject to further escalation to the Group chief credit officer or the CRO. In addition to credit limits based on current or potential credit exposure, divisions may also apply additional limits to constrain risk based on other risk metrics including stress scenario results. Following the Archegos matter, the Board mandated additional escalation requirements for approval of credit limits for the most significant credit exposures and transactions which were subject to review by the tactical crisis committee of the Board during 2021. Following the Board’s retirement of the tactical crisis committee in early 2022, escalation to members of the Risk Committee is required.
> Refer to “Corporate Governance developments” in IV – Capital management – Overview for further information on the tactical crisis committee.
In addition to counterparty and ultimate parent exposures, credit limits and tolerances are also applied at the portfolio level to monitor and manage risk concentrations such as to specific industries, countries or products. In addition, credit risk concentration is regularly supervised by credit and risk management committees.
Credit monitoring, impairments and provisions
A credit quality monitoring process is performed to provide for early identification of possible changes in the creditworthiness of clients, and includes regular asset and collateral quality reviews, business and financial statement analysis, and relevant economic and industry studies. Credit Risk maintains regularly updated watch lists and holds review meetings to re-assess counterparties that could be subject to adverse changes in creditworthiness. The review of the credit quality of clients and counterparties does not depend on the accounting treatment of the asset or commitment.
In the event that a deterioration in creditworthiness is likely to result in a default, credit exposures are transferred to the regional recovery management functions within Credit Risk. The determination of any allowance for credit losses in relation to such exposures is based on an assessment of the exposure profile and expectations for recovery. The recoverability of loans in recovery management is regularly reviewed. The frequency of the review depends on the individual risk profile of the respective positions.
We have an impairment process for loans valued at amortized cost which are specifically classified as potential problem loans, non-performing loans, non-interest-earning loans or restructured loans. The Group maintains specific allowances for credit losses, which we consider to be a reasonable estimate of losses identified in the existing credit portfolio, and provides for credit losses based on a regular and detailed analysis of all counterparties, taking collateral value into consideration, where applicable. If uncertainty exists as to the repayment of either principal or interest, a specific allowance for credit losses is either created or adjusted accordingly. The specific allowance for credit losses is revalued regularly by the recovery management function depending on the risk profile of the borrower or credit-relevant events. A credit portfolio & provisions review committee regularly reviews the appropriateness of allowances for credit losses.
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Credit Suisse counterparty ratings
Ratings PD bands (%) Definition S&P Fitch Moody's Details
AAA 0.000–0.021
Substantially
risk free
AAA
AAA
Aaa
Extremely low risk, very high long-term
stability, still solvent under extreme conditions
AA+
AA
AA-
0.021–0.027
0.027–0.034
0.034–0.044
Minimal risk

AA+
AA
AA-
AA+
AA
AA-
Aa1
Aa2
Aa3
Very low risk, long-term stability, repayment
sources sufficient under lasting adverse
conditions, extremely high medium-term stability
A+
A
A-
0.044–0.056
0.056–0.068
0.068–0.097
Modest risk


A+
A
A-
A+
A
A-
A1
A2
A3
Low risk, short- and medium-term stability, small adverse
developments can be absorbed long term, short- and
medium-term solvency preserved in the event of serious
difficulties
BBB+
BBB
BBB-
0.097–0.167
0.167–0.285
0.285–0.487
Average risk

BBB+
BBB
BBB-
BBB+
BBB
BBB-
Baa1
Baa2
Baa3
Medium to low risk, high short-term stability, adequate
substance for medium-term survival, very stable short
term
BB+
BB
BB-
0.487–0.839
0.839–1.442
1.442–2.478
Acceptable risk


BB+
BB
BB-
BB+
BB
BB-
Ba1
Ba2
Ba3
Medium risk, only short-term stability, only capable of
absorbing minor adverse developments in the medium term,
stable in the short term, no increased credit risks expected
within the year
B+
B
B-
2.478–4.259
4.259–7.311
7.311–12.550
High risk

B+
B
B-
B+
B
B-
B1
B2
B3
Increasing risk, limited capability to absorb
further unexpected negative developments
CCC+
CCC
CCC-
CC
12.550–21.543
21.543–100.00
21.543–100.00
21.543–100.00
Very high
risk

CCC+
CCC
CCC-
CC
CCC+
CCC
CCC-
CC
Caa1
Caa2
Caa3
Ca
High risk, very limited capability to absorb
further unexpected negative developments

C
D1
D2
100
Risk of default
has materialized
Imminent or
actual loss

C
D

C
D

C


Substantial credit risk has materialized, i.e., counterparty
is distressed and/or non-performing. Adequate specific
provisions must be made as further adverse developments
will result directly in credit losses.
Transactions rated C are potential problem loans; those rated D1 are non-performing assets and those rated D2 are non-interest earning.
A general allowance for credit losses is estimated for all loans and other financial assets held at amortized cost and related off-balance sheet credit exposures not specifically identified as impaired. The methodology for the calculation of provisions and allowances for credit losses is a forward-looking expected loss approach which meets the requirements of the current expected credit losses (CECL) approach under US GAAP. The method for determining the inherent credit loss in certain lending portfolios is derived from calculating the expected lifetime credit loss via bespoke models and requires significant management judgment by means of a qualitative overlay process. The forward-looking component of the models is reflected through forecasts of portfolio- and region-specific macroeconomic factors. In addition to these factors for systematic risk, the models contain idiosyncratic risk drivers. Qualitative adjustments reflect remaining idiosyncratic and portfolio-specific risks, which are not captured in the models. The calibration of these models is based on internal and/or external data. PD estimates contain a time-dependent, forward-looking component. LGD estimates can contain loan-specific attributes. In addition, selected LGD models contain a forward-looking component. Similar to LGD models, EAD models can contain loan-specific and/or forward-looking information. Model outputs are subject to a monthly review process, and the related expected credit loss assessments require approval by the Senior Management Approval Committee (SMAC) which is jointly chaired by the CRO and CFO. The SMAC is the ultimate approval body of the Group’s provision and allowance for expected credit losses on non-impaired credit exposures, and it also approves the scenario weighting probabilities and baseline macroeconomic factors.
> Refer to “Note 20 – Financial instruments held at amortized cost and credit losses” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information on our CECL methodology.
Changes in the credit quality of loans held at fair value are reflected in valuation changes recorded directly in revenues, and therefore are not part of the impaired loans balance which only includes loans valued on an amortized cost basis.
Risk mitigation
Drawn and undrawn credit exposures are managed by taking financial and non-financial collateral supported by enforceable legal documentation, as well as by utilizing credit hedging techniques. Financial collateral in the form of cash, marketable securities (e.g., equities, bonds or funds) and guarantees serves to mitigate the inherent risk of credit loss and to improve recoveries in the event of a default. Financial collateral received in the form of securities is subject to controls on eligibility and is supported by frequent market valuation depending on the asset class to ensure exposures remain adequately collateralized. Depending on the quality of the collateral, appropriate haircuts are applied for risk management purposes.
Clients may also take positions through derivative contracts in selected instruments or issuers, which expose the clients to the performance of the underlying securities. Such positions provide synthetic financing and present a similar risk to that of direct financing of securities, and are often executed with clients such as hedge funds. These positions are closely monitored and subject to margining.
Non-financial collateral such as residential and commercial real estate, tangible assets (e.g., ships or aircraft), inventories and commodities are valued at the time of credit approval and periodically thereafter depending on the type of credit exposure and collateral coverage ratio.
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In addition to collateral, we also utilize credit hedging in the form of protection provided by single-name and index credit default swaps as well as structured hedging and insurance products. Credit hedging is used to mitigate risks arising from the loan portfolio, loan underwriting exposures and counterparty credit risk. Hedging is intended to reduce the risk of loss from a specific counterparty default or broader downturn in markets that impact the overall credit risk portfolio. Credit hedging contracts are typically bilateral or centrally cleared derivative transactions and are subject to collateralized trading arrangements. Hedging risk mitigation is evaluated so that basis or tenor risk can be appropriately identified and managed.
In addition to collateral and hedging strategies, we also actively manage our loan portfolio and may sell or sub-participate positions in the loan portfolio as a further form of risk mitigation.
Governance of credit risk
Credit risk is managed and controlled by the Credit Risk function and divisional chief risk officers and governed by a comprehensive framework of policies and committees. Key processes are reviewed through supervisory checks on a regular basis by Credit Risk, including the Group chief credit officer. Overall, credit risk is managed through a combination of divisional risk controls, including by divisional risk management committees and sub-committees, complemented by aggregate views of credit exposure at the Group level.
The Group chief credit officer has established an executive governance and change committee to support overall management and oversight of the Credit Risk function. The committee is comprised of senior personnel of key functions within Credit Risk and divisional chief credit officers. The governance framework is based on a committee structure covering key areas of the credit risk framework including the credit risk appetite committee, credit risk policy committee, credit risk controls committee and various project and change related governance committees. The governance framework ensures appropriate oversight of the global Credit Risk function and the maintenance of required global standards for the management of the Group’s credit exposure.
Credit risk review
Governance and supervisory checks within Credit Risk are supplemented by the Credit Risk Review function. The Credit Risk Review function is independent from Credit Risk with a direct functional reporting line to the Risk Committee Chair, administratively reporting to the CRO. Credit Risk Review assesses the Group’s credit exposures and practices related to management of credit risk.
Market risk
Definition
Market risk is the risk of financial loss arising from movements in market risk factors. The movements in market risk factors that generate financial losses are considered to be adverse changes in interest rates, credit spreads, foreign exchange rates, equity and commodity prices and other factors, such as market volatility and the correlation of market prices across asset classes. A typical transaction or position in financial instruments may be exposed to a number of different market risk factors. Market risks arise from both our trading and non-trading activities.
Traded market risk
Sources of traded market risk
Market risks mainly arise from our trading activities, primarily in the Investment Bank (which includes Global Trading Solutions). Our trading activities typically include fair-valued positions and risks arising from our involvement in primary and secondary market activities, for client facilitation and market-making purposes, including derivatives markets.
The Group is active globally in the principal trading markets, using a wide range of trading and hedging products, including derivatives and structured products. Structured products are customized transactions often using combinations of financial instruments and are executed to meet specific client or internal needs. As a result of our broad participation in products and markets, the Group’s trading strategies are correspondingly diverse and exposures are generally spread across a range of risks and locations.
The market risks associated with the portfolio, including the embedded derivative elements of our structured products, are actively monitored and managed as part of our overall risk management framework and are reflected in our VaR measures.
Evaluation and management of traded market risk
We use market risk measurement and management methods capable of calculating comparable exposures across our many activities and employ focused tools that can model specific characteristics of certain instruments or portfolios. The tools are used for internal market risk management, internal market risk reporting and external disclosure purposes. Our principal market risk measures for traded market risk are VaR, scenario analysis, as included in our stress testing framework, position risk, as included in our economic risk capital, and sensitivity analysis. These measures complement each other in our market risk assessment and are used to measure traded market risk at the Group level. Our risk management practices are regularly reviewed to ensure they remain appropriate and fit for purpose.
Following the Archegos matter in 2021, Market Risk established a new counterparty market risk function. The function is designed to support the management of counterparty risk, leveraging product-related market risk knowledge to complement the existing credit risk approach.
Measurement of traded market risk using value-at-risk
VaR is a risk measure that quantifies the potential loss on a given portfolio of financial instruments over a certain holding period that is expected not to be exceeded at a certain confidence level. Positions are aggregated by risk factors rather than by product. For example, interest rate risk VaR captures potential losses driven by fluctuations of interest rates affecting a wide variety of
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interest rate products (such as interest rate swaps and swaptions) as well as other products (such as foreign exchange derivatives and equity derivatives) for which interest rate risk is not the primary market risk driver. The use of VaR allows the comparison of risk across different businesses. It also provides a means of aggregating and netting a variety of positions within a portfolio to reflect historical correlations between different assets, allowing for a portfolio diversification benefit. Our VaR model is designed to take into account a comprehensive set of risk factors across all asset classes, and includes certain foreign exchange risk and commodity risk within the banking book.
VaR is an important tool in risk management and is used for measuring quantifiable risks from our activities exposed to market risk on a daily basis. In addition, VaR is one of the main risk measures for limit monitoring, financial reporting, calculation of regulatory capital and regulatory backtesting.
Our VaR model is based on historic data moves that derive plausible future trading losses. The model is responsive to changes in market conditions through the use of exponential weighting that applies a greater weight to more recent events, and the use of expected shortfall measures to ensure extreme adverse events are considered in the model. We use the same VaR model for risk management (including limit monitoring and financial reporting), regulatory capital calculation and regulatory backtesting purposes, although confidence level, holding period, historical look-back period and the scope of financial instruments considered can be different.
For our risk management VaR, we use a rolling two-year historical dataset, a one-day holding period and a 98% confidence level. This means that we would expect daily mark-to-market trading losses to exceed the reported VaR not more than twice on average in 100 trading days over a multi-year observation period. The 98% confidence level VaR is calculated using an equivalent expected shortfall approach. The expected shortfall metric represents the average of the potential worst losses beyond the confidence level. Risk management VaR is closely aligned to the model we use to measure regulatory VaR for capital purposes. Compared to regulatory VaR, however, it has a wider scope that includes trading book securitizations and banking book positions held at fair value. The scope of our risk management VaR is periodically reviewed to ensure it remains aligned with the internal risk framework and control processes.
For regulatory capital purposes, we operate under the Basel market risk framework which includes the following components for the calculation of regulatory capital: regulatory VaR, stressed VaR, IRC, RNIV, stressed RNIV and a regulatory prescribed standardized approach for securitizations. The regulatory VaR for capital purposes uses a two-year historical dataset, a ten-day holding period and a 99% confidence level calculated using an expected shortfall approach. This measure is designed to capture risks in the trading book and foreign exchange and commodity risks in the banking book and excludes securitization positions, as these are treated under the securitization approach for regulatory purposes. Stressed VaR replicates the regulatory VaR calculation on the Group’s current portfolio over a continuous one-year observation period that reflects a period of significant financial stress for the Group, selected from a longer historical dataset spanning from 2006 to the present. The historical dataset allows for the capturing of a longer history of potential loss events and helps reduce the pro-cyclicality of the minimum capital requirements for market risk. IRC is a regulatory capital charge for default and migration risk on positions in the trading books that may not be captured adequately by the ten-day holding period assumption of regulatory VaR. RNIV captures a variety of risks, such as certain basis risks, higher order risks and cross risks between asset classes, not adequately captured by the VaR model for example due to lack of sufficient historical market data.
Backtesting VaR uses a two-year historical dataset, a one-day holding period and a 99% confidence level calculated using an expected shortfall approach. This measure captures risks in the trading book and includes securitization positions. Backtesting VaR is not a component used for the calculation of regulatory capital but may have an impact through the regulatory capital multiplier if the number of backtesting exceptions exceeds regulatory thresholds.
Assumptions used in our market risk measurement methods for regulatory capital purposes are compliant with the standards published by the BCBS and other international standards for market risk management. We have approval from FINMA, as well as from other regulators for our subsidiaries, to use our regulatory VaR model in the calculation of market risk capital requirements. Ongoing enhancements to our VaR methodology are subject to regulatory approval or notification depending on their materiality, and the model is subject to regular reviews by regulators and the Group’s independent Model Risk Management function.
Information required under Pillar 3 of the Basel framework related to market risk is available on our website.
> Refer to “credit-suisse.com/regulatorydisclosures” for further information.
> Refer to “Risk-weighted assets” in Capital management for further information on the use of our regulatory VaR model in the calculation of market risk capital requirements.
VaR assumptions and limitations
The VaR model uses assumptions and estimates that we believe are reasonable, but VaR only quantifies the potential loss on a portfolio based on historical market conditions. The main assumptions and limitations of VaR as a risk measure are:
VaR relies on historical data to estimate future changes in market conditions. Historical scenarios may not capture all potential future outcomes, particularly where there are significant changes in market conditions, such as increases in volatilities and changes in the correlation of market prices across asset classes;
VaR provides an estimate of losses at a specified confidence level; the use of an expected shortfall equivalent measure allows all extreme adverse events to be considered in the model;
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VaR is based on either a one-day (for internal risk management, backtesting and disclosure purposes) or a ten-day (for regulatory capital purposes) holding period. This assumes that risks can be either sold or hedged over the holding period, which may not be possible for all types of exposure, particularly during periods of market illiquidity or turbulence; it also assumes that risks will remain in existence over the entire holding period; and
VaR is calculated using positions held at the end of each business day and does not include intra-day changes in exposures.
To mitigate some of the VaR limitations and estimate losses associated with market movements that are unusually severe or not reflected in the historical observation period, we use other metrics designed for risk management purposes and described above, including stressed VaR, scenario analysis, as included in our stress testing framework, position risk, as included in our economic risk capital, and sensitivity analysis.
For some risk types there can be insufficient historical data for a calculation within the Group’s VaR model. This often happens because underlying instruments may have traded only for a limited time. Where we do not have sufficient market data, the VaR calculation relies on market data proxies or extreme parameter moves. Market data proxies are selected to be as close to the underlying instrument as possible. Where neither a suitable market dataset nor a close proxy is available, extreme market moves are used.
We use a risk factor identification process to identify risks for capture. There are two parts to this process. First, the market data dependency approach systematically determines the risk requirements based on data inputs used by front-office pricing models and compares this with the risk types that are captured by the Group’s VaR model and the RNIV framework. Second, the product-based approach is a qualitative analysis of product types undertaken in order to identify the risk types that those product types would be exposed to. A comparison is again made with the risk types that are captured in the VaR and RNIV frameworks. This process identifies risks that are not yet captured in the VaR model or the RNIV framework. A plan for including these risks in one or the other framework can then be devised. RNIV is captured in both our regulatory capital and economic risk capital framework.
VaR backtesting
Backtesting is one of the techniques used to assess the accuracy and performance of our VaR model used by the Group for risk management and regulatory capital purposes and serves to highlight areas of potential enhancements. Backtesting is used by regulators to assess the adequacy of the internal model approach-based regulatory capital held by the Group, the calculation of which includes regulatory VaR and stressed VaR.
Backtesting involves comparing the results produced by the VaR model with the hypothetical trading revenues on the trading book. Hypothetical trading revenues are defined in compliance with regulatory requirements and aligned with the VaR model output by excluding (i) non-market elements (such as fees, commissions, cancellations and terminations, net cost of funding and credit-related valuation adjustments) and (ii) gains and losses from intra-day trading. A backtesting exception occurs when a hypothetical trading loss exceeds the daily VaR estimate.
For capital purposes and in line with BIS requirements, FINMA increases the capital multiplier for every regulatory VaR backtesting exception above four in the prior rolling 12-month period, resulting in an incremental market risk capital requirement for the Group. VaR models with less than five backtesting exceptions are considered by regulators to be classified in a defined “green zone”. The “green zone” corresponds to backtesting results that do not themselves suggest a problem with the quality or accuracy of a bank’s model.
Scenario analysis
Market risk stress testing and scenarios quantify portfolio impacts under stressed market conditions, expressed as a potential loss number, which can be used in conjunction with other metrics such as market risk sensitivities and VaR to manage the Group’s exposure to traded market risk. The analysis performed by the market risk scenarios team supports the daily risk management of specific businesses, as well as their understanding of the impact of scenarios run across the Group, either for internal assessments or for regulatory requests. Stress testing is essential for understanding the impact of large market moves and is particularly important for portfolios that hold complex and exotic instruments, where the risk profile is non-linear or where the value of the positions may be contingent on several factors (known as cross-risks), or on less liquid risk factors such as correlation.
Market risk stress testing is also used to model potential outcomes and capture vulnerabilities of the trading portfolios around specific macroeconomic or geopolitical events. These outcomes are used to guide business activities and develop risk management strategies during such events and are often supported with risk tolerances, which limit potential loss given the likelihood of the event, in line with the Group’s risk appetite.
Credit, debit and funding valuation adjustments
Credit valuation adjustments (CVA) are modifications to the measurement of the value of derivative assets used to reflect the credit risk of counterparties.
Debit valuation adjustments (DVA) are modifications to the measurement of the value of derivative liabilities used to reflect an entity’s own credit risk.
Funding valuation adjustments (FVA) reflect the fair value costs and benefits of funding associated with (i) any under-collateralized portions of a derivative and (ii) the funding of equivalent transferable collateral where the proceeds of any derivative collateralization cannot be sold or repledged.
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These adjustments and their impact on revenues are not captured by the VaR framework.
Traded market risk constraints
Our market risk constraints framework encompasses specific constraints on various market risk measures, including VaR and results of scenario analysis and sensitivity analysis at the Group, Bank, divisional, legal entity, branches and business levels. For example, we have controls over consolidated traded market risk exposures as well as concentrations in the portfolio. Risk constraints are cascaded to lower organizational levels within the businesses. Risk limits are binding and any significant increase in risk exposures is escalated in a timely manner. The Group’s OGR and internal policies determine limit-setting authority, temporary modification of such limits in certain situations and required approval authority at the Group, Bank, divisional, business and legal entity levels for any instances that could cause such limits to be exceeded. Market risk limit excesses are subject to a formal escalation procedure and the incremental risk associated with the excess must be approved by the responsible risk manager within the Market Risk function, with escalation to senior management if certain thresholds are exceeded. The majority of the market risk limits are monitored on a daily basis. Limits for which the inherent calculation time is longer or for which the risk profile changes less often are monitored less frequently depending on the nature of the limit (weekly, monthly or quarterly). The business is mandated to remediate market risk limit excesses within three business days upon notification. Remediation actions that take longer than three days are subject to an out-of-policy remediation process with senior management escalation. Following the Archegos matter in 2021, the market risk constraints framework was reinforced with regard to the four-eye principle of review. We also enhanced the approval process of limit excesses and temporary limit increases and strengthened escalation requirements for limit breaches and temporary limit increases with extended time durations.
Mitigation of traded market risk
Once a transaction has been executed, it is captured as part of our risk monitoring processes and subject to the market risk constraints framework. Specific policies are in place that are intended to ensure that for any new material and/or unusual transactions, the Market Risk function has been engaged and appropriate approvals are sought. These transactions are reviewed and approved by the Market Risk function so that the risk profile of the portfolio is in line with the risk appetite after execution.
Traded market risk is mitigated using financial securities, derivatives, insurance contracts or other appropriate means.
Governance of traded market risk
Traded market risk is managed and controlled by the Market Risk function and divisional chief risk officers and governed by a comprehensive framework of policies and committees.
Oversight of the Market Risk function is provided by various committees and supervisory reviews at the Group, legal entity and divisional level, covering the related framework, risk appetite, quantitative approaches, evolving risk profile, material new trades and new business activity. The committees are comprised of senior Market Risk personnel. Relevant topics are escalated to senior management.
The governance framework is designed to ensure appropriate oversight of the Group’s traded market risk exposures.
Like other models, our VaR model is subject to internal governance including validation by a team of modeling experts that are independent from the model developers. Validation includes identifying and testing the model’s assumptions and limitations, investigating its performance through historical and potential future stress events, and testing that the live implementation of the model behaves as intended. We employ a range of different control processes to help ensure that the models used for traded market risk remain appropriate over time. As part of these control processes, the MACC meets regularly to review model performance and approve any new or amended models.
Non-traded market risk
Sources of non-traded market risk
Non-traded market risk primarily relates to asset and liability mismatch exposures in our banking book. Our businesses and Treasury have non-traded portfolios that carry market risks, mainly related to changes in interest rates but also to changes in foreign exchange rates.
We assume interest rate risks through lending and deposit-taking, money market and funding activities, and the deployment of our consolidated equity as well as other activities at the divisional level. Non-maturing products, such as savings accounts, have no contractual maturity date or direct market-linked interest rate and are risk-managed on a pooled basis using replication portfolios on behalf of the business divisions. Replication portfolios transform non-maturing products into a series of fixed-term products that approximate the re-pricing and volume behavior of the pooled client transactions.
Information required under Pillar 3 of the Basel framework related to interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB) is available on our website.
> Refer to “credit-suisse.com/regulatorydisclosures” for further information.
The majority of non-traded foreign exchange risk is associated with our investments in foreign branches, subsidiaries and affiliates denominated in currencies other than the reporting currency of the Group (i.e., Swiss francs) and includes related hedges. This is referred to as “structural foreign exchange risk”. The remaining non-traded foreign exchange risk relates to our banking book positions other than from our investments in foreign operations and is managed under the risk appetite framework for market risk.
Evaluation and management of non-traded market risk
We monitor IRRBB through established systems, processes and controls. Risk measures are provided to estimate the impact of
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changes in interest rates both in terms of risk to earnings as well as risk to the economic value of the Group’s asset and liability position. For the purpose of this disclosure, IRRBB is measured using sensitivity analysis, which measures the potential change in economic value resulting from specified hypothetical shocks to interest rates. It is not a measure of the potential impact on reported earnings in the current period, since it takes into account accrual accounted positions as well as certain positions that are carried at fair value.
While structural foreign exchange risk is specified and measured in terms of sensitivity to hypothetical foreign currency shocks, it is excluded from regulatory market risk measurement. The sensitivity to hypothetical foreign currency shocks is also used to define our risk appetite constraints. Along with the management of the Group’s CET1 ratio sensitivity to moves in foreign exchange rates, we measure and monitor sensitivities for several other key metrics, such as leverage ratios.
Non-traded market risk constraints
Non-traded market risk leverages the market risk constraints framework that encompasses specific constraints on various market risk measures, including VaR and results of scenario analysis and sensitivity analysis at the Group, Bank, divisional, legal entity and business levels, as described above for traded market risk constraints. These are supplemented by additional risk controls for structural foreign exchange risk and IRRBB.
Mitigation of non-traded market risk
The Group’s risk appetite level for IRRBB is primarily driven by the available capital and is allocated to the Group’s material legal entities. The Group does not have a regulatory requirement to hold capital against IRRBB. The economic impacts of adverse shifts in interest rates from FINMA-defined scenarios are significantly below 15% of tier 1 capital, which is the threshold used by FINMA to identify banks that potentially run excessive levels of interest rate risk at group and legal entity levels.
The Group aims to keep a limited risk profile for the economic value of the Group’s asset and liability position while maintaining high earnings stability. This is addressed mainly by systematic hedging of issued debt and interest rate risk arising from loans and deposit maturity mismatches in the private banking business. The main instruments used for hedging are interest rate swaps.
Structural foreign exchange risk is actively managed by Treasury through the execution of currency hedges with the aim of mitigating the sensitivity of the Group’s CET1 ratio to adverse movements in foreign exchange rates within parameters set out in the risk appetite framework.
Governance of non-traded market risk
The ExB RMC is responsible for the Group’s non-traded market risk control framework and escalation of risk constraint breaches. The Group’s RPSC and associated sub-committees are responsible for the oversight and approval of related risk models, global policies, manuals, guidelines and procedures. Divisional and legal entity risk management committees review non-traded market risk-related matters specific to their local entities and jurisdictions.
Non-financial risk
Definition and sources of non-financial risk
Non-financial risk is the risk of an adverse direct or indirect impact originating from sources outside the financial markets, including but not limited to operational risk, technology risk, cyber risk, compliance risk, regulatory risk, legal risk and conduct risk. Non-financial risk is inherent in most aspects of our business, including the systems and processes that support our activities. It comprises a large number of disparate risks that can manifest in a variety of ways. Examples include the risk of damage to physical assets, business disruption, failures relating to data integrity and trade processing, cyber attacks, internal or external fraudulent or unauthorized transactions, inappropriate cross-border activities, money laundering, improper handling of confidential information, conflicts of interest, improper gifts and entertainment and failure in duties to clients.
Non-financial risk can arise from a wide variety of internal and external forces, including human error, inappropriate conduct, failures in systems, processes and controls, pandemic, deliberate attack or natural and man-made disasters. Outsourcing and external third parties may also create risks around maintaining business processes, system stability, data loss, data management, reputation and regulatory compliance. Certain of the present main categories and sources of non-financial risk are described below.
Operational risk
Operational risk is the risk of an adverse impact arising from inadequate or failed internal processes, people or systems, or from external events. Operational risk does not include business and reputational risks; however, some operational risks can lead to reputational issues and as such these risks may be closely linked.
Technology risk
Technology risk deserves particular attention given the complex technological landscape that covers our business model. Ensuring that confidentiality, integrity and availability of information assets are protected is critical to our operations. Technology risk is the risk that system-related failures, such as service outages or information security incidents, may disrupt business. Technology risk is inherent not only in our IT assets, but also in the people and processes that interact with them including through dependency on third-party suppliers and the worldwide telecommunications infrastructure. We seek to ensure that the data used to support key business processes and reporting is secure, complete, accurate, available, timely and meets appropriate quality and integrity standards. We require our critical IT systems to be identified, secure, resilient and available to support our ongoing operations, decision-making, communications and reporting. Our systems must also have the capabilities, capacity, scalability and
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adaptability to meet current and future business objectives, the needs of our customers and regulatory and legal expectations. Failure to meet these standards and requirements may result in adverse events that could subject us to reputational damage, fines, litigation, regulatory sanctions, financial losses or loss of market share. Technology risks are managed through our technology risk management program, business continuity management plan and business contingency and resiliency plans. Technology risks are included as part of our overall non-financial risk assessments based upon a forward-looking approach focusing on the most significant risks in terms of potential impact and likelihood.
Cyber risk
Cyber risk, which can be driven by people, process and/or technology, is the risk that the Group will be compromised as a result of cyber attacks, security breaches, unauthorized access, loss or destruction of data, unavailability of service, computer viruses, employee misconduct or other events that could have an adverse security or resilience impact. Any such event could subject us to litigation or cause us to suffer a financial loss, a disruption of our businesses, liability to our clients, regulatory intervention or reputational damage. We could also be required to expend significant additional resources to investigate and remediate vulnerabilities or other exposures.
We recognize that cyber risk represents a rapidly evolving external risk landscape. The financial industry continues to face cyber threats from a variety of actors who are driven by monetary, political and other motivations. We actively monitor external and internal incidents and threats and assess and respond accordingly, including modifying our protective measures, to any potential vulnerabilities that this may reveal. We are also an active participant in industry forums and information exchange initiatives and engage in regulatory consultation on this subject.
We have an enterprise-wide cybersecurity strategy to provide strategic guidance as part of our efforts to achieve an optimized end-to-end security and risk competence to enable a secure and innovative business environment, aligned with the Group’s risk appetite. A technology security team leverages a wide array of leading technology solutions and industry best practices to support our efforts to manage and maintain a secure information infrastructure, perform vulnerability assessments and detect and respond to information security threats.
We regularly assess the effectiveness of key controls and conduct ongoing employee training and awareness activities, including for key management personnel, in order to embed a strong cyber risk culture. As part of the non-financial risk framework (NFRF), the ExB RMC as well as divisional and legal entity risk management committees are given updates on the broader technology risk exposure.
Significant incidents are escalated to the Risk Committee together with key findings and mitigating actions. Related business continuity and response plans are tested and simulations are conducted up to the ExB RMC and Board level.
Legal risk
Legal risk is the risk of loss or imposition of damages, fines, penalties or other liability or any other material adverse impact arising from circumstances including the failure to comply with legal obligations, whether contractual, statutory or otherwise, changes in enforcement practices, the making of a legal challenge or claim against us, our inability to enforce legal rights or the failure to take measures to protect our rights.
Compliance risk
Compliance risk is the risk of legal or regulatory sanctions or financial loss that may result from the failure to comply with applicable laws, regulations, rules or market standards.
Regulatory risk
Regulatory risk is the risk that changes in laws, regulations, rules or market standards may limit our activities and have a negative effect on our business or our ability to implement strategic initiatives, or can result in an increase in operating costs for the business or make our products and services more expensive for clients.
Conduct risk
The Group considers conduct risk to be the risk that improper behavior or judgment by our employees may result in a negative financial, non-financial or reputational impact to our clients, employees or the Group, or negatively impact the integrity of the financial markets. Conduct risk may arise from a wide variety of activities and types of behaviors. A Group-wide definition of conduct risk supports the efforts of our employees to have a common understanding of and consistently manage and mitigate our conduct risk. Further, it promotes standards of responsible conduct and ethics in our employees. Managing conduct risk includes consideration of the risks generated by each business and the strength of the associated mitigating controls. Conduct risk is also assessed by reviewing and learning from past incidents within the Group and at other firms in the financial services sector.
The ongoing focus and investment in a strong risk culture is fundamental to the management of conduct risk. The Group’s Code of Conduct provides a clear statement on the behavioral expectations, supported by our cultural values.
> Refer to “Culture” in Risk management oversight and to “Corporate governance framework” in IV – Corporate Governance – Overview for further information on our Code of Conduct.
Evaluation and management of non-financial risks
We aim to maintain the integrity of our business, operations and reputation as a core principle guiding the management and oversight of non-financial risks by ensuring that our day-to-day operations are sustainable and resilient, do not expose us to significant losses and enable our employees to make decisions and conduct business in line with our values and desired reputation as a firm.
Each business area and function is responsible for its risks and the provision of adequate resources and procedures for the management of those risks. They are supported by the designated
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second line of defense functions responsible for independent risk and compliance oversight, methodologies, tools and reporting within their areas as well as working with management on non-financial risk issues that arise. Businesses and relevant control functions meet regularly to discuss risk issues and identify required actions to mitigate risks.
The Non-Financial Risk function oversees the Group’s established NFRF, providing a consistent and unified approach to evaluating and monitoring the Group’s non-financial risks. Non-financial risk appetites are established and monitored under the Group-wide risk appetite framework, aligned with the NFRF, which sets common minimum standards across the Group for non-financial risk and control processes and review and challenge activities. Risk and control assessments are in place across all divisions and functions, consisting of the risk and control self-assessments and compliance risk assessments. Key non-financial risks are identified annually and represent the most significant risks requiring senior management attention. Where appropriate, remediation plans are put in place with ownership by senior management and ongoing oversight through the ExB RMC. In the event of significant internal or external events, risk identification processes are adjusted to assess additional or emerging risk concentrations and related mitigating actions that may be required.
Non-financial risk capital management
Our activities to manage non-financial risk capital include scenario analysis and operational risk regulatory capital measurement, as further described below. In addition, we transfer the risk of potential losses from certain non-financial risks to third-party insurance companies in certain instances.
Non-financial risk scenario analysis
Non-financial risk scenario analysis is forward-looking and is used to identify and measure exposure to a range of potential adverse events, such as unauthorized trading, transaction processing errors and compliance issues. These scenarios help businesses and functions assess the suitability of controls in light of existing risks and estimate hypothetical but plausible risk exposures. Scenarios are developed as qualitative estimation approaches to support stressed loss projections and capital calculations (both economic and regulatory capital) as part of regulatory requirements set by regulatory agencies in the jurisdictions in which we operate.
Non-financial risk stress loss projections
Operational losses may increase in frequency and magnitude during periods of economic stress and/or market volatility. We estimate the potential operational loss that may be experienced under a variety of adverse economic conditions through stress testing by quantifying historically observed relationships between various types of operational losses and the economy, and through expert consideration of impacts on key non-financial risks.
Non-financial risk regulatory capital measurement
We use a set of internally validated and approved models to calculate our regulatory capital requirements for non-financial risk (also referred to as “operational risk capital”) across the Group and for legal entities. For Group regulatory capital requirements, we use a model under the AMA. The model is based on a loss distribution approach that uses relevant historical internal and external loss data to estimate frequency and severity distributions for different types of potential non-financial risk losses, such as an unauthorized trading incident, execution delivery errors, fraud, litigation events or a material business disruption. Business experts and senior management review and challenge model parameters in light of changes of business environment and internal control factors to ensure that the capital projection is reasonable and forward-looking. Deductions are taken from the regulatory capital requirement for non-financial risk to account for the mitigating values of insurance policies held by the Group. The regulatory capital requirement represents the 99.9th percentile of the estimated distribution of total operational losses for the Group over a one-year time horizon. A risk-sensitive approach is applied to allocate capital to the businesses.
Governance of non-financial risks
Effective governance processes establish clear roles and responsibilities for managing non-financial risks and define appropriate escalation processes for outcomes that are outside expected levels. We utilize a comprehensive set of policies and procedures that set out how employees are expected to conduct their activities, including clearly defined roles for each of the three lines of defense to achieve appropriate segregation of duties.
Non-Financial Risk is responsible for setting minimum standards for managing non-financial risks at the Group level. This includes ensuring the cohesiveness of policies and procedures, tools and practices throughout the Group, particularly with regard to the identification, evaluation, mitigation, monitoring and reporting of these risks. Other second line of defense oversight functions are responsible for setting supplemental policies and procedures where applicable. Non-Financial Risk also oversees the global read-across framework, under which the Group performs comprehensive reviews of risk events and/or emerging risks to identify underlying root causes, and considers their applicability across other divisions, significant legal entities or corporate functions with the goal of minimizing re-occurrence in a sustainable manner through enhancements of processes and/or key controls to support reduction of relevant residual risks.
Non-financial risk exposures, metrics, issues and remediation efforts are discussed in various risk management committees across the organization, including in the ExB RMC, divisional operational risk and compliance management committees and relevant corporate function committees. Key, significant and trending non-financial risk themes are discussed in governance forums where appropriate, including risk themes that may emerge due to significant internal or external events and any corresponding tactical or strategic control enhancements that may be required in order to maintain adequate internal controls in response to such events.
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For conduct risk, periodic monitoring of metrics is based on thresholds set by severity level, with material trends identified and escalated as appropriate to senior management.
Model risk
In line with peer banks, we rely on advanced quantitative models and qualitative estimation approaches across business lines and legal entities to support a broad range of applications, including estimating various forms of financial risk, valuation of securities, stress testing activities, capital adequacy assessments, providing wealth management services to clients and to meet various reporting requirements.
Definition and sources of model risk
Model risk is the risk of adverse consequences from decisions made based on model results that may be incorrect, misinterpreted or used inappropriately. All models and qualitative estimation approaches are imperfect approximations and assumptions that are subject to varying degrees of uncertainty in their output depending on, among other factors, the model’s complexity and its intended application. As a result, modeling and estimation errors may result in inappropriate business decisions, financial loss, regulatory and reputational risk and incorrect or inadequate capital reporting. Model errors, intrinsic uncertainty and inappropriate use are the primary contributors to aggregate, Group-wide model risk.
Evaluation and management of model risk
Through our global model risk management and governance framework we seek to identify, measure and mitigate significant risks arising from the use of models embedded within our global model ecosystem. Model risks can be managed through a well-designed and robust model risk management framework, encompassing model governance policies and procedures, model validation best practices and actionable model risk reporting.
Robust model risk management is crucial to ensuring that the Group’s model risk is assessed and managed leveraging a central inventory that includes all models used by the Group in order to remain within a defined model risk appetite by focusing on identification, measurement and resolution of model limitations. Under the Group’s model governance policies, the Model Risk Management functionvalidates and approves models, including new models and material changes to existing models, in compliance with standards established by regulators. Developers, owners and model supervisors are responsible for identifying, developing, implementing and testing their models. Model supervisors are responsible for ensuring that models are submitted to the Model Risk Management function to be entered into the Group’s model inventory and subsequently validated and approved. The Model Risk Management function is structured to be independent from model users, developers and supervisors.
A rigorous validation practice should ensure that models are conceptually sound, appropriately implemented by model owners and developers and functioning as intended. To accomplish this, model risk management deploys a validation team comprising objective, well-informed subject matter experts with the necessary skills and knowledge to apply effective challenge across model types to mitigate model risk.
In line with the Group model governance policies, all models are risk-tiered based on an internal scoring method which combines model complexity, materiality and reliance to assign models into one of four risk tiers. These inherent risk ratings, or tiers, are used to prioritize models, including resource allocations for validations, periodic reviews and ongoing monitoring as well as to inform the depth of validation activities.
Governance of model risk
Governance is an important aspect of model risk management. Model risk reports are presented and discussed at various model review committees to ensure appropriate oversight of model risk issues, observe progress in corresponding remediation actions and initiate any required escalations.
The Model Risk Management function reviews models, reports model limitations to key stakeholders, tracks remediation plans for validation findings and reports on model risk tolerance and metrics to senior management. The Model Risk Management function oversees controls to facilitate a complete and accurate Group-wide model inventory and performs semi-annual attestations with the aim of achieving completeness and accuracy of its model inventory.
Reputational risk
Definition and sources of reputational risk
Reputational risk is the risk that negative perception by our stakeholders, including clients, counterparties, employees, shareholders, regulators and the general public, may adversely impact client acquisition and damage our business relationships with clients and counterparties, affecting staff morale and reducing access to funding sources.
Reputational risk may arise from a variety of sources, including, but not limited to, the nature or purpose of a proposed transaction or service, the identity or activity of a potential client, the regulatory or political climate in which the business will be transacted, significant public attention surrounding the transaction itself or the potential sustainability risks of a transaction. Sustainability risks are potentially adverse impacts on the environment, on people or society, which may be caused by, contributed to or directly linked to financial service providers, usually through the activities of their clients. These may manifest themselves as reputational risks, but potentially also as credit, operational or other risks. Reputational risk may also arise from reputational damage in the aftermath of a non-financial risk incident, such as cyber crime or the failure by employees to meet expected conduct and ethical standards.
Evaluation and management of reputational risk
Reputational risk is included in the Group’s risk appetite framework to ensure that risk-taking is aligned with the approved risk
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appetite. We highly value our reputation and are fully committed to protecting it through a prudent approach to risk-taking and a responsible approach to business. This is achieved through the use of dedicated processes, resources and policies focused on identifying, evaluating, managing and reporting potential reputational risks. This is also achieved by applying the highest standards of personal accountability and ethical conduct as set out in the Group’s Code of Conduct and the Group’s approach to cultural values and behaviors. Reputational risk potentially arising from proposed business transactions and client activity is assessed in the reputational risk review process. The Group’s global policy on reputational risk requires employees to be conservative when assessing potential reputational impact and, where certain indicators give rise to potential reputational risk, the relevant business proposal or service must be submitted through the reputational risk review process. This involves a submission by an originator (any employee), approval by a business area head or designee, and its subsequent referral for evaluation by a reputational risk approver or by the respective divisional client risk committee. Reputational risk approvers are experienced and high-ranking senior managers, independent of the business divisions with the authority to approve, reject or impose conditions (also in relation to environmental or social matters) on a transaction or the establishment of a client relationship. In cases of particularly complex or cross-divisional transactions, the decision may be referred to the Global Client Risk Committee (GCRC), which reports to and receives its delegated authority from the ExB RMC and includes representatives of the Executive Board, including the CRO, CCO and General Counsel, and has authority to approve, reject or impose conditions on our participation in the transaction or service. During the course of 2021, in light of the Archegos and SCFF matters earlier in the year, the Group applied a more constrained overall risk appetite to reputational risk, with a greater volume of cases being decided by the GCRC and ExB RMC than in the previous year.
For transactions with potential sustainability risks, the internal specialist unit Sustainability Risk evaluates the nature of the transaction and Credit Suisse’s role, the identity and activities of the client and the regulatory context of its operations, and assesses the environmental and social aspects of the client’s operations, products or services. The team determines whether the client’s activities are consistent with the relevant industry standards and whether the potential transaction is compatible with Credit Suisse’s policies and guidelines for sensitive sectors. The outcome of this analysis is submitted to the responsible business unit and/or entered into the reputational risk review process for evaluation by a reputational risk approver.
Governance of reputational risk
The ExB RMC and the GCRC on a global level, and the divisional client risk committees, on a divisional or legal entity level, are the governing bodies responsible for the oversight and active discussion of client and transaction risks. At the Board level, the Risk Committee assists the Board in fulfilling its reputational risk oversight responsibilities by reviewing and approving the Group’s risk appetite framework as well as assessing the adequacy of the management of reputational and sustainability risks.
In order to inform our stakeholders about how we manage some of the sustainability risks inherent to the banking business, we publish our Sustainability Report, in which we also describe our efforts to conduct our operations in a manner that is environmentally and socially responsible and broadly contributes to society.
> Refer to “credit-suisse.com/sustainabilityreport” for our Sustainability Report.
Business risk
Definition and sources of business risk
Business risk is the risk of not achieving our financial goals and ambitions in connection with the Group’s strategy and how the business is managed in response to the external operating environment. External factors include both market and economic conditions, as well as shifts in the regulatory environment. Internally, we face risks arising from inappropriate strategic decisions, ineffective implementation of business strategies or an inability to adapt business strategies in response to changes in the operating environment, including in relation to client and competitor behavior.
The Group depends on dividends, distributions and other payments from its subsidiaries and the capital payouts in these subsidiaries might be restricted as a result of regulatory, tax or other constraints. Our businesses are also exposed to a variety of risks that could adversely impact the Group's dividend payments or share buyback programs.
Business risk also includes risks associated with the Group’s illiquid investments. These investments are not subject to ExB RMC-approved processes for trading activities due to their characteristics and risk profile. Illiquid investments include private equity, hedge fund and mutual fund seed and co-investments, strategic investments (e.g., joint ventures and minority investments) as well as other investments, such as collateralized loan obligations (CLO) mandated by regulatory risk retention requirements. Banking book loans are not covered under the illiquid investment risk.
Evaluation and management of business risk
The Group financial plan serves as the basis for the financial goals and ambitions against which the businesses and legal entities are assessed regularly throughout the year. These regular reviews include evaluations of financial performance, capitalization and capital usage, key business risks, overall operating environment and business strategy. This enables management to identify and execute changes to the Group’s operations and strategy where needed.
Governance of business risk
Strategic and related financial plans are developed by each division annually and aggregated into a Group financial plan, which is reviewed by the CRO, CFO and CEO before presentation to the full Executive Board and the Board. On a regular basis, the Board
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and the Executive Board conduct more fundamental in-depth reviews of the Group’s strategy and reassess our performance objectives.
> Refer to “Strategy” in I– Information on the company for further information on our revised strategy.
Illiquid investment risk is separately governed by the Risk Committee and the ExB RMC. The divisional risk management committees and associated sub-committees are responsible for the day-to-day oversight and approval of related risk models, guidelines and procedures.
Climate-related risks
Definition of climate-related risks
Climate-related risks are the potentially adverse direct and indirect impacts on the Group’s financial metrics, operations or reputation due to transitional or physical effects of climate change. Climate-related risks could manifest themselves through existing risk types such as credit risk, market risk, non-financial risk, business risk or reputational risk.
Sources of climate-related risks
We have identified several key risks and opportunities originating from either the physical or the transitional effects of climate change. Physical risks can arise from climate and weather-related events (e.g., heatwaves, droughts, floods, storms and sea-level rise) and can potentially result in material financial losses, impairing asset values and the creditworthiness of borrowers. Transition risks can arise from the process of adjustment toward a low carbon economy through changes in climate policy, technological developments and disruptive business models, and shifting investor and consumer sentiment. Physical and transition climate-related risks can affect us as an organization either directly, through our physical assets, costs and operations, or indirectly, through our financial relationships with our clients.
Evaluation and management of climate-related risks
Climate-related risks are one of the environmental aspects considered as part of the broader sustainability risk agenda of Credit Suisse. A climate change program was established in 2018 to address the recommendations of the FSB’s Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) with respect to external disclosures on climate-related risks and opportunities.
In 2021, we published our climate-related risk disclosures following the structure provided by the TCFD recommendations for the first time. These were included in the Sustainability Report and summarized in a dedicated TCFD extract. The disclosures included quantitative metrics alongside explanations of the frameworks relied upon and Credit Suisse’s overall climate strategy. We expect to continue to evolve our disclosures, incorporating more granular data and portfolio views as they become available.
> Refer to credit-suisse.com/sustainabilityreport for our Sustainability Report and to credit-suisse.com/tcfd for an extract of disclosures in accordance with TCFD.
Strategy
Credit Suisse recognizes its share of responsibilities in combating climate change by supporting the transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy. As a financial institution, we are committed to playing our part in addressing this global challenge through our role as a financial intermediary between the economy, the environment and society.
Overall, Credit Suisse is pursuing a three-pronged approach as part of our efforts to address climate change and climate-related risks. First, we are working with our clients to support their transition to low-carbon and climate-resilient business models, and we are working to further integrate climate change into our risk management models as part of our climate risk strategy program. Second, we are focusing on delivering sustainable finance solutions that help our clients achieve their goals and contribute to the realization of the UN Sustainable Development Goals; and third, we are working on further reducing the carbon footprint of our own operations.
We actively engage in industry forums to foster the development of industry standards.
In 2021, we became a founding member of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, which focuses on aligning member banks’ portfolios with net-zero emissions by 2050. Further, Credit Suisse has committed to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Net-Zero Standard and is expected to submit proposed emission reduction commitments to the SBTi by December 2022.
Credit Suisse is a member of the Financial Services Task Force (FSTF), convened as part of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales’ Sustainable Markets Initiative (Sustainable Markets Initiative). The Sustainable Markets Initiative looks to define a credible pathway to net zero and bolster engagement and accelerate transition to a net-zero economy. The Sustainable Markets Initiative joined forces with the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative to found the Net-Zero Banking Alliance in 2021, and published a guide which aims to support the banking industry to adopt a consistent and transparent approach to supporting clients’ transition to net zero.
In 2021, as part of our strategy, we expanded the scope of the CETFs that were launched in 2020 to cover the additional sectors of shipping, aviation and commodity trade finance (fossil-fuel related). CETFs are used to identify priority sectors and they include a methodology to categorize clients that operate in these sectors according to their energy transition readiness. With this approach, we aim to actively encourage clients to transition along the CETF scale over time and support them through financing and advisory services. Work is underway to extend coverage to additional sectors.
Risk management
Climate-related risks are embedded in our Group-wide risk taxonomy as a risk driver which typically manifests itself through other traditional risk types. Risk identification is performed holistically
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for all potential manifestations of climate-related risks, across all risk types, in order to obtain a comprehensive view of potential portfolio and business impacts.
Climate-related risks – alongside other sustainability risks – are considered within the Group-wide, standardized reputational risk review process as part of their review of sustainability risks.
We have identified sensitive sectors which pose greater environmental and social risks (including impacts to the climate) and have policies and guidelines in place to govern the responsible provision of financial services to clients within these sectors. Consequently, within the reputational risk review process, we evaluate factors such as a company’s greenhouse gas footprint or its energy efficiency targets and we assess whether in-scope clients have a plan in place to address climate-related risks.
Our policies and guidelines describe business activities and operations that Credit Suisse will not finance. In 2021, we announced a time-bound commitment to restrict financing and capital market underwriting to businesses involved in activities related to thermal coal mining and coal power. In addition, restrictions for clients developing new greenfield thermal coal mines, coal-fired power plants or capacity expansions have been adopted.
We intend to progressively integrate assessment of risks stemming from climate change into our origination process and overall risk appetite framework and continue to embed our climate risk appetite and risk management framework across our businesses throughout 2022.
Direct physical risks of climate change are identified and assessed through the business continuity management process alongside other physical risks such as natural disasters. With regard to indirect physical risks, we assessed climate-related risks by applying physical models to our portfolios starting with pilot assessments for certain legal entities. We are working to expand these assessments across all Credit Suisse entities.
Metrics and targets
We have developed a range of internal analytics on Credit Suisse’s exposures to clients in climate-impacted sectors. We plan to continue accelerating the development of our capabilities to measure and manage climate and sustainability-related risks and thereby adhere to our commitments to align our financing with the objectives of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (Paris Agreement). Following our commitment in 2020 to achieve net zero emissions across our operations, supply chain and financing activities by 2050, Credit Suisse has initiated and progressed the work required to measure our total financed emissions and develop transition strategies.
Our sustainable finance solutions are designed to achieve a positive impact on the environment while also creating financial value for our clients, drawing upon the expertise of various specialist departments across our divisions. Transactions executed during 2020 and 2021 that have been reviewed and approved as of January 26, 2022 as qualifying for inclusion towards the previously announced sustainable finance commitment of CHF 300 billion by 2030 amount to CHF 60 billion in aggregate.
We are part of the global RE100 (100% renewable electricity) initiative and are committed to sourcing 100% renewable electricity across our entire global operations by 2025. In 2021, 90% of the Group’s electricity consumed globally was generated from certified renewable resources. Furthermore, an ISO 14001-certified environmental management system, through which we currently manage our operational environmental risks globally, is planned to be updated during 2022 and 2023 to incorporate our new methodology for the collection and reporting of our greenhouse gas emissions to support our net zero carbon emissions by 2050 ambition.
Governance of climate-related risks
Climate change-related responsibilities are included in the Board’s Risk Committee charter. Additionally, at the Board level, we have a Sustainability Advisory Committee. At the Executive Board level, the ExB RMC assumes responsibility for the overall climate change strategy and is mandated to ensure that the capabilities for the management of relevant long-term risk trends, including climate change, are put in place. Furthermore, key internal policies incorporate important elements of climate risk management. In 2021, Credit Suisse established a global internal policy that addresses Credit Suisse’s broader long-term climate change strategy, reflecting our commitment to the Paris Agreement as well as our approach to the transition and physical risks arising from a changing climate.
For complex and high risk client transactions, including clients with business practices associated with material environmental and/or social issues, a comprehensive risk assessment is performed with escalation for decision making to the GCRC on a global level using a risk-based approach, and to the divisional client risk committees on a divisional or legal entity level.
A dedicated Climate Risk function within Credit Risk provides specialized capabilities to assess and manage the multifaceted aspects of climate-related risks.
Fiduciary risk
Definition and sources of fiduciary risk
Fiduciary risk is the risk of financial loss arising when the Group or its employees, acting in a fiduciary capacity as trustee, investment manager or as mandated by law, do not act in the best interest of the client in connection with the provision of advice and/or management of our client’s assets including from a product-related market, credit, liquidity, counterparty and non-financial risk perspective. With the establishment of Asset Management as a standalone division, we have moved risk oversight of the division into a dedicated divisional risk management function. We have also introduced an enhanced new product approval process.
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Evaluation and management of fiduciary risk
With regard to fiduciary risk that relates to discretionary investment-related activities, assessing investment performance and reviewing forward-looking investment risks in our client portfolios and investment funds is central to our investment oversight program. Areas of focus include:
Measuring and monitoring investment performance of discretionary client portfolios and investment funds and comparing the returns against benchmarks and peer groups to understand level, sources and drivers of the returns.
Assessing risk measures such as exposure, sensitivities, stress scenarios, expected volatility and liquidity across our portfolios as part of our efforts to manage the assets in line with the clients’ expectations and risk tolerance.
Treating clients with a prudent standard of care, which includes information disclosure, subscriptions and redemptions processes, trade execution and requiring the highest ethical conduct.
Ensuring discretionary portfolio managers’ investment approach is in accordance with prospectus, regulations and client guidelines.
Monitoring client investment guidelines or investment fund limits. In certain cases, internal limits or guidelines are also established and monitored.
Fiduciary risks from activities other than discretionary investment management, such as the advised portfolios, are managed and monitored in a similar oversight program. This program is actively managed in cooperation with the Compliance function and is based on the suitability framework.
Governance of fiduciary risk
Sound governance is essential for all discretionary management activities including trade execution and the investment process. Our program targets daily, monthly or quarterly monitoring of all portfolio management activities with independent analysis provided to senior management. Formal review meetings are in place as part of our efforts to ensure that investment performance and risks are in line with expectations and adequately supervised.
Pension risk
Definition and sources of pension risk
Pension risk is the financial risk from contractual or other liabilities to which we are exposed as a sponsor of and/or participant in pension plans. It is the risk that we may be required to make unexpected payments or other contributions to a pension plan because of a potential obligation (i.e., underfunding).
We sponsor three types of pension plans:
defined benefit plans;
defined contribution plans; and
our Swiss savings plan.
Pension risk arises from defined benefit plans and the Swiss savings plan, which has elements of a defined benefit plan. Under these plans, we, as the plan sponsor, bear the potential risk of having to provide additional funding in the event of a plan shortfall whereby the plan liabilities exceed the plan assets. Under defined contribution plans there is no defined benefit at retirement and the employee bears the investment risk; as a result, the plan sponsor is not responsible for a shortfall. The majority of our pension risk derives from the defined benefit plans in Switzerland, the UK and the US.
Sources of risks can be broadly categorized into asset investment risks (e.g., underperformance of bonds, equities and alternative investments) and liability risks, primarily from changes in interest rates, inflation and longevity.
Evaluation and management of pension risk
Pension plan structure
The Group’s major pension plans are established as separate entities from the sponsor firm and are governed by trustees who are charged with safeguarding the interests of the plan members pursuant to statutory and regulatory requirements. Risk-taking activity within the Group’s pension funds is not typically within the direct control of the sponsor firm. There is however a risk that we, as the plan sponsor, may have a potential obligation to contribute due to underfunding which could have a negative impact on the Group’s capital and income before taxes.
Metrics and targets
Pension risk forms an integral part of the Group’s risk appetite assessment with internal macro-economic stress scenarios used for Group-wide stress testing. These are incremental to the assessment performed by the trustees and their external advisers.
Within Risk, pension risk is measured and quantified through both our stress testing framework and internal capital metrics used to assess the Group’s capital requirements. These measures are intended to assess the potential impact from the revaluation of pension assets and liabilities on the Group’s capital metrics and income before taxes.
Governance of pension risk
The overall pension risk framework and governance structure of our pension plans consists of three components:
Trustees have overall responsibility of the pension plan and act on behalf of the beneficiaries of the plan with additional oversight by actuaries and external consultants. Trustees are responsible for ensuring that the pension plan is run properly and the member benefits are secure.
Depending on the jurisdiction there is oversight provided by senior management, trustees, actuaries and/or advisors in relation to local funding, investment strategy, plan changes or other actions of the pension fund.
Risk monitors and reports various metrics and analytics to senior management and regulators (e.g., economic risk capital, severe flight to quality and loss potential analysis).
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Risk portfolio analysis
Credit risk
Credit risk overview
All transactions that are exposed to potential losses arising as a result of a borrower or counterparty failing to meet its financial obligations or as a result of deterioration in the credit quality of the borrower or counterparty are subject to credit risk exposure measurement and management.
> Refer to “Note 20 – Financial instruments measured at amortized cost and credit losses” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for information on credit quality and aging analysis of loans.
For regulatory capital purposes, credit risk comprises several regulatory categories where credit risk measurement and related regulatory capital requirements are subject to different measurement approaches under the Basel framework. Details on regulatory credit risk categories, credit quality indicators and credit risk concentration are available in our disclosures required under Pillar 3 of the Basel framework related to risk, which will be available on our website.
> Refer to “credit-suisse.com/regulatorydisclosures” for further information.
Loans and irrevocable loan commitments
The following table provides an overview of loans and irrevocable loan commitments by division in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the US and are not comparable with the regulatory credit risk exposures presented in our disclosures required under Pillar 3 of the Basel framework.
Loans and irrevocable loan commitments
end of 2021 2020
CHF million   
Gross loans 293,064 293,539
Irrevocable loan commitments 122,559 119,022
Total loans and irrevocable loan commitments  415,623 412,561
   of which Swiss Universal Bank  193,493 190,872
   of which International Wealth Management  60,138 59,645
   of which Asia Pacific  39,114 42,287
   of which Asset Management  44 22
   of which Investment Bank  121,444 118,167
   of which Corporate Center  1,390 1,568
Loans held-for-sale and traded loans
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, loans held-for-sale included CHF 29 million and CHF 102 million, respectively, of seasoned US subprime residential mortgages from consolidated variable interest entities (VIE). Traded loans included US subprime residential mortgages of CHF 278 million and CHF 233 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Loans
The table “Loans” provides an overview of our loans by loan classes, impaired loans, the related allowance for credit losses and selected loan metrics by business division. The carrying values of loans and related allowance for credit losses are presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting standards in the US and are not comparable with the regulatory credit risk exposures presented in our disclosures required under Pillar 3 of the Basel framework.
Compared to December 31, 2020, gross loans were stable at CHF 293.1 billion as of December 31, 2021, as net decreases in commercial and industrial loans, loans to the real estate sector and from the euro translation impact were offset by increases in loans to financial institutions, consumer mortgages, consumer finance loans and from the USD translation impact. The net decrease of CHF 5.0 billion in commercial and industrial loans mainly reflected decreases in Swiss Universal Bank, Asia Pacific and the Investment Bank. The net decrease of CHF 0.5 billion in loans to the real estate sector mainly reflected a decrease in International Wealth Management, partially offset by an increase in Swiss Universal Bank. Loans to financial institutions increased CHF 2.7 billion, mainly reflecting an increase in the Investment Bank. Consumer mortgages increased CHF 1.5 billion, mainly driven by an increase in International Wealth Management. The net increase of CHF 0.6 billion in consumer finance loans mainly reflected an increase in Swiss Universal Bank.
On a divisional level, decreases in gross loans of CHF 2.7 billion in Asia Pacific, CHF 0.3 billion in the Corporate Center and CHF 0.2 billion in Swiss Universal Bank were partially offset by increases of CHF 1.8 billion in the Investment Bank and CHF 1.0 billion in International Wealth Management.
> Refer to “Note 19 – Loans” and “Note 20 – Financial instruments measured at amortized cost and credit losses” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
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Mortgages 103,997 4,957 1,566 0 0 13 110,533
Loans collateralized by securities 6,917 20,305 22,181 0 1,819 31 51,253
Consumer finance 4,395 424 3 13 173 67 5,075
Consumer 115,309 25,686 23,750 13 1,992 111 166,861
Real estate 24,395 1,275 2,360 0 491 8 28,529
Commercial and industrial loans 29,599 24,544 7,236 0 7,042 708 69,129
Financial institutions 6,564 1,584 2,411 11 14,391 261 25,222
Governments and public institutions 793 485 385 0 1,571 89 3,323
Corporate & institutional 61,351 27,888 12,392 11 23,495 1,066 126,203
Gross loans  176,660 53,574 36,142 24 25,487 1,177 293,064
   of which held at fair value  61 6 2,070 0 7,711 395 10,243
Net (unearned income) / deferred expenses 105 (91) (21) 0 (75) 1 (81)
Allowance for credit losses 1 (528) (296) (258) 0 (186) (29) (1,297)
Net loans  176,237 53,187 35,863 24 25,226 1,149 291,686
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Mortgages 103,868 2 3,653 1,520 0 0 26 109,067
Loans collateralized by securities 6,199 2 19,900 23,324 0 1,574 31 51,028
Consumer finance 3,885 2 400 4 14 62 72 4,437
Consumer 113,952 23,953 24,848 14 1,636 129 164,532
Real estate 24,122 1,983 2,374 0 557 9 29,045
Commercial and industrial loans 31,458 24,848 8,629 0 8,292 870 74,097
Financial institutions 6,591 2 1,768 2,528 8 11,320 272 22,487
Governments and public institutions 768 64 472 0 1,923 151 3,378
Corporate & institutional 62,939 28,663 14,003 8 22,092 1,302 129,007
Gross loans  176,891 52,616 38,851 22 23,728 1,431 293,539
   of which held at fair value  25 62 2,446 0 8,316 559 11,408
Net (unearned income) / deferred expenses 104 (104) (27) 0 (69) 1 (95)
Allowance for credit losses 1 (663) (345) (199) 0 (300) (29) (1,536)
Net loans  176,332 52,167 38,625 22 23,359 1,403 291,908
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Allowance for credit losses is only based on loans that are not carried at fair value.
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Certain consumer loans have been reclassified to corporate & institutional loans following the application of a look-through approach with regard to beneficial owners. Prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.
Collateralized loans
The table “Collateralized loans” provides an overview of collateralized loans by division. For consumer loans, the balances reflect the gross carrying value of the loan classes “Mortgages” and “Loans collateralized by securities”, of which a significant majority are fully collateralized. Consumer finance loans are not included as the majority of these loans are unsecured. For corporate & institutional loans, the balances reflect the value of mortgages and financial and other collateral related to secured loans, considered up to the amount of the related loans.
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Gross loans  176,660 53,574 36,142 24 25,487 1,177 293,064
Collateralized loans  160,383 51,069 31,444 0 12,187 88 255,171
   of which consumer 1 110,914 25,262 23,747 0 1,819 44 161,786
      of which mortgages  103,997 4,957 1,566 0 0 13 110,533
      of which loans collateralized by securities  6,917 20,305 22,181 0 1,819 31 51,253
   of which corporate & institutional 2 49,469 25,807 7,697 0 10,368 44 93,385
      of which secured by mortgages  35,270 1,375 89 0 88 0 36,822
      of which secured by financial and other collateral  14,199 24,432 7,608 0 10,280 44 56,563
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Gross loans  176,891 52,616 38,851 22 23,728 1,431 293,539
Collateralized loans  160,939 3 50,024 33,183 0 9,653 115 253,914
   of which consumer 1 110,067 3 23,553 24,844 0 1,574 57 160,095
      of which mortgages  103,868 3,653 1,520 0 0 26 109,067
      of which loans collateralized by securities  6,199 19,900 23,324 0 1,574 31 51,028
   of which corporate & institutional 2 50,872 3 26,471 8,339 0 8,079 58 93,819
      of which secured by mortgages  36,182 2,780 159 0 249 0 39,370
      of which secured by financial and other collateral  14,690 23,691 8,180 0 7,830 58 54,449
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Reflects the gross carrying value of the consumer loan classes "Mortgages" and "Loans collateralized by securities", before allowance for credit losses.
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Certain consumer loans have been reclassified to corporate & institutional loans following the application of a look-through approach with regard to beneficial owners. Prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.
Within consumer loans, mortgages primarily include mortgages on residential real estate such as single family homes, apartments and holiday homes as well as building loans. Mortgages may also include certain loans that are secured by a combination of mortgages or other real estate titles and other collateral including, e.g., securities, cash deposits or life insurance policies. Loans collateralized by securities primarily include lombard loans secured by well-diversified portfolios of securities and share-backed loans.
Within corporate & institutional loans, mortgage collateral primarily includes income-producing commercial and residential real estate held by corporate & institutional clients. Financial and other collateral includes various types of eligible collateral, e.g., securities, cash deposits, financial receivables related to factoring, certain real assets such as ownership titles in ship and aircraft, inventories and commodities, and certain guarantees.
Financial collateral is subject to frequent market valuation depending on the asset class. In the Group’s private banking, corporate and institutional businesses, all collateral values for loans are regularly reviewed according to the Group’s risk management policies and directives, with maximum review periods determined by collateral type, market liquidity and market transparency. For example, traded securities are revalued on a daily basis and property values are appraised over a medium-term horizon generally exceeding one year considering the characteristics of the property, current developments in the relevant real estate market and the current level of credit exposure to the borrower. If the credit exposure to a borrower has changed significantly, in volatile markets or in times of increasing general market risk, collateral values may be appraised more frequently. Management judgment is applied in assessing whether markets are volatile or general market risk has increased to a degree that warrants a more frequent update of collateral values. Movements in monitored risk metrics that are statistically different compared to historical experience are considered in addition to analysis of externally-provided forecasts, scenario techniques and macroeconomic research. For impaired loans, the fair value of collateral is determined within 90 days of the date the impairment was identified and thereafter regularly revalued by Credit Risk within the impairment review process. In the Group’s investment banking businesses, collateral-dependent loans are appraised on at least an annual basis, or when a loan-relevant event occurs.
As of December 31, 2021, 98% of the aggregate Swiss residential mortgage loan portfolio of CHF 113.4 billion had an LTV ratio equal to or lower than 80%. As of December 31, 2020, 97% of the aggregate Swiss residential mortgage loan portfolio of CHF 112.4 billion had a loan-to-value (LTV) ratio equal to or lower than 80%. For substantially all Swiss residential mortgage loans originated in 2021 and 2020, the average LTV ratio was equal to or lower than 80% at origination. Our LTV ratios are based on the most recent appraised value of the collateral.
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Impaired loans
Compared to December 31, 2020, gross impaired loans decreased CHF 430 million to CHF 2.8 billion as of December 31, 2021, mainly driven by lower potential problem loans in Asia Pacific and Swiss Universal Bank and lower non-performing loans in the Investment Bank. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in non-performing loans in Asia Pacific.
In the Investment Bank, gross impaired loans decreased CHF 208 million, mainly driven by the upgrade of three oil and gas companies, the sale of loans to a real estate and a mining company and the partial repayment of a loan in the entertainment sector. In Swiss Universal Bank, gross impaired loans decreased CHF 110 million, mainly driven by write-offs in commodity trade finance and a combination of upgrades to non-impaired status and exposure reductions in small and medium-sized enterprises. These decreases were partially offset by a newly impaired mortgage in the premium clients business. In International Wealth Management, gross impaired loans decreased CHF 52 million, primarily driven by ship finance, aviation finance and yacht finance. These decreases were partially offset by newly impaired positions in lombard lending, corporate lending and European mortgages. In Asia Pacific, gross impaired loans decreased CHF 49 million, mainly driven by repayments of share-backed loans. Gross impaired loans in the Corporate Center decreased CHF 11 million.
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Non-performing loans 382 741 421 0 77 45 1,666
Non-interest-earning loans 208 58 1 0 0 31 298
Non-accrual loans 590 799 422 0 77 76 1,964
Restructured loans 125 7 210 0 25 0 367
Potential problem loans 202 76 0 0 155 3 436
Other impaired loans 327 83 210 0 180 3 803
Gross impaired loans 1 917 882 2 632 0 257 79 2,767
   of which loans with a specific allowance  747 630 632 0 257 74 2,340
   of which loans without a specific allowance  170 252 0 0 0 5 427
2020 (CHF million)   
Non-performing loans 406 692 312 0 210 46 1,666
Non-interest-earning loans 258 81 0 0 0 36 375
Non-accrual loans 664 773 312 0 210 82 2,041
Restructured loans 39 60 150 0 56 8 313
Potential problem loans 324 101 219 0 199 0 843
Other impaired loans 363 161 369 0 255 8 1,156
Gross impaired loans 1 1,027 934 2 681 0 465 90 3,197
   of which loans with a specific allowance  908 576 681 0 465 80 2,710
   of which loans without a specific allowance  119 358 0 0 0 10 487
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Impaired loans are only based on loans that are not carried at fair value.
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Includes gross impaired loans of CHF 84 million and CHF 76 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which are mostly secured by guarantees provided by investment-grade export credit agencies.
In March 2020, US federal banking regulators issued the “Interagency Statement on Loan Modifications and Reporting for Financial Institutions Working with Customers Affected by the Coronavirus (Revised)” (Interagency Statement). According to the Interagency Statement, short-term modifications made on a good faith basis in response to the COVID-19 crisis to borrowers that were otherwise current prior to the relief being granted would not be considered to be troubled debt restructurings. This includes short-term modifications such as payment deferrals, fee waivers, repayment term extensions or payment delays that are insignificant. The Interagency Statement was developed in consultation with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Group has applied this guidance. The Group has granted short-term modifications to certain borrowers due to the COVID-19 crisis in the form of deferrals of capital and interest payments that are within the scope of this guidance and the loans subject to those deferrals have not been reported as troubled debt restructurings in restructured loans. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Group had CHF 144 million and CHF 4.3 billion, respectively, of loans held at amortized cost that were modified and not reported as troubled debt restructurings as a result of this relief and interpretative guidance.
Allowance for credit losses on loans
Compared to December 31, 2020, the allowance for credit losses decreased CHF 239 million to CHF 1.3 billion as of December 31, 2021, reflecting decreases in Swiss Universal Bank, the Investment Bank and International Wealth Management, partially
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offset by an increase in Asia Pacific. The release of non-specific provisions for expected credit losses was mainly driven by an improved global economic outlook observable in the first half of 2021, which led to an improvement of macroeconomic factors as well as a recalibration or removal of qualitative overlays.
In Swiss Universal Bank, the decrease in allowance for credit losses of CHF 135 million mainly reflected write-offs in commodity trade finance and a release of non-specific provisions for expected credit losses. These decreases were partially offset by new or increased specific provisions in small and medium-sized enterprises. In the Investment Bank, the decrease in allowance for credit losses of CHF 114 million mainly reflected a release of non-specific provisions for expected credit losses, a write-off related to the sale of a loan to a real estate company and recoveries from two restructured positions in the healthcare and coal mining sectors. In International Wealth Management, the decrease in allowance for credit losses of CHF 49 million mainly reflected the release of non-specific provisions for expected credit losses and write-offs in ship finance and corporate lending. These decreases were partially offset by increased specific provisions in lombard lending, aviation finance and European mortgages. In Asia Pacific, the increase in allowance for credit losses of CHF 59 million mainly reflected increased specific provisions on several share-backed loans, partially offset by a release of non-specific provisions for expected credit losses.
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Balance at beginning of period 1 663 345 199 0 300 29 1,536
   of which individually evaluated  440 141 153 0 106 26 866
   of which collectively evaluated  223 204 46 0 194 3 670
Current-period provision for expected credit losses 39 1 59 0 (73) (1) 25
   of which methodology changes  0 0 0 0 (1) 0 (1)
   of which provisions for interest  8 12 33 0 (6) 1 48
Gross write-offs (192) (57) 0 0 (47) (1) (297)
Recoveries 8 1 0 0 5 0 14
Net write-offs (184) (56) 0 0 (42) (1) (283)
Foreign currency translation impact and other adjustments, net 10 6 0 0 1 2 19
Balance at end of period 1 528 296 258 0 186 29 1,297
   of which individually evaluated  355 131 222 0 50 27 785
   of which collectively evaluated  173 165 36 0 136 2 512
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Allowance for credit losses is only based on loans that are not carried at fair value.
The following tables provide an overview of changes in impaired loans and related allowance for credit losses by loan portfolio segment.
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Balance at beginning of period  905 2,292 3,197
New impaired loans 552 608 1,160
Increase in existing impaired loans 112 64 176
Reclassifications to non-impaired status (231) (314) (545)
Repayments 1 (325) (478) (803)
Liquidation of collateral, insurance or guarantee payments (31) (76) (107)
Sales 2 0 (87) (87)
Write-offs (50) (212) (262)
Foreign currency translation impact and other adjustments, net 142 (104) 38
Balance at end of period  1,074 1,693 2,767
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Balance at beginning of period 1 318 1,218 1,536
   of which individually evaluated  230 636 866
   of which collectively evaluated  88 582 670
Current-period provision for expected credit losses 78 (53) 25
   of which methodology changes  0 (1) (1)
   of which provisions for interest  25 23 48
Gross write-offs (55) (242) (297)
Recoveries 9 5 14
Net write-offs (46) (237) (283)
Foreign currency translation impact and other adjustments, net 7 12 19
Balance at end of period 1 357 940 1,297
   of which individually evaluated  273 512 785
   of which collectively evaluated  84 428 512
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Non-accrual loans / Gross loans 0.3 1.5 1.2 0.0 0.4 9.7 0.7
Gross impaired loans / Gross loans 0.5 1.6 1.9 0.0 1.4 10.1 1.0
Allowance for credit losses / Gross loans 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.0 1.0 3.7 0.5
Specific allowance for credit losses / Gross impaired loans 38.7 14.9 35.1 19.5 34.2 28.4
2020 (%)   
Non-accrual loans / Gross loans 0.4 1.5 0.9 0.0 1.4 9.4 0.7
Gross impaired loans / Gross loans 0.6 1.8 1.9 0.0 3.0 10.3 1.1
Allowance for credit losses / Gross loans 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.0 1.9 3.3 0.5
Specific allowance for credit losses / Gross impaired loans 42.8 15.1 22.5 22.8 28.9 27.1
Gross loans and gross impaired loans exclude loans carried at fair value and the allowance for credit losses is only based on loans that are not carried at fair value.
Allowance for credit losses on other financial assets
In 2021, the Investment Bank has incurred a provision for credit losses of CHF 4,307 million related to the failure by Archegos to meet its margin commitments. On the Group’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2021, the related allowance for credit losses is reported in brokerage receivables.
> Refer to “Significant events in 2021” in II – Credit Suisse results – Credit Suisse and “Risk factors” in I – Information on the company for information on the Archegos matter.
> Refer to “Note 3 – Business developments, significant shareholders and subsequent events”, “Note 9 – Provision for credit losses” and “Note 20 – Financial instruments measured at amortized cost and credit losses” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Derivative instruments
The Group enters into derivative contracts in the normal course of business for market making, positioning and arbitrage purposes, as well as for our own risk management needs, including mitigation of interest rate, foreign exchange and credit risk.
Derivatives are either privately negotiated OTC contracts or standard contracts transacted through regulated exchanges. The most frequently used derivative products include interest rate swaps, cross-currency swaps and credit default swaps (CDS), interest rate and foreign exchange options, foreign exchange forward contracts, and foreign exchange and interest rate futures. In addition, the Group enters into total return swaps on specific assets which offer exposure to price performance of securities to clients, offering synthetic financing arrangements as an alternative to on balance sheet financing of physical securities.
The replacement values of derivative instruments correspond to their fair values at the dates of the consolidated balance sheets and arise from transactions for the account of individual customers and for our own account. Positive replacement values (PRV) constitute an asset, while negative replacement values (NRV) constitute a liability. Fair value does not indicate future gains or losses, but rather premiums paid or received for a derivative instrument at inception, if applicable, and unrealized gains and losses from marking to market all derivatives at a particular point in time. The fair values of derivatives are determined using various methodologies, primarily observable market prices where available and, in their absence, observable market
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parameters for instruments with similar characteristics and maturities, net present value analysis or other pricing models as appropriate.
The following table illustrates how credit risk on derivatives receivables is reduced by the use of legally enforceable netting agreements and collateral agreements. Netting agreements allow us to net balances from derivative assets and liabilities transacted with the same counterparty when the netting agreements are legally enforceable. Replacement values are disclosed net of such agreements in the consolidated balance sheets. Collateral agreements are entered into with certain counterparties based upon the nature of the counterparty and/or the transaction and require the placement of cash or securities with us as collateral for the underlying transaction. The carrying values of derivatives are presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting standards in the US and are not comparable with the derivatives metrics presented in our disclosures required under Pillar 3 of the Basel framework.
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Interest rate products 5.0 12.8 31.8 49.6 8.7 19.7 46.9 75.3
Foreign exchange products 11.2 5.3 4.5 21.0 14.0 5.7 4.8 24.5
Equity/index-related products 6.5 5.7 0.4 12.6 7.9 10.8 0.5 19.2
Credit derivatives 0.3 3.1 1.6 5.0 0.5 2.6 1.8 4.9
Other products 1 0.4 0.1 1.0 1.5 0.7 0.0 1.0 1.7
OTC derivative instruments  23.4 27.0 39.3 89.7 31.8 38.8 55.0 125.6
Exchange-traded derivative instruments 23.1 20.6
Netting agreements 2 (95.0) (120.6)
Total derivative instruments  17.8 25.6
   of which recorded in trading assets  17.6 25.5
   of which recorded in other assets  0.2 0.1
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Primarily precious metals, commodity and energy products.
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Taking into account legally enforceable netting agreements.
Derivative transactions exposed to credit risk are subject to a credit request and approval process, ongoing credit and counterparty monitoring and a credit quality review process. Counterparty credit risk exposures arising from derivatives are subject to division-specific review and oversight, including the estimation of potential loss and downside risk in stress scenarios. The following table represents the rating split of our credit exposure from derivative instruments.
Derivative instruments by counterparty credit rating
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AAA 1.1 1.6
AA 4.6 5.8
A 1.5 2.5
BBB 3.8 4.4
BB or lower 4.7 10.7
OTC derivative instruments  15.7 25.0
Exchange-traded derivative instruments 1 2.1 0.6
Total derivative instruments 1 17.8 25.6
Credit ratings do not reflect the benefit of collateral received.
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Taking into account legally enforceable netting agreements.
Derivative instruments are categorized as exposures from trading activities (trading) and those qualifying for hedge accounting (hedging). Trading includes activities relating to market making, positioning and arbitrage. It also includes economic hedges where the Group enters into derivative contracts for its own risk management purposes, but where the contracts do not qualify for hedge accounting under US GAAP. Hedging includes contracts that qualify for hedge accounting under US GAAP, such as fair value hedges, cash flow hedges and net investment hedges.
> Refer to “Note 28 – Offsetting of financial assets and financial liabilities” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information on offsetting of derivatives.
> Refer to “Note 33 – Derivatives and hedging activities” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information on derivatives, including an overview of derivatives by products categorized for trading and hedging purposes.
Forwards and futures
The Group enters into forward purchase and sale contracts for mortgage-backed securities, foreign currencies and commitments to buy or sell commercial and residential mortgages. In addition, we enter into futures contracts on equity-based indices and other financial instruments, as well as options on futures contracts. These contracts are typically entered into to meet the needs of customers, for trading and for hedging purposes.
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On forward contracts, the Group is exposed to counterparty credit risk. To mitigate this credit risk, we limit transactions by counterparty, regularly review credit limits and adhere to internally established credit extension policies.
For futures contracts and options on futures contracts, the change in the market value is settled with a clearing broker in cash each day. As a result, our credit risk with the clearing broker is limited to the net positive change in the market value for a single day.
Swaps
Swap agreements consist primarily of interest rate swaps, CDS, currency and equity swaps. The Group enters into swap agreements for trading and risk management purposes. Interest rate swaps are contractual agreements to exchange interest rate payments based on agreed upon notional amounts and maturities. CDS are contractual agreements in which the buyer of the swap pays a periodic fee in return for a contingent payment by the seller of the swap following a credit event of a reference entity. A credit event is commonly defined as bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, material adverse restructuring of debt, or failure to meet payment obligations when due. Currency swaps are contractual agreements to exchange payments in different currencies based on agreed notional amounts and currency pairs. Equity swaps are contractual agreements to receive the appreciation or depreciation in value based on a specific strike price on an equity instrument in exchange for paying another rate, which is usually based on an index or interest rate movements.
Options
We write options specifically designed to meet the needs of customers and for trading purposes. These written options do not expose us to the credit risk of the customer because, if exercised, we and not our counterparty are obligated to perform. At the beginning of the contract period, we receive a cash premium. During the contract period, we bear the risk of unfavorable changes in the value of the financial instruments underlying the options. To manage this market risk, we purchase or sell cash or derivative financial instruments. Such purchases and sales may include debt and equity securities, forward and futures contracts, swaps and options.
We also purchase options to meet customer needs, for trading purposes and for hedging purposes. For purchased options, we obtain the right to buy or sell the underlying instrument at a fixed price on or before a specified date. During the contract period, our risk is limited to the premium paid. The underlying instruments for these options typically include fixed income and equity securities, foreign currencies and interest rate instruments or indices. Counterparties to these option contracts are regularly reviewed in order to assess creditworthiness.
Selected European credit risk exposures
The scope of our disclosure of European credit risk exposure includes all countries of the EU which are rated below AA or its equivalent by at least one of the three major rating agencies and where our gross exposure exceeds our quantitative threshold of EUR 0.5 billion. We believe this external rating is a useful measure in determining the financial ability of countries to meet their financial obligations, including giving an indication of vulnerability to adverse business, financial and economic conditions.
Monitoring of selected European credit risk exposures
The Group’s credit risk exposure to these European countries is managed as part of our overall risk management process. The Group makes use of country limits and performs scenario analyses on a regular basis, which include analyses of our indirect sovereign credit risk exposures from our exposures to selected European financial institutions. This assessment of indirect sovereign credit risk exposures includes analysis of publicly available disclosures of counterparties’ exposures to the European countries within the defined scope of our disclosure. We monitor the concentration of collateral underpinning our OTC derivative and reverse repurchase agreement exposures through monthly reporting, and also monitor the impact of sovereign rating downgrades on collateral eligibility. Strict limits on sovereign collateral from G7 and non-G7 countries are monitored monthly. Similar disclosure is part of our regular risk reporting to regulators.
As part of our global scenario framework, the counterparty credit risk stress testing framework measures counterparty exposure under scenarios calibrated to the 99th percentile for the worst one month and one year moves observed in the available history, as well as the absolutely worst weekly move observed in the same dataset. The scenario results are aggregated at the counterparty level for all our counterparties, including all European countries to which we have exposure. Furthermore, counterparty default scenarios are run where specific entities are set to default. In one of these scenarios, a European sovereign default is investigated. This scenario determines the maximum exposure that we have to this country in the event of its default and serves to identify those counterparties where exposure will rise substantially as a result of the modeled country defaulting.
The scenario framework also considers a range of other severe scenarios, including a specific eurozone crisis scenario which assumes the default of selected European countries, currently modeled to include Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain. It is assumed that the sovereigns, financial institutions and corporates within these countries default, with a 100% loss of sovereign and financial institutions exposures and a 0% to 100% loss of corporates depending on their credit ratings. As part of this scenario, we additionally assume a severe market sell-off involving an equity market crash, widening credit spreads, a rally in the price of gold and a devaluation of the euro. In addition, the eurozone crisis scenario assumes the default of a small number of our market counterparties that we believe would be severely affected by a default across the selected European countries. These counterparties are assumed to default as we believe that they would be the most affected institutions because of their direct presence in the relevant countries and their direct exposures. Through these processes, revaluation and redenomination risks on our exposures are considered on a regular basis by our Risk function.
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Presentation of selected European credit risk exposures
The basis for presentation of the country exposure is based on our internal risk domicile view, where credit exposures are assigned to countries based on an assessment performed by our Risk function. Internal risk domicile may therefore reflect an alternative view than the strictly legal domicile of a counterparty, which means it may include exposures to a legal entity domiciled outside the reported country where its parent is located inside the country.
The credit risk exposure in the table is presented on a risk-based view before deduction of any related allowance for credit losses. We present our credit risk exposure and related risk mitigation for the following distinct categories:
Gross credit risk exposure includes the principal amount of loans drawn, letters of credit issued and undrawn portions of committed facilities, the PRV of derivative instruments after consideration of legally enforceable netting agreements, the notional value of investments in money market funds and the market values of securities financing transactions and the debt cash trading portfolio (short-term securities) netted at the issuer level.
Risk mitigation includes CDS and other hedges, at their net notional amount, guarantees, insurance and collateral (primarily cash, securities and, to a lesser extent, real estate, mainly for exposures of our private banking, corporate and institutional businesses to corporates & other). Collateral values applied for the calculation of the net exposure are determined in accordance with our risk management policies and reflect applicable margining considerations.
Net credit risk exposure represents gross credit risk exposure net of risk mitigation.
Inventory represents the long inventory positions in trading and non-trading physical debt and synthetic positions, each at market value, all netted at the issuer level. Physical debt is non-derivative debt positions (e.g., bonds), and synthetic positions are created through OTC contracts (e.g., CDS purchased and/or sold and total return swaps).
CDS presented in the risk mitigation column are purchased as a direct hedge to our OTC exposure and the risk mitigation impact is considered to be the notional amount of the contract for risk purposes, with the mark-to-market fair value of CDS risk-managed against the protection provider. Net notional amounts of CDS reflect the notional amount of CDS protection purchased less the notional amount of CDS protection sold and are based on the origin of the CDS reference credit, rather than that of the CDS counterparty. CDS included in the inventory column represent contracts recorded in our trading books that are hedging the credit risk of the instruments included in the inventory column and are disclosed on the same basis as the value of the fixed income instrument they are hedging.
The Group does not have any tranched CDS positions on these European countries and only an insignificant amount of indexed credit derivatives is included in inventory.
The credit risk of CDS contracts themselves, i.e., the risk that the CDS counterparty will not perform in the event of a default, is managed separately from the credit risk of the reference credit. To mitigate such credit risk, generally all CDS contracts are collateralized. In addition, they are executed with counterparties with whom we have an enforceable International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) master agreement that provides for daily margining.
Development of selected European credit risk exposures
On a gross basis, before taking into account risk mitigation, our risk-based sovereign credit risk exposure to Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain increased 292% to EUR 8,890 million as of December 31, 2021, compared to EUR 2,265 million as of December 31, 2020. Our net exposure to these sovereigns was EUR 8,792 million, 352% higher compared to EUR 1,943 million as of December 31, 2020. The increases in sovereign exposure primarily reflected higher money market deposits with the Central Bank of Ireland. Our non-sovereign risk-based credit risk exposure in these countries as of December 31, 2021 included net exposures to financial institutions of EUR 2,493 million, 8% higher compared to December 31, 2020, and net exposures to corporates and other counterparties of EUR 2,104 million, 21% lower compared to December 31, 2020.
A significant majority of the purchased credit protection is transacted with central counterparties or banks outside of the disclosed countries. For credit protection purchased from central counterparties or banks in the disclosed countries, such credit risk is reflected in the gross and net exposure to each respective country.
Sovereign debt rating developments
From December 31, 2020 through December 31, 2021, the long-term sovereign debt ratings of the countries listed in the table changed as follows: Standard & Poor’s increased Greece’s rating from BB- to BB. Fitch increased Italy’s rating from BBB- to BBB. Moody’s increased Cyprus’ rating from BA2 to BA1 and increased Portugal’s rating from BAA3 to BAA2. These rating changes did not have a significant impact on the Group’s financial position, result of operations, liquidity or capital resources.
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Selected European credit risk exposures
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Inventory
2 Total
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CDS


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synthetic
inventory
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Cyprus (EUR million)
Sovereign 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 3
Financial institutions 5 0 1 4 0 0 5 4
Corporates & other 1,170 0 1,022 148 0 0 1,170 148
Total  1,175 0 1,023 152 3 0 1,178 155
Greece
Sovereign 6 6 0 0 25 (1) 31 25
Financial institutions 85 0 84 1 7 0 92 8
Corporates & other 265 0 231 34 6 (7) 271 40
Total  356 6 315 35 38 (8) 394 73
Ireland
Sovereign 7,636 0 0 7,636 0 (8) 7,636 7,636
Financial institutions 1,487 0 85 1,402 71 (52) 1,558 1,473
Corporates & other 969 0 615 354 23 (43) 992 377
Total  10,092 0 700 9,392 94 (103) 10,186 9,486
Italy
Sovereign 330 57 35 238 67 44 397 305
Financial institutions 898 0 427 471 8 (90) 906 479
Corporates & other 3,100 0 2,595 505 134 20 3,234 639
Total  4,328 57 3,057 1,214 209 (26) 4,537 1,423
Malta
Financial institutions 188 0 16 172 0 0 188 172
Corporates & other 485 0 452 33 0 0 485 33
Total  673 0 468 205 0 0 673 205
Portugal
Financial institutions 217 0 133 84 38 0 255 122
Corporates & other 277 0 212 65 78 46 355 143
Total  494 0 345 149 116 46 610 265
Spain
Sovereign 823 0 0 823 0 (190) 823 823
Financial institutions 684 0 477 207 28 (38) 712 235
Corporates & other 2,275 15 1,607 653 71 (89) 2,346 724
Total  3,782 15 2,084 1,683 99 (317) 3,881 1,782
Total
Sovereign 8,795 63 35 8,697 95 (155) 8,890 8,792
Financial institutions 3,564 0 1,223 2,341 152 (180) 3,716 2,493
Corporates & other 8,541 15 6,734 1,792 312 (73) 8,853 2,104
Total  20,900 78 7,992 12,830 559 (408) 21,459 13,389
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Includes other hedges (derivative instruments), guarantees, insurance and collateral.
2
Represents long inventory positions netted at issuer level.
3
Substantially all of which results from CDS; represents long positions net of short positions.
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Russia credit risk exposure
The US, EU, UK, Switzerland and other countries across the world imposed severe sanctions against Russia’s financial system, government officials and business leaders following the Russian military attack on Ukraine in late February 2022. The disclosure of the Group’s credit risk exposure to Russia below is presented on the same basis as the “Selected European credit risk exposures” tabular disclosure above and is primarily comprised of corporate and institutional loans, trade finance activities and derivative exposures. The tabular disclosure does not include net assets held in our Russian subsidiaries that had a net asset value of approximately CHF 195 million as of December 31, 2021. As of March 7, 2022, we had minimal total credit exposures towards specifically sanctioned individuals managed by our Wealth Management division. We are monitoring settlement risks related to certain open transactions with Russian banks and non-bank counterparties or Russian underlyings as market closures, the imposition of exchange controls, sanctions or other factors may limit our ability to settle existing transactions or to realize collateral which may result in changes in our exposure. Our direct country credit risk exposures to Ukraine or to Belarus were not material as of December 31, 2021.
> Refer to “Sanctions risk in Russia” in Key risk developments for further information.
The basis for presentation of the country exposure is based on our internal risk domicile view, where credit exposures are assigned to countries based on an assessment performed by our Risk function. Internal risk domicile may therefore reflect an alternative view than the strictly legal domicile of a counterparty, for example a UK subsidiary of a Russian corporate would have a UK legal domicile, but may be assigned an internal risk domicile of Russia.
Russia credit risk exposures
     Gross
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Risk mitigation
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credit risk
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Inventory
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December 31, 2021




CDS


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synthetic
inventory
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Net
Russia (CHF million)
Sovereign 0 0 0 0 0 (76) 0 0
Financial institutions 624 0 98 526 10 (1) 634 536
Corporates & other 910 0 623 287 25 (38) 935 312
Total  1,534 0 721 813 35 (115) 1,569 848
1
Includes other hedges (derivative instruments), guarantees, insurance and collateral.
2
Represents long inventory positions netted at issuer level.
3
Substantially all of which results from CDS; represents long positions net of short positions.
Market risk
Traded market risk
Development of traded market risks
The tables entitled “Average one-day, 98% risk management VaR by division” and “One-day, 98% risk management VaR” show our traded market risk exposure, as measured by one-day, 98% risk management VaR in Swiss francs and US dollars. As we measure VaR for internal risk management purposes using the US dollar as the base currency, the VaR figures were translated into Swiss francs using daily foreign exchange translation rates. VaR estimates are computed separately for each risk type and for the whole portfolio. The different risk types are grouped into five categories including interest rate, credit spread, foreign exchange, commodity and equity risks.
Risk management VaR measures the Group’s traded market risk exposure managed under the market risk framework and generally includes the trading book positions and banking book positions held at fair value.
We regularly review our VaR model to ensure that it remains appropriate given evolving market conditions and the composition of our trading portfolio. In 2021, there were no material changes to our VaR methodology.
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Average one-day, 98% risk management VaR by division

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Swiss
Universal
Bank
International
Wealth
Management

Asia
Pacific

Asset
Management

Investment
Bank

Corporate
Center
Diversi-
fication
benefit
1
Credit
Suisse
CHF million   
2021 0 1 12 2 52 3 (15) 55
2020 2 9 3 19 5 64 5 (33) 72
USD million   
2021 0 1 13 2 56 4 (16) 60
2020 2 10 3 20 5 68 5 (35) 76
Excludes risks associated with counterparty and own credit exposures. Risk management VaR measures the Group's risk exposure managed under the market risk framework and generally includes the trading book positions and banking book positions held at fair value.
1
Difference between the sum of the standalone VaR for each division and the VaR for the Group.
2
The restatement of divisional historical average risk management VaR under the new organization required certain additional assumptions, which will not be required for future periods.
One-day, 98% risk management VaR

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Interest
rate

Credit
spread

Foreign
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Equity
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CHF million   
2021 
Average 15 57 31 3 32 (83) 55
Minimum 10 37 20 2 24 2 44
Maximum 26 77 38 4 38 2 70
End of period 11 37 28 3 32 (66) 45
2020 
Average 22 82 12 2 19 (65) 72
Minimum 10 27 3 1 10 2 28
Maximum 43 176 38 3 32 2 185
End of period 13 70 36 2 32 (93) 60
USD million   
2021 
Average 17 62 33 3 35 (90) 60
Minimum 11 40 22 2 27 2 48
Maximum 29 83 41 5 41 2 74
End of period 12 40 30 3 35 (71) 49
2020 
Average 24 88 14 2 20 (72) 76
Minimum 11 28 3 1 10 2 29
Maximum 44 181 43 3 36 2 189
End of period 14 79 41 2 36 (104) 68
Excludes risks associated with counterparty and own credit exposures. Risk management VaR measures the Group's risk exposure managed under the market risk framework and generally includes the trading book positions and banking book positions held at fair value.
1
Diversification benefit represents the reduction in risk that occurs when combining different, not perfectly correlated risk types in the same portfolio and is measured as the difference between the sum of the individual risk types and the risk calculated on the combined portfolio.
2
As the maximum and minimum occur on different days for different risk types, it is not meaningful to calculate a portfolio diversification benefit.
We measure VaR in US dollars, as the majority of our trading activities are conducted in US dollars.
Average risk management VaR of USD 60 million in 2021 decreased 21% compared to 2020, primarily reflecting reduced securitized products risk in the Investment Bank. In addition, market volatility decreased significantly compared to the volatility observed in spring 2020 due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, our VaR model, through the use of exponential weighting, placed more weight for 2021 on the more recent historical data which contributed to the reduction in risk management VaR.
On a standalone divisional level, the decrease in average risk management VaR of the Investment Bank reflected reduced securitized products risk. The decrease in average risk management VaR of Asset Management reflected the redemption of a hedge fund investment in the third quarter of 2021. The decrease in average risk management VaR of Swiss Universal Bank reflected a scope adjustment for accrual accounted positions in mid-2020.
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The chart entitled “Daily risk management VaR” shows the aggregated traded market risk on a consolidated basis.
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The histogram entitled “Actual daily trading revenues” compares the actual daily trading revenues for 2021 with those for 2020. Actual daily trading revenues is an internally used metric, limited to the trading book only, and excludes the cost of carry, credit provisions and internal revenue transfers. The cost of carry is the change in value of the portfolio from one day to the next, assuming all other factors such as market levels and trade population remain constant, and can be negative or positive. The dispersion of trading revenues indicates the day-to-day volatility in our trading activities. In 2021, we had six trading loss days compared to seven trading loss days in 2020.
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For capital purposes and in line with BIS requirements, FINMA increases the capital multiplier for every regulatory VaR backtesting exception above four in the prior rolling 12-month period, resulting in an incremental market risk capital requirement for the Group. For the rolling 12-month period through the end of 2021, we had no backtesting exception in our regulatory VaR model, and the model remained in the regulatory “green zone”.
> Refer to “Risk-weighted assets” in Capital management for further information on the use of our regulatory VaR model in the calculation of trading book market risk capital requirements.
Credit, debit and funding valuation adjustments
VaR excludes the impact of changes in both counterparty and our own credit spreads on derivative products. As of December 31, 2021, the estimated sensitivity implies that a one basis point increase in credit spreads, both counterparty and our own, would have resulted in a CHF 1.0 million gain on the overall derivatives position in our trading businesses. In addition, a one basis point increase in our own credit spread on our fair valued structured notes portfolio (including the impact of hedges) would have resulted in a CHF 13.8 million gain as of December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2021, the estimated FVA sensitivity implies that a one basis point increase in the fair value funding spread would have resulted in a CHF 0.3 million loss on the overall derivatives position in the investment banking businesses.
Non-traded market risk
Development of interest rate risks in the banking book
Interest rate risk on banking book positions is measured by estimating the impact resulting from a one basis point parallel increase in yield curves on the present value of interest rate-sensitive banking book positions. This is measured on the Group’s entire banking book. Interest rate risk sensitivities disclosed below are in line with our internal risk management view.
> Refer to credit-suisse.com/regulatorydisclosures for the Group’s publication “Pillar 3 and regulatory disclosures 4Q21 – Credit Suisse Group AG” which includes additional information on regulatory interest rate risk in the banking book in accordance with FINMA guidance.
As of December 31, 2021, the interest rate sensitivity of a one basis point parallel increase in yield curves was negative CHF 3.6 million, compared to negative CHF 5.3 million as of December 31, 2020. The change was mainly driven by a revised approach, implemented in connection with the IBOR transition work, to exclude commercial margins from cash flows in a low rates environment as well as our regular management of banking book and net interest income hedging activities, partially offset by the depreciation of the Swiss franc against the US dollar.
One basis point parallel increase in yield curves by currency – banking book positions
end of CHF USD EUR Other Total
2021 (CHF million)   
Impact on present value (0.6) (3.0) 0.2 (0.2) (3.6)
2020 (CHF million)   
Impact on present value (2.0) (3.4) 0.2 (0.1) (5.3)
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Interest rate risk on banking book positions is also assessed using other measures, including the potential value change resulting from a significant change in yield curves. The interest rate scenarios disclosed below have been aligned to the FINMA guidance for Pillar 3 disclosures. The table “Interest rate scenario results – banking book positions” shows the impact of the FINMA-defined interest rate scenarios on the net present value of our banking book positions excluding additional tier 1 capital instruments (as per Pillar 3 requirements) and including additional tier 1 capital instruments.
As of December 31, 2021, the most adverse economic impact from these scenarios (including additional tier 1 capital instruments) was a loss of CHF 555 million, compared to a loss of CHF 655 million as of December 31, 2020. The change was mainly driven by the revised approach to exclude commercial margins from cash flows in a low rates environment as well as our regular management of banking book and net interest income hedging activities, partially offset by the depreciation of the Swiss franc against the US dollar.
Interest rate scenario results – banking book positions

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CHF


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EUR


Other
Total –
Pillar 3
view
1 Total –
Internal
view
2
2021 (CHF million)   
Parallel up (114) (1,515) 38 (8) (1,599) (555)
Parallel down 176 1,788 (28) 79 2,015 834
Steepener shock 3 (315) 18 (16) 2 (311) (224)
Flattener shock 4 304 (309) 26 26 47 190
Rise in short-term interest rates 192 (923) 32 27 (672) (108)
Fall in short-term interest rates (205) 1,065 (33) 50 877 264
2020 (CHF million)   
Parallel up (317) (1,735) 56 41 (1,955) (655)
Parallel down 393 2,064 (16) 144 2,585 1,286
Steepener shock 3 (248) (177) (12) 9 (428) (227)
Flattener shock 4 202 (206) 21 73 90 178
Rise in short-term interest rates 39 (931) 30 107 (755) (149)
Fall in short-term interest rates (48) 1,036 (30) 117 1,075 469
All scenarios are in line with FINMA guidance (FINMA circular 2019/2).
1
Excludes additional tier 1 capital instruments in accordance with Pillar 3 requirements.
2
Includes additional tier 1 capital instruments in accordance with the Group's risk management view.
3
Reflects a fall in short-term interest rates combined with a rise in long-term interest rates.
4
Reflects a rise in short-term interest rates combined with a fall in long-term interest rates.
Illiquid investments
The Group’s illiquid investment positions, which may not be strongly correlated with general equity markets, are measured using internal SFTQ scenario analysis. It is a key scenario used for Group-wide stress testing and risk appetite setting. It is a combination of market shocks and defaults that reflects conditions similar to what followed the 2008/2009 financial crisis. The SFTQ scenario assumes a severe crash across financial markets, along with sharply increasing default rates. The estimated impact of this scenario would have been a decrease of CHF 476 million in the value of the illiquid investment portfolio as of December 31, 2021.
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Balance sheet and off-balance sheet
As of the end of 2021, total assets of CHF 755.8 billion decreased 8% and total liabilities of CHF 711.6 billion decreased 8% compared to the end of 2020, primarily reflecting lower operating activities, partially offset by a positive foreign exchange translation impact.
The majority of our transactions are recorded on our balance sheet. However, we also enter into transactions that give rise to both on and off-balance sheet exposure.
Balance sheet
Total assets were CHF 755.8 billion as of the end of 2021, a decrease of CHF 63.1 billion, or 8%, compared to the end of 2020. Excluding the foreign exchange translation impact, total assets decreased CHF 73.1 billion. Trading assets decreased CHF 46.2 billion, or 29%, primarily reflecting decreases in equity and debt securities and in derivative instruments. Brokerage receivables decreased CHF 19.3 billion, or 54%, mainly reflecting decreases in margin lending and open trades. Net loans were stable as decreases in commercial and industrial loans and loans to the real estate sector were offset by increases in loans to financial institutions, consumer mortgages and consumer finance loans and by the foreign exchange translation impact. Cash and due from banks increased CHF 25.7 billion, or 18%, mainly driven by higher cash positions at the ECB, the Fed and the Bank of Ireland, partially offset by lower cash positions at the SNB. Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions increased CHF 11.6 billion, or 13%, primarily due to an increase in reverse repurchase transactions from customers and banks, as well as the foreign exchange translation impact. All other assets decreased CHF 34.8 billion, or 34%, primarily including a decrease of CHF 35.8 billion, or 70%, in securities received as collateral.
Balance sheet summary
   end of % change
2021 2020 2019 21 / 20 20 / 19
Assets (CHF million)   
Cash and due from banks 164,818 139,112 101,879 18 37
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions 1 103,906 92,276 121,531 13 (24)
Trading assets 111,141 157,338 153,797 (29) 2
Net loans 291,686 291,908 296,779 0 (2)
Brokerage receivables 16,687 35,941 35,648 (54) 1
All other assets 67,595 102,390 92,195 (34) 11
Total assets  755,833 818,965 801,829 (8) 2
Liabilities and equity (CHF million)   
Due to banks 18,965 16,423 16,744 15 (2)
Customer deposits 392,819 390,921 383,783 0 2
Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions 1 35,274 36,994 42,067 (5) (12)
Trading liabilities 27,535 45,871 38,186 (40) 20
Long-term debt 166,896 161,087 152,005 4 6
Brokerage payables 13,060 21,653 25,683 (40) (16)
All other liabilities 57,054 103,075 99,647 (45) 3
Total liabilities  711,603 776,024 758,115 (8) 2
Total shareholders' equity  43,954 42,677 43,644 3 (2)
Noncontrolling interests 276 264 70 5 277
Total equity  44,230 42,941 43,714 3 (2)
Total liabilities and equity  755,833 818,965 801,829 (8) 2
1
Prior periods have been revised. Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies – Revisions of prior period financial statements” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
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Total liabilities were CHF 711.6 billion as of the end of 2021, a decrease of CHF 64.4 billion, or 8%, compared to the end of 2020. Excluding the foreign exchange translation impact, total liabilities decreased CHF 75.9 billion. Trading liabilities decreased CHF 18.3 billion, or 40%, primarily reflecting decreases in short positions and derivative instruments. Brokerage payables decreased CHF 8.6 billion, or 40%, primarily due to a decrease in margin lending. Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions decreased CHF 1.7 billion, or 5%, mainly reflecting a decrease in cash collateral from customers. Customer deposits were stable as an increase in demand and time deposits and the foreign exchange translation impact were offset by decreases in certificates of deposits and savings deposits. Long-term debt increased CHF 5.8 billion, or 4%, primarily reflecting issuances of senior debt and the foreign exchange translation impact, partially offset by maturities of senior and subordinated debt. Due to banks increased CHF 2.5 billion, or 15%, primarily reflecting an increase in time deposits, partially offset by a decrease in demand deposits. All other liabilities decreased CHF 46.0 billion, or 45%, primarily including a decrease of CHF 35.8 billion, or 70%, in obligation to return securities received as collateral and a decrease of CHF 8.8 billion, or 28%, in other liabilities.
> Refer to “Liquidity and funding management” and “Capital management” for more information, including our funding of the balance sheet and the leverage ratio.
Off-balance sheet
We enter into off-balance sheet arrangements in the normal course of business. Off-balance sheet arrangements are transactions or other contractual arrangements with, or for the benefit of, an entity that is not consolidated. These transactions include derivative instruments, guarantees and similar arrangements, retained or contingent interests in assets transferred to an unconsolidated entity in connection with our involvement with special purpose entities (SPEs), and obligations and liabilities (including contingent obligations and liabilities) under variable interests in unconsolidated entities that provide financing, liquidity, credit and other support.
Derivative instruments
We enter into derivative contracts in the normal course of business for market making, positioning and arbitrage purposes, as well as for our own risk management needs, including mitigation of interest rate, foreign exchange and credit risk.
> Refer to “Derivative instruments” in Risk management – Risk portfolio analysis – Credit risk and “Note 33 – Derivatives and hedging activities” and “Note 36 – Financial instruments” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Guarantees and similar arrangements
In the ordinary course of business, guarantees and indemnifications are provided that contingently obligate us to make payments to a guaranteed or indemnified party based on changes in an asset, liability or equity security of the guaranteed or indemnified party. We may be contingently obligated to make payments to a guaranteed party based on another entity’s failure to perform, or we may have an indirect guarantee of the indebtedness of others. Guarantees provided include, but are not limited to, customary indemnifications to purchasers in connection with the sale of assets or businesses; to investors in private equity funds sponsored by us regarding potential obligations of their employees to return amounts previously paid as carried interest; and to investors in our securities and other arrangements to provide gross-up payments if there is a withholding or deduction because of a tax assessment or other governmental charge.
In connection with the sale of assets or businesses, we sometimes provide the acquirer with certain indemnification provisions. These indemnification provisions vary by counterparty in scope and duration and depend upon the type of assets or businesses sold. They are designed to transfer the potential risk of certain unquantifiable and unknowable loss contingencies, such as litigation, tax and intellectual property matters, from the acquirer to the seller. We closely monitor all such contractual agreements in order to ensure that indemnification provisions are adequately provided for in our consolidated financial statements.
US GAAP requires disclosure of our maximum potential payment obligations under certain guarantees to the extent that it is possible to estimate them and requires recognition of a liability for the fair value of obligations undertaken for guarantees issued or amended after December 31, 2002.
> Refer to “Note 34 – Guarantees and commitments” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for disclosure of our estimated maximum payment obligations under certain guarantees and related information.
Representations and warranties on residential mortgage loans sold
In connection with the Investment Bank division’s sale of US residential mortgage loans, we have provided certain representations and warranties relating to the loans sold. We have provided these representations and warranties relating to sales of loans to institutional investors, primarily banks, and non-agency, or private label, securitizations. The loans sold are primarily loans that we have purchased from other parties. The scope of representations and warranties, if any, depends on the transaction, but can include: ownership of the mortgage loans and legal capacity to sell the loans; loan-to-value ratios and other characteristics of the property, the borrower and the loan; validity of the liens securing the loans and absence of delinquent taxes or related liens; conformity to underwriting standards and completeness of documentation; and origination in compliance with law. If it is determined that representations and warranties were breached, we may be required to repurchase the related loans or indemnify the investors to make them whole for losses. Whether we will incur a loss in connection with repurchases and make whole payments depends on: the extent to which claims are made; the validity of such claims
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made within the statute of limitations (including the likelihood and ability to enforce claims); whether we can successfully claim against parties that sold loans to us and made representations and warranties to us; the residential real estate market, including the number of defaults; and whether the obligations of the securitization vehicles were guaranteed or insured by third parties.
> Refer to “Representations and warranties on residential mortgage loans sold” in Note 34 – Guarantees and commitments in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Involvement with special purpose entities
In the normal course of business, we enter into transactions with, and make use of, SPEs. An SPE is an entity in the form of a trust or other legal structure designed to fulfill a specific limited need of the company that organized it and is generally structured to isolate the SPE’s assets from creditors of other entities, including the Group. The principal uses of SPEs are to assist us and our clients in securitizing financial assets and creating investment products. We also use SPEs for other client-driven activity, such as to facilitate financings, and for Group tax or regulatory purposes.
> Refer to “Note 35 –Transfers of financial assets and variable interest entities” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
From time to time, we may issue subordinated and senior securities through SPEs that lend the proceeds to Group entities.
Contractual obligations and other commercial commitments
In connection with our operating activities, we enter into certain contractual obligations and commitments to fund certain assets. Our contractual obligations and commitments include short and long-term on-balance sheet obligations as well as future contractual interest payments and off-balance sheet obligations. Total obligations decreased CHF 18.6 billion in 2021 to CHF 645.4 billion, primarily reflecting decreases in trading liabilities of CHF 18.3 billion to CHF 27.5 billion, in brokerage payables of CHF 8.6 billion to CHF 13.1 billion and in short-term borrowings of CHF 1.5 billion to CHF 19.4 billion. The decreases were partially offset by increases in long-term debt of CHF 5.8 billion to CHF 166.9 billion, in due to banks of CHF 2.5 billion to CHF 19.0 billion and in customer deposits of CHF 1.9 billion to CHF 392.8 billion.
> Refer to “Note 24 – Leases”, “Note 26 – Long-term debt” and “Note 34 – Guarantees and commitments” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Contractual obligations and other commercial commitments
   2021 2020

Payments due within
Less
than
1 year

1 to 3
years

3 to 5
years
More
than
5 years


Total


Total
On- and off-balance sheet obligations (CHF million)   
Due to banks 18,955 10 0 0 18,965 16,423
Customer deposits 391,057 1,268 111 383 392,819 390,921
Short-term borrowings 19,393 0 0 0 19,393 20,868
Long-term debt 1 26,483 48,451 37,211 54,751 166,896 2 161,087 2
Contractual interest payments 3, 4 559 627 162 556 1,904 5 1,966
Trading liabilities 27,535 0 0 0 27,535 45,871
Brokerage payables 13,060 0 0 0 13,060 21,653
Operating lease obligations 374 632 548 1,450 3,004 3,241
Purchase obligations 3, 6 1,163 503 124 4 1,794 1,943
Total obligations 7 498,579 51,491 38,156 57,144 645,370 663,973
1
Refer to "Debt issuances and redemptions" in Liquidity and funding management – Funding management and "Note 26 – Long-term debt" in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information on long-term debt.
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Includes non-recourse liabilities from consolidated VIEs of CHF 1,391 million and CHF 1,746 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
3
These obligations are excluded from “Other commitments” in Note 34 – Guarantees and commitments in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group.
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Includes interest payments on fixed rate long-term debt, fixed rate interest-bearing deposits (excluding demand deposits) and fixed rate short-term borrowings, which have not been effectively converted to variable rate on an individual instrument level through the use of swaps.
5
Due to the non-determinable nature of interest payments, the following notional amounts have been excluded from the table: variable rate long-term debt of CHF 69,610 million, variable rate short-term borrowings of CHF 15,645 million, variable rate interest-bearing deposits and demand deposits of CHF 181,581 million, fixed rate long-term debt and fixed rate interest-bearing deposits converted to variable rate on an individual instrument level through the use of swaps of CHF 84,635 million and CHF 55 million, respectively.
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Purchase obligations include contractual obligations for certain professional services, occupancy, IT and other administrative expenses.
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Excludes total accrued benefit liability for pension and other post-retirement benefit plans of CHF 344 million and CHF 401 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, recorded in other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets, as the accrued liability does not represent expected liquidity needs. Refer to "Note 32 – Pension and other post-retirement benefits" in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information on pension and other post-retirement benefits.
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Corporate Governance
2021 represented a challenging year. Since our last Annual General Meeting, we have announced changes to the Group’s corporate governance, a newly appointed Chairman in 2022, several changes in our leadership bodies and a new Group strategy and organizational structure.
Overview
The Group’s corporate governance reflects our commitment to safeguarding the interests of our stakeholders. Our corporate governance complies with internationally accepted standards, and we recognize the importance of good corporate governance. We know that transparent disclosure of our governance helps stakeholders assess the quality of the Group’s corporate governance and assists investors in their investment decisions.
Corporate Governance developments
The key corporate governance developments for the Group in 2021 and in early 2022 included:
Board of Directors
The appointment of a new Chairman of the Board of Directors (Chairman), Axel Lehmann, with effect from January 16, 2022, succeeding António Horta-Osório, who resigned from the Board of Directors (Board). Axel Lehmann will be proposed for election as Chairman at the upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM) on April 29, 2022;
The election of the former Chairman, António Horta-Osório, as well as two new Board members, Clare Brady and Blythe Masters, at the 2021 AGM;
The election of two additional Board members, Juan Colombas and Axel Lehmann, at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on October 1, 2021, and the election of Juan Colombas to the Compensation Committee;
The Board’s appointment of Axel Lehmann as the Risk Committee Chair following the EGM. Since his appointment as Chairman, Axel Lehmann has served as the ad interim Risk Committee Chair and will continue to do so until the 2022 AGM. The search for a new Risk Committee Chair is underway and the proposed candidate will be announced in conjunction with the publication of the AGM invitation;
Urs Rohner, who served as Chairman from 2011 until 2021, as well as John Tiner, Andreas Gottschling and Joaquin J. Ribeiro, did not stand for re-election at the 2021 AGM; and
The announcement of new Board of Directors leadership appointments to enhance governance of subsidiary boards.
Executive Board
The appointments by the Board of a number of new Executive Board members throughout 2021, including Ulrich Körner as CEO of Asset Management, effective April 1, 2021; Joachim Oechslin as ad interim Chief Risk Officer (CRO), effective April 6, 2021; Christian Meissner as CEO of the Investment Bank, effective May 1, 2021; Rafael Lopez Lorenzo as Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), effective October 1, 2021, succeeding Thomas Grotzer, effective April 6, 2021, who had taken on the role as CCO ad interim and without being a member of the Executive Board; David Wildermuth as CRO, effective January 1, 2022; Joanne Hannaford as Chief Technology & Operations Officer, effective January 1, 2022; and Christine Graeff as Global Head of Human Resources, effective February 1, 2022;
Further Executive Board member appointments in connection with the Group strategy announcement and new organizational structure, namely Francesco De Ferrari as CEO of the Wealth Management division and ad interim CEO of the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, Christian Meissner as CEO of the Investment Bank division and CEO of the Americas region, André Helfenstein as CEO of the Swiss Bank division and CEO of the Switzerland region, Ulrich Körner as CEO of the Asset Management division and Helman Sitohang as CEO of the Asia Pacific region, all effective January 1, 2022;
The departure of Lara Warner, at the time Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, effective April 6, 2021;
The departure of Brian Chin, at the time CEO of the Investment Bank, effective April 30, 2021, following the significant Archegos Capital Management (Archegos) matter; and
Further Executive Board changes included James Walker, former Chief Operations Officer, who stepped down from the Executive Board at the end of 2021 and has since been appointed ad interim CEO of Credit Suisse Holdings (USA), Inc., effective January 1, 2022, the retirement of Antoinette Poschung at the end of January 2022, as well as the announcement in December 2021 that Lydie Hudson, who at the time was the CEO of the former Sustainability, Research & Investment Solutions (SRI) function, would be stepping down from the Executive Board as of December 31, 2021.
Organizational structure
The decision of the Board in March 2021, subsequent to the suspension and termination of the supply chain finance funds (SCFF), to separate the Asset Management business from the former International Wealth Management division and manage this as a new separate division of the Group and to separate out the formerly combined Risk and Compliance functions;
The introduction of a new organizational structure, following the comprehensive assessment of the Group’s strategy by the Board during 2021: effective January 1, 2022, the Group is organized into four divisions – Wealth Management, the Investment Bank, the Swiss Bank and Asset Management – and four geographic regions – Switzerland, EMEA, Asia Pacific and Americas; and
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The decision to reintegrate parts of the SRI organization into the global business divisions, as a consequence of the new organizational structure.
Annual General Meeting
The decision by the Board to adjust or withdraw certain proposals to the 2021 AGM in consideration of the Archegos and/or SCFF matters, including an adjusted proposal for the previously announced dividend and withdrawal of the proposals for Executive Board short- and long-term variable incentive compensation, and the discharge of the members of the Board and the Executive Board for the 2020 financial year.
Regulatory developments
We regularly monitor developments in corporate governance guidelines, regulations and best practice standards in all jurisdictions relevant to our business operations. As part of the amendments to the Swiss corporate law set out under the Swiss Code of Obligations, the law stipulates “comply or explain” disclosure obligations on gender diversity for representation of each gender on the board of directors and executive board of listed companies of at least 30% and 20%, respectively, effective as of January 1, 2021 with ongoing transitional periods before the obligations will begin to apply. Credit Suisse already meets the upcoming gender requirements for our Board as of December 31, 2021 but this is not yet the case for our Executive Board. On January 1, 2022, the Swiss Parliament’s counterproposal to the rejected Swiss Responsible Business Initiative entered into force by way of an amendment to the Swiss Code of Obligations and the enactment of a corresponding implementing ordinance. It is based on corresponding EU rules and requires companies of public interest to report annually on certain non-financial matters, including the impact the company’s activity has on environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters and provides additional due diligence obligations regarding minerals and metals from conflict areas and child labor. The first reports on non-financial matters are due for, and due diligence obligations will enter into force as per, the 2023 financial year; the first shareholder vote on such report is expected to take place at the 2024 AGM.
Governance of crisis management
The Group has a crisis management framework and robust governance processes in place to enable the effective management of crises. The crisis management framework includes the implementation of global and regional Crisis Assessment Teams (CAT) and Crisis Management Teams (CMT), consisting of representatives from senior management and specialist functions from across the firm. The Global CAT assesses the impact of a specific crisis event to the firm on a global level and provides recommendations for final decisions to the Global CMT, whose members include all members of the Executive Board. In the case of a specific crisis event, firm-wide business continuity management response measures are triggered and overseen by the Executive Board. At the Board level, oversight of business continuity management is within the responsibility of the Risk Committee. In any given crisis event, the Board may delegate certain responsibilities to a sub-committee of its members that is authorized to take actions that exceed the mandate of the Executive Board, in particular when decisions are needed in too short a time frame to convene the full Board. Such a crisis could include, for example, a sovereign crisis, large single name default, cyber or other operational incident and global macroeconomic or market event or public health crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Once the crisis management process is invoked, multiple response measures are triggered, including Group crisis specific risk reporting, if necessary, and other potential steps, such as notification of regulators.
In February 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in countries and regions in which the Group operates, the Executive Board invoked our crisis management process, which remained in place throughout 2021. Invoking the crisis management process meant that various response measures were put in place, including travel restrictions, quarantine protocols, guidelines for client meetings, employee gatherings and working from home and certain changes to the daily operations of critical processes, in order to ensure continuity of our business operations and to protect the health and safety of our employees. The crisis management process and related measures were continuously monitored and adapted throughout 2021 and early 2022, in light of changing circumstances, with continued Executive Board engagement. While specific crisis reporting was also developed during the initial phase of the pandemic, with frequent updates provided to regulators and the Board, reporting to the Board throughout 2021 and early 2022 became integrated into the Board’s normal meeting cycle, with an update on COVID-19 provided as part of the CEO’s regular reporting to the Board. Updates include information such as employee infection rates, the percentage of staff working from home in different locations, and any interruptions to operations or other incidents.
In March 2021, the Board approved the activation of the tactical crisis committee as a sub-committee of the Board, consisting of the Chairman and the Chairs of the Audit Committee, Risk Committee and Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee, for the purposes of exercising close oversight and timely decision making in connection with the SCFF matter. The tactical crisis committee had originally been established in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic to monitor capital and liquidity developments in a period of extreme market volatility. The remit of the tactical crisis committee was expanded at the end of March 2021 to include oversight of the issues around the failure of Archegos to meet its margin commitments, which resulted in significant losses in the Investment Bank. To identify the underlying issues that led to the problems surrounding the SCFF and Archegos matters and recommend remediation measures, the Board commissioned two independent external investigations. The investigation into the Archegos matter was concluded in July 2021, and the full report of findings prepared by the external law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and its expert advisors was published on our website. The report for the SCFF matter has also been completed, the findings have been made available to the Board and the report was shared with the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA (FINMA). In light of the
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ongoing recovery process and the legal complexities of the matter, there is no intention by the Board to publish the report. Following the election of Antonio Horta-Osório as Chairman at the 2021 AGM, the tactical crisis committee was further expanded to oversee a comprehensive Group-wide risk review initiated by the then Chairman and in line with the expectations of FINMA. The tactical crisis committee met frequently throughout 2021, initially on a weekly basis and later bi-weekly. In addition to the committee members, meetings were usually attended by the CEO, CCO, CFO, CRO and the General Counsel, as well as an external legal advisor. The comprehensive Group-wide risk review was concluded prior to year-end, and the results were reported to FINMA. In early 2022, the Board determined that the tactical crisis committee had served its purpose and retired the committee, after determining how to implement continued oversight, with the topics and initiatives that require ongoing monitoring shifted to the relevant governance bodies at the Executive Board and/or Board level.
In February 2022, the Executive Board invoked the crisis management process due to the escalating military conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Key priorities in this respect include taking measures to protect the safety and security of impacted staff, assessing and implementing the different sanctions and close monitoring of potential business interruptions and increased cyber threats.
Corporate Governance framework
The Group’s corporate governance framework consists of its governing bodies and its corporate governance policies and procedures, which define the competencies of the governing bodies and other corporate governance rules, as well as the practices to be followed throughout the Group, in line with Swiss corporate law and international best practice standards for corporate governance. The governing bodies of the Group are:
the General Meeting of Shareholders;
the Board of Directors;
the Executive Board; and
the external auditors.
The shareholders elect the members of the Board and the external auditors on an annual basis and approve required resolutions at the AGM, such as the consolidated financial statements, capital increases and Board and Executive Board compensation. The Board is responsible for the overall strategic direction, supervision and control of the Group and appoints the members of the Executive Board. The Executive Board is responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the Group’s business and for developing and implementing business plans.
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The Group is engaged in the banking business and starting from January 1, 2022, was reorganized into four divisions – Wealth Management, the Investment Bank, the Swiss Bank and Asset Management – and four geographic regions – Switzerland, EMEA, Asia Pacific and Americas – reinforcing the integrated model with global businesses and regional client and regulatory accountability. The global divisions are complemented by these regions to drive cross-divisional collaboration and strengthen legal
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entity management oversight and regulatory relationships at a regionally aligned level. The Group’s banking business is carried out through its legal entities, which are operational in various jurisdictions and subject to the governance rules and supervision of the regulators in those jurisdictions. The Group has identified certain major subsidiary companies, which, in aggregate, account for a significant proportion of the Group’s business operations.
These major subsidiaries, which are all subsidiaries of Credit Suisse AG, are: Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG, Credit Suisse Holdings (USA) Inc., and Credit Suisse International. Certain business activities of Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd., which has been reported as a major subsidiary in prior years, have been integrated into Credit Suisse International, such that Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd. is no longer defined as a major subsidiary within the Group. This is consistent with UK regulatory considerations for material legal entities in the UK and also is in line with our objective to streamline and optimize our legal entity structure in the context of the Group’s legal entity strategy. Corporate governance at these major subsidiaries is closely aligned with the Group’s corporate governance, and in accordance with Swiss banking law, the major subsidiaries are subject to consolidated supervision at the level of the Group and the Bank.
In July 2020, as part of the EU entity strategy and with a focus on strengthening our market offering in the EU, an application for authorization as a credit institution was filed with the Bank of Spain to convert the existing broker-dealer entity, Credit Suisse Securities, Sociedad de Valores, S.A., into a fully licensed banking entity, Credit Suisse Bank (Europe) SA. The credit institution application was approved and the conversion for Credit Suisse Bank (Europe) SA was completed on August 1, 2021. The new bank is able to provide the full suite of investment banking business EU-wide, including capital markets advice, loan origination, arranging, underwriting, distribution and securities and derivatives sales, trading and execution services and remains our main legal entity through which we conduct investment banking business in the EU. Furthermore, in connection with the Group’s new strategy announced on November 4, 2021, we are reinforcing our Luxembourg legal entity as part of wealth management growth plans. The global legal entity simplification program is also defining a strategy to optimize the legal entity structure across other regions, including expediting the closure of redundant entities. Over the medium term, the Group anticipates simplification of the global legal entity structure, in line with the new business strategy, which should help to drive financial efficiency.
> Refer to “Strategy” in I– Information on the company for further information.
The Group’s corporate governance framework is depicted in the chart above. The duties and responsibilities of the governing bodies are described in further detail in the sections below.
Corporate governance policies
The Group’s corporate governance policies and procedures, adopted by the Board, are defined in a series of documents, including the following, which are available on our website at credit-suisse.com/governance:
Articles of Association (AoA)
Defines the purpose of the business, the capital structure and the basic organizational framework.
The AoA of Credit Suisse Group AG (Group) are dated June 21, 2021, and the AoA of Credit Suisse AG (Bank) are dated September 4, 2014.
credit-suisse.com/articles
Code of Conduct
Defines the Group’s purpose, cultural values and behaviors that members of the Board and all employees are required to follow, including adherence to all relevant laws, regulations and policies, in order to maintain and strengthen our reputation for integrity, fair dealing and measured risk taking.
The Credit Suisse Code of Conduct is available in four languages.
credit-suisse.com/code
Organizational Guidelines and Regulations (OGR)
Defines the organizational structure of the Group and the responsibilities and sphere of authority of the Board, its committees and the various senior management bodies within the Group, as well as the relevant reporting procedures.
credit-suisse.com/ogr
Board charter
Outlines the organization and responsibilities of the Board.
credit-suisse.com/boardcharter
Board committee charters
Defines the organization and responsibilities of the committees.
credit-suisse.com/committeecharter
Compensation policy
Provides a foundation for the development of sound compensation plans and practices.
The Compensation policy is updated on an annual basis.
credit-suisse.com/compensationpolicy    
The summaries herein of the material provisions of our AoA and the Swiss Code of Obligations do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the AoA and the Swiss Code of Obligations.
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Company details
Group Bank
Legal name Credit Suisse Group AG Credit Suisse AG
Business purpose Operate as a holding company Operate as a bank
Registration details Commercial register of the Canton of Zurich as of March 3, 1982; No. CHE-105.884.494 Commercial register of the Canton of Zurich as of April 27, 1883; No. CHE-106.831.974
Date incorporated, with unlimited duration March 3, 1982 July 5, 1856
Registered office Paradeplatz 8 8001 Zurich Switzerland Paradeplatz 8 8001 Zurich Switzerland
Equity listing SIX Swiss Exchange ISIN: CH0012138530 NYSE in the form of ADS ISIN: US2254011081
Authorized representative in the US Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., 11 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, 10010 Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., 11 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, 10010
Credit Suisse Group AG and Credit Suisse AG are registered companies in Switzerland. The Group’s shares are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and – in the form of American Depositary Shares (ADS), as evidenced by American Depositary Receipts – on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The business purpose of the Group, as set forth in Article 2 of its AoA, is to hold direct or indirect interests in all types of businesses in Switzerland and abroad, in particular in the areas of banking, finance, asset management and insurance. The business purpose of the Bank, as set forth in Article 2 of its AoA, is to operate as a bank, with all related banking, finance, consultancy, service and trading activities in Switzerland and abroad. The AoA of the Group and the Bank set forth their powers to establish new businesses, acquire a majority or minority interest in existing businesses and provide related financing as well as acquire, mortgage and sell real estate properties both in Switzerland and abroad.
> Refer to “II – Operating and financial review” for a detailed review of our operating results.
> Refer to “Note 41 – Significant subsidiaries and equity method investments” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for a list of significant subsidiaries and associated entities.
Purpose and values
At Credit Suisse, we believe that we have an important role to play in society and in supporting our communities. As a bank, we provide capital, manage and protect wealth, participate in markets and facilitate infrastructure development. This allows us to contribute to sustainable economic growth. In this context, we have created a Credit Suisse purpose statement. The purpose statement was developed by a diverse team of senior talents, involved the participation of over 500 Credit Suisse employees and was approved by the Executive Board and the Board. The purpose statement is an integral part of the Group’s Code of Conduct. The document “The Credit Suisse Code of Conduct: Our Purpose and Values” reflects our purpose statement and emphasizes our six cultural values of inclusion, meritocracy, partnership, accountability, client focus and trust (IMPACT) and the underlying behaviors that we expect all of our employees and members of the Board to observe. The revised Code of Conduct reinforces our commitment to complying with all applicable laws, regulations and policies in order to safeguard our reputation for integrity, fair dealing and measured risk-taking and includes clear guidelines for the escalation of concerns by employees, including concerns regarding the CEO, members of the Executive Board and senior financial officers. The purpose and values framework is shown in the illustration below.
> Refer to credit-suisse.com/code for our Code of Conduct.
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Sustainability and Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) considerations
For Credit Suisse, sustainability is about creating sustainable value for clients, shareholders, employees and other stakeholders. We strive to comply with the cultural values set out in our Code of Conduct in every aspect of our work, including in our relationships with diverse stakeholders. We do so based on a broad understanding of our duties as a financial services provider and employer and as an integral part of the economy, society and the environment. Our approach to sustainability is broad and considers the products and services we provide within the context of our purpose and their impact on people and our planet, which we believe is essential for our long-term success. Our ambition is to integrate sustainability in how we work with clients and across our operations, including the launch of new, innovative ESG products, services and advisory capabilities for clients, as well as taking action with and aiding clients in industries impacted most by climate change with their transition plans.
During 2021, the Group undertook a wide range of activities that reflect its commitment to the sustainability approach described above and made a number of important achievements toward further embedding ESG considerations in many aspects of our business endeavors. Our sustainability strategy, examples of our key achievements, our adopted disclosure standards and certain ESG ratings considerations for 2021 are summarized below.
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Sustainability strategy
Deliver sustainable solutions: provide sustainable investment solutions at the core of our offering to clients
Enable client transitions: aim to provide at least CHF 300 billion of sustainable finance by 2030
Engage with thought leadership: help address important social issues through collaboration within ESG ecosystem, providing platforms for stakeholder engagement, and thought leadership
Drive our own transition: commitment to Science Based Targets initiative, alignment to the Paris Agreement and repositioning our portfolio for the transition. Enhanced sustainability reporting with best practice standards
Adapt our culture & engagement: reflect sustainability across the Credit Suisse franchise with a focus on Diversity & Inclusion
Key achievements (examples)
Successfully executed an inaugural Sustainability Week; continued to drive client engagement via the 5th Global Women’s Financial Forum and further drove ESG thought leadership and key publications (e.g., CS Gender 3000, ROE of a Tree and Treeprint)
Continued to progress on our 2050 net zero emissions commitment by developing reduction pathways for the highest carbon-emitting sector exposures and expanding efforts to align our financing activities with the Paris Agreement global warming limit of 1.5° C.
Launched the Credit Suisse Sustainable Activities Framework, which governs our progress towards our goal of providing at least CHF 300 billion of sustainable finance by 2030. Transactions executed during 2020 and 2021 that were reviewed and approved as qualifying for inclusion towards this sustainable finance goal amount to CHF 60 billion in aggregate as of January 26, 2022
Broadened ESG product shelf and fund offering and launched distinctive products with our strategic partners and expanded ESG advisory capabilities
Continued volunteering efforts by Credit Suisse employees around the world to help charitable causes, levering their skills and expertise for the benefit of local communities – with volunteering assignments shifting to virtual settings where possible
Further strengthened our diversity and inclusion framework and progressed towards our representation targets for women globally and Black Talent in the US and UK
Adopted disclosure standards
Continued our efforts to improve disclosure and drive standard setting, after moving to align our reporting to the recommendations of the Sustainable Accounting Standards Board (SASB, now maintained by the Value Reporting Foundation) and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
Reported on core Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics recommended by the World Economic Forum
Joined a number of industry associations, including the Net Zero Banking Alliance, which is working towards common standards on how to measure, report and set goals for carbon reduction
ESG ratings
Credit Suisse is assessed by a number of ESG ratings providers such as S&P Global (Corporate Sustainability Assessment), Sustainalytics, MSCI and CDP, and we continue to be included in the FTSE4Good Index Series
Since its launch in February 2021, Credit Suisse is also included in the SIX SPI ESG Index
The Group’s Sustainability Report is available on our website at credit-suisse.com/sustainabilityreport.
Sustainability Governance
Sustainability remains a core component of our strategy. With this in mind, our organizational structure is designed to ensure that ESG standards are embedded across regions and divisions in our client-based solutions as well as in our own operations as a company.
Following the announcement of the broader reorganization of the Group in 2021, we have also reorganized our sustainability function. We have appointed a new Chief Sustainability Officer, reporting directly to our CEO, effective April 1, 2022. The Chief Sustainability Officer leads the Sustainability function. The Sustainability function supports the creation of a cohesive and dedicated sustainability offering across the bank. Our Chief Sustainability Officer is responsible for the implementation of our sustainability strategy, which spans delivering sustainable solutions, enabling client transitions, engaging with thought leadership, driving our own transition and adapting our culture and engagement.
The governance of sustainability is exercised through the established governance bodies of the Group, as well as a number of specially focused boards and committees. The chart below illustrates the main corporate bodies at Board, Executive Board and senior management levels that aim to maintain a robust sustainability governance at Credit Suisse, which are described in further detail in the Credit Suisse Sustainability Report 2021.
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Employee relations
As of December 31, 2021, we had 50,110 employees worldwide, of which 16,370 were in Switzerland and 33,740 were abroad. Our corporate titles include managing director, director, vice president, assistant vice president and non-officer staff. The majority of our employees do not belong to unions. We have not experienced any significant strikes, work stoppages or labor disputes in recent years. We consider our relations with our employees to be good.
> Refer to “Credit Suisse” in II – Operating and financial review for further information on our responsibility as an employer.
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Shareholders
Capital structure
Our total issued share capital as of December 31, 2021 was CHF 106,029,909 divided into 2,650,747,720 shares, with a nominal value of CHF 0.04 per share. In the second quarter of 2021, the Group issued in total 203,000,000 new shares under the two series of mandatory convertible notes (MCNs). On December 30, 2021, the Group completed its 2021 share buyback program (Share Repurchase Program) which commenced on January 12, 2021 and was suspended in the first quarter of 2021. Under the Share Repurchase Program, Credit Suisse has repurchased 25,087,000 of its shares on a second trading line on the SIX Swiss Exchange for a total of CHF 305,193,092 at an average purchase price per share of CHF 12.165. Shares repurchased in 2021 are expected to be cancelled by means of a capital reduction at the next AGM.
> Refer to “Share purchases” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet – Capital management for further information.
> Refer to “Note 16 – Share capital, conditional, conversion and authorized capital” in VII – Parent company financial statements – Credit Suisse Group and our AoA (Articles 26, 26c and 27) for information on changes to our capital structure during the year. Refer to credit-suisse.com/annualreporting for prior year annual reports.
Shareholder information
Shareholder base
We have a broad shareholder base, with the majority of shares owned directly or indirectly by institutional investors outside Switzerland. As of December 31, 2021, 103,360 shareholders were registered in our share register with 1,548,561,364 shares, representing 58% of the total shares issued. The remaining 42% of shares are not registered in our share register. As of December 31, 2021, 139,053,328 or 5.25%, of the issued shares were in the form of ADS. The information provided in the following tables reflects the distribution of Group shares as registered in our share register as of December 31, 2021.
Distribution of Group shares
end of    2021 2020
Number of
shareholders

%
Number of
shares

%
Number of
shareholders

%
Number of
shares

%
Distribution of Group shares   
Private investors 100,799 98 252,207,277 10 98,878 97 204,295,564 8
   of which Switzerland  89,777 87 208,642,607 8 88,291 87 169,789,350 7
   of which foreign  11,022 11 43,564,670 2 10,587 10 34,506,214 1
Institutional investors 2,561 2 1,296,354,087 49 2,682 3 1,187,505,487 49
   of which Switzerland  2,225 2 287,213,758 11 2,288 2 277,697,525 11
   of which foreign 1 336 0 1,009,140,329 38 394 0 909,807,962 37
Shares registered in share register  103,360 100 1,548,561,364 58 101,560 100 1,391,801,051 57
   of which Switzerland  92,002 89 495,856,365 19 90,579 89 447,486,875 18
   of which Europe  9,457 9 525,277,642 20 9,199 9 541,030,285 22
   of which US 1 167 0 505,114,571 19 163 0 372,501,718 15
   of which other  1,734 2 22,312,786 1 1,619 2 30,782,173 1
Shares not registered in share register  1,102,186,356 42 1,055,946,669 43
Total shares issued  2,650,747,720 100 2,447,747,720 100
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Includes shares issued in the form of ADS.
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Distribution of institutional investors in share register by industry
end of    2021 2020
Number of
shareholders

%
Number of
shares

%
Number of
shareholders

%
Number of
shares

%
Institutional investors by industry   
Banks 13 1 550,416 0 21 1 3,287,145 0
Insurance companies 75 3 31,254,620 2 79 3 32,750,238 3
Pension funds 285 11 49,588,692 4 326 12 53,767,056 5
Investment trusts 292 11 220,284,468 17 335 12 195,455,111 16
Other trusts 352 14 7,001,850 1 403 15 8,278,171 1
Governmental institutions 28 1 764,832 0 28 1 729,057 0
Other 1 1,417 55 135,429,360 10 1,393 52 136,821,433 12
Direct entries  2,462 96 444,874,238 34 2,585 96 431,088,211 36
Fiduciary holdings  99 4 851,479,849 66 97 4 756,417,276 64
Total institutional investors  2,561 100 1,296,354,087 100 2,682 100 1,187,505,487 100
Rounding differences may occur.
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Includes various other institutional investors for which a breakdown by industry type was not available.
Through the use of an external global market intelligence firm, we regularly gather additional information on the composition of our shareholder base, including information on shares that are not registered in our share register. According to this data, our shareholder base as of December 31, 2021 comprised 86% institutional investors, with just over half of such investors located in North America. The distribution of Group shareholdings by investor type and region is shown as follows:
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Shareholder engagement
The Group engages regularly with its shareholders and proxy advisors. The purpose of such engagements is to understand the perspectives of its shareholders, exchange views about the Group’s strategy, financial performance, corporate governance and compensation and other matters of importance to the Group or its shareholders. Shareholder engagement meetings may be attended by the Chairman, the Compensation Committee Chair, the CEO, CFO and other members of the Board or senior management. The responsibility for shareholder engagement is overseen by our Investor Relations department. The Group aims to ensure that all shareholders receive the relevant information they need to keep abreast of current Group developments and make informed decisions.
Information policy
We are committed to an open and fair information policy with our shareholders and other stakeholders. Our Investor Relations and Corporate Communications departments are responsible for addressing inquiries received. All Group shareholders registered in our share register receive an invitation to our AGM, including instructions on how to receive the annual report and other reports. Each registered shareholder may elect to receive the quarterly reports on our financial performance. All of these reports and other information can be accessed on our website at credit-suisse.com/investors.
Notices required under Swiss law
Notices to shareholders required under Swiss law are made by publication in the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce. The Board may designate further means of communication for publishing notices to shareholders. Notices required under the listing rules of the SIX Swiss Exchange will either be published in two Swiss newspapers in German and French and sent to the SIX Swiss Exchange or otherwise communicated to the SIX Swiss Exchange in accordance with applicable listing rules. The SIX Swiss Exchange may further disseminate the relevant information.
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Significant shareholders
Under the Swiss Federal Act on Financial Market Infrastructure and Market Conduct in Securities and Derivative Trading (FMIA), anyone holding shares in a company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange is required to notify the company and the SIX Swiss Exchange if their holding reaches, falls below or exceeds the following thresholds: 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 331/3%, 50% or 662/3% of the voting rights entered into the commercial register, whether or not the voting rights can be exercised (that is, notifications must also include certain derivative holdings such as options or similar instruments). Following receipt of such notification, the company has an obligation to inform the public. In addition, pursuant to the Swiss Code of Obligations, a company must disclose in the notes to its annual consolidated financial statements the identity of any shareholders who own in excess of 5% of its shares. The following provides an overview of the holdings of our significant shareholders, including any rights to purchase or dispose of shares, based on the most recent disclosure notifications. In line with the FMIA requirements, the percentages indicated below were calculated in relation to the share capital reflected in the AoA at the time of the disclosure notification. As shareholders are only required to notify the company and the SIX Swiss Exchange if their holding reaches, falls below or exceeds the thresholds listed above, the percentage holdings of our significant shareholders may vary at any given time compared to the date of submission of the most recent notification for these respective shareholders. The full text of all notifications can be found on our website at credit-suisse.com/shareholders. Each share entitles the holder to one vote, except as described below.
> Refer to “Note 3 – Business developments, significant shareholders and subsequent events” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information on significant shareholders.
The Group also holds positions in its own shares, including shares acquired through the Share Repurchase Program described above, which are subject to the same disclosure requirements as significant external shareholders. These positions fluctuate and, in addition to the activities from the Share Repurchase Program, primarily reflect activities related to market making, facilitating client orders and satisfying the obligations under our employee compensation plans. Shares held by the Group have no voting rights. As of December 31, 2021, our holdings amounted to 3.41% purchase positions (3.14% registered shares and 0.27% share acquisition rights) and 4.91% sales positions (disposal rights), mainly related to the Group’s outstanding tier 1 capital instruments, which would be converted into Group ordinary shares upon the occurrence of certain specified triggering events.
> Refer to “Share purchases” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet – Capital management for further information.
Cross shareholdings
The Group has no cross shareholdings in excess of 5% of capital or voting rights with any other company.
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Significant shareholders
Group publication
of notification
Number of
shares (million)
Approximate
shareholding %
1 Purchase rights
%
2
December 31, 2021 or the most recent notification date   
Qatar Investment Authority (registered entity – Qatar Holding LLC) November 17, 2021 133.2 5.03
The Olayan Group (registered entity – Competrol Establishment) December 12, 2018 126.0 4.93 0.07 3
Dodge & Cox September 19, 2020 4 122.2 4.99
BlackRock Inc. January 26, 2022 109.0 4.11 0.95 5
Harris Associates L.P. November 9, 2013 6 81.5 5.17
Silchester International Investors LLP December 7, 2018 77.4 3.03
December 31, 2020 or the most recent notification date   
Qatar Investment Authority (registered entity – Qatar Holding LLC) September 6, 2018 133.2 5.21 0.39
Norges Bank February 15, 2018 127.4 4.98
The Olayan Group (registered entity – Competrol Establishment) December 12, 2018 126.0 4.93 0.07
Dodge & Cox September 19, 2020 122.2 4.99
BlackRock Inc. March 16, 2021 100.5 4.11 0.93
Harris Associates L.P. November 9, 2013 81.5 5.17
Silchester International Investors LLP December 7, 2018 77.4 3.03
December 31, 2019 or the most recent notification date   
Qatar Investment Authority (registered entity – Qatar Holding LLC) September 6, 2018 133.2 5.21 0.39
Norges Bank February 15, 2018 127.4 4.98
The Olayan Group (registered entity – Competrol Establishment) December 12, 2018 126.0 4.93 0.07
BlackRock Inc. September 2, 2017 86.9 4.17
Harris Associates L.P. November 9, 2013 81.5 5.17
Dodge & Cox December 28, 2018 78.2 3.06
Silchester International Investors LLP December 7, 2018 77.4 3.03
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The approximate shareholding percentages were calculated in relation to the share capital at the time of the relevant disclosure notification. They therefore do not reflect changes in such percentages that would result from changes in the number of outstanding shares, following the date of the disclosure notification.
2
Purchase rights are calculated by deducting the total of all equity securities or equity related securities from total of all the purchase positions; differences due to rounding may occur.
3
The 0.07% purchase rights relate to put options and perpetual tier 1 contingent convertible capital notes.
4
This position includes the reportable position of Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund (3.09% shares), as published by SIX Swiss Exchange on February 5, 2019.
5
Total purchase positions disclosed were 5.06%.
6
This position includes the reportable position of Harris Associates Investment Trust (4.97% shares), as published by the SIX Swiss Exchange on August 1, 2018.
Shareholder rights
We are fully committed to the principle of equal treatment of all shareholders. The following information summarizes certain shareholder rights at the Group.
Voting rights and transfer of shares
There is no limitation under Swiss law or the AoA on the right to own Group shares.
In principle, each share represents one vote at the AGM. Shares held by the Group have no voting rights. Shares for which a single shareholder or shareholder group can exercise voting rights may not exceed 2% of the total outstanding share capital, unless one of the exemptions discussed below applies. The restrictions on voting rights do not apply to:
the exercise of voting rights by the independent proxy as elected by the AGM;
shares in respect of which the shareholder confirms to us that the shareholder has acquired the shares in the shareholder’s name for the shareholder’s own account and in respect of which the disclosure requirements in accordance with the FMIA and the relevant ordinances and regulations have been fulfilled; or
shares that are registered in the name of a nominee, provided that this nominee is willing to furnish us, on request, the name, address and shareholdings of any beneficial owner or group of related beneficial owners on behalf of whom the nominee holds 0.5% or more of the total outstanding share capital of the Group.
To execute voting rights, shares need to be registered in the share register directly or in the name of a nominee. In order to be registered in the share register, the purchaser must file a share registration form with the depository bank. The registration of shares in the share register may be requested at any time. Failing such registration, the purchaser may not vote or participate in shareholders’ meetings. However, each shareholder, whether registered in the share register or not, is entitled to receive dividends or other distributions approved at the AGM. Transfer restrictions apply regardless of the way and the form in which the registered shares are kept in the accounts and regardless of the provisions applicable to transfers. The transfer of intermediated securities based on Group shares, and the pledging of these intermediated securities as collateral, is based on the provisions of the Swiss Federal Intermediated Securities Act. The transfer or pledging of shares as collateral by means of written assignment is not permitted.
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> Refer to credit-suisse.com/articles for information in our AoA (Art. 10 and 14a) on share register and transfer of shares, voting rights and the independent proxy.
Annual General Meeting
Under Swiss law, the AGM must be held within six months of the end of the fiscal year. Notice of an AGM, including agenda items and proposals submitted by the Board and by shareholders, must be published in the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce at least 20 days prior to the AGM.
Shares only qualify for voting at an AGM if they are registered in the share register with voting rights in accordance with the registration deadline as set out in the invitation to the AGM.
Convocation of shareholder meetings
The AGM is convened by the Board or, if necessary, by the statutory auditors, with 20 days’ prior notice. The Board is further required to convene an EGM if so resolved at a shareholders’ meeting or if so requested by shareholders holding in aggregate at least 10% of the nominal share capital. The request to call an EGM must be submitted in writing to the Board, and, at the same time, Group shares representing at least 10% of the nominal share capital must be deposited for safekeeping. The shares remain in safekeeping until the day after the EGM.
Request to place an item on the agenda
Shareholders holding shares with an aggregate nominal value of at least CHF 40,000 have the right to request that a specific item be placed on the agenda and voted upon at the AGM. The request to include a particular item on the agenda, together with a relevant proposal, must be submitted in writing to the Board no later than 45 days before the meeting and, at the same time, Group shares with an aggregate nominal value of at least CHF 40,000 must be deposited for safekeeping. The shares remain in safekeeping until the day after the AGM.
Virtual meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and pursuant to the Federal Council’s related COVID-19 ordinance, the 2021 AGM and EGM were held without the personal attendance of shareholders. Shareholders were represented at the 2021 AGM and EGM exclusively by the independent proxy. The 2022 AGM is also planned to be held without the personal attendance of shareholders.
Quorum requirements
The AGM may, in principle, pass resolutions without regard to the number of shareholders present at the meeting or represented by proxy, except as discussed below. Resolutions and elections generally require the approval of a majority of the votes represented at the meeting, except as otherwise provided by mandatory provisions of law or by the AoA.
Shareholders’ resolutions that require a vote
A majority of the votes represented
amendments to the AoA, unless a supermajority is required;
election of members of the Board, the Chairman, the members of the Compensation Committee, the independent proxy and statutory auditors;
approval of the compensation of the members of the Board and the Executive Board;
approval of the annual report and the statutory and consolidated accounts;
discharge of the acts of the members of the Board and Executive Board; and
determination of the appropriation of retained earnings.
At least two-thirds of the votes represented
change of the purpose of the company;
creation of shares with increased voting powers;
implementation of transfer restrictions on shares;
increase in conditional and authorized capital;
increase in capital by way of conversion of capital surplus or by contribution in kind;
restriction or suspension of pre-emptive subscription rights;
change of location of the principal office; and
dissolution of the company without liquidation.
At least half of the total share capital and approval by a least three-quarters of the votes represented
conversion of registered shares into bearer shares;
amendments to the AoA relating to registration and voting rights of nominee holders; and
dissolution of the company.
A quorum of at least half of the total share capital and the approval of at least seven-eighths of the votes cast is required for amendments to provisions of the AoA relating to voting rights.
Say-on-Pay
In accordance with the Swiss Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance, the Group will submit the compensation report (contained in the Compensation section of the 2021 Annual Report) for a consultative, non-binding vote by shareholders at the 2022 AGM. In accordance with the Compensation Ordinance, the Group will submit the following Board and Executive Board compensation recommendations for binding votes by shareholders at the 2022 AGM:
For the Board: a maximum amount of compensation for the Board for the period from the 2022 AGM to the 2023 AGM;
For the Executive Board: a maximum amount of fixed compensation for the Executive Board for the period from the 2022 AGM to the 2023 AGM;
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For the Executive Board: an aggregate amount of variable compensation comprising the variable short-term incentive (STI) compensation for Executive Board members for the 2021 financial year; and
For the Executive Board: an amount of compensation comprising share-based replacement awards for newly recruited Executive Board members who have joined after the 2021 AGM.
> Refer to “V – Compensation” for further information on the Say-on-Pay vote.
Discharge of the acts of the Board and the Executive Board
According to Swiss law, the AGM has the power to discharge the actions of the members of the Board and the Executive Board. The 2021 AGM did not grant discharge to the members of the Board and the Executive Board for the 2020 financial year due to the Board’s withdrawal of its proposal on discharge of the members of the Board and the Executive Board in early April 2021 as a result of significant developments in consideration of the Archegos and SCFF matters.
Pre-emptive subscription rights and preferential subscription rights
Under Swiss law, any share issue, whether for cash or non-cash consideration or no consideration, is subject to the prior approval of the shareholders. Shareholders of a Swiss corporation have certain pre-emptive subscription rights to subscribe for new issues of shares and certain preferential rights to subscribe for option bonds, convertible bonds or similar debt instruments with option or convertible rights in proportion to the nominal amount of shares held. A resolution adopted at a shareholders’ meeting with a supermajority may, however, limit or suspend pre-emptive subscription rights in certain limited circumstances.
Duty to make an offer
Swiss law provides that anyone who, directly or indirectly or acting in concert with third parties, acquires 331/3% or more of the voting rights of a listed Swiss company, whether or not such rights are exercisable, must make an offer to acquire all of the listed equity securities of such company, unless the AoA of the company provides otherwise. Our AoA does not include a contrary provision. This mandatory offer obligation may be waived under certain circumstances by the Swiss Takeover Board or FINMA. If no waiver is granted, the mandatory offer must be made pursuant to procedural rules set forth in the FMIA and implementing ordinances.
Clauses on changes in control
To the best of our knowledge, there are no agreements in place that could lead to a change in control of the Group. Subject to certain provisions in the Group’s employee compensation plans, which allow for the Compensation Committee or Board to determine the treatment of outstanding awards for all employees, including the Executive Board members, in the case of a change in control, there are no provisions that require the payment of extraordinary benefits in the agreements and plans benefiting members of the Board and the Executive Board or any other members of senior management. Specifically, there are no contractually agreed severance payments in the case of a change in control of the Group.
> Refer to “Contract lengths, termination and change in control provisions” in V – Compensation – Executive Board compensation for further information on the clauses on changes in control.
Borrowing and raising funds
Neither Swiss law nor our AoA restrict our power to borrow and raise funds in any way. The decision to borrow funds is passed by or under the direction of our Board, with no shareholders’ resolution required.
Liquidation
Under Swiss law and our AoA, the Group may be dissolved at any time by a shareholders’ resolution, which must be passed by:
a supermajority of at least three-quarters of the votes cast at the meeting in the event the Group were to be dissolved by way of liquidation; and
a supermajority of at least two-thirds of the votes represented and an absolute majority of the par value of the shares represented at the meeting in other cases.
Dissolution by order of FINMA is possible if we become bankrupt. Under Swiss law, any surplus arising out of liquidation (after the settlement of all claims of all creditors) is distributed to shareholders in proportion to the paid-up par value of shares held.
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Board of Directors
General information
Membership and qualifications
The AoA (Chapter IV, Section 2, The Board of Directors, Art. 15.1 of the Group’s AoA and Chapter III, Section 6. Board of Directors, Art. 6.1 of the Bank’s AoA) provide that the Board shall consist of a minimum of seven members. The Board currently consists of 13 members. We believe that the size of the Board must be such that the committees can be staffed with qualified members. At the same time, the Board must be small enough to ensure an effective and rapid decision-making process. Board members are elected at the AGM by our shareholders individually for a period of one year and are eligible for re-election. In exceptional cases, Board members are elected at an EGM for a period from their election until the next AGM. Shareholders will also elect a member of the Board as the Chairman and each of the members of the Compensation Committee for a period of one year. One year of office is understood to be the period of time from one AGM to the close of the next AGM. Members of the Board shall generally retire after having served on the Board for 12 years. Under certain circumstances, the Board may extend the limit of terms of office for a particular Board member for a maximum of three additional years.
An overview of the Board and the committee membership is shown in the following table. The composition of the Boards of the Group and the Bank is identical.
Board composition and succession planning
The Governance and Nominations Committee regularly considers the composition of the Board as a whole and in light of staffing requirements for the committees. The Governance and Nominations Committee recruits and evaluates candidates for Board membership based on criteria as set forth by the OGR (Chapter II Board of Directors, Item 8.2.3). The Governance and Nominations Committee may also retain outside consultants with respect to the identification and recruitment of potential new Board members. In assessing candidates, the Governance and Nominations Committee considers the requisite skills and characteristics of potential Board members as well as the composition of the Board as a whole. Among other considerations, the Governance and Nominations Committee takes into account skills, management experience, independence and diversity in the context of the needs of the Board to fulfill its responsibilities. The Governance and Nominations Committee also considers other activities and commitments of an individual in order to be satisfied that a proposed member of the Board can devote enough time to a Board position at the Group.
> Refer to “Mandates” for further information.
Members of the Board of Directors

Board
member
since



Independence

Governance and
Nominations
Committee


Audit
Committee


Compensation
Committee
Conduct and
Financial Crime
Control
Committee


Risk
Committee

Sustainability
Advisory
Committee
Elected at 2021 AGM / EGM   
Axel Lehmann, Chairman 1,2,3 2021 Independent Chair Chair, a.i. Member
António Horta-Osório, former Chairman 3,4 2021 Independent Chair Member
Iris Bohnet 5 2012 Independent Member Chair
Clare Brady 2021 Independent Member Member
Juan Colombas 2 2021 Independent Member Member Member
Christian Gellerstad 3 2019 Independent Member Member Chair
Michael Klein 2018 Independent Member
Shan Li 2019 Independent Member
Seraina Macia 2015 Independent Member
Blythe Masters 6 2021 Independent Member
Richard Meddings 3 2020 Independent Member Chair Member Member Member
Kai S. Nargolwala 2013 Independent Member Chair Member Member
Ana Paula Pessoa 2018 Independent Member Member
Severin Schwan, Vice-Chair and Lead Independent Director 2014 Independent Member Member
1
Chairman as of January 16, 2022.
2
Elected at the EGM 2021 on October 1, 2021.
3
Member of the Tactical Crisis Committee, a sub-committee of the Board, which was active from March 2021 through February 2022.
4
Mr. Horta-Osório resigned as Chairman and member of the Board on January 16, 2022.
5
Board Sustainability Leader.
6
Chair of the new Digital Transformation and Technology Committee, effective January 1, 2022. The Board will appoint permanent members of the committee at the 2022 AGM.
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The background, skills and experience of our Board members are diverse and broad and include holding or having held top management positions at financial services and other companies in Switzerland and abroad, as well as leading positions in government, academia and international organizations. The Board is composed of individuals with wide-ranging professional expertise in key areas including finance and financial management, risk management, audit and compliance, digitalization, technology and cybersecurity, ESG and regulatory affairs and human resources and incentive structures. Diversity of culture, experience and opinion are important aspects of Board composition, as well as gender diversity. While the ratio of female-to-male Board members may vary in any given year, the Board is committed to complying with the gender diversity guidelines as stipulated in the new Swiss corporate law. The collective experience and expertise of our Board members as of the end of 2021 across those key areas considered particularly relevant for the Group is illustrated in the following chart.
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In areas where the Board’s collective experience and expertise may require strengthening, the Board may decide to nominate a new Board member candidate with specialist expertise, engage outside experts or take other measures.
To maintain a high degree of expertise, diversity and independence in the future, the Board has a succession planning process in place to identify potential candidates for the Board at an early stage. With this process, we are well prepared when Board members rotate off the Board. The objectives of the succession planning process are to ensure adequate representation of key Board competencies and a Board composition that is well suited to address future challenges, while maintaining the stability and professionalism of the Board. Potential candidates are evaluated according to criteria defined to assess the candidates’ expertise and experience, which include the following:
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proven track record as an executive with relevant leadership credentials gained in an international business environment in financial services or another industry;
relevant functional skills and credentials in the key areas listed above;
understanding of global banking, financial markets and financial regulation;
broad international experience and global business perspective, with a track record of having operated in multiple geographies;
ability to bring insight and clarity to complex situations and to both challenge and constructively support management;
high level of integrity and affinity with the Group’s values and corporate culture; and
willingness to commit sufficient time to prepare for and attend Board and committee meetings.
The evaluation of candidates also considers formal independence and other criteria for Board membership, consistent with legal and regulatory requirements and the Swiss Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance. Furthermore, we believe that other aspects, including team dynamics and personal reputation of Board members, play a critical role in ensuring the effective functioning of the Board. This is why the Group places the utmost importance on the right mix of personalities who are also fully committed to making their blend of specific skills and experience available to the Board.
While the Board is continually engaged in considering potential candidates throughout the year, succession planning for the next year is typically kicked off at the Board’s annual strategy offsite, which is held mid-year. In addition to its discussions of the Group’s strategy, the Board holds a dedicated session on corporate governance, at which, among other topics, current Board composition and future needs are discussed, including the needs for suitable Board committee composition. Based on the outcome of these discussions, the interest and availability of certain candidates will be explored further. The Board’s discussions will continue at its annual self-assessment session, which usually takes place at year-end, and it will consider specific changes in Board composition to be proposed at the next AGM. The Board will generally approve candidates to be nominated as new Board members for election at the AGM at its February or March meetings, shortly before the publication of this report. The timeline for this process has been different in the lead up to the 2022 AGM. Given the resignation of the former Chairman António Horta-Osório in January 2022 and the appointment of Axel Lehmann, the then Risk Committee Chair, as the new Chairman, the Governance and Nominations Committee immediately initiated a process to select a new Risk Committee Chair. As of the date of this report, this process is still ongoing. The proposed new Risk Committee Chair is expected to be announced in conjunction with the invitation to the 2022 AGM, which will be published after this report.
Chairman succession
At the 2021 AGM, Antonio Horta-Osorio was elected as the new Chairman and successor to Urs Rohner, who did not stand for re-election, having served on the Board for the maximum standard term limit of 12 years. In January 2022, however, Mr. Horta-Osorio resigned as Chairman, following an investigation commissioned by the Board, and the Board appointed Axel Lehmann as the new Chairman. Axel Lehmann was elected as a member of the Board by the EGM of October 1, 2021 and was appointed by the Board as Chair of the Risk Committee, a role he will continue to hold on an ad interim basis until the 2022 AGM. The Board will propose Axel Lehmann for election as Chairman at the 2022 AGM.
New members and continuing training
Any newly appointed member is required to participate in an orientation program to become familiar with our legal and organizational structure, strategic plans, business operations and significant financial, risk, compliance and regulatory issues and other important matters relating to the governance of the Group. The orientation program is designed to take into account the new Board member’s individual background and level of experience in each specific area. Moreover, the program’s focus is aligned with any committee memberships of the person concerned. Board members are encouraged to engage in continuing training. The Board and the committees of the Board regularly ask specialists within the Group to speak about specific topics in order to enhance the Board members’ understanding of issues that already are, or may become, of particular importance to our business.
Meetings
In 2021, the Board held 25 meetings, the majority of which were held as video or telephone conferences in light of the travel and other restrictions on holding in-person meetings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the Board held their annual two-day strategy session. The members of the Board are encouraged to attend all meetings of the Board and the committees on which they serve. There were a relatively high number of Board meetings held during 2021 compared to prior years, due to the need to call frequent extraordinary meetings, particularly in the first half of 2021 in connection with the SCFF and Archegos matters.
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Meeting attendance – Board and Board committees


Board of
Directors
1
Governance and
Nominations
Committee
2

Audit
Committee
3

Compensation
Committee
4 Conduct and
Financial Crime
Control
Committee
5

Risk
Committee
6
in 2021
Total number of meetings held 25 21 17 18 6 13
   of which extraordinary meetings  16 15 2 6 0 5
Meeting attendance, in % 98 96 99 92 100 88
   Number of members who missed no meetings  12 5 8 3 7 6
   Number of members who missed one meeting  4 2 1 1 0 1
   Number of members who missed two or more meetings  2 1 0 2 0 3
Approximate meeting duration, in hours 4-5 1-2 4-5 2-3 2-3 3-4
Meeting attendance is shown for the calendar year 2021, which spans two Board periods.
1
The Board consisted of 13 members at the beginning of the year and 14 members at the end of the year, with 3 members joining the Board at the AGM on April 30, 2021 (António Horta-Osório, Blythe Masters, Clare Brady), 2 members joining at the EGM on October 1, 2021 (Juan Colombas, Axel Lehmann) and 4 members leaving the Board at the AGM on April 30, 2021 (Urs Rohner, Andreas Gottschling, Joaquin J. Ribeiro, John Tiner).
2
The Governance and Nominations Committee consisted of 6 members at the beginning and the end of the year, with 2 members joining the committee (António Horta-Osório, Axel Lehmann) and 2 members leaving the committee (Urs Rohner, Andreas Gottschling).
3
The Audit Committee consisted of 5 members at the beginning of the year and 6 members at the end of the year, with 4 members joining the committee (Clare Brady, Juan Colombas, Axel Lehmann, Seraina Marcia) and 3 members leaving the committee (Andreas Gottschling, Joaquin J. Ribeiro, John Tiner).
4
The Compensation Committee consisted of 4 members at the beginning of the year and 6 members at the end of the year, with 2 members joining the committee (Juan Colombas, Blythe Masters). One of the 18 meetings was a non-mandatory workshop and did not count for meeting attendance.
5
The Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee consisted of 5 members at the beginning and 6 members at the end of the year, with 2 members joining the committee (Clare Brady, Axel Lehmann) and 1 member leaving the committee (Urs Rohner).
6
The Risk Committee consisted of 6 members at the beginning and 7 members at the end of the year, with 4 members joining the committee (Juan Colombas, Axel Lehmann, Blythe Masters, Kai S. Nargolwala) and 3 members leaving the committee (Andreas Gottschling, Michael Klein, Seraina Marcia). One of the 13 meetings was a non-mandatory workshop and did not count for meeting attendance.
All members of the Board are expected to spend the necessary time outside of these meetings needed to discharge their responsibilities appropriately. The Chairman calls the meeting with sufficient notice and prepares an agenda for each meeting. The Chairman may also call extraordinary meetings on short notice, should circumstances require. Any other Board member also has the right to call an extraordinary meeting, if deemed necessary. The Chairman has the discretion to invite members of management or others to attend the meetings. Generally, the members of the Executive Board attend part of the Board meetings to ensure effective interaction with the Board. The Board also holds separate private sessions without management present. Minutes are kept of the proceedings and resolutions of the Board.
From time to time, the Board may make certain decisions via circular resolution, unless a member asks that the matter be discussed in a meeting and not be decided upon by way of written consent. During 2021, the Board resolved on six matters via circular resolution. As of the date of the publication of this report, in 2022, the Board has held 13 meetings via video or telephone conference and resolved on 2 matters via circular resolution. This high number of meetings early in the year was mainly due to the Board investigation in connection with the former Chairman, António Horta-Osório, who resigned from the Board in January 2022.
Meeting attendance – individual Board members
Attendance in 2021 (%) < 75 75–84 85–94 95–100
Board member   
António Horta-Osório, Chairman 1
Iris Bohnet
Clare Brady 1
Juan Colombas 2
Christian Gellerstad
Michael Klein
Axel Lehmann 2
Shan Li
Seraina Macia
Blythe Masters 1
Richard Meddings
Kai S. Nargolwala
Ana Paula Pessoa
Severin Schwan, Vice-Chair and Lead Independent Director
Includes Board and Committee meeting attendance.
1
Board member as of the 2021 AGM (April 30, 2021).
2
Board member as of the 2021 EGM (October 1, 2021).
Mandates
Our Board members may assume board or executive level or other roles in companies and organizations outside of the Group, which are collectively referred to as mandates. The Compensation Ordinance sets out that companies must include provisions in their articles of association to define the activities that fall within the scope of a mandate and set limits on the number of mandates that board members and executive management may hold. According to the Group’s AoA (Chapter IV, Section 2, The Board of Directors, Art. 20b), mandates include activities in the most
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senior executive and management bodies of listed companies and all other legal entities that are obliged to obtain an entry in the Swiss commercial register or a corresponding foreign register. Board members are obligated to disclose all mandates to the Group and changes thereto, which occur during their board tenure. Board members wishing to assume a new mandate with a company or organization must first consult with the Chairman before accepting such mandate, in order to ensure there are no conflicts of interest or other issues.
The limitations on mandates assumed by Board members outside of the Group are summarized in the table below.
Type of mandate and limitation – Board
Type of mandate Limitation
Listed companies No more than four other mandates
Other legal entities 1 No more than five mandates
Legal entities on behalf of the Group 2 No more than ten mandates
Charitable legal entities 3 No more than ten mandates
1
Includes private non-listed companies.
2
Includes memberships in business and industry associations.
3
Also includes honorary mandates in cultural or educational organizations.
No Board member holds mandates in excess of these restrictions. The restrictions shown above do not apply to mandates of Board members in legal entities controlled by the Group such as subsidiary boards.
Overboarding
In addition to reviewing the number of mandates that a Board member concurrently holds with respect to the limitations described above, the Governance and Nominations Committee also considers the specific roles that Board members perform in other companies, in order to identify cases of potential overboarding and ensure that Board members have sufficient time to dedicate to their Credit Suisse Board mandate. Board members are required to disclose any changes in their mandates or changes to their roles within existing mandates as these occur to ensure that such changes would not lead to an overboarding situation.
Independence
The Board consists solely of non-executive directors within the Group, of which at least the majority must be determined to be independent. In its independence determination, the Board takes into account the factors set forth in the OGR (Chapter II Board of Directors, Item 3.2), the committee charters and applicable laws, regulations and listing standards. Our independence standards are also periodically measured against other emerging best practice standards.
The Governance and Nominations Committee performs an annual assessment of the independence of each Board member and reports its findings to the Board for the final determination of independence of each individual member. The Board has applied the independence criteria of the SIX Swiss Exchange Directive on Information relating to Corporate Governance, FINMA, the Swiss Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance and the rules of the NYSE and the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq) in determining the definition of independence.
Independence criteria applicable to all Board members
In general, a director is considered independent if the director:
is not, and has not been for the past three years, employed as an Executive Board member at the Group or any of its subsidiaries or in another significant function at the Group;
is not, and has not been for the past three years, an employee or affiliate of the Group’s external auditor;
does not, according to the Board’s assessment, maintain a material direct or indirect business relationship with the Group or any of its subsidiaries, which causes a conflict of interest due to its nature or extent; and
is not, or has not been for the past three years, part of an interlocking directorate in which an Executive Board member serves on the compensation committee of another company that employs the Board member.
Whether or not a relationship between the Group or any of its subsidiaries and a member of the Board is considered material depends in particular on the following factors:
the volume and size of any transactions concluded in relation to the financial status and credit standing of the Board member concerned or the organization in which he or she is a partner, significant shareholder or executive officer;
the terms and conditions applied to such transactions in comparison to those applied to transactions with counterparties of a similar credit standing;
whether the transactions are subject to the same internal approval processes and procedures as transactions that are concluded with other counterparties;
whether the transactions are performed in the ordinary course of business; and
whether the transactions are structured in such a way and on such terms and conditions that the transaction could be concluded with a third party on comparable terms and conditions.
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Moreover, Board members with immediate family members who would not qualify as independent according to the above listed criteria shall be subject to a three-year cooling-off period for purposes of determining their independence after fulfilment of the independence criteria by the immediate family member. Significant shareholder status is generally not considered a criterion for independence unless the shareholding exceeds 10% of the Group’s share capital or in instances where the shareholder may otherwise influence the Group in a significant manner.
Specific independence considerations
Board members serving on the Audit Committee are subject to independence requirements in addition to those required of other Board members. None of the Audit Committee members may be an affiliated person of the Group or may, directly or indirectly, accept any consulting, advisory or other compensatory fees from us other than their regular compensation as members of the Board and its committees.
For Board members serving on the Compensation Committee, the independence determination considers all factors relevant to determining whether a director has a relationship with the Group that is material to that director’s ability to be independent from management in connection with the duties of a Compensation Committee member, including, but not limited to:
the source of any compensation of the Compensation Committee member, including any consulting, advisory or other compensatory fees paid by the Group to such director; and
whether the Compensation Committee member is affiliated with the Group, any of its subsidiaries or any affiliates of any of its subsidiaries.
Other independence standards
While the Group is not subject to such standards, the Board acknowledges that some proxy advisors apply different standards for assessing the independence of our Board members, including the length of tenure a Board member has served, the full-time status of a Board Member, annual compensation levels of Board members within a comparable range to executive pay or a Board member’s former executive status for periods further back than the preceding three years.
Independence determination
As of December 31, 2021, all members of the Board were determined by the Board to be independent.
Board leadership
Chairman of the Board
The Chairman is a non-executive member of the Board, in accordance with Swiss banking law, and performs his role on a full-time basis, in line with the practice expected by FINMA, our main regulator. The Chairman:
coordinates the work within the Board;
works with the committee chairs to coordinate the tasks of the committees;
ensures that the Board members are provided with the information relevant for performing their duties;
drives the Board agenda;
drives key Board topics, especially regarding the strategic development of the Group, succession planning, the structure and organization of the Group, corporate governance, as well as compensation and compensation structure, including the performance evaluation and compensation of the CEO and the Executive Board;
chairs the Board, the Governance and Nominations Committee and the Shareholder Meetings;
takes an active role in representing the Group to key shareholders, investors, regulators and supervisors, industry associations and other external stakeholders;
has no executive function within the Group;
with the exception of the Governance and Nominations Committee, is not a member of any of the other Board standing committees; and
may attend all or parts of selected committee meetings as a guest without voting power.
Due to Axel Lehmann taking on the role of Chairman in January 2022, he will remain Chair of the Risk Committee on an ad interim basis until a successor has been appointed, which is expected as of the 2022 AGM.
Vice-Chair and Lead Independent Director
There may be one or more Vice-Chairs. The Vice-Chair:
is a member of the Board;
is a designated deputy to the Chairman; and
assists the Chairman by providing support and advice to the Chairman, assuming the Chairman’s role in the event of the Chairman’s absence or indisposition and leading the Board accordingly.
According to the Group’s OGR (Chapter II Board of Directors, Item 3.4), the Board may appoint a Lead Independent Director. If the Chairman is determined not to be independent by the Board, the Board must appoint a Lead Independent Director. The Lead Independent Director:
may convene meetings without the Chairman being present;
takes a leading role among the Board members, particularly when issues between the Chairman and Board members arise (for example, when the Chairman has a conflict of interest);
leads the Board’s annual assessment of the Chairman; and
ensures that the work of the Board and Board-related processes continue to run smoothly.
Severin Schwan currently serves as the Vice-Chair and the Lead Independent Director.
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Segregation of duties
In accordance with Swiss banking law, the Group operates under a dual board structure, which strictly segregates the duties of supervision, which are the responsibility of the Board, from the duties of management, which are the responsibility of the Executive Board. The roles of the Chairman (non-executive) and the CEO (executive) are separate and carried out by two different people.
Board responsibilities
In accordance with the OGR (Chapter II Board of Directors, Item 5.1), the Board delegates certain tasks to Board committees and delegates the management of the company and the preparation and implementation of Board resolutions to certain management bodies or executive officers to the extent permitted by law, in particular Article 716a and 716b of the Swiss Code of Obligations, and the AoA (Chapter IV, Section 2, The Board of Directors, Art. 17 of the Group’s AoA and Chapter III, Section 6, Board of Directors, Art. 6.3 of the Bank’s AoA).
With responsibility for the overall direction, supervision and control of the company, the Board:
regularly assesses our competitive position and approves our strategic and financial plans and risk appetite statement and overall risk limits;
appoints or dismisses the CEO and the members of the Executive Board and appoints or dismisses the head of Internal Audit as well as the regulatory auditor;
receives a status report at each ordinary meeting on our financial results, capital, funding and liquidity situation;
receives, on a monthly basis, management information packages, which provide detailed information on our performance and financial status, as well as quarterly risk reports outlining recent developments and outlook scenarios;
is provided by management with regular updates on key issues and significant events, as deemed appropriate or requested;
has access to all information concerning the Group in order to appropriately discharge its responsibilities;
reviews and approves significant changes to our structure and organization;
approves the annual variable compensation for the Group and the divisions and recommends compensation of the Board and Executive Board for shareholder approval at the AGM;
provides oversight on significant projects including acquisitions, divestitures, investments and other major projects;
approves the recovery and resolution plans of the Group and its major subsidiaries; and
along with its committees, is entitled, without consulting with management and at the Group’s expense, to engage external legal, financial or other advisors, as it deems appropriate, with respect to any matters within its authority.
Management information system
The Group has a comprehensive management information system in place as part of our efforts to ensure the Board and senior management are provided with the necessary information and reports to carry out their respective oversight and management responsibilities. The Chairman may request additional reports as deemed appropriate.
Governance of Group subsidiaries
The Board assumes oversight responsibility for establishing appropriate governance for Group subsidiaries. The governance of the Group is based on the principles of an integrated oversight and management structure with global scope, which enables management of the Group as one economic unit. The Group sets corporate governance standards to ensure the efficient and harmonized steering of the Group. In accordance with the OGR (Chapter II, Board of Directors, Item 5.1.16), the Board appoints or dismisses the chairperson and the members of the board of directors of the major subsidiaries of the Group and approves their compensation. A policy naming the subsidiaries in scope and providing guidelines for the nomination and compensation process is periodically reviewed by the Board. The governance of the major subsidiaries, subject to compliance with all applicable local laws and regulations, should be consistent with the corporate governance principles of the Group, as reflected in the OGR and other corporate governance documents. In order to facilitate consistency and alignment of Group and subsidiary governance, it is the Group’s policy for the Board to appoint at least one Group director to each of the boards of its major subsidiaries. Directors and officers of the Group and its major subsidiaries are committed to ensuring transparency and collaboration throughout the Group.
In December 2021, we elevated the status of certain important regional subsidiary and advisory boards and announced a number of new leadership appointments, in order to further increase connectivity between the Group Board and our main subsidiary and regional advisory boards. These appointments include Group Board members Juan Colombas, Christian Gellerstad and Blythe Masters assuming the chair roles in the subsidiaries Credit Suisse Bank (Europe), S.A., Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG, and Credit Suisse Holdings (USA), Inc., respectively, with the appointment of Mr. Colombas being subject to regulatory approval and that of Mr. Gellerstad being subject to his re-election as a board member at the AGM of Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG on April 29, 2022 and taking effect as of that date. We also announced that Richard Meddings was appointed as chair of the UK subsidiaries Credit Suisse International and Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd., effective January 1, 2022. Subsequently, Richard Meddings has decided to step down from the chair role in March 2022, given his appointment as chair of the National Health Service (NHS) England, but will remain on the boards of these UK subsidiaries as a non-executive director. Furthermore, Ana Paula Pessoa was appointed as chair of the Credit Suisse Brazil Advisory Board, an advisory body and Kai Nargolwala was designated as chair of the APAC Board, subject to his re-election as a board member at the Group AGM on April 29, 2022. The APAC Board is an advisory body overseeing business conducted through a number of legal entities and branches in the APAC region.
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Board evaluation
The Board conducts a self-assessment once a year, where it reviews its own performance against the responsibilities listed in its charter and the Board’s objectives and determines future objectives, including any special focus objectives for the coming year. The performance assessment of the Chairman is led by the Vice-Chair; the Chairman does not participate in the discussion of his own performance. As part of the self-assessment, the Board evaluates its effectiveness with respect to a number of different aspects, including board structure and composition, communication and reporting, agenda setting and continuous improvement. From time to time, the Board may also mandate an external advisor to facilitate the evaluation process. The Board mandated an external firm to perform a board effectiveness evaluation most recently in 2020. The 2020 effectiveness evaluation included comprehensive reviews of Board processes and documentation, interviews by the external assessor with the Chairman, the individual Board members, the CEO and certain other Executive Board members and other internal experts, and the participation of the external assessor as an observer in Board and Board committee meetings. The results from the external board effectiveness evaluation were presented and discussed at a Board meeting in early 2021 and addressed the Board’s leadership and contribution and the work of the Board. Specific topics reviewed included the Board’s culture and current and future composition, priorities for the new Chairman, the Board’s shared strategic perspective, visibility and understanding of the rapidly changing global landscape of the financial services industry, the ESG agenda, the work of the Board on risk and control, including the challenge of ensuring appropriate escalation of issues and early warnings, and leadership development. The previous board effectiveness evaluation took place in 2017, in line with the Board’s intention to perform an external board effectiveness evaluation every three years.
Board changes
In January 2022, the Board appointed Axel Lehmann as Chairman, succeeding António Horta-Osório, who resigned as Chairman. Axel Lehmann and Juan Colombas were elected as new non-executive Board members at the EGM of October 1, 2021, and Juan Colombas was elected as a member of the Compensation Committee. The Board appointed both Axel Lehmann and Juan Colombas as new members of the Audit Committee and Risk Committee, and Axel Lehmann as a new member of the Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee. Following a transition period of one month, Axel Lehmann was appointed as the new Chair of the Risk Committee, succeeding Richard Meddings, who served as the Chair of the Risk Committee ad interim, and as a new member of the Governance and Nominations Committee on November 1, 2021. Upon becoming Chairman, Axel Lehmann stepped down as a member of the Audit Committee and the Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee. He will remain the Risk Committee Chair on an ad interim basis until the 2022 AGM. At the 2021 AGM on April 30, 2021, António Horta-Osório, former Group Chief Executive of Lloyds Banking Group, was elected as the Chairman of the Board and successor to Urs Rohner, who did not stand for re-election after having reached the 12-year tenure limit. Furthermore, Clare Brady and Blythe Masters were elected as new non-executive Board members and Blythe Masters was also elected as a new Compensation Committee member. The Board appointed Clare Brady as a member of the Audit Committee and the Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee and Blythe Masters as a member of the Risk Committee. Blythe Masters stepped down from the Risk Committee as of year-end 2021, due to her appointment as the chair of our major US subsidiary, Credit Suisse Holdings (USA), Inc. and Chair of the newly established Digital Transformation and Technology Committee.
Proposed changes to the Board will be announced with the invitation to the 2022 AGM, which will be published after the publication of this report.
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Board activities
During 2021 and early 2022, the Board focused on a number of key areas, including but not limited to the activities described below. Specifically, the Board:
Strategy and organization
established Asset Management as a separate division effective April 1, 2021, following the issues that emerged in the context of the SCFF matter
conducted a comprehensive Group strategy review together with the Executive Board; the resulting strategy was announced in November 2021 with a focus on strengthening and simplifying the integrated model, investing in sustainable growth and risk management and a culture that reinforces accountability and responsibility
approved significant organizational changes in connection with the Group strategy review, specifically the reorganization of the Group into four business divisions and four regions, the exit from the prime services business (with the exception of Index Access and APAC Delta One) and the establishment of a centralized technology and operations organization
supervised the initial phase of the implementation of the strategy and organizational changes
Crisis management
reactivated the Board tactical crisis committee consisting of the Chairman and the Chairs of the Audit, Risk and Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committees to oversee the investigations into the SCFF and Archegos matters
commissioned two independent, external investigations into the SCFF and Archegos matters, both of which have since been completed, and received regular updates on the findings, recommendations and related remediation measures
approved actions against a number of individuals based on the extent and nature of their involvement in these matters, including compensation adjustments as appropriate
withdrew the proposals on variable compensation of the Executive Board from the 2021 AGM agenda, in order to reflect the collective accountability of the Executive Board (as constituted on March 31, 2021) for the Archegos matter and withdrew the proposal on the discharge of the Board and the Executive Board for the 2020 financial year in light of both the Archegos and SCFF matters
commissioned an investigation in December 2021 into the travel activities of the former Chairman, António Horta-Osório, and identified several areas of improvement around Board practices and related governance matters
Board and Executive Board succession
appointed Axel Lehmann as the new Chairman, succeeding António Horta-Osório, who resigned from the Board in January 2022
nominated Juan Colombas and Axel Lehmann as new Board members for election at the 2021 EGM
implemented management changes for the Investment Bank and Asset Management divisions and in Risk and Compliance, which was separated into two distinct corporate functions following the Archegos and SCFF matters
appointed a number of new Executive Board members in 2021, including Francesco de Ferrari (CEO Wealth Management and ad interim CEO Region EMEA), Christine Graeff (Global Head of Human Resources), Joanne Hannaford (Chief Technology & Operations Officer) Ulrich Körner (CEO Asset Management), Rafael Lopez Lorenzo (Chief Compliance Officer), Christian Meissner (CEO Investment Bank and CEO Region Americas) and David Wildermuth (Chief Risk Officer)
Financial and Risk management
took measures to further strengthen the Group’s capital position in the first quarter of 2021 through the offering of two series of mandatory convertible notes (MCNs), the suspension of the 2021 Share Repurchase Program and a reduced dividend proposal, which was approved at the 2021 AGM
approved immediate adjustments to the Group’s risk appetite upon the recommendation of the Risk Committee, in particular in consideration of the Archegos matter, for example with respect to single name concentration risk and credit risk
initiated a comprehensive Group-wide risk review under the oversight of the tactical crisis committee, which included reviews of both financial and non-financial risks
reviewed and approved the Group’s financial and capital plans for 2022 in line with our Group strategy and according to the new organizational structure, as well as our medium term financial ambitions as communicated at the Investor Day of November 4, 2021
Group governance and Board effectiveness
established a new Board committee, the Digital Transformation and Technology Committee, to provide direct oversight and governance on key technology and digitalization topics and replace the advisory Innovation and Technology Committee
elevated the status of certain important regional subsidiary and advisory boards andmade several important appointments of Group Board members to key subsidiary boards and advisory bodies
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Board committees
The Board has six standing committees: the Governance and Nominations Committee, the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, the Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee, the Risk Committee and the newly established Digital Transformation and Technology Committee, which replaces the previous advisory Innovation and Technology Committee. In addition, the Board has one advisory committee, the Sustainability Advisory Committee. Except for the Compensation Committee members, who are elected by the shareholders on an annual basis, the committee members are appointed by the Board for a term of one year.
At each Board meeting, the Chairs of the committees report to the Board about the activities of the respective committees. In addition, the minutes and documentation of the committee meetings are accessible to all Board members.
Each committee has its own charter, which has been approved by the Board. Each standing committee performs a self-assessment once a year, where it reviews its own performance against the responsibilities listed in its charter and the committee’s objectives and determines any special focus objectives for the coming year.
The Board furthermore established a sub-committee of the Board in 2020, the tactical crisis committee, which was reactivated in 2021. Members consist of the Chairman and the Chairs of the Audit, Risk and Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committees. Tactical crisis committee meetings were further attended by the Group CEO and selected members of senior management, including the CRO, the CFO, the General Counsel and the CCO. The purpose of the tactical crisis committee was to exercise close oversight and timely decision making with respect to the issues that arose in connection with the SCFF and Archegos matters. In early 2022, the Board determined that the tactical crisis committee had served its purpose and retired the committee.
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Governance and Nominations Committee
The primary function of the Governance and Nominations Committee is to act as a counselor to the Chairman, address key Group corporate governance issues and evaluate and recommend new Board candidates, as well as new Executive Board members.
Membership
consists of the Chairman, the Vice-Chair and the Chairs of the Board committees and other members appointed by the Board
may include non-independent Board members; however, the majority of members must qualify as independent
currently consists of five members; all of our Governance and Nominations Committee members are independent
Meetings
generally meets on a monthly basis
the meetings are usually attended by the CEO
may also ask other members of management or specialists to attend a meeting
Main duties and responsibilities
acts as counselor to the Chairman and supports him in the preparation of Board meetings
addresses the corporate governance issues affecting the Group and develops and recommends to the Board corporate governance principles and such other corporate governance-related documents as it deems appropriate for the Group
reviews the independence of the Board members annually and recommends its assessment to the Board for final determination
is responsible for setting selection criteria for Board membership, which reflects the requirements of applicable laws and regulations, and for identifying, evaluating and nominating candidates for Board membership
guides the Board’s annual performance assessment of the Chairman, the CEO and the members of the Executive Board
proposes to the Board the appointment, replacement or dismissal of members of the Executive Board as well as other appointments requiring endorsement by the Board
reviews succession plans with the Chairman and the CEO relating to Executive Board positions and is kept informed of other top management succession plans
Activities
During 2021 and early 2022, the Governance and Nominations Committee focused on a number of key areas, including but not limited to the activities described below. Specifically, the Governance and Nominations Committee:
Chairman and Board member succession
established selection criteria, conducted interviews with and assessed the qualifications of different candidates for the role of the Risk Committee Chair to succeed Richard Meddings, who performed the role on an ad interim basis from the 2021 AGM to October 31, 2021, including a one month transition period following the 2021 EGM
recommended Juan Colombas and Axel Lehmann as new Board nominees for approval by the Board prior to the 2021 EGM, both of whom have extensive risk management experience, proposed Juan Colombas for election as a Compensation Committee member and appointed Axel Lehmann as the Risk Committee Chair
supported the Vice-Chair and Lead Independent Director in leading the Board through the challenging period in early 2022 in connection with the resignation of the former Chairman, António Horta-Osório
initiated process to identify a new Board member and Risk Committee Chair in the lead up to the 2022 AGM, given the appointment of Axel Lehmann as the new Chairman
Executive Board succession
assessed potential candidates for the Executive Board, given the need for the various Executive Board member changes during 2021 and in connection with the strategy and organizational changes announced in November 2021
interviewed candidates for certain other senior hires in 2021, including the new Head of Internal Audit
Advice and guidance
provided advice and guidance to the former Chairman, Urs Rohner, during the initial phase following the SCFF and Archegos incidents, including on regulatory interactions and in connection with the launch of the respective Board mandated external investigations
supported the former Chairman, António Horta-Osório, in preparing for the Board’s annual strategy workshop in 2021 together with the Executive Board, which was an important event in the early stages of the comprehensive Group strategy review
provided guidance for the annual performance assessments of the Chairman and the CEO
Corporate governance
engaged with external counsel and FINMA on the conclusions of the FINMA enforcement proceedings related to past observation activities, which was announced in October 2021
advised on and supported the creation of the new Digital Transformation and Technology Committee at the Board level
initiated a number of follow up activities on Board governance and policies as part of the lessons learned from the incidents that led to the resignation of former Chairman António Horta-Osório in January 2022
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Audit Committee
The primary function of the Audit Committee is to assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight role by monitoring and assessing the integrity of the financial statements of the Group.
Membership
consists of at least three members of the Board, all of whom must be independent. Currently consists of five members, all of whom are independent
Risk Committee Chair is generally appointed as one of the members of the Audit Committee
stipulates that all Audit Committee members must be financially literate. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires disclosure about whether a member of the Audit Committee is an audit committee financial expert within the meaning of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Board has determined that Richard Meddings is an audit committee financial expert
members may not serve on the Audit Committee of more than two other companies, unless the Board deems that such membership would not impair their ability to serve on our Audit Committee
Meetings
the Audit Committee holds meetings at least once each quarter, prior to the publication of our consolidated financial statements
typically a number of additional meetings and workshops are convened throughout the year
meetings are attended by management representatives, as appropriate, the Head of Internal Audit and senior representatives of the external auditor
a private session with Internal Audit and the external auditors is regularly scheduled to provide them with an opportunity to discuss issues with the Audit Committee without management being present
Main duties and responsibilities
monitors and assesses the overall integrity of the financial statements as well as disclosures of the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
monitors the adequacy of the financial accounting and reporting processes and the effectiveness of internal controls
monitors processes designed to ensure compliance by the Group in all significant respects with legal and regulatory requirements
monitors the adequacy of the management of non-financial risks jointly with the Risk Committee
reviews jointly with the Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee any significant matters related to compliance and conduct
monitors the qualifications, independence and performance of the external auditors and of Internal Audit
is regularly informed about significant projects and initiatives aimed at further improving processes and receives regular updates on significant legal, compliance, disciplinary, tax and regulatory
has established procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints of a significant nature regarding accounting, internal accounting controls, auditing or other matters alleging potential misconduct, including a whistleblower hotline
Activities
During 2021 and early 2022, the Audit Committee focused on a number of key areas, including but not limited to the activities described below. Specifically, the Audit Committee:
Quarterly and annual financial reporting
performed its regular review of the quarterly and annual financial results and related accounting, reporting and internal control and disclosure matters, as well as matters of significant judgment
held specific reviews on certain accounting and reporting matters of particular relevance in 2021 and early 2022, such as the reporting and disclosures of the Archegos and SCFF matters, Pillar 3 and regulatory disclosures
held regular reviews of the Bank parent company financial statements
held various educational sessions (some jointly with the Risk Committee) on selected topics, such as the Sustainability Report disclosure, structured notes and product controls
Internal and external audit
received regular updates from the Head of Internal Audit on key audit findings and held a dedicated workshop with the Internal Audit senior leadership team about their risk assessments for the organization, emerging risk and control themes, and audit planning and methodology, as well as on organizational matters of the Internal Audit function, such as talent and succession planning
received regular updates and reports from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
assessed and recommended a new Head of Internal Audit, succeeding Rafael Lopez Lorenzo, who was appointed as CCO
Legal, regulatory compliance and conduct matters
received updates from the General Counsel at every meeting on significant litigation, regulatory enforcement and tax matters, as well as regular reports on key regulatory developments and interactions with our main regulators
maintained a focus on compliance topics through briefings at every regular meeting on key compliance risks and associated internal controls as well as through the quarterly Compliance Risk Report
reviewed the Group’s whistleblowing processes and governance, as well as select cases and their resolution
received, jointly with the Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee, updates on significant matters related to compliance and conduct
reviewed, jointly with the Risk Committee, the annual assessment of the effectiveness of the internal control system and recommended approval by the Board of the adequacy of the internal control system, according to the requirements of FINMA
Infrastructure and key change programs
conducted in-depth reviews of the payments processes and systems landscape
held a comprehensive session on IT system architecture, focusing on the complexity of the IT environment, the associated risk profile, end-of-life management, architecture simplification and platform strategy, and the maintenance of the overall stability and security levels of the IT environment
received updates on the Group’s global legal entity strategy and strategy to optimize the legal entity structure following agreed design principles, the global booking model, and both global and local legal and regulatory requirements
reviewed, jointly with the Risk Committee, the Group’s key change programs, the Group’s data management framework and the related regulatory interactions and feedback, as well as the Group’s third-party risk management framework
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Internal Audit
Our Internal Audit function comprises a team of 395 professionals, substantially all of whom are directly involved in auditing activities. The Head of Internal Audit reports directly to the Audit Committee Chair and the Audit Committee directs and oversees the activities of the Internal Audit function. In December 2021, the Board, upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee, appointed Mark Hannam as the new Head of Internal Audit, succeeding Rafael Lopez Lorenzo, who was appointed as CCO and member of the Executive Board. Mr. Hannam will join Credit Suisse starting in April 2022.
Internal Audit performs an independent and objective assurance function that is designed to add value to our operations. Using a systematic and disciplined approach, the Internal Audit team evaluates and enhances the effectiveness of Credit Suisse’s risk management, control and governance processes.
Internal Audit is responsible for carrying out periodic audits in line with the Internal Audit Charter, which is approved by the Audit Committee and available publicly. It regularly and independently assesses the risk exposure of our various business activities, taking into account industry trends, strategic and organizational decisions, best practice and regulatory matters. Based on the results of its assessment, Internal Audit develops detailed annual audit objectives, defining key risk themes and specifying resource requirements for approval by the Audit Committee.
As part of its efforts to achieve best practice, Internal Audit regularly benchmarks its methods and tools against those of its peers. In addition, it submits periodic internal reports and summaries thereof to the management teams as well as the Chairman and the Audit Committee Chair. The Head of Internal Audit provides at least quarterly updates to the Audit Committee or more frequently as appropriate. Internal Audit coordinates its operations with the activities of the external auditor for maximum effect.
The Audit Committee annually assesses the performance and effectiveness of the Internal Audit function. For 2021, the Audit Committee concluded that the Internal Audit function was effective and independent, with the appropriate resources to deliver against the Internal Audit Charter.
External Audit
The Audit Committee is responsible for the oversight of the external auditor. The external auditor reports directly to the Audit Committee and the Board with respect to its audit of the Group’s financial statements and is ultimately accountable to the shareholders. The Audit Committee pre-approves the retention of, and fees paid to, the external auditor for all audit and non-audit services.
> Refer to “External audit” in Audit for further information.
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Compensation Committee
The primary function of the Compensation Committee is to determine, review and propose compensation and related principles for the Group.
Membership
consists of at least three members of the Board, all of whom must be independent
currently consists of six members, all of whom are independent
members are individually elected by the AGM for a period of one year
Meetings
holds at least four meetings per year, pursuant to its charter; additional meetings may be scheduled at any time
meetings are attended by external advisors and management representatives, as appropriate
Main duties and responsibilities
reviews the Group’s compensation policy
establishes new compensation plans or amending existing plans and recommends them to the Board for approval
reviews the performance of the Group and the divisions and recommends the variable compensation pools for the Group and the divisions to the Board for approval
proposes individual compensation for the Board members to the Board
discusses and recommends to the Board the Executive Board members’ compensation, based on proposals by the CEO, and a proposal for the CEO’s compensation
reviews and recommends to the Board the compensation for individuals being considered for an Executive Board position
reviews and endorses the annual compensation report submitted for a consultative vote by shareholders at the AGM
is authorized to retain outside advisors, at the Group’s expense, for the purpose of providing guidance to the Compensation Committee as it carries out its responsibilities. Prior to their appointment, the Compensation Committee conducts an independence assessment of the advisors pursuant to the rules of the SEC and the listing standards of the NYSE and Nasdaq
Activities
During 2021 and early 2022, the Compensation Committee focused on a number of key areas, including but not limited to the activities described below. Specifically, the Compensation Committee:
Executive Board and Board compensation
revisited the original compensation decisions for the Executive Board in light of the Archegos matter, resulting in the cancellation of the 2020 STI and 2021 LTI awards and the withdrawal of the respective AGM proposals
conducted a comprehensive review and redesign of the Executive Board compensation structure for 2022 and agreed on significant changes compared to prior plans, reflecting, among other considerations, investor feedback
reviewed and recommended approval by the Board of the compensation arrangements for the incoming and outgoing Executive Board members during 2021
reviewed the compensation proposals to be submitted for approval by shareholders at the 2022 AGM
Shareholder engagement and Say-on-Pay
continued to engage extensively with shareholders and proxy advisors on compensation, including holding numerous meetings with shareholders involving the Compensation Committee Chair, the Global Head of Human Resources and, in part, the Chairman; feedback and key issues resulting from these meetings were addressed regularly by the full committee
acknowledged the negative sentiment and general investor disappointment due to the SCFF and Archegos incidents and discussed investor comments and proxy advisor analysis and recommendations in the lead up to the 2021 AGM
Group compensation
determined the variable compensation pool for the Group for 2021, including the allocations to the divisions and corporate functions, which was in aggregate 32% below the pool from the prior year, in consideration of the overall negative financial performance in 2021
conducted thorough accountability and culpability reviews of individuals determined to have some involvement in the SCFF and Archegos matters and recommended compensation adjustments, as appropriate
regularly monitored employee attrition trends and approved certain retention measures
approved the granting of a new one-time equity-based award, the Strategic Delivery Plan, as part of the 2021 compensation process to incentivize the longer-term delivery of the Group’s strategic plan
reviewed and endorsed changes implemented to the compensation and performance management programs to improve risk and accountability in compensation practices, based on lessons learned from the SCFF and Archegos matters and feedback from regulators
Regulatory and industry developments
received and assessed periodic reports on industry and regulatory developments, including executive pay trends, competitor practices, key corporate governance developments and regulatory themes with implications for compensation
> Refer to “The Compensation Committee” in V – Compensation – Compensation governance for information on our compensation approach, principles and objectives and outside advisors.
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Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee
The primary function of the Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee is to assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities with respect to the Group’s exposure to financial crime risk.
Membership
consists of at least three members of the Board. Currently consists of five members, all of whom are independent
may include non-independent members; however, the majority of members must qualify as independent
the Chair of the Audit Committee is generally appointed as one of the members of the Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee
Meetings
holds at least four meetings per year, pursuant to its charter
may convene for additional meetings throughout the year in order to appropriately discharge its responsibilities
meetings are attended by management representatives, representatives of Internal Audit and the Group’s external auditors, as appropriate
Main duties and responsibilities
reviews and assesses the Group’s overall compliance framework for addressing financial crime risk, including policies, procedures and organizational set-up
monitors and assesses the effectiveness of financial crime compliance programs, including those with respect to the following areas: anti-money laundering, client identification and know-your-client procedures, client on and off boarding, politically exposed persons, economic and trade sanctions, anti-bribery and anti-corruption and client tax compliance
reviews the status of the relevant policies and procedures and the implementation of significant initiatives focused on improving conduct and vigilance within the context of combatting financial crime, including employee awareness and training programs
reviews and monitors investigations into allegations of financial crime or other reports of misconduct pertaining to the areas specified above
reviews with management, Internal Audit and the external auditors audit findings and recommendations with respect to the areas specified above, including annual regulatory audit reports
receives regular updates by management on regulatory, legislative and industry specific developments with respect to the areas specified above
reviews jointly with the Audit Committee and/or Risk Committee any matters for which a joint review is determined to be appropriate, including the annual compliance risk assessment and the Group’s framework for addressing conduct risk
provides support to the Compensation Committee and advice, as relevant and appropriate, with respect to the areas specified above as part of the Group’s compensation process
Activities
During 2021 and early 2022, the Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee focused on a number of key areas, including but not limited to the activities described below. Specifically, the Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee:
Financial Crime Compliance effectiveness
reviewed comprehensive financial crime compliance reporting package from management at every meeting, including financial crime regulation developments, key financial crime compliance performance indicators and global investigations and escalated concerns
conducted focused sessions on specific financial crime compliance programs, including processes regarding Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)
received updates at least quarterly from Internal Audit on financial crime compliance related findings in Internal Audit reports and reviewed the results of the anti-money laundering regulatory audits with PwC in early 2021 as part of the 2020 regulatory audit
held dedicated sessions during 2021 with each of the divisional CEOs to discuss the financial crime risk culture in their respective divisions, which included such topics as “tone from the top” and communication measures in place to ensure sufficient awareness of financial crime compliance matters
Regulatory driven enhancement programs
continued to closely monitor the progress on our commitments to enhance anti-money laundering and related financial crime compliance processes in connection with FINMA enforcement decrees
regularly reviewed the status of remediation efforts to address an enforcement action of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) and the New York Department of Financial Services issued in November 2020 regarding enhancements to financial crime compliance in our US operations
conducted several review and challenge sessions on a comprehensive program to improve anti-fraud controls
engaged in dialogue with senior representatives of FINMA on significant matters of financial crime compliance at Credit Suisse
Financial Crime Compliance governance
assessed the financial crime compliance organizational and governance changes during 2021 following the departure of Lara Warner as Chief Risk and Compliance Officer and the appointment of Thomas Grotzer as CCO ad interim effective April 2021 and the appointment of Rafael Lopez Lorenzo as CCO and member of the Executive Board effective October 2021
held several joint sessions with the Audit Committee, including a joint review of Credit Suisse’s Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and US cross border compliance activities
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Risk Committee
The Risk Committee is responsible for assisting the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities of risk management. These responsibilities include the oversight of the enterprise-wide risk management and practices, the promotion of a sound risk culture with clear accountability and ownership, the review of key risk and resources and the assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of the Group’s Risk function.
Membership
consists of at least three members of the Board. Currently consists of six members, all of whom are independent
the Audit Committee Chair is generally appointed as one of the members of the Risk Committee
Meetings
holds at least four ordinary meetings per year, pursuant to its charter
usually convenes for additional meetings throughout the year in order to appropriately discharge its responsibilities
The CEO, CRO and other Group business or corporate function representatives will usually attend the meetings, as appropriate
Main duties and responsibilities
reviews and assesses the integrity and adequacy of the Risk function of the Group including risk measurement approaches
reviews and calibrates risk appetite at the Group level and at the level of key businesses as well as major risk concentrations
approves the list of countries and proposes the limits and risk appetites allocated to such countries to the Board
regularly reviews relationships with top clients and material transactions from a risk perspective and also reviews the reports on material risk matters by the risk function, significant legal entities, businesses and corporate functions
reviews, jointly with the Audit Committee, the annual assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control system and the status of major infrastructure and committed change programs
reviews and assesses the current state and evolution of the risk culture
mandates the Credit Risk Review function to independently assess credit risk management practices
reports committee activities to the Board as deemed appropriate; annually performs a self-assessment of the risk committee performance and a review of its charter
Activities
During 2021 and early 2022, the Risk Committee focused on a number of key areas, including but not limited to the activities described below. Specifically, the Risk Committee:
Incident management
closely monitored and oversaw actions related to the Archegos and Greensill matters, in particular the review of the investigation results for Archegos and the monitoring of the progress made on remediation activities
mandated divisional business and single name concentration reviews as well as a fundamental review of risk appetite and reviewed the results, in particular for the Investment Bank and Asia Pacific
recommended adjustments to risk appetite, monitored implementation of additional risk controls
reviewed key findings from the review of the largest clients exposures and single name concentration and monitored progress in de-risking activities
had focused discussions on conduct risk matters and cultural reviews
Risk appetite, risk monitoring and risk management frameworks
endorsed the revised risk appetite framework and limits for 2021 as well as the Group’s strategic risk objectives and the risk appetite statements for 2022, including country risk limits
supported the Board in reviewing strategically important topics, including adequacy of capital, liquidity and funding of both the Group and the Bank parent company
monitored the implementation of risk governance enhancements to improve the review, approval and escalation of risk matters
monitored aspects of the Group’s risk management framework, with respect to model risk, liquidity risk, stress testing and the internal control framework
reviewed, jointly with the Audit Committee, risks related to Credit Suisse AG, including financial performance and capital position, CECL provisioning, as well as conduct and culture
reviewed the developments and steps taken by management to further integrate sustainability considerations into the risk assessment and risk management processes
received briefings on the energy transition frameworks and commitments, and associated restrictions on certain business activities in carbon-intensive sectors
Infrastructure and key change programs
received regular updates on key change programs, including the IBOR transition program jointly with the Audit committee, as well as the US and EU legal entities’ strategy including the Intermediate EU Parent Undertaking implementation
reviewed, jointly with the Audit Committee, risks related to data management, technology and infrastructure and outsourcing
reviewed, jointly with the Innovation and Technology Committee, risks related to IT security, data protection and cyber risk
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Digital Transformation and Technology Committee
The Digital Transformation and Technology Committee was established in January 2022 with the primary function of assisting the Board in setting, steering and overseeing the execution of the bank’s data, digitalization and technology strategy. The committee is tasked with overseeing the strategically aligned execution of the bank’s major digitalization and technology initiatives and setting governance standards for digital transformation across the Group. The Digital Transformation and Technology Committee replaces the advisory Innovation and Technology Committee, which was retired in December 2021.
Sustainability Advisory Committee
The Sustainability Advisory Committee, established in February 2021 and chaired by the Board Sustainability Leader Iris Bohnet, assists the Board, in an advisory capacity, in fulfilling its oversight duties in respect of the development and execution of the Group’s sustainability strategy and ambitions, and monitoring and assessing the effectiveness of the respective sustainability programs and initiatives. Responsibilities include endorsing the sustainability strategy and ambitions and ensuring actions are being taken to accomplish them, advising on sustainability metrics and tracking and monitoring progress, and supporting the engagement with key internal and external stakeholders, including clients, employees, investors, ESG rating agencies, non-governmental organizations, policymakers, regulators and representatives of the business community and society. Activities of the Sustainability Advisory Committee during 2021 included the review and validation of the key pillars of the Credit Suisse sustainability strategy in the context of the Group-wide strategy review, receiving updates on the bank’s progress with respect to ESG products, services and advisory, the Diversity & Inclusion strategy and climate and sustainability risk, as well as holding a targeted session on greenwashing risk.
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Biographies of the Board
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Axel Lehmann
Born 1959
Swiss Citizen
Board member since 2021
Chairman of the Board (as of January 16, 2022)
Professional history
2021–present Credit Suisse1
Chairman and Chair of the Governance and Nominations Committee (2022–present, member since 2021)
Chair ad interim of the Risk Committee (2022–present, member since 2021)
Member of the Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee (2021–2022)
Member of the Audit Committee (2021–2022)
2009–2021 UBS
Member of the Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG (2016–2021)
President Personal & Corporate Banking and President UBS Switzerland (2018–2021)
Group Chief Operating Officer (2016–2017)
Member of the Board of Directors of UBS AG (2009–2015) and UBS Group AG (2014–2015), Member of the Risk Committee (2009–2015) and the Governance and Nominating Committee (2011–2013)
1996–2015 Zurich Insurance Group Ltd.
Member of the Group Executive Committee (2002–2015)
Group Chief Risk Officer (2009–2015), with additional responsibility for Group IT (2008–2010), Regional chairman Europe (2011–2015) and Regional chairman Europe, Middle East and Africa (2015–2015), chairman of the Board of Farmers Group Inc., CA (2011–2015)
CEO, North America (2004–2007)
CEO, Continental Europe (2002–2004) and Europe General Insurance (2004–2004)
CEO, Northern Europe (2001–2002) and Zurich Group Germany (2002–2003)
Member of the Group Management Board (2000–2002)
Various other senior positions (1996–2001)
1995 Swiss Life, Head of Strategic Planning and Controlling
Education
2000 Advanced Management Program, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
1996 Post-doctorate degree in Business Administration (Habilitation), University of St. Gallen
1989 PhD in Economics and Business Administration, University of St. Gallen
1984 Master’s degree in Economics and Business Administration, University of St. Gallen
Other activities and functions
Credit Suisse Foundation, chair
University of St. Gallen (HSG), adjunct professor and international advisory board member
Institute of Insurance Economics at the University of St. Gallen (I.VW), chairman of the executive board
Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, member
1 Mr. Lehmann will take over more mandates in his capacity as Chairman of the Group.
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António Horta-​Osório
Born 1964
Portuguese and British Citizen
Board member 2021–2022
Chairman of the Board (until January 16, 2022)
Professional history
2021–2022 Credit Suisse1
Chairman and Chair of the Governance and Nominations Committee (2021–2022)
Member of the Sustainability Advisory Committee (2021–2022)
2011–2021 Lloyds Banking Group, Group Chief Executive
2009–2011 Bank of England, Court of Directors
1993–2010 Grupo Santander
Chief Executive Officer, Santander UK/Abbey (2006–2010)
Executive Vice President, Banco Santander Spain (2000–2010)
Chief Executive Officer, Banco Santander Totta Portugal (2000–2006)
Chief Executive Officer and chairman, Banco Santander Brazil (1997–1999, chairman until 2000)
Chief Executive Officer, Banco Santander de Negócios Portugal (1993–1996)
1991–1993 Goldman Sachs, Corporate Finance, UK and US
1987–1991 Citibank Portugal, Head Capital Markets
Education
2003 Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School, US
1991 MBA, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France
1987 Degree in Management & Business Administration, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal
Other activities and functions
PartnerRe Ltd., independent director, chairman of the investment committee and member of the underwriting and risk committee (Listed company)
Stichting Enable/Stichting INPAR Management, non-executive director
Fundação Champalimaud, non-executive director
BIAL, chairman
1 Mr. Horta-Osório additionally performed functions in a number of Swiss and international organizations in his capacity as Chairman of the Group.
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Iris Bohnet
Born 1966
Swiss Citizen
Board member since 2012
Professional history
2012–present Credit Suisse
Chair of the Sustainability Advisory Committee (2021–present)
Member of the Compensation Committee (2012–present)
Member of the Innovation and Technology Committee (2015–2021)
1998–present Harvard Kennedy School
Academic Dean (2018–2021, 2011–2014)
Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government (2018–present)
Co-Director of the Women and Public Policy Program (2018–present), Director (2008–2018)
Professor of public policy (2006–2018)
Associate professor of public policy (2003–2006)
Assistant professor of public policy (1998–2003)
1997–1998 Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley, visiting scholar
Education
1997 Doctorate in Economics, University of Zurich, Switzerland
1992 Master’s degree in Economic History, Economics and
Political Science, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Other activities and functions
Publicis Groupe Diversity Progress Council, member (Listed company)
Economic Dividends for Gender Equality (EDGE), advisory board member
We shape tech, advisory board member
Women in Banking and Finance, patron
UK Government Equalities Office/BIT, advisor
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Clare Brady
Born 1963
British Citizen
Board member since 2021
Professional history
2021–present Credit Suisse
Member of the Audit Committee (2021–present)
Member of the Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee (2021–present)
Member of the Board of Credit Suisse International and Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited (UK subsidiaries) (2021)
2014–2017 International Monetary Fund (IMF), Director of Internal Audit
2009–2013 World Bank Group, Vice President and Auditor General
2005–2009 Deutsche Bank AG
Managing Director, Group Audit, Asia Pacific Regional Head (2007–2009)
Managing Director, Group Audit, UK Regional Head and Business Partner for Global Banking and Chief Administration Officer (2005–2006)
2002–2005 Bank of England, The Auditor
2001–2002 Barclays Capital, Global Head of Internal Audit
2000–2001 HSBC, Global Head of Compliance, Private Banking
1995–2000 Safra Republic Holdings, Chief Auditor
1995–2000 Republic National Bank of New York (RNBNY), Director of European Audit, Senior Vice President
Prior to 1995 First National Bank of Chicago, Vice President and Regional Head of Europe and Asia Pacific
Bank of New York, Auditor
National Audit Office, UK, Auditor
Education
1994 Chartered Governance Professional (ACG), Chartered Governance Institute, UK
1987 Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. Hons) in Economics, London School of Economics, UK
Other activities and functions
Fidelity Asian Values PLC, non-executive director, senior independent director (SID) and member of the audit committee, the management engagement committee and the nominations committee (Listed company)
The Golden Charter Trust and the Golden Charter Trust Limited, trustee and non-executive director (resp.) and member of the audit committee
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), member of the audit and risk commission
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Juan Colombas
Born 1962
Spanish Citizen
Board member since 2021
Professional history
2021–present Credit Suisse1
Member of the Audit Committee (2021–present)
Member of the Compensation Committee (2021–present)
Member of the Risk Committee (2021–present)
2020–present ING Groep (Listed company)
Member of the Supervisory Board (2020–present)
Member of the Audit Committee (2020–present)
Member of the Risk Committee (2020–present)
2011–2020 Lloyds Banking Group
Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director (2017–2020)
Chief Risk Officer and Executive Director (2013–2017)
Chief Risk Officer (2011–2013)
1986–2011 Grupo Santander
Chief Risk Officer and Executive Director, Santander UK/Abbey (2009–2011)
Chief Risk Officer, Santander UK/Abbey (2006–2009)
Chief Risk Officer, Banco Santander Totta Portugal (2003–2006)
Various Risk, Control and Management Roles at Santander Group (1986–2003)
Education
1988 Master in Business Administration (MBA), IE Business School Madrid
1986 Financial Management Degree, ICADE Business School Madrid
1985 Bachelor of Science in Industrial Chemical Engineering, Polytechnic University of Madrid
Other activities and functions
Azora Capital SL, board member
Global Alumni Relations of the IE Business School, advisory board member
1 Mr. Colombas has furthermore been appointed as chair of the subsidiary Credit Suisse Bank (Europe), S.A., effective January 1, 2022, subject to regulatory approval.
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Christian Gellerstad
Born 1968
Swiss and Swedish Citizen
Board member since 2019
Professional history
2019–present Credit Suisse
Chair of the Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee (2020–present; member since 2019)
Member of the Governance and Nominations Committee (2020–present)
Member of the Compensation Committee (2019–present)
Member of the Board of Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG
(Swiss subsidiary) (2021-present)
1994–2018 Pictet Group
CEO, Pictet Wealth Management (2007–2018)
Executive Committee Member, Banque Pictet & Cie SA, Geneva (2013–2018)
Equity Partner, Pictet Group (2006–2018)
CEO and Managing Director Banque Pictet & Cie (Europe) S.A., Luxembourg (2000–2007)
Deputy CEO and Senior Vice President, Pictet Bank & Trust Ltd., Bahamas (1996–2000)
Financial Analyst & Portfolio Manager, Pictet & Cie, Geneva (1994–1996)
Before 1994 Cargill International, Emerging Markets Trader
Education
2019 Board Director Diploma, International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Switzerland
1996 Certified International Investment Analyst (CIIA) and Certified Portfolio Manager and Financial Analyst (AZEK)
1993 Master in Business Administration and Economics, University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland
Other activities and functions
Investis Holding SA, board member (Listed company)
Elatior SA, chairman
Nubica SA, board member
Taurus Group SA, board member
FAVI SA, board member
AFICA SA, board member
Tsampéhro SA, board member
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Michael Klein
Born 1963
US Citizen
Board member since 2018
Professional history
2018–present Credit Suisse
Member of the Compensation Committee (2019–present)
Member of the Risk Committee (2018–2021)
2010–present M Klein & Company, Managing Partner
1985–2008 Citigroup
Vice chairman
Chairman Institutional Clients Group
Chairman & Co-CEO Markets & Banking
Co-President Markets & Banking
CEO Global Banking
CEO Markets and Banking EMEA
Various senior management positions
Education
1985 Bachelors of Science in Economics (Finance and Accounting), The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Other activities and functions
MultiPlan, board member (Listed company)
Churchill Capital Corp. V, VI, VII, board member (SPACs, Listed company)
AltC Acquisition Corp., board member (Listed company)
Skillsoft Ltd., board member (Listed company)
TBG Europe NV, board member
Magic Leap, board member
Chatham House, senior advisor
Harvard Global Advisory Board, member
Investments Committee & Joint Staff Pension Fund, United Nations,
advisory board member
Peterson Institute for International Economics, board member
The World Food Programme, investment advisory board member
Conservation International, board member
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Shan Li
Born 1963
Chinese Citizen
Board member since 2019
Professional history
2019–present Credit Suisse
Member of the Risk Committee (2019–present)
2015–present Silk Road Finance Corporation Limited, Hong Kong,
member of the board of directors
2010–present Chinastone Capital Management Limited, Shanghai,
chairman and CEO
2005–present San Shan (HK) Ltd., Founding partner
2013–2015 China Development Bank, Beijing, Chief International Business advisor
2010–2011 UBS Asia Investment Bank, Hong Kong, vice chairman
2001–2005 Bank of China International Holdings, Hong Kong, CEO
1999–2001 Lehman Brothers Asia, Hong Kong, Head of China
Investment Banking
1998–1999 China Development Bank, Beijing, Deputy Head of Investment Bank Preparation Leading Group
1993–1998 Goldman Sachs
Executive Director, Goldman Sachs International, London (1997–1998)
Executive Director, Goldman Sachs (Asia), Hong Kong (1995–1997)
International Economist, Goldman Sachs & Co., New York (1993–1995)
1993 Credit Suisse First Boston, New York, Associate
Education
1994 PhD in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
1988 MA in Economics, University of California, Davis
1986 BS in Management Information Systems, Tsinghua University, Beijing
Other activities and functions
Zurich Insurance, Senior China Advisor (Listed company)
Beijing International Wealth Management Institute, chairman
Chinese Financial Association of Hong Kong, vice chairman
Bauhinia Party, co-founder
MIT Economics Visiting Committee, member
Silk Road Planning Research Center, vice chairman
Tsinghua Institute for Governance Studies, vice chairman
MIT Sloan Finance Advisory Board, member
Harvard University, Kennedy School Dean's Council member
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Seraina Macia
Born 1968
Swiss, Australian and US Citizen
Board member since 2015
Professional history
2015–present Credit Suisse
Member of the Audit Committee (2021– present, 2015–2018)
Member of the Risk Committee (2018–2021)
2020–present Joyn Insurance
CEO and co-founder
2017–2020 Blackboard U.S. Holdings, Inc. (AIG Corporation)
Executive vice president of AIG & CEO of Blackboard (AIG technology-focused subsidiary; formerly Hamilton USA)
2016–2017 Hamilton Insurance Group
CEO Hamilton USA
2013–2016 AIG Corporation
Executive vice-president of AIG and CEO Regional Management & Operations of AIG, New York (2015–2016)
CEO and President of AIG EMEA, London (2013–2016)
2010–2013 XL Insurance North America, chief executive
2002–2010 Zurich Financial Services
President Specialties Business Unit, Zurich North America Commercial, New York (2007–2010)
CFO Zurich North America Commercial, New York (2006–2007)
Various positions, among others: head of the joint investor relations and rating agencies management departments; head of rating agencies management; senior investor relations officer (2002–2008)
2000–2002 NZB Neue Zuercher Bank,
founding partner and financial analyst
1990–2000 Swiss Re
Rating agency coordinator, Swiss Re Group (2000)
Senior underwriter and deputy head of financial products, Melbourne (1996–1999)
Various senior underwriting and finance positions, Zurich (1990–1996)
Education
2001 Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), CFA Institute, US
1999 MBA, Monash Mt Eliza Business School, Australia
1997 Post-graduate certificate in Management, Deakin University, Australia
Other activities and functions
Portage Fintech Acquisition Corporation, board member (Listed company)
BanQu, chair
CFA Institute, member
Food Bank for New York City, chair
Young Presidents Organization, member
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Blythe Masters
Born 1969
British Citizen
Board member since 2021
Professional history
2021–present Credit Suisse
Chair of Credit Suisse Holdings (USA), Inc. (2022–present)
Chair of the Digital Transformation and Technology Committee (2022–present)
Member of the Compensation Committee (2021–present)
Member of the Risk Committee (2021)
2019–present Motive Partners (Listed company)
President of Motive Capital Corporation II (SPAC) (2021–present)
Member of the board of directors of CAIS (2021–present)
Consultant of Apollo Global Management (2021–present)
CEO and member of the board of directors of Motive Capital Corporation I (SPAC) (2020–present)
Motive Partners, Founding Partner (2019–present)
2015–2018 Digital Asset Holdings LLC, Chief Executive Officer
1991–2015 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Head of Corporate & Investment Bank Regulatory Affairs (2010–2014)
Head of Global Commodities (2007–2014)
Chief Financial Officer Investment Bank (2004–2007)
Head of Credit Policy and Strategy and Global Credit Portfolio (2002–2004)
Co-Head of Asset Backed Securitization and Head of Global Structured Credit (2000–2002)
Co-Head of North American Credit Portfolio (1998–2000)
Head of Global Credit Derivatives Marketing (1995–1998)
Various Roles in Fixed Income Markets (1991–1995)
Education
1991 Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Trinity College, Cambridge, UK
Other activities and functions
A. P. Møller-Maersk Group, board member (Listed company)
GCM Grosvenor, board member and chair of the audit committee (Listed company)
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Richard Meddings
Born 1958
British Citizen
Board member since 2020
Professional history
2020–present Credit Suisse
Chair of the Audit Committee (2020–present)
Member of the Risk Committee (2020–present),
Chair (ad interim) (2021)
Member of the Sustainability Advisory Committee (2021-present)
Member of the Governance and Nominations Committee (2020–present)
Member of the Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee (2020–present)
Vice-Chair of the board of Credit Suisse International and Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd. (2022–present)
2018–2021 TSB Bank plc
Chairman (2019-2021)
Interim executive chairman (2018-2019)
2017–2019 Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group Plc
Non-executive director
Chair of the Remuneration Committee
Member of the Audit and Risk Committee
2015–2019 Deutsche Bank AG
Member of the Supervisory Board
Chair of the Audit Committee, member of the Risk Committee and member of the Strategy Committee
2014–2017 Legal & General Group Plc
Non-executive director
Chair of the Risk Committee
Member of the Audit and Remuneration Committee
2008–2014 3i Group Plc
Non-executive director and senior independent director
Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee
2002–2014 Standard Chartered Group plc
Group executive director
Finance director (2006-2014)
2000–2002 Barclays Plc
Group financial controller
COO of Wealth Management Division
1999–2000 Woolwich Plc, Group Finance Director
Prior to 1999 BZW (CSFB) (1996-1999)
Education
1983 UK Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
1980 MA Modern History, Exeter College, Oxford
Other activities and functions
NHS England, chair, effective March 25, 2022
Hastings Educational Opportunity Area, chair
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Kai S. Nargolwala
Born 1950
Singaporean Citizen
Board member since 2013
Professional history
2008–present Credit Suisse
Chairman of the Compensation Committee (2017–present),
Member (2014–present)
Member of the Risk Committee (2021–present, 2013–2017)
Member of the Governance and Nominations Committee (2017-present)
Member of the Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee (2019–present)
Member of the Innovation and Technology Committee (2015–2021)
Non-executive chairman of Credit Suisse’s Asia-Pacific region (2010–2011)
Member of the Executive Board (2008–2010)
CEO of Credit Suisse Asia Pacific region (2008–2010)
1998–2007 Standard Chartered plc, main board executive director
Prior to 1998 Bank of America
Group executive vice president and head of Asia Wholesale Banking group in Hong Kong (1990–1995)
Head of High Technology Industry group in San Francisco and New York (1984–1990)
Various management and other positions in the UK (1976–1984)
1970–1976 Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co., London, accountant (1970–1976)
Education
1974 Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA), England and Wales
1969 BA in Economics, University of Delhi
Other activities and functions
Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Pte. Ltd., chairman
Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Fund Management Pte. Ltd., non-executive director
PSA International Pte. Ltd. Singapore, non-executive director
Singapore Pools (Private) Limited, chairman
65 EQUITY PARTNERS PTE. LTD., chairman
Singapore Institute of Directors, fellow
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Ana Paula Pessoa
Born 1967
Brazilian Citizen
Board member since 2018
Professional history
2018–present Credit Suisse
Chair of Brazil Advisory Board (2022–present)
Member of the Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee (2019–present)
Member of the Audit Committee (2018–present)
Chair of Credit Suisse Bank (Europe), S.A. (2021)
Member of the Innovation and Technology Committee (2018–2021)
2020–present Avanti Ltda, Partner
2015–2017 Olympic & Paralympic Games 2016,
CFO of Organising Committee
2012–2015 Brunswick Group, Managing partner of Brazilian branch
2001–2011 Infoglobo Newspaper Group, CFO and innovation director
1993–2001 Globo Organizations, senior management positions in several media divisions
Education
1991 MA, FRI (Development Economics), Stanford University, California
1988 BA, Economics and International Relations, Stanford University, California
Other activities and functions
Cosan, board member (Listed company)
Suzano Pulp and Paper, board member (Listed company)
Vinci Group, board member (Listed company)
News Corporation, board member (Listed company)
Kunumi AI, board member and investor
Global Advisory Council for Stanford University, member
Instituto Atlántico de Gobierno, advisory board member
Fundação Roberto Marinho, member of the audit committee
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Severin Schwan
Born 1967
Austrian, German and Swiss Citizen
Board member since 2014
Vice-Chair of the Board
Lead Independent Director
Professional history
2014–present Credit Suisse
Vice-Chair and Lead Independent Director (2017–present)
Member of the Governance and Nominations Committee (2017–present)
Member of the Risk Committee (2014–present)
Member of the board of Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG
(Swiss subsidiary) (2015–2017)
1993–present Roche Group (Listed company)
CEO (2008–present)
Member of the board of directors of Roche Holding Ltd. (2013–present)
CEO Division Roche Diagnostics (2006–2008)
Head Asia Pacific Region, Roche Diagnostics Singapore (2004–2006)
Head Global Finance & Services, Roche Diagnostics Basel (2000–2004)
Various management and other positions with Roche Germany, Belgium and Switzerland (1993–2000)
Education
1993 Doctor of Law, University of Innsbruck, Austria
1991 Master’s degrees in Economics and Law,
University of Innsbruck, Austria
Other activities and functions
International Business Leaders Advisory Council for the Mayor of Shanghai, vice-chairman
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Information about former members of the Board is available on our website at credit-suisse.com/annualreporting.
 
Honorary Chairman of Credit Suisse Group AG
Rainer E. Gut, born 1932, Swiss Citizen, was appointed Honorary Chairman of the Group in 2000 after he retired as Chairman, a position he had held from 1986 to 2000. Mr. Gut was a member of the board of Nestlé SA, Vevey, from 1981 to 2005, where he was vice-chairman from 1991 to 2000 and chairman from 2000 to 2005. As Honorary Chairman, Mr. Gut does not have any function in the governance of the Group and does not attend the meetings of the Board.
 
Secretary of the Board
Joan E. Belzer, born 1965, Swiss and US citizen
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Executive Board
Membership
The Executive Board is the most senior management body of the Group. Its members are appointed by the Board. Prior to the appointment of an Executive Board member, the terms and conditions of the individual’s employment contract with the Group are reviewed by the Compensation Committee. The Executive Board currently consists of twelve members. The composition of the Executive Board of the Group and the Bank is identical, with the exception of André Helfenstein, who is a member of the Executive Board of the Group, but not the Bank.
Executive Board changes
The Group announced a number of changes to the Executive Board in 2021. On March 18, 2021, Ulrich Körner was appointed CEO of Asset Management and Executive Board member, effective April 1, 2021. From that date, the Asset Management business was separated from the International Wealth Management division and managed as a new division. Joachim Oechslin, former Senior Advisor and Chief of Staff to the CEO, was appointed Chief Risk Officer ad interim and Executive Board member, effective as of April 6, 2021. Brian Chin, former CEO of the Investment Bank, and Lara Warner, at the time Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, both stepped down from their roles as of April 30, 2021 and April 6, 2021, respectively. As of May 1, 2021, Christian Meissner, former Co-Head of IWM Investment Banking Advisory and Vice-Chair of Investment Banking, was appointed the new CEO of the Investment Bank and an Executive Board member. On July 5, 2021, Credit Suisse Group AG announced the appointment of a Chief Technology & Operations Officer, Joanne Hannaford, effective January 1, 2022. She succeeded James Walker, who became the deputy CEO of our major subsidiary Credit Suisse Holdings (USA), Inc. On July 27, 2021, Credit Suisse Group AG announced the appointment of David Wildermuth, who became Chief Risk Officer, effective January 1, 2022. On September 8, 2021, Credit Suisse Group AG announced two internal appointments to the Executive Board of Credit Suisse Group. Rafael Lopez Lorenzo, former Global Head of Group Internal Audit was appointed Chief Compliance Officer and an Executive Board member, effective October 1, 2021. Christine Graeff was appointed Global Head of Human Resources and an Executive Board member as of February 1, 2022, succeeding Antoinette Poschung, who retired at the end of January 2022.
Following the Group strategy review and in connection with the new organizational structure, further changes to the Executive Board were announced. The following new and existing Executive Board members were appointed in their divisional and regional functions: Francesco De Ferrari as CEO of the Wealth Management division and ad interim CEO of the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, Christian Meissner as CEO of the Investment Bank division and CEO of the Americas region, André Helfenstein as CEO of the Swiss Bank division and CEO of the Switzerland region, Ulrich Körner as CEO of the Asset Management division and Helman Sitohang as CEO of the Asia Pacific region, all effective January 1, 2022. Furthermore, we announced that Lydie Hudson was stepping down from the Executive Board as of December 31, 2021, due to the decision to reintegrate parts of the Sustainability, Research & Investment Solutions (SRI) organization into the Wealth Management and Investment Banking divisions.
Members of the Executive Board as of December 31, 2021
Executive Board
member since

Role
Thomas P. Gottstein, Chief Executive Officer 2015 Group CEO
Romeo Cerutti, General Counsel 2009 Corporate Function Head
André Helfenstein, CEO Swiss Universal Bank 2020 Divisional Head
Lydie Hudson, CEO Sustainability, Research & Investment Solutions 2019 Corporate Function Head
Ulrich Körner, CEO Asset Management 2021 Divisional Head
Rafael Lopez Lorenzo, Chief Compliance Officer 2021 Corporate Function Head
David R. Mathers, Chief Financial Officer 2010 Corporate Function Head
Christian Meissner, CEO Investment Bank 2021 Divisional Head
Joachim Oechslin, Chief Risk Officer (ad interim) 2021 Corporate Function Head
Antoinette Poschung, Global Head of Human Resources 2019 Corporate Function Head
Helman Sitohang, CEO Asia Pacific 2015 Divisional Head
James B. Walker, Chief Operating Officer 2019 Corporate Function Head
Philipp Wehle, CEO International Wealth Management 2019 Divisional Head
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Members of the Executive Board as of January 1, 2022
Executive Board
member since

Role
Thomas P. Gottstein, Chief Executive Officer 2015 Group CEO
Romeo Cerutti, General Counsel 2009 Corporate Function Head
Francesco De Ferrari, CEO Wealth Management and CEO Region Europe, Middle East and Africa (ad interim) 2022 Divisional Head / Regional Head
Christine Graeff, Global Head of Human Resources 1 2022 Corporate Function Head
Joanne Hannaford, Chief Technology & Operations Officer 2022 Corporate Function Head
André Helfenstein, CEO Swiss Bank and CEO Region Switzerland 2020 Divisional Head / Regional Head
Ulrich Körner, CEO Asset Management 2021 Divisional Head
Rafael Lopez Lorenzo, Chief Compliance Officer 2021 Corporate Function Head
David R. Mathers, Chief Financial Officer 2010 Corporate Function Head
Christian Meissner, CEO Investment Bank and CEO Region Americas 2021 Divisional Head / Regional Head
Helman Sitohang, CEO Region Asia Pacific 2015 Regional Head
David Wildermuth, Chief Risk Officer 2022 Corporate Function Head
Antoinette Poschung stepped down from the Executive Board as of January 31, 2022.
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Effective as of February 1, 2022.
Responsibilities
The Executive Board is responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the Group under the leadership of the CEO.
As part of its main duties and responsibilities, the Executive Board:
establishes the strategic business plans for the Group overall as well as for the principal businesses, subject to approval by the Board;
regularly reviews and coordinates significant initiatives, projects and business developments in the divisions and the corporate functions, including important risk management matters;
regularly reviews the consolidated and divisional financial performance, including progress on key performance indicators, as well as the Group’s capital and liquidity positions and those of its major subsidiaries;
appoints and dismisses senior managers, with the exception of managers from Internal Audit, and periodically reviews senior management talent across the Group and talent development programs;
reviews and approves business transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, establishment of joint ventures and establishment of subsidiary companies; and
approves key policies for the Group.
Executive Board committees
Following a governance reorganization of our Credit Suisse Risk function in 2021, the set-up of Executive Board committees has been re-structured and new committees established. The Executive Board has several standing committees, which meet periodically throughout the year and/or as required. These committees are:
Executive Board Risk Management Committee (ExB RMC): co-chaired by the Group’s CEO, CRO and CCO: Replaces the Internal Control System and Position & Client Risk cycles of the former Capital Allocation and Risk Management Committee (CARMC) and the former Executive Board Risk Forum. The ExB RMC is primarily responsible for steering and monitoring the development and execution of the Group’s risk strategy, approving risk appetite across all risk types for the Group and its divisions, as well as reviewing the aggregate and highest risk exposures, major risk concentrations and key non-financial risks. The ExB RMC approves risk limit applications that require final approval by the Risk Committee or the Board. The ExB RMC is also responsible for assessing the appropriateness and efficiency of the internal control system and serves as an escalation point for risk issues raised by subordinated risk committees or Executive Board members.
Group Capital Allocation and Liability Management Committee (Group CALMC) replaces the Asset & Liability Management cycle of the former CARMC. Group CALMC reviews the funding and balance sheet trends and activities, plans and monitors regulatory and business liquidity requirements and internal and regulatory capital adequacy. Group CALMC also reviews and proposes the contingency funding plan for approval by the Board, reviews the position taking of interest rate risk in the banking book and decides on changes in approaches relating to investment of own equity. Further, it sets internal targets, approves and reviews adherence to internal targets for capital allocation, funding, liquidity and capital management actions, including the review and monitoring of share repurchases.
The Credit Suisse AG Parent Capital Allocation, Liability and Risk Management Committee (Credit Suisse AG Parent CALRMC) reviews the capital, liquidity and funding trends and activities of Credit Suisse AG (Bank parent company). The CS AG Parent CALRMC reviews and challenges the financial and capital plans of major subsidiaries of the Bank parent company, including key risks and key dependencies, such as dividends or other capital repatriations from the major subsidiaries to the Bank parent company, ahead of approvals by the respective subsidiary governance bodies. The committee also monitors and reviews the Bank parent company’s aggregate risk profile, in particular the Bank parent company-specific
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vulnerabilities, and approves risk appetite for the Bank parent company and its branches.
Valuation Risk Management Committee (VARMC): the VARMC is responsible for establishing policies regarding the valuation of certain material assets and the policies and calculation methodologies applied in the valuation process. Further, the VARMC is responsible for monitoring and assessing valuation risks, reviewing inventory valuation conclusions and directing the resolution of significant valuation issues.
Group Conduct Board (GCB): the GCB (co-chaired by the Global Head of Human Resources together with one of the other Executive Board members appointed to the GCB on an annually rotating basis) is responsible for overseeing conduct matters and ensuring consistency and alignment of practices across the Group. The GCB oversees the global disciplinary process and measures and serves as a review panel to consider potential significant events and individual compensation. The GCB also reviews findings from conduct related investigations and considers these in the context of determining disciplinary outcomes.
The GCB also oversees the activities of the conduct and ethics ombudsperson. The ombudsperson is accountable directly to the CEO and the GCB. The ombudsperson’s role is to serve as a point of immediate escalation when sexual harassment claims arise and to ensure there is appropriate awareness of and attention to such claims. The ombudsperson works with our Compliance, General Counsel and Human Resources functions as well as our business divisions to review our relevant global training programs, policies and protocols, so that they can be further enhanced as part of our efforts to prevent sexual harassment at work and to make sure all cases are managed in a fair, accurate and consistent way within our global framework.
> Refer to “Risk management” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet for information on our risk management oversight.
Executive Board mandates
Our Executive Board members may, similar to our Board members, assume board or executive level or other roles in companies and organizations outside of the Group, which are collectively referred to as mandates. According to the Group’s AoA (Chapter IV, Section 3, The Executive Board, Art. 20f), the number of mandates Executive Board members may hold in listed companies and other organizations outside of the Group is subject to certain restrictions, in order to comply with the Compensation Ordinance and to ensure that our Executive Board members dedicate sufficient time to fulfil their executive roles.
The limitations on mandates assumed by Executive Board members outside of the Group are summarized in the table below.
Type of mandate and limitation – Executive Board
Type of mandate Limitation
Listed companies No more than one other mandate
Other legal entities 1 No more than two mandates
Legal entities on behalf of the Group 2 No more than ten mandates
Charitable legal entities 3 No more than ten mandates
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Includes private non-listed companies.
2
Includes memberships in business and industry associations.
3
Also includes honorary mandates in cultural or educational organizations.
No Executive Board member holds mandates in excess of these restrictions. The restrictions shown above do not apply to mandates of Executive Board members in legal entities controlled by the Group, such as subsidiary boards.
> Refer to “Mandates” in Board of Directors for further information.
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Biographies of the Executive Board members
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Thomas P. Gottstein
Born 1964
Swiss Citizen
Member since 2015
Chief Executive Officer
Professional history
1999–present Credit Suisse
Chief Executive Officer of the Group (2020–present)
Member of the Sustainability Advisory Committee (2021–present)
Member of the board of Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG
(Swiss subsidiary) (2020–present)
CEO Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG (2016–2020)
CEO Swiss Universal Bank (2015–2020)
Head of Premium Clients Switzerland & Global External
Asset Managers (2014–2015)
Head of Investment Banking Coverage Switzerland (2010–2013)
Co-Head of Equity Capital Markets EMEA (2007–2009)
Head of Equity Capital Markets Switzerland, Austria and Scandinavia, London (2005–2007)
Head of Equity Capital Markets Switzerland, Zurich (2002–2005)
Investment Banking Department Switzerland (1999–2002)
Prior to 1999 UBS
Telecoms Investment Banking and Equity Capital Markets, London
Group Controlling, Zurich
Education
1995 PhD in Finance and Accounting,
University of Zurich
1989 Degree in Business Administration and Economics,
University of Zurich
Other activities and functions
Credit Suisse Foundation, foundation board member
digitalswitzerland Association, association member and member of the steering committee
Swiss Bankers Association, board member and member of the audit committee
Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, board member
International Business Council of the World Economic Forum, member
CNBC ESG Council, member
2030 Water Resource Group, member
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Romeo Cerutti
Born 1962
Swiss and Italian Citizen
Member since 2009
General Counsel
Professional history
2006–present Credit Suisse
General Counsel (2009–present)
Global Co-Head of Compliance (2008–2009)
General Counsel, Private Banking (2006–2009)
1999–2006 Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie
Partner of the Group Holding (2004–2006)
Head of Corporate Finance (1999–2004)
1995–1999 Homburger Rechtsanwälte, Zurich, attorney-at-law
Prior to 1995 Latham and Watkins, Los Angeles, attorney-at-law
Education
1998 Post-doctorate degree in Law (Habilitation),
University of Fribourg
1992 Admission to the bar of the State of California
1992 Master of Law (LLM), University of California, Los Angeles
1990 Doctorate in Law, University of Fribourg
1989 Admission to the bar of the Canton of Zurich
1986 Master in Law (lic.iur.), University of Fribourg
Other activities and functions
Vifor Pharma Ltd., vice-chairman (Listed company)
Swiss Finance Institute (SFI), chairman
Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, legal group member
Ulrico Hoepli Foundation, board of trustees member
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Francesco De Ferrari
Born 1969
Swiss and Italian Citizen
Member since 2022
CEO Wealth Management
(as of January 1, 2022)
Professional history
2022–present Credit Suisse
CEO Wealth Management (2022–present)
CEO EMEA (ad interim) (2022–present)
2018–2021 AMP
CEO & Managing Director, AMP Capital (2020–2021)
CEO & Managing Director, AMP Limited (2020–2021)
2002–2018 Credit Suisse
CEO, South East Asia and Frontier Markets (2015–2018)
CEO, Private Banking Asia Pacific (2012–2018)
CEO, Private Banking Italy (2008–2011)
Business COO, Private Banking EMEA (2007–2008)
Various Management and other Positions with Credit Suisse Italy (2002–2006)
1999–2001 B2Vision & ASPESI Spa, Founder
1996–1999 McKinsey & Company, Engagement manager
1993–1995 Nestlé, Internal Audit, International Management Training Program
1990–1992 Deloitte & Touche, Financial auditor
Education
1996 MBA, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France
1990 Bachelor of Arts in Economics and International Business,
New York University, US
Other activities and functions
Mr. De Ferrari currently does not hold directorships in other organizations.
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Christine Graeff
Born 1973
French and German citizen
Member since 2022
Global Head of Human Resources
(as of February 1, 2022)
Professional history
2021–present Credit Suisse
Global Head of Human Resources (2022–present)
Group Head of Corporate Communications and Deputy Head of Human Resources (2021–2022)
2013–2020 European Central Bank, Director General of Communications
2001–2013 Brunswick Group GmbH, Partner & Managing Director
1999–2001 Burson-Marsteller, Financial Services and Investor Relations Practice
1996–1999 Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, Corporate Finance Analyst, M&A
Education
1998 Securities Institute Diploma and SFA, Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI), UK
1995 Bachelor of Arts in European Business Administration, European Partnership of Business Schools (EPBS), London and Reims
Other activities and functions
Atlantik-Brücke, advisory board member
Patronatsverein für die Städtischen Bühnen Frankfurt, member
The English Theater Frankfurt, chair
Communication Quadriga University, member of the advisory board
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Joanne Hannaford
Born 1970
British Citizen
Member since 2022
Chief Technology & Operations Officer
(as of January 1, 2022)
Professional history
2022–present Credit Suisse
Chief Technology & Operations Officer (2022–present)
1997–2022 Goldman Sachs
Partner and Global Co-Head of Platform Engineering, EMEA Head of Engineering and Global Head of Regulatory Engineering (2013–2021)
Global Head of Corporate and Operations Technology (2016–2017)
Partner & Co-Head of Enterprise Platforms (2013–2016)
Managing Director & Global Head of Compliance and Legal Technology (2001–2013)
Vice President, Statistical Engineer and Investment Research (1997–2001)
1994–1997 NatWest Bank
Executive Director, Global Volume Trading Systems
Prior to 1994 UBS (1993–1994)
Merrill Lynch (1992–1993)
Education
1992 Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Staffordshire University, UK
1990 BTEC Higher National Diploma (HND) in Computer Science, Anglia Ruskin University, UK
Other activities and functions
Royal Society Science, Industry and Translation Committee, member
British Army Staff Corp, major
Founders4Schools Charity, member of the Board of Trustees
British Computer Society, fellow
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André Helfenstein
Born 1967
Swiss and British Citizen
Member since 2020
CEO Swiss Bank (until December 31, 2021 CEO Swiss Universal Bank)
Professional history
2007–present Credit Suisse
CEO Swiss Bank (2022–present)
CEO Region Switzerland (2022–present)
CEO Swiss Universal Bank (2020–2021)
CEO Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG (2020–present)
Head of Institutional Clients, Swiss Universal Bank
(2017–2020)
Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG, member of the executive board (2016–present)
Swiss Universal Bank, member of the management committee (2015–2021)
Head Corporate & Institutional Clients, Swiss Universal Bank
(2015–2017)
Private & Wealth Management organization in Switzerland: Head Private Banking Clients, Region Zurich and Region Head Zurich (2013–2015)
Private & Wealth Management organization in Switzerland: Head Private Clients, Region Zurich (2010–2013)
Head Products, Sales & Pricing, Private Banking (2007–2010)
1996–2007 The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (1996–1997 and 2003–2007 in Zurich, 1998–2003 in New York)
Partner & Managing Director (2005–2007)
Consultant (1996–2005)
1993–1995 STB Unternehmensentwicklungen AG
(VZ VermögensZentrum AG), Associate
Education
1992 Master's Degree in Business, University of St. Gallen
1990 Certificate in Psychology/Sociology, Université de la Sorbonne
Other activities and functions
Pension Fund CS Group (Schweiz), foundation board member
Pension Fund 2 CS Group (Schweiz), foundation board member
Credit Suisse Foundation, foundation board member
FINMA Private Banking Panel, member
SIX Group AG, board and risk committee member
Swiss Entrepreneurs Foundation, foundation board member
Europa Forum Luzern, steering committee member
University of St. Gallen – Center for Financial Services Innovation, advisory board member
Venture Incubator AG, board vice chairman
Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, member
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Ulrich Körner
Born 1962
German and Swiss Citizen
Member since 2021
CEO Asset Management
Professional history
2021–present Credit Suisse
CEO Asset Management (2021–present)
2009–2020 UBS
Member of the Group Executive Board (2009–2019)
Senior Advisor to the CEO of UBS Group (2019–2020)
CEO of UBS Asset Management (2014–2019)
CEO of UBS Europe, Middle East & Africa (2011–2019)
Group Chief Operating Officer, CEO Corporate Center (2009–2013)
1998–2009 Credit Suisse
Member of the Group Executive Board (1998–2009)
CEO Switzerland (2006–2008)
Credit Suisse/Credit Suisse Financial Services, CFO (2002–2005), COO (2004–2005)
CEO Technology and Services (2000–2001)
CFO Switzerland (1998–2000)
Prior to 1998 McKinsey & Company, Senior Engagement Manager
Revisuisse, Price Waterhouse, Auditor
Education
1993 PhD in Economics, University of St. Gallen
1988 Master’s degree in Economics, University of St. Gallen
Other activities and functions
Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz AG, vice chairman of the board of directors (Listed company)
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Rafael Lopez Lorenzo
Born 1975
Spanish Citizen
Member since 2021
Chief Compliance Officer
Professional history
2015–present Credit Suisse
Chief Compliance Officer (2021–present)
Chief Audit Executive/Global Head of Group Internal Audit (2017–2021)
Chief Auditor of Technology, Operations, Data and Change (2015–2016)
2003–2015 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Global Head of Corporate & Investment Bank, Risk, Chief Investment Office & Treasury Technology Audit (2012–2015)
Global Head of Investment Bank Technology and Operations Audit (2010–2012)
Regional Head of Latin America Audit (2007–2010)
Investment Banking Technology Audit (2003–2007)
2000–2003 PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Senior Associate – Management and Risk Consulting
Education
2000 Master’s in European Business, École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris
1998 Degree in Economics and Business Administration,
University of Huelva, Spain
Other activities and functions
Mr. Lopez Lorenzo currently does not hold directorships in other organizations.
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David R. Mathers
Born 1965
British Citizen
Member since 2010
Chief Financial Officer
Professional history
1998–present Credit Suisse
Chief Financial Officer (2010–present)
CEO of Credit Suisse International and Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited (UK subsidiaries) (2016–present)
Chair of Asset Resolution Unit (2019–present)
Head of Strategic Resolution Unit (2015–2018)
Head of IT and Operations (2012–2015)
Head of Finance and COO of Investment Banking (2007–2010)
Senior positions in Credit Suisse’s Equity business, including Director of European Research and Co-Head of European Equities (1998–2007)
Prior to 1998 HSBC
Global head of equity research (1997–1998)
Research analyst, HSBC James Capel (1987–1997)
Education
1991 Associate Certification, Society of Investment Analysis
1991 MA in Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, England
1987 BA in Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, England
Other activities and functions
European CFO Network, member
Women in Science & Engineering (WISE) program and academic awards and grants at Robinson College, Cambridge, sponsor
TheCityUK, leadership council member
Royal Horticultural Society, advisory plant committee member
Various other charitable and conservation commitments
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Christian Meissner
Born 1969
Austrian Citizen
Member since 2021
CEO Investment Bank
Professional history
2020–present Credit Suisse
CEO Investment Bank (2021–present)
CEO Region Americas (2022–present)
Vice-Chair Investment Banking & Co-Head IWM Investment Banking Advisory of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
(US subsidiary) (2020–2021)
2019–2020 Meissner Partners LLC, Founding Partner
2010–2019 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Head of Global Corporate & Investment Banking (2012–2019)
Co-Head of Global Corporate & Investment Banking (2011–2012)
Head of Investment Banking EMEA (2010–2011)
2008–2010 Nomura International plc, Deputy Global Head of Investment Banking
2004–2008 Lehman Brothers International Ltd.
Co-Chief Executive Officer EMEA (2008)
Co-Head of Investment Banking EMEA (2006–2008)
Head of Investment Banking Germany, Austria & Switzerland (2004–2006)
1994–2004 Goldman Sachs International
Partner (2002–2004)
Co-Head of European Equity Capital Markets (2001–2004)
Analyst/Associate in Equity Capital Markets (1994–2000)
Prior to 1994 Deutsche Bank AG
Morgan Stanley & Co.
Education
1990 Bachelor of Arts in European History, Princeton University
Other activities and functions
Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, member of the supervisory board
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Helman Sitohang
Born 1965
Singaporean Citizen
Member since 2015
CEO Asia Pacific
Professional history
1999–present Credit Suisse
CEO Region Asia Pacific (2022–present)
CEO Asia Pacific (2015–2021)
Regional CEO APAC (2014–2015)
Head of Investment Banking Asia Pacific (2012–2015)
Co-Head of the Emerging Markets Council (2012–2015)
CEO of South East Asia (2010–2015)
Co-Head of the Investment Banking Department - Asia Pacific (2009–2012)
Co-Head of the Global Markets Solutions Group - Asia Pacific (2009–2012)
Country CEO, Indonesia (1999–2010)
Prior to 1999 Bankers Trust, derivatives group
Citibank, corporate bank
Schlumberger Overseas, field engineer
Education
1989 BS degree in Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology
Other activities and functions
Credit Suisse Foundation, foundation board member
Room to Read Singapore Ltd., regional board member, SEA board chairman
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David Wildermuth
Born 1964
US Citizen
Member since 2022
Chief Risk Officer
(as of January 1, 2022)
Professional history
2022–present Credit Suisse
Chief Risk Officer (2022–present)
1997–2022 Goldman Sachs
Deputy Chief Risk Officer (2015–2022)
Partner (2010–2022)
Global Chief Credit Officer & Global Head Credit Risk Management and Advisory (2012–2018)
Chief Risk Officer EMEA & Global Chief Credit Officer (2008–2012)
Managing Director, Risk Management (2001–2008)
Vice President Credit Risk (1997–2001)
1987–1997 ABN AMRO Bank
Various Roles in Corporate Finance, Leveraged Finance,
Real Estate Finance and Credit Management
Education
1986 Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Computer Science, Dartmouth College, US
Other activities and functions
East Harlem Scholars Academy, Member of the Board of Trustees
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Former Executive Board members serving in 2021
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Lydie Hudson
Born 1979
US Citizen
Member since 2019
CEO Sustainability, Research & Investment Solutions
(until December 31, 2021)
Professional history
2008–present Credit Suisse
CEO Sustainability, Research & Investment Solutions (2020–2021)
Member of the Sustainability Advisory Committee (2021)
Chief Compliance and Regulatory Affairs Officer (2020)
Chief Compliance Officer (2019–2020)
Chief Operating Officer, Global Markets (2015–2019)
Chief Operating Officer, Global Equities (2014–2015)
Various management and strategy roles in Equities, Fixed Income and Asset Management (2008–2014)
2006–2008 The Boston Consulting Group, consultant
2001–2004 Lehman Brothers, associate, analyst, Global Real Estate Group
Education
2006 Master in Business Administration (MBA),
Harvard Business School
2001 Bachelor of Arts, International Politics and Economics, Middlebury College
Other activities and functions
Women's Leadership Board, Harvard, board member
Good Shepherd Services, board member
World Economic Forum, young global leader
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Joachim Oechslin
Born 1970
Swiss Citizen
Member since 2021
Chief Risk Officer
(ad interim)
(until December 31, 2021)
Professional history
2014–present Credit Suisse
Chief Risk Officer (ad interim) (2021)
Member of the Board of Credit Suisse Holdings (USA), Inc., Credit Suisse (USA), Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (US subsidiaries) (2021–present, 2016–2019)
Senior Advisor (2019–2021) and Chief of Staff to the CEO of Credit Suisse Group (2020–2021)
Chief Risk Officer (2014–2019)
2007–2013 Munich Re Group, Chief Risk Officer
2007 AXA Group, Deputy Chief Risk Officer
2001–2006 Winterthur Insurance Company
Member of the Executive Board (2006)
Chief Risk Officer (2003–2006)
Head of Risk Management (2001–2003)
1998–2001 McKinsey & Company, Consultant
Education
1998 Licentiate/Master of Science in Mathematics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich
1994 Engineering degree, Higher Technical Institute (HTL), Winterthur
Other activities and functions
Swiss Re, board member (Listed company)
Pension Fund CS Group (Schweiz), foundation board member
Pension Fund 2 CS Group (Schweiz), foundation board member
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Antoinette Poschung
Born 1956
Swiss Citizen
Member since 2019
Global Head of Human Resources
(until January 31, 2022)
Professional history
2008–2022 Credit Suisse
Global Head of Human Resources (2019–2022)
Conduct and Ethics Ombudswoman (2018–2022)
Head of Human Resources for Corporate Functions (2018–2019)
Head of Talent Development & Organizational Effectiveness (2015–2017)
Head of Compensation, Benefits & Payroll (2012–2014)
Head of Human Resources Shared Services (2008–2012)
2007–2008 AXA-Winterthur, member of the Executive Board and Head of Human Resources
2003–2007 "Winterthur" Swiss Insurance Group, Head of Human Resources
2001–2003 Canton Zurich, Head of Human Resources for the Cantonal Administration
1998–2001 Baloise Group, Head of Human Resources Basler Insurance
Education
2016 Certificate of Organizational and Executive Coaching,
Columbia University
1989 Master in Education, Psychology and Philosophy,
University of Zurich
Other activities and functions
Credit Suisse Foundation, foundation board member
D. Swarovski KG, advisor
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James B. Walker
Born 1965
British and US Citizen
Member since 2019
Chief Operating Officer
(until December 31, 2021)
Professional history
2009–present Credit Suisse
Chief Operating Officer (2019–2021)
Chief Financial Officer of Credit Suisse Holdings (USA), Inc. and Regional Americas Finance lead (2018–2019)
Finance Chief Operating Officer (2016–2019)
Head of Finance Change (2014–2019)
Global Head of Product Control (2011–2019)
Head of Americas Investment Banking Operations and
Global Head of OTC Operations (2009–2011)
2007–2009 Barclays Capital, New York, CFO, Americas
1994–2007 Merrill Lynch
CFO, Global Markets & Investment Banking, New York (2005–2007)
CFO, Global Equities and Fixed Income, New York (2003–2005)
CFO, Global Fixed Income, New York (2002–2003)
CFO, Securities Services Division, New York (2000–2002)
Various senior management positions, Hong Kong and London (1994–2000)
1986–1994 Morgan Stanley, various finance and derivative finance roles, London and Tokyo
Education
1986 Postgraduate Diploma in Finance, University of Stirling
1985 Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, University of Glasgow
Other activities and functions
Mr. Walker currently does not hold directorships in other organizations.
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Philipp Wehle
Born 1974
German Citizen
Member since 2019
CEO International Wealth Management
(until December 31, 2021)
Professional history
2005–present Credit Suisse
CEO International Wealth Management (2019–2021)
CFO International Wealth Management (2015–2019)
Head of Finance Private Banking Coverage (2015)
Head of Financial Management Region & Wealth Management Switzerland (2013–2014)
Head of Financial Management Private Banking Asia Pacific
(2011–2012)
Head of Controlling Private Banking Switzerland (2007–2011)
Senior Project Manager, Business Development Private Banking Switzerland (2005–2007)
2001–2005 Consart Management Consultants,
Consultant/Project Manager
Education
2001 Master's Degree in Economics, University of Bonn, Germany
Other activities and functions
Credit Suisse Foundation, foundation board member
Former members of the Executive Board
Information about former members of the Executive Board is available on our website at credit-suisse.com/annualreporting.
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Audit
External Audit
External Audit forms an integral part of the Group’s corporate governance framework and plays a key role by providing an independent assessment of our operations and internal controls.
> Refer to “Audit Committee” in Board of Directors – Board committees for further information on the responsibilities of the audit committee.
Principal external auditor
The Group retains a single global audit firm as its principal external auditor to perform both the statutory (financial) audit and the regulatory audit work mandated by FINMA. The AGM elects the statutory auditor annually, while the Board is responsible for the appointment of the regulatory auditor.
Our principal external auditor is PwC, Birchstrasse 160, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland. The mandate was first given to PwC for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. The Group is not subject to mandatory external audit firm rotation requirements; however, the lead audit partners are subject to periodic rotation requirements. Audit partner rotation is key to ensuring the highest level of audit quality. In general, audit partners with key roles or signing obligations for the Group or material Group entities are subject to a maximum of five years of service. Audit partners with roles overseeing non-material Group entities or serving a supplemental role are subject to a maximum of seven years of service. Specialist partners, including, but not limited to, IT, valuation, tax and forensic areas are not subject to mandated rotation. The lead Group engagement partners are Matthew Falconer, Global Lead Partner, Matthew Goldman, Group Engagement Partner and Andrin Bernet, Lead Regulatory Audit Partner.
> Refer to “Audit Committee” in Board of Directors – Board committees for further information.
Governance
The Audit Committee monitors and pre-approves the fees to be paid to the principal external auditor for its services. It has developed and approved a policy on the engagement of public accounting firms that is designed to help ensure that the independence of the external auditor is maintained at all times.
The policy limits the scope of services that the principal external auditor may provide to us or any of our subsidiaries in connection with its audit and stipulates certain permissible types of non-audit services, including audit-related services and tax services that have been pre-approved by the Audit Committee. The principal external auditor is required to report periodically to the Audit Committee about the scope of the services it has provided and the fees for the services it has performed to date. The principal external auditor also provides a report as to its independence to the Audit Committee at least once a year. In accordance with our pre-approval policy and as in prior years, all non-audit services provided in 2021 were pre-approved.
The fees paid to PwC as the Group’s principal external auditors for the financial year 2021 and 2020 are provided in the following table.
Fees paid to the principal external auditor
for financial year 2021 2020 % change
Fees (CHF million)   
Audit services 1 69.2 58.1 19
Audit-related services 2 2.7 2.5 8
Tax services 3 0.3 0.2 50
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Audit services include the integrated audit of the Group's consolidated and statutory financial statements, interim reviews and comfort and consent letters. Additionally, they include all assurance and attestation services related to the regulatory filings of the Group and its subsidiaries. Audit fees exclude value-added taxes.
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Audit-related services are primarily in respect of: (i) reports related to the Group's compliance with provisions of agreements or calculations required by agreements; (ii) accounting advice; (iii) audits of private equity funds and employee benefit plans; and (iv) regulatory advisory services.
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Tax services are in respect of tax compliance and consultation services, including: (i) preparation and/or review of tax returns of the Group and its subsidiaries;
(ii) assistance with tax audits and appeals; and (iii) confirmations relating to the Qualified Intermediary status of Group entities.
The principal external auditor attends all meetings of the Audit Committee and reports on the findings of its audit and/or interim review work. The Audit Committee reviews the principal external auditor’s audit plan on an annual basis and evaluates the performance of the principal external auditor and its senior representatives in fulfilling their responsibilities. Moreover, the Audit Committee recommends to the Board the appointment or replacement of the principal external auditor, subject to shareholder approval as required by Swiss law.
Special auditor
The 2021 AGM re-elected, pursuant to Art. 21 of our AoA, the firm BDO AG, Fabrikstrasse 50, 8031 Zurich, Switzerland, as special auditor for the purposes of issuing the legally required report for capital increases in accordance with Article 652f of the Swiss Code of Obligations, mainly relating to the valuation of companies in consideration of the qualified capital increases involving contributions in kind. BDO AG did not provide any such services in 2021 and 2020.
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Additional information
Banking relationships with Board and Executive Board members and related party transactions
The Group is a global financial services provider. Many of the members of the Board and the Executive Board, their close family members or companies associated with them maintain banking relationships with us. The Group or any of its banking subsidiaries may from time to time enter into financing and other banking agreements with companies in which current members of the Board or the Executive Board have a significant influence as defined by the SEC, such as holding executive and/or board level roles in these companies. During 2021 and early 2022, there were no transactions with members of the Board or the Executive Board and such companies that were not in the ordinary course of business and entered into on an arm’s length basis. Also, unless otherwise noted, all loans to members of the Board, members of the Executive Board, their close family members or companies associated with them were made in the ordinary course of business, were made on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with other persons and did not involve more than the normal risk of collectability or present other unfavorable features. As of December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, there were no loan exposures to such related parties that were not made in the ordinary course of business and at prevailing market conditions.
> Refer to “Board loans” and “Executive Board loans (audited)” in V – Compensation – Board of Directors compensation and – Executive Board compensation, respectively, for the outstanding loans to members of the Board and the Executive Board.
Other information
Complying with rules and regulations
We fully adhere to Swiss corporate law and the principles set out in the Swiss Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance, dated August 28, 2014, including its appendix stipulating recommendations on the process for setting compensation for the Board and the Executive Board.
In connection with our primary listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange, we are subject to the Directive on Information relating to Corporate Governance, dated June 18, 2021 (in effect since October 1, 2021). Our shares are also listed on the NYSE in the form of ADS and certain of the Bank’s exchange traded notes are listed on Nasdaq. As a result, we are subject to certain US rules and regulations. We adhere to the NYSE’s and Nasdaq’s corporate governance listing standards (NYSE and Nasdaq standards), with a few exceptions where the rules are not applicable to foreign private issuers.
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Regulations
The following are the significant differences between Credit Suisse corporate governance standards and the corporate governance standards applicable to US domestic issuers listed on the NYSE and Nasdaq:
Topic
 
NYSE and Nasdaq standards
 
Swiss standards
Approval of employee benefit plans
 
The NYSE and Nasdaq require shareholder approval of the establishment of, and material revisions to, certain equity compensation plans.
 
Swiss law requires shareholder approval of the creation of conditional capital used for the issuance of shares for employee benefit plans and other equity compensation plans, as well as approval of the remuneration of executives, but does not require shareholder approval of the terms of such plans.
Risk assessment and management
 
The NYSE allocates the responsibility for the discussion of guidelines and policies governing the process by which risk assessment and risk management is undertaken to the Audit Committee.
 
At the Group, these duties are assumed by the Risk Committee, in line with Swiss regulatory standards and expectations. Whereas our Audit Committee members satisfy the NYSE as well as Nasdaq independence requirements, our Risk Committee may include a minority of non-independent members.
Independence of nominating and corporate Governance Committee
 
The NYSE and Nasdaq require that all members of the nominating and corporate governance committee be independent.
 
The Group’s Governance and Nominations Committee is currently composed entirely of independent members, but according to its charter, may include non-independent members.
Reporting
 
The NYSE requires that certain board committees report specified information directly to shareholders.
 
Under Swiss law, only the Board reports directly to the shareholders, and the committees submit their reports to the full Board.
Appointment of the external auditor
 
The NYSE and Nasdaq require that an Audit Committee of a listed company comply with and have the authority necessary to comply with the requirements of Rule 10A-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Rule 10A-3 requires the Audit Committee to be directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of the external auditor unless there is a conflicting requirement under home country law.
 
Under Swiss law, the appointment of the external auditor must be approved by the shareholders at the AGM based on the proposal of the Board, upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee.
Audit Committee charter
 
The Nasdaq requires the Audit Committee to review and assess the adequacy of its charter on an annual basis.
 
Our Audit Committee’s charter only requires review and assessment from time to time in accordance with applicable Swiss laws.
Executive sessions
 
The NYSE and Nasdaq require the board of directors to meet regularly in executive sessions composed solely of independent directors. Our Board meets regularly in executive sessions comprising all directors, including any directors determined not to be independent. However, if any item discussed at the meeting raises a conflict of interest for any of our directors, such director may not participate in the related decision making.
 
In line with Swiss law, the Board does not include any directors who are also members of management.
Quorums
 
The Nasdaq requires that the company’s by-laws provide for a quorum of at least 331/3% of the outstanding shares of the company’s common stock for any meeting of the holders of common stock.
 
Consistent with Swiss corporate law, the Group’s AoA (Chapter IV, Section 1, The General Meeting of Shareholders, Art. 12), call for a quorum in certain instances, but do not require a quorum of 331/3% or greater of the holders of the outstanding shares of common stock for any meeting of shareholders.
Independence
 
The NYSE and Nasdaq specify thresholds for the maximum permissible amount of (i) direct compensation that can be paid by the company to a director or an immediate family member thereof, outside of such director’s directorship fees and other permitted payments; and (ii) payments between the company and another company at which such director or an immediate family member thereof is an executive officer, controlling shareholder, partner or employee.
 
Our independence standards do not specify thresholds for direct compensation or cross-company payments or revenues, but consider these facts in the overall materiality of the business relationship determination for independence purposes.
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Fiduciary duties and indemnification
The Swiss Code of Obligations requires directors and members of senior management to safeguard the interests of the corporation and, in connection with this requirement, imposes the duties of care and loyalty on directors and members of senior management. While Swiss law does not have a specific provision on conflicts of interest, the duties of care and loyalty are generally understood to disqualify directors and members of senior management from participating in decisions that could directly affect them. Directors and members of senior management are personally liable to the corporation for any breach of these provisions.
The Group’s AoA and the Bank’s AoA do not contain provisions regarding the indemnification of directors and officers. According to Swiss statutory law, an employee has a right to be indemnified by the employer against losses and expenses incurred by such person in the execution of such person’s duties under an employment agreement, unless the losses and expenses arise from the employee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. It is our policy to indemnify current and former directors and/or employees against certain losses and expenses in respect of service as a director or employee of the Group, one of the Group’s affiliates or another entity that we have approved, subject to specific conditions or exclusions. We maintain directors’ and officers’ insurance for our directors and officers.
Fees and charges for holders of ADS
In November 2016, the Group entered into a deposit agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon as depositary for the ADS (Depositary). In February 2022, the deposit agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon was extended for an additional five years, retroactively effective November 22, 2021. In accordance with the deposit agreement, the Depositary may charge holders of our ADS, either directly or indirectly, fees or charges up to the amounts described below.
The Depositary collects its fees and related expenses for the delivery and surrender of ADS directly from investors depositing or surrendering ADS for the purpose of withdrawal or from intermediaries acting for them. The Depositary collects fees and expenses for making distributions to holders by deducting those fees and expenses from the amounts distributed or by selling a portion of distributable property to pay the fees and expenses. The Depositary may generally refuse to provide any services until its fees for those services are paid.
Fees and charges for holders of ADS
Fees      
USD 5 (or less) per 100 ADS (or portion thereof) For the issuance of ADS, including issuances resulting from a distribution of shares, share dividends, share splits and other property; for ADS issued upon the exercise of rights; and for the surrender of ADS for cancellation and withdrawal of shares.
USD 0.05 (or less) per ADS For any distribution of cash to ADS registered holders, including upon the sale of rights or other entitlements.
Registration or transfer fees For the transfer and registration of shares on our share register to or from the name of the Depositary or its agent when the holder deposits or withdraws shares.
Charges      
Expenses of the Depositary For cable and facsimile transmissions (when expressly provided in the deposit agreement); and for converting foreign currency to US dollars.
Taxes and other governmental charges Paid, as necessary, to the Depositary or the custodian who pays certain charges on any ADS or share underlying an ADS, for example, stock transfer taxes, stamp duty or applicable interest or penalty thereon.
Other charges Paid, as necessary, to the Depositary or its agents for servicing the deposited shares.
Amounts paid by the Depositary to the Group
In 2021, in accordance with the deposit agreement, the Depositary made payments to the Group in an aggregated amount of USD 0.4 million, including for the reimbursement of expenses relating to its ADS program. The Depositary has also contractually agreed to provide certain ADS program-related services free of charge.
Under certain circumstances, including removal of the Depositary or termination of the ADS program by the Group, the Group is required to repay certain amounts paid to the Group and to compensate the Depositary for payments made or services provided on behalf of the Group.
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Compensation
Letter from the Chair of the Compensation Committee
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Kai S. Nargolwala
Chair of the Compensation Committee
Dear shareholders
2021 has been an unprecedented and uniquely challenging year for Credit Suisse. Given this context, the Compensation Committee has engaged in some extremely difficult deliberations in trying to reach the most appropriate outcomes, carefully balancing the interests of our stakeholders.
Our discussions on these topics have been extensive, and it is very important for the Compensation Committee that we are transparent with you on how we have reached our decisions. In particular, we have had to balance considerations including the significant impacts of the Archegos and supply chain finance funds (SCFF) matters on our shareholders, clients and employees, the very strong underlying performance of many parts of our Group, and the extremely buoyant external market for talent and compensation.
As I am sure you will agree, it is essential that we continue to be able to attract, retain and motivate our employees to deliver our strategy and create sustainable value for all of our stakeholders. We have considered all aspects of our performance over 2021, while also ensuring we have the right talent and pay approaches going into 2022. The summary below and the detail provided in the remainder of this Compensation Report outline the rationale and the decisions we have ultimately reached.
Accountability for the Archegos and SCFF matters
As previously disclosed, there has been a significant impact on the compensation of the individuals directly concerned with these matters. We applied malus and clawback provisions of USD 70 million to deferred compensation of 23 individuals in relation to Archegos, and USD 43 million to 14 individuals in relation to SCFF. Downward adjustments of up to 100% of outstanding deferred compensation have been applied to those individuals closest to these matters.
In addition, the Compensation Committee considered that it was important to emphasize leadership accountability. As a result, Executive Board members had one full year of variable compensation cancelled, which consisted of the full cancellation of the 2020 short-term incentive (STI) and the forward-looking long-term incentive (LTI) that would have been awarded in 2021 (covering the performance period 2021-2023). This equated to lost compensation for the Executive Board of more than CHF 40 million. Executive Board variable compensation continues to be negatively impacted through the 2021 STI financial outcomes, as well as projected payouts under previously awarded LTI opportunities.
Across the Group as a whole, the impact of these matters has led to a significant reduction in the 2021 incentive pool, as described below. On top of this reduction, there have also been impacts linked to performance share awards granted in previous years. Performance share awards are deferred share awards that are subject to negative adjustment for example in the event of a divisional loss, further aligning employees with shareholders. Given the loss in the Investment Bank for 2021 as a result of Archegos, a negative adjustment has been applied to awards granted in prior years, with the negative financial impact to those employees of approximately CHF 68 million (based on award value at grant).
Underlying performance in 2021
We fully acknowledge the highly disappointing results for our shareholders in 2021. At the same time, the vast majority of our employees have worked diligently and delivered substantial progress and results in their respective areas of activities. As an indication, Group adjusted income before taxes excluding significant items and Archegos increased 51% compared with the prior year, and on this same basis the Investment Bank division has had an outstanding performance, with a 63% increase year over year.
> Refer to “Reconciliation of adjusted results” in II – Operating and financial review – Credit Suisse for further information.
Our employees have responded to these incidents, working closely with our regulators and remediating issues, while improving our risk and control environment, working through the structural implications of our new strategy and continuing to serve our clients.
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Executive Board compensation
Compensation outcomes for 2021
Total aggregate Executive Board compensation for 2021 of CHF 38.6 million is comprised of:
CHF 30.0 million fixed compensation; and
CHF 8.6 million short-term incentive (STI) award, subject to shareholder approval at the 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM).
There was no long-term incentive (LTI) award for 2021, given the proposal was withdrawn from the agenda of the 2021 AGM.
> Refer to “Executive Board compensation” for further information.
Total Executive Board fixed compensation increased by 4% compared with the prior year, mainly reflecting the changes to the composition of the Executive Board membership during 2021. Variable compensation decreased by 64% compared with 2020, mainly driven by the cancellation of the 2021 LTI. The performance of the 2021 STI was heavily impacted by Archegos, resulting in the financial performance targets (Group return on tangible equity (RoTE) and Group adjusted income before taxes) not being achieved. The non-financial objectives were assessed with a focus on risk and controls and differentiated across the Executive Board members. The individual Executive Board member payout levels for the non-financial component ranged from 33% to 90% of the maximum opportunity. The average payout of 69% reflects the Compensation Committee’s assessment of the Executive Board’s significant remediation efforts and the improvements implemented in the areas of risk and control, and that the scores of newly joined Executive Board members were not penalized for the Archegos/SCFF matters. As a result, the overall STI payout was 31% of the maximum opportunity. This compares with an overall STI payout of 48% for 2020 (before cancellation of the STI) and the 68% payout for the 2019 STI.
As previously disclosed, the cancellation of awards in the prior compensation round due to the Archegos matter resulted in more than CHF 40 million in lost value. In addition, the estimated value of the LTIs from prior years (2019 and 2020) has been significantly impaired.
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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) compensation
Mr. Gottstein’s total compensation for 2021 of CHF 3.8 million was 43% lower than his compensation granted for the prior year. This decrease reflects the impact of Archegos on the 2021 STI outcome, as well as the cancellation of the 2021 LTI. Mr. Gottstein’s variable compensation for 2021 was 77% lower than in 2020.
In terms of realized compensation for 2021, the CEO received CHF 3.9 million, which comprised of CHF 2.7 million base salary, CHF 0.4 million non-deferred portion of the 2021 STI, and CHF 0.8 million of deferred compensation that settled in 2021 relating to his role prior to having been appointed CEO. The year over year increase in realized compensation reflects both the cancellation of the 2020 STI, as well as the delivery in 2021 of deferred compensation from historical awards.
> Refer to “Compensation of the Group CEO” in Executive Board compensation for further information.
Vesting of the 2019 LTI (2019-2021 performance cycle)
The maximum opportunity approved at the 2019 AGM for the 2019 LTI was CHF 57.5 million. Performance against the Group financial metrics and relative total shareholder return (RTSR) criteria as well as a qualitative assessment for the Executive Board member categorized as a UK Prudential Regulation Authority Material Risk Taker (UK PRA MRT) would have resulted in an overall outcome at 19% of the maximum opportunity for the original Executive Board members. Factoring in share price movements and changes to Executive Board composition, the estimated value of the 2019 LTI was CHF 4.7 million in aggregate for the ten award recipients, based on the share price at the end of 2021. The final value of the awards at delivery may differ from the value at the end of 2021 due to subsequent share price movement.
> Refer to “Executive Board compensation” for further information.
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Review of our Executive Board compensation framework and shareholder engagement
With the announcement of the revised Group strategy in November 2021, the Compensation Committee has undertaken a comprehensive review of the Executive Board compensation framework to ensure it continues to motivate and incentivize management appropriately. As a result of this review and taking into account feedback from many of our key shareholders and proxy advisers with whom I had the opportunity to meet, a new approach is effective from performance year 2022 onwards. I appreciate the open discussions and feedback that we received.
The proposed framework changes are anchored in the following core principles:
Simplicity and transparency: moving to a single variable compensation framework with a 70% weighting on pre-defined quantitative financial performance measures, and a 30% weighting on measurable ESG-related factors reflected in the three non-financial performance categories: Risk and Control; Values and Culture, and Sustainability.
Accountability, risk and control:compensation outcomes aligned to our improved risk and control practices.
Pay-for-performance: compensation outcomes directly and demonstrably linked to prior year performance.
Shareholder and debtholder alignment: variable compensation delivered at least 70% in deferred shares subject to multi-year underpins to ensure longer-term alignment; introduction of contingent capital awards (CCA) instead of deferred cash under the previous design; and higher minimum shareholding requirements – 1,000,000 shares for the Group CEO (from 500,000) and Investment Bank CEO (from 300,000), and 500,000 shares for other Executive Board members (from
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300,000), where Executive Board members will not be permitted to sell shares other than to satisfy tax obligations until they reach the revised thresholds.
The approach to annual compensation will change from 2022, with the introduction of an overall incentive pool covering both the short-term and long-term awards. The aggregate pool will be determined based on the achievement of annual financial and non-financial performance objectives set at the beginning of the year, and the total pool amount will be subject to a cap of 2% of Group income before taxes excluding any items that the Compensation Committee determines are not reflective of underlying performance. There will no longer be a concept of a Short-Term Incentive or a Long-Term Incentive. Instead, the Executive Board variable incentive pool will be allocated to individual Executive Board members based on their performance against individual scorecards, which incorporate financial and non-financial measures at a Group and divisional/functional level. A minimum of 70% of Executive Board variable incentive awards will be granted in the form of share awards, which is a greater proportion in shares than under the previous design. The share awards will contain underpins that reflect the underlying financial health and stability of the Group and will have vesting dates on the third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the award’s grant date. The remaining portion of Executive Board variable incentive awards will be in the form of non-deferred cash and CCA that vest on the third anniversary of the grant date (instead of the previous deferred cash component), which is aligned to awards received by the broader employee population as well as to the interests of the Group’s debtholders. The aggregate amount of an Executive Board member’s variable incentive award that is granted in the form of non-deferred cash and CCA cannot exceed CHF 2 million.
One of the main changes under this new approach is that any amounts awarded in the form of longer-term share awards will have been aligned to performance at grant as part of the incentive pool determination process described above. In addition, longer-term share awards will also align to Group performance throughout the five-year vesting period, both through share price alignment as well as through additional underpins. The following diagram summarizes the key themes and elements of the revised compensation design.
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Rather than having maximum variable incentive award values based on a multiple of base salary, as under the old STI and LTI plans, each Executive Board member will be provided with an individual total target variable compensation figure, which will be delivered if the Compensation Committee determines the financial and non-financial performance objectives are met. The target variable compensation level for each Executive Board member will be established for 2022 by reference to previous individual compensation levels under the old STI and LTI plans, taking into account a 50% discount on the previous maximum opportunity to recognize greater certainty under the share award. Achievement of the threshold, target and maximum performance levels would result in payouts of 50%, 100% and 150% of target compensation, respectively.
A cap on individual Executive Board member total annual variable incentive compensation of 500% of base salary will apply for all Executive Board members apart from the CEO who is capped at 400% of base salary. This is equivalent to a total compensation cap of CHF 13.2 million for Executive Board members apart from the CEO, and CHF 13.5 million for the CEO, compared with CHF 15.5 million and CHF 13.5 million respectively, under the previous framework.
The Executive Board variable compensation outcomes based on 2022 performance will be subject to approval by shareholders at the 2023 AGM in the form of two separate votes: one for the aggregate amount of short-term awards, and the other for the aggregate amount of long-term share awards. In addition to the annual disclosures of compensation of the CEO and the highest paid Executive Board member (if not the CEO), we will continue to disclose the average payout as a multiple of base salary for the Executive Board.
In making the change to assess performance at the time of grant on the long-term share awards, the Executive Board will not receive an award until after the 2023 AGM. This gap in awarding a new share award is on top of the cancellation of the LTI award in 2021 and also under the previous compensation design where an LTI award would typically have been granted following the 2022 AGM. The Compensation Committee considered the possibility of granting a one-off share award in 2022 to bridge this transitional gap, however decided instead to move fully to the new approach from the 2022 performance year, despite the additional negative impact on Executive Board member compensation and cashflow.
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Further details, including a comparison with the previous framework, can be found in the section “Executive Board compensation – Introduction to the new Executive Board design”.
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations in the compensation process
For the Executive Board’s 2021 STI awards, the non-financial performance assessment was based on Strategy and ESG-related factors including compliance, risk management, conduct and ethics, talent management, diversity and inclusion, and client satisfaction.
Under the new Executive Board compensation framework, such factors will play an even larger role in compensation outcomes. That is, the non-financial assessment will be considered as part of the overall Executive Board incentive pool determination (delivered in short-term and long-term awards), and the Compensation Committee will place a 30% weighting on Risk and Control, Values and Culture, and Sustainability to determine the pool.
> Refer to “Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations at Credit Suisse” for further information.
Group compensation
Variable Compensation for 2021
To reflect the unprecedented issues that occurred in 2021 the Compensation Committee recommended, and the Board approved, a Group variable compensation pool of CHF 2,000 million, 32% lower than last year’s CHF 2,949 million pool. The Compensation Committee considers that this appropriately reflects the significant impact of the Archegos and SCFF matters on our stakeholders, while recognizing the contributions of most of our employees and the competitiveness of the talent market. In addition to the strong underlying financial performance, the Compensation Committee also took into account non-financial achievements such as the improvements that have been implemented during the year to strengthen the risk and control framework, as well as feedback from external stakeholders including the Group’s main regulators.
The overall structure of variable compensation is consistent with prior years for the majority of employees. However, employees at a more senior level (Managing Directors and Directors), who are employed in jurisdictions where it is permissible, have received their cash award as a restricted Upfront Cash Award (UCA), which contains a pro-rata repayment obligation that applies in the event the employee voluntarily terminates his or her employment during the three-year period ending in February 2025. This is not a new approach at Credit Suisse, but it has been deployed more widely this year. At the same time, in order to more closely align with market practice, the Compensation Committee decided to lower deferral rates applicable to variable compensation for 2021.
Approximately CHF 400 million of retention awards were granted during 2021 in response to significant external pressure on some of our critical talent, particularly as the Group strategy review took place and uncertainty surrounded the future structure of the Group. These retention awards were in the form of share-based awards, vesting in equal tranches over three years.
Strategic Delivery Plan
Recognizing the role of senior management in the implementation of our strategy, most Managing Directors and Directors have been granted a separate one-time share-based award (the Strategic Delivery Plan or SDP) to incentivize delivery of the strategic objectives and align senior management to the longer-term interests of shareholders. The SDP awards will vest in three years’ time subject to minimum specified capital and leverage ratio levels being maintained over the course of 2022-2024. At the end of the three-year vesting period, the Compensation Committee will assess the overall success of the implementation of the Group’s strategic goals, and if there is significantly increased performance, in recognition of those achievements, it is able to award additional shares, up to a maximum of 50% of the original SDP award to recipients. To encourage collaboration and collective effort, any uplift would apply across all participants, rather than on an individual basis. Half of the potential uplift may be awarded if a pre-determined average Group return on tangible equity (RoTE) threshold is achieved, measured over the key strategic implementation years 2023 and 2024. The other half of the potential uplift may be awarded based on the Compensation Committee’s assessment of risk management and other strategic non-financial achievements. Details of any uplift will be disclosed when determined at the end of the three-year vesting period. The total face value at grant of the SDP awards is CHF 497 million.
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Board of Directors (Board) compensation
Aggregate compensation for the Board, including compensation for certain Group Board members serving on subsidiary boards, was CHF 11.7 million, compared with the amount of CHF 12.0 million that was approved prospectively by shareholders at the 2021 AGM. The Board has decided upon certain changes which will increase the overall Board fees for the 2022 to 2023 AGM period to CHF 13 million. The Board approved the introduction of membership and chair fees for the Digital Transformation and Technology Committee which was newly established at the beginning of 2022 to oversee the execution of the Group’s digitalization and technology strategy. The Board plans to introduce fees for the role of the Vice Chair and/or Lead Independent Director, given the increased significance of these roles within the Board, and any such fees will be benchmarked and paid in line with market practice. Furthermore, certain Group Board members have assumed or will assume additional subsidiary board roles and the related subsidiary board fees are included in the aggregate Board compensation. It is for these reasons that the aggregate Board compensation amount is proposed to be raised to CHF 13 million from CHF 12 million, which had been maintained for many years.
> Refer to “Board of Directors compensation” for further information.
“Say-on-Pay” compensation proposals at the 2022 AGM
At the 2022 AGM, we will be seeking shareholder support for the say-on-pay proposals described in the following table:
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Further information on each of these proposals will be contained in the “Say-on-Pay” brochure that accompanies the AGM invitation and will also be available at credit-suisse.com/agm.
On behalf of the Compensation Committee, I would like to thank you for your continued support, particularly during this challenging period. I am particularly grateful for the constructive discussions with our shareholders, as well as our regulators, and the feedback received.
Kai S. Nargolwala
Chair of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Board
March 2022
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Executive Board compensation
Compensation outcomes for 2021
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Fixed compensation
The total fixed compensation for the Executive Board was CHF 30.0 million in 2021, compared with CHF 29.0 million in 2020. The increase from the prior year was driven by compensation paid during contractual notice periods to outgoing members of the Executive Board overlapping with compensation paid to new incoming replacement members, as well as an increase in the number of Executive Board members resulting from the separation of Asset Management as a standalone division and the separation of the risk and compliance functions.
Annual short-term incentive (STI) awards
The 2021 STI awards were determined based on performance in 2021 measured against pre-defined financial and non-financial criteria, consistent with the prior year. The aggregate STI award amount for the Executive Board is CHF 8.6 million, reflecting an overall payout of 31% of the total maximum opportunity. This compares with CHF 15.7 million that would have been awarded for 2020 if the 2020 STI would not have been cancelled in full. The Group financial threshold performance levels were not achieved, resulting in zero payout for the RoTE and adjusted income before taxes measures. Aside from the Group metrics, the business division heads were also assigned divisional performance targets, which achieved a payout ranging from 55% to 100%. For some of the newer Executive Board members who joined the Executive Board after the Archegos and SCFF matters surfaced, their performance was assessed against targets excluding the impact of those matters.
For the non-financial performance assessment, the Compensation Committee evaluated the Executive Board’s performance against four broad categories: Strategy, Environmental, Social, and Governance. Governance objectives, which include risk and controls, were weighted 70% of the overall non-financial assessment for 2021, given the gravity of the issues that had occurred. The individual Executive Board member payout levels for the non-financial component ranged from 33% to 90% of the maximum opportunity. The average payout of 69% reflects the Compensation Committee’s assessment of the Executive Board’s significant remediation efforts and the improvements implemented in the areas of risk and control, and that the scores of newly joined Executive Board members were not penalized for the Archegos/SCFF matters. A summary of the non-financial assessment appears further below.
The 2021 STI compensation will be submitted for shareholder approval at the 2022 AGM on a retrospective basis.
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2019 LTI awards (2019-2021 performance period)
As disclosed in the 2018 Compensation Report, the performance of the 2019 LTI awards is based on RoTE, adjusted tangible book value per share (TBVPS) and relative total shareholder return (RTSR), each weighted equally and measured over the three-year period from the beginning of 2019 until the end of 2021. The 2019 LTI awards had an initial aggregate maximum opportunity of CHF 57.5 million approved at the 2019 AGM, and the number of shares granted was calculated by dividing the maximum opportunity by the Group share price at the time of grant. The share price utilized was based on the same methodology used for share-based awards granted to Group employees.
The Archegos and SCFF matters have had a significant impact on the expected value of outstanding LTI awards. After taking into account foreign exchange movements, achievement of the performance criteria and the qualitative assessment component for the Executive Board member categorized as a UK PRA MRT, the estimated value based on the share price at grant was CHF 10.7 million, or 19% of the maximum opportunity. Based on the share price at the end of 2021, and reflecting the changes to the Executive Board composition, the estimated value of the 2019 LTI was CHF 4.7 million in aggregate for the ten Executive Board members receiving shares under the award. The LTI award vests in three equal tranches on the third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the grant date. The final value of the awards at delivery may differ from the value at the end of 2021 due to subsequent share price movements.
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Compensation of the Group CEO
The annual performance assessment of the Group CEO Thomas Gottstein takes into account the same Group financial and non-financial criteria applied to other Executive Board members. Based on the STI performance assessment described previously, Mr. Gottstein’s total variable incentive compensation for 2021 was CHF 0.8 million, 77% lower than the prior year. Mr. Gottstein’s total compensation awarded for 2021 was CHF 3.8 million, or 43% lower than the prior year.
Mr. Gottstein’s realized compensation for 2021 was CHF 3.9 million and comprised of:
CHF 2.7 million base salary;
CHF 0.4 million non-deferred cash component of the 2021 STI award (paid out in 2022, subject to shareholder approval at the 2022 AGM); and
CHF 0.8 million deferred cash portion of the 2017 STI award.
In addition, Mr. Gottstein received CHF 0.2 million in pension and other benefits.
Compensation of the highest paid Executive Board member
The highest paid Executive Board member in 2021 was David Mathers, who has been a member of the Executive Board since 2010 and currently holds two roles: the Chief Financial Officer for the Group as well as the CEO of the UK subsidiaries Credit Suisse International and Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited. For 2021, Mr. Mathers was awarded total compensation of CHF 4.1 million, which comprised of CHF 2.0 million base salary, CHF 1.5 million role-based allowance, CHF 0.3 pension and benefits, CHF 0.1 million dividend equivalents and a total STI award of CHF 0.2 million in the form of cash and blocked shares which are non-transferrable for 12 months, in compliance with regulatory requirements given Mr. Mathers’ status as a UK PRA MRT.
Mr. Mathers’ total realized compensation for 2021 was CHF 4.6 million and comprised of:
CHF 2.0 million base salary;
CHF 1.5 million role-based allowance;
CHF 44,000 in non-deferred cash for the 2021 STI; and
CHF 1.0 million in share awards delivered during 2021 relating to previous STI and LTI awards.
In addition, Mr. Mathers received CHF 0.4 million in pension and other benefits and dividend equivalents.
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Supplementary information
Executive Board compensation (audited)

in
Base
salaries
and role-
based
allowances
1


Dividend
equivalents
2

Pension
and other
benefits
3
Total
fixed
compen-
sation


STI awards
(Non-
deferred)
4


STI awards
(Deferred)
5

Total
STI
awards


LTI awards
fair value
(Deferred)
6
Total
variable
compen-
sation


Total
compen-
sation
7,8
2021 (CHF million)   
15 members 27.21 0.51 2.26 29.98 4.27 4.32 8.59 0.00 8.59 38.57
   % of total compensation 9 78% 22% 0% 22%
of which highest paid: David Mathers 3.50 0.14 0.26 3.90 0.09 0.13 0.22 0.00 0.22 4.12
   % of total compensation  95% 5% 0% 5%
of which CEO: Thomas Gottstein 2.70 0.00 0.24 2.94 0.41 0.41 0.81 0.00 0.81 3.75
   % of total compensation  78% 22% 0% 22%
of which joiners and leavers during 2021 (6 individuals) 7.76 0.12 0.75 8.63 1.94 1.94 3.88 0.00 3.88 12.51
   % of total compensation  69% 31% 0% 31%
2020 (CHF million)   
13 members 25.70 1.12 2.14 28.96 23.74 23.74 52.70
   % of total compensation 9 55% 0% 45% 45%
of which CEO and highest paid: Thomas Gottstein 2.62 0.08 0.24 2.94 3.59 3.59 6.53
   % of total compensation  45% 0% 55% 55%
of which joiners and leavers during 2020 (3 individuals) 4.86 0.25 0.34 5.45 1.87 1.87 7.32
   % of total compensation  74% 0% 26% 26%
For the individuals who joined the Executive Board and the individuals who left the Executive Board during 2020 and 2021, compensation relating to the period during which they were members of the Executive Board and, for leavers, during their respective notice period is included in the table above. The 2020 table has been updated to reflect the withdrawal of the 2020 STI award proposal for the Executive Board. There was no vote for the 2020 STI at the 2021 AGM.
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The 2020 base salaries and role-based allowances total reflects the base salary for two Executive Board members that is already reduced by 20% of their annual base salary during six months that Executive Board members committed to COVID-19 pandemic relief efforts. For all other Executive Board members their donations to pandemic relief efforts were made post payment of salary.
2
Dividend equivalents were paid in cash, consistent with dividends paid on actual shares.
3
Other benefits consist of housing allowances, expense allowances and relocation allowances.
4
STI non-deferred awards for 2021 comprised of CHF 4.23 million (for 2020 CHF 0.00 million) cash, with a further CHF 0.04 million (for 2020 CHF 0.00 million) granted as blocked shares to Mr. Mathers, to comply with regulatory requirements given that he was categorized as UK PRA MRT during 2021 and 2020.
5
STI deferred awards for 2021 comprised of CHF 4.25 million (for 2020 CHF 0.00 million) in deferred cash awards as well as CHF 0.07 million (for 2020 CHF 0.00 million) granted as share awards to Mr. Mathers, to comply with regulatory requirements given that he was categorized as UK PRA MRT during 2021 and 2020.
6
The fair value of the LTI awards as of the date of grant was determined using a probabilistic valuation method applied by Deloitte.
7
For the total compensation awarded to the members of the Executive Board, the Group made payments of CHF 2.3 million in 2021 (for 2020 CHF 2.7 million) to cover the mandatory employer social security contributions as required under the social security laws applicable to the individual Executive Board members based on their domicile and employment status. These contributions do not form part of the Executive Board members' compensation.
8
No guaranteed bonuses, sign-on or replacement awards were paid to Executive Board members for 2021 and 2020.
9
Variable compensation ranged from 5% to 55% of total compensation in 2021 and from 23% to 69% in 2020.
Former Executive Board members (audited)
For 2021, no compensation payments were made to former Executive Board members who left Credit Suisse, which was also the case for 2020. Further, no payments were made to former Executive Board members pursuant to non-compete arrangements.
Utilization of Executive Board compensation approved at the 2021 AGM
At the 2021 AGM, shareholders approved a maximum aggregate amount of fixed compensation to be paid to members of the Executive Board for the period from the 2021 AGM to the 2022 AGM of CHF 31.0 million. Fixed compensation includes base salaries, role-based allowances, dividend equivalents, pension and other benefits as well as any replacement awards granted to new Executive Board members during this period. In line with the Swiss Ordinance Against Excessive Compensation with respect to Listed Stock Corporations (Compensation Ordinance) and as specified in the AoA, if new members join the Executive Board or members of the Executive Board are promoted during the period for which compensation has already been approved by shareholders, a further 30% of the aggregate amounts already approved may be used for the compensation of such members.
During the period from the 2021 AGM to the 2022 AGM, six new members have joined the Executive Board, of which one is for
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the newly created Chief Compliance Officer role. Given that the proposal for the 2021 LTI awards was withdrawn from the 2021 AGM, the supplementary amount available for new members of the Executive Board is 30% of the CHF 31.0 million in fixed compensation, or CHF 9.3 million. Of this supplementary amount, CHF 8.4 million was utilized to fund (or part fund) the cash-based replacement awards for the newly recruited Executive Board members, namely CHF 6.3 million for David Wildermuth (Chief Risk Officer), CHF 1.5 million for Joanne Hannaford (Chief Technology & Operations Officer) and CHF 0.6 million for Francesco De Ferrari (CEO Wealth Management). By the time of the 2022 AGM, a total of CHF 39.4 million will have been paid to Executive Board members, of which CHF 27.7 million relates to the individuals who were Executive Board members during 2021 and CHF 11.7 million relates to individuals who became Executive Board members in 2022. By the time of the 2022 AGM, an additional amount of up to CHF 12.1 million will have been awarded to the newly recruited Executive Board members in the form of deferred share awards to compensate them for the equivalent fair value of the awards that were cancelled by their previous employer as a consequence of them joining Credit Suisse. This amount of CHF 12.1 million will be submitted for retrospective approval by the shareholders at the 2022 AGM to cover the share-based replacement awards, which will have deferral periods and performance conditions, where applicable, that mirror the respective terms at the previous employers.
Cash settlement of share awards
The Executive Board members are permitted to elect, subject to minimum shareholding requirements, at a predefined date in advance of settlement, to receive their vested share-based awards in the form of shares, cash or 50% in the form of shares and 50% in cash, in each case based on the Group share price at the time of settlement. An election to receive cash is subject to reversal if at the time of settlement the Group share price is less than 75% of the share price at the time of election. The timing and pricing of settlement will be the same as under the previous award plan and as under the plans of those below the Executive Board level.
Contract lengths, termination and change in control provisions
All members of the Executive Board have employment contracts with the Group that are valid until terminated. The standard notice period for termination of employment by either the Group or the respective Executive Board member is six months. Executive Board members may be subject to a non-compete period of six months and may be compensated for this period of time by mutual agreement. In the event of termination, there are no contractual provisions that allow for the payment of severance awards to Executive Board members beyond the regular compensation awarded during the notice period. Pre-defined conditions for all employees, including Executive Board members, apply for the payment of outstanding deferred compensation awards, depending on whether the termination of employment was voluntary, involuntary, by mutual agreement or as the result of a change in control. In case of a termination for cause, any deferred compensation and outstanding awards will be forfeited. There are no other contracts, agreements or arrangements with the members of the Executive Board that provide for other types of payments or benefits in connection with termination of employment that are not generally available to other employees of the Group.
In the case of a change in control, the treatment of outstanding awards for all employees, including Executive Board members, will be determined by the Board upon recommendation of the Compensation Committee with the aim of maximizing shareholder value, subject to circumstances and prevailing market conditions. There are no provisions in the employment contracts of Executive Board members or any other pre-determined arrangements that require the payment of any type of extraordinary benefits, including special severance awards or transaction premia, in the case of a change in control.
Other outstanding awards
As of December 31, 2021, the outstanding cash-based deferred compensation awards granted to certain Executive Board members in prior years comprised of the contingent capital awards (CCA), Deferred Cash Allowance Plan (DCAP) and deferred STI cash awards. The cumulative value of such cash-based awards at their grant dates was CHF 19 million, unchanged from their value as of December 31, 2021. These amounts also include the cash value of dividend equivalents related to unvested share awards at their respective grant dates and at December 31, 2021.
Minimum shareholding requirements
As of December 31, 2021, the CEO and all other Executive Board members, except for five members, fulfilled the minimum shareholding requirements as measured against the number of shares owned plus the number of unvested shares calculated on the basis of actual achievement level (for awards that have reached the end of their three-year performance period) or maximum opportunity (for awards that have not reached the end of their three-year performance period) or at full value for the new share awards going forward. The CEO and other Executive Board members are not permitted to sell shares until they have met the minimum shareholding requirements, except as necessary to fulfill taxation obligations on the respective shares awarded. From 2022 onward, the minimum shareholding requirement will increase to 1,000,000 shares for the Group CEO and the Investment Bank CEO and 500,000 for all other Executive Board members.
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Executive Board holdings and values of deferred share-based awards by individual

end of


Number of
owned shares
1

Number of
unvested awards
2
Number of
owned shares and
unvested awards

Value (CHF) of
unvested awards
at grant date
3 Value (CHF) of
unvested awards
at year end
(at fair value)
4
2021   
Thomas P. Gottstein 343,933 865,241 1,209,174 10,346,761 5,044,803
Romeo Cerutti 419,333 339,027 758,360 4,074,902 2,033,172
André Helfenstein 89,962 516,222 606,184 5,574,001 3,215,381
Lydie Hudson 243,816 243,816 2,670,588 1,383,393
Ulrich Körner 246,487 246,487
Rafael Lopez Lorenzo 99,591 127,566 227,157 1,519,990 1,131,766
David R. Mathers 163,403 992,083 1,155,486 10,869,369 6,974,651
Christian Meissner 247 247
Joachim Oechslin 213,577 272,122 485,699 3,506,175 2,414,266
Antoinette Poschung 158,585 123,557 282,142 1,355,032 706,324
Helman Sitohang 471,033 805,946 1,276,979 9,665,696 4,811,141
James B. Walker 221,384 396,582 617,966 4,314,624 2,582,473
Philipp Wehle 76,739 549,634 626,373 6,208,945 3,511,812
Total  2,504,274 5,231,796 7,736,070 60,106,082 33,809,182
2020   
Thomas P. Gottstein 329,945 1,175,386 1,505,331 14,059,196 7,982,209
Romeo Cerutti 360,449 569,438 929,887 7,134,274 4,108,232
Brian Chin 568,030 1,790,864 2,358,894 21,951,346 12,474,970
André Helfenstein 74,229 671,329 745,558 7,523,347 5,899,796
Lydie Hudson 57,115 421,216 478,331 4,864,351 2,895,168
David R. Mathers 110,958 1,313,581 1,424,539 14,661,244 10,505,639
Antoinette Poschung 141,405 207,515 348,920 2,360,009 1,412,321
Helman Sitohang 365,186 1,344,933 1,710,119 16,773,304 9,612,195
James B. Walker 143,444 577,046 720,490 6,552,588 5,092,395
Lara J. Warner 1,089,006 1,089,006 13,461,484 7,647,962
Philipp Wehle 74,542 670,246 744,788 7,652,671 5,095,777
Total  2,225,303 9,830,560 12,055,863 116,993,815 72,726,662
1
Includes shares that were initially granted as deferred compensation and have vested.
2
Includes unvested shares originating from LTI opportunities calculated on the basis of maximum opportunity for awards that have not reached the end of their three-year performance period, given that the actual achievement level and associated number of unvested shares cannot be determined until the end of the performance period. For LTI awards that have reached the end of their three-year performance period, the number of unvested shares reflects the actual number of shares earned based on achievement of the performance target levels.
3
Determined based on the number of unvested awards multiplied by the share price at grant.
4
Includes the value of unvested LTI opportunities. For LTI awards that have reached the end of their three-year performance period, the value is based on the actual number of shares eligible to vest. For LTI opportunities that have not reached the end of their three-year performance period, this is determined based on the number of shares at fair value at the time of grant, multiplied by the share price at the end of the year.
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Executive Board outstanding deferred compensation awards

in / end






Total
outstanding
end of 2020



Granted
in 2021
1


Paid out in
2021


Ex post
explicit
adjustments


Ex post
implicit
adjustments


Total
outstanding
end of 2021
% of which
exposed to
ex post
explicit
adjustments
Executive Board (CHF million)   2
Contingent Capital Awards Cash-based 5 0 (1) 4 100%
Cash awards 3 Cash-based 13 (3) 10 100%
Share awards 4 Share-based 81 0 (5) (58) (3) 15 100%
Performance share awards Share-based 9 1 (3) 0 (2) 5 100%
Total  108 1 (12) (58) (5) 34
1
Includes awards granted to Executive Board members with respect to their previous roles prior to joining the Executive Board.
2
Includes Executive Board members who were in office on December 31, 2021.
3
Includes the deferred cash portion of STI awards.
4
Includes the impact of performance-based adjustments to the outstanding 2020 and 2019 LTI opportunities.
Executive Board loans (audited)
The majority of loans outstanding to Executive Board members are mortgages or loans against securities. Such loans are made on the same terms available to employees under the Group’s employee benefit plans. Pursuant to the AoA, each Executive Board member may be granted individual credit facilities or loans up to a maximum of CHF 20 million. As of December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, outstanding loans to Executive Board members amounted to CHF 16 million, CHF 13 million and CHF 32 million, respectively. The number of individuals with outstanding loans at the beginning and the end of 2021 was five and seven, respectively, and the highest loan outstanding was CHF 4 million to Mr. Körner.
All mortgage loans to Executive Board members are granted either with variable or fixed interest rates over a certain period. Typically, mortgages are granted for periods of up to ten years. Interest rates applied are based on refinancing costs plus a margin, and interest rates and other terms are consistent with those applicable to other employees. Loans against securities are granted at interest rates and on terms applicable to such loans granted to other employees. The same credit approval and risk assessment procedures apply to Executive Board members as for other employees. Unless otherwise noted, all loans to Executive Board members were made in the ordinary course of business and substantially on the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with other persons and in consideration of the terms which apply to all Group employees. These loans did not involve more than the normal risk of collectability or present other unfavorable features.
> Refer to “Banking relationships with Board and Executive Board members and related party transactions” in IV – Corporate Governance – Additional information for further information.
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Introduction to the new Executive Board compensation design
Overview
In parallel with the revised Group strategy announced in November 2021, the Compensation Committee undertook a comprehensive review of the Executive Board compensation framework to ensure it continues to incentivize management appropriately. One of the key aims of the revised compensation model is to ensure closer alignment between the Executive Board and our shareholders’ experience by delivering a more significant part of the compensation of the Executive Board members in the form of shares, thereby reinforcing the ownership mentality within the Executive Board. The revisions also aim to simplify the delivery and structure of the compensation plan. A key change is therefore driving long-term performance by focusing on the delivery of critical short-term goals that can be updated year-on-year to reflect particular areas of priority. Coupled with long-term alignment through increased delivery in shares, this should lead to a compensation framework which is more relevant, motivating, and simpler to understand. Under the new design, value creation will to a large extent be driven by positive share price movement. Additionally, the minimum shareholding requirements have been raised significantly. Furthermore approximately 85% of the variable compensation will be in the form of deferred CCA and share awards subject to underpins over a period of three to five years.
The new Executive Board compensation framework shown below has been implemented with effect from the 2022 financial year. Executive Board members continue to receive fixed compensation (in the form of base salary, role-based allowance where applicable, pension and benefits). The pool available for variable compensation will be determined based on prior year performance; variable compensation will be delivered in the form of 1) immediate cash, 2) contingent capital awards (CCA) vesting on the third anniversary of grant, and 3) share awards vesting in three equal tranches on the third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of grant. Regulated employees may have differing terms as may be required. Long-term share awards will constitute at least 70% of the total variable compensation. The maximum annual amount of combined cash and CCA that can be granted to any individual Executive Board member is CHF 2 million, and if this cap is reached, any remaining amount is allocated in the form of long-term share awards. As a further measure to facilitate greater shareholder alignment, if the RTSR is within the bottom quintile of the pre-defined peer group of 20 peers, then all variable compensation will be granted in the form of long-term share awards for that year.
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Determination of the Executive Board variable compensation pool
Performance is measured against financial and non-financial performance objectives set and approved by the Compensation Committee and Board of Directors at the beginning of the year. Performance is measured against these objectives, which creates a pool that is limited to 2% of Group income before taxes excluding items that the Compensation Committee determines are not reflective of underlying performance. Measures to be applied for 2022 are set out in the table below.
The financial metrics have a 70% weighting and are based on Group-wide key metrics that measure 1) returns; 2) adjusted income before taxes; 3) performance compared to peers; and 4) capital usage. The non-financial objectives have a 30% weighting and are based on three categories: Risk and Control; Values and Culture; and Sustainability. Given the commercial sensitivity, the financial performance objective will be disclosed retrospectively in the 2022 Compensation Report.
To determine the aggregate Executive Board variable compensation pool for 2022, the Compensation Committee will review the Group’s performance against these objectives at the end of the performance period. In making its assessment, the Committee will also take into account how the results compare with those delivered in the prior year, relative peer performance, and market positioning and trends.
As mentioned previously, caps will be maintained on the compensation of individual Executive Board members, with a maximum variable compensation at four times base salary for the Group CEO, and at five times base salary for the other Executive Board members.
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Key changes and comparison to the previous framework
The new features of the Executive Board compensation design and rationale for the changes are summarized in the table below.
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Group compensation
Compensation outcomes for 2021
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Variable compensation awarded
In determining the Group variable incentive compensation pool for 2021, the Compensation Committee noted that outside of the areas responsible for Archegos and SCFF, many of the Group’s businesses performed very strongly. In addition to the strong underlying financial performance, the Compensation Committee also took into account non-financial factors such as the improvements that have been implemented during the year to strengthen the risk and control framework. Looking at external considerations, the market trend for compensation in the financial services industry is up significantly compared with the prior year, and there is a highly active market for talent. In light of these considerations, as well as feedback from external stakeholders including the Group’s main regulators, the Compensation Committee proposed a Group variable incentive pool of CHF 2,000 million, 32% lower compared with the previous year. Differentiation will continue to be a focus, with the highest-performing employees rewarded for their contribution to the Group’s performance.
In order to more closely align with market practice, the Compensation Committee decided to lower deferral rates applicable to variable compensation. For 2021, these deferral rates ranged from 10% to 50% of the variable incentive amount, compared with 17.5% to 85% for 2020. Approximately 25% of variable incentive compensation awarded is deferred and expensed in future periods, and subject to future service, performance and malus criteria and other restrictive covenants.
For 2021, most Managing Directors and Directors who were granted a variable incentive compensation award received the non-deferred portion in the form of a restricted upfront cash award (UCA). The restricted UCA is a form of variable compensation, where employees receive an immediate cash payment that is subject to repayment in connection with a termination of employment due to voluntary resignation (or other specified repayment condition) that occurs during the following three-year period. The repayment amount equals the gross proportionate amount of the award between the departure date and the end of the three-year period. In this way, the restricted UCA is a retention tool that also aligns the employee’s interests with the long-term interests of the Group. Additionally, the UCA is subject to a malus provision as well as a repayment obligation in the event of a termination with cause.
Approximately CHF 400 million of retention awards were granted in response to significant external pressure on some of our critical talent, particularly as the Group strategy review took place and uncertainty surrounded the future structure of the Group. These retention awards were in the form of share-based awards, vesting in equal tranches over three years.
Strategic Delivery Plan
In February 2022, the Group granted Strategic Delivery Plan (SDP) deferred share-based awards of CHF 497 million to most Managing Directors and Directors to incentivize the longer-term delivery of the Group’s strategy. The SDP awards are subject to service conditions and underpins over the course of 2022-2024 and are scheduled to vest in their entirety on the third anniversary of the grant date.
Prior to settlement, the SDP awards will be written down to zero and forfeited if any of the following triggering events exist at the end of 2022, 2023 or 2024:
the Group’s CET1 capital ratio is below the FINMA-prescribed minimum + 50 basis points; or
the Group’s CET 1 leverage ratio is below 3.7%.
In addition, the Compensation Committee will review and assess the overall success of the delivery of the strategic plan at a Group level over the three-year period (2022-2024) and may increase the SDP awards up to a maximum of 50% of the initial award amount. Half of the potential uplift may be awarded if a pre-determined average Group RoTE threshold is achieved, measured over the key strategic implementation years 2023 and 2024. The other half of the uplift may be awarded based on the Compensation Committee’s assessment of risk management and other strategic non-financial
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achievements. Details of any uplift will be disclosed when determined at the end of the three-year vesting period.
Negative adjustment to outstanding Performance Share Awards
For the purposes of assessing the application of a negative adjustment to outstanding performance share awards, the Compensation Committee has the discretion to exclude extraordinary items from the calculation of divisional income before taxes and the Group return on equity (ROE). Given the legacy nature of the CHF 1.6 billion goodwill impairment relating to the acquisition of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in 2000, the Compensation Committee excluded the impairment charge from the Investment Bank loss before taxes and the Group ROE for 2021. Based on the Investment Bank’s loss before taxes excluding the goodwill impairment, the outstanding performance share awards currently held by employees who received those awards while being a member of the Investment Bank have been adjusted downward by a total of approximately CHF 68 million (based on award value at grant). Excluding the goodwill impairment, the Group ROE would have been -0.1%, equivalent to a negative adjustment of CHF 0.5 million applying to nearly 1,900 employees. Due to the de minimis negative Group RoE, the Compensation Committee applied its discretion to waive the negative adjustment.
Median and average employee compensation
For 2021, the median annualized total compensation (excluding pension and benefits and dividend equivalents) of all of our bonus eligible employees of our company (other than the CEO) was CHF 113,000, and the annual total compensation of our CEO was CHF 3.51 million (excluding pension and benefits and dividend equivalents). Based on this information, for 2021, the ratio of the annual total compensation of our CEO to the median annual total compensation of all employees was estimated to be 31.06 to 1.
The average total compensation awarded for 2021 was estimated at approximately CHF 190,600 per employee (full-time equivalents), 6% lower compared with approximately CHF 201,800 per employee for the prior year, as calculated by taking the total compensation awarded for each year and dividing by the number of employees (full-time equivalents) reported at the end of each year.
Compensation awarded to Material Risk Takers and Controllers (MRTCs)
Total compensation awarded to MRTCs for 2021 was CHF 1,487 million, compared with CHF 1,607 million for 2020. Of the CHF 1,487 million total compensation awarded, 37% was in the form of variable incentive compensation, with 41% of the variable incentive compensation subject to malus.
Total compensation awarded
2021 2020
For Non-deferred Deferred Total Non-deferred Deferred Total
Fixed compensation (CHF million)   
Salaries 5,341 259 5,600 5,158 120 5,278
Social security 622 622 653 653
Other 1 808 808 836 836
Total fixed compensation  6,771 259 7,030 6,647 120 6,767
Variable incentive compensation (CHF million)   
Cash awards 1,452 2 55 1,507 1,476 2 100 1,576
Share awards 41 216 257 35 592 627
Performance share awards 161 161 493 493
Contingent Capital Awards 75 75 253 253
Total variable incentive compensation  1,493 507 2,000 1,511 1,438 2,949
Other variable compensation (CHF million)   
Cash severance 31 31 47 47
Retention awards 20 375 395 0 40 40
Other 3 27 68 95 16 21 37
Total other variable compensation  78 443 521 63 61 124
Total compensation awarded (CHF million)   
Total compensation awarded  8,342 1,209 9,551 8,221 1,619 9,840
   of which guaranteed bonuses  32 31 63 10 9 19
Salaries include role-based allowances.
1
Includes pension and other post-retirement expense of CHF 503 million and CHF 517 million in 2021 and 2020, respectively.
2
Includes restricted Upfront Cash Awards of CHF 799 million for 2021 and CHF 59 million for 2020. Prior period has been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.
3
Includes replacement awards to compensate employees for the equivalent fair value of deferred awards cancelled by previous employers as well as sign-on payments.
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Number of employees awarded variable incentive and other compensation
2021 2020

MRTCs
1 Other
employees

Total

MRTCs
1 Other
employees

Total
Number of employees awarded variable incentive compensation
Variable incentive compensation  1,432 43,024 44,456 1,413 43,531 44,944
   of which Cash awards 2 1,432 43,024 44,456 1,413 43,531 44,944
   of which Share awards  1,240 4,874 6,114 1,282 5,492 6,774
   of which Performance share awards  1,266 797 2,063 1,297 853 2,150
   of which Contingent Capital Awards  1,229 3,869 5,098 1,268 4,509 5,777
Number of employees awarded other variable compensation
Cash severance 9 258 267 10 599 609
Retention awards 134 518 652 42 104 146
Guaranteed bonuses 12 156 168 1 66 67
Other 3 40 4 1,597 1,637 24 4 573 597
Excluding Executive Board members who were in office on December 31, 2021 or 2020, respectively.
1
Excludes individuals who may have been classified as MRTCs according to regulatory requirements of jurisdictions outside of Switzerland, particularly US-based revenue producers in the Investment Bank, who were classified as Covered Employees by the US Federal Reserve.
2
Includes restricted Upfront Cash Awards. Prior period has been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.
3
Includes replacement awards to compensate employees for the equivalent fair value of deferred awards cancelled by previous employers as well as sign-on payments.
4
For 2021 and 2020, there were no sign-on payments paid.
Compensation awarded to Material Risk Takers and Controllers
2021 2020
For Non- deferred Deferred Total Non- deferred Deferred Total
Fixed compensation (CHF million)   
Total fixed compensation 1 622 112 734 598 74 672
Variable incentive compensation (CHF million)   
Cash awards 282 2 29 311 237 2 34 271
Share awards 41 58 99 35 178 213
Performance share awards 99 99 299 299
Contingent Capital Awards 37 37 119 119
Total variable incentive compensation  323 223 546 272 630 902
Other variable compensation (CHF million)   
Cash severance 10 10 4 4
Retention awards 7 172 179 0 17 17
Other 3 3 4 15 18 3 4 9 12
Total other variable compensation  20 187 207 7 26 33
Total compensation (CHF million)   
Total compensation  965 522 1,487 877 730 1,607
   of which guaranteed bonuses  2 2 4 1 5 6
Excluding Executive Board members who were in office on December 31, 2021 or 2020, respectively. Of the total compensation awarded to MRTCs for 2021 and 2020, 35% and 45%, respectively, was deferred. Of the total variable incentive compensation awarded to MRTCs for 2021 and 2020, 41% and 70%, respectively, was deferred.
1
The number of MRTCs receiving fixed compensation for 2021 and 2020 was 1,480 and 1,438, respectively.
2
Includes restricted Upfront Cash Awards. Prior period has been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.
3
Includes replacement awards to compensate employees for the equivalent fair value of deferred awards cancelled by previous employers as well as sign-on payments.
4
For 2021 and 2020, there were no sign-on payments paid.
Group compensation and benefits expense
Compensation and benefits expenses recognized in the current year income statement include salaries, role-based allowances, variable compensation, benefits and employer taxes on compensation. Variable compensation expense reflects the variable cash compensation for the current year and amortization of deferred compensation awards granted in prior years.
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Group compensation and benefits expense
2021 2020

in
Current
compen-
sation
Deferred
compen-
sation


Total
Current
compen-
sation
Deferred
compen-
sation


Total
Fixed compensation expense (CHF million)   
Salaries 5,341 147 1 5,488 5,158 112 1 5,270
Social security 2 622 622 653 653
Other 3 808 808 836 836
Total fixed compensation expense  6,771 147 6,918 6,647 112 6,759
Variable incentive compensation expense (CHF million)   
Cash awards 4 653 203 5 856 1,417 286 5 1,703
Share awards 6 41 482 523 35 573 608
Performance share awards 290 290 448 448
Contingent Capital Awards 202 202 255 255
Total variable incentive compensation expense  694 1,177 1,871 1,452 1,562 3,014
Other variable compensation expense (CHF million)   
Cash severance 31 31 47 47
Retention Awards 123 123 43 43
Other 7 20 20 27 27
Total other variable compensation expense  51 123 174 74 43 117
Total compensation expense (CHF million)   
Total compensation expense  7,516 1,447 8,963 8,173 1,717 9,890
Salaries include role-based allowances. Restructuring expenses in connection with the strategic review of the Group were disclosed separately and were not part of the total compensation expenses.
1
Represents deferred fixed cash compensation expense of CHF 147 million and CHF 112 million related to cash awards for 2021 and 2020, respectively.
2
Represents the Group's portion of employees' mandatory social security.
3
Includes pension and other post-retirement expense of CHF 503 million and CHF 517 million in 2021 and 2020, respectively.
4
Includes CHF 8 million and CHF 2 million of compensation expense associated with replacement cash awards granted in 2021 and 2020, respectively, to compensate employees for the equivalent fair value of deferred awards cancelled by previous employers.
5
Includes restricted Upfront Cash Awards expense. Prior period has been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.
6
Includes CHF 13 million and CHF 6 million of compensation expense associated with replacement share awards granted in 2021 and 2020, respectively, to compensate employees for the equivalent fair value of deferred awards cancelled by previous employers.
7
Includes sign-on payments.
Group estimated unrecognized compensation expense
The following table shows the estimated compensation expense that has not yet been recognized through the income statement for deferred compensation awards granted for 2021 and prior years that were outstanding as of December 31, 2021, with comparative information for 2020. These estimates are based on the fair value of each award on the grant date, taking into account the current estimated outcome of relevant performance criteria and estimated future forfeitures. No estimate has been included for future mark-to-market adjustments.
Group estimated unrecognized compensation expense
Deferred compensation 2021 Deferred compensation 2020

end of

For
2021
For
prior-year
awards


Total

For
2020
For
prior-year
awards


Total
Estimated unrecognized compensation expense (CHF million)   
Share awards 224 349 1 573 538 449 1 987
Performance share awards 156 146 302 453 194 647
Contingent Capital Awards 72 134 206 241 151 392
Cash awards 2 854 223 3 1,077 159 201 2 360
Retention awards 284 284 40 40
Total estimated unrecognized compensation expense  1,306 1,136 2,442 1,391 1,035 2,426
1
Includes CHF 20 million and CHF 10 million of estimated unrecognized compensation expense associated with replacement share awards granted in 2021 and 2020, respectively, not related to prior years.
2
Includes estimated unrecognized compensation expense associated with restricted Upfront Cash Awards granted in 2021 and prior years.
3
Includes CHF 11 million and CHF 3 million of estimated unrecognized compensation expense associated with replacement cash awards granted in 2021 and 2020, respectively, not related to prior years.
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Changes to the value of outstanding deferred awards
Employees experience changes to the value of their deferred compensation awards during the vesting period due to both implicit and explicit value changes. Implicit value changes primarily reflect market-driven effects, such as changes in the Group share price, changes in the value of the CCA and foreign exchange rate movements. Explicit value changes reflect risk adjustments triggered by conditions related to negative performance in the performance-based awards, forfeiture, or the malus provisions in all deferred awards. The final value of an award will only be determined at settlement.
> Refer to “Note 30 – Employee deferred compensation” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
The following table provides a comparison of the outstanding deferred compensation awards at the end of 2020 and 2021, indicating the value of changes due to ex post implicit and ex post explicit adjustments. For 2021, the change in value for the outstanding deferred compensation awards was mainly due to implicit adjustments driven primarily by changes in the Group share price, foreign exchange rate movements and changes in the value of CCA, and explicit adjustments relating to the negative adjustment applied to the performance-based awards as well as forfeiture and malus provisions.
Outstanding deferred compensation awards

in / end






Total
outstanding
end of 2020



Granted
in 2021



Paid out in
2021


Ex post
explicit
adjustments


Ex post
implicit
adjustments


Total
outstanding
end of 2021
% of which
exposed to
ex post
explicit
adjustments
Group (CHF million)   1   
Contingent Capital Awards Cash-based 691 251 (190) (84) 18 686 100%
Cash awards 2 Cash-based 193 104 (99) (16) 14 196 100%
Share awards 3 Share-based 1,428 1,030 (500) (244) (488) 1,226 100%
Performance share awards Share-based 1,045 470 (327) (161) (342) 685 100%
Total  3,357 1,855 (1,116) (505) (798) 2,793
Material Risk Takers and Controllers (CHF million)   4   
Contingent Capital Awards Cash-based 309 110 (76) (5) 4 342 100%
Cash awards 2 Cash-based 89 46 (44) (2) 7 96 100%
Share awards 3 Share-based 441 364 (174) (21) (149) 461 100%
Performance share awards Share-based 561 251 (162) (47) (179) 424 100%
Total  1,400 771 (456) (75) (317) 1,323
1
Includes MRTCs and Executive Board members who were in office on December 31, 2021.
2
Includes retention awards and restricted Upfront Cash Awards.
3
Includes retention awards.
4
Excludes Executive Board members who were in office on December 31, 2021.
Supplementary information
Impact of share-based compensation on shareholders’ equity
In general, the income statement expense recognition of share-based awards on a pre-tax basis has a neutral impact on shareholders’ equity because the reduction to shareholders’ equity from the expense recognition is offset by the obligation to deliver shares, which is recognized as an increase to equity by a corresponding amount. Shareholders’ equity includes, as additional paid-in capital, the tax benefits associated with the expensing and subsequent settlement of share-based awards.
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Since 2017, the Group has been fulfilling its share delivery obligations by purchasing shares in the market. The Group maintained this practice during 2021 and will continue covering future share delivery obligations through market purchases.
Share-based awards outstanding
At the end of 2021, there were 221.0 million share-based awards outstanding, of which 143.8 million were share awards and 77.2 million performance share awards.
> Refer to “Note 30 – Employee deferred compensation” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Subsequent activity
In early 2022, the Group granted approximately 27.7 million new share awards and 19.4 million new performance share awards with respect to performance in 2021. Further, the Group awarded CHF 75 million of deferred variable incentive compensation in the form of CCA pursuant to the Group’s compensation policy.
In the first half of 2022, the Group plans to settle 82.7 million deferred awards from prior years, including 51.0 million share awards and 31.7 million performance share awards. The Group will continue to meet this delivery obligation through market purchases.
> Refer to “Capital management” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet for more information.
Group compensation framework
The key elements of our current Group employees’ compensation framework and how they applied to various employee categories are described below.
Base salaries
All employees are paid a base salary. Salary levels are based on the skills, qualifications and relevant experience of the individual, the responsibilities required by the role and external market factors.
Role-based allowances
Role-based allowances are a component of fixed compensation awarded to certain employees identified as Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) Material Risk Takers (MRTs) under UK regulatory requirements or material risk takers under other EU regulatory requirements. These role-based allowances are determined based on the role and organizational responsibility of the individuals. Role-based allowances are deemed to be fixed compensation for the purposes of calculating the cap of variable incentive compensation as required by the Capital Requirements Directive V (CRD V) and Capital Requirements Regulation. The deferred cash allowance plan (DCAP) is a form of role-based allowance that is used primarily in the Americas.
Variable incentive compensation
For 2021, variable incentive compensation was paid in cash unless the total compensation awarded to an employee for 2021 was greater than or equal to CHF 250,000 or the local currency equivalent or USD 250,000 for employees whose total compensation is denominated in US dollars. In these cases a portion was paid in cash and the balance was deferred, vesting at a later date. For 2021, most Managing Directors and Directors who were granted a variable incentive compensation award received the non-deferred portion in the form of a restricted upfront cash award (UCA). The restricted UCA is a form of variable compensation, where employees receive an immediate cash payment that is subject to repayment in connection with a termination of employment due to voluntary resignation (or other specified repayment condition) that occurs during the following three-year period. The repayment amount equals the gross proportionate amount of the award between the departure date and the end of the three-year period. In this way, the restricted UCA is a retention tool that also aligns the employee’s interests with the long-term interests of the Group. Additionally, the restricted UCA is subject to a malus provision as well as a repayment obligation in the event of a termination with cause.
Generally, employees receive the cash portion of their variable incentive compensation at a regular payroll settlement date close to the grant date. To comply with CRD V requirements, employees who hold material risk taker roles in respect of certain Group subsidiaries in the EU receive shares for 50% of the non-deferred portion of variable incentive compensation that would have been paid to them in cash. These shares are vested at the time of grant but remain blocked, that is, subject to transfer restrictions, for a period of time, generally 12 months.
The Compensation Committee has decided to lower deferral rates to more closely align with market levels. For 2021, these deferral rates ranged from 10% to 50% of the variable incentive award, compared with 17.5% to 85% for 2020. The amount of variable incentive compensation paid in cash for 2021 was capped at CHF 2 million or the local currency equivalent (or USD 2 million for employees whose total compensation is denominated in US dollars) per employee.
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Potential negative adjustments of performance share awards
Performance share awards are subject to downward adjustments in the event of a divisional loss or a negative ROE of the Group, whichever results in a larger adjustment. The Compensation Committee has the discretion to exclude extraordinary items from the calculation of divisional losses or Group ROE as it deems appropriate. If the Group reports a negative ROE, the number of outstanding awards is reduced by the same percentage as the negative ROE. The amount of negative adjustment applied in the event of divisional loss is shown in the table below.
Negative adjustment if division incurs a loss
Division loss before taxes
(in CHF billion)
Negative adjustment on
award balance (in %)
1.00 15
2.00 30
3.00 45
4.00 60
5.00 75
6.00 90
6.67 100
> Refer to the “Compensation outcomes for 2021” in Group Compensation for further information.
Competitive benchmarking
The assessment of the economic and competitive environment is an important element of the compensation process as the Group strives for market-informed, competitive compensation levels. Internal expertise and the services of compensation consulting firms are used to benchmark compensation levels against relevant peers, taking into account geographical variations. The Compensation Committee is provided with regular reports from an independent compensation adviser on industry and market trends, including competitor performance and pay trends. The core group considered for the purposes of Group peer benchmarking are Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and UBS. Specific benchmarking may include other peers, depending on the business area or geographic location, as appropriate.
The RTSR peer group includes Banco Santander, Bank of America, Barclays, BBVA, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC (new addition from 2022 onwards), ING Group, Intesa Sanpaolo, JPMorgan Chase, Julius Bär, Morgan Stanley, Nordea Bank, NatWest Group, Société Générale, Standard Chartered and UBS. From 2022 onwards, the Compensation Committee decided to add another company to the previous peer group to facilitate analysis based on quartiles and quintiles (20 companies including Credit Suisse), and HSBC was chosen given the similarities in geographical coverage and scope of businesses.
For consideration of European and local practices, the Compensation Committee also references a cross-industry peer group of multinational companies headquartered in Europe selected on the basis of comparability to Credit Suisse in size, scale, global scope of operations and economic influence. In addition to the companies already listed previously and those included as part of the RTSR peer group, peers considered for Executive Board compensation include: ABN AMRO Bank, CaixaBank, Commerzbank, Credit Agricole, Danske Bank, KBC Group, Lloyds Banking Group and UniCredit.
Focus on risk and control
Risk and control considerations are an integral part of the performance assessment and compensation processes. This ensures that the Group’s approach to compensation includes a focus on risk and internal control matters and discourages excessive risk taking. Senior management from the Group’s corporate functions, including Risk, Compliance, General Counsel, Human Resources, Internal Audit and Product Control, provide the Compensation Committee with comprehensive feedback on regulatory, audit, disciplinary and risk-related issues or trends across the Group, relevant to the assessment of the Group’s risk and control culture. Divisions are assessed against risk and conduct measures for the year, and the consolidated findings are presented to the Compensation Committee and the CEO. Based on these assessments, the Compensation Committee considers and approves adjustments to the divisional pool levels.
The Group Conduct Board reviews all disciplinary events and decides on sanctions proposed by the recommendation teams, which include representatives from the control functions. The Group Conduct Board meets on a regular basis to ensure that sanctions applied are in line with the Group’s risk appetite, market practice and regulatory requirements.
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Malus and clawback provisions
All deferred compensation awards granted contain malus provisions that enable the Group to reduce or cancel the awards prior to settlement if the participant engages in certain detrimental conduct. Malus and clawback provisions were enforced during the course of 2021. All variable incentive compensation granted to UK PRA MRTs and employees regulated by the Bank of Italy are subject to clawback. Other EU-regulated employees are also subject to clawback provisions as required by applicable legal or regulatory requirements.
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Covered Employees (including Material Risk Takers and Controllers)
Covered employees are subject to a heightened level of scrutiny over the alignment of their compensation with performance and risk considerations.
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Board of Directors compensation
Compensation outcomes for 2021
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For the period from the 2021 AGM to the 2022 AGM, aggregate compensation to the Board of CHF 11.7 million consisted of CHF 11.2 million related to Group Board memberships and CHF 0.5 million of fees paid to certain Board members for subsidiary board memberships. This compares with the amount of CHF 12.0 million approved prospectively by shareholders at the 2021 AGM. Total Board compensation is 5% higher than the prior period, driven mainly by a combination of a greater number of Board members and higher subsidiary board fees due to more Board members serving on subsidiary boards.
The Board membership and committee fee amounts for the 2021 AGM to 2022 AGM period are consistent with the prior year with the exception of the Sustainability Advisory Committee for which the Board introduced a Chair fee of CHF 75,000.
Effective January 1, 2022, the Board further introduced a chair fee of CHF 150,000 for the new Digital Transformation and Technology Committee.
> Refer to the table “Board membership fees: 2021 AGM – 2022 AGM” in Compensation Design for further information.
For the 2022 AGM to 2023 AGM period, the Board intends to introduce a committee membership fee of CHF 40,000 for this committee. All other committee and committee chair fees will remain unchanged. The Board plans to introduce fees for the role of the Vice Chair and/or Lead Independent Director, given the increased significance of these roles within the Board, and any such fees will be benchmarked and paid in line with market practice.
Compensation of the Chairman
The Chairman’s compensation for the full 2021 AGM to 2022 AGM period remained unchanged compared with the amount for the prior period, namely a base fee of CHF 3 million payable in cash and a chair fee of CHF 1.5 million, to be pro-rated in case of an early step-down. In light of the resignation of the former Chairman, António Horta-Osório on January 16, 2022, his base and chair fees were paid on a pro-rated basis until the end of January, in order to ensure a smooth handover to his successor, Axel Lehmann. The Board agreed to pay the chair fee fully in cash, rather than Group shares. Of the total amount of CHF 4.5 million in base and chair fees that would have been awarded to the former Chairman, Mr. Horta-Osório received an amount of CHF 3.5 million for the period from the 2021 AGM to January 31, 2022. For the new Chairman, Axel Lehmann, the base and chair fees for the 2021 AGM to 2022 AGM period are pro-rated for the period from January 16, 2022 to the 2022 AGM and payable in cash (base fee) and Group shares (chair fee). The role of the Chairman is a full-time appointment, and he may also receive benefits from, and make contributions to, the Group pension fund in line with local market practice for the Group. The total compensation paid to the Chairman reflects his full-time status and active role in shaping the Group’s strategy, governing the Group’s affairs, engaging and maintaining a close working relationship with the CEO and senior management, and providing supervision, counsel and support, where appropriate. The Chairman coordinates the Board’s activities, works with the committee chairs to coordinate the tasks of the committees and ensures that Board members are provided with sufficient information to perform their duties. The Chairman drives the Board agenda on key topics such as the strategic development of the Group, corporate culture, succession planning and the structure and organization of the Group. He chairs the Board, the Governance and Nominations Committee and the shareholder meetings. He takes an active role in representing the Group to regulators and supervisors, key shareholders, investors, government officials and other external stakeholders.
Compensation of the Vice Chair and Lead Independent Director
In prior years up to and including the 2021 AGM to 2022 AGM period, there has been no separate fee paid for the roles of Vice Chair and Lead Independent Director. Starting from the 2022 AGM to 2023 AGM period and in recognition of the increased significance of these roles within the Board in recent years, the Board plans to introduce fees for the role of the Vice Chair and/or Lead Independent Director, which will be benchmarked and paid in line with market practice. The Vice Chair and Lead Independent Director leads the annual Board assessment of the Chairman, chairs Board meetings in the event the Chairman is not able to for any reason, interviews potential new Board member candidates, and may meet with investors or other external stakeholders independently from the Chairman.
Compensation of the committee chairs
Committee chair fees are paid for the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, the Risk Committee, the Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee, the new Digital
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Transformation and Technology Committee and the Sustainability Advisory Committee. These fees are fixed in advance and are not linked to the Group’s financial performance. In addition to the greater time commitment required to prepare and lead the committee work, the chair fees reflect the engagement of the committee chairs throughout the year as required with regulators, shareholders, the business divisions and corporate functions and other stakeholders. Regulatory developments in the banking industry in recent years have put increasing demands on the Risk and Audit Committee Chairs, in particular, increasing the frequency of interaction with the Group’s main regulators on internal control, risk, capital and other matters under the supervision of these committees. Similarly, the greater focus of shareholders and regulators on compensation has resulted in an increased number of engagements between the Compensation Committee Chair and key shareholders and shareholder proxy advisers, as well as with regulators. The Compensation Committee held 18 meetings, and the Compensation Committee Chair personally attended 33 separate meetings with key shareholders and proxy advisers during 2021. The Audit Committee Chair fee takes into consideration the greater number of meetings required of the Audit Committee for the review and approval of the quarterly financial results and related filings, the Audit Committee Chair’s supervisory role over the Internal Audit function, and the lead role of the Audit Committee Chair for overseeing investigations into whistleblowing and other escalated matters. The Audit Committee held 17 meetings during 2021. The Risk Committee Chair fee reflects the regular interaction required between the Risk Committee Chair and the Group Chief Risk Officer and other senior managers in the risk management function, as well as the oversight role over the Credit Risk Review function, which reports directly to the Risk Committee Chair. The Risk Committee held 13 meetings during 2021, and in addition, the Risk Committee Chair held numerous meetings with regulators and other stakeholders. The Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee held 6 meetings during 2021, plus one meeting of the entire committee with FINMA.
> Refer to the table “Meeting attendance – Board and Board committees” in IV – Corporate Governance – Board of Directors for further information.
> Refer to “Credit risk governance” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet – Risk management – Risk coverage and management – Credit risk for further information on the Credit Risk Review function.
Compensation of Board members serving on subsidiary boards
A number of Board members also serve as non-executive members on the boards of Group subsidiary companies. This practice is consistent with the Group’s legal entity governance principles, which aim to foster a close alignment of the Group’s governance practices and those of its significant subsidiary companies.
> Refer to the “Governance of Group subsidiaries” and “Biographies of the Board members” in IV – Corporate Governance – Board of Directors for further information.
With the exception of the Chairman, Board members may receive separate fees paid in cash for serving on subsidiary boards, in addition to their Board fees. These fees are approved by the respective subsidiary boards and are subject to ratification by the Board. All subsidiary board fees are included in the total amount of compensation of the members of the Board proposed for approval by shareholders at the AGM. The Chairman does not receive separate fees for board memberships in other Group companies, as these memberships are considered to be included as part of the Chairman’s compensation.
Board members appointed to serve on subsidiary boards receive a flat subsidiary board membership fee of CHF 100,000 (or higher amounts if a Board member serves as the chair of the subsidiary board or a committee). This amount is generally less than that received by other non-executive subsidiary board members, given that Board members are already familiar with the Group’s entities and activities. Serving on a subsidiary board is nevertheless a significant additional commitment for these Board members, reflected, for example, in the number of subsidiary board meetings held throughout the year as shown in the following table.
Number of subsidiary board meetings
Board 1 Committee 2 Total
Subsidiary   
Credit Suisse Bank (Europe), S.A. 3 4 4 8
Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG 17 16 33
Credit Suisse International (CSI) / Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd. (CSSEL) 21 11 32
Credit Suisse Holdings (USA), Inc. 4 34 15 49
1
Includes ad hoc meetings and calls.
2
Includes meetings of the respective subsidiary board's audit and risk committees.
3
Includes meetings held in 2021, starting from June 18, 2021, the date on which the board was formed.
4
Board and committee meetings held jointly with Credit Suisse (USA) Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC.
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Supplementary information
Board compensation from the 2021 AGM to the 2022 AGM (audited)
   Group



GNC



AC



CC


CF
CCC



RC



DTTC



SAC


Base board
fee


Committee
fee


Chair
fee

Pension
and other
benefits



Total
Of which
awarded
in Group
shares
1

Subsidiary
board fee
2 Total,
including
subsidiary
boards
3
CHF                        
Axel Lehmann, Chairman 4 C C (a.i.) 928,767 85,457 511,781 54,776 1,580,781 549,304 1,580,781
António Horta-Osório, former Chairman 5 2,250,000 0 1,125,000 162,806 3,537,806 0 3,537,806
Iris Bohnet M C 250,000 100,000 75,000 425,000 212,500 425,000
Clare Brady M M 250,000 225,000 475,000 237,500 36,712 511,712
Juan Colombas M M M 145,205 204,167 349,372 174,686 50,000 399,372
Christian Gellerstad M M C 250,000 150,000 150,000 550,000 275,000 100,000 650,000
Michael Klein M 250,000 100,000 350,000 175,000 350,000
Shan Li M 250,000 100,000 350,000 175,000 350,000
Seraina Macia M 250,000 150,000 400,000 200,000 400,000
Blythe Masters 6 M C 250,000 166,667 50,000 466,667 233,333 91,450 558,117
Richard Meddings 7 M C M M 250,000 175,000 600,000 1,025,000 512,500 84,258 1,109,258
Kai S. Nargolwala M C M M 250,000 225,000 300,000 775,000 387,500 775,000
Ana Paula Pessoa M M 250,000 225,000 475,000 237,500 137,500 612,500
Severin Schwan M M 250,000 150,000 400,000 200,000 400,000
Total  6,073,973 2,056,290 2,811,781 217,582 11,159,626 3,569,823 499,920 11,659,546
GNC = Governance and Nominations Committee; AC = Audit Committee; CC = Compensation Committee; CFCCC = Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee; RC = Risk Committee; DTTC = Digital Transformation and Technology Committee; SAC = Sustainability Advisory Committee; C = Chair; M = Member
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As of December 31, 2021, one-half of the Board member fees to be awarded in Group shares have been delivered to Board members. The applicable Group share price was CHF 9.35. The remaining shares will be delivered to Board members at or around the date of the 2022 AGM, and the share price for this second share delivery will be determined at that time. Group shares are subject to a four-year blocking period.
2
Subsidiary board fees were awarded for the following subsidiary and advisory board roles: i) Ms. Brady served from August 19, 2021 until December 2021 as non-executive board member of the UK subsidiaries Credit Suisse International and Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited and receives annual fees of CHF 100,000 for this role; ii) as of January 1, 2022, Mr. Meddings assumed the chair of the UK subsidiaries Credit Suisse International and Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, subject to regulatory approval, and received an annual chair fee of GBP 250,000 on a pro-rated basis until March 10, 2022, at which time he stepped down as chair of the UK subsidiary, but remains on the board in the role of Vice-Chair, with an annual fee of GBP 150,000, payable on a pro-rated basis from March 10, 2022 to the 2022 AGM; iii) Mr. Colombas was appointed as non-executive chair of the Credit Suisse Bank (Europe), S.A. effective January 2022, subject to regulatory approval, and receives annual fees of CHF 150,000 for this role; iv) Mr. Gellerstad serves as non-executive board member of the Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG and receives annual fees of CHF 100,000 for this role; v) Ms. Masters serves as non-executive chair of the Credit Suisse Holdings (USA), Inc. (CSH USA), effective January 2022, and receives annual fees of USD 300,000 for this role; vi) Ms. Pessoa served from June 2021 until December 2021 as non-executive chair of Credit Suisse Bank (Europe) S.A. and as chair of the Credit Suisse Brazil Advisory Board effective January 2022, and receives annual fees of CHF 150,000 for each of these roles. All amounts have been pro-rated to reflect the time the respective Board member served on the subsidiary board.
3
At the 2021 AGM, shareholders approved a maximum amount of total compensation to be awarded to Board members until the 2022 AGM of CHF 12 million. For the total compensation awarded to members of the Board, the Group will make estimated payments of CHF 0.6 million for the 2021/2022 Board period to cover the mandatory employer social security contributions as required under the social security laws applicable to the individual Board members based on their domicile and employment status. These contributions do not form part of the Board members' compensation.
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The Chair fee of the Chairman is set at CHF 1.5 million to be awarded as 100% Group shares. In the case of Mr. Lehmann, this amount has been pro-rated from January 16, 2022 until the 2022 AGM. The total compensation of the Chairman includes benefits for the period from January 16, 2022 to the 2022 AGM of CHF 54,776, including pension and health insurance benefits. Mr. Lehmann furthermore received pro-rated amounts for his Risk Committee membership (October 1-31, 2021), Risk Committee Chair (November 1, 2021 - January 16, 2022), Audit Committee membership (October 1, 2021 - January 16, 2022), Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee membership (October 1, 2021 - January 16, 2022) and Governance and Nominations Committee membership (November 1, 2021 - January 16, 2022). Upon becoming Chairman, Mr. Lehmann does not receive a separate fee for chairing the Governance and Nominations Committee or serving as the ad interim Risk Committee Chair until the AGM.
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Mr. Horta-Osório served as Chairman and Board member from May 1, 2021 until January 16, 2022. As per terms of his resignation agreement, Mr. Horta-Osório remained at Credit Suisse until January 31, 2022 to ensure a smooth handover to his successor. He received his Chair fee (pro-rated from May 1, 2021 until January 31, 2022) fully in cash.
6
Since January 1, 2022, Ms. Masters serves as Chair of the new Digital Transformation and Technology Committee and receives annual fees of CHF 150,000 for this role or CHF 50,000 for the period from January 1, 2022 to the 2022 AGM.
7
In addition to his Audit Committee Chair fee of CHF 400,000, Mr. Meddings received CHF 200,000 or 50% of the annual Risk Committee Chair fee for taking on the role of the Risk Committee Chair on an ad interim basis for the six month period from May 1, 2021 through October 31, 2021. During this period, Mr. Meddings did not receive the regular Risk Committee membership fee. For the period between November 1, 2021 and April 29, 2022, Mr. Meddings will receive CHF 50,000 or 50% of the regular Risk Commitee membership fee.
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Board compensation from the 2020 AGM to the 2021 AGM (audited)
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AC



CC


CF
CCC



RC


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Chair
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Pension
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awarded
in Group
shares
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Subsidiary
board fee
2 Total,
including
subsidiary
boards
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Urs Rohner, Chairman 4 C M 3,000,000 1,500,000 218,665 4,718,665 1,500,000 4,718,665
Iris Bohnet M 250,000 100,000 350,000 175,000 350,000
Christian Gellerstad M M C 250,000 150,000 150,000 550,000 275,000 550,000
Andreas Gottschling M M C 250,000 200,000 400,000 850,000 425,000 100,000 950,000
Michael Klein M M 250,000 200,000 450,000 225,000 450,000
Shan Li M 250,000 100,000 350,000 175,000 350,000
Seraina Macia M 250,000 100,000 350,000 175,000 350,000
Richard Meddings M C M M 250,000 225,000 400,000 875,000 437,500 875,000
Kai S. Nargolwala M C M 250,000 125,000 300,000 675,000 337,500 675,000
Ana Paula Pessoa M M 250,000 225,000 475,000 237,500 475,000
Joaquin J. Ribeiro M 250,000 150,000 400,000 200,000 400,000
Severin Schwan M M 250,000 150,000 400,000 200,000 400,000
John Tiner M 250,000 150,000 400,000 200,000 198,000 598,000
Total  6,000,000 1,875,000 2,750,000 218,665 10,843,665 4,562,500 298,000 11,141,665
GNC = Governance and Nominations Committee; AC = Audit Committee; CC = Compensation Committee; RC = Risk Committee; C = Chair; M = Member
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As of December 31, 2020, one-half of the Board member fees to be awarded in Group shares had been delivered to Board members. The applicable Group share price was CHF 8.62. The remaining shares were delivered to Board members at or around the date of the 2021 AGM, and the share price for this second share delivery was determined at that time. Group shares are subject to a four-year blocking period.
2
Subsidiary board fees were awarded for the following subsidiary board roles: i) Mr. Gottschling serves as non-executive director, member of the risk committee and chair of the advisory remuneration committee of the UK subsidiaries Credit Suisse International and Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited and receives annual fees of CHF 100,000 for these roles; ii) Mr. Tiner serves as non-executive board member of the US subsidiaries Credit Suisse Holdings (USA), Inc., Credit Suisse (USA) Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and receives annual fees of USD 225,000 for these roles; in the case of Mr. Tiner, these fees were agreed prior to the cap of CHF 100,000 being adopted for Group Board members serving on subsidiary boards.
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At the 2020 AGM, shareholders approved a maximum amount of total compensation to be awarded to Board members until the 2021 AGM of CHF 12 million. For the total compensation awarded to members of the Board, the Group will make estimated payments of CHF 0.7 million for the 2020 / 2021 Board period to cover the mandatory employer social security contributions as required under the social security laws applicable to the individual Board members based on their domicile and employment status. These contributions do not form part of the Board members' compensation.
4
The Chair fee of the Chairman is set at CHF 1.5 million to be awarded as 100% Group shares. The total compensation of the Chairman includes benefits for the period from the 2020 AGM to the 2021 AGM of CHF 218,665, including pension and health insurance benefits.
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Board shareholdings
The following table discloses the shareholdings of the Board members, their immediate family and companies in which they have a controlling interest. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, there were no Board members with outstanding options.
Board shareholdings by individual
end of 2021 2020
December 31 (shares)   1
Axel Lehmann 2 108,220
António Horta-Osório 3 335,902
Iris Bohnet 115,182 96,328
Clare Brady 2 12,695
Juan Colombas 2,4
Christian Gellerstad 138,884 103,991
Michael Klein 71,465 49,897
Shan Li 49,062 28,590
Seraina Macia 105,035 84,844
Blythe Masters 2 12,027
Richard Meddings 58,403 13,774
Kai S. Nargolwala 422,140 366,334
Ana Paula Pessoa 79,404 53,816
Severin Schwan 199,154 169,976
Total  1,707,573 967,550 5
1
Includes Group shares that are subject to a blocking period of up to four years; includes shareholdings of immediate family members.
2
Clare Brady and Blythe Masters were newly elected at the 2021 AGM. Juan Colombas and Axel Lehmann were newly elected at the EGM on October 1, 2021.
3
Chairman and Board member until January 16, 2022.
4
Juan Colombas will receive the share portion of his Board and Committee fees at the end of the 2021/2022 Board period.
5
Excludes 425,783 shares held by Urs Rohner, 104,659 shares held by Andreas Gottschling, 77,724 shares held by Joaquin J. Ribeiro and 335,960 shares held by John Tiner, who did not stand for re-election to the Board as of April 30, 2021.
Board loans
The majority of loans outstanding to members of the Board are mortgages or loans against securities. Such loans are made to Board members on the same terms available to third-party clients. Pursuant to the AoA, each member of the Board may be granted individual credit facilities or loans up to a maximum of CHF 20 million at market conditions. As of December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, outstanding loans to Board members amounted to CHF 7 million, CHF 4 million and CHF 4 million, respectively.
Board members with loans, including the Chairman, do not benefit from employee conditions, but are subject to conditions applied to clients with a comparable credit standing. Unless otherwise noted, all loans to Board members are made in the ordinary course of business and substantially on the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with other persons. Such loans do not involve more than the normal risk of collectability or present other unfavorable features. In addition to the loans listed below, the Group or any of its banking subsidiaries may enter into financing and other banking agreements with companies in which current Board members have a significant influence as defined by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Examples include holding executive and/or board level roles in these companies. Unless otherwise noted, loans extended by the Group to such companies are also made in the ordinary course of business and at prevailing market conditions. As of December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, there was no loan exposure to such related party companies that was not made in the ordinary course of business and at prevailing market conditions.
> Refer to “Banking relationships with Board and Executive Board members and related party transactions” in IV – Corporate Governance – Additional information for further information.
Board loans by individual (audited)
end of 2021 2020
December 31 (CHF)   
António Horta-Osório 1 2,477,554 0
Christian Gellerstad 3,456,750 3,495,150
Seraina Macia 936,000 944,000
Total  6,870,304 4,439,150 2
Includes loans to immediate family members and companies, in which the respective Board member has an ownership stake of 50% or higher.
1
Chairman and Board member until January 16, 2022.
2
Excludes a loan of CHF 4,490,000 held by Urs Rohner, who did not stand for re-election to the Board as of April 30, 2021.
Former members of the Board
One former member of the Board is eligible to receive office infrastructure and secretarial support. These services are based on existing resources and are not used on a regular basis. No other additional fees, severance payments or other forms of compensation were paid to former members of the Board or related parties during 2021 and 2020.
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Compensation design
Compensation strategy and objectives
Consistent with prior years, our key compensation objectives are to maintain compensation practices that:
foster a performance culture based on merit that differentiates and rewards excellent performance;
attract and retain employees, and motivate them to achieve results with integrity and fairness;
balance the mix of fixed and variable compensation to appropriately reflect the value and responsibility of the role performed, and to influence appropriate behaviors and actions;
promote effective risk management practices that are aligned with the Group’s compliance and control cultures;
create a culture that adheres to high standards of conduct and behavior aligned to values, through a system of applying both malus and rewards;
encourage teamwork and collaboration across the Group;
achieve a balanced distribution of profitability between shareholders and employees over the long term, subject to Group performance and market conditions; and
take into account the long-term performance of the Group, in order to create sustainable value for shareholders.
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Environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations at Credit Suisse
Sustainability in compensation
Financial institutions have a crucial role to play in society, and Credit Suisse is committed to conducting its business in the most sustainable manner possible. As part of this commitment, ESG aspects are considered in various stages of the compensation process:
Group variable incentive pool: the Compensation Committee considers audit, disciplinary, risk and regulatory-related issues, among other factors, in order to determine appropriate adjustments to the Group, divisional and corporate functions pools. In addition, one of the key drivers of bonus pool development at the divisional level is economic contribution, which factors in the level of risk taken to achieve profitability;
Executive Board non-financial assessment: one-third of the 2020 STI award was assessed based on strategy and ESG-related objectives, including the integration of ESG into investment processes, client satisfaction, corporate
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responsibility, talent management, diversity and inclusion, compliance, risk management and conduct and ethics. From 2022 onwards, ESG-related objectives will be considered as part of the overall Executive Board incentive pool determination (delivered in short-term and long-term awards), with a 30% weighting on Risk and Control, Values and Culture, and Sustainability;
Equal pay policy: Credit Suisse does not tolerate any form of discrimination, in particular discrimination based on ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, marital or family status, pregnancy, disability, or any other status that is protected by local law. We recognize and value diversity and inclusion as a driver of success. Our policies and practices support a culture of fairness, where employment-related decisions, including decisions on compensation, are based on an individual’s qualifications, performance and behavior, or other legitimate business considerations, such as the profitability of the Group or the division and department of the individual, and the strategic needs of the Group. Consistent with our long-term commitment to fair pay, the Compensation Committee reviews our pay practices on a regular basis to identify potential areas requiring more attention.
The Group’s key achievements are summarized in the table below.
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Determination of Group variable incentive compensation pool
The Group variable incentive compensation pool for all employees, including the CEO and the other Executive Board members, is determined on an annual basis, with accruals made throughout the year. In determining the Group, divisional and corporate function pools, the Compensation Committee aims to balance the distribution of the Group’s profits between shareholders and employees. The factors taken into consideration at the Group level, as well as at the divisional and functional levels, are shown in the illustration below. The primary driver of the initial pool amounts is economic contribution, with non-financial factors taken into consideration to arrive at the final level.
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The Compensation Committee regularly reviews the accruals and related financial information and applies adjustments in exceptional circumstances to ensure that the overall size of the pools is consistent with the Group’s compensation objectives.
The total amount of the variable incentive compensation pool for the corporate functions is not linked to the performance of the particular divisions that employees of the corporate functions support or oversee, but takes into account the Group-wide financial performance, non-financial factors and changes in headcount. Therefore, employees working in the corporate functions, including those performing control functions, are remunerated independently from the performance of the businesses they oversee or support. As with the business divisions, risk, control, compliance and conduct and ethics considerations and relative performance compared to peers, as well as the market and regulatory environment, are taken into account.
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Executive Board compensation framework for 2021: key elements
There are two main components of Executive Board compensation: fixed compensation in the form of base salary, role-based allowances and pension and benefits; and variable compensation in the form of an annual STI award and an LTI opportunity, however the 2021 LTI proposal was withdrawn from the 2021 AGM and cancelled in full due to the Archegos matter. The base salary and STI/LTI opportunity levels are set at different levels for each Executive Board member, depending on factors such as scope of role, experience and market benchmarking. The key features of the STI are described in the following diagram, including the performance targets which are disclosed retrospectively. In setting the threshold, target and maximum performance levels for the STI, the Compensation Committee takes into account the Group’s internal financial plan, prior-year performance, analyst expectations and any publicly stated ambitions, in order to set performance targets which are challenging and motivating for the Executive Board.
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Group employees compensation framework for 2021: key elements
The compensation structure for employees not on the Executive Board consists of fixed compensation in the form of base salary, role-based allowances and pension and benefits, and variable compensation in the form of cash, share awards, performance share awards and contingent capital awards, as shown in the diagram below.
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Board of Directors compensation framework for 2021: key elements
The Board compensation framework for 2021 continues to be based on a fixed fee structure for the period from one AGM to the next with pre-defined fees for Board membership, committee membership and chairing a committee. In line with industry practice, Board fees are not linked to the financial performance of the Group. Fees for specific Board leadership roles are reviewed periodically and adjusted as required. Base Board fees have not changed for over 10 years.
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Compensation governance
The Compensation Committee
The Compensation Committee is the supervisory and governing body for compensation policies, practices and plans. In designing and setting compensation, the Compensation Committee aims to make decisions in the best interests of the Group and to align the interests of the Group’s employees to those of shareholders and other stakeholders. The Compensation Committee reviews proposals regarding Group, Executive Board and Board compensation, and makes recommendations to the Board for approval. Total Executive Board compensation and Board compensation are also subject to shareholder approval pursuant to the Compensation Ordinance and the AoA.
The Compensation Committee consists of at least three members of the Board, all of whom must be independent. The members during the 2021 AGM to 2022 AGM term were Kai S. Nargolwala (Chair), Iris Bohnet, Christian Gellerstad, Michael Klein and Blythe Masters, as well as Juan Colombas following his election at the Extraordinary General Meeting on October 1, 2021. The Board has applied the independence criteria of the SIX Swiss Exchange Directive on Information relating to Corporate Governance, the FINMA, the Swiss Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance, and the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq), in determining that all of these individuals are independent.
> Refer to “Independence” in IV – Corporate Governance – Board of Directors for more information on how the Group determines the independence of its Board members.
Compensation Committee activities
The Chairman and the CEO may attend the Compensation Committee meetings, and the Compensation Committee Chair determines the attendance of other Board members, Executive Board members, senior management, compensation advisers and external legal counsel, as appropriate. The Chairman, CEO, Executive Board members and senior management do not participate in discussions which relate to their own compensation outcomes.
In addition to the 33 investor and proxy adviser meetings held by the Compensation Committee Chair, during 2021, the Compensation Committee held 18 internal meetings and calls, including one workshop, with an overall attendance rate of 92%. The Compensation Committee’s focus areas in 2021 are summarized in the following table:
Compensation Committee activities in 2021
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
Compensation governance, design and disclosure      
Review of compensation policy and charter updates
Review of Compensation Report
Review and refinement of Executive Board compensation design
Review of Group compensation structure and award plans
Compensation Committee self-assessment and focus areas
Risk and regulatory      
Review of input from control functions
Review of any disciplinary events/potential application of malus
Review of regulatory developments
Annual compensation review      
Accruals and full year forecast of variable incentive compensation pools
Performance assessment and overall Group pool recommendation
CEO and Executive Board performance objectives and target setting
CEO and Executive Board performance assessment and awards
Review of Board fees
External      
Review of shareholder engagement and feedback
Review of market trends
Review of benchmarking data
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Advisers to the Compensation Committee
The Compensation Committee is authorized to retain external advisers to provide support as it carries out its responsibilities. Deloitte LLP (Deloitte) has been retained to assist the Compensation Committee in ensuring that the Group’s compensation programs remain competitive, responsive to regulatory developments and in line with the compensation policy. Deloitte has appointed a senior consultant to advise the Compensation Committee. Apart from assisting the Compensation Committee, this senior consultant does not provide any other services to the Group. The Compensation Committee also obtained external legal advice during 2021 on various matters relating to compensation policy and design. Prior to appointment, the Compensation Committee conducted an independence assessment of its advisers pursuant to the rules of the SEC and the listing standards of the NYSE and the Nasdaq.
Other aspects of compensation governance
Compensation policy
The compensation policy applies to all employees and compensation plans of the Group. It contains a detailed description of the Group’s compensation principles and objectives as well as the compensation programs. It also sets out the standards and processes relating to the development, management, implementation and governance of compensation. The compensation policy is available at credit-suisse.com/compensationpolicy.
Approval authority
The approval authorities for setting the compensation policy and compensation for different groups of employees are defined in the Group’s Organizational Guidelines and Regulations and the Compensation Committee charter available at credit-suisse.com/governance.

Action
Compensation
Committee

Board
Establish or change the Group's compensation policy R A
Establish or change compensation plans R A
Set variable incentive compensation pools for the Group and the divisions R A
Determine Executive Board compensation, including for the CEO R A 1
Determine Board compensation, including for the Chairman R A 1
Determine compensation for the Head of Internal Audit A 2 n/a
Determine compensation for MRTCs and other selected members of management A n/a
R = recommendation; A = approval
1
Subject to shareholder approval requirement pursuant to the Compensation Ordinance and the AoA.
2
In consultation with the Audit Committee Chair.
Risk and control considerations
During its annual review of the Group’s performance, the Compensation Committee considers input from the Risk Committee Chair with respect to risk considerations, and the Audit Committee Chair with respect to internal control considerations as well as the Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee Chair with respect to matters concerning financial crime compliance. The Compensation Committee also considers input from various corporate functions including Risk, Compliance, General Counsel, Human Resources and Internal Audit, regarding control and compliance issues and any breaches of relevant rules and regulations or the Group’s Code of Conduct.
To meet regulatory guidelines regarding employees engaged in risk-taking activities, the Compensation Committee reviews and approves the compensation for employees identified as MRTCs. The Risk Committee is involved in the review process for the compensation of MRTCs.
> Refer to “Focus on risk and control” in Group compensation for further information.
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Controls and procedures
Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures
The Group has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), pursuant to Rule 13(a)-15(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act). There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of controls and procedures, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention or overriding of the controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective controls and procedures can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives.
The CEO and CFO concluded that, as of December 31, 2021, the design and operation of the Group’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, in all material respects, to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports filed and submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported as and when required.
Management’s report on internal control over financial reporting
The management of the Group is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. The Group’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with US GAAP. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Management has made an evaluation and assessment of the Group’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021 using the criteria issued in 2013 by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in “Internal Control – Integrated Framework”.
Based upon its review and evaluation, management, including the Group CEO and CFO, has concluded that the Group’s internal control over financial reporting is effective as of December 31, 2021.
The Group’s independent registered public accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, has issued an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Group’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, as stated in their report.
Changes in internal control over financial reporting
There were no changes in the Group’s internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Group’s internal control over financial reporting.
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Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Zurich, Switzerland, PCAOB ID 1358
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Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm To the Board of Directors and shareholders of Credit Suisse Group AG Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Credit Suisse Group AG and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the years then ended, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). We also have audited the Group's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Group as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the Group maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the COSO. We also have audited the adjustments to reflect the change in the composition of reportable segments as presented and described in Note 4. In our opinion, such adjustments are appropriate and have been properly applied. We were not engaged to audit, review or apply any procedures to the 2019 financial statements of the Group other than with respect to the adjustments and, accordingly, we do not express an opinion or any other form of assurance on the 2019 financial statements taken as a whole. Change in Accounting Principle As discussed in Note 2 and Note 20 to the consolidated financial statements, the Group changed the manner in which it accounts for credit losses on certain financial instruments in 2020. Basis for Opinions The Group's management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s report on internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express opinions on the Group’s consolidated financial statements and on the Group's internal control over financial reporting based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Group in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audits of the consolidated financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions. Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Critical Audit Matters The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (i) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (ii) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate. Fair Value of Certain Level 3 Financial Instruments As described in Note 36 to the consolidated financial statements, the Group carries CHF 10,578 million of its assets and CHF 14,443 million of its liabilities at fair value measured on a recurring basis that are classified in level 3 of the fair value hierarchy as of December 31, 2021. For these financial instruments, for which no prices are available and which have few or no observable inputs, the determination of fair value may require the use of either industry standard models or internally developed proprietary models, as well as require subjective assessment and judgment, depending on liquidity, pricing assumptions, the current economic and competitive environment and the risks affecting the specific instrument. Unobservable inputs used by management to value certain of these level 3 financial instruments included price, credit spread, correlation, volatility, market implied life expectancy and mortality rate. The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the fair value of certain level 3 financial instruments is a critical audit matter are the significant judgment by management to determine the fair value of these financial instruments due to the use of either industry standard models or internally developed proprietary models, which included unobservable inputs related to price, credit spread, correlation, volatility, market implied life expectancy and mortality rate; this in turn led to a high degree of auditor subjectivity, judgment and effort to evaluate the audit evidence related to the valuation, and the audit effort involved the use of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge. Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to the fair value of certain level 3 financial instruments, including controls over the Group’s models, significant unobservable inputs, and data. These procedures also included, among others (i) the involvement of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge to assist in developing an independent range of prices for a sample of financial instruments and (ii) comparing the independent estimate to management’s estimate to evaluate the reasonableness of management’s estimate. Developing the independent estimate involved (i) testing the completeness and accuracy of data provided by management, and as appropriate, (ii) evaluating the reasonableness of management’s unobservable inputs and (iii) independently developing unobservable inputs related to price, credit spread, correlation, volatility, market implied life expectancy and mortality rate. Allowance for Credit Losses – Collectively Evaluated Corporate and Institutional Loans – Investment Bank As described in Note 20 to the consolidated financial statements, the Group’s allowance for credit losses represents management’s estimate of expected credit losses on loans held at amortized cost. As of December 31, 2021, the collectively evaluated expected credit losses in the Investment Bank of CHF 136 million primarily consist of Corporate and Institutional loans with a gross loan balance, excluding those which are held at fair value, of CHF 17,776 million. The Group’s credit loss requirements are based on a forward-looking, lifetime current expected credit loss (“CECL”) model by incorporating reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions available at the reporting date. Management’s estimation of expected credit losses is based on a discounted probability-weighted estimate that considers three future macroeconomic scenarios: a baseline scenario, an upside scenario and a downside scenario. For events which cannot be adequately reflected in CECL models due to a lack of historical experience the event may be embedded in the baseline scenario. In order to address circumstances where in management’s judgment the CECL model outputs are overly sensitive to the effect of economic inputs that lie outside of their historical range, model overlays are applied. Such overlays are based on judgment and are applied in response to these circumstances to consider historical stressed losses and industry and counterparty credit level reviews. The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the allowance for credit losses on collectively evaluated corporate and institutional loans within the Investment Bank is a critical audit matter are (i) the significant judgment by management in evaluating model results and assessing the need for overlays to the CECL model output in the current environment, (ii) the significant judgment and estimation by management in determining an appropriate methodology for the overlays applied, which both in turn led to a high degree of auditor judgment, subjectivity and effort in performing procedures and in evaluating audit evidence obtained relating to the model results and the appropriateness of overlays to the CECL model output, and (iii) the audit effort involved the use of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge. Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to management’s expected credit loss process, including controls over the Group’s models. The procedures also included, among others, testing management’s process for estimating expected credit losses, which included (i) evaluating the appropriateness of the methodologies used to determine the allowance for credit losses, (ii) testing the completeness and accuracy of data used in the estimate, and (iii) evaluating the reasonableness of management’s model overlays. The procedures included the use of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge to assist in evaluating the appropriateness of model methodologies and assist in evaluating the audit evidence. Litigation provisions As described in Note 40 to the consolidated financial statements, the Group is involved in a number of judicial, regulatory and arbitration proceedings concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of its businesses. The Group’s aggregate litigation provisions include estimates of losses, additional losses or ranges of loss for proceedings for which such losses are probable and can be reasonably estimated. As of December 31, 2021, the Group has recorded litigation provisions of CHF 1,539 million. Management’s estimate of the aggregate range of reasonably possible losses that are not covered by existing provisions for which the Group believes an estimate is possible is zero to CHF 1.5 billion. The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the litigation provisions is a critical audit matter are the significant judgment by management when assessing the likelihood of a loss being incurred and when determining whether a reasonable estimate of the loss or ranges of loss for each claim can be made, which in turn led to a high degree of auditor judgment, subjectivity, and effort in evaluating management’s assessment of the litigation provisions and related disclosures. Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to management’s estimation of the litigation provisions, including controls over determining whether a loss is probable and whether the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated, as well as controls over the related financial statement disclosures. These procedures also included, among others, obtaining and evaluating the letters of audit inquiry with internal and external legal counsel, evaluating the reasonableness of management’s assessment regarding whether an unfavorable outcome is reasonably possible or probable and reasonably estimable, and evaluating the sufficiency of the Group’s litigation provisions and related disclosures. Income taxes – Realization of the tax benefit of the loss related to Archegos As described in Note 29 to the consolidated financial statements, the Group recognized a net deferred tax asset (“DTA”) balance of CHF 2,953 million as of December 31, 2021. The most significant DTAs arose in the United States, of which certain amounts relate to the tax benefit of Archegos losses deemed attributable to non-United Kingdom (“UK”) operations. The realization of deferred tax assets on temporary differences is dependent upon the generation of taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. In evaluating whether deferred tax assets will be realized, management considers both positive and negative evidence, including projected future taxable income, the reversal of deferred tax liabilities, which can be scheduled, and tax planning strategies. The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to income taxes associated with the realization of the tax benefit of the loss related to of Archegos is a critical audit matter are the significant judgments by management to determine the Archegos losses attributable to non-UK operations, as well as in evaluating whether Archegos related DTAs will be realized. This in turn led to a high degree of auditor subjectivity, judgment and effort in evaluating audit evidence obtained related to management’s assessment to the determination of the attribution and characteristics of the loss and in evaluating whether Archegos related DTAs will be realized. Also, the audit effort involved the use of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge. Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to management’s process for determining the realization of DTAs, including those related to Archegos losses. These procedures also included, among others, evaluating the reasonableness of management’s assessment regarding the attribution of the Archegos loss between UK and non-UK operations as well as in evaluating whether Archegos related DTAs will be realized, both of which included the use of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge to assist in evaluating the reasonableness of management’s conclusions. /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers AG Zurich, Switzerland March 10, 2022 We have served as the Group’s auditor since 2020.
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Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm To the shareholders and Board of Directors of Credit Suisse Group AG, Zurich Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements We have audited, before the adjustments to reflect the change in the composition of reportable segments as presented and described in Note 4, the consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in equity, and cash flows of Credit Suisse Group AG and subsidiaries (the “Group”) for the year ended December 31, 2019, and the related notes (collectively, the “consolidated financial statements”). The 2019 consolidated financial statements before the adjustments to reflect the change in the composition of reportable segments as presented and described in Note 4 are not presented herein. In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements, before the adjustments to reflect the change in the composition of reportable segments as presented and described in Note 4, present fairly, in all material respects, the results of operations of the Group and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2019, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. We were not engaged to audit, review, or apply any procedures to the adjustments to reflect the change in the composition of reportable segments as presented and described in Note 4 and, accordingly, we do not express an opinion or any other form of assurance about whether such adjustments are appropriate and have been properly applied. Those adjustments were audited by other auditors. Basis for Opinion These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Group’s management and the Board of Directors. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Group in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. KPMG AG We served as the Group’s auditor from 1989 to 2020. Zurich, March 25, 2020
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Consolidated financial statements
Consolidated statements of operations
in Note 2021 2020 2019
Consolidated statements of operations (CHF million)   
Interest and dividend income 5 9,658 11,261 16,671
Interest expense 5 (3,847) (5,313) (9,654)
Net interest income 5 5,811 5,948 7,017
Commissions and fees 6 13,165 11,853 11,158
Trading revenues 7 2,431 3,295 1,739
Other revenues 8 1,289 1,293 2,570
Net revenues  22,696 22,389 22,484
Provision for credit losses  9 4,205 1,096 324
Compensation and benefits 10 8,963 9,890 10,036
General and administrative expenses 11 7,159 6,523 6,128
Commission expenses 1,243 1,256 1,276
Goodwill impairment 21 1,623 0 0
Restructuring expenses 12 103 157
Total other operating expenses 10,128 7,936 7,404
Total operating expenses  19,091 17,826 17,440
Income/(loss) before taxes  (600) 3,467 4,720
Income tax expense 29 1,026 801 1,295
Net income/(loss)  (1,626) 2,666 3,425
Net income/(loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests 24 (3) 6
Net income/(loss) attributable to shareholders  (1,650) 2,669 3,419
Earnings/(loss) per share (CHF)   
Basic earnings/(loss) per share 13 (0.67) 1.09 1.35
Diluted earnings/(loss) per share 13 (0.67) 1.06 1.32
Consolidated statements of comprehensive income
in 2021 2020 2019
Comprehensive income/(loss) (CHF million)   
Net income/(loss) (1,626) 2,666 3,425
   Gains/(losses) on cash flow hedges  (301) 178 100
   Foreign currency translation  795 (3,065) (1,025)
   Unrealized gains/(losses) on securities  0 (17) 20
   Actuarial gains/(losses)  1,022 (37) 326
   Net prior service credit/(cost)  (91) (148) 217
   Gains/(losses) on liabilities related to credit risk  405 202 (1,860)
Other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax 1,830 (2,887) (2,222)
Comprehensive income/(loss)  204 (221) 1,203
Comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests 30 (9) 8
Comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to shareholders  174 (212) 1,195
The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
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Consolidated balance sheets
end of Note 2021 2020
Assets (CHF million)   
Cash and due from banks 164,818 139,112
   of which reported at fair value  308 525
   of which reported from consolidated VIEs  108 90
Interest-bearing deposits with banks 1,323 1,298
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions 15 103,906 92,276
   of which reported at fair value  68,623 57,994
Securities received as collateral, at fair value 15,017 50,773
   of which encumbered  8,455 27,614
Trading assets, at fair value 16 111,141 157,338
   of which encumbered  30,092 52,468
   of which reported from consolidated VIEs  1,822 2,164
Investment securities 17 1,005 607
   of which reported at fair value  1,005 607
   of which encumbered  516 0
Other investments 18 5,826 5,412
   of which reported at fair value  4,094 3,794
   of which reported from consolidated VIEs  1,015 1,251
Net loans 19 291,686 291,908
   of which reported at fair value  10,243 11,408
   of which encumbered  42 179
   of which reported from consolidated VIEs  1,400 900
   allowance for credit losses  (1,297) (1,536)
Goodwill 21 2,917 4,426
Other intangible assets 22 276 237
   of which reported at fair value  224 180
Brokerage receivables 16,687 35,941
   allowance for credit losses  (4,186) (1)
Other assets 23 41,231 39,637
   of which reported at fair value  9,184 8,373
   of which encumbered  0 167
   of which reported from consolidated VIEs  1,496 1,876
   of which loans held-for-sale (amortized cost base)  588 650
   allowance for credit losses - other assets held at amortized cost  (30) (43)
Total assets  755,833 818,965
The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
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Consolidated balance sheets (continued)
end of Note 2021 2020
Liabilities and equity (CHF million)   
Due to banks 25 18,965 16,423
   of which reported at fair value  477 413
Customer deposits 25 392,819 390,921
   of which reported at fair value  3,700 4,343
   of which reported from consolidated VIEs  0 1
Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions 15 35,274 36,994
   of which reported at fair value  13,213 13,594
Obligation to return securities received as collateral, at fair value 15,017 50,773
Trading liabilities, at fair value 16 27,535 45,871
   of which reported from consolidated VIEs  8 10
Short-term borrowings 19,393 20,868
   of which reported at fair value  10,690 10,740
   of which reported from consolidated VIEs  4,352 4,178
Long-term debt 26 166,896 161,087
   of which reported at fair value  68,722 70,976
   of which reported from consolidated VIEs  1,391 1,746
Brokerage payables 13,060 21,653
Other liabilities 23 22,644 31,434
   of which reported at fair value  2,592 7,780
   of which reported from consolidated VIEs  231 208
Total liabilities  711,603 776,024
Common shares 106 98
Additional paid-in capital 34,938 33,323
Retained earnings 31,064 32,834
Treasury shares, at cost (828) (428)
Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) 27 (21,326) (23,150)
Total shareholders' equity  43,954 42,677
Noncontrolling interests 276 264
Total equity  44,230 42,941
Total liabilities and equity  755,833 818,965
> Refer to “Note 34 – Guarantees and commitments” and “Note 40 – Litigation” for information on commitments and contingencies.
 
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Additional share information   
Par value (CHF) 0.04 0.04
Authorized shares 1 3,100,747,720 3,100,747,720
Common shares issued 27 2,650,747,720 2,447,747,720
Treasury shares 27 (81,063,211) (41,602,841)
Shares outstanding 27 2,569,684,509 2,406,144,879
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Includes issued shares and unissued shares (conditional, conversion and authorized capital).
The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
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Consolidated statements of changes in equity
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2021 (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  98 33,323 32,834 (428) (23,150) 42,677 264 42,941
Purchase of subsidiary shares from non- controlling interests, not changing ownership 1, 2 (42) (42)
Sale of subsidiary shares to noncontrolling interests, not changing ownership 2 27 27
Net income/(loss) (1,650) (1,650) 24 (1,626)
Total other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax 1,824 1,824 6 1,830
Issuance of common shares 8 1,748 (1,756) 3 0
Conversion of mandatory convertible notes 1,756 1,756 1,756
Sale of treasury shares (22) 20,880 20,858 20,858
Repurchase of treasury shares (21,915) (21,915) (21,915)
Share-based compensation, net of tax 54 635 689 689
Dividends paid (136) 4 (120) (256) (1) (257)
Changes in scope of consolidation, net (2) (2)
Other (29) (29) (29)
Balance at end of period  106 34,938 31,064 (828) (21,326) 43,954 276 44,230
2020 (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  102 34,661 30,634 (1,484) (20,269) 43,644 70 43,714
Purchase of subsidiary shares from non- controlling interests, not changing ownership (20) (20)
Sale of subsidiary shares to noncontrolling interests, not changing ownership 19 19
Net income/(loss) 2,669 2,669 (3) 2,666
Cumulative effect of accounting changes, net of tax (132) (132) (132)
Total other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax (2,881) (2,881) (6) (2,887)
Cancellation of repurchased shares (4) (1,321) 1,325
Sale of treasury shares (35) 12,399 12,364 12,364
Repurchase of treasury shares (13,253) (13,253) (13,253)
Share-based compensation, net of tax 377 585 962 962
Dividends paid (379) (337) (716) (716)
Changes in scope of consolidation, net 198 198
Other 20 20 6 26
Balance at end of period  98 33,323 32,834 (428) (23,150) 42,677 264 42,941
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Distributions to owners in funds include the return of original capital invested and any related dividends.
2
Transactions with and without ownership changes related to fund activity are all displayed under "not changing ownership".
3
Reflects the issuance of mandatory convertible notes in May 2021.
4
Paid out of capital contribution reserves.
The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
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2019 (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  102 34,889 26,973 (61) (17,981) 43,922 97 44,019
Purchase of subsidiary shares from non- controlling interests, not changing ownership (103) (103)
Sale of subsidiary shares to noncontrolling interests, not changing ownership 74 74
Net income/(loss) 3,419 3,419 6 3,425
Cumulative effect of accounting changes, net of tax 242 (64) 178 178
Total other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax (2,224) (2,224) 2 (2,222)
Sale of treasury shares 11 9,613 9,624 9,624
Repurchase of treasury shares (11,536) (11,536) (11,536)
Share-based compensation, net of tax 334 500 834 834
Financial instruments indexed to own shares 122 122 122
Dividends paid (695) (695) (1) (696)
Changes in scope of consolidation (5) (5)
Balance at end of period  102 34,661 30,634 (1,484) (20,269) 43,644 70 43,714
The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
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Consolidated statements of cash flows
in 2021 2020 2019
Operating activities (CHF million)   
Net income/(loss)  (1,626) 2,666 3,425
Adjustments to reconcile net income/(loss) to net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities (CHF million)    
Impairment, depreciation and amortization 3,041 1,356 1,275
Provision for credit losses 4,205 1,096 324
Deferred tax provision/(benefit) 225 434 589
Share-based compensation 922 1,152 1,066
Valuation adjustments relating to long-term debt 1,424 2,364 10,221
Share of net income/(loss) from equity method investments (182) (121) (79)
Trading assets and liabilities, net 27,054 (8,090) (28,155)
(Increase)/decrease in other assets 14,623 (7,829) 2,903
Increase/(decrease) in other liabilities (12,537) 819 (6,656)
Other, net (211) 122 (2,251)
Total adjustments 38,564 (8,697) (20,763)
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities  36,938 (6,031) (17,338)
Investing activities (CHF million)   
(Increase)/decrease in interest-bearing deposits with banks (7) (519) 411
(Increase)/decrease in central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions (8,895) 19,289 8,386
Purchase of investment securities (630) (402) (557)
Proceeds from sale of investment securities 0 629 6
Maturities of investment securities 184 184 1,007
Investments in subsidiaries and other investments (2,049) (210) (285)
Proceeds from sale of other investments 616 678 1,158
(Increase)/decrease in loans (3,710) (8,029) (16,377)
Proceeds from sales of loans 5,371 3,860 4,612
Capital expenditures for premises and equipment and other intangible assets (1,419) (1,188) (1,293)
Proceeds from sale of premises and equipment and other intangible assets 3 45 30
Other, net 454 113 543
Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities  (10,082) 14,450 (2,359)
The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
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Consolidated statements of cash flows (continued)
in 2021 2020 2019
Financing activities (CHF million)   
Increase/(decrease) in due to banks and customer deposits 1,217 24,618 26,149
Increase/(decrease) in short-term borrowings (337) (5,246) 6,919
Increase/(decrease) in central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions (2,996) (1,534) 3,381
Issuances of long-term debt 56,552 58,009 34,963
Repayments of long-term debt (52,965) (42,768) (46,290)
Sale of treasury shares 20,858 12,364 9,624
Repurchase of treasury shares (21,915) (13,253) (11,536)
Dividends paid (257) (716) (696)
Other, net (204) 7 (378)
Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities  (47) 31,481 22,136
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and due from banks (CHF million)   
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and due from banks  (1,103) (2,667) (607)
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and due from banks (CHF million)   
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and due from banks  25,706 37,233 1,832
Cash and due from banks at beginning of period 1 139,112 101,879 100,047
Cash and due from banks at end of period 1 164,818 139,112 101,879
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Includes restricted cash.
Supplemental cash flow information
in 2021 2020 2019
Cash paid for income taxes and interest (CHF million)   
Cash paid for income taxes 815 757 729
Cash paid for interest 5,703 8,376 13,115
> Refer to “Note 3 – Business developments, significant shareholders and subsequent events”, “Note 20 – Financial instruments measured at amortized cost and credit losses” and “Note 24 – Leases” for information on non-cash transactions.
The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
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Notes to the consolidated financial statements
1 Summary of significant accounting policies
Overview
The accompanying consolidated financial statements of Credit Suisse Group AG (the Group) are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the US (US GAAP) and are stated in Swiss francs (CHF). The financial year for the Group ends on December 31. Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year’s consolidated financial statements to conform to the current presentation which had no impact on net income/(loss) or total shareholders’ equity.
In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions including, but not limited to, the fair value measurements of certain financial assets and liabilities, the allowance for loan losses, the evaluation of variable interest entities (VIEs), the impairment of assets other than loans, recognition of deferred tax assets, tax uncertainties, pension liabilities and various contingencies. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the dates of the consolidated balance sheets and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. While management evaluates its estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis, actual results could differ materially from management’s estimates. Market conditions may increase the risk and complexity of the judgments applied in these estimates.
Revisions of prior period financial statements
In connection with ongoing internal control processes, the Group identified accounting issues that were not material individually or in aggregate to the prior period financial statements. As a result of these accounting issues prior periods have been revised in the consolidated financial statements and the related notes.
The Group identified accounting issues with respect to the netting treatment relating to the presentation of a limited population of certain securities lending and borrowing activities. As a result, balance sheet and cash flow positions for both assets and liabilities relating to these activities were understated. For the year ended December 31, 2020, “Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions”, “Total assets”, “Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions” as well as “Total liabilities” in the consolidated balances sheets were revised by CHF 13,143 million. For the year ended December 31, 2020, “(Increase)/decrease in central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions” and “Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities” were revised by a credit of CHF 70 million in the consolidated statements of cash flows and “Increase/(decrease) in central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions” and “Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities” were revised by a debit of CHF 70 million. Due to the increase in total assets the Group’s leverage exposure increased by the same amount and reduced the related leverage ratios by 10 basis points.
Separately, in the consolidated statements of cash flows share-based compensation expenses, net were previously included in net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities, but are now separately included in net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities. The Group also expanded the elimination of non-cash exchange rate movements related to certain operating, investing and financing activities. In addition, the presentation of certain cash flow hedges were reclassified. In aggregate for these matters for the year ended December 31, 2020, “Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities” were revised by a debit of CHF 483 million, “Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities” were revised by a credit of CHF 2,294 million and “Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities were revised by a debit of CHF 1,811 million. In aggregate for these matters for the year ended December 31, 2019, “Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities” were revised by a debit of CHF 1,086 million, “Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities” were revised by a credit of CHF 1,033 million and “Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities were revised by a credit of CHF 53 million.
Principles of consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Group and its subsidiaries. The Group’s subsidiaries are entities in which it holds, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the voting rights or where it exercises control. The Group consolidates limited partnerships in cases where it is the general partner and the limited partners do not have either substantive kick out rights and/or substantive participating rights or is a limited partner with substantive rights to kick out the general partner or dissolve the partnership and participate in significant decisions made in the ordinary course of business. The Group also consolidates VIEs if the Group is the primary beneficiary in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 810 – Consolidation. The effects of material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.
Where a Group subsidiary is determined to be an investment company as defined by ASC Topic 946 – Financial Services – Investment Companies, interests in other entities held by this Group subsidiary are not consolidated and are carried at fair value.
Group entities that qualify as broker-dealer entities as defined by ASC Topic 940 – Financial Services – Brokers and Dealers do not consolidate investments in voting interest entities that would otherwise qualify for consolidation when the investment is held on a temporary basis for trading purposes. In addition, subsidiaries that are strategic components of a broker-dealer’s operations are consolidated regardless of holding intent.
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Foreign currency translation
Transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the related entity are recorded by remeasuring them in the functional currency of the related entity using the foreign exchange rate on the date of the transaction. As of the dates of the consolidated balance sheets, monetary assets and liabilities are reported using the year-end spot foreign exchange rates. Foreign exchange rate differences are recorded in the consolidated statements of operations. Non-monetary assets and liabilities are recorded using the historic exchange rate.
For the purpose of consolidation, the assets and liabilities of Group companies with functional currencies other than the Swiss franc are translated into Swiss franc equivalents using year-end spot foreign exchange rates, whereas revenues and expenses are translated at weighted average foreign exchange rates for the period. Translation adjustments arising from consolidation are included in accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) (AOCI) within total shareholders’ equity. Cumulative translation adjustments are released from AOCI and recorded in the consolidated statements of operations when the Group loses control of a consolidated foreign subsidiary.
Fair value measurement and option
The fair value measurement guidance establishes a single authoritative definition of fair value and sets out a framework for measuring fair value. The fair value option creates an alternative measurement treatment for certain financial assets and financial liabilities. The fair value option can be elected at initial recognition of the eligible item or at the date when the Group enters into an agreement which gives rise to an eligible item (e.g., a firm commitment or a written loan commitment). If not elected at initial recognition, the fair value option can be applied to an item upon certain triggering events that give rise to a new basis of accounting for that item. The application of the fair value option to a financial asset or a financial liability does not change its classification on the balance sheet and the election is irrevocable. Changes in fair value resulting from the election are recorded in trading revenues.
> Refer to “Fair value option” in Note 36 – Financial instruments for further information.
Cash and due from banks
Cash and due from banks consists of currency on hand, demand deposits with banks or other financial institutions and cash equivalents. Cash equivalents are defined as short-term, highly liquid instruments with original maturities of three months or less, which are held for cash management purposes. Restricted cash is any cash or cash equivalent recorded in cash and due from banks subject to restrictions imposed by a governmental or other regulatory agency that require the Group to set aside specified amounts of cash as reserves against transactions and time deposits.
Reverse repurchase and repurchase agreements
Purchases of securities under agreements to resell (reverse repurchase agreements) and securities sold under agreements to repurchase (repurchase agreements) do not constitute economic sales; therefore, they are treated as collateralized financing transactions, which are carried in the consolidated balance sheet at the amount of cash disbursed or received, respectively. Reverse repurchase agreements are recorded as collateralized assets while repurchase agreements are recorded as liabilities. The underlying securities sold continue to be recognized in trading assets or investment securities. The fair value of securities to be repurchased and resold is monitored on a daily basis, and additional collateral is obtained as needed to protect against credit exposure.
Assets and liabilities recorded under these agreements are accounted for on one of two bases, the accrual basis or the fair value basis. Under the accrual basis, interest earned on reverse repurchase agreements and interest incurred on repurchase agreements are reported in interest and dividend income and interest expense, respectively. The Group elects to apply the fair value option to selected agreements pursuant to ASC Topic 825 – Financial Instruments. Under such circumstances, the change in fair value is reported in trading revenues. Accrued interest income and expense are recorded in the same manner as under the accrual method.
Reverse repurchase and repurchase agreements may be netted if they are with the same counterparty, have the same maturity date, settle through the same qualifying clearing institution and are subject to a right of offset allowed by a legally enforceable master netting agreement or a central counterparty’s clearing rules.
Securities lending and borrowing transactions
Securities borrowed and securities loaned that are cash-collateralized are included in the consolidated balance sheet at amounts equal to the cash advanced or received. If securities received as collateral in a securities lending and borrowing transaction may be sold or repledged, they are recorded as securities received as collateral in the consolidated balance sheet and a corresponding liability to return the security is recorded. Securities lending transactions against non-cash collateral in which the Group has the right to resell or repledge the collateral received are recorded at the fair value of the collateral initially received. For securities lending transactions, the Group receives cash or securities collateral in an amount generally in excess of the market value of securities lent. The Group monitors the fair value of securities borrowed and loaned on a daily basis with additional collateral obtained as necessary.
Securities lending and borrowing fees and interest received or paid are recorded in interest and dividend income and interest expense, respectively, on an accrual basis. If the fair value basis of accounting is elected, any resulting change in fair value is reported in trading revenues. Accrued interest income and expense are recorded in the same manner as under the accrual method.
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Transfers of financial assets
Transfers of financial assets may involve the sale of these assets to special purpose entities (SPEs), which in turn issue securities to investors. The Group values its beneficial interests in such SPEs at fair value using quoted market prices, if such positions are traded on an active exchange, or financial models that incorporate observable and unobservable inputs, if such positions are not traded on an active exchange.
> Refer to “Note 35 – Transfers of financial assets and variable interest entities” for further information on the Group’s transfer activities.
Trading assets and liabilities
Trading assets and liabilities include debt securities, marketable equity instruments, derivative instruments, certain loans held in broker-dealer entities, commodities and precious metals. Items included in the trading portfolio are carried at fair value and classified as held for trading purposes based on management’s intent. Regular-way security transactions are recorded on a trade-date basis. Unrealized and realized gains and losses on trading positions are recorded in trading revenues.
Derivatives
Freestanding derivative contracts are carried at fair value in the consolidated balance sheets regardless of whether these instruments are held for trading or risk management purposes. Commitments to originate mortgage loans that will be held for sale are considered derivatives for accounting purposes. When derivative features embedded in certain contracts that meet the definition of a derivative are not considered clearly and closely related to the host contract, either the embedded feature is accounted for separately at fair value or the entire contract, including the embedded feature, is accounted for at fair value. In both cases, changes in fair value are recorded in the consolidated statements of operations. If separated for measurement purposes, the derivative is recorded in the same line item in the consolidated balance sheets as the host contract.
Derivatives classified as trading assets and liabilities include those held for trading purposes and those used for risk management purposes that do not qualify for hedge accounting. Derivatives held for trading purposes arise from proprietary trading activity and from customer-based activity. Realized gains and losses, changes in unrealized gains and losses and interest flows are included in trading revenues. Derivative contracts designated and qualifying as fair value hedges, cash flow hedges or net investment hedges are reported as other assets or other liabilities.
The fair value of exchange-traded derivatives is typically derived from observable market prices and/or observable market parameters. Fair values for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives are determined on the basis of proprietary models using various input parameters. Derivative contracts are recorded on a net basis per counterparty where a right to offset exists under an enforceable master netting agreement or a central counterparty’s clearing rules. Where no such rights exist, fair values are recorded on a gross basis.
Where hedge accounting is applied, the Group formally documents all relationships between hedging instruments and hedged items, including the risk management objectives and strategy for undertaking hedge transactions. At inception of a hedge and on an ongoing basis, the hedge relationship is formally assessed to determine whether the derivatives that are used in hedging transactions are highly effective in offsetting changes in fair values or cash flows of hedged items attributable to the hedged risk. The Group discontinues hedge accounting prospectively in the following circumstances:
(i) the derivative is no longer effective in offsetting changes in the fair value or cash flows of a hedged item (including forecasted transactions);
(ii) the derivative expires or is sold, terminated or exercised;
(iii) the derivative is no longer designated as a hedging instrument because it is unlikely that the forecasted transaction will occur; or
(iv) the designation of the derivative as a hedging instrument is otherwise no longer appropriate.
For derivatives that are designated and qualify as fair value hedges, the carrying values of the underlying hedged items are adjusted to fair value for the risk being hedged. Changes in the fair value of these derivatives are recorded in the same line item of the consolidated statements of operations used to present the changes in the fair value of the hedged item.
When the Group discontinues fair value hedge accounting because it determines that the derivative no longer qualifies as an effective hedge, the derivative will continue to be carried in the consolidated balance sheets at its fair value, and the hedged asset or liability will no longer be adjusted for changes in fair value attributable to the hedged risk. Interest-related fair value adjustments made to the underlying hedged items will be amortized to the consolidated statements of operations over the remaining life of the hedged item. Any unamortized interest-related fair value adjustment is recorded in the consolidated statements of operations upon sale or extinguishment of the hedged asset or liability, respectively. Any other fair value hedge adjustments remain part of the carrying amount of the hedged asset or liability and are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations upon disposition of the hedged item as part of the gain or loss on disposition.
For hedges of the variability of cash flows from forecasted transactions and floating rate assets or liabilities, the change in the fair value of a designated derivative is recorded in AOCI. These amounts are reclassified into the line item in the consolidated statements of operations in which the hedged item is recorded when the variable cash flow from the hedged item impacts earnings (for example, when periodic settlements on a variable rate asset or liability are recorded in the consolidated statements of operations or when the hedged item is disposed of).
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When hedge accounting is discontinued on a cash flow hedge, the net gain or loss will remain in AOCI and be reclassified into the consolidated statements of operations in the same period or periods during which the formerly hedged transaction is reported in the consolidated statements of operations. When the Group discontinues hedge accounting because it is probable that a forecasted transaction will not occur within the specified date or period plus two months, the derivative will continue to be carried in the consolidated balance sheets at its fair value, and gains and losses that were previously recorded in AOCI will be recognized immediately in the consolidated statements of operations.
For hedges of a net investment in a foreign operation, the change in the fair value of the hedging derivative is recorded in AOCI. The Group uses the forward method of determining effectiveness for net investment hedges, which results in the time value portion of a foreign currency forward being reported in AOCI.
Investment securities
Investment securities include debt securities classified as held-to-maturity and debt securities classified as available-for-sale. Regular-way security transactions are recorded on a trade-date basis.
Debt securities where the Group has the positive intent and ability to hold such securities to maturity are classified as such and are carried at amortized cost, net of any unamortized premium or discount. Debt securities classified as held-to-maturity require an assessment of the current expected credit loss (CECL) at the reporting date.
Debt securities classified as available-for-sale are carried at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses, which represent the difference between fair value and amortized cost, are recorded in AOCI. Amounts reported in AOCI are net of income taxes.
Debt securities classified as available-for-sale are impaired if there is a decline in fair value below amortized cost basis. If the Group intends to sell an impaired security or more likely than not will be required to sell such a security before recovering its amortized cost basis, the entire difference between the amortized cost basis and fair value is recognized as a credit loss. However, if the Group does not intend to sell and is not likely to be required to sell, an assessment is made if a decline in fair value of the security is due to credit-related factors or non-credit related factors. Credit-related impairment is recognized in earnings by recording an allowance for credit losses. Any portion of the unrealized loss that relates to non-credit related factors is recognized in AOCI, net of income taxes.
Amortization of premiums or discounts for debt securities is recorded in interest and dividend income using the effective yield method through the maturity date of the security.
Other investments
Other investments include equity method investments, equity securities without a readily determinable fair value, such as hedge funds, private equity securities and certain investments in non-marketable mutual funds for which the Group has neither significant influence nor control over the investee, and real estate held-for-investment.
Equity method investments are investments for which the Group has the ability to significantly influence the operating and financial policies. Significant influence is typically characterized by ownership of 20% to 50% of the voting stock or in-substance common stock of a corporation or 3% to 5% or more of limited partnership interests. Equity method investments are accounted for under the equity method of accounting or the fair value option, which the Group has elected to apply for selected equity method investments. Under the equity method of accounting, the Group’s proportionate share of the profit or loss, and any impairment on the investee, if applicable, is reported in other revenues. Under the fair value option, changes in fair value are reported in other revenues.
Equity securities without a readily determinable fair value are carried at fair value, net asset value practical expedient to estimate fair value or at cost less impairment, adjusted for observable price changes (measurement alternative). Memberships in exchanges are reported at cost, less impairment. Equity securities without a readily determinable fair value held by the Group’s subsidiaries that are determined to be investment companies as defined by ASC Topic 946 – Financial Services – Investment Companies are carried at fair value, with changes in fair value recorded in other revenues.
Equity method investments and equity securities without a readily determinable fair value held by subsidiaries that are within the scope of ASC Topic 940 – Financial Services – Brokers and Dealers are measured at fair value and reported in trading assets when the intent of the broker-dealer entity is to hold the asset temporarily for trading purposes. Changes in fair value are reported in trading revenues. Equity securities without a readily determinable fair value include investments in entities that regularly calculate net asset value per share or its equivalent, with changes in fair value recorded in other revenue.
Real estate held-for-investment purposes is carried at cost less accumulated depreciation and is depreciated over its estimated useful life, generally 40 to 67 years. Land that is classified as real estate held-for-investment purposes is carried at historical cost and is not depreciated. Real estate held-for-investment purposes is tested for impairment annually, or more frequently, if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. For real estate held-for-investment purposes, the fair values were measured based on either discounted cash flow analyses or external market appraisals. Recognition of an impairment on such assets establishes a new cost base, which is not adjusted for subsequent recoveries in value.
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Loans
Loans held-to-maturity
Loans which the Group intends to hold until maturity are carried at outstanding principal balances plus accrued interest, net of the following items: unamortized premiums, discounts on purchased loans, deferred loan origination fees and direct loan origination costs on originated loans. Interest income is accrued on the unpaid principal balance and net deferred premiums/discounts and fees/costs are amortized as an adjustment to the loan yield over the term of the related loans.
A loan is classified as non-performing and thus considered credit impaired no later than when the contractual payments of principal and/or interest are more than 90 days past due except for subprime residential loans which are classified as non-performing no later than when the contractual payments of principal and/or interest are more than 120 days past due. The additional 30 days ensure that these loans are not incorrectly assessed as non-performing during the time when servicing of them typically is being transferred. However, management may determine that a loan should be classified as non-performing notwithstanding that contractual payments of principal and/or interest are less than 90 days past due or, in the case of subprime residential loans, 120 days past due. In addition, the Group continues to add accrued interest receivable to the loan’s balance for collection purposes; however, a credit provision is recorded, resulting in no interest income recognition.
A loan can be further downgraded to non-interest-earning when the collection of interest is considered so doubtful that further accrual of interest is deemed inappropriate.
Generally, non-performing loans and non-interest-earning loans may be restored to performing status only when delinquent principal and interest are brought up to date in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement and when certain performance criteria are met.
Interest collected on non-performing loans and non-interest-earning loans is accounted for using the cash basis or the cost recovery method or a combination of both.
Amortization of deferred fees and premiums and discounts ceases while a loan is deemed to be non-performing or non-interest-earning.
Loans that are modified in a troubled debt restructuring are reported as restructured loans. Generally, a restructured loan would have been considered credit-impaired prior to the restructuring. Loans modified in a troubled debt restructuring are no longer considered credit-impaired in the years following the restructuring if the restructured loan carries an interest rate that is equal to or greater than the rate the Group was willing to accept at the time of the restructuring for a loan with comparable risk and the loan is not credit-impaired based on the terms specified by the restructuring agreement. Loans that have been restructured in a troubled debt restructuring and are performing according to the new terms continue to accrue interest. Loan restructurings may include the receipt of assets in satisfaction of the loan, the modification of loan terms (e.g., reduction of interest rates, extension of maturity dates at a stated interest rate lower than the current market rate for new loans with similar risk, or reduction in principal amounts and/or accrued interest balances) or a combination of both.
Potential problem loans are credit-impaired loans where contractual payments have been received according to schedule, but where doubt exists as to the collection of future contractual payments. Potential problem 
loans continue to accrue interest.
> Refer to “Note 19 – Loans” for further information.
Credit losses on financial instruments measured at amortized cost
The credit loss requirements apply to financial assets measured at amortized cost including loans held-to-maturity, net investments in leases as a lessor as well as off-balance sheet credit exposures, such as irrevocable loan commitments, and credit guarantees. The credit loss requirements are based on a forward-looking, lifetime CECL model by incorporating reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions available at the reporting date. The CECL amounts are estimated over the contractual term of the financial assets taking into account the effect of prepayments. This requires considerable judgment over how changes in macroeconomic factors as well as changes in forward-looking borrower-specific characteristics will affect the CECL amounts.
The Group measures expected credit losses of financial assets on a collective (pool) basis when similar risk characteristics exist. For financial assets that do not share similar risk characteristics, expected credit losses are evaluated on an individual basis. CECL amounts are probability-weighted estimates of potential credit losses based on historical frequency, current trends and conditions as well as forecasted macroeconomic factors, such as gross domestic product, unemployment rates and interest rates.
For financial assets that are performing at the reporting date, the allowance for credit losses is generally measured using a probability of default/loss given default approach under which both probability of default (PD), loss given default (LGD) and exposure at default (EAD) are estimated. For financial assets that are credit-impaired at the reporting date, the Group generally applies a discounted cash flow approach to determine the difference between the gross carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows.
An allowance for credit losses is deducted from the amortized cost basis of the financial asset. Changes in the allowance for credit losses are recorded in the consolidated statement of operations in provision for credit losses or, if related to provisions on past due interest, in net interest income.
For undrawn irrevocable loan commitments, the present value is calculated based on the difference between the contractual cash flows that are due to the Group if the commitment is drawn and the cash flows that the Group expects to receive, in order to
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estimate the provision for expected credit losses. For credit guarantees, expected credit losses are recognized for the contingency of the credit guarantee. Provisions for off-balance sheet credit exposures are recognized as a provision in other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.
Write-off of a financial asset occurs when it is considered certain that there is no possibility of recovering the outstanding principal. If the amount of loss on write-off is greater than the accumulated allowance for credit losses, the difference results in an additional credit loss. The additional credit loss is first recognized as an addition to the allowance; the allowance is then applied against the gross carrying amount. Any repossessed collateral is initially measured at fair value. The subsequent measurement depends on the nature of the collateral. Any uncollectible accrued interest receivable is written off by reversing the related interest income.
Expected recoveries on financial assets previously written off or assessed/planned to be written off have to be reflected in the allowance for credit losses; for this purpose, the amount of expected recoveries cannot exceed the aggregate amounts previously written off or assessed/planned to be written off. Accordingly, expected recoveries from financial assets previously written off may result in an overall negative allowance for credit loss balance.
Prior to January 2020, the allowance for credit losses reflected probable incurred credit losses.
> Refer to “Note 20 – Financial instruments measured at amortized cost and credit losses” for further information.
Loans held-for-sale
Loans which the Group intends to sell in the foreseeable future are considered held-for-sale and are carried at the lower of amortized cost or market value determined on either an individual method basis, or in the aggregate for pools of similar loans if sold or securitized as a pool. Loans held-for-sale are included in other assets. Adjustments to the lower of amortized cost basis or fair value are presented as a valuation allowance and recorded in other revenue.
Purchased loans with credit deterioration
A purchased loan measured at amortized cost is considered a purchased loan with credit deterioration if it has experienced more-than-insignificant deterioration in credit quality since origination. At the date of acquisition, the allowance for credit is added to the purchase price of the loan to establish the initial amortized cost basis. Any difference between the amortized cost and the unpaid principal amount is recognized in interest income using the effective interest method. After the purchase date, the allowance for credit losses is adjusted for subsequent changes in estimates of current expected credit losses.
Loans held at fair value under the fair value option
Loans and loan commitments for which the fair value option is elected are reported at fair value with changes in fair value reported in trading revenues. The application of the fair value option does not change the loan’s classification. Loan commitments carried at fair value are recorded in other assets or other liabilities, respectively.
Goodwill and other intangible assets
Goodwill arises on the acquisition of subsidiaries and equity method investments. It is measured as the excess of the fair value of the consideration transferred, the fair value of any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree and the fair value of any previously held equity interest in the acquired subsidiary, over the net of the acquisition-date fair values of the identifiable assets acquired and the liabilities assumed. Goodwill is not amortized; instead it is tested for impairment annually, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that goodwill may be impaired. Goodwill is allocated to the Group’s reporting units for the purposes of the impairment test.
Other intangible assets may be acquired individually or as part of a group of assets assumed in a business combination. Other intangible assets include but are not limited to: patents, licenses, copyrights, trademarks, branch networks, mortgage servicing rights, customer base and deposit relationships. Acquired intangible assets are initially measured at the amount of cash disbursed or the fair value of other assets distributed. Other intangible assets that have a finite useful life are amortized over that period. Other intangible assets acquired after January 1, 2002 that are determined to have an indefinite useful life are not amortized; instead they are tested for impairment annually, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the indefinite intangible asset may be impaired. Mortgage servicing rights are included in non-amortizing other intangible assets and are carried at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized through earnings in the period in which they occur. Mortgage servicing rights represent the right to perform specified mortgage servicing activities on behalf of third parties. Mortgage servicing rights are either purchased from third parties or retained upon sale of acquired or originated loans.
Income taxes
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recorded for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities at the dates of the consolidated balance sheets and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are computed using currently enacted tax rates and are recorded in other assets and other liabilities, respectively. Income tax expense or benefit is recorded in income tax expense/(benefit), except to the extent the tax effect relates to transactions recorded directly in total shareholders’ equity. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance, if necessary, to the amount that management believes will more likely than not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effect of changes in tax laws and rates in the period in which changes are approved by the relevant authority. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are presented on a net basis for the same tax-paying component within the same tax jurisdiction.
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The Group follows the guidance in ASC Topic 740 – Income Taxes, which sets out a consistent framework to determine the appropriate level of tax reserves to maintain for uncertain tax positions. The Group determines whether it is more likely than not that an income tax position will be sustained upon examination based on the technical merits of the position. Sustainable income tax positions are then measured to determine the amount of benefit eligible for recognition in the consolidated financial statements. Each such sustainable income tax position is measured at the largest amount of benefit that is more likely than not to be realized upon ultimate settlement.
Brokerage receivables and brokerage payables
The Group recognizes receivables and payables from transactions in financial instruments purchased from and sold to customers, banks and broker-dealers. The Group is exposed to risk of loss resulting from the inability of counterparties to pay for or deliver financial instruments purchased or sold, in which case the Group would have to sell or purchase, respectively, these financial instruments at prevailing market prices. To the extent an exchange or clearing organization acts as counterparty to a transaction, credit risk is generally considered to be limited. The Group establishes credit limits for each customer and requires them to maintain margin collateral in compliance with applicable regulatory and internal guidelines. In order to conduct trades with an exchange or a third-party bank, the Group is required to maintain a margin. This is usually in the form of cash and deposited in a separate margin account with the exchange or broker. If available information indicates that it is probable that a brokerage receivable is impaired, an allowance is established. Write-offs of brokerage receivables occur if the outstanding amounts are considered uncollectible.
Premises and equipment
Premises and equipment (including equipment under operating leases where the Group is the lessor), with the exception of land, are carried at cost less accumulated depreciation.
Buildings are depreciated on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives, generally 40 to 67 years, and building improvements are depreciated on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives, generally not exceeding five to ten years. Land is carried at historical cost and is not depreciated. Leasehold improvements, such as alterations and improvements to rented premises, are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the lease term or estimated useful life, which generally does not exceed ten years. Equipment, such as computers, machinery, furnishings, vehicles and other tangible non-financial assets, is depreciated using the straight-line method over its estimated useful lives, generally three to ten years. Certain leasehold improvements and equipment, such as data center power generators, may have estimated useful lives greater than ten years.
The Group capitalizes costs relating to the acquisition, installation and development of software with a measurable economic benefit, but only if such costs are identifiable and can be reliably measured. The Group depreciates capitalized software costs on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the software, generally not exceeding seven years, taking into consideration the effects of obsolescence, technology, competition and other economic factors.
Leases
For lessee arrangements, the Group recognizes lease liabilities, which are reported as other liabilities or long-term debt, and right-of-use assets, which are reported as other assets. Lease liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the present value of future lease payments over the lease term. Right-of-use assets are initially measured based on the lease liability, adjusted for any initial direct costs, any lease payments made prior to lease commencement and for any lease incentives.
> Refer to “Note 23 – Other assets and other liabilities”, “Note 24 – Leases” and “Note 26 – Long-term debt” for further information.
Periods covered by options that permit the Group to extend or terminate a lease are only included in the measurement of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities when it is reasonably certain that the Group would exercise the extension option or would not exercise the termination option. Lease payments which depend on an index or a referenced rate are considered unavoidable and are included in the lease liabilities using the index or rate as of the lease commencement date. Other variable lease payments, as well as subsequent changes in an index or referenced rate, are excluded from the lease liabilities. The Group’s incremental borrowing rate, which is used in determining the present value of lease payments, is derived from information available at the lease commencement date.
Operating lease costs, which include amortization and an interest component, are recognized over the remaining lease term on a straight-line basis. Operating and variable lease costs are recognized in general and administrative expenses.
For sales-type and direct financing leases under lessor arrangements, which are classified as loans, the Group de-recognizes the underlying assets and recognizes a net investment in the lease. The net investment in the lease is calculated as the lease receivable plus the unguaranteed portion of the estimated residual value. The lease receivable is initially measured at the present value of the sum of the future lease payments receivable over the lease term and any portion of the estimated residual value at the end of the lease term that is guaranteed by either the lessee or an unrelated third party. Lease terms may include options that permit the lessee to extend or renew these leases. Such options are only included in the measurement of lease receivables for sales-type and direct financing leases when it is reasonably certain that the lessee would exercise these options. Subsequently, unearned income is amortized to interest income over the lease term using the effective interest method.
> Refer to “Note 19 – Loans”, “Note 20 – Financial instruments measured at amortized cost and credit losses” and “Note 24 – Leases” for further information.
For operating leases under lessor arrangements, the Group continues to recognize the underlying asset and depreciates the
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asset over its estimated useful life. Lease income is recognized in other income on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
Recognition of an impairment on non-financial assets
The Group evaluates premises, equipment, right-of-use assets and finite intangible assets for impairment at least annually and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. The impairment assessment is performed for a group of assets for which largely separate cash flows can be identified. Where the carrying amount for the group of assets exceeds the fair value, the group of assets is considered impaired and an impairment is recorded in general and administrative expenses. Recognition of an impairment on such assets establishes a new cost base, which is not adjusted for subsequent recoveries in value.
Customer deposits
Customer deposits represent funds held from customers (both retail and commercial) and banks and consist of interest-bearing demand deposits, savings deposits and time deposits. Interest is accrued based on the contractual provisions of the deposit contract.
Long-term debt
Total long-term debt is composed of debt issuances that do not contain derivative features as well as hybrid debt. Hybrid debt includes capital instruments as well as those issued as part of the Group’s structured product activities. Long-term debt includes both Swiss franc and foreign currency denominated fixed and variable rate bonds.
The Group actively manages interest rate risk and foreign currency risk on vanilla debt through the use of derivative contracts, primarily interest rate and currency swaps. In particular, fixed rate debt is hedged with receive-fixed, pay-floating interest rate swaps, and the Group applies hedge accounting per the guidance of ASC Topic 815 – Derivatives and Hedging.
For capital management purposes, the Group has outstanding hybrid capital instruments in the form of low- and high-trigger tier 1 and tier 2 capital notes, with a write-off or contingent share conversion feature. Typically, these instruments have an embedded derivative that is bifurcated for accounting purposes. The embedded derivative is measured separately and changes in fair value are recorded in trading revenue. The host contract is generally accounted for under the amortized cost method unless the fair value option has been elected and the entire instrument is carried at fair value.
The Group’s long-term debt also includes various equity-linked and other indexed instruments with embedded derivative features, for which payments and redemption values are linked to commodities, stocks, indices, currencies or other assets. The Group elected to account for substantially all of these instruments at fair value.
Changes in the fair value of fair-value option elected instruments are recognized as a component of trading revenues, except for changes in fair value attributed to own credit risk, which is recorded in other comprehensive income (OCI), net of tax, and recycled to trading revenue when the debt is de-recognized.
Guarantees
In cases where the Group acts as a guarantor, the Group recognizes in other liabilities, at the inception of a guarantee, a liability for the fair value of the obligations undertaken in issuing such a guarantee, including its ongoing obligation to perform over the term of the guarantee in the event that certain events or conditions occur. Contingent obligations under issued guarantees not related to a financial obligation such as performance guarantees and non-financial standby letters of credit are assessed for the probability of loss on an ongoing basis. Contingent obligations under issued guarantees related to a financial obligation such as credit guarantees and financial standby letters of credit are assessed for CECL at reporting date.
Pension and other post-retirement benefits
Credit Suisse sponsors a number of post-employment benefit plans for its employees worldwide, which include defined benefit pension plans and other post-employment benefits. The major plans are located in Switzerland, the UK and the US.
The Group uses the projected unit credit actuarial method to determine the present value of its projected benefit obligations (PBO) and the current and past service costs or credits related to its defined benefit and other post-retirement benefit plans. The measurement date used to perform the actuarial valuation is December 31 and is performed by independent qualified actuaries.
Certain key assumptions are used in performing the actuarial valuations. These assumptions must be made concerning the future events that will determine the amount and timing of the benefit payments and thus require significant judgment and estimates by Group management. This includes making assumptions with regard to discount rates, salary increases, interest rate on savings balances, expected long-term rate of return on plan assets and mortality (future life expectancy).
The assumed discount rates reflect the rates at which the pension benefits could be effectively settled. These rates are determined based on yield curves, constructed from high-quality corporate bonds currently available and observable in the market and are expected to be available during the period to maturity of the pension benefits. In countries where there is no deep market in high-quality corporate bonds with longer durations, the best available market information, including governmental bond yields and risk premiums, is used to construct the yield curve.
Salary increases are determined by reviewing historical practice and external market data as well as considering internal projections.
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The interest rate on savings balances is applicable only to the Credit Suisse Swiss pension plan (Swiss pension plan). The Board of Trustees of the Swiss pension plan sets the interest rate to be applied on the accumulated savings balance on an annual basis. Credit Suisse estimates the future interest rate on savings balances, taking into consideration actions and rates approved by the Board of Trustees of the Swiss pension plan and expected future changes in the interest rate environment based on the yield curve used for the discount rate.
The expected long-term rate of return on plan assets is determined on a plan-by-plan basis, taking into account asset allocation, historical rate of return, benchmark indices for similar-type pension plan assets, long-term expectations of future returns and investment strategy.
Mortality assumptions are based on standard mortality tables and standard models and methodologies for projecting future improvements to mortality as developed and published by external independent actuarial societies and actuarial organizations.
Health care cost trend rates are determined by reviewing external data and the Group’s own historical trends for health care costs.
The funded status of the Group’s defined benefit post-retirement and pension plans is recognized in the consolidated balance sheets.
Actuarial gains and losses in excess of 10% of the greater of the PBO or the market value of plan assets are amortized to net periodic pension and other post-retirement benefit costs on a straight-line basis over the average remaining service life of active employees expected to receive benefits. If all or almost all of the participants are inactive, the amortization period is based on the average remaining life expectancy of the inactive participants. Unrecognized prior service costs or credits are amortized over the remaining service period of employees affected by a plan amendment.
If the net lump sum payments out of a plan exceed the threshold, a proportionate share of actuarial gains and losses equal to the percentage reduction of the PBO will be recognized in earnings. The threshold is defined as the sum of the service cost and interest cost of that year.
The Group records pension expense for defined contribution plans when the employee renders service to the company, essentially coinciding with the cash contributions to the plans.
Share-based compensation
For all share-based awards granted to employees, compensation expense is measured at grant date or modification date based on the fair value of the number of awards for which the requisite service is expected to be rendered and is recognized in the consolidated statements of operations over the required service period.
The incremental tax effects of the difference between the compensation expense recorded in the US GAAP accounts and the tax deduction received, are recorded in the income statement at the point in time the deduction for tax purposes is recorded.
Compensation expense for share-based awards that vest in their entirety at the end of the vesting period (cliff vesting) and awards that vest in annual installments (graded vesting), which only contain a service condition that affects vesting, is recognized on a straight-line basis over the service period for the entire award. However, if awards with graded vesting contain a performance condition, then each installment is expensed as if it were a separate award (“front-loaded” expense recognition). Furthermore, recognition of compensation expense is accelerated to the date an employee becomes eligible for retirement.
Performance share awards contain a performance condition. In the event of either a negative return on equity (ROE) of the Group or a divisional loss, any outstanding performance share awards will be subject to a reduction. The amount of compensation expense recorded includes an estimate of any expected reductions. For each reporting period after the grant date, the expected number of shares to be ultimately delivered upon vesting is reassessed and reflected as an adjustment to the cumulative compensation expense recorded in the income statement. The basis for the ROE calculation may vary from year to year, depending on the Compensation Committee’s determination for the year in which the performance shares are granted.
Certain employees own equity interests in the form of carried interests in certain funds managed by the Group. Expenses recognized under these ownership interests are reflected in the consolidated statements of operations in compensation and benefits.
Own shares, own bonds and financial instruments on own shares
The Group may buy and sell own shares, own bonds and financial instruments on own shares within its normal trading and market-making activities. In addition, the Group may hold its own shares to satisfy commitments arising from employee share-based compensation awards. Own shares are recorded at cost and reported as treasury shares, resulting in a reduction to total shareholders’ equity. Financial instruments on own shares are recorded as assets or liabilities or as equity when the criteria for equity classification are met. Dividends received by subsidiaries on own shares and unrealized and realized gains and losses on own shares classified in total shareholders’ equity are excluded from the consolidated statements of operations.
Any holdings of bonds issued by any Group entity are eliminated in the consolidated financial statements.
Net interest income
Interest income and interest expense arising from interest-bearing assets and liabilities other than those carried at fair value or the
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lower of cost or market are accrued, and any related net deferred premiums, discounts, origination fees or costs are amortized as an adjustment to the yield over the life of the related asset and liability. Interest from debt securities and dividends on equity securities carried as trading assets and trading liabilities are recorded in interest and dividend income.
> Refer to “Loans” for further information on interest on loans.
Commissions and fees
Commissions and fees include revenue from contracts with customers. The Group recognizes revenue when it satisfies a contractual performance obligation. The Group satisfies a performance obligation when control of the underlying good or services related to the performance obligation is transferred to the customer. Control is the ability to direct the use of, and obtain substantially all of the remaining benefits from, the good or service. The Group must determine whether control of a good or service is transferred over time. If so, the related revenue is recognized over time as the good or service is transferred to the customer. If not, control of the good or service is transferred at a point in time. The performance obligations are typically satisfied as the services in the contract are rendered. Revenue is measured based on the consideration specified in a contract with a customer, and excludes any amounts collected on behalf of third parties. The transaction price can be a fixed amount or can vary because of performance bonuses or other similar items. Variable consideration is only included in the transaction price once it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur when the uncertainty associated with the amount of variable consideration is subsequently resolved. Generally, no significant judgement is required with respect to recording variable consideration.
When another party is involved in providing goods or services to a customer, the Group must determine whether the nature of its promise is a performance obligation to provide the specified goods or services itself (that is, the Group is a principal) or to arrange for those goods or services to be provided by the other party (that is, the Group is an agent). The Group determines whether it is a principal or an agent for each specified good or service promised to the customer. Gross presentation (revenue on the revenue line and expense on the expense line) is appropriate when the Group acts as principal in a transaction. Conversely, net presentation (revenue and expenses reported net) is appropriate when the Group acts as an agent in the transaction.
Transaction-related expenses are expensed as incurred. Underwriting expenses are deferred and recognized along with the underwriting revenue.
> Refer to “Note 14 – Revenue from contracts with customers” for further information.
2 Recently issued accounting standards
Recently adopted accounting standards
ASC Topic 740 – Income Taxes
In December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2019-12, “Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes” (ASU 2019-12), an update to Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 740 – Income Taxes. The amendments in ASU 2019-12 eliminated certain exceptions related to the approach for intraperiod tax allocation, the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period and the accounting for basis differences when there are changes in foreign ownership. In addition, ASU 2019-12 included clarification and simplification of other aspects of the accounting for income taxes. The amendments were effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2020 and for the interim periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption was permitted, including in an interim period. The adoption of ASU 2019-12 on January 1, 2021 did not have a material impact on the Group’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
ASC Topic 848 – Reference Rate Reform
In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, “Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting” (ASU 2020-04), creating ASC Topic 848 - Reference Rate Reform. The amendments in ASU 2020-04 provided optional guidance for a limited period of time to ease the potential burden in accounting for (or recognizing the effects of) reference rate reform on financial reporting. The amendments were elective and applied to contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions that referenced the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) or another reference rate expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform.
In January 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-01, “Reference Rate Reform, Scope” (ASU 2021-01), which expanded the scope of ASC Topic 848 to apply certain optional expedients for contract modifications and hedge accounting provided in ASU 2020-04 to derivative instruments that use an interest rate for margining, discounting, or contract price alignment that is modified for reference rate reform. The guidance also applied to derivatives that did not reference LIBOR or other reference rates that were expected to be discontinued.
The amendments could have been applied as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. The Group elected to apply ASU 2020-04 and retrospectively to apply ASU 2021-01 during 2020. These elections did not have a material impact on the Group’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
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3 Business developments, significant shareholders and subsequent events
Business developments
Asset Management
Effective April 1, 2021, the Asset Management business was separated from the International Wealth Management division and managed as a new division of the Group. Prior periods were restated to conform to the current presentation. The segment information reflects the Group’s reportable segments and the Corporate Center effective until December 31, 2021, which were managed and reported on a pretax basis.
> Refer to “Note 4 – Segment information” for further information.
Credit Suisse strategy and organizational structure
On November 4, 2021, Credit Suisse announced that the Board of Directors had unanimously agreed on a long-term strategic direction for the Group and approved the introduction of a global business and regional matrix structure.
Effective January 1, 2022, the Group is organized into four divisions – Wealth Management, Investment Bank, Swiss Bank and Asset Management – and four geographic regions – Switzerland, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific and Americas. Beginning in the first quarter of 2022, the Group’s financial reporting will be presented as four divisions, together with the Corporate Center.
The Wealth Management division integrates the former International Wealth Management division with the ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) and external asset manager client segments in the former Swiss Universal Bank division as well as the private banking business in the former Asia Pacific division. The division plans to exit certain non-core markets and expand its market-leading UHNW franchise in selected scale markets.
The Investment Bank division integrates the advisory and capital markets businesses of the former Asia Pacific and Swiss Universal Bank divisions with the existing Investment Bank division to create a single global franchise across all four regions. The division intends to invest in capital-light advisory and capital markets businesses, and continues to leverage its credit, securitized products and leveraged finance businesses, while further growing connectivity with Wealth Management in Global Trading Solutions (GTS) and its advisory and capital markets businesses.
The Investment Bank is in the process of exiting its prime services business, with the exception of Index Access and APAC Delta One. The division is also reducing the long-duration structured derivatives book, exiting certain non-core GTS markets without a wealth management nexus and optimizing corporate lending exposures.
The Swiss Bank division includes high-net-worth (HNW), affluent, retail and corporate and institutional client segments. It intends to continue to invest in further growth and build its leading position by bringing the fully integrated services of the Group to private, corporate and institutional clients together with the global business divisions.
The Asset Management division is focused on strengthening its investment capabilities and building out its presence in select European and Asia Pacific markets, while simultaneously strengthening connectivity to the Wealth Management and Swiss Bank divisions. The division plans to further reduce its non-core investment and partnership portfolio.
As a consequence of unifying the wealth management and the investment banking businesses into global divisions and emphasizing its quest to further simplify its structure, the Group reintegrated parts of the former Sustainability, Research & Investment Solutions (SRI) function into the global business divisions, namely Investment Solutions & Products (IS&P) into Wealth Management and Securities Research into the Investment Bank. Sustainability remains a core priority of the Group, and Credit Suisse remains committed to its sustainability objectives.
Archegos Capital Management
The Group incurred significant losses in 2021 in respect of the failure by Archegos Capital Management (Archegos) to meet its margin commitments. Certain Group subsidiaries were notified by the fund that it would be unable to return margin advances previously extended and, following the failure of the fund, the Group exited the fund positions.
In the first quarter of 2021, the Group recorded a provision for credit losses of CHF 4,430 million with regard to this matter. In the second quarter of 2021, the Group incurred additional losses of CHF 594 million with regard to this matter, consisting of CHF 493 million of trading losses as a result of market movements during the process of closing out the fund positions, a provision for credit losses of CHF 70 million and operating expenses of CHF 31 million mainly reflecting severance-related costs and professional services fees. In the third quarter of 2021, the Group’s results included a positive impact of CHF 235 million, consisting of net revenues of CHF 23 million, a release of provision for credit losses of CHF 188 million pertaining to an assessment of the future recoverability of receivables and negative operating expenses of CHF 24 million. In the fourth quarter of 2021, the Group’s results included a release of provision for credit losses of CHF 5 million and total operating expenses of CHF 14 million. The aggregate loss attributable to this matter in 2021 was CHF 4,798 million.
Supply chain finance funds
In early March 2021, the boards of four supply chain finance funds managed by certain Group subsidiaries (collectively, the SCFFs) decided to suspend redemptions and subscriptions of
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those funds to protect the interests of the funds’ investors, to terminate the SCFFs and to proceed to their liquidation.
The last published net asset value (NAV) of the SCFFs in late February 2021 was approximately USD 10 billion in the aggregate. As of January 31, 2022, together with the cash already distributed to investors and cash remaining in the funds, total cash collected in the SCFFs amounts to approximately USD 7.3 billion including the cash position in the funds at the time of suspension. Redemption payments totaling approximately USD 6.7 billion have been made to their investors in six cash distributions. There remains considerable uncertainty regarding the valuation of a significant part of the remaining assets, including the fact that certain of the notes underlying the funds were not paid when they fell due and the portfolio manager has been informed that further notes will not be paid when they fall due in the future. It therefore can be assumed that the investors of the SCFFs will suffer a loss. The amount of loss of the investors is currently unknown.
The Group continues to analyze this matter, including with the assistance of external counsel and other experts. The Board initiated an externally led investigation of this matter, supervised by a special committee of the Board. The related report has been completed, the findings have been made available to the Board and the report was shared with FINMA. Given the reputational impact of the SCFF matter on the Group, actions have been taken against a number of employees where the Board deemed it was appropriate. In light of the ongoing recovery process and the legal complexities of the matter, there is no intention by the Board to publish the report. An internal project has been set up to further enhance governance as well as to strengthen risk management processes. The Group continues to assess the potential for recovery on behalf of the investors in the funds, and further analyze new, pending or threatened proceedings. As previously reported, the resolution of the matter, the timing of which is difficult to predict, could cause the Group to incur material losses.
With respect to the Group’s outstanding collateralized bridge loan of USD 90 million to Greensill Capital, the Group has marked its fair value to USD 63 million as of December 31, 2021.
Credit Suisse Life & Pensions AG
In the third quarter of 2021, Credit Suisse Life & Pensions AG was sold to Octium Holdings SA. As a result of the sale, the Group recorded a loss of CHF 42 million, which was reflected in International Wealth Management and Swiss Universal Bank. Related assets and liabilities have been reclassified to held-for-sale until close of this transaction.
York Capital Management
In the third quarter of 2021, the Group recorded a further impairment of CHF 113 million to the valuation of its non-controlling interest in York Capital Management (York), reflected in net revenues of Asset Management. In the fourth quarter of 2020, York informed its investors of a significant change in strategy resulting in a related impairment of CHF 414 million in 2020.
Allfunds Group
Credit Suisse holds an equity investment in Allfunds Group following the transfer of the Group’s open architecture investment fund platform Credit Suisse InvestLab to Allfunds Group. On April 23, 2021, Allfunds Group announced a successful initial public offering (IPO) on the Euronext Amsterdam exchange with an initial market capitalization of EUR 7.24 billion on the day of the listing. Net revenues in 2021 pertaining to Allfunds Group included gains of CHF 622 million reflecting share price movements as well as a reduction of the Group’s equity interest from 14.0% to 8.6% as of December 31, 2021. Following the IPO, the Group’s investment in Allfunds Group was reclassified from other investments to trading assets.
Mandatory Convertible Notes offering
On April 22, 2021, the Group announced that it had placed two series of mandatory convertible notes (MCNs), Series A MCNs and Series B MCNs, to be convertible into 100 million shares and 103 million shares of Credit Suisse Group AG, respectively. The MCNs settled on May 12, 2021. The aggregate principal amount of Series A MCNs issued was CHF 865 million and the aggregate principal amount of Series B MCNs issued was CHF 891 million. The shares of Credit Suisse Group AG underlying the Series A MCNs were issued from Credit Suisse Group AG’s conditional capital. The shares of Credit Suisse Group AG underlying the Series B MCNs were issued from Credit Suisse Group AG’s authorized capital. On November 12, 2021, the Series A MCNs and Series B MCNs were converted, and the shares of Credit Suisse Group AG held by Credit Suisse Group (Guernsey) VII Limited, the issuing entity of the MCNs, were delivered to the holders of MCNs.
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to affect the economic environment throughout 2021. Infection rates ebbed and flowed across the world during the course of 2021, including in countries where Credit Suisse has a significant presence. Vaccination programs during the year continued to reduce significantly the correlation between COVID-19 infection and serious illness, although booster shots were increasingly required to sustain a high level of protection. In addition, in the fourth quarter of 2021 a further challenge arose with the emergence of the Omicron variant, which was more transmissible than previous variants. However, in early 2022 there were signs that the Omicron infection wave was peaking and that governments would relatively soon be able to ease social and economic activity restrictions. We continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on our operations and businesses.
Significant shareholders
Significant shareholders registered in the share register
The following table includes significant shareholders (including nominees) with holdings in Group shares of at least 5% of the voting rights, which were registered in the share register as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
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Significant shareholders registered in the share register
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Number
of shares
(million)
Total nominal
value
(CHF million)
Share-
holding
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Number
of shares
(million)
Total nominal
value
(CHF million)
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holding
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Direct shareholders   1
Chase Nominees Ltd. 2 304 12 11.48 323 13 13.21
Nortrust Nominees Ltd. 2 197 8 7.42 184 7 7.53
The Bank of New York Mellon 2 139 6 5.25 3
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As registered in the share register of the Group on December 31 of the reporting period; includes shareholders registered as nominees.
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Nominee holdings exceeding 2% are registered with a right to vote only if the nominee confirms that no individual shareholder holds more than 0.5% of the outstanding share capital or if the nominee discloses the identity of any beneficial owner holding more than 0.5% of the outstanding capital.
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Participation was lower than the disclosure threshold of 5%.
Information received from shareholders not registered in the share register
In addition to the shareholdings registered in the share register of the Group, the Group has obtained and reported to the SIX Swiss Exchange information from its shareholders in accordance with the notification requirements of the Swiss Federal Act on Financial Market Infrastructures and Market Conduct in Securities and Derivatives Trading. These shareholders may hold their shareholdings in Group shares through a nominee. The following shareholder notifications relate to registered voting rights exceeding 5% of all voting rights, which are subject to disclosure in the notes to the financial statements in accordance with the Swiss Code of Obligations. The percentage shareholdings below are presented with two decimal places.
In a disclosure notification that the Group published on November 9, 2013, the Group was notified that as of November 4, 2013, Harris Associates L.P. held 81.5 million shares, or 5.17% of the voting rights, of the registered Group shares issued as of the date of the notified transaction. No further disclosure notification has been received from Harris Associates L.P. relating to holdings of registered Group shares since 2013. This position includes the reportable position of Harris Associates Investment Trust (4.97% of the voting rights), as published by the SIX Swiss Exchange on August 1, 2018.
In a disclosure notification that the Group published on November 17, 2021, the Group was notified that as of November 12, 2021, Qatar Holding LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qatar Investment Authority, held 133.2 million shares, or 5.03% of the voting rights, of the registered Group shares issued as of the date of the notified transaction.
Subsequent events
Litigation settlement
In March 2022, Credit Suisse International reached a settlement related to a legacy litigation brought by Stadtwerke München GmbH and the parties will shortly apply to the court to have all proceedings against Credit Suisse discontinued. As a result, the Group increased its 2021 litigation provision by CHF 78 million in the Corporate Center and decreased its estimate of the aggregate range of reasonably possible losses not covered by existing provisions from zero to CHF 1.6 billion to zero to CHF 1.5 billion.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
In late February 2022, the Russian government launched a military attack on Ukraine. In response to Russia’s military attack, the US, EU, UK, Switzerland and other countries across the world imposed severe sanctions against Russia’s financial system and on Russian government officials and Russian business leaders. The sanctions included limitations on the ability of Russian banks to access the SWIFT financial messaging service and restrictions on transactions with the Russian central bank. The Russian government has also imposed certain countermeasures, which include restrictions relating to foreign currency accounts and security transactions. These measures followed earlier sanctions that had already been imposed by the US, EU and UK in 2021 in response to alleged Russian activities related to Syria, cybersecurity, electoral interference and other matters. The Group is assessing the impact of the sanctions already imposed, and potential future escalations, on its exposures and client relationships. As of December 31, 2021, the Group had a net credit exposure to Russia of approximately CHF 0.8 billion primarily comprised of corporate and institutional loans, trade finance activities and derivative exposures. In addition, its Russian subsidiaries had a net asset value of approximately CHF 0.2 billion as of December 31, 2021. As of March 7, 2022, the Group had minimal total credit exposures towards specifically sanctioned individuals managed by its Wealth Management division. The Group is currently monitoring settlement risk on certain open transactions with Russian counterparties, and market closures, the imposition of exchange controls, sanctions or other actions may limit our ability to settle existing transactions or realize on collateral, which could result in unexpected increases in exposures. The Group notes that these recent developments may affect its financial performance, including credit loss estimates and potential asset impairments, albeit given the early stage of these developments, it is not yet possible to estimate the size of any reasonably possible losses.
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4 Segment information
The Group is a global financial services company domiciled in Switzerland and until December 31, 2021, served its clients through three regionally focused divisions: Swiss Universal Bank, International Wealth Management and Asia Pacific. These regional businesses were supported by our Asset Management and Investment Bank divisions.
> Refer to “Note 3 – Business developments, significant shareholders and subsequent events” for further information on the Group’s divisional reorganization effective January 1, 2022.
The segment information reflects the Group’s reportable segments and the Corporate Center as of December 31, 2021, which were managed and reported on a pre-tax basis, as follows:
The Swiss Universal Bank division offered comprehensive advice and a wide range of financial solutions to private, corporate and institutional clients primarily domiciled in the Group’s home market Switzerland. The Private Clients business had a leading franchise in the Group’s home market and served ultra-high-net-worth individual, high-net-worth individual, affluent and retail clients. The Corporate & Institutional Clients business served large corporate clients, small and medium-sized enterprises, institutional clients, external asset managers, financial institutions and commodity traders.
The International Wealth Management division through its Private Banking business offered comprehensive advisory services and tailored investment and financing solutions to wealthy private clients and external asset managers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Effective April 1, 2021, the Asset Management business was separated from the International Wealth Management division and managed as a new division of the Group. Prior periods were restated to conform to this presentation.
The Asia Pacific division delivered an integrated wealth management, financing, underwriting and advisory offering to our target ultra-high-net-worth, entrepreneur and corporate clients. We provided a comprehensive suite of wealth management products and services to our clients in Asia Pacific and provided a broad range of advisory services related to debt and equity underwriting of public offerings and private placements as well as mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Our close collaboration with the Investment Bank supported and enabled our wealth management activities in the region through the delivery of holistic, innovative products and tailored advice.
The Asset Management business offered investment solutions and services globally to a broad range of clients, including pension funds, governments, foundations and endowments, corporations and individuals, with a strong presence in our Swiss home market. Backed by the Group’s global presence, Asset Management offered active and passive solutions in traditional investments as well as alternative investments.
The Investment Bank division delivered client-centric sales and trading products, services and solutions across all asset classes and regions as well as advisory, underwriting and financing services. Our range of products and services included global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage, capital raising and comprehensive corporate advisory services. Additionally, our GTS platform provided centralized trading and sales services to the Group’s other business divisions. Our clients included financial institutions and sponsors, corporations, governments, ultra-high-net-worth individuals, sovereigns and institutional investors.
Corporate Center included parent company operations such as Group financing, expenses for projects sponsored by the Group and certain expenses and revenues that had not been allocated to the segments. In addition, the Corporate Center included consolidation and elimination adjustments required to eliminate intercompany revenues and expenses.
Effective August 1, 2020 the Group created a single, globally-integrated Investment Bank division through the combination of its former Global Markets, Investment Banking & Capital Markets and Asia Pacific – Markets businesses to achieve critical scale. The Group also revised its allocations for corporate functions and funding costs to align to this organizational structure.
Revenue sharing and cost allocation
Responsibility for each product is allocated to a specific segment, which records all related revenues and expenses. Revenue-sharing and service level agreements govern the compensation received by one segment for generating revenue or providing services on behalf of another. These agreements are negotiated periodically by the relevant segments on a product-by-product basis. The aim of revenue-sharing and service level agreements is to reflect the pricing structure of unrelated third-party transactions.
Corporate services and business support in finance, operations, human resources, legal, compliance, risk management and IT are provided by corporate functions, and the related costs are allocated to the segments and Corporate Center based on their requirements and other relevant measures.
Funding
The Group centrally manages its funding activities. New instruments for funding and capital purposes are primarily issued by Credit Suisse Group AG and are passed on to Credit Suisse AG, the direct bank subsidiary of the Group (the Bank). The Bank lends funds to its operating subsidiaries and affiliates on both
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a senior and subordinated basis, as needed, the latter typically to meet capital requirements, or as desired by management to capitalize on opportunities. Capital is distributed to the segments considering factors such as regulatory capital requirements, utilized economic capital and the historic and future potential return on capital.
Transfer pricing, using market rates, is used to record net revenues and expenses in each of the segments for this capital and funding. The Group’s funds transfer pricing system is designed to allocate funding costs to its businesses in a way that incentivizes their efficient use of funding. The Group’s funds transfer pricing system is an essential tool that allocates to the businesses the short-term and long-term costs of funding their balance sheet usages and off-balance sheet contingencies. The funds transfer pricing framework ensures the full funding costs allocation under normal business conditions, but it is of even greater importance in a stressed capital markets environment where raising funds is more challenging and expensive. Under this framework, the Group’s businesses are also credited to the extent they provide long-term stable funding.
Net revenues and income/(loss) before taxes
in 2021 2020 2019
Net revenues (CHF million)   
Swiss Universal Bank 5,801 5,615 5,905
International Wealth Management 3,462 3,747 4,181
Asia Pacific 3,242 3,155 3,029
Asset Management 1,456 1,090 1,635
Investment Bank 8,888 9,098 8,161
Corporate Center (153) (316) (427)
Net revenues  22,696 22,389 22,484
Income/(loss) before taxes (CHF million)   
Swiss Universal Bank 2,729 2,104 2,573
International Wealth Management 976 1,091 1,586
Asia Pacific 994 828 922
Asset Management 300 (39) 479
Investment Bank (3,703) 1,655 1,026
Corporate Center (1,896) (2,172) (1,866)
Income/(loss) before taxes  (600) 3,467 4,720
Total assets
end of 2021 2020
Total assets (CHF million)   
Swiss Universal Bank 263,797 261,465
International Wealth Management 88,715 91,503
Asia Pacific 67,395 67,356
Asset Management 3,393 3,703
Investment Bank 211,802 271,976
Corporate Center 120,731 122,962
Total assets  755,833 818,965
Net revenues and income/(loss) before taxes by geographical location
in 2021 2020 2019
Net revenues (CHF million)   
Switzerland 7,285 7,719 8,434
EMEA 3,524 3,885 1,962
Americas 8,827 7,614 9,103
Asia Pacific 3,060 3,171 2,985
Net revenues  22,696 22,389 22,484
Income/(loss) before taxes (CHF million)   
Switzerland 257 1,770 2,985
EMEA (4,929) (124) (1,786)
Americas 3,781 1,577 3,409
Asia Pacific 291 244 112
Income/(loss) before taxes  (600) 3,467 4,720
The designation of net revenues and income/(loss) before taxes is based on the location of the office recording the transactions. This presentation does not reflect the way the Group is managed.
Total assets by geographical location
end of 2021 2020
Total assets (CHF million)   
Switzerland 256,261 262,034
EMEA 163,659 159,661
Americas 249,656 300,762
Asia Pacific 86,257 96,508
Total assets  755,833 818,965
The designation of total assets by region is based upon customer domicile.
5 Net interest income
in 2021 2020 2019
Net interest income (CHF million)
Loans 5,049 5,733 7,179
Investment securities 1 3 9
Trading assets, net of trading liabilities 1 2,838 3,158 3,827
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions 1,172 1,596 2,926
Other 598 771 2,730
Interest and dividend income 9,658 11,261 16,671
Deposits (159) (1,113) (3,055)
Short-term borrowings (86) (166) (409)
Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions (812) (907) (1,668)
Long-term debt (2,518) (2,753) (3,412)
Other (272) (374) (1,110)
Interest expense (3,847) (5,313) (9,654)
Net interest income  5,811 5,948 7,017
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Interest and dividend income is presented on a net basis to align with the presentation of trading revenues for trading assets and liabilities.
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6 Commissions and fees
in 2021 2020 2019
Commissions and fees (CHF million)   
Lending business 1,877 1,631 1,687
Investment and portfolio management 3,497 3,187 3,438
Other securities business 56 66 63
Fiduciary business 3,553 3,253 3,501
Underwriting 2,493 2,255 1,564
Brokerage 3,069 3,244 2,893
Underwriting and brokerage 5,562 5,499 4,457
Other services 2,173 1,470 1,513
Commissions and fees  13,165 11,853 11,158
7 Trading revenues
in 2021 2020 2019
Trading revenues (CHF million)   
Interest rate products 1,286 (1) 96
Foreign exchange products 1,585 2,473 668
Equity/index-related products 1,390 422 1,071
Credit products (1,826) 192 (513)
Commodity and energy products (12) 132 144
Other products 8 77 273
Trading revenues  2,431 3,295 1,739
Represents revenues on a product basis which are not representative of business results within segments, as segment results utilize financial instruments across various product types.
Trading revenues include revenues from trading financial assets and liabilities as follows:
Equities;
Commodities;
Listed and OTC derivatives;
Derivatives linked to funds of hedge funds and providing financing facilities to funds of hedge funds;
Market making in the government bond and associated OTC derivative swap markets;
Domestic, corporate and sovereign debt, convertible and non-convertible preferred stock and short-term securities such as floating rate notes and commercial paper (CP);
Market making and positioning in foreign exchange products;
Credit derivatives on investment grade and high yield credits;
Trading and securitizing all forms of securities that are based on underlying pools of assets; and
Life settlement contracts.
Trading revenues also include changes in the fair value of financial assets and liabilities elected to fair value under US GAAP. The main components include certain instruments from the following categories:
Central bank funds purchased/sold;
Securities purchased/sold under resale/repurchase agreements;
Securities borrowing/lending transactions;
Loans and loan commitments; and
Customer deposits, short-term borrowings and long-term debt.
Managing the risks
As a result of the Group’s broad involvement in financial products and markets, its trading strategies are correspondingly diverse and exposures are generally spread across a diversified range of risk factors and locations. The Group uses an economic capital limit structure to limit overall risk taking. The level of risk incurred by its divisions is further managed by a variety of factors and specific risk constraints, including consolidated controls over trading exposures. Also, as part of its overall risk management, the Group holds a portfolio of economic hedges. Hedges are impacted by market movements, similar to trading securities, and may result in gains or losses on the hedges which offset losses or gains on the portfolios they were designed to economically hedge. The Group manages its trading risk with regard to both market and credit risk. The Group uses market risk measurement and management methods capable of calculating comparable exposures across its many activities and employs focused tools that can model unique characteristics of certain instruments or portfolios.
The principal risk measurement methodology for trading book exposures is value-at-risk. Macroeconomic and specific hedging strategies are in place to manage and mitigate the market and credit risk in the trading book.
8 Other revenues
in 2021 2020 2019
Other revenues (CHF million)   
Noncontrolling interests without SEI 2 0 0
Loans held-for-sale (90) (34) (14)
Long-lived assets held-for-sale 232 26 252
Equity method investments 60 (254) 232
Other investments 253 769 1,141
Other 832 786 959
Other revenues  1,289 1,293 2,570
9 Provision for credit losses
in 2021 2020 2019
Provision for credit losses (CHF million)   
Loans held at amortized cost (23) 863 284
Other financial assets held at amortized cost 4,291 1 24 11
Off-balance sheet credit exposures (63) 209 29
Provision for credit losses  4,205 1,096 324
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Primarily reflects a provision for credit losses of CHF 4,307 million related to Archegos.
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10 Compensation and benefits
in 2021 2020 2019
Compensation and benefits (CHF million)   
Salaries and variable compensation 7,533 8,401 8,608
Social security 622 653 642
Other 1 808 836 786
Compensation and benefits  8,963 9,890 10,036
1
Includes pension-related expenses of CHF 503 million, CHF 517 million and CHF 437 million in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, relating to service costs for defined benefit pension plans and employer contributions for defined contribution plans.
11 General and administrative expenses
in 2021 2020 2019
General and administrative expenses (CHF million)   
Occupancy expenses 979 982 1,090
IT, machinery and equipment 1,549 1,428 1,343
Provisions and losses 1,491 1,261 640
Travel and entertainment 149 152 337
Professional services 1,996 1,546 1,712
Communication and market data services 520 512 522
Amortization and impairment of other intangible assets 8 8 10
Other 1 467 634 474
General and administrative expenses  7,159 6,523 6,128
1
Includes pension-related expenses/(credits) of CHF (166) million, CHF (159) million and CHF (204) million in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, relating to certain components of net periodic benefit costs for defined benefit plans.
12 Restructuring expenses
Restructuring expenses of CHF 103 million were recognized in 2021. Restructuring expenses may include severance expenses, expenses in connection with the acceleration of certain deferred compensation awards, pension expenses and contract termination costs. On November 4, 2021, Credit Suisse announced its new long-term strategic vision. This led to restructuring expenses of CHF 33 million for the fourth quarter of 2021. The Group expects to complete the new plan by the end of December 2022. At the end of June 2021, the Group completed the one-year restructuring plan announced in July 2020 in connection with the implementation of the key strategic growth initiatives.
Restructuring expenses by type
in 2021 2020
Restructuring expenses by type (CHF million)   
Compensation and benefits-related expenses 45 107
   of which severance expenses  25 69
   of which accelerated deferred compensation  20 38
General and administrative-related expenses 58 50
   of which pension expenses  (11) 38
Total restructuring expenses  103 157
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Balance at beginning of period  50 2 52 156 190 346
Net additional charges 1 25 37 62 69 6 75
Reclassifications (22) (3) (25) 2 (156) 3 (190) 4 (346)
Utilization (34) (36) (70) (19) (4) (23)
Balance at end of period  19 0 19 50 2 52
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The following items for which expense accretion was accelerated in 2021 and 2020 due to the restructuring of the Group are not included in the restructuring liabilities: unsettled share-based compensation of CHF 13 million and CHF 27 million, respectively, which remain classified as a component of total shareholders' equity; unsettled pension obligations of CHF (11) million and CHF 38 million, respectively, which remain classified as pension obligations; unsettled cash-based deferred compensation of CHF 7 million and CHF 11 million, respectively, which remain classified as compensation liabilities; and accelerated accumulated depreciation and impairment of CHF 32 million and CHF 6 million, respectively, which remain classified as premises and equipment. The settlement date for the unsettled share-based compensation remains unchanged at three years.
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Reclassified within other liabilities.
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In 2019, CHF 97 million was transferred to right-of-use assets in accordance with ASU 2016-02 and CHF 59 million to other liabilities.
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In 2019, CHF 167 million was transferred to right-of-use assets in accordance with ASU 2016-02 and CHF 23 million to other liabilities.
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13 Earnings per share
in 2021 2020 2019
Basic net income/(loss) attributable to shareholders (CHF million)   
Net income/(loss) attributable to shareholders for basic earnings per share (1,650) 2,669 3,419
Available for common shares (1,650) 2,669 3,419
Net income/(loss) attributable to shareholders for diluted earnings per share (1,650) 2,669 3,419
Available for common shares (1,650) 2,669 3,419
Weighted-average shares outstanding (million)   
For basic earnings per share available for common shares 2,460.5 2,457.0 2,524.2
Dilutive share options and warrants 0.0 1.8 2.7
Dilutive share awards 0.0 67.6 59.9
For diluted earnings per share available for common shares 1 2,460.5 2 2,526.4 2,586.8
Weighted-average shares outstanding for basic/diluted earnings per share available for mandatory convertible notes  106.6
Earnings/(loss) per share available for common shares (CHF)   
Basic earnings/(loss) per share available for common shares  (0.67) 1.09 1.35
Diluted earnings/(loss) per share available for common shares  (0.67) 1.06 1.32
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Weighted-average potential common shares relating to instruments that were not dilutive for the respective periods (and therefore not included in the diluted earnings per share calculation above) but could potentially dilute earnings per share in the future were 10.2 million, 6.2 million and 7.9 million for 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
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Due to the net loss in 2021, 0.7 million of weighted-average share options and warrants outstanding and 76.5 million of weighted-average share awards outstanding were excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation, as the effect would be antidilutive.
14 Revenue from contracts with customers
Revenue is measured based on the consideration specified in a contract with a customer, and excludes any amounts collected on behalf of third parties. Taxes assessed by a governmental authority that are collected by the Group from a customer and both imposed on and concurrent with a specific revenue-producing transaction are excluded from revenue. The Group recognizes revenue when it satisfies a contractual performance obligation. Variable consideration is only included in the transaction price once it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur when the uncertainty associated with the amount of variable consideration is subsequently resolved. Generally no significant judgement is required with respect to recording variable consideration.
If a fee is a fixed percentage of a variable account value at contract inception, recognition of the fee revenue is constrained as the contractual consideration is highly susceptible to change due to factors outside of the Group’s influence. However, at each performance measurement period end (e.g., end-of-day, end-of-month, end-of-quarter), recognition of the cumulative amount of the consideration to which the Group is entitled is no longer constrained because it is calculated based on a known account value and the fee revenue is no longer variable.
Nature of services
The following is a description of the principal activities from which the Group generates its revenues from contracts with customers.
The performance obligations are typically satisfied as the services in the contract are rendered. The contract terms are generally such that they do not result in any contract assets. The contracts generally do not include a significant financing component or obligations for refunds or other similar obligations. Any variable consideration included in the transaction price is only recognized when the uncertainty of the amount is resolved and it is probable that a significant reversal of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur.
Credit Suisse’s wealth management businesses provide investment services and solutions for clients, including asset management, investment advisory and investment management, wealth planning, and origination and structuring of sophisticated financing transactions. The Group receives for these services investment advisory and investment management fees which are generally reflected in the line item “Investment and portfolio management” in the table “Contracts with customers and disaggregation of revenues” below. Generally, the fee for the service provided is recognized over the period of time the service is provided.
The wealth management businesses also provide comprehensive advisory services and tailored investment and financing solutions to private, corporate and institutional clients. The nature of the services range from investment and wealth management activities, which are services rendered over a period of time according to the contract with the customer, to more transaction-specific services such as brokerage and sales and trading services and the offer of client-tailored financing products. The services are provided as requested by Credit Suisse’s clients, and the fee for the service requested is recognized once the service is provided.
The Group’s asset management businesses offer investment solutions and services globally to a broad range of clients, including
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pension funds, governments, foundations and endowments, corporations and individuals. Fund managers typically enter into a variety of contracts to provide investment management and other services. A fund manager may satisfy its performance obligation independently or may engage a third party to satisfy some or all of a performance obligation on the fund manager’s behalf. Although the fund manager may have engaged a third party to provide inputs to the overall investment management services, the contractual obligation to provide investment management services to a customer remains the primary responsibility of the fund manager. As such, the fund manager is acting as a principal in the transaction. As a fund manager, the Group typically receives base management fees and may additionally receive performance-based management fees which are both recognized as “Investment and portfolio management” revenues in the table “Contracts with customers and disaggregation of revenues” below. Base management fees are generally calculated based on the NAV of the customer’s investment, which can change during the performance period. Performance-based management fees are variable consideration received by the Group depending on the financial performance of the underlying fund. As both the base management fees and performance-based management fees are variable, the Group recognizes the fees once it is probable that a significant reversal of the revenue recognized will not occur and when the uncertainty of the amount is resolved. The estimate of these variable fees is constrained until the end of the performance measurement period. Generally, the uncertainty is resolved at the end of the performance measurement period and therefore no significant judgement is necessary when recording variable consideration. Under a clawback obligation provision, a fund manager may be required to return certain distributions received from a fund if a specific performance threshold, i.e., benchmark, is not achieved at the end of the lifetime of the fund. The contractual clawback obligation is an additional factor of uncertainty which is considered in the constraint assessment. If the performance-based management fee is earned but the clawback provision has not lapsed, the clawback obligation is accounted for as a refund liability.
The Group’s capital markets businesses underwrite and sell securities on behalf of customers. Typically, the fees in these businesses are recognized at a single point in time once the transaction is complete, i.e., when the securities have been placed with investors, and recognized as underwriting revenue. All expenses incurred in satisfying the performance obligation are deferred and recognized once the transaction is complete. Generally Credit Suisse and other banks form a syndicate group to underwrite and place the securities for a customer. The Group may act as the lead or a participating member in the syndicate group. Each member of the syndicate group, including the lead and participating underwriters, is acting as principal for their proportionate share of the syndication. As a result, the individual underwriters reflect their proportionate share of underwriting revenue and underwriting costs on a gross basis.
The Group also offers brokerage services in its investment banking businesses, including global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and investment research. For the services provided, such as the execution of client trades in securities or derivatives, the Group typically earns a brokerage commission when the trade is executed. The Group generally acts as an agent when buying or selling exchange-traded cash securities, exchange-traded derivatives or centrally cleared OTC derivatives on behalf of clients.
Credit Suisse’s investment banking businesses provide services that include advisory services to clients in connection with corporate finance activities. The term “advisory” includes any type of service the Group provides in an advisory capacity. For these types of services, the Group typically receives a non-refundable retainer fee and/or a success fee which usually represents a percentage of the transaction proceeds if and when the corporate finance activity is completed. Additionally, the contract may contain a milestone fee such as an “announcement fee” that is payable upon the public announcement of the corporate finance activity. Typically the fees in the investment banking business are recognized at a specific point in time once it is determined that the performance obligation related to the transaction has been completed. A contract liability will be recorded if the Group receives a payment such as a retainer fee or announcement fee for an advisory service prior to satisfying the performance obligation. Advisory fees are recognized ratably over time in scenarios where the contracted service of the Group is to act as an advisor over a specified period not related to or dependent on the successful completion of a transaction. Revenues recognized from these services are reflected in the line item “Other Services” in the table below.
Contracts with customers and disaggregation of revenues
in 2021 2020 2019
Contracts with customers (CHF million)   
Investment and portfolio management 3,497 3,187 3,438
Other securities business 56 66 63
Underwriting 2,493 2,255 1,564
Brokerage 3,067 3,242 2,891
Other services 2,161 1,475 1,521
Total revenues from contracts with customers  11,274 10,225 9,477
The table above differs from “Note 6 – Commissions and fees” as it includes only those contracts with customers that are in scope of ASC Topic 606 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
Contract balances
end of 2021 2020
Contract balances (CHF million)   
Contract receivables 865 1,001
Contract liabilities 55 48
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Contract balances
in 4Q21 3Q21 2Q21 1Q21
Revenue recognized (CHF million)
Revenue recognized in the reporting period included in the contract liabilities balance at the beginning of period 9 10 18 8
The Group did not recognize any revenues in the reporting period from performance obligations satisfied in previous periods.
There were no material net impairment losses on contract receivables in 2021, 2020 or 2019. The Group did not recognize any contract assets during 2021, 2020 or 2019.
Capitalized costs
The Group has not incurred costs to obtain a contract nor costs to fulfill a contract that are eligible for capitalization.
Remaining performance obligations
ASC Topic 606’s practical expedient allows the Group to exclude from its remaining performance obligations disclosure any performance obligations which are part of a contract with an original expected duration of one year or less. Additionally any variable consideration, for which it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will occur when the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is subsequently resolved, is not subject to the remaining performance obligations disclosure because such variable consideration is not included in the transaction price (e.g., investment management fees). Upon review, the Group determined that no material remaining performance obligations are in scope of the remaining performance obligations disclosure.
15 Securities borrowed, lent and subject to repurchase agreements
end of 2021 2020
Securities borrowed or purchased under agreements to resell (CHF million)   
Central bank funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements 65,017 53,910
Deposits paid for securities borrowed 38,889 38,366
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions  103,906 92,276
Securities lent or sold under agreements to repurchase (CHF million)   
Central bank funds purchased and securities sold under repurchase agreements 19,591 19,736
Deposits received for securities lent 15,683 17,258
Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions  35,274 36,994
Repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements represent collateralized financing transactions used to earn net interest income, increase liquidity or facilitate trading activity. These instruments are collateralized principally by government securities, money market instruments and corporate bonds and have terms ranging from overnight to a longer or unspecified period of time.
In the event of counterparty default, the reverse repurchase agreement or securities lending agreement provides the Group with the right to liquidate the collateral held. In the Group’s normal course of business, a significant portion of the collateral received that may be sold or repledged has been sold or repledged as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.
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16 Trading assets and liabilities
end of 2021 2020
Trading assets (CHF million)   
Debt securities 54,198 64,395
Equity securities 36,546 63,237
Derivative instruments 1 17,559 25,531
Other 2,838 4,175
Trading assets  111,141 157,338
Trading liabilities (CHF million)   
Short positions 16,689 28,126
Derivative instruments 1 10,846 17,745
Trading liabilities  27,535 45,871
1
Amounts shown after counterparty and cash collateral netting.
end of 2021 2020
Cash collateral on derivatives instruments – netted (CHF million)   1
Cash collateral paid 17,869 26,815
Cash collateral received 12,056 16,795
Cash collateral on derivatives instruments – not netted (CHF million)   2
Cash collateral paid 7,659 7,741
Cash collateral received 5,533 7,831
1
Recorded as cash collateral netting on derivative instruments in Note 28 – Offsetting of financial assets and financial liabilities.
2
Recorded as cash collateral on derivative instruments in Note 23 – Other assets and other liabilities.
17 Investment securities
end of 2021 2020
Investment securities (CHF million)   
Debt securities available-for-sale 1,005 607
Total investment securities  1,005 607
Investment securities by type
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Swiss federal, cantonal or local government entities 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 3
Corporate debt securities 1,011 0 8 1,003 593 11 0 604
Debt securities available-for-sale  1,013 0 8 1,005 596 11 0 607
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Corporate debt securities 683 8 0 0 683 8
Debt securities available-for-sale  683 8 0 0 683 8
Unrealized losses on debt securities as of December 31, 2021 relate to seven high-quality debt security positions held for liquidity purposes. Management determined that the unrealized losses on these debt securities were attributable to changes in market valuation driven by interest rate movements. No impairment charges were recorded as the Group does not intend to sell these investments nor is it more likely than not that the Group will be required to sell these securities before the recovery of their amortized cost basis, which may be at maturity.
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Proceeds from sales, realized gains and realized losses from debt securities available-for-sale
in 2021 2020 2019
Sales of debt securities available-for-sale (CHF million)   
Proceeds from sales 0 629 6
Realized gains 0 42 0
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2021 (CHF million, except where indicated)   
Due within 1 year 154 154 0.03
Due from 1 to 5 years 95 95 0.05
Due from 5 to 10 years 764 756 0.07
Debt securities available-for-sale  1,013 1,005 0.06
Allowance for credit losses on debt securities available-for-sale
A credit loss exists if there is a decline in fair value of the security below the amortized cost as a result of the non-collectability of the amounts due in accordance with the contractual terms.
An allowance for expected credit losses is recorded in the consolidated statement of operations in provision for credit losses and the non-credit-related losses are recorded in AOCI. Subsequent improvements in the estimated credit losses are immediately recorded in the consolidated statement of operations as a reduction in allowance and credit loss expense. A security is written off if it is considered certain that there is no possibility of recovering the outstanding principal. As of the end of 2021 and 2020, the Group had no allowance for credit losses on debt securities available-for-sale.
18 Other investments
end of 2021 2020
Other investments (CHF million)   
Equity method investments 1,644 2,631
Equity securities (without a readily determinable fair value) 1 3,317 1,779
   of which at net asset value  54 113
   of which at measurement alternative  347 359
   of which at fair value  2,869 1,278
   of which at cost less impairment  47 29
Real estate held-for-investment 2 76 82
Life finance instruments 3 789 920
Total other investments  5,826 5,412
1
Includes private equity, hedge funds and restricted stock investments as well as certain investments in non-marketable mutual funds for which the Group has neither significant influence nor control over the investee.
2
As of the end of 2021 and 2020, real estate held for investment included foreclosed or repossessed real estate of CHF 9 million and CHF 16 million, respectively, of which CHF 6 million and CHF 13 million, respectively, were related to residential real estate.
3
Includes single premium immediate annuity contracts.
Accumulated depreciation related to real estate held-for-investment amounted to CHF 32 million, CHF 35 million and CHF 34 million for 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
No impairments were recorded on real estate held-for-investments in 2021. An impairment of CHF 1 million was recorded on real estate held-for-investments in 2020. No impairments were recorded on real estate held-for-investments in 2019.
Equity securities at measurement alternative
in / end of 2021 Cumulative 2020
Impairments and adjustments (CHF million)   
Impairments and downward adjustments (17) (42) (17)
Upward adjustments 1 138 137
> Refer to “Note 36 – Financial instruments” for further information on such investments.
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19 Loans
The Group’s loan portfolio is classified into two portfolio segments, consumer loans and corporate & institutional loans. Consumer loans are disaggregated into the classes of mortgages, loans collateralized by securities and consumer finance. Corporate & institutional loans are disaggregated into the classes of real estate, commercial and industrial loans, financial institutions, and governments and public institutions.
For financial reporting purposes, the carrying values of loans and related allowance for credit losses are presented in accordance with US GAAP and are not comparable with the regulatory credit risk exposures presented in our disclosures required under Pillar 3 of the Basel framework.
Loans
end of 2021 2020
Loans (CHF million)   
Mortgages 1 110,533 109,067
Loans collateralized by securities 1 51,253 51,028
Consumer finance 1 5,075 4,437
Consumer 166,861 164,532
Real estate 28,529 29,045
Commercial and industrial loans 69,129 74,097
Financial institutions 1 25,222 22,487
Governments and public institutions 3,323 3,378
Corporate & institutional 126,203 129,007
Gross loans  293,064 293,539
   of which held at amortized cost  282,821 282,131
   of which held at fair value  10,243 11,408
Net (unearned income)/deferred expenses (81) (95)
Allowance for credit losses (1,297) (1,536)
Net loans  291,686 291,908
Gross loans by location   
Switzerland 167,957 168,589
Foreign 125,107 124,950
Gross loans  293,064 293,539
Impaired loans   
Non-performing loans 1,666 1,666
Non-interest-earning loans 298 375
Non-accrual loans 1,964 2,041
Restructured loans 367 313
Potential problem loans 436 843
Other impaired loans 803 1,156
Gross impaired loans 2 2,767 3,197
1
Certain consumer loans have been reclassified to corporate & institutional loans following the application of a look-through approach with regard to beneficial owners. The prior period has been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.
2
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, CHF 130 million and CHF 180 million, respectively, were related to consumer mortgages secured by residential real estate for which formal foreclosure proceedings according to local requirements of the applicable jurisdiction were in process.
In accordance with Group policies, impaired loans include non-accrual loans, comprised of non-performing loans and non-interest-earning loans, as well as restructured loans and potential problem loans.
> Refer to “Loans” in Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies for further information on loans and categories of impaired loans.
> Refer to “Note 20 – Financial instruments measured at amortized cost and credit losses” for further information on loans held at amortized cost.
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20 Financial instruments measured at amortized cost and credit losses
This disclosure provides an overview of the Group’s balance sheet positions that include financial assets carried at amortized cost that are subject to the CECL accounting guidance. It includes the following sections:
Allowance for credit losses (including the methodology for estimating expected credit losses in non-impaired and impaired financial assets and current-period estimates);
Credit quality information (including monitoring of credit quality and internal ratings);
Past due financial assets;
Non-accrual financial assets;
Collateral-dependent financial assets;
Off-balance sheet credit exposure; and
Troubled debt restructurings and modifications.
As of December 31, 2021, the Group had no purchased financial assets with more than insignificant credit deterioration since origination.
> Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies” for further information on the accounting of financial assets and off-balance sheet credit exposure subject to the CECL accounting guidance.
Overview of financial instruments measured at amortized cost – by balance sheet position
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Cash and due from banks 164,510 0 164,510 138,593 (6) 138,587
Interest-bearing deposits with banks 1,323 2 0 1,323 1,303 4 (5) 1,298
Securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions 35,283 2 0 35,283 34,282 0 34,282
Loans 282,740 2,3 (1,297) 281,443 282,036 4,5 (1,536) 280,500
Brokerage receivables 20,873 2 (4,186) 16,687 35,942 4 (1) 35,941
Other assets 14,175 (30) 14,145 15,394 (43) 15,351
Total  518,904 (5,513) 513,391 507,550 (1,591) 505,959
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Net of unearned income/deferred expenses, as applicable.
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Excludes accrued interest in the total amount of CHF 301 million, with no related allowance for credit losses. Of the accrued interest balance, CHF 1 million relates to interest-bearing deposits with banks, CHF 1 million to securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions, CHF 295 million to loans and CHF 4 million to brokerage receivables. These accrued interest balances are reported in other assets.
3
Includes endangered interest of CHF 86 million on non-accrual loans which are reported as part of the loans' amortized cost balance.
4
Excludes accrued interest in the total amount of CHF 351 million, with no related allowance for credit losses. Of the accrued interest balance, CHF 1 million relates to interest-bearing deposits with banks, CHF 334 million to loans and CHF 16 million to brokerage receivables. These accrued interest balances are reported in other assets.
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Includes endangered interest of CHF 88 million on non-accrual loans which are reported as part of the loans' amortized cost balance.
Allowance for credit losses
Estimating expected credit losses – overview
The following key elements and processes of estimating expected credit losses apply to the Group’s major classes of financial assets held at amortized cost.
Expected credit losses on non-impaired credit exposures
Expected credit loss models for non-impaired credit exposures have three main inputs: (i) probability of default (PD), (ii) loss given default (LGD) and (iii) exposure at default (EAD). These parameters are derived from internally developed statistical models which are based on historical data and leverage regulatory models under the advanced internal rating-based approach. Expected credit loss models use forward-looking information to derive point-in-time estimates of forward-looking term structures.
PD estimates are based on statistical rating models and tailored to various categories of counterparties and exposures. These statistical rating models are based on internally and externally compiled data comprising both quantitative and qualitative factors. A migration of a counterparty or exposure between rating classes generally leads to a change in the estimate of the associated PD. Lifetime PDs are estimated considering the expected macroeconomic environment and the contractual maturities of exposures, adjusted for estimated prepayment rates where applicable.
LGD estimates the size of the expected loss that may arise on a credit exposure in the event of a default. The Group estimates LGD based on the history of recovery rates of claims against defaulted counterparties, considering, as appropriate, factors such as differences in product structure, collateral type, seniority of the claim, counterparty industry and recovery costs of any collateral that is integral to the financial asset. Certain LGD values are also calibrated to reflect the expected macroeconomic environment.
EAD represents the expected amount of credit exposure in the event of a default. It reflects the current drawn exposure with a counterparty and an expectation regarding the future evolution of
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the credit exposure under the contract or facility, including amortization and prepayments. The EAD of a financial asset is the gross carrying amount at default, which is modeled based on historical data by applying a term structure and considering portfolio-specific factors such as the drawn amount as of the reporting date, the facility limit, amortization schedules, financial collateral and product type. For certain financial assets, the Group determines EAD by modeling the range of possible exposure outcomes at various points in time using scenario and statistical techniques.
Where a relationship to macroeconomic indicators is statistically sound and in line with economic expectations, the parameters are modeled accordingly, incorporating the Group’s forward-looking forecasts and applying regional segmentations where appropriate.
The Group’s macroeconomic and market variable forecasts for the CECL scenarios cover a five-year time horizon. For periods beyond that reasonable and supportable forecast period, the Group immediately reverts to average economic environment variables as model input factors.
Alternative qualitative estimation approaches are used for certain products. For lombard loans (including share-backed loans), the PD/LGD approach used does not consider the Group’s forward-looking forecasts as these are not meaningful for the estimate of expected credit losses in light of the short time-frame considered for closing out positions under daily margining arrangements. For international private residential mortgages and securitizations, the Group applies qualitative approaches where credit specialists follow a structured process and use their expertise and judgment to determine the amounts of expected credit losses.
The Group measures expected credit losses considering the risk of default over the maximum contractual period (including any borrower’s extension options) during which it is exposed to credit risk, even if the Group considers a longer period for risk management purposes. The maximum contractual period extends to the date at which the Group has the right to require repayment of an advance or terminate an irrevocable loan commitment or a credit guarantee.
Expected credit losses on impaired credit exposures
Expected credit losses for individually impaired credit exposures are measured by performing an in-depth review and analysis of these exposures, considering factors such as recovery and exit options as well as collateral and the risk profile of the borrower. The individual measurement of expected credit losses for impaired financial assets also considers reasonable and supportable forward-looking information that is relevant to the individual counterparty (idiosyncratic information) and reflective of the macroeconomic environment that the borrower is exposed to, apart from any historical loss information and current conditions. If there are different scenarios relevant for the individual expected credit loss measurement, they are considered on a probability-weighted basis. The related allowance for credit losses is revalued by the recovery management function, at least annually or more frequently, depending on the risk profile of the borrower or credit-relevant events.
For credit-impaired financial assets, the expected credit loss is measured using (i) the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted at the contractual interest rate of the loan and (ii) the fair market value of collateral where the loan is collateral-dependent. The impaired credit exposures and related allowance are revalued to reflect the passage of time.
For all classes of financial assets, the trigger to detect an impaired credit exposure is non-payment of interest, principal amounts or other contractual payment obligations, or when, for example, the Group may become aware of specific adverse information relating to a counterparty’s ability to meet its contractual obligations, despite the current repayment status of its particular credit facility. For credit exposures where repayment is dependent on collateral, a decrease in collateral values can be an additional trigger to detect an impairment. Additional procedures may apply to specific classes of financial assets as described further below.
Troubled debt restructurings, also referred to as restructured loans, are considered impaired credit exposures in line with the Group’s policies and subject to individual assessment and provisioning for expected credit losses by the Group’s recovery functions. Restructured loans that defaulted again within 12 months from the last restructuring remain impaired or are impaired if they were considered non-impaired at the time of the subsequent default.
Macroeconomic scenarios
The estimation and application of forward-looking information requires quantitative analysis and significant expert judgment. The Group’s estimation of expected credit losses is based on a discounted probability-weighted estimate that considers three future macroeconomic scenarios: a baseline scenario, an upside scenario and a downside scenario. The baseline scenario represents the most likely outcome. The two other scenarios represent more optimistic and more pessimistic outcomes, with the downside scenario being more severe than the upside scenario. The scenarios are probability-weighted according to the Group’s best estimate of their relative likelihood based on historical frequency, an assessment of the current business and credit cycles as well as the macroeconomic factor trends.
The scenario design team within the Group’s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) function determines the macroeconomic factors (MEFs) and market projections that are relevant for the Group’s three scenarios across the overall credit portfolio subject to the CECL accounting guidance. The scenario design team formulates the baseline scenario projections used for the calculation of expected credit losses from the Group’s global chief investment office in-house economic research forecasts and, where deemed appropriate, from external sources such as the
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Bloomberg consensus of economist forecasts (covering the views of other investment banks and external economic consultancies), forecasts from nonpartisan think tanks, major central banks and multilateral institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank. For factors where no in-house or credible external forecasts are available, an internal model is used to calibrate the baseline scenario projections. The downside and upside scenarios are derived from these baseline scenario projections. These three scenario projections are subject to a review and challenge process and any feedback from this process is incorporated into the scenario projections by the ERM scenario design team. The CECL scenario design working group is the governance forum. The working group performs an additional review and challenge and subsequently recommends approval of the MEFs and related market projections as well as the occurrence probability weights that are allocated to the baseline, downside and upside scenarios. MEFs and related market projections as well as the scenario occurrence probability weights used for the calculation of expected credit losses are approved by the Senior Management Approval Committee.
Current-period estimate of expected credit losses on non-impaired credit exposures
The key MEFs used in each of the macroeconomic scenarios for the calculation of the expected credit losses include, but are not limited to, GDP and industrial production. These MEFs have been selected based on the portfolios that are most material to the estimation of expected credit losses on non-impaired credit exposures from a longer-term perspective. The table “Selected macroeconomic factors” includes the Group’s forecast of selected MEFs for the first and second year following the reporting period.
As of December 31, 2021, the forecast macroeconomic scenarios were weighted 50% for the baseline, 40% for the downside and 10% for the upside scenario, unchanged compared to the scenario weightings applicable as of December 31, 2020. The MEFs included in the table represent the four-quarter average forecasts at the end of each reporting period. These forecasts are recalibrated on a monthly basis. The quarterly series for Swiss real GDP and US real GDP returned to pre-pandemic levels (i.e., the fourth quarter of 2019) in the second quarter of 2021. The forecast in the baseline scenario for the timing of the recovery of the quarterly series for eurozone real GDP and UK real GDP to return to pre-pandemic levels was the first quarter of 2022 and the third quarter of 2022, respectively. The macroeconomic and market variable projections incorporate adjustments to reflect the impact and potential withdrawal of the COVID-19 pandemic-related economic support programs provided by national governments and by central banks. While GDP and industrial production are significant inputs to the forecast models, a range of other inputs are also incorporated for all three scenarios to provide projections for future economic and market conditions. Given the complex nature of the forecasting process, no single economic variable is viewed in isolation or independently of other inputs.
Selected macroeconomic factors
   2021 2020

end of
Forecast
2022
Forecast
2023
Forecast
2021
Forecast
2022
Swiss real GDP growth rate (%)
Downside (0.4) 0.3 0.1 0.8
Baseline 2.5 1.9 3.6 2.8
Upside 4.3 2.8 5.4 4.5
Eurozone real GDP growth rate (%)
Downside (0.7) 1.4 0.3 2.8
Baseline 3.8 2.3 4.6 3.2
Upside 4.2 2.7 7.8 3.9
US real GDP growth rate (%)
Downside 0.1 1.4 0.5 2.0
Baseline 3.8 1.9 3.6 4.1
Upside 4.5 2.4 5.2 5.1
UK real GDP growth rate (%)
Downside (0.9) 1.0 1.5 2.2
Baseline 5.0 3.3 6.4 4.0
Upside 7.8 3.9 10.9 5.7
World industrial production (%)
Downside 0.0 2.0 2.4 2.9
Baseline 3.0 3.0 5.5 4.3
Upside 4.4 3.7 8.6 5.9
Forecasts represent the rolling 4-quarter average estimate of the respective macroeconomic factor as determined at the end of each reporting period.
For events which cannot be adequately reflected in CECL models due to a lack of historical experience the event may be embedded in the baseline scenario. In order to address circumstances where in management’s judgment the CECL model outputs are overly sensitive to the effect of economic inputs that lie outside of their historical range, model overlays are applied. Such overlays are based on expert judgment and are applied in response to these circumstances to consider historical stressed losses and industry and counterparty credit level reviews. Overlays are also used to capture judgment on the economic uncertainty from global or regional developments or governmental actions with severe impacts on economies, such as the lockdowns and other actions directed towards managing the pandemic. As a result of such overlays, provisions for credit losses may not be primarily derived from MEF projections. As of December 31, 2021, the Group has continued its approach of applying qualitative overlays to the CECL model outputs in a manner consistent with December 31, 2020. In the first half of 2021, we observed more favorable developments in the COVID-19 pandemic, including vaccination rate increases as well as a reduction in lockdown measures, which resulted in a generally more positive economic outlook. In the second half of the year, negative market sentiment grew, mainly due to heightened COVID-19 pandemic risks as a result of new variants, continued supply chain disruptions and inflation, a peak in GDP growth in major European countries, the US and China as well as uncertainty with respect to China’s economic outlook. These contrasting views were reflected throughout 2021 within the Group’s overlays, which continue to be closely aligned with the macroeconomic forecasts and associated scenario weightings.
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Interest income attributable to passage of time
For financial assets held at amortized cost for which the Group measures expected credit losses based on the discounted cash flow methodology the entire change in present value is reported in provision for credit losses.
Loans held at amortized cost
The Group’s loan portfolio is classified into two portfolio segments, consumer loans and corporate & institutional loans. The main risk characteristics are described by individual class of financing receivable for each of these portfolio segments:
Consumer loans:
Mortgages: includes lending instruments secured by residential real estate; such credit exposure is sensitive to the level of interest rates and unemployment as well as real estate valuation.
Loans collateralized by securities: primarily includes lending secured by marketable financial collateral (e.g., equities, bonds, investment funds and precious metals); such credit exposure is sensitive to market prices for securities which impact the value of financial collateral.
Consumer finance: includes lending to private individuals such as credit cards, personal loans and leases; such credit exposure is sensitive to MEFs including economic growth, unemployment and interest rates.
Corporate & institutional loans:
Real estate: includes lending backed by commercial or income-producing real estate; such credit exposure is sensitive to MEFs including economic growth, unemployment, interest rates and industrial production as well as real estate valuation.
Commercial and industrial loans: includes lending to corporate clients including small and medium-sized enterprises, large corporates and multinational clients; such credit exposure is sensitive to MEFs including economic growth, unemployment and industrial production.
Financial institutions: includes lending to financial institutions such as banks and insurance companies; such credit exposure is sensitive to MEFs including economic growth.
Governments and public institutions: includes lending to central government and state-owned enterprises; such credit exposure is sensitive to MEFs including economic growth.
Expected credit losses on impaired loans
In addition to the triggers described further above, loans managed on the Swiss platform are reviewed depending on event-driven developments. All corporate and institutional loans are reviewed at least annually based on the borrower’s financial statements and any indications of difficulties they may experience. Loans that are not impaired, but which are of special concern due to changes in covenants, downgrades, negative financial news and other adverse developments, are either transferred to recovery management or included on a watch list. All loans on the watch list are reviewed at least quarterly to determine whether they should be released, remain on the watch list or be moved to recovery management. For loans in recovery management from the Swiss platform, larger positions are reviewed on a quarterly basis for any event-driven changes. Otherwise, these loans are reviewed at least annually. All loans in recovery management on international platforms are reviewed on at least a monthly basis.
Allowance for credit losses – loans held at amortized cost
   2021 2020 2019 1

Consumer
Corporate &
institutional

Total

Consumer
Corporate &
institutional

Total

Consumer
Corporate &
institutional

Total
Allowance for credit losses (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  318 1,218 1,536 241 808 1,049 2 187 715 902
Current-period provision for expected credit losses 78 (53) 25 191 709 900 63 221 284
   of which methodology changes  0 (1) (1) 0 (19) (19)
   of which provisions for interest 3 25 23 48 22 15 37
Gross write-offs (55) (242) (297) (87) (238) (325) (86) (213) (299)
Recoveries 9 5 14 8 5 13 9 16 25
Net write-offs (46) (237) (283) (79) (233) (312) (77) (197) (274)
Provisions for interest 14 28 42
Foreign currency translation impact and other adjustments, net 7 12 19 (35) (66) (101) (1) (7) (8)
Balance at end of period  357 940 1,297 318 1,218 1,536 186 760 946
   of which individually evaluated  273 512 785 230 636 866 145 464 609
   of which collectively evaluated  84 428 512 88 582 670 41 296 337
1
Measured under the previous accounting guidance (incurred loss model).
2
Includes a net impact of CHF 103 million from the adoption of the new CECL guidance and the related election of the fair value option for certain loans on January 1, 2020, of which CHF 55 million is reflected in consumer loans and CHF 48 million in corporate & institutional loans.
3
Represents the current-period net provision for accrued interest on non-accrual loans and lease financing transactions which is recognized as a reversal of interest income.
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Gross write-offs of CHF 297 million in 2021 compared to gross write-offs of CHF 325 million in 2020 and were primarily related to corporate & institutional loans in both years. In 2021, gross write-offs in corporate & institutional loans were mainly related to positions in commodity trade finance, ship finance, corporate lending, the sale of a real estate-related loan and a position in the US health care sector. Write-offs in consumer loans were mainly related to consumer finance. In 2020, gross write-offs in corporate & institutional loans were mainly related to the oil and gas, ship finance, lombard lending, small and medium-sized enterprises, health care and commodity trade finance sectors. Write-offs in consumer loans were mainly related to consumer finance and a share-backed loan.
Purchases, reclassifications and sales – loans held at amortized cost
   2021 2020 2019

in

Consumer
Corporate &
institutional

Total

Consumer
Corporate &
institutional

Total

Consumer
Corporate &
institutional

Total
CHF million   
Purchases 1 22 4,361 4,383 45 2,756 2,801 18 2,478 2,496
Reclassifications from loans held-for-sale 2 0 133 133 0 6 6 0 11 11
Reclassifications to loans held-for-sale 3 0 4,780 4,780 18 2,007 2,025 0 3,138 3,138
Sales 3 0 4,442 4,442 18 1,626 1,644 0 3,001 3,001
Reclassifications from loans held-for-sale and reclassifications to loans held-for-sale represent non-cash transactions.
1
Includes drawdowns under purchased loan commitments.
2
Includes loans previously reclassified to held-for-sale that were not sold and were reclassified back to loans held-to-maturity.
3
All loans held at amortized cost which are sold are reclassified to loans held-for-sale on or prior to the date of the sale.
Other financial assets
The Group’s other financial assets include certain balance sheet positions held at amortized cost, each representing its own portfolio segment. They have the following risk characteristics:
Cash and due from banks and interest-bearing deposits with banks: includes balances held with banks, primarily cash balances with central banks and nostro accounts; such credit exposure is sensitive to the credit rating and profile of the bank or central bank. Cash and due from banks also includes short-term, highly liquid debt instruments with original maturities of three months or less, which are held for cash management purposes; such credit exposure is sensitive to the credit rating and profile of the issuer of the related instrument.
Reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowing transactions: includes lending and borrowing of securities against cash or other financial collateral; such credit exposure is sensitive to the credit rating and profile of the counterparty and relative changes in the valuation of securities and financial collateral.
Brokerage receivables: includes mainly settlement accounts with brokers and margin accounts; such credit exposure is sensitive to the credit rating and profile of the counterparty.
Other assets: includes mainly cash collateral, accrued interest, fees receivable, mortgage servicing advances and failed purchases; such credit exposure is sensitive to the credit rating and profile of the related counterparty.
Allowance for credit losses – other financial assets held at amortized cost
2021 2020
Allowance for credit losses (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  55 45
Current-period provision for expected credit losses 4,291 24
Gross write-offs (9) (12)
Recoveries 0 2
Net write-offs (9) (10)
Foreign currency translation impact and other adjustments, net (121) (4)
Balance at end of period  4,216 55
   of which individually evaluated  4,202 17
   of which collectively evaluated  14 38
The current-period provision for expected credit losses on other financial assets held at amortized cost includes a provision of CHF 4,307 million related to Archegos. As of December 31, 2021, the related allowance for credit losses is reported in brokerage receivables.
In 2021, the Group purchased other financial assets held at amortized cost amounting to CHF 196 million, primarily related to mortgage servicing advances.
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Credit quality information
Monitoring of credit quality and internal ratings – Overview
The Group monitors the credit quality of financial assets held at amortized cost through its credit risk management framework, which provides for the consistent evaluation, measurement and management of credit risk across the Group. Assessments of credit risk exposures for internal risk estimates and risk-weighted assets are calculated based on PD, LGD and EAD models.
> Refer to “Expected credit losses on non-impaired credit exposures” for further information on PD, LGD and EAD.
The credit risk management framework incorporates the following core elements:
Counterparty and transaction assessments: application of internal credit ratings (using PD), assignment of LGD and EAD values in relation to counterparties and transactions;
Credit limits: establishment of credit limits, including limits based on notional exposure, potential future exposure and stress exposure, subject to approval by delegated authority holders, to serve as primary risk controls on exposures and to prevent undue risk concentrations;
Credit monitoring, impairments and provisions: processes to support the ongoing monitoring and management of credit exposures, supporting the early identification of deterioration and any subsequent impact; and
Risk mitigation: active management of risk mitigation provided in relation to credit exposures, including through the use of cash sales, participations, collateral or guarantees or hedging instruments.
In addition to traditional credit exposure measurement, monitoring and management using current and potential future exposure metrics, Credit Risk performs counterparty and portfolio credit risk assessments of the impact of various internal stress test scenarios. Credit Risk assesses the impact to credit risk exposures arising from market movements in accordance with the scenario narrative, which can further support the identification of concentration or tail risks. The scenario suite includes historical scenarios as well as forward-looking scenarios which are aligned with those used by the Market Risk and Enterprise Risk Management functions.
Credit Risk evaluates and assesses counterparties and clients to whom the Group has credit exposures, primarily using internal rating models. Credit Risk uses these models to determine internal credit ratings which are intended to reflect the PD of each counterparty.
For a majority of counterparties and clients, internal ratings are based on internally developed statistical models that have been backtested against internal experience and validated by a function independent of model development. Findings from backtesting serve as a key input for any future rating model developments. The Group’s internally developed statistical rating models are based on a combination of quantitative factors (e.g., financial fundamentals, such as balance sheet information for corporates and loan-to-value (LTV) ratio and the borrower’s income level for mortgage lending, and market data) and qualitative factors (e.g., credit histories from credit reporting bureaus and economic trends).
For the remaining counterparties where statistical rating models are not used, internal credit ratings are assigned on the basis of a structured expert approach using a variety of inputs, such as peer analyses, industry comparisons, external ratings and research as well as the judgment of senior credit officers.
In addition to counterparty ratings, Credit Risk also assesses the risk profile of individual transactions and assigns transaction ratings which reflect specific contractual terms such as seniority, security and collateral.
Internal credit ratings may differ from external credit ratings, where available, and are subject to periodic review depending on exposure type, client segment, collateral or event-driven developments. The Group’s internal ratings are mapped to a PD band associated with each rating which is calibrated to historical default experience using internal data and external data sources. The Group’s internal rating bands are reviewed on an annual basis with reference to extended historical default data and are therefore based on stable long-run averages. Adjustments to PD bands are only made where significant deviations to existing values are detected. The last update was made in 2012 and since then no significant changes to the robust long-run averages have been detected.
For the purpose of the credit quality disclosures included in these financial statements, an equivalent rating based on the Standard & Poor’s rating scale is assigned to the Group’s internal ratings based on the PD band associated with each rating. These internal ratings are used consistently across all classes of financial assets and are aggregated to the credit quality indicators “investment grade” and “non-investment grade”.
The Group uses internal rating methodologies consistently for the purposes of approval, establishment and monitoring of credit limits and credit portfolio management, credit policy, management reporting, risk-adjusted performance measurement, economic risk capital measurement and allocation and financial accounting.
A credit quality monitoring process is performed to provide for early identification of possible changes in the creditworthiness of clients and includes regular asset and collateral quality reviews, business and financial statement analysis and relevant economic and industry studies. Credit Risk maintains regularly updated watch lists and holds review meetings to re-assess counterparties that could be subject to adverse changes in creditworthiness. The review of the credit quality of clients and counterparties does not depend on the accounting treatment of the asset or commitment.
> Refer to “Expected credit losses on impaired loans” for further information on credit monitoring.
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Credit quality of loans held at amortized cost
The following table presents the Group’s carrying value of loans held at amortized cost by aggregated internal counterparty credit ratings “investment grade” and “non-investment grade” that are used as credit quality indicators for the purpose of this disclosure, by year of origination. Within the line items relating to the origination year, the first year represents the origination year of the current reporting period and the second year represents the origination year of the comparative reporting period.
Consumer loans held at amortized cost by internal counterparty rating
   2021 2020
    Investment
grade
Non-investment
grade
Investment
grade
Non-investment
grade
end of AAA to BBB BB to C D Total AAA to BBB BB to C D Total
CHF million   
Mortgages 1
2021 / 2020 24,257 2,134 40 26,431 17,454 1,653 3 19,110
2020 / 2019 14,743 1,402 13 16,158 13,936 1,459 26 15,421
2019 / 2018 11,308 1,639 48 12,995 10,187 929 58 11,174
2018 / 2017 7,287 812 88 8,187 7,061 857 44 7,962
2017 / 2016 5,318 698 74 6,090 10,789 914 76 11,779
Prior years 36,790 2,359 317 39,466 39,471 2,854 216 42,541
Total term loans 99,703 9,044 580 109,327 98,898 8,666 423 107,987
Revolving loans 276 930 0 1,206 528 548 4 1,080
Total  99,979 9,974 580 110,533 99,426 9,214 427 109,067
Loans collateralized by securities 1
2021 / 2020 2,627 685 0 3,312 1,031 1,519 149 2,699
2020 / 2019 649 848 0 1,497 995 324 0 1,319
2019 / 2018 61 167 0 228 483 64 0 547
2018 / 2017 32 26 106 164 61 41 0 102
2017 / 2016 55 19 0 74 200 127 0 327
Prior years 804 681 0 1,485 562 622 0 1,184
Total term loans 4,228 2,426 106 6,760 3,332 2,697 149 6,178
Revolving loans 2 41,275 3,063 155 44,493 41,715 3,031 104 44,850
Total  45,503 5,489 261 51,253 45,047 5,728 253 51,028
Consumer finance 1
2021 / 2020 1,688 823 5 2,516 1,282 675 5 1,962
2020 / 2019 538 288 15 841 518 385 22 925
2019 / 2018 285 234 19 538 249 219 23 491
2018 / 2017 98 169 18 285 80 154 17 251
2017 / 2016 21 75 13 109 16 57 10 83
Prior years 13 76 43 132 12 89 41 142
Total term loans 2,643 1,665 113 4,421 2,157 1,579 118 3,854
Revolving loans 348 21 90 459 328 88 81 497
Total  2,991 1,686 203 4,880 2,485 1,667 199 4,351
Consumer – total 
2021 / 2020 28,572 3,642 45 32,259 19,767 3,847 157 23,771
2020 / 2019 15,930 2,538 28 18,496 15,449 2,168 48 17,665
2019 / 2018 11,654 2,040 67 13,761 10,919 1,212 81 12,212
2018 / 2017 7,417 1,007 212 8,636 7,202 1,052 61 8,315
2017 / 2016 5,394 792 87 6,273 11,005 1,098 86 12,189
Prior years 37,607 3,116 360 41,083 40,045 3,565 257 43,867
Total term loans 106,574 13,135 799 120,508 104,387 12,942 690 118,019
Revolving loans 41,899 4,014 245 46,158 42,571 3,667 189 46,427
Total  148,473 17,149 1,044 166,666 146,958 16,609 879 164,446
1
Certain consumer loans have been reclassified to corporate & institutional loans following the application of a look-through approach with regard to beneficial owners. The prior period has been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.
2
Lombard loans are generally classified as revolving loans.
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Corporate & institutional loans held at amortized cost by internal counterparty rating
   2021 2020
    Investment
grade
Non-investment
grade
Investment
grade
Non-investment
grade
end of AAA to BBB BB to C D Total AAA to BBB BB to C D Total
CHF million   
Real estate 
2021 / 2020 9,568 4,682 2 14,252 6,054 2,792 106 8,952
2020 / 2019 3,709 1,355 5 5,069 2,902 1,611 0 4,513
2019 / 2018 1,849 706 2 2,557 1,849 1,133 24 3,006
2018 / 2017 925 340 1 1,266 1,033 346 72 1,451
2017 / 2016 475 101 0 576 1,591 285 25 1,901
Prior years 2,469 376 30 2,875 5,982 1,105 33 7,120
Total term loans 18,995 7,560 40 26,595 19,411 7,272 260 26,943
Revolving loans 778 297 135 1,210 1,027 172 69 1,268
Total  19,773 7,857 175 27,805 20,438 7,444 329 28,211
Commercial and industrial loans 
2021 / 2020 8,284 11,985 136 20,405 7,724 11,621 310 19,655
2020 / 2019 3,242 4,468 62 7,772 3,851 6,411 133 10,395
2019 / 2018 2,110 3,903 105 6,118 1,781 4,321 247 6,349
2018 / 2017 1,003 2,256 177 3,436 964 1,981 60 3,005
2017 / 2016 697 937 60 1,694 809 1,248 22 2,079
Prior years 2,013 2,848 90 4,951 2,830 3,837 128 6,795
Total term loans 17,349 26,397 630 44,376 17,959 29,419 900 48,278
Revolving loans 13,941 7,458 372 21,771 12,913 8,908 464 22,285
Total  31,290 33,855 1,002 66,147 30,872 38,327 1,364 70,563
Financial institutions 1
2021 / 2020 6,360 2,012 51 8,423 5,363 964 43 6,370
2020 / 2019 2,081 201 30 2,312 2,134 304 39 2,477
2019 / 2018 660 127 1 788 1,061 453 9 1,523
2018 / 2017 522 151 1 674 124 92 0 216
2017 / 2016 87 19 0 106 199 102 20 321
Prior years 499 85 1 585 770 41 2 813
Total term loans 10,209 2,595 84 12,888 9,651 1,956 113 11,720
Revolving loans 7,542 485 1 8,028 5,754 426 1 6,181
Total  17,751 3,080 85 20,916 15,405 2,382 114 17,901
Governments and public institutions 
2021 / 2020 521 26 0 547 174 33 0 207
2020 / 2019 157 114 0 271 135 20 10 165
2019 / 2018 94 19 19 132 80 0 0 80
2018 / 2017 46 11 0 57 35 0 0 35
2017 / 2016 28 0 0 28 74 1 0 75
Prior years 199 21 0 220 388 41 0 429
Total term loans 1,045 191 19 1,255 886 95 10 991
Revolving loans 32 0 0 32 19 0 0 19
Total  1,077 191 19 1,287 905 95 10 1,010
Corporate & institutional – total 
2021 / 2020 24,733 18,705 189 43,627 19,315 15,410 459 35,184
2020 / 2019 9,189 6,138 97 15,424 9,022 8,346 182 17,550
2019 / 2018 4,713 4,755 127 9,595 4,771 5,907 280 10,958
2018 / 2017 2,496 2,758 179 5,433 2,156 2,419 132 4,707
2017 / 2016 1,287 1,057 60 2,404 2,673 1,636 67 4,376
Prior years 5,180 3,330 121 8,631 9,970 5,024 163 15,157
Total term loans 47,598 36,743 773 85,114 47,907 38,742 1,283 87,932
Revolving loans 22,293 8,240 508 31,041 19,713 9,506 534 29,753
Total  69,891 44,983 1,281 116,155 67,620 48,248 1,817 117,685
1
Certain consumer loans have been reclassified to corporate & institutional loans following the application of a look-through approach with regard to beneficial owners. The prior period has been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.
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Total loans held at amortized cost by internal counterparty rating
   2021 2020
    Investment
grade
Non-investment
grade
Investment
grade
Non-investment
grade
end of AAA to BBB BB to C D Total AAA to BBB BB to C D Total
CHF million   
Loans held at amortized cost – total 
2021 / 2020 53,305 22,347 234 75,886 39,082 19,257 616 58,955
2020 / 2019 25,119 8,676 125 33,920 24,471 10,514 230 35,215
2019 / 2018 16,367 6,795 194 23,356 15,690 7,119 361 23,170
2018 / 2017 9,913 3,765 391 14,069 9,358 3,471 193 13,022
2017 / 2016 6,681 1,849 147 8,677 13,678 2,734 153 16,565
Prior years 42,787 6,446 481 49,714 50,015 8,589 420 59,024
Total term loans 154,172 49,878 1,572 205,622 152,294 51,684 1,973 205,951
Revolving loans 64,192 12,254 753 77,199 62,284 13,173 723 76,180
Total  218,364 62,132 2,325 282,821 2 214,578 64,857 2,696 282,131 1
1
Excludes accrued interest on loans held at amortized cost of CHF 295 million and CHF 334 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Credit quality of other financial assets held at amortized cost
The following table presents the Group’s carrying value of other financial assets held at amortized cost by aggregated internal counterparty credit ratings “investment grade” and “non-investment grade”, by year of origination. Within the line items relating to the origination year, the first year represents the origination year of the current reporting period and the second year represents the origination year of the comparative reporting period.
Other financial assets held at amortized cost by internal counterparty rating
   2021 2020
    Investment
grade
Non-investment
grade
Investment
grade
Non-investment
grade
end of AAA to BBB BB to C D Total AAA to BBB BB to C D Total
CHF million   
Other financial assets held at amortized cost 
2021 / 2020 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
2019 / 2018 0 0 0 0 0 70 0 70
2018 / 2017 0 63 0 63 0 2 0 2
2017 / 2016 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 4
Prior years 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Total term positions 0 72 0 72 0 76 0 76
Revolving positions 0 970 0 970 0 934 0 934
Total  0 1,042 0 1,042 0 1,010 0 1,010
Includes primarily mortgage servicing advances and failed purchases.
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Past due financial assets
Generally, a financial asset is deemed past due if the principal and/or interest payment has not been received on its due date.
Loans held at amortized cost – past due
   Current Past due

end of

Up to
30 days
31–60
days
61–90
days
More than
90 days

Total

Total
2021 (CHF million)   
Mortgages 109,877 123 73 61 399 656 110,533
Loans collateralized by securities 51,069 42 0 0 142 184 51,253
Consumer finance 4,449 144 70 60 157 431 4,880
Consumer 165,395 309 143 121 698 1,271 166,666
Real estate 27,628 6 4 0 167 177 27,805
Commercial and industrial loans 65,327 166 13 12 629 820 66,147
Financial institutions 20,807 60 7 1 41 109 20,916
Governments and public institutions 1,252 16 0 0 19 35 1,287
Corporate & institutional 115,014 248 24 13 856 1,141 116,155
Total loans held at amortized cost  280,409 557 167 134 1,554 2,412 282,821 1
2020 (CHF million)   
Mortgages 2 108,544 63 68 34 358 523 109,067
Loans collateralized by securities 2 50,907 17 0 0 104 121 51,028
Consumer finance 2 3,916 149 68 47 171 435 4,351
Consumer 163,367 229 136 81 633 1,079 164,446
Real estate 28,070 50 3 11 77 141 28,211
Commercial and industrial loans 69,227 3 622 26 6 682 1,336 3 70,563
Financial institutions 2 17,720 48 15 72 46 181 17,901
Governments and public institutions 969 37 4 0 0 41 1,010
Corporate & institutional 115,986 757 48 89 805 1,699 117,685
Total loans held at amortized cost  279,353 986 184 170 1,438 2,778 282,131 1
1
Excludes accrued interest on loans held at amortized cost of CHF 295 million and CHF 334 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
2
Certain consumer loans have been reclassified to corporate & institutional loans following the application of a look-through approach with regard to beneficial owners. The prior period has been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.
3
Prior period has been revised.
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Group did not have any loans that were more than 90 days past due and still accruing interest. Also, the Group did not have any other financial assets held at amortized cost that were past due.
Non-accrual financial assets
Overview
Generally, a financial asset is deemed non-accrual and recognition of any interest in the statement of operations is discontinued when the contractual payments of principal and/or interest are more than 90 days past due.
Payments collected on non-accrual financial assets are accounted for using the cash basis or the cost recovery method or a combination of both.
Generally, non-accrual financial assets may be restored to performing status only when delinquent principal and interest are brought up to date in accordance with the terms of the contractual arrangement and when certain performance criteria are met.
> Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies” for further information on the recognition of write-offs of financial assets and related recoveries.
For loans held at amortized cost, non-accrual loans are comprised of non-performing loans and non-interest-earning loans.
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Non-accrual loans held at amortized cost
   2021 2020



Amortized
cost of
non-accrual
assets at
beginning
of period



Amortized
cost of
non-accrual
assets at
end
of period






Interest
income
recognized
Amortized
cost of
non-accrual
assets
with no
specific
allowance
at end of
period



Amortized
cost of
non-accrual
assets at
beginning
of period



Amortized
cost of
non-accrual
assets at
end
of period






Interest
income
recognized
Amortized
cost of
non-accrual
assets
with no
specific
allowance
at end of
period
CHF million   
Mortgages 418 572 2 111 337 418 3 60
Loans collateralized by securities 105 262 8 2 122 105 1 0
Consumer finance 201 205 3 1 168 201 3 1
Consumer 724 1,039 13 114 627 724 7 61
Real estate 324 167 6 0 155 324 8 27
Commercial and industrial loans 925 698 11 96 682 925 38 4
Financial institutions 68 41 0 0 46 68 0 8
Governments and public institutions 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0
Corporate & institutional 1,317 925 17 96 883 1,317 46 39
Total loans held at amortized cost  2,041 1,964 30 210 1,510 2,041 53 100
In the Group’s recovery management function covering the Investment Bank and Asia Pacific, a position is written down to its net carrying value once the credit provision is greater than 90% of the notional amount, unless repayment is anticipated to occur within the next three months. Following the expiration of this three-month period the position is written off unless it can be demonstrated that any delay in payment is an operational matter that is expected to be resolved within a ten-day grace period. In the Group’s recovery management functions for Swiss Universal Bank and International Wealth Management, write-offs are made based on an individual counterparty assessment. An evaluation is performed on the need for write-offs on impaired loans individually and on an ongoing basis, if it is likely that parts of a loan or the entire loan will not be recoverable. Write-offs of residual loan balances are executed once available debt enforcement procedures are exhausted or, in certain cases, upon a restructuring.
Collateral-dependent financial assets
The Group’s collateral-dependent financial assets are managed by a global recovery management function which is divisionally aligned to cover the Investment Bank and Asia Pacific, International Wealth Management and Swiss Universal Bank.
Collateral-dependent financial assets managed by the recovery management function covering the Investment Bank and Asia Pacific mainly include mortgages, revolving corporate loans, securities borrowing, trade finance exposures and lombard loans. For mortgages, property, guarantees and life insurance policies are the main collateral types. For revolving corporate loans, collateral includes mainly cash, inventory, oil and gas reserves and receivables. Securities borrowing exposures are mainly secured by pledged shares, bonds, investment fund units and money market instruments. Trade finance exposures are secured by cash and guarantees. For lombard loans, the Group holds collateral in the form of pledged shares, bonds, investment fund units and money market instruments as well as cash and life insurance policies. Since the second quarter of 2021, the collateral values used for the calculation of the collateral coverage ratio are considered up to the amount of the related collateral-dependent loan; previously, the collateral coverage ratio reflected the entire collateral value. The prior period collateral coverage ratio has been updated to conform to the current presentation. As of December 31, 2021, the overall collateral coverage ratio was 92% of the Group’s collateral-dependent financial asset exposure managed by the recovery management function covering the Investment Bank and Asia Pacific, compared to 89% as of December 31, 2020. The increase in the overall collateral coverage ratio was mainly driven by repayments of several European mortgages, the sale of a loan to a real estate company as well as upgrades, repayments or write-offs of several exposures in the oil and gas sector with lower collateral coverage ratios. This increase in the overall collateral ratio was partially offset by the removal of a fully collateralized share-backed loan.
Collateral-dependent financial assets managed by the recovery management function covering International Wealth Management mainly include ship finance exposures, commercial loans, lombard loans, residential mortgages as well as aviation and yacht finance exposures. Ship finance exposures are collateralized by vessel mortgages, corporate guarantees, insurance assignments as well as cash balances, securities deposits or other assets held with the Group. Collateral held against commercial loans include primarily guarantees issued by export credit agencies, other guarantees, private risk insurance, asset pledges and assets held with the Group (e.g., cash, securities deposits and others). Lombard loans are collateralized by pledged financial assets mainly in the form of cash, shares, bonds, investment fund units and money market instruments as well as life insurance policies and bank guarantees. Residential mortgages are secured by mortgage notes on residential real estate, life insurance policies as well as cash balances, securities deposits or other assets held with the
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Group. Aviation and yacht finance exposures are collateralized by aircraft mortgages of business jets and vessel mortgages on yachts, respectively, as well as corporate and/or personal guarantees, cash balances, securities deposits or other assets held with the Group. Collateral-dependent loans decreased in 2021, mainly driven by decreases in ship finance as well as aviation and yacht finance, partially offset by increases in lombard loans, commercial loans and residential mortgages. The overall collateral coverage decreased from 89% as of December 31, 2020 to 87% as of December 31, 2021, mainly driven by decreases in higher collateralized exposures.
Collateral-dependent financial assets managed by the recovery management function covering Swiss Universal Bank mainly include residential mortgages and commercial mortgages. Collateral held against residential mortgages includes mainly mortgage notes on residential real estate, pledged capital awards in retirement plans and life insurance policies. For commercial mortgages, collateral held includes primarily mortgage notes on commercial real estate and cash balances, securities deposits or other assets held with the Group. The overall collateral coverage ratio in relation to the collateral-dependent financial assets decreased from 88% as of December 31, 2020 to 86% as of December 31, 2021 for residential and commercial mortgages, mainly reflecting repayments and upgrades of mortgages with high collateral coverage.
Off-balance sheet credit exposures
The Group portfolio comprises off-balance sheet exposures with credit risk in the form of irrevocable commitments, guarantees and similar instruments which are subject to the CECL accounting guidance. The main risk characteristics are as follows:
Irrevocable commitments are primarily commitments made to corporate and institutional borrowers to provide loans under approved, but undrawn, credit facilities. In addition, the Group has irrevocable commitments under documentary credits for corporate and institutional clients that facilitate international trade. The related credit risk exposure is to corporate clients, including small and medium-sized enterprises, large corporates and multinational clients who are impacted by macroeconomic and industry-specific factors such as economic growth, unemployment and industrial production.
Guarantees are provided to third parties which contingently obligate the Group to make payments in the event that the underlying counterparty fails to fulfill its obligation under a borrowing or other contractual arrangement. The credit risk associated with guarantees is primarily to corporate and institutional clients and financial institutions, which are sensitive to MEFs including economic growth and interest rates.
For off-balance sheet credit exposures, methodology, scenarios and MEFs used to estimate the provision for expected credit losses are the same as those used to estimate the allowance for credit losses for financial assets held at amortized cost. For the EAD models, a credit conversion factor or similar methodology is applied to off-balance sheet credit exposures in order to project the additional drawn amount between current utilization and the committed facility amount.
> Refer to “Allowance for credit losses” for further information on methodology, scenarios and MEFs used to estimate expected credit losses.
Troubled debt restructurings and modifications
Restructured financing receivables held at amortized cost
   2021 2020 2019

in


Number of
contracts
Recorded
investment –
pre-
modification
Recorded
investment –
post-
modification


Number of
contracts
Recorded
investment –
pre-
modification
Recorded
investment –
post-
modification


Number of
contracts
Recorded
investment –
pre-
modification
Recorded
investment –
post-
modification
CHF million, except where indicated   
Mortgages 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 7
Loans collateralized by securities 1 33 25 3 165 165 0 0 0
Real estate 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Commercial and industrial loans 18 402 394 17 127 95 25 172 161
Financial institutions 1 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total loans  21 481 465 20 292 260 26 179 168
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Restructured financing receivables held at amortized cost that defaulted within 12 months from restructuring
   2021 2020 2019

in
Number of
contracts
Recorded
investment
Number of
contracts
Recorded
investment
Number of
contracts
Recorded
investment
CHF million, except where indicated   
Mortgages 0 0 0 0 1 13
Loans collateralized by securities 3 156 0 0 0 0
Commercial and industrial loans 1 14 4 13 1 2
Total loans  4 170 4 13 2 15
In 2021, the loan modifications of the Group included the increase of credit facilities, extended loan repayment terms, including postponed loan amortizations and extended maturity dates, interest rate concessions, waivers of principal and interest and changes in covenants.
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Group did not have any commitments to lend additional funds to debtors whose loan terms had been modified in troubled debt restructurings.
In March 2020, US federal banking regulators issued the “Interagency Statement on Loan Modifications and Reporting for Financial Institutions Working with Customers Affected by the Coronavirus (Revised)” (Interagency Statement). According to the Interagency Statement, short-term modifications made on a good faith basis in response to the COVID-19 crisis to borrowers that were otherwise current prior to the relief being granted would not be considered to be troubled debt restructurings. This includes short-term modifications such as payment deferrals, fee waivers, repayment term extensions or payment delays that are insignificant. The Interagency Statement was developed in consultation with the FASB and the Group has applied this guidance. The Group has granted short-term modifications to certain borrowers due to the COVID-19 crisis in the form of deferrals of capital and interest payments that are within the scope of this guidance and the loans subject to those deferrals have not been reported as troubled debt restructurings in restructured loans.
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21 Goodwill

2021
Swiss
Universal
Bank
International
Wealth
Management

Asia
Pacific

Asset
Management

Investment
Bank
Credit
Suisse
Group
1
Gross amount of goodwill (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  575 284 1,021 1,068 5,357 8,317
Foreign currency translation impact 10 4 22 39 42 117
Other 0 (3) 0 0 0 (3)
Balance at end of period  585 285 1,043 1,107 5,399 8,431
Accumulated impairment (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  0 0 0 0 3,879 3,891
Impairment losses 0 0 103 0 1,520 1,623
Balance at end of period  0 0 103 0 5,399 5,514
Net book value (CHF million)   
Net book value  585 285 940 1,107 0 2,917
2020
Gross amount of goodwill (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  607 295 995 1,199 5,446 8,554
Goodwill acquired during the year 0 0 98 9 24 131
Foreign currency translation impact (29) (10) (62) (102) (113) (316)
Other (3) (1) (10) (38) 0 (52)
Balance at end of period  575 284 1,021 1,068 5,357 8,317
Accumulated impairment (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  0 0 0 0 3,879 3,891
Balance at end of period  0 0 0 0 3,879 3,891
Net book value (CHF million)   
Net book value  575 284 1,021 1,068 1,478 4,426
1
Gross amount of goodwill and accumulated impairment include CHF 12 million related to legacy business transferred to the former Strategic Resolution Unit in 4Q15 and fully written off at the time of transfer, in addition to the divisions disclosed.
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In accordance with US GAAP, the Group continually assesses whether or not there has been a triggering event requiring a review of goodwill.
The announcement on November 4, 2021 of the strategy and organizational changes represented a triggering event in the fourth quarter of 2021 for goodwill impairment testing purposes, and under US GAAP goodwill has to be tested for impairment both before and immediately after a reorganization of reporting units. The review of the Group’s five-year financial plan to reflect the announced strategy was finalized in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Based on its goodwill impairment analysis performed as of December 31, 2021, the Group concluded that the fair value for the Investment Bank reporting unit was below its related carrying value and consequently the goodwill was fully impaired.
The new segment structure required the reallocation of goodwill balances from the current reporting units to the new reporting units on a relative fair value basis. Under the new reporting structure, effective January 1, 2022, the investment banking-related businesses of the Asia Pacific reporting unit were transferred to the Investment Bank reporting unit and therefore a portion of the Asia Pacific reporting unit’s goodwill balance as of December 31, 2021 was transferred. The Group concluded that the goodwill amount transferred to the Investment Bank reporting unit was also fully impaired.
The Group concluded that the estimated fair value for all of the other reporting units with goodwill substantially exceeded their related carrying values and no further impairment was necessary as of December 31, 2021.
The carrying value of each reporting unit for the purpose of the goodwill impairment test is determined by considering the reporting units’ risk-weighted assets usage, leverage ratio exposure, deferred tax assets, goodwill, intangible assets and other common equity tier 1 (CET1) capital relevant adjustments. The residual value between the total of these elements and the Group’s shareholders’ equity is allocated to the carrying value of the reporting units on a pro-rata basis.
In estimating the fair value of its reporting units, the Group applied a combination of the market approach and the income approach. Under the market approach, consideration is given to price to projected earnings multiples or price to book value multiples for similarly traded companies and prices paid in recent transactions that have occurred in its industry or in related industries. Under the income approach, a discount rate is applied that reflects the risk and uncertainty related to the reporting unit’s projected cash flows, which were determined from the Group’s financial plan.
In determining the estimated fair value, the Group relied upon its latest five-year financial plan, which included significant management assumptions and estimates based on its view of current and future economic conditions and regulatory changes.
Estimates of the Group’s future earnings potential, and that of the reporting units, involve considerable judgment, including management’s view on future changes in market cycles, the regulatory environment and the anticipated result of the implementation of business strategies, competitive factors and assumptions concerning the retention of key employees.
During the year the Group engaged the services of an independent valuation specialist to assist in the valuation of certain reporting units. The specialist also assisted in the valuation of the Asset Management, Asia Pacific and the Investment Bank reporting units as of December 31, 2021. The valuations were performed using a combination of the market approach and income approach.
The results of the impairment evaluation of each reporting unit’s goodwill would be significantly impacted by adverse changes in the underlying parameters used in the valuation process. If actual outcomes or the future outlook adversely differ from management’s best estimates of the key economic assumptions and associated cash flows applied in the valuation of the reporting unit, the Group could potentially incur material impairment charges in the future.
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22 Other intangible assets
   2021 2020

end of

Gross
carrying
amount
Accumu-
lated
amorti-
zation

Net
carrying
amount

Gross
carrying
amount
Accumu-
lated
amorti-
zation

Net
carrying
amount
Other intangible assets (CHF million)   
Trade names/trademarks 25 (25) 0 24 (24) 0
Client relationships 31 (7) 24 30 0 30
Other 5 (3) 2 (3) 4 1
Total amortizing other intangible assets  61 (35) 26 51 (20) 31
Non-amortizing other intangible assets 250 250 206 206
   of which mortgage servicing rights, at fair value  224 224 180 180
Total other intangible assets  311 (35) 276 257 (20) 237
Additional information
in 2021 2020 2019
Aggregate amortization and impairment (CHF million)   
Aggregate amortization 8 6 5
Impairment 0 2 5
Estimated amortization
Estimated amortization (CHF million)   
2022 4
2023 3
2024 3
2025 2
2026 2
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23 Other assets and other liabilities
end of 2021 2020
Other assets (CHF million)   
Cash collateral on derivative instruments 7,659 7,741
Cash collateral on non-derivative transactions 395 635
Derivative instruments used for hedging 212 131
Assets held-for-sale 8,020 7,077
   of which loans 1 7,924 7,046
      allowance for loans held-for-sale  (44) (48)
   of which real estate 2 94 27
   of which long-lived assets  2 4
Premises and equipment and right-of-use assets 7,305 7,376
Assets held for separate accounts 98 102
Interest and fees receivable 2,884 4,255
Deferred tax assets 3,707 3,667
Prepaid expenses 509 448
   of which cloud computing arrangement    implementation costs  52 38
Failed purchases 1,307 1,451
Defined benefit pension and post-retirement plan assets 4,215 2,872
Other 4,920 3,882
Other assets  41,231 39,637
1
Included as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 were CHF 391 million and CHF 262 million, respectively, in restricted loans, which represented collateral on secured borrowings.
2
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, real estate held-for-sale included foreclosed or repossessed real estate of CHF 8 million and CHF 8 million, respectively, of which CHF 8 million and CHF 8 million, respectively, were related to residential real estate.
end of 2021 2020
Other liabilities (CHF million)   
Cash collateral on derivative instruments 5,533 7,831
Cash collateral on non-derivative transactions 528 174
Derivative instruments used for hedging 10 45
Operating leases liabilities 2,591 2,759
Provisions 1,925 2,080
   of which expected credit losses on    off-balance sheet credit exposure  257 311
Restructuring liabilities 19 52
Liabilities held for separate accounts 98 102
Interest and fees payable 3,969 4,297
Current tax liabilities 685 555
Deferred tax liabilities 754 530
Failed sales 1,736 1,120
Defined benefit pension and post-retirement plan liabilities 353 410
Other 4,443 11,479
Other liabilities  22,644 31,434
Premises, equipment and right-of-use assets
end of 2021 2020
Premises and equipment (CHF million)
Buildings and improvements 1,107 1,425
Land 241 291
Leasehold improvements 1,722 1,775
Software 8,146 7,038
Equipment 1,806 1,874
Premises and equipment 13,022 12,403
Accumulated depreciation (8,129) (7,627)
Total premises and equipment, net 4,893 4,776
Right-of-use assets (CHF million)
Right-of-use assets-operating leases 2,412 2,600
Total premises and equipment and right-of-use assets  7,305 7,376
Depreciation, amortization and impairment
end of 2021 2020 2019
CHF million   
Depreciation on premises and equipment 1,020 964 939
Impairment on premises and equipment 21 10 3
Amortization and impairment on right-of-use assets 361 331 324
> Refer to “Note 24 – Leases” for further information on right-of-use assets.
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24 Leases
The Group enters into both lessee and lessor arrangements.
> Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies” and “Note 23 – Other assets and other liabilities” for further information.
Lessee arrangements
The Group primarily enters into operating leases. When a real estate lease has both lease and non-lease components, the Group allocates the consideration in the contract based on the relative standalone selling price. For all leases other than real estate leases, the Group does not separate lease and non-lease components. The Group’s finance leases are not material.
The Group has entered into leases for real estate, equipment and vehicles.
Certain equipment and real estate have subsequently been subleased. Sublease income is recognized in other revenues.
Lease costs
end of 2021 2020 2019
Lease costs (CHF million)   
Operating lease costs 357 369 388
Variable lease costs 52 50 40
Sublease income (57) (71) (78)
Net lease costs  352 348 350
From time to time, the Group enters into sale-leaseback transactions in which an asset is sold and immediately leased back. If specific criteria are met, the asset is derecognized from the balance sheet and an operating lease is recognized.
During 2021, the Group entered into 13 sale-leaseback transactions with lease terms ranging from 3 to 10 years. During 2020, the Group entered into one sale-leaseback transaction, with a lease term of one year. During 2019, the Group entered into four sale-leaseback transactions, with lease terms ranging from five to ten years.
Other information
end of 2021 2020 2019
Other information (CHF million)   
Gains/(losses) on sale and leaseback transactions 225 15 274
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities recorded in operating cash flows (399) (403) (464)
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange of new operating lease liabilities 1 107 32 102
Changes to right-of-use assets due to lease modifications for operating leases 29 32 221
1
Represents non-cash transactions and includes right-of-use assets relating to changes in classification of scope of variable interest entities.
The weighted average remaining lease terms and discount rates are based on all outstanding operating leases as well as their respective lease terms and remaining lease obligations.
Weighted average remaining lease term and discount rate
end of 2021 2020
Operating leases   
Remaining lease term (years) 11.1 11.9
Discount rate (%) 2.6 2.6
The following table reflects the undiscounted cash flows from leases for the next five years and thereafter, based on the expected lease term.
Maturities relating to operating lease arrangements
end of 2021 2020
Maturity (CHF million)   
Due within 1 year 374 385
Due between 1 and 2 years 339 364
Due between 2 and 3 years 293 323
Due between 3 and 4 years 293 278
Due between 4 and 5 years 255 249
Thereafter 1,450 1,642
Operating lease obligations  3,004 3,241
Future interest payable (413) (482)
Operating lease liabilities  2,591 2,759
Lessor arrangements
The Group enters into sales-type, direct financing and operating leases for real estate, equipment and vehicles. When a real estate lease has both lease and non-lease components, the Group allocates the consideration in the contract based on the relative standalone selling price. For all leases other than real estate leases, the Group does not separate lease and non-lease components.
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Group had approximately CHF 1.1 billion and CHF 0.9 billion, respectively, of residual value guarantees associated with lessor arrangements.
The Group’s risk of loss relating to the residual value of leased assets is mitigated through contractual arrangements with manufactures or suppliers. Leased assets are also monitored through projections of the residual values at lease origination and periodic reviews of residual values.
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Net investments
   2021 2020

end of
Sales-
type
leases
Direct
financing
leases
Sales-
type
leases
Direct
financing
leases
Net investments (CHF million)   
Lease receivables 1,107 2,395 862 2,299
Unguaranteed residual values 119 80 43 188
Valuation allowances (7) (18) (6) (23)
Total net investments  1,219 2,457 899 2,464
Maturities relating to lessor arrangements
   2021 2020

end of
Sales-
type
leases
Direct
financing
leases

Operating
leases
Sales-
type
leases
Direct
financing
leases

Operating
leases
Maturity (CHF million)   
Due within 1 year 467 727 46 359 755 48
Due between 1 and 2 years 263 641 43 213 620 41
Due between 2 and 3 years 179 583 42 142 514 37
Due between 3 and 4 years 113 458 40 84 402 36
Due between 4 and 5 years 62 125 37 43 125 34
Thereafter 83 31 34 66 48 63
Total  1,167 2,565 242 907 2,464 259
Future interest receivable (60) (170) (45) (165)
Lease receivables  1,107 2,395 862 2,299
The Group elected the practical expedient to not evaluate whether certain sales taxes and other similar taxes are lessor cost or lessee cost and excludes these costs from being reported as lease income with an associated expense.
The Group enters into leases with fixed or variable lease payments, or with lease payments that depend on an index or a referenced rate which are included in the net investment in the lease at lease commencement, as such payments are considered unavoidable. Other variable lease payments, as well as subsequent changes in an index or referenced rate, are excluded from the net investment in the lease. Lease payments are recorded when due and payable by the lessee.
Lease income
end of 2021 2020 2019
Lease income (CHF million)
Interest income on sales-type leases 25 19 13
Interest income on direct financing leases 68 74 97
Lease income from operating leases 76 93 103
Variable lease income 1 0 3
Total lease income  170 186 216
Certain leases include i) termination options that allow lessees to terminate the leases within three months of the commencement date, with a notice period of 30 days; ii) termination options that allow the Group to terminate the lease but do not provide the lessee with the same option; iii) termination penalties; iv) options to prepay the payments for the remaining lease term; or v) options that permit the lessee to purchase the leased asset at market value or at the greater of market value and the net present value of the remaining payments.
The Group may enter into vehicle leases as a lessor with members of the Board of Directors or the Executive Board. The terms of such leases with members of the Board of Directors are similar to those with third parties and the terms of such leases with members of the Executive Board reflect standard employee conditions.
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25 Deposits
   2021 2020

end of
Switzer-
land

Foreign

Total
Switzer-
land

Foreign

Total
Deposits (CHF million)   
Non-interest-bearing demand deposits 2,703 2,556 5,259 3,231 3,085 6,316
Interest-bearing demand deposits 152,993 47,200 200,193 144,709 41,995 186,704
Savings deposits 60,027 8,474 68,501 62,769 8,764 71,533
Time deposits 35,602 102,229 137,831 1 26,864 115,927 142,791 1
Total deposits  251,325 160,459 411,784 2 237,573 169,771 407,344 2
   of which due to banks  18,965 16,423
   of which customer deposits  392,819 390,921
The designation of deposits in Switzerland versus foreign deposits is based upon the location of the office where the deposit is recorded.
1
Included uninsured time deposits of CHF 128,526 million and CHF 136,687 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which are in excess of any country-specific insurance limit or which are not covered by an insurance regime.
2
Not included as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 were CHF 86 million and CHF 106 million, respectively, of overdrawn deposits reclassified as loans.
26 Long-term debt
end of 2021 2020
Long-term debt (CHF million)
Senior 141,402 133,056
Subordinated 24,103 26,285
Non-recourse liabilities from consolidated VIEs 1,391 1,746
Long-term debt  166,896 161,087
   of which reported at fair value  68,722 70,976
   of which structured notes  43,126 47,039
end of 2021 2020
Structured notes by product (CHF million)   
Equity 28,681 29,907
Fixed income 11,678 13,882
Credit 2,363 2,881
Other 404 369
Total structured notes  43,126 47,039
Total long-term debt includes debt issuances managed by Treasury that do not contain derivative features (vanilla debt), as well as hybrid debt instruments with embedded derivatives, which are issued as part of the Group’s structured product activities. Long-term debt includes both Swiss franc and foreign exchange denominated fixed and variable rate bonds.
The interest rate ranges presented in the table below are based on the contractual terms of the Group’s vanilla debt. Interest rate ranges for future coupon payments on structured products for which fair value has been elected are not included in the table below as these coupons are dependent upon the embedded derivative and prevailing market conditions at the time each coupon is paid. In addition, the effects of derivatives used for hedging are not included in the interest rate ranges on the associated debt.
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Long-term debt by maturities
end of 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Thereafter Total
Group parent company (CHF million)
Senior debt 
   Fixed rate  0 5,683 1,262 7,376 5,240 22,475 42,036
   Variable rate  0 548 1,766 0 1,560 0 3,874
   Interest rate (range in %) 1 0.6 3.8 1.0 4.2 1.3 3.8 0.5 4.6 0.6 5.4
Subordinated debt 
   Fixed rate  1,406 4,348 3,250 2,022 1,717 3,631 16,374
   Interest rates (range in %) 1 7.1 3.9 7.5 3.5 6.3 3.0 7.3 6.4 4.5 5.3
Subtotal – Group parent company  1,406 10,579 6,278 9,398 8,517 26,106 62,284
Subsidiaries (CHF million)
Senior debt 
   Fixed rate  4,129 4,878 4,739 4,566 5,712 14,010 38,034
   Variable rate  15,708 11,665 7,757 4,777 3,932 13,619 57,458
   Interest rates (range in %) 1 0.0 9.7 0.1 2.2 0.0 3.6 0.0 3.5 0.1 3.3 0.0 7.1
Subordinated debt 
   Fixed rate  4,907 2,397 29 33 50 127 7,543
   Variable rate  186 0 0 0 0 0 186
   Interest rates (range in %) 1 0.9 3.8 0.0 6.5 5.7 0.0 5.9 5.9 5.7 7.2
Non-recourse liabilities from consolidated VIEs 
   Fixed rate  133 123 0 217 0 0 473
   Variable rate  14 6 2 0 9 2 0 889 918
   Interest rates (range in %) 1 0.0 2.9 0.0 10.6
Subtotal – Subsidiaries  25,077 19,069 12,525 9,602 9,694 28,645 104,612
Total long-term debt  26,483 29,648 18,803 19,000 18,211 54,751 166,896
   of which structured notes  11,346 7,764 4,625 3,628 2,954 12,809 43,126
The maturity of perpetual debt is based on the earliest callable date. The maturity of all other debt is based on contractual maturity and includes certain structured notes that have mandatory early redemption features based on stipulated movements in markets or the occurrence of a market event. Within this population there are approximately CHF 2.7 billion of such notes with a contractual maturity of greater than one year that have an observable likelihood of redemption occurring within one year based on a modelling assessment.
1
Excludes structured notes for which fair value has been elected as the related coupons are dependent upon the embedded derivatives and prevailing market conditions at the time each coupon is paid.
2
Reflects equity linked notes, where the payout is not fixed.
The Group and the Bank maintain a shelf registration statement with the SEC, which allows each entity to issue, from time to time, senior and subordinated debt securities, warrants and guarantees.
The Group maintains a euro medium-term note program that allows the Bank to issue senior debt securities.
The Group maintains three senior debt programs that allow the Group to issue senior debt securities with certain features that are designed to allow for statutory bail-in by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA (FINMA) under the Swiss banking laws and regulations.
The Bank maintains a JPY 500 billion Samurai shelf registration statement that allows it to issue, from time to time, senior and subordinated debt securities.
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27 Accumulated other comprehensive income and additional share information
Accumulated other comprehensive income

Gains/
(losses)
on cash
flow hedges


Cumulative
translation
adjustments

Unrealized
gains/
(losses) on
securities
1

Actuarial
gains/
(losses)

Net prior
service
credit/
(cost)
Gains/
(losses) on
liabilities
relating to
credit risk




AOCI
2021 (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  206 (17,528) 13 (3,727) 456 (2,570) (23,150)
Increase/(decrease) (260) 783 0 707 4 302 1,536
Reclassification adjustments, included in net income/(loss) (41) 6 0 315 (95) 103 288
Total increase/(decrease) (301) 789 0 1,022 (91) 405 1,824
Balance at end of period  (95) (16,739) 13 (2,705) 365 (2,165) (21,326)
2020 (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  28 (14,469) 30 (3,690) 604 (2,772) (20,269)
Increase/(decrease) 91 (3,076) (49) (327) (5) 45 (3,321)
Reclassification adjustments, included in net income/(loss) 87 17 32 290 (143) 157 440
Total increase/(decrease) 178 (3,059) (17) (37) (148) 202 (2,881)
Balance at end of period  206 (17,528) 13 (3,727) 456 (2,570) (23,150)
2019 (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  (72) (13,442) 10 (3,974) 387 (890) (17,981)
Increase/(decrease) 65 (1,015) 20 44 338 (2,053) (2,601)
Increase/(decrease) due to equity method investments 10 (18) 0 0 0 0 (8)
Reclassification adjustments, included in net income/(loss) 25 6 0 282 (121) 193 385
Cumulative effect of accounting changes, net of tax 0 0 0 (42) 0 (22) (64)
Total increase/(decrease) 100 (1,027) 20 284 217 (1,882) (2,288)
Balance at end of period  28 (14,469) 30 (3,690) 604 (2,772) (20,269)
1
No impairments on available-for-sale debt securities were recognized in net income/(loss) in 2021, 2020 and 2019.
> Refer to “Note 29 – Tax” and “Note 32 – Pension and other post-retirement benefits” for income tax expense/(benefit) on the movements of accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss).
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Details of significant reclassification adjustments
in 2021 2020 2019
Reclassification adjustments, included in net income/(loss) (CHF million)   
Actuarial gains/(losses) 
   Amortization of recognized actuarial losses 1 388 355 355
   Tax expense/(benefit)  (73) (65) (73)
   Net of tax  315 290 282
Net prior service credit/(cost) 
   Amortization of recognized prior service credit/(cost) 1 (118) (176) (153)
   Tax expense/(benefit)  23 33 32
   Net of tax  (95) (143) (121)
1
These components are included in the computation of total benefit costs. Refer to "Note 32 – Pension and other post-retirement benefits" for further information.
Additional share information
2021 2020 2019
Common shares issued   
Balance at beginning of period  2,447,747,720 2,556,011,720 2,556,011,720
Issuance of common shares 203,000,000 0 0
Cancellation of repurchased shares 0 (108,264,000) 0
Balance at end of period  2,650,747,720 2,447,747,720 2,556,011,720
Treasury shares   
Balance at beginning of period  (41,602,841) (119,761,811) (5,427,691)
Sale of treasury shares 2,053,309,578 1,222,417,138 795,576,688
Repurchase of treasury shares (2,151,374,939) (1,303,331,434) (951,743,509)
Cancellation of repurchased shares 0 108,264,000 0
Issuance of common shares relating to mandatory convertible notes (203,000,000) 0 0
Conversion of mandatory convertible notes 202,998,491 0 0
Share-based compensation 58,606,500 50,809,266 41,832,701
Balance at end of period  (81,063,211) (41,602,841) (119,761,811)
Common shares outstanding   
Balance at end of period  2,569,684,509 1 2,406,144,879 2 2,436,249,909
1
At par value CHF 0.04 each, fully paid. In addition to the treasury shares, a maximum of 450,000,000 unissued shares (conditional, conversion and authorized capital) were available for issuance without further approval of the shareholders. 111,524,164 of these shares were reserved for capital instruments.
2
At par value CHF 0.04 each, fully paid. In addition to the treasury shares, a maximum of 653,000,000 unissued shares (conditional, conversion and authorized capital) were available for issuance without further approval of the shareholders. 111,193,477 of these shares were reserved for capital instruments.
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28 Offsetting of financial assets and financial liabilities
The disclosures set out in the tables below include derivatives, reverse repurchase and repurchase agreements, and securities lending and borrowing transactions that:
are offset in the Group’s consolidated balance sheets; or
are subject to an enforceable master netting agreement or similar agreement (enforceable master netting agreements), irrespective of whether they are offset in the Group’s consolidated balance sheets.
Similar agreements include derivative clearing agreements, global master repurchase agreements and global master securities lending agreements.
Derivatives
The Group transacts bilateral OTC derivatives (OTC derivatives) mainly under International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Master Agreements and Swiss Master Agreements for OTC derivative instruments. These agreements provide for the net settlement of all transactions under the agreement through a single payment in the event of default or termination under the agreement. They allow the Group to offset balances from derivative assets and liabilities as well as the receivables and payables to related cash collateral transacted with the same counterparty. Collateral for OTC derivatives is received and provided in the form of cash and marketable securities. Such collateral may be subject to the standard industry terms of an ISDA Credit Support Annex. The terms of an ISDA Credit Support Annex provide that securities received or provided as collateral may be pledged or sold during the term of the transactions and must be returned upon maturity of the transaction. These terms also give each counterparty the right to terminate the related transactions upon the other counterparty’s failure to post collateral. Financial collateral received or pledged for OTC derivatives may also be subject to collateral agreements which restrict the use of financial collateral.
For derivatives transacted with exchanges (exchange-traded derivatives) and central clearing counterparties (OTC-cleared derivatives), positive and negative replacement values (PRV/NRV) and related cash collateral may be offset if the terms of the rules and regulations governing these exchanges and central clearing counterparties permit such netting and offset.
Where no such agreements or terms exist, fair values are recorded on a gross basis.
Exchange-traded derivatives or OTC-cleared derivatives, which are fully margined and for which the daily margin payments constitute settlement of the outstanding exposure, are not included in the offsetting disclosures because they are not subject to offsetting due to the daily settlement. The daily margin payments, which are not settled until the next settlement cycle is conducted, are presented in brokerage receivables or brokerage payables. The notional amount for these daily settled derivatives is included in the fair value of derivative instruments table in “Note 33 – Derivatives and hedging activities”.
Under US GAAP, the Group elected to account for substantially all financial instruments with an embedded derivative that is not considered clearly and closely related to the host contract at fair value. There is an exception for certain bifurcatable hybrid debt instruments which the Group did not elect to account for at fair value. However, these bifurcated embedded derivatives are generally not subject to enforceable master netting agreements and are not recorded as derivative instruments under trading assets and liabilities or other assets and other liabilities. Information on bifurcated embedded derivatives has therefore not been included in the offsetting disclosures.
The following table presents the gross amount of derivatives subject to enforceable master netting agreements by contract and transaction type, the amount of offsetting, the amount of derivatives not subject to enforceable master netting agreements and the net amount presented in the consolidated balance sheets.
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Offsetting of derivatives
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end of
Derivative
assets
Derivative
liabilities
Derivative
assets
Derivative
liabilities
Gross derivatives subject to enforceable master netting agreements (CHF billion)   
OTC-cleared 4.4 4.0 6.1 4.6
OTC 44.4 40.3 68.2 65.7
Exchange-traded 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.6
Interest rate products  48.9 44.3 74.8 70.9
OTC-cleared 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
OTC 20.0 22.0 23.1 27.7
Foreign exchange products  20.2 22.2 23.3 27.9
OTC 8.2 13.0 10.7 15.1
Exchange-traded 22.7 21.4 19.9 20.4
Equity/index-related products  30.9 34.4 30.6 35.5
OTC-cleared 1.3 1.4 0.7 0.7
OTC 3.3 4.3 3.9 4.9
Credit derivatives  4.6 5.7 4.6 5.6
OTC 1.4 0.5 1.6 0.7
Exchange-traded 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other products 1 1.5 0.6 1.7 0.8
OTC-cleared 5.9 5.6 7.0 5.5
OTC 77.3 80.1 107.5 114.1
Exchange-traded 22.9 21.5 20.5 21.1
Total gross derivatives subject to enforceable master netting agreements  106.1 107.2 135.0 140.7
Offsetting (CHF billion)   
OTC-cleared (5.6) (5.3) (6.2) (5.4)
OTC (68.4) (74.6) (94.4) (104.3)
Exchange-traded (21.0) (21.0) (20.0) (20.3)
Offsetting  (95.0) (100.9) (120.6) (130.0)
   of which counterparty netting  (83.0) (83.0) (103.2) (103.2)
   of which cash collateral netting  (12.0) (17.9) (17.4) (26.8)
Net derivatives presented in the consolidated balance sheets (CHF billion)   
OTC-cleared 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.1
OTC 8.9 5.5 13.1 9.8
Exchange-traded 1.9 0.5 0.5 0.8
Total net derivatives subject to enforceable master netting agreements  11.1 6.3 14.4 10.7
Total derivatives not subject to enforceable master netting agreements 2 6.7 4.3 11.2 6.8
Total net derivatives presented in the consolidated balance sheets  17.8 10.6 25.6 17.5
   of which recorded in trading assets and trading liabilities  17.6 10.6 25.5 17.5
   of which recorded in other assets and other liabilities  0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0
1
Primarily precious metals, commodity and energy products.
2
Represents derivatives where a legal opinion supporting the enforceability of netting in the event of default or termination under the agreement is not in place.
Reverse repurchase and repurchase agreements and securities lending and borrowing transactions
Reverse repurchase and repurchase agreements are generally covered by master repurchase agreements. In certain situations, for example, in the event of default, all contracts under the agreements are terminated and are settled net in one single payment. Master repurchase agreements also include payment or settlement netting provisions in the normal course of business that state that all amounts in the same currency payable by each party to the other under any transaction or otherwise under the master repurchase agreement on the same date shall be set off.
As permitted by US GAAP the Group has elected to net transactions under such agreements in the consolidated balance sheet when specific conditions are met. Transactions are netted if, among other conditions, they are executed with the same counterparty, have the same explicit settlement date specified at the inception of the transactions, are settled through the same securities transfer system and are subject to the same enforceable master netting agreement. The amounts offset are measured on the same basis as the underlying transaction (i.e., on an accrual basis or fair value basis).
Securities lending and borrowing transactions are generally executed under master securities lending agreements with netting
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terms similar to ISDA Master Agreements. In certain situations, for example in the event of default, all contracts under the agreement are terminated and are settled net in one single payment. Transactions under these agreements are netted in the consolidated balance sheets if they meet the same right of offset criteria as for reverse repurchase and repurchase agreements. In general, most securities lending and borrowing transactions do not meet the criterion of having the same settlement date specified at inception of the transaction, and therefore they are not eligible for netting in the consolidated balance sheets. However, securities lending and borrowing transactions with explicit maturity dates may be eligible for netting in the consolidated balance sheets.
Reverse repurchase and repurchase agreements are collateralized principally by government securities, money market instruments and corporate bonds and have terms ranging from overnight to a longer or unspecified period of time. In the event of counterparty default, the reverse repurchase agreement or securities lending agreement provides the Group with the right to liquidate the collateral held. As is the case in the Group’s normal course of business, a significant portion of the collateral received that may be sold or repledged was sold or repledged as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. In certain circumstances, financial collateral received may be restricted during the term of the agreement (e.g., in tri-party arrangements).
The following table presents the gross amount of securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions subject to enforceable master netting agreements, the amount of offsetting, the amount of securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions not subject to enforceable master netting agreements and the net amount presented in the consolidated balance sheets.
Offsetting of securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions
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end of

Gross

Offsetting
Net
book value

Gross

Offsetting
Net
book value
Securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions (CHF billion)    
Securities purchased under resale agreements 74.1 (16.6) 57.5 55.8 (7.5) 48.3
Securities borrowing transactions 22.2 0.0 22.2 25.1 (0.4) 24.7
Total subject to enforceable master netting agreements  96.3 (16.6) 79.7 80.9 (7.9) 73.0
Total not subject to enforceable master netting agreements 1 24.2 24.2 19.3 19.3
Total  120.5 (16.6) 103.9 2 100.2 (7.9) 92.3 2
1
Represents securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions where a legal opinion supporting the enforceability of netting in the event of default or termination under the agreement is not in place.
2
CHF 68,623 million and CHF 57,994 million of the total net amount as of the end of 2021 and 2020, respectively, are reported at fair value.
The following table presents the gross amount of securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions subject to enforceable master netting agreements, the amount of offsetting, the amount of securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions not subject to enforceable master netting agreements and the net amount presented in the consolidated balance sheets.
Offsetting of securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions
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end of

Gross

Offsetting
Net
book value

Gross

Offsetting
Net
book value
Securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions (CHF billion)    
Securities sold under repurchase agreements 32.2 (16.6) 15.6 26.0 (7.9) 18.1
Securities lending transactions 15.4 0.0 15.4 16.6 0.0 16.6
Obligation to return securities received as collateral, at fair value 14.7 0.0 14.7 49.9 0.0 49.9
Total subject to enforceable master netting agreements  62.3 (16.6) 45.7 92.5 (7.9) 84.6
Total not subject to enforceable master netting agreements 1 4.6 4.6 3.1 3.1
Total  66.9 (16.6) 50.3 95.6 (7.9) 87.7
   of which securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities    lending transactions  51.9 (16.6) 35.3 2 44.8 (7.9) 36.9 2
   of which obligation to return securities received as collateral, at fair value 15.0 0.0 15.0 50.8 0.0 50.8
1
Represents securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions where a legal opinion supporting the enforceability of netting in the event of default or termination under the agreement is not in place.
2
CHF 13,213 million and CHF 13,594 million of the total net amount as of the end of 2021 and 2020, respectively, are reported at fair value.
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The following table presents the net amount presented in the consolidated balance sheets of financial assets and liabilities subject to enforceable master netting agreements and the gross amount of financial instruments and cash collateral not offset in the consolidated balance sheets. The table excludes derivatives, reverse repurchase and repurchase agreements and securities lending and borrowing transactions not subject to enforceable master netting agreements where a legal opinion supporting the enforceability of netting in the event of default or termination under the agreement is not in place. Net exposure reflects risk mitigation in the form of collateral.
Amounts not offset in the consolidated balance sheets
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end of


Net
book value


Financial
instruments
1 Cash
collateral
received/
pledged
1

Net
exposure


Net
book value


Financial
instruments
1 Cash
collateral
received/
pledged
1

Net
exposure
Financial assets subject to enforceable master netting agreements (CHF billion)    
Derivatives 11.1 4.5 0.0 6.6 14.4 5.5 0.1 8.8
Securities purchased under resale agreements 57.5 57.5 0.0 0.0 48.3 48.3 0.0 0.0
Securities borrowing transactions 22.2 21.9 0.0 0.3 24.7 24.3 0.0 0.4
Total financial assets subject to enforceable master netting agreements  90.8 83.9 0.0 6.9 87.4 78.1 0.1 9.2
Financial liabilities subject to enforceable master netting agreements (CHF billion)    
Derivatives 6.3 1.3 0.0 5.0 10.7 2.2 0.0 8.5
Securities sold under repurchase agreements 15.6 15.5 0.1 0.0 18.1 18.1 0.0 0.0
Securities lending transactions 15.4 15.3 0.0 0.1 16.6 16.3 0.0 0.3
Obligation to return securities received as collateral, at fair value 14.7 13.0 0.0 1.7 49.9 43.4 0.0 6.5
Total financial liabilities subject to enforceable master netting agreements  52.0 45.1 0.1 6.8 95.3 80.0 0.0 15.3
1
The total amount reported in financial instruments (recognized financial assets and financial liabilities and non-cash financial collateral) and cash collateral is limited to the amount of the related instruments presented in the consolidated balance sheets and therefore any over-collateralization of these positions is not included.
Net exposure is subject to further credit mitigation through the transfer of the exposure to other market counterparties by the use of credit default swaps (CDS) and credit insurance contracts. Therefore the net exposure presented in the table above is not representative of the Group’s counterparty exposure.
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29 Tax
Details of current and deferred taxes
in 2021 2020 2019
Current and deferred taxes (CHF million)   
Switzerland 316 163 175
Foreign 485 204 531
Current income tax expense  801 367 706
Switzerland 222 450 171
Foreign 3 (16) 418
Deferred income tax expense  225 434 589
Income tax expense  1,026 801 1,295
Income tax expense/(benefit) reported in shareholders' equity related to:
   Gains/(losses) on cash flow hedges  (63) 25 13
   Cumulative translation adjustment  4 0 (4)
   Unrealized gains/(losses) on debt securities  0 (6) 7
   Actuarial gains/(losses)  228 (18) 99
   Net prior service credit/(cost)  (23) (33) 58
   Share-based compensation and treasury shares  (4) (4) (5)
Reconciliation of taxes computed at the Swiss statutory rate
in 2021 2020 2019
Income/(loss) before taxes (CHF million)   
Switzerland 257 1,770 2,985
Foreign (857) 1,697 1,735
Income/(loss) before taxes  (600) 3,467 4,720
Reconciliation of taxes computed at the Swiss statutory rate (CHF million)   
Income tax expense/(benefit) computed at the statutory tax rate 1 (111) 693 1,038
Increase/(decrease) in income taxes resulting from
   Foreign tax rate differential  370 (62) (101)
   Non-deductible amortization of other intangible assets and goodwill impairment  (300) 0 1
   Other non-deductible expenses  386 254 371
   Additional taxable income  15 8 7
   Lower taxed income  (146) (234) (325)
   (Income)/loss taxable to noncontrolling interests  11 18 8
   Changes in tax law and rates  (33) (6) (28)
   Changes in deferred tax valuation allowance  621 322 116
   Change in recognition of outside basis difference  2 (9) 4
   (Windfall tax benefits) /shortfall tax charges on share-based compensation  37 76 39
   Other  174 (259) 165
Income tax expense  1,026 801 1,295
1
The statutory tax rate was 18.5% in 2021, 20% in 2020 and 22% in 2019.
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2021
Foreign tax rate differential of CHF 370 million reflected a foreign tax benefit primarily driven by losses in higher tax jurisdictions, mainly in the UK, partially offset by profits made in higher tax jurisdictions, such as the US. The foreign tax rate expense of CHF 488 million comprised not only the foreign tax expense based on statutory tax rates but also the tax impacts related to the following reconciling items.
Other non-deductible expenses of CHF 386 million included the impact of CHF 200 million relating to non-deductible interest expenses and non-deductible costs related to funding and capital (including a contingency accrual of CHF 11 million), CHF 93 million relating to non-deductible legacy litigation provisions, including amounts relating to the Mozambique matter, CHF 43 million relating to other non-deductible expenses, CHF 39 million relating to non-deductible UK bank levy costs and other non-deductible compensation expenses and management costs and various smaller items.
Lower taxed income of CHF 146 million included a tax benefit of CHF 77 million related to non-taxable life insurance income, CHF 41 million related to non-taxable dividend income, CHF 15 million related to concessionary and lower taxed income, CHF 15 million related to exempt income and various smaller items.
Changes in deferred tax valuation allowances of CHF 621 million included a tax charge from the increase in valuation allowances on deferred tax assets of CHF 781 million, mainly in respect of two of the Group’s operating entities in the UK. This mainly reflected the impact of the loss related to Archegos attributable to the UK operations. Also included was the net impact of the release of valuation allowances on deferred tax assets of CHF 160 million, mainly in respect of one of the Group’s operating entities in Switzerland and another of the Group’s operating entities in Hong Kong.
Other of CHF 174 million included an income tax charge of CHF 100 million relating to withholding taxes, CHF 51 million relating to the tax impact of an accounting standard implementation transition adjustment for own credit movements, CHF 29 million relating to the current year US base erosion and anti-abuse tax (BEAT) provision and CHF 14 million relating to own credit valuation movements. These benefits were partially offset by CHF 24 million relating to prior years’ adjustments. The remaining balance included various smaller items.
2020
Foreign tax rate differential of CHF 62 million reflected a foreign tax benefit primarily driven by losses in higher tax jurisdictions, mainly in the UK, and profits incurred in lower tax jurisdictions, mainly in Singapore, partially offset by profits made in higher tax jurisdictions, such as the US. The foreign tax rate expense of CHF 188 million comprised not only the foreign tax expense based on statutory tax rates but also the tax impacts related to the following reconciling items.
Other non-deductible expenses of CHF 254 million included the impact of CHF 117 million relating to non-deductible interest expenses and non-deductible costs related to funding and capital (including the impact of a previously unrecognized tax benefit of CHF 157 million relating to the resolution of interest cost deductibility with and between international tax authorities, partially offset by a contingency accrual of CHF 41 million), CHF 68 million relating to non-deductible bank levy costs and other non-deductible compensation expenses and management costs, CHF 46 million relating to non-deductible legacy litigation provisions and CHF 23 million relating to other non-deductible expenses.
Lower taxed income of CHF 234 million included a tax benefit of CHF 79 million related to the revaluations of the equity investments in SIX Group AG, Allfunds Group and Pfandbriefbank in Switzerland, CHF 67 million related to concessionary and lower taxed income, CHF 67 million related to non-taxable life insurance income, CHF 19 million related to the transfer of the Investlab fund platform to Allfunds Group and various smaller items.
Changes in deferred tax valuation allowances of CHF 322 million included a tax charge from the increase in valuation allowances on deferred tax assets of CHF 353 million, mainly in respect of the re-assessment of deferred tax assets reflecting changes in the forecasted future profitability of two of the Group’s operating entities in Switzerland of CHF 252 million, and also in respect of one of the Group’s operating entities in the UK. Also included was the net impact of the release of valuation allowances on deferred tax assets of CHF 31 million, mainly in respect of one of the Group’s operating entities in Hong Kong and another of the Group’s operating entities in the UK.
Other of CHF 259 million included an income tax benefit from the re-assessment of the BEAT provision for 2019 of CHF 180 million and the impact of a change in US tax rules relating to federal net operating losses (NOL), where federal NOL generated in tax years 2018, 2019 or 2020 can be carried back for five years instead of no carry back before and also the deductible interest expense limitations for the years 2019 and 2020 have been increased from 30% to 50% of adjusted taxable income for the year, which in aggregate resulted in a benefit of CHF 141 million. Additionally, this included an income tax benefit of CHF 82 million relating to prior years’ adjustments and a tax benefit of CHF 34 million relating to the beneficial earnings mix of one of the Group’s operating entities in Switzerland. These benefits were partially offset by CHF 78 million relating to the tax impact of an accounting standard implementation transition adjustment for own credit movements, CHF 61 million relating to withholding taxes, CHF 26 million relating to the current year BEAT provision and CHF 14 million relating to own credit valuation movements. The remaining balance included various smaller items.
The US tax reform enacted in December 2017 introduced the BEAT tax regime, effective as of January 1, 2018, for which final regulations were issued by the US Department of Treasury on December 2, 2019. Following the publication of the 2019
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financial statements, Credit Suisse continued its analysis of the final regulations, resulting in a revision to the technical application of the prior BEAT estimate. This new information was not available or reasonably knowable at the time of the publication of the 2019 financial statements and resulted in a change of accounting estimate reflected in 2020.
2019
Foreign tax rate differential of CHF 101 million reflected a foreign tax benefit mainly driven by losses in higher tax jurisdictions, mainly in the UK, and profits incurred in lower tax jurisdictions, mainly in Singapore, partially offset by profits made in higher tax jurisdictions, such as Brazil. The foreign tax rate expense of CHF 949 million comprised not only the foreign tax expense based on statutory tax rates but also the tax impacts related to the following reconciling items.
Other non-deductible expenses of CHF 371 million included the impact of CHF 274 million relating to non-deductible interest expenses (including a contingency accrual of CHF 28 million), CHF 56 million related to non-deductible bank levy costs and other non-deductible compensation expenses and management costs, CHF 34 million related to non-deductible fines and various smaller non-deductible expenses.
Lower taxed income of CHF 325 million included a tax benefit of CHF 160 million related to the transfer of the InvestLab fund platform to Allfunds Group and SIX Group AG equity investment revaluation gain in Switzerland, CHF 73 million related to non-taxable life insurance income, CHF 45 million related to non-taxable dividend income, CHF 26 million related to concessionary and lower taxed income, CHF 14 million related to exempt income and various smaller items.
Changes in deferred tax valuation allowances of CHF 116 million included a tax charge from the increase in valuation allowances on deferred tax assets of CHF 273 million, mainly in respect of three of the Group’s operating entities in Japan, the UK and the US. Also included was the net impact of the release of valuation allowances on deferred tax assets of CHF 157 million, mainly in respect of one of the Group’s operating entities in the UK.
Other of CHF 165 million included CHF 165 million relating to BEAT and CHF 123 million relating to the tax impact of an accounting standard implementation transition adjustment for own credit movements. This was partially offset by CHF 58 million from own credit valuation gains, CHF 53 million relating to agreements reached with tax authorities relating to an advanced pricing agreement and the closure of a tax audit and CHF 20 million relating to a prior year adjustment. The remaining balance included various smaller items.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
end of 2021 2020
Deferred tax assets and liabilities (CHF million)   
Compensation and benefits 844 931
Loans 485 653
Investment securities 1,257 1,347
Provisions 1,358 999
Leases 367 384
Derivatives 58 53
Real estate 258 175
Net operating loss carry-forwards 7,120 5,425
Goodwill and intangible assets 135 209
Other 171 119
Gross deferred tax assets before valuation allowance  12,053 10,295
Less valuation allowance (6,072) (4,465)
Gross deferred tax assets net of valuation allowance  5,981 5,830
Compensation and benefits (973) (666)
Loans (305) (352)
Investment securities (722) (523)
Provisions (298) (333)
Leases (358) (365)
Derivatives (218) (231)
Real estate (46) (36)
Other (108) (187)
Gross deferred tax liabilities  (3,028) (2,693)
Net deferred tax assets  2,953 3,137
   of which deferred tax assets  3,707 3,667
      of which net operating losses  881 1,070
      of which deductible temporary differences  2,826 2,597
   of which deferred tax liabilities  (754) (530)
Net deferred tax assets of CHF 2,953 million decreased CHF 184 million from 2020 to 2021, primarily driven by earnings and a pension plan re-measurement recorded in equity and OCI. These decreases were partially offset by the impact of the partial tax benefit of the loss related to Archegos attributable to non-UK operations, for which the Group recognized a deferred tax asset, and the impact of foreign exchange translation gains, which are included within the currency translation adjustments recorded in OCI.
The most significant deferred tax assets arose in the US, which increased from CHF 3,040 million in 2020 to CHF 3,089 million in 2021. No valuation allowance was required on the US deferred tax assets as of the end of 2021.
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The Group recorded a valuation allowance against gross deferred tax assets in the amount of CHF 6.1 billion as of December 31, 2021 compared to CHF 4.5 billion as of December 31, 2020. This was due to the uncertainty concerning its ability to generate the necessary amount and mix of taxable income in future periods. It also reflected a CHF 1.0 billion increase due to the re-measurement of gross deferred tax assets in the UK due to changes to tax rates in 2021. Additionally, this included an increase due to participation impairments in one of the Group‘s operating entity in Switzerland, partially offset by a decrease due to changes in scope of consolidation.
Unrecognized deferred tax liabilities
As of December 31, 2021, the Group had accumulated undistributed earnings from foreign subsidiaries of CHF 20.0 billion. No deferred tax liability was recorded in respect of those amounts, as these earnings are considered indefinitely reinvested. The Group would need to accrue and pay taxes on these undistributed earnings if such earnings were repatriated. It is not practicable to estimate the amount of unrecognized deferred tax liabilities for these undistributed foreign earnings.
Amounts and expiration dates of net operating loss carry-forwards
end of 2021 Total
Net operating loss carry-forwards (CHF million)   
Due to expire within 1 year 70
Due to expire within 2 to 5 years 4,782
Due to expire within 6 to 10 years 9,092
Due to expire within 11 to 20 years 6,154
Amount due to expire  20,098
Amount not due to expire 19,038
Total net operating loss carry-forwards  39,136
Movements in the valuation allowance
in 2021 2020 2019
Movements (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  4,465 4,136 4,021
Net changes 1,607 329 115
Balance at end of period  6,072 4,465 4,136
As part of its normal practice, the Group conducted a detailed evaluation of its expected future results. This evaluation was dependent on management estimates and assumptions in developing the expected future results, which were based on a strategic business planning process influenced by current economic conditions and assumptions of future economic conditions that are subject to change. This evaluation took into account both positive and negative evidence related to expected future taxable income and also considered stress scenarios. This evaluation has indicated the expected future results that are likely to be earned in jurisdictions where the Group has significant gross deferred tax assets, primarily in the US, Switzerland and the UK. The Group then compared those expected future results with the applicable law governing the utilization of deferred tax assets. US tax law allowed for a 20-year carry-forward period for existing NOLs as of the end of 2017, federal NOLs generated in tax years from 2018, 2019 and 2020 can be carried back for five years and any new NOLs will have an unlimited carry-forward period. UK tax law allows for an unlimited carry-forward period for NOLs, and even though there are restrictions on the use of tax losses carried forward, these restrictions are not expected to have a material impact on the recoverability of the net deferred tax assets. Swiss tax law allows for a seven-year carry-forward period for NOLs. A valuation allowance is still required on the deferred tax assets of two of the Group’s operating entities in Switzerland.
Tax benefits associated with share-based compensation
in 2021 2020 2019
Tax benefits (CHF million)   
Tax benefits recorded in the consolidated statements of operations 1 234 264 263
1
Calculated at the statutory tax rate before valuation allowance considerations.
> Refer to “Note 30 – Employee deferred compensation” for further information on share-based compensation.
If, upon settlement of share-based compensation, the tax deduction exceeds the cumulative compensation cost that the Group has recognized in the consolidated financial statements, the utilized tax benefit associated with any excess deduction is considered a “windfall” and recognized in the consolidated statements of operations and reflected as an operating cash inflow in the consolidated statements of cash flows. If, upon settlement, the tax deduction is lower than the cumulative compensation cost that the Group has recognized in the consolidated financial statements, the tax charge associated with the lower deduction is considered a “shortfall”. Tax charges arising on shortfalls are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations.
Uncertain tax positions
US GAAP requires a two-step process in evaluating uncertain income tax positions. In the first step, an enterprise determines whether it is more likely than not that an income tax position will be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. Income tax positions meeting the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold are then measured to determine the amount of benefit eligible for recognition in the consolidated financial statements. Each income tax position is measured at the largest amount of tax benefit that is more likely than not to be realized upon ultimate settlement.
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Reconciliation of gross unrecognized tax benefits
2021 2020 2019
Movements in gross unrecognized tax benefits (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  382 595 574
Increases in unrecognized tax benefits as a result of tax positions taken during a prior period 23 14 27
Decreases in unrecognized tax benefits as a result of tax positions taken during a prior period (35) (249) (64)
Increases in unrecognized tax benefits as a result of tax positions taken during the current period 54 90 105
Decreases in unrecognized tax benefits relating to settlements with tax authorities 0 (3) 0
Reductions to unrecognized tax benefits as a result of a lapse of the applicable statute of limitations (6) (17) (35)
Other (including foreign currency translation) 7 (48) (12)
Balance at end of period  425 382 595
   of which, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate  425 382 595
Interest and penalties
in 2021 2020 2019
Interest and penalties (CHF million)   
Interest and penalties recognized in the consolidated statements of operations 3 (16) (10)
Interest and penalties recognized in the consolidated balance sheets 64 61 77
Interest and penalties are reported as tax expense. The Group is currently subject to ongoing tax audits, inquiries and litigation with the tax authorities in a number of jurisdictions, including Brazil, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the US and the UK. Although the timing of completion is uncertain, it is reasonably possible that some of these will be resolved within 12 months of the reporting date. It is reasonably possible that there will be a decrease of between zero and CHF 190 million in unrecognized tax benefits within 12 months of the reporting date.
The Group remains open to examination from federal, state, provincial or similar local jurisdictions from the following years onward in these major countries: Switzerland – 2019 (federal and Zurich cantonal level); Brazil – 2016; the UK – 2012; the Netherlands – 2011 and the US – 2010.
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30 Employee deferred compensation
Payment of deferred compensation to employees is determined by the nature of the business, role, location and performance of the employee. Unless there is a contractual obligation, granting deferred compensation is solely at the discretion of the Compensation Committee and senior management. Special deferred compensation granted as part of a contractual obligation is typically used to compensate new senior employees for forfeited awards from previous employers upon joining the Group. It is the Group’s policy not to make multi-year guarantees.
Compensation expense recognized in the consolidated statement of operations for share-based and other awards that were granted as deferred compensation is recognized in accordance with the specific terms and conditions of each respective award and is primarily recognized over the future requisite service and vesting period, which is determined by the plan, retirement eligibility of employees and certain other terms. All deferred compensation plans are subject to restrictive covenants, which generally include non-compete and non-solicit provisions. Compensation expense for share-based and other awards that were granted as deferred compensation also includes the current estimated outcome of applicable performance criteria, estimated future forfeitures and mark-to-market adjustments for certain cash awards that are still outstanding.
The following tables show the compensation expense for deferred compensation awards granted in 2021 and prior years that was recognized in the consolidated statements of operations during 2021, 2020 and 2019, the total shares delivered, the estimated unrecognized compensation expense for deferred compensation awards granted in 2021 and prior years outstanding as of December 31, 2021 and the remaining requisite service period over which the estimated unrecognized compensation expense will be recognized. The estimated unrecognized compensation expense was based on the fair value of each award on the grant date and included the current estimated outcome of relevant performance criteria and estimated future forfeitures but no estimate for future mark-to-market adjustments. The recognition of compensation expense for the deferred compensation awards granted in February 2022 began in 2022 and thus had no impact on the 2021 consolidated financial statements.
Deferred compensation awards for 2021
In February 2022, the Group granted share awards, performance share awards and Contingent Capital Awards (CCA) as deferred compensation. Deferred compensation was awarded to employees with total compensation of CHF/USD 250,000 or the local currency equivalent or higher.
Deferred compensation expense
in 2021 2020 2019
Deferred compensation expense (CHF million)   
Share awards 482 573 589
Performance share awards 290 448 438
Contingent Capital Awards 202 255 308
Cash awards 350 398 420
Retention awards 123 43 22
Total deferred compensation expense  1,447 1,717 1,777
Total shares delivered (million)   
Total shares delivered 58.5 50.7 41.8
Contingent Capital share awards are included in the category Share awards, and Capital Opportunity Facility awards are included in the category Cash awards. Prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.
Estimated unrecognized deferred compensation
end of 2021
Estimated unrecognized compensation expense (CHF million)   
Share awards 349
Performance share awards 146
Contingent Capital Awards 134
Cash awards 223
Retention awards 284
Total  1,136
Aggregate remaining weighted-average requisite service period (years)   
Aggregate remaining weighted-average requisite service period 1.4
Does not include the estimated unrecognized compensation expense relating to grants made in 2022 for 2021.
Share awards
Share awards granted in February 2022 are similar to those granted in February 2021. Each share award granted entitles the holder of the award to receive one Group share, subject to service conditions. Share awards vest over three years with one third of the share awards vesting on each of the three anniversaries of the grant date (ratable vesting), with the exception of awards granted to individuals classified as material risk takers (MRTs), risk manager MRTs or senior managers or equivalents under the EU or UK Capital Requirements Directive V related provisions. As of February 2022, share awards granted to MRTs vest over four years with one quarter of the award vesting on each of the four anniversaries of the grant date. Share awards granted to risk manager MRTs vest over five years with one fifth of the award vesting on each of the five anniversaries of the grant date. Share awards granted to senior managers vest over seven years, with one fifth of the award vesting on each of the third to seventh anniversaries of the grant date. Share awards are expensed over the service period of the awards. The value of the share awards is solely dependent on the Group share price at the time of delivery.
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The Group’s share awards include other awards, such as blocked shares and special awards, which may be granted to new employees. Other share awards entitle the holder to receive one Group share and are generally subject to continued employment with the Group, contain restrictive covenants and cancellation provisions and generally vest between zero and five years.
On February 11, 2022, the Group granted 27.7 million share awards with a total value of CHF 216 million. The estimated unrecognized compensation expense of CHF 224 million was determined based on the fair value of the awards on the grant date, includes the current estimated future forfeitures and will be recognized over the vesting period, subject to early retirement rules. The majority of share awards granted include the right to receive dividend equivalents on vested shares.
The number of share awards granted to employees was generally determined by dividing the deferred component of variable compensation being granted as share awards by the average price of a Group share over the ten consecutive trading days which ended on February 24, 2022. The fair value of each share award was CHF 8.61, the Group share price on the grant date.
Share awards granted for previous years
For compensation year 2021 2020 2019
Shares awarded (million) 27.7 44.6 57.9
Value of shares awarded (CHF million) 216 592 626
Fair value of each share awarded (CHF) 1 8.61 12.59 10.81
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Based on the Group’s share price on the grant date.
In order to comply with Capital Requirements Directive V requirements and other applicable remuneration regulations, employees who hold key roles in respect of certain Group subsidiaries receive shares that are subject to transfer restrictions for 50% of the amount that would have been paid to them in cash. These shares are vested at the time of grant but remain blocked, that is, subject to transfer restrictions, for either six months or one year from the date of grant, depending on the location.
On February 11, 2022, the Group granted 5.0 million blocked shares with a total value of CHF 41 million that vested immediately upon grant, have no future service requirements and were attributed to services performed in 2021.
Blocked share awards granted for previous years
For compensation year 2021 2020 2019
Blocked shares awarded (million) 5.0 2.6 3.2
Value of shares awarded (CHF million) 41 35 37
Share award activities
   2021 2020 2019

Number of
share
awards
in million
Weighted-
average
grant-date
fair value
in CHF

Number of
share
awards
in million
Weighted-
average
grant-date
fair value
in CHF

Number of
share
awards
in million
Weighted-
average
grant-date
fair value
in CHF
Share awards   
Balance at beginning of period  126.3 11.86 110.5 13.46 83.2 16.15
Granted 86.4 11.17 69.1 10.61 69.3 11.68
Settled (53.3) 12.44 (47.9) 13.76 (36.9) 16.15
Forfeited (15.6) 11.52 (5.4) 11.72 (5.1) 13.83
Balance at end of period  143.8 11.27 126.3 11.86 110.5 13.46
   of which vested  13.1 13.5 11.9
   of which unvested  130.7 112.8 98.6
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Performance share awards
Managing directors and all material risk takers and controllers (employees whose activities are considered to have a potentially material impact on the Group’s risk profile) received a portion of their deferred variable compensation in the form of performance share awards. Performance share awards are similar to share awards, except that the full balance of outstanding performance share awards, including those awarded in prior years, are subject to performance-based malus provisions.
Performance share awards are subject to a downward adjustment in the event of a divisional loss by the division in which the employees worked as of December 31, 2021, or a negative ROE of the Group, whichever results in a larger adjustment. For employees in corporate functions and the Asset Resolution Unit, the downward adjustment only applies in the event of a negative ROE of the Group and is not linked to the performance of the divisions. The basis for the ROE calculation may vary from year to year, depending on the Compensation Committee’s determination for the year in which the performance shares are granted. A downward adjustment has been applied to outstanding performance share awards, reflecting the full year divisional loss in the Investment Bank for 2021.
On February 11, 2022, the Group granted 19.4 million performance share awards with a total value of CHF 161 million. The estimated unrecognized compensation expense of CHF 156 million was determined based on the fair value of the awards on the grant date, includes the current estimated outcome of the relevant performance criteria and estimated future forfeitures and will be recognized over the vesting period, subject to early retirement rules. The majority of performance share awards granted include the right to receive dividend equivalents on vested shares.
The number of performance share awards granted to employees was generally determined by dividing the deferred component of variable compensation being granted as performance share awards by the average price of a Group share over the ten consecutive trading days which ended on February 24, 2022. The fair value of each performance share award was CHF 8.61, the Group share price on the grant date.
Performance share awards granted for previous years
For compensation year 2021 2020 2019
Performance shares awarded (million) 19.4 37.8 50.7
Value of performance shares awarded (CHF million) 161 493 553
Fair value of each performance share awarded (CHF) 1 8.61 12.59 10.81
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Based on the Group’s share price on the grant date.
Performance share award activities
   2021 2020 2019
Number of
performance
share
awards
in million
Weighted-
average
grant-date
fair value
in CHF
Number of
performance
share
awards
in million
Weighted-
average
grant-date
fair value
in CHF
Number of
performance
share
awards
in million
Weighted-
average
grant-date
fair value
in CHF
Performance share awards   
Balance at beginning of period  91.7 11.66 72.4 13.38 51.7 16.33
Granted 28.5 12.70 50.9 10.63 45.4 11.60
Settled (34.5) 12.50 (29.0) 14.13 (22.8) 16.51
Forfeited (8.5) 11.78 (2.6) 11.62 (1.9) 13.67
Balance at end of period  77.2 11.66 91.7 11.66 72.4 13.38
   of which vested  11.2 10.4 6.7
   of which unvested  66.0 81.3 65.7
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Contingent Capital Awards
CCA were granted in February 2022, 2021 and 2020 to managing directors and directors as part of the 2021, 2020 and 2019 deferred variable compensation and have rights and risks similar to those of certain contingent capital instruments issued by the Group in the market. CCA are scheduled to vest on the third anniversary of the grant date, other than those granted to individuals classified as MRTs, risk manager MRTs or senior managers or equivalents under the EU or UK Capital Requirements Directive V related provisions. As of February 2022, CCA granted to MRTs, risk manager MRTs and senior managers vest on the fourth, fifth and seventh anniversaries of the grant date, respectively. CCA awards will be expensed over the vesting period. CCA generally provide a conditional right to receive semi-annual cash payments of interest equivalents until settled, with rates being dependent upon the vesting period and currency of denomination. CCA granted in 2022, 2021 and 2020 that vest four, five or seven years from the date of grant are not eligible for semi-annual cash payments of interest equivalents. CCA granted to certain regulated employees that vest over three years are not eligible for semi-annual cash payments of interest equivalents.
CCA granted in 2022, 2021 and 2020 that are denominated in US dollars and vest three years from the date of grant receive interest equivalents at a rate of 4.18%, 3.60% and 4.08% respectively, per annum plus the daily compounded (spread exclusive) US dollar Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR);
CCA granted in 2022, 2021 and 2020 that are denominated in Swiss francs and vest three years from the date of grant receive interest equivalents at a rate of 3.44%, 3.06% and 3.36% respectively, per annum plus the daily compounded (spread exclusive) Swiss franc Swiss Average Rate Overnight (SARON); and
The semi-annual interest equivalent cash payment calculation cycle up to February 2021, was based on the six-month US dollar London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) for CCA denominated in US dollars and the six-month Swiss franc LIBOR for CCA denominated in Swiss francs.
The rates were set in line with market conditions at the time of grant and existing high-trigger and low-trigger contingent capital instruments that the Group has issued. For CCA granted in February 2022, employees who received compensation in Swiss francs received CCA denominated in Swiss francs and all other employees received CCA denominated in US dollars.
As CCA qualify as going concern loss-absorbing capital of the Group, the timing and form of distribution upon settlement is subject to approval by FINMA. At settlement, employees will receive either a contingent capital instrument or a cash payment based on the fair value of the CCA. The fair value will be determined by the Group. In the case of a cash settlement, the CCA award will be converted into the local currency of each respective employee.
CCA have loss-absorbing features such that prior to settlement, the principal amount of the CCA would be written down to zero and forfeited if any of the following trigger events were to occur:
the Group’s reported common equity tier 1 (CET1) ratio falls below 7%; or
FINMA determines that cancellation of the CCA and other similar contingent capital instruments is necessary, or that the Group requires public sector capital support, in either case to prevent it from becoming insolvent or otherwise failing.
On February 11, 2022, the Group awarded CHF 75 million of CCA that will be expensed over the vesting period. The estimated unrecognized compensation expense of CHF 72 million was determined based on the fair value of the awards on the grant date, including the current estimated outcome of the relevant performance criteria and estimated future forfeitures. This will be recognized over the vesting period, subject to early retirement rules.
Contingent Capital Awards granted for previous years
For compensation year 2021 2020 2019
CCA awarded (CHF million) 75 253 268
Cash awards
Cash awards include certain special awards as well as voluntary deferred compensation plans and employee investment plans. For certain special awards, compensation expense was primarily driven by their vesting schedule; for other cash awards, compensation expense was driven by mark to market and performance adjustments, as the majority of the awards are fully vested.
Deferred fixed cash awards
The Group granted deferred fixed cash compensation during 2021, 2020 and 2019 of CHF 259 million, CHF 120 million and CHF 108 million, respectively, to certain employees in the Americas. This compensation has been expensed in the Investment Bank and Asset Management divisions over a three-year vesting period from the grant date. Amortization of this compensation in 2021 totaled CHF 147 million, of which CHF 115 million was related to awards granted in 2021.
Upfront cash awards
In February 2022, certain managing directors and directors were granted CHF 799 million of upfront cash awards as part of their 2021 variable compensation. During 2021 and 2020, the Group granted upfront cash awards of CHF 59 million and CHF 146 million, respectively. These awards are subject to repayment (clawback) by the employee in the event of voluntary resignation, termination for cause or in connection with other specified events or conditions within three years of the award grant. The amount subject to repayment is reduced in equal monthly installments during the three-year period following the grant date. The expense recognition will occur over the three-year vesting period, subject to service conditions. Amortization of this compensation in 2021 totaled CHF 80 million, of which CHF 31 million was related to awards granted in 2021.
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Retention awards
The Group granted deferred cash and share retention awards during 2021 of CHF 395 million, mainly in the Investment Bank and International Wealth Management divisions. During 2020 and 2019, the Group granted deferred cash and share retention awards of CHF 40 million and CHF 40 million, respectively. These awards are expensed over the applicable vesting period from the grant date. Amortization of these awards in 2021 totaled CHF 123 million, of which CHF 103 million was related to awards granted in 2021.
Strategic Delivery Plan
In February 2022, the Group granted 62.5 million Strategic Delivery Plan (SDP) deferred share-based awards with a total value of CHF 497 million to most Managing Directors and Directors to incentivize the longer-term delivery of the Group’s strategic plan. The SDP awards are subject to service conditions and performance-based metrics over the course of 2022-2024. SDP awards are scheduled to vest on the third anniversary of the grant date, with the exception of awards granted to individuals classified as MRTs, risk manager MRTs or senior managers or equivalents under the EU or UK Capital Requirements Directive V related provisions. SDP awards granted to MRTs vest in equal annual installments over two years, commencing on the third anniversary from the grant date. SDP awards granted to risk manager MRTs vest in equal annual installments over three years, while SDP awards granted to senior managers vest in equal annual installments over five years, both commencing on the third anniversary from the grant date. Prior to settlement, the principal amount of the SDP awards will be written down to zero and forfeited if any of the following triggering events exist at the end of 2022, 2023 or 2024:
The Group’s reported CET1 capital ratio below the FINMA-prescribed minimum + 50 basis points; or
The Group’s reported common equity tier 1 (CET1) leverage ratio falls below 3.7%.
In addition, the Compensation Committee will review and assess the overall success of the delivery of the strategic plan at a Group level over the three-year period (2022-2024) and may increase the SDP awards up to a maximum of 50% of the initial award amount. Half of the potential uplift would be granted if a pre-determined average Group return on tangible equity threshold is achieved, measured over the key strategic implementation years 2023 and 2024. The other half of the uplift may be awarded based on the Compensation Committee’s assessment of risk management and other strategic non-financial achievements.
The estimated unrecognized compensation expense of CHF 504 million was determined based on the fair value of the awards on the grant date, includes the current estimated future forfeitures, excludes any potential uplift and will be recognized over the vesting period, subject to early retirement rules.
The number of SDP awards granted to employees was generally determined by dividing the deferred component of variable compensation being granted as SDP awards by the average price of a Group share over the ten consecutive trading days which ended on February 24, 2022. The fair value of each SDP award was CHF 8.61, the Group share price on the grant date. The majority of SDP awards granted include the right to receive dividend equivalents on vested shares.
Delivered shares
The Group fully covered its share delivery obligations through market purchases in 2021, 2020 and 2019.
31 Related parties
Parties are considered to be related if one party has the ability to control the other party or exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial or operational decisions, or if another party controls both. The Group’s related parties include key management personnel, close family members of key management personnel and entities that are controlled, significantly influenced, or for which significant voting power is held, by key management personnel or their close family members. Key management personnel are those individuals having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Group, that is, members of the Executive Board and the Board of Directors.
Banking relationships
The Group is a global financial services provider. Many of the members of the Executive Board and the Board of Directors, their close family members or companies associated with them maintain banking relationships with the Group. The Group or any of its banking subsidiaries may from time to time enter into financing and other banking agreements with companies in which current members of the Executive Board or the Board of Directors have a significant influence as defined by the SEC, such as holding executive and/or board level roles in these companies. With the exception of the transactions described below, relationships with members of the Executive Board or the Board of Directors and such companies are in the ordinary course of business and are entered into on an arm’s length basis. Also, unless otherwise noted, all loans to members of the Executive Board, members of
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the Board of Directors, their close family members or companies associated with them were made in the ordinary course of business, were made on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with other persons and did not involve more than the normal risk of collectability or present other unfavorable features. As of December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, there were no loan exposures to such related parties that were not made in the ordinary course of business and at prevailing market conditions.
Related party loans
Executive Board and Board of Directors loans
The majority of loans outstanding to members of the Executive Board and the Board of Directors are mortgages or loans against securities.
All mortgage loans to members of the Executive Board are granted either with variable or fixed interest rates over a certain period. Typically, mortgages are granted for periods of up to ten years. Interest rates applied are based on refinancing costs plus a margin, and interest rates and other terms are consistent with those applicable to other employees. Loans against securities are granted at interest rates and on terms applicable to such loans granted to other employees. The same credit approval and risk assessment procedures apply to members of the Executive Board as for other employees. The highest loan outstanding to an Executive Board member was CHF 4 million to Ulrich Körner as of December 31, 2021.
Members of the Board of Directors with loans, including the Chairman of the Board of Directors, do not benefit from employee conditions, but are subject to conditions applied to clients with a comparable credit standing.
Unless otherwise noted, all loans to members of the Executive Board and the Board of Directors were made in the ordinary course of business and substantially on the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with other persons. These loans did not involve more than the normal risk of collectability or present other unfavorable features.
Executive Board and Board of Directors loans
in 2021 2020 2019
Executive Board loans (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  13 1 32 33
Additions 8 5 13
Reductions (4) (24) (14)
Balance at end of period  17 1 13 32
Board of Directors loans (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  9 2 9 10
Additions 2 0 3
Reductions (4) 0 (4)
Balance at end of period  7 2 9 9
1
The number of individuals with outstanding loans was four at the beginning of the year and seven at the end of the year.
2
The number of individuals with outstanding loans was three at the beginning and the end of the year.
Equity method investees loans
The Group or its subsidiaries grant loans to equity method investees in the normal course of business.
> Refer to “Note 41 – Significant subsidiaries and equity method investments” for a list of equity method investments.
Loans made by the Group or any subsidiaries to equity method investees
in 2021 2020 2019
Loans to equity method investees (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  414 299 253
Net borrowings/(repayments) (36) 115 46
Balance at end of period  378 414 299
Liabilities due to own pension plans
Liabilities due to the Group’s own defined benefit pension plans as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 of CHF 331 million and CHF 643 million, respectively, were reflected in various liability accounts in the Group’s consolidated balance sheets.
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32 Pension and other post-retirement benefits
The Group sponsors defined contribution pension plans, defined benefit pension plans and other post-retirement defined benefit plans.
Defined contribution pension plans
Defined contribution plans provide each participant with an individual account. The benefits to be provided to a participant are solely based on the contributions made to that employee’s account and are affected by income, expenses and gains and losses allocated to the account. As such, there are no stipulations of a defined annuity benefit at retirement and the participants bear the full actuarial as well as investment risk.
The Group contributes to various defined contribution pension plans primarily in Switzerland, the US and the UK as well as other countries throughout the world. During 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Group contributed to these plans and recognized as expense CHF 263 million, CHF 299 million and CHF 167 million, respectively. This includes expenses of CHF 100 million and CHF 143 million in 2021 and 2020, respectively, related to the Swiss defined contribution pension plan which took effect on January 1, 2020. Contributions to the Swiss defined contribution plan are made by employees and the Group. Assets from this plan are paid out as a lump sum on retirement.
Defined benefit pension and other post-retirement defined benefit plans
Defined benefit pension plans
Defined benefit pension plans are pension plans that define specific benefits for an employee upon that employee’s retirement. These benefits are usually determined by taking into account the employee’s salary, years of service and age of retirement. Retirees bear neither the actuarial risk (for example, the risk that the retirees of the plan live longer than expected), nor the investment risk (that is, that plan assets invested and associated returns will be insufficient to meet the expected benefits due to low or negative returns on contributions). The Group’s funding policy for these plans is in accordance with local laws and tax requirements.
Swiss pension plan
The Group’s most significant defined benefit pension plan, the Credit Suisse Swiss Pension Plan (Swiss pension plan), is located and covers its employees in Switzerland and is set up as a trust domiciled in Zurich. The Swiss pension plan provides benefits in the event of retirement, death and disability and meets or exceeds the minimum benefits required under the Swiss Federal Law on Occupational Retirement, Survivors’ and Disability Pension Plans (BVG). Benefits in the Swiss pension plan are determined on the basis of the accumulated employer and employee contributions and accumulated interest credited. The Swiss pension plan is treated as a defined benefit plan under US GAAP, mainly due to a guaranteed minimum return on contributions and guaranteed payment of lifetime pensions. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Swiss pension plan comprised 64% and 66%, respectively, of all the Group’s employees participating in defined benefit plans, 84% and 81%, respectively, of the fair value of plan assets, and 84% and 82%, respectively, of the pension benefit obligation of the Group’s defined benefit plans.
Employee contributions in the savings section depend on their age and are determined as a percentage of the pensionable salary. The employees can select between three different levels of contributions which vary between 5% and 14% depending on their age. The Group’s contribution varies between 7.5% and 25% of the pensionable salary depending on the employee’s age.
The Swiss Federal council sets the minimum statutory interest rate on savings balances on an annual basis that applies to the BVG minimum pensionable salary (1.0% as of January 1, 2022 and 2021). The statutory interest rate on savings balances does not apply to extra mandatory benefits. The Board of Trustees of the Swiss pension fund sets the interest rate to be applied on the accumulated savings balance on an annual basis.
When employees retire, their savings balance is converted into an annuity and the conversion rate is the percentage used to convert the assets accrued in the Swiss pension plan to an annual lifetime retirement pension. The level of the conversion rate depends on the life expectancy of future retirees and on the long-term potential for returns in the capital markets. The Board of Trustees of the Swiss pension plan has the responsibility to set the conversion rates for the plan. Decisions on conversion rates are to be set for a planning horizon of at least eight years.
International pension plans
Various defined benefit pension plans cover the Group’s employees outside Switzerland. These plans provide benefits in the event of retirement, death, disability or termination of employment. Retirement benefits under the international pension plans depend on age, contributions and salary. The Group’s principal defined benefit pension plans outside Switzerland are located in the US and in the UK. Both of these plans are funded, closed to new participants and have ceased accruing new benefits. Smaller defined benefit pension plans, both funded and unfunded, are operated in other locations.
Other post-retirement defined benefit plan
In the US, the Group has a defined benefit plan that provides post-retirement benefits other than pension benefits that primarily focus on health and welfare benefits for certain retired employees. In exchange for the current services provided by the employee, the Group promises to provide health and welfare benefits after the employee retires. The Group’s obligation for that compensation is incurred as employees render the services necessary to earn their post-retirement benefits.
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Components of net periodic benefit costs
    Defined benefit
pension plans
Other post-retirement
defined benefit plan
   Switzerland International International
in 2021 2020 2019 2021 2020 2019 2021 2020 2019
Net periodic benefit costs (CHF million)   
Service costs on benefit obligation 224 203 256 16 15 14 0 0 0
Interest costs on benefit obligation 10 20 52 51 68 90 2 4 6
Expected return on plan assets (421) (352) (394) (65) (85) (108) 0 0 0
Amortization of recognized prior service cost/(credit) (121) (167) (155) 1 1 1 0 0 0
Amortization of recognized actuarial losses/(gains) 355 334 293 14 13 19 1 1 3
Settlement losses/(gains) 10 8 41 8 (1) 0 0 0 0
Curtailment losses/(gains) 2 (10) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Special termination benefits 16 8 14 0 0 0 0 0 0
Net periodic benefit costs/(credits)  75 44 107 25 11 16 3 5 9
Service costs on benefit obligation are reflected in compensation and benefits. Other components of net periodic benefit costs are reflected in general and administrative expenses or, except for 2019, in restructuring expenses.
Net periodic benefit costs of defined benefit plans
The net periodic benefit costs for defined benefit pension and other post-retirement defined benefit plans are the costs of the respective plan for a period during which an employee renders services. The actual amount to be recognized is determined using the standard actuarial methodology which considers, among other factors, current service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets and the amortization of both prior service costs/(credits) and actuarial losses/(gains) recognized in AOCI.
Service costs on benefit obligation reflected in compensation and benefits – other for 2021, 2020 and 2019 were CHF 240 million, CHF 218 million and CHF 270 million, respectively.
As part of its strategic plan, the Group has launched a number of cost efficiency measures, including headcount reduction. This resulted in curtailment losses of CHF 2 million in 2021 and curtailment gains of CHF 10 million in 2020. Additional costs of CHF 10 million, CHF 8 million and CHF 41 million in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, related to the settlement of the pension obligation for employees in Switzerland whose employment has effectively been terminated or who have left the Group due to a sale of their business. Special termination benefit costs of CHF 16 million, CHF 8 million and CHF 14 million have been recognized in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, relating to early retirements in Switzerland in the context of the cost efficiency measures.
Benefit obligation
The benefit obligation is expressed as either accumulated benefit obligation (ABO) or PBO. While the ABO refers to the actuarial present value based on employee services rendered prior to that date and takes into account current and past compensation levels, the PBO also applies an assumption as to future compensation levels.
The “Obligations and funded status of the plans” table shows the changes in the PBO, the ABO, the fair value of plan assets and the amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets for the defined benefit pension and other post-retirement defined benefit plans.
US GAAP requires an employer to recognize the funded status of the defined benefit pension and other post-retirement defined benefit plans on the balance sheet. The funded status of these plans is determined as the difference between the fair value of plan assets and the PBO. The funded status may vary from year to year due to changes in the fair value of plan assets and variations of the PBO following changes in the underlying assumptions and membership data used to determine the PBO. In 2021 and 2020, the curtailments, settlements and special termination benefits in Switzerland, which impacted the PBO, related to the headcount reduction in the context of the cost efficiency measures.
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Obligations and funded status of the plans
    Defined benefit
pension plans
Other post-retirement
defined benefit plan
   Switzerland International International
in / end of 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020
PBO (CHF million)   1
Beginning of the measurement period  16,102 15,979 3,482 3,325 156 164
Plan participant contributions 146 143 0 0 0 0
Service cost 224 203 16 15 0 0
Interest cost 10 20 51 68 2 4
Plan amendments 0 0 (4) 5 0 0
Settlements (48) (28) (448) (23) 0 0
Curtailments 8 (17) 0 0 0 0
Special termination benefits 16 8 0 0 0 0
Actuarial losses/(gains) 321 857 (100) 456 (14) 13
Benefit payments (724) (1,063) (66) (156) (10) (11)
Exchange rate losses/(gains) 0 0 101 (208) 6 (14)
End of the measurement period  16,055 16,102 3,032 3,482 140 156
Fair value of plan assets (CHF million)   
Beginning of the measurement period  18,000 17,790 4,212 4,111 0 0
Actual return on plan assets 1,610 860 (45) 476 0 0
Employer contributions 312 298 17 61 10 11
Plan participant contributions 146 143 0 0 0 0
Settlements (48) (28) (448) (23) 0 0
Benefit payments (724) (1,063) (66) (156) (10) (11)
Exchange rate gains/(losses) 0 0 132 (257) 0 0
End of the measurement period  19,296 18,000 3,802 4,212 0 0
Funded status recognized (CHF million)   
Funded status of the plan – overfunded/(underfunded) 3,241 1,898 770 730 (140) (156)
Funded status recognized in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31  3,241 1,898 770 730 (140) (156)
Total amount recognized (CHF million)
Noncurrent assets 3,241 1,898 974 975 0 0
Current liabilities 0 0 (7) (8) (10) (11)
Noncurrent liabilities 0 0 (197) (237) (130) (145)
Net amount recognized in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31  3,241 1,898 770 730 (140) (156)
ABO (CHF million)   2
End of the measurement period  15,275 15,637 3,001 3,449 140 156
1
Including estimated future salary increases.
2
Excluding estimated future salary increases.
The net amount recognized in the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 for the defined benefit pension plans was an overfunding of CHF 4,011 million and CHF 2,628 million, respectively.
The remeasurement gain on the Swiss pension plan recorded as of December 31, 2021 consisted of gains on the asset portfolio of CHF 1,189 million, partially offset by losses on the PBO of CHF 321 million due to changes in financial and demographic assumptions, primarily an increase in the interest rate on savings balances. The remeasurement loss on the Swiss pension plan recorded as of December 31, 2020 consisted of losses on the PBO of CHF 857 million due to changes in financial and demographic assumptions, primarily a decrease in the discount rate, an increase in the interest rate on savings balances and updates on the membership data, partially offset by gains on the asset portfolio of CHF 508 million.
The remeasurement loss on the international pension plans recorded as of December 31, 2021 consisted of losses on the asset portfolio of CHF 110 million, partially offset by gains on the PBO of CHF 100 million due to changes in financial and demographic assumptions, primarily an increase in the discount rate and updates on the membership data. The remeasurement loss on the international pension plans recorded as of December 31, 2020 consisted of losses on the PBO of CHF 456 million due to changes in financial and demographic assumptions, primarily a decrease in the discount rate and updates on the membership data, partially offset by gains on the asset portfolio of CHF 391 million.
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The settlements of CHF 448 million on the international plans recorded as of December 31, 2021 mainly related to settlements in the UK, reflecting an enhanced transfer value exercise, and settlements in the US, reflecting a partial sale of pension obligations sold to a third party insurer.
No special contributions were made in 2021. In 2020, there was a special cash contribution made to the defined benefit pension plan in the US of CHF 43 million. In 2022, the Group expects to contribute CHF 258 million to the Swiss pension plan, CHF 16 million to the international defined benefit pension plans and CHF 10 million to other post-retirement defined benefit plans.
PBO or ABO in excess of plan assets
The following table shows the aggregate PBO and ABO, as well as the aggregate fair value of plan assets for those plans with PBO in excess of plan assets and those plans with ABO in excess of plan assets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Defined benefit pension plans in which PBO or ABO exceeded plan assets
   International
    PBO exceeds
fair value of plan assets
ABO exceeds
fair value of plan assets
December 31 2021 2020 2021 2020
PBO/ABO exceeded plan assets (CHF million)   
PBO 412 1,404 403 1,393
ABO 387 1,377 380 1,369
Fair value of plan assets 208 1,159 200 1,150
There were no defined benefit pension plans in Switzerland in which the PBO or the ABO exceeded the plan assets.
Amounts recognized in AOCI and OCI
The following table shows the actuarial gains/(losses), the prior service credits/(costs) and the cumulative effect of accounting changes, which were recorded in AOCI and subsequently recognized as components of net periodic benefit costs.
Amounts recognized in AOCI, net of tax
    Defined benefit
pension plans
Other post-retirement
defined benefit plan

Total
end of 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020
Amounts recognized in AOCI (CHF million)   
Actuarial gains/(losses) (2,678) (3,688) (27) (39) (2,705) (3,727)
Prior service credits/(costs) 362 453 3 3 365 456
Total  (2,316) (3,235) (24) (36) (2,340) (3,271)
The following table shows the changes in OCI due to actuarial gains/(losses), the prior service credits/(costs) recognized in AOCI during 2021 and 2020, the amortization of the aforementioned items as components of net periodic benefit costs for these periods and the cumulative effect of accounting changes.
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Amounts recognized in OCI
    Defined benefit
pension plans
Other post-retirement
defined benefit plan
in Gross Tax Net Gross Tax Net Total net
2021 (CHF million)   
Actuarial gains/(losses) 858 (153) 705 14 (3) 11 716
Prior service credits/(costs) 4 (1) 3 0 0 0 3
Amortization of actuarial losses/(gains) 369 (67) 302 1 0 1 303
Amortization of prior service costs/(credits) (120) 23 (97) 0 0 0 (97)
Immediate recognition due to curtailment/settlement 11 (5) 6 0 0 0 6
Total  1,122 (203) 919 15 (3) 12 931
2020 (CHF million)   
Actuarial gains/(losses) (414) 83 (331) (13) 3 (10) (341)
Prior service credits/(costs) (5) 0 (5) 0 0 0 (5)
Amortization of actuarial losses/(gains) 347 (64) 283 1 0 1 284
Amortization of prior service costs/(credits) (166) 31 (135) 0 0 0 (135)
Immediate recognition due to curtailment/settlement 14 (2) 12 0 0 0 12
Total  (224) 48 (176) (12) 3 (9) (185)
Assumptions
The measurement of both the net periodic benefit costs and the benefit obligation is determined using explicit assumptions, each of which individually represents the best estimate of a particular future event.
Weighted-average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit costs and benefit obligation
    Defined benefit
pension plans
Other post-retirement
defined benefit plan
   Switzerland International International
December 31 2021 2020 2019 2021 2020 2019 2021 2020 2019
Net periodic benefit cost (%)   
Discount rate - service costs 0.63 0.69 1.19 3.22 3.04 3.28 4.38
Discount rate - interest costs 0.06 0.13 0.57 1.62 2.39 3.28 1.74 2.77 3.95
Salary increases 1.50 1.50 0.75 2.98 2.84 2.92
Interest rate on savings balances 1.25 0.45 1.03
Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets 2.50 2.10 2.40 1.79 2.37 3.00
Benefit obligation (%)   
Discount rate 0.56 0.40 0.45 2.15 1.67 2.38 2.89 2.55 3.23
Salary increases 1.50 1.50 1.50 3.33 2.98 2.84
Interest rate on savings balances 1.50 1.25 0.45
Net periodic benefit cost and benefit obligation assumptions
The assumptions used to determine the benefit obligation as of the measurement date are also used to calculate the net periodic benefit costs for the 12-month period following this date.
The discount rates are determined based on yield curves, constructed from high-quality corporate bonds currently available and observable in the market and are expected to be available during the period to maturity of the pension benefits. In countries where there is no deep market in high-quality corporate bonds with longer durations, the best available market information, including governmental bond yields and risk premiums, is used to construct the yield curve. Credit Suisse uses the spot rate approach for valuations, whereby individual spot rates on the yield curve are applied to each year’s cash flow in measuring the plan’s benefit obligation as well as future service costs and interest costs.
The assumption pertaining to salary increases is used to calculate the PBO, which is measured using an assumption as to future compensation levels.
Credit Suisse estimates the future interest rate on savings balances taking into consideration actions and rates approved by the Board of Trustees of the Swiss pension plan and expected future changes in the interest rate environment.
The expected long-term rate of return on plan assets assumption is applied to the market-related value of assets to calculate the expected return on plan assets as a component of the
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net periodic benefit costs. It reflects the average rate of returns expected on the funds invested or to be invested to provide for the benefits included in the PBO. In estimating that rate, appropriate consideration is given to the returns being earned by the plan assets and the rates of return expected to be available for reinvestment. The expected long-term rate of return on plan assets is based on total return forecasts, expected volatility and correlation estimates, reflecting interrelationships between and within asset classes held. Where possible, similar, if not related, approaches are followed to forecast returns for the various asset classes.
The expected long-term rate of return on debt securities reflects both accruing interest and price returns. The probable long-term relationship between the total return and certain exogenous variables is used, which links the total return forecasts on debt securities to forecasts of the macroeconomic environment.
The expected long-term rate of ROE securities is based on a two-stage dividend discount model which considers economic and market forecasts to compute a market-implied equity risk premium. Dividends are estimated using market consensus earnings and the historical payout ratio. A subsequent scenario analysis is used to stress test the level of the return.
The expected long-term rate of return on real estate is based on economic models that reflect both the rental and the capital market side of the direct real estate market. This allows for a replicable and robust forecasting methodology for expected returns on real estate equity, fund and direct market indices.
The expected long-term rate of return on private equity and hedge funds is estimated by determining the key factors in their historical performance using private equity and hedge fund benchmarks and indices. To capture these factors, multiple linear regression models with lagged returns are used.
Mortality assumptions are based on standard mortality tables and standard models and methodologies for projecting future improvements to mortality as developed and published by external independent actuarial societies and actuarial organizations.
Mortality tables and life expectancies for major plans
        Life expectancy at age 65
for a male member currently
Life expectancy at age 65
for a female member currently
      aged 65 aged 45 aged 65 aged 45
December 31 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020
Life expectancy (years)   
Switzerland BVG 2020 tables 1 21.7 21.7 23.3 23.3 23.4 23.7 25.0 25.3
UK SAPS S3 light tables 2 23.5 23.3 24.7 24.9 25.0 24.5 26.4 26.3
US Pri-2012 mortality tables 3 20.6 21.1 21.8 22.3 22.5 22.8 23.7 23.9
1
The BVG 2020 tables were used, which included final 2018 CMI projections, with a long-term rate of improvement of 1.25% per annum.
2
102% of Self-Administered Pension Scheme (SAPS) S3 light tables were used, which included final CMI projections, with a long-term rate of improvement of 1.25% per annum.
3
The Private retirement plan 2012 (Pri-2012) mortality tables were used, with projections based on the Social Security Administration's intermediate improvement scale.
Under US GAAP, the assumptions used to value the PBO should always represent the best estimate as of the measurement date. Credit Suisse regularly reviews the actuarial assumptions used to value and measure the defined benefit obligation on a periodic basis as required by US GAAP.
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Health care cost assumptions
The health care cost trend is used to determine the appropriate other post-retirement defined benefit costs. In determining those costs, an annual weighted-average rate is assumed in the cost of covered health care benefits.
The following table provides an overview of the assumed health care cost trend rates.
Health care cost trend rates
in / end of 2021 2020 2019
Health care cost trend rate (%)   
Annual weighted-average health care cost trend rate 1 6.5 7.0 8.0
1
The annual health care cost trend rate is assumed to decrease gradually to achieve the long-term health care cost trend rate of 4.5% by 2030.
The annual health care cost trend rate used to determine the net periodic defined benefit costs for 2022 is 6.5%.
Plan assets and investment strategy
Plan assets, which are assets that have been segregated and restricted to provide for plan benefits, are measured at their fair value as of the measurement date.
The Group’s defined benefit pension plans employ a total return investment approach, whereby a diversified mix of debt and equity securities and alternative investments, specifically hedge funds and private equity, are used to maximize the long-term return of plan assets while incurring a prudent level of risk. The intent of this strategy is to meet or outperform plan liabilities over the long term. Risk tolerance is established through careful consideration of plan liabilities, plan funded status and corporate financial condition. Furthermore, equity securities are diversified across different geographic regions as well as across growth, value and small and large capitalization stocks. Real estate and alternative investments, such as private equity and hedge funds, are used to enhance long-term returns while improving portfolio diversification. Derivatives may be used to hedge or increase market exposure, but are not used to leverage the portfolio beyond the market value of the underlying investments. Investment risk is measured and monitored on an ongoing basis through periodic asset/liability studies and quarterly investment portfolio reviews. To limit investment risk, the Group pension plans follow defined strategic asset allocation guidelines. At times of major market uncertainties and stress, these guidelines may be further restricted.
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the total fair value of Group debt securities included in plan assets of the Group’s defined benefit pension plans was CHF 5 million and CHF 0 million, respectively, and the total fair value of Group equity securities and options was CHF 3 million and CHF 77 million, respectively.
Fair value hierarchy of plan assets
> Refer to “Fair value measurement” in Note 36 – Financial instruments for discussion of the fair value hierarchy.
Fair value of plan assets
The following tables present the plan assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 for the Group’s defined benefit pension plans.
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Plan assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis
end of    2021 2020




Level 1




Level 2




Level 3
Assets
measured
at net asset
value
per share




Total




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Level 2




Level 3
Assets
measured
at net asset
value
per share




Total
Plan assets at fair value (CHF million)   
Cash and cash equivalents 313 0 0 0 313 458 0 0 0 458
Debt securities 0 6,315 0 469 6,784 0 5,446 0 438 5,884
   of which corporates  0 6,315 0 469 6,784 0 5,446 1 0 438 5,884
Equity securities 0 5,264 0 0 5,264 71 5,249 1 0 0 5,320
Real estate 0 2,040 1,514 0 3,554 0 1,795 1,444 0 3,239
   of which direct  0 0 1,514 0 1,514 0 0 1,444 0 1,444
   of which indirect  0 2,040 0 0 2,040 0 1,795 0 0 1,795
Alternative investments 491 327 0 2,563 3,381 433 514 0 2,152 3,099
   of which private equity  0 0 0 2,431 2,431 0 0 0 1,794 1,794
   of which hedge funds  0 221 0 0 221 0 413 0 1 414
   of which other  491 106 0 132 729 433 101 0 357 891
Switzerland  804 13,946 1,514 3,032 19,296 962 13,004 1,444 2,590 18,000
Cash and cash equivalents 9 101 0 0 110 17 247 0 0 264
Debt securities 2,328 769 0 434 3,531 2,169 1,222 0 422 3,813
   of which governments  2,328 4 0 0 2,332 2,169 7 0 0 2,176
   of which corporates  0 765 0 434 1,199 0 1,215 1 0 422 1,637
Equity securities 0 44 0 57 101 0 33 1 0 52 85
Real estate – indirect 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20
Alternative investments 0 (27) 0 0 (27) 0 (47) 0 0 (47)
   of which hedge funds  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   of which other  0 (27) 2 0 0 (27) 0 (47) 2 0 0 (47)
Other investments 0 87 0 0 87 0 77 0 0 77
International  2,337 974 0 491 3,802 2,186 1,532 0 494 4,212
Total plan assets at fair value  3,141 14,920 1,514 3,523 23,098 3,148 14,536 1,444 3,084 22,212
The Swiss pension fund uses exchange-traded futures to manage the economic exposure of the portfolio. Under US GAAP, these futures are not carried at fair value as they are settled on a daily basis and are considered brokerage receivables and payables. Consequently, they are excluded from this table. These futures increased/(decreased) the economic exposure to cash and cash equivalents by CHF (59) million and CHF 462 million in 2021 and 2020, respectively, increased the economic exposure to debt securities – corporate bonds by CHF 245 million in 2021 and decreased the economic exposure to equity securities by CHF 186 million and CHF 462 million in 2021 and 2020, respectively.
1
Prior period has been revised to reclassify the leveling of certain plan assets.
2
Primarily related to derivative instruments.
Plan assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis for level 3
    Actual return
on plan assets

Balance at
beginning
of period


Transfers
in


Transfers
out
On assets
still held at
reporting
date

On assets
sold during
the period

Purchases,
sales,
settlements
Foreign
currency
translation
impact

Balance
at end
of period
2021 (CHF million)   
Real estate 1,444 0 0 65 0 5 0 1,514
   of which direct  1,444 0 0 65 0 5 0 1,514
Total plan assets at fair value  1,444 0 0 65 0 5 0 1,514
   of which Switzerland  1,444 0 0 65 0 5 0 1,514
2020 (CHF million)   
Real estate 1,351 0 0 69 0 24 0 1,444
   of which direct  1,351 0 0 69 0 24 0 1,444
Total plan assets at fair value  1,351 0 0 69 0 24 0 1,444
   of which Switzerland  1,351 0 0 69 0 24 0 1,444
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Qualitative disclosures of valuation techniques used to measure fair value
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents includes money market instruments such as bankers’ acceptances, certificates of deposit, CP, book claims, treasury bills, other rights and commingled funds. Valuations of money market instruments and commingled funds are generally based on observable inputs.
Debt securities
Debt securities include government and corporate bonds which are generally quoted in active markets or as units in mutual funds. Debt securities for which market prices are not available, are valued based on yields reflecting the perceived risk of the issuer and the maturity of the security, recent disposals in the market or other modeling techniques, which may involve judgment. Units in mutual funds which are not directly quoted on a public stock exchange and/or for which a fair value is not readily determinable are measured at fair value using NAV.
Equity securities
Equity securities held include common equity shares, convertible bonds and shares in investment companies and units in mutual funds. The common equity shares are generally traded on public stock exchanges for which quoted prices are regularly available. Convertible bonds are generally valued using observable pricing sources. Shares in investment companies and units in mutual funds, which are not directly quoted on a public stock exchange and/or for which a fair value is not readily determinable, are measured at fair value using NAV.
Real estate
Real estate includes direct real estate as well as investments in real estate investment companies, trusts or mutual funds. Direct real estate is initially measured at its transaction price, which is the best estimate of fair value. Thereafter, direct real estate is individually measured at fair value based on a number of factors that include any recent rounds of financing involving third-party investors, comparable company transactions, multiple analyses of cash flows or book values, or discounted cash flow analyses. The availability of information used in these modeling techniques is often limited and involves significant judgment in evaluating these different factors over time. Real estate investment companies, trusts and mutual funds which are not directly quoted on a public stock exchange and/or for which a fair value is not readily determinable are measured at fair value using NAV.
Alternative investments
Private equity includes direct investments, investments in partnerships that make private equity and related investments in various portfolio companies and funds and fund of funds partnerships. Private equity consists of both publicly traded securities and private securities. Publicly traded investments that are restricted or that are not quoted in active markets are valued based on publicly available quotes with appropriate adjustments for liquidity or trading restrictions. Private equity is valued taking into account a number of factors, such as the most recent round of financing involving unrelated new investors, earnings multiple analyses using comparable companies or discounted cash flow analyses. Private equity for which a fair value is not readily determinable is measured at fair value using NAV provided by the general partner.
Hedge funds that are not directly quoted on a public stock exchange and/or for which a fair value is not readily determinable are measured at fair value using NAV provided by the fund administrator.
Derivatives
Derivatives include both OTC and exchange-traded derivatives. The fair value of OTC derivatives is determined on the basis of inputs that include those characteristics of the derivative that have a bearing on the economics of the instrument. The determination of the fair value of many derivatives involves only a limited degree of subjectivity since the required inputs are generally observable in the marketplace. Other more complex derivatives may use unobservable inputs. Such inputs include long-dated volatility assumptions on OTC option transactions and recovery rate assumptions for credit derivative transactions. The fair value of exchange-traded derivatives is typically derived from the observable exchange prices and/or observable inputs.
Plan asset allocation
The following table shows the plan asset allocation as of the measurement date calculated based on the fair value at that date including the performance of each asset class.
Plan asset allocation
   Switzerland International
December 31 2021 2020 2021 2020
Weighted-average (%)   
Cash and cash equivalents 1.6 2.5 2.9 6.3
Debt securities 35.2 32.7 92.9 90.5
Equity securities 27.3 29.6 2.6 2.0
Real estate 18.4 18.0 0.0 0.5
Alternative investments 17.5 17.2 (0.7) (1.1)
Insurance 0.0 0.0 2.3 1.8
Total  100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
The following table shows the target plan asset allocation for 2022 in accordance with the Group’s investment strategy. The target plan asset allocation is used to determine the expected return on plan assets to be considered in the net periodic benefit costs for 2022.
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2022 target plan asset allocation
Switzerland International
Weighted-average (%)   
Cash and cash equivalents 7.0 0.3
Debt securities 32.0 93.4
Equity securities 25.0 2.2
Real estate 21.0 0.6
Alternative investments 15.0 1.2
Insurance 0.0 2.3
Total  100.0 100.0
Estimated future benefit payments
The following table shows the estimated future benefit payments for defined benefit pension and other post-retirement defined benefit plans.
Estimated future benefit payments
Defined benefit
pension plans
Other post-retirement
defined benefit plan
Payments (CHF million)   
2022 987 10
2023 916 10
2024 914 10
2025 899 9
2026 904 9
For five years thereafter 4,485 34
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33 Derivatives and hedging activities
Derivatives are generally either privately negotiated OTC contracts or standard contracts transacted through regulated exchanges. The Group’s most frequently used freestanding derivative products, entered into for trading and risk management purposes, include interest rate, credit default and cross-currency swaps, interest rate and foreign exchange options, interest rate and foreign exchange forward contracts and foreign exchange and interest rate futures.
The Group also enters into contracts that are not considered derivatives in their entirety but include embedded derivative features. Such transactions primarily include issued and purchased structured debt instruments where the return may be calculated by reference to an equity security, index or third-party credit risk, or that have non-standard interest or foreign exchange terms.
On the date a derivative contract is entered into, the Group designates it as belonging to one of the following categories:
trading activities;
a risk management transaction that does not qualify as a hedge under accounting standards (referred to as an economic hedge);
a hedge of the fair value of a recognized asset or liability;
a hedge of the variability of cash flows to be received or paid relating to a recognized asset or liability or a forecasted transaction; or
a hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation.
Trading activities
The Group is active in most of the principal trading markets and transacts in many trading and hedging products. As noted above, this includes the use of swaps, futures, options and structured products, such as custom transactions using combinations of derivatives, in connection with its sales and trading activities. Trading activities include market making, positioning and arbitrage activities. The majority of the Group’s derivatives were used for trading activities.
Economic hedges
Economic hedges arise when the Group enters into derivative contracts for its own risk management purposes, but the contracts entered into do not qualify for hedge accounting under US GAAP. These economic hedges include the following types:
interest rate derivatives to manage net interest rate risk on certain core banking business assets and liabilities;
foreign exchange derivatives to manage foreign exchange risk on certain core banking business revenue and expense items, as well as on core banking business assets and liabilities;
credit derivatives to manage credit risk on certain loan portfolios;
futures to manage risk on equity positions including convertible bonds; and
equity derivatives to manage equity/index risks on certain structured products.
Derivatives used in economic hedges are included as trading assets or trading liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.
Hedge accounting
Fair value hedges
The Group designates fair value hedges as part of an overall interest rate risk management strategy that incorporates the use of derivative instruments to minimize fluctuations in earnings that are caused by interest rate volatility. The Group uses derivatives to hedge for changes in fair value as a result of the interest rate risk associated with loans, debt securities held as available-for-sale and long-term debt instruments.
Cash flow hedges
The Group hedges the variability in interest cash flows mainly on mortgages, loans and reverse repurchase agreements by using interest rate swaps to convert variable rate assets to fixed rates. Further, the Group uses foreign currency forwards to hedge the foreign currency risk associated with certain forecasted transactions. As of the end of 2021, the maximum length of time over which the Group hedged its exposure to the variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions, excluding those forecasted transactions related to the payment of variable interest on existing financial instruments, was 12 months.
Net investment hedges
The Group designates net investment hedges as part of its strategy to hedge selected net investments in foreign operations against adverse movements in foreign exchange rates, typically using forward foreign exchange contracts.
Hedge effectiveness assessment
The Group assesses the effectiveness of hedging relationships both prospectively and retrospectively. The prospective assessment is made both at the inception of a hedging relationship and on an ongoing basis, and requires the Group to justify its expectation that the relationship will be highly effective over future periods. The retrospective assessment is also performed on an ongoing basis and requires the Group to determine whether or not the hedging relationship has actually been effective.
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Fair value of derivative instruments
The tables below present gross derivative replacement values by type of contract and whether the derivative is used for trading purposes or in a qualifying hedging relationship. Notional amounts have also been provided as an indication of the volume of derivative activity within the Group.
Information on bifurcated embedded derivatives has not been included in these tables. Under US GAAP, the Group elected to account for substantially all financial instruments with an embedded derivative that is not considered clearly and closely related to the host contract at fair value.
> Refer to “Note 36 – Financial instruments” for further information.
Fair value of derivative instruments
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Notional
amount
Positive
replacement
value (PRV)
Negative
replacement
value (NRV)

Notional
amount
Positive
replacement
value (PRV)
Negative
replacement
value (NRV)
Derivative instruments (CHF billion)   
Forwards and forward rate agreements 1,736.0 0.9 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Swaps 8,810.0 36.8 33.0 131.4 0.4 0.2
Options bought and sold (OTC) 779.0 11.5 10.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Futures 144.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (exchange-traded) 71.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Interest rate products  11,541.1 49.3 44.8 131.4 0.4 0.2
Forwards 1,052.9 7.6 8.2 21.1 0.1 0.1
Swaps 345.3 11.3 12.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (OTC) 174.9 2.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Futures 10.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (exchange-traded) 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Foreign exchange products  1,585.0 20.9 22.8 21.1 0.1 0.1
Forwards 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Swaps 94.7 1.4 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (OTC) 243.9 11.1 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Futures 46.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (exchange-traded) 535.8 22.9 21.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Equity/index-related products  921.6 35.5 36.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Credit derivatives 2 506.8 5.0 6.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Forwards 9.9 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Swaps 12.0 1.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (OTC) 11.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Futures 11.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (exchange-traded) 9.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other products 3 53.3 1.6 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total derivative instruments  14,607.8 112.3 111.2 152.5 0.5 0.3
The notional amount, PRV and NRV (trading and hedging) was CHF 14,760.3 billion, CHF 112.8 billion and CHF 111.5 billion, respectively, as of December 31, 2021.
1
Relates to derivative contracts that qualify for hedge accounting under US GAAP.
2
Primarily credit default swaps.
3
Primarily precious metals, commodity and energy products.
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Negative
replacement
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Positive
replacement
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Negative
replacement
value (NRV)
Derivative instruments (CHF billion)   
Forwards and forward rate agreements 5,221.5 2.7 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Swaps 8,087.8 53.5 50.2 126.1 0.9 0.1
Options bought and sold (OTC) 968.6 18.2 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Futures 186.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (exchange-traded) 90.9 0.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Interest rate products  14,555.3 2 74.9 71.6 126.1 0.9 0.1
Forwards 928.4 10.1 11.8 13.9 0.1 0.1
Swaps 345.8 10.9 13.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (OTC) 185.9 3.4 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Futures 8.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (exchange-traded) 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Foreign exchange products  1,469.9 2 24.4 28.9 13.9 0.1 0.1
Forwards 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Swaps 167.6 4.3 8.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (OTC) 218.3 14.9 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Futures 23.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (exchange-traded) 454.0 20.0 20.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Equity/index-related products  864.4 39.2 39.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Credit derivatives 3 467.8 4.9 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Forwards 12.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Swaps 9.8 1.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (OTC) 14.8 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Futures 4.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (exchange-traded) 11.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other products 4 52.6 1.8 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total derivative instruments  17,410.0 2 145.2 147.3 140.0 1.0 0.2
The notional amount, PRV and NRV (trading and hedging) was CHF 17,550.0 billion, CHF 146.2 billion and CHF 147.5 billion, respectively, as of December 31, 2020.
1
Relates to derivative contracts that qualify for hedge accounting under US GAAP.
2
Prior period has been revised.
3
Primarily credit default swaps.
4
Primarily precious metals, commodity and energy products.
Gains or (losses) on fair value hedges
in 2021 2020 2019
Interest rate products (CHF million)   
Hedged items 1 1,673 (1,679) (1,721)
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments 1 (1,597) 1,564 1,550
The accrued interest on fair value hedges is recorded in net interest income and is excluded from this table.
1
Included in net interest income.
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Hedged items in fair value hedges
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Hedging
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2 Carrying
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Hedging
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1 Discontinued
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2
Assets (CHF billion)   
Investment securities 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0
Net loans 16.6 (0.2) 0.2 20.5 0.2 0.5
Liabilities (CHF billion)   
Long-term debt 69.4 (0.2) 0.8 65.8 1.9 0.8
1
Relates to the cumulative amount of fair value hedging adjustments included in the carrying amount.
2
Relates to the cumulative amount of fair value hedging adjustments remaining for any hedged items for which hedge accounting has been discontinued.
Cash flow hedges
in 2021 2020 2019
Interest rate products (CHF million)   
Gains/(losses) recognized in AOCI on derivatives (314) 134 85
Gains/(losses) reclassified from AOCI into interest and dividend income 7 (70) 3
Foreign exchange products (CHF million)   
Gains/(losses) recognized in AOCI on derivatives (9) (33) 4
Trading revenues 0 (30) (7)
Other revenues 0 0 (4)
Total other operating expenses 34 (2) (16)
Gains/(losses) reclassified from AOCI into income 34 (32) (27)
Gains/(losses) excluded from the assessment of effectiveness reported in trading revenues 1 0 1 (20)
1
Related to the forward points of a foreign currency forward.
The net loss associated with cash flow hedges expected to be reclassified from AOCI within the next 12 months was CHF 17 million.
Net investment hedges
in 2021 2020 2019
Foreign exchange products (CHF million)   
Gains/(losses) recognized in the cumulative translation adjustments section of AOCI 47 458 (138)
Gains/(losses) reclassified from the cumulative translation adjustments section of AOCI into other revenues 0 10 0
The Group includes all derivative instruments not included in hedge accounting relationships in its trading activities.
> Refer to “Note 7 – Trading revenues” for gains and losses on trading activities by product type.
Disclosures relating to contingent credit risk
Certain of the Group’s derivative instruments contain provisions that require it to maintain a specified credit rating from each of the major credit rating agencies. If the ratings fall below the level specified in the contract, the counterparties to the agreements could request payment of additional collateral on those derivative instruments that are in a net liability position. Certain of the derivative contracts also provide for termination of the contract, generally upon a downgrade of either the Group or the counterparty. Such derivative contracts are reflected at close-out costs.
The following table provides the Group’s current net exposure from contingent credit risk relating to derivative contracts with bilateral counterparties and SPEs that include credit support agreements, the related collateral posted and the additional collateral required in a one-notch, two-notch and a three-notch downgrade event, respectively. The table also includes derivative contracts with contingent credit risk features without credit support agreements that have accelerated termination event conditions. The current net exposure for derivative contracts with bilateral counterparties and contracts with accelerated termination event conditions is the aggregate fair value of derivative instruments that were in a net liability position. For SPEs, the current net exposure is the contractual amount that is used to determine the collateral payable in the event of a downgrade. The contractual amount could include both the NRV and a percentage of the notional value of the derivative.
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Contingent credit risk (CHF billion)   
Current net exposure 2.3 0.0 0.3 2.6 3.0 0.0 0.4 3.4
Collateral posted 1.9 0.0 1.9 2.4 0.0 2.4
Impact of a one-notch downgrade event 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Impact of a two-notch downgrade event 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Impact of a three-notch downgrade event 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.7
The impact of a downgrade event reflects the amount of additional collateral required for bilateral counterparties and special purpose entities and the amount of additional termination expenses for accelerated terminations, respectively.
Credit derivatives
Credit derivatives are contractual agreements in which the buyer generally pays a fee in exchange for a contingent payment by the seller if there is a credit event on the underlying referenced entity or asset. They are generally privately negotiated OTC contracts, with numerous settlement and payment terms, and most are structured so that they specify the occurrence of an identifiable credit event, which can include bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, material adverse restructuring of debt or failure to meet obligations when due.
The Group enters into credit derivative contracts in the normal course of business, buying and selling protection to facilitate client transactions and as a market maker. This includes providing structured credit products for its clients to enable them to hedge their credit risk. The referenced instruments of these structured credit products are both investment grade and non-investment grade and could include corporate bonds, sovereign debt, asset-backed securities (ABS) and loans. These instruments can be formed as single items (single-named instruments) or combined on a portfolio basis (multi-named instruments). The Group purchases protection to economically hedge various forms of credit exposure, for example, the economic hedging of loan portfolios or other cash positions. Finally, the Group also takes proprietary positions which can take the form of either purchased or sold protection.
The credit derivatives most commonly transacted by the Group are CDS and credit swaptions. CDSs are contractual agreements in which the buyer of the swap pays an upfront and/or a periodic fee in return for a contingent payment by the seller of the swap following a credit event of the referenced entity or asset. Credit swaptions are options with a specified maturity to buy or sell protection under a CDS on a specific referenced credit event.
In addition, to reduce its credit risk, the Group enters into legally enforceable netting agreements with its derivative counterparties. Collateral on these derivative contracts is usually posted on a net counterparty basis and cannot be allocated to a particular derivative contract.
> Refer to “Note 28 – Offsetting of financial assets and financial liabilities” for further information on netting.
Credit protection sold
Credit protection sold is the maximum potential payout, which is based on the notional value of derivatives and represents the amount of future payments that the Group would be required to make as a result of credit risk-related events. The Group believes that the maximum potential payout is not representative of the actual loss exposure based on historical experience. This amount has not been reduced by the Group’s rights to the underlying assets and the related cash flows. In accordance with most credit derivative contracts, should a credit event (or settlement trigger) occur, the Group is usually liable for the difference between the credit protection sold and the recourse it holds in the value of the underlying assets. The maximum potential amount of future payments has not been reduced for any cash collateral paid to a given counterparty as such payments would be calculated after netting all derivative exposures, including any credit derivatives with that counterparty in accordance with a related master netting agreement. Due to such netting processes, determining the amount of collateral that corresponds to credit derivative exposures only is not possible.
To reflect the quality of the payment risk on credit protection sold, the Group assigns an internally generated rating to those instruments referenced in the contracts. Internal ratings are assigned by experienced credit analysts based on expert judgment that incorporates analysis and evaluation of both quantitative and qualitative factors. The specific factors analyzed, and their relative importance, are dependent on the type of counterparty. The analysis emphasizes a forward-looking approach, concentrating on economic trends and financial fundamentals, and making use of peer analysis, industry comparisons and other quantitative tools. External ratings and market information are also used in the analysis process where available.
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Credit protection purchased
Credit protection purchased represents those instruments where the underlying reference instrument is identical to the reference instrument of the credit protection sold. The maximum potential payout amount of credit protection purchased for each individual identical underlying reference instrument may be greater or lower than the notional amount of protection sold.
The Group also considers estimated recoveries that it would receive if the specified credit event occurred, including both the anticipated value of the underlying referenced asset that would, in most instances, be transferred to the Group and the impact of any purchased protection with an identical reference instrument and product type.
Other protection purchased
In the normal course of business, the Group purchases protection to offset the risk of credit protection sold that may have similar, but not identical, reference instruments, and may use similar, but not identical, products, which reduces the total credit derivative exposure. Other protection purchased is based on the notional value of the instruments.
The Group purchases its protection from banks and broker dealers, other financial institutions and other counterparties.
Fair value of credit protection sold
The fair values of the credit protection sold give an indication of the amount of payment risk, as the negative fair values increase when the potential payment under the derivative contracts becomes more probable.
Credit protection sold/purchased
The following tables do not include all credit derivatives and differ from the credit derivatives in the “Fair value of derivative instruments” table. This is due to the exclusion of certain credit derivative instruments under US GAAP, which defines a credit derivative as a derivative instrument (a) in which one or more of its underlyings are related to the credit risk of a specified entity (or a group of entities) or an index based on the credit risk of a group of entities and (b) that exposes the seller to potential loss from credit risk-related events specified in the contract.
Total return swaps (TRS) of CHF 12.0 billion and CHF 14.4 billion as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, were also excluded because a TRS does not expose the seller to potential loss from credit risk-related events specified in the contract. A TRS only provides protection against a loss in asset value and not against additional amounts as a result of specific credit events.
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purchased
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protection
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protection
purchased
1 Net credit
protection
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purchased

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protection
purchased
Fair value
of credit
protection
sold
Single-name instruments (CHF billion)   
Investment grade 2 (60.2) 55.6 (4.6) 10.1 0.6 (52.5) 47.8 (4.7) 13.0 0.5
Non-investment grade (31.5) 28.9 (2.6) 7.9 0.4 (28.5) 26.5 (2.0) 11.8 0.4
Total single-name instruments  (91.7) 84.5 (7.2) 18.0 1.0 (81.0) 74.3 (6.7) 24.8 0.9
   of which sovereign  (13.5) 12.2 (1.3) 4.0 (0.1) (12.5) 11.6 (0.9) 5.3 0.0
   of which non-sovereign  (78.2) 72.3 (5.9) 14.0 1.1 (68.5) 62.7 (5.8) 19.5 0.9
Multi-name instruments (CHF billion)   
Investment grade 2 (102.9) 96.0 (6.9) 20.2 0.7 (99.5) 95.2 (4.3) 23.1 (0.7)
Non-investment grade (35.7) 33.2 (2.5) 12.6 3 (0.5) (24.3) 19.9 (4.4) 11.3 3 0.2
Total multi-name instruments  (138.6) 129.2 (9.4) 32.8 0.2 (123.8) 115.1 (8.7) 34.4 (0.5)
   of which non-sovereign  (138.6) 129.2 (9.4) 32.8 0.2 (123.8) 115.1 (8.7) 34.4 (0.5)
Total instruments (CHF billion)   
Investment grade 2 (163.1) 151.6 (11.5) 30.3 1.3 (152.0) 143.0 (9.0) 36.1 (0.2)
Non-investment grade (67.2) 62.1 (5.1) 20.5 (0.1) (52.8) 46.4 (6.4) 23.1 0.6
Total instruments  (230.3) 213.7 (16.6) 50.8 1.2 (204.8) 189.4 (15.4) 59.2 0.4
   of which sovereign  (13.5) 12.2 (1.3) 4.0 (0.1) (12.5) 11.6 (0.9) 5.3 0.0
   of which non-sovereign  (216.8) 201.5 (15.3) 46.8 1.3 (192.3) 177.8 (14.5) 53.9 0.4
1
Represents credit protection purchased with identical underlyings and recoveries.
2
Based on internal ratings of BBB and above.
3
Includes synthetic securitized loan portfolios.
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The following table reconciles the notional amount of credit derivatives included in the table “Fair value of derivative instruments” to the table “Credit protection sold/purchased”.
Credit derivatives
end of 2021 2020
Credit derivatives (CHF billion)   
Credit protection sold 230.3 204.8
Credit protection purchased 213.7 189.4
Other protection purchased 50.8 59.2
Other instruments 1 12.0 14.4
Total credit derivatives  506.8 467.8
1
Consists of total return swaps and other derivative instruments.
The segregation of the future payments by maturity range and underlying risk gives an indication of the current status of the potential for performance under the derivative contracts.
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2021 (CHF billion)   
Single-name instruments 14.4 73.6 3.7 91.7
Multi-name instruments 39.9 88.3 10.4 138.6
Total instruments  54.3 161.9 14.1 230.3
2020 (CHF billion)   
Single-name instruments 14.0 62.7 4.3 81.0
Multi-name instruments 29.6 82.6 11.6 123.8
Total instruments  43.6 145.3 15.9 204.8
34 Guarantees and commitments
Guarantees
In the ordinary course of business, guarantees are provided that contingently obligate the Group to make payments to third parties if the counterparty fails to fulfill its obligation under a borrowing or other contractual arrangement. The total gross amount disclosed within the Guarantees table reflects the maximum potential payment under the guarantees. The carrying value represents the higher of the initial fair value (generally the related fee received or receivable) less cumulative amortization and the Group’s current best estimate of payments that will be required under existing guarantee arrangements.
Guarantees provided by the Group are classified as follows: credit guarantees and similar instruments, performance guarantees and similar instruments, derivatives and other guarantees.
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2021 (CHF million)   
Credit guarantees and similar instruments 2,124 1,049 197 561 3,931 3,874 25 2,014
Performance guarantees and similar instruments 3,982 2,253 555 528 7,318 6,299 40 3,605
Derivatives 2 5,374 2,567 561 419 8,921 8,921 289
Other guarantees 4,012 1,040 307 1,151 6,510 6,469 71 3,789
Total guarantees  15,492 6,909 1,620 2,659 26,680 25,563 425 9,408
2020 (CHF million)   
Credit guarantees and similar instruments 1,645 649 203 582 3,079 3,016 27 1,637
Performance guarantees and similar instruments 3,607 1,885 526 514 6,532 5,601 30 2,535
Derivatives 2,3 4,179 6,051 1,288 559 12,077 12,077 158
Other guarantees 3,555 996 421 1,171 6,143 6,130 85 3,725
Total guarantees  12,986 9,581 2,438 2,826 27,831 26,824 300 7,897
1
Total net amount is computed as the gross amount less any participations.
2
Excludes derivative contracts with certain active commercial and investment banks and certain other counterparties, as such contracts can be cash settled and the Group had no basis to conclude it was probable that the counterparties held, at inception, the underlying instruments.
3
Prior period has been revised.
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Credit guarantees and similar instruments
Credit guarantees and similar instruments are contracts that require the Group to make payments should a third party fail to do so under a specified existing credit obligation. The position includes standby letters of credit, commercial and residential mortgage guarantees, credit guarantees to clearing and settlement networks and exchanges and other guarantees associated with VIEs.
Standby letters of credit are made in connection with the corporate lending business and other corporate activities, where the Group provides guarantees to counterparties in the form of standby letters of credit, which represent obligations to make payments to third parties if the counterparties fail to fulfill their obligations under a borrowing arrangement or other contractual obligation.
Commercial and residential mortgage guarantees are made in connection with the Group’s commercial mortgage activities in the US, where the Group sells certain commercial and residential mortgages to Fannie Mae and agrees to bear a percentage of the losses triggered by the borrowers failing to perform on the mortgage. The Group also issues guarantees that require it to reimburse Fannie Mae for losses on certain whole loans underlying mortgage-backed securities issued by Fannie Mae, which are triggered by borrowers failing to perform on the underlying mortgages.
The Group also provides guarantees to VIEs and other counterparties under which it may be required to buy assets from such entities upon the occurrence of certain triggering events such as rating downgrades and/or substantial decreases in the fair value of those assets.
Performance guarantees and similar instruments
Performance guarantees and similar instruments are arrangements that require contingent payments to be made when certain performance-related targets or covenants are not met. Such covenants may include a customer’s obligation to deliver certain products and services or to perform under a construction contract. Performance guarantees are frequently executed as part of project finance transactions. The position includes private equity fund guarantees and guarantees related to residential mortgage securitization activities.
For private equity fund guarantees, the Group has provided investors in private equity funds sponsored by a Group entity guarantees on potential obligations of certain general partners to return amounts previously paid as carried interest to those general partners if the performance of the remaining investments declines. To manage its exposure, the Group generally withholds a portion of carried interest distributions to cover any repayment obligations. In addition, pursuant to certain contractual arrangements, the Group is obligated to make cash payments to certain investors in certain private equity funds if specified performance thresholds are not met.
Further, as part of the Group’s residential mortgage securitization activities in the US, the Group may guarantee the collection by the servicer and remittance to the securitization trust of prepayment penalties. The Group will have to perform under these guarantees in the event the servicer fails to remit the prepayment penalties.
Derivatives
Derivatives which may also have the characteristics of a guarantee are issued in the ordinary course of business, generally in the form of written put options. Such derivative contracts do not meet the characteristics of a guarantee if they are cash settled and the Group has no basis to conclude it is probable that the counterparties held, at inception, the underlying instruments related to the derivative contracts. The Group has concluded that these conditions were met for certain active commercial and investment banks and certain other counterparties, and accordingly, the Group has reported such contracts as derivatives only.
The Group manages its exposure to these derivatives by engaging in various hedging strategies to reduce its exposure. For some contracts, such as written interest rate caps or foreign exchange options, the maximum payout is not determinable as interest rates or exchange rates could theoretically rise without limit. For these contracts, notional amounts were disclosed in the table above in order to provide an indication of the underlying exposure. In addition, the Group carries all derivatives at fair value in the consolidated balance sheets and has considered the performance triggers and probabilities of payment when determining those fair values. It is more likely than not that written put options that are in-the-money to the counterparty will be exercised, for which the Group’s exposure was limited to the carrying value reflected in the table.
Other guarantees
Other guarantees include bankers’ acceptances, residual value guarantees, deposit insurance, contingent considerations in business combinations, the minimum value of an investment in mutual funds or private equity funds and all other guarantees that were not allocated to one of the categories above.
Deposit-taking banks and securities dealers in Switzerland and certain other European countries are required to ensure the payout of privileged deposits in case of specified restrictions or compulsory liquidation of a deposit-taking bank. In Switzerland, deposit-taking banks and securities dealers jointly guarantee an amount of up to CHF 6 billion. Upon occurrence of a payout event triggered by a specified restriction of business imposed by FINMA or by the compulsory liquidation of another deposit-taking bank, the Group’s contribution will be calculated based on its share of privileged deposits in proportion to total privileged deposits. Based on FINMA’s estimate for the Group’s banking subsidiaries in Switzerland, the Group’s share in the deposit insurance guarantee program for the period July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 is CHF 0.5 billion. These deposit insurance guarantees were reflected in other guarantees.
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Representations and warranties on residential mortgage loans sold
In connection with the Investment Bank division’s sale of US residential mortgage loans, the Group has provided certain representations and warranties relating to the loans sold. The Group has provided these representations and warranties relating to sales of loans to institutional investors, primarily banks, and non-agency, or private label, securitizations. The loans sold are primarily loans that the Group has purchased from other parties. The scope of representations and warranties, if any, depends on the transaction, but can include: ownership of the mortgage loans and legal capacity to sell the loans; loan-to-value ratios and other characteristics of the property, the borrower and the loan; validity of the liens securing the loans and absence of delinquent taxes or related liens; conformity to underwriting standards and completeness of documentation; and origination in compliance with law. If it is determined that representations and warranties were breached, the Group may be required to repurchase the related loans or indemnify the investors to make them whole for losses. Whether the Group will incur a loss in connection with repurchases and make whole payments depends on: the extent to which claims are made; the validity of such claims made within the statute of limitations (including the likelihood and ability to enforce claims); whether the Group can successfully claim against parties that sold loans to the Group and made representations and warranties to the Group; the residential real estate market, including the number of defaults; and whether the obligations of the securitization vehicles were guaranteed or insured by third parties.
Repurchase claims on residential mortgage loans sold that are subject to arbitration or litigation proceedings, or become so during the reporting period, are not included in this Guarantees and commitments disclosure but are addressed in litigation and related loss contingencies and provisions. The Group is involved in litigation relating to representations and warranties on residential mortgages sold.
> Refer to “Note 40 – Litigation” for further information.
Disposal-related contingencies and other indemnifications
The Group has certain guarantees for which its maximum contingent liability cannot be quantified. These guarantees are not reflected in the “Guarantees” table and are discussed below.
Disposal-related contingencies
In connection with the sale of assets or businesses, the Group sometimes provides the acquirer with certain indemnification provisions. These indemnification provisions vary by counterparty in scope and duration and depend upon the type of assets or businesses sold. They are designed to transfer the potential risk of certain unquantifiable and unknowable loss contingencies, such as litigation, tax and intellectual property matters, from the acquirer to the seller. The Group closely monitors all such contractual agreements in order to ensure that indemnification provisions are adequately provided for in the Group’s consolidated financial statements.
Other indemnifications
The Group provides indemnifications to certain counterparties in connection with its normal operating activities for which it is not possible to estimate the maximum amount that it could be obligated to pay. As a normal part of issuing its own securities, the Group typically agrees to reimburse holders for additional tax withholding charges or assessments resulting from changes in applicable tax laws or the interpretation of those laws. Securities that include these agreements to pay additional amounts generally also include a related redemption or call provision if the obligation to pay the additional amounts results from a change in law or its interpretation and the obligation cannot be avoided by the issuer taking reasonable steps to avoid the payment of additional amounts. Since such potential obligations are dependent on future changes in tax laws, the related liabilities the Group may incur as a result of such changes cannot be reasonably estimated. In light of the related call provisions typically included, the Group does not expect any potential liabilities in respect of tax gross-ups to be material.
The Group is a member of numerous securities exchanges and clearing houses and may, as a result of its membership arrangements, be required to perform if another member defaults and available amounts as defined in the relevant exchange’s or clearing house’s default waterfalls are not sufficient to cover losses of another member’s default. The exchange’s or clearing house’s default management procedures may provide for cash calls to non-defaulting members which may be limited to the amount (or a multiple of the amount) of the Group’s contribution to the guarantee fund. However, if these cash calls are not sufficient to cover losses, the default waterfall and default management procedures may foresee further loss allocation. Furthermore, some clearing house arrangements require members to assume a proportionate share of non-default losses, if such losses exceed the specified resources allocated for such purpose by the clearing house. Non-default losses result from the clearing house’s investment of guarantee fund contributions and initial margin or are other losses unrelated to the default of a clearing member. The Group has determined that it is not possible to reasonably estimate the maximum potential amount of future payments due under the membership arrangements. In addition, the Group believes that any potential requirement to make payments under these membership arrangements is remote.
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Other commitments
Irrevocable commitments under documentary credits
Irrevocable commitments under documentary credits include exposures from trade finance related to commercial letters of credit under which the Group guarantees payments to exporters against presentation of shipping and other documents.
Irrevocable loan commitments
Irrevocable loan commitments are irrevocable credit facilities extended to clients and include fully or partially undrawn commitments that are legally binding and cannot be unconditionally cancelled by the Group. Commitments to originate mortgage loans that will be held for sale are considered derivatives for accounting purposes and are not included in this disclosure. Such commitments are reflected as derivatives in the consolidated balance sheets.
Forward reverse repurchase agreements
Forward reverse repurchase agreements represent transactions in which the initial cash exchange of the reverse repurchase transactions takes place on specified future dates. The Group enters into forward reverse repurchase agreements with counterparties that may have existing funded reverse repurchase agreements. Depending on the details of the counterparty contract with Credit Suisse, both a counterparty’s existing funded reverse repurchase agreement and any forward reverse repurchase agreements under contract with the same counterparty are considered.
Other commitments
Other commitments include private equity commitments, firm commitments in underwriting securities, commitments arising from deferred payment letters of credit and from acceptances in circulation and liabilities for call and put options on shares and other equity instruments.
Other commitments

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2021 (CHF million)   
Irrevocable commitments under documentary credits 4,796 116 0 0 4,912 4,602 2,801
Irrevocable loan commitments 2 22,959 44,143 43,848 11,609 122,559 118,281 55,766
Forward reverse repurchase agreements 466 0 0 0 466 466 466
Other commitments 121 16 11 248 396 396 8
Total other commitments  28,342 44,275 43,859 11,857 128,333 123,745 59,041
2020 (CHF million)   
Irrevocable commitments under documentary credits 3,915 97 0 0 4,012 3,963 2,404
Irrevocable loan commitments 2 19,813 48,855 39,605 10,749 119,022 115,116 53,039
Forward reverse repurchase agreements 17 0 0 0 17 17 17
Other commitments 135 1,418 9 381 1,943 1,943 19
Total other commitments  23,880 50,370 39,614 11,130 124,994 121,039 55,479
1
Total net amount is computed as the gross amount less any participations.
2
Irrevocable loan commitments do not include a total gross amount of CHF 143,992 million and CHF 130,877 million of unused credit limits as of the end of 2021 and 2020 respectively, which were revocable at the Group's sole discretion upon notice to the client.
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35 Transfers of financial assets and variable interest entities
In the normal course of business, the Group enters into transactions with, and makes use of, SPEs. An SPE is an entity in the form of a trust or other legal structure designed to fulfill a specific limited need of the company that organized it and is generally structured to isolate the SPE’s assets from creditors of other entities, including the Group. The principal uses of SPEs are to assist the Group and its clients in securitizing financial assets and creating investment products. The Group also uses SPEs for other client-driven activity, such as to facilitate financings, and for Group tax or regulatory purposes.
Transfers of financial assets
Securitizations
The majority of the Group’s securitization activities involve mortgages and mortgage-related securities and are predominantly transacted using SPEs. In a typical securitization, the SPE purchases assets financed by proceeds received from the SPE’s issuance of debt and equity instruments, certificates, CP and other notes of indebtedness. These assets and liabilities are recorded on the balance sheet of the SPE and not reflected on the Group’s consolidated balance sheet, unless either the Group sold the assets to the entity and the accounting requirements for sale were not met or the Group consolidates the SPE.
The Group purchases commercial and residential mortgages for the purpose of securitization and sells these mortgage loans to SPEs. These SPEs issue commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) and ABS that are collateralized by the assets transferred to the SPE and that pay a return based on the returns on those assets. Investors in these mortgage-backed securities or ABS typically have recourse to the assets in the SPEs. Third-party guarantees may further enhance the creditworthiness of the assets. The investors and the SPEs have no recourse to the Group’s assets. The Group is typically an underwriter of, and makes a market in, these securities.
The Group also transacts in re-securitizations of previously issued RMBS securities. Typically, certificates issued out of an existing securitization vehicle are sold into a newly created and separate securitization vehicle. Often, these re-securitizations are initiated in order to re-securitize an existing security to give the investor an investment with different risk ratings or characteristics.
The Group also uses SPEs for other asset-backed financings relating to client-driven activity and for Group tax or regulatory purposes. Types of structures included in this category include managed collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), CLOs, leveraged finance, repack and other types of transactions, including life insurance structures, emerging market structures set up for financing, loan participation or loan origination purposes, and other alternative structures created for the purpose of investing in venture capital-like investments. CLOs are collateralized by loans transferred to the CLO vehicle and pay a return based on the returns on the loans. Leveraged finance structures are used to assist in the syndication of certain loans held by the Group, while repack structures are designed to give a client collateralized exposure to specific cash flows or credit risk backed by collateral purchased from the Group. In these asset-backed financing structures, investors typically only have recourse to the collateral of the SPE and do not have recourse to the Group’s assets.
When the Group transfers assets into an SPE, it must assess whether that transfer is accounted for as a sale of the assets. Transfers of assets may not meet sale requirements if the assets have not been legally isolated from the Group and/or if the Group’s continuing involvement is deemed to give it effective control over the assets. If the transfer is not deemed a sale, it is instead accounted for as a secured borrowing, with the transferred assets as collateral.
Gains and losses on securitization transactions depend, in part, on the carrying values of mortgages and loans involved in the transfer and are allocated between the assets sold and any beneficial interests retained according to the relative fair values at the date of sale.
The Group does not retain material servicing responsibilities from securitization activities.
The following table provides the gains or losses and proceeds from the transfer of assets relating to 2021, 2020 and 2019 securitizations of financial assets that qualify for sale accounting and subsequent derecognition, along with the cash flows between the Group and the SPEs used in any securitizations in which the Group still has continuing involvement, regardless of when the securitization occurred.
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Securitizations
in 2021 2020 2019
Gains/(losses) and cash flows (CHF million)   
CMBS 
Net gain/(loss) 1 (7) 85 10
Proceeds from transfer of assets 3,525 9,209 7,757
Cash received on interests that continue to be held 42 52 162
RMBS 
Net gain 1 70 32 2
Proceeds from transfer of assets 37,048 23,358 21,566
Purchases of previously transferred financial assets or its underlying collateral (1,604) 0 (1)
Servicing fees 2 2 2
Cash received on interests that continue to be held 1,088 864 312
Other asset-backed financings 
Net gain 1 65 105 101
Proceeds from transfer of assets 12,129 9,564 11,702
Purchases of previously transferred financial assets or its underlying collateral (1,323) (1,606) (763)
Fees 2 165 148 151
Cash received on interests that continue to be held 14 17 6
1
Includes underwriting revenues, deferred origination fees, gains or losses on the sale of collateral to the SPE and gains or losses on the sale of newly issued securities to third parties, but excludes net interest income on assets prior to the securitization. The gains or losses on the sale of the collateral is the difference between the fair value on the day prior to the securitization pricing date and the sale price of the loans.
2
Represents management fees and performance fees earned for investment management services provided to managed CLOs.
Continuing involvement in transferred financial assets
The Group may have continuing involvement in the financial assets that are transferred to an SPE, which may take several forms, including, but not limited to, servicing, recourse and guarantee arrangements, agreements to purchase or redeem transferred assets, derivative instruments, pledges of collateral and beneficial interests in the transferred assets. Beneficial interests, which are valued at fair value, include rights to receive all or portions of specified cash inflows received by an SPE, including, but not limited to, senior and subordinated shares of interest, principal, or other cash inflows to be “passed through” or “paid through”, premiums due to guarantors, CP obligations, and residual interests, whether in the form of debt or equity.
The Group’s exposure resulting from continuing involvement in transferred financial assets is generally limited to beneficial interests typically held by the Group in the form of instruments issued by SPEs that are senior, subordinated or residual tranches. These instruments are held by the Group typically in connection with underwriting or market-making activities and are included in trading assets in the consolidated balance sheets. Any changes in the fair value of these beneficial interests are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations.
Investors usually have recourse to the assets in the SPE and often benefit from other credit enhancements, such as collateral accounts, or from liquidity facilities, such as lines of credit or liquidity put option of asset purchase agreements. The SPE may also enter into a derivative contract in order to convert the yield or currency of the underlying assets to match the needs of the SPE investors, or to limit or change the credit risk of the SPE. The Group may be the provider of certain credit enhancements as well as the counterparty to any related derivative contract.
The following table provides the outstanding principal balance of assets to which the Group continued to be exposed after the transfer of the financial assets to any SPE and the total assets of the SPE as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, regardless of when the transfer of assets occurred.
Principal amounts outstanding and total assets of SPEs resulting from continuing involvement
end of 2021 2020
CHF million   
CMBS 
Principal amount outstanding 15,428 17,421
Total assets of SPE 23,205 24,455
RMBS 
Principal amount outstanding 56,990 47,324
Total assets of SPE 56,990 47,863
Other asset-backed financings 
Principal amount outstanding 24,856 24,968
Total assets of SPE 57,797 50,817
Principal amount outstanding relates to assets transferred from the Group and does not include principal amounts for assets transferred from third parties.
Fair value of beneficial interests
The fair value measurement of the beneficial interests held at the time of transfer and as of the reporting date that result from any continuing involvement is determined using fair value estimation techniques, such as the present value of estimated future cash flows that incorporate assumptions that market participants customarily use in these valuation techniques. The fair value of the assets or liabilities that result from any continuing involvement does not include any benefits from financial instruments that the Group may utilize to hedge the inherent risks.
Key economic assumptions at the time of transfer
> Refer to “Fair value measurement” in Note 36 – Financial instruments for further information on the fair value hierarchy.
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Key economic assumptions used in measuring fair value of beneficial interests at time of transfer
2021 2020 2019
at time of transfer, in CMBS RMBS CMBS RMBS CMBS RMBS
CHF million, except where indicated
Fair value of beneficial interests 196 2,594 342 2,692 549 3,171
   of which level 2  170 2,126 305 2,398 455 2,978
   of which level 3  26 468 37 294 94 193
Weighted-average life, in years 5.2 5.3 6.4 3.8 5.5 5.5
Prepayment speed assumption (rate per annum), in % 1 2 3.0 37.7 2 1.0 47.0 2 2.0 37.3
Cash flow discount rate (rate per annum), in % 3 1.8 5.0 1.0 33.4 1.4 20.9 0.2 40.8 2.5 8.3 1.5 15.7
Expected credit losses (rate per annum), in % 4 0.9 4.3 0.1 32.5 1.9 8.6 1.6 22.9 1.3 1.9 1.5 7.6
Transfers of assets in which the Group does not have beneficial interests are not included in this table.
1
Prepayment speed assumption (PSA) is an industry standard prepayment speed metric used for projecting prepayments over the life of a residential mortgage loan. PSA utilizes the constant prepayment rate (CPR) assumptions. A 100% prepayment assumption assumes a prepayment rate of 0.2% per annum of the outstanding principal balance of mortgage loans in the first month. This increases by 0.2 percentage points thereafter during the term of the mortgage loan, leveling off to a CPR of 6% per annum beginning in the 30th month and each month thereafter during the term of the mortgage loan. 100 PSA equals 6 CPR.
2
To deter prepayment, commercial mortgage loans typically have prepayment protection in the form of prepayment lockouts and yield maintenances.
3
The rate is based on the weighted-average yield on the beneficial interests.
4
The range of expected credit losses only reflects instruments with an expected credit loss greater than zero unless all of the instruments have an expected credit loss of zero.
Key economic assumptions as of the reporting date
The following table provides the sensitivity analysis of key economic assumptions used in measuring the fair value of beneficial interests held in SPEs as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.
Key economic assumptions used in measuring fair value of beneficial interests held in SPEs
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CHF million, except where indicated
Fair value of beneficial interests 281 2,310 402 296 1,851 350
   of which non-investment grade  55 370 27 36 631 23
Weighted-average life, in years 3.9 4.7 5.5 5.6 4.0 4.8
Prepayment speed assumption (rate per annum), in % 3 5.1 41.9 4.0 50.1
Impact on fair value from 10% adverse change (31.1) (43.7)
Impact on fair value from 20% adverse change (59.8) (92.1)
Cash flow discount rate (rate per annum), in % 4 1.7 50.7 0.7 35.5 0.3 14.7 0.6 38.2 0.3 39.7 0.7 27.7
Impact on fair value from 10% adverse change (3.5) (38.1) (4.9) (4.9) (22.4) (4.2)
Impact on fair value from 20% adverse change (6.8) (73.3) (9.7) (9.6) (43.5) (8.2)
Expected credit losses (rate per annum), in % 5 0.6 8.4 0.4 34.2 0.7 13.3 0.4 14.7 0.6 39.6 0.7 26.8
Impact on fair value from 10% adverse change (2.5) (28.5) (4.3) (4.3) (20.2) (4.5)
Impact on fair value from 20% adverse change (4.9) (54.8) (8.4) (8.5) (39.2) (8.9)
1
To deter prepayment, commercial mortgage loans typically have prepayment protection in the form of prepayment lockouts and yield maintenances.
2
CDOs and CLOs within this category are generally structured to be protected from prepayment risk.
3
PSA is an industry standard prepayment speed metric used for projecting prepayments over the life of a residential mortgage loan. PSA utilizes the CPR assumptions. A 100% prepayment assumption assumes a prepayment rate of 0.2% per annum of the outstanding principal balance of mortgage loans in the first month. This increases by 0.2 percentage points thereafter during the term of the mortgage loan, leveling off to a CPR of 6% per annum beginning in the 30th month and each month thereafter during the term of the mortgage loan. 100 PSA equals 6 CPR.
4
The rate is based on the weighted-average yield on the beneficial interests.
5
The range of expected credit losses only reflects instruments with an expected credit loss greater than zero unless all of the instruments have an expected credit loss of zero.
These sensitivities are hypothetical and do not reflect economic hedging activities. Changes in fair value based on a 10% or 20% variation in assumptions generally cannot be extrapolated because the relationship of the change in assumption to the change in fair value may not be linear. Also, the effect of a variation in a particular assumption on the fair value of the beneficial interests is calculated without changing any other assumption. In practice, changes in one assumption may result in changes in other assumptions (for example, increases in market interest rates may result in lower prepayments and increased credit losses), which might magnify or counteract the sensitivities.
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Transfers of financial assets where sale treatment was not achieved
The following table provides the carrying amounts of transferred financial assets and the related liabilities where sale treatment was not achieved as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.
> Refer to “Note 37 – Assets pledged and collateral” for further information.
Carrying amounts of transferred financial assets and liabilities where sale treatment was not achieved
end of 2021 2020
CHF million   
RMBS 
Other assets 257 0
Liability to SPE, included in other liabilities (257) 0
Other asset-backed financings 
Trading assets 557 496
Other assets 200 246
Liability to SPE, included in other liabilities (757) (742)
Securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions accounted for as secured borrowings
For securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions accounted for as secured borrowings, US GAAP requires the disclosure of the collateral pledged and the associated risks to which a transferor continues to be exposed after the transfer. This provides an understanding of the nature and risks of short-term collateralized financing obtained through these types of transactions.
Securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions represent collateralized financing transactions used to earn net interest income, increase liquidity or facilitate trading activities. These transactions are collateralized principally by government debt securities, corporate debt securities, asset-backed securities, equity securities and other collateral and have terms ranging from on demand to a longer period of time.
In the event of the Group’s default or a decline in fair value of collateral pledged, the repurchase agreement provides the counterparty with the right to liquidate the collateral held or request additional collateral. Similarly, in the event of the Group’s default, the securities lending transaction provides the counterparty the right to liquidate the securities borrowed.
The following tables provide the gross obligation relating to securities sold under repurchase agreements, securities lending transactions and obligation to return securities received as collateral by the class of collateral pledged and by remaining contractual maturity as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.
Securities sold under repurchase agreements, securities lending transactions and obligation to return securities received as collateral – by class of collateral pledged
end of 2021 2020
CHF billion   
Government debt securities 15.9 12.1
Corporate debt securities 9.6 7.7
Asset-backed securities 4.6 6.0
Equity securities 0.5 0.0
Other 5.6 1.9
Securities sold under repurchase agreements  36.2 27.7
Government debt securities 13.9 12.4
Corporate debt securities 0.3 0.1
Asset-backed securities 0.3 1.0
Equity securities 1.0 3.5
Other 0.2 0.1
Securities lending transactions  15.7 17.1
Government debt securities 3.6 5.8
Corporate debt securities 0.6 5.6
Equity securities 10.8 39.3
Other 0.0 0.1
Obligation to return securities received as collateral, at fair value  15.0 50.8
Total  66.9 95.6
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Securities sold under repurchase agreements, securities lending transactions and obligation to return securities received as collateral – by remaining contractual maturity
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2021 (CHF billion)   
Securities sold under repurchase agreements 5.2 15.7 6.0 9.3 36.2
Securities lending transactions 2.3 1.7 1.6 10.1 15.7
Obligation to return securities received as collateral, at fair value 15.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.0
Total  22.5 17.4 7.6 19.4 66.9
2020 (CHF billion)   
Securities sold under repurchase agreements 5.8 11.8 5.9 4.2 27.7
Securities lending transactions 4.2 3.4 9.5 0.0 17.1
Obligation to return securities received as collateral, at fair value 50.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 50.8
Total  60.2 15.5 15.7 4.2 95.6
1
Includes contracts with no contractual maturity that may contain termination arrangements subject to a notice period.
2
Includes overnight transactions.
> Refer to “Note 28 – Offsetting of financial assets and financial liabilities” for further information on the gross amount of securities sold under repurchase agreements, securities lending transactions and obligation to return securities received as collateral and the net amounts disclosed in the consolidated balance sheets.
Variable interest entities
As a normal part of its business, the Group engages in various transactions that include entities that are considered VIEs and are grouped into three primary categories: collateralized debt obligations (CDOs)/CLOs, CP conduits and financial intermediation. VIEs are SPEs that typically either lack sufficient equity to finance their activities without additional subordinated financial support or are structured such that the holders of the voting rights do not substantively participate in the gains and losses of the entity. VIEs may be sponsored by the Group or third parties. Such entities are required to be assessed for consolidation, compelling the primary beneficiary to consolidate the VIE. The consolidation assessment requires an entity to determine whether it has the power to direct the activities that most significantly affect the economics of the VIE as well as whether the reporting entity has potentially significant benefits or losses in the VIE. The primary beneficiary assessment must be re-evaluated on an ongoing basis.
Application of the requirements for consolidation of VIEs may require the exercise of significant judgment. In the event consolidation of a VIE is required, the exposure to the Group is limited to that portion of the VIE’s assets attributable to any variable interest held by the Group prior to any risk management activities to hedge the Group’s net exposure. Any interests held in the VIE by third parties, even though consolidated by the Group, will not typically impact its results of operations.
Transactions with VIEs are generally executed to facilitate securitization activities or to meet specific client needs, such as providing liquidity or investing opportunities, and, as part of these activities, the Group may hold interests in the VIEs. Securitization-related transactions with VIEs involve selling or purchasing assets as well as possibly entering into related derivatives with those VIEs, providing liquidity, credit or other support. Other transactions with VIEs include derivative transactions in the Group’s capacity as the prime broker. The Group also enters into lending arrangements with VIEs for the purpose of financing projects or the acquisition of assets. Typically, the VIE’s assets are restricted in nature in that they are held primarily to satisfy the obligations of the entity. Further, the Group is involved with VIEs which were formed for the purpose of offering alternative investment solutions to clients. Such VIEs relate primarily to private equity investments, fund-linked vehicles or funds of funds, where the Group acts as structurer, manager, distributor, broker, market maker or liquidity provider.
As a consequence of these activities, the Group holds variable interests in VIEs. Such variable interests consist of financial instruments issued by VIEs and which are held by the Group, certain derivatives with VIEs or loans to VIEs. Guarantees issued by the Group to or on behalf of VIEs may also qualify as variable interests. For such guarantees, including derivatives that act as guarantees, the notional amount of the respective guarantees is presented to represent the exposure. In general, investors in consolidated VIEs do not have recourse to the Group in the event of a default, except where a guarantee was provided to the investors or where the Group is the counterparty to a derivative transaction involving VIEs.
Total assets of consolidated and non-consolidated VIEs for which the Group has involvement represent the total assets of the VIEs even though the Group’s involvement may be significantly less due to interests held by third-party investors. The asset balances for non-consolidated VIEs where the Group has significant involvement represent the most current information available to the Group regarding the remaining principal balance of assets owned. In most cases, the asset balances represent an amortized cost basis without regards to impairments in fair value, unless fair value information is readily available.
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The Group’s maximum exposure to loss is different from the carrying value of the assets of the VIE. This maximum exposure to loss consists of the carrying value of the Group variable interests held as trading assets, derivatives and loans, the notional amount of guarantees and off-balance sheet commitments to VIEs, rather than the amount of total assets of the VIEs. The maximum exposure to loss does not reflect the Group’s risk management activities, including effects from financial instruments that the Group may utilize to economically hedge the risks inherent in these VIEs. The economic risks associated with VIE exposures held by the Group, together with all relevant risk mitigation initiatives, are included in the Group’s risk management framework.
The Group has not provided financial or other support to consolidated or non-consolidated VIEs that it was not contractually required to provide.
Collateralized debt and loan obligations
The Group engages in CDO/CLO transactions to meet client and investor needs, earn fees and sell financial assets and, for CLOs, loans. The Group may act as underwriter, placement agent or asset manager and may warehouse assets prior to the closing of a transaction. As part of its structured finance business, the Group purchases loans and other debt obligations from and on behalf of clients for the purpose of securitization. The loans and other debt obligations are sold to VIEs, which in turn issue CDO/CLOs to fund the purchase of assets such as investment grade and high yield corporate debt instruments.
Typically, the collateral manager in a managed CDO/CLO is deemed to be the entity that has the power to direct the activities that most affect the economics of the entity. In a static CDO/CLO this “power” role is more difficult to analyze and may be the sponsor of the entity or the CDS counterparty.
CDO/CLOs provide credit risk exposure to a portfolio of ABS or loans (cash CDO/CLOs) or a reference portfolio of securities or loans (synthetic CDO/CLOs). Cash CDO/CLO transactions hold actual securities or loans whereas synthetic CDO/CLO transactions use CDS to exchange the underlying credit risk instead of using cash assets. The Group may also act as a derivative counterparty to the VIEs, which are typically not variable interests, and may invest in portions of the notes or equity issued by the VIEs. The CDO/CLO entities may have actively managed portfolios or static portfolios.
The securities issued by these VIEs are payable solely from the cash flows of the related collateral, and third-party creditors of these VIEs do not have recourse to the Group in the event of default.
The Group’s exposure in CDO/CLO transactions is typically limited to interests retained in connection with its underwriting or market-making activities. Unless the Group has been deemed to have “power” over the entity and these interests are potentially significant, the Group is not the primary beneficiary of the vehicle and does not consolidate the entity. The Group’s maximum exposure to loss does not include any effects from financial instruments used to economically hedge the risks of the VIEs.
Commercial paper conduit
The Group acts as the administrator and provider of liquidity and credit enhancement facilities for Alpine Securitization Ltd (Alpine), a multi-seller asset-backed CP conduit used for client and Group financing purposes. Alpine discloses to CP investors certain portfolio and asset data and submits its portfolio to rating agencies for public ratings on its CP. This CP conduit purchases assets such as loans and receivables or enters into reverse repurchase agreements and finances such activities through the issuance of CP backed by these assets. In addition to CP, Alpine may also issue term notes with maturities up to 30 months. The Group (including Alpine) can enter into liquidity facilities with third-party entities pursuant to which it may be required to purchase assets from these entities to provide them with liquidity and credit support. The financing transactions are structured to provide credit support in the form of over-collateralization and other asset-specific enhancements. Alpine is a separate legal entity that is wholly owned by the Group. However, its assets are available to satisfy only the claims of its creditors. In addition, the Group, as administrator and liquidity facility provider, has significant exposure to and power over the activities of Alpine. Alpine is considered a VIE for accounting purposes and the Group is deemed the primary beneficiary and consolidates this entity.
The overall average maturity of Alpine’s outstanding CP was approximately 226 days as of December 31, 2021. Alpine’s CP was rated A-1(sf) by Standard & Poor’s and P-1(sf) by Moody’s and had exposures mainly in reverse repurchase agreements with a Group entity, consumer loans, solar loans and leases, aircraft loans and leases and loans collateralized by royalties.
The Group’s financial commitment to this CP conduit consists of obligations under liquidity agreements. The liquidity agreements are asset-specific arrangements, which require the Group to provide short-term financing to the CP conduit or to purchase assets from the CP conduit in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to, a lack of liquidity in the CP market such that the CP conduit cannot refinance its obligations or a default of an underlying asset. The asset-specific credit enhancements provided by the client seller of the assets remain unchanged as a result of such a purchase. In entering into such agreements, the Group reviews the credit risk associated with these transactions on the same basis that would apply to other extensions of credit.
The Group enters into liquidity facilities with CP conduits administrated and sponsored by third parties. These third-party CP conduits are considered to be VIEs for accounting purposes. The Group is not the primary beneficiary and does not consolidate these third-party CP conduits. The Group’s financial commitment to these third-party CP conduits consists of obligations under liquidity agreements. The liquidity agreements are asset-specific arrangements, which require the Group to provide short-term
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financing to the third-party CP conduits or to purchase assets from these CP conduits in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to, a lack of liquidity in the CP market such that the CP conduits cannot refinance their obligations or a default of an underlying asset. The asset-specific credit enhancements, if any, provided by the client seller of the assets remain unchanged as a result of such a purchase. In entering into such agreements, the Group reviews the credit risk associated with these transactions on the same basis that would apply to other extensions of credit. In some situations, the Group can enter into liquidity facilities with these third-party CP conduits through Alpine.
The Group’s economic risks associated with the Alpine CP conduit and the third-party CP conduits are included in the Group’s risk management framework including counterparty, economic risk capital and scenario analysis.
Financial intermediation
The Group has significant involvement with VIEs in its role as a financial intermediary on behalf of clients.
The Group considers the likelihood of incurring a loss equal to the maximum exposure to be remote because of the Group’s risk mitigation efforts, including, but not limited to, economic hedging strategies and collateral arrangements. The Group’s economic risks associated with consolidated and non-consolidated VIE exposures arising from financial intermediation, together with all relevant risk mitigation initiatives, are included in the Group’s risk management framework.
Financial intermediation consists of securitizations, funds, loans, and other vehicles.
Securitizations
Securitizations are primarily CMBS, RMBS and ABS vehicles. The Group acts as an underwriter, market maker, liquidity provider, derivative counterparty and/or provider of credit enhancements to VIEs related to certain securitization transactions.
The maximum exposure to loss is the carrying value of the loan securities and derivative positions that are variable interests, if any, plus the exposure arising from any credit enhancements the Group provided. The Group’s maximum exposure to loss does not include any effects from financial instruments used to economically hedge the risks of the VIEs.
The activities that have the most significant impact on the securitization vehicle are the decisions relating to defaulted loans, which are controlled by the servicer. The party that controls the servicing has the ability to make decisions that significantly affect the result of the activities of the securitization vehicle. If a securitization vehicle has multiple parties that control servicing over specific assets, the Group determines it has power when it has control over the servicing of greater than 50% of the assets in the securitization vehicle. When a servicer or its related party also has an economic interest that has the potential to absorb a significant portion of the gains and/or losses, it will be deemed the primary beneficiary and consolidate the vehicle. If the Group determines that it controls the relevant servicing, it then determines if it has the obligation to absorb losses from, or the right to receive benefits of, the securitization vehicle that could potentially be significant to the vehicle, primarily by evaluating the amount and nature of securities issued by the vehicle that it holds. Factors considered in this analysis include the level of subordination of the securities held as well as the size of the position, based on the percentage of the class of securities and the total deal classes of securities issued. The more subordinated the level of securities held, the more likely it is that the Group will be the primary beneficiary. This consolidation analysis is performed each reporting period based on changes in inventory and the levels of assets remaining in the securitization. The Group typically consolidates securitization vehicles when it is the servicer and has holdings stemming from its role as underwriter. Short-term market making holdings in vehicles are not typically considered to be potentially significant for the purposes of this assessment.
In the case of re-securitizations of previously issued RMBS securities, the re-securitization vehicles are passive in nature and do not have any significant ongoing activities that require management, and decisions relating to the design of the securitization transaction at its inception are the key power relating to the vehicle. Activities at inception include selecting the assets and determining the capital structure. The power over a re-securitization vehicle is typically shared between the Group and the investor(s) involved in the design and creation of the vehicle. The Group concludes that it is the primary beneficiary of a re-securitization vehicle when it owns substantially all of the bonds issued from the vehicle.
Funds
Funds include investment structures such as mutual funds, funds of funds, private equity funds and fund-linked products where the investors’ interest is typically in the form of debt rather than equity, thereby making them VIEs. The Group may have various relationships with such VIEs in the form of structurer, investment advisor, investment manager, administrator, custodian, underwriter, placement agent, market maker and/or as prime broker. These activities include the use of VIEs in structuring fund-linked products, hedge funds of funds or private equity investments to provide clients with investment opportunities in alternative investments. In such transactions, a VIE holds underlying investments and issues securities that provide the investors with a return based on the performance of those investments.
The maximum exposure to loss consists of the fair value of instruments issued by such structures that are held by the Group as a result of underwriting or market-making activities, financing provided to the vehicles and the Group’s exposure resulting from principal protection and redemptions features. The investors typically retain the risk of loss on such transactions, but for certain fund types, the Group may provide principal protection on the
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securities to limit the investors’ exposure to downside market risk. The Group’s maximum exposure to loss does not include any effects from financial instruments used to economically hedge the risk of the VIEs.
Another model is used to assess funds for consolidation under US GAAP. Rather than the consolidation model which incorporates power and the potential to absorb significant risk and rewards, a previous consolidation model is used which results in the Group being the primary beneficiary and consolidating the funds if it holds more than 50% of their outstanding issuances.
Loans
The Group provides loans to financing vehicles owned or sponsored by clients or third-parties. These tailored lending arrangements are established to purchase, lease or otherwise finance and manage clients’ assets and include financing of specified client assets, of an individual single-asset used by the client or business ventures. The respective owner of the assets or manager of the businesses provides the equity in the vehicle.
The maximum exposure to loss is the carrying value of the Group’s loan exposure, which is subject to the same credit risk management procedures as loans issued directly to clients. The clients’ creditworthiness is carefully reviewed, loan-to-value ratios are strictly set and, in addition, clients provide equity, additional collateral or guarantees, all of which significantly reduce the Group’s exposure. The Group considers the likelihood of incurring a loss equal to the maximum exposure to be remote because of the Group’s risk mitigation efforts, which includes over-collateralization and effective monitoring to ensure that a sufficient loan-to-value ratio is maintained.
The third-party sponsor of the VIE will typically have control over the assets during the life of the structure and have the potential to absorb significant gains and losses; the Group is typically not the primary beneficiary of these structures and will not have to consolidate them. However, a change in the structure, such as a default of the sponsor, may result in the Group gaining control over the assets. If the Group’s lending is significant, it may then be required to consolidate the entity.
Other
Other includes additional vehicles where the Group provides financing and trust preferred issuance vehicles. Trust preferred issuance vehicles are utilized to assist the Group in raising capital-efficient financing. The VIE issues preference shares which are guaranteed by the Group and uses the proceeds to purchase the debt of the Group. The Group’s guarantee of its own debt is not considered a variable interest and, as it has no holdings in these vehicles, the Group has no maximum exposure to loss. Non-consolidated VIEs include only the total assets of trust preferred issuance vehicles, as the Group has no variable interests with these entities.
Consolidated VIEs
The Group has significant involvement with VIEs in its role as a financial intermediary on behalf of clients. The Group consolidates all VIEs related to financial intermediation for which it is the primary beneficiary.
The consolidated VIEs table provides the carrying amounts and classifications of the assets and liabilities of consolidated VIEs as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.
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Cash and due from banks 1 42 25 27 13 108
Trading assets 0 1,158 54 610 0 1,822
Other investments 0 0 65 789 161 1,015
Net loans 1,022 317 0 28 33 1,400
Other assets 31 604 78 108 675 1,496
   of which loans held-for-sale  0 50 23 0 1 74
   of which premises and equipment  0 0 0 27 0 27
Total assets of consolidated VIEs  1,054 2,121 222 1,562 882 5,841
Trading liabilities 0 0 0 8 0 8
Short-term borrowings 4,337 0 15 0 0 4,352
Long-term debt 0 1,342 0 3 46 1,391
Other liabilities 67 1 20 60 83 231
Total liabilities of consolidated VIEs  4,404 1,343 35 71 129 5,982
2020 (CHF million)   
Cash and due from banks 0 23 22 37 8 90
Trading assets 0 1,255 50 840 19 2,164
Other investments 0 0 129 920 202 1,251
Net loans 653 0 51 29 167 900
Other assets 21 979 15 82 779 1,876
   of which loans held-for-sale  0 462 10 0 0 472
   of which premises and equipment  0 0 0 30 4 34
Total assets of consolidated VIEs  674 2,257 267 1,908 1,175 6,281
Customer deposits 0 0 0 0 1 1
Trading liabilities 0 0 0 10 0 10
Short-term borrowings 4,178 0 0 0 0 4,178
Long-term debt 0 1,701 0 10 35 1,746
Other liabilities 53 1 3 73 78 208
Total liabilities of consolidated VIEs  4,231 1,702 3 93 114 6,143
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Non-consolidated VIEs
The non-consolidated VIEs table provides the carrying amounts and classification of the assets of variable interests recorded in the Group’s consolidated balance sheets, maximum exposure to loss and total assets of the non-consolidated VIEs.
Total variable interest assets for which the company has involvement represent the carrying value of the variable interests in non-consolidated VIEs that are recorded in the consolidated balance sheet of the Group (for example, direct holdings in investment funds, loans and other receivables).
Maximum exposure to loss represents the carrying value of total variable interest assets in non-consolidated VIEs of the Group and the notional amounts of guarantees and off-balance sheet commitments which are variable interests that have been extended to non-consolidated VIEs. Such amounts, particularly notional amounts of derivatives, guarantees and off-balance sheet commitments, do not represent the anticipated losses in connection with these transactions as they do not take into consideration the effect of collateral, recoveries or the probability of loss. In addition, they exclude the effect of offsetting financial instruments that are held to mitigate these risks and have not been reduced by unrealized losses previously recorded by the Group in connection with guarantees, off-balance sheet commitments or derivatives.
Total assets of non-consolidated VIEs are the assets of the non-consolidated VIEs themselves and are typically unrelated to the exposures the Group has with these entities due to variable interests held by third-party investors. Accordingly, these amounts are not considered for risk management purposes.
Certain VIEs have not been included in the following table, including VIEs structured by third parties in which the Group’s interest is in the form of securities held in the Group’s inventory, certain repurchase financings to funds and single-asset financing vehicles not sponsored by the Group to which the Group provides financing but has very little risk of loss due to over-collateralization and/or guarantees, failed sales where the Group does not have any other holdings and other entities out of scope.
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Trading assets 257 0 4,526 932 13 5,494 11,222
Net loans 268 1,005 940 2,403 8,774 1,986 15,376
Other assets 6 0 22 112 0 628 768
Total variable interest assets  531 1,005 5,488 3,447 8,787 8,108 27,366
Maximum exposure to loss  774 7,625 8,036 3,447 13,068 8,637 41,587
Total assets of non-consolidated VIEs  10,266 14,948 108,942 103,179 36,428 24,945 298,708
2020 (CHF million)   
Trading assets 250 0 4,500 1,113 66 8,617 14,546
Net loans 357 371 734 1,967 6,989 939 11,357
Other assets 2 0 3 119 0 344 468
Total variable interest assets  609 371 5,237 3,199 7,055 9,900 26,371
Maximum exposure to loss  852 5,538 7,329 3,199 11,235 10,226 38,379
Total assets of non-consolidated VIEs  8,553 11,148 127,785 89,686 26,186 33,140 296,498
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36 Financial instruments
The disclosure of the Group’s financial instruments includes the following sections:
Concentration of credit risk;
Fair value measurement (including fair value hierarchy, level 3 reconciliation; transfers in and out of level 3; quantitative disclosures of valuation techniques; and qualitative discussion of significant unobservable inputs);
Investments measured at NAV per share;
Fair value option; and
Financial instruments not carried at fair value.
Concentration of credit risk
Credit risk concentrations arise when a number of counterparties are engaged in similar business activities, are located in the same geographic region or when there are similar economic features that would cause their ability to meet contractual obligations to be similarly impacted by changes in economic conditions.
The Group has in place a credit risk appetite framework which provides for the oversight and control of concentrations of credit exposures by single name, product, industry, and country. The Group Credit Portfolio Management function under the Global Chief Credit Officer is responsible for monitoring the portfolio and assessing compliance with the framework and the portfolio limits and controls in place. Credit risk concentrations are identified and measured using a range of quantitative tools and metrics and are reported to the Credit Risk Appetite Committee on a monthly basis. The Group Credit Portfolio Management function performs portfolio reviews and detailed analyses of selected segments of the portfolio which are presented to the Credit Risk Appetite Committee and to other governance forums, including the Executive Board Risk Management Committee and the Board’s Risk Committee, where appropriate.
From an industry point of view, the combined credit exposure of the Group is diversified. A substantial portion of the credit exposure is with individual clients, particularly through residential mortgages in Switzerland, corporate credit exposures and lombard lending arrangements, or relates to derivative and other financial transactions with financial institutions. In both cases, the customer base is extensive and the number and variety of transactions are broad. For transactions with financial institutions and corporations, the business is also geographically diverse, with operations focused in the Americas, Europe and, to a lesser extent, Asia Pacific.
Fair value measurement
A significant portion of the Group’s financial instruments is carried at fair value. Deterioration of financial markets could significantly impact the fair value of these financial instruments and the results of operations.
The fair value of the majority of the Group’s financial instruments is based on quoted prices in active markets or observable inputs. These instruments include government and agency securities, certain short-term borrowings, most investment grade corporate debt, certain high yield debt securities, exchange-traded and certain OTC derivatives and most listed equity securities.
In addition, the Group holds financial instruments for which no prices are available and which have few or no observable inputs. For these instruments, the determination of fair value requires subjective assessment and judgment, depending on liquidity, pricing assumptions, the current economic and competitive environment and the risks affecting the specific instrument. In such circumstances, valuation is determined based on management’s own judgments about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. These instruments include certain OTC derivatives, including interest rate, foreign exchange, equity and credit derivatives, certain corporate equity-linked securities, mortgage-related securities, private equity investments and certain loans and credit products, including leveraged finance, certain syndicated loans and certain high yield bonds, and life finance instruments. The fair value measurement disclosures exclude derivative transactions that are daily settled.
The fair value of financial instruments is impacted by factors such as benchmark interest rates, prices of financial instruments issued by third parties, commodity prices, foreign exchange rates and index prices or rates. In addition, valuation adjustments are an integral part of the valuation process when market prices are not indicative of the credit quality of a counterparty, and are applied to both OTC derivatives and debt instruments. The impact of changes in a counterparty’s credit spreads (known as credit valuation adjustments) is considered when measuring the fair value of assets, and the impact of changes in the Group’s own credit spreads (known as debit valuation adjustments) is considered when measuring the fair value of its liabilities. For OTC derivatives, the impact of changes in both the Group’s and the counterparty’s credit standing is considered when measuring their fair value, based on current CDS prices. The adjustments also take into account contractual factors designed to reduce the Group’s credit exposure to a counterparty, such as collateral held and master netting agreements. For hybrid debt instruments with embedded derivative features, the impact of changes in the Group’s credit standing is considered when measuring their fair value, based on current funded debt spreads.
US GAAP permits a reporting entity to measure the fair value of a group of financial assets and financial liabilities on the basis of the price that would be received to sell a net long position or paid
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to transfer a net short position for a particular risk exposure in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. As such, the Group continues to apply bid and offer adjustments to net portfolios of cash securities and/or derivative instruments to adjust the value of the net position from a mid-market price to the appropriate bid or offer level that would be realized under normal market conditions for the net long or net short position for a specific market risk. In addition, the Group reflects the net exposure to credit risk for its derivative instruments where the Group has legally enforceable agreements with its counterparties that mitigate credit risk exposure in the event of default.
Valuation adjustments are recorded in a reasonable and consistent manner that results in an allocation to the relevant disclosures in the notes to the financial statements as if the valuation adjustment had been allocated to the individual unit of account.
Fair value hierarchy
The levels of the fair value hierarchy are defined as follows:
Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Group has the ability to access. This level of the fair value hierarchy provides the most reliable evidence of fair value and is used to measure fair value whenever available.
Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices included within level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs include: (i) quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; (ii) quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, that is, markets in which there are few transactions for the asset or liability, the prices are not current or price quotations vary substantially either over time or among market makers, or in which little information is publicly available; (iii) inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability; or (iv) inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.
Level 3: Inputs that are unobservable for the asset or liability. These inputs reflect the Group’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability (including assumptions about risk). These inputs are developed based on the best information available in the circumstances, which include the Group’s own data. The Group’s own data used to develop unobservable inputs is adjusted if information indicates that market participants would use different assumptions.
The Group records net open positions at bid prices if long, or at ask prices if short, unless the Group is a market maker in such positions, in which case mid-pricing is utilized. Fair value measurements are not adjusted for transaction costs.
Qualitative disclosures of valuation techniques
Overview
The Group has implemented and maintains a valuation control framework, which is supported by policies and procedures that define the principles for controlling the valuation of the Group’s financial instruments. Control functions such as Product Control and Risk Management review and approve significant valuation policies and procedures. The framework includes three main internal processes: (i) valuation governance; (ii) independent price verification and significant unobservable inputs review; and (iii) a cross-functional pricing model review. Through this framework, the Group determines the reasonableness of the fair value of its financial instruments.
On a monthly basis, meetings are held for each business line with senior representatives of the Front Office and Product Control to discuss independent price verification results, valuation adjustments, and other significant valuation issues. On a quarterly basis, a review of significant changes in the fair value of financial instruments is undertaken by Product Control and conclusions are reached regarding the reasonableness of those changes. Additionally, on a quarterly basis, meetings are held for each business line with senior representatives of the Front Office and control functions such as Product Control and Risk Management to discuss independent price verification results, valuation issues, business and market updates, as well as a review of significant changes in fair value from the prior quarter, significant unobservable inputs and prices used in valuation techniques, and valuation adjustments.
The valuation results are aggregated for reporting to the Valuation Risk Management Committee (VARMC) and the Audit Committee. The VARMC, which is comprised of Executive Board members and the heads of the business and control functions, meets to review and ratify valuation review conclusions, and to resolve significant valuation issues for the Group. Oversight of the valuation control framework is through specific and regular reporting on valuation directly to the Group’s Executive Board through the VARMC.
One of the key components of the governance process is the segregation of duties between the Front Office and Product Control. The Front Office is responsible for measuring inventory at fair value on a daily basis, while Product Control is responsible for independently reviewing and validating those valuations on a periodic basis. The Front Office values the inventory using, wherever possible, observable market data which may include executed transactions, dealer quotes or broker quotes for the same or similar instruments. Product Control validates this inventory using independently sourced data that also includes executed transactions, dealer quotes, and broker quotes.
In general, Product Control utilizes independent pricing service data as part of its review process. Independent pricing service
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data is analyzed to ensure that it is representative of fair value, including confirming that the data corresponds to executed transactions or executable broker quotes, review and assessment of contributors to ensure they are active market participants, review of statistical data and utilization of pricing challenges. The analysis also includes understanding the sources of the pricing service data and any models or assumptions used in determining the results. The purpose of the review is to judge the quality and reliability of the data for fair value measurement purposes and its appropriate level of usage within the Product Control independent valuation review.
For certain financial instruments the fair value is estimated in full or in part using valuation techniques based on assumptions that are not supported by market observable prices, rates or other inputs. In addition, there may be uncertainty about a valuation resulting from the choice of valuation technique or model used, the assumptions embedded in those models, the extent to which inputs are not market observable, or as a consequence of other elements affecting the valuation technique or model. Model calibration is performed when significant new market information becomes available or at a minimum on a quarterly basis as part of the business review of significant unobservable inputs for level 3 instruments. For models that have been deemed to be significant to the overall fair value of the financial instrument, model validation is performed as part of the periodic review of the related model.
The following information on the valuation techniques and significant unobservable inputs of the various financial instruments and the section “Uncertainty of fair value measurements at the reporting date from the use of significant unobservable inputs” should be read in conjunction with the tables “Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis”, “Quantitative information about level 3 assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis” and “Quantitative information about level 3 liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis”.
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions
Securities purchased under resale agreements and securities sold under repurchase agreements are measured at fair value using discounted cash flow analysis. Future cash flows are discounted using observable market interest rate repurchase/resale curves for the applicable maturity and underlying collateral of the instruments. As such, the significant majority of both securities purchased under resale agreements and securities sold under repurchase agreements are included in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. Structured resale and repurchase agreements include embedded derivatives, which are measured using the same techniques as described below for stand-alone derivative contracts held for trading purposes or used in hedge accounting relationships. If the value of the embedded derivative is determined using significant unobservable inputs, those structured resale and repurchase agreements included are classified as level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. The significant unobservable input is funding spread.
Securities purchased under resale agreements are usually fully collateralized or over-collateralized by government securities, money market instruments, corporate bonds, or other debt instruments. In the event of counterparty default, the collateral service agreement provides the Group with the right to liquidate the collateral held.
Debt securities
Foreign governments
Foreign government debt securities typically have quoted prices in active markets and are mainly categorized as level 1 instruments. Valuations of foreign government debt securities for which market prices are not available are based on yields reflecting credit rating, historical performance, delinquencies, loss severity, the maturity of the security, recent transactions in the market or other modeling techniques, which may involve judgment. Those securities where the price or model inputs are observable in the market are categorized as level 2 instruments, while those securities where prices are not observable and significant model inputs are unobservable are categorized as level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
Corporates
Corporate bonds are priced to reflect current market levels either through recent market transactions or broker or dealer quotes. Where a market price for the particular security is not directly available, valuations are obtained based on yields reflected by other instruments in the specific or similar entity’s capital structure and adjusting for differences in seniority and maturity, benchmarking to a comparable security where market data is available (taking into consideration differences in credit, liquidity and maturity), or through the application of cash flow modeling techniques utilizing observable inputs, such as current interest rate curves and observable CDS spreads. Significant unobservable inputs may include correlation and price. For securities using market comparable price, the differentiation between level 2 and level 3 is based upon the relative significance of any yield adjustments as well as the accuracy of the comparison characteristics (i.e., the observable comparable security may be in the same country but a different industry and may have a different seniority level – the lower the comparability the more likely the security will be level 3).
RMBS, CMBS and CDO securities
Fair values of RMBS, CMBS and CDO may be available through quoted prices, which are often based on the prices at which similarly structured and collateralized securities trade between dealers and to and from customers. Fair values of RMBS, CMBS and CDO for which there are significant unobservable inputs are valued using capitalization rate and discount rate. Price may not be observable for fair value measurement purposes for many reasons, such as the length of time since the last executed transaction for the related security, use of a price from a similar instrument, or use of a price from an indicative quote. Fair values determined by market comparable price may include discounted cash flow models using the inputs credit spread, default rate, discount rate, prepayment rate and loss severity. Prices from similar observable instruments are used to calculate implied inputs which are then used to value unobservable instruments using discounted
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cash flow. The discounted cash flow price is then compared to the unobservable prices and assessed for reasonableness.
For most structured debt securities, determination of fair value requires subjective assessment depending on liquidity, ownership concentration, and the current economic and competitive environment. Valuation is determined based on the Front Office’s own assumptions about how market participants would price the asset. Collateralized bond and loan obligations are split into various structured tranches and each tranche is valued based upon its individual rating and the underlying collateral supporting the structure. Valuation models are used to value both cash and synthetic CDOs.
Equity securities
The majority of the Group’s positions in equity securities are traded on public stock exchanges for which quoted prices are readily and regularly available and are therefore categorized as level 1 instruments. Level 2 and level 3 equities include fund-linked products, convertible bonds or equity securities with restrictions that are not traded in active markets. Significant unobservable inputs may include earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) multiple and market comparable price.
Derivatives
Derivatives held for trading purposes or used in hedge accounting relationships include both OTC and exchange-traded derivatives. The fair values of exchange-traded derivatives measured using observable exchange prices are included in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. For exchange-traded derivatives where the volume of trading is low, the observable exchange prices may not be considered executable at the reporting date. These derivatives are valued in the same manner as similar observable OTC derivatives and are included in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. If the similar OTC derivative used for valuing the exchange-traded derivative is not observable, the exchange-traded derivative is included in level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
The fair values of OTC derivatives are determined on the basis of either industry standard models or internally developed proprietary models. Both model types use various observable and unobservable inputs in order to determine fair value. The inputs include those characteristics of the derivative that have a bearing on the economics of the instrument. The determination of the fair value of many derivatives involves only a limited degree of subjectivity because the required inputs are observable in the marketplace, while more complex derivatives may use unobservable inputs that rely on specific proprietary modeling assumptions. Where observable inputs (prices from exchanges, dealers, brokers or market consensus data providers) are not available, attempts are made to infer values from observable prices through model calibration (spot and forward rates, mean reversion, benchmark interest rate curves and volatility inputs for commonly traded option products). For inputs that cannot be derived from other sources, estimates from historical data may be made. OTC derivatives where the majority of the value is derived from market observable inputs are categorized as level 2 instruments, while those where the majority of the value is derived from unobservable inputs are categorized as level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
The valuation of derivatives includes an adjustment for the cost of funding uncollateralized OTC derivatives.
Interest rate derivatives
OTC vanilla interest rate products, such as interest rate swaps, swaptions and caps and floors are valued by discounting the anticipated future cash flows. The future cash flows and discounting are derived from market standard yield curves and industry standard volatility inputs. Where applicable, exchange-traded prices are also used to value exchange-traded futures and options and can be used in yield curve construction. For more complex products, inputs include, but are not limited to basis spread, correlation, credit spread, prepayment rate and volatility skew.
Foreign exchange derivatives
Foreign exchange derivatives include vanilla products such as spot, forward and option contracts where the anticipated discounted future cash flows are determined from foreign exchange forward curves and industry standard optionality modeling techniques. Where applicable, exchange-traded prices are also used for futures and option prices. For more complex products inputs include, but are not limited to, contingent probability, correlation and prepayment rate.
Equity and index-related derivatives
Equity derivatives include a variety of products ranging from vanilla options and swaps to exotic structures with bespoke payoff profiles. The main inputs in the valuation of equity derivatives may include buyback probability, correlation, gap risk, price and volatility.
Generally, the interrelationship between the correlation and volatility is positively correlated.
Credit derivatives
Credit derivatives include index, single-name and multi-name CDS in addition to more complex structured credit products. Vanilla products are valued using industry standard models and inputs that are generally market observable including credit spread and recovery rate.
Complex structured credit derivatives are valued using proprietary models requiring inputs such as correlation, credit spread, funding spread, loss severity, prepayment rate and recovery rate. These inputs are generally implied from available market observable data.
Other trading assets
Other trading assets primarily include life settlement and premium finance instruments and RMBS loans. Life settlement and premium finance instruments are valued using proprietary models with several inputs. The significant unobservable inputs of the fair value for life settlement and premium finance instruments is the
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estimate of market implied life expectancy, while for RMBS loans it is market comparable price.
For life settlement and premium finance instruments, individual life expectancy rates are typically obtained by multiplying a base mortality curve for the general insured population provided by a professional actuarial organization together with an individual-specific multiplier. Individual-specific multipliers are determined based on data from third-party life expectancy data providers, which examine the insured individual’s medical conditions, family history and other factors to arrive at a life expectancy estimate.
For RMBS loans, the use of market comparable price varies depending upon each specific loan. For some loans, similar to unobservable RMBS securities, prices from similar observable instruments are used to calculate implied inputs which are then used to value unobservable instruments using discounted cash flow. The discounted cash flow price is then compared to the unobservable prices and assessed for reasonableness. For other RMBS loans, the loans are categorized by specific characteristics, such as loan-to-value ratio, average account balance, loan type (single or multi-family), lien, seasoning, coupon, FICO score, locality, delinquency status, cash flow velocity, roll rates, loan purpose, occupancy, servicers advance agreement type, modification status, Federal Housing Administration insurance, property value and documentation quality. Loans with unobservable prices are put into consistent buckets which are then compared to market observable comparable prices in order to assess the reasonableness of those unobservable prices.
Other investments
Private equity funds, hedge funds and equity method investment funds
Equity method investment funds principally include equity investments in the form of a) direct investments in third-party hedge funds, private equity funds and funds of funds, b) equity method investments where the Group has the ability to significantly influence the operating and financial policies of the investee, and c) direct investments in non-marketable equity securities.
Direct investments in third-party hedge funds, private equity funds and funds of funds are measured at fair value based on their published NAVs as permitted by ASC Topic 820 – Fair Value Measurement. In some cases, NAVs may be adjusted where there is sufficient evidence that the NAV published by the investment manager is not in line with the fund’s observable market data, it is probable that the investment will be sold for an amount other than NAV or other circumstances exist that would require an adjustment to the published NAV. Although rarely adjusted, significant judgment is involved in making any adjustments to the published NAVs. The investments for which the fair value is measured using the NAV practical expedient are not categorized within the fair value hierarchy.
Direct investments in non-marketable equity securities consist of both real estate investments and non-real estate investments. Equity-method investments and direct investments in non-marketable equity securities are initially measured at their transaction price, as this is the best estimate of fair value. Thereafter, these investments are individually measured at fair value based upon a number of factors that include any recent rounds of financing involving third-party investors, comparable company transactions, multiple analyses of cash flows or book values, or discounted cash flow analyses. The availability of information used in these modeling techniques is often limited and involves significant judgment in evaluating these different factors over time. As a result, these investments are included in level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
Life finance instruments
Life finance instruments include single premium immediate annuities (SPIA) and other premium finance instruments. Life finance instruments are valued in a similar manner as described for life settlement and premium finance instruments under the other trading assets section above.
Loans
The Group’s loan portfolio which is measured at fair value primarily consists of commercial and industrial loans and loans to financial institutions. Within these categories, loans measured at fair value include commercial loans, real estate loans, corporate loans, leverage finance loans and emerging market loans. Fair value is based on recent transactions and quoted prices, where available. Where recent transactions and quoted prices are not available, fair value may be determined by relative value benchmarking (which includes pricing based upon another position in the same capital structure, other comparable loan issues, generic industry credit spreads, implied credit spreads derived from CDS for the specific borrower, and enterprise valuations) or calculated based on the exit price of the collateral, based on current market conditions.
Both the funded and unfunded portion of revolving credit lines on the corporate lending portfolio are valued using a loan pricing model, which requires estimates of significant inputs including credit conversion factors, credit spreads, recovery rates and weighted average life of the loan. Significant unobservable inputs may include credit spread and price.
The Group’s other assets and liabilities include mortgage loans held in conjunction with securitization activities and assets and liabilities of VIEs and mortgage securitizations that do not meet the criteria for sale treatment under US GAAP. The fair value of mortgage loans held in conjunction with securitization activities is determined on a whole-loan basis and is consistent with the valuation of RMBS loans discussed in “Other trading assets” above. Whole-loan valuations are calculated based on the exit price reflecting the current market conditions. The fair value of assets and liabilities of VIEs and mortgage securitizations that do not meet the criteria for sale treatment under US GAAP are determined based on the quoted prices for securitized bonds, where available, or on cash flow analyses for securitized bonds, when quoted prices are not available. The fair value of the consolidated financial assets of RMBS and CMBS securitization vehicles,
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which qualify as collateralized financing entities, are measured on the basis of the more observable fair value of the VIEs’ financial liabilities.
Short-term borrowings and long-term debt
The Group’s short-term borrowings and long-term debt include structured notes (hybrid financial instruments that are both bifurcatable and non-bifurcatable) and vanilla debt. The fair value of structured notes is based on quoted prices, where available. When quoted prices are not available, fair value is determined by using a discounted cash flow model incorporating the Group’s credit spreads, the value of derivatives embedded in the debt and the residual term of the issuance based on call options. Derivatives structured into the issued debt are valued consistently with the Group’s stand-alone derivative contracts held for trading purposes or used in hedge accounting relationships as discussed above. The fair value of structured debt is heavily influenced by the combined call options and performance of the underlying derivative returns. Significant unobservable inputs for short-term borrowings and long-term debt include buyback probability, correlation, credit spread, gap risk, mean reversion, price, recovery rate and volatility.
Generally, the interrelationships between correlation, credit spread, gap risk and volatility inputs are positively correlated.
Other liabilities
Failed sales
These liabilities represent the financing of assets that did not achieve sale accounting treatment under US GAAP. Failed sales are valued in a manner consistent with the related underlying financial instruments.
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis

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Level 3



Netting
impact
1 Assets
measured
at net
asset value
per share
2



Total
Assets (CHF million)   
Cash and due from banks 0 308 0 308
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions 0 68,623 0 68,623
Securities received as collateral 13,848 1,155 14 15,017
Trading assets 54,085 146,521 4,503 (94,633) 665 111,141
   of which debt securities  12,191 40,700 1,225 82 54,198
      of which foreign governments  11,996 11,377 35 23,408
      of which corporates  72 8,958 478 82 9,590
      of which RMBS  0 17,033 424 17,457
   of which equity securities  34,282 1,486 195 583 36,546
   of which derivatives  6,224 103,781 2,187 (94,633) 17,559
      of which interest rate products  721 47,934 624
      of which foreign exchange products  123 20,686 53
      of which equity/index-related products  5,348 29,808 212
      of which other derivatives  0 196 1,034
   of which other trading assets  1,388 554 896 2,838
Investment securities 2 1,003 0 1,005
Other investments 0 23 3,666 405 4,094
   of which other equity investments  0 23 2,863 351 3,237
   of which life finance instruments  0 0 789 789
Loans 0 8,709 1,534 10,243
   of which commercial and industrial loans  0 2,267 717 2,984
   of which financial institutions  0 3,840 465 4,305
Other intangible assets (mortgage servicing rights) 0 57 167 224
Other assets 121 8,750 694 (381) 9,184
   of which failed purchases  98 1,135 11 1,244
   of which loans held-for-sale  0 6,818 562 7,380
Total assets at fair value  68,056 235,149 10,578 (95,014) 1,070 219,839
1
Derivative contracts are reported on a gross basis by level. The impact of netting represents legally enforceable master netting agreements.
2
In accordance with US GAAP, certain investments that are measured at fair value using the net asset value per share practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value
hierarchy. The fair value amounts presented in this table are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheet.
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Level 2




Level 3



Netting
impact
1 Liabilities
measured
at net
asset value
per share
2



Total
Liabilities (CHF million)   
Due to banks 0 477 0 477
Customer deposits 0 3,306 394 3,700
Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions 0 13,213 0 13,213
Obligation to return securities received as collateral 13,848 1,155 14 15,017
Trading liabilities 19,419 105,828 2,809 (100,522) 1 27,535
   of which short positions  11,689 4,974 25 1 16,689
      of which debt securities 2,809 4,865 3 7,677
         of which foreign governments 2,667 968 0 3,635
         of which corporates 113 3,839 3 3,955
      of which equity securities 8,880 109 22 1 9,012
   of which derivatives 7,730 100,854 2,784 (100,522) 10,846
      of which interest rate products 776 44,003 26
      of which foreign exchange products 133 22,646 57
      of which equity/index-related products 6,812 27,919 1,787
Short-term borrowings 0 9,658 1,032 10,690
Long-term debt 0 59,046 9,676 68,722
   of which structured notes over one year and up to two years 0 11,036 1,464 12,500
   of which structured notes over two years 0 24,168 6,318 30,486
   of which other debt instruments over two years 0 3,223 1,854 5,077
   of which high-trigger instruments 0 10,702 0 10,702
Other liabilities 348 2,031 518 (305) 2,592
Total liabilities at fair value 33,615 194,714 14,443 (100,827) 1 141,946
1
Derivative contracts are reported on a gross basis by level. The impact of netting represents legally enforceable master netting agreements.
2
In accordance with US GAAP, certain investments that are measured at fair value using the net asset value per share practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value
hierarchy. The fair value amounts presented in this table are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheet.
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Level 2




Level 3



Netting
impact
1 Assets
measured
at net
asset value
per share
2



Total
Assets (CHF million)   
Cash and due from banks 0 525 0 525
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions 0 57,994 0 57,994
Securities received as collateral 44,074 6,598 101 50,773
Trading assets 87,710 181,166 7,535 (119,731) 658 157,338
   of which debt securities  16,321 45,766 2,253 55 64,395
      of which foreign governments  15,908 11,909 140 27,957
      of which corporates  353 9,799 1,270 55 11,477
      of which RMBS  0 20,882 557 21,439
   of which equity securities  60,044 2,466 124 603 63,237
   of which derivatives  9,297 132,054 3,911 (119,731) 25,531
      of which interest rate products  3,036 71,043 733
      of which foreign exchange products  42 24,259 143
      of which equity/index-related products  6,150 31,945 1,186
      of which other derivatives  22 110 1,079
   of which other trading assets  2,048 880 1,247 4,175
Investment securities 2 605 0 607
Other investments 13 6 3,054 721 3,794
   of which other equity investments  13 6 2,132 608 2,759
   of which life finance instruments  0 0 920 920
Loans 0 7,739 3,669 11,408
   of which commercial and industrial loans  0 2,187 1,347 3,534
   of which financial institutions  0 3,506 1,082 4,588
Other intangible assets (mortgage servicing rights) 0 0 180 180
Other assets 137 7,315 1,825 (904) 8,373
   of which failed purchases  109 1,229 51 1,389
   of which loans held-for-sale  0 4,870 1,576 6,446
Total assets at fair value  131,936 261,948 16,364 (120,635) 1,379 290,992
1
Derivative contracts are reported on a gross basis by level. The impact of netting represents legally enforceable master netting agreements.
2
In accordance with US GAAP, certain investments that are measured at fair value using the net asset value per share practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value
hierarchy. The fair value amounts presented in this table are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheet.
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Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis (continued)

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Netting
impact
1 Liabilities
measured
at net
asset value
per share
2



Total
Liabilities (CHF million)   
Due to banks 0 413 0 413
Customer deposits 0 3,895 448 4,343
Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions 0 13,594 0 13,594
Obligation to return securities received as collateral 44,074 6,598 101 50,773
Trading liabilities 33,544 137,947 4,246 (129,867) 1 45,871
   of which equity securities 20,527 111 55 1 20,694
   of which derivatives 10,536 132,885 4,191 (129,867) 17,745
      of which interest rate products  3,264 68,159 169
      of which foreign exchange products  51 28,819 72
      of which equity/index-related products  7,149 30,612 2,010
      of which credit derivatives 0 4,663 1,335
Short-term borrowings 0 10,039 701 10,740
Long-term debt 0 63,708 7,268 70,976
   of which structured notes over one year and up to two years 0 11,787 1,133 12,920
   of which structured notes over two years 0 28,330 5,526 33,856
   of which high-trigger instruments 0 10,586 0 10,586
Other liabilities 0 6,678 1,271 (169) 7,780
Total liabilities at fair value 77,618 242,872 14,035 (130,036) 1 204,490
1
Derivative contracts are reported on a gross basis by level. The impact of netting represents legally enforceable master netting agreements.
2
In accordance with US GAAP, certain investments that are measured at fair value using the net asset value per share practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value
hierarchy. The fair value amounts presented in this table are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheet.
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Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis for level 3
   
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2021

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Changes in
unrealized
gains/losses
1
Assets (CHF million)   
Securities received as collateral 101 0 0 73 (164) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 0
Trading assets 7,535 1,345 (3,413) 4,867 (5,685) 874 (1,629) (133) 509 0 (1) 0 0 234 4,503 52
   of which debt securities  2,253 878 (1,701) 3,668 (4,141) 0 0 (331) 509 0 (1) 0 0 91 1,225 103
      of which corporates  1,270 471 (747) 2,753 (3,483) 0 0 (321) 472 0 0 0 0 63 478 154
      of which RMBS  557 158 (615) 654 (385) 0 0 (25) 59 0 0 0 0 21 424 (15)
   of which derivatives  3,911 314 (1,551) 0 0 874 (1,514) 79 (16) 0 0 0 0 90 2,187 116
      of which interest rate products  733 58 (222) 0 0 175 (79) (8) (14) 0 0 0 0 (19) 624 141
      of which other derivatives  1,079 1 0 0 0 311 (325) 0 (73) 0 0 0 0 41 1,034 (81)
   of which other trading assets  1,247 31 (90) 1,035 (1,371) 0 (115) 62 49 0 0 0 0 48 896 (96)
Other investments 3,054 99 (758) 1,517 (663) 0 0 0 86 0 267 0 0 64 3,666 120
   of which other equity investments  2,132 65 (757) 1,482 (448) 0 0 0 96 0 263 0 0 30 2,863 80
   of which life finance instruments  920 0 0 33 (188) 0 0 0 (10) 0 0 0 0 34 789 39
Loans 3,669 257 (1,315) 362 (194) 207 (1,620) 7 55 0 (3) 0 0 109 1,534 (59)
   of which commercial and industrial loans  1,347 213 (364) 10 (133) 162 (643) 19 74 0 (3) 0 0 35 717 6
   of which financial institutions  1,082 43 (340) 0 (42) 34 (409) 1 70 0 0 0 0 26 465 27
Other intangible assets (mortgage servicing rights) 180 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 (42) 0 0 7 167 (42)
Other assets 1,825 370 (902) 3,447 (3,269) 120 (924) 14 (41) 0 0 0 0 54 694 (137)
   of which loans held-for-sale  1,576 360 (855) 3,394 (3,222) 120 (921) 25 41 0 0 0 0 44 562 (104)
Total assets at fair value  16,364 2,071 (6,388) 10,288 (9,975) 1,201 (4,173) (112) 609 0 221 0 0 472 10,578 (66)
Liabilities (CHF million)   
Customer deposits 448 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (18) 0 0 0 (14) (22) 394 (29)
Obligation to return securities received as collateral 101 0 0 73 (164) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 0
Trading liabilities 4,246 1,007 (2,703) 45 (56) 1,135 (1,498) 340 138 0 0 0 0 155 2,809 653
   of which derivatives  4,191 838 (2,553) 19 (8) 1,135 (1,498) 340 166 0 0 0 0 154 2,784 629
      of which equity/index-related derivatives  2,010 562 (1,498) 0 0 581 (644) 353 352 0 0 0 0 71 1,787 712
Short-term borrowings 701 359 (550) 0 0 1,766 (1,363) (35) 128 0 0 0 0 26 1,032 72
Long-term debt 7,268 4,767 (6,677) 0 0 11,323 (6,863) (38) (316) 0 (5) 0 (50) 267 9,676 (32)
   of which structured notes over one year and up to two years  1,133 1,802 (1,979) 0 0 2,052 (1,663) (26) 104 0 0 (1) (1) 43 1,464 (2)
   of which structured notes over two years  5,526 2,965 (4,314) 0 0 7,540 (5,038) 11 (528) 0 0 1 (47) 202 6,318 (312)
   of which other debt instruments over two years  165 0 (2) 0 0 1,616 (36) 0 105 0 0 0 0 6 1,854 306
Other liabilities 1,271 21 (556) 51 (89) 116 (501) 10 (28) 113 66 0 0 44 518 26
Total liabilities at fair value  14,035 6,154 (10,486) 169 (309) 14,340 (10,225) 277 (96) 113 61 0 (64) 474 14,443 690
Net assets/(liabilities) at fair value  2,329 (4,083) 4,098 10,119 (9,666) (13,139) 6,052 (389) 705 (113) 160 0 64 (2) (3,865) (756)
1
Changes in unrealized gains/(losses) on total assets at fair value and changes in unrealized (gains)/losses on total liabilities at fair value relating to assets and liabilities held at period end are included in net revenues or accumulated other comprehensive income. As of 2021, changes in net unrealized gains/(losses) of CHF (841) million and CHF 82 million were recorded in trading revenues and other revenues, respectively, and changes in unrealized (gains)/losses of CHF 3 million were recorded in Gains/(losses) on liabilities relating to credit risk in Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss).
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comprehensive income

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at end
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Changes in
unrealized
gains/losses
1
Assets (CHF million)   
Securities received as collateral 1 0 0 213 (106) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (7) 101 0
Trading assets 7,885 3,255 (3,271) 6,304 (6,740) 2,064 (2,968) 290 1,598 0 5 0 0 (887) 7,535 1,377
   of which debt securities  1,923 2,078 (1,775) 3,811 (3,493) 0 0 1 14 0 5 0 0 (311) 2,253 166
      of which corporates  1,128 703 (809) 2,685 (2,464) 0 0 26 211 0 0 0 0 (210) 1,270 196
   of which derivatives  3,534 995 (1,207) 0 0 2,064 (2,891) 213 1,607 0 1 0 0 (405) 3,911 1,323
      of which equity/index-related products  1,040 255 (519) 0 0 507 (743) 107 725 0 0 0 0 (186) 1,186 752
      of which other derivatives  909 0 0 0 0 303 (326) (1) 291 0 0 0 0 (97) 1,079 310
   of which other trading assets  2,231 119 (246) 2,420 (3,189) 0 (77) 72 76 0 (1) 0 0 (158) 1,247 (87)
Other investments 2,523 8 0 442 (194) 0 0 0 112 0 286 0 0 (123) 3,054 409
   of which other equity investments  1,463 7 0 408 (22) 0 0 0 13 0 293 0 0 (30) 2,132 298
   of which life finance instruments  1,052 0 0 34 (172) 0 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 (93) 920 112
Loans 2 3,835 1,268 (549) 437 (640) 1,170 (1,435) 52 (164) 0 1 0 0 (306) 3,669 (97)
   of which commercial and industrial loans 2 1,401 446 (170) 184 (442) 610 (435) 6 (150) 0 1 0 0 (104) 1,347 (183)
   of which financial institutions  1,201 238 (245) 0 (31) 499 (531) 20 43 0 0 0 0 (112) 1,082 47
Other intangible assets (mortgage servicing rights) 244 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (44) 0 0 (20) 180 (44)
Other assets 1,846 1,440 (709) 4,553 (4,595) 547 (995) (17) (14) 0 0 0 0 (231) 1,825 (48)
   of which loans held-for-sale  1,619 1,380 (665) 4,504 (4,567) 547 (994) (41) 4 0 0 0 0 (211) 1,576 (73)
Total assets at fair value  16,334 5,971 (4,529) 11,949 (12,275) 3,781 (5,398) 325 1,532 0 248 0 0 (1,574) 16,364 1,597
Liabilities (CHF million)   
Customer deposits 474 0 0 0 0 0 (27) 0 7 0 0 0 10 (16) 448 46
Obligation to return securities received as collateral 1 0 0 213 (106) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (7) 101 0
Trading liabilities 3,854 848 (1,614) 471 (310) 2,146 (2,375) 260 1,428 0 0 0 0 (462) 4,246 1,653
   of which derivatives  3,801 829 (1,611) 198 (8) 2,146 (2,375) 259 1,410 0 0 0 0 (458) 4,191 1,646
      of which equity/index-related derivatives  1,921 248 (954) 0 0 776 (536) 167 644 0 0 0 0 (256) 2,010 1,162
      of which credit derivatives  1,211 539 (562) 0 0 1,111 (1,425) 85 502 0 0 0 0 (126) 1,335 277
Short-term borrowings 997 37 (294) 0 0 1,307 (1,189) 4 (62) 0 0 0 0 (99) 701 94
Long-term debt 12,610 3,214 (7,478) 0 0 5,891 (5,622) 568 (708) 0 0 99 (81) (1,225) 7,268 236
   of which structured notes over one year and up to two years  891 689 (676) 0 0 1,022 (690) 40 (38) 0 0 1 (1) (105) 1,133 (19)
   of which structured notes over two years  11,458 1,614 (6,479) 0 0 4,766 (4,577) 532 (683) 0 0 98 (92) (1,111) 5,526 224
Other liabilities 1,385 160 (183) 266 (277) 129 (396) (33) 37 0 300 0 0 (117) 1,271 64
Total liabilities at fair value  19,321 4,259 (9,569) 950 (693) 9,473 (9,609) 799 702 0 300 99 (71) (1,926) 14,035 2,093
Net assets/(liabilities) at fair value  (2,987) 1,712 5,040 10,999 (11,582) (5,692) 4,211 (474) 830 0 (52) (99) 71 352 2,329 (496)
1
Changes in unrealized gains/(losses) on total assets at fair value and changes in unrealized (gains)/losses on total liabilities at fair value relating to assets and liabilities held at period end are included in net revenues or accumulated other comprehensive income. As of 2020, changes in net unrealized gains/(losses) of CHF (692) million and CHF 296 million were recorded in trading revenues and other revenues, respectively, and changes in unrealized (gains)/losses of CHF (100) million were recorded in Gains/(losses) on liabilities relating to credit risk in Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss).
2
Includes an adjustment of CHF 118 million reflecting the impact of applying the fair value option on certain loans (previously held at amortized cost) at the adoption of the ASU 2019-05.
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Both observable and unobservable inputs may be used to determine the fair value of positions that have been classified within level 3. As a result, the unrealized gains and losses for assets and liabilities within level 3 presented in the table above may include changes in fair value that were attributable to both observable and unobservable inputs.
The Group employs various economic hedging techniques in order to manage risks, including risks in level 3 positions. Such techniques may include the purchase or sale of financial instruments that are classified in levels 1 and/or 2. The realized and unrealized gains and losses for assets and liabilities in level 3 presented in the table above do not reflect the related realized or unrealized gains and losses arising on economic hedging instruments classified in levels 1 and/or 2.
The Group typically uses nonfinancial assets measured at fair value on a recurring or nonrecurring basis in a manner that reflects their highest and best use.
Transfers in and out of level 3
Transfers into level 3 assets during 2021 were CHF 2,071 million, primarily from trading assets and loans held-for-sale. The transfers were primarily in the GTS, credit and securitized products businesses due to limited observability of pricing data and reduced pricing information from external providers. Transfers out of level 3 assets during 2021 were CHF 6,388 million, primarily in trading assets, loans and loans held-for-sale. The transfers out of level 3 assets were primarily in the GTS, securitized products and Asia Pacific strategic products businesses due to improved observability of pricing data and increased availability of pricing information from external providers.
Transfers into level 3 assets during 2020 were CHF 5,971 million, primarily from trading assets, loans held-for-sale and loans. The transfers were primarily in the securitized products, financing and GTS businesses due to limited observability of pricing data and reduced pricing information from external providers. Transfers out of level 3 assets during 2020 were CHF 4,529 million, primarily in trading assets, loans held-for-sale and loans. The transfers out of level 3 assets were primarily in the securitized products, financing and GTS businesses due to improved observability of pricing data and increased availability of pricing information from external providers.
Transfers out of level 3 liabilities of CHF 9,569 million in 2020 primarily reflected transfers of structured notes over two years arising from an enhancement to the assessment of the valuation significance of unobservable input parameters on equity linked issuances.
Uncertainty of fair value measurements at the reporting date from the use of significant unobservable inputs
For level 3 assets with a significant unobservable input of buyback probability, contingent probability, correlation, dividend yield, funding spread, mortality rate, price, recovery rate, unadjusted NAV and volatility, in general, an increase in the significant unobservable input would increase the fair value. For level 3 assets with a significant unobservable input of credit spread, default rate, discount rate, fund gap risk, gap risk, market implied life expectancy (for life settlement and premium finance instruments), prepayment rate and tax swap rate, in general, an increase in the significant unobservable input would decrease the fair value.
For level 3 liabilities, in general, an increase in the related significant unobservable inputs would have the inverse impact on fair value. An increase in the significant unobservable input credit spread, contingent probability, fund gap risk, gap risk, market implied life expectancy (for life settlement and premium finance instruments), mortality rate and price would increase the fair value. An increase in the significant unobservable input buyback probability, correlation, discount rate, dividend yield, mean reversion, prepayment rate, recovery rate, unadjusted NAV and volatility would decrease the fair value.
Interrelationships between significant unobservable inputs
Except as noted above, there are no material interrelationships between the significant unobservable inputs for the financial instruments. As the significant unobservable inputs move independently, generally an increase or decrease in one significant unobservable input will have no impact on the other significant unobservable inputs.
Quantitative disclosures of valuation techniques
The following tables provide the representative range of minimum and maximum values and the associated weighted averages of each significant unobservable input for level 3 assets and liabilities by the related valuation technique most significant to the related financial instrument.
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Quantitative information about level 3 assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis

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Fair value
Valuation
technique
Unobservable
input
Minimum
value
Maximum
value
Weighted
average
1
CHF million, except where indicated
Trading assets 4,503
   of which debt securities  1,225
      of which corporates  478
         of which  124 Discounted cash flow Credit spread, in bp 50 1,290 701
  Price, in % 0 100 47
  Recovery rate, in % 39 39 1
         of which  107 Market comparable Price, in % 0 110 63
         of which  55 Option model Correlation, in % (50) 100 68
  Fund gap risk, in % 2 0 3 1
  Volatility, in % 0 163 17
         of which  69 Price Price, in % 35 120 92
         of which  145 Vendor price Price, in actuals 0 123 79
      of which RMBS  424 Discounted cash flow Discount rate, in % 1 29 13
   of which derivatives  2,187
      of which interest rate products  624
         of which  6 Discounted cash flow Funding spread, in bp 109 166 127
  Volatility, in % 0 100 97
         of which  612 Option model Correlation, in % (4) 100 9
  Mean reversion, in % (55) (8) 0
  Prepayment rate, in % 0 21 17
  Volatility, in % (3) 1 0
      of which other derivatives  1,034 Discounted cash flow Market implied life expectancy, in years 2 14 6
  Mortality rate, in % 73 138 99
   of which other trading assets  896
         of which  611 Discounted cash flow Market implied life expectancy, in years 3 14 7
  Tax swap rate, in % 30 30 30
         of which  189 Market comparable Price, in % 0 130 34
         of which  93 Option model Mortality rate, in % 0 70 6
Other investments 3,666
   of which other equity investments  2,863
      of which  929 Adjusted NAV Price, in actuals 287 287 287
      of which  1,919 Price Price, in actuals 1 1,292 54
   of which life finance instruments  789 Discounted cash flow Market implied life expectancy, in years 2 16 6
Loans 1,534
   of which commercial and industrial loans  717
      of which  474 Discounted cash flow Credit spread, in bp 184 3,325 809
      of which  6 Market comparable Price, in % 19 19 19
      of which  209 Price Price, in % 0 100 50
   of which financial institutions  465
      of which  327 Discounted cash flow Credit spread, in bp 0 3,212 921
      of which  158 Price Price, in % 14 76 31
Other assets 694
   of which loans held-for-sale  562
      of which  281 Discounted cash flow Credit spread, in bp 0 563 314
      of which  254 Market comparable Price, in % 0 139 67
      of which  16 Price Price, in % 0 75 54
1
Weighted average is calculated based on the fair value of the instruments.
2
Risk of unexpected large declines in the underlying values occurring between collateral settlement dates.
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Fair value
Valuation
technique
Unobservable
input
Minimum
value
Maximum
value
Weighted
average
1
CHF million, except where indicated
Trading assets 7,535
   of which debt securities  2,253
      of which corporates  1,270
         of which  386 Discounted cash flow Credit spread, in bp (9) 1,509 1,007
         of which  321 Market comparable Price, in % 0 227 95
         of which  416 Option model Correlation, in % (50) 100 55
  Gap risk, in % 2 0 2 0
  Recovery rate, in % 40 40 40
  Volatility, in % 0 158 23
         of which  71 Vendor price Price, in actuals 0 2,292 1,654
  Unadjusted NAV, in actuals 1 1 1
   of which derivatives  3,911
      of which equity/index-related products  1,186 Option model Buyback probability, in % 50 100 66
  Correlation, in % (50) 100 58
  Gap risk, in % 2 0 4 0
  Volatility, in % (2) 158 24
      of which other derivatives  1,079 Discounted cash flow Market implied life expectancy, in years 2 14 6
  Mortality rate, in % 72 137 98
   of which other trading assets  1,247
      of which  766 Discounted cash flow Market implied life expectancy, in years 3 14 7
Other investments 3,054
   of which other equity investments  2,132
      of which  840 Discounted cash flow Discount rate, in % 9 9 9
  Terminal growth rate, in % 3 3 3
      of which  118 Market comparable Price, in % 100 100 100
      of which  974 Adjusted NAV Price, in actuals 310 310 310
      of which  110 Vendor price Price, in actuals 1 1,249 713
   of which life finance instruments  920 Discounted cash flow Market implied life expectancy, in years 2 15 6
Loans 3,669
   of which commercial and industrial loans  1,347
      of which  908 Discounted cash flow Credit spread, in bp 237 1,480 554
  Recovery rate, in % 25 25 25
      of which  338 Market comparable Price, in % 0 100 70
      of which  72 Option model Pre-IPO intrinsic option, in actuals 100 100 100
   of which financial institutions  1,082
      of which  674 Discounted cash flow Credit spread, in bp 192 1,698 612
  Recovery rate, in % 25 40 25
      of which  190 Market comparable Price, in % 0 100 54
Other assets 1,825
   of which loans held-for-sale  1,576
      of which  296 Discounted cash flow Credit spread, in bp 246 506 343
  Recovery rate, in % 1 40 34
      of which  1,277 Market comparable Price, in % 0 111 71
1
Weighted average is calculated based on the fair value of the instruments.
2
Risk of unexpected large declines in the underlying values occurring between collateral settlement dates.
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Quantitative information about level 3 liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis

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Fair value
Valuation
technique
Unobservable
input
Minimum
value
Maximum
value
Weighted
average
1
CHF million, except where indicated   
Trading liabilities 2,809
   of which derivatives  2,784
      of which equity/index-related derivatives  1,787
         of which  1,696 Option model Buyback probability, in % 2 50 100 72
  Correlation, in % (50) 100 67
  Dividend yield, in % 0 7 4
  Unadjusted NAV, in actuals 101 440 358
  Volatility, in % (1) 163 17
         of which  63 Price Price, in actuals 0 849 2
Short-term borrowings 1,032
   of which  24 Discounted cash flow Credit spread, in bp 0 181 51
   of which  905 Option model Buyback probability, in % 2 50 100 72
  Correlation, in % (50) 100 70
  Fund gap risk, in % 3 0 3 1
  Gap risk, in % 3 0 3 1
  Unadjusted NAV, in actuals 101 440 358
  Volatility, in % 0 163 16
   of which  73 Price Price, in % 34 120 94
Long-term debt 9,676
   of which structured notes over one year and    up to two years  1,464 Option model Buyback probability, in % 2 50 100 72
  Correlation, in % (50) 100 69
  Fund gap risk, in % 3 0 3 1
  Gap risk, in % 3 0 3 1
  Unadjusted NAV, in actuals 101 440 358
  Volatility, in % 0 163 16
   of which structured notes over two years  6,318
      of which  474 Discounted cash flow Credit spread, in bp 8 702 72
      of which  5,813 Option model Buyback probability, in % 2 50 100 72
  Correlation, in % (50) 100 75
  Credit spread, in bp 3 92 75
  Fund gap risk, in % 3 0 3 1
  Unadjusted NAV, in actuals 101 440 358
  Volatility, in % 0 163 19
      of which  9 Price Price, in % 26 26 26
   of which other debt instruments over two years  1,854
      of which  382 Option model Buyback probability, in % 2 50 100 72
  Correlation, in % 16 30 24
  Price, in actuals 9 9 9
      of which  1,472 Price Price, in actuals 9 35 9
1
Weighted average is calculated based on the fair value of the instruments.
2
Estimate of probability of structured notes being put back to the Group at the option of the investor over the remaining life of the financial instruments.
3
Risk of unexpected large declines in the underlying values occurring between collateral settlement dates.
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Quantitative information about level 3 liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis (continued)

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Fair value
Valuation
technique
Unobservable
input
Minimum
value
Maximum
value
Weighted
average
1
CHF million, except where indicated   
Trading liabilities 4,246
   of which derivatives  4,191
      of which equity/index-related derivatives  2,010 Option model Buyback probability, in % 2 50 100 66
  Correlation, in % (50) 100 58
  Volatility, in % (2) 158 27
      of which credit derivatives  1,335
         of which  738 Discounted cash flow Correlation, in % 37 45 44
  Credit spread, in bp 0 1,468 391
  Default rate, in % 0 7 3
  Discount rate, in % 6 19 14
  Funding spread, in bp 55 183 120
  Loss severity, in % 0 100 68
  Prepayment rate, in % 0 9 7
  Recovery rate, in % 12 81 38
         of which  520 Market comparable Price, in % 84 116 99
         of which  12 Option model Correlation, in % 49 50 50
  Credit spread, in bp 13 865 250
Short-term borrowings 701
   of which  58 Discounted cash flow Credit spread, in bp (4) 992 722
  Recovery rate, in % 35 40 39
   of which  508 Option model Buyback probability, in % 2 50 100 66
  Correlation, in % (50) 100 56
  Fund gap risk, in % 3 0 2 0
  Volatility, in % 3 158 30
Long-term debt 7,268
   of which structured notes over one year and    up to two years  1,133
      of which  48 Discounted cash flow Credit spread, in bp 35 189 52
  Recovery rate, in % 25 25 25
      of which  1,051 Option model Buyback probability, in % 2 50 100 66
  Correlation, in % (50) 100 55
  Fund gap risk, in % 3 0 2 0
  Gap risk, in % 3 0 4 1
  Volatility, in % 0 158 24
   of which structured notes over two years  5,526
      of which  1,380 Discounted cash flow Credit spread, in bp (14) 481 58
  Recovery rate, in % 23 40 38
      of which  9 Market comparable Price, in % 27 46 27
      of which  3,961 Option model Buyback probability, in % 2 50 100 66
  Correlation, in % (50) 100 55
  Gap risk, in % 3 0 2 0
  Mean reversion, in % 4 (10) 0 (5)
  Volatility, in % 0 158 21
1
Weighted average is calculated based on the fair value of the instruments.
2
Estimate of probability of structured notes being put back to the Group at the option of the investor over the remaining life of the financial instruments.
3
Risk of unexpected large declines in the underlying values occurring between collateral settlement dates.
4
Management's best estimate of the speed at which interest rates will revert to the long-term average.
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Qualitative discussion of the ranges of significant unobservable inputs
The following sections provide further information about the ranges of significant unobservable inputs included in the tables above. The level of aggregation and diversity within the financial instruments disclosed in the tables above results in certain ranges of significant inputs being wide and unevenly distributed across asset and liability categories.
Basis spread
Basis spread is the primary significant unobservable input for non-callable constant maturity treasury-constant maturity swap (CMS) products and is used to determine interest rate risk as a result of differing lending and borrowing rates.
Buyback probability
Buyback probability is the probability assigned to structured notes being unwound prior to their legal maturity.
CDS scale
CDS scale is a valuation parameter which scales the referenced credit curve (base currency) to reflect a new credit curve representing the currency of the trade.
Contingent probability
Contingent probability is the primary significant unobservable input for contingent foreign exchange forward trades where the delivery or exercise and the premium payment are contingent on an event such as completion of an M&A deal or regulatory approval for a product.
Correlation
There are many different types of correlation inputs, including credit correlation, cross-asset correlation (such as equity-interest rate correlation) and same-asset correlation (such as interest rate-interest rate correlation). Correlation inputs are generally used to value hybrid and exotic instruments. Due to the complex and unique nature of these instruments, the ranges for correlation inputs can vary widely across portfolios.
Credit spread and recovery rate
For financial instruments where credit spread is the significant unobservable input, the wide range represents positions with varying levels of risk. The lower end of the credit spread range typically represents shorter-dated instruments and/or those with better perceived credit risk. The higher end of the range typically comprises longer-dated financial instruments or those referencing non-performing, distressed or impaired reference credits. Similarly, the spread between the reference credit and an index can vary significantly based on the risk of the instrument. The spread will be positive for instruments that have a higher risk of default than the index (which is based on a weighted average of its components) and negative for instruments that have a lower risk of default than the index.
Similarly, recovery rates can vary significantly depending upon the specific assets and terms of each transaction. Transactions with higher seniority or more valuable collateral will have higher recovery rates, while those transactions which are more subordinated or with less valuable collateral will have lower recovery rates.
Default rate and loss severity
For financial instruments backed by residential real estate or other assets, diversity in the portfolio is reflected in a wide range for loss severity due to varying levels of default. The lower end of the range represents high performing or government guaranteed collateral with a low PD or guaranteed timely payment of principal and interest, while the higher end of the range relates to collateral with a greater risk of default.
Discount rate
The discount rate is the rate of interest used to calculate the present value of the expected cash flows of a financial instrument. There are multiple factors that will impact the discount rate for any given financial instrument including the coupon on the instrument, the term and the underlying risk of the expected cash flows. Two instruments of similar term and expected cash flows may have significantly different discount rates because the coupons on the instruments are different.
Dividend yield
An equity forward price is a material component for measuring the fair value of a contract using forward, swap or option pricing models. The forward is generally constructed from expected future dividend payments and their timing, as well as the relevant funding rate for the given asset. Dividend yields are generally quoted as annualized percentages.
EBITDA multiple
EBITDA multiple is a primary significant unobservable input for some equity deals which are benchmarked using industry comparables. The EBITDA multiple may be preferred over other measures because it is normalized for differences between the accounting policies of similar companies.
Funding gap risk and gap risk
Gap risk is a significant unobservable input for structures that exhibit market risk to jumps in a reference asset, generally related to certain financing or principal protection trade features.
Funding spread
Funding spread is the primary significant unobservable input for special purpose vehicle funding facilities. Synthetic funding curves which represent the assets pledged as collateral are used to value structured financing transactions. The curves provide an estimate of where secured funding can be sourced and are expressed as a basis point spread in relation to the referenced benchmark rate.
Market implied life expectancy
Market implied life expectancy is the primary significant unobservable input on such products as life settlement, premium finance and SPIA, and represents the estimated mortality rate for the
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underlying insured for each contract. This estimate may vary depending upon multiple factors including the age and specific health characteristics of the insured.
Market price of risk
The market price of risk (MPR) is a significant unobservable input for synthetic credit products where the trades are valued using the rating-based historical default probabilities. MPR is an exponent applied to the historic default probabilities in order to bring the initial swap valuation to zero.
Mean reversion
Mean reversion is the primary significant unobservable input for callable CMS spread exotics and represents the idea that prices and returns eventually move back towards the historical average.
Mortality rate
Mortality rate is the primary significant unobservable input for pension swaps. The expected present value of future cash flow of the trades depend on the mortality of individuals in the pension fund who are grouped into categories such as gender, age, pension amount and other factors. In some cases mortality rates include a “scaler” (also referred to as a loading or multiplier) that align mortality projections with historical experience and calibrate to exit level.
Pre-IPO intrinsic option
Pre-IPO intrinsic option represents the share price of a company in advance of its listing on a public exchange. It is typically a discounted price from the IPO price.
Prepayment rate
Prepayment rates may vary from collateral pool to collateral pool, and are driven by a variety of collateral-specific factors, including the type and location of the underlying borrower, the remaining tenor of the obligation and the level and type (e.g., fixed or floating) of interest rate being paid by the borrower.
Price
Bond equivalent price is a primary significant unobservable input for multiple products. Where market prices are not available for an instrument, benchmarking may be utilized to identify comparable issues (same industry and similar product mixes) while adjustments are considered for differences in deal terms and performance.
Settlement lag extension
For synthetic ABS CDO single tranche trades, settlement lag extension is an unobservable input that represents the delay that may occur between protection buyer calling a credit event and physically receiving the settlement cash from the swap counterparty.
Tax swap rate
The tax swap rate parameter is the interest rate applicable to tax refunds from the Italian tax office, determined annually by the Italian tax authorities and payable to the claimant when refund is made.
Terminal growth rate
The terminal growth rate is the rate at which free cash flows are expected to grow in perpetuity as part of an overall firm valuation process. The terminal growth rate typically parallels the historical inflation rate (2-3%) and is applied to the discounted cash flow model to represent mature stage company valuation.
Unadjusted NAV
NAV values are used to price fund units and as an input into fund derivatives. They are considered unobservable when based on NAV statements or estimates received directly from the fund, as opposed to published on a broad market platform, or with a lag to the reporting date.
Volatility and volatility skew
Volatility and its skew are both impacted by the underlying risk, term and strike price of the derivative. In the case of interest rate derivatives, volatility may vary significantly between different underlying currencies and expiration dates on the options. Similarly, in the case of equity derivatives, the volatility attributed to a structure may vary depending upon the underlying reference name on the derivative.
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Investment funds measured at net asset value per share
Investments in funds held in trading assets and trading liabilities primarily include positions held in equity funds of funds as an economic hedge for structured notes and derivatives issued to clients that reference the same underlying risk and liquidity terms of the fund. A majority of these funds have limitations imposed on the amount of withdrawals from the fund during the redemption period due to illiquidity of the investments. In other instances, the withdrawal amounts may vary depending on the redemption notice period and are usually larger for the longer redemption notice periods. In addition, penalties may apply if redemption is within a certain time period from initial investment.
Investments in funds held in other investments principally involves private equity securities and, to a lesser extent, publicly traded securities and fund of funds. Several of these investments have redemption restrictions subject to the discretion of the board of directors of the fund and/or redemption is permitted without restriction, but is limited to a certain percentage of total assets or only after a certain date.
The following table pertains to investments in certain entities that calculate NAV per share or its equivalent, primarily private equity and hedge funds. These investments do not have a readily determinable fair value and are measured at fair value using NAV.
Fair value, unfunded commitments and term of redemption conditions of investment funds measured at NAV per share
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Non-
redeemable


Redeemable

Total
fair value
Unfunded
commit-
ments

Non-
redeemable


Redeemable

Total
fair value
Unfunded
commit-
ments
Fair value of investment funds and unfunded commitments (CHF million)   
Funds held in trading assets and trading liabilities  193 471 664 24 138 519 657 45
Private equity funds 40 0 40 42 94 0 94 77
Hedge funds 12 2 14 1 12 7 19 0
Equity method investment funds 336 15 351 124 321 287 608 226
Funds held in other investments  388 17 405 167 427 294 721 303
Total fair value of investment funds and unfunded commitments  581 1 488 2 1,069 191 565 3 813 4 1,378 348
1
CHF 339 million of the underlying assets have known liquidation periods and for CHF 242 million, the timing of liquidation is unknown.
2
CHF 304 million is redeemable on demand with a notice period of primarily less than 30 days.
3
CHF 190 million of the underlying assets have known liquidation periods and for CHF 375 million, the timing of liquidation is unknown.
4
CHF 540 million is redeemable on demand with a notice period of primarily less than 30 days. CHF 4 million of the investment funds had restrictions on redemptions, which have a redemption restriction of less than 1 year.
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Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis
Certain assets and liabilities are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis; that is, they are not measured at fair value on an ongoing basis but are subject to fair value adjustments in certain circumstances. Nonrecurring measurements reported are as of the end of the period, unless otherwise stated. The market value for loans held-for-sale and commitments held-for-sale is determined by benchmarking to comparable instruments.
The following table provides the fair value and the fair value hierarchy of all assets and liabilities that were held as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, for which a nonrecurring fair value measurement was recorded.
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis
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Assets (CHF million)   
Other investments 0 0 152 152
   of which equity method investments  0 0 118 118
   of which equity securities (without a readily determinable fair value)  0 0 21 21
Net loans 0 12 5 17
Other assets 0 29 110 139
   of which loans held-for-sale  0 28 45 73
   of which premises, equipment and right-of-use assets  0 1 60 61
Total assets recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis  0 41 267 308
Liabilities (CHF million)   
Other liabilities 0 0 21 21
   of which commitments held-for-sale  0 0 21 21
Total liabilities recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis  0 0 21 21
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Assets (CHF million)   
Other investments 0 217 326 543
   of which equity method investments  0 0 303 303
   of which equity securities (without a readily determinable fair value)  0 217 10 227
Net loans 0 67 4 71
Other assets 0 104 97 201
   of which loans held-for-sale  0 97 39 136
   of which premises, equipment and right-of-use assets  0 4 54 58
Total assets recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis  0 388 427 815
Liabilities (CHF million)   
Other liabilities 0 0 14 14
   of which commitments held-for-sale  0 0 14 14
Total liabilities recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis  0 0 14 14
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The following table provides the representative range of minimum and maximum values and the associated weighted averages of each significant unobservable input for level 3 assets and liabilities by the related valuation technique most significant to the related financial instrument that were held as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, for which a nonrecurring fair value measurement was recorded.
Quantitative information about level 3 assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis

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Fair value
Valuation
technique
Unobservable
input
Minimum
value
Maximum
value
Weighted
average
1
Assets (CHF million, except where indicated)
Other investments 152
   of which equity method investments  118 Discounted cash flow Discount rate, in % 8 13 13
   of which equity securities    (without a readily determinable fair value)  21
      of which  16 Discounted cash flow Discount rate, in % 12 16 14
      of which  5 Market comparable Price per share, in actuals 5 6,003 2,441
Other assets 110
   of which loans held-for-sale  45 Market comparable Price, in % 80 100 88
   of which premises, equipment and right-of-use assets  60 Market comparable Price, in actuals 60 60 60
Liabilities (CHF million, except where indicated)
Other liabilities 21
   of which commitments held-for-sale  21 Market comparable Price, in % 80 97 83
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Assets (CHF million, except where indicated)
Other investments 326
   of which equity method investments  303 Discounted cash flow Discount rate, in % 10 14 12
Other assets 97
   of which loans held-for-sale  39 Market comparable Price, in % 83 100 95
   of which premises, equipment and right-of-use assets  54
      of which  52 Discounted cash flow Price, in actuals 52 52 52
  Discount rate, in % 1 3 3
      of which  2 Market comparable Price, in actuals 2 2 2
Liabilities (CHF million, except where indicated)
Other liabilities 14
   of which commitments held-for-sale  14 Market comparable Price, in % 83 98 89
1
Weighted average is calculated based on the fair value of the instruments.
Fair value option
The Group has availed itself of the simplification in accounting offered under the fair value option. This has been accomplished generally by electing the fair value option, both at initial adoption and for subsequent transactions, on items impacted by the hedge accounting requirements of US GAAP. For instruments for which hedge accounting could not be achieved but for which the Group is economically hedged, the Group has generally elected the fair value option. Where the Group manages an activity on a fair value basis but previously has been unable to achieve fair value accounting, the Group has generally utilized the fair value option to align its financial accounting to its risk management reporting.
The Group elected fair value for certain of its financial statement captions as follows:
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions
The Group has elected to account for structured resale agreements and most matched book resale agreements at fair value. These activities are managed on a fair value basis; thus, fair value accounting is deemed more appropriate for reporting purposes. The Group did not elect the fair value option for firm financing resale agreements as these agreements are generally overnight agreements which approximate fair value, but which are not managed on a fair value basis.
Other investments
The Group has elected to account for certain equity method investments at fair value. These activities are managed on a fair value basis; thus, fair value accounting is deemed more appropriate for reporting purposes.
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Loans
The Group has elected to account for substantially all commercial loans and loan commitments from the investment banking businesses and certain emerging market loans from the investment banking businesses at fair value. These activities are managed on a fair value basis and fair value accounting was deemed more appropriate for reporting purposes. Additionally, recognition on a fair value basis eliminates the mismatch that existed due to the economic hedging the Group employs to manage these loans. Certain similar loans, such as project finance, lease finance, cash collateralized and some bridge loans, which were eligible for the fair value option, were not elected due to the lack of currently available infrastructure to fair value such loans and/or the inability to economically hedge such loans. Additionally, the Group elected not to account for loans granted by its private, corporate and institutional banking businesses at fair value, such as domestic consumer lending, mortgages and corporate loans, as these loans are not managed on a fair value basis.
Other assets
The Group elected the fair value option for loans held-for-sale, due to the short period over which such loans are held and the intention to sell such loans in the near term. Other assets also include assets of VIEs and mortgage securitizations which do not meet the criteria for sale treatment under US GAAP. The Group did elect the fair value option for these types of transactions.
Due to banks and customer deposits
The Group elected the fair value option for certain time deposits associated with its emerging markets activities. The Group’s customer deposits include fund-linked deposits. The Group elected the fair value option for these fund-linked deposits. Fund-linked products are managed on a fair value basis and fair value accounting was deemed more appropriate for reporting purposes.
Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions
The Group has elected to account for structured repurchase agreements and most matched book repurchase agreements at fair value. These activities are managed on a fair value basis and fair value accounting was deemed more appropriate for reporting purposes. The Group did not elect the fair value option for firm financing repurchase agreements as these agreements are generally overnight agreements which approximate fair value, but which are not managed on a fair value basis.
Short-term borrowings
The Group’s short-term borrowings include hybrid debt instruments with embedded derivative features. Some of these embedded derivative features create bifurcatable debt instruments. The Group elected the fair value option for some of these instruments as of January 1, 2006, in accordance with the provisions of US GAAP. New bifurcatable debt instruments which were entered into in 2006 are carried at fair value. Some hybrid debt instruments do not result in bifurcatable debt instruments. US GAAP permits the Group to elect fair value accounting for non-bifurcatable hybrid debt instruments. With the exception of certain bifurcatable hybrid debt instruments which the Group did not elect to account for at fair value, the Group has elected to account for all hybrid debt instruments held as of January 1, 2007, and hybrid debt instruments originated after January 1, 2007, at fair value. These activities are managed on a fair value basis and fair value accounting was deemed appropriate for reporting purposes. There are two main populations of similar instruments for which fair value accounting was not elected. The first relates to the lending business transacted by the Group’s private, corporate and institutional banking businesses, which includes structured deposits and similar investment products. These are managed on a bifurcated or accrual basis and fair value accounting was not considered appropriate. The second is where the instruments were or will be maturing in the near term and their fair value will be realized at that time.
Long-term debt
The Group’s long-term debt includes hybrid debt instruments with embedded derivative features as described above in short-term borrowings. The Group’s long-term debt also includes debt issuances managed by the Treasury department that do not contain derivative features (vanilla debt). The Group actively manages the interest rate risk on these instruments with derivatives. In particular, fixed-rate debt is hedged with receive-fixed, pay-floating interest rate swaps. The Group elected to fair value fixed-rate debt upon implementation of the fair value option on January 1, 2007, with changes in fair value recognized as a component of trading revenues. The Group did not elect to apply the fair value option to fixed-rate debt issued by the Group since January 1, 2008, but instead applies hedge accounting.
Other liabilities
Other liabilities include liabilities of VIEs and mortgage securitizations that do not meet the criteria for sale treatment under US GAAP. The Group elected the fair value option for these types of transactions.
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Difference between the aggregate fair value and unpaid principal balances of fair value option-elected financial instruments
   2021 2020

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Financial instruments (CHF million)   
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions 68,623 68,565 58 57,994 57,895 99
Loans 10,243 11,035 (792) 11,408 12,079 (671)
Other assets 1 8,624 10,777 (2,153) 7,834 10,090 (2,256)
Due to banks and customer deposits (493) (442) (51) (578) (489) (89)
Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions (13,213) (13,212) (1) (13,594) (13,578) (16)
Short-term borrowings (10,690) (10,996) 306 (10,740) (10,632) (108)
Long-term debt 2 (68,722) (71,833) 3,111 (70,976) (73,842) 2,866
Other liabilities (1,170) (1,403) 233 (616) (1,569) 953
Non-performing and non-interest-earning loans 3 843 2,657 (1,814) 543 3,364 (2,821)
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Primarily loans held-for-sale.
2
Long-term debt includes both principal-protected and non-principal protected instruments. For non-principal-protected instruments, the original notional amount has been reported in the aggregate unpaid principal.
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Included in loans or other assets.
Gains and losses on financial instruments
   2021 2020 2019

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Interest-bearing deposits with banks 24 1 15 1 29 1
   of which related to credit risk  2 0 11
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions 638 1 1,198 1 2,696 1
Other investments 304 2 397 2 268 3
   of which related to credit risk  2 1 2
Loans 443 1 510 1 908 1
   of which related to credit risk  (13) (181) 26
Other assets 519 1 489 1 892 1
   of which related to credit risk  133 (106) 111
Due to banks and customer deposits (22) 3 (10) 3 (29) 3
   of which related to credit risk  0 0 1
Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions (43) 1 (58) 1 (612) 1
Short-term borrowings 98 3 (687) 3 (50) 3
   of which related to credit risk  2 0 8
Long-term debt (3,005) 3 (2,294) 3 (8,501) 3
   of which related to credit risk  0 11 (5)
Other liabilities 171 3 (20) 3 92 2
   of which related to credit risk  71 (15) 50
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Primarily recognized in net interest income.
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Primarily recognized in other revenues.
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Primarily recognized in trading revenues.
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The impact of credit risk on assets presented in the table above has been calculated as the component of the total change in fair value, excluding the impact of changes in base or risk-free interest rates. The impact of changes in own credit risk on liabilities presented in the table above has been calculated as the difference between the fair values of those instruments as of the reporting date and the theoretical fair values of those instruments calculated by using the yield curve prevailing at the end of the reporting period, adjusted up or down for changes in the Group’s own credit spreads from the transition date to the reporting date.
Interest income and expense, which are calculated based on contractual rates specified in the transactions, are recorded in the consolidated statements of operations depending on the nature of the instrument and its related market convention. When interest is included as a component of the change in the instrument’s fair value, it is included in trading revenues. Otherwise, it is included in interest and dividend income or interest expense. Interest and dividend income is recognized separately from trading revenues.
Gains and losses attributable to changes in instrument-specific credit risk on fair value option elected liabilities
The following table provides additional information regarding the gains and losses attributable to changes in instrument-specific credit risk on fair value option elected liabilities, which have been recorded in AOCI. The table includes both the amount of change during the period and the cumulative amount that were attributable to the changes in instrument-specific credit risk. In addition, the table includes the gains and losses related to instrument-specific credit risk, which were previously recorded in AOCI but have been transferred to net income during the period.
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Financial instruments (CHF million)   
Customer deposits 14 (62) (9) 0 0
Short-term borrowings 19 (51) (13) 0 1
Long-term debt 266 (2,139) 70 103 155
   of which treasury debt over two years  (129) (921) 234 0 0
   of which structured notes over two years  359 (1,132) (177) 103 155
Total  299 (2,252) 48 103 156
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Amounts are reflected gross of tax.
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Financial instruments not carried at fair value
The following table provides the carrying value and fair value of financial instruments, which are not carried at fair value in the consolidated balance sheet. The disclosure excludes all non-financial instruments such as lease transactions, real estate, premises and equipment, equity method investments and pension and benefit obligations.
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Financial assets 
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions 35,283 0 35,283 0 35,283
Loans 277,766 0 272,527 13,722 286,249
Other financial assets 1 180,024 164,097 15,469 503 180,069
Financial liabilities 
Due to banks and customer deposits 407,607 243,324 164,289 0 407,613
Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions 22,061 0 22,061 0 22,061
Short-term borrowings 8,703 0 8,702 0 8,702
Long-term debt 98,174 0 98,841 1,716 100,557
Other financial liabilities 2 12,460 1 12,021 443 12,465
2020 (CHF million)
Financial assets 
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions 34,282 0 34,282 0 34,282
Loans 277,137 0 272,660 14,534 287,194
Other financial assets 1 155,266 138,672 16,315 303 155,290
Financial liabilities 
Due to banks and customer deposits 402,589 234,700 167,924 0 402,624
Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions 23,399 0 23,399 0 23,399
Short-term borrowings 10,128 0 10,128 0 10,128
Long-term debt 90,111 0 90,897 2,317 93,214
Other financial liabilities 2 16,012 0 15,567 412 15,979
1
Primarily includes cash and due from banks, interest-bearing deposits with banks, loans held-for-sale, cash collateral on derivative instruments, interest and fee receivables and non-marketable equity securities.
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Primarily includes cash collateral on derivative instruments and interest and fee payables.
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37 Assets pledged and collateral
Assets pledged
The Group pledges assets mainly for repurchase agreements and other securities financing. Certain pledged assets may be encumbered, meaning they have the right to be sold or repledged. The encumbered assets are parenthetically disclosed on the consolidated balance sheet.
Assets pledged
end of 2021 2020 1
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Total assets pledged or assigned as collateral 88,721 141,826
   of which encumbered  39,105 80,428
1
Prior period has been revised.
Collateral
The Group receives cash and securities in connection with resale agreements, securities borrowing and loans, derivative transactions and margined broker loans. A significant portion of the collateral and securities received by the Group was sold or repledged in connection with repurchase agreements, securities sold not yet purchased, securities borrowings and loans, pledges to clearing organizations, segregation requirements under securities laws and regulations, derivative transactions and bank loans.
Collateral
end of 2021 2020 1
CHF million   
Fair value of collateral received with the right to sell or repledge 289,898 414,268
   of which sold or repledged  144,747 215,601
1
Prior period has been revised.
Other information
end of 2021 2020
CHF million   
Swiss National Bank required minimum liquidity reserves 2,246 2,092
Other restricted cash, securities and receivables 1 3,868 4,089 2
1
Includes cash, securities and receivables recorded on the Group’s consolidated balance sheets and restricted under Swiss or foreign regulations for financial institutions; excludes restricted cash, securities and receivables held on behalf of clients which are not recorded on the Group’s consolidated balance sheet.
2
Prior period has been revised.
38 Capital adequacy
The Group is subject to the Basel framework, as implemented in Switzerland, as well as Swiss legislation and regulations for systemically important banks, which include capital, liquidity, leverage and large exposure requirements and rules for emergency plans designed to maintain systemically relevant functions in the event of threatened insolvency. The legislation implementing the Basel framework in Switzerland in respect of capital requirements for systemically important banks, including Credit Suisse, goes beyond the Basel minimum standards for systemically important banks. The Group, which is subject to regulation by FINMA, has based its capital adequacy calculations on US GAAP financial statements, as permitted by FINMA Circular 2013/1.
Under the Capital Adequacy Ordinance, Swiss banks classified as systemically important banks operating internationally, such as Credit Suisse, are subject to two different minimum requirements for loss-absorbing capacity: such banks must hold sufficient capital that absorbs losses to ensure continuity of service (going concern requirement), and they must issue sufficient debt instruments to fund an orderly resolution without recourse to public resources (gone concern requirement). Going concern capital and gone concern capital together form the Group’s total loss-absorbing capacity. The going concern and gone concern requirements are generally aligned with the Financial Stability Board’s total loss-absorbing capacity standard. Under the Capital Adequacy Ordinance’s grandfathering provisions, additional tier 1 capital instruments with a low trigger qualify as going concern capital until their first call date; additional tier 1 capital instruments and tier 2 capital instruments that no longer qualify as going concern capital, qualify as gone concern capital until termination or one year before their final maturity, respectively. Additionally, there are FINMA decrees that apply to Credit Suisse as a systemically important bank operating internationally, including capital adequacy requirements as well as liquidity and risk diversification requirements. Banks that do not maintain the minimum requirements may be limited in their ability to pay dividends and make discretionary bonus payments and other earnings distributions.
The Group’s balance sheet positions and off-balance sheet exposures translate into risk-weighted assets, which are categorized as credit, market and operational risk-weighted assets. When assessing risk-weighted assets, it is not the nominal size, but rather the nature (including risk mitigation such as collateral or hedges) of the balance sheet positions or off-balance sheet exposures that determines the risk-weighted assets.
Leverage exposure consists of period-end total assets and prescribed regulatory adjustments, such as derivative financial
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instruments, securities financing transactions and off-balance sheet exposures.
Capital ratios measure the Group’s capital components against risk-weighted assets and leverage ratios measure them against the end-of-period leverage exposure.
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Group’s capital position exceeded its capital requirements under the regulatory provisions outlined under Swiss Requirements.
Broker-dealer operations
Certain of the Group’s broker-dealer subsidiaries are also subject to capital adequacy requirements. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Group and its subsidiaries complied with all applicable regulatory capital adequacy requirements.
Dividend restrictions
Certain of the Group’s subsidiaries are subject to legal restrictions governing the amount of dividends they can pay (for example, pursuant to corporate law as defined by the Swiss Code of Obligations).
Under the Swiss Code of Obligations, dividends may be paid out only if and to the extent the corporation has distributable profits from previous business years, or if the free reserves of the corporation are sufficient to allow distribution of a dividend. In addition, at least 5% of the annual net profits must be retained and booked as general legal reserves for so long as these reserves amount to less than 20% of the paid-in share capital. The reserves currently exceed this 20% threshold. Furthermore, dividends may be paid out only after shareholder approval at the Annual General Meeting.
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, Credit Suisse Group AG was not subject to restrictions on its ability to pay the proposed dividends.
Swiss metrics
end of 2021 2020
Swiss capital (CHF million)   
Swiss CET1 capital 38,529 35,351
Going concern capital 54,372 51,192
Gone concern capital 1 46,648 41,852
Total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) 101,020 93,044
Swiss risk-weighted assets and leverage exposure (CHF million)   
Swiss risk-weighted assets 268,418 275,576
Leverage exposure 889,137 812,996 2
Swiss capital ratios (%)   
Swiss CET1 ratio 14.4 12.8
Going concern capital ratio 20.3 18.6
Gone concern capital ratio 17.4 15.2
TLAC ratio 37.6 33.8
Swiss leverage ratios (%)   
Swiss CET1 leverage ratio 4.3 4.3
Going concern leverage ratio 6.1 6.3
Gone concern leverage ratio 5.2 5.1 3
TLAC leverage ratio 11.4 11.4
Swiss capital ratio requirements (%)   
Swiss CET1 ratio requirement 10.0 10.0
Going concern capital ratio requirement 14.3 14.3
Gone concern capital ratio requirement 14.3 14.3
TLAC ratio requirement 28.6 28.6
Swiss leverage ratio requirements (%)   
Swiss CET1 leverage ratio requirement 3.5 3.5
Going concern leverage ratio requirement 5.0 5.0
Gone concern leverage ratio requirement 5.0 5.0
TLAC leverage ratio requirement 10.0 10.0
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Amounts are shown on a look-through basis. Certain tier 2 instruments and their related tier 2 amortization components are subject to phase out through 2022. As of 2021 and 2020, gone concern capital was CHF 46,897 million and CHF 42,198 million, including CHF 249 million and CHF 346 million, respectively, of such instruments.
2
Excludes CHF 110,677 million of cash held at central banks, after adjusting for the dividend paid in 2020.
3
The gone concern ratio would have been 4.5%, if calculated using a leverage exposure of CHF 923,673 million, without the temporary exclusion of cash held at central banks, after adjusting for the dividend paid in 2020, of CHF 110,677 million.
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39 Assets under management
The following disclosure provides information regarding client assets, assets under management and net new assets as regulated by FINMA.
Assets under management
Assets under management include assets for which the Group provides investment advisory or discretionary asset management services, investment fund assets and assets invested in other investment fund-like pooled investment vehicles managed by the Group. The classification of assets under management is conditional upon the nature of the services provided by the Group and the clients’ intentions. Assets are individually assessed on the basis of each client’s intentions and objectives and the nature of the banking services provided to that client. In order to be classified as assets under management, the Group must currently or in the foreseeable future expect to provide a service where the involvement of the Group’s banking or investment expertise (e.g. as asset manager or investment advisor) is not purely executional or custodial in nature.
Assets under custody are client assets held mainly for execution-related or safekeeping/custody purposes only and therefore are not considered assets under management since the Group does not generally provide asset allocation or financial advice.
Assets of corporate clients and public institutions that are used primarily for cash management or transaction executional purposes for which no investment advice is provided are classified as commercial assets or assets under custody and therefore do not qualify as assets under management.
For the purpose of classifying assets under management, clients with multiple accounts are assessed from an overall relationship perspective. Accounts that are clearly separate from the remainder of the client relationship and represent assets held for custody purposes only are not included as assets under management.
The initial classification of the assets may not be permanent as the nature of the client relationship is reassessed on an on-going basis. If changes in client intent or activity warrant reclassification between client asset categories, the required reclassification adjustments are made immediately when the change in intent or activity occurs. Reclassifications between assets under management and assets held for transaction-related or custodial purposes result in corresponding net asset inflows or outflows.
A portion of the Group’s assets under management results from double counting. Double counting arises when assets under management are subject to more than one level of asset management services. Each separate advisory or discretionary service provides additional benefits to the client and represents additional income for the Group. Specifically, double counting primarily results from the investment of assets under management in collective investment instruments managed by the Group. The extent of double counting is disclosed in the following table.
Assets under management
end of 2021 2020
CHF billion   
Assets in collective investment instruments managed by Credit Suisse 231.8 215.6
Assets with discretionary mandates 294.8 267.4
Other assets under management 1,087.4 1,028.9
Assets under management (including double counting)  1,614.0 1,511.9
   of which double counting  46.2 49.1
Changes in assets under management
2021 2020
Assets under management (CHF billion)   
Balance at beginning of period 1 1,511.9 1,507.2
Net new assets/(net asset outflows) 30.9 42.0
Market movements, interest, dividends and foreign exchange 92.6 (14.7)
   of which market movements, interest and dividends 2 80.8 53.4
   of which foreign exchange  11.8 (68.1)
Other effects (21.4) (22.6)
Balance at end of period  1,614.0 1,511.9
1
Including double counting.
2
Net of commissions and other expenses and net of interest expenses charged.
Net new assets
Net new assets measure the degree of success in acquiring assets under management or changes in assets under management through warranted reclassifications. The calculation is based on the direct method, taking into account individual cash payments, security deliveries and cash flows resulting from loan increases or repayments.
Interest and dividend income credited to clients and commissions, interest and fees charged for banking services as well as changes in assets under management due to currency and market volatility are not taken into account when calculating net new assets, as such charges or market movements are not directly related to the Group’s success in acquiring assets under management. Similarly other effects mainly relate to asset inflows and outflows due to acquisition or divestiture, exit from businesses or markets or exits due to new regulatory requirements and are not taken into account when calculating net new assets. The Group reviews relevant policies regarding client assets on a regular basis.
Divisional allocation
Assets under management and net new assets for the Private Clients business in Swiss Universal Bank, International Wealth Management, Asia Pacific and the Corporate & Institutional
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Banking business in Swiss Universal Bank are allocated based on the management areas (business areas) that effectively manage the assets. The distribution of net new assets resulting from internal referral arrangements is governed under the net new asset referral framework, which includes preset percentages for the allocation of net new assets to the businesses.
The allocation of assets under management and net new assets for Asset Management reflects the location where the investment vehicles are managed and where the costs of managing the funds are incurred.
40 Litigation
The Group is involved in a number of judicial, regulatory and arbitration proceedings concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of its businesses, including those disclosed below. Some of these proceedings have been brought on behalf of various classes of claimants and seek damages of material and/or indeterminate amounts.
The Group accrues loss contingency litigation provisions and takes a charge to income in connection with certain proceedings when losses, additional losses or ranges of loss are probable and reasonably estimable. The Group also accrues litigation provisions for the estimated fees and expenses of external lawyers and other service providers in relation to such proceedings, including in cases for which it has not accrued a loss contingency provision. The Group accrues these fee and expense litigation provisions and takes a charge to income in connection therewith when such fees and expenses are probable and reasonably estimable. The Group reviews its legal proceedings each quarter to determine the adequacy of its litigation provisions and may increase or release provisions based on management’s judgment and the advice of counsel. This review includes consideration of management’s strategy for resolution of matters through settlement or trial, as well as changes in such strategy. The establishment of additional provisions or releases of litigation provisions may be necessary in the future as developments in such proceedings warrant.
The specific matters described below include (a) proceedings where the Group has accrued a loss contingency provision, given that it is probable that a loss may be incurred and such loss is reasonably estimable; and (b) proceedings where the Group has not accrued such a loss contingency provision for various reasons, including, but not limited to, the fact that any related losses are not reasonably estimable. The description of certain of the matters below includes a statement that the Group has established a loss contingency provision and discloses the amount of such provision; for the other matters no such statement is made. With respect to the matters for which no such statement is made, either (a) the Group has not established a loss contingency provision, in which case the matter is treated as a contingent liability under the applicable accounting standard, or (b) the Group has established such a provision but believes that disclosure of that fact would violate confidentiality obligations to which the Group is subject or otherwise compromise attorney-client privilege, work product protection or other protections against disclosure or compromise the Group’s management of the matter. The future outflow of funds in respect of any matter for which the Group has accrued loss contingency provisions cannot be determined with certainty based on currently available information, and accordingly may ultimately prove to be substantially greater (or may be less) than the provision that is reflected on the Group’s balance sheet.
It is inherently difficult to determine whether a loss is probable or even reasonably possible or to estimate the amount of any loss or loss range for many of the Group’s legal proceedings. Estimates, by their nature, are based on judgment and currently available information and involve a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the type and nature of the proceeding, the progress of the matter, the advice of counsel, the Group’s defenses and its experience in similar matters, as well as its assessment of matters, including settlements, involving other defendants in similar or related cases or proceedings. Factual and legal determinations, many of which are complex, must be made before a loss, additional losses or ranges of loss can be reasonably estimated for any proceeding.
Most matters pending against the Group seek damages of an indeterminate amount. While certain matters specify the damages claimed, such claimed amount may not represent the Group’s reasonably possible losses. For certain of the proceedings discussed below the Group has disclosed the amount of damages claimed and certain other quantifiable information that is publicly available.
The following table presents a roll forward of the Group’s aggregate litigation provisions.
Litigation provisions
2021
CHF million   
Balance at beginning of period  1,660
Increase in litigation accruals 1,541
Decrease in litigation accruals (68)
Decrease for settlements and other cash payments (1,630)
Foreign exchange translation 36
Balance at end of period  1,539
The Group’s aggregate litigation provisions include estimates of losses, additional losses or ranges of loss for proceedings for which such losses are probable and can be reasonably estimated. The Group does not believe that it can estimate an aggregate range of reasonably possible losses for certain of its proceedings because of their complexity, the novelty of some of the claims, the early
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stage of the proceedings, the limited amount of discovery that has occurred and/or other factors. The Group’s estimate of the aggregate range of reasonably possible losses that are not covered by existing provisions for the proceedings discussed below for which the Group believes an estimate is possible is zero to CHF 1.5 billion.
After taking into account its litigation provisions, the Group believes, based on currently available information and advice of counsel, that the results of its legal proceedings, in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on the Group’s financial condition. However, in light of the inherent uncertainties of such proceedings, including those brought by regulators or other governmental authorities, the ultimate cost to the Group of resolving such proceedings may exceed current litigation provisions and any excess may be material to its operating results for any particular period, depending, in part, upon the operating results for such period.
Mortgage-related matters
Government and regulatory related matters
Various financial institutions, including Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (CSS LLC) and certain of its affiliates, have received requests for information from, and/or have been defending civil actions by, certain regulators and/or government entities, including the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and other members of the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) Working Group of the US Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force, regarding the origination, purchase, securitization, servicing and trading of subprime and non-subprime residential and commercial mortgages and related issues. CSS LLC and its affiliates are cooperating with such requests for information.
DOJ RMBS settlement
As previously disclosed, on January 18, 2017, CSS LLC and its current and former US subsidiaries and US affiliates reached a settlement with the DOJ related to its legacy RMBS business, a business conducted through 2007. The settlement resolved potential civil claims by the DOJ related to certain of those Credit Suisse entities’ packaging, marketing, structuring, arrangement, underwriting, issuance and sale of RMBS. Pursuant to the terms of the settlement a civil monetary penalty was paid to the DOJ in January 2017. The settlement also required the above-mentioned entities to provide certain levels of consumer relief measures, including affordable housing payments and loan forgiveness, and the DOJ and Credit Suisse agreed to the appointment of an independent monitor to oversee the completion of the consumer relief requirements of the settlement. Credit Suisse currently anticipates that it will take much longer than the five-year period provided in the settlement to satisfy in full its obligations in respect of these consumer relief measures and that it may only complete them by 2026 or later, subject to market conditions and the Group’s risk appetite. In light of Credit Suisse’s current plans as to how it will satisfy these obligations, Credit Suisse expects to incur additional costs beyond those previously anticipated in relation to satisfying those obligations. The amount of consumer relief Credit Suisse must provide also increases after 2021 pursuant to the original settlement by 5% per annum of the outstanding amount due until these obligations are settled. The monitor publishes reports periodically on these consumer relief matters.
NJAG litigation
On December 18, 2013, the New Jersey Attorney General (NJAG), on behalf of the State of New Jersey, filed a civil action in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Mercer County (SCNJ), against CSS LLC and affiliated entities in their roles as issuer, sponsor, depositor and/or underwriter of RMBS transactions prior to 2008. The original complaint, which referenced 13 RMBS issued, sponsored, deposited and underwritten by CSS LLC and its affiliates in 2006 and 2007, alleges that CSS LLC and its affiliates misled investors and engaged in fraud or deceit in connection with the offer and sale of RMBS, and seeks an unspecified amount of damages. On August 21, 2014, the SCNJ dismissed without prejudice the action brought against CSS LLC and its affiliates by the NJAG. On September 4, 2014, the NJAG filed an amended complaint against CSS LLC and its affiliates, asserting additional allegations but not expanding the number of claims or RMBS referenced in the original complaint. On August 21, 2019, the NJAG filed a motion for partial summary judgment. On November 18, 2019, CSS LLC and its affiliates filed a cross-motion for partial summary judgment. On June 17, 2021, the SCNJ entered orders granting the motion for partial summary judgment filed by the NJAG and denying the cross-motion for partial summary judgment filed by CSS LLC and its affiliates. On September 8, 2021, the SCNJ scheduled trial in the action to begin in September 2022.
Civil litigation
CSS LLC and/or certain of its affiliates have also been named as defendants in various civil litigation matters related to their roles as issuer, sponsor, depositor, underwriter and/or servicer of RMBS transactions. These cases include or have included class action lawsuits, actions by individual investors in RMBS, actions by monoline insurance companies that guaranteed payments of principal and interest for certain RMBS, and repurchase actions by RMBS trusts, trustees and/or investors. Although the allegations vary by lawsuit, plaintiffs in the class actions and individual investor actions generally allege that the offering documents of securities issued by various RMBS securitization trusts contained material misrepresentations and omissions, including statements regarding the underwriting standards pursuant to which the underlying mortgage loans were issued; monoline insurers generally allege that loans that collateralize RMBS they insured breached representations and warranties made with respect to the loans at the time of securitization and that they were fraudulently induced to enter into the transactions; and repurchase action plaintiffs generally allege breached representations and warranties in respect of mortgage loans and failure to repurchase such mortgage loans as required under the applicable agreements. The amounts disclosed below do not reflect actual realized plaintiff losses to date or anticipated future litigation exposure. Rather, unless otherwise stated, these amounts reflect
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the original unpaid principal balance amounts as alleged in these actions and do not include any reduction in principal amounts since issuance. Further, unless otherwise stated, amounts attributable to an “operative pleading” for the individual investor actions are not altered for settlements, dismissals or other occurrences, if any, that may have caused the amounts to change subsequent to the operative pleading. In addition to the mortgage-related actions discussed below, a number of other entities have threatened to assert claims against CSS LLC and/or its affiliates in connection with various RMBS issuances.
Individual investor actions
CSS LLC as an RMBS issuer, underwriter and/or other participant, along with other defendants, has been named as a defendant in: an action brought by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), as receiver for Colonial Bank, in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), in which claims against CSS LLC relate to approximately USD 92 million of the RMBS at issue (approximately 23% of the USD 394 million at issue against all defendants in the operative pleading). This action is at an intermediate procedural stage.
CSS LLC and certain of its affiliates are the only defendants named in an action brought by IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG and affiliated entities in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, New York County (SCNY), in which claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates relate to approximately USD 97 million of RMBS at issue; this action is at an intermediate procedural stage.
In early March 2022, in an action brought by the FDIC, as receiver for Citizens National Bank and Strategic Capital Bank, in the SDNY, in which claims related to approximately USD 28 million of RMBS at issue, the parties executed an agreement to settle and dismiss all claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates.
Monoline insurer disputes
CSS LLC and certain of its affiliates were defendants in one monoline insurer action in the SCNY, commenced by MBIA Insurance Corp. (MBIA) as guarantor for payments of principal and interest related to approximately USD 770 million of RMBS issued in an offering sponsored by the Credit Suisse defendants. One theory of liability advanced by MBIA was that an affiliate of CSS LLC must repurchase certain mortgage loans from the trusts at issue. MBIA claimed that the vast majority of the underlying mortgage loans breach certain representations and warranties, and that the affiliate has failed to repurchase the allegedly defective loans. MBIA submitted repurchase demands for loans with an original principal balance of approximately USD 549 million. On August 2, 2019, the SCNY concluded a two-week bench trial. On November 30, 2020, the SCNY issued a post-trial order determining liability, and on January 25, 2021 entered an order setting damages in the amount of USD 604 million. On February 11, 2021, following a settlement in the amount of USD 600 million, for which Credit Suisse was fully reserved, the SCNY dismissed with prejudice all claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates.
Repurchase litigations
DLJ Mortgage Capital, Inc. (DLJ) is a defendant in: (i) one action brought by Asset Backed Securities Corporation Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-HE7, in which plaintiff alleges damages of not less than USD 374 million, increased from not less than USD 341 million, in an amended complaint filed on August 19, 2019, which action is proceeding in the SCNY following the resolution of a previously pending appeal; on January 13, 2020, DLJ filed a motion to dismiss; (ii) one action brought by Home Equity Asset Trust, Series 2006-8, in which plaintiff alleges damages of not less than USD 436 million; (iii) one action brought by Home Equity Asset Trust 2007-1, in which plaintiff alleges damages of not less than USD 420 million; on December 27, 2018, the SCNY denied DLJ’s motion for partial summary judgment in this action, and the Appellate Division First Department of the SCNY (First Department) affirmed the SCNY’s summary judgment order on October 10, 2019; on January 30, 2020, DLJ obtained leave to further appeal to the New York State Court of Appeals; on May 6, 2021, following oral argument, the New York State Court of Appeals ordered re-argument of the appeal, which took place on February 8, 2022; on June 1, 2021, the SCNY postponed the commencement of the trial that had been scheduled to begin on October 11, 2021 until May 31, 2022; the commencement of the trial remains subject to the final resolution of DLJ’s summary judgment appeal; (iv) one action brought by Home Equity Asset Trust 2007-2, in which plaintiff alleges damages of not less than USD 495 million; and (v) one action brought by CSMC Asset-Backed Trust 2007-NC1, in which no damages amount is alleged. These actions are brought in the SCNY and are at various procedural stages. DLJ is also a defendant in one action brought by Home Equity Asset Trust Series 2007-3, in which plaintiff alleges damages of not less than USD 206 million. On March 5, 2022, the parties executed an agreement to settle this action. The settlement remains subject to approval through a trust instruction proceeding to be brought in Minnesota state court by the trustee of the plaintiff trust. DLJ and its affiliate, Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. (SPS), are defendants in two actions that have been consolidated for certain procedural purposes, including trial, in the SCNY: one action brought by Home Equity Mortgage Trust Series 2006-1, Home Equity Mortgage Trust Series 2006-3 and Home Equity Mortgage Trust Series 2006-4, in which plaintiffs allege damages of not less than USD 730 million, and allege that SPS obstructed the investigation into the full extent of the defects in the mortgage pools by refusing to afford the trustee reasonable access to certain origination files; and one action brought by Home Equity Mortgage Trust Series 2006-5, in which plaintiff alleges damages of not less than USD 500 million, and alleges that SPS likely discovered DLJ’s alleged breaches of representations and warranties but did not notify the trustee of such breaches, in alleged violation of its contractual obligations. On January 10, 2019, the SCNY denied DLJ’s motion for partial summary judgment in these actions, and the First Department affirmed the SCNY’s summary judgment order on September 17, 2019. On December 12, 2019, DLJ obtained leave to further appeal to the New York State Court of Appeals. On April 19, 2021, the parties executed an agreement to settle both actions
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for the aggregate amount of USD 500 million, for which Credit Suisse was fully reserved. The settlement remains subject to approval through a trust instruction proceeding to be brought in Minnesota state court by the trustee of the plaintiff trusts. Pursuant to the settlement, on April 23, 2021, DLJ’s appeal to the New York State Court of Appeals from the denial of its partial summary judgment motion in these actions was withdrawn. On June 4, 2021, the SCNY vacated the trial in these actions that had been scheduled to begin on January 10, 2022.
As disclosed in Credit Suisse’s fourth quarter Financial Report of 2013, the following repurchase actions were dismissed with prejudice in 2013: the three consolidated actions brought by Home Equity Asset Trust 2006-5, Home Equity Asset Trust 2006-6 and Home Equity Asset Trust 2006-7 against DLJ. Those dismissals were upheld by the New York State Court of Appeals on February 19, 2019. On July 8, 2019, the notice of appeal plaintiffs filed before the First Department from the SCNY’s April 2017 denial of plaintiffs’ request that its 2013 dismissal decision be modified to allow plaintiffs to assert new claims not previously included in plaintiffs’ consolidated complaint was deemed dismissed when plaintiffs declined to further pursue their appeal by a court-ordered deadline. On August 15, 2019, the trustees for Home Equity Asset Trust 2006-5, Home Equity Asset Trust 2006-6 and Home Equity Asset Trust 2006-7 commenced a new repurchase action against DLJ in the SCNY, in which plaintiffs alleged damages of not less than USD 936 million, asserting substantially similar claims against DLJ as those alleged in the three consolidated repurchase actions that were dismissed with prejudice in 2013. On September 20, 2019, DLJ filed a motion to dismiss and on November 25, 2019, the SCNY entered an order dismissing this new action with prejudice. On December 20, 2019, the plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal to the First Department.
Bank loan litigation
CSS LLC and certain of its affiliates are the subject of certain litigation relating to certain real estate developments including Yellowstone Club and Lake Las Vegas as well as other similar real estate developments. Credit Suisse defendants in these matters arranged, and acted as the agent bank for, syndicated loans provided to borrowers affiliated with such real estate developments, and who have since gone through bankruptcy or foreclosure. Such litigation includes two cases brought in Texas and New York state courts by entities related to Highland Capital Management LP (Highland). In the case in Texas state court, a jury trial was held in December 2014 on Highland’s claim for fraudulent inducement by affirmative misrepresentation and omission. A verdict was issued for the plaintiff on its claim for fraudulent inducement by affirmative misrepresentation, but the jury rejected its claim that CSS LLC and an affiliate had committed fraudulent inducement by omission. The Texas judge held a bench trial on Highland’s remaining claims in May and June 2015, and entered judgment in the amount of USD 287 million (including prejudgment interest) for the plaintiff on September 4, 2015. Both parties appealed and on February 21, 2018 the appeals court affirmed the lower court’s decision. On July 18, 2018, the defendants filed a request for review by the Texas Supreme Court. On April 24, 2020, the Texas Supreme Court issued a ruling reversing a portion of the trial court’s September 4, 2015 judgment related to the bench trial held in May and June 2015, thereby dismissing plaintiff’s breach of contract, breach of the implied duty of good faith and fair dealing, aiding and abetting fraud, and civil conspiracy claims, including damages of approximately USD 212 million, exclusive of interest, but left standing the separate December 2014 jury verdict for plaintiff on its claims for fraudulent inducement by affirmative misrepresentation. On June 10, 2020, Highland filed a motion for rehearing in the Texas Supreme Court, which the court denied on October 2, 2020. The Texas Supreme Court subsequently remanded the case back to the trial court for further proceedings related to the calculation of damages and interest. On June 25, 2021, the trial court entered a new judgment, which awarded plaintiff a total of approximately USD 121 million. CSS LLC and its affiliates filed a notice of appeal from the judgment on July 23, 2021.
In the case in New York state court, the court granted in part and denied in part CSS LLC and certain of its affiliates’ summary judgment motion. Both parties appealed that decision, but the appellate court affirmed the decision in full. The case is currently in discovery.
Tax and securities law matters
On May 19, 2014, Credit Suisse AG entered into settlement agreements with several US regulators regarding its US cross-border matters. As part of the agreements, Credit Suisse AG, among other things, engaged an independent corporate monitor that reports to the New York State Department of Financial Services. As of July 31, 2018, the monitor concluded both his review and his assignment. Credit Suisse AG continues to report to and cooperate with US authorities in accordance with Credit Suisse AG’s obligations under the agreements.
Rates-related matters
Regulatory matters
Regulatory authorities in a number of jurisdictions, including the US, UK, EU and Switzerland, have for an extended period of time been conducting investigations into the setting of LIBOR and other reference rates with respect to a number of currencies, as well as the pricing of certain related derivatives. These ongoing investigations have included information requests from regulators regarding LIBOR-setting practices and reviews of the activities of various financial institutions, including Credit Suisse Group AG, which is a member of three LIBOR rate-setting panels (US Dollar LIBOR, Swiss Franc LIBOR and Euro LIBOR). Credit Suisse is cooperating fully with these investigations. In particular, it has been reported that regulators are investigating whether financial institutions engaged in an effort to manipulate LIBOR, either individually or in concert with other institutions, in order to improve market perception of these institutions’ financial health and/or to increase the value of their proprietary trading positions. In response to regulatory inquiries, Credit Suisse commissioned a review of these issues. To date, Credit Suisse has seen no
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evidence to suggest that it is likely to have any material exposure in connection with these issues.
Regulatory authorities in a number of jurisdictions, including the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO), the European Commission (Commission), the South African Competition Commission, and the Brazilian Competition Authority have been conducting investigations into the trading activities, information sharing and the setting of benchmark rates in the foreign exchange (including electronic trading) markets.
On March 31, 2014, COMCO announced its formal investigation of numerous Swiss and international financial institutions, including Credit Suisse Group AG, in relation to the setting of exchange rates in foreign exchange trading. Credit Suisse continues to cooperate with this ongoing investigation.
Credit Suisse Group AG, Credit Suisse AG, and Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited received a Statement of Objections and a Supplemental Statement of Objections from the Commission on July 26, 2018 and March 19, 2021, respectively, which allege that Credit Suisse entities engaged in anticompetitive practices in connection with their foreign exchange trading business. On December 6, 2021, the Commission issued a formal decision imposing a fine of EUR 83.3 million. On February 15, 2022, Credit Suisse appealed this decision to the EU General Court.
The reference rates investigations have also included information requests from regulators concerning supranational, sub-sovereign and agency (SSA) bonds and commodities markets. Credit Suisse is cooperating fully with these investigations.
On December 20, 2018, Credit Suisse Group AG and Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited received a Statement of Objections from the Commission, alleging that Credit Suisse entities engaged in anticompetitive practices in connection with their SSA bonds trading business. On April 28, 2021, the Commission issued a formal decision imposing a fine of EUR 11.9 million. On July 8, 2021, Credit Suisse appealed this decision to the EU General Court.
The investigations are ongoing and it is too soon to predict the final outcome of the investigations.
Civil litigation
USD LIBOR litigation
Beginning in 2011, certain Credit Suisse entities were named in various putative class and individual lawsuits filed in the US, alleging banks on the US dollar LIBOR panel manipulated US dollar LIBOR to benefit their reputation and increase profits. All remaining matters have been consolidated for pre-trial purposes into a multi-district litigation in the SDNY. The majority of the actions have been stayed since their outset, while a handful of individual actions and putative class actions have been proceeding.
In a series of rulings between 2013 and 2019 on motions to dismiss, the SDNY (i) narrowed the claims against the Credit Suisse entities and the other defendants (dismissing antitrust, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), Commodity Exchange Act, and state law claims), (ii) narrowed the set of plaintiffs who may bring claims, and (iii) narrowed the set of defendants in the LIBOR actions (including the dismissal of several Credit Suisse entities from various cases on personal jurisdiction and statute of limitation grounds). In 2017, a number of putative class and individual plaintiffs appealed the dismissal of plaintiffs’ antitrust claims to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Second Circuit). On December 30, 2021, the Second Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the district court’s decision and remanded the case to district court. On September 21, 2021, in the non-stayed putative class action brought in the multi-district litigation in the SDNY by holders of bonds tied to LIBOR, the parties entered into an agreement to settle all claims. The settlement remains subject to court approval. Separately, on February 4, 2022, three actions brought by individual plaintiffs were dismissed against Credit Suisse.
On June 23, 2020, the plaintiffs in the non-stayed putative class action brought on behalf of those who lent at rates tied to LIBOR appealed the dismissal of their claims to the Second Circuit, challenging the district court’s personal jurisdiction and statute of limitations rulings. On November 17, 2021, the parties entered into an agreement to settle all claims. The settlement remains subject to court approval.
Separately, on May 4, 2017, the plaintiffs in three non-stayed putative class actions moved for class certification. On February 28, 2018, the SDNY denied certification in two of the actions and granted certification over a single antitrust claim in an action brought by over-the-counter purchasers of LIBOR-linked derivatives. In the same decision, the court dismissed Credit Suisse AG, the only remaining Credit Suisse entity in the action, from the over-the-counter action. All parties moved for immediate appellate review of the class-certification decisions, and the Second Circuit denied their petitions for review.
USD ICE LIBOR litigation
In January 2019, members of the US dollar Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) LIBOR panel, including Credit Suisse Group AG and certain of its affiliates, were named in three civil putative class action lawsuits alleging that panel banks suppressed US dollar ICE LIBOR to benefit defendants’ trading positions. These actions have been consolidated in the SDNY. On July 1, 2019, plaintiffs filed a consolidated complaint. On August 30, 2019, defendants filed a motion to dismiss. On March 26, 2020, the SDNY granted defendants’ motion to dismiss. On April 24, 2020, plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal. On February 14, 2022, the Second Circuit dismissed the appeal.
On August 18, 2020, members of the ICE LIBOR panel, including Credit Suisse Group AG and certain of its affiliates, were named in a civil action in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that panel banks manipulated ICE LIBOR to profit from variable interest loans and credit cards. On November 10, 2020, plaintiffs filed a motion for preliminary
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and permanent injunction that seeks to enjoin the panel banks from continuing to set LIBOR or that would automatically set the benchmark to zero every day. The motion was denied on December 23, 2021. On November 11, 2020, defendants filed a motion to transfer the case to the SDNY. On June 3, 2021, the court denied defendants’ motion to transfer the case to the SDNY. On September 30, 2021, defendants filed motions to dismiss.
CHF LIBOR litigation
In February 2015, various banks that served on the Swiss franc LIBOR panel, including Credit Suisse Group AG, were named in a civil putative class action lawsuit filed in the SDNY, alleging manipulation of Swiss franc LIBOR to benefit defendants’ trading positions. On September 25, 2017, the SDNY granted defendants’ motion to dismiss all claims, but permitted the plaintiffs to file an amended complaint. Defendants filed motions to dismiss the amended complaint on February 7, 2018. On September 16, 2019, the SDNY granted defendants’ motions to dismiss, finding that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the case. On October 16, 2019, plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal. On September 21, 2021, the Second Circuit granted the parties’ joint motion to remand the case to the SDNY.
SIBOR/SOR litigation
In July 2016, various banks that served on the Singapore Interbank Offered Rate (SIBOR) and Singapore Swap Offer Rate (SOR) panels, including Credit Suisse Group AG and affiliates, were named in a civil putative class action lawsuit filed in the SDNY, alleging manipulation of SIBOR and SOR to benefit defendants’ trading positions. On August 18, 2017, the SDNY dismissed all claims against Credit Suisse Group AG and affiliates (and various other defendants) but granted the plaintiffs leave to amend their complaint. On October 4, 2018, the SDNY granted in part and denied in part defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ second amended complaint, dismissing all but one plaintiff from the action. On October 25, 2018, the remaining plaintiff filed a third amended complaint. The remaining defendants moved to dismiss on November 15, 2018. On July 26, 2019, the SDNY granted defendants’ motion to dismiss and denied plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend, holding that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the action. On August 26, 2019, plaintiff filed a notice of appeal. On March 17, 2021, the Second Circuit vacated the judgment from the SDNY dismissing the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and remanded the case to the SDNY for further proceedings. On April 14, 2021, defendants filed a petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc of the Second Circuit’s decision. On May 6, 2021, the Second Circuit denied defendants' petition, and the case has been remanded to the SDNY for further proceedings.
Foreign exchange litigation
Credit Suisse Group AG and affiliates as well as other financial institutions are named in a number of pending civil lawsuits in the SDNY relating to the alleged manipulation of foreign exchange rates.
The first pending matter is a putative consolidated class action. On January 28, 2015, the court denied defendants’ motion to dismiss the original consolidated complaint brought by US-based investors and foreign plaintiffs who transacted in the US, but granted their motion to dismiss the claims of foreign-based investors for transactions outside of the US. In July 2015, plaintiffs filed a second consolidated amended complaint, adding additional defendants and asserting additional claims on behalf of a second putative class of exchange investors. On September 20, 2016, the SDNY granted in part and denied in part a motion to dismiss filed by the Group and affiliates, along with other financial institutions, which reduced the size of the putative class, but allowed the primary antitrust and Commodity Exchange Act claims to survive. On May 31, 2018, plaintiffs served a motion for class certification, which the Group and affiliates opposed on October 25, 2018. On September 3, 2019, the SDNY denied plaintiffs’ motion for certification of a Rule 23(b)(3) damages class, ruling that proof of both injury and damages must proceed on an individual basis, but granted certification as to two threshold issues concerning the alleged conspiracy. The SDNY also denied plaintiffs’ motion for certification of a second proposed class in its entirety. On January 29, 2021, Credit Suisse Group AG and affiliates moved for summary judgment. On March 5, 2021, plaintiffs moved for summary judgment. On February 1, 2022, the SDNY denied the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment.
The second matter names Credit Suisse Group AG and affiliates in a putative class action filed in the SDNY on July 12, 2017, alleging improper practices in connection with electronic foreign exchange trading. On April 12, 2018, the SDNY granted defendants’ motion to compel arbitration. On August 6, 2021, plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit.
The third pending matter originally named Credit Suisse Group AG and affiliates, as well as other financial institutions, in a civil action filed in the SDNY on November 13, 2018. This action is based on the same alleged conduct as the consolidated class action. On March 1, 2019, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint. On April 1, 2019, defendants filed motions to dismiss. On April 23, 2019, plaintiffs sought leave to file a second amended complaint in lieu of responding to defendants’ motions. On April 26, 2019, the SDNY ordered plaintiffs to file their second amended complaint subject to defendants’ right to oppose the amendment and to renew their motions to dismiss, and on June 11, 2019, plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint. On June 28, 2019, plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed Credit Suisse Group AG. On July 25, 2019, defendants filed motions to dismiss the second amended complaint. On September 6, 2019, plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed Credit Suisse International (CSI). The claims against Credit Suisse AG and CSS LLC remain pending. On May 28, 2020, the court granted in part and denied in part defendants’ motion to dismiss the second amended complaint. On July 28, 2020, plaintiffs filed a third amended complaint.
Credit Suisse Group AG and certain of its affiliates, together with other financial institutions, have also been named in two Canadian putative class actions proceeding in Ontario and Quebec, which make allegations similar to the consolidated class action. On April 14, 2020, in the matter proceeding in Ontario, the court granted in part and denied in part plaintiffs’ motion for class certification,
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certifying a class comprising all persons in Canada who, between 2003 and 2013, entered into an FX instrument transaction with a defendant or through an intermediary. The courts in Ontario and Quebec entered orders on September 23, 2021 and October 20, 2021, respectively, granting final approval to Credit Suisse’s settlement agreement with the plaintiffs for CAD 5.56 million.
Credit Suisse AG, together with other financial institutions, has also been named in a consolidated putative class action in Israel, which makes allegations similar to the consolidated class action.
Treasury markets litigation
CSS LLC, along with over 20 other primary dealers of US treasury securities, has been named in a number of putative civil class action complaints in the US relating to the US treasury markets. These complaints generally allege that defendants colluded to manipulate US treasury auctions, as well as the pricing of US treasury securities in the when-issued market, with impacts upon related futures and options. These actions have been consolidated into a multi-district litigation in the SDNY. On August 23, 2017, the SDNY appointed lead counsel, and on August 25, 2017, three purported class representatives re-filed their complaints as a collective individual action. On November 15, 2017, plaintiffs filed a consolidated amended class action complaint naming CSS LLC, Credit Suisse Group AG, and CSI, along with a narrower group of other defendants. The consolidated complaint contains previously-asserted allegations as well as new allegations concerning a group boycott to prevent the emergence of anonymous, all-to-all trading in the secondary market for treasury securities. On February 23, 2018, defendants served motions to dismiss on plaintiffs and the SDNY entered a stipulation voluntarily dismissing Credit Suisse Group AG and other defendant holding companies. On March 26, 2018, the SDNY entered a stipulation voluntarily dismissing CSI for lack of personal jurisdiction. On March 31, 2021, the SDNY granted defendants’ motions to dismiss. On May 14, 2021, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint against CSS LLC, CSI and other defendants. On July 20, 2021, the SDNY entered a stipulation voluntarily dismissing CSI. On August 4, 2021, defendants filed a motion to dismiss.
SSA bonds litigation
Credit Suisse Group AG and affiliates, along with other financial institutions and individuals, have been named in several putative class action complaints filed in the SDNY relating to SSA bonds. The complaints generally allege that defendants conspired to fix the prices of SSA bonds sold to and purchased from investors in the secondary market. These actions have been consolidated in the SDNY. On April 7, 2017, plaintiffs filed a consolidated class action complaint. Plaintiffs filed a consolidated amended class action complaint on November 3, 2017, which defendants moved to dismiss on December 12, 2017. On August 24, 2018, the SDNY granted defendants’ motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, but granted plaintiffs leave to amend. On November 6, 2018, plaintiffs filed a second consolidated amended class action complaint, which defendants moved to dismiss on December 21, 2018. On September 30, 2019, the SDNY granted the motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction and improper venue made by Credit Suisse and certain other defendants and subsequently indicated that it would further address the motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim made by CSS LLC and certain other defendants. On March 18, 2020, the SDNY issued an additional opinion granting the motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim. On June 1, 2020, plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal. On July 19, 2021, the Second Circuit affirmed the SDNY’s September 30, 2019 and March 18, 2020 decisions granting defendants’ motions to dismiss. On August 2, 2021, the plaintiffs filed a petition for rehearing en banc and panel rehearing, which the Second Circuit denied on September 2, 2021.
Separately, on February 7, 2019, Credit Suisse AG and certain of its affiliates, together with other financial institutions and individuals, were named in a putative class action filed in the SDNY, which makes allegations similar to the consolidated class action, but seeks to represent a putative class of indirect purchasers of US dollar SSA bonds where the purchase was made in or connected to New York. On June 25, 2020, plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit.
Credit Suisse Group AG and certain of its affiliates, together with other financial institutions, have also been named in two Canadian putative class actions, which make allegations similar to the consolidated class action.
Bank Bill Swap litigation
On August 16, 2016, Credit Suisse Group AG and Credit Suisse AG, along with other financial institutions, were named in a putative class action brought in the SDNY, alleging manipulation of the Australian Bank Bill Swap reference rate. Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on December 16, 2016, which defendants moved to dismiss on February 24, 2017. On November 26, 2018, the SDNY granted in part and denied in part defendants’ motions to dismiss, including dismissing the complaint in its entirety against Credit Suisse Group AG and Credit Suisse AG. On March 4, 2019, plaintiffs were granted leave to file a second amended complaint. On April 3, 2019, plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint. On May 20, 2019, defendants filed motions to dismiss. On February 13, 2020, the SDNY granted in part and denied in part defendants’ motion to dismiss.
Mexican government bonds litigation
Credit Suisse AG and affiliates have been named in multiple putative class actions in US federal court alleging a conspiracy among Credit Suisse entities and other dealer banks to manipulate the Mexican government bond market. These actions have been consolidated in the SDNY and on July 18, 2018, plaintiffs filed their consolidated amended complaint. On September 17, 2018, defendants filed motions to dismiss the consolidated amended complaint. On September 30, 2019, the SDNY granted defendants’ motion to dismiss. On December 9, 2019, plaintiffs filed a second consolidated amended complaint that does not name any Credit Suisse entity as a defendant.
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Government-sponsored entity bonds litigation
Since February 22, 2019, Credit Suisse AG and CSS LLC, together with other financial institutions, have been named in multiple putative class action complaints filed in the SDNY, alleging a conspiracy among the financial institutions to fix prices for unsecured bonds issued by Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, the Federal Home Loan Banks and the Federal Farm Credit Banks.
On April 3, 2019, the SDNY consolidated the putative class action complaints. On May 23, 2019, class plaintiffs in the consolidated putative class action filed a consolidated amended complaint that removed Credit Suisse AG as a defendant. On June 13, 2019, defendants filed a motion to dismiss. On July 12, 2019, plaintiffs filed a second consolidated amended complaint. On August 29, 2019, the SDNY granted defendants’ motion to dismiss, but granted plaintiffs leave to amend. On September 10, 2019, plaintiffs filed a third consolidated amended complaint. On September 17, 2019, defendants filed a motion to dismiss certain aspects of the complaint, which was denied on October 15, 2019. On December 6, 2019, the parties reached an agreement in principle to settle the putative class action in its entirety. Class plaintiffs filed a motion seeking preliminary approval of the global settlement on December 16, 2019, and the SDNY issued an order preliminarily approving the global settlement on February 3, 2020. On June 16, 2020, the court issued an order granting final approval to all settlements, including the global settlement to which CSS LLC is a party.
Credit Suisse AG and CSS LLC, along with other financial institutions, have been named in two civil actions in the US District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, alleging a conspiracy among financial institutions to fix prices for unsecured bonds issued by certain government-sponsored entities: one action brought by the Louisiana Attorney General on behalf of the State of Louisiana on September 23, 2019, and one action brought by the City of Baton Rouge on October 21, 2019. On July 13, 2020, in the civil action filed on September 23, 2019, plaintiff filed an amended complaint. On July 24, 2020, Credit Suisse AG and CSS LLC filed an answer.
On April 1, 2020, Credit Suisse AG and CSS LLC, along with other financial institutions, were named in a civil action in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, alleging a conspiracy among financial institutions to fix prices for unsecured bonds issued by certain government-sponsored entities. On June 26, 2020, CSS LLC and certain other defendants filed a partial motion to dismiss state law claims brought under the Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices Act. On July 17, 2020, the plaintiff filed a first amended complaint in response to the partial motion to dismiss. On July 31, 2020, CSS LLC and certain other defendants filed a partial motion to dismiss plaintiff’s first amended complaint alleging state law claims brought under the Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices Act. On December 31, 2020, the court transferred the action to the US District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana for consolidation with the two earlier-filed Louisiana cases.
On September 21, 2020, Credit Suisse AG and CSS LLC, along with other financial institutions, were named in a civil action brought by the City of New Orleans, the New Orleans Municipal Employees Retirement System and the New Orleans Aviation Board in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, which also alleges a conspiracy among financial institutions to fix prices for unsecured bonds issued by certain government-sponsored entities. On February 17, 2021, the court dismissed without prejudice the claims against Credit Suisse AG for lack of service. The claim against CSS LLC remains pending. On March 8, 2021, the court transferred the action to the US District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana for consolidation with the three earlier-filed Louisiana cases.
In April 2021, in the four civil actions brought in Louisiana federal court, the parties entered into an agreement to settle all claims. On June 9, 2021, plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed each action.
Credit default swap auction litigation
On June 30, 2021, Credit Suisse Group AG and affiliates, along with other banks and entities, were named in a putative class action complaint filed in the US District Court for the District of New Mexico alleging manipulation of credit default swap final auction prices. On November 15, 2021, defendants filed motions to dismiss. On February 4, 2022, in lieu of responding to defendants’ motion to dismiss, plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed their claims against Credit Suisse Group and certain non-Credit Suisse entities and filed an amended complaint naming Credit Suisse AG and affiliates, along with other banks and entities.
OTC trading cases
Credit Suisse Group AG and affiliates, along with other financial institutions, have been named in one consolidated putative civil class action complaint and one consolidated complaint filed by individual plaintiffs relating to interest rate swaps, alleging that dealer defendants conspired with trading platforms to prevent the development of interest rate swap exchanges. The individual lawsuits were brought by TeraExchange LLC, a swap execution facility, and affiliates, and Javelin Capital Markets LLC, a swap execution facility, and an affiliate, which claim to have suffered lost profits as a result of defendants’ alleged conspiracy. All interest rate swap actions have been consolidated in a multi-district litigation in the SDNY. Both class and individual plaintiffs filed second amended consolidated complaints on December 9, 2016, which defendants moved to dismiss on January 20, 2017. On July 28, 2017, the SDNY granted in part and denied in part defendants’ motions to dismiss. On May 30, 2018, class plaintiffs filed a third amended consolidated class action complaint.
On June 14, 2018, a new direct action complaint was filed by swap execution facility trueEX LLC. On June 20, 2018, the trueEX LLC complaint was added to the existing multi-district litigation. On August 9, 2018, trueEX LLC filed an amended complaint against Credit Suisse Group AG and affiliates, along with other financial institutions, which defendants moved to dismiss on August 28, 2018. On November 20, 2018, the SDNY issued an
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order granting in part and denying in part defendants’ motion to dismiss the trueEX LLC amended complaint.
On February 20, 2019, class plaintiffs in the consolidated multi-district litigation filed a motion for class certification. On March 20, 2019, class plaintiffs filed a fourth amended consolidated class action complaint. On June 18, 2019, defendants filed their opposition to plaintiffs’ motion for class certification. On January 21, 2022, the parties entered into an agreement to settle all class action claims. The settlement remains subject to court approval.
On June 8, 2017, Credit Suisse Group AG and affiliates, along with other financial institutions, were named in a civil action filed in the SDNY by Tera Group, Inc. and related entities (Tera), alleging violations of antitrust law in connection with the allegation that credit default swap (CDS) dealers conspired to block Tera’s electronic CDS trading platform from successfully entering the market. On September 11, 2017, defendants filed a motion to dismiss. On July 30, 2019, the SDNY granted in part and denied in part defendants’ motion to dismiss. On January 30, 2020, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint. On April 3, 2020, defendants filed a motion to dismiss.
Credit Suisse Group AG and certain of its affiliates, as well as other financial institutions, were originally named in a number of civil lawsuits in the SDNY, certain of which are brought by class action plaintiffs alleging that the defendants conspired to keep stock-loan trading in an over-the-counter market and collectively boycotted certain trading platforms that sought to enter the market, and certain of which are brought by trading platforms that sought to enter the market alleging that the defendants collectively boycotted the platforms. The SDNY denied defendants’ motions to dismiss in the putative class action. On February 22, 2021, plaintiffs filed a motion for class certification in the putative class action. On June 29, 2021, defendants filed their opposition to plaintiffs’ motion for class certification. On October 5, 2021, plaintiffs filed their reply to defendants’ opposition to their motion for class certification. In each of the lawsuits, the court entered a stipulation voluntarily dismissing Credit Suisse Group AG and other defendant holding companies, although certain Credit Suisse Group AG affiliates remain part of the ongoing action. On January 20, 2022, the parties entered into an agreement to settle all class action claims. The settlement remains subject to court approval.
On August 6, 2019, in one of the civil actions filed in the SDNY by a purported successor in interest to a trading platform for stock loans that sought to enter the market, the SDNY granted defendants’ motion to dismiss and entered judgment in favor of the defendants. On September 3, 2019, plaintiff filed a motion to amend the judgment to permit plaintiff to file an amended complaint or, in the alternative, to dismiss certain claims without prejudice. On September 10, 2019, the SDNY denied in part plaintiff’s motion to amend the judgment but ordered additional briefing on whether certain claims should be dismissed without prejudice. On January 6, 2020, the SDNY denied plaintiff’s motion to amend the judgment.
On October 1, 2021, in a consolidated civil litigation brought in the SDNY by entities that developed a trading platform for stock loans that sought to enter the market, alleging that the defendants collectively boycotted the platform, the court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss. On October 25, 2021, plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal.
On April 21, 2020, CSS LLC and other financial institutions were named in a putative class action complaint filed in the SDNY, alleging a conspiracy among the financial institutions to boycott electronic trading platforms and fix prices in the secondary market for odd-lot corporate bonds. On July 14, 2020, plaintiff filed an amended complaint. On September 10, 2020, defendants filed a motion to dismiss. On October 25, 2021, the SDNY granted defendants’ motion to dismiss. On November 23, 2021, plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal to the Second Circuit.
ATA litigation
A lawsuit was filed on November 10, 2014 in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY) against a number of banks, including Credit Suisse AG, alleging claims under the United States Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). The action alleges a conspiracy between Iran and various international financial institutions, including the defendants, in which they agreed to alter, falsify or omit information from payment messages that involved Iranian parties for the express purpose of concealing the Iranian parties’ financial activities and transactions from detection by US authorities. The complaint, brought by approximately 200 plaintiffs, alleges that this conspiracy has made it possible for Iran to transfer funds to Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations actively engaged in harming US military personnel and civilians. On July 12, 2016, plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint in the EDNY against a number of banks, including Credit Suisse AG, alleging claims under the ATA. On September 14, 2016, Credit Suisse AG and the other defendants filed motions to dismiss the plaintiffs’ second amended complaint in the EDNY. On September 16, 2019, the EDNY granted defendants’ motion to dismiss. Plaintiffs moved for partial reconsideration of portions of the dismissal that do not relate to Credit Suisse, which the court denied on October 28, 2019. On November 26, 2019, plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal.
Another lawsuit was filed on November 9, 2017 in the SDNY against a number of banks, including Credit Suisse AG, alleging claims under the ATA. On March 2, 2018, Credit Suisse AG and other defendants filed motions to dismiss the plaintiffs’ complaint. On March 28, 2019, the SDNY granted the motion to dismiss. On April 22, 2019, plaintiffs filed a motion for leave to amend their complaint, which defendants opposed on May 20, 2019. On February 25, 2020, the court denied plaintiffs’ motion to amend their complaint and dismissed the case with prejudice as to Credit Suisse AG and the other moving bank defendants. On May 28, 2020, plaintiffs filed a motion to appeal the court’s February 25, 2020 decision, which the moving defendants opposed on June 11, 2020. On June 29, 2021, the court denied the plaintiffs’ motion to appeal the court’s February 25, 2020 decision.
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In December 2018, five additional lawsuits were filed in the EDNY or SDNY against a number of banks, including Credit Suisse AG and, in two instances, Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch alleging claims under the ATA and the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act. These actions similarly allege a conspiracy between Iran and various international financial institutions, including the defendants, in which they agreed to alter, falsify or omit information from payment messages that involved Iranian parties, and that this conspiracy made it possible for Iran to transfer funds to terrorist organizations actively engaged in harming US military personnel and civilians.
On April 11, 2019, another action alleging claims under the ATA was filed in the EDNY that is related to, and makes allegations materially similar to, the other ATA cases already pending in the EDNY. On January 6, 2020, defendants filed a motion to dismiss two of these cases, which were filed in December 2018 and April 2019 in the EDNY. On June 5, 2020, the EDNY granted defendants’ motion to dismiss as to Credit Suisse AG and most of the other bank defendants.
All of the cases, except for the one in which plaintiffs have filed a notice of appeal, have been stayed pending the outcome of the decision on appeal.
Customer account matters
Several clients have claimed that a former relationship manager in Switzerland had exceeded his investment authority in the management of their portfolios, resulting in excessive concentrations of certain exposures and investment losses. Credit Suisse AG is investigating the claims, as well as transactions among the clients. Credit Suisse AG filed a criminal complaint against the former relationship manager with the Geneva Prosecutor’s Office upon which the prosecutor initiated a criminal investigation. Several clients of the former relationship manager also filed criminal complaints with the Geneva Prosecutor’s Office. On February 9, 2018, the former relationship manager was sentenced to five years in prison by the Geneva criminal court for fraud, forgery and criminal mismanagement and ordered to pay damages of approximately USD 130 million. Several parties have appealed the judgement. On June 26, 2019, the Criminal Court of Appeals of Geneva ruled in the appeal of the judgment against the former relationship manager, upholding the main findings of the Geneva criminal court. Several parties have appealed the decision to the Swiss Federal Supreme Court. On February 19, 2020, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court rendered its judgment on the appeals, substantially confirming the findings of the Criminal Court of Appeals of Geneva.
Civil lawsuits were initiated between August 7, 2017 and August 25, 2017 in the High Court of Singapore and the Supreme Court of Bermuda against Credit Suisse AG and/or certain affiliates, based on the findings established in the criminal proceedings against the former relationship manager.
In Singapore, on August 31, 2018, the civil lawsuit was stayed by an Assistant Registrar of the High Court of Singapore and plaintiffs appealed the decision. On January 18, 2019, the Singapore High Court dismissed the plaintiffs’ appeal and upheld the Assistant Registrar’s decision to stay the civil proceedings in Singapore. On April 29, 2019, the plaintiffs appealed the decision of the Singapore High Court only with respect to their action against the Credit Suisse affiliate. On June 21, 2019, the plaintiffs discontinued their action against Credit Suisse AG. On July 3, 2020, the Singapore Court of Appeals granted the plaintiffs’ appeal against the Credit Suisse affiliate and lifted the stay of the civil proceedings, allowing the plaintiffs’ civil claim to proceed in the Singapore High Court. On July 10, 2020, plaintiffs filed an amended statement of claim in the Singapore High Court. On March 9, 2021 the Singapore High Court transferred the civil lawsuit to the Singapore International Commercial Court where trial is scheduled to begin in September 2022.
In Bermuda, in the civil lawsuit brought against a Credit Suisse affiliate, trial took place in the Supreme Court of Bermuda in November and December 2021.
FIFA-related matters
In connection with investigations by US government authorities into the involvement of financial institutions in the alleged bribery and corruption surrounding the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Credit Suisse received inquiries regarding its banking relationships with certain individuals and entities associated with FIFA, including but not limited to certain persons and entities named and/or described in the May 20, 2015 indictment and the November 25, 2015 superseding indictment filed by the Eastern District of New York US Attorney’s Office. The investigations encompassed whether multiple financial institutions, including Credit Suisse, permitted the processing of suspicious or otherwise improper transactions, or failed to observe anti-money laundering laws and regulations, with respect to the accounts of certain persons and entities associated with FIFA. Credit Suisse continues to cooperate with US authorities on this matter. As previously disclosed, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA (FINMA) announced the conclusion of its related investigation in 2018.
External asset manager matter
Several clients have claimed that an external asset manager based in Geneva misappropriated funds, forged bank statements, transferred assets between client accounts at Credit Suisse AG as custodian to conceal losses and made investments without the authorization of those clients. The Geneva Prosecutor’s Office initiated a criminal investigation against representatives of the external asset manager and two former Credit Suisse AG employees. This investigation was expanded in November 2018 to also include one former and one current Credit Suisse AG employee and Credit Suisse AG itself in order to assess the sufficiency of Credit Suisse AG’s controls and supervision. In the third quarter of 2019, Credit Suisse AG entered into a two stage, conditional
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settlement agreement with affected clients. With the cooperation of the Geneva Prosecutor’s Office, the first stage of the settlement was completed in November 2019. On April 15, 2021, the Geneva Prosecutor’s Office issued an order closing and discontinuing the criminal investigation against Credit Suisse AG and its employees. In May 2021, Credit Suisse completed the second and final stage of the settlement with affected clients.
Israel Desk matters
Credit Suisse has received governmental and regulatory inquiries concerning cross-border services provided by Credit Suisse’s Switzerland-based Israel Desk. Credit Suisse is conducting a review of these issues and has been cooperating with the authorities.
Mozambique matter
Credit Suisse has been subject to investigations by regulatory and enforcement authorities, as well as civil litigation, regarding certain Credit Suisse entities’ arrangement of loan financing to Mozambique state enterprises, Proindicus S.A. and Empresa Mocambiacana de Atum S.A. (EMATUM), a distribution to private investors of loan participation notes (LPN) related to the EMATUM financing in September 2013, and certain Credit Suisse entities’ subsequent role in arranging the exchange of those LPNs for Eurobonds issued by the Republic of Mozambique. On January 3, 2019, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York unsealed an indictment against several individuals in connection with the matter, including three former Credit Suisse employees. On May 20, 2019, July 19, 2019 and September 6, 2019, the three former employees pleaded guilty to accepting improper personal benefits in connection with financing transactions carried out with two Mozambique state enterprises.
On October 19, 2021, Credit Suisse reached settlements with the DOJ, the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and FINMA to resolve inquiries by these agencies. Credit Suisse Group AG entered into a three-year Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with the DOJ in connection with the criminal information charging Credit Suisse Group AG with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and consented to the entry of a Cease and Desist Order by the SEC. Under the terms of the DPA, Credit Suisse Group AG will continue its compliance enhancement and remediation efforts, report to the DOJ on those efforts for three years and undertake additional measures as outlined in the DPA. Credit Suisse also agreed to pay a net penalty to the DOJ of approximately USD 175.5 million, which will be payable following the conclusion of the sentencing process. If Credit Suisse Group AG adheres to the DPA’s conditions, the charges will be dismissed at the end of the DPA’s three-year term. In addition, Credit Suisse Securities Europe Limited (CSSEL) has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the US federal wire fraud statute. CSSEL will be bound by the same compliance, remediation and reporting obligations as Credit Suisse Group AG under the DPA. Under the terms of the SEC Cease and Desist Order, Credit Suisse paid a civil penalty of USD 65 million and approximately USD 34 million in disgorgement and pre-judgment interest in connection with violations of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) and the US Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act) anti-fraud provisions (Exchange Act Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 thereunder and Securities Act Sections 17(a)(1), (2) and (3)) as well as the Exchange Act internal accounting controls and books and records provisions (Sections 13(b)(2)(A) and 13(b)(2)(B)). The total monetary sanctions to be paid to the DOJ and SEC, taking into account various credits and offsets, are approximately USD 275 million. Under the terms of the resolution with the DOJ, Credit Suisse will also be required to pay restitution to any eligible investors in the 2016 Eurobonds issued by the Republic of Mozambique. Investor eligibility and restitution amounts will be determined by the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York at a date currently expected to be in May 2022.
In the resolution with the FCA, CSSEL, CSI and Credit Suisse AG, London Branch agreed that, in respect of these transactions with Mozambique, its UK operations had failed to conduct business with due skill, care and diligence and to take reasonable care to organize and control its affairs responsibly and effectively, with adequate risk management systems. Credit Suisse paid a penalty of approximately USD 200 million and has also agreed with the FCA to forgive USD 200 million of debt owed to Credit Suisse by Mozambique.
FINMA also entered a decree announcing the conclusion of its enforcement proceeding and finding that Credit Suisse AG and Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG violated the duty to file a suspicious activity report in Switzerland, and Credit Suisse Group AG did not adequately manage and address the risks arising from specific sovereign lending and related securities transactions. It has ordered the bank to remediate all deficiencies identified by June 30, 2022 and has appointed an independent third party to review the implementation and effectiveness of these measures. FINMA will also arrange for certain existing transactions to be reviewed by the same independent third party on the basis of specific risk criteria, and will require enhanced disclosure of certain sovereign transactions until all remedial measures have been satisfactorily implemented.
On February 27, 2019, certain Credit Suisse entities, the same three former employees, and several other unrelated entities were sued in the English High Court by the Republic of Mozambique. On January 21, 2020, the Credit Suisse entities filed their defense. On June 26, 2020 the Credit Suisse entities filed third party claims against the project contractor and several Mozambique officials. The Republic of Mozambique filed an updated Particulars of Claim on October 27, 2020, and the Credit Suisse entities filed their amended defense and counterclaim on January 15, 2021. Following the announcement of the global regulatory resolution on October 19, 2021, Credit Suisse filed a re-amended defense on December 24, 2021. The Republic of Mozambique seeks a declaration that the sovereign guarantee issued in connection with the ProIndicus loan syndication arranged and funded, in part, by a Credit Suisse subsidiary is void and also
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seeks unspecified damages alleged to have arisen in connection with the transactions involving ProIndicus and EMATUM, and a transaction in which Credit Suisse had no involvement with Mozambique Asset Management S.A. Also on January 15, 2021, the project contractor filed a cross claim against the Credit Suisse entities (as well as the three former Credit Suisse employees and various Mozambican officials) seeking an indemnity and/or contribution in the event that the contractor is found liable to the Republic of Mozambique. The English High Court has scheduled trial to begin in October 2023.
On April 27, 2020, Banco Internacional de Moçambique (BIM), a member of the ProIndicus syndicate, brought a claim against certain Credit Suisse entities seeking, contingent on the Republic of Mozambique’s claim, a declaration that Credit Suisse is liable to compensate it for alleged losses suffered as a result of any invalidity of the sovereign guarantee. The Credit Suisse entities filed their defense to this claim on August 28, 2020, to which BIM replied on October 16, 2020. Credit Suisse filed an amended defense on December 15, 2021, and BIM filed its amended reply on January 5, 2022.
On December 17, 2020, two members of the ProIndicus syndicate, Beauregarde Holdings LLP and Orobica Holdings LLC (B&O), filed a claim against certain Credit Suisse entities in respect of their interests in the ProIndicus loan, seeking unspecified damages stemming from the alleged loss suffered due to their reliance on representations made by Credit Suisse to the syndicate lenders. Credit Suisse filed their defense to this claim on February 24, 2021. On February 4, 2022 B&O filed an amended claim, and Credit Suisse filed an amended defense on February 18, 2022.
On June 3, 2021, United Bank for Africa PLC (UBA), a member of the ProIndicus syndicate, brought a claim against certain Credit Suisse entities seeking, contingent on the Republic of Mozambique’s claim, a declaration that Credit Suisse is liable to compensate it for alleged losses suffered as a result of any invalidity of the sovereign guarantee. The Credit Suisse entities filed their defense to this claim on July 1, 2021 and filed an amended defense on December 15, 2021, and UBA filed its amended reply on January 5, 2022.
Cross-border private banking matters
Credit Suisse offices in various locations, including the UK, the Netherlands and France, have been contacted by regulatory and law enforcement authorities that are seeking records and information concerning investigations into our historical private banking services on a cross-border basis and in part through our local branches and banks. A similar inquiry has been opened in Belgium. Credit Suisse has conducted a review of these issues, the UK aspects of which have now been closed with no action being taken against the bank, and is continuing to cooperate with the authorities. Credit Suisse applies a strict zero tolerance policy on tax evasion.
ETN-related litigation
Since March 14, 2018, three class action complaints were filed in the SDNY on behalf of a putative class of purchasers of VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short Term Exchange Traded Notes linked to the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index due December 4, 2030 (XIV ETNs). On August 20, 2018, plaintiffs filed a consolidated amended class action complaint, naming Credit Suisse Group AG and certain affiliates and executives, along with Janus Index & Calculation Services LLC and affiliates, which asserts claims for violations of Sections 9(a)(4), 9(f), 10(b) and 20(a) of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder and Sections 11 and 15 of the US Securities Act of 1933 and alleges that the defendants are responsible for losses to investors following a decline in the value of XIV ETNs on February 5, 2018. Defendants moved to dismiss the amended complaint on November 2, 2018. On September 25, 2019, the SDNY granted defendants’ motion to dismiss and dismissed with prejudice all claims against the defendants. On October 18, 2019, plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal. On April 27, 2021, the Second Circuit issued an order affirming in part and vacating in part the SDNY’s decision granting defendants’ motion to dismiss. On June 3, 2019, Credit Suisse AG, an affiliate and executives were named in a separate individual action brought in the SDNY by a purchaser of XIV ETNs, which asserts claims similar to those brought in the consolidated class action complaint as well as additional claims under New York and Pennsylvania state law. On November 12, 2019, defendants filed a motion to dismiss. Plaintiffs responded to the motion to dismiss by filing an amended complaint in lieu of opposing the motion to dismiss. The action has been stayed pending a resolution of the appeal in the consolidated class action. On June 4, 2021, plaintiff filed an amended complaint. On July 19, 2021, Credit Suisse AG filed a motion to dismiss. On January 6, 2022, Credit Suisse AG was named in a class action complaint filed in the SDNY brought on behalf of a putative class of short sellers of VelocityShares 3x Inverse Natural Gas Exchange Traded Notes linked to the S&P GSCI Natural Gas Index ER due February 9, 2032 (DGAZ ETNs). The complaint asserts claims for violations of Section 10(b) of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder and alleges that Credit Suisse is responsible for losses suffered by short sellers following a June 2020 announcement that Credit Suisse would delist and suspend further issuances of the DGAZ ETNs.
TWINT
On November 13, 2018, COMCO announced an investigation into several Swiss financial institutions, including UBS Switzerland AG, Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG, Aduno Holding AG, PostFinance AG, and Swisscard AECS GmbH. According to COMCO, its investigation is focused on whether these institutions entered into an agreement to boycott mobile payment solutions of international providers, including Apple Pay and Samsung Pay, in order to protect TWINT, their own Swiss payment solution.
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SWM
CSI is the defendant in a lawsuit brought by the German public utility company Stadtwerke München GmbH (SWM) in a German court, in connection with a series of interest rate swaps entered into between 2008 and 2012. The claimant alleges breach of an advisory duty to provide both investor- and investment-specific advice, including in particular a duty to disclose the initial mark-to-market value of the trades at inception. On March 22, 2019, the trial court (the Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main) dismissed in their entirety claims against CSI. On April 29, 2019, plaintiff filed a notice of appeal and an application for a supplementary judgment. On November 29, 2019, the court ruled on the supplementary judgment application, finding that SWM was entitled to a refund of negative interest from CSI. In March 2022, the parties reached a settlement, for which Credit Suisse is fully reserved, and will shortly apply to the court to have all proceedings discontinued against Credit Suisse.
Bulgarian former clients matter
Credit Suisse AG has been responding to an investigation by the Swiss Office of the Attorney General (SOAG) concerning the diligence and controls applied to a historical relationship with Bulgarian former clients who are alleged to have laundered funds through Credit Suisse AG accounts. On December 17, 2020, the SOAG brought charges against Credit Suisse AG and other parties. Credit Suisse AG believes its diligence and controls complied with applicable legal requirements, and intends to defend itself vigorously. The trial in the Swiss Federal Criminal Court took place in the first quarter of 2022.
SCFF
We have received requests for documents and information in connection with inquiries, investigations and/or actions relating to the supply chain finance funds (SCFF) matter by FINMA, the FCA and other regulatory and governmental agencies. Credit Suisse is cooperating with the authorities and is liaising closely with FINMA. In connection with FINMA’s enforcement action, a third party appointed by it is conducting an investigation. The Luxembourg Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier is also reviewing the matter through a third party. Certain civil actions have been filed by fund investors against Credit Suisse. As this matter develops, we may become subject to additional litigation and regulatory inquiries, investigations and actions.
Archegos
We have received requests for documents and information in connection with inquiries, investigations and/or actions relating to Credit Suisse’s relationship with Archegos Capital Management (Archegos), including from FINMA (assisted by a third party appointed by FINMA), the DOJ, the SEC, the US Federal Reserve, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the US Senate Banking Committee, the Prudential Regulation Authority, the FCA, COMCO, the Hong Kong Competition Commission, and other regulatory and governmental agencies. Credit Suisse is cooperating with the authorities in these matters.
On April 16, 2021, Credit Suisse Group AG and certain current and former executives were named in a putative class action complaint filed in the SDNY by a holder of Credit Suisse American Depositary Receipts, asserting claims for violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, alleging that defendants violated US securities laws by making material misrepresentations and omissions regarding Credit Suisse’s risk management practices, including with respect to the Archegos and SCFF matters. On November 11, 2021, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint which did not include allegations related to SCFF.
As this matter develops, we may become subject to additional litigation and regulatory inquiries, investigations, and actions.
Communications recordkeeping matter
The SEC is conducting an investigation of CSS LLC concerning compliance with records preservation requirements relating to business communications sent over unapproved electronic messaging channels. CSS LLC is cooperating with the investigation. The SEC has stated that it is conducting similar investigations of record preservation practices at multiple financial institutions.
41 Significant subsidiaries and equity method investments
The entities presented in the table below generally include subsidiaries with total assets over CHF 100 million or net income attributable to shareholders over CHF 10 million. Also included are entities which are deemed regionally significant or otherwise relevant from an operational perspective.
The Group and the Bank have issued full, unconditional and several guarantees of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc.’s outstanding SEC-registered debt securities, which as of December 31, 2021 consisted of a single outstanding issuance with a balance of USD 742 million maturing in July 2032.
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Significant subsidiaries

Company name


Domicile


Currency
Nominal
capital
in million
Equity
interest
in %
End of 2021      
Credit Suisse Group AG 
Credit Suisse AG Zurich, Switzerland CHF 4,399.7 100
Credit Suisse Insurance Linked Strategies Ltd Zurich, Switzerland CHF 0.2 100
Credit Suisse (Poland) SP. z o.o Warsaw, Poland PLN 20.0 100
Credit Suisse Services AG Zurich, Switzerland CHF 1.0 100
Credit Suisse Trust AG Zurich, Switzerland CHF 5.0 100
Credit Suisse Trust Holdings Limited St. Peter Port, Guernsey GBP 7.0 100
CS LP Holding AG Zug, Switzerland CHF 0.1 100
Inreska Limited St. Peter Port, Guernsey GBP 3.0 100
Savoy Hotel Baur en Ville AG Zurich, Switzerland CHF 7.5 88
Credit Suisse AG 
Alpine Securitization LTD George Town, Cayman Islands USD 80.5 100
Banco Credit Suisse (Brasil) S.A. São Paulo, Brazil BRL 53.6 100
Banco Credit Suisse (Mexico), S.A. Mexico City, Mexico MXN 3,591.7 100
Banco de Investimentos Credit Suisse (Brasil) S.A. São Paulo, Brazil BRL 164.8 100
Bank-now AG Horgen, Switzerland CHF 30.0 100
Boston Re Ltd. Hamilton, Bermuda USD 2.0 100
Casa de Bolsa Credit Suisse (Mexico), S.A. de C.V. Mexico City, Mexico MXN 274.0 100
Column Financial, Inc. Wilmington, United States USD 0.0 100
Credit Suisse (Australia) Limited Sydney, Australia AUD 34.1 100
Credit Suisse (Brasil) S.A. Corretora de Titulos e Valores Mobiliarios São Paulo, Brazil BRL 98.4 100
Credit Suisse (Deutschland) Aktiengesellschaft Frankfurt, Germany EUR 130.0 100
Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited Hong Kong, China HKD 8,192.9 100
Credit Suisse (Italy) S.p.A. Milan, Italy EUR 170.0 100
Credit Suisse (Luxembourg) S.A. Luxembourg, Luxembourg CHF 230.9 100
Credit Suisse (Qatar) LLC Doha, Qatar USD 29.0 100
Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG Zurich, Switzerland CHF 100.0 100
Credit Suisse (Singapore) Limited Singapore, Singapore SGD 743.3 100
Credit Suisse (UK) Limited London, United Kingdom GBP 245.2 100
Credit Suisse (USA), Inc. Wilmington, United States USD 0.0 100
Credit Suisse Asset Management (Schweiz) AG Zurich, Switzerland CHF 0.2 100
Credit Suisse Asset Management (UK) Holding Limited London, United Kingdom GBP 144.2 100
Credit Suisse Asset Management International Holding Ltd Zurich, Switzerland CHF 20.0 100
Credit Suisse Asset Management Investments Ltd Zurich, Switzerland CHF 0.1 100
Credit Suisse Asset Management Limited London, United Kingdom GBP 45.0 100
Credit Suisse Asset Management Real Estate GmbH Frankfurt, Germany EUR 6.1 100
Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC Wilmington, United States USD 1,115.9 100
Credit Suisse Atlas I Investments (Luxembourg) S.à.r.l. Luxembourg, Luxembourg USD 0.0 100
Credit Suisse Bank (Europe), S.A. Spain, Madrid EUR 18.0 100
Credit Suisse Brazil (Bahamas) Limited Nassau, Bahamas USD 70.0 100
Credit Suisse Business Analytics (India) Private Limited Mumbai, India INR 40.0 100
Credit Suisse Capital LLC Wilmington, United States USD 1,702.3 100
Credit Suisse Entrepreneur Capital AG Zurich, Switzerland CHF 15.0 100
Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) Limited Sydney, Australia AUD 62.5 100
Credit Suisse Finance (India) Private Limited Mumbai, India INR 1,050.1 100
Credit Suisse First Boston (Latam Holdings) LLC George Town, Cayman Islands USD 28.8 100
Credit Suisse First Boston Finance B.V. Amsterdam, The Netherlands EUR 0.0 100
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Company name


Domicile


Currency
Nominal
capital
in million
Equity
interest
in %
Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC Wilmington, United States USD 206.6 100
Credit Suisse First Boston Next Fund, Inc. Wilmington, United States USD 0.0 100
Credit Suisse Fund Management S.A. Luxembourg, Luxembourg CHF 0.3 100
Credit Suisse Fund Services (Luxembourg) S.A. Luxembourg, Luxembourg CHF 1.5 100
Credit Suisse Funds AG Zurich, Switzerland CHF 7.0 100
Credit Suisse Hedging-Griffo Corretora de Valores S.A. São Paulo, Brazil BRL 29.6 100
Credit Suisse Holding Europe (Luxembourg) S.A. Luxembourg, Luxembourg CHF 32.6 100
Credit Suisse Holdings (Australia) Limited Sydney, Australia AUD 3.0 100
Credit Suisse Holdings (USA), Inc. Wilmington, United States USD 550.0 100
Credit Suisse International London, United Kingdom USD 11,366.2 100 1
Credit Suisse Istanbul Menkul Degerler A.S. Istanbul, Turkey TRY 10.0 100
Credit Suisse Life (Bermuda) Ltd. Hamilton, Bermuda USD 0.5 100
Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC Wilmington, United States USD 1.7 100
Credit Suisse Management LLC Wilmington, United States USD 891.4 100
Credit Suisse Prime Securities Services (USA) LLC Wilmington, United States USD 3.3 100
Credit Suisse Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia SAR 737.5 100
Credit Suisse Securities (Canada), Inc. Toronto, Canada CAD 3.4 100
Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited London, United Kingdom USD 3,859.3 100
Credit Suisse Securities (Hong Kong) Limited Hong Kong, China HKD 2,080.9 100
Credit Suisse Securities (India) Private Limited Mumbai, India INR 2,214.7 100
Credit Suisse Securities (Japan) Limited Tokyo, Japan JPY 78,100.0 100
Credit Suisse Securities (Johannesburg) Proprietary Limited - in liquidation Johannesburg, South Africa ZAR 0.0 100
Credit Suisse Securities (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia MYR 100.0 100
Credit Suisse Securities (Singapore) Pte. Limited Singapore, Singapore SGD 30.0 100
Credit Suisse Securities (Thailand) Limited Bangkok, Thailand THB 500.0 100
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC Wilmington, United States USD 2,200.7 100
Credit Suisse Services (India) Private Limited Pune, India INR 0.1 100
Credit Suisse Services (USA) LLC Wilmington, United States USD 15.4 100
CS Non-Traditional Products Ltd. Nassau, Bahamas USD 0.1 100
CSSEL Guernsey Bare Trust St. Peter Port, Guernsey USD 0.0 100
DLJ Mortgage Capital, Inc. Wilmington, United States USD 0.0 100
Fides Treasury Services AG Zurich, Switzerland CHF 2.0 100
JSC "Bank Credit Suisse (Moscow)" Moscow, Russia RUB 460.0 100
Lime Residential, Ltd. Nassau, Bahamas USD 0.0 100
LLC "Credit Suisse Securities (Moscow)" Moscow, Russia RUB 727.0 100
Merban Equity AG Zug, Switzerland CHF 0.1 100
Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. Utah, United States USD 0.0 100
Solar Investco II Ltd. George Town, Cayman Islands USD 0.0 100
SP Holding Enterprises Corp. Wilmington, United States USD 0.0 100
SR Lease Co VI Ltd. Cayman Islands USD 0.0 100
PT Credit Suisse Sekuritas Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia IDR 235,000.0 99
Credit Suisse Hypotheken AG Zurich, Switzerland CHF 0.1 98
Credit Suisse Securities (China) Limited Beijing, China CNY 1,089.0 51
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98% of voting rights and 98% of equity interest held by Credit Suisse AG.
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Significant equity method investments

Company name


Domicile
Equity
interest
in %
      
Credit Suisse Group AG 
Credit Suisse Group Funding (Guernsey) Limited St. Peter Port, Guernsey 100 1
Credit Suisse AG 
Swisscard AECS GmbH Horgen, Switzerland 50
Stockbrokers Holdings Pty Ltd. Melbourne, Australia 23
ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management Co., Ltd. Beijing, China 20
York Capital Management Global Advisors, LLC New York, United States 5 2
Holding Verde Empreendimentos e Participações S.A. São Paulo, Brazil 0 2
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Deconsolidated under US GAAP as the Group is not the primary beneficiary.
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The Group holds a significant noncontrolling interest.
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Condensed statements of operations and comprehensive income
in 2021 2020 2019
Condensed statements of operations and comprehensive income (CHF million)   
Dividends from subsidiaries 12 24 24
   of which from bank  10 10 10
   of which from non-bank  2 14 14
Interest and dividend income 2,124 1,633 1,307
   of which from subsidiaries and other affiliates  2,124 1,633 1,307
Interest expense (2,173) (1,649) (1,343)
   of which from subsidiaries and other affiliates  54 39 9
Net interest income (37) 8 (12)
Commissions and fees 6 18 23
Trading revenues (6) 12 (68)
   of which from subsidiaries and other affiliates  (802) 550 289
Other revenues 36 78 100
   of which from subsidiaries and other affiliates  36 77 100
Net revenues  (1) 116 43
Compensation and benefits 25 84 101
General and administrative expenses 74 62 61
Commission expenses 0 2 1
Total other operating expenses 74 64 62
Total operating expenses  99 148 163
Income/(loss) before taxes  (100) (32) (120)
Income tax expense/(benefit) (4) (5) 0
Undistributed earnings/(loss) of subsidiaries and other affiliates (1,554) 1 2,696 3,539
Net income/(loss)  (1,650) 2,669 3,419
Other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax 1,824 (2,881) (2,224)
Comprehensive income/(loss)  174 (212) 1,195
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Includes a goodwill impairment charge of CHF 1,623 million.
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Condensed balance sheets
end of 2021 2020
Assets (CHF million)   
Cash and due from banks 143 277
   of which from subsidiaries and other affiliates  143 277
Interest-bearing deposits with banks 5,948 445
   of which from subsidiaries and other affiliates  5,944 440
Investment securities 55,659 52,061
   of which from subsidiaries and other affiliates  55,659 52,061
Investments in subsidiaries and other affiliates 51,452 49,911
Other assets 831 782
   of which from subsidiaries and other affiliates  827 761
Total assets  114,033 103,476
Liabilities and equity (CHF million)   
Due to banks 2,743 2,442
   of which from subsidiaries and other affiliates  2,743 2,442
Short-term borrowings 4,700 4,700
   of which from subsidiaries and other affiliates  4,700 4,700
Long-term debt 61,949 53,009
Other liabilities 687 648
   of which from subsidiaries and other affiliates  7 6
Total liabilities  70,079 60,799
Total shareholders' equity  43,954 42,677
Total liabilities and equity  114,033 103,476
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Condensed statements of cash flows
in 2021 2020 2019
Operating activities (CHF million)   
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities  (286) (10) (131)
Investing activities (CHF million)   
(Increase)/decrease in interest-bearing deposits with banks (5,772) 1 2
Purchase of investment securities (2,995) (12,644) (9,396)
Maturities of investment securities 56 0 942
Investments in subsidiaries and other investments (1,121) 0 (10)
Proceeds from sale of other investments 9 0 48
Other, net 0 0 6
Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities  (9,823) (12,643) (8,408)
Financing activities (CHF million)   
Increase/(decrease) in due to banks and customer deposits 301 155 923
Issuances of long-term debt 8,730 13,644 10,396
Repayments of long-term debt (56) 0 (942)
Issuances of common shares 1,661 0 (10)
Sale of treasury shares 544 420 560
Repurchase of treasury shares (1,017) (882) (1,916)
Dividends paid (257) (716) (728)
Other, net (1) 60 211
Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities  9,905 12,681 8,494
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and due from banks (CHF million)   
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and due from banks  70 (28) (2)
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and due from banks (CHF million)   
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and due from banks  (134) 0 (47)
Cash and due from banks at beginning of period 1 277 277 324
Cash and due from banks at end of period 1 143 277 277
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Includes restricted cash.
43 Significant valuation and income recognition differences between US GAAP and Swiss GAAP banking law (true and fair view)
The Group’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with US GAAP.
FINMA requires Swiss-domiciled banks which present their financial statements under either US GAAP or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) to provide a narrative explanation of the major differences between Swiss GAAP banking law (true and fair view) and its primary accounting standard.
The principal provisions of the Swiss Ordinance on Banks and Savings Banks (Banking Ordinance), the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority’s Accounting Ordinance (FINMA Accounting Ordinance) and the FINMA circular 2020/1, “Accounting – banks”, governing financial reporting for banks (Swiss GAAP) differ in certain aspects from US GAAP. The following are the major differences:
> Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies” for a detailed description of the Group’s accounting policies.
Scope of consolidation
Under Swiss GAAP, majority-owned subsidiaries that are not considered long-term investments or do not operate in the core business of the Group are either accounted for as financial investments or as equity method investments. US GAAP has no such exception relating to the consolidation of majority-owned subsidiaries.
Foreign currency translations
Under US GAAP, foreign currency translation adjustments resulting from the consolidation of branches with functional currencies other than the Swiss franc are included in AOCI in shareholders’ equity. Under Swiss GAAP, foreign currency translation adjustments from the consolidation of foreign branches are recognized in net income/(loss) from trading activities and fair value option.
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Under US GAAP, foreign currency measurement adjustments for available-for-sale securities are reported in AOCI, which is part of total shareholder’s equity, whereas for Swiss GAAP statutory purposes they are included in the statements of income.
Investments in securities
Under Swiss GAAP, classification and measurement of investments in securities depends on the nature of the investment.
Non-consolidated participations
Under US GAAP, equity securities where the company has no significant influence and which do not have a readily determinable fair value are measured in accordance with the NAV practical expedient, or by using the measurement alternative or at fair value.
Under Swiss GAAP, investments in equity securities where the company has no significant influence and which are held with the intention of a permanent investment or which are investments in financial industry infrastructure are included in participations irrespective of the percentage ownership of voting shares held. Participations are initially recognized at historical cost and tested for impairment at least annually. The fair value option is not allowed for participations.
Under Swiss GAAP, participations held by a company are tested for impairment on the level of each individual participation. An impairment is recorded if the carrying value of a participation exceeds its fair value. Should the fair value of an impaired participation recover in subsequent periods and such recovery is considered sustainable, the impairment from prior periods can be reversed up to the fair value but not exceeding the historical cost basis. A reversal of an impairment is recorded as extraordinary income in the statements of income.
Available-for-sale debt securities
Under US GAAP, available-for-sale debt securities are valued at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses due to fluctuations in fair value (including foreign exchange) are not recorded in the consolidated statements of operations but included net of tax in AOCI, which is part of total shareholders’ equity. Credit-related impairments may have to be recognized in the consolidated statements of operations if the fair value of an individual debt security decreases below its amortized cost basis due to credit-related factors.
Under Swiss GAAP, available-for-sale securities are accounted for at the lower of amortized cost or market with valuation reductions and recoveries due to market fluctuations recorded in other ordinary expenses and income, respectively. Foreign exchange gains and losses are recognized in net income/(loss) from trading activities and fair value option.
Non-marketable equity securities
Under US GAAP, equity securities which do not have a readily determinable fair value are measured in accordance with the NAV practical expedient, or by using the measurement alternative or at fair value.
Under Swiss GAAP, non-marketable equity securities where the company has no intent to hold the securities permanently are carried at the lower of cost or market.
Allowances and provisions for credit losses
Under US GAAP, allowances and provisions for credit losses on financial instruments are estimated based on a CECL model. The credit loss requirements apply to financial assets measured at amortized cost as well as off-balance sheet credit exposures, such as irrevocable loan commitments, credit guarantees and similar instruments. The credit loss requirements are based on a forward-looking, lifetime CECL model by incorporating historical experience, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions available as of the reporting date.
Under Swiss GAAP, the same impairment model and methodology is applied as under US GAAP. Differences between the two GAAPs result for items which are not measured at amortized cost under US GAAP and therefore not in scope of CECL under US GAAP, but that have to be measured at amortized cost under Swiss GAAP and are therefore in scope of CECL under Swiss GAAP. Such differences in CECL measurement mainly result from loans, irrevocable loan commitments and financial guarantees which are FVO elected under US GAAP and measured at amortized cost under Swiss GAAP.
Fair value option
Unlike US GAAP, Swiss GAAP generally does not allow the fair value option concept that creates an optional alternative measurement treatment for certain non-trading financial assets and liabilities, guarantees and commitments. The fair value option permits the use of fair value for initial and subsequent measurement with changes in fair value recorded in the consolidated statements of operations.
For issued structured products that meet certain conditions, fair value measurement can be applied. The related changes in fair value of both the embedded derivative and the host contract are recorded in trading revenues, except for fair value adjustments relating to own credit that cannot be recognized in the consolidated statements of income. Impacts of changes in own credit spreads are recognized in the compensation accounts which are either recorded in other assets or other liabilities.
Derivative financial instruments used for fair value hedging
Under US GAAP, for fair value hedges, the carrying value of the underlying hedged items is adjusted to the change in the fair value of the hedged risk. Changes in the fair value of the related designated derivatives are recorded in the same line item of the consolidated statements of operations as the change in fair value of the hedged risk for the respective assets or liabilities.
Under Swiss GAAP, the carrying value of hedged items is not adjusted. The amount representing the change in fair value of
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the hedged item with regard to the hedged risk is recorded in the compensation account included in other assets or other liabilities.
Derivative financial instruments used for cash flow hedging
Under US GAAP, the change in the fair value of a designated derivative of a cash flow hedge is reported in AOCI.
Under Swiss GAAP, the change in the fair value of a designated derivative of a cash flow hedge is recorded in the compensation account included in other assets or other liabilities.
Derecognition of financial instruments
Under US GAAP, financial instruments are only derecognized if the transaction meets the following criteria: (i) the financial asset has been legally isolated from the transferor, (ii) the transferee has the right to repledge or resell the transferred asset, and (iii) the transferor does not maintain effective control over the transferred asset.
Under Swiss GAAP, a financial instrument is derecognized when the economic control has been transferred from the seller to the buyer. A party which has the controlling ability to receive the future returns from the financial instrument and the obligation to absorb the risk of the financial instrument is deemed to have economic control over a financial instrument.
Debt issuance costs
Under US GAAP, debt issuance costs are presented as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the related debt.
Under Swiss GAAP, debt issuance costs are reported as a balance sheet asset in accrued income and prepaid expenses.
Operating leases – lessee arrangements
Under US GAAP, at commencement of an operating lease, the lessee recognizes a lease liability for future lease payments and a right-of-use asset which reflects the future benefits from the lease contract. The initial lease liability equals the present value of the future lease payments; amounts paid upfront are not included. The right-of-use asset equals the sum of the initial lease liability, initial direct costs and prepaid lease payments, with lease incentives received deducted. Operating lease costs, which include amortization and an interest component, are recognized over the remaining lease term on a straight-line basis. If the reporting entity permanently vacates premises and sub-leases a leased asset to another party at a loss, an impairment is recognized on the right-of-use asset. The impairment is determined as the difference between the carrying value of the right-of-use asset and the present value of the expected sub-lease income over the sub-lease term.
Under Swiss GAAP, at commencement of an operating lease, no right-of-use assets and lease liabilities are recognized on the balance sheet of the lessee. For the calculation of the periodic lease expenses, initial direct costs, lease incentives and prepaid lease payments are considered and the total cost of a lease contract is expensed on a straight-line basis over the lease term. If the reporting entity permanently vacates premises, a provision for future payments under the lease contract is recorded, net of expected sub-lease income.
Goodwill amortization
Under US GAAP, goodwill is not amortized but must be tested for impairment annually or more frequently if an event or change in circumstances indicates that the goodwill may be impaired.
Under Swiss GAAP, goodwill is amortized over its useful life, generally not exceeding five years, except for justified cases where a maximum useful life of up to ten years is acceptable. In addition, goodwill is tested at least annually for impairment.
Amortization of intangible assets
Under US GAAP, intangible assets with indefinite lives are not amortized but are tested for impairment annually or more frequently if an event or change in circumstances indicates that the asset may be impaired.
Under Swiss GAAP, intangible assets are amortized over a useful life, up to a maximum of five years, in justified cases up to a maximum of ten years. In addition, these assets are tested at least annually for impairment.
Guarantees
US GAAP requires all guarantees to be initially recognized at fair value. Upon issuance of a guarantee, the guarantor is required to recognize a liability that reflects the initial fair value; simultaneously, a receivable is recorded to reflect the future guarantee fee income over the entire life of the guarantee.
Under Swiss GAAP, only accrued or prepaid guarantee fees are recorded on the balance sheet. No guarantee liability and receivable for future guarantee fees are recorded upon issuance of a guarantee.
Loan origination fees and costs
US GAAP requires the deferral of fees received upfront and direct costs incurred in connection with the origination of loans not held under the fair value option.
Under Swiss GAAP, only upfront payments or fees that are considered interest-related components are deferred (e.g., premiums and discounts). Fees received from the borrower which are considered service-related fees such as commitment fees, structuring fees and arrangement fees are immediately recognized in commission income.
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Extraordinary income and expenses
Unlike US GAAP, Swiss GAAP does report certain expenses or revenues as extraordinary if the recorded income or expense is non-operating and non-recurring.
Pensions and post-retirement benefits
Under US GAAP, the liability and related pension expense is determined based on the projected unit credit actuarial calculation of the benefit obligation.
Under Swiss GAAP, the liability and related pension expense is primarily determined based on the pension plan valuation in accordance with Swiss GAAP FER 26. A pension asset is recorded if a statutory overfunding of a pension plan leads to a future economic benefit, and a pension liability is recorded if a statutory underfunding of a pension plan leads to a future economic obligation. Employer contribution reserves must be capitalized if they represent a future economic benefit. A future economic benefit exists if the employer can reduce its future statutory annual contribution to the pension plan by releasing employer contribution reserves. Pension expenses include the required contributions defined by Swiss law, any additional contribution mandated by the pension fund trustees and any change in value of the pension asset or liability between two measurement dates as determined on the basis of the annual year-end pension plan valuation.
Discontinued operations
Under US GAAP, the assets and liabilities of a discontinued operation are separated from the ordinary captions of the consolidated balance sheets and are reported as discontinued operations measured at the lower of the carrying value or fair value less cost to sell. Accordingly, income and expense from discontinued operations are reported in a separate line item of the consolidated statements of operations.
Under Swiss GAAP, these positions remain in their initial balance sheet captions until disposed of and continue to be valued according to the respective captions.
Security collateral received in securities lending transactions
Under US GAAP, security collateral received in securities lending transactions with the right to sell or repledge are recorded as assets and a corresponding liability to return the collateral is recognized.
Under Swiss GAAP, security collateral received and the obligation to return collateral of securities lending transactions are not recognized on the balance sheet.
Loan commitments
Under US GAAP, loan commitments include all commitments to extend loans, unfunded commitments under commercial lines of credit, revolving credit lines, credit guarantees in the future and overdraft protection agreements, except for commitments that can be revoked by the Group at any time at the Group’s sole discretion without prior notice.
Under Swiss GAAP, loan commitments include all commitments to extend loans, unfunded commitments under commercial lines of credit, revolving credit lines, credit guarantees in the future and overdraft protection agreements, except for commitments that can be revoked by the Group at any time at the Group’s sole discretion with a notice period not exceeding six weeks.
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Parent company financial statements
Statements of income
in Note 2021 2020
Statements of income (CHF million)   
Dividend income from participations 12 24
Other financial income 3 2,160 1,670
Other operating income 4 96 154
Total operating income  2,268 1,848
Financial expenses 5 2,270 1,818
Personnel expenses 6 24 82
Other operating expenses 7 110 113
Amortization, depreciation and impairment losses on noncurrent assets 1 2,923 25
Total operating expenses  5,327 2,038
Extraordinary, non-recurring or prior period income 8 311 0
Net profit/(loss) before taxes  (2,748) (190)
Direct tax expenses 12 7
Net profit/(loss)  (2,760) (197)
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Balance sheets
end of Note 2021 2020
Assets (CHF million)   
Cash and cash equivalents 5,960 92
Other short-term receivables 9 5,214 277
Accrued income and prepaid expenses 10 927 883
Total current assets  12,101 1,252
Financial investments 11 50,168 50,900
Participations 12 50,254 52,066
Total noncurrent assets  100,422 102,966
Total assets  112,523 104,218
Liabilities and shareholders' equity (CHF million)   
Short-term interest-bearing liabilities 13 12,190 6,636
Other short-term liabilities 13 7
Accrued expenses and deferred income 14 988 978
Total short-term liabilities  13,191 7,621
Long-term interest-bearing liabilities 15 56,568 51,780
Provisions 0 311
Total long-term liabilities  56,568 52,091
Total liabilities  69,759 59,712
Share capital  16 106 98
Capital contribution reserves 26,674 25,160
Other capital reserves 1,800 1,800
Legal capital reserves  28,474 26,960
Reserves for treasury shares 17 500 500
Legal income reserves  500 500
Statutory and discretionary reserves 10,500 10,500
Retained earnings carried forward 6,719 7,037
Net profit/(loss) (2,760) (197)
Voluntary retained earnings  14,459 17,340
Treasury shares against other capital reserves (469) (392)
Treasury shares against voluntary retained earnings (153) 0
Treasury shares against capital contribution reserves (153) 0
Treasury shares  18 (775) (392)
Total shareholders' equity  42,764 44,506
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity  112,523 104,218
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Statements of changes in shareholders’ equity


Share
capital

Legal
capital
reserves

Legal
income
reserves
Statutory
and
discretionary
reserves


Retained
earnings


Net
profit/(loss)


Treasury
shares
Total
share-
holders'
equity
2021 (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  98 26,960 500 10,500 7,037 (197) (392) 44,506
Appropriation of net profit/(loss) (197) 197
Distribution for the financial year 2020 (121) (121) (242)
Issuance of shares 8 1,635 1,643
Purchase of shares as part of the share buyback program 2021 (306) (306)
Purchase of other treasury shares (712) (712)
Sale of treasury shares 635 635
Net profit/(loss) (2,760) (2,760)
Balance at end of period  106 28,474 500 10,500 6,719 (2,760) (775) 42,764
2020 (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  102 27,459 500 10,500 8,538 (4) (1,420) 45,675
Appropriation of net profit/(loss) (4) 4
Distribution for the financial year 2019 (338) (338) (676)
Purchase of shares as part of the share buyback program 2020 (325) (325)
Cancellation of shares related to the share buyback programs 2019 and 2020 (4) (161) (1,159) 1,325
Purchase of other treasury shares (557) (557)
Sale of treasury shares 585 585
Net profit/(loss) (197) (197)
Balance at end of period  98 26,960 500 10,500 7,037 (197) (392) 44,506
Rounding differences may occur.
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Notes to the financial statements
1 General information, business developments and subsequent events
Company details
Credit Suisse Group AG is a Swiss holding company incorporated as a joint stock corporation (public limited company) with its registered office in Zurich, Switzerland. The financial statements of Credit Suisse Group AG are prepared in accordance with the regulations of the Swiss Code of Obligations and are stated in Swiss francs (CHF). The financial year ends on December 31.
Number of employees
The average number of employees (full-time equivalents) for the current year, as well as for the previous year, did not exceed 50.
Business developments
Valuation of participations
The carrying value of Credit Suisse Group AG’s participations in subsidiaries is reviewed for potential impairment on at least an annual basis as of December 31 and at any other time that events or circumstances indicate that the participations’ value may be impaired. During 2021, the Archegos and supply chain finance funds matters as well as the announcement on November 4, 2021 regarding the updated strategy and the exit of certain businesses were triggering events. Based on the reviews performed, which included the support of an independent valuation specialist appointed by Credit Suisse, Credit Suisse Group AG recorded total participation impairments of CHF 2.9 billion for the year 2021.
Mandatory convertible notes
On May 12, 2021 the Group issued two tranches of mandatory convertible notes (MCNs) through Credit Suisse Group (Guernsey) VII, Limited. The shares of Credit Suisse Group AG underlying the two tranches of MCNs were issued out of Credit Suisse Group AG’s conditional and authorized capital and delivered to Credit Suisse Group (Guernsey) VII, Limited.
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to affect the economic environment throughout 2021. Infection rates ebbed and flowed across the world during the course of 2021, including in countries where Credit Suisse has a significant presence. Vaccination programs during the year continued to significantly reduce the correlation between COVID-19 infection and serious illness, although booster shots were increasingly required to sustain a high level of protection. In addition, in the fourth quarter of 2021 an additional challenge arose with the emergence of the Omicron variant, which is more transmissible than previous variants. However, in early 2022 there were signs that the Omicron infection wave was peaking and that governments would relatively soon be able to ease social and economic activity. We continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on our operations and businesses.
Subsequent events
In late February 2022, the Russian government launched a military attack on Ukraine. In response to Russia’s military attack, the US, EU, UK, Switzerland and other countries across the world imposed severe sanctions against Russia’s financial system and on Russian government officials and Russian business leaders. The sanctions included limitations on the ability of Russian banks to access the SWIFT financial messaging service and restrictions on transactions with the Russian central bank. The Russian government has also imposed certain countermeasures, which include restrictions relating to foreign currency accounts and security transactions. These measures followed earlier sanctions that had already been imposed by the US, EU and UK in 2021 in response to alleged Russian activities related to Syria, cybersecurity, electoral interference and other matters. Credit Suisse Group AG is assessing the impact of the sanctions already imposed, and potential future escalations, on the business activities of its participations. It is premature to estimate the potential impact of the war in Ukraine on the global economy and markets and on the business activities of Credit Suisse Group AG’s participations. Credit Suisse Group AG notes that these recent developments may affect its financial performance, including potential asset impairments, albeit given the early stage of these developments, it is not yet possible to estimate the size of any reasonably possible losses.
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2 Accounting and valuation principles
These financial statements were prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Swiss Law on Accounting and Financial Reporting (32nd title of the Swiss Code of Obligations).
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are carried at nominal value.
Derivatives held for hedging purposes
Credit Suisse Group AG entered into hedging transactions to hedge interest rate risk exposures from fixed rate liabilities with four fixed receiver interest rate swaps with equivalent notionals and maturities. These hedging relationships are considered to be highly effective over the entire lifetime of the hedge. The hedging instruments follow the accounting treatment of the underlying assets and liabilities, i.e. the accrued net interest and the unamortized day one payments are recognized on the balance sheet as “Accrued income and prepaid expenses” and as “Accrued expenses and deferred income”, respectively. The net interest and the amortization of the day one payments on the interest rate swaps are recorded as financial expenses in the statement of income. The interest rate swaps were initially recorded at cost. Subsequently, no replacement values and no valuation changes, i.e., change of clean replacement values, are recorded on the balance sheet and in the statement of income of the company.
Financial investments
Financial investments include debt securities with a remaining maturity of more than 12 months after the balance sheet date. These securities are carried at cost. No valuation adjustments or impairment losses were required.
Participations
Participations are valued at historical cost less impairment. For the purpose of impairment testing, with a clearly defined sub-portfolio of economically closely related participations, the portfolio valuation method is applied. Impairment is assessed at each balance sheet date or at any point in time when facts and circumstances would indicate that an event has occurred which triggers an impairment review. The amount of impairment, if any, is assessed on the level of this sub-portfolio and not individually for each participation. All other participations are valued individually. An impairment is recorded if the carrying value exceeds the fair value of the participation sub-portfolio. If the fair value of participations recovers significantly and is considered sustainable, a prior period impairment can be reversed up to the historical cost value of the participations.
Interest-bearing liabilities
Short-term and long-term interest-bearing liabilities are carried at nominal value. Issuance costs and discounts are recognized as prepaid expenses and are amortized on a straight-line basis over the contractual term of the notes. Premiums are recognized as accrued expenses and are amortized on a straight-line basis over the contractual term of the notes.
Treasury shares
Own shares are recorded at cost and reported as treasury shares, resulting in a reduction to total shareholders’ equity. Realized gains and losses on the sale of own shares are recognized through the statements of income as other financial income or financial expenses.
Revenue recognition
Revenues are recognized when they are realized or realizable, and are earned. Dividend income is recorded in the reporting period in which the dividend is declared.
Foreign currency translations
Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into Swiss francs at the exchange rates prevailing at year-end, with the exception of non-monetary assets and liabilities, which are maintained in Swiss francs at historical exchange rates. All currency translation effects are recognized in other financial income or financial expenses.
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3 Other financial income
in 2021 2020
Other financial income (CHF million)   
Interest income 1 2,150 1,662
Gains on sale of treasury shares 10 1
Foreign exchange gains 0 7
Other financial income  2,160 1,670
1
Includes negative interest income of CHF 17 million and CHF 0 million in 2021 and 2020, respectively.
4 Other operating income
in 2021 2020
Other operating income (CHF million)   
Trademark fees 53 59
Management fees 36 75
Guarantee fees 6 18
Other 1 2
Other operating income  96 154
5 Financial expenses
in 2021 2020
Financial expenses (CHF million)   
Interest expense 1 2,178 1,659
Losses on sale of treasury shares 89 157
Foreign exchange losses 3 0
Other 0 2
Financial expenses  2,270 1,818
1
Includes negative interest expense of CHF 54 million and CHF 39 million in 2021 and 2020, respectively.
6 Personnel expenses
in 2021 2020
Personnel expenses (CHF million)   
Salaries 34 39
Variable compensation expenses/(credits) (20) 33
Other 10 10
Personnel expenses  24 82
7 Other operating expenses
in 2021 2020
Other operating expenses (CHF million)   
Branding expenses 53 59
Other general and administrative expenses 57 54
Other operating expenses  110 113
8 Extraordinary, non-recurring or prior period income
in 2021 2020
Extraordinary, non-recurring or prior period income (CHF million)   
Release of provisions 311 0
Extraordinary, non-recurring or prior period income  311 0
Release of economically not required provisions from prior periods.
9 Other short-term receivables
end of 2021 2020
Other short-term receivables (CHF million)   
Debt securities 1 4,878 53
Receivables for trademark fees 220 202
Cash collateral provided 113 0
Other 3 22
Other short-term receivables  5,214 277
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Reflects notes issued by Credit Suisse AG.
10 Accrued income and prepaid expenses
end of 2021 2020
Accrued income and prepaid expenses (CHF million)   
Accrued interest income 653 608
Deferred debt issuance costs 220 243
Unamortized discount on notes issued 39 26
Derivatives held for hedging purposes 8 1
Unamortized premium on debt securities 2 0
Other 5 5
Accrued income and prepaid expenses  927 883
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11 Financial investments
end of 2021 2020
Financial investments (CHF million)   
Debt securities 1 50,167 50,899
Equity securities 1 1
Financial investments  50,168 50,900
1
Reflects notes issued by Credit Suisse AG.
12 Participations
Direct participations

Company name


Domicile


Currency
Nominal
capital
in million
Voting
interest
in %
Equity
interest
in %
as of December 31, 2021            
Capital Union Bank B.S.C. (closed) (under liquidation) Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain USD 50.0 26 26
Credit Suisse AG 1 Zurich, Switzerland CHF 4,399.7 100 100
Credit Suisse Group (Guernsey) VII, Limited St. Peter Port, Guernsey CHF 0.1 100 100
Credit Suisse Group Funding (Guernsey) Limited 1 St. Peter Port, Guernsey USD 0.1 100 100
Credit Suisse Insurance Linked Strategies Ltd 1 Zurich, Switzerland CHF 0.2 100 100
Credit Suisse International 1 London, United Kingdom USD 11,366.2 2 2 2 2
Credit Suisse IP GmbH in liquidation Zurich, Switzerland CHF 0.0 100 100
Credit Suisse Services AG 1 Zurich, Switzerland CHF 1.0 100 100
Credit Suisse Trust AG 1 Zurich, Switzerland CHF 5.0 100 100
Credit Suisse Trust Holdings Limited 1 St. Peter Port, Guernsey GBP 7.0 100 100
CS LP Holding AG Zug, Switzerland CHF 0.1 100 100
Inreska Limited 1 St. Peter Port, Guernsey GBP 3.0 100 100
Savoy Hotel Baur en Ville AG Zurich, Switzerland CHF 7.5 88 88
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For the purpose of impairment testing, these participations form part of a sub-portfolio for which the portfolio valuation method is applied.
2
98% held by other group companies.
Indirect participations
The company’s principal indirect participations are shown in Note 41 – Significant subsidiaries and equity method investments in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group.
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13 Short-term interest-bearing liabilities
end of 2021 2020
Short-term interest-bearing liabilities (CHF million)   
Due to banks 7,312 6,513
Senior bail-in notes 3,506 53
High-trigger tier 1 capital notes 1,372 0
Cash collateral received 0 70
Short-term interest-bearing liabilities  12,190 6,636
14 Accrued expenses and deferred income
end of 2021 2020
Accrued expenses and deferred income (CHF million)   
Accrued interest expense 679 610
Deferred fees on acquired debt securities 200 238
Accrued personnel and other operating expenses 61 103
Unamortized discount on debt securities 24 26
Unamortized premium on notes issued 17 0
Derivatives held for hedging purposes 6 0
Other 1 1
Accrued expenses and deferred income  988 978
15 Long-term interest-bearing liabilities
The high-trigger and low-trigger tier 1 capital notes issued by Credit Suisse Group AG are perpetual securities and have no fixed or final maturity date. Subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, they may be redeemed, at the option of the issuer, on the first call date or as specified thereafter in the terms of the note.
The high-trigger tier 1 capital notes mandatorily either convert into ordinary shares of Credit Suisse Group AG or are permanently written down to zero, as provided in the terms of the respective instrument, upon the occurrence of certain specified triggering events. These events include the Group’s consolidated common equity tier 1 (CET1) ratio falling below 7%, or a determination by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA (FINMA) that conversion or write-down is necessary, or that Credit Suisse Group AG requires extraordinary public sector capital support, to prevent Credit Suisse Group AG from becoming insolvent, bankrupt or unable to pay a material amount of its debt, or other similar circumstances. Conversion or write-down can only be prevented if FINMA, at Credit Suisse Group AG’s request, is satisfied that certain conditions exist and determines that a conversion or write-down is not required. High-trigger instruments are designed to absorb losses before other capital instruments, including the low-trigger capital instruments.
The low-trigger tier 1 capital notes have a write-down feature, which means that interest on the notes shall cease to accrue and the full principal amount of the notes will be permanently written down to zero upon the occurrence of certain specified triggering events, also called write-down events. A write-down event will occur if the sum of the Group’s consolidated CET1 ratio and the Higher Trigger Capital Ratio (i.e., the ratio of Higher Trigger Capital Amount to the aggregate of all risk-weighted assets of the Group) as of any quarterly balance sheet date or interim capital report date is below 5.125%. A write-down event will also occur if FINMA determines that a write-down of the notes is necessary, or that Credit Suisse Group AG requires extraordinary public sector capital support to prevent Credit Suisse Group AG from becoming insolvent, bankrupt or unable to pay a material part of its debts, or other similar circumstances. Write-down can only be prevented if FINMA, at the Group’s request, is satisfied that certain conditions exist and determines that a conversion or write-down is not required.
In addition to the high-trigger and low-trigger tier 1 capital notes, Credit Suisse Group AG has issued senior unsecured notes, which qualify as TLAC. The senior unsecured notes have a fixed maturity date and can be redeemed, at the option of the issuer, at a call date, if specified in the applicable terms and conditions. The senior unsecured notes are bail-in debt instruments that are designed to absorb losses after the cancellation of Credit Suisse Group AG’s equity instruments and after the write-down or conversion into equity of regulatory capital (including high-trigger and low-trigger tier 1 capital notes) in restructuring proceedings with respect to Credit Suisse Group AG. Bail-in debt instruments do not feature capital triggers that may lead to a write-down and/or a conversion into equity outside of restructuring, but only begin to bear losses once Credit Suisse Group AG is formally in restructuring proceedings and FINMA orders capital measures (i.e., a write-down and/or a conversion into equity) in the restructuring plan.
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Long-term interest-bearing liabilities
   2021 2020

Currency
Notional
(million)

Interest rate

Issue date

First call date

Maturity date
Carrying value
(CHF million)
Carrying value
(CHF million)
High-trigger tier 1 capital notes   
USD 1,500 7.125% 1 January 30, 2017 July 29, 2022 Perpetual 3 1,321
USD 2,000 7.500% 1 July 16, 2018 July 17, 2023 Perpetual 1,829 1,761
CHF 200 3.875% 1 March 22, 2017 September 22, 2023 Perpetual 200 200
SGD 750 5.625% 1 June 6, 2019 June 6, 2024 Perpetual 508 500
CHF 300 3.500% 1 September 4, 2018 September 4, 2024 Perpetual 300 300
USD 1,500 7.250% 1 September 12, 2018 September 12, 2025 Perpetual 1,372 1,321
CHF 525 3.000% 1 September 11, 2019 November 11, 2025 Perpetual 525 525
USD 1,750 6.375% 1 August 21, 2019 August 21, 2026 Perpetual 1,600 1,541
USD 1,500 5.250% 1 August 11, 2020 August 11, 2027 2 Perpetual 1,372 1,321
USD 1,000 5.100% 1 January 24, 2020 January 24, 2030 Perpetual 915 881
USD 1,500 4.500% 1 December 9, 2020 March 3, 2031 2 Perpetual 1,372 1,321
Low-trigger tier 1 capital notes   
USD 2,250 7.500% 1 December 11, 2013 December 11, 2023 Perpetual 2,057 1,982
USD 2,500 6.250% 1 June 18, 2014 December 18, 2024 Perpetual 2,286 2,202
Senior unsecured notes   
USD 60 3 Month USD LIBOR +0.55% 4 October 6, 2017 October 6, 2021 October 6, 2022 3
USD 1,750 3.574% January 9, 2017 January 9, 2022 January 9, 2023 3 1,541
AUD 204 5.000% 4 February 8, 2018 February 8, 2022 February 8, 2038 3 132
USD 100 3 Month USD LIBOR +0.55% 5 April 9, 2019 April 9, 2022 April 9, 2023 3 88
JPY 38,700 0.553% 1 October 27, 2017 October 27, 2022 October 27, 2023 3 331
USD 1,000 2.997% 1 September 14, 2017 December 14, 2022 December 14, 2023 3 881
USD 500 3 Month USD LIBOR +1.2% September 14, 2017 December 14, 2022 December 14, 2023 3 440
AUD 125 3.500% 1 March 8, 2018 March 8, 2023 March 8, 2024 83 85
AUD 175 3 Month USD BBSW +1.25% March 8, 2018 March 8, 2023 March 8, 2024 116 119
USD 1,050 3 Month USD LIBOR +0.80% 6 March 8, 2019 March 8, 2023 March 8, 2024 960 925
USD 349 4.600% 4 March 29, 2018 March 29, 2023 March 29, 2048 319 294
CHF 1,000 7 1.000% April 15, 2015 April 14, 2023 1,000 1,000
USD 2,000 3.800% June 10, 2016 June 9, 2023 1,829 1,761
USD 1,250 4.207% 1 June 12, 2018 June 12, 2023 June 12, 2024 1,143 1,101
USD 750 3 Month USD LIBOR +1.24% June 12, 2018 June 12, 2023 June 12, 2024 686 661
USD 168 5.000% 4 June 29, 2018 June 29, 2023 June 29, 2048 154 141
USD 220 5.000% 4 August 31, 2018 August 31, 2023 August 31, 2048 201 184
USD 117 5.350% 4 October 26, 2018 October 26, 2023 October 26, 2048 107 98
USD 117 5.400% 4 December 27, 2018 December 27, 2023 December 27, 2048 107 98
USD 133 5.350% 4 January 30, 2019 January 30, 2024 January 30, 2049 122 111
USD 133 5.350% 4 January 30, 2019 January 30, 2024 January 30, 2049 122 111
USD 111 5.300% 4 January 30, 2019 January 30, 2024 January 30, 2049 101 93
USD 143 4.700% 4 May 29, 2019 May 29, 2024 May 29, 2049 130 120
USD 142 4.500% 4 June 27, 2019 June 27, 2024 June 27, 2049 130 120
EUR 1,500 1.250% 1 July 17, 2017 July 17, 2024 July 17, 2025 1,551 1,624
USD 2,000 2.593% 1 September 11, 2019 September 11, 2024 September 11, 2025 1,829 1,761
GBP 750 2.125% 1 September 12, 2017 September 12, 2024 September 12, 2025 926 902
EUR 1,500 3 Month EUR LIBOR +1.0% January 18,2021 January 16, 2025 January 16, 2026 1,551
USD 291 3.850% 4 January 31, 2020 January 31, 2025 January 31, 2060 266 247
USD 2,500 3.750% March 26, 2015 March 26, 2025 2,286 2,202
EUR 2,000 3.250% 1 April 2, 2020 April 2, 2025 April 2, 2026 2,068 2,166
NOK 1,000 3.600% May 29, 2015 May 28, 2025 104 103
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Long-term interest-bearing liabilities (continued)
   2021 2020

Currency
Notional
(million)

Interest rate

Issue date

First call date

Maturity date
Carrying value
(CHF million)
Carrying value
(CHF million)
USD 1,500 2.193% 1 June 5, 2020 June 5, 2025 June 5, 2026 1,372 1,321
GBP 500 2.750% August 8, 2016 August 8, 2025 618 601
USD 2,000 1.305% February 2, 2021 February 2, 2026 February 2, 2027 1,829
USD 2,000 4.550% April 18, 2016 April 17, 2026 1,829 1,761
EUR 1,500 8 1.000% 1 June 24, 2019 June 24, 2026 June 24, 2027 1,551 1,624
JPY 8,300 0.904% 1 October 27, 2017 October 27, 2026 October 27, 2027 66 71
USD 2,250 4.282% January 9, 2017 January 9, 2027 January 9, 2028 2,058 1,982
EUR 1,250 0.650% 1 January 14, 2020 January 14, 2027 January 14, 2028 1,292 1,354
GBP 750 2.250% 1 June 9, 2020 June 9, 2027 June 9, 2028 926 902
USD 2,000 3.869% 1 January 12, 2018 January 12, 2028 January 12, 2029 1,829 1,761
EUR 100 2.455% July 11, 2018 July 11, 2028 July 4, 2034 103 108
GBP 450 2.125% November 15, 2021 November 15, 2028 November 15, 2029 556
EUR 100 1.190% 1,9 June 11, 2019 March 11, 2029 March 11, 2030 103 108
EUR 1,000 0.650% September 10, 2019 September 10, 2029 1,034 1,083
USD 3,000 4.194% 1 April 1, 2020 April 1, 2030 April 1, 2031 2,744 2,642
USD 3,250 3.091% May 14, 2021 May 14, 2031 May 14, 2032 2,972
JPY 10,000 1.269% 1 October 27, 2017 October 27, 2032 October 27, 2033 79 85
EUR 1,500 0.625% January 18, 2021 January 18, 2033 1,551
USD 2,000 4.875% May 21, 2015 May 15, 2045 1,829 1,761
Total  56,568 51,780
1
Interest rate reset at first call date and on every reset date thereafter.
2
Represents the first reset date. Optional redemption at any time during the six-month period prior to the first reset date.
3
Reported as short-term interest-bearing liabilities.
4
The interest rate of these zero coupon annual accreting senior callable notes reflects the yield rate of the notes.
5
Minimum rate of 0.55%.
6
Minimum rate of 0.80%.
7
On May 12, 2015, the offering was re-opened and the aggregate principal amount was increased from CHF 825 million to CHF 1,000 million.
8
On July 23, 2019, the offering was re-opened and the aggregate principal amount was increased from EUR 1,000 million to EUR 1,500 million.
9
The interest rate was 1.59% from June 11, 2019 to March 10, 2020.
16 Share capital, conditional, conversion and authorized capital

No. of
registered
shares


Par value
in CHF
% of
existing
share
capital

No. of
registered
shares


Par value
in CHF
Share capital as of December 31, 2020  2,447,747,720 97,909,909
Conditional capital   
Warrants and convertible bonds
Capital as of December 31, 2020 400,000,000 16,000,000
Mandatory convertible notes 1 (100,000,000) (4,000,000) 100,000,000 4,000,000
Capital as of December 31, 2021  300,000,000 12,000,000 11
Conversion capital   
Capital as of December 31, 2020 150,000,000 6,000,000
Capital as of December 31, 2021  150,000,000 2 6,000,000 6
Authorized capital   
Capital as of December 31, 2020 103,000,000 4,120,000
Mandatory convertible notes 1 (103,000,000) (4,120,000) 103,000,000 4,120,000
Capital as of December 31, 2021  0 0 0
Share capital as of December 31, 2021  2,650,747,720 106,029,909
1
Refer to "Mandatory convertible notes" in Note 1 – General information, business developments and subsequent events - Business developments for further information.
2
111.5 million registered shares reserved for the USD 1,500 million 7.125% high-trigger tier 1 capital notes.
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17 Credit Suisse Group shares held by subsidiaries
   2021 2020
Share
equivalents
Market value
(CHF million)
Share
equivalents
Market value
(CHF million)
Balance at end of financial year
Physical holdings 6,319,702 1 56 3,170,970 36
Holdings, net of pending obligations (112,755) (1) 108,227 1
1
Representing 0.2% of issued shares as of December 31, 2021.
18 Purchases and sales of treasury shares
Net gain/(loss)
on sale
(CHF million)
Treasury shares,
at cost
(CHF million)

Number
of shares
Average price
per share
(CHF)
2021   
Balance as of December 31, 2020  392 38,431,871 10.19
Purchase of treasury shares 1,018 94,918,138 10.73
Sale of treasury shares 1 (79) (635) (58,606,500) 9.49
Change in 2021  (79) 383 36,311,638
Balance as of December 31, 2021  775 74,743,509 10.36
2020   
Balance as of December 31, 2019  1,420 114,989,483 12.35
Purchase of treasury shares 882 82,515,654 10.69
Sale of treasury shares 1 (156) (585) (50,809,266) 8.45
Cancellation of repurchased shares/notes (1,325) (108,264,000) 12.24
Change in 2020  (156) (1,028) (76,557,612)
Balance as of December 31, 2020  392 38,431,871 10.19
2021: Highest price CHF 13.02, paid on March 10 and lowest price CHF 8.44 paid on December 20 in a market transaction.
2020: Highest price CHF 13.65, paid on February 20 and lowest price CHF 6.50 paid on March 18 in a market transaction.
1
Representing share award settlements.
19 Significant shareholders
   2021 2020

end of
Number
of shares
(million)
Total nominal
value
(CHF million)
Share-
holding
(%)
Number
of shares
(million)
Total nominal
value
(CHF million)
Share-
holding
(%)
Direct shareholders   1
Chase Nominees Ltd. 2 304 12 11.48 323 13 13.21
Nortrust Nominees Ltd. 2 197 8 7.42 184 7 7.53
The Bank of New York Mellon 2 139 6 5.25 3
1
As registered in the share register of the Group on December 31 of the reporting period; includes shareholders registered as nominees.
2
Nominee holdings exceeding 2% are registered with a right to vote only if the nominee confirms that no individual shareholder holds more than 0.5% of the outstanding share capital or if the nominee discloses the identity of any beneficial owner holding more than 0.5% of the outstanding capital.
3
Participation was lower than the disclosure threshold of 5%.
> Refer to “Note 3 – Business developments, significant shareholders and subsequent events” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for information received from shareholders not registered in the share register of Credit Suisse Group AG.
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20 Assets subject to retention of title
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, cash and cash equivalents in the amount of CHF 5 million and CHF 4 million, respectively, were subject to a retention of title.
21 Contingent liabilities
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, aggregate indemnity liabilities, guarantees and other contingent liabilities (net of exposures recorded as liabilities) were CHF 5,897 million and CHF 8,110 million, respectively. Credit Suisse Group AG has entered into these contingent liabilities on behalf of its subsidiaries. They include senior unsecured notes issued by Credit Suisse Group Funding (Guernsey) Limited of CHF 5,137 million and CHF 7,385 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, of which the underlying notional amounts (subject to regulatory adjustments) qualify as TLAC.
Contingent liabilities include guarantees for obligations, performance-related guarantees and letters of comfort. Contingencies with a stated amount are included in the above table. In some instances, however, the exposure of Credit Suisse Group AG is not defined as an amount but relates to specific circumstances such as the solvency of subsidiaries.
Value-added tax
The company belongs to the Swiss value-added tax group of Credit Suisse Group, and thus carries joint liability to the Swiss federal tax authority for value-added tax debts of the entire Group. No contingent liability is included in the above table.
Swiss pension plan
The employees of Credit Suisse Group AG are covered by the pension plan of the “Pensionskasse der Credit Suisse Group (Schweiz)” (the Swiss pension plan). Most of the Swiss subsidiaries of Credit Suisse Group AG and a few companies that have close business and financial ties with Credit Suisse Group AG participate in this plan. The Swiss pension plan is an independent self-insured pension plan set up as a trust and qualifies as a defined contribution plan (savings plan) under Swiss law.
The Swiss pension plan’s annual financial statements are prepared in accordance with Swiss GAAP FER 26 based on the full population of covered employees. Individual annual financial statements for each participating company are not prepared. As a multi-employer plan with unrestricted joint liability for all participating companies, the economic interest in the Swiss pension plan’s over- or underfunding is allocated to each participating company based on an allocation key determined by the plan. No contingent liability is included in the above table.
450
22 Assets and liabilities with related parties
end of 2021 2020
Assets (CHF million)   
Cash and cash equivalents 5,955 88
Other short-term receivables 5,211 255
Accrued income and prepaid expenses 667 614
Total current assets – related parties  11,833 957
Financial investments 50,167 50,899
Participations 50,254 52,066
Total noncurrent assets – related parties  100,421 102,965
Total assets – related parties  112,254 103,922
Liabilities (CHF million)   
Short-term interest-bearing liabilities 7,312 6,583
Other short-term liabilities 7 5
Accrued expenses and deferred income 1 248 306
Total short-term liabilities – related parties  7,567 6,894
Total liabilities – related parties  7,567 6,894
The assets and liabilities represent the amounts due from and due to group companies, except where indicated.
1
Includes amounts due to management bodies of CHF 17 million at December 31, 2021 and CHF 41 million at December 31, 2020, respectively.
23 Subordinated assets and liabilities
end of 2021 2020
Subordinated assets and liabilities (CHF million)   
Subordinated assets 55,706 51,560
Subordinated liabilities 15,971 15,413
Group-internal funding related to loss-absorbing instruments has been aligned to international standards for internal TLAC instruments and to the new article 126b of the Swiss Capital Adequacy Ordinance, effective January 1, 2020. Due to this alignment, the bail-in debt instruments issued by Credit Suisse AG to Credit Suisse Group AG are permanently subordinated.
451
24 Shareholdings
Executive Board shareholdings
The shareholdings of the Executive Board members, their immediate family and companies in which they have a controlling interest as well as the value of the unvested share-based compensation awards held by Executive Board members as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, are disclosed in the table below.
Executive Board holdings and values of deferred share-based awards by individual

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Number of
owned shares
1

Number of
unvested awards
2
Number of
owned shares and
unvested awards

Value (CHF) of
unvested awards
at grant date
3 Value (CHF) of
unvested awards
at year end
(at fair value)
4
2021   
Thomas P. Gottstein 343,933 865,241 1,209,174 10,346,761 5,044,803
Romeo Cerutti 419,333 339,027 758,360 4,074,902 2,033,172
André Helfenstein 89,962 516,222 606,184 5,574,001 3,215,381
Lydie Hudson 243,816 243,816 2,670,588 1,383,393
Ulrich Körner 246,487 246,487
Rafael Lopez Lorenzo 99,591 127,566 227,157 1,519,990 1,131,766
David R. Mathers 163,403 992,083 1,155,486 10,869,369 6,974,651
Christian Meissner 247 247
Joachim Oechslin 213,577 272,122 485,699 3,506,175 2,414,266
Antoinette Poschung 158,585 123,557 282,142 1,355,032 706,324
Helman Sitohang 471,033 805,946 1,276,979 9,665,696 4,811,141
James B. Walker 221,384 396,582 617,966 4,314,624 2,582,473
Philipp Wehle 76,739 549,634 626,373 6,208,945 3,511,812
Total  2,504,274 5,231,796 7,736,070 60,106,082 33,809,182
2020   
Thomas P. Gottstein 329,945 1,175,386 1,505,331 14,059,196 7,982,209
Romeo Cerutti 360,449 569,438 929,887 7,134,274 4,108,232
Brian Chin 568,030 1,790,864 2,358,894 21,951,346 12,474,970
André Helfenstein 74,229 671,329 745,558 7,523,347 5,899,796
Lydie Hudson 57,115 421,216 478,331 4,864,351 2,895,168
David R. Mathers 110,958 1,313,581 1,424,539 14,661,244 10,505,639
Antoinette Poschung 141,405 207,515 348,920 2,360,009 1,412,321
Helman Sitohang 365,186 1,344,933 1,710,119 16,773,304 9,612,195
James B. Walker 143,444 577,046 720,490 6,552,588 5,092,395
Lara J. Warner 1,089,006 1,089,006 13,461,484 7,647,962
Philipp Wehle 74,542 670,246 744,788 7,652,671 5,095,777
Total  2,225,303 9,830,560 12,055,863 116,993,815 72,726,662
1
Includes shares that were initially granted as deferred compensation and have vested.
2
Includes unvested shares originating from LTI opportunities calculated on the basis of maximum opportunity for awards that have not reached the end of their three-year performance period, given that the actual achievement level and associated number of unvested shares cannot be determined until the end of the performance period. For LTI awards that have reached the end of their three-year performance period, the number of unvested shares reflects the actual number of shares earned based on achievement of the performance target levels.
3
Determined based on the number of unvested awards multiplied by the share price at grant.
4
Includes the value of unvested LTI opportunities. For LTI awards that have reached the end of their three-year performance period, the value is based on the actual number of shares eligible to vest. For LTI opportunities that have not reached the end of their three-year performance period, this is determined based on the number of shares at fair value at the time of grant, multiplied by the share price at the end of the year.
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Board of Directors shareholdings
The shareholdings of the Board of Directors members, their immediate family and companies in which they have a controlling interest are disclosed in the table below. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, there were no Board of Directors members with outstanding options.
Board of Directors shareholdings by individual
end of 2021 2020
December 31 (shares)   1
Axel Lehmann 2 108,220
António Horta-Osório 3 335,902
Iris Bohnet 115,182 96,328
Clare Brady 2 12,695
Juan Colombas 2,4
Christian Gellerstad 138,884 103,991
Michael Klein 71,465 49,897
Shan Li 49,062 28,590
Seraina Macia 105,035 84,844
Blythe Masters 2 12,027
Richard Meddings 58,403 13,774
Kai S. Nargolwala 422,140 366,334
Ana Paula Pessoa 79,404 53,816
Severin Schwan 199,154 169,976
Total  1,707,573 967,550 5
1
Includes Group shares that are subject to a blocking period of up to four years; includes shareholdings of immediate family members.
2
Clare Brady and Blythe Masters were newly elected at the 2021 AGM. Juan Colombas and Axel Lehmann were newly elected at the EGM on October 1, 2021.
3
Chairman and Board member until January 16, 2022.
4
Juan Colombas will receive the share portion of his Board and Committee fees at the end of the 2021/2022 Board period.
5
Excludes 425,783 shares held by Urs Rohner, 104,659 shares held by Andreas Gottschling, 77,724 shares held by Joaquin J. Ribeiro and 335,960 shares held by John Tiner, who did not stand for re-election to the Board as of April 30, 2021.
Shares awarded
   2021 2020

end of

Number of
shares
Value
of shares
(CHF million)

Number of
shares
Value
of shares
(CHF million)
Shares awarded   
Board of Directors 322,738 3 568,021 5
Executive Board 1, 2 14,951 0 2,228,855 24
Employees 3 50,641,954 418 82,664,247 1,119
Includes shares, share awards and performance share awards and for the Executive Board LTI awards granted at fair value.
1
For the individuals who joined the Executive Board and the individuals who left the Executive Board during 2021 and 2020, compensation relating to the period during which they were members of the Executive Board and, for leavers, during their respective notice period is included.
2
2020 restated to reflect cancelled 2020 STI awards for Executive Board.
3
Includes shares awarded to employees of subsidiaries of Credit Suisse Group AG and excludes shares awarded to the Executive Board.
Share awards outstanding
   2021 2020

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Number
of share
awards
outstanding
in million



Fair value in
CHF million
Number
of share
awards
outstanding
in million



Fair value in
CHF million
Share awards   1
Employees 221 1,961 218 2,485
Total share awards  221 1,961 218 2,485
1
In the interests of transparency, share awards granted to employees of subsidiaries of Credit Suisse Group AG are also considered in this disclosure table.
453
Proposed appropriation of retained earnings and capital distribution
Proposed appropriation of retained earnings
2021
Retained earnings (CHF million)   
Retained earnings carried forward 6,719
Net profit/(loss) (2,760)
Retained earnings  3,959
Proposed distribution of CHF 0.05 per registered share for the financial year 2021 1 (129)
Retained earnings to be carried forward  3,830
1
2,576,004,211 registered shares - net of own shares held by the company - as of December 31, 2021. The number of registered shares eligible for distribution may change due to the issuance of new registered shares and transactions in own shares.
Proposed distribution out of capital contribution reserves
2021
Capital contribution reserves (CHF million)   
Balance at end of year  26,674
Proposed distribution of CHF 0.05 per registered share for the financial year 2021 1 (129)
Balance after distribution  26,545
Distributions are free of Swiss withholding tax and are not subject to income tax for Swiss resident individuals holding the shares as a private investment.
1
2,576,004,211 registered shares - net of own shares held by the company - as of December 31, 2021. The number of registered shares eligible for distribution may change due to the issuance of new registered shares and transactions in own shares.
454
455
456
Controls and procedures
Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures
The Bank has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the Bank Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), pursuant to Rule 13(a)-15(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act). There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of controls and procedures, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention or overriding of the controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective controls and procedures can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives.
The CEO and CFO concluded that, as of December 31, 2021, the design and operation of the Bank’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, in all material respects, to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports filed and submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported as and when required.
Management’s report on internal control over financial reporting
The management of the Bank is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. The Bank’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with US GAAP. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Management has made an evaluation and assessment of the Bank’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021 using the criteria issued in 2013 by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in “Internal Control – Integrated Framework”.
Based upon its review and evaluation, management, including the Bank CEO and CFO, has concluded that the Bank’s internal control over financial reporting is effective as of December 31, 2021.
The Bank’s independent registered public accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, has issued an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Bank’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, as stated in their report.
Changes in internal control over financial reporting
There were no changes in the Bank’s internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Bank’s internal control over financial reporting.
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Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Zurich, Switzerland, PCAOB ID 1358
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Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm To the Board of Directors and shareholders of Credit Suisse AG Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Credit Suisse AG and its subsidiaries (the “Bank”) as of December 31, 2020, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the year then ended, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). We also have audited the Bank's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). We also have audited the adjustments to reflect the change in the composition of reportable segments as presented in Note 4. In our opinion, such adjustments are appropriate and have been properly applied. We were not engaged to audit, review or apply any procedures to the 2018 and 2019 financial statements of the Bank other than with respect to the adjustments and, accordingly, we do not express an opinion or any other form of assurance on the 2018 and 2019 financial statements taken as a whole. In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Bank as of December 31, 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the Bank maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the COSO. Change in Accounting Principle As discussed in Note 19 to the consolidated financial statements, the Bank changed the manner in which it accounts for credit losses on certain financial instruments in 2020. Basis for Opinions The Bank's management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express opinions on the Bank’s consolidated financial statements and on the Bank's internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Bank in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of the consolidated financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinions. Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Critical Audit Matters The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (i) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (ii) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate. Fair Value of Certain Level 3 Financial Instruments As described in Note 35 to the consolidated financial statements, the Bank carries CHF 16.4 billion of its assets and CHF 14.0 billion of its liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis that are classified in level 3 of the fair value hierarchy as of December 31, 2020. For these financial instruments, for which no prices are available and which have few or no observable inputs, the determination of fair value may require the use of either industry standard models or internally developed proprietary models as well as require subjective assessment and judgment, depending on liquidity, pricing assumptions, the current economic and competitive environment and the risks affecting the specific instrument. Unobservable inputs used by management to value certain of these level 3 financial instruments included adjusted Net Asset Value (“NAV”), discount rate, terminal growth rate, credit spread, correlation, volatility, market implied life expectancy, mortality rate and market comparable price. The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the fair value of certain level 3 financial instruments is a critical audit matter are the significant judgment by management to determine the fair value of these financial instruments due to the use of either industry standard models or internally developed proprietary models, which included unobservable inputs related to adjusted NAV, discount rate, terminal growth rate, credit spread, correlation, volatility, market implied life expectancy, mortality rate and market comparable price. This in turn led to a high degree of auditor subjectivity, judgment and effort to evaluate the audit evidence obtained related to the valuation, and the audit effort involved the use of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge. Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to the fair value of certain level 3 financial instruments, including controls over the Bank’s models, significant unobservable inputs, and data. These procedures also included, among others (i) the involvement of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge to assist in developing an independent range of prices for a sample of financial instruments and (ii) comparing the independent estimate to management’s estimate to evaluate the reasonableness of management’s estimate. Developing the independent estimate involved (i) testing the completeness and accuracy of data provided by management, and as appropriate, (ii) evaluating management’s unobservable inputs and (iii) independently developing unobservable inputs related to adjusted NAV, discount rate, terminal growth rate, credit spread, correlation, volatility, market implied life expectancy, mortality rate and market comparable price. Allowance for Credit Losses - Collectively Evaluated Corporate and Institutional Loans - Investment Bank As described in Note 19 to the consolidated financial statements, the Bank’s allowance for credit losses represents management’s estimate of expected credit losses on loans held at amortized cost. As of December 31, 2020, the collectively evaluated expected credit losses in the Investment Bank of CHF 194 million primarily consist of Corporate and Institutional loans with a gross loan balance, excluding those which are held at fair value, of CHF 13,776 million. The Bank’s credit loss requirements are based on a forward-looking, lifetime current expected credit loss (“CECL”) model by incorporating reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions available at the reporting date. Management’s estimation of expected credit losses is based on a discounted probability-weighted estimate that considers three future macroeconomic scenarios: a baseline scenario, an upside scenario and a downside scenario. For extreme and statistically rare events which cannot be adequately reflected in CECL models, such as the current effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy, the event becomes the baseline scenario. In the current environment, to address circumstances where in management’s judgment the CECL model outputs are overly sensitive to the effect of economic inputs that lie significantly outside of their historical range, model overlays are applied. These overlays are based on expert judgment and are applied in response to these exceptional circumstances to consider historical stressed losses and industry and counterparty credit level reviews. The principal consideration for our determination that performing procedures relating to the allowance for credit losses on collectively evaluated corporate and institutional loans within the Investment Bank is a critical audit matter are (i) the significant judgement by management in evaluating model results and assessing the need for overlays to the CECL model output in the current environment, (ii) the significant judgment and estimation by management in determining an appropriate methodology for the overlays applied, which both in turn led to a high degree of auditor judgement, subjectivity and effort in performing procedures and in evaluating audit evidence obtained relating to the appropriateness of overlays to the CECL model output, and (iii) the audit effort involved professionals with specialized skill and knowledge. Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to management’s expected credit loss process. The procedures also included, among others, testing management’s process for estimating expected credit losses, which included (i) evaluating the appropriateness of the methodologies used to determine the allowance for credit losses, (ii) testing the completeness and accuracy of data used in the estimate, and (iii) evaluating the reasonableness of management’s model overlays. The procedures included the use of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge to assist in evaluating the appropriateness of model methodologies and assist in evaluating the audit evidence. Goodwill Impairment Assessment - Investment Bank Reporting Unit As described in Note 20 to the consolidated financial statements, the Bank’s goodwill balance was CHF 3.8 billion as of December 31, 2020 of which CHF 0.9 billion was allocated to the Investment Bank reporting unit. Goodwill is reviewed for impairment on an annual basis as of December 31 and at any other time that events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value of goodwill may not be recoverable. Goodwill is allocated to the Bank’s reporting units for the purposes of the impairment test. In estimating the fair value of its reporting units, the Bank applied a combination of the market approach and the income approach. In determining the estimated fair value, the Bank relied upon its latest five-year financial plan which included significant management assumptions and estimates based on its view of current and future economic conditions and assumptions regarding the discount rate under the income approach as well as price to projected earnings and price to book value multiples (“multiples”) under the market approach. The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the goodwill impairment assessment of the Investment Bank reporting unit is a critical audit matter are (i) the significant judgment by management when developing the fair value measurement of the Investment Bank reporting unit, (ii) a high degree of auditor judgment, subjectivity, and effort in performing procedures and evaluating management’s significant assumptions related to the combination of the market approach and income approach, five-year financial plan, discount rate and multiples, and (iii) the audit effort involved the use of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge. Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to management’s goodwill impairment assessment. These procedures also included, among others (i) testing management’s process for developing the fair value estimate of the Investment Bank reporting unit; (ii) evaluating the appropriateness of the combination of the market approach and income approach; (iii) testing the completeness and accuracy of underlying data used in the model; and (iv) evaluating the reasonableness of the significant assumptions used by management related to the five-year financial plan, discount rate and the multiples. Evaluating management’s assumptions related to the five-year financial plan involved evaluating whether the assumptions used by management were reasonable considering the current and past performance of the reporting unit. Professionals with specialized skill and knowledge were used to assist in the evaluation of the Bank’s market approach and income approach as well as the discount rate and multiples assumptions. Litigation provisions As described in Note 39 to the consolidated financial statements, the Bank is involved in a number of judicial, regulatory and arbitration proceedings concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of its businesses. The Bank’s aggregate litigation provisions include estimates of losses, additional losses or ranges of loss for proceedings for which such losses are probable and can be reasonably estimated. As of December 31, 2020, the Bank has recorded litigation provisions of CHF 1.7 billion. Management’s estimate of the aggregate range of reasonably possible losses that are not covered by existing provisions for which the Bank believes an estimate is possible is zero to CHF 0.9 billion. The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the litigation provision is a critical audit matter are the significant judgment by management when assessing the likelihood of a loss being incurred and when determining a reasonable estimate of the loss, which in turn led to a high degree of auditor judgment, subjectivity, and effort in evaluating management’s assessment of the provision for losses and related disclosures. Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to management’s estimation of the litigation provisions, including controls over determining whether a loss is probable and whether the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated, as well as controls over the related financial statement disclosures. These procedures also included, among others, obtaining and evaluating the letters of audit inquiry with external legal counsel, evaluating the reasonableness of management’s assessment regarding whether an unfavorable outcome is reasonably possible or probable and reasonably estimable, and evaluating the sufficiency of the Bank’s litigation disclosures. /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers AG Zurich, Switzerland March 18, 2021 We have served as the Bank’s auditor since 2020. Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Credit Suisse AG and its subsidiaries (the “Bank”) as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the years then ended, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). We also have audited the Bank's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Bank as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the Bank maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the COSO. We also have audited the adjustments to reflect the change in the composition of reportable segments presented and described in Note 4. In our opinion, such adjustments are appropriate and have been properly applied. We were not engaged to audit, review or apply any procedures to the 2019 financial statements of the Bank other than with respect to the adjustments and, accordingly, we do not express an opinion or any other form of assurance on the 2019 financial statements taken as a whole. Change in Accounting Principle As discussed in Note 2 and Note 19 to the consolidated financial statements, the Bank changed the manner in which it accounts for credit losses on certain financial instruments in 2020. Basis for Opinions The Bank's management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s report on internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express opinions on the Bank’s consolidated financial statements and on the Bank's internal control over financial reporting based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Bank in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audits of the consolidated financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions. Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Critical Audit Matters The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (i) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (ii) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate. Fair Value of Certain Level 3 Financial Instruments As described in Note 35 to the consolidated financial statements, the Bank carries CHF 10,578 million of its assets and CHF 14,442 million of its liabilities at fair value measured on a recurring basis that are classified in level 3 of the fair value hierarchy as of December 31, 2021. For these financial instruments, for which no prices are available and which have few or no observable inputs, the determination of fair value may require the use of either industry standard models or internally developed proprietary models, as well as require subjective assessment and judgment, depending on liquidity, pricing assumptions, the current economic and competitive environment and the risks affecting the specific instrument. Unobservable inputs used by management to value certain of these level 3 financial instruments included price, credit spread, correlation, volatility, market implied life expectancy and mortality rate. The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the fair value of certain level 3 financial instruments is a critical audit matter are the significant judgment by management to determine the fair value of these financial instruments due to the use of either industry standard models or internally developed proprietary models, which included unobservable inputs related to price, credit spread, correlation, volatility, market implied life expectancy and mortality rate; this in turn led to a high degree of auditor subjectivity, judgment and effort to evaluate the audit evidence related to the valuation, and the audit effort involved the use of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge. Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to the fair value of certain level 3 financial instruments, including controls over the Bank’s models, significant unobservable inputs, and data. These procedures also included, among others (i) the involvement of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge to assist in developing an independent range of prices for a sample of financial instruments and (ii) comparing the independent estimate to management’s estimate to evaluate the reasonableness of management’s estimate. Developing the independent estimate involved (i) testing the completeness and accuracy of data provided by management, and as appropriate, (ii) evaluating the reasonableness of management’s unobservable inputs and (iii) independently developing unobservable inputs related to price, credit spread, correlation, volatility, market implied life expectancy and mortality rate. Allowance for Credit Losses – Collectively Evaluated Corporate and Institutional Loans – Investment Bank As described in Note 19 to the consolidated financial statements, the Bank’s allowance for credit losses represents management’s estimate of expected credit losses on loans held at amortized cost. As of December 31, 2021, the collectively evaluated expected credit losses in the Investment Bank of CHF 136 million primarily consist of Corporate and Institutional loans with a gross loan balance, excluding those which are held at fair value, of CHF 17,776 million. The Bank’s credit loss requirements are based on a forward-looking, lifetime current expected credit loss (“CECL”) model by incorporating reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions available at the reporting date. Management’s estimation of expected credit losses is based on a discounted probability-weighted estimate that considers three future macroeconomic scenarios: a baseline scenario, an upside scenario and a downside scenario. For events which cannot be adequately reflected in CECL models due to a lack of historical experience the event may be embedded in the baseline scenario. In order to address circumstances where in management’s judgment the CECL model outputs are overly sensitive to the effect of economic inputs that lie outside of their historical range, model overlays are applied. Such overlays are based on judgment and are applied in response to these circumstances to consider historical stressed losses and industry and counterparty credit level reviews. The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the allowance for credit losses on collectively evaluated corporate and institutional loans within the Investment Bank is a critical audit matter are (i) the significant judgment by management in evaluating model results and assessing the need for overlays to the CECL model output in the current environment, (ii) the significant judgment and estimation by management in determining an appropriate methodology for the overlays applied, which both in turn led to a high degree of auditor judgment, subjectivity and effort in performing procedures and in evaluating audit evidence obtained relating to the model results and the appropriateness of overlays to the CECL model output, and (iii) the audit effort involved the use of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge. Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to management’s expected credit loss process, including controls over the Bank’s models. The procedures also included, among others, testing management’s process for estimating expected credit losses, which included (i) evaluating the appropriateness of the methodologies used to determine the allowance for credit losses, (ii) testing the completeness and accuracy of data used in the estimate, and (iii) evaluating the reasonableness of management’s model overlays. The procedures included the use of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge to assist in evaluating the appropriateness of model methodologies and assist in evaluating the audit evidence. Litigation provisions As described in Note 39 to the consolidated financial statements, the Bank is involved in a number of judicial, regulatory and arbitration proceedings concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of its businesses. The Bank’s aggregate litigation provisions include estimates of losses, additional losses or ranges of loss for proceedings for which such losses are probable and can be reasonably estimated. As of December 31, 2021, the Bank has recorded litigation provisions of CHF 1,539 million. Management’s estimate of the aggregate range of reasonably possible losses that are not covered by existing provisions for which the Bank believes an estimate is possible is zero to CHF 1.5 billion. The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the litigation provisions is a critical audit matter are the significant judgment by management when assessing the likelihood of a loss being incurred and when determining whether a reasonable estimate of the loss or ranges of loss for each claim can be made, which in turn led to a high degree of auditor judgment, subjectivity, and effort in evaluating management’s assessment of the litigation provisions and related disclosures. Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to management’s estimation of the litigation provisions, including controls over determining whether a loss is probable and whether the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated, as well as controls over the related financial statement disclosures. These procedures also included, among others, obtaining and evaluating the letters of audit inquiry with internal and external legal counsel, evaluating the reasonableness of management’s assessment regarding whether an unfavorable outcome is reasonably possible or probable and reasonably estimable, and evaluating the sufficiency of the Bank’s litigation provisions and related disclosures. Income taxes – Realization of the tax benefit of the loss related to Archegos As described in Note 28 to the consolidated financial statements, the Bank recognized a net deferred tax asset (“DTA”) balance of CHF 3,544 million as of December 31, 2021. The most significant DTAs arose in the United States, of which certain amounts relate to the tax benefit of Archegos losses deemed attributable to non-United Kingdom (“UK”) operations. The realization of deferred tax assets on temporary differences is dependent upon the generation of taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. In evaluating whether deferred tax assets will be realized, management considers both positive and negative evidence, including projected future taxable income, the reversal of deferred tax liabilities, which can be scheduled, and tax planning strategies. The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to income taxes associated with the realization of the tax benefit of the loss related to of Archegos is a critical audit matter are the significant judgments by management to determine the Archegos losses attributable to non-UK operations, as well as in evaluating whether Archegos related DTAs will be realized. This in turn led to a high degree of auditor subjectivity, judgment and effort in evaluating audit evidence obtained related to management’s assessment to the determination of the attribution and characteristics of the loss and in evaluating whether Archegos related DTAs will be realized. Also, the audit effort involved the use of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge. Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to management’s process for determining the realization of DTAs, including those related to Archegos losses. These procedures also included, among others, evaluating the reasonableness of management’s assessment regarding the attribution of the Archegos loss between UK and non-UK operations as well as in evaluating whether Archegos related DTAs will be realized, both of which included the use of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge to assist in evaluating the reasonableness of management’s conclusions. /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers AG Zurich, Switzerland March 10, 2022 We have served as the Bank’s auditor since 2020.
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Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm To the shareholders and Board of Directors of Credit Suisse AG, Zurich Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements We have audited, before the adjustments to reflect the change in the composition of reportable segments as presented and described in Note 4, the consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in equity, and cash flows of Credit Suisse AG and subsidiaries (the “Bank”) for the year ended December 31, 2019, and the related notes (collectively, the “consolidated financial statements”). The 2019 consolidated financial statements before the adjustments to reflect the change in the composition of reportable segments as presented and described in Note 4 are not presented herein. In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements, before the adjustments to reflect the change in the composition of reportable segments as presented and described in Note 4, present fairly, in all material respects, the results of operations of the Bank and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2019, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. We were not engaged to audit, review, or apply any procedures to the adjustments to reflect the change in the composition of reportable segments as presented and described in Note 4 and, accordingly, we do not express an opinion or any other form of assurance about whether such adjustments are appropriate and have been properly applied. Those adjustments were audited by other auditors. Basis for Opinion These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Bank’s management and the Board of Directors. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Bank in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. KPMG AG We served as the Bank’s auditor from 1989 to 2020. Zurich, March 25, 2020
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Consolidated statements of operations
in Note 2021 2020 2019
Consolidated statements of operations (CHF million)   
Interest and dividend income 5 9,593 11,220 16,667
Interest expense 5 (3,668) (5,260) (9,618)
Net interest income 5 5,925 5,960 7,049
Commissions and fees 6 13,180 11,850 11,071
Trading revenues 7 2,371 3,178 1,773
Other revenues 8 1,566 1,515 2,793
Net revenues  23,042 22,503 22,686
Provision for credit losses  9 4,209 1,092 324
Compensation and benefits 10 8,011 8,860 9,105
General and administrative expenses 11 8,581 7,962 7,588
Commission expenses 1,243 1,256 1,276
Goodwill impairment 20 976 0 0
Restructuring expenses 12 113 122
Total other operating expenses 10,913 9,340 8,864
Total operating expenses  18,924 18,200 17,969
Income/(loss) before taxes  (91) 3,211 4,393
Income tax expense 28 938 697 1,298
Net income/(loss)  (1,029) 2,514 3,095
Net income/(loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests (100) 3 14
Net income/(loss) attributable to shareholders  (929) 2,511 3,081
Consolidated statements of comprehensive income
in 2021 2020 2019
Comprehensive income/(loss) (CHF million)   
Net income/(loss) (1,029) 2,514 3,095
   Gains/(losses) on cash flow hedges  (300) 177 86
   Foreign currency translation  786 (3,014) (995)
   Unrealized gains/(losses) on securities  0 (17) 21
   Actuarial gains/(losses)  30 (44) (24)
   Net prior service credit/(cost)  5 (4) 1
   Gains/(losses) on liabilities related to credit risk  387 151 (1,738)
Other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax 908 (2,751) (2,649)
Comprehensive income/(loss)  (121) (237) 446
Comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests (72) (55) 7
Comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to shareholders  (49) (182) 439
The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
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Consolidated balance sheets
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Assets (CHF million)   
Cash and due from banks 164,026 138,207
   of which reported at fair value  308 525
   of which reported from consolidated VIEs  108 90
Interest-bearing deposits with banks 1,256 1,230
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions 14 103,906 92,276
   of which reported at fair value  68,623 57,994
Securities received as collateral, at fair value 15,017 50,773
   of which encumbered  8,455 27,614
Trading assets, at fair value 15 111,299 157,511
   of which encumbered  30,092 52,468
   of which reported from consolidated VIEs  1,822 2,164
Investment securities 16 1,003 605
   of which reported at fair value  1,003 605
Other investments 17 5,788 5,379
   of which reported at fair value  4,093 3,793
   of which reported from consolidated VIEs  1,015 1,251
Net loans 18 300,358 300,341
   of which reported at fair value  10,243 11,408
   of which encumbered  42 179
   of which reported from consolidated VIEs  1,400 900
   allowance for credit losses  (1,296) (1,535)
Goodwill 20 2,881 3,755
Other intangible assets 21 276 237
   of which reported at fair value  224 180
Brokerage receivables 16,689 35,943
   allowance for credit losses  (4,186) (1)
Other assets 22 36,715 36,574
   of which reported at fair value  9,184 8,373
   of which encumbered  0 167
   of which reported from consolidated VIEs  1,482 1,858
   of which loans held-for-sale (amortized cost base)  588 650
   allowance for credit losses - other assets held at amortized cost  (28) (41)
Total assets  759,214 822,831
The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
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Liabilities and equity (CHF million)   
Due to banks 24 18,960 16,420
   of which reported at fair value  477 413
Customer deposits 24 393,841 392,039
   of which reported at fair value  3,700 4,343
   of which reported from consolidated VIEs  0 1
Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions 14 35,368 37,087
   of which reported at fair value  13,307 13,688
Obligation to return securities received as collateral, at fair value 15,017 50,773
Trading liabilities, at fair value 15 27,539 45,871
   of which reported from consolidated VIEs  8 10
Short-term borrowings 25,336 21,308
   of which reported at fair value  10,690 10,740
   of which reported from consolidated VIEs  4,352 4,178
Long-term debt 25 160,695 160,279
   of which reported at fair value  67,788 70,243
   of which reported from consolidated VIEs  1,391 1,746
Brokerage payables 13,062 21,655
Other liabilities 22 21,309 30,340
   of which reported at fair value  2,568 7,756
   of which reported from consolidated VIEs  233 207
Total liabilities  711,127 775,772
Common shares 4,400 4,400
Additional paid-in capital 47,417 46,232
Retained earnings 14,932 15,871
Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) 26 (19,359) (20,239)
Total shareholders' equity  47,390 46,264
Noncontrolling interests 697 795
Total equity  48,087 47,059
Total liabilities and equity  759,214 822,831
> Refer to “Note 33 – Guarantees and commitments” and “Note 39 – Litigation” for information on commitments and contingencies.
 
end of 2021 2020
Additional share information   
Par value (CHF) 1.00 1.00
Issued shares 4,399,680,200 4,399,680,200
Shares outstanding 4,399,680,200 4,399,680,200
The Bank's total share capital is fully paid and consists of 4,399,680,200 registered shares as of December 31, 2021. Each share is entitled to one vote. The Bank has no warrants on its own shares outstanding.
The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
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Retained
earnings

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shares,
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1


AOCI
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controlling
interests


Total
equity
2021 (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  4,400 46,232 15,871 0 (20,239) 46,264 795 47,059
Purchase of subsidiary shares from non- controlling interests, not changing ownership 2, 3 (46) (46)
Sale of subsidiary shares to noncontrolling interests, not changing ownership 3 27 27
Net income/(loss) (929) (929) (100) (1,029)
Total other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax 880 880 28 908
Share-based compensation, net of tax 125 125 125
Dividends on share-based compensation, net of tax (9) (9) (9)
Dividends paid (10) (10) (1) (11)
Changes in scope of consolidation, net (3) (3)
Other 1,069 4 1,069 (3) 1,066
Balance at end of period  4,400 47,417 14,932 0 (19,359) 47,390 697 48,087
2020 (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  4,400 45,774 13,492 0 (17,546) 46,120 643 46,763
Purchase of subsidiary shares from non- controlling interests, not changing ownership (20) (20)
Sale of subsidiary shares to noncontrolling interests, not changing ownership 19 19
Net income/(loss) 2,511 2,511 3 2,514
Cumulative effect of accounting changes, net of tax (132) (132) (132)
Total other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax (2,693) (2,693) (58) (2,751)
Share-based compensation, net of tax 494 494 494
Dividends on share-based compensation, net of tax (41) (41) (41)
Dividends paid (10) (10) (10)
Changes in scope of consolidation, net 198 198
Other 15 15 10 25
Balance at end of period  4,400 46,232 15,871 0 (20,239) 46,264 795 47,059
1
Reflects Credit Suisse Group shares which are reported as treasury shares. Those shares are held to economically hedge share award obligations.
2
Distributions to owners in funds include the return of original capital invested and any related dividends.
3
Transactions with and without ownership changes related to fund activity are all displayed under "not changing ownership".
4
Includes a capital contribution of CHF 1,080 million from Credit Suisse Group AG to Credit Suisse AG following the issuance of mandatory convertible notes in May 2021 by the Group.
The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
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2019 (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  4,400 45,557 10,179 0 (14,840) 45,296 698 45,994
Purchase of subsidiary shares from non- controlling interests, not changing ownership (103) (103)
Sale of subsidiary shares to noncontrolling interests, not changing ownership 68 68
Net income/(loss) 3,081 3,081 14 3,095
Cumulative effect of accounting changes, net of tax 242 (64) 178 178
Total other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax (2,642) (2,642) (7) (2,649)
Share-based compensation, net of tax 254 254 254
Dividends on share-based compensation, net of tax (35) (35) (35)
Dividends paid (10) (10) (1) (11)
Changes in scope of consolidation, net (4) (4)
Other (2) (2) (22) (24)
Balance at end of period  4,400 45,774 13,492 0 (17,546) 46,120 643 46,763
The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
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Consolidated statements of cash flows
in 2021 2020 2019
Operating activities (CHF million)   
Net income/(loss)  (1,029) 2,514 3,095
Adjustments to reconcile net income/(loss) to net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities (CHF million)    
Impairment, depreciation and amortization 2,227 1,196 1,134
Provision for credit losses 4,209 1,092 324
Deferred tax provision/(benefit) 164 358 616
Share-based compensation 886 1,086 1,022
Valuation adjustments relating to long-term debt 1,140 2,706 10,193
Share of net income/(loss) from equity method investments (181) (120) (78)
Trading assets and liabilities, net 27,302 (8,079) (28,028)
(Increase)/decrease in other assets 16,082 (7,128) 3,057
Increase/(decrease) in other liabilities (13,453) 407 (6,502)
Other, net (454) 176 (2,272)
Total adjustments 37,922 (8,306) (20,534)
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities  36,893 (5,792) (17,439)
Investing activities (CHF million)   
(Increase)/decrease in interest-bearing deposits with banks (6) (520) 411
(Increase)/decrease in central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions (8,895) 19,289 8,386
Purchase of investment securities (630) (402) (557)
Proceeds from sale of investment securities 0 629 6
Maturities of investment securities 184 184 1,007
Investments in subsidiaries and other investments (2,049) (210) (284)
Proceeds from sale of other investments 615 677 1,133
(Increase)/decrease in loans (3,935) (9,252) (18,354)
Proceeds from sales of loans 5,371 3,860 4,612
Capital expenditures for premises and equipment and other intangible assets (1,254) (1,044) (1,133)
Proceeds from sale of premises and equipment and other intangible assets 3 45 30
Other, net 457 113 537
Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities  (10,139) 13,369 (4,206)
The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
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Consolidated statements of cash flows (continued)
in 2021 2020 2019
Financing activities (CHF million)   
Increase/(decrease) in due to banks and customer deposits 1,111 24,616 26,057
Increase/(decrease) in short-term borrowings 3,437 (5,290) 6,911
Increase/(decrease) in central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions (2,998) (1,539) 3,491
Issuances of long-term debt 51,254 57,641 34,911
Repayments of long-term debt (52,964) (42,768) (46,290)
Dividends paid (11) (10) (11)
Other, net 350 (445) (1,099)
Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities  179 32,205 23,970
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and due from banks (CHF million)   
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and due from banks  (1,114) (2,619) (595)
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and due from banks (CHF million)   
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and due from banks  25,819 37,163 1,730
Cash and due from banks at beginning of period 1 138,207 101,044 99,314
Cash and due from banks at end of period 1 164,026 138,207 101,044
1
Includes restricted cash.
Supplemental cash flow information
in 2021 2020 2019
Cash paid for income taxes and interest (CHF million)   
Cash paid for income taxes 797 735 706
Cash paid for interest 5,518 8,126 13,015
> Refer to “Note 19 – Financial instruments measured at amortized cost and credit losses” and “Note 23 – Leases” for information on non-cash transactions.
The accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
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Notes to the consolidated financial statements
1 Summary of significant accounting policies
Overview
The accompanying consolidated financial statements of Credit Suisse AG (the Bank), the direct bank subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG (the Group), are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the US (US GAAP) and are stated in Swiss francs (CHF). The financial year for the Bank ends on December 31. Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year’s consolidated financial statements to conform to the current presentation which had no impact on net income/(loss) or total shareholders’ equity.
In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions including, but not limited to, the fair value measurements of certain financial assets and liabilities, the allowance for loan losses, the evaluation of variable interest entities (VIEs), the impairment of assets other than loans, recognition of deferred tax assets, tax uncertainties, pension liabilities and various contingencies. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the dates of the consolidated balance sheets and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. While management evaluates its estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis, actual results could differ materially from management’s estimates. Market conditions may increase the risk and complexity of the judgments applied in these estimates.
> Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for a summary of significant accounting policies, with the exception of the following accounting policies.
Revisions of prior period financial statements
In connection with ongoing internal control processes, the Bank identified accounting issues that were not material individually or in aggregate to the prior period financial statements. As a result of these accounting issues prior periods have been revised in the consolidated financial statements and the related notes.
The Bank identified accounting issues with respect to the netting treatment relating to the presentation of a limited population of certain securities lending and borrowing activities. As a result, balance sheet and cash flow positions for both assets and liabilities relating to these activities were understated. For the year ended December 31, 2020, “Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions”, “Total assets”, “Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions” as well as “Total liabilities” in the consolidated balances sheets were revised by CHF 13,143 million. For the year ended December 31, 2020, “(Increase)/decrease in central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions” and “Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities” were revised by a credit of CHF 70 million in the consolidated statements of cash flows and “Increase/(decrease) in central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions” and “Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities” were revised by a debit of CHF 70 million. Due to the increase in total assets the Bank’s leverage exposure increased by the same amount and reduced the related leverage ratios by 10 basis points.
Separately, in the consolidated statements of cash flows share-based compensation expenses, net were previously included in net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities, but are now separately included in net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities. The Bank also expanded the elimination of non-cash exchange rate movements related to certain operating, investing and financing activities. In addition, the presentation of certain cash flow hedges were reclassified. In aggregate for these matters for the year ended December 31, 2020, “Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities” were revised by a debit of CHF 371 million, “Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities” were revised by a credit of CHF 2,273 million and “Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities were revised by a debit of CHF 1,902 million. In aggregate for these matters for the year ended December 31, 2019, “Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities” were revised by a debit of CHF 979 million, “Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities” were revised by a credit of CHF 1,045 million and “Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities were revised by a debit of CHF 66 million.
Pension and other post-retirement benefits
Credit Suisse sponsors a Group defined benefit pension plan in Switzerland that covers eligible employees of the Bank domiciled in Switzerland. The Bank also has single-employer defined benefit pension plans and defined contribution pension plans in Switzerland and other countries around the world.
For the Bank’s participation in the Group defined benefit pension plan, no retirement benefit obligation is recognized in the consolidated balance sheets of the Bank and defined contribution accounting is applied, as the Bank is not the sponsoring entity of the Group plan.
For single-employer defined benefit plans, the Bank uses the projected unit credit actuarial method to determine the present value of its projected benefit obligations (PBO) and the current and past service costs or credits related to its defined benefit and other post-retirement benefit plans. The measurement date used to perform the actuarial valuation is December 31 and is performed by independent qualified actuaries.
> Refer to “Pension and other post-retirement benefits” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group – Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies for further information.
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Own shares, own bonds and financial instruments on Group shares
The Bank’s shares are wholly owned by Credit Suisse Group AG and are not subject to trading. The Bank may buy and sell Credit Suisse Group AG shares (Group shares) and Group bonds, own bonds and financial instruments on Group shares within its normal trading and market-making activities. In addition, the Bank may hold Group shares to economically hedge commitments arising from employee share-based compensation awards. Group shares are reported as trading assets, unless those shares are held to economically hedge share award obligations. Hedging shares are reported as treasury shares, resulting in a reduction to total shareholder’s equity. Financial instruments on Group shares are recorded as assets or liabilities and carried at fair value. Dividends received on Group shares and unrealized and realized gains and losses on Group shares are recorded according to the classification of the shares as trading assets or treasury shares. Purchases of bonds originally issued by the Bank are recorded as an extinguishment of debt.
2 Recently issued accounting standards
> Refer to “Note 2 – Recently issued accounting standards” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for recently adopted accounting standards and standards to be adopted in future periods.
The impact on the Bank’s and Group’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows was or is expected to be identical.
3 Business developments, significant shareholders and subsequent events
> Refer to “Note 3 – Business developments, significant shareholders and subsequent events” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
4 Segment information
For the purposes of the presentation of reportable segments, the Bank has included accounts of affiliate entities wholly owned by the same parent which are managed together with the operating segments of the Bank.
> Refer to “Note 4 – Segment information” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Net revenues and income/(loss) before taxes
in 2021 2020 2019
Net revenues (CHF million)   
Swiss Universal Bank 5,801 5,615 5,905
International Wealth Management 3,462 3,747 4,181
Asia Pacific 3,242 3,155 3,029
Asset Management 1,456 1,090 1,635
Investment Bank 8,888 9,098 8,161
Adjustments 1 193 (202) (225)
Net revenues  23,042 22,503 22,686
Income/(loss) before taxes (CHF million)   
Swiss Universal Bank 2,729 2,104 2,573
International Wealth Management 976 1,091 1,586
Asia Pacific 994 828 922
Asset Management 300 (39) 479
Investment Bank (3,703) 1,655 1,026
Adjustments 1 (1,387) (2,428) (2,193)
Income/(loss) before taxes  (91) 3,211 4,393
1
Adjustments represent certain consolidating entries and balances, including those relating to items that are managed but are not legally owned by the Bank and vice versa, and certain revenues and expenses that were not allocated to the segments, including such items relating to the Asset Resolution Unit.
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Total assets
end of 2021 2020
Total assets (CHF million)   
Swiss Universal Bank 263,797 261,465
International Wealth Management 88,715 91,503
Asia Pacific 67,395 67,356
Asset Management 3,393 3,703
Investment Bank 211,802 271,976
Adjustments 1 124,112 126,828
Total assets  759,214 822,831
1
Adjustments represent certain consolidating entries and balances, including those relating to items that are managed but are not legally owned by the Bank and vice versa, and certain revenues and expenses that were not allocated to the segments, including such items relating to the Asset Resolution Unit.
Net revenues and income/(loss) before taxes by geographical location
in 2021 2020 2019
Net revenues (CHF million)   
Switzerland 8,382 8,659 9,239
EMEA 2,916 3,162 1,244
Americas 8,896 7,765 9,253
Asia Pacific 2,848 2,917 2,950
Net revenues  23,042 22,503 22,686
Income/(loss) before taxes (CHF million)   
Switzerland 1,659 2,477 3,259
EMEA (5,554) (847) (2,574)
Americas 3,574 1,419 3,348
Asia Pacific 230 162 360
Income/(loss) before taxes  (91) 3,211 4,393
The designation of net revenues and income/(loss) before taxes is based on the location of the office recording the transactions. This presentation does not reflect the way the Bank is managed.
Total assets by geographical location
end of 2021 2020
Total assets (CHF million)   
Switzerland 259,874 266,095
EMEA 163,539 159,465
Americas 249,680 300,783
Asia Pacific 86,121 96,488
Total assets  759,214 822,831
The designation of total assets by region is based upon customer domicile.
5 Net interest income
in 2021 2020 2019
Net interest income (CHF million)   
Loans 4,993 5,694 7,173
Investment securities 1 3 9
Trading assets, net of trading liabilities 1 2,839 3,158 3,828
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions 1,172 1,596 2,926
Other 588 769 2,731
Interest and dividend income 9,593 11,220 16,667
Deposits (151) (1,107) (3,055)
Short-term borrowings 3 (170) (422)
Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions (812) (908) (1,669)
Long-term debt (2,437) (2,702) (3,361)
Other (271) (373) (1,111)
Interest expense (3,668) (5,260) (9,618)
Net interest income  5,925 5,960 7,049
1
Interest and dividend income is presented on a net basis to align with the presentation of trading revenues for trading assets and liabilities.
6 Commissions and fees
in 2021 2020 2019
Commissions and fees (CHF million)   
Lending business 1,870 1,612 1,663
Investment and portfolio management 3,401 3,087 3,295
Other securities business 59 73 89
Fiduciary business 3,460 3,160 3,384
Underwriting 2,560 2,348 1,602
Brokerage 3,088 3,246 2,900
Underwriting and brokerage 5,648 5,594 4,502
Other services 2,202 1,484 1,522
Commissions and fees  13,180 11,850 11,071
7 Trading revenues
in 2021 2020 2019
Trading revenues (CHF million)   
Interest rate products 1,257 (91) 67
Foreign exchange products 1,580 2,482 656
Equity/index-related products 1,365 387 1,146
Credit products (1,826) 192 (513)
Commodity and energy products (12) 132 144
Other products 7 76 273
Trading revenues  2,371 3,178 1,773
Represents revenues on a product basis which are not representative of business results within segments, as segment results utilize financial instruments across various product types.
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> Refer to “Note 7 – Trading revenues” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
8 Other revenues
in 2021 2020 2019
Other revenues (CHF million)   
Loans held-for-sale (90) (34) (14)
Long-lived assets held-for-sale 232 26 252
Equity method investments 60 (255) 230
Other investments 256 769 1,142
Other 1,108 1,009 1,183
Other revenues  1,566 1,515 2,793
> Refer to “Note 8 – Other revenues” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
9 Provision for credit losses
in 2021 2020 2019
Provision for credit losses (CHF million)   
Loans held at amortized cost (23) 863 284
Other financial assets held at amortized cost 4,295 1 19 11
Off-balance sheet credit exposures (63) 210 29
Provision for credit losses  4,209 1,092 324
1
Primarily reflects a provision for credit losses of CHF 4,307 million related to Archegos.
10 Compensation and benefits
in 2021 2020 2019
Compensation and benefits (CHF million)   
Salaries and variable compensation 6,730 7,521 7,733
Social security 530 559 554
Other 1 751 780 818
Compensation and benefits  8,011 8,860 9,105
1
Includes pension-related expenses of CHF 497 million, CHF 503 million and CHF 502 million in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, relating to service costs for defined benefit pension plans and employer contributions for defined contribution pension plans.
11 General and administrative expenses
in 2021 2020 2019
General and administrative expenses (CHF million)   
Occupancy expenses 893 883 990
IT, machinery and equipment 1,218 1,129 1,066
Provisions and losses 1,489 1,253 639
Travel and entertainment 127 134 303
Professional services 3,625 3,025 3,132
Communication and market data services 458 458 465
Amortization and impairment of other intangible assets 8 8 10
Other 1 763 1,072 983
General and administrative expenses  8,581 7,962 7,588
1
Includes pension-related expenses/(credits) of CHF 10 million, CHF 0 and CHF 10 million in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, relating to certain components of net periodic benefit costs for defined benefit plans.
12 Restructuring expenses
The Bank completed the one-year restructuring plan announced in July 2020 in connection with the implementation of key strategic growth initiatives at the end of June 2021. Restructuring expenses of CHF 113 million were recognized in 2021.
> Refer to “Note 12 – Restructuring expenses” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Restructuring expenses by type
in 2021 2020
Restructuring expenses by type (CHF million)   
Compensation and benefits-related expenses 45 102
   of which severance expenses  26 66
   of which accelerated deferred compensation  19 36
General and administrative-related expenses 68 20
   of which pension expenses  4 8
Total restructuring expenses  113 122
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Restructuring liabilities
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Restructuring liabilities (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  47 2 49 152 190 342
Net additional charges 1 26 32 58 66 6 72
Reclassifications (22) (3) (25) 2 (152) 3 (190) 4 (342)
Utilization (32) (31) (63) (19) (4) (23)
Balance at end of period  19 0 19 47 2 49
1
The following items for which expense accretion was accelerated in 2021 and 2020 due to the restructuring of the Bank are not included in the restructuring provision: unsettled share-based compensation of CHF 13 million and CHF 25 million, respectively; unsettled pension obligations of CHF 4 million and CHF 8 million, respectively, which remain classified as pension provisions; unsettled cash-based deferred compensation of CHF 7 million and CHF 11 million, respectively, which remain classified as compensation liabilities; and accelerated accumulated depreciation and impairment of CHF 31 million and CHF 6 million, respectively, which remain classified as premises and equipment. The settlement date for the unsettled share-based compensation remains unchanged at three years.
2
Reclassified within other liabilities.
3
In 2019, CHF 97 million was transferred to litigation provisions and CHF 55 million was transferred to other liabilities.
4
In 2019, CHF 167 million was transferred to right-of-use assets in accordance with ASU 2016-02 and CHF 23 million to other liabilities.
13 Revenue from contracts with customers
> Refer to “Note 14 – Revenue from contracts with customers” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Contracts with customers and disaggregation of revenues
in 2021 2020 2019
Contracts with customers (CHF million)
Investment and portfolio management 3,401 3,087 3,295
Other securities business 61 73 89
Underwriting 2,560 2,348 1,602
Brokerage 3,087 3,243 2,898
Other services 2,244 1,566 1,611
Total revenues from contracts with customers  11,353 10,317 9,495
The table above differs from “Note 6 – Commissions and fees” as it includes only those contracts with customers that are in scope of ASC Topic 606 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
Contract balances
end of 2021 2020
Contract balances (CHF million)
Contract receivables 865 993
Contract liabilities 55 48
Contract balances
in 4Q21 3Q21 2Q21 1Q21
Revenue recognized (CHF million)
Revenue recognized in the reporting period included in the contract liabilities balance at the beginning of period 9 10 18 8
The Bank’s contract terms are generally such that they do not result in any contract assets.
There were no material net impairment losses on contract receivables in 2021, 2020 or 2019. The Bank did not recognize any revenues in the reporting period from performance obligations satisfied in previous periods.
Capitalized costs
The Bank has not incurred costs to obtain a contract nor costs to fulfill a contract that are eligible for capitalization.
Remaining performance obligations
ASC Topic 606’s practical expedient allows the Bank to exclude from its remaining performance obligations disclosure any performance obligations which are part of a contract with an original expected duration of one year or less. Additionally, any variable consideration, for which it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will occur when the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is subsequently resolved, is not subject to the remaining performance obligations disclosure because such variable consideration is not included in the transaction price (e.g., investment management fees). Upon review, the Bank determined that no material remaining performance obligations are in scope of the remaining performance obligations disclosure.
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14 Securities borrowed, lent and subject to repurchase agreements
end of 2021 2020
Securities borrowed or purchased under agreements to resell (CHF million)   
Central bank funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements 65,017 53,910
Deposits paid for securities borrowed 38,889 38,366
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions  103,906 92,276
Securities lent or sold under agreements to repurchase (CHF million)   
Central bank funds purchased and securities sold under repurchase agreements 19,685 19,829
Deposits received for securities lent 15,683 17,258
Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions  35,368 37,087
> Refer to “Note 15 – Securities borrowed, lent and subject to repurchase agreements” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
15 Trading assets and liabilities
end of 2021 2020
Trading assets (CHF million)   
Debt securities 54,297 64,532
Equity securities 36,606 63,273
Derivative instruments 1 17,559 25,531
Other 2,837 4,175
Trading assets  111,299 157,511
Trading liabilities (CHF million)   
Short positions 16,693 28,126
Derivative instruments 1 10,846 17,745
Trading liabilities  27,539 45,871
1
Amounts shown after counterparty and cash collateral netting.
end of 2021 2020
Cash collateral on derivative instruments – netted (CHF million)   1
Cash collateral paid 17,869 26,885
Cash collateral received 12,056 16,795
Cash collateral on derivative instruments – not netted (CHF million)   2
Cash collateral paid 7,659 7,741
Cash collateral received 5,533 7,831
1
Recorded as cash collateral netting on derivative instruments in Note 27 – Offsetting of financial assets and financial liabilities.
2
Recorded as cash collateral on derivative instruments in Note 22 – Other assets and other liabilities.
16 Investment securities
end of 2021 2020
Investment securities (CHF million)   
Debt securities available-for-sale 1,003 605
Total investment securities  1,003 605
Investment securities by type
   2021 2020

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Swiss federal, cantonal or local government entities 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Corporate debt securities 1,011 0 8 1,003 594 10 0 604
Debt securities available-for-sale  1,011 0 8 1,003 595 10 0 605
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Gross unrealized losses on debt securities and related fair value
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Fair
value
Gross
unrealized
losses
2021 (CHF million)   
Corporate debt securities 683 8 0 0 683 8
Debt securities available-for-sale  683 8 0 0 683 8
Proceeds from sales, realized gains and realized losses from debt securities available-for-sale
in 2021 2020
Sales of debt securities available-for-sale (CHF million)   
Proceeds from sales 0 629
Realized gains 0 42
Amortized cost, fair value and average yield of debt securities

end of 2021

Amortized
cost

Fair
value
Average
yield
(in %)
Due within 1 year 154 154 0.03
Due from 1 to 5 years 93 93 0.02
Due from 5 to 10 years 764 756 0.07
Debt securities available-for-sale  1,011 1,003 0.06
Allowance for credit losses on debt securities available-for-sale
As of the end of 2021, the Bank had no allowance for credit losses on debt securities available-for-sale.
> Refer to “Note 17 – Investment securities” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
17 Other investments
end of 2021 2020
Other investments (CHF million)   
Equity method investments 1,636 2,624
Equity securities (without a readily determinable fair value) 1 3,315 1,776
   of which at net asset value  53 111
   of which at measurement alternative  345 357
   of which at fair value  2,869 1,278
   of which at cost less impairment  48 30
Real estate held-for-investment 2 48 59
Life finance instruments 3 789 920
Total other investments  5,788 5,379
1
Includes private equity, hedge funds and restricted stock investments as well as certain investments in non-marketable mutual funds for which the Bank has neither significant influence nor control over the investee.
2
As of the end of 2021 and 2020, real estate held for investment included foreclosed or repossessed real estate of CHF 9 million and CHF 16 million, respectively, of which CHF 6 million and CHF 13 million, respectively, were related to residential real estate.
3
Includes single premium immediate annuity contracts.
Accumulated depreciation related to real estate held-for-investment amounted to CHF 28 million, CHF 31 million and CHF 29 million for 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
No impairments were recorded on real estate held-for-investments in 2021. An impairment of CHF 1 million was recorded on real estate held-for-investments in 2020. No impairments were recorded on real estate held-for-investments in 2019.
Equity securities at measurement alternative
in / end of 2021 Cumulative 2020
Impairments and adjustments (CHF million)   
Impairments and downward adjustments (17) (42) (17)
Upward adjustments 1 138 137
> Refer to “Note 36 – Financial instruments” for further information on such investments and “Note 18– Other investments” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
472
18 Loans
> Refer to “Note 19 – Loans” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Loans
end of 2021 2020
Loans (CHF million)   
Mortgages 1 110,533 109,067
Loans collateralized by securities 1 51,253 51,028
Consumer finance 1 5,075 4,437
Consumer 166,861 164,532
Real estate 28,529 29,045
Commercial and industrial loans 69,756 74,700
Financial institutions 1 33,266 30,316
Governments and public institutions 3,323 3,378
Corporate & institutional 134,874 137,439
Gross loans  301,735 301,971
   of which held at amortized cost  291,492 290,563
   of which held at fair value  10,243 11,408
Net (unearned income)/deferred expenses (81) (95)
Allowance for credit losses (1,296) (1,535)
Net loans  300,358 300,341
Gross loans by location   
Switzerland 175,903 176,312
Foreign 125,832 125,659
Gross loans  301,735 301,971
Impaired loans   
Non-performing loans 1,666 1,666
Non-interest-earning loans 286 363
Non-accrual loans 1,952 2,029
Restructured loans 367 313
Potential problem loans 436 843
Other impaired loans 803 1,156
Gross impaired loans 2 2,755 3,185
1
Certain consumer loans have been reclassified to corporate & institutional loans following the application of a look-through approach with regard to beneficial owners. The prior period has been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.
2
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, CHF 130 million and CHF 180 million, respectively, were related to consumer mortgages secured by residential real estate for which formal foreclosure proceedings according to local requirements of the applicable jurisdiction were in process.
> Refer to “Loans” in Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information on categories of impaired loans.
> Refer to “Note 19 – Financial instruments measured at amortized cost and credit losses” for further information on loans held at amortized cost.
473
19 Financial instruments measured at amortized cost and credit losses
> Refer to “Note 20 – Financial instruments measured at amortized cost and credit losses” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information on loans held at amortized cost.
Overview of financial instruments measured at amortized cost – by balance sheet position
   2021 2020

end of

Amortized
cost basis
1 Allowance
for credit
losses
Net
carrying
value

Amortized
cost basis
1 Allowance
for credit
losses
Net
carrying
value
CHF million   
Cash and due from banks 163,718 0 163,718 137,683 (1) 137,682
Interest-bearing deposits with banks 1,256 2 0 1,256 1,235 4 (5) 1,230
Securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions 35,283 2 0 35,283 34,282 0 34,282
Loans 291,411 2,3 (1,296) 290,115 290,468 4,5 (1,535) 288,933
Brokerage receivables 20,875 2 (4,186) 16,689 35,944 4 (1) 35,943
Other assets 14,226 (28) 14,198 15,540 (41) 15,499
Total  526,769 (5,510) 521,259 515,152 (1,583) 513,569
1
Net of unearned income/deferred expenses, as applicable.
2
Excludes accrued interest in the total amount of CHF 301 million, with no related allowance for credit losses. Of the accrued interest balance, CHF 1 million relates to interest-bearing deposits with banks, CHF 1 million to securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions, CHF 295 million to loans and CHF 4 million to brokerage receivables. These accrued interest balances are reported in other assets.
3
Includes endangered interest of CHF 85 million on non-accrual loans which are reported as part of the loans' amortized cost balance.
4
Excludes accrued interest in the total amount of CHF 351 million, with no related allowance for credit losses. Of the accrued interest balance, CHF 1 million relates to interest-bearing deposits with banks, CHF 334 million to loans and CHF 16 million to brokerage receivables. These accrued interest balances are reported in other assets.
5
Includes endangered interest of CHF 87 million on non-accrual loans which are reported as part of the loans' amortized cost balance.
Allowance for credit losses
Loans held at amortized cost
Allowance for credit losses – loans held at amortized cost
   2021 2020 2019 1

Consumer
Corporate &
institutional

Total

Consumer
Corporate &
institutional

Total

Consumer
Corporate &
institutional

Total
CHF million   
Balance at beginning of period  318 1,217 1,535 241 807 1,048 2 187 714 901
Current-period provision for expected credit losses 78 (53) 25 191 709 900 63 221 284
   of which methodology changes  0 (1) (1) 0 (19) (19)
   of which provisions for interest 3 25 23 48 22 15 37
Gross write-offs (55) (242) (297) (87) (238) (325) (86) (213) (299)
Recoveries 9 5 14 8 5 13 9 16 25
Net write-offs (46) (237) (283) (79) (233) (312) (77) (197) (274)
Provisions for interest 3 14 28 42
Foreign currency translation impact and other adjustments, net 7 12 19 (35) (66) (101) (1) (7) (8)
Balance at end of period  357 939 1,296 318 1,217 1,535 186 759 945
   of which individually evaluated  273 512 785 230 635 865 145 463 608
   of which collectively evaluated  84 427 511 88 582 670 41 296 337
1
Measured under the previous accounting guidance (incurred loss model).
2
Includes a net impact of CHF 103 million from the adoption of the new CECL guidance and the related election of the fair value option for certain loans on January 1, 2020, of which CHF 55 million reflected in consumer loans and CHF 48 million in corporate & institutional loans.
3
Represents the current-period net provision for accrued interest on non-accrual loans and lease financing transactions which is recognized as a reversal of interest income.
474
> Refer to “Note 20 – Financial instruments measured at amortized cost and credit losses” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information on estimating expected credit losses and the Bank’s gross write-offs.
Purchases, reclassifications and sales – loans held at amortized cost
   2021 2020 2019

in

Consumer
Corporate &
institutional

Total

Consumer
Corporate &
institutional

Total

Consumer
Corporate &
institutional

Total
CHF million   
Purchases 1 22 4,361 4,383 45 2,756 2,801 18 2,478 2,496
Reclassifications from loans held-for-sale 2 0 133 133 0 6 6 0 11 11
Reclassifications to loans held-for-sale 3 0 4,780 4,780 18 2,007 2,025 0 3,138 3,138
Sales 3 0 4,442 4,442 18 1,626 1,644 0 3,001 3,001
Reclassifications from loans held-for-sale and reclassifications to loans held-for-sale represent non-cash transactions.
1
Includes drawdowns under purchased loan commitments.
2
Includes loans previously reclassified to held-for-sale that were not sold and were reclassified back to loans held-to-maturity.
3
All loans held at amortized cost which are sold are reclassified to loans held-for-sale on or prior to the date of the sale.
Other financial assets
The current-period provision for expected credit losses on other financial assets held at amortized cost includes a provision of CHF 4,307 million related to Archegos Capital Management (Archegos). As of December 31, 2021, the related allowance for credit losses is reported in brokerage receivables.
Allowance for credit losses – other financial assets held at amortized cost
2021 2020
CHF million   
Balance at beginning of period  48 43
Current-period provision for expected credit losses 4,295 19
Gross write-offs (8) (12)
Recoveries 0 2
Net write-offs (8) (10)
Foreign currency translation impact and other adjustments, net (121) (4)
Balance at end of period  4,214 48
   of which individually evaluated  4,200 15
   of which collectively evaluated  14 33
In 2021, the Bank purchased other financial assets held at amortized cost amounting to CHF 196 million, primarily related to mortgage servicing advances.
475
Credit quality information
Credit quality of loans held at amortized cost
The following table presents the Bank’s carrying value of loans held at amortized cost by aggregated internal counterparty credit ratings “investment grade” and “non-investment grade” that are used as credit quality indicators for the purpose of this disclosure, by year of origination. Within the line items relating to the origination year, the first year represents the origination year of the current reporting period and the second year represents the origination year of the comparative reporting period.
Consumer loans held at amortized cost by internal counterparty rating
   2021 2020
    Investment
grade
Non-investment
grade
Investment
grade
Non-investment
grade
end of AAA to BBB BB to C D Total AAA to BBB BB to C D Total
CHF million   
Mortgages 1
2021 / 2020 24,257 2,134 40 26,431 17,454 1,653 3 19,110
2020 / 2019 14,743 1,402 13 16,158 13,936 1,459 26 15,421
2019 / 2018 11,308 1,639 48 12,995 10,187 929 58 11,174
2018 / 2017 7,287 812 88 8,187 7,061 857 44 7,962
2017 / 2016 5,318 698 74 6,090 10,789 914 76 11,779
Prior years 36,790 2,359 317 39,466 39,471 2,854 216 42,541
Total term loans 99,703 9,044 580 109,327 98,898 8,666 423 107,987
Revolving loans 276 930 0 1,206 528 548 4 1,080
Total  99,979 9,974 580 110,533 99,426 9,214 427 109,067
Loans collateralized by securities 1
2021 / 2020 2,627 685 0 3,312 1,031 1,519 149 2,699
2020 / 2019 649 848 0 1,497 995 324 0 1,319
2019 / 2018 61 167 0 228 483 64 0 547
2018 / 2017 32 26 106 164 61 41 0 102
2017 / 2016 55 19 0 74 200 127 0 327
Prior years 804 681 0 1,485 562 622 0 1,184
Total term loans 4,228 2,426 106 6,760 3,332 2,697 149 6,178
Revolving loans 2 41,275 3,063 155 44,493 41,715 3,031 104 44,850
Total  45,503 5,489 261 51,253 45,047 5,728 253 51,028
Consumer finance 1
2021 / 2020 1,688 823 5 2,516 1,282 675 5 1,962
2020 / 2019 538 288 15 841 518 385 22 925
2019 / 2018 285 234 19 538 249 219 23 491
2018 / 2017 98 169 18 285 80 154 17 251
2017 / 2016 21 75 13 109 16 57 10 83
Prior years 13 76 43 132 12 89 41 142
Total term loans 2,643 1,665 113 4,421 2,157 1,579 118 3,854
Revolving loans 348 21 90 459 328 88 81 497
Total  2,991 1,686 203 4,880 2,485 1,667 199 4,351
Consumer – total 
2021 / 2020 28,572 3,642 45 32,259 19,767 3,847 157 23,771
2020 / 2019 15,930 2,538 28 18,496 15,449 2,168 48 17,665
2019 / 2018 11,654 2,040 67 13,761 10,919 1,212 81 12,212
2018 / 2017 7,417 1,007 212 8,636 7,202 1,052 61 8,315
2017 / 2016 5,394 792 87 6,273 11,005 1,098 86 12,189
Prior years 37,607 3,116 360 41,083 40,045 3,565 257 43,867
Total term loans 106,574 13,135 799 120,508 104,387 12,942 690 118,019
Revolving loans 41,899 4,014 245 46,158 42,571 3,667 189 46,427
Total  148,473 17,149 1,044 166,666 146,958 16,609 879 164,446
1
Certain consumer loans have been reclassified to corporate & institutional loans following the application of a look-through approach with regard to beneficial owners. The prior period has been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.
2
Lombard loans are generally classified as revolving loans.
476
Corporate & institutional loans held at amortized cost by internal counterparty rating
   2021 2020
    Investment
grade
Non-investment
grade
Investment
grade
Non-investment
grade
end of AAA to BBB BB to C D Total AAA to BBB BB to C D Total
CHF million   
Real estate 
2021 / 2020 9,568 4,682 2 14,252 6,054 2,792 106 8,952
2020 / 2019 3,709 1,355 5 5,069 2,902 1,611 0 4,513
2019 / 2018 1,849 706 2 2,557 1,849 1,133 24 3,006
2018 / 2017 925 340 1 1,266 1,033 346 72 1,451
2017 / 2016 475 101 0 576 1,591 285 25 1,901
Prior years 2,469 376 30 2,875 5,982 1,105 33 7,120
Total term loans 18,995 7,560 40 26,595 19,411 7,272 260 26,943
Revolving loans 778 297 135 1,210 1,027 172 69 1,268
Total  19,773 7,857 175 27,805 20,438 7,444 329 28,211
Commercial and industrial loans 
2021 / 2020 8,284 11,985 136 20,405 7,724 11,621 310 19,655
2020 / 2019 3,242 4,468 62 7,772 3,851 6,411 133 10,395
2019 / 2018 2,110 3,903 105 6,118 1,781 4,321 247 6,349
2018 / 2017 1,003 2,256 177 3,436 964 1,981 60 3,005
2017 / 2016 697 937 60 1,694 809 1,248 22 2,079
Prior years 2,013 2,848 78 4,939 2,830 3,837 116 6,783
Total term loans 17,349 26,397 618 44,364 17,959 29,419 888 48,266
Revolving loans 13,941 7,458 372 21,771 12,913 8,908 464 22,285
Total  31,290 33,855 990 66,135 30,872 38,327 1,352 70,551
Financial institutions 1
2021 / 2020 6,360 2,012 51 8,423 5,363 964 43 6,370
2020 / 2019 2,081 201 30 2,312 2,134 304 39 2,477
2019 / 2018 660 127 1 788 1,061 453 9 1,523
2018 / 2017 522 151 1 674 124 92 0 216
2017 / 2016 87 19 0 106 199 102 20 321
Prior years 499 85 1 585 770 41 2 813
Total term loans 10,209 2,595 84 12,888 9,651 1,956 113 11,720
Revolving loans 7,542 485 1 8,028 5,754 426 1 6,181
Total  17,751 3,080 85 20,916 15,405 2,382 114 17,901
Governments and public institutions 
2021 / 2020 521 26 0 547 174 33 0 207
2020 / 2019 157 114 0 271 135 20 10 165
2019 / 2018 94 19 19 132 80 0 0 80
2018 / 2017 46 11 0 57 35 0 0 35
2017 / 2016 28 0 0 28 74 1 0 75
Prior years 199 21 0 220 388 41 0 429
Total term loans 1,045 191 19 1,255 886 95 10 991
Revolving loans 32 0 0 32 19 0 0 19
Total  1,077 191 19 1,287 905 95 10 1,010
Corporate & institutional – total 
2021 / 2020 24,733 18,705 189 43,627 19,315 15,410 459 35,184
2020 / 2019 9,189 6,138 97 15,424 9,022 8,346 182 17,550
2019 / 2018 4,713 4,755 127 9,595 4,771 5,907 280 10,958
2018 / 2017 2,496 2,758 179 5,433 2,156 2,419 132 4,707
2017 / 2016 1,287 1,057 60 2,404 2,673 1,636 67 4,376
Prior years 5,180 3,330 109 8,619 9,970 5,024 151 15,145
Total term loans 47,598 36,743 761 85,102 47,907 38,742 1,271 87,920
Revolving loans 22,293 8,240 508 31,041 19,713 9,506 534 29,753
Total  69,891 44,983 1,269 116,143 67,620 48,248 1,805 117,673
1
Certain consumer loans have been reclassified to corporate & institutional loans following the application of a look-through approach with regard to beneficial owners. The prior period has been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.
477
Total loans held at amortized cost by internal counterparty rating
   2021 2020
    Investment
grade
Non-investment
grade
Investment
grade
Non-investment
grade
end of AAA to BBB BB to C D Total AAA to BBB BB to C D Total
CHF million   
Loans held at amortized cost – total 
2021 / 2020 53,305 22,347 234 75,886 39,082 19,257 616 58,955
2020 / 2019 25,119 8,676 125 33,920 24,471 10,514 230 35,215
2019 / 2018 16,367 6,795 194 23,356 15,690 7,119 361 23,170
2018 / 2017 9,913 3,765 391 14,069 9,358 3,471 193 13,022
2017 / 2016 6,681 1,849 147 8,677 13,678 2,734 153 16,565
Prior years 42,787 6,446 469 49,702 50,015 8,589 408 59,012
Total term loans 154,172 49,878 1,560 205,610 152,294 51,684 1,961 205,939
Revolving loans 64,192 12,254 753 77,199 62,284 13,173 723 76,180
Total loans to third parties  218,364 62,132 2,313 282,809 214,578 64,857 2,684 282,119
Total loans to entities under common control 8,683 0 0 8,683 8,444 0 0 8,444
Total  227,047 62,132 2,313 291,492 1 223,022 64,857 2,684 290,563 1
1
Excludes accrued interest on loans held at amortized cost of CHF 295 million and CHF 334 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Credit quality of other financial assets held at amortized cost
The following table presents the Bank’s carrying value of other financial assets held at amortized cost by aggregated internal counterparty credit ratings “investment grade” and “non-investment grade”, by year of origination. Within the line items relating to the origination year, the first year represents the origination year of the current reporting period and the second year represents the origination year of the comparative reporting period.
Other financial assets held at amortized cost by internal counterparty rating
   2021 2020
    Investment
grade
Non-investment
grade
Investment
grade
Non-investment
grade
end of AAA to BBB BB to C D Total AAA to BBB BB to C D Total
CHF million   
Other financial assets held at amortized cost 
2021 / 2020 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
2019 / 2018 0 0 0 0 0 70 0 70
2018 / 2017 0 63 0 63 0 2 0 2
2017 / 2016 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 4
Prior years 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Total term positions 0 72 0 72 0 76 0 76
Revolving positions 0 970 0 970 0 934 0 934
Total  0 1,042 0 1,042 0 1,010 0 1,010
Includes primarily mortgage servicing advances and failed purchases.
478
Past due financial assets
Loans held at amortized cost – past due
   Current Past due

end of

Up to
30 days
31–60
days
61–90
days
More than
90 days

Total

Total
2021 (CHF million)   
Mortgages 109,877 123 73 61 399 656 110,533
Loans collateralized by securities 51,069 42 0 0 142 184 51,253
Consumer finance 4,449 144 70 60 157 431 4,880
Consumer 165,395 309 143 121 698 1,271 166,666
Real estate 27,628 6 4 0 167 177 27,805
Commercial and industrial loans 65,327 166 13 12 617 808 66,135
Financial institutions 20,807 60 7 1 41 109 20,916
Governments and public institutions 1,252 16 0 0 19 35 1,287
Corporate & institutional 115,014 248 24 13 844 1,129 116,143
Total loans to third parties  280,409 557 167 134 1,542 2,400 282,809
Total loans to entities under common control 8,683 0 0 0 0 0 8,683
Total loans held at amortized cost  289,092 557 167 134 1,542 2,400 291,492 1
2020 (CHF million)   
Mortgages 2 108,544 63 68 34 358 523 109,067
Loans collateralized by securities 2 50,907 17 0 0 104 121 51,028
Consumer finance 2 3,916 149 68 47 171 435 4,351
Consumer 163,367 229 136 81 633 1,079 164,446
Real estate 28,070 50 3 11 77 141 28,211
Commercial and industrial loans 69,227 3 622 26 6 670 1,324 3 70,551
Financial institutions 2 17,720 48 15 72 46 181 17,901
Governments and public institutions 969 37 4 0 0 41 1,010
Corporate & institutional 115,986 757 48 89 793 1,687 117,673
Total loans to third parties  279,353 986 184 170 1,426 2,766 282,119
Total loans to entities under common control 8,444 0 0 0 0 0 8,444
Total loans held at amortized cost  287,797 986 184 170 1,426 2,766 290,563 1
1
Excludes accrued interest on loans held at amortized cost of CHF 295 million and CHF 334 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
2
Certain consumer loans have been reclassified to corporate & institutional loans following the application of a look-through approach with regard to beneficial owners. The prior period has been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.
3
Prior period has been revised.
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Bank did not have any loans that were more than 90 days past due and still accruing interest. Also, the Bank did not have any other financial assets held at amortized cost that were past due.
479
Non-accrual financial assets
Non-accrual loans held at amortized cost
   2021 2020



Amortized
cost of
non-accrual
assets at
beginning
of period



Amortized
cost of
non-accrual
assets at
end
of period






Interest
income
recognized
Amortized
cost of
non-accrual
assets
with no
specific
allowance
at end of
period



Amortized
cost of
non-accrual
assets at
beginning
of period



Amortized
cost of
non-accrual
assets at
end
of period






Interest
income
recognized
Amortized
cost of
non-accrual
assets
with no
specific
allowance
at end of
period
CHF million   
Mortgages 418 572 2 111 337 418 3 60
Loans collateralized by securities 105 262 8 2 122 105 1 0
Consumer finance 201 205 3 1 168 201 3 1
Consumer 724 1,039 13 114 627 724 7 61
Real estate 324 167 6 0 155 324 8 27
Commercial and industrial loans 913 686 11 96 670 913 38 4
Financial institutions 68 41 0 0 46 68 0 8
Governments and public institutions 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0
Corporate & institutional 1,305 913 17 96 871 1,305 46 39
Total loans held at amortized cost  2,029 1,952 30 210 1,498 2,029 53 100
Collateral-dependent financial assets
> Refer to “Note 20 – Financial instruments measured at amortized cost and credit losses” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information on the Bank’s collateral-dependent financial assets.
Troubled debt restructurings and modifications
Restructured financing receivables held at amortized cost
   2021 2020 2019

in


Number of
contracts
Recorded
investment –
pre-
modification
Recorded
investment –
post-
modification


Number of
contracts
Recorded
investment –
pre-
modification
Recorded
investment –
post-
modification


Number of
contracts
Recorded
investment –
pre-
modification
Recorded
investment –
post-
modification
CHF million, except where indicated   
Mortgages 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 7
Loans collateralized by securities 1 33 25 3 165 165 0 0 0
Real estate 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Commercial and industrial loans 18 402 394 17 127 95 25 172 161
Financial institutions 1 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total loans  21 481 465 20 292 260 26 179 168
Restructured financing receivables held at amortized cost that defaulted within 12 months from restructuring
   2021 2020 2019

in
Number of
contracts
Recorded
investment
Number of
contracts
Recorded
investment
Number of
contracts
Recorded
investment
CHF million, except where indicated   
Mortgages 0 0 0 0 1 13
Loans collateralized by securities 3 156 0 0 0 0
Commercial and industrial loans 1 14 4 13 1 2
Total loans  4 170 4 13 2 15
480
In 2021, the loan modifications of the Bank included the increase of credit facilities, extended loan repayment terms, including postponed loan amortizations and extended maturity dates, interest rate concessions, waivers of principal and interest and changes in covenants.
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Bank did not have any commitments to lend additional funds to debtors whose loan terms had been modified in troubled debt restructurings.
20 Goodwill

2021
Swiss
Universal
Bank
International
Wealth
Management

Asia
Pacific

Asset
Management

Investment
Bank


Bank
1
Gross amount of goodwill (CHF million)
Balance at beginning of period  557 276 1,005 1,062 4,734 7,646
Foreign currency translation impact 10 4 25 39 27 105
Other 0 (3) 0 0 0 (3)
Balance at end of period  567 277 1,030 1,101 4,761 7,748
Accumulated impairment (CHF million)
Balance at beginning of period  0 0 0 0 3,879 3,891
Impairment losses 0 0 94 0 882 976
Balance at end of period  0 0 94 0 4,761 4,867
Net book value (CHF million)
Net book value  567 277 936 1,101 0 2,881
2020
Gross amount of goodwill (CHF million)
Balance at beginning of period  589 288 986 1,193 4,783 7,851
Goodwill acquired during the year 0 0 98 9 24 131
Foreign currency translation impact (30) (11) (68) (102) (73) (284)
Other (2) (1) (11) (38) 0 (52)
Balance at end of period  557 276 1,005 1,062 4,734 7,646
Accumulated impairment (CHF million)
Balance at beginning of period  0 0 0 0 3,879 3,891
Balance at end of period  0 0 0 0 3,879 3,891
Net book value (CHF million)
Net book value  557 276 1,005 1,062 855 3,755
1
Gross amount of goodwill and accumulated impairment include goodwill of CHF 12 million related to legacy business transferred to the former Strategic Resolution Unit in 4Q15 and fully written off at the time of transfer, in addition to the divisions disclosed.
> Refer to “Note 21 – Goodwill” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
481
21 Other intangible assets
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Other intangible assets (CHF million)   
Trade names/trademarks 25 (25) 0 24 (24) 0
Client relationships 31 (7) 24 30 0 30
Other 5 (3) 2 (3) 3 0
Total amortizing other intangible assets  61 (35) 26 51 (21) 30
Non-amortizing other intangible assets 250 250 207 207
   of which mortgage servicing rights, at fair value  224 224 180 180
Total other intangible assets  311 (35) 276 258 (21) 237
Additional information
in 2021 2020 2019
Aggregate amortization and impairment (CHF million)   
Aggregate amortization 8 6 5
Impairment 0 2 5
Estimated amortization
Estimated amortization (CHF million)   
2022 4
2023 3
2024 3
2025 2
2026 2
22 Other assets and other liabilities
end of 2021 2020
Other assets (CHF million)   
Cash collateral on derivative instruments 7,659 7,741
Cash collateral on non-derivative transactions 395 635
Derivative instruments used for hedging 212 131
Assets held-for-sale 8,020 7,077
   of which loans 1 7,924 7,046
      allowance for loans held-for-sale  (44) (48)
   of which real estate 2 94 27
   of which long-lived assets  2 4
Premises, equipment and right-of-use assets 6,140 6,213
Assets held for separate accounts 98 102
Interest and fees receivable 2,934 4,397
Deferred tax assets 3,666 3,630
Prepaid expenses 394 367
   of which cloud computing arrangement    implementation costs  46 32
Failed purchases 1,307 1,451
Defined benefit pension and post-retirement plan assets 974 975
Other 4,916 3,855
Other assets  36,715 36,574
1
Included as of the end of 2021 and 2020 were CHF 391 million and CHF 262 million, respectively, in restricted loans, which represented collateral on secured borrowings.
2
As of the end of 2021 and 2020, real estate held-for-sale included foreclosed or repossessed real estate of CHF 8 million and CHF 8 million, respectively, of which CHF 8 million and CHF 8 million, respectively, were related to residential real estate.
end of 2021 2020
Other liabilities (CHF million)   
Cash collateral on derivative instruments 5,533 7,831
Cash collateral on non-derivative transactions 528 174
Derivative instruments used for hedging 10 45
Operating leases liabilities 1,861 1,981
Provisions 1,912 2,067
   of which expected credit losses on    off-balance sheet credit exposures  257 311
Restructuring liabilities 19 49
Liabilities held for separate accounts 98 102
Interest and fees payable 3,930 4,397
Current tax liabilities 671 542
Deferred tax liabilities 122 157
Failed sales 1,736 1,120
Defined benefit pension and post-retirement plan liabilities 343 403
Other 4,546 11,472
Other liabilities  21,309 30,340
482
Premises, equipment and right-of-use assets
end of 2021 2020
Premises and equipment (CHF million)
Buildings and improvements 1,084 1,403
Land 241 291
Leasehold improvements 1,578 1,634
Software 7,660 6,663
Equipment 1,004 1,128
Premises and equipment  11,567 11,119
Accumulated depreciation (7,143) (6,761)
Total premises and equipment, net  4,424 4,358
Right-of-use assets (CHF million)
Operating leases 1,716 1,855
Right-of-use assets  1,716 1,855
Total premises, equipment and right-of-use assets  6,140 6,213
Depreciation, amortization and impairment
end of 2021 2020 2019
CHF million   
Depreciation on premises and equipment 903 860 844
Impairment on premises and equipment 20 10 3
Amortization and impairment on right-of-use assets 313 284 279
> Refer to “Note 23 – Leases” for further information on right-of-use assets.
483
23 Leases
> Refer to “Note 24 – Leases” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Lessee arrangements
Lease costs
end of 2021 2020 2019
Lease costs (CHF million)      
Operating lease costs 293 305 324
Variable lease costs 50 45 37
Sublease income (75) (87) (95)
Total lease costs  268 263 266
During 2021, the Bank entered into 13 sale-leaseback transactions with lease terms ranging from 3 to 10 years. During 2020, the Bank entered into one sale-leaseback transaction with a lease term of one year. During 2019, the Bank entered into 4 sale-leaseback transactions, with lease terms ranging from 5 to 10 years.
Other information
end of 2021 2020 2019
Other information (CHF million)
Gains/(losses) on sale and leaseback transactions 225 15 274
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities recorded in operating cash flows (334) (340) (400)
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange of new operating lease liabilities 1 107 32 100
Changes to right-of-use assets due to lease modifications for operating leases 29 26 214
1
Represents non-cash transactions and includes right-of-use assets relating to changes in classification of scope of variable interest entities.
Weighted average remaining lease term and discount rate
end of 2021 2020
Operating leases   
Remaining lease term (years) 9.6 10.4
Discount rate (%) 2.8 2.9
Maturities relating to operating lease arrangements
end of 2021 2020
Maturity (CHF million)
Due within 1 year 309 320
Due between 1 and 2 years 278 299
Due between 2 and 3 years 234 262
Due between 3 and 4 years 234 219
Due between 4 and 5 years 197 190
Thereafter 919 1,054
Operating lease obligations  2,171 2,344
Future interest payable (310) (363)
Operating lease liabilities  1,861 1,981
Lessor arrangements
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Bank had approximately CHF 1.1 billion and CHF 0.9 billion, respectively, of residual value guarantees associated with lessor arrangements.
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Direct
financing
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Sales-
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leases
Direct
financing
leases
Net investments (CHF million)   
Lease receivables 1,107 2,395 862 2,299
Unguaranteed residual assets 119 80 43 188
Valuation allowances (7) (18) (6) (23)
Total net investments  1,219 2,457 899 2,464
484
Maturities relating to lessor arrangements
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leases
Maturity (CHF million)   
Due within 1 year 467 727 61 359 755 63
Due between 1 and 2 years 263 641 59 213 620 57
Due between 2 and 3 years 179 583 59 142 514 53
Due between 3 and 4 years 113 458 56 84 402 52
Due between 4 and 5 years 62 125 54 43 125 50
Thereafter 83 31 177 66 48 217
Total  1,167 2,565 466 907 2,464 492
Future interest receivable (60) (170) (45) (165)
Lease receivables  1,107 2,395 862 2,299
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Bank had CHF 224 million and CHF 234 million, respectively, of related party operating leases.
Lease income
end of 2021 2020 2019
Lease income (CHF million)   
Interest income on sales-type leases 25 19 13
Interest income on direct financing leases 68 74 97
Lease income from operating leases 93 107 119
Variable lease income 1 0 3
Total lease income  187 200 232
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Foreign

Total
Deposits (CHF million)   
Non-interest-bearing demand deposits 2,703 2,557 5,260 3,231 3,097 6,328
Interest-bearing demand deposits 153,611 47,415 201,026 145,296 42,172 187,468
Savings deposits 60,027 8,474 68,501 62,769 8,764 71,533
Time deposits 35,775 102,239 138,014 1 27,188 115,942 143,130 1
Total deposits  252,116 160,685 412,801 2 238,484 169,975 408,459 2
   of which due to banks  18,960 16,420
   of which customer deposits  393,841 392,039
The designation of deposits in Switzerland versus foreign deposits is based upon the location of the office where the deposit is recorded.
1
Included uninsured time deposits of CHF 128,714 million and CHF 136,687 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which are in excess of any country-specific insurance limit or which are not covered by an insurance regime.
2
Not included as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 were CHF 86 million and CHF 106 million, respectively, of overdrawn deposits reclassified as loans.
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25 Long-term debt
end of 2021 2020
Long-term debt (CHF million)   
Senior 95,468 94,768
Subordinated 63,836 63,765
Non-recourse liabilities from consolidated VIEs 1,391 1,746
Long-term debt  160,695 160,279
   of which reported at fair value  67,788 70,243
   of which structured notes  43,126 47,039
end of 2021 2020
Structured notes by product (CHF million)   
Equity 28,681 29,907
Fixed income 11,678 13,882
Credit 2,363 2,881
Other 404 369
Total structured notes  43,126 47,039
Long-term debt by maturities
end of 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Thereafter Total
Long-term debt (CHF million)
Senior debt 
   Fixed rate  4,058 4,886 4,740 4,584 5,709 14,019 37,996
   Variable rate  15,708 11,665 7,760 4,777 3,932 13,630 57,472
   Interest rates (range in %) 1 0.0 9.7 0.1 2.2 0.0 3.6 0.0 3.5 0.1 3.3 0.0 7.1
Subordinated debt 
   Fixed rate  7,308 10,522 4,555 9,432 7,008 19,548 58,373
   Variable rate  643 94 1,766 0 0 2,960 5,463
   Interest rates (range in %) 1 0.9 7.1 0.6 8.0 0.8 6.5 0.4 7.3 2.2 6.4 0.7 7.2
Non-recourse liabilities from consolidated VIEs 
   Fixed rate  133 123 0 217 0 0 473
   Variable rate  14 6 2 0 9 2 0 889 918
   Interest rates (range in %) 1 0.0 2.9 0.0 10.6
Total long-term debt  27,864 27,296 18,821 19,019 16,649 51,046 160,695
   of which structured notes  11,346 7,764 4,625 3,628 2,954 12,809 43,126
The maturity of perpetual debt is based on the earliest callable date. The maturity of all other debt is based on contractual maturity and includes certain structured notes that have mandatory early redemption features based on stipulated movements in markets or the occurrence of a market event. Within this population there are approximately CHF 2.7 billion of such notes with a contractual maturity of greater than one year that have an observable likelihood of redemption occurring within one year based on a modelling assessment.
1
Excludes structured notes for which fair value has been elected as the related coupons are dependent upon the embedded derivatives and prevailing market conditions at the time each coupon is paid.
2
Reflects equity linked notes, where the payout is not fixed.
> Refer to “Note 26 – Long-term debt” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
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2021 (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  205 (17,517) 13 (460) (11) (2,469) (20,239)
Increase/(decrease) (259) 751 0 12 4 284 792
Reclassification adjustments, included in net income/(loss) (41) 6 0 19 1 103 88
Total increase/(decrease) (300) 757 0 31 5 387 880
Balance at end of period  (95) (16,760) 13 (429) (6) (2,082) (19,359)
2020 (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  28 (14,560) 30 (417) (7) (2,620) (17,546)
Increase/(decrease) 90 (2,974) (49) (55) (4) (6) (2,998)
Reclassification adjustments, included in net income/(loss) 87 17 32 12 0 157 305
Total increase/(decrease) 177 (2,957) (17) (43) (4) 151 (2,693)
Balance at end of period  205 (17,517) 13 (460) (11) (2,469) (20,239)
2019 (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  (58) (13,573) 9 (350) (8) (860) (14,840)
Increase/(decrease) 65 (990) 21 (42) 0 (1,931) (2,877)
Reclassification adjustments, included in net income/(loss) 21 3 0 17 1 193 235
Cumulative effect of accounting changes, net of tax 0 0 0 (42) 0 (22) (64)
Total increase/(decrease) 86 (987) 21 (67) 1 (1,760) (2,706)
Balance at end of period  28 (14,560) 30 (417) (7) (2,620) (17,546)
1
No impairments on available-for-sale debt securities were recognized in net income/(loss) in 2021, 2020 and 2019.
> Refer to “Note 28 – Tax” and “Note 31 – Pension and other post-retirement benefits” for income tax expense/(benefit) on the movements of accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss).
Details of significant reclassification adjustments
in 2021 2020 2019
Reclassification adjustments, included in net income/(loss) (CHF million)   
Actuarial gains/(losses) 
   Amortization of recognized actuarial losses 1 23 13 22
   Tax expense/(benefit)  (4) (1) (5)
   Net of tax  19 12 17
1
These components are included in the computation of total benefit costs. Refer to "Note 31 – Pension and other post-retirement benefits" for further information.
487
27 Offsetting of financial assets and financial liabilities
> Refer to “Note 28 – Offsetting of financial assets and financial liabilities” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
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liabilities
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assets
Derivative
liabilities
Gross derivatives subject to enforceable master netting agreements (CHF billion)   
OTC-cleared 4.4 4.0 6.1 4.6
OTC 44.5 40.3 68.2 65.7
Exchange-traded 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.6
Interest rate products  49.0 44.3 74.8 70.9
OTC-cleared 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
OTC 20.0 22.0 23.1 27.7
Foreign exchange products  20.2 22.2 23.3 27.9
OTC 8.2 13.0 10.7 15.1
Exchange-traded 22.7 21.4 19.9 20.4
Equity/index-related products  30.9 34.4 30.6 35.5
OTC-cleared 1.3 1.4 0.7 0.7
OTC 3.3 4.3 3.9 4.9
Credit derivatives  4.6 5.7 4.6 5.6
OTC 1.4 0.5 1.6 0.8
Exchange-traded 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other products 1 1.5 0.6 1.7 0.9
OTC-cleared 5.9 5.6 7.0 5.5
OTC 77.4 80.1 107.5 114.2
Exchange-traded 22.9 21.5 20.5 21.1
Total gross derivatives subject to enforceable master netting agreements  106.2 107.2 135.0 140.8
Offsetting (CHF billion)   
OTC-cleared (5.6) (5.3) (6.2) (5.4)
OTC (68.5) (74.6) (94.4) (104.4)
Exchange-traded (21.0) (21.0) (20.0) (20.3)
Offsetting  (95.1) (100.9) (120.6) (130.1)
   of which counterparty netting  (83.0) (83.0) (103.2) (103.2)
   of which cash collateral netting  (12.1) (17.9) (17.4) (26.9)
Net derivatives presented in the consolidated balance sheets (CHF billion)   
OTC-cleared 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.1
OTC 8.9 5.5 13.1 9.8
Exchange-traded 1.9 0.5 0.5 0.8
Total net derivatives subject to enforceable master netting agreements  11.1 6.3 14.4 10.7
Total derivatives not subject to enforceable master netting agreements 2 6.7 4.3 11.2 6.8
Total net derivatives presented in the consolidated balance sheets  17.8 10.6 25.6 17.5
   of which recorded in trading assets and trading liabilities  17.6 10.6 25.5 17.5
   of which recorded in other assets and other liabilities  0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0
1
Primarily precious metals, commodity and energy products.
2
Represents derivatives where a legal opinion supporting the enforceability of netting in the event of default or termination under the agreement is not in place.
488
Offsetting of securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions
   2021 2020

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Gross

Offsetting
Net
book value
Securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions (CHF billion)    
Securities purchased under resale agreements 74.1 (16.6) 57.5 55.8 (7.5) 48.3
Securities borrowing transactions 22.2 0.0 22.2 25.1 (0.4) 24.7
Total subject to enforceable master netting agreements  96.3 (16.6) 79.7 80.9 (7.9) 73.0
Total not subject to enforceable master netting agreements 1 24.2 24.2 19.3 19.3
Total  120.5 (16.6) 103.9 2 100.2 (7.9) 92.3 2
1
Represents securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions where a legal opinion supporting the enforceability of netting in the event of default or termination under the agreement is not in place.
2
CHF 68,623 million and CHF 57,994 million of the total net amount as of the end of 2021 and 2020, respectively, are reported at fair value.
Offsetting of securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions
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Gross

Offsetting
Net
book value
Securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions (CHF billion)    
Securities sold under repurchase agreements 32.3 (16.6) 15.7 26.1 (7.9) 18.2
Securities lending transactions 15.4 0.0 15.4 16.6 0.0 16.6
Obligation to return securities received as collateral, at fair value 14.7 0.0 14.7 49.9 0.0 49.9
Total subject to enforceable master netting agreements  62.4 (16.6) 45.8 92.6 (7.9) 84.7
Total not subject to enforceable master netting agreements 1 4.6 4.6 3.1 3.1
Total  67.0 (16.6) 50.4 95.7 (7.9) 87.8
   of which securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities    lending transactions  52.0 (16.6) 35.4 2 44.9 (7.9) 37.0 2
   of which obligation to return securities received as collateral, at fair value  15.0 0.0 15.0 50.8 0.0 50.8
1
Represents securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions where a legal opinion supporting the enforceability of netting in the event of default or termination under the agreement is not in place.
2
CHF 13,307 million and CHF 13,688 million of the total net amount as of the end of 2021 and 2020, respectively, are reported at fair value.
Amounts not offset in the consolidated balance sheets
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Net
exposure
Financial assets subject to enforceable master netting agreements (CHF billion)    
Derivatives 11.1 4.5 0.0 6.6 14.4 5.5 0.1 8.8
Securities purchased under resale agreements 57.5 57.5 0.0 0.0 48.3 48.3 0.0 0.0
Securities borrowing transactions 22.2 21.9 0.0 0.3 24.7 24.3 0.0 0.4
Total financial assets subject to enforceable master netting agreements  90.8 83.9 0.0 6.9 87.4 78.1 0.1 9.2
Financial liabilities subject to enforceable master netting agreements (CHF billion)    
Derivatives 6.3 1.3 0.0 5.0 10.7 2.2 0.0 8.5
Securities sold under repurchase agreements 15.7 15.6 0.1 0.0 18.2 18.2 0.0 0.0
Securities lending transactions 15.4 15.3 0.0 0.1 16.6 16.3 0.0 0.3
Obligation to return securities received as collateral, at fair value 14.7 13.0 0.0 1.7 49.9 43.4 0.0 6.5
Total financial liabilities subject to enforceable master netting agreements  52.1 45.2 0.1 6.8 95.4 80.1 0.0 15.3
1
The total amount reported in financial instruments (recognized financial assets and financial liabilities and non-cash financial collateral) and cash collateral is limited to the amount of the related instruments presented in the consolidated balance sheets and therefore any over-collateralization of these positions is not included.
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28 Tax
Details of current and deferred taxes
in 2021 2020 2019
Current and deferred taxes (CHF million)   
Switzerland 302 151 164
Foreign 472 188 518
Current income tax expense  774 339 682
Switzerland 156 367 194
Foreign 8 (9) 422
Deferred income tax expense  164 358 616
Income tax expense  938 697 1,298
Income tax expense/(benefit) reported in shareholders' equity related to:
   Gains/(losses) on cash flow hedges  (62) 25 13
   Cumulative translation adjustment  4 0 (4)
   Unrealized gains/(losses) on debt securities  (4) (6) 7
   Actuarial gains/(losses)  0 (19) 4
   Net prior service cost  0 1 0
Reconciliation of taxes computed at the Swiss statutory rate
in 2021 2020 2019
Income/(loss) before taxes (CHF million)   
Switzerland 1,659 2,477 3,259
Foreign (1,750) 734 1,134
Income/(loss) before taxes  (91) 3,211 4,393
Reconciliation of taxes computed at the Swiss statutory rate (CHF million)   
Income tax expense/(benefit) computed at the statutory tax rate 1 (17) 642 966
Increase/(decrease) in income taxes resulting from
   Foreign tax rate differential  92 (64) (109)
   Non-deductible amortization of other intangible assets and goodwill impairment  (181) 0 1
   Other non-deductible expenses  369 253 368
   Additional taxable income  15 8 7
   Lower taxed income  (129) (221) (314)
   (Income)/loss taxable to noncontrolling interests  12 18 8
   Changes in tax law and rates  (29) (5) 9
   Changes in deferred tax valuation allowance  612 281 114
   Change in recognition of outside basis difference  3 (13) 4
   (Windfall tax benefits)/shortfall tax charges on share-based compensation  37 75 39
   Other  154 (277) 205
Income tax expense  938 697 1,298
1
The statutory tax rate was 18.5% in 2021, 20% in 2020 and 22% in 2019.
2021
Foreign tax rate differential of CHF 92 million reflected a foreign tax benefit primarily driven by losses in higher tax jurisdictions, mainly in the UK, partially offset by profits made in higher tax jurisdictions, such as the US. The foreign tax rate expense of CHF 480 million comprised not only the foreign tax expense based on statutory tax rates but also the tax impacts related to the following reconciling items.
Other non-deductible expenses of CHF 369 million included the impact of CHF 200 million relating to non-deductible interest expenses and non-deductible costs related to funding and capital (including a contingency accrual of CHF 11 million), CHF 93 million relating to non-deductible legacy litigation provisions, including amounts relating to the Mozambique matter, CHF 39 million relating to non-deductible UK bank levy costs and other non-deductible compensation expenses and management costs, CHF 28 million relating to other non-deductible expenses and various smaller items.
Lower taxed income of CHF 129 million included a tax benefit of CHF 77 million related to non-taxable life insurance income, CHF 41 million related to non-taxable dividend income, CHF 5 million related to concessionary and lower taxed income, CHF 5 million related to exempt income and various smaller items.
490
Changes in deferred tax valuation allowances of CHF 612 million included a tax charge from the increase in valuation allowances on deferred tax assets of CHF 771 million, mainly in respect of two of the Bank’s operating entities in the UK. This mainly reflected the impact of the loss related to Archegos attributable to the UK operations. Also included was the net impact of the release of valuation allowances on deferred tax assets of CHF 159 million, mainly in respect of one of the Bank’s operating entities in Switzerland and another of the Bank’s operating entities in Hong Kong.
Other of CHF 154 million included an income charge of CHF 100 million relating to withholding taxes, CHF 51 million relating to the tax impact of an accounting standard implementation transition adjustment for own credit movements and CHF 29 million relating to the current year base erosion and anti-abuse tax (BEAT) provision. These charges were partially offset by CHF 30 million relating to prior years’ adjustments. The remaining balance included various smaller items.
2020
Foreign tax rate differential of CHF 64 million reflected a foreign tax benefit primarily driven by losses in higher tax jurisdictions, mainly in the UK, and profits incurred in lower tax jurisdictions, mainly in Singapore, partially offset by profits made in higher tax jurisdictions, such as the US. The foreign tax rate expense of CHF 179 million comprised not only the foreign tax expense based on statutory tax rates but also the tax impacts related to the following reconciling items.
Other non-deductible expenses of CHF 253 million included the impact of CHF 117 million relating to non-deductible interest expenses and non-deductible costs related to funding and capital (including the impact of a previously unrecognized tax benefit of CHF 157 million relating to the resolution of interest costs deductibility with and between international tax authorities, partially offset by a contingency accrual of CHF 41 million), CHF 68 million relating to non-deductible bank levy costs and other non-deductible compensation expenses and management costs, CHF 46 million relating to non-deductible legacy litigation provisions and CHF 23 million relating to other non-deductible expenses.
Lower taxed income of CHF 221 million included a tax benefit of CHF 79 million related to the revaluations of the equity investments in the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX) Group AG, Allfunds Group and Pfandbriefbank in Switzerland, CHF 53 million related to concessionary and lower taxed income, CHF 67 million related to non-taxable life insurance income, CHF 19 million related to the transfer of the InvestLab fund platform to Allfunds Group and various smaller items.
Changes in deferred tax valuation allowances of CHF 281 million included a tax charge from the increase in valuation allowances on deferred tax assets of CHF 312 million, mainly in respect of the re-assessment of deferred tax assets reflecting changes in the future profitability of one of the Bank’s operating entities in Switzerland of CHF 222 million, and also in respect of one of the Bank’s operating entities in the UK. Also included was the net impact of the release of valuation allowances on deferred tax assets of CHF 31 million, mainly in respect of one of the Bank’s operating entities in Hong Kong and another of the Bank’s operating entities in the UK.
Other of CHF 277 million included an income tax benefit from the re-assessment of the BEAT provision for 2019 of CHF 180 million and the impact of a change in US tax rules relating to federal net operating losses (NOL), where federal NOL generated in tax years 2018, 2019, or 2020 can be carried back for five years instead of no carry back before and also the deductible interest expense limitations for the years 2019 and 2020 have been increased from 30% to 50% of adjusted taxable income for the year, which in aggregate resulted in a benefit of CHF 141 million. Additionally, this included an income tax benefit of CHF 80 million relating to prior years’ adjustments and a tax benefit of CHF 34 million relating to the beneficial earnings mix of one of the Bank’s operating entities in Switzerland. These benefits were partially offset by CHF 78 million relating to the tax impact of an accounting standard implementation transition adjustment for own credit movements, CHF 61 million relating to withholding taxes, CHF 26 million relating to the current year BEAT provision and the remaining balance included various smaller items.
The US tax reform enacted in December 2017 introduced the BEAT tax regime, effective as of January 1, 2018, for which final regulations were issued by the US Department of Treasury on December 2, 2019. Following the publication of the 2019 financial statements, Credit Suisse continued its analysis of the final regulations, resulting in a revision to the technical application of the prior BEAT estimate. This new information was not available or reasonably knowable at the time of the publication of the 2019 financial statements and resulted in a change of accounting estimate reflected in 2020.
2019
Foreign tax rate differential of CHF 109 million reflected a foreign tax benefit mainly driven by losses in higher tax jurisdictions, mainly in the UK, and profits incurred in lower tax jurisdictions, mainly in Singapore, partially offset by profits made in higher tax jurisdictions, such as Brazil. The foreign tax rate expense of CHF 940 million comprised not only the foreign tax expense based on statutory tax rates but also the tax impacts related to the following reconciling items.
Other non-deductible expenses of CHF 368 million included the impact of CHF 274 million relating to non-deductible interest expenses (including a contingency accrual of CHF 28 million), CHF 56 million relating to non-deductible bank levy costs and other non-deductible compensation expenses and management costs, CHF 34 million relating to non-deductible fines and various smaller non-deductible expenses.
Lower taxed income of CHF 314 million included a tax benefit of CHF 160 million related to the transfer of the InvestLab fund
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platform to Allfunds Group and SIX Group AG equity investment revaluation gain in Switzerland, CHF 73 million related to non-taxable life insurance income, CHF 45 million related to non-taxable dividend income, CHF 20 million related to concessionary and lower taxed income, CHF 14 million related to exempt income and various smaller items.
Changes in deferred tax valuation allowances of CHF 114 million included a tax charge from the increase in valuation allowances on deferred tax assets of CHF 272 million, mainly in respect of three of the Bank’s operating entities in Japan, the UK and the US. Also included was the net impact of the release of valuation allowances on deferred tax assets of CHF 158 million, mainly in respect of one of the Bank’s operating entities in the UK.
Other of CHF 205 million included CHF 165 million relating to BEAT and CHF 123 million relating to the tax impact of an accounting standard implementation transition adjustment for own credit movements. This was partially offset by CHF 53 million relating to agreements reached with tax authorities relating to an advanced pricing agreement and the closure of a tax audit, and CHF 20 million relating to a prior year adjustment. The remaining balance included various smaller items.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
end of 2021 2020
Deferred tax assets and liabilities (CHF million)   
Compensation and benefits 832 916
Loans 319 342
Investment securities 1,257 1,347
Provisions 1,357 999
Leases 228 254
Derivatives 46 51
Real estate 250 168
Net operating loss carry-forwards 6,382 5,278
Goodwill and intangible assets 135 209
Other 151 107
Gross deferred tax assets before valuation allowance  10,957 9,671
Less valuation allowance (5,338) (4,323)
Gross deferred tax assets net of valuation allowance  5,619 5,348
Compensation and benefits (355) (304)
Loans (131) (60)
Investment securities (722) (523)
Provisions (297) (332)
Leases (216) (233)
Derivatives (218) (211)
Real estate (38) (36)
Other (98) (176)
Gross deferred tax liabilities  (2,075) (1,875)
Net deferred tax assets  3,544 3,473
   of which deferred tax assets  3,666 3,630
      of which net operating losses  877 1,064
      of which deductible temporary differences  2,789 2,566
   of which deferred tax liabilities  (122) (157)
Net deferred tax assets of CHF 3,544 million increased CHF 71 million from 2020 to 2021, primarily driven by the impact of the partial tax benefit of the loss related to Archegos attributable to non-UK operations, for which the Bank recognized a deferred tax asset, and the impact of foreign exchange translation gains, which are included within the currency translation adjustments recorded in OCI. These increases were partially offset by earnings.
The most significant net deferred tax assets arise in the US and these increased from CHF 3,040 million in 2020 to CHF 3,089 million in 2021. No valuation allowance was required on the US deferred tax assets as of the end of 2021.
The Bank recorded a valuation allowance against gross deferred tax assets in the amount of CHF 5.3 billion as of December 31, 2021, compared to CHF 4.3 billion as of December 31, 2020. This was due to the uncertainty concerning its ability to generate the necessary amount and mix of taxable income in future periods. It also reflected a CHF 0.9 billion increase due to the re-measurement of gross deferred tax assets in the UK due to changes to tax rates in 2021. Additionally, this was partially offset by a decrease due to changes in scope of consolidation.
Unrecognized deferred tax liabilities
As of December 31, 2021, the Bank had accumulated undistributed earnings from foreign subsidiaries of CHF 19.5 billion. No deferred tax liability was recorded in respect of those amounts as these earnings are considered indefinitely reinvested. The Bank would need to accrue and pay taxes on these undistributed earnings if such earnings were repatriated. It is not practicable to estimate the amount of unrecognized deferred tax liabilities for these undistributed foreign earnings.
Amounts and expiration dates of net operating loss carry-forwards
end of 2021 Total
Net operating loss carry-forwards (CHF million)   
Due to expire within 1 year 70
Due to expire within 2 to 5 years 4,085
Due to expire within 6 to 10 years 5,150
Due to expire within 11 to 20 years 6,154
Amount due to expire  15,459
Amount not due to expire 19,025
Total net operating loss carry-forwards  34,484
Movements in the valuation allowance
in 2021 2020 2019
Movements (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  4,323 4,067 3,957
Net changes 1,015 256 110
Balance at end of period  5,338 4,323 4,067
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Tax benefits associated with share-based compensation
in 2021 2020 2019
Tax benefits (CHF million)   
Tax benefits recorded in the consolidated statements of operations 1 227 252 256
1
Calculated at the statutory tax rate before valuation allowance considerations.
> Refer to “Note 29 – Employee deferred compensation” for further information on share-based compensation.
Uncertain tax positions
Reconciliation of gross unrecognized tax benefits
in 2021 2020 2019
Movements in gross unrecognized tax benefits (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  382 595 574
Increases in unrecognized tax benefits as a result of tax positions taken during a prior period 23 14 27
Decreases in unrecognized tax benefits as a result of tax positions taken during a prior period (35) (249) (64)
Increases in unrecognized tax benefits as a result of tax positions taken during the current period 54 90 105
Decreases in unrecognized tax benefits relating to settlements with tax authorities 0 (3) 0
Reductions to unrecognized tax benefits as a result of a lapse of the applicable statute of limitations (6) (17) (35)
Other (including foreign currency translation) 7 (48) (12)
Balance at end of period  425 382 595
   of which, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate  425 382 595
Interest and penalties
in 2021 2020 2019
Interest and penalties (CHF million)   
Interest and penalties recognized in the consolidated statements of operations 3 (16) (10)
Interest and penalties recognized in the consolidated balance sheets 64 61 77
Interest and penalties are reported as tax expense. The Bank is currently subject to ongoing tax audits, inquiries and litigation with the tax authorities in a number of jurisdictions, including Brazil, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the UK and the US. Although the timing of completion is uncertain, it is reasonably possible that some of these will be resolved within 12 months of the reporting date. It is reasonably possible that there will be a decrease of between zero and CHF 190 million in unrecognized tax benefits within 12 months of the reporting date.
The Bank remains open to examination from federal, state, provincial or similar local jurisdictions from the following years onward in these major countries: Switzerland – 2019 (federal and Zurich cantonal level); Brazil – 2016; the UK – 2012; Netherlands – 2011; and the US – 2010.
> Refer to “Note 29 – Tax” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
29 Employee deferred compensation
The following tables show the compensation expense for deferred compensation awards granted in 2021 and prior years that was recognized in the consolidated statements of operations during 2021, 2020 and 2019, the total shares delivered, the estimated unrecognized compensation expense for deferred compensation awards granted in 2021 and prior years outstanding as of December 31, 2021 and the remaining requisite service period over which the estimated unrecognized compensation expense will be recognized. The recognition of compensation expense for the deferred compensation awards granted in February 2022 began in 2022 and thus had no impact on the 2021 consolidated financial statements.
> Refer to “Note 30 – Employee deferred compensation” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information on our various awards programs.
Deferred compensation expense
in 2021 2020 2019
Deferred compensation expense (CHF million)   
Share awards 466 555 573
Performance share awards 281 427 423
Contingent Capital Awards 194 245 298
Cash awards 370 378 378
Retention awards 123 43 22
Total deferred compensation expense  1,434 1,648 1,694
Total shares delivered (million)   
Total shares delivered 55.7 48.3 40.1
Contingent Capital share awards are included in the category Share awards, and Capital Opportunity Facility awards are included in the category Cash awards. Prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.
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Estimated unrecognized deferred compensation
end of 2021
Estimated unrecognized compensation expense (CHF million)   
Share awards 338
Performance share awards 139
Contingent Capital Awards 129
Cash awards 221
Retention awards 284
Total  1,111
Aggregate remaining weighted-average requisite service period (years)   
Aggregate remaining weighted-average requisite service period 1.4
Does not include the estimated unrecognized compensation expense relating to grants made in 2022 for 2021.
Share awards
On February 11, 2022, the Bank granted 26.9 million share awards with a total value of CHF 210 million. The estimated unrecognized compensation expense of CHF 218 million was determined based on the fair value of the awards on the grant date, includes the current estimated future forfeitures and will be recognized over the vesting period, subject to early retirement rules.
Share awards granted for previous years
For compensation year 2021 2020 2019
Shares awarded (million) 26.9 43.5 55.9
Value of shares awarded (CHF million) 210 576 604
On February 11, 2022, the Bank granted 4.6 million blocked shares with a total value of CHF 38 million that vested immediately upon grant, have no future service requirements and were attributed to services performed in 2021.
Blocked share awards granted for previous years
For compensation year 2021 2020 2019
Blocked shares awarded (million) 4.6 2.3 2.8
Value of shares awarded (CHF million) 38 31 32
Share award activities
   2021 2020 2019

Number of
share
awards
in million
Weighted-
average
grant-date
fair value
in CHF

Number of
share
awards
in million
Weighted-
average
grant-date
fair value
in CHF

Number of
share
awards
in million
Weighted-
average
grant-date
fair value
in CHF
Share awards   
Balance at beginning of period  115.2 11.82 101.9 13.45 77.1 16.23
Granted 85.7 11.19 64.0 10.65 65.0 11.69
Settled (50.1) 12.44 (45.1) 13.83 (35.2) 16.20
Forfeited (15.5) 11.52 (5.6) 11.74 (5.0) 13.93
Balance at end of period  135.3 11.22 115.2 11.82 101.9 13.45
   of which vested  11.8 12.0 10.9
   of which unvested  123.5 103.2 91.0
Performance share awards
On February 11, 2022, the Bank granted 18.5 million performance share awards with a total value of CHF 154 million. The estimated unrecognized compensation expense of CHF 148 million was determined based on the fair value of the awards on the grant date, includes the current estimated outcome of the relevant performance criteria and estimated future forfeitures and will be recognized over the vesting period, subject to early retirement rules.
Performance share awards granted for previous years
For compensation year 2021 2020 2019
Performance shares awarded (million) 18.5 36.6 48.7
Value of performance shares awarded (CHF million) 154 478 531
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Performance share award activities
   2021 2020 2019
Number of
performance
share
awards
in million
Weighted-
average
grant-date
fair value
in CHF
Number of
performance
share
awards
in million
Weighted-
average
grant-date
fair value
in CHF
Number of
performance
share
awards
in million
Weighted-
average
grant-date
fair value
in CHF
Performance share awards   
Balance at beginning of period  88.0 11.67 69.7 13.37 50.0 16.33
Granted 27.4 12.71 48.8 10.63 43.9 11.60
Settled (33.2) 12.50 (28.0) 14.12 (22.3) 16.51
Forfeited (8.4) 11.78 (2.5) 11.64 (1.9) 13.58
Balance at end of period  73.8 11.67 88.0 11.67 69.7 13.37
   of which vested  10.4 9.6 6.4
   of which unvested  63.4 78.4 63.3
Contingent Capital Awards
On February 11, 2022, the Bank awarded CHF 71 million of Contingent Capital Awards (CCA) that will be expensed over the vesting period. The estimated unrecognized compensation expense of CHF 68 million was determined based on the fair value of the awards on the grant date, including the current estimated outcome of the relevant performance criteria and estimated future forfeitures. This will be recognized over the vesting period, subject to early retirement rules.
Contingent Capital Awards granted for previous years
For compensation year 2021 2020 2019
CCA awarded (CHF million) 71 245 257
Cash awards
Deferred fixed cash awards
The Bank granted deferred fixed cash compensation during 2021, 2020 and 2019 of CHF 259 million, CHF 120 million and CHF 108 million, respectively, to certain employees in the Americas. This compensation has been expensed in the Investment Bank and Asset Management divisions over a three-year vesting period from the grant date. Amortization of this compensation in 2021 totaled CHF 147 million, of which CHF 115 million was related to awards granted in 2021.
Upfront cash awards
In February 2022, certain managing directors and directors were granted CHF 797 million of upfront cash awards as part of their 2021 variable compensation. During 2021 and 2020, the Bank granted upfront cash awards of CHF 59 million and CHF 146 million, respectively. These awards are subject to repayment (clawback) by the employee in the event of voluntary resignation, termination for cause or in connection with other specified events or conditions within three years of the award grant. The amount subject to repayment is reduced in equal monthly installments during the three-year period following the grant date. The expense recognition will occur over the three-year vesting period, subject to service conditions. Amortization of this compensation in 2021 totaled CHF 80 million, of which CHF 31 million was related to awards granted in 2021.
Retention awards
The Bank granted deferred cash and share retention awards during 2021 of CHF 395 million, mainly in the Investment Bank and International Wealth Management divisions. During 2020 and 2019, the Bank granted deferred cash and share retention awards of CHF 40 million and CHF 40 million, respectively. These awards are expensed over the applicable vesting period from the grant date. Amortization of these awards in 2021 totaled CHF 123 million, of which CHF 103 million was related to awards granted in 2021.
Strategic Delivery Plan
In February 2022, the Bank granted 59.5 million Strategic Delivery Plan (SDP) deferred share-based awards with a total of CHF 473 million to most Managing Directors and Directors to incentivize the longer-term delivery of the Group’s strategic plan. The SDP awards are subject to service conditions and performance-based metrics over the course of 2022-2024.
The fair value of each share award was CHF 8.61, the Group share price on the grant date. The estimated unrecognized compensation expense of CHF 480 million was determined based on the fair value of the awards on the grant date, includes the current estimated future forfeitures and will be recognized over the vesting period, subject to early retirement rules.
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30 Related parties
The Group owns all of the Bank’s outstanding voting registered shares. The Bank is involved in significant financing and other transactions with subsidiaries of the Group. The Bank generally enters into these transactions in the ordinary course of business and believes that these transactions are generally on market terms that could be obtained from unrelated third parties.
> Refer to “Note 31 – Related parties” in VI –Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Related party assets and liabilities
end of 2021 2020
Assets (CHF million)   
Net loans 8,683 8,444
Other assets 98 200
Total assets  8,781 8,644
Liabilities (CHF million)   
Due to banks/customer deposits 1,022 1,119
Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions 94 93
Short-term borrowings 5,944 440
Long-term debt 55,998 52,144
Other liabilities 1,051 1,098
Total liabilities  64,109 54,894
Related party revenues and expenses
in 2021 2020 2019
Revenues (CHF million)   
Interest and dividend income (56) (39) (5)
Interest expense (1,673) (1,618) (1,307)
Net interest income  (1,729) (1,657) (1,312)
Commissions and fees 102 114 80
Other revenues 212 104 104
Net revenues  (1,415) (1,439) (1,128)
Expenses (CHF million)   
Total operating expenses  2,089 1,967 1,867
Related party guarantees and commitments
end of 2021 2020
Guarantees and commitments (CHF million)   
Credit guarantees and similar instruments 4 4
Revocable loan commitments 87 88
> Refer to “Note 23 – Leases” for information about related party leases.
Executive Board and Board of Directors loans
2021 2020 2019
Executive Board loans (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  13 1 32 33
Additions 8 5 13
Reductions (4) (24) (14)
Balance at end of period  17 1 13 32
Board of Directors loans (CHF million)   
Balance at beginning of period  9 2 9 10
Additions 2 0 3
Reductions (4) 0 (4)
Balance at end of period  7 2 9 2 9
1
The number of individuals with outstanding loans was four at the beginning of the year and seven at the end of the year.
2
The number of individuals with outstanding loans was three at the beginning and the end of the year.
Liabilities due to own pension plans
Liabilities due to the Bank’s own defined benefit pension plans as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 of CHF 331 million and CHF 643 million, respectively, were reflected in various liability accounts in the Bank’s consolidated balance sheets.
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31 Pension and other post-retirement benefits
The Bank participates in a defined benefit pension plan sponsored by the Group and has defined contribution pension plans, single-employer defined benefit pension plans and other post-retirement defined benefit plans. The Bank’s principal plans are located in Switzerland, the US and the UK.
> Refer to “Note 32 – Pension and other post-retirement benefits” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information on pension and other post-retirement benefits.
Defined contribution pension plans
The Bank contributes to various defined contribution pension plans primarily in Switzerland, the US and the UK as well as other countries throughout the world. During 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Bank contributed to these plans and recognized as expense CHF 235 million, CHF 240 million and CHF 150 million, respectively. This included expenses of CHF 89 million and CHF 96 million in 2021 and 2020, respectively, related to the Swiss defined contribution pension plan which took effect on January 1, 2020. Contributions to the Swiss defined contribution plan are made by employees and the Group. Assets from this plan are paid out as a lump sum on retirement.
Defined benefit pension and other post-retirement benefit plans
Defined benefit pension plans
Group pension plan
The Bank covers pension requirements for its employees in Switzerland by participating in a defined benefit pension plan sponsored by the Group (Group plan), the Group’s most significant defined benefit pension plan. The Group plan provides benefits in the event of retirement, death and disability. Various legal entities within the Group participate in the Group plan, which is set up as an independent trust domiciled in Zurich. Benefits in the Group plan are determined on the basis of the accumulated employer and employee contributions and accumulated interest credited. In accordance with US GAAP, the Group accounts for the Group plan as a single-employer defined benefit pension plan and uses the projected unit credit actuarial method to determine the net periodic benefit costs, the PBO and the accumulated benefit obligation (ABO). The Bank accounts for the defined benefit pension plan sponsored by the Group as a multi-employer pension plan because other legal entities within the Group also participate in the Group plan and the assets contributed by the Bank are not segregated into a separate account or restricted to provide benefits only to employees of the Bank. The assets contributed by the Bank are commingled with the assets contributed by the other legal entities of the Group and can be used to provide benefits to any employee of any participating legal entity. The Bank’s contributions to the Group plan comprise 84% of the total cash contributions contributed to the Group plan by all participating legal entities on an annual basis.
The Bank accounts for the Group plan on a defined contribution basis whereby it only recognizes the amounts required to be contributed to the Group plan during the period as net periodic pension expense and only recognizes a liability for any contributions due and unpaid. No other expenses or balance sheet amounts related to the Group plan were recognized by the Bank. In the savings section of the Group plan, the Bank’s contribution varies between 7.5% and 25.0% of the pensionable salary depending on the employee’s age.
During 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Bank contributed and recognized as expense CHF 248 million, CHF 249 million and CHF 338 million to the Group plan, respectively. The Bank expects to contribute CHF 216 million to the Group plan during 2022.
International pension plans
Various defined benefit pension plans cover the Bank’s employees outside Switzerland. These plans provide benefits in the event of retirement, death, disability or termination of employment. Retirement benefits under the plans depend on age, contributions and salary. The Bank’s principal defined benefit pension plans outside Switzerland are located in the US and in the UK. Both plans are funded, closed to new participants and have ceased accruing new benefits. Smaller defined benefit pension plans, both funded and unfunded, are operated in other locations.
Other post-retirement defined benefit plan
In the US, the Bank has a defined benefit plan that provides post-retirement benefits other than pension benefits that primarily focus on health and welfare benefits for certain retired employees. In exchange for the current services provided by the employee, the Bank promises to provide health and welfare benefits after the employee retires. The Bank’s obligation for that compensation is incurred as employees render the services necessary to earn their post-retirement benefits.
Net periodic benefit costs of defined benefit plans
The net periodic benefit costs for defined benefit pension and other post-retirement defined benefit plans are the costs of the respective plan for a period during which an employee renders services. The actual amount to be recognized is determined using the standard actuarial methodology which considers, among other factors, current service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets and the amortization of both prior service costs/(credits) and actuarial losses/(gains) recognized in AOCI.
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Components of net periodic benefit costs
    International single-employer
defined benefit pension plans
Other post-retirement
defined benefit plan
in 2021 2020 2019 2021 2020 2019
Net periodic benefit costs (CHF million)   
Service costs on benefit obligation 14 14 14 0 0 0
Interest costs on benefit obligation 49 68 90 2 4 6
Expected return on plan assets (65) (85) (108) 0 0 0
Amortization of recognized prior service cost/(credit) 1 1 1 0 0 0
Amortization of recognized actuarial losses/(gains) 14 13 19 1 1 3
Settlement losses/(gains) 8 (1) 0 0 0 0
Net periodic benefit costs/(credits)  21 10 16 3 5 9
Service costs on benefit obligation are reflected in compensation and benefits. Other components of net periodic benefit costs are reflected in general and administrative expenses.
Benefit obligation
The “Obligations and funded status of the plans” table shows the changes in the PBO, the ABO, the fair value of plan assets and the amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets for the international single-employer defined benefit pension plans and other post-retirement defined benefit plans.
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Obligations and funded status of the plans
      International
single-employer
defined benefit
pension plans


Other post-retirement
defined benefit plan
in / end of 2021 2020 2021 2020
PBO (CHF million)   1
Beginning of the measurement period  3,475 3,325 156 164
Service cost 14 14 0 0
Interest cost 49 68 2 4
Plan amendments (4) 5 0 0
Settlements (448) (23) 0 0
Actuarial losses/(gains) (100) 453 (14) 13
Business combinations and transfers 0 (3) 0 0
Benefit payments (65) (156) (10) (11)
Exchange rate losses/(gains) 101 (208) 6 (14)
End of the measurement period  3,022 3,475 140 156
Fair value of plan assets (CHF million)   
Beginning of the measurement period  4,212 4,111 0 0
Actual return on plan assets (45) 476 0 0
Employer contributions 16 61 10 11
Settlements (448) (23) 0 0
Benefit payments (65) (156) (10) (11)
Exchange rate gains/(losses) 132 (257) 0 0
End of the measurement period  3,802 4,212 0 0
Total funded status recognized (CHF million)   
Funded status of the plan – over/(underfunded) 780 737 (140) (156)
Funded status recognized in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31  780 737 (140) (156)
Total amount recognized (CHF million)
Noncurrent assets 975 975 0 0
Current liabilities (7) (8) (10) (11)
Noncurrent liabilities (188) (230) (130) (145)
Net amount recognized in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31  780 737 (140) (156)
ABO (CHF million)   2
End of the measurement period  2,996 3,445 140 156
1
Including estimated future salary increases.
2
Excluding estimated future salary increases.
The net amount recognized in the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 was an overfunding of CHF 640 million and CHF 581 million, respectively.
The settlements of CHF 448 million on the international plans recorded as of December 31, 2021 mainly related to settlements in the UK, reflecting an enhanced transfer value exercise, and settlements in the US, reflecting a partial sale of pension obligations sold to a third party insurer.
No special contributions were made in 2021. In 2020, there was a special cash contribution made to the defined benefit pension plan in the US of CHF 43 million. In 2022, the Bank expects to contribute CHF 16 million to the international single-employer defined benefit pension plans and CHF 10 million to other post-retirement defined benefit plans.
PBO or ABO in excess of plan assets
The following table shows the aggregate PBO and ABO, as well as the aggregate fair value of plan assets for those plans with PBO in excess of plan assets and those plans with ABO in excess of plan assets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
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Defined benefit pension plans in which PBO or ABO exceeded plan assets
    PBO exceeds fair value
of plan assets
ABO exceeds fair value
of plan assets
December 31 2021 2020 2021 2020
PBO/ABO exceeded plan assets (CHF million)   
PBO 402 1,397 393 1,386
ABO 382 1,373 375 1,365
Fair value of plan assets 208 1,159 200 1,150
Amounts recognized in AOCI and OCI
The following table shows the actuarial gains/(losses), the prior service credits/(costs) and the cumulative effect of accounting changes, which were recorded in AOCI and subsequently recognized as components of net periodic benefit costs.
Amounts recognized in AOCI, net of tax
      International
single-employer
defined benefit
pension plans


Other post-retirement
defined benefit plan



Total
end of 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020
Amounts recognized in AOCI (CHF million)   
Actuarial gains/(losses) (402) (421) (27) (39) (429) (460)
Prior service credits/(costs) (9) (14) 3 3 (6) (11)
Total  (411) (435) (24) (36) (435) (471)
The following table shows the changes in other comprehensive income (OCI) due to actuarial gains/(losses), the prior service credits/(costs) recognized in AOCI during 2021 and 2020, the amortization of the aforementioned items as components of net periodic benefit costs for these periods and the cumulative effect of accounting changes.
Amounts recognized in OCI
    International single-employer
defined benefit pension plans
Other post-retirement
defined benefit plan
in Gross Tax Net Gross Tax Net Total net
2021 (CHF million)   
Actuarial gains/(losses) (10) 12 2 14 (3) 11 13
Prior service credits/(costs) 4 (1) 3 0 0 0 3
Amortization of actuarial losses/(gains) 14 (3) 11 1 0 1 12
Amortization of prior service costs/(credits) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Immediate recognition due to curtailment/settlement 8 (1) 7 0 0 0 7
Total  17 7 24 15 (3) 12 36
2020 (CHF million)   
Actuarial gains/(losses) (62) 17 (45) (13) 3 (10) (55)
Prior service credits/(costs) (5) 1 (4) 0 0 0 (4)
Amortization of actuarial losses/(gains) 13 (1) 12 1 0 1 13
Amortization of prior service costs/(credits) 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0
Immediate recognition due to curtailment/settlement (1) 0 (1) 0 0 0 (1)
Total  (54) 16 (38) (12) 3 (9) (47)
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Assumptions
The measurement of both the net periodic benefit costs and the benefit obligation is determined using explicit assumptions, each of which individually represents the best estimate of a particular future event.
Weighted-average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit costs and benefit obligation
    International single-employer
defined benefit pension plans
Other post-retirement
defined benefit plan
December 31 2021 2020 2019 2021 2020 2019
Net periodic benefit cost (%)
Discount rate - service cost 2.64 2.62 3.28 4.38
Discount rate - interest cost 1.56 2.37 3.28 1.74 2.77 3.95
Salary increases 2.97 2.84 2.92
Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets 1.79 2.37 3.00
Benefit obligation (%)   
Discount rate 2.13 1.66 2.38 2.89 2.55 3.23
Salary increases 3.32 2.97 2.84
Mortality tables and life expectancies for major plans
        Life expectancy at age 65
for a male member currently
Life expectancy at age 65
for a female member currently
      aged 65 aged 45 aged 65 aged 45
December 31 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020
Life expectancy (years)   
UK SAPS S3 light tables 1 23.5 23.3 24.7 24.9 25.0 24.5 26.4 26.3
US Pri-2012 mortality tables 2 20.6 21.1 21.8 22.3 22.5 22.8 23.7 23.9
1
102% of Self-Administered Pension Scheme (SAPS) S3 light tables were used, which included final CMI projections, with a long-term rate of improvement of 1.25% per annum.
2
The Private retirement plan 2012 (Pri-2012) mortality tables were used, with projections based on the Social Security Administration's intermediate improvement scale.
Health care cost assumptions
The health care cost trend is used to determine the appropriate other post-retirement defined benefit costs. In determining those costs, an annual weighted-average rate is assumed in the cost of covered health care benefits.
The following table provides an overview of the assumed health care cost trend rates
Health care cost trend rates
in / end of 2021 2020 2019
Health care cost trend rate (%)   
Annual weighted-average health care cost trend rate 1 6.5 7.0 8.0
1
The annual health care cost trend rate is assumed to decrease gradually to achieve the long-term health care cost trend rate of 4.5% by 2030.
The annual health care cost trend rate used to determine the net periodic defined benefit costs for 2022 is 6.5%.
Plan assets and investment strategy
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, no Group debt or equity securities were included in plan assets for the international single-employer defined benefit pension plans.
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Fair value of plan assets
The following table presents the plan assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, for the Bank’s defined benefit pension plans.
Plan assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis
   2021 2020

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Level 3
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measured
at net asset
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at net asset
value
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Total
Plan assets at fair value (CHF million)   
Cash and cash equivalents 9 101 0 0 110 17 247 0 0 264
Debt securities 2,328 769 0 434 3,531 2,169 1,222 0 422 3,813
   of which governments  2,328 4 0 0 2,332 2,169 7 0 0 2,176
   of which corporates  0 765 0 434 1,199 0 1,215 1 0 422 1,637
Equity securities 0 44 0 57 101 0 33 1 0 52 85
Real estate – indirect 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20
Alternative investments 0 (27) 0 0 (27) 0 (47) 0 0 (47)
   of which hedge funds  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   of which other  0 (27) 2 0 0 (27) 0 (47) 2 0 0 (47)
Other investments 0 87 0 0 87 0 77 0 0 77
Total plan assets at fair value  2,337 974 0 491 3,802 2,186 1,532 0 494 4,212
1
Prior period has been revised to reclassify the leveling of certain plan assets.
2
Primarily related to derivative instruments.
Plan asset allocation
The following table shows the plan asset allocation as of the measurement date calculated based on the fair value at that date including the performance of each asset class.
Plan asset allocation
December 31 2021 2020
Weighted-average (%)   
Cash and cash equivalents 2.9 6.3
Debt securities 92.9 90.5
Equity securities 2.6 2.0
Real estate 0.0 0.5
Alternative investments (0.7) (1.1)
Insurance 2.3 1.8
Total  100.0 100.0
The following table shows the target plan asset allocation for 2022 in accordance with the Bank’s investment strategy. The target plan asset allocation is used to determine the expected return on plan assets to be considered in the net periodic benefit costs for 2022.
2022 target plan asset allocation
Weighted-average (%)   
Cash and cash equivalents 0.3
Debt securities 93.4
Equity securities 2.2
Real estate 0.6
Alternative investments 1.2
Insurance 2.3
Total  100.0
Estimated future benefit payments
The following table shows the estimated future benefit payments for defined benefit pension and other post-retirement defined benefit plans.
Estimated future benefit payments
International
single-employer
defined benefit
pension plans


Other post-retirement
defined benefit plan
Payments (CHF million)   
2022 110 10
2023 102 10
2024 110 10
2025 111 9
2026 117 9
For five years thereafter 646 34
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32 Derivatives and hedging activities
> Refer to “Note 33 – Derivatives and hedging activities” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Hedge accounting
Cash flow hedges
As of the end of 2021, the maximum length of time over which the Bank hedged its exposure to the variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions, excluding those forecasted transactions related to the payment of variable interest on existing financial instruments, was 12 months.
Fair value of derivative instruments
   Trading Hedging 1

end of 2021

Notional
amount
Positive
replacement
value (PRV)
Negative
replacement
value (NRV)

Notional
amount
Positive
replacement
value (PRV)
Negative
replacement
value (NRV)
Derivative instruments (CHF billion)   
Forwards and forward rate agreements 1,736.0 0.9 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Swaps 8,818.8 36.9 33.0 127.5 0.4 0.2
Options bought and sold (OTC) 779.0 11.5 10.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Futures 144.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (exchange-traded) 71.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Interest rate products  11,549.9 49.4 44.8 127.5 0.4 0.2
Forwards 1,052.9 7.6 8.2 21.1 0.1 0.1
Swaps 345.3 11.3 12.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (OTC) 174.9 2.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Futures 10.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (exchange-traded) 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Foreign exchange products  1,585.0 20.9 22.8 21.1 0.1 0.1
Forwards 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Swaps 94.7 1.4 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (OTC) 243.9 11.1 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Futures 46.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (exchange-traded) 535.8 22.9 21.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Equity/index-related products  921.6 35.5 36.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Credit derivatives 2 506.8 5.0 6.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Forwards 9.9 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Swaps 12.0 1.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (OTC) 11.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Futures 11.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (exchange-traded) 9.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other products 3 53.3 1.6 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total derivative instruments  14,616.6 112.4 111.2 148.6 0.5 0.3
The notional amount, PRV and NRV (trading and hedging) was CHF 14,765.2 billion, CHF 112.9 billion and CHF 111.5 billion, respectively, as of December 31, 2021.
1
Relates to derivative contracts that qualify for hedge accounting under US GAAP.
2
Primarily credit default swaps.
3
Primarily precious metals, commodity and energy products.
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Fair value of derivative instruments (continued)
   Trading Hedging 1

end of 2020

Notional
amount
Positive
replacement
value (PRV)
Negative
replacement
value (NRV)

Notional
amount
Positive
replacement
value (PRV)
Negative
replacement
value (NRV)
Derivative instruments (CHF billion)   
Forwards and forward rate agreements 5,221.5 2.7 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Swaps 8,088.7 53.5 50.3 126.1 0.9 0.1
Options bought and sold (OTC) 968.6 18.2 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Futures 186.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (exchange-traded) 90.9 0.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Interest rate products  14,556.2 2 74.9 71.7 126.1 0.9 0.1
Forwards 928.4 10.1 11.8 13.9 0.1 0.1
Swaps 345.8 10.9 13.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (OTC) 185.9 3.4 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Futures 8.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (exchange-traded) 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Foreign exchange products  1,469.9 2 24.4 28.9 13.9 0.1 0.1
Forwards 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Swaps 167.6 4.3 8.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (OTC) 218.3 14.9 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Futures 23.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (exchange-traded) 454.0 20.0 20.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Equity/index-related products  864.4 39.2 39.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Credit derivatives 3 467.8 4.9 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Forwards 12.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Swaps 9.8 1.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (OTC) 14.8 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Futures 4.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Options bought and sold (exchange-traded) 11.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other products 4 52.6 1.8 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total derivative instruments  17,410.9 2 145.2 147.4 140.0 1.0 0.2
The notional amount, PRV and NRV (trading and hedging) was CHF 17,550.9 billion, CHF 146.2 billion and CHF 147.6 billion, respectively, as of December 31, 2020.
1
Relates to derivative contracts that qualify for hedge accounting under US GAAP.
2
Prior period has been revised.
3
Primarily credit default swaps.
4
Primarily precious metals, commodity and energy products.
Gains or (losses) on fair value hedges
in 2021 2020 2019
Interest rate products (CHF million)   
Hedged items 1 1,523 (1,679) (1,721)
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments 1 (1,448) 1,564 1,550
The accrued interest on fair value hedges is recorded in net interest income and is excluded from this table.
1
Included in net interest income.
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Hedged items in fair value hedges
   2021 2020
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Carrying
amount
Hedging
adjustments
1 Discontinued
hedges
2 Carrying
amount
Hedging
adjustments
1 Discontinued
hedges
2
Assets (CHF billion)   
Investment securities 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0
Net loans 16.6 (0.2) 0.2 20.5 0.2 0.5
Liabilities (CHF billion)   
Long-term debt 65.6 (0.1) 0.8 65.8 1.9 0.8
1
Relates to the cumulative amount of fair value hedging adjustments included in the carrying amount.
2
Relates to the cumulative amount of fair value hedging adjustments remaining for any hedged items for which hedge accounting has been discontinued.
Cash flow hedges
in 2021 2020 2019
Interest rate products (CHF million)   
Gains/(losses) recognized in AOCI on derivatives (314) 134 85
Gains/(losses) reclassified from AOCI into interest and dividend income 7 (70) 3
Foreign exchange products (CHF million)
Gains/(losses) recognized in AOCI on derivatives (9) (33) (5)
Trading revenues 0 (30) (7)
Other revenues 0 0 0
Total other operating expenses 34 (2) (16)
Gains/(losses) reclassified from AOCI into income 34 (32) (23)
Gains/(losses) excluded from the assessment of effectiveness reported in trading revenues 1 0 1 (20)
1
Related to the forward points of a foreign currency forward.
The net loss associated with cash flow hedges expected to be reclassified from AOCI within the next 12 months was CHF 17 million.
Net investment hedges
in 2021 2020 2019
Foreign exchange products (CHF million)   
Gains/(losses) recognized in the cumulative translation adjustments section of AOCI 51 451 (133)
Gains/(losses) reclassified from the cumulative translation adjustments section of AOCI into other revenues 0 10 0
The Bank includes all derivative instruments not included in hedge accounting relationships in its trading activities.
> Refer to “Note 7 – Trading revenues” for gains and losses on trading activities by product type.
Disclosures relating to contingent credit risk
The following table provides the Bank’s current net exposure from contingent credit risk relating to derivative contracts with bilateral counterparties and special purpose entities (SPEs) that include credit support agreements, the related collateral posted and the additional collateral required in a one-notch, two-notch and a three-notch downgrade event, respectively. The table also includes derivative contracts with contingent credit risk features without credit support agreements that have accelerated termination event conditions. The current net exposure for derivative contracts with bilateral counterparties and contracts with accelerated termination event conditions is the aggregate fair value of derivative instruments that were in a net liability position. For SPEs, the current net exposure is the contractual amount that is used to determine the collateral payable in the event of a downgrade. The contractual amount could include both the negative replacement value and a percentage of the notional value of the derivative.
Contingent credit risk
   2021 2020

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Bilateral
counterparties
Special
purpose
entities

Accelerated
terminations


Total

Bilateral
counterparties
Special
purpose
entities

Accelerated
terminations


Total
Contingent credit risk (CHF billion)   
Current net exposure 2.3 0.0 0.3 2.6 3.0 0.0 0.4 3.4
Collateral posted 1.9 0.0 1.9 2.4 0.0 2.4
Impact of a one-notch downgrade event 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Impact of a two-notch downgrade event 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Impact of a three-notch downgrade event 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.7
The impact of a downgrade event reflects the amount of additional collateral required for bilateral counterparties and special purpose entities and the amount of additional termination expenses for accelerated terminations, respectively.
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Credit derivatives
> Refer to “Note 33 – Derivatives and hedging activities” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Credit protection sold/purchased
The following tables do not include all credit derivatives and differ from the credit derivatives in the “Fair value of derivative instruments” table. This is due to the exclusion of certain credit derivative instruments under US GAAP, which defines a credit derivative as a derivative instrument (a) in which one or more of its underlyings are related to the credit risk of a specified entity (or a group of entities) or an index based on the credit risk of a group of entities and (b) that exposes the seller to potential loss from credit risk-related events specified in the contract.
Total return swaps (TRS) of CHF 12.0 billion and CHF 14.4 billion as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, were also excluded because a TRS does not expose the seller to potential loss from credit risk-related events specified in the contract. A TRS only provides protection against a loss in asset value and not against additional amounts as a result of specific credit events.
Credit protection sold/purchased
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Credit
protection
sold

Credit
protection
purchased
1 Net credit
protection
(sold)/
purchased

Other
protection
purchased
Fair value
of credit
protection
sold

Credit
protection
sold

Credit
protection
purchased
1 Net credit
protection
(sold)/
purchased

Other
protection
purchased
Fair value
of credit
protection
sold
Single-name instruments (CHF billion)   
Investment grade 2 (60.2) 55.6 (4.6) 10.1 0.6 (52.5) 47.8 (4.7) 13.0 0.5
Non-investment grade (31.5) 28.9 (2.6) 7.9 0.4 (28.5) 26.5 (2.0) 11.8 0.4
Total single-name instruments  (91.7) 84.5 (7.2) 18.0 1.0 (81.0) 74.3 (6.7) 24.8 0.9
   of which sovereign  (13.5) 12.2 (1.3) 4.0 (0.1) (12.5) 11.6 (0.9) 5.3 0.0
   of which non-sovereign  (78.2) 72.3 (5.9) 14.0 1.1 (68.5) 62.7 (5.8) 19.5 0.9
Multi-name instruments (CHF billion)   
Investment grade 2 (102.9) 96.0 (6.9) 20.2 0.7 (99.5) 95.2 (4.3) 23.1 (0.7)
Non-investment grade (35.7) 33.2 (2.5) 12.6 3 (0.5) (24.3) 19.9 (4.4) 11.3 3 0.2
Total multi-name instruments  (138.6) 129.2 (9.4) 32.8 0.2 (123.8) 115.1 (8.7) 34.4 (0.5)
   of which non-sovereign  (138.6) 129.2 (9.4) 32.8 0.2 (123.8) 115.1 (8.7) 34.4 (0.5)
Total instruments (CHF billion)   
Investment grade 2 (163.1) 151.6 (11.5) 30.3 1.3 (152.0) 143.0 (9.0) 36.1 (0.2)
Non-investment grade (67.2) 62.1 (5.1) 20.5 (0.1) (52.8) 46.4 (6.4) 23.1 0.6
Total instruments  (230.3) 213.7 (16.6) 50.8 1.2 (204.8) 189.4 (15.4) 59.2 0.4
   of which sovereign  (13.5) 12.2 (1.3) 4.0 (0.1) (12.5) 11.6 (0.9) 5.3 0.0
   of which non-sovereign  (216.8) 201.5 (15.3) 46.8 1.3 (192.3) 177.8 (14.5) 53.9 0.4
1
Represents credit protection purchased with identical underlyings and recoveries.
2
Based on internal ratings of BBB and above.
3
Includes synthetic securitized loan portfolios.
The following table reconciles the notional amount of credit derivatives included in the table “Fair value of derivative instruments” to the table “Credit protection sold/purchased”.
Credit derivatives
end of 2021 2020
Credit derivatives (CHF billion)   
Credit protection sold 230.3 204.8
Credit protection purchased 213.7 189.4
Other protection purchased 50.8 59.2
Other instruments 1 12.0 14.4
Total credit derivatives  506.8 467.8
1
Consists of total return swaps and other derivative instruments.
Maturity of credit protection sold

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Maturity
less
than
1 year
Maturity
between
1 to 5
years
Maturity
greater
than
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Total
2021 (CHF billion)   
Single-name instruments 14.4 73.6 3.7 91.7
Multi-name instruments 39.9 88.3 10.4 138.6
Total instruments  54.3 161.9 14.1 230.3
2020 (CHF billion)   
Single-name instruments 14.0 62.7 4.3 81.0
Multi-name instruments 29.6 82.6 11.6 123.8
Total instruments  43.6 145.3 15.9 204.8
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33 Guarantees and commitments
Guarantees

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Maturity
less
than
1 year
Maturity
between
1 to 3
years
Maturity
between
3 to 5
years
Maturity
greater
than
5 years

Total
gross
amount

Total
net
amount
1

Carrying
value


Collateral
received
2021 (CHF million)   
Credit guarantees and similar instruments 2,124 1,049 197 561 3,931 3,874 25 2,014
Performance guarantees and similar instruments 3,982 2,253 555 528 7,318 6,299 40 3,605
Derivatives 2 5,374 2,567 561 419 8,921 8,921 289
Other guarantees 4,012 1,040 307 1,151 6,510 6,469 71 3,789
Total guarantees  15,492 6,909 1,620 2,659 26,680 25,563 425 9,408
2020 (CHF million)   
Credit guarantees and similar instruments 1,645 653 203 582 3,083 3,020 27 1,637
Performance guarantees and similar instruments 3,607 1,885 526 514 6,532 5,601 30 2,535
Derivatives 2,3 4,179 6,051 1,288 559 12,077 12,077 158
Other guarantees 3,555 996 421 1,171 6,143 6,130 85 3,725
Total guarantees  12,986 9,585 2,438 2,826 27,835 26,828 300 7,897
1
Total net amount is computed as the gross amount less any participations.
2
Excludes derivative contracts with certain active commercial and investment banks and certain other counterparties, as such contracts can be cash settled and the Bank had no basis to conclude it was probable that the counterparties held, at inception, the underlying instruments.
3
Prior period has been revised.
> Refer to “Note 34 – Guarantees and commitments” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Deposit-taking banks and securities dealers in Switzerland and certain other European countries are required to ensure the payout of privileged deposits in case of specified restrictions or compulsory liquidation of a deposit-taking bank. In Switzerland, deposit-taking banks and securities dealers jointly guarantee an amount of up to CHF 6 billion. Upon occurrence of a payout event triggered by a specified restriction of business imposed by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA (FINMA) or by the compulsory liquidation of another deposit-taking bank, the Bank’s contribution will be calculated based on its share of privileged deposits in proportion to total privileged deposits. Based on FINMA’s estimate for the Bank, the Bank’s share in the deposit insurance guarantee program for the period July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 is CHF 0.5 billion. These deposit insurance guarantees were reflected in other guarantees.
Representations and warranties on residential mortgage loans sold
In connection with the Investment Bank division’s sale of US residential mortgage loans, the Bank has provided certain representations and warranties relating to the loans sold.
Other commitments

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Maturity
less
than
1 year
Maturity
between
1 to 3
years
Maturity
between
3 to 5
years
Maturity
greater
than
5 years

Total
gross
amount

Total
net
amount
1

Collateral
received
2021 (CHF million)   
Irrevocable commitments under documentary credits 4,796 116 0 0 4,912 4,602 2,801
Irrevocable loan commitments 22,959 44,143 43,848 11,609 122,559 2 118,281 55,766
Forward reverse repurchase agreements 466 0 0 0 466 466 466
Other commitments 121 16 11 248 396 396 8
Total other commitments  28,342 44,275 43,859 11,857 128,333 123,745 59,041
2020 (CHF million)   
Irrevocable commitments under documentary credits 3,915 97 0 0 4,012 3,963 2,404
Irrevocable loan commitments 19,813 48,855 39,605 10,749 119,022 2 115,116 53,039
Forward reverse repurchase agreements 17 0 0 0 17 17 17
Other commitments 135 1,418 9 381 1,943 1,943 19
Total other commitments  23,880 50,370 39,614 11,130 124,994 121,039 55,479
1
Total net amount is computed as the gross amount less any participations.
2
Irrevocable loan commitments do not include a total gross amount of CHF 144,079 million and CHF 130,965 million of unused credit limits as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which were revocable at the Bank's sole discretion upon notice to the client.
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34 Transfers of financial assets and variable interest entities
Transfers of financial assets
> Refer to “Note 35 – Transfers of financial assets and variable interest entities” in VI– Credit Suisse Group – Consolidated financial statements for further information.
Securitizations
The following table provides the gains or losses and proceeds from the transfer of assets relating to 2021, 2020 and 2019 securitizations of financial assets that qualify for sale accounting and subsequent derecognition, along with the cash flows between the Bank and the SPEs used in any securitizations in which the Bank still has continuing involvement, regardless of when the securitization occurred.
Securitizations
in 2021 2020 2019
Gains/(losses) and cash flows (CHF million)   
CMBS 
Net gain/(loss) 1 (7) 85 10
Proceeds from transfer of assets 3,525 9,209 7,757
Cash received on interests that continue to be held 42 52 162
RMBS 
Net gain 1 70 32 2
Proceeds from transfer of assets 37,048 23,358 21,566
Purchases of previously transferred financial assets or its underlying collateral (1,604) 0 (1)
Servicing fees 2 2 2
Cash received on interests that continue to be held 1,088 864 312
Other asset-backed financings 
Net gain 1 65 105 101
Proceeds from transfer of assets 12,129 9,564 11,702
Purchases of previously transferred financial assets or its underlying collateral (1,323) (1,606) (763)
Fees 2 165 148 151
Cash received on interests that continue to be held 14 17 6
1
Includes underwriting revenues, deferred origination fees, gains or losses on the sale of collateral to the SPE and gains or losses on the sale of newly issued securities to third parties, but excludes net interest income on assets prior to the securitization. The gains or losses on the sale of the collateral is the difference between the fair value on the day prior to the securitization pricing date and the sale price of the loans.
2
Represents management fees and performance fees earned for investment management services provided to managed CLOs.
Continuing involvement in transferred financial assets
The following table provides the outstanding principal balance of assets to which the Bank continued to be exposed after the transfer of the financial assets to any SPE and the total assets of the SPE as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, regardless of when the transfer of assets occurred.
Principal amounts outstanding and total assets of SPEs resulting from continuing involvement
end of 2021 2020
CHF million   
CMBS 
Principal amount outstanding 15,428 17,421
Total assets of SPE 23,205 24,455
RMBS 
Principal amount outstanding 56,990 47,324
Total assets of SPE 56,990 47,863
Other asset-backed financings 
Principal amount outstanding 24,856 24,968
Total assets of SPE 57,797 50,817
Principal amount outstanding relates to assets transferred from the Bank and does not include principal amounts for assets transferred from third parties.
Fair value of beneficial interests
The fair value measurement of beneficial interests held at the time of transfer and as of the reporting date that result from any continuing involvement is determined using fair value estimation techniques, such as the present value of estimated future cash flows that incorporate assumptions that market participants customarily use in these valuation techniques. The fair value of the assets or liabilities that result from any continuing involvement does not include any benefits from financial instruments that the Bank may utilize to hedge the inherent risks.
Key economic assumptions at the time of transfer
> Refer to “Note 35 – Financial instruments” for further information on the fair value hierarchy.
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Key economic assumptions used in measuring fair value of beneficial interests at time of transfer
   2021 2020 2019
at time of transfer, in CMBS RMBS CMBS RMBS CMBS RMBS
CHF million, except where indicated
Fair value of beneficial interests 196 2,594 342 2,692 549 3,171
   of which level 2  170 2,126 305 2,398 455 2,978
   of which level 3  26 468 37 294 94 193
Weighted-average life, in years 5.2 5.3 6.4 3.8 5.5 5.5
Prepayment speed assumption (rate per annum), in % 1 2 3.0 37.7 2 1.0 47.0 2 2.0 37.3
Cash flow discount rate (rate per annum), in % 3 1.8 5.0 1.0 33.4 1.4 20.9 0.2 40.8 2.5 8.3 1.5 15.7
Expected credit losses (rate per annum), in % 4 0.9 4.3 0.1 32.5 1.9 8.6 1.6 22.9 1.3 1.9 1.5 7.6
Transfers of assets in which the Bank does not have beneficial interests are not included in this table.
1
Prepayment speed assumption (PSA) is an industry standard prepayment speed metric used for projecting prepayments over the life of a residential mortgage loan. PSA utilizes the constant prepayment rate (CPR) assumptions. A 100% prepayment assumption assumes a prepayment rate of 0.2% per annum of the outstanding principal balance of mortgage loans in the first month. This increases by 0.2 percentage points thereafter during the term of the mortgage loan, leveling off to a CPR of 6% per annum beginning in the 30th month and each month thereafter during the term of the mortgage loan. 100 PSA equals 6 CPR.
2
To deter prepayment, commercial mortgage loans typically have prepayment protection in the form of prepayment lockouts and yield maintenances.
3
The rate was based on the weighted-average yield on the beneficial interests.
4
The range of expected credit losses only reflects instruments with an expected credit loss greater than zero unless all of the instruments have an expected credit loss of zero.
Key economic assumptions as of the reporting date
The following table provides the sensitivity analysis of key economic assumptions used in measuring the fair value of beneficial interests held in SPEs as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.
Key economic assumptions used in measuring fair value of beneficial interests held in SPEs
   2021 2020

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CMBS
1


RMBS
Other asset-
backed
financing
activities
2


CMBS
1


RMBS
Other asset-
backed
financing
activities
2
CHF million, except where indicated
Fair value of beneficial interests 281 2,310 402 296 1,851 350
   of which non-investment grade  55 370 27 36 631 23
Weighted-average life, in years 3.9 4.7 5.5 5.6 4.0 4.8
Prepayment speed assumption (rate per annum), in % 3 5.1 41.9 4.0 50.1
Impact on fair value from 10% adverse change (31.1) (43.7)
Impact on fair value from 20% adverse change (59.8) (92.1)
Cash flow discount rate (rate per annum), in % 4 1.7 50.7 0.7 35.5 0.3 14.7 0.6 38.2 0.3 39.7 0.7 27.7
Impact on fair value from 10% adverse change (3.5) (38.1) (4.9) (4.9) (22.4) (4.2)
Impact on fair value from 20% adverse change (6.8) (73.3) (9.7) (9.6) (43.5) (8.2)
Expected credit losses (rate per annum), in % 5 0.6 8.4 0.4 34.2 0.7 13.3 0.4 14.7 0.6 39.6 0.7 26.8
Impact on fair value from 10% adverse change (2.5) (28.5) (4.3) (4.3) (20.2) (4.5)
Impact on fair value from 20% adverse change (4.9) (54.8) (8.4) (8.5) (39.2) (8.9)
1
To deter prepayment, commercial mortgage loans typically have prepayment protection in the form of prepayment lockouts and yield maintenances.
2
CDOs within this category are generally structured to be protected from prepayment risk.
3
PSA is an industry standard prepayment speed metric used for projecting prepayments over the life of a residential mortgage loan. PSA utilizes the CPR assumptions. A 100% prepayment assumption assumes a prepayment rate of 0.2% per annum of the outstanding principal balance of mortgage loans in the first month. This increases by 0.2 percentage points thereafter during the term of the mortgage loan, leveling off to a CPR of 6% per annum beginning in the 30th month and each month thereafter during the term of the mortgage loan. 100 PSA equals 6 CPR.
4
The rate was based on the weighted-average yield on the beneficial interests.
5
The range of expected credit losses only reflects instruments with an expected credit loss greater than zero unless all of the instruments have an expected credit loss of zero.
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Transfers of financial assets where sale treatment was not achieved
The following table provides the carrying amounts of transferred financial assets and the related liabilities where sale treatment was not achieved as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.
Carrying amounts of transferred financial assets and liabilities where sale treatment was not achieved
end of 2021 2020
CHF million   
RMBS 
Other assets 257 0
Liability to SPE, included in other liabilities (257) 0
Other asset-backed financings 
Trading assets 557 496
Other assets 200 246
Liability to SPE, included in other liabilities (757) (742)
Securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions accounted for as secured borrowings
The following tables provide the gross obligation relating to securities sold under repurchase agreements, securities lending transactions and obligation to return securities received as collateral by the class of collateral pledged and by remaining contractual maturity as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.
Securities sold under repurchase agreements, securities lending transactions and obligation to return securities received as collateral – by class of collateral pledged
end of 2021 2020
CHF billion   
Government debt securities 16.0 12.2
Corporate debt securities 9.6 7.7
Asset-backed securities 4.6 6.0
Equity securities 0.5 0.0
Other 5.6 1.8
Securities sold under repurchase agreements  36.3 27.7
Government debt securities 13.9 12.5
Corporate debt securities 0.3 0.1
Asset-backed securities 0.3 1.0
Equity securities 1.0 3.5
Other 0.2 0.1
Securities lending transactions  15.7 17.2
Government debt securities 3.6 5.8
Corporate debt securities 0.6 5.6
Equity securities 10.8 39.3
Other 0.0 0.1
Obligation to return securities received as collateral, at fair value  15.0 50.8
Total  67.0 95.7
Securities sold under repurchase agreements, securities lending transactions and obligation to return securities received as collateral – by remaining contractual maturity
   Remaining contractual maturities

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No stated
maturity
1 Up to
30 days
2 31-90
days
More than
90 days

Total
2021 (CHF billion)   
Securities sold under repurchase agreements 5.3 15.8 6.0 9.2 36.3
Securities lending transactions 2.3 1.7 1.6 10.1 15.7
Obligation to return securities received as collateral, at fair value 15.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.0
Total  22.6 17.5 7.6 19.3 67.0
2020 (CHF billion)   
Securities sold under repurchase agreements 5.8 11.8 5.9 4.2 27.7
Securities lending transactions 4.2 3.4 9.6 0.0 17.2
Obligation to return securities received as collateral, at fair value 50.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 50.8
Total  60.2 15.5 15.8 4.2 95.7
1
Includes contracts with no contractual maturity that may contain termination arrangements subject to a notice period.
2
Includes overnight transactions.
> Refer to “Note 27 – Offsetting of financial assets and financial liabilities” for further information on the gross amount of securities sold under repurchase agreements, securities lending transactions and obligation to return securities received as collateral and the net amounts disclosed in the consolidated balance sheets.
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Variable interest entities
> Refer to “Note 35 – Transfers of financial assets and variable interest entities” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Commercial paper conduit
The Bank acts as the administrator and provider of liquidity and credit enhancement facilities for Alpine Securitization Ltd (Alpine), a multi-seller asset-backed commercial paper (CP) conduit used for client and Bank financing purposes. Alpine discloses to CP investors certain portfolio and asset data and submits its portfolio to rating agencies for public ratings on its CP. This CP conduit purchases assets such as loans and receivables or enters into reverse repurchase agreements and finances such activities through the issuance of CP backed by these assets. In addition to CP, Alpine may also issue term notes with maturities up to 30 months. The Bank (including Alpine) can enter into liquidity facilities with third-party entities pursuant to which it may be required to purchase assets from these entities to provide them with liquidity and credit support. The financing transactions are structured to provide credit support in the form of over-collateralization and other asset-specific enhancements. Alpine is a separate legal entity that is wholly owned by the Bank. However, its assets are available to satisfy only the claims of its creditors. In addition, the Bank, as administrator and liquidity facility provider, has significant exposure to and power over the activities of Alpine. Alpine is considered a VIE for accounting purposes and the Bank is deemed the primary beneficiary and consolidates this entity.
The overall average maturity of Alpine’s outstanding CP was approximately 226 days as of December 31, 2021. Alpine’s CP was rated A-1(sf) by Standard & Poor’s and P-1(sf) by Moody’s and had exposures mainly in reverse repurchase agreements with a Bank entity, consumer loans, solar loans and leases, aircraft loans and leases and loans collateralized by royalties.
The Bank’s financial commitment to this CP conduit consists of obligations under liquidity agreements. The liquidity agreements are asset-specific arrangements, which require the Bank to provide short-term financing to the CP conduit or to purchase assets from the CP conduit in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to, a lack of liquidity in the CP market such that the CP conduit cannot refinance its obligations or a default of an underlying asset. The asset-specific credit enhancements provided by the client seller of the assets remain unchanged as a result of such a purchase. In entering into such agreements, the Bank reviews the credit risk associated with these transactions on the same basis that would apply to other extensions of credit.
The Bank enters into liquidity facilities with CP conduits administrated and sponsored by third parties. These third-party CP conduits are considered to be VIEs for accounting purposes. The Bank is not the primary beneficiary and does not consolidate these third-party CP conduits. The Bank’s financial commitment to these third-party CP conduits consists of obligations under liquidity agreements. The liquidity agreements are asset-specific arrangements, which require the Bank to provide short-term financing to the third-party CP conduits or to purchase assets from these CP conduits in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to, a lack of liquidity in the CP market such that the CP conduits cannot refinance their obligations or a default of an underlying asset. The asset-specific credit enhancements, if any, provided by the client seller of the assets remain unchanged as a result of such a purchase. In entering into such agreements, the Bank reviews the credit risk associated with these transactions on the same basis that would apply to other extensions of credit. In some situations, the Bank can enter into liquidity facilities with these third-party CP conduits through Alpine.
The Bank’s economic risks associated with the Alpine CP conduit and the third-party CP conduits are included in the Bank’s risk management framework including counterparty, economic risk capital and scenario analysis.
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Consolidated VIEs
The Bank has significant involvement with VIEs in its role as a financial intermediary on behalf of clients. The Bank consolidates all VIEs related to financial intermediation for which it is the primary beneficiary.
The consolidated VIEs table provides the carrying amounts and classifications of the assets and liabilities of consolidated VIEs as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.
Consolidated VIEs in which the Bank was the primary beneficiary
   Financial intermediation

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CP
Conduit
Securi-
tizations

Funds

Loans

Other

Total
2021 (CHF million)   
Cash and due from banks 1 42 25 27 13 108
Trading assets 0 1,158 54 610 0 1,822
Other investments 0 0 65 789 161 1,015
Net loans 1,022 317 0 28 33 1,400
Other assets 31 604 78 95 674 1,482
   of which loans held-for-sale  0 50 23 0 1 74
   of which premises and equipment  0 0 0 12 0 12
Total assets of consolidated VIEs  1,054 2,121 222 1,549 881 5,827
Trading liabilities 0 0 0 8 0 8
Short-term borrowings 4,337 0 15 0 0 4,352
Long-term debt 0 1,342 0 3 46 1,391
Other liabilities 67 1 20 61 84 233
Total liabilities of consolidated VIEs  4,404 1,343 35 72 130 5,984
2020 (CHF million)   
Cash and due from banks 0 23 22 37 8 90
Trading assets 0 1,255 50 840 19 2,164
Other investments 0 0 129 920 202 1,251
Net loans 653 0 51 29 167 900
Other assets 21 979 15 65 778 1,858
   of which loans held-for-sale  0 462 10 0 0 472
   of which premises and equipment  0 0 0 13 4 17
Total assets of consolidated VIEs  674 2,257 267 1,891 1,174 6,263
Customer deposits 0 0 0 0 1 1
Trading liabilities 0 0 0 10 0 10
Short-term borrowings 4,178 0 0 0 0 4,178
Long-term debt 0 1,701 0 10 35 1,746
Other liabilities 53 1 3 72 78 207
Total liabilities of consolidated VIEs  4,231 1,702 3 92 114 6,142
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Non-consolidated VIEs
The non-consolidated VIEs table provides the carrying amounts and classification of the assets of variable interests recorded in the Bank’s consolidated balance sheets, maximum exposure to loss and total assets of the non-consolidated VIEs.
Certain VIEs have not been included in the following table, including VIEs structured by third parties in which the Bank’s interest is in the form of securities held in the Bank’s inventory, certain repurchase financings to funds and single-asset financing vehicles not sponsored by the Bank to which the Bank provides financing but has very little risk of loss due to over-collateralization and/or guarantees, failed sales where the Bank does not have any other holdings and other entities out of scope.
Non-consolidated VIEs
   Financial intermediation

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CDO/
CLO
CP
Conduit
1 Securi-
tizations

Funds

Loans

Other

Total
2021 (CHF million)   
Trading assets 257 0 4,526 932 13 5,494 11,222
Net loans 268 1,005 940 2,403 8,774 1,986 15,376
Other assets 6 0 22 109 0 628 765
Total variable interest assets  531 1,005 5,488 3,444 8,787 8,108 27,363
Maximum exposure to loss  774 7,625 8,036 3,444 13,068 8,637 41,584
Total assets of non-consolidated VIEs  10,266 14,948 108,942 102,820 36,428 19,804 293,208
2020 (CHF million)   
Trading assets 250 0 4,500 1,113 66 8,617 14,546
Net loans 357 371 734 1,967 6,989 939 11,357
Other assets 2 0 3 110 0 344 459
Total variable interest assets  609 371 5,237 3,190 7,055 9,900 26,362
Maximum exposure to loss  852 5,538 7,329 3,190 11,235 10,226 38,370
Total assets of non-consolidated VIEs  8,553 11,148 127,785 87,618 26,186 25,759 287,049
1
Includes liquidity facilities provided to third-party CP conduits through Alpine Securities Ltd.
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35 Financial instruments
> Refer to “Note 36 – Financial instruments” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis

end of 2021




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Level 2




Level 3



Netting
impact
1 Assets
measured
at net
asset value
per share
2



Total
Assets (CHF million)   
Cash and due from banks 0 308 0 308
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions 0 68,623 0 68,623
Securities received as collateral 13,848 1,155 14 15,017
Trading assets 54,145 146,768 4,503 (94,782) 665 111,299
   of which debt securities  12,191 40,799 1,225 82 54,297
      of which foreign government  11,996 11,377 35 23,408
      of which corporates  72 9,057 478 82 9,689
      of which RMBS  0 17,033 424 17,457
   of which equity securities  34,342 1,486 195 583 36,606
   of which derivatives  6,224 103,930 2,187 (94,782) 17,559
      of which interest rate products  721 48,083 624
      of which foreign exchange products  123 20,686 53
      of which equity/index-related products  5,348 29,808 212
      of which other derivatives  0 196 1,034
   of which other trading assets  1,388 553 896 2,837
Investment securities 0 1,003 0 1,003
Other investments 0 23 3,666 404 4,093
   of which other equity investments  0 23 2,863 351 3,237
   of which life finance instruments  0 0 789 789
Loans 0 8,709 1,534 10,243
   of which commercial and industrial loans  0 2,267 717 2,984
   of which financial institutions  0 3,840 465 4,305
Other intangible assets (mortgage servicing rights) 0 57 167 224
Other assets 121 8,750 694 (381) 9,184
   of which failed purchases  98 1,135 11 1,244
   of which loans held-for-sale  0 6,818 562 7,380
Total assets at fair value  68,114 235,396 10,578 (95,163) 1,069 219,994
1
Derivative contracts are reported on a gross basis by level. The impact of netting represents legally enforceable master netting agreements.
2
In accordance with US GAAP, certain investments that are measured at fair value using the net asset value per share practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value
hierarchy. The fair value amounts presented in this table are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheet.
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Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis (continued)

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Level 1




Level 2




Level 3



Netting
impact
1 Liabilities
measured
at net
asset value
per share
2



Total
Liabilities (CHF million)   
Due to banks 0 477 0 477
Customer deposits 0 3,306 394 3,700
Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions 0 13,307 0 13,307
Obligation to return securities received as collateral 13,848 1,155 14 15,017
Trading liabilities 19,423 105,865 2,809 (100,559) 1 27,539
   of which short positions  11,693 4,974 25 1 16,693
      of which debt securities  2,809 4,865 3 7,677
         of which foreign government  2,667 968 0 3,635
         of which corporates  113 3,839 3 3,955
      of which equity securities  8,884 109 22 1 9,016
   of which derivatives  7,730 100,891 2,784 (100,559) 10,846
      of which interest rate products  776 44,039 26
      of which foreign exchange products  133 22,646 57
      of which equity/index-related products  6,812 27,919 1,787
Short-term borrowings 0 9,658 1,032 10,690
Long-term debt 0 58,112 9,676 67,788
   of which structured notes over one year and up to two years  0 11,036 1,464 12,500
   of which structured notes over two years  0 24,168 6,318 30,486
   of which other debt instruments over two years  0 3,223 1,854 5,077
   of which high-trigger instruments  0 10,708 0 10,708
   of which other subordinated bonds  0 7,133 0 7,133
Other liabilities 348 2,008 517 (305) 2,568
Total liabilities at fair value  33,619 193,888 14,442 (100,864) 1 141,086
1
Derivative contracts are reported on a gross basis by level. The impact of netting represents legally enforceable master netting agreements.
2
In accordance with US GAAP, certain investments that are measured at fair value using the net asset value per share practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value
hierarchy. The fair value amounts presented in this table are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheet.
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Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis (continued)

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Level 1




Level 2




Level 3



Netting
impact
1 Assets
measured
at net
asset value
per share
2



Total
Assets (CHF million)   
Cash and due from banks 0 525 0 525
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions 0 57,994 0 57,994
Securities received as collateral 44,074 6,598 101 50,773
Trading assets 87,746 181,303 7,535 (119,731) 658 157,511
   of which debt securities  16,321 45,903 2,253 55 64,532
      of which foreign government  15,908 11,909 140 27,957
      of which corporates  353 9,936 1,270 55 11,614
      of which RMBS  0 20,882 557 21,439
   of which equity securities  60,080 2,466 124 603 63,273
   of which derivatives  9,297 132,054 3,911 (119,731) 25,531
      of which interest rate products  3,036 71,043 733
      of which foreign exchange products  42 24,259 143
      of which equity/index-related products  6,150 31,945 1,186
      of which other derivatives  22 110 1,079
   of which other trading assets  2,048 880 1,247 4,175
Investment securities 1 604 0 605
Other investments 13 6 3,054 720 3,793
   of which other equity investments  13 6 2,132 609 2,760
   of which life finance instruments  0 0 920 920
Loans 0 7,739 3,669 11,408
   of which commercial and industrial loans  0 2,187 1,347 3,534
   of which financial institutions  0 3,506 1,082 4,588
Other intangible assets (mortgage servicing rights) 0 0 180 180
Other assets 137 7,315 1,825 (904) 8,373
   of which failed purchases  109 1,229 51 1,389
   of which loans held-for-sale  0 4,870 1,576 6,446
Total assets at fair value  131,971 262,084 16,364 (120,635) 1,378 291,162
1
Derivative contracts are reported on a gross basis by level. The impact of netting represents legally enforceable master netting agreements.
2
In accordance with US GAAP, certain investments that are measured at fair value using the net asset value per share practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value
hierarchy. The fair value amounts presented in this table are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheet.
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Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis (continued)

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Level 1




Level 2




Level 3



Netting
impact
1 Liabilities
measured
at net
asset value
per share
2



Total
Liabilities (CHF million)   
Due to banks 0 413 0 413
Customer deposits 0 3,895 448 4,343
Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions 0 13,688 0 13,688
Obligation to return securities received as collateral 44,074 6,598 101 50,773
Trading liabilities 33,543 138,018 4,246 (129,937) 1 45,871
   of which equity securities  20,527 111 55 1 20,694
   of which derivatives  10,535 132,956 4,191 (129,937) 17,745
      of which interest rate products  3,264 68,229 169
      of which foreign exchange products  51 28,819 72
      of which equity/index-related products  7,149 30,612 2,010
      of which credit derivatives  0 4,663 1,335
Short-term borrowings 0 10,039 701 10,740
Long-term debt 0 62,957 7,286 70,243
   of which structured notes over one year and up to two years  0 11,787 1,133 12,920
   of which structured notes over two years  0 28,330 5,526 33,856
   of which high-trigger instruments  0 10,627 0 10,627
Other liabilities 0 6,675 1,250 (169) 7,756
Total liabilities at fair value  77,617 242,283 14,032 (130,106) 1 203,827
1
Derivative contracts are reported on a gross basis by level. The impact of netting represents legally enforceable master netting agreements.
2
In accordance with US GAAP, certain investments that are measured at fair value using the net asset value per share practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value
hierarchy. The fair value amounts presented in this table are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheet.
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Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis for level 3
   
Trading revenues

Other revenues
Accumulated other
comprehensive income

2021

Balance at
beginning
of period


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other
Foreign
currency
translation
impact

Balance
at end
of period

Changes in
unrealized
gains/losses
1
Assets (CHF million)   
Securities received as collateral 101 0 0 73 (164) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 0
Trading assets 7,535 1,345 (3,413) 4,867 (5,685) 874 (1,629) (133) 509 0 (1) 0 0 234 4,503 52
   of which debt securities  2,253 878 (1,701) 3,668 (4,141) 0 0 (331) 509 0 (1) 0 0 91 1,225 103
      of which corporates  1,270 471 (747) 2,753 (3,483) 0 0 (321) 472 0 0 0 0 63 478 154
      of which RMBS  557 158 (615) 654 (385) 0 0 (25) 59 0 0 0 0 21 424 (15)
   of which derivatives  3,911 314 (1,551) 0 0 874 (1,514) 79 (16) 0 0 0 0 90 2,187 116
      of which interest rate products  733 58 (222) 0 0 175 (79) (8) (14) 0 0 0 0 (19) 624 141
      of which other derivatives  1,079 1 0 0 0 311 (325) 0 (73) 0 0 0 0 41 1,034 (81)
   of which other trading assets  1,247 31 (90) 1,035 (1,371) 0 (115) 62 49 0 0 0 0 48 896 (96)
Other investments 3,054 99 (758) 1,513 (658) 0 0 0 86 0 267 0 0 63 3,666 120
   of which other equity investments  2,132 65 (757) 1,478 (443) 0 0 0 96 0 262 0 0 30 2,863 80
   of which life finance instruments  920 0 0 33 (188) 0 0 0 (10) 0 0 0 0 34 789 39
Loans 2 3,669 257 (1,315) 362 (194) 207 (1,620) 7 55 0 (3) 0 0 109 1,534 (59)
   of which commercial and industrial loans 2 1,347 213 (364) 10 (133) 162 (643) 19 74 0 (3) 0 0 35 717 6
   of which financial institutions  1,082 43 (340) 0 (42) 34 (409) 1 70 0 0 0 0 26 465 27
Other intangible assets (mortgage servicing rights) 180 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 (42) 0 0 7 167 (42)
Other assets 1,825 370 (902) 3,447 (3,269) 120 (924) 14 (41) 0 0 0 0 54 694 (137)
   of which loans held-for-sale  1,576 360 (855) 3,394 (3,222) 120 (921) 25 41 0 0 0 0 44 562 (104)
Total assets at fair value  16,364 2,071 (6,388) 10,284 (9,970) 1,201 (4,173) (112) 609 0 221 0 0 471 10,578 (66)
Liabilities (CHF million)   
Customer deposits 448 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (18) 0 0 0 (14) (22) 394 (29)
Obligation to return securities received as collateral 101 0 0 73 (164) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 0
Trading liabilities 4,246 1,007 (2,703) 45 (56) 1,135 (1,498) 340 138 0 0 0 0 155 2,809 653
   of which derivatives  4,191 838 (2,553) 19 (8) 1,135 (1,498) 340 166 0 0 0 0 154 2,784 629
      of which equity/index-related derivatives  2,010 562 (1,498) 0 0 581 (644) 353 352 0 0 0 0 71 1,787 712
Short-term borrowings 701 359 (550) 0 0 1,766 (1,363) (35) 128 0 0 0 0 26 1,032 72
Long-term debt 7,286 4,767 (6,698) 0 0 11,323 (6,863) (36) (324) 0 0 0 (49) 270 9,676 (31)
   of which structured notes over one year and up to two years  1,133 1,802 (1,979) 0 0 2,052 (1,663) (26) 104 0 0 (1) (1) 43 1,464 (2)
   of which structured notes over two years  5,526 2,965 (4,314) 0 0 7,540 (5,038) 11 (528) 0 0 1 (47) 202 6,318 (312)
   of which other debt instruments over two years  165 0 (2) 0 0 1,616 (36) 0 105 0 0 0 0 6 1,854 306
Other liabilities 1,250 21 (538) 51 (89) 116 (493) 10 (28) 109 66 0 0 42 517 26
Total liabilities at fair value  14,032 6,154 (10,489) 169 (309) 14,340 (10,217) 279 (104) 109 66 0 (63) 475 14,442 691
Net assets/(liabilities) at fair value  2,332 (4,083) 4,101 10,115 (9,661) (13,139) 6,044 (391) 713 (109) 155 0 63 (4) (3,864) (757)
1
Changes in unrealized gains/(losses) on total assets at fair value and changes in unrealized (gains)/losses on total liabilities at fair value relating to assets and liabilities held at period end are included in net revenues or accumulated other comprehensive income. As of 2021, changes in net unrealized gains/(losses) of CHF (841) million and CHF 82 million were recorded in trading revenues and other revenues, respectively, and changes in unrealized (gains)/losses of CHF 2 million were recorded in Gains/(losses) on liabilities relating to credit risk in Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss).
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2020

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other
Foreign
currency
translation
impact

Balance
at end
of period

Changes in
unrealized
gains/losses
1
Assets (CHF million)   
Securities received as collateral 1 0 0 213 (106) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (7) 101 0
Trading assets 7,885 3,255 (3,271) 6,304 (6,740) 2,064 (2,968) 290 1,598 0 5 0 0 (887) 7,535 1,377
   of which debt securities  1,923 2,078 (1,775) 3,811 (3,493) 0 0 1 14 0 5 0 0 (311) 2,253 166
      of which corporates  1,128 703 (809) 2,685 (2,464) 0 0 26 211 0 0 0 0 (210) 1,270 196
   of which derivatives  3,534 995 (1,207) 0 0 2,064 (2,891) 213 1,607 0 1 0 0 (405) 3,911 1,323
      of which equity/index-related products  1,040 255 (519) 0 0 507 (743) 107 725 0 0 0 0 (186) 1,186 752
      of which other derivatives  909 0 0 0 0 303 (326) (1) 291 0 0 0 0 (97) 1,079 310
   of which other trading assets  2,231 119 (246) 2,420 (3,189) 0 (77) 72 76 0 (1) 0 0 (158) 1,247 (87)
Other investments 2,523 8 0 442 (194) 0 0 0 112 0 286 0 0 (123) 3,054 409
   of which other equity investments  1,463 7 0 408 (22) 0 0 0 13 0 293 0 0 (30) 2,132 298
   of which life finance instruments  1,052 0 0 34 (172) 0 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 (93) 920 112
Loans 2 3,835 1,268 (549) 437 (640) 1,170 (1,435) 52 (164) 0 1 0 0 (306) 3,669 (97)
   of which commercial and industrial loans 2 1,402 446 (170) 184 (442) 610 (435) 6 (150) 0 1 0 0 (105) 1,347 (183)
   of which financial institutions  1,201 238 (245) 0 (31) 499 (531) 20 43 0 0 0 0 (112) 1,082 47
Other intangible assets (mortgage servicing rights) 244 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (44) 0 0 (20) 180 (44)
Other assets 1,846 1,440 (709) 4,553 (4,595) 547 (995) (17) (14) 0 0 0 0 (231) 1,825 (48)
   of which loans held-for-sale  1,619 1,380 (665) 4,504 (4,567) 547 (994) (41) 4 0 0 0 0 (211) 1,576 (73)
Total assets at fair value  16,334 5,971 (4,529) 11,949 (12,275) 3,781 (5,398) 325 1,532 0 248 0 0 (1,574) 16,364 1,597
Liabilities (CHF million)   
Customer deposits 474 0 0 0 0 0 (27) 0 7 0 0 0 10 (16) 448 46
Obligation to return securities received as collateral 1 0 0 213 (106) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (7) 101 0
Trading liabilities 3,854 848 (1,614) 471 (310) 2,146 (2,375) 260 1,428 0 0 0 0 (462) 4,246 1,653
   of which derivatives  3,801 829 (1,611) 198 (8) 2,146 (2,375) 259 1,410 0 0 0 0 (458) 4,191 1,646
      of which equity/index-related derivatives  1,921 248 (954) 0 0 776 (536) 167 644 0 0 0 0 (256) 2,010 1,162
      of which credit derivatives  1,211 539 (562) 0 0 1,111 (1,425) 85 502 0 0 0 0 (126) 1,335 277
Short-term borrowings 997 37 (294) 0 0 1,307 (1,189) 4 (62) 0 0 0 0 (99) 701 94
Long-term debt 12,749 3,089 (7,478) 0 0 5,891 (5,622) 568 (690) 0 0 99 (82) (1,238) 7,286 209
   of which structured notes over one year and up to two years  891 689 (676) 0 0 1,022 (690) 40 (38) 0 0 1 (1) (105) 1,133 (19)
   of which structured notes over two years  11,458 1,614 (6,479) 0 0 4,766 (4,577) 532 (683) 0 0 98 (92) (1,111) 5,526 224
Other liabilities 1,367 160 (183) 266 (277) 129 (390) (33) 37 0 289 0 0 (115) 1,250 64
Total liabilities at fair value  19,442 4,134 (9,569) 950 (693) 9,473 (9,603) 799 720 0 289 99 (72) (1,937) 14,032 2,066
Net assets/(liabilities) at fair value  (3,108) 1,837 5,040 10,999 (11,582) (5,692) 4,205 (474) 812 0 (41) (99) 72 363 2,332 (469)
1
Changes in unrealized gains/(losses) on total assets at fair value and changes in unrealized (gains)/losses on total liabilities at fair value relating to assets and liabilities held at period end are included in net revenues or accumulated other comprehensive income. As of 2020, changes in net unrealized gains/(losses) of CHF (667) million and CHF 296 million were recorded in trading revenues and other revenues, respectively, and changes in unrealized (gains)/losses of CHF (98) million were recorded in Gains/(losses) on liabilities relating to credit risk in Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss).
2
Includes an adjustment of CHF 119 million reflecting the impact of applying the fair value option on certain loans (previously held at amortized cost) at the adoption of the ASU 2019-05.
> Refer to “Note 36 – Financial instruments” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for qualitative information about level 3 assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis.
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   2021 2020

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Fair value of investment funds and unfunded commitments (CHF million)   
Funds held in trading assets and trading liabilities  193 471 664 24 138 519 657 45
Private equity funds 39 0 39 42 92 0 92 77
Hedge funds 12 2 14 1 12 7 19 0
Equity method investment funds 336 15 351 124 322 287 609 226
Funds held in other investments  387 17 404 167 426 294 720 303
Fair value of investment funds and unfunded commitments  580 1 488 2 1,068 191 564 3 813 4 1,377 348
1
CHF 339 million of the underlying assets have known liquidation periods and for CHF 241 million, the timing of liquidation is unknown.
2
CHF 304 million of the redeemable on demand with a notice period of primarily less than 30 days.
3
CHF 190 million of the underlying assets have known liquidation periods and for CHF 374 million, the timing of liquidation is unknown.
4
CHF 540 million of the redeemable on demand with a notice period of primarily less than 30 days. CHF 4 million of the investment funds had restrictions on redemptions, which have a redemption restriction of less than 1 year.
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis
end of 2021 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Assets (CHF million)
Other investments 0 0 152 152
   of which equity method investments  0 0 118 118
   of which equity securities (without a readily determinable fair value)  0 0 21 21
Net loans 0 12 5 17
Other assets 0 29 110 139
   of which loans held-for-sale  0 28 45 73
   of which premises, equipment and right-of-use assets  0 1 60 61
Total assets recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis  0 41 267 308
Liabilities (CHF million)
Other liabilities 0 0 21 21
   of which commitments held-for-sale  0 0 21 21
Total liabilities recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis  0 0 21 21
end of 2020
Assets (CHF million)
Other investments 0 217 326 543
   of which equity method investments  0 0 303 303
   of which equity securities (without a readily determinable fair value)  0 217 10 227
Net loans 0 67 4 71
Other assets 0 104 97 201
   of which loans held-for-sale  0 97 39 136
   of which premises, equipment and right-of-use assets  0 4 54 58
Total assets recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis  0 388 427 815
Liabilities (CHF million)
Other liabilities 0 0 14 14
   of which commitments held-for-sale  0 0 14 14
Total liabilities recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis  0 0 14 14
> Refer to “Note 36 – Financial instruments” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for quantitative information about level 3 assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis.
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Difference between the aggregate fair value and unpaid principal balances of fair value option-elected financial instruments
   2021 2020

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Financial instruments (CHF million)   
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions 68,623 68,565 58 57,994 57,895 99
Loans 10,243 11,035 (792) 11,408 12,079 (671)
Other assets 1 8,624 10,777 (2,153) 7,834 10,090 (2,256)
Due to banks and customer deposits (493) (442) (51) (578) (489) (89)
Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions (13,307) (13,306) (1) (13,688) (13,672) (16)
Short-term borrowings (10,690) (10,996) 306 (10,740) (10,632) (108)
Long-term debt 2 (67,788) (70,946) 3,158 (70,243) (73,175) 2,932
Other liabilities (1,170) (1,403) 233 (616) (1,569) 953
Non-performing and non-interest-earning loans 3 843 2,657 (1,814) 543 3,364 (2,821)
1
Primarily loans held-for-sale.
2
Long-term debt includes both principal-protected and non-principal protected instruments. For non-principal-protected instruments, the original notional amount has been reported in the aggregate unpaid principal.
3
Included in loans or other assets.
Gains and losses on financial instruments
   2021 2020 2019

in
Net
gains/
(losses)
Net
gains/
(losses)
Net
gains/
(losses)
Financial instruments (CHF million)   
Interest-bearing deposits with banks 24 1 15 1 29 1
   of which related to credit risk  2 0 11
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions 638 1 1,198 1 2,696 1
Other investments 304 2 397 2 268 3
   of which related to credit risk  2 1 2
Loans 443 1 510 1 908 1
   of which related to credit risk  (13) (181) 26
Other assets 519 1 489 1 892 1
   of which related to credit risk  133 (106) 111
Due to banks and customer deposits (22) 3 (10) 3 (29) 3
   of which related to credit risk  0 0 1
Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions (43) 1 (58) 1 (612) 1
Short-term borrowings 98 3 (687) 3 (50) 3
   of which related to credit risk  2 0 8
Long-term debt (2,644) 3 (2,349) 3 (7,950) 3
   of which related to credit risk  0 11 (5)
Other liabilities 171 3 (20) 3 92 2
   of which related to credit risk  71 (15) 50
1
Primarily recognized in net interest income.
2
Primarily recognized in other revenues.
3
Primarily recognized in trading revenues.
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Gains/(losses) attributable to changes in instrument-specific credit risk
    

Gains/(losses) recorded into AOCI
1 Gains/(losses) recorded
in AOCI transferred
to net income
1
in 2021 Cumulative 2020 2021 2020
Financial instruments (CHF million)   
Customer deposits 14 (62) (9) 0 0
Short-term borrowings 19 (51) (13) 0 1
Long-term debt 263 (2,087) 24 103 155
   of which treasury debt over two years  (134) (859) 188 0 0
   of which structured notes over two years  361 (1,142) (177) 103 155
Total  296 (2,200) 2 103 156
1
Amounts are reflected gross of tax.
Carrying value and fair value of financial instruments not carried at fair value
    Carrying
value

Fair value
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2021 (CHF million)
Financial assets 
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions 35,283 0 35,283 0 35,283
Loans 286,438 0 281,195 13,722 294,917
Other financial assets 1 179,217 163,307 15,457 494 179,258
Financial liabilities 
Due to banks and customer deposits 408,624 244,155 164,475 0 408,630
Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions 22,061 0 22,061 0 22,061
Short-term borrowings 14,646 0 14,646 0 14,646
Long-term debt 92,908 0 93,597 1,702 95,299
Other financial liabilities 2 12,542 0 12,105 441 12,546
2020 (CHF million)
Financial assets 
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions 34,282 0 34,282 0 34,282
Loans 285,570 0 281,097 14,534 295,631
Other financial assets 1 154,441 137,763 16,399 302 154,464
Financial liabilities 
Due to banks and customer deposits 403,704 235,477 168,262 0 403,739
Central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions 23,399 0 23,399 0 23,399
Short-term borrowings 10,568 0 10,569 0 10,569
Long-term debt 90,035 0 90,716 2,317 93,033
Other financial liabilities 2 16,131 0 15,694 403 16,097
1
Primarily includes cash and due from banks, interest-bearing deposits with banks, loans held-for-sale, cash collateral on derivative instruments, interest and fee receivables and non-marketable equity securities.
2
Primarily includes cash collateral on derivative instruments and interest and fee payables.
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36 Assets pledged and collateral
Assets pledged
The Bank pledges assets mainly for repurchase agreements and other securities financing. Certain pledged assets may be encumbered, meaning they have the right to be sold or repledged. The encumbered assets are parenthetically disclosed on the consolidated balance sheet.
Assets pledged
end of 2021 2020 1
CHF million   
Total assets pledged or assigned as collateral 88,721 141,826
   of which encumbered  39,105 80,428
1
Prior period has been revised.
Collateral
The Bank receives cash and securities in connection with resale agreements, securities borrowing and loans, derivative transactions and margined broker loans. A significant portion of the collateral and securities received by the Bank was sold or repledged in connection with repurchase agreements, securities sold not yet purchased, securities borrowings and loans, pledges to clearing organizations, segregation requirements under securities laws and regulations, derivative transactions and bank loans.
Collateral
end of 2021 2020 1
CHF million   
Fair value of collateral received with the right to sell or repledge 289,898 414,268
   of which sold or repledged  144,747 215,601
1
Prior period has been revised.
Other information
end of 2021 2020
CHF million   
Swiss National Bank required minimum liquidity reserves 2,246 2,092
Other restricted cash, securities and receivables 1 3,423 3,465 2
1
Includes cash, securities and receivables recorded on the Group’s consolidated balance sheets and restricted under Swiss or foreign regulations for financial institutions; excludes restricted cash, securities and receivables held on behalf of clients which are not recorded on the Group’s consolidated balance sheet.
2
Prior period has been revised.
> Refer to “Note 37 – Assets pledged and collateral” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
37 Capital adequacy
The Bank is subject to the Basel framework, as implemented in Switzerland, as well as Swiss legislation and regulations for systemically important banks. The Bank, which is subject to regulation by FINMA, has based its capital adequacy calculations on US GAAP financial statements, as permitted by FINMA Circular 2013/1.
> Refer to “Note 38 – Capital adequacy” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Bank’s capital position exceeded its capital requirements under the regulatory provisions outlined under Swiss Requirements.
Broker-dealer operations
Certain of the Bank’s broker-dealer subsidiaries are also subject to capital adequacy requirements. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Bank and its subsidiaries complied with all applicable regulatory capital adequacy requirements.
Dividend restrictions
Certain of the Bank’s subsidiaries are subject to legal restrictions governing the amount of dividends they can pay (for example, pursuant to corporate law as defined by the Swiss Code of Obligations).
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, Credit Suisse AG was not subject to restrictions on its ability to pay the proposed dividends.
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Swiss metrics
end of 2021 2020
Swiss capital (CHF million)   
Swiss CET1 capital 44,185 40,691
Going concern capital 1 59,110 55,648
Gone concern capital 41,316 41,857
Total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) 100,426 97,505
Swiss risk-weighted assets and leverage exposure (CHF million)   
Swiss risk-weighted assets 267,558 276,157
Leverage exposure 895,810 806,005 2
Swiss capital ratios (%)   
Swiss CET1 ratio 16.5 14.7
Going concern capital ratio 22.1 20.2
Gone concern capital ratio 15.4 15.2
TLAC ratio 37.5 35.3
Swiss leverage ratios (%)   
Swiss CET1 leverage ratio 4.9 5.0
Going concern leverage ratio 6.6 6.9
Gone concern leverage ratio 4.6 5.2 3
TLAC leverage ratio 11.2 12.1
Swiss capital ratio requirements (%)   
Swiss CET1 ratio requirement 10.0 10.0
Going concern capital ratio requirement 14.3 14.3
Gone concern capital ratio requirement 14.3 14.3
TLAC ratio requirement 28.6 28.6
Swiss leverage ratio requirements (%)   
Swiss CET1 leverage ratio requirement 3.5 3.5
Going concern leverage ratio requirement 5.0 5.0
Gone concern leverage ratio requirement 5.0 5.0
TLAC leverage ratio requirement 10.0 10.0
1
Amounts are shown on a look-through basis. Certain tier 2 instruments and their related tier 2 amortization components are subject to phase out through 2022. As of 2021 and 2020, gone concern capital was CHF 41,565 million and CHF 42,203 million, including CHF 249 million and CHF 346 million, respectively, of such instruments.
2
Excludes CHF 124,218 million of cash held at central banks, after adjusting for the dividend paid in 2020.
3
The gone concern ratio would have been 4.5%, if calculated using a leverage exposure of CHF 930,223 million, without the temporary exclusion of cash held at central banks, after adjusting for the dividend paid in 2020, of CHF 124,218 million.
38 Assets under management
The following disclosure provides information regarding client assets, assets under management and net new assets as regulated by FINMA.
> Refer to “Note 39 – Assets under management” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
Assets under management
end of 2021 2020
CHF billion   
Assets in collective investment instruments managed by Credit Suisse 228.9 210.7
Assets with discretionary mandates 294.8 267.3
Other assets under management 1,087.3 1,029.0
Assets under management (including double counting)  1,611.0 1,507.0
   of which double counting  45.9 48.8
Changes in assets under management
2021 2020
Assets under management (CHF billion)   
Balance at beginning of period 1 1,507.0 1,500.7
Net new assets/(net asset outflows) 33.2 43.4
Market movements, interest, dividends and foreign exchange 92.4 (14.5)
   of which market movements, interest and dividends 2 80.7 53.2
   of which foreign exchange  11.7 (67.7)
Other effects (21.6) (22.6)
Balance at end of period  1,611.0 1,507.0
1
Including double counting.
2
Net of commissions and other expenses and net of interest expenses charged.
39 Litigation
> Refer to “Note 40 – Litigation” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
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40 Significant subsidiaries and equity method investments
The entities presented in the table below generally include subsidiaries with total assets over CHF 100 million or net income attributable to shareholders over CHF 10 million. Also included are entities which are deemed regionally significant or otherwise relevant from an operational perspective.
Significant subsidiaries

Company name


Domicile


Currency
Nominal
capital
in million
Equity
interest
in %
End of 2021      
Credit Suisse AG 
Alpine Securitization LTD George Town, Cayman Islands USD 80.5 100
Banco Credit Suisse (Brasil) S.A. São Paulo, Brazil BRL 53.6 100
Banco Credit Suisse (Mexico), S.A. Mexico City, Mexico MXN 3,591.7 100
Banco de Investimentos Credit Suisse (Brasil) S.A. São Paulo, Brazil BRL 164.8 100
Bank-now AG Horgen, Switzerland CHF 30.0 100
Boston Re Ltd. Hamilton, Bermuda USD 2.0 100
Casa de Bolsa Credit Suisse (Mexico), S.A. de C.V. Mexico City, Mexico MXN 274.0 100
Column Financial, Inc. Wilmington, United States USD 0.0 100
Credit Suisse (Australia) Limited Sydney, Australia AUD 34.1 100
Credit Suisse (Brasil) S.A. Corretora de Titulos e Valores Mobiliarios São Paulo, Brazil BRL 98.4 100
Credit Suisse (Deutschland) Aktiengesellschaft Frankfurt, Germany EUR 130.0 100
Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited Hong Kong, China HKD 8,192.9 100
Credit Suisse (Italy) S.p.A. Milan, Italy EUR 170.0 100
Credit Suisse (Luxembourg) S.A. Luxembourg, Luxembourg CHF 230.9 100
Credit Suisse (Qatar) LLC Doha, Qatar USD 29.0 100
Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG Zurich, Switzerland CHF 100.0 100
Credit Suisse (Singapore) Limited Singapore, Singapore SGD 743.3 100
Credit Suisse (UK) Limited London, United Kingdom GBP 245.2 100
Credit Suisse (USA), Inc. Wilmington, United States USD 0.0 100
Credit Suisse Asset Management (Schweiz) AG Zurich, Switzerland CHF 0.2 100
Credit Suisse Asset Management (UK) Holding Limited London, United Kingdom GBP 144.2 100
Credit Suisse Asset Management International Holding Ltd Zurich, Switzerland CHF 20.0 100
Credit Suisse Asset Management Investments Ltd Zurich, Switzerland CHF 0.1 100
Credit Suisse Asset Management Limited London, United Kingdom GBP 45.0 100
Credit Suisse Asset Management Real Estate GmbH Frankfurt, Germany EUR 6.1 100
Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC Wilmington, United States USD 1,115.9 100
Credit Suisse Atlas I Investments (Luxembourg) S.à.r.l. Luxembourg, Luxembourg USD 0.0 100
Credit Suisse Bank (Europe), S.A. Spain, Madrid EUR 18.0 100
Credit Suisse Brazil (Bahamas) Limited Nassau, Bahamas USD 70.0 100
Credit Suisse Business Analytics (India) Private Limited Mumbai, India INR 40.0 100
Credit Suisse Capital LLC Wilmington, United States USD 1,702.3 100
Credit Suisse Entrepreneur Capital AG Zurich, Switzerland CHF 15.0 100
Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) Limited Sydney, Australia AUD 62.5 100
Credit Suisse Finance (India) Private Limited Mumbai, India INR 1,050.1 100
Credit Suisse First Boston (Latam Holdings) LLC George Town, Cayman Islands USD 28.8 100
Credit Suisse First Boston Finance B.V. Amsterdam, The Netherlands EUR 0.0 100
Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC Wilmington, United States USD 206.6 100
Credit Suisse First Boston Next Fund, Inc. Wilmington, United States USD 0.0 100
Credit Suisse Fund Management S.A. Luxembourg, Luxembourg CHF 0.3 100
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Significant subsidiaries (continued)

Company name


Domicile


Currency
Nominal
capital
in million
Equity
interest
in %
Credit Suisse Fund Services (Luxembourg) S.A. Luxembourg, Luxembourg CHF 1.5 100
Credit Suisse Funds AG Zurich, Switzerland CHF 7.0 100
Credit Suisse Hedging-Griffo Corretora de Valores S.A. São Paulo, Brazil BRL 29.6 100
Credit Suisse Holding Europe (Luxembourg) S.A. Luxembourg, Luxembourg CHF 32.6 100
Credit Suisse Holdings (Australia) Limited Sydney, Australia AUD 3.0 100
Credit Suisse Holdings (USA), Inc. Wilmington, United States USD 550.0 100
Credit Suisse Istanbul Menkul Degerler A.S. Istanbul, Turkey TRY 10.0 100
Credit Suisse Life (Bermuda) Ltd. Hamilton, Bermuda USD 0.5 100
Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC Wilmington, United States USD 1.7 100
Credit Suisse Management LLC Wilmington, United States USD 891.4 100
Credit Suisse Prime Securities Services (USA) LLC Wilmington, United States USD 3.3 100
Credit Suisse Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia SAR 737.5 100
Credit Suisse Securities (Canada), Inc. Toronto, Canada CAD 3.4 100
Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited London, United Kingdom USD 3,859.3 100
Credit Suisse Securities (Hong Kong) Limited Hong Kong, China HKD 2,080.9 100
Credit Suisse Securities (India) Private Limited Mumbai, India INR 2,214.7 100
Credit Suisse Securities (Japan) Limited Tokyo, Japan JPY 78,100.0 100
Credit Suisse Securities (Johannesburg) Proprietary Limited - in liquidation Johannesburg, South Africa ZAR 0.0 100
Credit Suisse Securities (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia MYR 100.0 100
Credit Suisse Securities (Singapore) Pte. Limited Singapore, Singapore SGD 30.0 100
Credit Suisse Securities (Thailand) Limited Bangkok, Thailand THB 500.0 100
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC Wilmington, United States USD 2,200.7 100
Credit Suisse Services (India) Private Limited Pune, India INR 0.1 100
Credit Suisse Services (USA) LLC Wilmington, United States USD 15.4 100
CS Non-Traditional Products Ltd. Nassau, Bahamas USD 0.1 100
CSSEL Guernsey Bare Trust St. Peter Port, Guernsey USD 0.0 100
DLJ Mortgage Capital, Inc. Wilmington, United States USD 0.0 100
Fides Treasury Services AG Zurich, Switzerland CHF 2.0 100
JSC "Bank Credit Suisse (Moscow)" Moscow, Russia RUB 460.0 100
Lime Residential, Ltd. Nassau, Bahamas USD 0.0 100
LLC "Credit Suisse Securities (Moscow)" Moscow, Russia RUB 727.0 100
Merban Equity AG Zug, Switzerland CHF 0.1 100
Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. Utah, United States USD 0.0 100
Solar Investco II Ltd. George Town, Cayman Islands USD 0.0 100
SP Holding Enterprises Corp. Wilmington, United States USD 0.0 100
SR Lease Co VI Ltd. Cayman Islands USD 0.0 100
PT Credit Suisse Sekuritas Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia IDR 235,000.0 99
Credit Suisse Hypotheken AG Zurich, Switzerland CHF 0.1 98
Credit Suisse International London, United Kingdom USD 11,366.2 98 1
Credit Suisse Securities (China) Limited Beijing, China CNY 1,089.0 51
1
Remaining 2% held directly by Credit Suisse Group AG. 98% of voting rights and 98% of equity interest held by Credit Suisse AG.
Significant equity method investments

Company name


Domicile
Equity
interest
in %
End of 2021      
Credit Suisse AG 
Swisscard AECS GmbH Horgen, Switzerland 50
Stockbrokers Holdings Pty Ltd. Melbourne, Australia 23
ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management Co., Ltd. Beijing, China 20
York Capital Management Global Advisors, LLC New York, United States 5 1
Holding Verde Empreendimentos e Participações S.A. São Paulo, Brazil 0 1
1
The Bank holds a significant noncontrolling interest.
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41 Significant valuation and income recognition differences between US GAAP and Swiss GAAP banking law (true and fair view)
> Refer to “Note 43 – Significant valuation and income recognition differences between US GAAP and Swiss GAAP banking law (true and fair view)” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
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Parent company financial statements
Statements of income
   Note in
2021 2020
Statements of income (CHF million)   
Interest and discount income 4,295 6,427
Interest and dividend income from trading activities 1,825 2,289
Interest and dividend income from financial investments 282 356
Interest expense (3,832) (6,079)
Gross income from interest activities  2,570 2,993
(Increase)/release of allowance for default risks and losses from interest activities (435) (849)
Net income from interest activities  4 2,135 2,144
Commission income from securities trading and investment activities 2,425 2,343
Commission income from lending activities 817 743
Commission income from other services 237 164
Commission expense (578) (625)
Net income from commission and service activities  2,901 2,625
Net income/(loss) from trading activities and fair value option  5 (936) 1,689
Income/(loss) from the disposal of financial investments (15) (7)
Income from participations 2,419 3,636
Income from real estate 45 57
Other ordinary income 1,553 1,335
Other ordinary expenses (138) (85)
Net income from other ordinary activities  3,864 4,936
Personnel expenses 6 1,820 2,120
General and administrative expenses 7 4,323 4,315
Total operating expenses  6,143 6,435
Impairment of participations, depreciation and amortization of tangible fixed assets and intangible assets 1 12,884 4,834
Increase/(release) of provisions and other valuation adjustments, and losses 8 120 108
Operating profit/(loss)  (11,183) 17
Extraordinary income 8 417 372
Extraordinary expenses 8 0 (6)
Taxes 9 (243) (52)
Net profit/(loss)  (11,009) 331
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Balance sheets
   Note end of
2021 2020
Assets (CHF million)   
Cash and other liquid assets 89,636 64,187
Due from banks 78,931 88,246
Securities borrowing and reverse repurchase agreements 10 87,040 80,791
Due from customers 11 153,874 172,051
Mortgage loans 11 5,025 5,378
Trading assets 12 39,410 49,116
Positive replacement values of derivative financial instruments 13 6,432 11,635
Financial investments 14 27,219 25,661
Accrued income and prepaid expenses 2,482 2,525
Participations 45,501 55,743
Tangible fixed assets 1,954 1,926
Intangible assets 1 104
Other assets 15 1,708 605
Total assets  539,213 557,968
   Total subordinated receivables  13,898 13,522
      of which receivables subject to contractual mandatory conversion and/or cancellation  3,105 3,105
Liabilities and shareholders' equity   
Due to banks 53,582 55,641
Securities lending and repurchase agreements 10 93,155 79,599
Customer deposits 183,172 180,087
Trading liabilities 12 4,786 5,704
Negative replacement values of derivative financial instruments 13 5,065 11,040
Liabilities from other financial instruments held at fair value 12, 18 50,262 55,542
Bonds and mortgage-backed bonds 118,959 129,446
Accrued expenses and deferred income 3,536 3,472
Other liabilities 15 652 1,561
Provisions 20 544 436
Total liabilities  513,713 522,528
Share capital 22 4,400 4,400
Legal capital reserves 39,534 38,465
   of which capital contribution reserves  38,970 37,901
Legal income reserves 3,461 3,461
Retained earnings/(accumulated losses) carried forward (10,886) (11,217)
Net profit/(loss) (11,009) 331
Total shareholders' equity  25,500 35,440
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity  539,213 557,968
   Total subordinated liabilities  63,417 61,417
      of which liabilities subject to contractual mandatory conversion and/or cancellation  17,387 16,781
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Off-balance sheet transactions
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CHF million   
Contingent liabilities 14,318 16,939
Irrevocable commitments 91,928 93,339
Obligations for calls on shares and additional payments 9 44
Contingent liabilities include guarantees for obligations, performance-related guarantees and letters of comfort issued to third parties. Contingencies with a stated amount are included in the off-balance sheet section of the financial statements. In some instances, the exposure of Credit Suisse AG (Bank parent company) is not defined as an amount but relates to specific circumstances such as the solvency of subsidiaries or the performance of a service.
Joint and several liability
The Bank parent company entered into a contractual arrangement under which it assumed joint and several liability with respect to liabilities of Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG arising in connection with Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG’s roles under the international covered bonds program.
The Bank parent company is a member of Credit Suisse Group AG’s Swiss value added tax (VAT) group and therefore subject to joint and several liability according to the Swiss VAT Act.
Deposit insurance guarantee programs
Deposit-taking banks and securities dealers in Switzerland and certain other European countries are required to ensure the payout of privileged deposits in case of specified restrictions or compulsory liquidation of a deposit-taking bank. In Switzerland, deposit-taking banks and securities dealers jointly guarantee an amount of up to CHF 6 billion. Upon occurrence of a payout event triggered by a specified restriction of business imposed by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA (FINMA) or by the compulsory liquidation of another deposit-taking bank, the Bank parent company’s contribution will be calculated based on its share of privileged deposits in proportion to total privileged deposits. Based on FINMA’s estimate for the Bank parent company, the Bank’s share in the deposit insurance guarantee program for the period July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 is CHF 43 million. This deposit insurance guarantee is reflected in irrevocable commitments.
> Refer to “Note 25 – Amounts receivable from and amounts payable to related parties” for further information on off-balance sheet transactions.
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Balance at beginning of period  4,400 38,465 1 3,461 (11,217) 331 35,440
Appropriation of net profit 331 (331)
Capital contributions 1,080 2 1,080
Dividends and other distributions (11) (11)
Net profit/(loss) (11,009) (11,009)
Balance at end of period  4,400 39,534 1 3,461 (10,886) (11,009) 25,500
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Includes capital contribution reserves of CHF 37,901 million at the beginning of the period and CHF 38,970 million at the end of the period. Distributions from capital contribution reserves are free of Swiss withholding tax.
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Represents an a-fond-perdu contribution in cash by Credit Suisse Group AG to the capital contribution reserves of CHF 1,080 million on May 12, 2021.
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Notes to the financial statements
1 Company details, business developments and subsequent events
Company details
Credit Suisse AG (Bank parent company) is a Swiss bank incorporated as a joint stock corporation (public limited company) with its registered office in Zurich, Switzerland.
The Bank parent company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG (Group parent company) domiciled in Switzerland.
Number of employees
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Full-time equivalents   
Switzerland 5,480 5,350
Abroad 3,950 3,800
Total  9,430 9,150
Business developments
Valuation of participations
The carrying value of the Bank parent company’s participations in subsidiaries is reviewed for potential impairment on at least an annual basis as of December 31 and at any other time that events or circumstances indicate that the participations’ value may be impaired. During 2021, the Archegos and supply chain finance funds matters as well as the announcement on November 4, 2021 regarding the updated strategy and the exit of certain businesses were triggering events.
Based on the reviews performed, which included the support of an independent valuation specialist appointed by Credit Suisse, the Bank parent company recorded participation impairments of CHF 12.4 billion for the year 2021, which are reflected in the statements of income in impairment of participations, depreciation and amortization of tangible fixed assets and intangible assets. The following impairments were recorded: CHF 7.1 billion on Credit Suisse International Ltd., CHF 3.3 billion on Credit Suisse Holdings (USA) Inc., CHF 1.3 billion on Credit Suisse PSL GmbH (including a CHF 0.8 billion provision for overindebtedness of Credit Suisse PSL GmbH, which was merged into the Bank parent company on October 29, 2021 with an effective date of July 1, 2021) and CHF 0.7 billion on other entities.
Credit Suisse Life & Pensions AG
In the third quarter of 2021, Credit Suisse Life & Pensions AG was sold to Octium Holdings SA. As a result of the sale of this participation, the Bank parent company recorded a gain of CHF 51 million, which was recognized in extraordinary income.
Allfunds Group
The Bank parent company holds a participation in Allfunds Group following the transfer of the Group’s open architecture investment fund platform Credit Suisse InvestLab to Allfunds Group. On April 23, 2021, Allfunds Group announced a successful initial public offering (IPO) on the Euronext Amsterdam exchange with an initial market capitalization of EUR 7.24 billion on the day of the listing. The Bank parent company recorded extraordinary income of CHF 166 million from sales of shares in Allfunds Group at the IPO and in September 2021. As of December 31, 2021, the Bank parent company’s equity interest was 8.6%.
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to affect the economic environment throughout 2021. Infection rates ebbed and flowed across the world during the course of 2021, including in countries where Credit Suisse has a significant presence. Vaccination programs during the year continued to reduce significantly the correlation between COVID-19 infection and serious illness, although booster shots were increasingly required to sustain a high level of protection. In addition, in the fourth quarter of 2021 a further challenge arose with the emergence of the Omicron variant, which was more transmissible than previous variants. However, in early 2022 there were signs that the Omicron infection wave was peaking and that governments would relatively soon be able to ease social and economic activity restrictions. The Bank parent company continues to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the bank’s operations and businesses.
Subsequent event
In late February 2022, the Russian government launched a military attack on Ukraine. In response to Russia’s military attack, the US, EU, UK, Switzerland and other countries across the world imposed severe sanctions against Russia’s financial system and on Russian government officials and Russian business leaders. The sanctions included limitations on the ability of Russian banks to access the SWIFT financial messaging service and restrictions on transactions with the Russian central bank. The Russian government has also imposed certain countermeasures, which include restrictions relating to foreign currency accounts and security transactions. These measures followed earlier sanctions that had already been imposed by the US, EU and UK in 2021 in response to alleged Russian activities related to Syria, cybersecurity, electoral interference and other matters. The Bank parent company is assessing the impact of the sanctions already imposed, and potential future escalations, on its exposures and client relationships. It is premature to estimate the potential impact of the war in Ukraine on the global economy and markets and on clients’ risk appetite. The Bank parent company notes that these recent developments may affect its financial performance, including credit loss estimates and potential asset impairments, albeit given the early stage of these developments, it is not yet possible to estimate the size of any reasonably possible losses.
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2 Accounting and valuation principles
Summary of significant accounting and valuation principles
Basis for accounting
The Bank parent company’s standalone financial statements are prepared in accordance with the accounting rules of the Swiss Federal Law on Banks and Savings Banks (Bank Law), the corresponding Implementing Ordinance (Banking Ordinance), the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority’s Accounting Ordinance (FINMA Accounting Ordinance) and FINMA circular 2020/1, “Accounting – banks” (Swiss GAAP statutory) as applicable for the preparation of reliable assessment statutory single-entity financial statements (Statutarischer Einzelabschluss mit zuverlässiger Darstellung). Supplemental information on unsecured senior debt and structured notes as provided in Note 19 is not a required disclosure under these rules.
The financial year for the Bank parent company ends on December 31.
The consolidated financial statements of Credit Suisse AG and its subsidiaries (Bank) are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the US (US GAAP), which differ in certain material respects from Swiss GAAP statutory.
> Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies” in VIII – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) for a detailed description of the Bank’s accounting and valuation principles.
> Refer to “Note 41 – Significant valuation and income recognition differences between US GAAP and Swiss GAAP banking law (true and fair view)” in VIII – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) for information on significant valuation and income recognition differences between US GAAP and Swiss GAAP banking law (true and fair view).
In addition to preparing its own consolidated US GAAP financial statements, Credit Suisse AG is included in the scope of the published annual report of Credit Suisse Group AG, which includes a Group management report and consolidated financial statements prepared under US GAAP. The Bank parent company has no listed shares outstanding. Accordingly, the Bank parent company is exempt from providing certain disclosures in its standalone annual report, such as management report, statements of cash flows and certain notes to the financial statements.
Certain changes were made to the prior year’s financial statements to conform to the current year’s presentation and had no impact on net profit/(loss) or total shareholders’ equity.
Recording of transactions
Transactions are generally recognized on a trade date basis at the point in time when they become legally binding unless specific guidance is provided for settlement date accounting, such as for issuances of debt and structured notes.
Foreign currency translations
The Bank parent company’s reporting currency is Swiss francs (CHF); branches of the Bank parent company can have a functional currency other than Swiss francs.
Transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the related head office or branch are recorded by remeasuring them in the functional currency of the related head office or branch using the foreign exchange rate on the date of the transaction. As of the dates of the balance sheets, monetary assets and liabilities, such as receivables and payables, are reported using the year-end spot foreign exchange rates. Gains and losses from foreign exchange rate differences are recorded in the statements of income in net income/(loss) from trading activities and fair value option. Non-monetary assets and liabilities are recorded using the historic exchange rate.
Assets and liabilities of foreign branches with functional currencies other than the Swiss franc are translated into Swiss franc equivalents using year-end spot foreign exchange rates, whereas revenues and expenses are translated at weighted average foreign exchange rates for the period. All foreign exchange translation effects are recognized in the statements of income in net income/(loss) from trading activities and fair value option.
The following table provides the foreign exchange rates applied for the preparation of the Bank parent company’s standalone financial statements.
Foreign exchange rates
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1 USD / 1 CHF 0.91 0.88
1 EUR / 1 CHF 1.03 1.08
1 GBP / 1 CHF 1.24 1.20
100 JPY / 1 CHF 0.79 0.85
Cash and other liquid assets
Cash and other liquid assets are recognized at their nominal value less any necessary allowance for credit losses.
Due from banks
Amounts due from banks, including interest due but not paid, are recognized at their nominal value less any necessary allowance for credit losses.
Securities lending and borrowing, repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements
Securities lending and borrowing as well as repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements are recorded at the nominal value of the cash amounts exchanged less any necessary allowance for credit losses.
Due from customers and mortgage loans
Amounts due from customers and mortgage loans, including interest due but not paid, are recognized at their nominal value less any necessary allowance for credit losses.
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Allowance for credit losses and non-accrual financial assets
The current expected credit loss (CECL) requirements in accordance with US GAAP as allowed under the Swiss GAAP statutory accounting rules for banks apply to all financial assets and off-balance sheet exposures measured at amortized cost or nominal value less allowance for credit losses. The expected loss amounts are based on a forward-looking, lifetime CECL model by incorporating reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions available at the reporting date. The expected credit loss amounts are estimated over the contractual term of the financial assets, taking into account the effect of prepayments. This requires considerable judgment over how changes in macroeconomic factors (MEFs) as well as changes in forward-looking borrower-specific characteristics will affect the expected credit loss amounts.
The Bank parent company measures expected credit losses of financial assets on a collective (pool) basis when similar risk characteristics exist. For financial assets which do not share similar risk characteristics, expected credit losses are evaluated on an individual basis. Expected credit loss amounts are probability-weighted estimates of potential credit losses based on historical frequency, current trends and conditions as well as forecasted MEFs, such as gross domestic product (GDP), unemployment rates and interest rates.
For financial assets that are performing at the reporting date, the allowance for credit losses is generally measured using a probability of default (PD)/loss given default (LGD) approach under which PD, LGD and exposure at default (EAD) are estimated. For financial assets that are credit-impaired at the reporting date, the Bank parent company generally applies a discounted cash flow approach to determine the difference between the gross carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows.
An allowance for credit losses is deducted from the amortized cost base or nominal value, respectively, of the financial asset. Changes in the allowance for credit losses are recorded in the statements of income in (increase)/release of allowance for default risks and losses from interest activities, or, if related to provisions for off-balance sheet credit exposures, in increase/(release) of provisions and other valuation adjustments, and losses.
Accrued interests from financial assets are recognized in the balance sheet in accrued income and prepaid expenses. Current expected credit losses are calculated on accrued interest receivables and any uncollectible accrued interest receivables are written off by reversing the related interest income.
Write-off of a financial asset occurs when it is considered certain that there is no possibility of recovering the outstanding principal. If the amount of loss on write-off is greater than the accumulated allowance for credit losses, the difference results in an additional credit loss. The additional credit loss is first recognized as an addition to the allowance; the allowance is then applied against the gross carrying amount. Any repossessed collateral is initially measured at fair value. The subsequent measurement depends on the nature of the collateral.
Expected recoveries on financial assets previously written off have to be reflected in the allowance for credit losses; for this purpose, the amount of expected recoveries cannot exceed the aggregate amounts previously written off. Accordingly, expected recoveries from financial assets previously written off may result in an overall negative allowance for credit loss balance.
Prior to January 1, 2021, the allowance for credit losses reflected probable incurred credit losses.
The Bank parent company’s loan portfolios are reflected in the balance sheet in due from customers, due from banks and mortgage loans. A loan is classified as non-performing and thus considered credit impaired no later than when the contractual payments of principal and/or interest are more than 90 days past due. However, management may determine that a loan should be classified as non-performing notwithstanding that contractual payments of principal and/or interest are less than 90 days past due. The Bank parent company continues to add accrued interest receivable to the loan’s unpaid principal balance for collection purposes; however, a credit provision is recorded, resulting in no interest income recognition. A loan can be further downgraded to non-interest-earning when the collection of interest is considered so doubtful that further accrual of interest is deemed inappropriate. Generally, non-performing loans and non-interest-earning loans may be restored to performing status only when delinquent principal and interest are brought up to date in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement and when certain performance criteria are met. Interest collected on non-performing loans and non-interest-earning loans is accounted for using the cash basis or the cost recovery method or a combination of both.
Trading assets and liabilities
In order to qualify as trading activity, positions (assets and liabilities) have to be actively managed with the objective of realizing gains from fluctuations in market prices, which includes an ongoing willingness to increase, decrease, close or hedge risk positions. Trading positions also include positions held with the intention of generating gains from arbitrage. The designation as trading position has to be made, and documented accordingly, upon conclusion of the transaction.
Trading securities are carried at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in the statements of income in net income/(loss) from trading activities and fair value option. The fair value is determined using either the price set on a price-efficient and liquid market or a price calculated using a valuation model.
Interest and dividend income resulting from trading positions is recorded in gross income from interest activities. Refinancing costs are not charged to net income from trading activities and fair value option.
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Reclassifications between trading assets, financial investments and participations are allowed. Reclassifications between financial investments and participations are recorded at the carrying value. Reclassifications between trading assets and financial investments or participations, respectively, are recorded at the fair value valid at the time when the decision to reclassify is made. Resulting gains or losses are recognized applying the same accounting principles as for the recognition of results from the disposal of such assets.
Derivative financial instruments and hedge accounting
Derivative financial instruments consist of trading and hedging instruments.
Positive and negative replacement values of outstanding derivative financial instruments arising from transactions for the Bank parent company’s own account are disclosed as separate line items in the balance sheet, with related fair value changes recorded in net income from trading activities and fair value option.
Replacement values of derivative financial instruments arising from transactions for the account of customers are recognized only if a risk exists that a customer or other counterparty (e.g., exchange, exchange member, issuer of the instrument or broker) of a transaction is no longer able to meet its obligations, resulting in an exposure to loss for the Bank parent company during the remaining term of the contract.
Hedge accounting is determined, tested for effectiveness and disclosed in accordance with US GAAP as allowed under the Swiss GAAP statutory accounting rules for banks. Derivative financial instruments used as hedging instruments in hedging relationships are always recorded at fair value.
For fair value hedges, gains and losses resulting from the valuation of the hedging instruments are recorded in the same statements of income line items in which gains and losses from the hedged items are recognized. Valuation impacts resulting from fair valuing the risk being hedged of the hedged items are not recorded as an adjustment to the carrying value of the hedged items but are recorded in the compensation account included in other assets or other liabilities.
For cash flow hedges, gains and losses resulting from the valuation of the hedging instruments are deferred and recorded in the compensation account included in other assets or other liabilities. The deferred amounts are released and recorded in the statements of income in the same period when the cash flows from the hedged transactions or hedged items are recognized in earnings.
Other financial instruments held at fair value and liabilities from other financial instruments held at fair value
Financial instruments which are not part of the trading portfolio may be measured at fair value and classified in other financial instruments held at fair value or liabilities from other financial instruments held at fair value if all of the following conditions are met:
The financial instruments are valued at fair value and are subject to risk management corresponding to that for trading positions including a documented risk management and investment strategy which ensures appropriate recognition, measurement and limitation of the miscellaneous risks.
An economic hedging relationship between the financial instruments on the asset side and the financial instruments on the liability side exists and gains and losses from the fair valuation of these financial instruments are largely offset (avoidance of an accounting mismatch).
Impacts of changes in own credit spreads on the fair value of an issued debt instrument following initial recognition cannot be reflected in the statements of income. Impacts of changes in own credit spreads are recognized in the compensation account.
Changes in fair value are recorded in net income from trading activities and fair value option.
Financial investments
Equity securities which do not qualify as trading securities are included in financial investments and measured at the lower of cost or market value (LOCOM). Valuation adjustments are recorded in other ordinary income or other ordinary expenses.
Debt securities which do not qualify as trading securities are included in financial investments and further classified into debt securities held-to-maturity, which the Bank parent company intends to hold until maturity, and debt securities available-for-sale, which the Bank parent company does not intend to hold until maturity.
Debt securities held-to-maturity are measured at amortized cost less allowance for credit losses. An allowance for credit losses related to default risk is reported in the statements of income in increase/(release) of allowance for default risks and losses from interest activities. If debt securities held-to-maturity are sold or repaid before original maturity, the interest component of any realized gains or losses is deferred and amortized over the remaining original life of the debt security.
Debt securities available-for-sale are measured at the lower of amortized cost or market value (LOACOM). Valuation adjustments for credit- and market-related adjustments are recorded in other ordinary income or other ordinary expenses.
Participations
Equity securities in a company which are owned by the Bank parent company qualify as a participation if these securities are held for the purpose of permanent investment, irrespective of the percentage of voting shares held, or, if these equity securities are in a banking and financial market infrastructure enterprise, in particular participations in joint organizations. Participations can be held by the Bank parent company in Switzerland and its foreign branches.
Participations are measured at acquisition cost less any impairments. Goodwill and intangible assets related to the acquisition of
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a participation are part of the participation’s historical cost under Swiss GAAP statutory and not separately identified and recorded. Impairment is assessed individually for each participation at each balance sheet date or at any point in time when facts and circumstances would indicate that an event has occurred which triggers an impairment review. An impairment is recorded if the carrying value exceeds the fair value of a participation. If the fair value of a participation recovers significantly and is considered sustainable, a prior period impairment can be reversed up to the historical cost value of the participation.
Other assets and other liabilities
Other assets and other liabilities are generally recorded at cost or nominal value. Other assets and other liabilities include the net balance of the compensation accounts. The compensation account assets and liabilities include changes in the book values of assets and liabilities that are not recognized in the statements of income of a reporting period. In particular, the compensation accounts are used to record the hedge effectiveness, impacts from changes in own credit spreads and deferred gains or losses from the sale of debt securities held-to-maturity. The gross amounts of compensation account assets and liabilities are offset and reported net on the balance sheet either in other assets or in other liabilities.
Due to banks
Amounts due to banks are recognized at their nominal value.
Customer deposits
Amounts due in respect of customer deposits are recognized at their nominal value.
Bonds and mortgage-backed bonds
Bonds and mortgage-backed bonds are carried at amortized cost. Debt issuance costs are recorded in accrued income and prepaid expenses.
Provisions
Provisions are recorded to cover specific risks related to a past event prior to the balance sheet date. Further, provisions for probable obligations and for expected credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposures are recorded. Provisions represent a probable obligation for which the amount and/or due date are uncertain but can be reasonably estimated. Where the time factor has a material impact, the amount of the provision is discounted.
Provisions which are no longer economically necessary and which are not used in the same reporting period to cover probable obligations of the same nature are released to income:
tax provisions through line item taxes;
provisions for pension benefit obligations through personnel expenses; and
provisions for current and expected credit losses related to off-balance sheet credit exposures and other provisions including litigation provisions through line item increase/(release) of provisions and other value adjustments, and losses.
Commission income
Commission income is recognized when arrangements exist, services have been rendered, the revenue is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably assured. As applicable, commissions and fees are recognized ratably over the service period and either accrued or deferred in the balance sheet in the line items accrued income and prepaid expenses and accrued expenses and deferred income, respectively.
Commission income and commission expense are generally recorded on a gross basis in the statements of income.
Income tax accounting
Income taxes are based on the tax laws of each tax jurisdiction and are expensed in the period in which the taxable profits are made.
Tax provisions are recognized in the statements of income in the line item taxes and included in provisions on the balance sheet.
In line with the accounting rules for single-entity statutory financial statements, deferred tax assets on net operating losses are not recognized. Deferred taxation items for temporary differences between the carrying value of an asset or a liability under Swiss GAAP statutory and the respective value for tax reporting, i.e., its tax base, are also not recognized.
Extraordinary income and expense
The recognition of extraordinary income or expense is limited to transactions which are non-recurring and non-operating, such as the disposal of fixed assets or participations, the reversal of prior-period impairment on participations, or income and expense related to other reporting periods if they account for the correction of errors with regard to non-operating transactions of prior periods.
Contingent liabilities and irrevocable commitments
Contingent liabilities are recorded as off-balance sheet transactions at their maximum potential payment amounts. Irrevocable commitments are recorded as off-balance sheet transactions at their nominal values, except for irrevocable loan commitments that are cancellable with a notice period of six weeks or less. As necessary, related provisions are recorded on the balance sheet in line item provisions.
For undrawn irrevocable loan commitments, the expected credit loss amount is calculated based on the difference between the contractual cash flows that are due to the Bank parent company if the commitment is drawn and the cash flows that the Bank parent company expects to receive, in order to estimate the provision for expected credit losses. For credit guarantees, expected credit losses are recognized for the contingency of the credit guarantee. Provisions for off-balance sheet credit exposures are recognized on the balance sheet in provisions.
Capital adequacy disclosures
Capital adequacy disclosures for the Group and the Bank parent company are presented in the publications “Pillar 3 and regulatory
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disclosures – Credit Suisse Group AG” and “Regulatory disclosures – Subsidiaries”, respectively.
> Refer to credit-suisse.com/regulatorydisclosures for additional information.
Recently adopted accounting policies
Expected credit losses
The new FINMA Accounting Ordinance and the revised FINMA circular 2020/1, “Accounting – banks”, became effective on January 1, 2020. In addition to a formal restructuring of the guidance, changes with regard to valuation adjustments for default risks were introduced. For larger banks, such as the Bank parent company, the new guidance requires the introduction of an expected credit loss approach for default risks on loans, receivables, debt securities held-to-maturity and certain off-balance sheet credit exposures such as irrevocable loan commitments. In accordance with the transitional provisions, the Bank parent company adopted the expected credit loss approach for its standalone financial statements as of January 1, 2021, applying US GAAP in line with the Group and the Bank and as allowed under Swiss GAAP statutory accounting rules for banks. The net adoption impact was recorded on January 1, 2021 and included total expenses of CHF 311 million before taxes. Of the net adoption impact, CHF 298 million was related to on-balance sheet credit exposures and reported in the statements of income in (increase)/release of allowance for default risks and losses from interest activities and CHF 13 million was related to off-balance sheet credit exposures and reported in the statements of income in increase/(release) of provisions and other valuation adjustments, and losses.
Prior period information
In connection with ongoing internal control processes, the Bank parent company identified accounting issues that were not material individually or in aggregate to the prior period financial statements. As a result of these accounting issues, prior periods have been revised in the financial statements and the related notes.
The Bank parent company identified accounting issues with respect to the netting treatment relating to the presentation of a limited population of certain securities lending and borrowing activities. As a result, balance sheet positions for both assets and liabilities relating to these activities were understated. For the year ended December 31, 2020, “Securities borrowing and reverse repurchase agreements”, “Total assets”, “Securities lending and repurchase agreements” and “Total liabilities” in the Bank parent company’s balance sheet were revised by CHF 9,293 million.
> Refer to “Note 10 – Assets and liabilities from securities lending and borrowing, repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements” for further information.
For the year ended December 31, 2020, the carrying value of securities transferred under securities lending and borrowing and repurchase agreements with the right to resell or repledge was revised from CHF 7,120 million to CHF 18,599 million.
> Refer to “Note 10 – Assets and liabilities from securities lending and borrowing, repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements” for further information.
For the year ended December 31, 2020, the notional amount of foreign exchange options bought and sold (OTC) held as trading derivatives was revised from CHF 231,431 million to CHF 181,014 million.
> Refer to “Note 13 – Derivative financial instruments” for further information.
For the year ended December 31, 2020, the carrying value of assets with an internal country rating “AA” was revised from CHF 303,030 million to CHF 311,991 million and the carrying value of assets with an internal country rating “CCC” was revised from CHF 5,628 million to CHF 2,912 million. For assets with an internal country rating “AA”, an increase of CHF 9,293 million was related to the reclassification in respect of the accounting issues disclosed above. Furthermore, assets with an internal country rating “AA” of CHF 332 million and assets with an internal country rating “CCC” of CHF 2,716 million were reclassified to a newly established category “No rating”. This category includes exposures to countries that are not rated internally and for which external ratings from one of the three major rating agencies Standard & Poor’s, Fitch and Moody’s are not available.
> Refer to “Note 26 – Total assets by country rating” for further information.
3 Risk management, derivatives and hedging activities
Risk management
Governance
The risk governance framework of the Bank parent company and its consolidated subsidiaries (the Bank) is based on a “three lines of defense” governance model, where each line has a specific role with defined responsibilities and works in close collaboration to identify, assess and mitigate risks.
The first line of defense is the front office, which is responsible for pursuing suitable business opportunities within the strategic risk objectives and compliance requirements of the Bank. Its primary responsibility is to oversee compliance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements, maintain effective internal controls and help to ensure that the Bank operates within its risk appetite. The first line of defense represents the function or business area that allows the risk to enter the Bank from clients, employees or other third parties or events and is responsible for managing them or enabling their management. The first line of defense is accountable for managing risks inherent in its activities.
The second line of defense consists of independent risk management, compliance and control functions which are responsible for
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establishing risk management framework and associated control standards, and providing independent challenge to the activities, processes and controls carried out by the first line of defense. In this context, the Risk function (Risk) for example is responsible for articulating and designing the risk appetite framework across the Bank. The second line of defense can perform and complement the responsibility of identification, measurement, management and reporting of risks, while the first line of defense retains the overall accountability for risk management related to its activities. Independent risk management in the second line of defense is not limited to the Risk and Compliance functions. Instead, it comprises all relevant standard setting and independent review and challenge activities over processes and controls carried out by the first line of defense in relation to the risks faced.
The third line of defense is the Internal Audit function, which monitors the effectiveness of controls across various functions and operations, including risk management, compliance and governance practices.
Risk management of the Bank is aligned to the overall risk management governance of the Group. All members of the Board and the Executive Board of the Bank are also members of the Board and the Executive Board of the Group. The Bank’s governance includes a committee structure and a comprehensive set of corporate policies which are developed, reviewed and approved by the Board, the Executive Board, their respective committees, the Chief Risk Officer of the Group (CRO) and the board of directors of significant subsidiaries, in accordance with their respective responsibilities and levels of authority.
Board of Directors
The Board is responsible for the Bank’s overall strategic direction, supervision and control, and for defining the Bank’s overall tolerance for risk. In particular, the Board approves the risk management framework and sets overall risk appetite for the Group in consultation with its Risk Committee among other responsibilities and authorities defined in the Organizational Guidelines and Regulations (OGR).
The Risk Committee is responsible for assisting the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities of risk management. These responsibilities include the oversight of the enterprise-wide risk management and practices, the promotion of a sound risk culture with clear accountability and ownership, the review of key risk and resources, and the assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of the Group’s risk function.
The Audit Committee is responsible for assisting the Board in fulfilling its oversight duties by monitoring management’s approach with respect to financial reporting, internal controls, accounting and legal and regulatory compliance. Additionally, the Audit Committee monitors the qualifications, independence and performance of external auditors and Internal Audit.
The Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee is responsible for assisting the Board in fulfilling its oversight duties with respect to the Bank’s exposure to financial crime risk. It is tasked with monitoring and assessing the effectiveness of financial crime compliance programs and initiatives focused on improving conduct and vigilance within the context of combatting financial crime.
The Compensation Committee is responsible for determining, reviewing and proposing compensation and related principles for the Bank. Under the compensation risk framework, various corporate functions including Risk, Compliance, General Counsel, Human Resources, Internal Audit and Product Control, provide input for the assessment of the divisions’ and certain individuals’ overall risk and conduct performance and determine an overall risk rating, which is presented to the chairs of the Compensation Committee, Risk Committee and Audit Committee, and is contemplated as part of the divisions’ and certain individuals’ performance.
The Digital Transformation and Technology Committee was established in January 2022 with the primary function of assisting the Board in setting, steering and overseeing the execution of the bank’s data, digitalization and technology strategy. The committee is tasked with overseeing the strategically aligned execution of the bank’s major digitalization and technology initiatives and setting governance standards for digital transformation across the bank. The Digital Transformation and Technology Committee replaces the advisory Innovation and Technology Committee, which was retired in December 2021.
Executive Board
The Executive Board is responsible for establishing the Bank’s strategic business plans, subject to approval by the Board, and implementing such plans. It further reviews and coordinates significant initiatives within Risk and approves bank-wide risk policies. The CRO and the Chief Compliance Officer of the Group (CCO) represent the Risk and Compliance functions, respectively, and provide regular information and reports to the Executive Board and the Board.
Executive Board committees
In the fourth quarter of 2021, the Bank undertook several changes to its risk committees at the Executive Board level. Most notably, the Capital Allocation & Risk Management Committee (CARMC), which operated in three cycles, and the Executive Board Risk Forum were dissolved. The responsibilities of those former committees have been assumed by the newly established Executive Board Risk Management Committee (ExB RMC) and the Group Capital Allocation and Liability Management Committee (Group CALMC).
The Executive Board Risk Management Committee (ExB RMC), co-chaired by the Group’s CEO, CRO and CCO, replaces the Internal Control System and Position & Client Risk cycles of the former CARMC and the former Executive Board Risk Forum. The ExB RMC is primarily responsible for steering and monitoring the development and execution of the Group’s risk strategy, approving risk appetite across all risk types for the Group and its divisions, as well as reviewing the aggregate and highest risk exposures, major risk concentrations and key non-financial risks. The ExB RMC approves applications for risk limits that require final approval by the
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Risk Committee or the Board. The ExB RMC is also responsible for assessing the appropriateness and efficiency of the internal control system and serves as an escalation point for risk issues raised by subordinated risk committees or Executive Board members.
The Group Capital Allocation and Liability Management Committee (Group CALMC) replaces the Asset & Liability Management cycle of the former CARMC. Group CALMC reviews the funding and balance sheet trends and activities, plans and monitors regulatory and business liquidity requirements and internal and regulatory capital adequacy. Group CALMC also reviews and proposes the contingency funding plan for approval by the Board, reviews the position taking of interest rate risk in the banking book and decides on changes in approaches relating to investment of own equity. Further, it sets internal targets, approves and reviews adherence to internal targets for capital allocation, funding, liquidity and capital management actions, including the review and monitoring of share repurchases.
The Credit Suisse AG Parent Capital Allocation, Liability and Risk Management Committee (Credit Suisse AG Parent CALRMC) reviews the capital, liquidity and funding trends and activities of Credit Suisse AG (Bank parent company). The Credit Suisse AG Parent CALRMC reviews and challenges the financial and capital plans of major subsidiaries of the Bank parent company, including key risks and key dependencies, such as dividends or other capital repatriations from the major subsidiaries to the Bank parent company, ahead of approvals by the respective subsidiary governance bodies. The committee also monitors and reviews the Bank parent company’s aggregate risk profile, in particular the Bank parent company-specific vulnerabilities, and approves risk appetite for the Bank parent company and its branches.
The Valuation Risk Management Committee (VARMC) is responsible for establishing policies regarding the valuation of certain material assets and the policies and calculation methodologies applied in the valuation process. Further, VARMC is responsible for monitoring and assessing valuation risks, reviewing inventory valuation conclusions and directing the resolution of significant inventory valuation issues.
Risk appetite framework
The Bank maintains a comprehensive Bank-wide risk appetite framework, which is governed by a global policy and provides a robust foundation for risk appetite setting and management across the Bank. A key element of the framework is a detailed statement of the Board-approved risk appetite which is aligned to the Bank’s financial and capital plans. The framework also encompasses the processes and systems for assessing the appropriate level of risk appetite required to constrain the Bank’s overall risk profile.
The Bank risk appetite framework is governed by an overarching global policy that encompasses the suite of specific policies, processes and systems with which the risk constraints are calibrated and the risk profile is managed. Strategic risk objectives (SROs) are effectively embedded across the organization at the Bank, business division and legal entity level through a suite of different types of risk measures (quantitative and qualitative) as part of the Bank’s efforts to ensure it operates within the thresholds defined by the Board. The SROs are regularly assessed as part of the continuing enhancements to the Bank’s risk management processes. In December 2021, the Board reviewed and confirmed the SROs, which consist of:
promoting stability of earnings to support performance in line with financial objectives;
ensuring sound management of funding and liquidity in normal and stressed conditions;
maintaining capital adequacy under both normal and stressed conditions;
maintaining the integrity of the Bank’s business and operations; and
managing intercompany risk.
Bank-wide risk appetite is determined in partnership with the financial and capital planning process at least annually, based on bottom-up forecasts that reflect planned risk usage by the businesses and top-down, Board-driven strategic risk objectives and risk appetite. Scenario stress testing of financial and capital plans is an essential element in the risk appetite calibration process, through which the strategic risk objectives, financial resources and business plans are aligned. The risk appetite is approved through a number of internal governance forums, including the Credit Suisse AG Parent CALRMC, the Risk Committee and, subsequently, by the Board. Ad hoc risk appetite reviews may be triggered by material market events, material loss events, material revisions to the financial and capital plans as well as breaches of Board-level risk constraints.
The risk appetite statement is the formal plan, approved by the Board, for Bank-wide risk appetite. Divisional allocations are cascaded from the Bank and approved in divisional risk management committees. Legal entity risk appetites are set by the local legal entity board of directors within the limits established by the Bank.
A core aspect of the Bank’s risk appetite framework is a sound system of integrated risk constraints. These allow the Bank to maintain the risk profile within its overall risk appetite, and encourage meaningful discussion between the relevant businesses, Risk functions and members of senior management around the evolution of the Bank’s risk profile and risk appetite. Considerations include changing external factors (such as market developments, geopolitical conditions and client demand) as well as internal factors (such as financial resources, business needs and strategic views). The Bank’s risk appetite framework utilizes a suite of different types of risk constraints to reflect the aggregate risk appetite of the Bank. The risk constraints restrict the Bank’s maximum balance sheet and off-balance sheet exposure
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given the market environment, business strategy and financial resources available to absorb losses.
Risk coverage and management
The Bank uses a wide range of risk management practices to address the variety of risks that arise from its business activities. Policies, processes, standards, risk assessment and measurement methodologies, risk appetite constraints, and risk monitoring and reporting are key components of its risk management practices. The Bank’s risk management practices complement each other in the Bank’s analysis of potential loss, support the identification of interdependencies and interactions of risks across the organization and provide a comprehensive view of its exposures. The Bank regularly reviews and updates its risk management practices to promote consistency with its business activities and relevance to its business and financial strategies. The Bank’s main risk types include the following:
Capital risk
Credit risk
Market risk
Funding liquidity risk
Non-financial risk
Model risk
Reputational risk
Business risk
Climate-related risks
Fiduciary risk
Pension risk
Climate-related risks are a core element of sustainability risks. Sustainability risks are potentially adverse impacts on the environment, on people or society, which may be caused by, contributed to or directly linked to financial service providers, usually through the activities of their clients. These may manifest themselves as reputational risks, but potentially also as credit, operational or other risks. Credit Suisse considers sustainability risks in its Group-wide reputational risk review process.
> Refer to “Reputational risk” for further information on sustainability risks.
Capital risk
Capital risk is the risk that the Bank does not have adequate capital to support its activities and maintain the minimum capital requirements. Under the Basel framework, the Bank is required to maintain a robust and comprehensive framework for assessing capital adequacy, defining internal capital targets and ensuring that these capital targets are consistent with the Bank’s overall risk profile and the current operating environment.
Capital risk results from the Bank’s risk exposures, available capital resources, regulatory requirements and accounting standards.
The stress testing framework and economic risk capital are tools used by the Bank to evaluate and manage capital risk. The capital management framework is designed to ensure that the Bank meets all regulatory capital requirements for the Bank and its regulated subsidiaries.
Stress testing framework
Stress testing (or scenario analysis) represents a risk management approach that formulates hypothetical questions, including what would happen to the Bank’s portfolio if, for example, historic or adverse forward-looking events were to occur.
Stress testing is a fundamental element of the Bank-wide risk appetite framework included in overall risk management to ensure that the Bank’s financial position and risk profile provide sufficient resilience to withstand the impact of severe economic conditions. Stress testing results are monitored against limits, and are used in risk appetite discussions and strategic business planning and to support the Bank’s internal capital adequacy assessment process. Within the risk appetite framework, the ExB RMC sets Bank-wide and divisional stressed position loss limits to correspond to minimum post-stress capital ratios.
Economic risk capital
Economic risk capital estimates the amount of capital needed to remain solvent and in business under extreme market, business and operating conditions over the period of one year, given a target financial strength (the Bank’s long-term credit rating). This framework allows the Bank to assess, monitor and manage capital adequacy and solvency risk in both “going concern” and “gone concern” scenarios.
Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk of financial loss arising as a result of a borrower or counterparty failing to meet its financial obligations or as a result of deterioration in the credit quality of the borrower or counterparty.
Credit risk can arise from the execution of the Bank’s business strategy in the divisions and includes risk positions such as exposures directly held in the form of lending products (including loans and credit guarantees) or derivatives, shorter-term exposures such as underwriting commitments, and settlement risk related to the exchange of cash or securities outside of typical delivery versus payment structures.
The Bank uses a credit risk management framework which provides for the consistent evaluation, measurement and management of credit risk across the Bank. Assessment of credit risk exposures for internal risk estimates and risk-weighted assets are calculated based on probability of default (PD), loss given default (LGD) and exposure at default (EAD) models. The credit risk framework incorporates the following core elements:
counterparty and transaction assessments: application of internal credit ratings (PD), assignment of LGD and EAD values in relation to counterparties and transactions;
credit limits: establishment of credit limits, including limits based on notional exposure, potential future exposure and stress exposure, subject to approval by delegated authority holders, to serve as primary risk controls on exposures and to prevent undue risk concentrations;
credit monitoring, impairments and provisions: processes to support the ongoing monitoring and management of credit
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exposures, supporting the early identification of deterioration and any subsequent impact; and
risk mitigation: active management of credit exposures through the use of cash sales, participations, collateral, guarantees, insurance or hedging instruments.
In addition to traditional credit exposure measurement, monitoring and management using current and potential future exposure metrics, Credit Risk performs counterparty and portfolio credit risk assessments of the impact of various internal stress test scenarios. Credit Risk assesses the impact to credit risk exposures arising from market movements in accordance with the scenario narrative, which can further support the identification of concentration or tail risks. Its scenario suite includes historical scenarios as well as forward-looking scenarios which are aligned with those used by the Market Risk and Enterprise Risk Management functions.
Counterparty and transaction assessments
The Bank evaluates and assesses counterparties and clients to whom it has credit exposures. For the majority of counterparties and clients, the Bank uses internally developed statistical rating models to determine internal credit ratings which are intended to reflect the PD of each counterparty.
> Refer to “Credit quality information” in Note 21 – Expected credit losses and credit quality for further information on counterparty transaction assessments.
Credit limits
Credit exposures are managed at the counterparty and ultimate parent level in accordance with credit limits which apply in relation to notional exposure, potential future exposure and stress exposure. Credit limits are established to constrain lending business where exposure is typically related to committed loan amounts, and similarly in relation to trading business where exposure is typically subject to model-based estimation of future exposure amounts. Credit limits to counterparties and groups of connected companies are subject to formal approval under delegated authority within the divisions where the credit exposures are generated, and, where significant in terms of size or risk profile, are subject to further escalation to the Group chief credit officer or the CRO.
In addition to counterparty and ultimate parent exposures, credit limits and tolerances are also applied at the portfolio level to monitor and manage risk concentrations such as to specific industries, countries or products. In addition, credit risk concentration is regularly supervised by credit and risk management committees.
Credit monitoring, impairments and provisions
A credit quality monitoring process is performed to provide for early identification of possible changes in the creditworthiness of clients, and includes regular asset and collateral quality reviews, business and financial statement analysis, and relevant economic and industry studies. Credit Risk maintains regularly updated watch lists and holds review meetings to re-assess counterparties that could be subject to adverse changes in creditworthiness. The review of the credit quality of clients and counterparties does not depend on the accounting treatment of the asset or commitment.
In the event that a deterioration in creditworthiness is likely to result in a default, credit exposures are transferred to the regional recovery management functions within Credit Risk. The determination of any allowance for credit losses in relation to such exposures is based on an assessment of the exposure profile and expectations for recovery. The recoverability of loans in recovery management is regularly reviewed. The frequency of reviews depends on the individual risk profile of the respective positions.
The Bank has an impairment process for loans valued at amortized cost which are specifically classified as potential problem loans, non-performing loans, non-interest-earning loans or restructured loans. The Bank maintains specific allowances for credit losses, which the Bank considers to be a reasonable estimate of losses identified in the existing credit portfolio, and provides for credit losses based on a regular and detailed analysis of all counterparties, taking collateral value into consideration, where applicable. If uncertainty exists as to the repayment of either principal or interest, a specific allowance for credit losses is either created or adjusted accordingly. The specific allowance for credit losses is revalued regularly by the recovery management function depending on the risk profile of the borrower or credit-relevant events. A credit portfolio & provisions review committee regularly reviews the appropriateness of allowances for credit losses.
> Refer to “Estimating expected credit losses” in Note 21 – Expected credit losses and credit quality for further information on expected credit losses under the CECL accounting guidance.
Risk mitigation
Drawn and undrawn credit exposures are managed by taking financial and non-financial collateral supported by enforceable legal documentation, as well as by utilizing credit hedging techniques. Financial collateral in the form of cash, marketable securities (e.g., equities, bonds or funds) and guarantees serves to mitigate the inherent risk of credit loss and to improve recoveries in the event of a default. Financial collateral received in the form of securities is subject to controls on eligibility and is supported by frequent market valuation depending on the asset class to ensure exposures remain adequately collateralized. Depending on the quality of the collateral, appropriate haircuts are applied for risk management purposes.
Clients may also take positions through derivative contracts in selected instruments or issuers, which expose the clients to the performance of the underlying securities. Such positions provide synthetic financing and present a similar risk to that of direct financing of securities, and are often executed with clients such as hedge funds. These positions are closely monitored and subject to margining.
Non-financial collateral such as residential and commercial real estate, tangible assets (e.g., ships or aircraft), inventories and commodities are valued at the time of credit approval and periodically thereafter depending on the type of credit exposure and collateral coverage ratio.
In addition to collateral, the Bank also utilizes credit hedging in the form of protection provided by single-name and index credit default swaps as well as structured hedging and insurance
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products. Credit hedging is used to mitigate risks arising from the loan portfolio, loan underwriting exposures and counterparty credit risk. Hedging is intended to reduce the risk of loss from a specific counterparty default or broader downturn in markets that impacts the overall credit risk portfolio. Credit hedging contracts are typically bilateral or centrally cleared derivative transactions and are subject to collateralized trading arrangements. The Bank evaluates hedging risk mitigation so that basis or tenor risk can be appropriately identified and managed.
In addition to collateral and hedging strategies, the Bank also actively manages its loan portfolio and may sell or sub-participate positions in the loan portfolio as a further form of risk mitigation.
Market risk
Market risk is the risk of financial loss arising from movements in market risk factors. The movements in market risk factors that generate financial losses are considered to be adverse changes in interest rates, credit spreads, foreign exchange rates, equity and commodity prices and other factors, such as market volatility and the correlation of market prices across asset classes. A typical transaction or position in financial instruments may be exposed to a number of different market risk factors. Market risks arise from both trading and non-trading activities.
Traded market risks mainly arise from the Bank’s trading activities, primarily in the Investment Bank (which includes Global Trading Solutions).
Non-traded market risk primarily relates to asset and liability mismatch exposures in the Bank’s banking books. The Bank’s businesses and Treasury have non-traded portfolios that carry market risks, mainly related to changes in interest rates but also to changes in foreign exchange rates.
The Bank uses market risk measurement and management methods capable of calculating comparable exposures across its many activities and employs focused tools that can model specific characteristics of certain instruments or portfolios. The tools are used for internal market risk management, internal market risk reporting and external disclosure purposes. The Bank’s principal market risk measures for traded market risk are VaR, scenario analysis, as included in the stress testing framework, position risk, as included in the Bank’s economic risk capital, and sensitivity analysis. These measures complement each other in the Bank’s market risk assessment and are used to measure traded market risk at the Bank level. The Bank’s risk management practices are regularly reviewed to ensure they remain appropriate and fit for purpose.
Non-maturing products, such as savings accounts, have no contractual maturity date or direct market-linked interest rate and are risk-managed on a pooled basis using replication portfolios on behalf of the business divisions. Replication portfolios transform non-maturing products into a series of fixed-term products that approximate the re-pricing and volume behavior of the pooled client transactions.
Structural foreign exchange risk is a market risk stemming from the Bank’s investments in foreign operations denominated in currencies other than the reporting currency of the Bank, net of hedges, and is subject to fluctuations in exchange rates. The risk is actively monitored by Treasury to ensure that the level of sensitivity of the Bank’s CET1 ratio to adverse movements in foreign exchange rates is within parameters set out in the risk appetite framework. Non-structural foreign exchange risk relates to the foreign currency risk from banking book positions other than from the Bank’s investment in foreign operations. This risk is managed under the Bank’s market risk constraints framework.
Funding liquidity risk
Funding liquidity risk is the risk that the Bank, although solvent, either does not have sufficient financial resources to enable it to meet its obligations as they fall due, or can secure such resources only at excessive cost.
The liquidity and funding strategy is approved by the Group CALMC and overseen by the Board. The implementation and execution of the funding and liquidity strategy is managed by Treasury. The global liquidity group centralizes control of liability and collateral management with the aim of optimizing liquidity sourcing, funding costs and the high-quality liquid assets portfolio within Treasury in 2021. Treasury ensures adherence to the Bank’s funding policy and the global liquidity group is focused on the efficient coordination of the short-term unsecured and secured funding desks. This approach enhances the Bank’s ability to manage potential liquidity and funding risks and to promptly adjust its liquidity and funding levels to meet stress situations. As of January 2022, the global liquidity group was integrated into Treasury. The Bank’s liquidity and funding profile is regularly reported to the Credit Suisse AG Parent CALRMC, the Group CALMC and the Board, who define the Bank’s risk tolerance, including liquidity risk, and set parameters for the balance sheet and funding usage of its businesses. The Board is responsible for defining the Bank’s overall risk tolerance in the form of a risk appetite statement.
Non-financial risk
Non-financial risk is the risk of an adverse direct or indirect impact originating from sources outside the financial markets, including but not limited to operational risk, technology risk, cyber risk, compliance risk, regulatory risk, legal risk and conduct risk. Non-financial risk is inherent in most aspects of the Bank’s business, including the systems and processes that support its activities. It comprises a large number of disparate risks that can manifest in a variety of ways. Examples include the risk of damage to physical assets, business disruption, failures relating to data integrity and trade processing, cyber attacks, internal or external fraudulent or unauthorized transactions, inappropriate cross-border activities, money laundering, improper handling of confidential information, conflicts of interest, improper gifts and entertainment and failure in duties to clients.
Non-financial risk can arise from a wide variety of internal and external forces, including human error, inappropriate conduct,
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failures in systems, processes and controls, pandemic, deliberate attack or natural and man-made disasters. Outsourcing and external third parties may also create risks around maintaining business processes, system stability, data loss, data management, reputation and regulatory compliance.
Each business area and function is responsible for its non-financial risks and the provision of adequate resources and procedures for the management of those risks. They are supported by the designated second line of defense functions responsible for independent risk and compliance oversight, methodologies, tools and reporting within their areas as well as working with management on non-financial risk issues that arise. Businesses and relevant control functions meet regularly to discuss risk issues and identify required actions to mitigate risks.
The Non-Financial Risk function oversees the Bank’s established non-financial risk framework (NFRF), providing a consistent and unified approach to evaluating and monitoring the Bank’s non-financial risks. Non-financial risk appetites are established and monitored under the Bank-wide risk appetite framework, aligned with the NFRF, which sets common minimum standards across the Bank for non-financial risk and control processes and review and challenge activities.
The Bank’s activities to manage non-financial risk capital include scenario analysis and operational risk regulatory capital measurement. In addition, the Bank transfers the risk of potential losses from certain non-financial risks to third-party insurance companies in certain instances.
Non-financial risk scenario analysis is forward-looking and is used to identify and measure exposure to a range of potential adverse events, such as unauthorized trading, transaction processing errors and compliance issues. These scenarios help businesses and functions assess the suitability of controls in light of existing risks and estimate hypothetical but plausible risk exposures. Scenarios are developed as qualitative estimation approaches to support stressed loss projections and capital calculations (both economic and regulatory capital) as part of regulatory requirements set by regulatory agencies in the jurisdictions in which the Bank operates.
The Bank uses a set of internally validated and approved models to calculate its regulatory capital requirements for non-financial risk (also referred to as “operational risk capital”) across the Bank and for legal entities. For Bank regulatory capital requirements, a model under the advanced measurement approach (AMA) is used.
Operational risk capital for the Bank parent company is determined using an income-based allocation of Group-level capital. The ratio of the three-year average of gross income (as defined for calculating the basic indicator approach for operational risk capital under the Basel framework) between the Bank parent company and the Group defines an allocation key used to scale the Group AMA value to reported levels for the Bank parent company. In line with the Group, the operational risk capital for the Bank parent company is now reported in US dollars.
Model risk
Model risk is the risk of adverse consequences from decisions made based on model results that may be incorrect, misinterpreted or used inappropriately. All models and qualitative estimation approaches are imperfect approximations and assumptions that are subject to varying degrees of uncertainty in their output depending on, among other factors, the model’s complexity and its intended application. As a result, modeling and estimation errors may result in inappropriate business decisions, financial loss, regulatory and reputational risk and incorrect or inadequate capital reporting. Model errors, intrinsic uncertainty and inappropriate use are the primary contributors to aggregate, Bank-wide model risk. This framework is owned by the Model Risk Management function, which is structured as a second line of defense independent from the first line of defense, i.e., the model users, developers and supervisors who own, develop, implement and maintain models.
Through the global model risk management and governance framework the Bank seeks to identify, measure and mitigate significant risks arising from the use of models embedded within the Bank’s global model ecosystem. Model risks can be managed through a well-designed and robust model risk management framework, encompassing model governance policies and procedures, model validation best practices and actionable model risk reporting.
The Model Risk Management function is responsible for overseeing model risk at Credit Suisse and ensuring compliance with model governance policies and standards. The Model Risk Management function reviews models, reports model limitations to key stakeholders, tracks remediation plans for validation findings and reports on model risk tolerances and metrics to senior management. The Model Risk Management function oversees controls to facilitate a complete and accurate Bank-wide model inventory and performs semi-annual attestations with the aim of achieving completeness and accuracy of its model inventory.
Reputational risk
Reputational risk is the risk that negative perception by the Bank’s stakeholders, including clients, counterparties, employees, shareholders, regulators and the general public, may adversely impact client acquisition and damage the Bank’s business relationships with clients and counterparties, affecting staff morale and reducing access to funding sources.
Reputational risk may arise from a variety of sources, including, but not limited to, the nature or purpose of a proposed transaction or service, the identity or activity of a potential client, the regulatory or political climate in which the business will be transacted, significant public attention surrounding the transaction itself or the potential sustainability risks of a transaction. Sustainability risks are potentially adverse impacts on the environment, on people or society, which may be caused by, contributed to or directly linked to financial service providers, usually through the activities of their clients. These may manifest themselves as reputational risks, but potentially also as credit, operational or other risks. Reputational risk may also arise from reputational damage in the aftermath of a non-financial risk incident, such as cyber crime or the failure by employees to meet expected conduct and ethical standards.
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Reputational risk is included in the Bank’s risk appetite framework to ensure that risk-taking is aligned with the approved risk appetite. The Bank highly values its reputation and is fully committed to protecting it through a prudent approach to risk-taking and a responsible approach to business. This is achieved through the use of dedicated processes, resources and policies focused on identifying, evaluating, managing and reporting potential reputational risks. This is also achieved by applying the highest standards of personal accountability and ethical conduct as set out in the Group’s Code of Conduct and the Group’s approach to cultural values and behaviors. Reputational risk potentially arising from proposed business transactions and client activity is assessed in the reputational risk review process. The Group’s global policy on reputational risk requires employees to be conservative when assessing potential reputational impact and, where certain indicators give rise to potential reputational risk, the relevant business proposal or service must be submitted through the reputational risk review process.
For transactions with potential sustainability risks, the internal specialist unit Sustainability Risk evaluates the nature of the transaction and Credit Suisse’s role, the identity and activities of the client and the regulatory context of its operations, and assesses the environmental and social aspects of the client’s operations, products or services. The team determines whether the client’s activities are consistent with the relevant industry standards and whether the potential transaction is compatible with Credit Suisse’s policies and guidelines for sensitive sectors. The outcome of this analysis is submitted to the responsible business unit and/or entered into the reputational risk review process.
Business risk
Business risk is the risk of not achieving the financial goals and ambitions in connection with the Bank’s strategy and how the business is managed in response to the external operating environment. External factors include both market and economic conditions, as well as shifts in the regulatory environment. Internally, the Bank faces risks arising from inappropriate strategic decisions, ineffective implementation of business strategies or an inability to adapt business strategies in response to changes in the operating environment, including in relation to client and competitor behavior.
The Bank’s businesses are also exposed to a variety of risks that could adversely impact its dividend payments or share buyback programs, including risks associated with the illiquid investments of the Bank. These investments are not subject to ExB RMC-approved processes for trading activities due to their characteristics and risk profile. Illiquid investments include private equity, hedge fund and mutual fund seed and co-investments, strategic investments (e.g., joint ventures and minority investments) as well as other investments, such as collateralized loan obligations mandated by regulatory risk retention requirements. Banking book loans are not covered under the illiquid investment risk.
Strategic and related financial plans are developed by each division annually and aggregated into a Group financial plan, which is reviewed by the CRO, CFO and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) before presentation to the full Executive Board and the Board. The divisions and legal entities, including the Bank parent company, operate a parallel and integrated planning process. The Group financial plan serves as the basis for the financial goals and ambitions against which the businesses and legal entities, including the Bank parent company, are assessed regularly throughout the year. These regular reviews include evaluations of financial performance, capitalization and capital usage, key business risks, overall operating environment and business strategy. This enables management to identify and execute changes to the Group’s operations and strategy where needed.
Climate-related risks
Climate-related risks are the potentially adverse direct and indirect impacts on the Bank’s financial metrics, operations or reputation due to transitional or physical effects of climate change. Climate-related risks could manifest themselves through existing risk types such as credit risk, market risk, non-financial risk, business risk or reputational risk.
In 2021, the Bank published its climate-related risk disclosures following the structure provided by the TCFD recommendations for the first time. These were included in the Sustainability Report and summarized in a dedicated TCFD extract. The disclosures included quantitative metrics alongside explanations of the frameworks relied upon, and Credit Suisse’s overall climate strategy. The Bank expects to continue to evolve its disclosures, incorporating more granular data and portfolio views as they become available.
> Refer to credit-suisse.com/sustainabilityreport for the Group’s Sustainability Report and to credit-suisse.com/tcfd for an extract of disclosures in accordance with TCFD.
Fiduciary risk
Fiduciary risk is the risk of financial loss arising when the Bank or its employees, acting in a fiduciary capacity as trustee, investment manager or as mandated by law, do not act in the best interest of the client in connection with the provision of advice and/or management of its client’s assets including from a product-related market, credit, liquidity, counterparty and non-financial risk perspective.
With regard to fiduciary risk that relates to discretionary investment-related activities, assessing investment performance and reviewing forward-looking investment risks in client portfolios and investment funds is central to the Bank’s investment oversight program. This program targets daily, monthly or quarterly monitoring of all portfolio management activities with independent analysis provided to senior management. Formal review meetings are in place as part of the Bank’s efforts to ensure that investment performance and risks are in line with expectations and adequately supervised.
Fiduciary risks from activities other than discretionary investment management, such as the advised portfolios, are managed and monitored in a similar oversight program. This program is actively managed in cooperation with the Bank’s compliance function and is based on the suitability framework.
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Pension risk
Pension risk is the financial risk from contractual or other liabilities to which the Bank is exposed as a sponsor of and/or participant in pension plans. It is the risk that the Bank may be required to make unexpected payments or other contributions to a pension plan because of a potential obligation (i.e., underfunding).
Sources of risks can be broadly categorized into asset investment risks (e.g., underperformance of bonds, equities and alternative investments) and liability risks, primarily from changes in interest rates, inflation and longevity.
Use of derivative financial instruments and hedge accounting
Business policy for use of derivative financial instruments
Derivatives are generally either privately negotiated over-the-counter (OTC) contracts or standard contracts transacted through regulated exchanges. The Bank parent company’s most frequently used freestanding derivative products, entered into for trading and risk management purposes, include interest rate, credit default and cross-currency swaps, interest rate and foreign exchange options, foreign exchange forward contracts and foreign exchange and interest rate futures.
On the date a derivative contract is entered into, the Bank parent company designates it as belonging to one of the following categories: trading activities; a risk management transaction that does not qualify as a hedge under accounting standards (referred to as an economic hedge); a hedge of the fair value of a recognized asset or liability; or a hedge of the variability of cash flows to be received or paid relating to a recognized asset or liability or a forecasted transaction.
Economic hedges
Economic hedges arise when the Bank parent company enters into derivative contracts for its own risk management purposes, but the contracts entered into do not qualify for hedge accounting. These economic hedges include the following types:
interest rate derivatives to manage net interest rate risk on certain core banking business assets and liabilities;
foreign exchange derivatives to manage foreign exchange risk on certain core banking business revenue and expense items, core banking business assets and liabilities; as well as selected foreign participations against adverse movements in foreign exchange rates;
credit derivatives to manage credit risk on certain loan portfolios; and
futures to manage risk on equity positions including convertible bonds.
Derivatives used in economic hedges are included as trading assets or trading liabilities in the balance sheets.
Hedge accounting
Hedge accounting for the Bank parent company is determined, recorded and disclosed in accordance with US GAAP as allowed under Swiss GAAP statutory accounting rules for banks.
> Refer to “Note 13 – Derivative financial instruments” for further information on hedge accounting.
Fair value hedges
The Bank parent company designates fair value hedges as part of an overall interest rate risk management strategy that incorporates the use of derivative instruments to minimize fluctuations in earnings that are caused by interest rate volatility. In addition to hedging changes in fair value due to interest rate risk associated with fixed rate loans, debt securities available-for-sale and long-term debt instruments, the Bank parent company uses cross-currency swaps to convert foreign-currency-denominated fixed rate assets or liabilities to floating rate functional currency assets or liabilities.
Cash flow hedges
The Bank parent company designates cash flow hedges as part of its strategy to mitigate its risk to variability of cash flows on loans, deposits and other debt obligations by using interest rate swaps to convert variable rate assets or liabilities to fixed rates. The Bank parent company also uses cross-currency swaps to convert foreign-currency-denominated fixed and floating rate assets or liabilities to fixed rate assets or liabilities based on the currency profile to which the Bank parent company elects to be exposed. Further, the Bank parent company uses derivatives to hedge its cash flows associated with forecasted transactions.
Hedge effectiveness assessment
The Bank parent company assesses the effectiveness of hedging relationships both prospectively and retrospectively. The prospective assessment is made both at the inception of a hedging relationship and on an ongoing basis, and requires the Bank parent company to justify its expectation that the relationship will be highly effective over future periods. The retrospective assessment is also performed on an ongoing basis and requires the Bank parent company to determine whether or not the hedging relationship has actually been effective.
551
4 Net income from interest activities
Net income from interest activities for 2021 includes an increase of allowance for default risks of CHF 298 million from the adoption of the CECL approach on January 1, 2021.
> Refer to “Recently adopted accounting policies” in Note 2 – Accounting and valuation principles for further information.
Negative interest income and expense
in 2021 2020
CHF million   
Negative interest income debited to interest income (367) (387)
Negative interest expenses credited to interest expense 151 134
Negative interest income is debited to interest income and negative interest expense is credited to interest expense.
5 Net income/(loss) from trading activities and fair value option
in 2021 2020
By risk of underlying instruments (CHF million)   
Interest rate instruments 1 (336) (449)
Equity instruments 1 (149) (198)
Foreign exchange 905 2,267
Precious metals 5 (23)
Commodities 2 (3) 20
Credit instruments (1,380) (5)
Other instruments 22 77
Net income/(loss) from trading activities and fair value option  (936) 1,689
   of which net income/(loss) from liabilities    valued under the fair value option  (2,750) (3,379)
1
Includes trading income/(loss) from related fund investments.
2
Includes energy products.
Trading activities at the Bank parent company level are only monitored and managed for entity-specific capital adequacy purposes and are not measured along divisional or individual business lines. The trading activities of the divisions or individual businesses are only monitored and managed at the Group level based on US GAAP metrics.
6 Personnel expenses
in 2021 2020
CHF million   
Salaries 1,480 1,753
   of which variable compensation expenses 1 259 548
Social benefit expenses 267 296
   of which pension and other post-retirement expenses  155 181
Other personnel expenses 73 71
Personnel expenses  1,820 2,120
1
Includes current and deferred variable compensation expenses.
7 General and administrative expenses
in 2021 2020
CHF million   
Occupancy expenses 137 138
Information and communication technology expenses 89 83
Furniture and equipment 10 13
Fees to external audit companies 45 37
   of which fees for financial and regulatory audits 1 44 36
   of which fees for other services  1 1
Other operating expenses 2 4,042 4,044
General and administrative expenses  4,323 4,315
1
Represents total fees for financial statement, regulatory and related audit services paid by legal entity Credit Suisse AG to external audit companies.
2
Partially related to operating expenses charged by affiliated companies for services provided to the Bank parent company.
552
8 Increase/(release) of provisions and other valuation adjustments, losses and extraordinary income and expenses
Increase/(release) of provisions and other valuation adjustments, and losses
in 2021 2020
CHF million   
Increase/(release) of provisions 114 1 102 2
Other losses 6 6
Increase/(release) of provisions and other valuation adjustments, and losses  120 108
1
Primarily related to increases in litigation provisions and a net release of provisions for off-balance sheet default risks. In 2021, provisions for off-balance sheet default risks included an expense of CHF 13 million from the adoption of the CECL accounting guidance on January 1, 2021.
2
Primarily related to increases in provisions for off-balance sheet default risks and litigation provisions.
Extraordinary income and expenses
in 2021 2020
CHF million   
Gains realized from the disposal of participations 218 1 356 2
Gains realized from the disposal of tangible fixed assets 3 199 16
Extraordinary income  417 372
Extraordinary expenses (CHF million)   
Losses realized from the disposal of participations 0 (1)
Losses realized from the disposal of tangible fixed assets 0 (5)
Extraordinary expenses  0 (6)
1
Includes a gain of CHF 166 million related to the partial sales of Allfunds Group and a gain of CHF 51 million related to the sale of Credit Suisse Life & Pensions AG.
2
Includes a gain of CHF 350 million related to the sale of Credit Suisse InvestLab to Allfunds Group.
3
Includes realized gains from the sale of real estate (bank premises).
9 Taxes
in 2021 2020
CHF million   
Current income tax (expense)/benefit (203) 33
Non-income-based tax (expense)/benefit 1 (40) (85)
Taxes  (243) (52)
1
Includes capital taxes and other non-income based taxes such as UK bank levy costs.
For the financial years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the average tax rate, defined as income tax expense divided by the sum of profit before income tax, was (2)% and (11)%, respectively. Income tax expense for the financial years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 reflected a benefit of CHF 82 million and CHF 882 million, respectively, from the utilization of tax losses carried forward. The calculation is based on statutory tax rates applied to the taxable profit against which tax loss carry forwards were utilized.
10 Assets and liabilities from securities lending and borrowing, repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements
end of 2021 2020
CHF million   
Carrying value of receivables from cash collateral paid for securities borrowed and reverse repurchase agreements – gross 1 94,414 88,004
Impact from master netting agreements (7,374) (7,213)
Carrying value of receivables from cash collateral paid for securities borrowed and reverse repurchase agreements – net 1 87,040 80,791
Carrying value of liabilities from cash collateral received for securities lent and repurchase agreements – gross 1 100,529 86,812
Impact from master netting agreements (7,374) (7,213)
Carrying value of liabilities from cash collateral received for securities lent and repurchase agreements – net 1 93,155 79,599
Carrying value of securities transferred under securities lending and borrowing and repurchase agreements 23,726 29,427
   of which transfers with the right to resell or repledge 1 14,191 18,599
Fair value of securities received under securities lending and borrowing and reverse repurchase agreements with the right to resell or repledge 209,775 345,999
   of which repledged  164,013 267,290
   of which resold  1,991 2,149
1
Prior period has been revised. Refer to “Prior period information” in Note 2 – Accounting and valuation principles for further information.
553
11 Collateral and impaired loans and receivables
Collateralization of loans and receivables
   Secured 1 Unsecured Total

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Mortgages
Other
collateral

Total


2021 (CHF million)   
Due from customers 645 79,239 79,884 75,656 155,540
Residential property 3,677 0 3,677 13 3,690
Offices and commercial property 1,182 0 1,182 0 1,182
Manufacturing and industrial property 151 0 151 0 151
Other 41 0 41 0 41
Mortgage loans 5,051 0 5,051 13 5,064
Gross amount  5,696 79,239 84,935 75,669 160,604
Allowance for credit losses (28) (459) (487) (1,218) (1,705)
Net amount  5,668 78,780 84,448 74,451 158,899
   of which due from customers  643 78,780 79,423 74,451 153,874
   of which mortgage loans  5,025 0 5,025 0 5,025
2020 (CHF million)   
Due from customers 415 79,582 79,997 93,573 173,570
Residential property 3,970 0 3,970 0 3,970
Offices and commercial property 1,208 0 1,208 0 1,208
Manufacturing and industrial property 212 0 212 0 212
Other 15 0 15 0 15
Mortgage loans 5,405 0 5,405 0 5,405
Gross amount  5,820 79,582 85,402 93,573 178,975
Allowance for credit losses 2 (27) (373) (400) (1,146) (1,546)
Net amount  5,793 79,209 85,002 92,427 177,429
   of which due from customers  415 79,209 79,624 92,427 172,051
   of which mortgage loans  5,378 0 5,378 0 5,378
1
Includes the market value of collateral up to the amount of the outstanding related loans and receivables. For mortgage loans, the market value of collateral is determined at the time of granting the loan and thereafter regularly reviewed according to the Bank parent company's risk management policies and directives, with maximum review periods determined by property type, market liquidity and market transparency. For impaired mortgage loans, the market value of collateral is determined annually or more frequently by credit risk management within the impairment review process.
2
Measured under the previous accounting guidance (incurred loss model).
Collateralization of off-balance sheet transactions
   Secured 1 Unsecured Total

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Mortgages
Other
collateral

Total


2021 (CHF million)   
Contingent liabilities 10 3,454 3,464 10,854 2 14,318
Irrevocable commitments 576 49,782 50,358 41,570 91,928
Obligations for calls on shares and additional payments 0 8 8 1 9
Off-balance sheet transactions  586 53,244 53,830 52,425 106,255
2020 (CHF million)   
Contingent liabilities 0 4,653 4,653 12,286 2 16,939
Irrevocable commitments 276 46,444 46,720 46,619 93,339
Obligations for calls on shares and additional payments 0 29 29 15 44
Off-balance sheet transactions  276 51,126 51,402 58,920 110,322
1
Includes the market value of collateral up to the notional amount of the related off-balance sheet transaction. For mortgage-backed off-balance sheet exposures, the market value of collateral is determined at the time of granting the credit facility and thereafter regularly reviewed according to the Bank parent company's risk management policies and directives, with maximum review periods determined by property type, market liquidity and market transparency. For impaired exposures, the market value of collateral is determined annually or more frequently by credit risk management within the impairment review process.
2
A majority of contingent liabilities are related to guarantees issued in favor of Group companies.
554
Impaired loans and receivables

end of

Gross
amount
outstanding
Estimated
realizable
collateral
value
1
Net
amount
outstanding


Specific
allowance
2021 (CHF million)   
Impaired loans and receivables 2,984 1,697 1,287 1,299
2020 (CHF million)   
Impaired loans and receivables 3,162 1,573 1,589 1,252
1
Represents the estimated realizable collateral value up to the related gross amount outstanding.
Changes in impaired loans and receivables
   2021 2020
Due from
customers
Mortgage
loans

Total
Due from
customers
Mortgage
loans

Total
CHF million   
Balance at beginning of period  2,934 228 3,162 1,932 123 2,055
Change in organization 1 (6) 0 (6)
New impaired balances 566 64 630 2,192 162 2,354
Increase of existing impaired balances 229 1 230 342 2 344
Reclassifications to non-impaired status (142) (1) (143) (241) (5) (246)
Repayments (472) (49) (521) (608) (37) (645)
Liquidation of collateral, insurance and guarantee payments (27) (2) (29) (152) (5) (157)
Write-offs (285) (1) (286) (242) 0 (242)
Sales (102) 0 (102) (58) (8) (66)
Foreign exchange translation impact 50 (1) 49 (231) (4) (235)
Balance at end of period  2,745 239 2,984 2,934 228 3,162
Changes in impaired loan and receivable classification during the year are reflected on a gross basis.
1
Includes impacts such as from mergers, spin-offs and other organizational changes.
> Refer to “Note 20 – Provisions and allowance for credit losses” and “Note 21 – Expected credit losses and credit quality” for further information.
12 Trading assets and liabilities and other financial instruments held at fair value
Trading assets
end of 2021 2020
CHF million   
Debt securities, money market instruments and money market transactions 36,077 43,171
   of which exchange-traded  1,859 1,511
Equity securities 2,966 4,990
Precious metals and commodities 367 955
Trading assets  39,410 49,116
   of which carrying value    determined based on a valuation model  28,382 36,657
   of which securities eligible for repurchase transactions    in accordance with liquidity regulations  152 104
Trading liabilities and liabilities from other financial instruments held at fair value
end of 2021 2020
CHF million   
Debt securities, money market instruments and money market transactions 2,407 2,674
   of which exchange-traded  206 302
Equity securities 2,379 3,030
Trading liabilities  4,786 5,704
Structured products 50,262 55,542
Liabilities from other financial instruments held at fair value  50,262 55,542
Trading liabilities and liabilities from other financial instruments held at fair value  55,048 61,246
   of which carrying value    determined based on a valuation model  50,859 55,948
555
13 Derivative financial instruments
   Trading Hedging 1

end of 2021

Notional
amount
Positive
replacement
value (PRV)
Negative
replacement
value (NRV)

Notional
amount
Positive
replacement
value (PRV)
Negative
replacement
value (NRV)
CHF million   
Forwards and forward rate agreements 704,320 684 657 0 0 0
Swaps 1,856,129 11,833 10,291 109,098 448 240
Options bought and sold (OTC) 311,386 1,211 1,438 0 0 0
Futures 9,983 0 0 0 0 0
Options bought and sold (exchange-traded) 17,437 1 0 0 0 0
Interest rate products  2,899,255 13,729 12,386 109,098 448 240
Forwards and forward rate agreements 1,085,569 7,662 7,831 0 0 0
Swaps 2 99,330 1,878 2,195 0 0 0
Options bought and sold (OTC) 162,050 1,265 1,074 0 0 0
Foreign exchange products  1,346,949 10,805 11,100 0 0 0
Forwards and forward rate agreements 11,924 161 97 0 0 0
Swaps 1,669 23 10 0 0 0
Options bought and sold (OTC) 10,560 238 77 0 0 0
Futures 372 0 0 0 0 0
Options bought and sold (exchange-traded) 7,944 29 38 0 0 0
Precious metal products  32,469 451 222 0 0 0
Forwards and forward rate agreements 9 0 3 0 0 0
Swaps 87,672 2,622 2,685 0 0 0
Options bought and sold (OTC) 32,087 1,914 1,477 0 0 0
Futures 754 0 0 0 0 0
Options bought and sold (exchange-traded) 12,707 378 275 0 0 0
Equity/index-related products  133,229 4,914 4,440 0 0 0
Credit default swaps 43,225 420 669 0 0 0
Total return swaps 8,877 195 775 0 0 0
Other credit derivatives 470 67 0 0 0 0
Credit derivatives  52,572 682 1,444 0 0 0
Swaps 6,403 927 118 0 0 0
Options bought and sold (OTC) 208 10 10 0 0 0
Other derivative products  6,611 937 128 0 0 0
Derivative financial instruments 3 4,471,085 31,518 29,720 109,098 448 240
   of which replacement value determined based on a valuation model  30,460 28,695 448 240
1
Relates to derivative financial instruments that qualify for hedge accounting.
2
Including combined interest rate and foreign exchange swaps.
3
Before impact of master netting agreements.
556
Derivative financial instruments (continued)
   Trading Hedging 1

end of 2020

Notional
amount
Positive
replacement
value (PRV)
Negative
replacement
value (NRV)

Notional
amount
Positive
replacement
value (PRV)
Negative
replacement
value (NRV)
CHF million   
Forwards and forward rate agreements 961,899 2,408 2,496 0 0 0
Swaps 2,228,322 17,123 16,783 99,073 674 23
Options bought and sold (OTC) 434,125 1,497 1,734 0 0 0
Futures 13,328 0 0 0 0 0
Options bought and sold (exchange-traded) 38,539 4 2 0 0 0
Interest rate products  3,676,213 21,032 21,015 99,073 674 23
Forwards and forward rate agreements 948,441 10,382 11,762 0 0 0
Swaps 2 115,742 2,297 2,676 0 0 0
Options bought and sold (OTC) 181,014 3 2,571 2,468 0 0 0
Foreign exchange products  1,245,197 15,250 16,906 0 0 0
Forwards and forward rate agreements 15,505 316 277 0 0 0
Swaps 281 0 0 0 0 0
Options bought and sold (OTC) 15,994 380 220 0 0 0
Futures 138 0 0 0 0 0
Options bought and sold (exchange-traded) 8,869 42 66 0 0 0
Precious metal products  40,787 738 563 0 0 0
Forwards and forward rate agreements 36 1 75 0 0 0
Swaps 115,622 4,409 3,972 0 0 0
Options bought and sold (OTC) 133,781 5,726 5,360 0 0 0
Futures 684 0 0 0 0 0
Options bought and sold (exchange-traded) 15,672 295 529 0 0 0
Equity/index-related products  265,795 10,431 9,936 0 0 0
Credit default swaps 43,042 504 629 0 0 0
Total return swaps 11,214 302 946 0 0 0
Other credit derivatives 1,879 71 10 0 0 0
Credit derivatives  56,135 877 1,585 0 0 0
Swaps 6,824 1,044 183 0 0 0
Options bought and sold (OTC) 9 1 1 0 0 0
Other derivative products  6,833 1,045 184 0 0 0
Derivative financial instruments 4 5,290,960 49,373 50,189 99,073 674 23
   of which replacement value determined based on a valuation model  46,433 47,108 674 23
1
Relates to derivative financial instruments that qualify for hedge accounting.
2
Including combined interest rate and foreign exchange swaps.
3
Prior period has been revised. Refer to “Prior period information” in Note 2 – Accounting and valuation principles for further information.
4
Before impact of master netting agreements.
557
Positive and negative replacement values before and after consideration of master netting agreements
end of 2021 2020
Before consideration of master netting agreements (CHF million)   
Positive replacement values – trading and hedging 31,966 50,047
Negative replacement values – trading and hedging 29,960 50,212
After consideration of master netting agreements   
Positive replacement values – trading and hedging 1 6,432 11,635
Negative replacement values – trading and hedging 1 5,065 11,040
1
Netting includes counterparty exposure and cash collateral netting.
Net positive replacement values by counterparty type
end of 2021 2020
CHF million   
Central counterparties 799 1,296
Banks and securities dealers 4,325 8,577
Other counterparties 1 1,308 1,762
Net positive replacement values  6,432 11,635
1
Primarily related to bilateral OTC derivative contracts with clients.
Gains/(losses) on fair value hedges
   2021 2020

in
Interest
and
discount
income


Interest
expense


Interest
expense
Interest rate products (CHF million)   
Hedged items (19) 1,915 (1,721)
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments 18 (1,833) 1,595
Gains/(losses) on interest rate risk hedges, both from the hedged items and the derivatives designated as hedging instruments, are included in interest and discount income and interest expense for 2021 and in interest expense for 2020. The accrued interest on fair value hedges is recorded in interest and discount income and interest expense, respectively, and is excluded from this table.
Hedged items in fair value hedges
   2021 2020
   Hedged items Hedged items

end of
Carrying
value
Hedging
adjustments
1 Discontinued
hedges
2 Carrying
value
Hedging
adjustments
1 Discontinued
hedges
2
Assets (CHF million)   
Due from customers 111 1 0 0 0 0
Mortgage loans 0 0 4 0 0 6
Financial investments 857 (18) 0 446 0 0
Liabilities (CHF million)   
Bonds and mortgage-backed bonds 64,514 (52) 677 60,065 1,733 801
1
Relates to the cumulative amount of fair value hedging adjustments included in the compensation account within other assets or other liabilities.
2
Relates to the cumulative amount of fair value hedging adjustments remaining for any hedged items for which hedge accounting has been discontinued which is included in the compensation account within other assets or other liabilities.
558
Cash flow hedges
in 2021 2020
Deferred gains and losses on derivative financial instruments related to cash flow hedges (CHF million)    1
Deferred gains/(losses) at beginning of period  213 15
Interest rate products 
Gains/(losses) on derivatives deferred in the compensation account (288) 128
   Interest and discount income  (13) 70
(Gains)/losses reclassified from the compensation account into income or expense (13) 70
Deferred gains/(losses) at end of period  (88) 213
1
Included in the compensation account within other assets or other liabilities.
As of December 31, 2021, the net loss associated with cash flow hedges expected to be reclassified from other assets and other liabilities to the statements of income within the next 12 months was CHF 10 million.
As of December 31, 2021, the Bank parent company had no cash flow hedges that hedged any exposure to the variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions, excluding those forecasted transactions related to the payment of variable interest on existing financial instruments.
> Refer to “Use of derivative financial instruments and hedge accounting” in Note 3 – Risk management, derivatives and hedging activities for further information.
14 Financial investments
   2021 2020

end of
Carrying
value
Fair
value
Carrying
value
Fair
value
CHF million   
Debt securities 25,538 25,683 25,373 25,439
   of which held-to-maturity  24,466 24,611 23,830 23,896
   of which available-for-sale  1,072 1,072 1,543 1,543
Equity securities 1,677 1,677 279 343
   of which qualified participations 1 7 7 164 228
Real estate 2 4 4 6 6
Other 3 0 0 3 3
Financial investments  27,219 27,364 25,661 25,791
   of which securities eligible for repurchase transactions in accordance with liquidity regulations  0 0
1
Includes participations held in financial investments with at least 10% in capital or voting rights.
2
Real estate acquired from the lending business (repossessed assets) and classified as held-for-sale is carried at lower of cost and liquidation value.
3
Includes other non-financial assets acquired from the lending business (repossessed assets), mainly aircraft.
Debt securities by counterparty rating
end of 2021 2020
CHF million   
AAA to AA- 227 425
A+ to A- 24,124 23,415
BBB+ to BBB- 8 195
No rating 1,179 1,338
Debt securities  25,538 25,373
Ratings are based on external data from Standard & Poor's.
559
15 Other assets and other liabilities
end of 2021 2020
CHF million   
Compensation account 1 696
Indirect taxes and duties 667 149
Other 2 345 456
Other assets  1,708 605
Compensation account 1 768
Indirect taxes and duties 22 25
Accounts payable for goods and services purchased 34 33
Settlement accounts 292 425
Other 3 304 310
Other liabilities  652 1,561
1
Includes changes in the book value of assets and liabilities that are not recognized in the statement of income, such as hedge effectiveness, impacts from changes in own credit spreads and deferred gains or losses from the sale of debt securities held-to-maturity.
2
Includes receivables from settlement accounts, security deposits and guarantee funds, coupons, internal clearing accounts and other miscellaneous assets.
3
Includes payables from internal clearing accounts, accounts payable for goods and services purchased and other miscellaneous liabilities.
16 Assets pledged
   2021 2020

end of
Carrying
value
Actual
liabilities
Carrying
value
Actual
liabilities
CHF million   1
Due from banks 32 32 10 10
Due from customers 0 0 387 387
Trading assets 1,276 706 1,355 750
Assets pledged  1,308 738 1,752 1,147
1
Excludes assets pledged in connection with securities lending and borrowing, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements.
17 Pension plans
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Bank parent company did not have any liabilities due to own pension plans.
> Refer to “Note 31 – Pension and other post-retirement benefits” in VIII –Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) for further information.
Swiss pension plans
The Bank parent company’s employees are covered by the pension plan of the “Pensionskasse der Credit Suisse Group (Schweiz)” and “Pensionskasse 2 der Credit Suisse Group (Schweiz)” (the Swiss pension plans). Most of the Group parent company’s Swiss subsidiaries and a few companies that have close business and financial ties with the Group parent company participate in both plans. The Swiss pension plans are independent self-insured pension plans set up as trusts and qualify as defined contribution plans (savings plans) under Swiss law.
The Swiss pension plan’s annual financial statements are prepared in accordance with Swiss GAAP FER 26 based on the full population of covered employees. Individual annual financial statements for each participating company are not prepared. As a multi-employer plan with unrestricted joint liability for all participating companies, the economic interest in the Swiss pension plan’s over- or underfunding is allocated to each participating company based on an allocation key determined by the plan.
International pension plans
The Bank parent company’s international employees are covered by mandatory and supplementary pension plans in various locations. These are defined benefit and defined contribution plans, which cover benefits such as disability, old age and death, termination and sickness.
Employer contribution reserves
     

Employer contribution
reserves – notional


Amount subject
to waiver


Employer contribution
reserves – net
1 Increase/(Release) of
employer contribution
reserves included in
personnel expenses
end of / in 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020
CHF million   
Swiss pension plans 25 19 0 0 25 19 0 0
Total  25 19 0 0 25 19 0 0
1
In line with Swiss GAAP statutory accounting guidance, contributions to the employer contribution reserves are not recorded in the Bank parent company's statutory balance sheet.
560
Pension plan economic benefit/(obligation), pension contributions and pension expenses
    
Over/(Under)
-funding
Economic benefit/
(obligation) recorded by
Bank parent company
2

Pension contributions
Pension expenses
included in
personnel expenses
end of / in 2021 2020 2021 2020 Change 2021 2020 2021 2020
CHF million   
Swiss pension plan – status overfunded 858 1 817 1 107 102 103 104
Swiss pension plan – without over-/underfunding 50 50 46 50
International pension plans – underfunded (20) (35) (20) (35) 15 2 2 (15) 7
International pension plans – without over-/underfunding 21 20 21 20
Total  838 782 (20) (35) 15 180 174 155 181
1
Represents the Bank parent company's share of 34.59% and 34.34% in the reserve for the fluctuation in asset value of the Swiss pension plan of CHF 2,480 million and CHF 2,380 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
2
In line with Swiss GAAP statutory accounting guidance, the Bank parent company's economic benefit from its share in the overfunding of the Swiss pension plan is not recorded in the Bank parent company's statutory balance sheet.
18 Issued structured products
   2021 2020
    Not
bifurcated
1
Bifurcated

Total
Not
bifurcated
1
Bifurcated

Total

end of
Liabilities
from other
financial
instruments
held at
fair value
2


Value of
underlying
instrument




Value of
derivative
1




Liabilities
from other
financial
instruments
held at
fair value
2


Value of
underlying
instrument




Value of
derivative
1




Carrying value of issued structured products by underlying risk of the embedded derivative (CHF million)    
Interest rates 
   Structured products with own debt  14,624 0 0 14,624 16,860 0 0 16,860
   Structured products without own debt  491 0 0 491 553 0 0 553
Equity 
   Structured products with own debt  31,655 0 0 31,655 33,289 0 0 33,289
Foreign exchange 
   Structured products with own debt  628 0 0 628 1,061 0 0 1,061
   Structured products without own debt  0 731 (1) 730 0 675 (2) 673
Commodities / precious metals 
   Structured products with own debt  582 0 0 582 879 0 0 879
   Structured products without own debt  0 168 (2) 166 0 142 (2) 140
Credit 
   Structured products with own debt  2,267 91 (33) 2,325 2,882 105 (39) 2,948
Other 3
   Structured products with own debt  15 0 0 15 18 0 0 18
Total  50,262 990 (36) 51,216 55,542 922 (43) 56,421
1
Carried at fair value.
2
Reflects balance sheet classification.
3
Includes structured products where the underlying risk relates to hedge funds or other products with multiple underlying risks.
561
19 Unsecured senior debt and structured notes
   2021 2020

end of

Original
maturity
up to 1 year
Original
maturity
greater
than 1 year



Total

Original
maturity
up to 1 year
Original
maturity
greater
than 1 year



Total
CHF million   
Unsecured senior debt 1, 2 2,218 33,158 35,376 3,445 29,441 32,886
   of which recorded in bonds and mortgage-backed bonds  35,376 32,886
Unsecured structured notes 3 8,682 41,288 49,970 8,299 47,020 55,319
   of which recorded in liabilities from other financial instruments held at fair value  49,772 54,990
   of which recorded in bonds and mortgage-backed bonds  198 329
1
Includes guaranteed debt and payables related to fully funded swaps.
2
Excludes senior unsecured debt included in due to banks and customer deposits as well as certificates of deposits and bankers acceptances.
3
For structured notes that include a put option, maturity is determined based on the first date at which a noteholder can request repayment. Structured notes with market triggering features are always reflected in accordance with original maturity.
20 Provisions and allowance for credit losses
Provisions

2021
Balance
at
beginning
of period

Utilized
for
purpose


Reclassifi-
cations
Foreign
exchange
translation
differences

Recoveries,
interest
past due
New
charges
to income
statement

Releases
to income
statement

Balance
at end
of period
CHF million   
Provisions for pension benefit obligations 35 0 0 1 (16) 20 1
Provisions for off-balance sheet default risks 208 0 7 9 0 36 (61) 199 2
   of which provisions for probable    obligations (Art. 28 par. 1 FINMA-AO)  27 0 7 5 0 23 (39) 23
   of which provisions for expected credit losses  181 3 0 0 4 0 13 4,5 (22) 5 176
Provisions for other business risks 18 0 4 0 0 2 (1) 23 6
Other provisions 175 (36) 4 (1) 21 167 (28) 302 7
Provisions 436 (36) 15 8 21 206 (106) 544
1
Discounted at rates between 0.00% and 7.20%.
2
Provisions are mainly related to irrevocable loan commitments and guarantees. Partially discounted at rates between (0.84)% and 12.50%.
3
Reflects non-specific provisions for off-balance sheet default risks under the previous incurred loss model which has been released with the adoption of the CECL methodology on January 1, 2021.
4
Includes an impact of CHF 13 million from the adoption of the CECL methodology on January 1, 2021.
5
Changes in provisions for off-balance sheet default risks on non-impaired financial instruments are reflected as a net charge or a net release.
6
Provisions are not discounted due to their short-term nature.
7
Includes litigation provisions of CHF 284 million and CHF 160 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Partially discounted at rates between 0.00% and 6.00%.
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Allowance for credit losses

2021
Balance
at
beginning
of period

Utilized
for
purpose
1

Reclassifi-
cations
Foreign
exchange
translation
differences

Recoveries,
interest
past due
2 New
charges
to income
statement
3
Releases
to income
statement
3
Balance
at end
of period
CHF million   
Due from banks 0 0 0 0 0 36 (4) 32
Due from customers 1,519 (314) (7) 76 147 595 (350) 1,666
Mortgage loans 27 (1) 0 (1) 2 15 (3) 39
Accrued income and prepaid expenses 0 0 0 0 0 9 (6) 3
Other assets 0 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0
Allowance for credit losses  1,546 (315) (7) 75 149 656 (364) 1,740
   of which allowance for credit losses from impaired receivables  1,252 (315) (7) 65 149 358 (200) 1,302
   of which allowance for expected credit losses  294 4 0 0 10 0 298 5 (164) 438
1
Reflects write-offs.
2
Includes increases and releases of allowances for endangered interest.
3
Changes in allowance for expected credit losses on non-impaired financial assets are recorded as a net charge or a net release per balance sheet position.
4
Reflects a non-specific allowance for credit losses under the previous incurred loss model which has been released with the adoption of the CECL methodology on January 1, 2021.
5
Reflects an impact of CHF 298 million from the adoption of the CECL methodology on January 1, 2021.
Write-offs
In the Bank parent company’s recovery management function covering the Investment Bank and Asia Pacific, a position is written down to its net carrying value once the credit provision is greater than 90% of the notional amount, unless repayment is anticipated to occur within the next three months. Following the expiration of this three-month period the position is written off unless it can be demonstrated that any delay in payment is an operational matter that is expected to be resolved within a ten-day grace period. In the Bank parent company’s recovery management functions for International Wealth Management, write-offs are made based on an individual counterparty assessment. An evaluation is performed on the need for write-offs on impaired loans individually and on an ongoing basis, if it is likely that parts of a loan or the entire loan will not be recoverable. Write-offs of residual loan balances are executed once available debt enforcement procedures are exhausted or, in certain cases, upon a restructuring.
Gross write-offs on loans included in the allowance for credit losses year-on-year movements are reflected in column “Utilized for purpose”. Gross write-offs of CHF 315 million in 2021 compared to gross write-offs of CHF 233 million in 2020. In 2021, gross write-offs mainly resulted from the sale of corporate & institutional loans related to a conglomerate in the Asia Pacific region and a real estate company. Write-offs also included positions in ship finance and corporate lending.
Uncollectible accrued interest receivables are written off by reversing net interest income from interest activities.
21 Expected credit losses and credit quality
This disclosure provides an overview of the Bank parent company’s balance sheet positions that include financial assets subject to the CECL accounting guidance, adopted on January 1, 2021. It includes the following main subjects:
A tabular overview of financial assets subject to the expected credit loss approach and related purchases and sales with counterparties that are not part of Credit Suisse Group;
A description of main classes of financial assets subject to the expected credit loss approach, including main risk characteristics (including the methodology for estimating expected credit losses on non-impaired and impaired financial assets and current-period estimates);
A description of the methodology for estimating expected credit losses, including disclosures relevant for the Bank parent company’s current-period estimate of expected credit losses;
Credit quality information (including monitoring of credit quality and internal ratings); and
Past due financial assets.
As of December 31, 2021, the Bank parent company had no purchased financial assets with more than insignificant credit deterioration since origination.
Financial receivables and debt securities held with entities under common control are not subject to the CECL accounting guidance and related disclosures.
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Financial assets subject to the expected credit loss approach

end of 2021

Gross
amount
1 Allowance
for credit
losses
2 Net
carrying
value
Assets (CHF million)   
Cash and other liquid assets 89,636 0 89,636
Due from banks 5,867 3 (32) 5,835
Securities borrowing and reverse repurchase agreements 69,242 3 0 69,242
Due from customers 105,467 3 (1,666) 103,801
Mortgage loans 5,064 3 (39) 5,025
Financial investments 4 305 0 305
Accrued income and prepaid expenses 754 (3) 751
Other assets 5 1,213 0 1,213
Total  277,548 (1,740) 275,808
1
Excludes balances with entities under common control which are not subject to the CECL accounting guidance and related disclosures. Reflects the nominal value except where indicated.
2
Includes allowances for credit losses on impaired receivables (specific allowances for credit losses) and allowances for expected credit losses (non-specific allowances for credit losses).
3
Excludes accrued interest before allowance for credit losses in the total amount of CHF 254 million and a related allowance for credit losses of CHF 1 million. These accrued interest balances are reported in the balance sheet in accrued income and prepaid expenses in accordance with Swiss GAAP statutory guidance.
4
Includes only debt securities held-to-maturity. The gross amount reflects the amortized cost base.
5
The gross amount reflects the nominal value or cost base.
In 2021, the following purchases and sales of financial assets subject to the CECL accounting guidance were carried out by the Bank parent company and affected the asset base subject to the estimate of the allowances for expected credit losses.
Purchases and sales
   2021
in Purchases Sales 1
CHF million   
Due from customers 282 2 4,591
Mortgage loans 0 180
1
Excludes the sub-participation of loans in syndication-like financings where the Bank parent company is the originator of the loan.
2
Includes drawdowns under purchased loan commitments.
Main classes of financial assets subject to expected credit loss measurement and risk characteristics
Loans
The Bank parent company’s loan portfolios, the main class of financial assets subject to the CECL accounting guidance, are reflected in the balance sheet in due from customers, due from banks and mortgage loans. For the US GAAP CECL accounting guidance applied by the Group and its subsidiaries, loans, which include sales-type and direct financing leases, are classified into two broad categories, consumer loans and corporate & institutional loans. Consumer loans include mortgages, loans collateralized by securities and consumer finance. Corporate & institutional loans include real estate loans, commercial and industrial loans, loans to financial institutions and loans to governments and public institutions. The main risk characteristics of each of these sub-categories and the line items of the Bank parent company’s balance sheet, which include these portfolios, are described below:
Mortgages includes lending instruments secured by residential real estate; such credit exposure is sensitive to the level of interest rates and unemployment as well as real estate valuation. Mortgages are reported in mortgage loans, except for building loans, which are reported in due from customers.
Loans collateralized by securities primarily includes lending secured by marketable financial collateral (e.g., equities, bonds, investment funds and precious metals); such credit exposure is sensitive to market prices for securities which impact the value of financial collateral. All loans collateralized by securities are reported in due from customers.
Consumer finance includes lending to private individuals such as personal loans; such credit exposure is sensitive to MEFs including economic growth, unemployment and interest rates. All consumer finance loans are reported in due from customers.
Real estate includes lending backed by commercial or income-producing real estate; such credit exposure is sensitive to MEFs including economic growth, unemployment, interest rates and industrial production as well as real estate valuation. Real estate loans are mostly reported in due from customers, with the remaining balance in mortgage loans.
Commercial and industrial loans includes lending to corporate clients including small and medium-sized enterprises, large corporates and multinational clients; such credit exposure is sensitive to MEFs including economic growth, unemployment and industrial production. A majority of commercial and industrial loans is reported in due from customers, with the remaining balance in mortgage loans.
Financial institutions includes lending to financial institutions such as banks and insurance companies; such credit exposure is sensitive to MEFs including economic growth. A majority of loans to financial institutions is reported in due from customers, with the remaining balances in due from banks and mortgage loans.
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Governments and public institutions includes lending to central government and state-owned enterprises; such credit exposure is sensitive to MEFs including economic growth. All loans to governments and public institutions are reported in due from customers.
As of December 31, 2021, loans collateralized by securities, commercial and industrial loans and loans to financial institutions were the largest sub-categories within the loan portfolio of the Bank parent company.
Financial investments – debt securities held-to-maturity
The Bank parent company’s debt securities held-to-maturity represents positions in a commercial paper with a single issuer with original maturities up to three months which are held as collateral in a secured structured credit-linked loan transaction for a client. These commercial papers meet the requirement of a cash equivalent under US GAAP, are highly rated and also qualify as high quality liquid assets. As of December 31, 2021, the Bank parent company has no allowance for credit losses on these debt securities held-to-maturity.
Other classes of financial assets
Other classes of financial assets subject to the CECL accounting guidance, which are not reported as loans or debt securities held-to-maturity described above, include mainly the following balance sheet positions and related risk characteristics:
Cash and other liquid assets includes primarily cash balances with central banks; such credit exposure is sensitive to the credit rating and profile of the central bank.
Due from banks includes balances held with banks. In addition to certain loans to financial institutions described further above, due from banks includes primarily nostro accounts as well as settlement accounts and margin accounts with broker banks; such credit exposure is sensitive to the credit rating and profile of the counterparty bank.
Due from customers includes balances held with customers. In addition to the non-mortgage loans described further above, due from customers includes primarily settlement accounts and margin accounts with non-bank brokers; such credit exposure is sensitive to the credit rating and profile of the related counterparty.
Securities borrowing and reverse repurchase agreements includes lending and borrowing of securities against cash or other financial collateral; such credit exposure is sensitive to the credit rating and profile of the counterparty and relative changes in the valuation of securities and financial collateral.
Estimating expected credit losses
The following key elements and processes of estimating expected credit losses apply to the Bank parent company’s major classes of financial assets that are subject to the CECL accounting guidance.
Expected credit losses on non-impaired credit exposures
Expected credit loss models for non-impaired credit exposures have three main inputs: (i) PD, (ii) LGD and (iii) EAD. These parameters are derived from internally developed statistical models which are based on historical data and leverage regulatory models under the advanced internal rating-based approach. Expected credit loss models use forward-looking information to derive point-in-time estimates of forward-looking term structures.
PD estimates are based on statistical rating models and tailored to various categories of counterparties and exposures. These statistical rating models are based on internally and externally compiled data comprising both quantitative and qualitative factors. A migration of a counterparty or exposure between rating classes generally leads to a change in the estimate of the associated PD. Lifetime PDs are estimated considering the expected macroeconomic environment and the contractual maturities of exposures, adjusted for estimated prepayment rates where applicable.
LGD estimates the size of the expected loss that may arise on a credit exposure in the event of a default. The Bank parent company estimates LGD based on the history of recovery rates of claims against defaulted counterparties, considering, as appropriate, factors such as differences in product structure, collateral type, seniority of the claim, counterparty industry and recovery costs of any collateral that is integral to the financial asset. Certain LGD values are also calibrated to reflect the expected macroeconomic environment.
EAD represents the expected amount of credit exposure in the event of a default. It reflects the current drawn exposure with a counterparty and an expectation regarding the future evolution of the credit exposure under the contract or facility, including amortization and prepayments. The EAD of a financial asset is the gross carrying amount at default, which is modeled based on historical data by applying a term structure and considering portfolio-specific factors such as the drawn amount as of the reporting date, the facility limit, amortization schedules, financial collateral and product type. For certain financial assets, the Bank parent company determines EAD by modeling the range of possible exposure outcomes at various points in time using scenario and statistical techniques.
Where a relationship to macroeconomic indicators is statistically sound and in line with economic expectations, the parameters are modeled accordingly, incorporating the Bank parent company’s forward-looking forecasts and applying regional segmentations where appropriate.
The Bank parent company’s macroeconomic and market variable forecasts for the CECL scenarios cover a five-year time horizon. For periods beyond that reasonable and supportable forecast period, the Bank parent company immediately reverts to average economic environment variables as model input factors.
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Alternative qualitative estimation approaches are used for certain products. For lombard loans (including share-backed loans), the PD/LGD approach used does not consider the Bank parent company’s forward-looking forecasts as these are not meaningful for the estimate of expected credit losses in light of the short time-frame considered for closing out positions under daily margining arrangements. For international private residential mortgages and securitizations, the Bank parent company applies qualitative approaches where credit specialists follow a structured process and use their expertise and judgment to determine the amounts of expected credit losses.
The Bank parent company measures expected credit losses considering the risk of default over the maximum contractual period (including any borrower’s extension options) during which it is exposed to credit risk, even if the Bank parent company considers a longer period for risk management purposes. The maximum contractual period extends to the date at which the Bank parent company has the right to require repayment of an advance or terminate an irrevocable loan commitment or a credit guarantee.
For off-balance sheet credit exposures, methodology, scenarios and MEFs used to estimate the provision for expected credit losses are the same as those used to estimate the allowance for credit losses for financial assets held at amortized cost. For the EAD models, a credit conversion factor or similar methodology is applied to off-balance sheet credit exposures in order to project the additional drawn amount between current utilization and the committed facility amount.
Expected credit losses on impaired credit exposures
Expected credit losses for individually impaired credit exposures are measured by performing an in-depth review and analysis of these exposures, considering factors such as recovery and exit options as well as collateral and the risk profile of the borrower. The individual measurement of expected credit losses for impaired financial assets also considers reasonable and supportable forward-looking information that is relevant to the individual counterparty (idiosyncratic information) and reflective of the macroeconomic environment that the borrower is exposed to, apart from any historical loss information and current conditions. If there are different scenarios relevant for the individual expected credit loss measurement, they are considered on a probability-weighted basis. The related allowance for credit losses is revalued by the recovery management function, at least annually or more frequently, depending on the risk profile of the borrower or credit-relevant events.
For credit-impaired financial assets, the expected credit loss is measured using (i) the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted at the contractual interest rate of the loan, (ii) the fair market value of collateral where the loan is collateral-dependent, (iii) the market price if a loan is traded and/or a market price can be readily determined for a related instrument or (iv) alternative recovery valuation methods such as multiples and liquidation values of assets. The impaired credit exposures and related allowance are revalued to reflect the passage of time.
For all classes of financial assets, the trigger to detect an impaired credit exposure is non-payment of interest, principal amounts or other contractual payment obligations, or when, for example, the Bank parent company may become aware of specific adverse information relating to a counterparty’s ability to meet its contractual obligations, despite the current repayment status of its particular credit facility. For credit exposures where repayment is dependent on collateral, a decrease in collateral values can be an additional trigger to detect an impairment.
Restructured loans are considered impaired credit exposures in line with the bank’s policies and subject to individual assessment and provisioning for expected credit losses by the recovery management function.
In addition, loans managed on the Swiss platform are reviewed depending on event-driven developments. All corporate and institutional loans are reviewed at least annually based on the borrower’s financial statements and any indications of difficulties they may experience. Loans that are not impaired, but which are of special concern due to changes in covenants, downgrades, negative financial news and other adverse developments, are either transferred to recovery management or included on a watch list. All loans on the watch list are reviewed at least quarterly to determine whether they should be released, remain on the watch list or be moved to recovery management. For loans in recovery management from the Swiss platform, larger positions are reviewed on a quarterly basis for any event-driven changes. Otherwise, these loans are reviewed at least annually. All loans in recovery management on international platforms are reviewed on at least a monthly basis.
Macroeconomic scenarios
The estimation and application of forward-looking information requires quantitative analysis and significant expert judgment. The Bank parent company’s estimation of expected credit losses is based on a discounted probability-weighted estimate that considers three future macroeconomic scenarios: a baseline scenario, an upside scenario and a downside scenario. The baseline scenario represents the most likely outcome. The two other scenarios represent more optimistic and more pessimistic outcomes, with the downside scenario being more severe than the upside scenario. The scenarios are probability-weighted according to the Bank parent company’s best estimate of their relative likelihood based on historical frequency, an assessment of the current business and credit cycles as well as the macroeconomic factor trends.
The scenario design team within the Group’s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) function determines the macroeconomic factors (MEFs) and market projections that are relevant for the Bank parent company’s three scenarios across the overall credit portfolio subject to the CECL accounting guidance. The scenario design team formulates the baseline scenario projections used for the calculation of expected credit losses from the Group’s global chief investment office in-house economic research forecasts and, where deemed appropriate, from external sources such as
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the Bloomberg consensus of economist forecasts (covering the views of other investment banks and external economic consultancies), forecasts from nonpartisan think tanks, major central banks and multilateral institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank. For factors where no in-house or credible external forecasts are available, an internal model is used to calibrate the baseline scenario projections. The downside and upside scenarios are derived from these baseline scenario projections. These three scenario projections are subject to a review and challenge process and any feedback from this process is incorporated into the scenario projections by the ERM scenario design team. The CECL scenario design working group is the governance forum. The working group performs an additional review and challenge and subsequently recommends approval of the MEFs and related market projections as well as the occurrence probability weights that are allocated to the baseline, downside and upside scenarios. MEFs and related market projections as well as the scenario occurrence probability weights used for the calculation of expected credit losses are approved by the Senior Management Approval Committee.
Current-period estimate of expected credit losses on non-impaired credit exposures
The key MEFs used in each of the macroeconomic scenarios for the calculation of the expected credit losses include, but are not limited to, GDP and industrial production. These MEFs have been selected based on the portfolios that are most material to the estimation of expected credit losses on non-impaired credit exposures from a longer-term perspective.
As of December 31, 2021, the forecast macroeconomic scenarios were weighted 50% for the baseline, 40% for the downside and 10% for the upside scenario, unchanged compared to the scenario weightings applied at adoption on January 1, 2021. The forecast range for the increase in Swiss real GDP was (0.4)% to 4.3% for 2022 and 0.3% to 2.8% for 2023. The quarterly series for Swiss real GDP returned to pre-pandemic levels (i.e., the fourth quarter of 2019) in the second quarter of 2021. The forecast range for the increase in the eurozone real GDP was (0.7)% to 4.2% for 2022 and 1.4% to 2.7% for 2023. The forecast in the baseline scenario for the timing of the recovery of the quarterly series of eurozone real GDP to return to pre-pandemic levels was the first quarter of 2022. The forecast range for the increase in US real GDP was 0.1% to 4.5% for 2022 and 1.4% to 2.4% for 2023. The quarterly series for US real GDP returned to pre-pandemic levels in the second quarter of 2021. The forecast range for the increase in UK real GDP was (0.9)% to 7.8% for 2022 and 1.0% to 3.9% for 2023. The forecast in the baseline scenario for the timing of the recovery of the quarterly series for UK real GDP to return to pre-pandemic levels was the third quarter of 2022. The forecast range for the increase in world industrial production was 0.0% to 4.4% for 2022 and 2.0% to 3.7% for 2023. The macroeconomic and market variable projections incorporate adjustments to reflect the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic related economic support programs provided by national governments and by central banks. While GDP and industrial production are significant inputs to the forecast models, a range of other inputs are also incorporated for all three scenarios to provide projections for future economic and market conditions. Given the complex nature of the forecasting process, no single economic variable is viewed in isolation or independently of other inputs.
For events which cannot be adequately reflected in CECL models due to a lack of historical experience the event may be embedded in the baseline scenario. In order to address circumstances where in management’s judgment the CECL model outputs are overly sensitive to the effect of economic inputs that lie outside of their historical range, model overlays are applied. Such overlays are based on expert judgment and are applied in response to these circumstances to consider historical stressed losses and industry and counterparty credit level reviews. Overlays are also used to capture judgment on the economic uncertainty from global or regional developments or governmental actions with severe impacts on economies, such as the lockdowns and other actions directed towards managing the pandemic. As a result of such overlays, provisions for credit losses may not be primarily derived from MEF projections. As of December 31, 2021, the Bank parent company has continued its approach of applying qualitative overlays to the CECL model outputs in a manner consistent with those prevailing at adoption of the CECL accounting guidance on January 1, 2021. In the first half of 2021, the bank observed more favorable developments in the COVID-19 pandemic, including vaccination rate increases as well as a reduction in lockdown measures, which resulted in a generally more positive economic outlook. In the second half of the year, negative market sentiment grew, mainly due to heightened COVID-19 pandemic risks as a result of new variants, continued supply chain disruptions and inflation, a peak in GDP growth in major European countries, the US and China as well as uncertainty with respect to China’s economic outlook. These contrasting views were reflected throughout 2021 within the Bank parent company’s overlays, which continue to be closely aligned with the macroeconomic forecasts and associated scenario weightings.
Interest income attributable to passage of time
For financial assets held at amortized cost, for which the Bank parent company measures expected credit losses based on the discounted cash flow methodology, the entire change in present value is reported in the statements of income in (increase)/release of allowance for default risks and losses from interest activities.
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Credit quality information
The Bank parent company monitors the credit quality of financial assets held at amortized cost with the application of the Group credit risk management framework, which provides for the consistent evaluation, measurement and management of credit risk across the bank. Evaluation, measurement and management of credit exposures recorded in the Bank parent company follows the same approach as for the Group and reflects the specific exposure profile of the legal entity. Assessments of credit risk exposures for internal risk estimates and risk-weighted assets are calculated based on PD, LGD and EAD models.
> Refer to “Expected credit losses on non-impaired credit exposures” for further information on PD, LGD and EAD.
The credit risk management framework incorporates the following core elements:
Counterparty and transaction assessments: application of internal credit ratings (using PD), assignment of LGD and EAD values in relation to counterparties and transactions;
Credit limits: establishment of credit limits, including limits based on notional exposure, potential future exposure and stress exposure, subject to approval by delegated authority holders, to serve as primary risk controls on exposures and to prevent undue risk concentrations;
Credit monitoring, impairments and provisions: processes to support the ongoing monitoring and management of credit exposures, supporting the early identification of deterioration and any subsequent impact; and
Risk mitigation: active management of risk mitigation provided in relation to credit exposures, including through the use of cash sales, participations, collateral or guarantees or hedging instruments.
In addition to traditional credit exposure measurement, monitoring and management using current and potential future exposure metrics, Credit Risk performs counterparty and portfolio credit risk assessments of the impact of various internal stress test scenarios. Credit Risk assesses the impact to credit risk exposures arising from market movements in accordance with the scenario narrative, which can further support the identification of concentration or tail risks. The scenario suite includes historical scenarios as well as forward-looking scenarios which are aligned with those used by the Market Risk and Enterprise Risk Management functions.
Credit Risk evaluates and assesses counterparties and clients to whom the Bank parent company has credit exposures, primarily using internal rating models. Credit Risk uses these models to determine internal credit ratings which are intended to reflect the PD of each counterparty.
For a majority of counterparties and clients, internal ratings are based on internally developed statistical models that have been backtested against internal experience and validated by a function independent of model development. Findings from backtesting serve as a key input for any future rating model developments. The Bank parent company’s internally developed statistical rating models are based on a combination of quantitative factors (e.g., financial fundamentals, such as balance sheet information for corporates and loan-to-value (LTV) ratio and the borrower’s income level for mortgage lending, and market data) and qualitative factors (e.g., credit histories from credit reporting bureaus and economic trends).
For the remaining counterparties where statistical rating models are not used, internal credit ratings are assigned on the basis of a structured expert approach using a variety of inputs, such as peer analyses, industry comparisons, external ratings and research as well as the judgment of senior credit officers.
In addition to counterparty ratings, Credit Risk also assesses the risk profile of individual transactions and assigns transaction ratings which reflect specific contractual terms such as seniority, security and collateral.
Internal credit ratings may differ from external credit ratings, where available, and are subject to periodic review depending on exposure type, client segment, collateral or event-driven developments. The Bank parent company’s internal ratings are mapped to a PD band associated with each rating which is calibrated to historical default experience using internal data and external data sources. The Bank parent company’s internal rating bands are reviewed on an annual basis with reference to extended historical default data and are therefore based on stable long-run averages. Adjustments to PD bands are only made where significant deviations to existing values are detected. The last update was made in 2012 and since then no significant changes to the robust long-run averages have been detected.
The Bank parent company uses internal rating methodologies consistently for the purposes of approval, establishment and monitoring of credit limits and credit portfolio management, credit policy, management reporting, risk-adjusted performance measurement, economic risk capital measurement and allocation and financial accounting.
A credit quality monitoring process is performed to provide for early identification of possible changes in the creditworthiness of clients and includes regular asset and collateral quality reviews, business and financial statement analysis and relevant economic and industry studies. Credit Risk maintains regularly updated watch lists and holds review meetings to re-assess counterparties that could be subject to adverse changes in creditworthiness. The review of the credit quality of clients and counterparties does not depend on the accounting treatment of the asset or commitment.
> Refer to “Expected credit losses on impaired exposures” for further information on credit monitoring.
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Past due financial assets
Generally, a financial asset is deemed past due if the principal and/or interest payment has not been received on its due date.
Past due financial assets
   Current Past due

end of

Up to
30 days
31-60
days
61-90
days
More than
90 days

Total

Total
2021 (CHF million)   1
Due from banks 1,282 0 0 0 0 0 1,282 2
Due from customers 99,014 133 210 45 1,664 2,052 101,066 2
Mortgage loans 4,944 0 27 30 63 120 5,064 2
Financial investments 3 305 0 0 0 0 0 305
Total  105,545 133 237 75 1,727 2,172 107,717
Excludes balances with entities under common control which are not subject to the CECL accounting guidance and related disclosures. Excludes financing receivables with an original maturity of less than one year which are not subject to disclosure of past due amounts under the CECL accounting guidance.
1
Reflects gross amounts before allowance for credit losses.
2
Excludes accrued interest in the total amount of CHF 253 million.
3
Includes only debt securities held-to-maturity.
As of December 31, 2021, the Bank parent company did not have any financial assets subject to the CECL accounting guidance that were more than 90 days past due and still accruing interest.
22 Composition of share capital, conversion and reserve capital
   2021 2020

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Quantity
Total
nominal value
(CHF million)


Quantity
Total
nominal value
(CHF million)
Share capital   
Registered shares (at CHF 1 par value per share) 4,399,680,200 4,400 1 4,399,680,200 4,400 1
Total share capital  4,400 4,400
Conversion and reserve capital   2
Unlimited conversion capital (at CHF 1 par value per share) 3 unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited
Reserve capital (at CHF 1 par value per share) 4 4,399,665,200 4,400 4,399,665,200 4,400
   of which used for capital increases  0 0 0 0
   of which reserved for planned capital increases  0 0 0 0
1
The dividend eligible capital equals the total nominal value. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the total nominal value of registered shares was CHF 4,399,680,200 and fully paid.
2
Represents authorized capital.
3
For information on principal characteristics of unlimited conversion capital, refer to Article 4d in the Articles of Association of the Bank parent company.
4
For information on principal characteristics of reserve capital, refer to Article 4e in the Articles of Association of the Bank parent company.
Non-distributable reserves
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the amount of non-distributable reserves in accordance with the Swiss Code of Obligations and the Bank parent company’s articles of association was CHF 2,200 million. Not reflected in this amount are reserves which the Bank parent company is required to retain in order to meet the regulatory capital requirements as a going concern.
Transactions with shareholders
> Refer to “Statement of changes in equity” for further information on transactions with shareholders.
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23 Significant shareholders and groups of shareholders
   2021 2020

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Number
of shares
(million)
Total
nominal
value
(CHF million)

Share-
holding
(%)

Number
of shares
(million)
Total
nominal
value
(CHF million)

Share-
holding
(%)
Direct shareholders   
Credit Suisse Group AG 4,400 1 4,400 100.00 4,400 1 4,400 100.00
Indirect shareholders through Credit Suisse Group AG   2
Chase Nominees Ltd. 3 505 505 11.48 581 581 13.21
Nortrust Nominees Ltd. 3 327 327 7.42 331 331 7.53
The Bank of New York Mellon 3 231 231 5.25 4
1
All shares with voting rights.
2
Pro-forma numbers calculated based on the percentage interest held in Group shares as per the share register of the Group on December 31 of the reporting period. Includes shareholders registered as nominees.
3
Nominee holdings exceeding 2% are registered with a right to vote only if the nominee confirms that no individual shareholder holds more than 0.5% of the outstanding share capital or if the nominee discloses the identity of any beneficial owner holding more than 0.5% of the outstanding capital.
4
Participation was lower than the disclosure threshold of 5%.
Information received from shareholders of the Group not registered in the share register
In addition to the shareholdings registered in the share register of the Group, the Group has obtained and reported to the SIX Swiss Exchange information from its shareholders in accordance with the notification requirements of the Swiss Federal Act on Financial Market Infrastructures and Market Conduct in Securities and Derivatives Trading. These shareholders may hold their shareholdings in Group shares through a nominee. The following shareholder notifications relate to registered voting rights exceeding 5% of all voting rights, which are subject to disclosure in the notes to the financial statements in accordance with Swiss GAAP statutory. The percentage shareholdings below are presented with two decimal places.
In a disclosure notification that the Group published on November 9, 2013, the Group was notified that as of November 4, 2013, Harris Associates L.P. held 81.5 million shares, or 5.17% of the voting rights, of the registered Group shares issued as of the date of the notified transaction. No further disclosure notification has been received from Harris Associates L.P. relating to holdings of registered Group shares since 2013. This position includes the reportable position of Harris Associates Investment Trust (4.97% of the voting rights), as published by the SIX Swiss Exchange on August 1, 2018.
In a disclosure notification that the Group published on November 17, 2021, the Group was notified that as of November 12, 2021, Qatar Holding LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qatar Investment Authority, held 133.2 million shares, or 5.03% of the voting rights, of the registered Group shares issued as of the date of the notified transaction.
Shareholders with a qualified participation
As of December 31, 2021, Credit Suisse Group AG as direct shareholder of Credit Suisse AG is the only shareholder with a qualified participation in accordance with Bank Law.
> Refer to “Note 25 – Amounts receivable from and amounts payable to related parties” for further information on shareholders with a qualified participation.
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24 Shareholdings of the Board of Directors, Executive Board and employees and information on compensation plans
> Refer to “V – Compensation” for a comprehensive disclosure of compensation to the Board of Directors and the Executive Board of Credit Suisse Group AG.
> Refer to “Note 23 – Shareholdings” in VII –Parent company financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for information on shareholdings of the Board of Directors and the Executive Board of the Bank parent company.
Share-based awards outstanding
   2021 2020

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Number
of share-
based
awards
outstanding
in million




Fair value in
CHF million
Number
of share-
based
awards
outstanding
in million




Fair value in
CHF million
Share-based awards   1
Employees 37.8 336 37.6 429
Share-based awards outstanding  37.8 336 37.6 429
1
All share-based compensation plans of the Bank parent company are plans based on virtual shares and either settled in shares of the Group or in cash on the basis of the fair value of the Group shares.
All members of the Board of Directors and the Executive Board of the Bank parent company are also members of the Board of Directors and the Executive Board of the Group parent company. Compensation to members of the Executive Board is determined by the Group parent company on the basis of their overall function and responsibilities in the Group and paid by different legal entities of the Group depending on work location, local contracts, laws and regulations. A presentation of deferred share-based compensation awards to members of the Executive Board recorded by the Bank parent company would not appropriately reflect the Executive Board of the Bank parent company, as it would only consider those members for whom compensation is administrated by the Bank parent company.
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Bank parent company did not have any option plans with outstanding options.
Compensation plans
For 2020, the Bank parent company granted share awards, performance share awards and Contingent Capital Awards (CCA) as deferred compensation on February 19, 2021.
Deferred compensation is awarded to employees with total compensation greater than or equal to CHF/USD 250,000 or the local currency equivalent. Employees with total compensation below CHF/USD 250,000 or the local currency equivalent received variable incentive compensation in the form of an immediate cash award. Performance share awards were granted to managing directors and material risk takers and controllers, CCA were granted to managing directors and directors.
In 2021 and 2020, the Bank parent company’s total expenses related to deferred compensation plans were CHF 129 million and CHF 223 million, respectively.
For 2021 and 2020, all share-based compensation plans of the Bank parent company were either settled in shares of the Group parent company (Group shares) or in cash on the basis of the fair value of the Group shares.
Share awards
Share awards granted in February 2021 are similar to those granted in February 2020. Each share award granted entitles the holder of the award to receive one Group share, subject to service conditions. Share awards vest over three years with one third of the share awards vesting on each of the three anniversaries of the grant date (ratable vesting), with the exception of awards granted to individuals classified as risk manager material risk takers (MRTs) or senior managers or equivalents under the EU or UK Capital Requirements Directive V-related provisions. Share awards granted to risk manager MRTs vest over five years with one fifth of the award vesting on each of the five anniversaries of the grant date. Share awards granted to senior managers vest over seven years, with one fifth of the award vesting on each of the third to seventh anniversaries of the grant date. Share awards are expensed over the service period of the awards. The value of the share awards is solely dependent on the Group share price at the time of delivery.
The share awards include other awards, such as blocked shares and special awards, which may be granted to new employees. These awards entitle the holder to receive one Group share and are generally subject to continued employment with the Bank parent company, contain restrictive covenants and cancellation provisions and generally vest between zero and five years.
On February 19, 2021, the Bank parent company granted 11.3 million share awards with a total value of CHF 143 million. The number of share awards granted to employees was generally determined by dividing the deferred component of variable compensation being granted as share awards by the average price of a Group share over the ten consecutive trading days ended March 4, 2021. The fair value of each share award was CHF 12.59, the Group share price on the grant date. The majority of share awards granted include the right to receive dividend equivalents on vested shares.
Performance share awards
Certain employees received a portion of their deferred variable compensation in the form of performance share awards. Performance share awards are similar to share awards, except that the full balance of outstanding performance share awards, including those awarded in prior years, are subject to performance-based malus provisions.
571
Performance share awards are subject to a downward adjustment in the event of a divisional loss by the division in which the employees worked as of December 31, 2021, or a negative return on equity (ROE) of the Group, whichever results in a larger adjustment. For employees in corporate functions and the Asset Resolution Unit, the downward adjustment only applies in the event of a negative ROE of the Group and is not linked to the performance of the divisions. The basis for the ROE calculation may vary from year to year, depending on the Compensation Committee’s determination for the year in which the performance shares are granted.
On February 19, 2021, the Bank parent company granted 5.1 million performance share awards with a total value of CHF 64 million. The number of performance share awards granted to employees was generally determined by dividing the deferred component of variable compensation being granted as performance share awards by the average price of a Group share over the ten consecutive trading days ended March 4, 2021. The fair value of each performance share award was CHF 12.59, the Group share price on the grant date. The majority of performance share awards granted include the right to receive dividend equivalents on vested shares.
Contingent Capital Awards
CCA were granted in February 2021 and 2020 to certain employees as part of the 2020 and 2019 deferred variable compensation and have rights and risks similar to those of certain contingent capital instruments issued by the Group in the market. CCA are scheduled to vest on the third anniversary of the grant date, other than those granted to individuals classified as MRTs, risk manager MRTs or senior managers or equivalents under the EU or UK Capital Requirements Directive V-related provisions. CCA granted to MRTs, risk manager MRTs or senior managers vest on the fifth and seventh anniversaries of the grant date, respectively. CCA will be expensed over the vesting period. CCA generally provide a conditional right to receive semi-annual cash payments of interest equivalents until settled, with rates being dependent upon the vesting period and currency of denomination. CCA granted in 2021 and 2020 that vest five or seven years from the date of grant are not eligible for semi-annual cash payments of interest equivalents. CCA granted to certain regulated employees that vest over three years are not eligible for semi-annual cash payments of interest equivalents.
CCA granted in 2021 and 2020 that are denominated in US dollars and vest three years from the date of grant receive interest equivalents at a rate of 3.60% and 4.08%, respectively, per annum plus the daily compounded (spread exclusive) US dollar Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR);
CCA granted in 2021 and 2020 that are denominated in Swiss francs and vest three years from the date of grant receive interest equivalents at a rate of 3.06% and 3.36%, respectively, per annum plus the daily compounded (spread exclusive) Swiss franc Swiss Average Rate Overnight (SARON); and
The semi-annual interest equivalent cash payment calculation cycle up to February 2021 was based on the six-month US dollar London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) for CCA denominated in US dollars and the six-month Swiss franc LIBOR for CCA denominated in Swiss francs.
The rates were set in line with market conditions at the time of grant and existing high-trigger and low-trigger contingent capital instruments that the Group has issued.
As CCA qualify as going concern loss-absorbing capital of the Group, the timing and form of distribution upon settlement is subject to approval by FINMA. At settlement, employees will receive either a contingent capital instrument or a cash payment based on the fair value of the CCA. The fair value will be determined by the Group. In the case of a cash settlement, the CCA award will be converted into the local currency of each respective employee.
CCA have loss-absorbing features such that prior to settlement, the principal amount of the CCA would be written down to zero and forfeited if any of the following trigger events were to occur:
the Group’s reported common equity tier 1 (CET1) ratio falls below 7%; or
FINMA determines that cancellation of the CCA and other similar contingent capital instruments is necessary, or that the Group requires public sector capital support, in either case to prevent it from becoming insolvent or otherwise failing.
On February 19, 2021, the Bank parent company awarded CHF 20 million and USD 21 million of CCA that are expensed over the vesting period from the grant date.
Upfront cash awards
In February 2021, the Bank parent company granted CHF 16 million of upfront cash awards to certain employees as part of the cash component of their 2020 variable compensation. These awards are subject to repayment (clawback) by the employee in the event of voluntary resignation, termination for cause or in connection with other specified events or conditions within three years of the award grant. The amount subject to repayment is reduced in equal monthly instalments during the three-year period following the grant date.
Other cash awards
Other cash awards include special awards, capital opportunity facility awards, voluntary deferred compensation plans, employee investment plans as well as certain share and performance share awards settled in cash.
572
25 Amounts receivable from and amounts payable to related parties
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Amounts
receivable
Amounts
payable
Amounts
receivable
Amounts
payable
CHF million   
Shareholders with a qualified participation 1,725 55,705 6,593 51,759
Group companies 165,179 119,732 183,931 117,659
Affiliated companies 1,260 476 1,324 487
Members of governing bodies 1 23 62 22 43
1
Includes both the governing bodies of the Bank parent company (Credit Suisse AG) and the governing bodies of the Group holding company (Credit Suisse Group AG). Governing bodies include members of the Board of Directors, the Executive Board and the statutory auditors and companies controlled by members of each of these bodies.
Significant off-balance sheet transactions
As part of the normal course of business, the Bank parent company issues guarantees and loan commitments and enters into other agreements with group companies which are recorded as off-balance sheet transactions by the Bank parent company. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Bank parent company had contingent liabilities of CHF 9,151 million and CHF 13,066 million, respectively, and irrevocable loan commitments of CHF 6,873 million and CHF 6,448 million, respectively, of which all were related to transactions with group companies. As of December 31, 2021, the Bank parent company also had liabilities for calls on shares and other equity instruments of CHF 6 million with a group company.
As shareholder of Credit Suisse International, an unlimited company incorporated in England and Wales, the Bank parent company has joint and several unlimited obligations to meet any insufficiency in the assets in the event of liquidation.
Additional information on related party transactions
Transactions (such as securities transactions, payment transfer services, borrowings and compensation for deposits) with related parties are carried out on an arm’s length basis.
> Refer to “Off-balance sheet transactions” and “Note 1 – Business activities, developments and subsequent events” for further information on related party transactions.
> Refer to “Note 30 – Related parties” in VIII –Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank) for further information on Executive Board and Board of Director loans.
26 Total assets by country rating
   2021 2020
end of CHF million 2 % CHF million 2 %
Internal country rating   1
AAA 75,118 13.9% 69,618 12.5%
AA 3 305,345 56.7% 311,991 55.9%
A 46,219 8.6% 48,077 8.6%
BBB 20,624 3.8% 19,908 3.6%
Investment grade 447,306 83.0% 449,594 80.6%
BB 8,416 1.6% 7,890 1.5%
B 3,961 0.7% 5,331 1.0%
CCC 3 3,048 0.6% 2,912 0.5%
C 0 0.0% 260 0.0%
D 157 0.0% 708 0.1%
Non-investment grade 15,582 2.9% 17,101 3.1%
No rating 4 2,891 0.5% 3,048 0.5%
Foreign assets  465,779 86.4% 469,743 84.2%
Domestic assets  73,434 13.6% 88,225 15.8%
Total assets  539,213 100.0% 557,968 100.0%
1
Internal ratings are calibrated to the long-term issuer credit ratings of Standard & Poor's for the respective sovereigns. Internal country ratings may differ from Standard & Poor's respective country ratings.
2
Balance sheet exposure by country rating of risk domicile.
3
Prior period has been revised. Refer to “Prior period information” in Note 2 – Accounting and valuation principles for further information.
4
Includes exposures to countries that are not rated internally and for which external ratings from one of the three major rating agencies Standard & Poor's, Fitch and Moody's are not available. Prior period has been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.
573
27 Fiduciary transactions
end of 2021 2020
CHF million   
Fiduciary placements with third-party institutions 1,834 2,286
Fiduciary transactions  1,834 2,286
28 Assets under management
Assets under management
Assets under management include assets for which the Bank parent company provides investment advisory or discretionary asset management services, investment fund assets and assets invested in other investment-fund-like pooled investment vehicles managed by the Bank parent company. The classification of assets under management is conditional upon the nature of the services provided by the Bank parent company and the clients’ intentions. Assets are individually assessed on the basis of each client’s intentions and objectives and the nature of the banking services provided to that client. In order to be classified as assets under management, the Bank parent company must currently or in the foreseeable future expect to provide a service where the involvement of the Bank parent company’s banking or investment expertise (e.g., as asset manager or investment advisor) is not purely executional or custodial in nature.
Assets under custody are client assets held mainly for execution-related or safekeeping/custody purposes only and therefore are not considered assets under management since the Bank parent company does not generally provide asset allocation or financial advice.
Assets of corporate clients and public institutions that are used primarily for cash management or transaction executional purposes for which no investment advice is provided are classified as commercial assets or assets under custody and therefore do not qualify as assets under management.
For the purpose of classifying assets under management, clients with multiple accounts are assessed from an overall relationship perspective. Accounts that are clearly separate from the remainder of the client relationship and represent assets held for custody purposes only are not included as assets under management.
The initial classification of the assets may not be permanent as the nature of the client relationship is reassessed on an on-going basis. If changes in client intent or activity warrant reclassification between client asset categories, the required reclassification adjustments are made immediately when the change in intent or activity occurs. Reclassifications between assets under management and assets held for transaction-related or custodial purposes result in corresponding net asset inflows or outflows.
A portion of the Bank parent company’s assets under management results from double counting. Double counting arises when assets under management are subject to more than one level of asset management services. Each separate advisory or discretionary service provides additional benefits to the client and represents additional income for the Bank parent company. Specifically, double counting primarily results from the investment of assets under management in collective investment instruments managed by the Bank parent company. The extent of double counting is disclosed in the following table.
Assets under management
end of 2021 2020
CHF billion   
Assets in collective investment instruments managed by Credit Suisse AG 0.2 0.4
Assets with discretionary mandates 108.2 92.4
Other assets under management 396.2 389.7
Assets under management  504.6 482.5
   of which double counting 
Changes in assets under management
2021 2020
CHF billion   
Balance at beginning of period 1 482.5 484.1
Net new assets/(Net asset outflows) 10.6 10.9
Market movements, interest, dividends and foreign exchange 19.2 (12.5)
   of which market movements, interest and dividends 2 8.5 19.6
   of which foreign exchange  10.7 (32.1)
Other effects (7.7) 3 0.0
Balance at end of period 1 504.6 482.5
1
Including double counting.
2
Net of commissions and other expenses and net of interest expenses charged.
3
Includes mainly structural outflows of CHF 2.7 billion related to the exit of a business and of CHF 2.6 billion related to the liquidation of the supply chain finance funds.
Net new assets
Net new assets measure the degree of success in acquiring assets under management or changes in assets under management through warranted reclassifications. The calculation is based on the direct method, taking into account individual cash payments, security deliveries and cash flows resulting from loan increases or repayments. Interest and dividend income credited to clients and commissions, interest and fees charged for banking services are not taken into account when calculating net new assets, as such charges are not directly related to the Bank parent company’s success in acquiring assets under management. Similarly, changes in assets under management due to currency and market volatility as well as asset inflows and outflows due to the acquisition or divestiture of businesses are not part of net new assets.
574
Proposed appropriation of retained earnings and capital distribution
Proposed appropriation of retained earnings/(accumulated losses)
2021
Retained earnings/(accumulated losses) (CHF million)   
Retained earnings/(accumulated losses) carried forward (10,886)
Net profit/(loss) (11,009)
Retained earnings/(accumulated losses) to be carried forward  (21,895)
Proposed distribution out of capital contribution reserves
2021
Capital contribution reserves (CHF million)   
Balance at end of year  38,970
Proposed distribution for the financial year 2021 (570)
Balance after distribution  38,400
Capital contribution reserves represent legal capital reserves.
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Statistical information
Statistical information – Group
Set forth below is statistical information for the Group required under the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new subpart 1400 of Regulation S-K, which is applied for the first time for the year-end 2021. The new subpart replaces the specialized industry guide for bank holding companies – Industry Guide 3. Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year’s statistical information to conform to the current presentation. The tables are based on information in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group.
Average balances and interest rates
   2021 2020 2019

in
Average
balance
1 Interest
income
Average
rate
Average
balance
1 Interest
income
Average
rate
Average
balance
1 Interest
income
Average
rate
Assets (CHF million, except where indicated)   
Cash and due from banks
   Switzerland  266 (14) 2 (5.26)% 2 845 (117) 2 (13.85)% 2 777 (77) 2 (9.91)% 2
   Foreign  65,289 (101) 3 (0.15)% 3 39,581 16 0.04% 34,042 372 1.09%
Interest-bearing deposits with banks
   Switzerland  97 2 2.06% 63 1 1.59% 63 (1) 2 (1.59)% 2
   Foreign  1,134 10 0.88% 1,038 2 0.19% 837 12 1.43%
Securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions 4
   Switzerland  7,773 35 0.45% 7,943 29 0.37% 3,653 46 1.26%
   Foreign  102,371 1,137 1.11% 113,606 1,567 1.38% 136,162 2,880 2.12%
Trading assets, net of trading liabilities 5
   Switzerland  2,241 215 9.59% 337 32 9.50% 248 29 11.69%
   Foreign  84,980 2,623 3.09% 99,115 3,126 3.15% 98,195 3,798 3.87%
Investment securities
   Switzerland  155 0 0.00% 151 0 0.00% 196 1 0.51%
   Foreign  588 1 0.17% 596 3 0.50% 1,382 8 0.58%
Loans
   Switzerland  166,056 2,161 1.30% 162,609 2,234 1.37% 158,547 2,481 1.56%
   Foreign  132,324 2,888 2.18% 133,025 3,499 2.63% 137,548 4,698 3.42%
Other interest-earning assets
   Switzerland  2,285 14 0.61% 2,750 7 0.25% 2,538 53 2.09%
   Foreign  43,947 687 1.56% 72,678 862 1.19% 60,239 2,371 3.94%
Interest-earning assets  609,506 9,658 1.58% 634,337 11,261 1.78% 634,427 16,671 2.63%
Specific allowance for losses (10,362) (5,744) (5,076)
Non-interest-earning assets 201,196 182,413 165,543
Trading liabilities 6 24,243 28,328 27,422
Total assets  824,583 839,334 822,316
Percentage of assets attributable to foreign activities 61.81% 73.01% 77.11%
1
Monthly averages have been used where daily averages are unavailable.
2
Includes negative interest income from deposits placed with the Swiss National Bank and other banks due to negative interest rates. The respective principal of such interest is reported under non-interest-earning assets.
3
Includes negative interest income from deposits placed with central banks due to negative interest rates.
4
Average balances of central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions are reported net in accordance with ASC Topic 210 - Balance sheet, while interest income excludes the impact of ASC Topic 210 - Balance sheet. Prior periods have been revised. Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies – Revisions of prior period financial statements” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
5
Interest and dividend income from trading assets and interest expenses from trading liabilities are presented on a net basis to align with the presentation of trading revenues. Prior periods have been restated to conform to the current presentation.
6
Reconciling item since trading assets are presented net of trading liabilities.
578
Average balances and interest rates (continued)
   2021 2020 2019

in
Average
balance
1 Interest
expense
Average
rate
Average
balance
1 Interest
expense
Average
rate
Average
balance
1 Interest
expense
Average
rate
Liabilities (CHF million, except where indicated)   
Deposits of banks
   Switzerland  731 (7) (0.96)% 820 (3) (0.37)% 829 (4) (0.48)%
   Foreign  18,265 28 0.15% 18,244 146 0.80% 16,868 304 1.80%
Deposits of non-banks
   Switzerland  173,687 (154) (0.09)% 170,724 (42) (0.02)% 168,152 146 0.09%
   Foreign  217,818 292 0.13% 211,216 1,012 0.48% 202,581 2,609 1.29%
Central bank funds purchased / federal funds purchased 2
   Switzerland  0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00%
   Foreign  1,103 1 0.09% 748 5 0.67% 1,913 41 2.14%
Securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions 2
   Switzerland  138 28 20.29% 1,337 52 3.89% 1,516 80 5.28%
   Foreign  37,440 783 2.09% 45,416 850 1.87% 45,525 1,547 3.40%
Commercial paper
   Switzerland  0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00%
   Foreign  8,634 20 0.23% 11,169 149 1.33% 16,626 407 2.45%
Other short-term borrowings
   Switzerland  2,300 56 2.43% 403 (3) (0.74)% 24 0 0.00%
   Foreign  10,619 10 0.09% 13,472 20 0.15% 9,220 2 0.02%
Long-term debt
   Switzerland  77,891 1,837 2.36% 57,758 1,882 3.26% 45,743 1,680 3.67%
   Foreign  90,085 681 0.76% 103,453 871 0.84% 112,462 1,732 1.54%
Other interest-bearing liabilities
   Switzerland  847 (2) (0.24)% 1,593 (2) (0.13)% 1,667 1 0.06%
   Foreign  24,710 274 1.11% 48,607 376 0.77% 46,499 1,109 2.38%
Interest-bearing liabilities 3 664,268 3,847 0.58% 684,960 5,313 0.78% 669,625 9,654 1.44%
Non-interest-bearing liabilities 91,966 80,322 80,511
Trading liabilities 4 24,243 28,328 27,422
Total liabilities  780,477 793,610 777,558
Shareholders' equity 44,106 45,724 44,758
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity  824,583 839,334 822,316
Percentage of liabilities attributable to foreign activities 65.55% 69.71% 70.99%
1
Monthly averages have been used where daily averages are unavailable.
2
Average balances of central bank funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions are reported net in accordance with ASC Topic 210 - Balance sheet, while interest expense excludes the impact of ASC Topic 210 - Balance sheet. Prior periods have been revised. Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies – Revisions of prior period financial statements” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
3
Interest and dividend income from trading assets and interest expenses from trading liabilities are presented on a net basis to align with the presentation of trading revenues. Prior periods have been restated to conform to the current presentation.
4
Reconciling item since trading assets are presented net of trading liabilities.
Net interest income and interest rate spread
   2021 2020 2019

in
Net
interest
income
in CHF
million

Interest
rate
spread
in %
Net
interest
income
in CHF
million

Interest
rate
spread
in %
Net
interest
income
in CHF
million

Interest
rate
spread
in %
Net interest income and interest rate spread   
Switzerland 655 0.66 302 0.44 629 0.66
Foreign 5,156 1.17 5,646 1.21 6,388 1.30
Total net  5,811 1.00 5,948 1.00 7,017 1.19
579
The average rates earned and paid on related assets and liabilities can fluctuate within wide ranges and are influenced by several key factors. The most significant factor is changes in global interest rates. Additional factors include changes in the geographic and product mix of the Group’s business, and foreign exchange rate movements between the Swiss franc and the currency of the underlying individual assets and liabilities.
Selected margin information
in 2021 2020 2019
Selected margin information (average rate in %)   
Switzerland 0.37 0.17 0.38
Foreign 1.20 1.23 1.36
Net interest margin  0.95 0.94 1.11
The US Federal Reserve set the target range of the federal funds rate from 0.00% to 0.25% throughout 2021.
The Swiss National Bank set the three-month Swiss franc London Interbank Offered Rate, which was (0.75)% at the end of 2021.
The European Central Bank set the fixed rate tenders, which stood at 0.00% at the end of 2021.
The Bank of England set the bank rate at 0.10% in 2020 and changed the bank rate to 0.25% in December 2021.
Analysis of changes in net interest income
   2021 vs 2020 2020 vs 2019
    Increase/(decrease)
due to changes in
Increase/(decrease)
due to changes in

in
Average
volume
Average
rate
Net
change
Average
volume
Average
rate
Net
change
Assets (CHF million)   
Cash and due from banks
   Switzerland  80 23 103 (7) (33) (40)
   Foreign  10 (127) (117) 60 (416) (356)
Interest-bearing deposits with banks
   Switzerland  1 0 1 0 2 2
   Foreign  0 8 8 3 (13) (10)
Securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions
   Switzerland  (1) 7 6 54 (71) (17)
   Foreign  (155) (275) (430) (478) (835) (1,313)
Trading assets, net of trading liabilities 1
   Switzerland  181 2 183 10 (7) 3
   Foreign  (445) (58) (503) 36 (708) (672)
Investment securities
   Switzerland  0 0 0 0 (1) (1)
   Foreign  0 (2) (2) (5) 0 (5)
Loans
   Switzerland  47 (120) (73) 63 (310) (247)
   Foreign  (18) (593) (611) (155) (1,044) (1,199)
Other interest-earning assets
   Switzerland  (1) 8 7 4 (50) (46)
   Foreign  (342) 167 (175) 490 (1,999) (1,509)
Interest-earning assets 
   Switzerland  307 (80) 227 124 (470) (346)
   Foreign  (950) (880) (1,830) (49) (5,015) (5,064)
Change in interest income  (643) (960) (1,603) 75 (5,485) (5,410)
The change in average volume represents the change in the current average balance compared to the average balance from the prior year with respect to the average rate of the prior year. The change in average rate represents the difference between the net change of interest income and the change in average volume.
1
Interest and dividend income from trading assets and interest expenses from trading liabilities are presented on a net basis to align with the presentation of trading revenues. Prior periods have been restated to conform to the current presentation.
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Analysis of changes in net interest income (continued)
   2021 vs 2020 2020 vs 2019
    Increase/(decrease)
due to changes in
Increase/(decrease)
due to changes in

in
Average
volume
Average
rate
Net
change
Average
volume
Average
rate
Net
change
Liabilities (CHF million)   
Deposits of banks
   Switzerland  0 (4) (4) 0 1 1
   Foreign  0 (118) (118) 25 (183) (158)
Deposits of non-banks
   Switzerland  (1) (111) (112) 2 (190) (188)
   Foreign  32 (752) (720) 111 (1,708) (1,597)
Central bank funds purchased / federal funds purchased
   Switzerland  0 0 0 0 0 0
   Foreign  2 (6) (4) (25) (11) (36)
Securities sold under repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions
   Switzerland  (47) 23 (24) (9) (19) (28)
   Foreign  (149) 82 (67) (4) (693) (697)
Commercial paper
   Switzerland  0 0 0 0 0 0
   Foreign  (34) (95) (129) (134) (124) (258)
Other short-term borrowings
   Switzerland  (14) 73 59 0 (3) (3)
   Foreign  (4) (6) (10) 1 17 18
Long-term debt
   Switzerland  656 (701) (45) 441 (239) 202
   Foreign  (112) (78) (190) (139) (722) (861)
Other interest-bearing liabilities
   Switzerland  1 (1) 0 0 (3) (3)
   Foreign  (184) 82 (102) 50 (783) (733)
Interest-bearing liabilities 
   Switzerland  595 (721) (126) 434 (453) (19)
   Foreign  (449) (891) (1,340) (115) (4,207) (4,322)
Change in interest expense 1 146 (1,612) (1,466) 319 (4,660) (4,341)
Change in interest income 
   Switzerland  (288) 641 353 (310) (17) (327)
   Foreign  (501) 11 (490) 66 (808) (742)
Total change in net interest income 1 (789) 652 (137) (244) (825) (1,069)
The change in average volume represents the change in the current average balance compared to the average balance from the prior year with respect to the average rate of the prior year. The change in average rate represents the difference between the net change of interest income and the change in average volume.
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Interest and dividend income from trading assets and interest expenses from trading liabilities are presented on a net basis to align with the presentation of trading revenues. Prior periods have been restated to conform to the current presentation.
Maturities and weighted-average yields of debt securities included in financial investments
   Within 1 year 1 to 5 years 5 to 10 years Total

end of 2021
Amount
in CHF
million

Yield
in %
Amount
in CHF
million

Yield
in %
Amount
in CHF
million

Yield
in %
Amount
in CHF
million

Yield
in %
Debt securities   
Swiss federal, cantonal or local governmental entities 0 2 3.87 0 2 3.87
Corporate debt securities 154 0.03 93 (0.02) 764 0.07 1,011 0.06
Total debt securities  154 0.03 95 0.05 764 0.07 1,013 0.06
Since substantially all investment securities are taxable securities, the yields presented above are on a tax-equivalent basis.
The values above reflect amortized cost. Refer to "Note 17 – Investment securities" in VI –Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
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Loan portfolio by industry
end of 2021 2020
Loan portfolio by industry (CHF million)   
Banks 1,691 1,858
Other financial services 1 23,531 20,629
Real estate companies 28,529 29,045
Other services 25,132 26,009
Manufacturing 9,367 9,243
Wholesale and retail trade 9,386 9,440
Construction 3,406 4,205
Transportation 13,201 15,280
Health and social services 2,883 2,628
Hotels and restaurants 1,914 2,184
Agriculture and mining 2,475 3,517
Telecommunications 840 1,045
Governments, public institutions and non-profit organizations 3,848 3,924
Corporate & institutional 1 126,203 129,007
Consumer 1 166,861 164,532
Gross loans  293,064 293,539
Net (unearned income)/deferred expenses (81) (95)
Allowance for credit losses (1,297) (1,536)
Net loans  291,686 291,908
1
Certain consumer loans have been reclassified to corporate & institutional loans following the application of a look-through approach with regard to beneficial owners. The prior period has been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.
Details of the loan portfolio by time remaining until contractual maturity by category

end of 2021

1 year
or less

1 year to
5 years

5 years to
15 years

After
15 years
Loans with
no stated
maturity
1 Self-
amortizing
loans
2

Total
Loan portfolio (CHF million)   
Mortgages 12,704 40,623 32,736 705 0 2 86,770
Loans collateralized by securities 37,227 6,701 661 1 0 0 44,590
Consumer finance 1,344 1 0 (1) 0 3,460 4,804
Consumer 51,275 47,325 33,397 705 0 3,462 136,164
Real estate 5,388 4,661 4,954 355 0 60 15,418
Commercial and industrial loans 21,961 4,385 3,029 427 0 2,434 32,236
Financial institutions 4,522 2,110 692 206 0 417 7,947
Governments and public institutions 178 625 274 34 0 14 1,125
Corporate & institutional 32,049 11,781 8,949 1,022 0 2,925 56,726
Gross loans with fixed interest rates  83,324 59,106 42,346 1,727 0 6,387 192,890
Mortgages 14,444 8,226 155 (1) 768 171 23,763
Loans collateralized by securities 6,039 547 77 0 0 0 6,663
Consumer finance 223 24 24 1 0 (1) 271
Consumer 20,706 8,797 256 0 768 170 30,697
Real estate 10,551 2,261 66 0 149 84 13,111
Commercial and industrial loans 11,286 17,745 5,919 0 101 1,842 36,893
Financial institutions 7,571 8,241 1,365 2 4 92 17,275
Governments and public institutions 490 796 839 70 0 3 2,198
Corporate & institutional 29,898 29,043 8,189 72 254 2,021 69,477
Gross loans with variable interest rates 3 50,604 37,840 8,445 72 1,022 2,191 100,174
Gross loans  133,928 96,946 50,791 1,799 1,022 8,578 293,064
Net (unearned income)/deferred expenses (81)
Allowance for credit losses (1,297)
Net loans  291,686
1
Loans with no stated maturity include primarily certain loan products within Switzerland without a stated maturity within the original loan agreement.
2
Self-amortizing loans include loans with monthly or quarterly interest and principal payments and are primarily related to lease financings.
3
Includes rollover loans with interest fixing periods up to 12 month.
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Allowance for credit losses - credit ratios
2021 2020 2019
Components (CHF million)   
Gross loans 282,821 282,131 285,179
Allowance for credit losses 1,297 1,536 946
Non-accrual loans 1,964 2,041 1,510
Credit ratios (%)   
Allowance for credit losses / Gross loans 0.5 0.5 0.3
Non-accrual loans / Gross loans 0.7 0.7 0.5
Allowance for credit losses / non-accrual loans 66.0 75.3 62.6
Gross loans and non-accrual loans exclude loans carried at fair value and the allowance for credit losses is only based on loans that are not carried at fair value.
Allowance for credit losses - ratio of net write-offs to average loans
   2021 2020 2019

end of

Average
loan balance
1
Net
write-offs
Ratio net
write-offs/
average loan

Average
loan balance
1
Net
write-offs
Ratio net
write-offs/
average loan

Average
loan balance
1
Net
write-offs
Ratio net
write-offs/
average loan
Ratio of net write-offs to average loans (CHF million, except where indicated)         
Mortgages 112,023 0 0.0% 107,709 (1) 0.0% 107,460 (4) 0.0%
Loans collateralized by securities 53,422 0 0.0% 45,429 (36) (0.1)% 43,723 (1) 0.0%
Consumer finance 5,946 (46) (0.8)% 4,687 (42) (0.9)% 4,286 (72) (1.7)%
Consumer 171,391 (46) 0.0% 157,825 (79) (0.1)% 155,469 (77) 0.0%
Real estate 29,304 0 0.0% 29,122 (4) 0.0% 27,706 0 0.0%
Commercial and industrial loans 73,115 (236) (0.3)% 82,292 (229) (0.3)% 88,128 (155) (0.2)%
Financial institutions 21,137 (1) 0.0% 22,745 0 0.0% 20,797 (44) (0.2)%
Governments and public institutions 3,527 0 0.0% 3,755 0 0.0% 4,111 2 0.0%
Corporate & institutional 127,083 (237) (0.2)% 137,914 (233) (0.2)% 140,742 (197) (0.1)%
Gross loans  298,474 (283) (0.1)% 295,739 (312) (0.1)% 296,211 (274) (0.1)%
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Monthly averages have been used where daily averages are unavailable.
> Refer to “Credit risk” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet – Risk portfolio analysis and “Note 20 – Financial instruments measured at amortized cost and credit losses” for further information on changes in the credit ratios and the related components.
Analysis of the allowance for credit losses
   2021 2020 2019

end of




CHF million
% of
allowance
in each
category to
total loans




CHF million
% of
allowance
in each
category to
total loans




CHF million
% of
allowance
in each
category to
total loans
Analysis of the allowance for credit losses         
Mortgages 79 0.0% 75 0.0% 55 0.0%
Loans collateralized by securities 125 0.0% 86 0.0% 22 0.0%
Consumer finance 153 0.1% 157 0.1% 109 0.0%
Consumer 357 0.1% 318 0.1% 186 0.1%
Real estate 55 0.0% 61 0.0% 65 0.0%
Commercial and industrial loans 779 0.3% 1,049 0.4% 633 0.2%
Financial institutions 100 0.0% 106 0.0% 62 0.0%
Governments and public institutions 6 0.0% 2 0.0% 0 0.0%
Corporate & institutional 940 0.3% 1,218 0.4% 760 0.3%
Total allowance for credit losses  1,297 0.5% 1,536 0.5% 946 0.3%
Percentages may not add up due to rounding.
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Deposits in Switzerland and foreign offices
   2021 2020 2019

in
Average
balance
1 Interest
expense
Average
rate
Average
balance
1 Interest
expense
Average
rate
Average
balance
1 Interest
expense
Average
rate
Deposits (CHF million, except where indicated)   
Non-interest-bearing demand 3,436 3,404 2,963
Interest-bearing demand 146,211 (218) (0.1)% 134,857 (176) (0.1)% 125,220 (80) (0.1)%
Savings deposits 62,247 25 0.0% 63,469 29 0.0% 65,576 48 0.1%
Time deposits 32,575 (66) (0.2)% 28,742 (3) 0.0% 31,094 120 0.4%
Switzerland  244,469 (259) (0.1)% 230,472 (150) (0.1)% 224,853 88 0.0%
Non-interest-bearing demand 2,982 7,347 1,966
Interest-bearing demand 46,241 22 0.0% 36,360 32 0.1% 29,793 122 0.4%
Savings deposits 9,442 32 0.3% 5,694 37 0.6% 52 2 3.8%
Time deposits 113,785 364 0.3% 131,882 1,194 0.9% 136,695 2,843 2.1%
Foreign  172,450 418 0.2% 181,283 1,263 0.7% 168,506 2,967 1.8%
Total deposits  416,919 159 0.0% 411,755 1,113 0.3% 393,359 3,055 0.8%
Deposits by foreign depositors in Swiss offices amounted to CHF 80.2 billion, CHF 73.1 billion and CHF 54.6 billion as of December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
1
Monthly averages have been used where daily averages are unavailable.
Uninsured and insured deposits
2021 2020 2019
Deposits (CHF million)   
Uninsured deposits 1 365,809 368,943 367,359
Insured deposits 2 45,975 38,401 33,168
Total deposits  411,784 407,344 400,527
1
Uninsured deposits are the portion of deposits per client that exceed insurance limits of insurance regimes from countries in which Credit Suisse holds deposits. In addition, uninsured deposits include all deposits which are not covered by an insurance regime.
2
The majority of insured deposits is held in Switzerland and Guernsey. For Switzerland and Guernsey the insurance limit per client is CHF 100,000 and GBP 50,000, respectively.
Maturities of uninsured time deposits
in 2021
Time deposits (CHF million)   
3 months or less 87,191
Over 3 through 6 months 22,480
Over 6 through 12 months 17,312
Over 12 months 1,543
Total uninsured time deposits 1 128,526
Uninsured time deposits are calculated based on the percentage of time deposits to total deposits and they are allocated to the maturities buckets on the basis of total time deposits.
As of the end of 2021, there were no US time deposits that were in excess of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance limit or similar state deposit insurance regime.
1
Time deposits that are uninsured (including, for example, US time deposits in uninsured accounts, non-US time deposits in uninsured accounts or non-US time deposits in excess of any country-specific insurance fund limit).
Statistical information – Bank
Statistical information for the Group is required under the SEC’s subpart 1400 of Regulation S-K. Statistical information for the Bank is not materially different, either in absolute amount or in terms of trends, from such statistical information for the Group. The principal differences relate to intercompany eliminations. Certain statistical information is also included in VIII – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse (Bank), including Notes 5 – Net interest income, 16 – Investment securities, 18 – Loans, 19 – Financial instruments measured at amortized cost and credit losses, 24 – Deposits and 33 – Guarantees and commitments.
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Other information
Exchange controls
There are no restrictions presently in force under our Articles of Association or Swiss law that limit the right of non-resident or foreign owners to hold our securities freely or, when entitled, to vote their securities freely. The Swiss federal government may from time to time impose sanctions, including exchange control restrictions, on particular countries, regimes, organizations or persons. A current list, in German, of such sanctions can be found at www.seco-admin.ch. Other than these sanctions, there are currently no Swiss exchange control laws or laws restricting the import or export of capital, including, but not limited to, the remittance of dividends, interest or other payments to non-resident holders of our securities.
American Depositary Shares
Under Swiss law, holders of American Depositary Shares (ADS) are not shareholders and are not recorded in our share register. A nominee for the ADS depositary is the registered holder of the shares underlying the ADS. Rights of ADS holders to exercise voting rights, receive dividends and other matters are governed by the deposit agreement pursuant to which the ADS are issued. Under such deposit agreement, the ADS depositary shall not vote or attempt to exercise the right to vote that attaches to the shares underlying the ADS, for purposes of establishing a quorum or otherwise, other than in accordance with instructions given by ADS holders and received by the ADS depositary, or exercise any discretion as to voting the shares underlying the ADS. For further information relating to our ADS, see our Registration Statement on Form F-6 filed with the SEC.
Taxation
The following summary contains a description of the principal Swiss and US federal income tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our shares or ADS (Shares), but it does not purport to be a comprehensive description of all of the tax considerations that may be relevant to a decision to own or dispose of Shares. In particular, the summary is directed only to holders that hold Shares as capital assets and does not address tax considerations applicable to investors that may be subject to special tax rules, such as banks, tax-exempt entities, insurance companies, dealers in securities or currencies, traders in securities electing to mark to market, persons that actually or constructively own a participation in our stock that qualifies for reduced taxation, persons that hold Shares as a position in a “straddle” or “conversion” transaction, or as part of a “synthetic security” or other integrated financial transaction, persons that own or are treated as owning 10% or more of our stock by vote or value, or persons that have a “functional currency” other than the Swiss franc or US dollar.
This summary is based on the current tax laws of Switzerland and the US, including the current “Convention Between the United States of America and the Swiss Confederation for the Avoidance of Double Taxation with Respect to Taxes on Income” (Treaty), the “Agreement on the Automatic Exchange of Information in Tax Matters with the European Union” and similar bilateral treaties with partner states, the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (IR Code), existing and proposed regulations thereunder, published rulings and court decisions, all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect.
This discussion does not generally address any aspects of Swiss taxation other than income and capital taxation, withholding taxes and stamp duties upon transfer of Shares or any aspects of US taxation other than federal income taxation. Prospective investors are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the Swiss and the US federal, state and local and other tax consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of Shares.
Swiss taxation
Swiss federal withholding tax on dividends and similar distributions
Dividends on Shares made or paid by us out of capital contribution reserves (Reserven aus Kapitaleinlagen), distributions on Shares made or paid by us based upon a reduction of nominal value of Shares (Nennwertherabsetzung) and purchase price for Shares bought back by us for a capital reduction booked against capital contribution reserves and nominal value of Shares are exempt from Swiss federal withholding tax. Dividends and other cash or in-kind distributions (including scrip or stock dividends) on Shares made or paid by us out of profit or reserves other than capital contribution reserves and a purchase price for Shares bought back by us for a capital reduction booked against reserves other than capital contribution reserves are subject to Swiss federal withholding tax at a rate of 35%. Under law in force since January 1, 2020, when paying dividends on Shares out of capital contribution reserves, we are required to pay at the same time in at least the same amount dividends on the Shares out of taxable reserves, and when repurchasing Shares for a capital reduction, we are required to charge at least half of the purchase price, less the nominal value of the Shares bought back for a capital reduction, to capital contribution reserves. The Swiss federal withholding tax must be withheld by us on the gross taxable amount of the dividend or distribution or the purchase price and be remitted by us to the Swiss Federal Tax Administration. Capital gains realized on the sale of Shares in the secondary market are not subject to Swiss federal withholding tax. Any Swiss federal withholding tax must be withheld by us on the gross amount of the dividend or distribution and be remitted to the Swiss Federal Tax Administration.
Swiss-resident recipients
The relevant Swiss tax authority will refund or credit the Swiss federal withholding tax deducted by us on the taxable amounts of dividends or distributions on Shares or taxable amount of purchase price for Shares bought back by us for a capital reduction in full to holders of Shares who are individuals resident in Switzerland and to holders who hold the Shares as part of a trade
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or business in Switzerland, and who, in each case, among other things, are the beneficial owners of the Shares and the dividends or the distributions made or paid on the Shares or the beneficial owners of the Shares sold to us for a capital reduction and who duly report the dividend or distribution in their income tax return or their statutory financial statements, as applicable, for the relevant tax period.
Non-resident recipients
A holder who is not resident in Switzerland and who does not hold the Shares as part of a trade or business in Switzerland may be entitled to a full or partial refund of the Swiss federal withholding tax deducted if the country in which the recipient resides for tax purposes has entered into a bilateral treaty for the avoidance of double taxation with Switzerland, the recipient is the beneficial owner of the Shares and the dividend or distribution and the conditions of such treaty are met. A reduction of the withholding tax at source is not provided for by Switzerland for portfolio holdings and, therefore, is not permissible. Holders of Shares should be aware that the procedures for claiming treaty benefits (and the time frame required for obtaining a tax refund) may differ from country to country and should consult their own legal, financial or tax advisors regarding the procedures for claiming a refund of the withholding tax.
Residents of the US
A holder who is a resident of the US for purposes of the Treaty without taxable presence in Switzerland to which the Shares are attributable or who is a qualified US pension fund and who, in each case, is the beneficial owner of the Shares and the dividend or distribution and who meets the conditions of the Treaty may apply for a full refund of the Swiss federal withholding tax in the case of qualified US pension funds or in excess of the amount of the 15% treaty rate in all other cases. The claim for refund must be filed on Swiss Tax Form 82 (82C for corporations, 82I for individuals, 82E for other entities and 82R for regulated investment companies), which forms together with an instruction form may be obtained from any Swiss consulate general in the US, the Swiss Federal Tax Administration at the address below or be downloaded from the Swiss Federal Tax Administration’s website. Four copies of the form must be duly completed, signed before a notary public of the US, and three of them must be sent to the Swiss Federal Tax Administration, Eigerstrasse 65, CH-3003, Bern, Switzerland. The form must be accompanied by suitable evidence of deduction of the Swiss federal withholding, such as certificates of deduction, bank vouchers or credit slips. The form must be filed no later than December 31 of the third year following the calendar year in which the dividend subject to the tax became payable.
Income and profit tax on dividends and similar distributions
Shares held by Swiss resident individuals as private investments
For holders of Shares who are individuals resident in Switzerland for tax purposes and who hold the Shares as private investments, dividends or distributions on Shares made or paid by us out of capital contribution reserves (Reserven aus Kapitaleinlagen) and distributions on Shares made or paid by us based upon a reduction of nominal value of Shares (Nennwertrückzahlungen) and purchase price for Shares bought back by us for a capital reduction charged to capital contribution reserves and nominal value are exempt from Swiss federal, cantonal and communal income taxes. For such holders, all other amounts of dividends or distributions or purchase price for Shares bought back by us for a capital reduction are subject to Swiss federal, cantonal and communal income taxes. Under law in force since January 1, 2020, when paying dividends on Shares out of capital contribution reserves, we are required to pay at the same time in at least the same amount dividends out of taxable reserves or profit, and when repurchasing Shares for a capital reduction, we are required to charge at least half of the purchase price, less the nominal value of the Shares bought back for a capital reduction, to capital contribution reserves.
Shares held as assets of a Swiss business
For a holder who holds the Shares as part of a trade or business carried on in Switzerland, all dividends and distributions, including repayment of nominal value of Shares or distributions out of capital contribution reserves, made or paid by us on Shares and purchase price for Shares bought back by us for a capital reduction must be properly reported in the relevant taxation period for purposes of Swiss federal, cantonal and communal individual or corporate income tax. A Swiss corporation or co-operative or a non-Swiss corporation or co-operative holding Shares as part of a Swiss permanent establishment may benefit from relief from taxation of the dividends or other distributions, including capital repayments or distributions out of capital contribution reserves, by way of a participation exemption if the Shares held at the time of the dividend or other distribution have a market value of at least CHF 1 million.
Non-resident recipients
A holder of Shares who is not a resident of Switzerland for tax purposes, and who, during the respective tax year, has not engaged in a trade or business carried on through a permanent establishment situated in Switzerland for tax purposes, is not subject to any Swiss federal, cantonal or communal income tax as a result of the receipt of dividends or other distributions on Shares or payments for Shares bought back by us for a capital reduction.
> Refer to “Swiss federal withholding tax on dividends and similar distributions” for further information.
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Capital gains tax realized on Shares
Shares held by Swiss resident individuals as private investments
A capital gain realized by a holder of Shares (other than a capital gain on the sale of Shares to us for a capital reduction) who is an individual resident in Switzerland for tax purposes and who holds the Shares as private investments classifies as a tax-exempt private capital gain and a capital loss as a non-tax deductible private capital loss for purposes of Swiss federal, cantonal and communal income tax.
> Refer to “Shares held as assets of a Swiss business” for information on the taxation of individuals classified as “professional securities dealers.”
> Refer to “Income and profit tax on dividends and similar distributions – Shares held by Swiss resident individuals as private investments” for information on the taxation of purchase price received for Shares bought back by us for capital reduction.
Shares held as assets of a Swiss business
For a holder who holds the Shares as part of a trade or business carried on in Switzerland, capital gain or loss realized on the sale of Shares must be included in, or may be deducted from, taxable income in the relevant tax period for purposes of Swiss federal, cantonal and communal individual or corporate income tax. This tax treatment also applies to Swiss resident private individuals who, for income tax purposes, are classified as “professional securities dealers” for reason of, among other things, frequent dealings and leveraged investments in securities.
Non-resident individuals and legal entities
Holders of Shares who are not resident in Switzerland for tax purposes, and who, during the respective tax year, have not engaged in a trade or business carried on through a permanent establishment in Switzerland for tax purposes, will not be subject to any Swiss federal, cantonal or communal income tax as a result of gain realized on the sale or other disposition of Shares.
Net wealth and capital taxes
Shares held by Swiss resident individuals as private investments
A holder of Shares who is an individual resident in Switzerland for tax purposes and who holds the Shares as private investments is required to include the Shares in taxable assets for purposes of cantonal and communal taxable wealth taxes.
Shares held as assets of a Swiss business
A holder who holds the Shares as part of a trade or business conducted in Switzerland is required to include the Shares in taxable wealth or taxable assets, as applicable, in the relevant tax period for purposes of cantonal and communal individual wealth tax or corporate capital tax, as applicable.
Non-resident individuals and legal entities
Holders of Shares who are not resident in Switzerland for tax purposes, and who, during the respective tax year, have not engaged in a trade or business carried on through a permanent establishment situated in Switzerland for tax purposes, will not be subject to any cantonal or communal wealth tax or capital tax as a result of the holding of Shares.
Stamp duties upon transfer of securities
Secondary market dealings in Shares where no domestic (i.e. Swiss or Liechtenstein) bank and no other domestic securities dealer (as defined in the Swiss Federal Stamp Duty Act) is a party or an intermediary to the transaction are not subject to Swiss federal stamp duty on dealings in securities. Where a domestic bank or a domestic securities dealer is a party or an intermediary to such a transaction, Swiss federal stamp duty on dealings in securities at a rate of 0.15% of the purchase price of the Shares is payable if none of the exemptions provided for in the Swiss Federal Stamp Duty Act applies. Subject to applicable statutory exemptions in respect of the one or the other party to a transaction, generally half of the tax is charged to the one party to the transaction and the other half to the other party.
Automatic Exchange of Information
Switzerland has concluded a number of multilateral and bilateral agreements regarding the automatic exchange of information (AEI). In particular, based on the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA), the multilateral agreement with the EU on the international automatic exchange of information in tax matters and a number of bilateral AEI agreements, Switzerland collects and exchanges information with more than 100 jurisdictions in respect of financial assets, including Shares, as the case may be, held in, and income derived thereon and credited to, accounts or deposits maintained in Switzerland. Switzerland has implemented AEI with most other countries committed to AEI. An up-to-date list of the AEI agreements to which Switzerland is a party that are in effect or signed but not yet in effect can be found on the website of the Swiss State Secretariat for International Financial Matters SIF.
Swiss Facilitation of the Implementation of the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
Switzerland has concluded a “Model 2” intergovernmental agreement with the US to facilitate the implementation of Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). The agreement ensures that the accounts held by US persons with Swiss financial institutions, which accounts may include Shares and income derived thereon, are disclosed directly to the US tax authorities on an annual basis with the consent of the account holder. Information will not be transferred automatically in the absence of consent. Under the 2009 protocol (Protocol, ratified in 2019) amending the Treaty, a mechanism for the exchange of information upon request in tax matters between Switzerland and the US is now in place. This mechanism allows the US to make group requests under FATCA concerning non-consenting US accounts and non-consenting non-participating foreign financial institutions for periods from June 30, 2014.
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US federal income tax
For purposes of this discussion, a “US Holder” is any beneficial owner of Shares that is: (i) a citizen or resident of the US; (ii) a corporation organized under the laws of the US or any political subdivision thereof; or (iii) any other person that is subject to US federal income tax on a net income basis in respect of Shares. A “Non-US Holder” is any beneficial owner of Shares that is a foreign corporation or non-resident alien individual.
Taxation of dividends
US Holders
For US federal income tax purposes, a US Holder will be required to include the full amount (before reduction for Swiss federal withholding tax) of a dividend paid with respect to Shares, generally as ordinary income. Subject to certain exceptions for short-term and hedged positions, the US dollar amount of dividends received by an individual with respect to our Shares will be subject to taxation at a maximum rate of 20% if the dividends are “qualified dividends”. Dividends paid on the Shares will be treated as qualified dividends if we were not, in the year prior to the year in which the dividend was paid, and are not, in the year in which the dividend is paid, a passive foreign investment company (PFIC). Based on our audited consolidated financial statements, we believe that the Group was not treated as a PFIC for US federal income tax purposes with respect to our 2021 or 2020 taxable years. In addition, based on the audited consolidated financial statements of the Group and our current expectations regarding the value and nature of our assets and the sources and nature of our income, we do not anticipate the Group becoming a PFIC for the 2022 taxable year. Holders of our Shares should consult their own tax advisors regarding the availability of the reduced dividend tax rate in light of the considerations discussed above and their own particular circumstances. For this purpose, a “dividend” will include any distribution paid by us with respect to Shares, but only to the extent such distribution is not in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits as defined for US federal income tax purposes. Such dividend will constitute income from sources outside of the US. Subject to the limitations and conditions provided in the IR Code, a US Holder may deduct from its US federal taxable income, or claim as a credit against its US federal income tax liability, the Swiss federal withholding tax withheld. Under the IR Code, dividend payments by us on Shares are not eligible for the dividends received deduction generally allowed to corporate shareholders. Any distribution that exceeds our earnings and profits will be treated as a non-taxable return of capital to the extent of the US Holder’s tax basis in Shares and thereafter as capital gain. Because we do not intend to maintain calculations of our earnings and profits on the basis of US federal income tax principles, a US Holder should expect that any information reporting it receives may treat the full amount of any distribution paid as a dividend.
In general, a US Holder will be required to determine the amount of any dividend paid in Swiss francs by translating the Swiss francs into US dollars at the “spot rate” of exchange on the date of receipt. The tax basis of Swiss francs received by the US Holder generally will equal the US dollar equivalent of such Swiss francs, translated at the spot rate of exchange on the date such Swiss franc dividends are received. Upon a subsequent exchange of such Swiss francs for US dollars, or upon the use of such Swiss francs to purchase property, a US Holder will generally recognize ordinary income or loss in the amount equal to the difference between such US Holder’s tax basis for the Swiss francs and the US dollars received or, if property is received, the fair market value of the property. In addition, a US Holder may be required to recognize US-source foreign currency gain or loss on the receipt of a refund in respect of Swiss federal withholding tax to the extent the US dollar value of the refund differs from the US dollar equivalent of the amount on the date of receipt of the underlying dividend.
Non-US Holders
Dividends paid to a Non-US Holder in respect of Shares will generally not be subject to US federal income tax unless such dividends are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the US by such Non-US Holder.
Capital gains tax upon disposal of shares
US Holders
A gain or loss realized by a US Holder on the sale or other disposition of Shares will be subject to US federal income taxation as a capital gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the US Holder’s basis in Shares and the amount realized on the disposition. Such gain or loss will generally be a long-term capital gain or loss if the US Holder holds the Shares for more than one year. A long-term capital gain realized by a US Holder that is an individual generally is subject to taxation at reduced rates.
Non-US Holders
A Non-US Holder will generally not be subject to US federal income tax in respect of gains realized on a sale or other disposition of Shares unless the gain is effectively connected with a trade or business of the Non-US Holder in the US.
Backup withholding tax and information reporting requirements
Dividends paid on, and proceeds from the sale or other disposition of, Shares paid to a US Holder generally may be subject to the information reporting requirements of the IR Code and may be subject to backup withholding unless the holder: (i) establishes that it is an exempt holder; or (ii) provides an accurate taxpayer identification number on a properly completed US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form W-9 and certifies that no loss of exemption from backup withholding has occurred. The amount of any backup withholding from a payment to a holder will be allowed as a credit against the US Holder’s US federal income tax liability and may entitle such holder to a refund, provided that certain required information is furnished to the IRS.
A Non-US Holder may be required to comply with certification and identification procedures in order to establish its exemption from information reporting and backup withholding.
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Listing details
Credit Suisse Group’s shares are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange under the symbol “CSGN”. The Group’s ADS are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol “CS”.
The Group’s shares are in registered form with a par value of CHF 0.04 per share.
Trading in our own shares
The Group buys and sells its own shares and derivatives on its own shares within its normal trading and market-making activities mainly through its Swiss broker-dealer operations. In the Swiss market, the Group buys and sells its shares and derivatives on these shares to facilitate customer orders, to provide liquidity as a market maker and to hedge derivative instruments.
The net long or short position held by the Group’s Swiss bank subsidiaries in the Group’s own shares remains at non-material levels relative to the number of the Group’s outstanding shares, due in part to Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA (FINMA) regulations requiring a 100% capital charge to the relevant legal entity for the entire net position in the Group’s shares. In addition to FINMA rules, the Group’s trading in its own shares in the Swiss market is subject to regulation under the Swiss Federal Act on Financial Market Infrastructure and Market Conduct in Securities and Derivatives Trading, the rules of the SIX Swiss Exchange and the European Exchange electronic exchange, and the Swiss Bankers Association Code of Conduct for Securities Dealers. Trading is also limited by the Group’s risk management limits, internal capital allocation rules, balance sheet requirements, counterparty restrictions and other internal regulations and guidelines. Swiss law further limits the Group’s ability to hold or repurchase its own shares.
The Group may from time to time place orders for its own shares to satisfy obligations under various employee and management incentive share plans, and potentially for shares to be used as payment in acquisitions. In addition, the Group may purchase shares with the intent of cancellation. Typically in Switzerland, the purchase of shares for cancellation is done under a separate program from the repurchase of shares to be re-issued under employee and management incentive share plans.
> Refer to “Share purchases” in III – Treasury, Risk, Balance sheet and Off-balance sheet – Capital management for further information on trading in the Group’s shares and shares purchases.
Property and equipment
Our principal executive offices, which we own, are located at Paradeplatz 8, Zurich, Switzerland. As of the end of 2021, we maintained 311 offices and branches worldwide, of which approximately 52% were located in Switzerland.
As of the end of 2021, approximately 18% of our worldwide offices and branches were owned directly by us, with the remainder being held under commercial leases. With respect to those held under commercial leases, 48% of the related lease commitments expire after 2026. The book value of the ten largest owned properties was approximately CHF 0.6 billion as of the end of 2021. None of our principal facilities are subject to mortgages or other security interests granted to secure indebtedness to financial institutions.
We believe that our current facilities are adequate for existing operations. Management regularly evaluates our operating facilities for suitability, market presence, renovation and maintenance.
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Selected five-year information
Selected information – Group
in / end of 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Condensed consolidated statements of operations (CHF million)   
Net revenues  22,696 22,389 22,484 20,920 20,900
Provision for credit losses  4,205 1,096 324 245 210
Total operating expenses  19,091 17,826 17,440 17,303 18,897
Income/(loss) before taxes  (600) 3,467 4,720 3,372 1,793
Income tax expense 1,026 801 1,295 1,361 2,741
Net income/(loss)  (1,626) 2,666 3,425 2,011 (948)
Net income/(loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests 24 (3) 6 (13) 35
Net income/(loss) attributable to shareholders  (1,650) 2,669 3,419 2,024 (983)
Earnings per share (CHF)   
Basic earnings/(loss) per share (0.67) 1.09 1.35 0.79 (0.41)
Diluted earnings/(loss) per share (0.67) 1.06 1.32 0.77 (0.41)
Consolidated balance sheet (CHF million)   
Total assets 1 755,833 818,965 801,829 785,789 815,802
Share capital 106 98 102 102 102
Shareholders' equity 43,954 42,677 43,644 43,922 41,902
Shares outstanding (million)   
Shares outstanding 2,569.7 2,406.1 2,436.2 2,550.6 2,550.3
Dividend per share (CHF)   
Dividend per share 0.10 2 0.10 0.2776 0.2625 0.25
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Prior periods have been revised. Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies – Revisions of prior period financial statements” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
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Proposal of the Board of Directors to the Annual General Meeting on April 29, 2022.
Selected information – Bank
in / end of 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Condensed consolidated statements of operations (CHF million)   
Net revenues  23,042 22,503 22,686 20,820 20,965
Provision for credit losses  4,209 1,092 324 245 210
Total operating expenses  18,924 18,200 17,969 17,719 19,202
Income/(loss) before taxes  (91) 3,211 4,393 2,856 1,553
Income tax expense 938 697 1,298 1,134 2,781
Net income/(loss)  (1,029) 2,514 3,095 1,722 (1,228)
Net income/(loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests (100) 3 14 (7) 27
Net income/(loss) attributable to shareholders  (929) 2,511 3,081 1,729 (1,255)
Consolidated balance sheet (CHF million)   
Total assets 1 759,214 822,831 804,993 788,942 817,885
Share capital 4,400 4,400 4,400 4,400 4,400
Shareholders' equity 47,390 46,264 46,120 45,296 42,670
Number of shares outstanding (million)   
Number of shares outstanding 4,399.7 4,399.7 4,399.7 4,399.7 4,399.7
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Prior periods have been revised. Refer to “Note 1 – Summary of significant accounting policies – Revisions of prior period financial statements” in VI – Consolidated financial statements – Credit Suisse Group for further information.
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List of abbreviations
     
ABO Accumulated benefit obligation
ABS Asset-backed securities
ADS American Depositary Shares
AEI Automatic Exchange of Information
AES® Advanced execution services
AGM Annual General Meeting
AIG American International Group, Inc.
A-IRB Advanced internal ratings-based approach
AMA Advanced measurement approach
AoA Articles of Association
AOCI Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss)
ARR Alternative reference rate
ASC Accounting Standards Codification
ASF Available stable funding
ASU Accounting Standards Update
     
BA Bachelor of Arts
BBSW Bank Bill Swap Rate
BCBS Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
BEAT Base Erosion and Anti-abuse Tax
BIS Bank for International Settlements
Board Board of Directors
bp basis points
BS Bachelor of Science
BVG Swiss Federal Law on Occupational Retirement,
Survivors’ and Disability Pension Plans
     
CALMC Capital Allocation and Liability Management Committee
CALRMC Capital Allocation, Liability and Risk Management Committee
CARMC Capital Allocation and Risk Management Committee
CCA Contingent Capital Awards
CCAR Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review
CCO Chief Compliance Officer
CDO Collateralized debt obligation
CDS Credit default swap
CDX Credit default swap index
CECL Current expected credit loss
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CET1 Common equity tier 1
CETF Client energy transition framework
CFO Chief Financial Officer
CFTC Commodity Futures Trading Commission
CLO Collateralized loan obligation
CMBS Commercial mortgage-backed securities
CMI Continuous Mortality Investigation
CMS Constant maturity swap
CMT Crisis Management Team
COF Capital Opportunity Facility
COO Chief Operating Officer
COSO Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
of the Treadway Commission
CP Commercial paper
CPR Constant prepayment rate
CSAM Credit Suisse Asset Management (Schweiz) AG
C (continued)      
CRD Capital Requirements Directive
CRO Chief Risk Officer
CRR Capital Requirements Regulation
CSI Credit Suisse International
CSSEL Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
CVA Credit valuation adjustment
     
DFS Department of Financial Services
DOJ US Department of Justice
     
EAD Exposure at default
EBITDA Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
ECB European Central Bank
EGM Extraordinary General Meeting
EMEA Europe, Middle East and Africa
EMIR European Market Infrastructure Regulation
ERM Enterprise Risk Management
ESG Environmental, Social and Governance
ETF Exchange-traded funds
ExB RMC Executive Board Risk Management Committee
     
FASB Financial Accounting Standards Board
FATCA Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
FCA UK Financial Conduct Authority
FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Fed US Federal Reserve
FINMA Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA
FINRA Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
FMIA Swiss Federal Act on Financial Market Infrastructure and
Market Conduct in Securities and Derivatives Trading
FSA UK Financial Services Authority
FSB Financial Stability Board
FSMA Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
FSTF Financial Services Task Force
FTQ Lite Flight to quality lite
FVA Funding valuation adjustments
FX Foreign exchange
     
G7 Group of seven leading industrial nations
G20 Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
GAAP Generally accepted accounting principles
GCB Group Conduct Board
GCRC Global Client Risk Committee
GDP Gross domestic product
G-SIB Global Systemically Important Bank
GTS Global Trading Solutions
  
HQLA High quality liquid assets
HNWI High-net-worth individuals
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IBOR Interbank offered rate
IBCM Investment Banking & Capital Markets
ICAAP Internal capital adequacy assessment process
ICE Intercontinental Exchange
IFRS International Financial Reporting Standards
IHC US intermediate holding company
IMF International Monetary Fund
IMPACT Inclusion, meritocracy, partnership, accountability, client-focus & trust
IPO Initial public offering
IRC Incremental risk charge
IRRBB interest rate risk in the banking book
IRS Internal Revenue Service
ISDA International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
     
LCR Liquidity coverage ratio
LGD Loss given default
LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate
LLM Master of laws
LoD Line of Defence
LTI Long-term incentive
LTV Loan-to-value
     
M&A Mergers and acquisitions
MA Master of Arts
MACC Model Approval and Control Committee
MBA Master of Business Administration
MCAA Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement
MCN Mandatory convertible note
MEF Macroeconomic factor
MiFID I Markets in Financial Instruments Directive
MiFID II Revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive
MPR Market price of risk
MRTC Material risk takers and controllers
MSRB Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
     
NAB Neue Aargauer Bank
Nasdaq Nasdaq Stock Market
NAV Net asset value
NFRF Non-financial risk framework
NOL Net operating loss
NRV Negative replacement value
NSFR Net stable funding ratio
NYSE New York Stock Exchange
     
OCI Other comprehensive income
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OFAC Office of Foreign Assets Control
OGR Organizational Guidelines and Regulations
OTC Over-the-counter
     
PBO Projected benefit obligation
PD Probability of default
PFIC Passive foreign investment company
PRA Prudential Regulation Authority
PRV Positive replacement value
PSA Prepayment speed assumption
     
RMBS Residential mortgage-backed securities
RNIV Risk not in VaR
ROE Return on equity
RoTE Return on tangible equity
RPSC Risk Processes & Standards Committee
RRP Recovery and resolution plan
RSF Required stable funding
RTSR Relative total shareholder return
RWA Risk-weighted assets
     
SAPS Self-administered pension scheme
SARON Swiss Average Rate Overnight
SBTi Science Based Targets initiative
SCFF Supply chain finance funds
SDP Strategic Delivery Plan
SEC US Securities and Exchange Commission
SEI Significant economic interest
SFTQ Severe flight to quality
SIBOR Singapore Interbank Offered Rate
SMAC Senior Management Approval Committee
SME Small- and medium-sized enterprises
SNB Swiss National Bank
SOFR Secured Overnight Financing Rate
SOR Singapore Swap Offer Rate
SPAC Special purpose acquisition company
SPE Special purpose entity
SPIA Single premium immediate annuity
SRI Sustainability, Research & Investment Solutions
SSAF Sustainability Strategy, Advisory and Finance
STI Short-term incentive
     
TBVPS Tangible book value per share
TCFD Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
TLAC Total loss-absorbing capacity
     
UHNW Ultra-high-net-worth
UHNWI Ultra-high-net-worth individuals
UK United Kingdom
UN United Nations
US United States of America
US GAAP US generally accepted accounting principles
     
VaR Value-at-risk
VARMC Valuation Risk Management Committee
VDAX Deutsche Börse AG DAX Volatility Index
VIE Variable interest entity
VIX Chicago Board of Options Exchange Market Volatility Index
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Glossary
 
A
Advanced execution services® (AES®)   AES® is a suite of algorithmic trading strategies, tools and analytics operated by Credit Suisse to facilitate global equity trading. By employing algorithms to execute client orders and limit volatility, AES® helps institutions and hedge funds reduce market impact. Credit Suisse provides access to over 100 trading destinations in over 40 countries and six continents.
Advanced internal ratings-based approach (A-IRB)   Under the A-IRB approach, risk weights are determined by using internal risk parameters. We have received approval from FINMA to use, and have fully implemented, the A-IRB approach whereby we provide our own estimates for probability of default (PD), loss given default (LGD) and exposure at default (EAD). We use the A-IRB approach to determine our institutional credit risk and most of our retail credit risk.
Advanced measurement approach (AMA)   The AMA is used for measuring operational risk. The methodology is based upon the identification of a number of key risk scenarios that describe the major operational risks we face. Groups of senior staff review each scenario and discuss the likelihood of occurrence and the potential severity of loss. Internal and external loss data, along with certain business environment and internal control factors, such as self-assessment results and key risk indicators, are considered as part of this process. Based on the output from these meetings, we enter the scenario parameters into an operational risk model that generates a loss distribution from which the level of capital required to cover operational risk is determined. We have received approval from FINMA to use an internal model for the calculation of operational risk capital, which is aligned with the requirements of the AMA under the Basel framework.
Affluent and retail clients   We define affluent and retail clients as individuals having assets under management below CHF 1 million.
American Depositary Shares (ADS)   An ADS, which is evidenced by an American Depositary Receipt, is a negotiable certificate issued by a depositary bank that represents all or part of an underlying share of a foreign-based company held in custody.
B
Backtesting   Backtesting is one of the techniques used to assess the accuracy and performance of VaR models. Backtesting is used by regulators to assess the adequacy of regulatory capital held by a bank. It involves comparing of the results produced by the VaR model with the hypothetical trading revenues on the trading book. VaR models that experience less than five exceptions in a rolling 12-month period are considered by regulators to be classified in a defined "green zone". The "green zone" corresponds to backtesting results that do not themselves suggest a problem with the quality or accuracy of a bank's model.
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)   The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) serves central banks in their pursuit of monetary and financial stability, fosters international cooperation in those areas and acts as a bank for central banks.
Basel III   In December 2010, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) issued the Basel III framework, which is a comprehensive set of reform measures to strengthen the regulation, supervision and risk management of the banking sector. These measures aim to improve the banking sector's ability to absorb shocks arising from financial and economic stress, whatever the source, improve risk management and governance and strengthen banks' transparency and disclosures. The phase-in period for Basel III was January 1, 2013 through January 1, 2019.
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS)   The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) provides a forum for regular cooperation on banking supervisory matters. Its objective is to enhance the understanding of key supervisory issues and improve the quality of banking supervision worldwide. It seeks to do so by exchanging information on national supervisory issues, approaches and techniques, with a view to promoting common understanding. At times, the BCBS uses this common understanding to develop guidelines and supervisory standards in areas where they are considered desirable. In this regard, the BCBS is best known for its international standards on capital adequacy, the Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision and the Concordat on cross-border banking supervision.
Booking center   Part of a legal entity of Credit Suisse AG that is registered with a domestic banking license where client assets are administered and booked.
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C
Current expected credit losses (CECL)   CECL is a FASB accounting standard which requires the measurement of all expected credit losses for financial instruments measured at amortized cost and held at the reporting date over the remaining contractual life (considering the effect of prepayments) based on historical experience, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. The CECL standard has replaced the previous incurred loss methodology for recognizing credit losses.
CET1 ratio   CET1 ratio means the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of CET1 capital divided by risk-weighted assets.
Collateralized debt obligation (CDO)   A CDO is a type of structured asset-backed security whose value and payments are derived from a portfolio of underlying fixed-income assets.
Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS)   CMBS are a type of mortgage-backed security that is secured by loans on commercial property and can provide liquidity to real estate investors and commercial lenders.
Commercial paper (CP)   Commercial paper is an unsecured money-market security with a fixed maturity of 1 to 364 days, issued by large banks and corporations to raise funds to meet short term debt obligations.
Constant prepayment rate (CPR)   CPR is a loan prepayment rate that is equal to the proportion of the principal of a pool of loans that is assumed to be paid off prematurely in each period. The calculation of this estimate is based on a number of factors such as historical prepayment rates for previous loans that are similar to ones in the pool and on future economic outlooks.
Credit default swap (CDS)   A CDS is a contractual agreement in which the buyer of the swap pays a periodic fee in return for a contingent payment by the seller of the swap following a credit event of a reference entity. A credit event is commonly defined as bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, material adverse restructuring of debt or failure to meet payment obligations when due.
Credit valuation adjustment (CVA)   The CVA represents the market value of counterparty credit risk for uncollateralized OTC derivative instruments.
D
Debit valuation adjustment   The debit valuation adjustment represents the market value of our own credit risk for uncollateralized OTC derivative instruments.
Derivatives   Derivatives are financial instruments or contracts that meet all of the following three characteristics: (1) their value changes in response to changes in an underlying price, such as interest rate, security price, foreign exchange rate, credit rating/price or index; (2) they require no initial net investment or an initial net investment that is smaller than would be required for other types of contracts that would be expected to have a similar response to changes in market factors; and (3) their terms require or permit net settlement (US GAAP) or they settle at a future date (IFRS).
E
Exposure at default (EAD)   The EAD represents the expected amount of credit exposure in the event of a default and reflects the current drawn exposure and an expectation regarding the future evolution of the credit exposure. For loan exposures, a credit conversion factor is applied to project the additional drawn amount. The credit conversion factor related to traded products such as derivatives is based on a simulation using statistical models.
F
Fair value   The price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.
G
G7   The G7 is a group of finance ministers from seven industrialized nations: the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Canada and Japan.
G20   The G20 is a group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 19 countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the UK and the US) and the EU.
H
Haircut   The percentage by which an asset's market value is reduced for the purpose of calculating capital, margin requirements and collateral levels. This is used to provide a cushion when lending against collateral to account for possible adverse movements in the value of the collateral.
Higher Trigger Capital Amount   The capital ratio write-down triggers for certain of our outstanding capital instruments take into account the fact that other outstanding capital instruments that contain relatively higher capital ratios as part of their trigger feature are expected to convert into equity or be written down prior to the write-down of such capital instruments. The amount of additional capital that is expected to be contributed by such conversion into equity or write-down is referred to as the Higher Trigger Capital Amount.
High-net-worth individuals (HNWI)   We define high-net-worth individuals as individuals having assets under management in excess of CHF 1 million.
I
Incremental risk charge (IRC)   The IRC represents an estimate of the issuer default and migration risk of positions in the trading book over a one-year capital horizon at a 99.9% confidence level, taking into account the liquidity horizons of individual positions. This includes sovereign debt, but excludes securitizations and correlation products.
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L
Liquidity coverage ratio (LCR)   The LCR aims to ensure that banks have a stock of unencumbered high-quality liquid assets available to meet liquidity needs for a 30-day time horizon under a severe stress scenario. The LCR is comprised of two components: the value of the stock of high quality liquid assets in stressed conditions and the total net cash outflows calculated according to specified scenario parameters. The ratio of liquid assets over net cash outflows should be at least 100%.
Lombard loan   A loan granted against pledged collateral in the form of securities.
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)   LIBOR is a daily reference rate based on the interest rates at which banks borrow unsecured funds from other banks in the London wholesale money market.
Loss given default (LGD)   LGD parameters consider seniority, collateral, counterparty industry and, in certain cases, fair value markdowns. LGD estimates are based on an empirical analysis of historical loss rates and are calibrated to reflect time and cost of recovery as well as economic downturn conditions. For much of the loan portfolio of private banking, corporate and institutional businesses, the LGD is primarily dependent upon the type and amount of collateral pledged. For other retail credit risk, predominantly loans secured by financial collateral, pool LGDs differentiate between standard and higher risks, as well as domestic and foreign transactions. The credit approval and collateral monitoring processes are based on loan-to-value (LTV) limits. For mortgages (residential or commercial), recovery rates are differentiated by type of property.
M
Match funded   Match funded balance sheet items consist of assets and liabilities with close to equal liquidity durations and value so that the liquidity and funding generated or required by the positions are substantially equivalent.
Material risk takers and controllers (MRTC)   MRTC are employees who, either individually or as a part of a group, are considered to have a potentially material impact on the Group's risk profile.
N
Negative replacement value (NRV)   NRV represents the negative fair value of a derivative financial instrument at a given financial reporting date. A negative replacement value reflects the amount payable to the counterparty if the derivative transaction were to be settled at the reporting date, or alternatively, the cost at a given reporting date to close an open derivative position with a fully offsetting transaction.
Net stable funding ratio (NSFR)   The NSFR is intended to ensure that banks maintain a structurally sound long-term funding profile beyond one year and is a complementary measure to the LCR. It is structured to ensure that illiquid assets are funded with an appropriate amount of stable long-term funds. The standard is defined as the ratio of available stable funding over the amount of required stable funding. The ratio should always be at least 100%.
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Netting agreements   Netting agreements are contracts between two parties where under certain circumstances, such as insolvency, bankruptcy or any other credit event, mutual claims from outstanding business transactions can be offset against each other. The inclusion of a legally binding netting agreement reduces the default risk from a gross to a net amount.
O
Over-the-counter (OTC)   Over-the-counter securities and derivatives are not traded on an exchange but via private contracts between counterparties.
P
Position risk   Component of the economic capital framework, which is used to assess, monitor and report risk exposures throughout the Group. Position risk is the level of unexpected loss in economic value on our portfolio of positions over a one-year horizon which is exceeded with a given small probability (1% for risk management purposes; 0.03% for capital management purposes).
Positive replacement value (PRV)   PRV represents the positive fair value of a derivative financial instrument at a given reporting date. A positive replacement value reflects the amount receivable from the counterparty if the derivative transaction were to be settled at the reporting date, or alternatively, the cost at a given reporting date to enter into the exact same transaction for the residual term, if the existing counterparty should default.
Probability of default (PD)   PD parameters capture the risk of a counterparty defaulting over a one-year time horizon. PD estimates are based on time-weighted averages of historical default rates by rating grade, with low-default-portfolio estimation techniques applied for higher quality rating grades. Each PD reflects the internal rating for the relevant obligor.
R
Regulatory VaR   Regulatory VaR is a version of VaR that uses an exponential weighting technique that automatically increases VaR where recent short-term market volatility is greater than long-term volatility in the two-year dataset. Regulatory VaR uses an expected shortfall calculation based on average losses, and a ten-day holding period. This results in a more responsive VaR model, as the overall increases in market volatility are reflected almost immediately in the regulatory VaR model.
Repurchase agreements   Repurchase agreements are securities sold under agreements to repurchase substantially identical securities. These transactions normally do not constitute economic sales and are therefore treated as collateralized financing transactions and are carried in the balance sheet at the amount of cash received (liability) and cash disbursed (asset), respectively.
Residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS)   RMBS are a type of mortgage-backed security composed of a wide array of different non-commercial mortgage debts. They securitize the mortgage payments of non-commercial real estate. Different residential mortgages with varying credit ratings are pooled together and sold in tranches to investors.
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Reverse repurchase agreements   Reverse repurchase agreements are purchases of securities under agreements to resell substantially identical securities. These transactions normally do not constitute economic sales and are therefore treated as collateralized financing transactions and are carried in the balance sheet at the amount of cash received (liability) and cash disbursed (asset), respectively.
Risk management VaR   Risk management VaR is a version of VaR that uses an exponential weighting technique that automatically adjusts VaR where recent short-term market volatility differs from long-term volatility in the two-year dataset. Risk management VaR uses an expected shortfall calculation based on average losses, and a one-day holding period. This results in a more responsive VaR model, as the overall changes in market volatility are reflected almost immediately in the risk management VaR model.
Risk mitigation   Risk mitigation refers to measures undertaken by the Group or the Bank to actively manage its risk exposure. For credit risk exposure, such measures would normally include utilizing credit hedges and collateral, such as cash and marketable securities. Credit hedges represent the notional exposure that can be transferred to other market counterparties, generally through the use of credit default swaps. In addition, risk mitigation also includes the active management of a loan portfolio by selling or sub-participating positions.
Risk not in VaR (RNIV)   RNIV captures a variety of risks, such as certain basis risks, higher order risks and cross risks between asset classes, not adequately captured by the VaR model for example due to lack of sufficient or accurate risk or historical market data.
Risk-weighted assets (RWA)   The value of the Group's assets weighted according to certain identified risks for compliance with regulatory provisions.
S
Stressed VaR   Stressed VaR replicates a VaR calculation on the current portfolio of the Group or the Bank, taking into account a one-year observation period relating to significant financial stress; it helps reduce the pro-cyclicality of the minimum capital requirements for market risk.
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA (FINMA)   FINMA, as an independent supervisory authority, protects creditors, investors and policy holders, ensuring the smooth functioning of the financial markets and preserving their reputation. In its role as state supervisory authority, FINMA acts as an oversight authority of banks, insurance companies, exchanges, securities dealers, collective investment schemes, distributors and insurance intermediaries. It is responsible for combating money laundering and, where necessary, conducts restructuring and bankruptcy proceedings and issues operating licenses for companies in the supervised sectors. Through its supervisory activities, it ensures that supervised institutions comply with the requisite laws, ordinances, directives and regulations and continues to fulfill the licensing requirements. FINMA also acts as a regulatory body; it participates in legislative procedures, issues its own ordinances and circulars where authorized to do so, and is responsible for the recognition of self-regulatory standards.
T
“Too Big to Fail”   In 2011, the Swiss Parliament passed legislation relating to big banks. The legislation includes capital and liquidity requirements and rules regarding risk diversification and emergency plans designed to maintain systemically relevant functions even in the event of threatened insolvency.
Total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC)   TLAC is a regulatory requirement designed to ensure that Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs) have the loss-absorbing and recapitalization capacity so that, in an immediately following resolution, critical functions can continue without requiring taxpayer support or threatening financial stability.
Total return swap (TRS)   A TRS is a swap agreement in which one party makes payments based on a set rate, either fixed or variable, while the other party makes payments based on the return of an underlying asset, which includes both the income it generates and any capital gains. In total return swaps, the underlying asset, referred to as the reference asset, is usually an equity index, loans or bonds.
U
Ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWI)   Ultra-high-net-worth individuals have assets under management in excess of CHF 50 million or total wealth exceeding CHF 250 million.
V
Value-at-risk (VaR)   VaR is a technique used to measure the potential loss in fair value of financial instruments based on a statistical analysis of historical price trends and volatilities. VaR as a concept is applicable for all financial risk types with adequate price histories; the use of VaR allows the comparison of risk across different businesses.
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Investor information
Share data
in / end of 2021 2020 2019
Share price (common shares, CHF)   
Average 10.09 9.96 12.11
Minimum 8.43 6.42 10.59
Maximum 13.24 13.27 13.54
End of period 8.872 11.40 13.105
Share price (American Depositary Shares, USD)   
Average 11.02 10.55 12.15
Minimum 9.14 6.48 10.74
Maximum 14.55 13.61 13.63
End of period 9.64 12.80 13.45
Market capitalization   
Market capitalization (CHF million) 23,295 1 27,904 32,451
Dividend per share (CHF)   
Dividend per share 0.10 2 0.10 3 0.2776 3
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Excludes shares held as part of the share buyback program.
2
Proposal of the Board of Directors to the Annual General Meeting on April 29, 2022. Fifty percent of the distribution will be paid out of capital contribution reserves, and fifty percent will be paid out of retained earnings.
3
Fifty percent paid out of capital contribution reserves and fifty percent paid out of retained earnings.
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Ticker symbols / stock exchange listings
Common shares ADS 1
Ticker symbols   
SIX Financial Information CSGN
New York Stock Exchange CS
Bloomberg CSGN SW CS US
Reuters CSGN.S CS.N
Stock exchange listings   
Swiss security number 1213853 570660
ISIN number CH0012138530 US2254011081
CUSIP number 225 401 108
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One American Depositary Share (ADS) represents one common share.
Credit ratings and outlook

as of March 9, 2022
Short-term
debt
Long-term
debt


Outlook
Credit Suisse Group AG   
Moody's Baa1 Stable
Standard & Poor's BBB+ Negative
Fitch Ratings F2 A- Negative
Rating and Investment Information A+ Stable
Credit Suisse AG   
Moody's P-1 A1 Stable
Standard & Poor's A-1 A+ Negative
Fitch Ratings F1 A Negative
Foreign currency translation rates
   End of Average in
2021 2020 2019 2021 2020 2019
1 USD / 1 CHF 0.91 0.88 0.97 0.91 0.94 0.99
1 EUR / 1 CHF 1.03 1.08 1.09 1.08 1.07 1.11
1 GBP / 1 CHF 1.24 1.20 1.27 1.26 1.21 1.27
100 JPY / 1 CHF 0.79 0.85 0.89 0.83 0.88 0.91
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Financial calendar and contacts
Financial calendar
First quarter results 2022 Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Annual General Meeting 2022 Friday, April 29, 2022
Second quarter results 2022 Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Third quarter results 2022 Thursday, October 27, 2022
Investor relations
Phone +41 44 333 71 49
E-mail investor.relations@credit-suisse.com
Internet credit-suisse.com/investors
Media relations
Phone +41 844 33 88 44
E-mail media.relations@credit-suisse.com
Internet credit-suisse.com/news
Financial information and printed copies
Annual reports credit-suisse.com/annualreporting
Interim reports credit-suisse.com/interimreporting
US share register and transfer agent
ADS depositary bank The Bank of New York Mellon
Shareholder correspondence address BNY Mellon Shareowner Services
P.O. Box 505000
Louisville, KY 40233-5000
Overnight correspondence address BNY Mellon Shareowner Services
462 South 4th Street, Suite 1600
Louisville, KY 40202
US and Canada phone +1 866 886 0788
Phone from outside US and Canada +1 201 680 6825
E-mail shrrelations@cpushareownerservices.com
Swiss share register and transfer agent
Address Credit Suisse Group AG
Share Register
ROXS
8070 Zurich, Switzerland
Phone +41 44 332 02 02
E-mail share.register@credit-suisse.com
 
Main offices
Switzerland
Credit Suisse
Paradeplatz 8
8070 Zurich
Switzerland
Tel. +41 44 333 11 11
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Credit Suisse
One Cabot Square
London E14 4QJ
United Kingdom
Tel. +44 20 7888 8888
Americas
Credit Suisse
Eleven Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
United States
Tel. +1 212 325 2000
Credit Suisse
Rua Leopoldo Couto de
Magalhães Jr. 700
São Paulo 04542-000
Brazil
Tel. +55 11 3701 6800
Asia Pacific
Credit Suisse
International Commerce Centre
One Austin Road West
Kowloon
Hong Kong
Tel. +852 2101 6000
Credit Suisse
One Raffles Link
#05-02
Singapore 039393
Singapore
Tel. +65 6212 6000
Credit Suisse
Izumi Garden Tower
6-1, Roppongi 1-Chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo, 106-6024
Japan
Tel. +81 3 4550 9000
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Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking information
This report contains statements that constitute forward-looking statements. In addition, in the future we, and others on our behalf, may make statements that constitute forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements may include, without limitation, statements relating to the following:
our plans, targets or goals;
our future economic performance or prospects;
the potential effect on our future performance of certain contingencies; and
assumptions underlying any such statements.
Words such as “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends” and “plans” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. We do not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
By their very nature, forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, and risks exist that predictions, forecasts, projections and other outcomes described or implied in forward-looking statements will not be achieved. We caution you that a number of important factors could cause results to differ materially from the plans, targets, goals, expectations, estimates and intentions expressed in such forward-looking statements and that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic creates significantly greater uncertainty about forward-looking statements in addition to the factors that generally affect our business. These factors include:
the ability to maintain sufficient liquidity and access capital markets;
market volatility, increases in inflation and interest rate fluctuations or developments affecting interest rate levels;
the ongoing significant negative consequences of the Archegos and supply chain finance funds matters and our ability to successfully resolve these matters;
our ability to improve our risk management procedures and policies and hedging strategies;
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 negative impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and financial markets and the risk of continued slow economic recovery or downturn in the EU, the US or other developed countries or in emerging markets in 2022 and beyond;
the emergence of widespread health emergencies, infectious diseases or pandemics, such as COVID-19, and the actions that may be taken by governmental authorities to contain the outbreak or to counter its impact;
potential risks and uncertainties relating to the severity of impacts from COVID-19 and the duration of the pandemic, including potential material adverse effects on our business, financial condition and results of operations;
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, ambitions and financial goals;
the ability of counterparties to meet their obligations to us and the adequacy of our allowance for credit losses;
the effects of, and changes in, fiscal, monetary, exchange rate, trade and tax policies;
the effects of currency fluctuations, including the related impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations due to moves in foreign exchange rates;
geopolitical and diplomatic tensions, instabilities and conflicts, including war, civil unrest, terrorist activity, sanctions or other geopolitical events or escalations of hostilities;
political, social and environmental developments, including climate change;
the ability to appropriately address social, environmental and sustainability concerns that may arise from our business activities;
the effects of, and the uncertainty arising from, the UK’s withdrawal from the EU;
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 reputation, business or operations, the risk of which is increased while large portions of our employees work remotely;
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 discontinuation of LIBOR and other interbank offered rates and the transition to alternative reference rates;
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 protect our reputation and promote our brand;
the ability to increase market share and control expenses;
technological changes instituted by us, our counterparties or competitors;
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 I – Information on the company – Risk factors.
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Credit Suisse Group AG
Articles of Association
Articles of Association of Credit Suisse Group AG






Version of June 21, 2021






I. Corporate name, registered office, duration and purpose
Art. 1 Corporate name, registered office and duration
A stock corporation under the name Credit Suisse Group AG (Credit Suisse Group SA) (Credit Suisse Group Ltd.) (the “Company”) is established with its registered office in Zurich, Switzerland. Its duration is unlimited.
Art. 2 Purpose
1 The purpose of the Company is to hold direct or indirect interests in all types of businesses in Switzerland and abroad, in particular in the areas of banking, finance, asset management and insurance. The Company has the power to establish new businesses, acquire a majority or minority interest in existing businesses and provide related financing.
2 The Company has the power to acquire, mortgage and sell real estate properties, both in Switzerland and abroad.
II. Share capital and shares
Art. 3 Share capital and shares
1 The fully paid-in share capital amounts to CHF 106,029,908.80 and is divided into 2,650,747,720 registered shares with a par value of CHF 0.04 each.
2 Upon a resolution being passed by the General Meeting of Shareholders, registered shares may be converted into bearer shares.
3 The Company may issue its shares in the form of single certificates, global certificates or uncertificated securities. The Company may convert the shares it issued in one form into another form at any time and without the approval of shareholders. Shareholders have no right to demand that issued shares be converted into another form. Shareholders may, however, at any time request that the Company issue a certificate for the registered shares that they hold according to the Share Register.
4 The Company recognizes only one representative for each share.
Art. 4 Share register and transfer of shares
1 The Company recognizes as a shareholder the person whose name is entered in the Share Register.
2 A person who has acquired registered shares will, upon application, be entered without limitation in the Share Register as having voting rights provided that he or she expressly states that he or she has acquired the shares concerned in his or her own name for his or her own account.
3 Any person not expressly stating in his or her application for registration that the shares concerned have been acquired for his or her own account (hereinafter “nominees”) may be entered for a maximum of 2% of the total outstanding share capital with voting rights in the Share Register. In excess of this limit, registered shares held by a nominee will only be granted voting rights if such nominee declares in writing that he or she is prepared to disclose the name, address and shareholding of any person for whose account he or she is holding 0.5% or more of the outstanding share capital. Art.10, Section 2 shall apply correspondingly to nominees who are related to one another through capital ownership or voting rights or have a common management or are otherwise interrelated.
4 The transfer restrictions apply regardless of the way and the form in which the registered shares are kept in the accounts, and regardless of the provisions applicable to transfers.
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5 The transfer of intermediated securities based on the Company’s shares, and the pledging of these intermediated securities as collateral, shall be based on the provisions of the Swiss Federal Intermediated Securities Act. Transfer or pledging as collateral by means of written assignment are not permitted.
6 The Board of Directors will issue the necessary directives to ensure that the aforementioned provisions are complied with.
III. Debt capital
Art. 5 Bond issues
The Company may issue bonds, with or without security, including warrants and convertible issues, and may guarantee such issues by its subsidiaries.
IV. The governing bodies of the Company
Art. 6 The governing bodies of the Company shall be the following:
1. The General Meeting of Shareholders;
2. The Board of Directors;
3. The Executive Board;
4. The Independent Auditors.
1. The General Meeting of Shareholders
Art. 7 Authority and duty to call a meeting
1 The General Meeting of Shareholders shall ordinarily be called by the Board of Directors.
2 The ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders shall take place annually within six months after the close of the business year.
3 Extraordinary General Meetings of Shareholders shall take place as necessary. One or more shareholders whose combined holdings represent at least 10 percent of the share capital can also request that a meeting be called.
4 Shareholders representing shares with a par value of CHF 40,000 may require that a particular item appear on the agenda of the meeting.
5 The request to call a General Meeting of Shareholders must be submitted in writing and at the same time shares of the Company representing at least 10 percent of the share capital are to be deposited. The request to include a particular item on the agenda of the meeting, together with the relevant proposals, must be submitted in writing and at the same time shares of the Company with a par value of at least CHF 40,000 are to be deposited for safekeeping. The shares are to remain in safekeeping until the day after the General Meeting of Shareholders.
6 The request to include a particular item on the agenda, together with the relevant proposals, must be submitted to the Board of Directors not later than 45 days before the date of the meeting.
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Art. 8 Powers
The General Meeting of Shareholders has the following powers which may not be delegated:
1. amending the Articles of Association;
2. electing the Members of the Board of Directors, the Chairman or Chairwoman, and the Members of the Compensation Committee. Art. 15, Section 3 and Art. 20a, Section 3 shall be reserved;
3. electing the independent proxy. Art. 14a, Section 2 shall be reserved;
4. electing the Independent Auditors and Special Auditors;
5. approving the management report, the consolidated financial statements and the annual statutory financial statements;
6. determining the allocation of the disposable profit;
7. formally discharging the actions of the Members of the Board of Directors and the Executive Board;
8. approving the compensation of the Board of Directors and the Executive Board; and
9. passing resolutions on all matters which have been reserved to its authority by law or by these Articles of Association or which have been submitted to the meeting by the Board of Directors.
Art. 8a Approval of the compensation of the Board of Directors
1 The General Meeting of Shareholders approves on an annual basis the compensation of the Board of Directors in advance for the period up until the next ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders.
2 The compensation may be paid partly in the form of participation rights in the Company. If so, the Board of Directors shall determine the conditions, including any disposal restrictions.
3 Members of the Board of Directors may also be paid compensation from other Group companies as long as this is included in the approved compensation as per Section 1.
4 If the General Meeting of Shareholders refuses to approve the proposal of the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 1, the Board of Directors may submit a new proposal to a subsequent extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders or to the next ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders.
Art. 8b Approval of the compensation of the Executive Board
1 The General Meeting of Shareholders approves on an annual basis the compensation of the Executive Board as a maximum amount or as maximum partial amounts in advance or retroactively for the period described in the proposal of the Board of Directors.
2 Insofar as the compensation is approved in advance, the General Meeting of Shareholders shall in addition hold an advisory vote on the compensation report for this period.
3 The compensation consists of a fixed component and a variable component. The variable component comprises both short-term incentive compensation elements (which may contain deferred compensation elements with a qualifying period of up to three years from the date of grant) and long-term incentive compensation elements (which may contain deferred compensation elements with a longer qualifying period of at least three years from the date of grant). The variable component is dependent upon the attainment of individual and collective, short-term and long-term performance targets, which the Board of Directors sets on a regular basis.
4 The compensation may be paid partly in the form of participation rights in the Company or in the form of derivatives based on such participation rights or other financial instruments.
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5 Conditional and deferred compensation components should be factored into the compensation at their fair value at date of grant. The Board of Directors determines grant, vesting, blocking, exercise and forfeiture conditions; they may provide for continuation, acceleration or removal of vesting and exercise conditions, for payment or grant of compensation assuming target achievement or for forfeiture in the event of pre-determined events such as a termination of an employment or mandate agreement.
6 Members of the Executive Board may also receive compensation from other Group companies as long as this is included in the approved compensation as per Section 1.
7 If the General Meeting of Shareholders refuses to approve the proposal of the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 1, the Board of Directors may submit a new proposal for approval to a subsequent extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders or to the next ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders.
Art. 8c Reserve for changes to the Executive Board
1 If the General Meeting of Shareholders has approved in advance a maximum amount for the full or partial compensation of the Executive Board, the Company may use an additional maximum 30% of this amount per compensation period during the relevant compensation periods for the full or partial compensation of persons who have been newly appointed to the Executive Board or promoted within the Executive Board.
2 The additional amount may only be used if the compensation of the Executive Board approved by the General Meeting of Shareholders in advance proves insufficient for the compensation of the new or promoted Members in the period until the next vote of the General Meeting of Shareholders.
3 Where the payment of compensation is concerned, the other provisions of the Articles of Association apply mutatis mutandis.
Art. 9 Notice of meetings
1 Notice of the General Meeting of Shareholders must be given at least 20 days before the meeting takes place. Notice of the meeting is to be published in the Swiss Gazette of Commerce (Schweizerisches Handelsamtsblatt).
2 The notice of the meeting must include the items on the agenda, the proposals submitted by the Board of Directors and by shareholders who have required that a meeting be held or that a particular item be included on the agenda.
3 No resolutions can be passed on proposals of which due notice has not been given, with the exception of those concerning the calling of an extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders or the carrying out of a special audit.
Art. 10 Voting rights
1 Subject to the provisions of Art. 4, Section 3 every share carries one vote at the General Meeting of Shareholders. However, except as set out in Sections 3-5 below, the shares for which a single shareholder can directly or indirectly exercise voting rights for his or her own shares or as a proxy may not exceed 2 percent of the total outstanding share capital.
2 For the purposes of the restrictions on voting rights as laid down in Section 1 above, legal entities, partnerships or groups of joint owners or other groups in which individuals or legal entities are related to one another through capital ownership or voting rights or have a common management or are otherwise interrelated shall be regarded as being a single shareholder. The same shall apply to individuals, legal entities or partnerships that act in concert (especially as a syndicate) with intent to evade the limitation on voting rights.
3 The restrictions on voting rights do not apply to the exercise of voting rights by the independent proxy; for the instructing shareholders Section 1 and Section 2 remain reserved.
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4 Nor do the restrictions on voting rights apply to shares in respect of which the shareholder confirms to the Company in the application for registration that he or she has acquired the shares in his or her name for his or her own account and in respect of which the disclosure requirement set out in Section 6 below has been satisfied.
5 In addition, the restrictions on voting rights do not apply to shares which are registered in the name of a nominee, provided that this nominee furnishes the Company with the name, address and shareholding of the person(s) (as per definition in Section 2 above) for whose account he or she holds 0.5 percent or more of the total share capital outstanding at the time and for which he or she (or the beneficial owner, as appropriate) has satisfied the disclosure requirement set out in section 6 below. The Board of Directors has the right to conclude agreements with nominees concerning both their disclosure requirement and the exercise of voting rights.
6 The disclosure obligation must be discharged in accordance with Art. 120 of the Federal Act on Financial Market Infrastructures and Market Conduct in Securities and Derivatives Trading of 19 June 2015 and the relevant ordinances and regulations.
7 The Board of Directors shall issue regulations regarding the proof of share ownership which is necessary in order to obtain voting cards.
Art. 11 Chairman/Chairwoman, tellers, secretary
1 The Chairman or Chairwoman of the Board of Directors shall chair the General Meeting of Shareholders; in his or her absence, a Vice-Chairman/Vice-Chairwoman or another Member designated by the Board shall take the chair.
2 The General Meeting of Shareholders shall elect by a show of hands the tellers to count the votes at the meeting. Members of the Board of Directors, the Independent Auditors and employees of the Company shall not be eligible to act as tellers.
3 The Board of Directors shall nominate a secretary to take the minutes.
Art. 12 Quorums
1 The General Meeting of Shareholders may in principle pass resolutions without regard to the number of shareholders present at the meeting or represented by proxy.
2 Representation of at least half of the share capital is required for:
p conversion of registered shares into bearer shares;
p amendments to Art. 4, Section 3
p amendments to Art. 10, Sections 1-6
p dissolution of the Company.
3 This Article is subject to the mandatory provisions of the law and other provisions of these articles of association.
Art. 13 Resolutions/required majorities
1 Resolutions and elections by the General Meeting of Shareholders require the approval of an absolute majority of the votes represented at the meeting, except as otherwise prescribed by mandatory provisions of law or by other provisions of these articles of association. In the case of an equality of votes, elections and resolutions shall be decided by the casting vote of the person chairing the meeting.
2 The conversion of registered shares into bearer shares, the dissolution of the Company and amendments to Art. 4, Section 3 of these articles of association require the approval of at least three-quarters of the votes cast. Amendments to Art. 10, Sections 1-6 require the approval of at least seven-eighths of the votes cast.
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3 The Chairperson may allow elections and ballots to be conducted by a show of hands, by written ballot or by electronic means. He or she has all the powers required to conduct the General Meeting of Shareholders in an orderly fashion.
Art. 14 Minutes
The person chairing the meeting and the secretary of the meeting are to sign the minutes of the meeting.
Art. 14a Independent proxy
1 The independent proxy is elected by the General Meeting of Shareholders for a term of office lasting until the close of the next ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders.
2 Should the office of the independent proxy become vacant, the Board of Directors shall appoint a replacement for the next General Meeting of Shareholders.
3 Individual persons as well as legal entities or partnerships may stand for election; they shall also be eligible for re-election.
4 The Board of Directors shall regulate the electronic submission of power of attorney and instructions to the independent proxy.
2. The Board of Directors
Art. 15 Election and term of office
1 The Board of Directors shall consist of a minimum of seven Members.
2 The Chairman or Chairwoman and the other Members of the Board of Directors are elected individually by the General Meeting of Shareholders for a term lasting until the close of the next ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders; they shall also be eligible for re-election.
3 Should the office of the Chairman or Chairwoman become vacant, the Board of Directors shall from among its Members appoint a replacement for the remaining term of office.
Art. 16 Powers and responsibilities
1 The Board of Directors shall decide on all matters which have not been reserved for or conferred on another governing body of the Company by law by these articles of association or by other regulations.
2 The Board of Directors determines those who have signatory power and the nature of the signatory power required. A document signed on behalf of the Company is binding on the Company only when it carries the signatures of two authorized signatories.
Art. 17 Delegation of powers
The Board of Directors may delegate the management of the Company wholly or partly to committees of the Board, individual Members of the Board or to other natural persons, in accordance with the regulations governing the conduct of business of the Company, as long as this delegation of powers does not conflict with any mandatory statutory provisions.
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Art. 18 Quorum/required majorities
1 A majority of the Members of the Board of Directors must be present in person in order to pass resolutions; there is no presence quorum requirement for resolutions on authorized capital increases, for resolutions on amendments and acknowledgements by the Board in connection with capital increases, or for the acknowledgement of an event triggering conversion of the conversion capital. For resolutions carried out by circular letter, a majority of the Members of the Board of Directors must cast their votes.
2 Resolutions of the Board of Directors require the approval of an absolute majority of the votes cast. In the case of an equality of votes, decisions shall be determined by the casting vote of the person chairing the meeting.
Art. 19 Minutes
Minutes shall be kept of the proceedings and resolutions of the Board of Directors. The minutes shall be signed by the person chairing the meeting and the secretary.
Art. 20 Compensation-related tasks of the Board of Directors
1 The Board of Directors shall submit the compensation of the Board of Directors and the compensation of the Executive Board as per Art. 8a and Art. 8b to the General Meeting of Shareholders each year for approval. In its proposal for the compensation of the Executive Board as per Art. 8b, Section 1, the Board of Directors designates the period to which the approval is to relate.
2 The Board of Directors shall determine the compensation of the individual Members of the Board of Directors and the Executive Board within the framework of the overall amounts as per Art. 8a-8c.
3 The Board of Directors shall approve the compensation report.
4 The Board of Directors shall issue an internal regulation governing the organization of the Compensation Committee.
Art. 20a Compensation Committee
1 The Compensation Committee shall consist of at least three Members of the Board of Directors.
2 The Members of the Compensation Committee are elected by the General Meeting of Shareholders for a term of office lasting until the close of the next ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders. They shall also be eligible for re-election.
3 If the office of a Member of the Compensation Committee should become vacant, the Board of Directors shall appoint a replacement from among its Members for the remaining term of office.
4 The Compensation Committee shall support the Board of Directors in the following tasks:
a. determination and regular revision of the compensation strategy and compensation guidelines of the Company, as well as the corresponding performance criteria;
b. preparation of proposals to the General Meeting of Shareholders on the compensation of the Board of Directors and the Executive Board; and
c. preparation of the Compensation Report.
The Compensation Committee may also submit proposals and recommendations relating to other compensation matters to the Board of Directors.
5 The Board of Directors may assign other tasks and competencies to the Compensation Committee.
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Art. 20b Mandates outside the Company
1 Each Member of the Board of Directors may assume no more than four other mandates in listed companies and no more than five other mandates in other legal entities.
2 The following mandates are exempt from this restriction:
a. mandates in legal entities that are controlled by the Company or that control the Company;
b. mandates in legal entities not belonging to the Group that are exercised at the request or order of the Company or one of its controlled legal entities; each Member of the Board of Directors may exercise a maximum of ten such mandates; and
c. honorary mandates in charitable legal entities; each Member of the Board of Directors may exercise a maximum of ten such mandates.
3 Mandates in the sense of Art. 20b are deemed to comprise activities in the most senior executive and management bodies of legal entities that are obliged to obtain an entry in the Commercial Register or a corresponding foreign register. The assumption of up to five mandates in different legal entities under common control is deemed to constitute one mandate.
Art. 20c Compensation agreements
1 The Company or its Group companies may conclude agreements with Members of the Board of Directors with respect to their mandate and compensation.
2 The duration of such agreements and their termination shall comply with the term of office as well as the prevailing legislation. Such contracts may not exceed the term of office as per Art. 15, Section 2.
Art. 20d Credit facilities and loans
The Company may grant individual credit facilities and loans to each Member of the Board of Directors up to a maximum of CHF 20,000,000 at market conditions.
3. The Executive Board
Art. 20e Appointment, powers
The Board of Directors appoints an Executive Board that assumes responsibility for managing and representing the Company in accordance with the regulations governing the conduct of business issued by the Board of Directors.
Art. 20f Number of permissible mandates outside the Company
1 Each Member of the Executive Board may assume no more than one other mandate in a listed company and no more than two other mandates in other legal entities.
2 The provisions of Art. 20b, Sections 2-3 shall apply analogously.
Art. 20g Compensation agreements
1 The agreements that form the basis for the compensation of Members of the Executive Board are open-ended, with a maximum notice period of 12 months.
2 The agreement of a post-contractual prohibition of competition is permissible as long as it is agreed for a maximum of one year and the corresponding compensation does not exceed the amount that the Member of the Executive Board has received as compensation in the twelve months prior to the termination of the employment contract with the Company.
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Art. 20h Credit facilities and loans
The Company may grant individual credit facilities and loans to each Member of the Executive Board up to a maximum of CHF 20,000,000 at standard terms that apply in the financial sector.
4. The Independent Auditors and the Special Auditors
Art. 21 Appointment and duties
1 The Independent Auditors shall be elected by the General Meeting of Shareholders for one year and shall be responsible for carrying out all functions and duties incumbent upon them by law.
2 The Special Auditors shall be elected by the General Meeting of Shareholders for the term of one year and shall be responsible for the special audit reports in connection with qualified capital increases (Art. 652f CO).
V. Financial year and allocation of the net profit
Art. 22 Financial year
The Company’s financial year shall be determined by the Board of Directors.
Art. 23 Allocation of disposable profit
The allocation of the disposable profit shall be made by the General Meeting of Shareholders. The distributions of a dividend and the establishment and utilization of special reserves, if any, shall be decided by the General Meeting of Shareholders in accordance with Art. 671 ff of the Swiss Code of Obligations.
VI. Dissolution and liquidation of the Company
Art. 24 Should the Company be dissolved, the Board of Directors shall carry out the liquidation unless the General Meeting of Shareholders decides otherwise.
VII. Official notices and announcements
Art. 25 Publication
1 The Swiss Commercial Gazette (Schweizerisches Handelsamtsblatt) shall be the official medium for publication of the Company’s notices and announcements.
2 Notices and announcements to the shareholders shall be made in the Swiss Commercial Gazette (Schweizerisches Handelsamtsblatt), insofar as the law does not prescribe some other manner of publication.
VIII. Transitional regulations
Art. 26 Conditional capital
1 The Company’s share capital pursuant to Art. 3 of the Articles of Association shall be increased by an amount not exceeding CHF 12 000 000 through the issue of a maximum of
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300 000 000 registered shares, to be fully paid in, each with a par value of CHF 0.04 through the voluntary or compulsory exercise of conversion rights and/or warrants granted in connection with bonds or other financial market instruments of Credit Suisse Group AG, or any of its Group companies, or through compulsory conversion of contingent convertible bonds (CoCos) or other financial market instruments of Credit Suisse Group AG, or any of its Group companies, that allow for contingent compulsory conversion into shares of the Company.
Shareholders’ subscription rights are excluded. Holders of financial market instruments with conversion features and/or of warrants are entitled to subscribe to the new shares. The Board of Directors fixes the conversion/warrant conditions.
The acquisition of shares through the exercise of conversion rights and/or warrants, or through the conversion of financial market instruments with conversion features, and any subsequent transfer of the shares are subject to the restrictions set out under Art. 4 of these Articles of Association.
2 Contingent capital pursuant to Art. 26 of the Articles of Association is made available, subject to para. 3, exclusively for the purpose of increasing share capital through the conversion of bonds or other financial market instruments of Credit Suisse Group AG, or any of its Group companies, that allow for contingent compulsory conversion into the Company’s shares and that are issued in order to fulfil or maintain compliance with regulatory requirements of the Company and/or any of its Group companies (contingent convertible bonds).
The Board of Directors is authorized when issuing such contingent convertible bonds to exclude shareholders’ preferential subscription rights if these bonds are issued on the national or international capital markets (including private placements with selected strategic investors).
If preferential subscription rights are restricted or excluded by resolution of the Board of Directors when contingent convertible bonds are issued:
(i) the contingent convertible bonds must be issued at prevailing market conditions,
(ii) the setting of the issue price of the new shares must take due account of the stock market price of the shares and/or comparable instruments priced by the market at the time of issue or time of conversion, and
(iii) conditional conversion features may remain in place indefinitely.
3 Deleted
Art. 26a Deleted
Art. 26b Deleted
Art. 26c Conversion capital
1 The Company’s share capital pursuant to Art. 3 of the Articles of Association shall be increased by an amount not exceeding CHF 6,000,000 through the issue of a maximum of 150,000,000 registered shares, to be fully paid in, each with a par value of CHF 0.04, through the compulsory conversion upon occurrence of the trigger event of claims arising out of contingent convertible bonds (CoCos) of Credit Suisse Group AG or any of its Group companies, or of other financial market instruments of Credit Suisse Group AG or any of its Group companies, that provide for a contingent or unconditional compulsory conversion into shares of the Company.
2 Shareholders’ preemptive rights are excluded. Holders of financial market instruments with conversion features are entitled to subscribe to the new shares.
3 Shareholders’ preferential subscription rights with regard to financial market instruments with conversion features will be granted. If a quick placement of contingent convertible bonds (CoCos) in large tranches is required, the Board of Directors is authorized to exclude shareholders’ preferential subscription rights. In such circumstances, these contingent convertible bonds (CoCos) must be issued at prevailing market conditions.
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4 The Board of Directors determines the issue price of the new shares taking due account of the stock market price of the shares and/or comparable instruments.
5 The acquisition of shares through the conversion of financial market instruments with conversion features, and any subsequent transfer of the shares are subject to the restrictions set out under Art. 4 of these Articles of Association.
Art. 27 Deleted
Art. 27a Deleted
Art. 28 Deleted
Art. 28a Deleted
Art. 28b Deleted
Art. 28c Deleted
Art. 28d Deleted
Art. 28e Deleted
Art. 28f Deleted
Art. 28g Deleted
Art. 29 Deleted
Art. 30 Deleted
The above text is a translation of the original German articles of association (Statuten) which constitute the definitive text and are binding in law.
Zurich, June 21, 2021


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CREDIT SUISSE GROUP AG
Paradeplatz 8
CH-8070 Zurich
Switzerland
www.credit-suisse.com
Credit Suisse Group AG
Credit Suisse AG
Organizational Guidelines and Regulations
OGR of Credit Suisse Group AG and Credit Suisse AG






Valid as of March 8, 2022.
This OGR was approved by the Board of Directors of Credit Suisse Group AG and Credit Suisse AG on March 8, 2022, subject to ratification by FINMA.









Abbreviations and definitions
Preamble
Corporate governance
Group
CSG
Governance principles
Business
Group structure
Division Wealth Management
Division Investment Bank
Division Swiss Bank
Division Asset Management
I. Introduction
1. Scope and content
2. Approval procedures for urgent business matters
II. Board of Directors
3. Organization
4. Chairman
5. Responsibilities and authorities
6. Monitoring, access to information, reports
7. Committees
8. Governance and Nominations Committee
9. Audit Committee
10. Compensation Committee
11. Risk Committee
11a. Credit Risk Review
12. Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee
13. Digital Transformation and Technology Committee
14. Sustainability Advisory Committee
III. Management organization
15. General provisions
16. Chief Executive Officer
17. Executive Board
18. ExB committees
19. ExB Risk Management Committee
20. Group Capital Allocation and Liability Management Committee
21. CS AG Parent Capital Allocation, Liability and Risk Management Committee
22. Valuation Risk Management Committee
23. Group Conduct Board
24. Other Committees
IV. Corporate Functions
25. General provisions
26. Chief Financial Officer
27. General Counsel
28. Chief Risk Officer
29. Chief Compliance Officer
30. Chief Technology and Operations Officer
31. Global Head of Human Resources
V. Divisions
32. General provisions
33. Divisional CEOs
34. Divisional Management Committee
35. Divisional Risk Management Committee
VI. Regional management
36. General provisions
37. Regional Chief Executive Officer
38. Regional Management Committee
VII. Subsidiary and branch governance
39. General provisions
40. Subsidiary governance
41. Branch governance
VIII. Internal Audit
42. Internal Audit
IX. Special provisions
43. Conflicts of interest
44. Titles, signing authorities and Powers of Attorney
45. Meetings and minutes
46. Financial year
Annex A – Approval authorities
I. Authority for credit transactions and credit limits
1. General provisions
2. Approval authorities
II. Authority for country risk appetites
3. Approval authorities
III. Trading activities
4. Trading activities
IV. Illiquid investments
5. General provisions
6. Approval authorities
V. Formations, liquidations, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, long-term participations and other actions and transactions, legal cases
7. General provisions
8. Formation and liquidation of subsidiaries
9. Merger, consolidation or similar transaction; acquisition or divestiture of a subsidiary, interest in a subsidiary or assets constituting a business
10. Acquisition or divestiture of a long-term participation
11. Establishment or closure of branches and representative offices
11b. Legal cases
12. Approval authorities
VI. Reputational risks
13. Reputational risk management
VII. Financing matters and capital expenditures
14. Financing of CSG, CS and its subsidiaries
15. Capital expenditures
Annex B – Approval authorities for Credit Suisse Group AG specific matters
I. Capital structure of CSG
1. Ordinary, authorized, conditional and conversion capital
II. Share register
ANNEX C – CORPORATE BODIES

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Abbreviations and definitions
AC Audit Committee
AGM Annual General Meeting
AM Division Asset Management
ANL Analyst
AoA Articles of Association
APAC Region Asia Pacific
ASO Associate
AVP Assistant Vice President
BCM Business Continuity Management
BoD Board of Directors
CALMC Capital Allocation and Liability Management Committee
CALRMC Capital Allocation, Liability and Risk Management Committee
CC Compensation Committee
CCO Chief Compliance Officer
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CFCCC Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee
CFO Chief Financial Officer
Chairman Chairman of the BoD of CSG and CS
Corporate The areas of responsibility allocated to the CFO, GC, CRO,
Functions CCO, CTOO and Global Head of HR
CRM Credit Risk Management
CRO Chief Risk Officer
CS Credit Suisse AG
CS AG Parent Credit Suisse AG incl. its branches and representative offices, but not its directly and indirectly held subsidiaries
CSG Credit Suisse Group AG
CTOO Chief Technology and Operations Officer
DIR Director
Divisional Divisional Chief Compliance Officers
CCOs
Divisions Wealth Management; Investment Bank; Swiss Bank;
Asset Management
DTTC Digital Transformation and Technology Committee
EMEA Region Europe, Middle East, and Africa
ExB Executive Board
ExB RMC ExB Risk Management Committee
FINMA Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA
GC General Counsel
GCB Group Conduct Board
GNC Governance and Nominations Committee
Group CSG and all its direct and indirect subsidiaries
HR Human Resources
IB Division Investment Bank
ICS Internal Control System
IT Information Technology
Major Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG; Credit Suisse International;
Subsidiary Credit Suisse Holdings (USA), Inc.
MC Management Committee
MDA Managing Director Senior Advisor
MDR Managing Director
OGR Organizational Guidelines and Regulations
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RC Risk Committee
Regional CEO Chief Executive Officer of a Region
Regional MC Management Committee of a Region
Regions Switzerland; EMEA; APAC; Americas
RMC Divisional Risk Management Committee
RPSC Risk Processes and Standards Committee
RWA Risk Weighted Assets
SAC Sustainability Advisory Committee
SB Division Swiss Bank
SOX United States Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
VaR Value-at-Risk
VARMC Valuation Risk Management Committee
VP Vice President
WM Division Wealth Management
Notes:
The titles and functions used in this document apply to both genders.
The German version of these Regulations shall prevail in an event of any conflict of interpretation.
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Preamble
Corporate governance
Together with the Articles of Association, the Code of Conduct, the BoD and Committee Charters, and the Compensation Policy, the OGR defines the corporate governance guidelines of the Group. These form the basis for effective and efficient corporate governance of the Group.
Group
The Group consists of CSG and all its direct and indirect subsidiaries, which together form one economic unit.
CSG
CSG is a holding company domiciled in Zurich, Switzerland. Its statutory purpose is to hold direct or indirect interest in all types of businesses in Switzerland and abroad, in particular in the areas of banking, finance, asset management and insurance. CSG sets standards for the Group to allow for an efficient and harmonized steering of the Group.
Governance principles
The governance of the Group is based on the principles of an integrated oversight and management structure with global scope. In particular, as an organization active in the financial services industry, Swiss regulatory principles of consolidated supervision apply to the Group governance and organization. Corporate bodies and officers are, subject to applicable local laws, regulations and best practice standards, bound to ensure transparency and collaboration throughout the Group, in particular through the appropriate flow of information and cooperation within and across all businesses and organizational structures. In addition, it is an important principle that conflicting interests shall, to the extent possible, be avoided, disclosed and aligned.
Business
The Group is engaged in the banking business, which is primarily performed through CS and its Major Subsidiaries. CS is domiciled in Zurich, Switzerland. The statutory purpose is the operation of a bank, and its scope of operations extends to all types of banking, financial, advisory, service, and trading activities in Switzerland and abroad. CS and its subsidiaries are provided with infrastructure and other services through the service company Credit Suisse Services AG, Switzerland.
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Group structure
The Group is structured into four Divisions (Wealth Management; Investment Bank; Swiss Bank; and Asset Management) and four geographic Regions (Switzerland; EMEA; APAC; and Americas). The Regions reinforce the Group’s integrated model of global businesses and support the Divisions and Corporate Functions across the various businesses, in particular in terms of market, client and talent development. In addition, the Regions oversee the legal entities, maintain the relationship with the regulators and ensure a robust risk-based control environment. The Corporate Functions provide products, infrastructure and services to the Divisions and Regions, as well as perform control activities independent from the Divisions and Regions. The Divisions and Regions coordinate their activities in collaboration with the Corporate Functions where appropriate.
Division Wealth Management
WM provides private banking and wealth management capabilities to clients globally (except United States of America).
Division Investment Bank
IB is responsible for (1) the fixed income and equities sales and trading business globally; (2) coverage of corporations, financial institutions, sovereigns and financial sponsors for M&A advice, debt and equity underwriting and related solutions globally; and (3) the provision of investment banking products and solutions for ultra high net worth clients in the United States.
Division Swiss Bank
SB provides domestic personal & business clients, private clients, corporate and institutional banking capabilities to clients in Switzerland.
Division Asset Management
AM provides investment solutions and services globally to a broad range of clients, including pension funds, governments, foundations and endowments, corporations and individuals.
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I. Introduction
1. Scope and content
1.1 The OGR establishes the duties and responsibilities of the BoD and its committees, the Chairman, the CEO, the ExB, and the ExB committees, as well as certain executive functions of the Group. It further establishes the duties and responsibilities of the Corporate Functions, the Divisional CEOs, the Divisional MCs, the Divisional RMCs, the Regional CEOs, the Regional MCs, and Internal Audit.
1.2 The OGR shall be applicable to CSG and CS. As long as the BoDs and ExBs of CSG and CS are mainly composed of the same persons, the meetings of the BoDs respectively ExBs shall be held for both companies simultaneously and with the same agenda, and the minutes of these meetings shall reflect the decisions taken for both companies, except for specific items which are different for each company (e.g. statutory financial statements, preparation of shareholder meetings). The same principle applies to the activities and meetings of the BoD and ExB committees.
1.3 To the extent permitted by local law and regulatory guidelines, the organizational regulations of the other direct and indirect subsidiaries and other enterprises owned or controlled by CSG shall reflect the same principles and rules as stated in this OGR.
1.4 CSG controls directly or indirectly all of its subsidiaries and sets standards for the Group to allow for an efficient and harmonized steering of the Group. Notwithstanding this, the legal independence of all subsidiaries and the provisions of applicable local laws, rules and regulations relating to them must be observed to the extent legally required. Each subsidiary may establish additional separate regulations to regulate business specific to such entity.
1.5 Governance bodies and officers are, subject to applicable local laws, rules and regulations, bound to ensure transparency and collaboration within the Group. Governance bodies and officers may have multiple responsibilities and reporting lines within the Group.
1.6 The responsibilities and authorities set out in these regulations including the annexes may only be delegated if expressly permitted herein or with the explicit approval or ratification by the BoD for a specific transaction or activity.
1.7 Notwithstanding any delegation of authority or approval process provided for in these regulations, no person shall participate in the approval, execution or implementation of any transaction (including the opening, closing or managing of a client’s account) or otherwise have any responsibility for or role in the execution or implementation of any such transaction, if such participation, responsibility or role would cause such person or any entity within the Group to violate any law or regulation to which such person or entity is subject.
1.8 CSG may allocate full management responsibility over its directly held subsidiaries to CS. The ExB shall decide to which extent they shall be integrated in CS’s management processes.
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2. Approval procedures for urgent business matters
2.1 Should immediate action be required to ensure the conclusion of an urgent business matter, which lies in the authority of the BoD, provided that the BoD is not in a position to act in time (e.g. lack of a quorum) and there is no clear indication that the BoD would not approve the respective proposal, the matter may as an exception be approved by the Chairman. To the extent possible, available BoD members shall be consulted.
2.2 Should immediate action be required to ensure the conclusion of an urgent business matter which lies in the authority of a particular body or executive function, provided that the authorized body or executive function is not in a position to act in time and there is no clear indication that the business matter contains excessive risks or the authorized body or executive function would not approve the respective business matter, and there are no other instructions from the CEO or the responsible ExB member, the respective business matter may as an exception be approved by the body or executive function one level below the authorized body or executive function. In any event, the CEO or the responsible ExB member, to the extent possible, must be consulted.
2.3 If the procedure outlined in section 2.1 and 2.2 is applied, the BoD or the authorized body or executive function (as applicable) must be advised of such transaction or business matter at the earliest opportunity.
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II. Board of Directors
3. Organization
3.1 The BoD shall consist of at least seven members. In this regard, the BoD considers the principle that the BoD should be of an appropriate size to ensure a qualified composition of the Committees on the one hand and an efficient decision making process on the other.
The BoD shall consist of at least a majority of independent directors as determined by the BoD taking into account the factors set forth below, the charters of the committees of the BoD and any applicable laws and regulations, in particular the SIX Exchange Directive on Information relating to Corporate Governance, the Swiss Code of Best Practice, the New York Stock Exchange Corporate Governance Listing Standards and the SOX rules.
3.2 In general, a director is considered independent, if he
is not, and has not been for the past three years, employed as an ExB member at CSG or any of its subsidiaries or in another significant function at the Group;
is not, and has not been for the past three years, an employee or affiliate of CSG’s external auditor;
does not, according to the BoD’s assessment, maintain a material direct or indirect business relationship with CSG or any of its subsidiaries which causes a conflict of interest due to its nature or extent;
is not, or has not been for the past three years, part of an interlocking directorate in which an ExB member serves on the compensation committee of another company that employs the BoD member.
BoD members with immediate family members who would not qualify as independent according to the above listed criteria shall be subject to a three-year cooling-off period for purposes of determining their independence after fulfilment of the independence criteria by the immediate family member.
3.3 The BoD shall discharge its responsibilities as a joint board or through committees elected by the AGM or appointed by the BoD respectively from among its members.
3.4 The BoD proposes to the AGM the election of the Chairman and appoints one or more vice-chairs and the chairs of the committees of the BoD from among its members for an office term of one year.
3.5 The BoD may appoint a Lead Independent Director. If the Chairman is deemed non-independent by the BoD, the BoD must appoint a Lead Independent Director.
The Lead Independent Director primarily supports the Chairman in respect of the work of the BoD, mediates in cases of conflicts between the Chairman and the BoD and leads the performance assessment process of the Chairman.
The Lead Independent Director may convene for meetings without the Chairman being present.
3.6 The BoD shall designate one or more Secretaries who need not be a member of the BoD.
3.7 A member of the BoD shall generally retire at the AGM of the year in which he has been serving on the BoD for 12 years. Under certain circumstances, the BoD may extend the limit of terms of office for a particular member of the BoD for a maximum of three years.
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3.8 Otherwise, the BoD shall organize itself.
4. Chairman
4.1 The Chairman – or in his absence one of the vice-chairs – presides over the meetings of the BoD. The Chairman shall prepare an agenda in advance of each meeting in coordination with the CEO.
4.2 The Chairman co-ordinates the work of the BoD and the committees and ensures that the BoD members are provided with timely information relevant for appropriately performing their duties and responsibilities.
4.3 The Chairman leads the preparations of the AGM and oversees the implementation of the resolutions taken by shareholders.
4.4 The Chairman challenges and supports the CEO and the ExB in developing the strategic business plans and financial objectives of the Group. The Chairman is also actively involved in establishing succession plans for the CEO and other key management positions. Within the scope of his duties of overall direction and supervision, the Chairman may attend meetings of the ExB, however not on a regular basis, but has no voting rights.
4.5 The Chairman represents the Group and the BoD to shareholders, clients, employees, and other stakeholders.
4.6 The Chairman is supported by the Chairman’s Office whose composition, duties and responsibilities he determines as deemed appropriate.
5. Responsibilities and authorities
5.1 The BoD shall be responsible for the overall direction, supervision and control of CSG, CS and its management. In particular, the members of the BoD shall jointly discharge the following actions:
5.1.1 determine the principal organization and governance of the Group;
5.1.2 establish general accounting, financial control and planning principles and policies;
5.1.3 prepare and approve the annual report, annual financial statements and the agenda of the AGM including the proposal by the BoD;
5.1.4 appoint or dismiss the CEO and the members of the ExB and grant them collective signing authority, exercisable jointly by two, for CSG and CS;
5.1.5 appoint or dismiss the Head of Internal Audit as well as appoint the regulatory auditor upon proposal by the AC;
5.1.6 approve the principles for the business policy, the objectives, the strategy, the annual business and financial plans including the principal risk management strategy for the business activities;
5.1.7 approve the risk management framework, annual risk appetite and the overall risk limits, including appetites for the strategic risk objectives, as well as specific appetites covering financial and non-financial risk;
5.1.8 approve the liquidity risk tolerances, the liquidity management strategies and key liquidity policies including the contingency funding plan;
5.1.9 approve country risk appetites upon proposal by the RC if not otherwise delegated (see annex A II);
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5.1.10 perform and document a systematic risk analysis as the basis for an appropriate ICS and regularly review its appropriateness and efficiency;
5.1.11 supervise the implementation of appropriate processes and measures designed to ensure that employees on all levels are aware of and understand their responsibilities and tasks with regard to ICS processes;
5.1.12 approve the compensation principles, the Compensation Policy and key elements of management and employee compensation plans and amendments thereto and of significant fringe benefit or welfare plans;
5.1.13 set the overall amounts of compensation of the BoD and the ExB in accordance with Art. 20 Para. 1 of the AoA of CSG;
5.1.14 set the compensation of the individual BoD members, the CEO, and individual ExB members within the framework of the overall amounts that apply as per Art. 20 Para. 2 of the AoA of CSG;
5.1.15 approve the overall variable compensation pool and the key sub-pools;
5.1.16 appoint or dismiss the chair and the members of the BoD of the Major Subsidiaries and other subsidiaries of strategic importance of the Group and approve their remuneration, subject to local law and regulations. Guidelines for the nomination and the remuneration process shall be set forth in a policy;
5.1.17 approve the Recovery and Resolution Plans of the Group and the Major Subsidiaries in accordance with regulatory requirements;
5.1.18 approve actions and transactions and receive reports in accordance with Annex A.
6. Monitoring, access to information, reports
6.1 The BoD shall monitor that the CEO and the ExB pursue the business policy and strategy effectively and in accordance with all applicable laws, the AoA, the Code of Conduct and all additional internal regulations, and ensure compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.
6.2 The members of the BoD shall have access to all information concerning the Group as far as necessary to fulfil their duties as a BoD member. The Chairman approves requests made by a member of the BoD to review internal documents outside a BoD or committee meeting. BoD members with functional duties may review any internal documents at any time without the approval of the Chairman, if needed to fulfil their functional duties.
6.3 The BoD shall receive the following reports:
6.3.1 risk reports at least on a quarterly basis providing an overview on key changes in the risk profile;
6.3.2 monthly financial reports providing an overview on the financial performance (overall and on a divisional and regional basis), liquidity and capital adequacy;
6.3.3 regulatory reports, including the quarterly large exposure report, the annual Long Form Report issued by the external auditor, and reports on significant other regulatory issues as soon as practicable;
6.3.4 annual Comprehensive Auditor’s Report issued by the external auditor providing a summary of findings from the audits of the consolidated financial statements of CSG and CS;
6.3.5 annual Compliance Report, ICS Report, and Governance Report (including report on compliance with principles of consolidated supervision);
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6.3.6 periodic reports on significant human resources matters;
6.3.7 other reports on material extraordinary events and actions taken as soon as practicable;
6.3.8 all information of Major Subsidiaries (e.g. minutes of the BoD, reports and other information prepared for management purposes).
6.4 The Chairman may request additional reports as deemed appropriate.
7. Committees
7.1 The BoD establishes the following regular committees composed by the members of the BoD and approves their charters:
the Governance and Nominations Committee
the Audit Committee
the Compensation Committee
the Risk Committee
p the Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee
the Digital Transformation and Technology Committee
The BoD may establish such other committees with such other charters as the BoD deems appropriate.
7.2 The committees shall consist of not less than three members and generally no more than half of the total number of BoD members.
7.3 With the exception of the CC, the members of the committees are appointed by the BoD at its constitutive meeting for a term until the close of the next AGM. Should the office of a member of a committee become vacant, the BoD may appoint a replacement from among its members for the remaining term of office. The committees shall organize themselves according to their charters.
7.4 The members of the CC are elected individually by the AGM for a term until the close of the next AGM. Should the office of a member of the CC become vacant, the BoD shall appoint a replacement from among its members for the remaining term of office. The CC shall organize itself according to its charter.
7.5 The chairs of the committees shall regularly inform the BoD on material matters discussed at the committee meetings.
8. Governance and Nominations Committee
8.1 The GNC shall generally consist of the Chairman, the Vice-Chair(s), the Lead Independent Director, the chairs of selected BoD committees and may also include additional BoD members. The GNC may include non-independent BoD members, however the majority of the members must qualify as independent. It shall establish its own charter to be submitted to the BoD for approval.
8.2 The GNC shall, in particular, have the following responsibilities:
8.2.1 act as counselor to the Chairman and facilitate the dialogue between the members of the BoD and the Chairman;
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8.2.2 discuss with the CEO and assess any significant appointment proposal to be submitted to the BoD for approval, in particular appointments to the ExB and the appointment of the head of Internal Audit;
8.2.3 develop criteria and assess candidates for a BoD membership on the basis of a requirements profile drawn up by the GNC. The requirements profile for BoD candidates takes into account all applicable laws and provisions as well as aspects relevant for ensuring an appropriate degree of diversity. The GNC reviews both internal and external proposals and submits potential candidates to the BoD for proposal to the AGM;
8.2.4 ensure the maintenance of high standards of corporate governance and make proposals to the BoD on corporate governance issues, in particular BoD member independence, the adherence to corporate governance provisions applicable to individual BoD members and BoD committee composition.
9. Audit Committee
9.1 All members of the AC need to be independent in the meaning of article 3.2 of this OGR. The chair of the RC shall generally be appointed as one of the members of the AC. It shall establish its own charter to be submitted to the BoD for approval. The members of the AC shall satisfy all additional independence and qualification requirements as set forth in the charter of the AC. The composition of the AC shall differ sufficiently from the other committees.
9.2 The AC shall, in particular, have the following responsibilities:
9.2.1 review the annual report, the annual financial statements and related resolutions proposed for the AGM;
9.2.2 review the quarterly financial statements;
9.2.3 review the ExB’s report on internal controls over financial reporting (SOX 404) and the annual Compliance Report;
9.2.4 review the quality, independence and performance of the internal and external audit function;
9.2.5 take note of significant extraordinary reports submitted to regulators;
9.2.6 review the findings of Internal Audit and the external auditors and approve their annual audit objectives;
9.2.7 review and assess components of the ICS addressing compliance processes and controls;
9.2.8 review jointly with the RC the annual assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of the ICS, the status of major infrastructure and committed change programs, as well as the control functions’ input into remuneration;
9.2.9 review jointly with the RC other significant matters of non-financial risk as appropriate;
9.2.10 submit to the BoD upon consultation of the GNC proposals for the appointment of the Head of Internal Audit;
9.2.11 propose the regulatory auditor for appointment by the BoD;
9.2.12 review reports by the GC on material legal and regulatory matters; and
9.2.13 review reports by the CCO on material compliance matters, including matters raised by way of the whistleblower process.
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10. Compensation Committee
10.1 All members of the CC need to be independent in the meaning of article 3.2 of this OGR. It shall establish its own charter to be submitted to the BoD for approval.
10.2 The CC shall, in particular, have the following responsibilities:
10.2.1 review the Group’s compensation principles and submit them to the BoD for approval;
10.2.2 review the Group’s Compensation Policy and submit it to the BoD for approval;
10.2.3 discuss and determine amendments to existing or the establishment of new management and employee compensation plans and of significant fringe benefit or welfare plans and submit key elements of such plans and any significant amendments thereto to the BoD for approval;
10.2.4 propose compensation for the BoD members, the CEO and the ExB members (including newly appointed ExB members) for proposal to the AGM for approval;
10.2.5 review and propose the overall variable compensation pool and the key sub-pools to the BoD for approval and provide the BoD with a review of the compensation process on an annual basis;
10.2.6 review and approve the compensation proposals for other individuals (e.g. individuals classified as “Covered Employees”) as stipulated in the CC Charter;
10.2.7 receive periodic information on employee expense regulations;
10.2.8 inform the BoD on the decisions taken, review and propose any mandatory public disclosure of management compensation as well as the annual compensation report.
11. Risk Committee
11.1 With the exception of the chair of the RC, the RC may include non-independent BoD members, however the majority of the members must qualify as independent. The chair of the AC shall generally be appointed as one of the members of the RC. The RC shall establish its own charter to be submitted to the BoD for approval. The members of the RC shall satisfy all additional qualification requirements as set forth in the RC charter.
11.2 The RC shall, in particular, have the following responsibilities:
11.2.1 review and assess the integrity and adequacy of the risk management function of the Group, including risk measurement approaches;
11.2.2 review and calibrate:
the risk appetite at the level of the Group as well as at the level of key businesses considering capital, liquidity, funding, credit, market, model and climate risks, illiquid investment activities, and jointly with the AC, significant matters of non-financial risk as appropriate; and
major risk concentrations;
11.2.3 review significant client relationships and material transactions from a risk perspective;
11.2.4 propose to the BoD country risk appetites insofar as this authority has not been delegated (see Annex A II);
11.2.5 review and assess the business continuity management, risk measurement and management with respect to the ICS, and annually the firm-wide risk management framework;
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11.2.6 review jointly with the AC the annual assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of the ICS, the status of major infrastructure and committed change programs, as well as the control functions’ input into remuneration;
11.2.7 review reports on material risk matters of the Group, Divisions, Regions, Corporate Functions and subsidiaries of strategic importance;
11.2.8 review and assess the current state and evolution of the risk culture within the Group;
11.2.9 mandate the Credit Risk Review function.
11a. Credit Risk Review
11a.1 Credit Risk Review is given its mandate from the RC to independently assess the Group’s credit risk management practices, identify issues impacting the quality of credit risk management, and report its findings to the RC.
11a.2 The Global Head of Credit Risk Review functionally reports to the chair of the RC, and the Credit Risk Review team administratively is part of the CRO function.
11a.3 The Global Head of Credit Risk Review is appointed by the RC, in consultation with the CRO.
11a.4 The RC approves the annual review plan, budget and compensation for the Credit Risk Review team.
11a.5 Credit Risk Review has unrestricted access to all information, systems, and employees required to fulfill its mandate.
11a.6 Credit Risk Review has the final decision on the reporting of credit risk related findings and risk rating changes as a result of its review process. Credit Risk Review shall prepare its reports independently, and the content of these reports will distributed to senior management and RC as set forth in the mandate.
12. Conduct and Financial Crime Control Committee
12.1 The CFCCC may include non-independent BoD members, however the majority of the members must qualify as independent. The chair of the AC shall generally be appointed as one of the members of the CFCCC. The CFCCC shall establish its own charter to be submitted to the BoD for approval.
12.2 The CFCCC shall, in particular, have the following responsibilities:
12.2.1 review the Group’s overall compliance framework for addressing financial crime risk;
12.2.2 assess the effectiveness of financial crime compliance programs, including those with respect to the following areas:
anti-money laundering;
client identification and know-your-client (KYC);
client on and off boarding;
politically exposed persons (PEP);
economic and trade sanctions;
anti-bribery and anti-corruption; and
client compliance.
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12.2.3 review reports by the CCO and senior business leaders on material matters related to financial crime compliance, including matters concerning employee conduct;
12.2.4 review the findings of Internal Audit and the external auditors related to financial crime compliance;
12.2.5 in the compensation process, provide input to the CC with respect to relevant financial crime compliance issues, as well as provide support and advice to the CC;
12.2.6 conduct joint reviews with the AC and/or RC as appropriate.
13. Digital Transformation and Technology Committee
13.1 The DTTC may include non-independent BoD members. The DTTC shall establish its own charter to be submitted to the BoD for approval.
13.2 The DTTC shall, in particular, have the following responsibilities:
13.2.1 oversee and drive the strategic alignment of the Group’s technology investments and spend as well as the governance standards for digital transformation across the Group;
13.2.2 oversee the execution of the Group’s major digitalization and technology initiatives and tracks the progress made;
13.2.3 identify and assess opportunities and threats to the Group’s business model from the digital transformation;
13.2.4 work closely with the RC and AC in regards of overseeing technology-driven risks;
13.2.5 obtain independent external perspectives and thought leadership to select technology trends with impact on the Group and the financial services industry more broadly; and in relation to these trends, critically examine the strategies and activities within the Group;
13.2.6 review reports by the CTOO on material matters related to digital transformation and technology.
14. Sustainability Advisory Committee
14.1 The SAC is an interdisciplinary body, which acts as an advisor to the BoD. It is chaired by a BoD member and shall further consist of the Chairman, at least one additional BoD member appointed by the BoD, the CEO, CRO and – if appropriate – other members appointed by the BoD, who need not be employees of the Group. The SAC shall establish its own charter to be submitted to the BoD for approval. Otherwise, the regulations regarding the committees shall be applicable mutatis mutandis.
14.2 The SAC shall support and advise the BoD as follows: (1) observation and assessment of the general business relevant environment and trends regarding sustainability; (2) development of recommendations to the BoD in relation to the execution of the Group’s sustainability strategy and targets; and (3) monitoring and assessing the effectiveness of the sustainability initiatives and programs within the Group.
14.3 The SAC members may ask the Chairman for access to information from within the Group, which they need to fulfill their duties.
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III. Management organization
15. General provisions
15.1 The ExB shall have the overall responsibility for the operational management of the Group.
15.2 The businesses of the Group are managed through four Divisions. They are supported by designated Corporate Functions, which provide products, infrastructure and services to the Divisions, as well as perform control activities, independent from the Divisions. The Regions reinforce the Group’s integrated model of global businesses and support the Divisions and Corporate Functions across the various businesses, in particular in terms of market, client and talent development. In addition, the Regions oversee the legal entities, maintain the relationship with the regulators and ensure a robust risk-based control environment. The Divisions and Regions coordinate their activities in collaboration with the Corporate Functions where appropriate.
16. Chief Executive Officer
16.1 The CEO shall be appointed by the BoD and may not be a member of the BoD.
16.2 The CEO shall, in particular, have the following authorities and responsibilities with the right to delegate the performance and implementation of such authorities and responsibilities further:
16.2.1 designate, upon consultation with and approval by the Chairman, a deputy who shall exercise all responsibilities and authorities in case the CEO may not be able to exercise his function;
16.2.2 establish a management organization that avoids the creation or appearance of conflicts of interests and enables the Group to effectively operate its businesses as one economic unit in accordance with the strategy approved by the BoD. In particular, he shall establish a risk management function, a legal function and a compliance function independent from any business line;
16.2.3 issue policies necessary for the management and operation of the Group, to the extent that this is not the responsibility of the BoD;
16.2.4 supervise the business activities and be responsible for the implementation of resolutions of the BoD and its committees;
16.2.5 approve actions and transactions and receive reports in line with annex A;
16.2.6 ensure that the reporting duties to the BoD and its committees as stipulated in sections 6.3 and 8 through 13 of this OGR as well as the applicable committee charters are fulfilled.
17. Executive Board
17.1 The ExB members are appointed by the BoD. In general, the ExB is composed of the Divisional CEOs, the Regional CEOs and the heads of the Corporate Functions. The CEO shall act as the chair of the ExB. Otherwise, the ExB shall organize itself.
17.2 The CEO shall have a right to veto any decision taken by the ExB. He shall inform the Chairman on any such vetoes.
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17.3 The ExB shall, in particular, have the following authorities and responsibilities:
17.3.1 regularly review and co-ordinate significant initiatives, projects and business developments in and across the Divisions, Regions and Corporate Functions and reconcile any issues;
17.3.2 regularly review the consolidated and divisional financial performance;
17.3.3 establish annually the strategic business plans, performance targets and budgets, including resource allocation, for the Group as a whole, as well as the Divisions and the Regions, subject to approval by the BoD, and implement such plans;
17.3.4 grant corporate titles for CSG and CS and signatory power for CS in line with section 43;
17.3.5 approve the annual capital expenditure plan and establish the approval authorities for investments within the approved plan as well as extraordinary investments in line with section 15 of annex A;
17.3.6 approve key policies for the Group, in particular, the Group Policy on Inter-Company Guarantees and the Group Policy on Capital of Branches and Subsidiaries;
17.3.7 appoint the Group’s representatives in important commissions or organizations;
17.3.8 approve actions and transactions and receive reports in line with annex A.
17.4 Any member of the ExB must notify the CEO promptly and the ExB at the next opportunity of any extraordinary events or risks occurring in the course of ongoing business activities.
17.5 All board and similar mandates, held by a member of the ExB by virtue of that member’s office, shall be relinquished upon termination of service within the Group, unless otherwise determined by the GNC in consultation with the CEO.
18. ExB committees
The ExB establishes the following regular committees and approves their Terms of Reference:
the ExB RMC;
the Group CALMC;
the CS AG Parent CALRMC;
the VARMC; and
the GCB.
19. ExB Risk Management Committee
19.1 The ExB RMC shall consist of the members of the ExB and such other members as the CEO shall appoint. The CEO, CRO and CCO shall serve as co-chairs. Each of the co-chairs shall have a right to veto any decision taken by the ExB RMC individually and shall inform the RC chair on the respective matter in the event such veto is used. The ExB RMC shall meet at least on a monthly basis. Otherwise the ExB RMC shall organize itself.
19.2 The ExB RMC may establish sub-committees to monitor specific risks or sub-committees within Divisions, Regions or subsidiaries and may delegate relevant authorities to these sub-committees as required. Such sub-committees inform the ExB RMC on a regular basis.
19.3 The ExB RMC shall approve actions and transactions and receive reports in line with annex A.
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19.4 The ExB RMC shall approve all risk limit applications requiring final approval by the RC or the BoD.
19.5 The ExB RMC shall, in particular, have the following authorities and responsibilities:
19.5.1 Steer and monitor the development and execution of the bank’s risk management strategy, in line with the risk management framework approved by the BoD;
19.5.2 Review and resolve issues pertaining to risk escalated by the risk functions of any Division, Region or Corporate Function or by any ExB member and escalate risk issues requiring additional oversight to the responsible committee or to the full BoD;
19.5.3 Serve as the risk appetite approval authority for risk appetite across all risk types for the Group and Divisions within the risk appetite approved by the BoD. This covers all financial and non-financial risk, including liquidity risk (including triggers for contingency funding plan activation), country risk appetites, market-specific financial crime and reputational risk appetite for higher risk markets (incl. Market Area Risk Appetites) as well as annual divisional and global PEP risk appetite limits and categorization;
19.5.4 Monitor and review the aggregate and top risk exposures as well as major risk concentrations (e.g. single name, product, industry, collateral, counterparty);
19.5.5 Review elevated or emerging risks, including but not limited to, key clients, product offerings, and portfolio risks, as well as any other risks that can pose a threat to the Group;
19.5.6 Monitor key risk trends and metrics, including limit breaches and remediation.
19.5.7 Review the Group’s key businesses with focus on key risks and mitigation;
19.5.8 Review Group key non-financial risks and risks identified through other processes (e.g. global read-across, significant incident deep dives) and appropriateness of risk mitigation;
19.5.9 Review and assess the appropriateness and efficiency of the ICS as well as approve strategy and risk tolerance for BCM;
19.5.10 Review risk relevant regulatory developments, commitments and remediation; and
19.5.11 Ensure the Group-wide implementation of and compliance with the Group’s sustainability and reputational risk policy commitments.
20. Group Capital Allocation and Liability Management Committee
20.1 The CEO shall appoint the members of the Group CALMC, which shall include the CFO, CRO and the Divisional CEOs and may include other ExB members. The CFO shall serve as chair. The Group CALMC shall meet at least on a quarterly basis. Otherwise the Group CALMC shall organize itself.
20.2 The Group CALMC shall, in particular, have the following delegable authorities and responsibilities related to funding, liquidity and capital matters:
20.2.1 review the funding and balance sheet trends and activities;
20.2.2 plan and monitor regulatory and business liquidity requirements;
20.2.3 plan and monitor internal and regulatory capital adequacy as well as Leverage and RWA utilization including direct responsibility over central hedging activities and delegation authority on local hedging initiatives;
20.2.4 approve the Group Policy on Funding Authority in line with section 26.2.5;
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20.2.5 review and propose the Group and CS AG Parent contingency funding plan for approval by the BoD;
20.2.6 be responsible for the interest rate risk in the banking books position taking and decides on changes to approaches related to the investments of own equity;
20.2.7 set targets, approve and review adherence to targets for capital allocation, funding, liquidity and capital management actions including the review and monitoring of share re-purchases;
20.2.8 maintain an optimized global booking model with established booking principles and review and challenge migration initiatives; and
20.2.9 oversees different initiatives focused on solving pre-defined areas negatively affecting our Group Effective Tax Rate and hence negatively affecting our Group Return on Tangible Equity.
21. CS AG Parent Capital Allocation, Liability and Risk Management Committee
21.1 The Head of Risk for CS AG Parent and Head of Treasury in CFO shall be appointed as members and co-chairs of the CS AG Parent CALRMC. Each of the co-chairs shall have a right to veto any decision taken by CS AG Parent CALRMC individually and shall inform the CRO and CFO on the respective matter in the event such veto is used. The CS AG Parent CALRMC shall meet at least on a bi-monthly basis. Otherwise, the CS AG Parent CALRMC shall organize itself.
21.2 The CS AG Parent CALRMC shall, in particular, have the following authorities and responsibilities related to capital management, liquidity management and risk management matters of CS AG Parent:
21.2.1 review and approve all risk limit applications for CS AG Parent requiring final approval by the BoD;
21.2.2 setting risk standards and strategies for CS AG Parent complementing the overall Group risk management with considerations regarding CS AG Parent-specific vulnerabilities;
21.2.3 review and resolve issues pertaining to risks of CS AG Parent escalated by the risk functions of any Division, Region, Corporate Function or branch. Provide notification of risk issues requiring additional oversight to the ExB RMC;
21.2.4 serve as the risk appetite authority for CS AG Parent and its branches, within the risk appetite approved by the BoD. Review the risk appetite with focus on the key risk types (1) Credit Risk, (2) Market Risk, (3) Non-Traded Market Risk, (4) Country Risk, (5) Business Risk, (6) Non-Financial Risk and (7) Enterprise Risk, including the dependencies with regulatory capital constraints;
21.2.5 monitor and review the CS AG Parent aggregate risk profile, in particular the CS AG Parent-specific vulnerabilities;
21.2.6 review elevated or emerging risks, in particular portfolio risks that can pose a threat to the CS AG Parent’s financial resilience;
21.2.7 monitor key risk trends and metrics, including limit breaches and remediation pertaining to CS AG Parent;
21.2.8 review the risks associated with key CS AG Parent-booked businesses and holding company activities with focus on CS AG Parent-specific vulnerabilities and mitigation;
21.2.9 review the capital, liquidity and funding trends and activities of CS AG Parent;
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21.2.10 review the existing business booked into CS AG Parent to ensure the ability to generate an appropriate risk/return, subject to broader accounting, tax or other financial and/or capital objectives; and
21.2.11 review and challenge the Major Subsidiary financial and capital plans, including key risks and key dependencies, such as dividends or other capital repatriations from the Major Subsidiaries to CS AG Parent, ahead of approvals by the respective Major Subsidiary governance bodies.
22. Valuation Risk Management Committee
22.1 The CEO shall appoint a minimum of five members from the ExB and senior management to form the VARMC. The CFO shall generally be appointed as a member and chair the VARMC. Otherwise, the VARMC shall organize itself.
22.2 The VARMC shall, in particular, have the following delegable authorities and responsibilities: It regularly reviews the Inventory Valuation Reviews, establishes policies regarding the valuation of certain important assets and the policies and calculation methodologies applied in the valuation process, and monitors and assesses valuation risks.
23. Group Conduct Board
23.1 The CEO shall appoint a minimum of five members from the ExB and senior management to form the GCB. The Global Head of HR, GC, CCO, CFO and CRO shall generally be appointed as members and the Global Head of HR shall co-chair the GCB together with one of the other ExB members on an annually rotating basis. Otherwise, the GCB shall organize itself.
23.2 The GCB shall, in particular, have the following authorities and responsibilities:
23.2.1 establish and determine a governance framework for the management of conduct matters throughout the Group;
23.2.2 oversee the global disciplinary process, ensuring it is applied in a fair and consistent manner and ensuring cross-divisional and cross-regional harmonization and alignment;
23.2.3 review disciplinary measures and serve as the decision body for disciplinary matters escalated from the Divisions, Regions and Corporate Functions (subject to escalation to the ExB);
23.2.4 serve as a review panel to consider potential significant events and make recommendations to the CC on individual compensation outcomes;
23.2.5 review findings from conduct related investigations and consider these in the context of determining disciplinary outcomes;
23.2.6 report on progress to key stakeholders.
24. Other Committees
24.1 The CEO may establish further ExB committees if deemed appropriate.
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IV. Corporate Functions
25. General provisions
25.1 While the Divisions and Regions remain responsible for certain critical operational functions, the Corporate Functions are consolidated at Group level.
25.2 The CEO allocates the management of such consolidated Corporate Functions to the CFO, the GC, the CRO, the CCO, the CTOO, and the Global Head of HR.
25.3 The CFO, the GC, the CRO, the CCO, the CTOO, and the Global Head of HR shall have the authority to issue policies for their respective functions as well as for areas where the execution of specific duties within their functions is allocated to the Divisions or Regions.
25.4 The CEO may designate other Corporate Functions and appoint the heads of such Corporate Functions.
26. Chief Financial Officer
26.1 The CFO shall be appointed by the BoD and shall report directly to the CEO.
26.2 The CFO shall, in particular, have the following authorities and responsibilities (“CFO duties”), with the right to delegate the performance and implementation of such CFO duties further:
26.2.1 establish an organizational basis to manage all financial matters of the Group, i.e. including in subsidiaries and branches, as well as all other business areas allocated to the CFO;
26.2.2 establish a controlling, accounting, product control, tax, treasury and investor relation function;
26.2.3 ensure transparent and timely financial reporting (accounting policies, statutory and consolidated financial statements) internally as well as to the public and regulators in line with legal and regulatory requirements as well as best practice;
26.2.4 ensure together with the GC, CRO and CCO that all regulatory reports are filed on a timely basis;
26.2.5 develop and propose to the Group CALMC for approval the Group Policy on Funding Authority defining in particular the authorities and responsibilities for:
the use of money market and capital market instruments and derivatives for the management of the balance sheet;
the use of capital market transactions, the issuance and sale of notes, bonds, preferred shares and similar securities;
the issuance of structured notes; and
borrowings by the Group.
26.2.6 manage regulatory and business liquidity and capital adequacy within the general bands set by the regulators, the BoD and the ExB RMC;
26.2.7 manage corporate real estate services and supply management;
26.2.8 approve actions and transactions and receive reports in line with Annex A;
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26.2.9 appoint and oversee the divisional and regional CFOs;
26.2.10 execute other responsibilities and authorities delegated by the BoD or the CEO.
27. General Counsel
27.1 The GC shall be appointed by the BoD and shall report directly to the CEO.
27.2 The GC shall have all necessary authorities for legal matters within the Group. In particular, the GC shall have the following authorities and responsibilities (“GC duties”), with the right to delegate the performance and implementation of such GC duties further:
27.2.1 establish an organizational basis for the management of all legal matters of the Group, i.e. including in subsidiaries and branches, independent from any business line;
27.2.2 manage the Global Litigation and Investigations function, responsible for handling affirmative and defensive civil litigation, arbitrations, and mediations, as well as regulatory and governmental inquiries, investigations and enforcement proceedings and for conducting internal investigations, in conjunction with the CCO Investigations function as deemed appropriate;
27.2.3 manage Public Policy and – together with the responsible Regional CEO – Regulatory Affairs;
27.2.4 be responsible for the representation of the Group vis à vis the lead regulators (excluding CRO related matters; see section 28, and CFO related matters; see section 26) and coordinate with the CCO and Regional CEOs the representation of the Group vis à vis other regulators and governmental authorities;
27.2.5 ensure, together with the CFO, CCO and CRO function that all regulatory reports are filed on a timely basis;
27.2.6 ensure, together with the Divisional CEOs, the Regional CEOs, the CCO and CRO that all license requirements are continuously adhered to;
27.2.7 manage security services;
27.2.8 appoint and oversee the divisional and regional GCs;
27.2.9 execute other responsibilities and authorities delegated by the BoD or the CEO.
28. Chief Risk Officer
28.1 The CRO shall be appointed by the BoD and shall report directly to the CEO.
28.2 The CRO shall, in particular, have the following authorities and responsibilities (“CRO duties”), with the right to delegate the performance and implementation of such CRO duties further:
28.2.1 establish an organizational basis to manage all financial and non-financial risk management matters of the Group, i.e. including in subsidiaries and branches, and also including an appropriate credit risk management, market risk management, liquidity risk management, and non-financial risk management function, all of which shall be independent from any business line;
28.2.2 establish a risk reporting system that ensures, in particular, that relevant information on the risk portfolio is provided to the ExB on a regular basis;
28.2.3 designate a Chief Credit Officer, who shall have the authority to approve actions and transactions with material impact on global portfolio limits, in line with the credit risk policy;
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28.2.4 appoint and oversee the Divisional and Regional CROs, who shall have the authority to approve actions and transactions in line with Annex A;
28.2.5 represent the Group vis-a-vis the lead regulators in technical risk management related matters;
28.2.6 ensure, together with the CFO, CCO and the GC that all regulatory reports are filed on a timely basis;
28.2.7 ensure, together with the Divisional CEOs, the Regional CEOs, the CCO and GC, that all license requirements are continuously adhered to;
28.2.8 establish a RPSC and appoint its chair and members. The RPSC shall, in particular, have the following authorities and responsibilities:
review major risk management processes;
issue general instructions, standards and processes concerning risk management;
approve material changes in market, credit and operational risk management standards and policies and related methodology with notification to the ExB RMC and the chairman of the RC;
review and approve procedures for analyzing and monitoring the risk portfolio;
review and approve risk measurement principles and key parameter changes; and
review and approve the standards for the computation of the amount of risk capital for all types of transactions.
28.2.9 approve actions and transactions and receive reports in line with annex A;
28.2.10 facilitate that the risk governance bodies of the Major Subsidiaries determine their respective governance framework for the adoption of global policies and for the issuance of subsidiary specific policies;
28.2.11 execute other responsibilities and authorities delegated by the BoD or the CEO.
29. Chief Compliance Officer
29.1 The CCO shall be appointed by the BoD and shall report directly to the CEO.
29.2 The CCO shall, in particular, have the following authorities and responsibilities (“CCO duties”) with the right to delegate the performance and implementation of such CCO duties further:
29.2.1 establish an organizational basis to manage all compliance matters of the Group independent from any business line;
29.2.2 establish a compliance reporting system that ensures that relevant information on compliance matters is provided to the ExB on a regular basis;
29.2.3 set global compliance standards, frameworks and policies, and oversee global compliance programs and compliance risk monitoring, including setting standards for adherence to the principles of consolidated supervision and overseeing their implementation;
29.2.4 coordinate together with the GC, the Divisional CEOs and the Regional CEOs the representation of the Group vis-a-vis other regulators and authorities in Regions where Regulatory Affairs is not present or does not hold the day-to-day relationship;
29.2.5 ensure, together with the CFO, CRO and the GC that all regulatory reports are filed on a timely basis;
29.2.6 ensure together with the Divisional CEOs, the Regional CEOs, CRO and GC that all license requirements are continuously adhered to;
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29.2.7 appoint and oversee the CCOs for each Division and Region, Financial Crime Compliance, and Central Compliance;
29.2.8 other responsibilities and authorities delegated by the BoD or the CEO.
30. Chief Technology and Operations Officer
30.1 The CTOO shall be appointed by the BoD and shall report directly to the CEO.
30.2 The CTOO shall, in particular, have the following authorities and responsibilities (“CTOO duties”), with the right to delegate the performance and implementation of such CTOO duties further:
30.2.1 establish an organizational basis to manage all IT matters and deliver and maintain effective IT solutions for critical business initiatives within the Group, i.e. including subsidiaries and branches;
30.2.2 drive and manage the digital transformation of the Group;
30.2.3 be responsible for the new business process and policy;
30.2.4 run global operations;
30.2.5 be responsible for BCM;
30.2.6 appoint and oversee the divisional and regional CTOO/COO functions;
30.2.7 execute other responsibilities and authorities delegated by the BoD or the CEO.
31. Global Head of Human Resources
31.1 The Global Head of HR shall be appointed by the BoD and shall report directly to the CEO.
31.2 The Global Head of HR shall, in particular, have the following authorities and responsibilities (“HR duties”), with the right to delegate the performance and implementation of such HR duties further:
31.2.1 establish an organizational basis to manage all HR matters of the Group, i.e. including in subsidiaries and branches, as well as other business areas allocated to the Global Head of HR;
31.2.2 be responsible, together with the Divisional CEOs, the Regional CEOs and heads of the Corporate Functions, for the implementation of all Group policies related to HR, as well as to ensure ethical value and professional standards (Code of Conduct);
31.2.3 appoint and oversee the divisional and regional heads of HR;
31.2.4 execute other responsibilities and authorities delegated by the BoD or the CEO.
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V. Divisions
32. General provisions
32.1 While the CEO and the members of the ExB have the overall management responsibility for the Group, the responsibility for the operational management of the Divisions and the subsidiaries and branches, for which the management has been allocated to the Divisions, lies with the Divisional CEOs.
32.2 The Divisional CEOs shall establish for their Divisions their own MC. They shall be responsible for establishing an efficient organizational and management structure in the Division. The Divisional CEO consults with the ExB prior to making significant changes to the organizational and management structure in the Divisions.
33. Divisional CEOs
33.1 The Divisional CEOs shall be appointed by the BoD and report directly to the CEO.
33.2 The Divisional CEOs shall be responsible for the operational management of the businesses and subsidiaries and branches allocated to their Division. They shall, in particular, have the following authorities and responsibilities (’Divisional CEOs duties’) with the right to delegate the performance and implementation of such Divisional CEOs duties further:
33.2.1 establish an adequate organizational basis to manage the divisional businesses and subsidiaries and branches allocated to such Division; with regard to the subsidiaries and branches they shall consult with the responsible Regional CEO;
33.2.2 appoint the managers of the divisional business areas;
33.2.3 receive reports and manage matters escalated from the divisional business areas;
33.2.4 issue policies, in coordination with the CCO, necessary for the management and operation of the Division, to the extent that it is not the responsibility of the BoD, the CEO or the ExB;
33.2.5 actively co-ordinate business activities with the other Divisional CEOs, the responsible Regional CEOs and the responsible Business Heads;
33.2.6 coordinate with the GC and the responsible Regional CEOs the representation of the Group vis à vis other regulators and authorities in regions where Regulatory Affairs is not present in the respective region or does not hold the day-to day relationship;
33.2.7 ensure, together with the GC, the CCO, the CRO and the responsible Regional CEOs that all license requirements are continuously adhered to; and
33.2.8 execute other responsibilities and authorities delegated by the BoD or the CEO.
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34. Divisional Management Committee
34.1 The Divisional MC shall consist of the Divisional CEO and other members from Divisional management appointed by the Divisional CEO upon consultation with and approval by the CEO. The Divisional CEO shall act as the chair of the MC. Otherwise, the MC shall organize itself.
34.2 The Divisional MC shall, in particular, have the following delegable authorities and responsibilities:
34.2.1 regularly review and co-ordinate significant initiatives, projects, and business developments in the Divisions and efficiently reconcile any arising issues; and
34.2.2 develop the divisional strategic business plan and budget for approval by the ExB.
34.3 Any MC member must notify the Divisional CEO promptly and the MC at the next opportunity of any extraordinary risks occurring in the course of ongoing business activities.
35. Divisional Risk Management Committee
35.1 The Divisional CEO shall establish a Divisional RMC for his area of responsibilities, which shall consist of the Divisional Head, members from the Divisional MC, selected members of senior management as well as representatives from relevant Regions and Corporate Functions. The Divisional RMC may hold meetings jointly with other Divisional RMCs and/or RMCs of the major subsidiaries. Other than that, the Divisional RMC may organize itself.
35.2 The Divisional RMC shall, in particular, have the following delegable authorities and responsibilities:
35.2.1 regularly review and discuss Division specific market and credit risk matters;
35.2.2 perform tasks delegated to it by the ExB RMC;
35.2.3 set limits to control or cap businesses as appropriate;
35.2.4 regularly review and discuss Division specific operational risks, legal and compliance issues and internal control matters if these tasks are not performed by another divisional committee;
35.2.5 ensure that significant divisional risks are escalated to the ExB RMC or other bodies at CS level as appropriate.
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VI. Regional management
36. General provisions
36.1 Each of the four geographic regions (Switzerland, EMEA, APAC, Americas) is led by a Regional CEO. Given the particular position as home market of the Group, supplementary regulations may be set forth for the Region Switzerland, which may also deviate from the following regulations. They need to be approved by the ExB.
36.2 The Regional CEOs shall establish their own Regional MCs. They are responsible for an efficient organizational and management structure in the Region. The Regional CEOs consult with the ExB prior to making significant changes to the organizational and management structure in the Regions.
37. Regional Chief Executive Officer
37.1 The Regional CEOs shall be appointed by the BoD and shall report directly to the CEO.
37.2 The Regional CEOs shall, in particular, have the following authorities and responsibilities (“Regional CEO duties”) as it relates to their Region with the right to delegate the performance and implementation of such Regional CEO duties further:
37.2.1 issue policies necessary for the management and operation of their Region, to the extent that it is not the responsibility of the BoD, the CEO, the ExB or a Division and to the extent it does not concern the responsibility of a Corporate Function;
37.2.2 be responsible for the management of the Region and establish an appropriate management organization for the countries, subsidiaries and branches in their Region. Appoint, upon consultation and approval by the CEO, the country heads and appoint and oversee the management of the subsidiaries, branches and representative offices;
37.2.3 determine – together with the Divisional CEOs concerned and within the overall risk limits framework as approved by the BoD – the risk limits for countries with an increased risk profile in their Region and be responsible for monitoring such risk limits;
37.2.4 receive reports and manage matters escalated from the countries, subsidiaries, branches and representative offices in their Region;
37.2.5 foster the business development of the Group in their Region by driving and coordinating cross-divisional collaboration, as well as by fostering business growth and key client coverage in their Region;
37.2.6 oversee risk management activities in their Region, and decide – together with the Divisional CEOs concerned – in particular on sensitive transactions and the on-boarding of high-risk clients. In addition, review – together with the Divisional CEOs concerned – high-risk client relationships over the life cycle. Coordinate any necessary action with the Divisions and Corporate Functions concerned;
37.2.7 represent the Group vis-a-vis authorities and key clients in their Region, individually or jointly with divisional or Corporate Functions representatives as appropriate;
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37.2.8 have ultimate responsibility for Legal Entity oversight and the relationship with regulators in their Region, with the exception of the relationship vis-a-vis the lead regulator (see also sections 27.2.4 and 29.2.4); responsible – together with the GC – for regulatory affairs in their Region;
37.2.9 decide – together with the Divisional CEO concerned – on hires or dismissals of employees with key functions (e.g. employees classified as “material risk takers and controllers”) in their Region, including promotion, variable compensation and disciplinary measures of such individuals;
37.2.10 are responsible – in close cooperation with the Divisional CEOs and HR - for the Regional leadership bench and talent strategy in their Region; ensure a consistent employee value proposition and an adequate firm-wide corporate culture in their Region.
38. Regional Management Committee
38.1 The Regional MCs shall consist of the Regional CEO and representatives of the Divisions, Corporate Functions, significant subsidiaries and country management appointed by the Regional CEO upon consultation with and approval by the CEO. The Regional CEO shall act as the chair of the Regional MC. Otherwise the Regional MC shall organize itself.
38.2 The regional MC shall, in particular, have the following authorities and responsibilities:
38.2.1 regularly review and co-ordinate significant cross-divisional initiatives, projects, business developments in their Region and efficiently reconcile any arising issues;
38.2.2 regularly review and assess regulatory and Legal Entity oversight;
38.2.3 provide the Divisions with information relevant for the strategic business plan and financial plans.
38.3 Any Regional MC member must notify the Regional CEO promptly and the Regional MC at the next opportunity of any extraordinary risks occurring in the course of ongoing business activities.
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VII. Subsidiary and branch governance
39. General provisions
39.1 Governance of Group subsidiaries and branches is based on the principles of consolidated supervision and an integrated oversight and management structure with global scope.
39.2 Subject to the applicable local laws, regulations and best practice standards, directors and officers of Group subsidiaries and branches are bound to ensure transparency and collaboration throughout the Group, in particular through the appropriate flow of information and cooperation within and across all business and organizational structures.
40. Subsidiary governance
40.1 The BoD designates those subsidiaries through which, collectively, the majority of the Group’s banking operations are conducted, as Major Subsidiaries, and in agreement with the CEO and consistent with applicable local law and regulations, may allocate certain responsibilities to these Major Subsidiaries.
40.2 The BoD approves the nominations and dismissals of the members of the board of the Major Subsidiaries and approves their remuneration. Major Subsidiaries shall furthermore be subject to a set of minimum governance standards, which are periodically reviewed and approved by the BoD.
40.3 Each Major Subsidiary shall have its own governance documents. These shall comply with all applicable local law and regulations and, to the extent possible, be consistent with the same principles and rules as stated in this OGR.
40.4 In order to ensure a transparent flow of information, meeting documentation and other information prepared for management purposes of Major Subsidiaries shall be shared with the supervisory and management bodies of the Group.
40.5 Further, CSG shall be informed about any material matter of a Major Subsidiary. Prior to a substantial decision of a Major Subsidiary, CSG shall be consulted at the earliest opportunity as specified by the governance documents of the relevant subsidiary.
40.6 The BoD may at any time define certain other subsidiaries and governance bodies as strategically important. They are – mutatis mutandis – subject to the regulations set forth in this section.
41. Branch governance
41.1 The ExB shall determine the governance and oversee the management of the Group’s branches and representative offices, in line with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
41.2 The Regional CEO of the Region, in which the branch is operating, shall determine the reporting lines for Branch Managers and the responsibility for the management of the branch’s business operations;
41.3 The Regional CEOs consider size and complexity of the branch’s organization and the materiality of its business operations. The ExB may classify branches with the most material operations as “Material Branches”. They are subject to a set of minimum governance standards. The ExB may apply the same or other governance standards for other branches.
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41.4 With respect to the management and oversight of the Material Branches, the following minimum governance standards shall apply:
41.4.1 the Regional CEO of the Region, in which the branch is operating, shall, upon consultation with the ExB, appoint the general manager of the branch (the “Branch Manager”). The Regional CEO shall serve as line manager to these Branch Managers or may delegate this responsibility. Branch Managers shall generally not also serve as officers of a Major Subsidiary or in a control function role. Branch Managers shall have the authority and responsibility for the management of branch matters and escalation of such to the Regional CEO or delegate;
41.4.2 the relevant Corporate Functions shall, upon consultation with the Branch Manager and, if appropriate, the Regional CEO or delegate, appoint a Branch CRO, CFO, CCO and GC, and may appoint other officers;
41.4.3 the Branch Manager shall establish a Branch Management Committee and, together with the Branch CRO, a Branch Risk Management Committee. The Branch Manager may establish further branch committees;
41.4.4 the responsibility for capital, liquidity and financial matters of the branches shall be with the CFO function; and
41.4.5 the mandates of the Branch Managers and other Branch management functions of the Material Branches may be defined in further detail, subject to approval by the ExB.
41.5 For branches not designated as material branches and representative offices, the Regional CEO of the Region, in which the branch or representative office is operating, shall appoint the Branch Manager or head of the representative office.
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VIII. Internal Audit
42. Internal Audit
42.1 Internal Audit shall systematically, objectively and independently assess whether major risks are appropriately identified and managed, the internal control system is effective, the governance processes established ensure compliance with applicable policies, laws and regulations, and management performs efficient monitoring and oversight.
42.2 Internal Audit is mandated by and reports to the AC. The Head of Internal Audit shall report directly to the chair of the AC. The Head of Internal Audit shall have unrestricted access to all information and all employees as it is required to perform his tasks.
42.3 The Head of Internal Audit shall be appointed by the BoD upon proposal by the AC and upon consultation by the GNC.
42.4 The authorities and responsibilities as well as the working procedures of Internal Audit shall be outlined in the charter of the AC and the Regulations for Internal Audit as adopted by the AC.
42.5 Internal Audit shall prepare its reports independently. The reports shall be distributed to executive bodies and ExB members as set forth in the Regulations for Internal Audit.
42.6 As set forth in the charter of the AC and in the Regulations for Internal Audit Internal Audit shall regularly submit reports to the AC on significant findings, the achievement of its annual audit objectives, and other matters as deemed appropriate.
42.7 Any member of the ExB may submit a request to the chair of the AC or, in his absence, to the Chairman, for Internal Audit to carry out a special project or investigation.
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IX. Special provisions
43. Conflicts of interest
43.1 The members of the BoD, the ExB, the Divisional and Regional MCs, the MCs of the Corporate Functions and all committees named herein are obliged to preserve the interests of the Group.
43.2 Conflicts of interest of a personal nature, private or professional, potential conflicts of interest and even the appearance of conflicts of interest should be avoided. Any conflicts of interest with respect to a particular transaction, including conflicts of interest of persons or companies with whom the member has close personal relations, should be disclosed to the chair of the relevant body prior to the resolution process for such transaction. The affected member shall not become involved in the resolution process for such transaction.
43.3 With respect to conflicts of interest arising because a member of a body is also a member of another body or company within the Group, which is involved or affected by the transaction or matter to be decided, the following principles shall apply:
43.3.1 the respective member shall disclose the conflict of interest and a personal assessment thereof in advance to the chairman of the relevant body and subsequently to that body itself unless this is obvious;
43.3.2 the relevant body shall take the interest of the other body or company into consideration and make reasonable efforts to find a solution that aligns the common interests of both bodies or companies as much as possible; and
43.3.3 if no solution according to OGR 43.3.2 can be found, the conflicted member shall generally abstain from voting.
44. Titles, signing authorities and Powers of Attorney
44.1 Corporate titles of the Group and signing authority on behalf of CS
44.1.1 The BoD appoints the CEO and the members of the ExB and grants them full signingauthority exercisable jointly by two.
44.1.2 The ExB appoints MDR, MDA, DIR, VP, AVP, ASO and ANL.
44.1.3 Joint signing authority is automatically granted to MDR, MDA, DIR and VP upon their appointment by the ExB in line with the AoA of CS.
44.1.4 Joint power of procuration (dual authorization) (i.e. Prokura according to Art 458ff of the Swiss Code of Obligations) is automatically granted to AVP, ASO and ANL upon their appointment by the ExB in line with the AoA of CS.
44.1.5 The ExB may grant limited signing authority (dual authorization) in the form of a commercial mandate (i.e. Handlungsvollmacht according to Art 462 of the Swiss Code of Obligation) to employees without a corporate title.
44.1.6 The ExB may establish policies to further detail signing authorities.
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44.2 Special provisions for signing authority on behalf of CSG
44.2.1 The approval of any signing authority (joint signing authority, joint power of procuration and commercial mandates) on behalf of CSG are approved by the BoD.
44.3 Functional titles
44.3.1 The ExB shall establish a policy to guide the use of functional titles within the Group.
44.4 Powers of Attorney
44.4.1 Powers of Attorney may be granted as set forth below to third parties, who may also be employees of the Group, authorizing such third parties to individually or jointly execute documents or take other actions in connection with actions and transactions approved consistent with the OGR.
44.4.2 Members of the ExB or the Divisional and Regional MC as well as the heads of the Corporate Functions and their direct reports may, jointly by two, grant Powers of Attorney or
designate certain employees with a corporate title of AVP or higher in the GC area to be authorized to grant, jointly by two, Powers of Attorney on behalf of CSG or CS. This primarily applies to the granting of Power of Attorney in legal proceedings;
designate certain employees with a corporate title of VP or higher in the Divisions, Regions or Corporate Functions to be authorized to grant, jointly by two, Powers of Attorney on behalf of CSG or CS. This applies to the granting of Power of Attorney not related to legal proceedings.
44.4.3 Powers of Attorney for the acts of any branch of CS outside Switzerland may be granted by two authorized signatories of such branch, one of which must be the branch manager or an MDR.
45. Meetings and minutes
45.1 Meetings of the BoD and its Committees
45.1.1 The BoD shall hold at least six ordinary meetings per year. The frequency of the meetings of the committees of the BoD shall be defined in the charter of the respective committee.
45.1.2 Extraordinary meetings of the BoD and its committees shall be held upon request by the chair of the respective body or any other member.
45.1.3 The meetings shall be called by the respective chair; sufficient notice of meetings shall be given prior to the meeting date and shall contain the items on the agenda.
45.1.4 The BoD and each committee shall designate a secretary who need not be a member of such body.
45.1.5 Preparatory documents for the meeting shall be made available in a timely manner. In principle, business matters asking for a formal decision may not be decided upon without advance documentation.
45.1.6 The respective chair shall decide as to the attendance of ExB members and senior management members at meetings.
45.1.7 Subject to statutory provisions to the contrary, the majority of the members of the respective body must be present for the purpose of passing resolutions. Participation via telephone or video-conference is permitted and deemed as attendance, whereby personal presence is preferred.
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45.1.8 A majority of the members of the BoD must be present in order to pass resolutions. The majority of the votes of the members present shall be necessary to pass a resolution. In the event of deadlock, the chair of the meeting shall cast the deciding vote.
45.1.9 Resolutions of the BoD or a committee may also be passed by way of written consent provided the text of the resolution is sent to all members of the respective body and provided that a majority of the members cast a vote. The procedure for circular resolutions should be restricted to the following cases: administrative and routine matters, matters of increased urgency, and matters with respect to which the core content has already been discussed by the BoD. Any member shall have the right to request, within the period stipulated for the vote, that the matter be discussed in a meeting.
45.1.10 The minutes of the BoD and its committees shall document all decisions made and reflect in a general matter the considerations made which led to the decisions taken.
45.1.11 The minutes of the BoD and its committees shall be signed by the chair and the secretary of the respective body. They shall be made available for review prior to the next meeting and approved thereat.
45.2 Meetings of ExB and other bodies reflected in the OGR
45.2.1 The CEO and the respective chair determine the frequency of meetings of the ExB and other bodies reflected in this OGR.
45.2.2 The ExB and other bodies reflected in the OGR may, unless otherwise instructed by the CEO or the respective chair or without being explicitly requested by an ExB member, record the resolutions only.
45.2.3 Otherwise the rules set out above for the meetings of the BoD and its committees shall in analogy be applicable to the meetings of the ExB and other bodies reflected in the OGR.
45.2.4 A majority of the members of the ExB and its committees must be present in order to pass resolutions. The majority of the votes of the members present shall be necessary to pass a resolution.
46. Financial year
The financial year is identical with the calendar year (1st of January until 31st of December).
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Annex A – Approval authorities
I. Authority for credit transactions and credit limits
1. General provisions
1.1 The management of credit risk is a joint responsibility between the Divisions and CRM. The ultimate credit risk decision generally lies with the Division, with CRM intervention being necessary in cases of material impacts on global portfolio limits. After credit assessment and endorsement by the respective front management, all credit exposures require approval under the authorities designated by the CRO, the Chief Credit Officer and Divisional CROs (subject to the provisions set out below). CRM can delegate authorities for the approval of credit transactions with fully standardized approval procedures to defined individuals from the front organization.
1.2 The CRO establishes and approves the Global Credit Risk Policy. The Chief Credit Officer –in consultation with the CRO – details the Global Credit Policy further by establishing divisional sub-policies.
1.3 All loans and other credit limits must be approved and documented and periodically reviewed in an independent credit review process in accordance with the policies set forth by the Chief Credit Officer.
1.4 The total credit limit for a client, or in the case of client groups, the aggregate of all total credit limits or transactions is relevant for the determination of the approval authority. This does not apply to credit transactions for which the CRM sets up fully standardized procedures for approval by representatives of the relevant front organization.
2. Approval authorities
2.1 The Chief Credit Officer has approval authority up to USD 3bn. Credit limits and underwritings exceeding this threshold are to be approved by the CRO.
2.2 The Divisional CROs have approval authority up to USD 2bn for investment grade and USD 1.5bn for non-investment grade.
2.3 Upon consultation with the CRO, the Chief Credit Officer shall establish a policy outlining the approval limits to be delegated to credit specialists, special managing bodies within CRM or defined representatives of the front organization. The maximum limit to be delegated may not exceed USD 2bn in aggregate. The policy shall also regulate the approval authorities establishing provision on credit positions, other actions in connection with credit recovery situation, temporary limit excesses and account overdrafts.
2.4 Upon consultation with the Chief Credit Officer, the Divisional CROs shall establish a policy outlining the approval limits to be delegated to credit specialists in their respective Divisions.
2.5 Any transaction which results in a counterparty exposure exceeding 25% of the available CET1 capital is subject to review by the CFO.
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2.6 The anticipated hold level for underwritings is generally to be achieved within 90 days but may vary depending on the nature of the transaction. During a prescribed period, underwriting positions may be exempt from certain limits if approved by the ExB RMC or its delegates.
2.7 The RC may temporarily approve higher approval authorities.
2.8 Subject to the endorsement by the CRO, the Divisional CROs shall establish, in accordance with OGR section 2.2, the authority for approving urgent credit transactions for their respective Divisions.
II. Authority for country risk appetites
3. Approval authorities
3.1 For the countries determined by the BoD according to section 5.1.10 of this OGR country risk appetites shall be approved at least on an annual basis. Approval authority for the country risk appetites is governed as follows:
3.1.1 Upon recommendation of the RC, the BoD approves the list of countries where authorities are delegated.
3.1.2 Approval of country risk appetites by the BoD is to be given upon the recommendation of the RC.
3.1.3 An overall Group Reserve may be established and is governed by the ExB RMC, which may further sub-delegate the authority.
3.1.4 Allocation of country risk appetites to the Divisions is determined by the ExB RMC, which may further sub-delegate the authority.
3.2 The country ratings are approved by the Group Chief Credit Officer.
III. Trading activities
4. Trading activities
4.1 The ExB RMC may establish trading risk and position limits for the Divisions and the major subsidiaries within the Group and may delegate the monitoring of such limits as appropriate.
4.2 The ExB RMC shall ensure that appropriate approval processes for transactions executed under these trading risk limits are established.
4.3 The CRO may approve temporary excesses of any trading risk and position limit up to a maximum of 10% until the next ExB RMC meeting, with immediate notice to the CEO, and with information to the ExB RMC and the BoD at its next meeting.
4.4 The CRO signs off on the incremental risk associated with excesses of ExB RMC limits and approves the remediation plan with immediate notice to the CEO and subsequent information to the ExB RMC and the BoD at the next opportunity.
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IV. Illiquid investments
5. General provisions
5.1 The illiquid investment limit covers transactions which due to their characteristics and risk profile are not subject to ExB RMC approved processes for trading activities outlined in section III of annex A and are not subject to the approval authorities outlined in section V of annex A.
5.2 The illiquid investment limit covers in particular seed money investments, private equity investments, including investments in portfolio companies and funds, and other illiquid investments, as well as investments pursued for bank strategic reasons, which are subject to section V below.
6. Approval authorities
6.1 The illiquid investment limit is approved by the BoD upon recommendation by the RC.
6.2 The ExB RMC shall allocate the illiquid investment limit to the Divisions in relation to their requirements. It may introduce restrictions to using the limit e.g. in terms of industry or type of business. The ExB RMC receives regular updates on the exposure under the illiquid investment limit.
6.3 The Divisions shall establish a governance model regarding investments under the illiquid investment limit as delegated to them by the ExB RMC. In particular, the Divisions shall establish rules as to approval authorities as well as information and escalation processes.
V. Formations, liquidations, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, long-term participations and other actions and transactions, legal cases
7. General provisions
7.1 The approval authorities as outlined herein are required for the actions and transactions described in sections 8 to 11b. They do not apply to transactions accounted for under the illiquid investment limit or investments made for trading purposes.
7.2 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section V or elsewhere in this OGR, the CFO or his delegate may approve any of the actions or transactions in sections 8 to 11b of annex A when they are taken or entered into in the context of or incidental to other actions and transactions that were previously approved in accordance with the OGR, with periodic information to the CEO.
7.3 When any approval or denial is given by the CFO’s delegate, he must give regular information to the CFO.
7.4 A “Non-operating Subsidiary” is any subsidiary that is both (a) not regulated and (b) and has no material contact with third parties. A subsidiary that is not a Non-operating Subsidiary is an “Operating Subsidiary”. “Regulated” means regulated or licensed in any jurisdiction as a bank, securities firm or other financial services provider.
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8. Formation and liquidation of subsidiaries
8.1 When directly or indirectly wholly owned by the Group and provided the formation or liquidation of the subsidiary will not result in a significant change to the organizational structure, the action shall be approved by the CFO or his delegate.
8.2 The formation or liquidation of a Non-Operating Subsidiary shall be approved by the CFO or his delegate.
8.3 Otherwise the formation or liquidation shall be approved in accordance with the approval authorities in section 12 of annex A, where the relevant total amount of the transaction is,
a) in the case of a formation, the total amount of capital to be initially provided (or anticipated to be provided in the short term) to such subsidiary by CSG, CS or one of its subsidiaries, and
b) in the case of a liquidation, the estimated value of the direct or indirect interest in the subsidiary at the time the determination to liquidate is made.
9. Merger, consolidation or similar transaction; acquisition or divestiture of a subsidiary, interest in a subsidiary or assets constituting a business
9.1 When solely among any of the direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries, except when such transaction results in a significant change to the organizational structure, the action or transaction shall be approved by the CFO or his delegate.
9.2 When, in connection with the day-to-day management of a line of business, a Non-operating Subsidiary is to be merged, consolidated, or be party to a similar transaction with a third party, the action or transaction shall be approved by the CFO or his delegate.
9.3 When, in connection with the day-to-day management of a line of business, a Non-operating Subsidiary, an interest in a Non-operating Subsidiary or assets constituting a business that is not regulated in the meaning of section 7.4 of annex A is to be acquired from or divested to a third party, the action or transaction shall be approved by the CFO or his delegate.
9.4 Otherwise the action or transaction shall be approved in accordance with the approval authorities in section 12 of annex A, where the relevant total amount of the transaction is,
a) in the case of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction, the difference between the estimated value of the resulting merged, consolidated, similarly combined entity or interest in such entity and the estimated value of the Group’s direct or indirect interest in any subsidiary that was a party to such merger, consolidation or similar transaction prior to such transaction, and
b) in the case of an acquisition or divestiture, the estimated value of/price paid for the subsidiary, interest in a subsidiary or assets constituting a business.
10. Acquisition or divestiture of a long-term participation
10.1 A long-term participation is generally an equity investment or equity-like investment (e.g. convertible debt instrument, call options, warrants) (collectively, an “Equity-Like Long-term Participation”) made by CSG or any of its subsidiaries for strategic reasons in a third party entity. Thereby it is not relevant whether or not the long-term participation is consolidated within the Group.
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10.2 An acquisition or a divestiture of a long-term participation must be approved as follows:
a) When the estimated value of/price paid for the long-term participation being acquired or divested is less than CHF 2 million, such transaction shall be approved by the responsible member of a Divisional MC, with information to the Divisional CEOs, the CEO and the CFO.
b) When a) above is inapplicable, a long-term participation is being acquired or divested in connection with the day-to-day management of a business line and such participation is in an entity that (i) is not regulated in the meaning of section 7.4 of annex A and (ii) has no material contact with third parties, the transaction shall be approved by the CFO or his delegate.
c) Otherwise the transaction shall be approved in accordance with the approval authorities in section 12 of annex A, where the relevant total amount of the transaction is the estimated value of/price paid for the long-term participation.
d) In case of an acquisition of an Equity-Like Long-term Participation, such transaction shall be approved according to a), b) or c) above both: (i) at the time of the acquisition of the Equity-Like Long-term Participation; and (ii) at the time it is intended to exercise the Equity-Like Long-term Participation into an equity participation within the meaning of Section 10.1.
11. Establishment or closure of branches and representative offices
11.1 The establishment or closure of a branch or a representative office of CSG, CS, and other direct subsidiaries of CSG shall be approved by the CEO upon consultation with the ExB and the relevant Regional CEO.
11.2 If not explicitly regulated otherwise or governed elsewhere, the establishment or closure of a branch or representative office of an Operating Subsidiary of CS shall be approved by the CFO or his delegate, upon consultation with the responsible Regional CEO.
11.3 The establishment or closure of a branch or representative office of a Non-operating Subsidiary of CSG or CS shall be approved by the CFO or his delegate.
11b. Legal cases
Settlements in respect of significant legal proceedings are reviewed by the GC and decided by the ExB where the sum involved is CHF 250m or more. The BoD is informed in accordance with sections 14.2.6 and 6.3. The conclusion of a settlement that has a significant impact on the strategy or reputation of the Group is subject to the approval of the BoD if the sum involved is CHF 500m or more.
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12. Approval authorities
Unless provided otherwise by section V of annex A, approval authority is governed as follows:
Transaction value  CFO or delegate CEO ExB Chairman BoD
=/< CHF 50m  D I
> CHF 50m =/< CHF 100m  D I
> CHF 100m =/< CHF 250m  D C I
> CHF 250m  D
D = Decision; C = Consultation; I = Information
VI. Reputational risks
13. Reputational risk management
13.1 Reputational risk management shall be regulated in a policy (GP-00103).
VII. Financing matters and capital expenditures
14. Financing of CSG, CS and its subsidiaries
14.1 The use of money market instruments and capital market transactions, the issuance and sale of bonds, structured notes and similar securities is governed by the Group Policy on Funding Authority.
14.2 The conclusion or extension of a loan agreement or a guarantee agreement in connection with a loan agreement of a subsidiary and draw-downs under such agreements are governed by the Group Policy on Funding Authority and the Policy on Inter-Company Guarantees.
14.3 Issuance of comfort letters, regulatory keep-well letters and similar documents on behalf of CSG or CS require approval by the CFO. Issuance of comfort letters, regulatory keep-well letters and similar documents on behalf of subsidiaries require approval by the CFO or his delegate.
15. Capital expenditures
15.1 The annual financial planning process for the Group shall include the planning of capital expenditure projects (in particular investments in IT and in Group owned real estate) as well as the total financial framework for capital expenditures.
15.2 The ExB shall approve the capital expenditure plan for the Group. The ExB shall further establish a policy outlining the authority for the approval of individual investments under the approved plan as well as the authority for approval of expenditures outside the approved plan.
15.3 For each project or investment, a written capital expenditure application prepared in accordance with the applicable policies must be submitted for review to the approving member of management or management body.
15.4 The authority for the purchase of real estate at auctions in connection with repossession proceedings against banking clients or the acquisition of such real estate (under such circumstances) shall be determined by the ExB RMC.
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Annex B – Approval authorities for Credit Suisse Group AG specific matters
I. Capital structure of CSG
1. Ordinary, authorized, conditional and conversion capital
1.1 The creation and any changes to the ordinary, authorized, conditional and conversion capital require approval by the shareholders upon proposal by the BoD.
1.2 The issuance of new shares out of ordinary or authorized capital as well as out of conversion capital may be executed by the BoD. In line with CSG’s AoA there is no quorum requirement for the acknowledgment of capital increases and the subsequent changes to the AoA.
1.3 The allocation of conditional capital for convertible bonds, contingent convertible bonds, bonds with options, shareholder options or similar instruments as well as for employee compensation plans is the responsibility of the BoD.
1.4 The allocation of conversion capital for contingent convertible bonds or similar instruments is the responsibility of the BoD.
II. Share register
2.1 The BoD appoints one or several Share Registrars.
2.2 The BoD issues or amends regulations governing the shareholders’ register.
2.3 The BoD shall receive at least annually a report on the shareholder structure according to the share register.
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CREDIT SUISSE GROUP AG
Paradeplatz 8
CH-8070 Zurich
Switzerland
www.credit-suisse.com
Exhibit 2.2
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES REGISTERED UNDER SECTION 12 OF THE EXCHANGE ACT
As of December 31, 2021, Credit Suisse Group AG (“Credit Suisse Group” and the “Company”) had shares and American Depositary Shares registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Credit Suisse Group’s subsidiary, Credit Suisse AG (the “Issuer,” “we,” “us,” and “our”), had certain Exchange-Traded Notes registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
REGISTERED SHARES
General
The following description of Credit Suisse Group’s registered shares is a summary and does not purport to be complete. The summary describes the material terms of the registered shares of Credit Suisse Group, par value CHF 0.04 per share, which Credit Suisse Group refers to as the Company’s “shares.” The summary is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Company’s Articles of Association, which are incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F of which this Exhibit 2.2 is a part.
As of December 31, 2021, Credit Suisse Group had fully paid and issued share capital of CHF 106,029,908.80, comprised of 2,650,747,720 registered shares with a par value of CHF 0.04 each.
Additionally, as of December 31, 2021, Credit Suisse Group had total conditional share capital in the amount of CHF 12,000,000, for the issuance of a maximum of 300,000,000 registered shares with a par value of CHF 0.04 each, reserved for the purpose of increasing share capital through the conversion of bonds or other financial market instruments of Credit Suisse Group or any subsidiary thereof that allow for contingent compulsory conversion into Credit Suisse Group’s shares and that are issued in order to fulfill or maintain compliance with regulatory requirements of Credit Suisse Group and/or any subsidiary thereof (“contingent convertible bonds”).
Additionally, as of December 31, 2021, Credit Suisse Group had conversion capital in the amount of CHF 6,000,000 for the issuance of a maximum of 150,000,000 registered shares (of which 111,524,164 were reserved for high-trigger capital instruments), to be fully paid in, with a par value of CHF 0.04 each, through the compulsory conversion upon occurrence of the trigger event of claims arising out of contingent convertible bonds of Credit Suisse Group and/or any subsidiary thereof, or other financial market instruments of Credit Suisse Group and/or any subsidiary thereof, that provide for a contingent or unconditional compulsory conversion into shares of Credit Suisse Group.
As of December 31, 2021, Credit Suisse Group, together with its subsidiaries, held 81,063,211 of its own shares, representing 3.06% of its issued shares. The Company’s shares are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange under the symbol “CSGN” and, in the form of American Depositary Shares, on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CS.”
Shareholder Rights
1. Dividend Rights
Under Swiss law, dividends may be paid out only if and to the extent a corporation has distributable profits from previous financial years or has freely distributable reserves, in each case, as presented on the annual statutory standalone balance sheet of the corporation. In addition, at least 5% of the annual net profits of a corporation must be retained and booked as general reserves for so long as these reserves amount to less than 20% of its paid-in share capital. The Company’s reserves currently exceed this 20% threshold.
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The Board of Directors of Credit Suisse Group (the “Board of Directors”) may propose that a dividend be paid out, but cannot itself set the dividend. The auditors must confirm that the dividend proposal of the Board of Directors conforms to statutory law and the Company’s Articles of Association. Dividends may be paid out only after approval of the shareholders. In practice, the shareholders usually approve the dividend proposal of the Board of Directors. Dividends are usually due and payable after the shareholders’ resolution approving the payment has been passed, but the shareholders can set a specific due date in the resolution itself. Under Swiss law, the statute of limitations in respect of dividend payments is five years.
2. Voting and Transfer
In principle, each share carries one vote at the Company’s shareholders’ meetings. The shares for which a single shareholder can directly or indirectly exercise voting rights for his or her own shares or as a proxy may not exceed 2% of the total outstanding share capital, except that such restrictions do not apply to (i) the exercise of voting rights by the independent proxy as elected by the shareholders’ meeting, (ii) shares in respect of which the holder confirms to the Company in the application for registration in the Company’s share register that he or she has acquired the shares in his or her name for his or her own account and in respect of which the disclosure obligations pursuant to the Swiss Federal Act on Financial Market Infrastructures and Market Conduct in Securities and Derivatives Trading dated June 19, 2015, as amended and the relevant ordinances and regulations have been fulfilled or (iii) shares registered in the name of a nominee, provided the nominee furnishes the Company with the name, address and shareholdings of any beneficial owner or group of related beneficial owners on behalf of whom the nominee holds 0.5% or more of the Company’s total outstanding share capital. The Board of Directors has the right to conclude agreements with nominees concerning both their disclosure requirement and the exercise of voting rights. Voting rights may be exercised only after a shareholder has been recorded in the share register as a shareholder with voting rights. In order to be registered in the share register, the purchaser must file a share registration form with the depository bank. The registration of shares in the Company’s share register may be requested at any time. Failing such registration, the purchaser may not vote or participate in shareholders’ meetings. Registration with voting rights is subject to certain restrictions as described below.
Legal entities, partnerships or groups of joint owners or other groups in which individuals or legal entities are related to one another through capital ownership or voting rights or have a common management or are otherwise interrelated, as well as individuals, legal entities or partnerships that act in concert (especially as a syndicate) with intent to evade the limitation on voting rights are considered as one shareholder or nominee.
Each shareholder, whether registered in the Company’s share register or not, is entitled to receive the dividends approved by the shareholders. The same principle applies for capital repayments in the event of a reduction of the share capital, and for liquidation proceeds in the event the Company is dissolved or liquidated. Under Swiss law, a shareholder has no liability for capital calls, but is also not entitled to reclaim its capital contribution. Swiss law further requires the Company to apply the principle of equal treatment to all shareholders.
The Company may issue shares in the form of single certificates, global certificates or uncertificated securities. The Company may convert issued shares from one form into another form at any time, without the approval of the shareholders. Shareholders have no right to demand that the Company’s shares be converted from one form into another form. Shareholders may, however, at any time request that the Company issue a certification attesting to the shares that they hold according to the Company’s share register.
The Swiss Federal Act on Intermediated Securities dated October 3, 2008, as amended (the “FISA”) provides for a regime for securities known as “intermediated securities.” Intermediated securities are fungible claims or membership rights against an issuer that are credited to one or more securities accounts of a custodian within the meaning of the FISA, which must be a regulated entity such as a bank or a securities dealer. The transfer of intermediated securities representing the Company’s shares, and the pledging of these intermediated securities as collateral, is governed by, and must be done in accordance with, the FISA. Transfer or pledging these intermediated securities as collateral by means of written assignment is not permitted.
3. Pre-Emptive Subscription Rights and Preferential Subscription Rights
Under Swiss law, any share issue, whether for cash or non-cash consideration, is subject to the prior approval of the shareholders. Shareholders have certain pre-emptive subscription rights (Bezugsrechte) to subscribe for new issues of shares as well as preferential subscription rights (Vorwegzeichnungsrechte) to subscribe for option bonds, convertible bonds or similar debt instruments with option or convertible rights in proportion to the nominal amount of shares held. A resolution adopted by a majority of at least two-thirds of the votes and the absolute majority of the share capital, in each case, represented at the shareholders’ meeting, may limit or exclude pre-emptive subscription rights in certain limited circumstances.
Notwithstanding the above, the Company’s Articles of Association provide that, in the case of contingent convertible bonds that provide for the issuance of new shares out of the Company’s conditional share capital, in order for the Board of Directors to exclude
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shareholders’ preferential subscription rights, the contingent convertible bonds must be issued on the national or international capital markets (including private placements with selected strategic investors). In such case, (i) the contingent convertible bonds must be issued at prevailing market conditions, (ii) the setting of the issue price of the new shares must take due account of the stock market price of the shares and/or comparable instruments priced by the market at the time of issue or time of conversion, and (iii) conditional conversion features may remain in place indefinitely.
Shareholders’ preferential subscription rights with regards to financial market instruments with conversion features will be granted. If a quick placement of contingent convertible bonds in large tranches is required, the Board of Directors is authorized to exclude shareholders’ preferential subscription rights. In such circumstances, these contingent convertible bonds must be issued at prevailing market conditions.
The Board of Directors determines the issue price of the new shares taking due account of the stock market price of the shares and/or comparable instruments.
4. Liquidation
Under Swiss law and the Company’s Articles of Association, the Company may be dissolved at any time, by way of liquidation or in the case of a merger in accordance with the Swiss Federal Act on Merger, Demerger, Transformation and Transfer of Assets dated October 3, 2003, as amended, based on a shareholders’ resolution, which must be passed by (i) in the case of dissolution by way of liquidation, a supermajority of at least three-quarters of the votes cast at the shareholders’ meeting, and (ii) in all other cases, a supermajority of at least two-thirds of the votes, and an absolute majority of the par value of the shares, represented at the shareholders’ meeting. As the Company is the Swiss ultimate parent company of a financial group, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA (“FINMA”) is the only competent authority to open restructuring or liquidation (bankruptcy) proceedings with respect to the Company. Under Swiss law, any surplus arising out of liquidation (after the settlement of all claims of all creditors) is distributed to shareholders in proportion to the paid-up par value of shares held.
Limitations on Share Ownership
There are no limitations under Swiss law or the Company’s Articles of Association on the rights of shareholders to own shares, subject to certain notification and other review requirements in the case of the direct or indirect acquisition of 10% or more of the Company’s banks’ capital or voting rights. The rights of any shareholder to vote may, however, be restricted in certain circumstances as described above.
AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES
General
The following description of the Company’s American Depositary Shares is a summary and does not purport to be complete. The ordinary shares of the Company may be issued in the form of American Depositary Shares, each representing deposited ordinary shares (the “Ordinary Shares”) of the Company. Each American Depositary Share represents one Ordinary Share deposited or subject to deposit under the Deposit Agreement (as hereafter defined) with a custodian for the Depositary (as hereafter defined) (the “Custodian”).
The following is a summary of the material terms of the Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement dated as of November 22, 2016 among the Company, The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Depositary”) and all other Owners and Holders from time to time of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder (the “Deposit Agreement”). The summaries and descriptions below do not purport to be complete statements of the relevant provisions of the Deposit Agreement, and are entirely qualified by that document. Please refer to Exhibit 1 on Form F-6 (File No. 333-256543 filed with the SEC on May 27, 2021. Copies of the Deposit Agreement are also available for inspection at the office of the Depositary at 240 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10286, and at the office of the Custodian.
Terms used but not defined herein have the meaning given to them in the Deposit Agreement.
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Voting Rights
Upon receipt from the Company of notice of any meeting of holders of Ordinary Shares at which holders of Ordinary Shares will be entitled to vote, or a solicitation of proxies or consents of holders of Ordinary Shares, if requested in writing by the Company, the Depositary shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, Disseminate to the Owners a notice, the form of which shall be approved by the Company in advance (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld), that shall contain (i) the information (including, without limitation, solicitation materials) contained in the notice of meeting received by the Depositary, (ii) a statement that the Owners as of the close of business on a specified record date will be entitled, subject to any applicable provision of Swiss law and of the Articles of Association or similar documents of the Company, to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of Ordinary Shares represented by their respective American Depositary Shares, (iii) a statement as to the manner in which those instructions may be given and (iv) the last date on which the Depositary will accept instructions (the “Instruction Cutoff Date”).
Upon the written request of an Owner of American Depositary Shares, as of the date of the request or, if a record date was specified by the Depositary, as of that record date, received on or before any Instruction Cutoff Date established by the Depositary, the Depositary may, and if the Depositary sent a notice under the preceding paragraph shall, endeavor, in so far as practicable, to vote or cause to be voted the amount of deposited Ordinary Shares represented by those American Depositary Shares in accordance with the instructions set forth in that request. The Depositary shall not vote or attempt to exercise the right to vote that attaches to the Deposited Securities, for purposes of establishing a quorum or otherwise, other than in accordance with instructions given by Owners and received by the Depositary, or exercise any discretion as to voting Deposited Securities.
There can be no assurance that Owners generally or any Owner in particular will receive the notice described above in time to enable Owners to give instructions to the Depositary prior to the Instruction Cutoff Date.
In order to give Owners a reasonable opportunity to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of voting rights relating to Ordinary Shares, if the Company will request the Depositary to Disseminate a notice as described above, the Company shall give the Depositary notice of the meeting, details concerning the matters to be voted upon and copies of materials to be made available to holders of Ordinary Shares in connection with the meeting not less than 30 days prior to the meeting date.
The Company has informed the Depositary that its Articles of Association and Swiss law require disclosures as a condition of voting by persons holding shares of the Company’s capital stock in excess of a specified threshold amount. If the Company instructs the Depositary to send a notice of a meeting of holders of Ordinary Shares as described above, it shall, at the same time, notify the Depositary of the amount of Ordinary Shares that, at the time, constitutes two percent of the Company’s outstanding share capital. If the amount of Ordinary Shares held under the Deposit Agreement as of the record date set by the Depositary with respect to that meeting exceeds the amount specified in the Company’s notice, the Depositary shall include in its notice to Owners a statement that an Owner may not give voting instructions on its own behalf if it beneficially owns an amount of Ordinary Shares (including Ordinary Shares represented by American Depositary Shares), and a Holder may not give voting instructions as proxy or substitute proxy of an Owner if it beneficially owns an amount of Ordinary Shares (including Ordinary Shares represented by American Depositary Shares), that constitutes 0.5% or more of the Company’s share capital (being one quarter of the amount of Ordinary Shares specified in the Company’s notice to the Depositary) unless that Owner, or that Holder, as the case may be, discloses to the Depositary the name, address and total beneficial ownership of Company share capital of that Owner or Holder, as the case may be. For the avoidance of doubt, under no circumstances shall the Depositary be entitled to exercise any discretion as to voting or vote on behalf of any Owner or Holder except in accordance with instructions received from that Owner or Holder. The Depositary shall forward to the Company each disclosure it receives under this paragraph, but will have no duty to verify the accuracy of any disclosure of that kind or any duty or liability if an Owner or Holder fails to disclose as required by this paragraph.
Distributions
Whenever the Depositary receives any cash dividend or other cash distribution on Deposited Securities, the Depositary shall, subject to the provisions of Section 4.5 of the Deposit Agreement, as promptly as practicable, convert that dividend or other distribution into Dollars and distribute the amount thus received (net of the fees and expenses of the Depositary as provided in Section 5.9 of the Deposit Agreement) to the Owners entitled thereto, in proportion to the number of American Depositary Shares representing those Deposited Securities held by them respectively; provided, however, that if the Custodian or the Depositary shall be required by applicable law to withhold and does withhold from that cash dividend or other cash distribution an amount on account of taxes or other governmental charges, the amount distributed to the Owners of the American Depositary Shares representing those Deposited Securities shall be reduced accordingly. However, the Depositary will not pay any Owner a fraction of one cent, but will round each Owner’s entitlement to the nearest whole cent.
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The Company or its agent will remit to the appropriate governmental agency in each applicable jurisdiction all amounts withheld and owing to such agency. The Depositary will, as promptly as practicable, forward to the Company or its agent such information from its records as the Company may reasonably request to enable the Company or its agent to file necessary reports with governmental agencies. Each Owner and Holder agrees to indemnify the Company, the Depositary, the Custodian and their respective directors, employees, agents and affiliates for, and hold each of them harmless against, any claim by any governmental authority with respect to taxes, additions to tax, penalties or interest arising out of any refund of taxes, reduced withholding at source or other tax benefit received by it.
If a cash distribution would represent a return of all or substantially all the value of the Deposited Securities underlying American Depositary Shares, the Depositary may require surrender of those American Depositary Shares and may require payment of or deduct the fee for surrender of American Depositary Shares (whether or not it is also requiring surrender of American Depositary Shares) as a condition of making that cash distribution. A distribution of that kind shall be a Termination Option Event.
Subject to the provisions of Sections 4.11 and 5.9 of the Deposit Agreement, whenever the Depositary receives any distribution other than a distribution described in Section 4.1, 4.3 or 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement on Deposited Securities (but not in exchange for or in conversion or in lieu of Deposited Securities), the Depositary shall, as promptly as practicable, cause the securities or property received by it to be distributed to the Owners entitled thereto, after deduction or upon payment of any fees and expenses of the Depositary and any taxes or other governmental charges, in proportion to the number of American Depositary Shares representing such Deposited Securities held by them respectively, in any manner that the Depositary reasonably deems equitable and practicable for accomplishing that distribution (which may be a distribution of depositary shares representing the securities received); provided, however, that if in the reasonable opinion of the Depositary such distribution cannot be made proportionately among the Owners entitled thereto, or if for any other reason (including, but not limited to, any requirement that the Company or the Depositary withhold an amount on account of taxes or other governmental charges or that securities received must be registered under the Securities Act of 1933 in order to be distributed to Owners or Holders) the Depositary reasonably deems such distribution not to be lawful and feasible, the Depositary may, after consultation with the Company to the extent practicable, adopt such other method as it may deem equitable and practicable for the purpose of effecting such distribution, including, but not limited to, the public or private sale of the securities or property thus received, or any part thereof, and distribution of the net proceeds of any such sale (net of the fees and expenses of the Depositary as provided in Section 5.9 of the Deposit Agreement) to the Owners entitled thereto, all in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.1 of the Deposit Agreement. The Depositary may withhold any distribution of securities under Section 4.2 of the Deposit Agreement if it has not received reasonably satisfactory assurances from the Company that the distribution does not require registration under the Securities Act of 1933. The Depositary may sell, by public or private sale, an amount of securities or other property it would otherwise distribute under Section 4.2 of the Deposit Agreement that is sufficient to pay its fees and expenses in respect of that distribution.
If a distribution under Section 4.2 of the Deposit Agreement would represent a return of all or substantially all the value of the Deposited Securities underlying American Depositary Shares, the Depositary may require surrender of those American Depositary Shares and may require payment of or deduct the fee for surrender of American Depositary Shares (whether or not it is also requiring surrender of American Depositary Shares) as a condition of making that distribution. A distribution of that kind shall be a Termination Option Event.
Whenever the Depositary receives any distribution on Deposited Securities consisting of a dividend in, or free distribution of, Ordinary Shares, the Depositary may, and shall, if the Company so requests in writing, deliver, as promptly as practicable, to the Owners entitled thereto, in proportion to the number of American Depositary Shares representing those Deposited Securities held by them respectively, an aggregate number of American Depositary Shares representing the amount of Ordinary Shares received as that dividend or free distribution, subject to the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement with respect to the deposit of Shares and issuance of American Depositary Shares, including withholding of any tax or governmental charge as provided in Section 4.11 of the Deposit Agreement and payment of the fees and expenses of the Depositary as provided in Section 5.9 of the Deposit Agreement (and the Depositary may sell, by public or private sale, an amount of the Ordinary Shares received (or American Depositary Shares representing those Ordinary Shares) sufficient to pay its fees and expenses in respect of that distribution). In lieu of delivering fractional American Depositary Shares, the Depositary may sell the amount of Ordinary Shares represented by the aggregate of those fractions (or American Depositary Shares representing those Ordinary Shares) and distribute the net proceeds, all in the manner and subject to the conditions described in Section 4.1 of the Deposit Agreement. If and to the extent that additional American Depositary Shares are not delivered and Ordinary Shares or American Depositary Shares are not sold, each American Depositary Share shall thenceforth also represent the additional Ordinary Shares distributed on the Deposited Securities represented thereby.
If the Company declares a distribution in which holders of Deposited Securities have a right to elect whether to receive cash, Ordinary Shares or other securities or a combination of those things, or a right to elect to have a distribution sold on their behalf, the Depositary
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shall, after consultation with the Company, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, make that right of election available for exercise by Owners in any manner the Depositary considers to be lawful and practical. As a condition of making a distribution election right available to Owners, the Depositary may require satisfactory assurances from the Company that doing so does not require registration of any securities under the Securities Act of 1933. If a right of election is made available to Owners and an Owner elects to receive the proposed dividend (x) in cash, the dividend shall be distributed upon the terms described in Section 4.1 of the Deposit Agreement, or (y) in American Depositary Shares, the dividend shall be distributed upon the terms described in Section 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement. Nothing herein shall obligate the Depositary or the Company to make available to Owners a method to receive the elective dividend in Ordinary Shares (rather than American Depositary Shares). There can be no assurance that Owners generally, or any Owner in particular, will be given the opportunity to receive elective distributions on the same terms and conditions as the holders of Ordinary Shares.
Reports and Other Communications
On or before the first date on which the Company gives notice, by publication or otherwise, of any meeting of holders of Ordinary Shares, or of any adjourned meeting of those holders, or of the taking of any action in respect of any cash or other distributions or the granting of any rights, the Company agrees to transmit to the Depositary and the Custodian a copy of the notice thereof in English but otherwise in the form given or to be given to holders of Ordinary Shares.
The Company will arrange for the translation into English, if not already in English, to the extent required pursuant to any regulations of the Commission, and the prompt transmittal by the Company to the Depositary and the Custodian of all notices and any other reports and communications which are made generally available by the Company to holders of its Ordinary Shares. If requested in writing by the Company, the Depositary will, as promptly as practicable, Disseminate, at the Company’s expense, those notices, reports and communications to all Owners or otherwise make them available to Owners in a manner that the Company specifies as substantially equivalent to the manner in which those communications are made available to holders of Ordinary Shares and compliant with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the American Depositary Shares are listed. The Company will timely provide the Depositary with the quantity of such notices, reports, and communications, as requested by the Depositary from time to time, in order for the Depositary to effect that Dissemination.
Rights
(a) If rights are granted to the Depositary in respect of deposited Ordinary Shares to purchase additional Ordinary Shares or other securities, the Company and the Depositary shall endeavor to consult as to the actions, if any, the Depositary should take in connection with that grant of rights. The Depositary may, to the extent deemed by it to be lawful and practical (i) if requested in writing by the Company, grant to all or certain Owners rights to instruct the Depositary to purchase the securities to which the rights relate and deliver those securities or American Depositary Shares representing those securities to Owners, (ii) if requested in writing by the Company, deliver the rights to or to the order of certain Owners or (iii) sell the rights to the extent practicable and distribute the net proceeds of that sale to Owners entitled to those proceeds. To the extent rights are not exercised, delivered or disposed of under (i), (ii) or (iii) above, the Depositary shall permit the rights to lapse unexercised.
(b) If the Depositary will act under (a)(i) above, the Company and the Depositary will enter into a separate agreement setting forth the conditions and procedures applicable to the particular offering. Upon instruction from an applicable Owner in the form the Depositary specified and upon payment by that Owner to the Depositary of an amount equal to the purchase price of the securities to be received upon the exercise of the rights, the Depositary shall, on behalf of that Owner, exercise the rights and purchase the securities. The purchased securities shall be delivered to, or as instructed by, the Depositary. The Depositary shall (i) deposit the purchased Ordinary Shares under the Deposit Agreement and deliver American Depositary Shares representing those Ordinary Shares to that Owner or (ii) deliver or cause the purchased Ordinary Shares or other securities to be delivered to or to the order of that Owner. The Depositary will not act under (a)(i) above unless the offer and sale of the securities to which the rights relate are registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Depositary has received an opinion of United States counsel that is reasonably satisfactory to it to the effect that those securities may be sold and delivered to the applicable Owners without registration under the Securities Act of 1933.
(c) If the Depositary will act under (a)(ii) above, the Company and the Depositary will enter into a separate agreement setting forth the conditions and procedures applicable to the particular offering. Upon (i) the request of an applicable Owner to deliver the rights allocable to the American Depositary Shares of that Owner to an account specified by that Owner to which the rights can be delivered and (ii) receipt of such documents as the Company and the Depositary agreed to require to comply with applicable law, the Depositary will deliver those rights as requested by that Owner.
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(d) If the Depositary will act under (a)(iii) above, the Depositary will use reasonable efforts to sell the rights in proportion to the number of American Depositary Shares held by the applicable Owners and pay the net proceeds to the Owners otherwise entitled to the rights that were sold, upon an averaged or other practical basis without regard to any distinctions among such Owners because of exchange restrictions or the date of delivery of any American Depositary Shares or otherwise.
(e) Payment or deduction of the fees of the Depositary as provided in Section 5.9 of the Deposit Agreement and payment or deduction of the expenses of the Depositary and any applicable taxes or other governmental charges shall be conditions of any delivery of securities or payment of cash proceeds under Section 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement.
(f) The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to determine that it may be lawful or feasible to make rights available to or exercise rights on behalf of Owners in general or any Owner in particular, or to sell rights.
Replacement of Deposited Securities
If the Depositary is notified of or there occurs any change in nominal value or any subdivision, combination or any other reclassification of the Deposited Securities or any recapitalization, reorganization, sale of assets substantially as an entirety, merger or consolidation affecting the issuer of the Deposited Securities or to which it is a party that is mandatory and binding on the Depositary as a holder of Deposited Securities and, as a result, securities or other property have been or will be delivered in exchange, conversion, replacement or in lieu of, Deposited Securities (a “Replacement”), the Depositary shall, if required, surrender the old Deposited Securities affected by that Replacement of Ordinary Shares and hold, as new Deposited Securities under the Deposit Agreement, the new securities or other property delivered to it in that Replacement. However, the Depositary may elect to sell those new Deposited Securities if in the opinion of the Depositary it is not lawful or not practical for it to hold those new Deposited Securities under the Deposit Agreement because those new Deposited Securities may not be distributed to Owners without registration under the Securities Act of 1933 or for any other reason, at public or private sale, at such places and on such terms as it reasonably deems proper and proceed as if those new Deposited Securities had been Redeemed as described in the Deposit Agreement. A Replacement shall be a Termination Option Event.
Amendment and Termination
The form of the Receipts and any provisions of the Deposit Agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended by written agreement between the Company and the Depositary without the consent of Owners or Holders in any respect that they may deem necessary or desirable. Any amendment that would impose or increase any fees or charges (other than taxes and other governmental charges, registration fees, cable, telex or facsimile transmission costs, delivery costs or other such expenses), or that would otherwise prejudice any substantial existing right of Owners, shall, however, not become effective as to outstanding American Depositary Shares until the expiration of 30 days after notice of that amendment has been Disseminated to the Owners of outstanding American Depositary Shares. Every Owner and Holder, at the time any amendment so becomes effective, shall be deemed, by continuing to hold American Depositary Shares or any interest therein, to consent and agree to that amendment and to be bound by the Deposit Agreement as amended thereby. Upon the effectiveness of an amendment to the form of Receipt, including a change in the number of Ordinary Shares represented by each American Depositary Share, the Depositary may call for surrender of Receipts to be replaced with new Receipts in the amended form or call for surrender of American Depositary Shares to effect that change of ratio. In no event shall any amendment impair the right of the Owner to surrender American Depositary Shares and receive delivery of the Deposited Securities represented thereby, except in order to comply with mandatory provisions of applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any governmental body should adopt new laws, rules or regulations which would require amendment or supplementation of the Deposit Agreement and the Receipts to ensure compliance therewith, the Company and the Depositary may amend or supplement the Deposit Agreement and the Receipts at any time in accordance with such changed laws, rules or regulations. Such amendment or supplement to the Deposit Agreement in such circumstances may become effective before a notice of such amendment or supplement is given to Owners or within any other period of time as required for compliance with such laws, rules or regulations.
The Company may initiate termination of the Deposit Agreement by notice to the Depositary. The Depositary may initiate termination of the Deposit Agreement if (i) at any time 60 days shall have expired after the Depositary delivered to the Company a written resignation notice and a successor depositary has not been appointed and accepted its appointment as provided in Section 5.4 of the Deposit Agreement, (ii) an Insolvency Event or Delisting Event occurs with respect to the Company or (iii) a Termination Option Event has occurred. If termination of the Deposit Agreement is initiated, the Depositary shall Disseminate a notice of termination to the Owners of all American Depositary Shares then outstanding setting a date for termination (the “Termination Date”), which shall be at least 90 days after the date of that notice, and the Deposit Agreement shall terminate on that Termination Date.
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After the Termination Date, the Company shall be discharged from all obligations under the Deposit Agreement except for its obligations to the Depositary under Sections 5.8, 5.9 and 7.6 of the Deposit Agreement.
At any time after the Termination Date, the Depositary may sell the Deposited Securities then held under the Deposit Agreement and may thereafter hold uninvested the net proceeds of any such sale, together with any other cash then held by it hereunder, unsegregated and without liability for interest, for the pro rata benefit of the Owners of American Depositary Shares that remain outstanding, and those Owners will be general creditors of the Depositary with respect to those net proceeds and that other cash. After making that sale, the Depositary shall be discharged from all obligations under the Deposit Agreement, except (i) to account for the net proceeds and other cash (after deducting, in each case, the fee of the Depositary for the surrender of American Depositary Shares, any expenses for the account of the Owner of such American Depositary Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement and any applicable taxes or governmental charges) and (ii) for its obligations under Section 5.8 of the Deposit Agreement and (iii) to act as provided below.
After the Termination Date, the Depositary shall continue to receive dividends and other distributions pertaining to Deposited Securities (that have not been sold), may sell rights and other property as provided in the Deposit Agreement and shall deliver Deposited Securities (or sale proceeds) upon surrender of American Depositary Shares (after payment or upon deduction, in each case, of the fee of the Depositary for the surrender of American Depositary Shares, any expenses for the account of the Owner of those American Depositary Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement and any applicable taxes or governmental charges). After the Termination Date, the Depositary shall not accept deposits of Ordinary Shares or deliver American Depositary Shares. After the Termination Date, (i) the Depositary may refuse to accept surrenders of American Depositary Shares for the purpose of withdrawal of Deposited Securities (that have not been sold) if in its judgment the requested withdrawal would interfere with its efforts to sell the Deposited Securities, (ii) the Depositary will not be required to deliver cash proceeds of the sale of Deposited Securities until all Deposited Securities have been sold and (iii) the Depositary may discontinue the registration of transfers of American Depositary Shares and suspend the distribution of dividends and other distributions on Deposited Securities to the Owners and need not give any further notices or perform any further acts under the Deposit Agreement except as otherwise provided in the Deposit Agreement.
Books of Depositary and List of Owners
The Depositary shall make available for inspection by Owners at its Office any reports, notices and other communications, including any proxy solicitation material, received from the Company which are both (a) received by the Depositary as the holder of the Deposited Securities and (b) made generally available to the holders of those Deposited Securities by the Company. The Company shall furnish reports and communications, including any proxy soliciting material to which this Section applies, to the Depositary in English, to the extent those materials are required to be translated into English pursuant to any regulations of the Commission.
Upon written request by the Company, the Depositary shall, as promptly as practicable, at the expense of the Company, furnish to it a list, as of a recent date, of the names, addresses and American Depositary Share holdings of all Owners, as such information is reflected in the Depositary’s records.
Limitations on Delivery, Transfer and Surrender
As a condition precedent to the delivery, registration of transfer or surrender of any American Depositary Shares or split-up or combination of any Receipt or withdrawal of any Deposited Securities, the Depositary, Custodian or Registrar may require payment from the depositor of Ordinary Shares or the presenter of the Receipt or instruction for registration of transfer or surrender of American Depositary Shares not evidenced by a Receipt of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any tax or other governmental charge and any stock transfer or registration fee with respect thereto (including any such tax or charge and fee with respect to Ordinary Shares being deposited or withdrawn) and payment of any applicable fees as provided in the Deposit Agreement, may require the production of proof satisfactory to it as to the identity and genuineness of any signature and may also require compliance with any regulations the Depositary may establish consistent with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, including, without limitation, Section 2.6 of the Deposit Agreement.
The delivery of American Depositary Shares against deposit of Ordinary Shares generally or against deposit of particular Ordinary Shares may be suspended, or the registration of transfer of American Depositary Shares in particular instances may be refused, or the registration of transfer of outstanding American Depositary Shares generally may be suspended, during any period when the transfer books of the Depositary are closed, or if any such action is deemed necessary or advisable by the Depositary or the Company at any time or from time to time because of any requirement of law or of any government or governmental body or commission, or under any provision of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Deposit Agreement, the
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surrender of outstanding American Depositary Shares and withdrawal of Deposited Securities may not be suspended, subject only to (i) temporary delays caused by closing of the transfer books of the Depositary or the Company or the Foreign Registrar, if applicable, or the deposit of Ordinary Shares in connection with voting at a shareholders’ meeting, or the payment of dividends, (ii) the payment of fees, taxes and similar charges, and (iii) compliance with any U.S. or foreign laws or governmental regulations relating to the American Depositary Shares or to the withdrawal of the Deposited Securities.
The Depositary shall not knowingly accept for deposit under the Deposit Agreement any Ordinary Shares that, at the time of deposit, are Restricted Securities.
The Depositary shall notify the Company, as promptly as practicable, of any suspension or refusal under Section 2.6 of the Deposit Agreement that is outside the ordinary course of business.
Limitations on Liability
Neither the Depositary nor the Company shall have any obligation or be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to any Holder of American Depositary Shares, but only to the Owner.
Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Switzerland or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the Articles of Association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company is prevented from, forbidden to or delayed in, or could be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing and therefore does not do or perform, any act or thing that, by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities, it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement (including any determination by the Depositary to take, or not take, any action that the Deposit Agreement provides the Depositary may take), (iii) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit that is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or Holders, or (iv) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution to which Section 4.1, 4.2 or 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement applies, or an offering to which Section 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement applies, or for any other reason, that distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners, and the Depositary may not dispose of that distribution or offering on behalf of Owners and make the net proceeds available to Owners, then the Depositary shall not make that distribution or offering available to Owners, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse.
Neither the Company nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents or affiliates assumes any obligation nor shall it or any of them be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to any Owner or Holder, except that the Company agrees to perform its obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith.
Neither the Depositary nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents or affiliates assumes any obligation nor shall it or any of them be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to any Owner or Holder (including, without limitation, liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities), except that the Depositary agrees to perform its obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith.
Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person.
Each of the Depositary and the Company and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or affiliates may rely, and shall be protected in relying upon, any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by it or them to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or affiliates shall be liable for any action or non-action by it or them in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Ordinary Shares for deposit, any Owner or any other person believed by it or them in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information.
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The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary.
The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or otherwise.
In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote.
The Depositary shall have no duty to make any determination or provide any information as to the tax status of the Company or any liability for any tax consequences that may be incurred by Owners or Holders as a result of owning or holding American Depositary Shares.
No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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EXCHANGE-TRADED NOTES
The following description of Credit Suisse AG’s Exchange-Traded Notes (the “ETNs”) is a summary and does not purport to be complete. It is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to (i) the senior indenture, dated March 29, 2007, between Credit Suisse AG (formerly Credit Suisse) and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as the Bank of New York) (the “Trustee”) (as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), which is incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 20-F of which this Exhibit 2.2 is a part and (ii) each of the notes or supplemental indentures to the Indenture under which each ETN was issued, each of which is incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Form 8-A filed for such ETN. We encourage you to read the Indenture together with the relevant notes, supplemental indentures and pricing supplements for each ETN.
The ETNs are part of a series of debt securities entitled “Senior Medium-Term Notes” (the “Medium-Term Notes”) that may be issued under the Indenture from time to time. The ETNs are senior, unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of the Issuer. There is no limitation on the aggregate principal amount of securities which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture, and such securities shall rank equally and pari passu with all other unsecured and unsubordinated debt of the Issuer, including the ETNs.
Unless otherwise specified, references to “holders” in this section mean those who own the ETNs registered in their own names, on the books that we or the Trustee, or any successor Trustee, as applicable, maintain for this purpose, and not those who own beneficial interests in the ETNs registered in street name or in the ETNs issued in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or another depositary.
References to “we,” “us” or “our” refer to the Issuer.
Description of Credit Suisse X-Links® Monthly Pay 2xLeveraged Mortgage REIT Exchange Traded Notes due July 11, 2036
Description of Credit Suisse S&P MLP Index Exchange Traded Notes due December 4, 2034 Linked to the S&P MLP Index
Description of Credit Suisse X-Links® Gold Shares Covered Call ETNs due February 2, 2033
Description of Credit Suisse X-Links Silver Shares Covered Call ETNs due April 21, 2033
Description of Credit Suisse X-Links® Crude Oil Shares Covered Call ETNs due April 24, 2037
Description of Credit Suisse FI Large Cap Growth Enhanced Exchange Traded Notes due June 13, 2024 Linked to the Russell 1000® Growth Index Total Return
Description of Credit Suisse FI Enhanced Europe 50 Exchange Traded Notes due May 11, 2028 Linked to the STOXX® Europe 50 USD (Gross Return) Index
Description of Credit Suisse X-Links® Monthly Pay 2xLeveraged Mortgage REIT Exchange Traded Notes due July 11, 2036
Defined terms used within this subsection are defined only with respect to the ETNs listed in the subsection heading above and described within this subsection.
General
The return on the Credit Suisse X-Links® Monthly Pay 2xLeveraged Mortgage REIT Exchange Traded Notes due May 16, 2036 (the “ETNs”) will be based on the monthly compounded leveraged performance of the price return version of the FTSE NAREIT All Mortgage Capped Index (the “Index”), as reflected by their Indicative Value, calculated as set forth below. The Index measures the performance of tax-qualified U.S. mortgage real estate investment trusts (“Mortgage REITs”) with more than 50% of total assets invested in mortgage loans or mortgage-backed securities secured by interests in real property (the “Index Constituents”), as selected and ranked by FTSE International Limited (the “Index Sponsor”) in accordance with the Index methodology. Each Index Constituent must, among other requirements, be a tax-qualified Mortgage REIT that is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Arca or the NASDAQ National Market List. The Index is subject to the policies of the Index Sponsor and is subject to the Index Sponsor’s discretion, including with respect to the implementation of, and changes to, the rules governing the Index methodology.
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Inception, Issuance and Maturity
The “Initial Trade Date” of the ETNs is July 12, 2016. The “Initial Settlement Date” of the ETNs is July 15, 2016. The scheduled maturity date of the ETNs is July 11, 2036.
Intraday Index Level
On each Trading Day, the Index Calculation Agent, or a successor Index Calculation Agent, will calculate and publish the intraday level of the Index every 15 seconds during normal trading hours on Reuters under the RIC “.FTFNMRC” and on Bloomberg under the ticker symbol “FNMRC”. The actual Index Closing Level, which is the closing level of the Index on any Trading Day, may vary, and on a cumulative basis over the term of the ETNs, may vary significantly, from the intraday level of the Index. In addition, the intraday level of the Index is likely to differ materially from the Index Closing Level used to determine the payment at maturity or upon early redemption or our call.
Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs
The Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs on the Initial Trade Date was equal to $25.00. The Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs on any Trading Day after the Initial Trade Date will be calculated by NYSE Arca (the “IV Calculation Agent”) and will equal:
(a) the product of
(i) the Current Principal Amount, multiplied by
(ii) the Index Factor as of such Trading Day, plus
(b) the Coupon Amount, if any, with respect to the most recent Coupon Valuation Date on or before such Trading Day if on such Trading Day the Coupon Ex-Date with respect to such Coupon Amount has not yet occurred, plus
(c) the Stub Reference Distribution Amount, if any, as of such Trading Day, minus
(d) the Accrued Fees as of such Trading Day.
If the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs is equal to or less than zero on any Trading Day, the Closing Indicative Value on that day, and all future days, will be zero.
Although the Closing Indicative Value approximates the Cash Settlement Amount and the Call Settlement Amount of the ETNs as of the applicable time, it is neither the Cash Settlement Amount nor the Call Settlement Amount. The Cash Settlement Amount and the Call Settlement Amount are likely to differ from the Closing Indicative Value, and the difference may be material. This is because:
The Cash Settlement Amount and the Call Settlement Amount are calculated using an average of the Index Closing Levels during the Final Valuation Period and the Call Valuation Period, respectively, and not the Index Closing Level on a single day;
The relevant Index Closing Levels during the Final Valuation Period and the Call Valuation Period, as applicable, may be materially different from the single Index Closing Level used to calculate the Closing Indicative Value;
The Index Performance Ratio during the Final Valuation Period and the Call Valuation Period, as applicable, may be materially different from such value used to calculate the Closing Indicative Value; and
The Closing Indicative Value does not take into account the declining deemed holdings of the Reference Holder of the Index Constituents in the calculation of the Stub Reference Distribution Amount during the Final Valuation Period and the Call Valuation Period, as applicable.
In addition, the Redemption Settlement Amount differs from the Closing Indicative Value because it is reduced by the Redemption Fee and the Index Closing Level for any Redemption Settlement Amount is determined on the applicable Redemption Valuation Date.
Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs
Generally, “intraday indicative value” is meant to approximate the expected trading value of the ETNs in a liquid market. The “Intraday Indicative Value” of the ETNs will be calculated and published by the IV Calculation Agent every 15 seconds on each Trading Day during normal trading hours so long as no Market Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing and will be disseminated over the consolidated tape or other major market data vendor, and is equal to:
(a) the product of
(i) the Current Principal Amount, multiplied by
(ii) the Index Factor calculated based on the most recently reported intraday level of the Index at such time, plus
(b) the Coupon Amount, if any, with respect to the most recent Coupon Valuation Date on or before such Trading Day if on such Trading Day the Coupon Ex-Date with respect to such Coupon Amount has not yet occurred, plus
(c) the Stub Reference Distribution Amount, if any, as of such Trading Day, minus
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(d) the Accrued Fees as of such Trading Day.
The calculation of the Closing Indicative Value or the Intraday Indicative Value will be provided for reference purposes only. It is not intended as a price or quotation, or as an offer or solicitation for the purchase, sale or termination of the ETNs, nor will it reflect hedging or other transactional costs, credit considerations, market liquidity or bid-offer spreads. The levels of the Index provided by the Index Calculation Agent will not necessarily reflect the depth and liquidity of the Index Constituents. For this reason and others, the actual trading price of the ETNs may be different from their Indicative Value.
The calculation of the Closing Indicative Value or the Intraday Indicative Value shall not constitute a recommendation or solicitation to conclude a transaction at the level stated, and should not be treated as giving investment advice.
The Closing Indicative Value and the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs will be calculated by the IV Calculation Agent and published on each Trading Day under the Bloomberg ticker symbol “REMLIV <INDEX>” and may also be calculated and published by other sources. The publishing of such values by the IV Calculation Agent or by others is subject to delay or postponement and published values may be inaccurate as a result of miscalculations, human error, or systems and technology errors. Credit Suisse does not (i) guarantee the completeness or accuracy of any published Indicative Value, (ii) make any representation or warranty with regard to any published Indicative Value, or (iii) assume responsibility for losses or damages arising out of a holder’s use of any published Indicative Value or any subsequent corrections or amendments to any published Indicative Value.
The actual trading price of the ETNs may be different from their Closing Indicative Value or the Intraday Indicative Value as well as from any other payment holders may be entitled to receive on the ETNs. The Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs, published at least every 15 seconds during normal trading hours, which is currently from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time), will be based on the intraday values of the Index, and may not be equal to the payment at maturity or upon early redemption or our call.
The Closing Indicative Value and the Intraday Indicative Value is calculated as of a particular time and date and will therefore not reflect subsequent changes in market values or prices or in any other factors relevant to their determination.
Suspensions or disruptions to the calculation of the Index, whether due to application of the Index methodology, human error, Index Sponsor discretion or otherwise, can result in lags, delays and distortions to the Index. Because the Intraday Indicative Value is based on the intraday levels of the Index, it will reflect lags and other disruptions and suspensions that affect the Index.
Indicative Value of the ETNs
The “Indicative Value” of the ETNs is the Intraday Indicative Value or the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs, as applicable.
Trading Price of the ETNs
The market value of the ETNs at any given time, which we refer to as the trading price, is the price at which holders may be able to sell their ETNs in the secondary market at such time, if one exists. In the absence of an active secondary market for the ETNs, the last reported trading price may not reflect the actual price at which holders may be able to sell their ETNs at a particular time. The trading price of the ETNs in the secondary market is not the same as the Indicative Value of the ETNs at any time or any other payment a holder is entitled to receive on the ETNs, even if a concurrent trading price in the secondary market were available at such time. The trading price of the ETNs at any time may vary significantly from the Indicative Value of the ETNs at such time or any other payment a holder may be entitled to receive on the ETNs, due to, among other things, imbalances of supply and demand of the ETNs (including as a result of any decision of ours to issue, stop issuing or resume issuing additional ETNs), the Index Constituents and derivatives related to the ETNs, the Index Constituents and the Index itself, trading disruptions or limitations to any of the foregoing or the occurrence or continuation of a Market Disruption Event. Premiums and discounts can also arise as a result of transaction costs, credit considerations and bid-offer spreads related to the ETNs, the Index Constituents and derivatives related to the ETNs, the Index Constituents and the Index itself. Furthermore, any premium over or discount to the Intraday Indicative Value reflected in the trading price of the ETNs may be reduced or eliminated at any time. Paying such a premium purchase price could lead to significant losses in the event a holder sells its ETNs at a time when such premium is no longer present in the marketplace or a holder’s ETNs are called at our option, in which case such holder will be entitled to receive a cash payment based on the Index Closing Level on the relevant determination dates. Investors should consult their financial advisers before purchasing or selling the ETNs, especially for ETNs trading at a premium over or at a discount to their Indicative Value.
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Coupon Payment
For each ETN a holder holds on a Coupon Record Date, such holder will receive on the applicable Coupon Payment Date an amount in cash equal to the Reference Distribution Amount, if any, as of the applicable Coupon Valuation Date (the “Coupon Amount”). The Coupon Amount payable on any Coupon Payment Date will equal the sum of the net cash dividends or distributions that a Reference Holder of Index Constituents would have been entitled to receive in respect of the Index Constituents during the relevant period. If the Reference Distribution Amount on such Coupon Valuation Date is zero, holders will not receive any Coupon Amount on the related Coupon Payment Date.
The “Reference Distribution Amount” is (a) as of the first Coupon Valuation Date, an amount equal to the sum of the net cash dividends or distributions that a Reference Holder would have been entitled to receive in respect of the Index Constituents held by such Reference Holder on the “record date” for those cash dividends or distributions whose “ex-dividend date” occurs during the period from and excluding the Initial Trade Date to and including the first Coupon Valuation Date; and (b) as of any other Coupon Valuation Date, an amount equal to the sum of the net cash dividends or distributions that a Reference Holder would have been entitled to receive in respect of the Index Constituents held by such Reference Holder on the “record date” for those cash dividends or distributions whose “ex-dividend date” occurs during the period from and excluding the immediately preceding Coupon Valuation Date to and including such Coupon Valuation Date, provided that for the purpose of calculating the Reference Distribution Amount during any Valuation Period, the Reference Holder will be deemed to hold 4/5, 3/5, 2/5 and 1/5 of the shares of each Index Constituent it would otherwise hold on the second, third, fourth and fifth Trading Day, respectively, in such Valuation Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to a net cash dividend or distribution for an Index Constituent which is scheduled to be paid prior to the applicable Coupon Ex-Date, if, and only if, the issuer of such Index Constituent fails to pay the dividend or distribution to holders of such Index Constituent by the scheduled payment date for such dividend or distribution, such dividend or distribution will be assumed to be zero for the purposes of calculating the applicable Reference Distribution Amount.
The “Coupon Payment Date” means the fifteenth (15th) Business Day following each Coupon Valuation Date, provided that a scheduled Coupon Payment Date corresponding to the Coupon Valuation Date immediately preceding the Final Valuation Date or the Call Valuation Date, as applicable, may be the Maturity Date or the Call Settlement Date, respectively, subject to adjustment as described herein. The initial Coupon Payment Date was August 19, 2016.
If the Maturity Date or the Call Settlement Date occurs prior to a scheduled Coupon Payment Date for which the Coupon Amount has been determined but not yet paid, instead of such Coupon Amount being paid on the regularly scheduled Coupon Payment Date, such Coupon Amount will be paid on either (a) the Maturity Date or (b) the Call Settlement Date if, as of the corresponding Final Valuation Date or Call Valuation Date, as applicable, the Coupon Ex-Date with respect to such Coupon Amount has occurred. In such case, such Coupon Amount will be included in the Cash Settlement Amount or Call Settlement Amount, as applicable.
The “Coupon Valuation Date” means the last scheduled Trading Day of each calendar month during the term of the ETNs (or if any such day is not a Trading Day, the next following Trading Day). The initial Coupon Valuation Date was July 29, 2016.
The “Coupon Record Date” means the ninth (9th) Business Day following the corresponding Coupon Valuation Date.
The “Coupon Ex-Date” means, with respect to a Coupon Amount, the first Trading Day on which the ETNs trade without the right to receive the Coupon Amount (under current NYSE Arca practice, the Coupon Ex-Date will generally be the first Trading Day prior to the applicable Coupon Record Date).
The “Reference Holder” is, as of any date of determination, a hypothetical holder of a number of units of each Index Constituent equal to two times (a) the published unit weighting of that Index Constituent as of that date, divided by (b) the product of (1) the Index Divisor as of that date, multiplied by (2) the Reset Initial Closing Level, divided by the Current Principal Amount. Such number of units is intended to reflect the hypothetical exposure the holder of a single ETN would have to each Index Constituent at any given time.
The “Index Divisor” is, as of any date of determination, the divisor used by the Index Calculation Agent to calculate the level of the Index. The Index Divisor as of November 4, 2020 was 83.791568.
record date” means, with respect to a dividend or distribution on an Index Constituent, the date on which a holder of such Index Constituent must be registered as a unitholder of such Index Constituent in order to be entitled to receive such dividend or distribution.
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ex-dividend date” means, with respect to a dividend or distribution on an Index Constituent, the first Trading Day on which transactions in such Index Constituent trade on its Primary Exchange without the right to receive such distribution.
Cash Settlement Amount at Maturity
The “Maturity Date” for the ETNs is July 11, 2036.
For each ETN a holder holds, unless earlier redeemed or called, such holder will receive on the Maturity Date a cash payment equal to (a) the product of (i) the Current Principal Amount, multiplied by (ii) the Index Factor as of the Final Valuation Date, plus (b) the Coupon Amount, if any, with respect to the most recent Coupon Valuation Date on or before the Final Valuation Date if on the Final Valuation Date the Coupon Ex-Date with respect to such Coupon Amount has not yet occurred, plus (c) the Stub Reference Distribution Amount, if any, as of the Final Valuation Date, minus (d) the Accrued Fees as of the Final Valuation Date. We refer to this amount as the “Cash Settlement Amount.” If the amount so calculated is less than zero, the Cash Settlement Amount will be zero. Any payment on the ETNs is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due.
The “Stub Reference Distribution Amount” is (a) as of any Coupon Valuation Date, an amount equal to zero; and (b) as of any other date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of the net cash dividends or distributions that a Reference Holder would have been entitled to receive in respect of the Index Constituents held by such Reference Holder on the “record date” for those cash dividends or distributions whose “ex-dividend date” occurs during the period from and excluding the immediately preceding Coupon Valuation Date (or if such date of determination occurs prior to the first Coupon Valuation Date, the period from and excluding the Initial Trade Date) to and including such date, provided that for the purpose of calculating the Stub Reference Distribution Amount during any Valuation Period, the Reference Holder will be deemed to hold 4/5, 3/5, 2/5 and 1/5 of the shares of each Index Constituent it would otherwise hold on the second, third, fourth and fifth Trading Day, respectively, in such Valuation Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to a net cash dividend or distribution for an Index Constituent which is scheduled to be paid prior to the applicable determination date, if, and only if, the issuer of such Index Constituent fails to pay the dividend or distribution to holders of such Index Constituent by the scheduled payment date for such dividend or distribution, such dividend or distribution will be assumed to be zero for the purposes of calculating the Stub Reference Distribution Amount.
As of any date of determination, the “Accrued Fees” will be the sum of (i) the Accrued Tracking Fee as of such date, plus (ii) the Accrued Financing Charge as of such date.
The “Final Valuation Period” is the five consecutive Trading Days ending on and including the Final Valuation Date. The Final Valuation Period is subject to adjustment as described under “Market Disruption Event.”
The “Final Valuation Date” is July 8, 2036, unless such day is not a Trading Day, in which case the Final Valuation Date will be the next Trading Day, subject to adjustment.
The “Financing Level” is, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the Current Principal Amount as of such date.
The “Accrued Financing Charge” as of the Initial Trade Date was equal to $0. As of any other Trading Day, the Accrued Financing Charge will equal (i) the Financing Rate as of such date, multiplied by (ii) the Financing Level as of such date, multiplied by (iii) (a) the number of calendar days from, but excluding, the immediately preceding Reset Valuation Date (or, in the case of the Trading Day that occurred prior to the initial Monthly Valuation Date, from, but excluding, the Initial Trade Date) to, and including, such Trading Day, divided by (b) 360.
The “Financing Rate” is, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the Financing Spread and (b) the London interbank offered rate (British Banker’s Association) for three-month deposits in U.S. Dollars, which is displayed on Reuters page LIBOR01 (or any successor service or page for the purpose of displaying the London interbank offered rates of major banks, as determined by the Calculation Agent), as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the immediately preceding Monthly Valuation Date (or, if such date of determination is on or before the initial Monthly Valuation Date, the Initial Trade Date), provided that such Monthly Valuation Date or Initial Trade Date, as applicable, is a London business day (or if any such date is not a London business day, the London business day immediately preceding it). “London business day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in London generally are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close and is also a day on which dealings in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.
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The “Accrued Tracking Fee” as of the Initial Trade Date was equal to $0. As of any other Trading Day, the Accrued Tracking Fee will equal the aggregate sum of the Tracking Fees as of each Trading Day starting from, but excluding, the immediately preceding Reset Valuation Date (or in the case of the Trading Day that occurred prior to the initial Monthly Valuation Date, from, but excluding, the Initial Trade Date) to, and including, such Trading Day.
The “Tracking Fee” is, as of any date of determination, an amount per ETN equal to (i) the Tracking Rate, multiplied by (ii) the ETN Performance Factor as of the immediately preceding Trading Day, multiplied by (iii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the total number of calendar days from, but excluding, the immediately preceding Trading Day to, and including, such date of determination, and the denominator of which is 365.
The “Tracking Rate” is 0.50% per annum.
The “ETN Performance Factor” is, as determined by the Calculation Agent as of any date of determination, an amount per ETN equal to the product of (i) the Current Principal Amount, multiplied by (ii) the number calculated as follows:
1 + 2 × (Index Closing Level — Reset Initial Closing Level) / Reset Initial Closing Level.
The “Current Principal Amount” was equal to $25.00 per ETN on the Initial Trade Date.
With respect to any other Trading Day, the Current Principal Amount for each ETN will be determined as follows:
If such Trading Day is a Reset Date:
Current Principal Amount = (Current Principal Amount as of the immediately preceding Trading Day × Index Factor on the immediately preceding Reset Valuation Date) — Accrued Fees on the immediately preceding Reset Valuation Date
If such Trading Day is not a Reset Date:
Current Principal Amount = Current Principal Amount as of the immediately preceding Trading Day.
Reset Date” refers to any Monthly Reset Date and any Leverage Reset Date. In the event of a Leverage Reset Event, the Current Principal Amount will be reset as described below under “Leverage Reset Events.”
Monthly Reset Date” is the first Trading Day of each month, beginning on August 1, 2016 and ending on July 1, 2036, subject to adjustment as described under “Market Disruption Event”; provided, however, that no Monthly Reset Date will occur on or after the Call Valuation Date.
Monthly Valuation Date” is the last Trading Day of each month, beginning on July 29, 2016 and ending on June 30, 2036, subject to adjustment as described under “Market Disruption Event.”
Reset Valuation Date” refers to any Monthly Valuation Date and any Leverage Reset Valuation Date.
The “Index Factor” will be calculated as follows:
1 + (2 × Index Performance Ratio)
The “Index Performance Ratio” on any Trading Day, will be:
Index Valuation Level — Reset Initial Closing Level
Reset Initial Closing Level
The “Index Valuation Level,” as determined by the Calculation Agent, on (1) any Averaging Trading Day will equal (a) 1/5, multiplied by (b)(i) the sum of the Index Closing Levels on each Trading Day from, and including, the first Trading Day in the applicable Valuation Period, to, but excluding, such Trading Day, plus (ii) the number of Trading Days from, and including, such Trading Day to, and including the Final Valuation Date or Call Valuation Date, as applicable, multiplied by the Index Closing Level on such Trading Day, or (2) on any other date of determination, including any Reset Valuation Date or any Redemption Valuation Date, will equal the Index Closing Level on such date.
On the Initial Trade Date, the “Reset Initial Closing Level” was 787.22, the Index Closing Level on the Initial Trade Date. On any other date of determination, the Reset Initial Closing Level will equal the Index Closing Level on the Reset Valuation Date immediately preceding such date of determination.
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The “Index Closing Level” is, on any Trading Day, the closing level of the Index as reported on Thomson Reuters (“Reuters”) or Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”). If the closing level of the Index as reported on Reuters (or any successor) differs from the closing level of the Index as reported on Bloomberg (or any successor), then the Index Closing Level will be the closing level of the Index as calculated by the Index Calculation Agent.
The “Index Calculation Agent” will be FTSE International Limited (“FTSE”). The Index Calculation Agent will be responsible for calculating and publishing the level of the Index.
Trading Day” means any day on which trading is generally conducted on the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Arca, NASDAQ and any other exchange on which the Index Constituents are traded and published.
Early Redemption at the Option of the Holders
Subject to compliance with the procedures described below under “Early Redemption Procedures” and the potential postponements and adjustments as described under “Market Disruption Event,” holders may submit a request (the “Redemption Notice”) to have us redeem their ETNs, in whole or in part, on any Trading Day through and including the final Redemption Notice Date, which will be June 30, 2036 (each Trading Day that a Redemption Notice is delivered or, if a Redemption Notice is delivered on a day that is not a Trading Day, the next Trading Day, a “Redemption Notice Date”) provided that (i) we will not accept a Redemption Notice submitted to us on any Trading Day after the fifth Trading Day preceding the Call Valuation Date; and (ii) a holder requests that we redeem a minimum of 50,000 ETNs. To satisfy the minimum redemption amount, a holder’s broker or other financial intermediary may bundle such holder’s ETNs for redemption with those of other investors to reach this minimum amount of 50,000 ETNs; however, there can be no assurance that they can or will do so. We may from time to time in our sole discretion reduce, in part or in whole, the minimum redemption amount of 50,000 ETNs. Any such reduction will be applied on a consistent basis for all holders of the ETNs at the time the reduction becomes effective.
When a holder submits its ETNs for redemption in accordance with the redemption procedures described below under “Early Redemption Procedures,” such ETNs may remain outstanding (and be resold by us or an affiliate) or may be submitted by us for cancellation.
The ETNs will be redeemed and the holders will receive payment for their ETNs on the third Business Day following the applicable Redemption Valuation Date (the “Redemption Settlement Date”). If a Market Disruption Event is continuing or occurs on the applicable scheduled Redemption Valuation Date with respect to any of the Index Constituents, such Redemption Valuation Date may be postponed as described under “Market Disruption Event.” Holders must comply with the early redemption procedures described below in order to redeem their ETNs.
The “Redemption Valuation Date” means the Trading Day following the applicable Redemption Notice Date (as defined below), subject to adjustment as described under “Market Disruption Event.”
If a holder exercises its right to have us redeem its ETNs, subject to compliance with the procedures described under “Early Redemption Procedures,” for each applicable ETN such holder holds, such holder will receive a cash payment on the relevant Redemption Settlement Date equal to:
(a) the product of
(i) the Current Principal Amount multiplied by
(ii) the Index Factor as of the Redemption Valuation Date, plus
(b) the Coupon Amount, if any, with respect to the most recent Coupon Valuation Date on or before the Redemption Valuation Date if on the Redemption Valuation Date the Coupon Ex-Date with respect to such Coupon Amount has not yet occurred, plus
(c) the Stub Reference Distribution Amount, if any, as of the Redemption Valuation Date, minus
(d) the Accrued Fees as of the Redemption Valuation Date, minus
(e) the Redemption Fee.
We refer to this cash payment as the “Redemption Settlement Amount.”
If the amount calculated above is less than zero, the Redemption Settlement Amount will be zero. Any payment on the ETNs is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due.
We will inform holders of such Redemption Settlement Amount on the first Trading Day following the applicable Redemption Valuation Date.
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Holders may lose some or all of their investments upon early redemption. Because the Accrued Fees and the Redemption Fee reduce the final payment, the monthly compounded leveraged return of the Index plus any Coupon Amounts and any Stub Reference Distribution Amount as of the Redemption Valuation Date, if any, will need to be sufficient to offset the negative effect of the Accrued Fees and the Redemption Fee, if applicable, in order for a holder to receive an aggregate amount equal to or greater than its investment in the ETNs. If the monthly compounded leveraged return of the Index plus any Coupon Amounts and any Stub Reference Distribution Amount as of the Redemption Valuation Date, if any, is insufficient to offset such a negative effect or if the monthly compounded leveraged return of the Index is negative, Holders will lose some or all of their investments upon early redemption.
The “Accrued Fees” will be calculated as of any Redemption Valuation Date as the sum of (i) the Accrued Tracking Fee as of such date and (ii) the Accrued Financing Charge as of such date.
The “Accrued Tracking Fee” as of any Redemption Valuation Date will equal the aggregate sum of the Tracking Fees as of each Trading Day starting from, but excluding, the immediately preceding Reset Valuation Date (or in the case of the Redemption Valuation Date that occurred prior to the initial Monthly Valuation Date, from, but excluding, the Initial Trade Date) to, and including, such Redemption Valuation Date.
The “Accrued Financing Charge” as of any Redemption Valuation Date is an amount equal to (i) the Financing Rate as of such date, multiplied by (ii) the Financing Level as of the applicable Redemption Valuation Date, multiplied by (iii) (a) the number of calendar days from, but excluding, the immediately preceding Reset Valuation Date (or, in the case of the applicable Redemption Valuation Date that occurred prior to the initial Monthly Valuation Date, from, but excluding, the Initial Trade Date) to, and including, the applicable Redemption Valuation Date, divided by (b) 360.
The “Redemption Fee” means the product of (a) 0.125%, multiplied by (b) the Current Principal Amount, multiplied by (c) the Index Factor as of the applicable Redemption Valuation Date.
Early Redemption Procedures
If a holder wishes to offer its ETNs to Credit Suisse for early redemption, such holder’s broker or other person with whom its holds its ETNs must follow the following procedures:
Deliver a notice of early redemption (the “Redemption Notice”), to Credit Suisse via email or other electronic delivery as requested by Credit Suisse. If the Redemption Notice is delivered prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, the immediately following Trading Day will be the applicable “Redemption Valuation Date.” If the Redemption Notice is delivered at or after 4:00 p.m. (New York City time), the applicable Redemption Valuation Date will be the second following Trading Day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we will not accept a Redemption Notice submitted to us after June 30, 2036 or on any day after the fifth Trading Day preceding the Call Valuation Date. If Credit Suisse receives such Redemption Notice prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time), on any Trading Day, Credit Suisse will respond by sending the relevant holder’s broker an acknowledgment of the Redemption Notice accepting such holder’s early redemption request by 7:30 p.m. (New York City time), on the Trading Day prior to the applicable Redemption Valuation Date. Credit Suisse or one of its affiliates must acknowledge to such holder’s broker or other person with whom it holds its ETNs acceptance of the Redemption Notice in order for such holder’s early redemption request to be effective;
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Credit Suisse may, at its option, waive the requirement that the Redemption Notice be delivered as set forth above, if confirmed by Credit Suisse that a written indication of an offer for early redemption has otherwise been accepted by Credit Suisse. Any such written indication that is delivered at or after 4:00 p.m. (New York City time), on any Trading Day, will be deemed to have been made on the following Trading Day. For the avoidance of doubt, a holder may choose to comply with the procedures set forth above in lieu of the procedures in this clause, irrespective of any waiver by Credit Suisse;
Instruct the holder’s DTC custodian to book a delivery versus payment trade with respect to the ETNs on the applicable Redemption Valuation Date at a price equal to the applicable Redemption Settlement Amount, facing us; and
Cause the holder’s DTC custodian to deliver the trade as booked for settlement via DTC at or prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time), on the applicable Redemption Settlement Date (the third Business Day following the Redemption Valuation Date).
The holder is responsible for (i) instructing or otherwise causing its broker or other person with whom it holds its ETNs to provide the Redemption Notice (unless otherwise waived by Credit Suisse as set forth above) and (ii) its broker satisfying the additional requirements as set forth in the second, third and fourth bullets above in order for the early redemption to be effected. Different brokerage firms may have different deadlines for accepting instructions from their customers. Accordingly, a holder should consult the brokerage firm through which it owns its interest in the ETNs in respect of such deadlines. If Credit Suisse does not (i) receive the Redemption Notice from the holder’s broker prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) and (ii) deliver an acknowledgment of such Redemption Notice to such broker accepting such early redemption request by 7:30 p.m. (New York City time), on the Trading Day
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prior to the applicable Redemption Valuation Date, such notice will not be effective for such Trading Day and Credit Suisse will treat such Redemption Notice as if it was received on the next Trading Day. Any redemption instructions for which Credit Suisse receives a valid confirmation in accordance with the procedures described above will be irrevocable after Credit Suisse confirms the offer for early redemption.
Our Call Right
We have the right to call all, but not less than all, of the issued and outstanding ETNs upon not less than sixteen (16) calendar days’ prior notice (the “Call Notice”) to the holders of the ETNs, such call to occur on any Business Day through and including the Maturity Date (the “Call Settlement Date”). We will specify the Call Settlement Date in the Call Notice. In the event we exercise our Call Right, holders will receive for each ETN they hold a cash payment equal to:
(a) the product of
(i) the Current Principal Amount multiplied by
(ii) the Index Factor as of the Call Valuation Date, plus
(b) the Coupon Amount, if any, with respect to the most recent Coupon Valuation Date on or before the Call Valuation Date if on the Call Valuation Date the Coupon Ex-Date with respect to such Coupon Amount has not yet occurred, plus
(c) the Stub Reference Distribution Amount, if any, as of the Call Valuation Date, minus
(d) the Accrued Fees as of the Call Valuation Date.
We refer to this cash payment as the “Call Settlement Amount.” If the amount calculated above is less than zero, the Call Settlement Amount will be zero.
The “Call Valuation Date” will be a scheduled Trading Day that will be specified in the Call Notice, unless such day is not a Trading Day, in which case the Call Valuation Date will be the next Trading Day, subject to adjustment.
The “Call Valuation Period” will be the five consecutive Trading Days ending on and including the Call Valuation Date. The Call Valuation Period is subject to adjustment as described under “Market Disruption Event.”
We will inform holders of such Call Settlement Amount on the first Business Day following the Call Valuation Date.
The Accrued Fees will be calculated as of the Call Valuation Date as the sum of (i) the Accrued Tracking Fee as of the Call Valuation Date plus (ii) the Accrued Financing Charge as of the Call Valuation Date.
The “Accrued Tracking Fee” as of the Call Valuation Date is an amount equal to the aggregate sum of the Tracking Fees as of each Trading Day starting from, but excluding, the immediately preceding Reset Valuation Date (or in the case of the Trading Day that occurred prior to the initial Monthly Valuation Date, from, but excluding, the Initial Trade Date) to, and including, the Call Valuation Date.
The “Accrued Financing Charge” as of the Call Valuation Date will equal (i) the Financing Rate as of the Call Valuation Date, multiplied by (ii) the Financing Level as of the Call Valuation Date, multiplied by (iii) (a) the number of calendar days from, but excluding, the immediately preceding Reset Valuation Date (or, in the case of the Call Valuation Date that occurred prior to the initial Monthly Valuation Date, from, but excluding, the Initial Trade Date) to, and including, the Call Valuation Date, divided by (b) 360.
Leverage Reset Events
A Leverage Reset Event will have the effect of deleveraging the ETNs with the aim of resetting the then-current leverage to approximately 2.0. This means that after a Leverage Reset Event, any increase in the Index Closing Level will have less of a positive effect on the value of the ETNs relative to such an increase before the occurrence of the Leverage Reset Event.
A “Leverage Reset Event” occurs if, on any Trading Day (other than an Excluded Day, as defined herein), the Index Closing Level is equal to or less than 80% of the Index Closing Level on the most recent Reset Valuation Date. If a Leverage Reset Event occurs, the Current Principal Amount of the ETNs will be reset as described below, which will have the effect of deleveraging the ETNs with the aim of resetting the then-current leverage to approximately 2.0.
Upon the occurrence of a Leverage Reset Event, the Current Principal Amount of the ETNs will be reset on the applicable Leverage Reset Date so that it will equal (a) the product of the Current Principal Amount as of the immediately preceding Trading Day and the
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Index Factor on the immediately preceding Leverage Reset Valuation Date, minus (b) the Accrued Fees on the immediately preceding Leverage Reset Valuation Date.
In the event of a Leverage Reset Event, the Financing Rate will not be adjusted.
Leverage Reset Events may occur multiple times over the term of the ETNs and may occur multiple times during a single calendar month. This means both that (i) the Current Principal Amount may be reset more frequently than monthly and (ii) the cumulative effect of compounding and fees will have increased as a result of the Leverage Reset Event(s). Because each Leverage Reset Event will have the effect of deleveraging the ETNs, following a Leverage Reset Event any increase in the Index Closing Level will have less of a positive effect on the ETNs relative to such an increase before the occurrence of such Leverage Reset Event.
The “Accrued Fees” will be calculated as of the Leverage Reset Valuation Date as the sum of (i) the Accrued Tracking Fee as of the Leverage Reset Valuation Date and (ii) the Accrued Financing Charge as of the Leverage Reset Valuation Date.
The “Accrued Tracking Fee” as of the Leverage Reset Valuation Date will equal the aggregate sum of the Tracking Fees as of each Trading Day starting from, but excluding, the immediately preceding Reset Valuation Date (or in the case of the Trading Day that occurred prior to the initial Monthly Valuation Date, from, but excluding, the Initial Trade Date) to, and including, the Leverage Reset Valuation Date.
The “Accrued Financing Charge” as of the Leverage Reset Valuation Date will equal (i) the Financing Rate as of the Leverage Reset Valuation Date, multiplied by (ii) the Financing Level as of the Leverage Reset Valuation Date, multiplied by (iii) (a) the number of calendar days from, but excluding, the immediately preceding Reset Valuation Date (or, in the case of the Reset Valuation Date that occurred prior to the initial Monthly Valuation Date, from, but excluding, the Initial Trade Date) to, and including, the Leverage Reset Valuation Date, divided by (b) 360.
An “Excluded Day” means (i) the Trading Day immediately preceding any Monthly Valuation Date, (ii) any Reset Valuation Date, (iii) the Trading Day immediately preceding the first day of any Valuation Period, or (iv) any Averaging Trading Day.
With respect to any Leverage Reset Event, the “Leverage Reset Date” will be the first Trading Day immediately following the applicable Leverage Reset Valuation Date, subject to adjustment. The “Leverage Reset Valuation Date” will be the first Trading Day following the occurrence of such Leverage Reset Event, subject to adjustment as described under “Market Disruption Event.”
Calculation Agent
Our affiliate, Credit Suisse International (“CSi”), will act as the calculation agent (the “Calculation Agent”). The Calculation Agent will determine, among other things, the Index Valuation Level, the Index Performance Ratio, the Index Factor, the Current Principal Amount, the Accrued Fees, the Financing Level, the Financing Rate, the Coupon Amount, if any, the Reference Distribution Amount, if any, the Stub Reference Distribution Amount, if any, the Redemption Fee, if any, the Cash Settlement Amount, if any, that we will pay holders on the Maturity Date, the Redemption Settlement Amount, if any, that we will pay holders on the Redemption Settlement Date, if applicable, or the Call Settlement Amount, if any, that we will pay holders on the Call Settlement Date, if applicable, whether a Leverage Reset Event has occurred, and whether any day is a Business Day or a Trading Day. The Calculation Agent will also be responsible for determining whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred, whether the Index has been discontinued and whether there has been a material change in the Index. We may appoint a different Calculation Agent from time to time without consent and without notifying holders.
Market Disruption Event
To the extent a Market Disruption Event with respect to the Index has occurred or is continuing on an Averaging Trading Day (as defined below), the Index Closing Level for such Averaging Trading Day will be the Index Closing Level as of the next immediately following Trading Day on which a Market Disruption Event does not occur or is not continuing (the “Deferred Averaging Trading Day”) with respect to the Index irrespective of whether, pursuant to such determination, the Deferred Averaging Trading Day would fall on a date originally scheduled to be an Averaging Trading Day. If the postponement described in the preceding sentence results in the Index Closing Level being calculated on a day originally scheduled to be an Averaging Trading Day, for purposes of determining the Index Closing Level on any Averaging Trading Day, the Calculation Agent, as the case may be, will apply the Index Closing Level for such Deferred Averaging Trading Day (i) on the date(s) of the original Market Disruption Event and (ii) such Averaging Trading Day.
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To the extent a Market Disruption Event with respect to the Index has occurred or is continuing on any Redemption Valuation Date, the Index Closing Level for such Redemption Valuation Date will be the Index Closing Level as of the next immediately following Trading Day on which a Market Disruption Event does not occur or is not continuing.
In no event, however, will any postponement pursuant to the two immediately preceding paragraphs result in the final Averaging Trading Day, Reset Valuation Date or the Redemption Valuation Date, as applicable, occurring more than three Trading Days following the day originally scheduled to be such final Averaging Trading Day, Reset Valuation Date or Redemption Valuation Date. If the third Trading Day following the date originally scheduled to be the final Averaging Trading Day, Reset Valuation Date or Redemption Valuation Date, as applicable, is not a Trading Day or a Market Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing with respect to the Index on such third Trading Day, the Calculation Agent will determine the Index Closing Level based on its good faith estimate of the Index Closing Level that would have prevailed on such third Trading Day but for such Market Disruption Event.
If a Market Disruption Event occurs on any Reset Valuation Date, the Index Closing Level for such Reset Valuation Date will be determined by the Calculation Agent on the first succeeding Trading Day on which a Market Disruption Event does not occur or is not continuing. If any Reset Valuation Date is postponed as described above, the succeeding Reset Date will occur on the Trading Day immediately following the postponed Reset Valuation Date.
An “Averaging Trading Day” means each of the Trading Days during a Valuation Period, subject to adjustment as described herein.
Notwithstanding the occurrence of one or more of the events below, which may, in the Calculation Agent’s sole discretion, constitute a Market Disruption Event with respect to the Index, the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion may waive its right to postpone the Index Closing Level if it determines that one or more of the below events has not and is not likely to materially impair its ability to rely on the Index Closing Level on such date.
Any of the following will be a “Market Disruption Event” with respect to the Index, in each case as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion:
(a) suspension, absence or material limitation of trading in a material number of the Index Constituents for more than two (2) hours or during the one-half (1/2) hour before the close of trading in the applicable market or markets;
(b) suspension, absence or material limitation of trading in option or futures contracts relating to the Index or to a material number of Index Constituent equity interests in the primary market or markets for those contracts for more than two hours of trading or during the one-half hour before the close of trading in that market;
(c) the level of the Index is not published; or
(d) in any other event, if the Calculation Agent determines in its sole discretion that the event materially interferes with our ability or the ability of any of our affiliates to unwind all or a material portion of a hedge with respect to the ETNs that we or our affiliates have effected or may effect as described in the section entitled “Supplemental Use of Proceeds and Hedging.”
The following events will not be Market Disruption Events with respect to the Index:
(a) a limitation on the hours or numbers of days of trading, but only if the limitation results from an announced change in the regular business hours of the relevant market; or
(b) a decision to permanently discontinue trading in the option or futures contracts relating to the Index or any Index Constituent equity interests.
For this purpose, an “absence of trading” in the primary securities market on which option or futures contracts related to the Index or any Index Constituent equity interests are traded will not include any time when that market is itself closed for trading under ordinary circumstances.
Discontinuance of or Adjustments to the Index; Alteration of Method of Calculation
If the entity that publishes the Index discontinues publication of or otherwise fails to publish the Index, and such entity or another entity publishes a successor or substitute index that the Calculation Agent determines to be comparable to the discontinued Index (such index being referred to herein as a “Successor Index”), then the Index Closing Level for such Successor Index will be determined by the Index Calculation Agent by reference to the Successor Index on the dates and at the times as of which the Index Closing Levels for such Successor Index are to be determined.
Upon any selection by the Calculation Agent of a Successor Index, the Calculation Agent will cause written notice thereof to be furnished to the trustee, to us and to the holders of the ETNs.
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If the entity publishing the Index discontinues publication of the Index prior to, and such discontinuation is continuing on any Reset Valuation Date, any Averaging Trading Day, any Redemption Valuation Date or any other relevant date on which the Index Closing Level is to be determined and the Calculation Agent determines that no Successor Index is available at such time, or the Calculation Agent has previously selected a Successor Index and publication of such Successor Index is discontinued prior to, and such discontinuation is continuing on, any Reset Valuation Date, any Averaging Trading Day, any Redemption Valuation Date or any other relevant date on which the Index Closing Level is to be determined, then the Calculation Agent will determine the Index Closing Level using the closing level and published share weighting of each Index Constituent included in the Index or Successor Index, as applicable, immediately prior to such discontinuation or unavailability, as adjusted for certain corporate actions as described under “The FTSE NAREIT All Mortgage Capped Index.” In such event, the Calculation Agent will cause notice thereof to be furnished to the trustee, to us and to the holders of the ETNs.
Notwithstanding these alternative arrangements, discontinuation of the publication of the Index or Successor Index, as applicable, may adversely affect the value of the ETNs.
If at any time the method of calculating the Index or a Successor Index, or the value thereof, is changed in a material respect, or if the Index or a Successor Index is in any other way modified so that the level of the Index or such Successor Index does not, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent, fairly represent the level of the Index or such Successor Index had such changes or modifications not been made, then the Calculation Agent will make such calculations and adjustments as, in the good faith judgment of the Calculation Agent, may be necessary in order to arrive at a level of the Index comparable to the Index or such Successor Index, as the case may be, as if such changes or modifications had not been made, and the Calculation Agent will calculate the levels for the Index or such Successor Index with reference to the Index or such Successor Index, as adjusted. The Calculation Agent will accordingly calculate the Index Valuation Level, the Index Performance Ratio, the Index Factor, the Current Principal Amount, the Accrued Fees, the Financing Level, the Financing Rate, the Coupon Amount, if any, the Reference Distribution Amount, if any, the Stub Reference Distribution Amount, if any, the Redemption Fee, if any, the Cash Settlement Amount, if any, that we will pay holders on the Maturity Date, the Redemption Settlement Amount, if any, that we will pay holders on the Redemption Settlement Date, if applicable, or the Call Settlement Amount, if any, that we will pay holders on the Call Settlement Date, if applicable, based on the index levels calculated by the Calculation Agent, as adjusted. Accordingly, if the method of calculating the Index or a Successor Index is modified so that the level of the Index or such Successor Index is a fraction of what it would have been if there had been no such modification (e.g., due to a split in the Index), which, in turn, causes the level of the Index or such Successor Index to be a fraction of what it would have been if there had been no such modification, then the Calculation Agent will make such calculations and adjustments in order to arrive at a level for the Index or such Successor Index as if it had not been modified (e.g., as if such split had not occurred).
Default Amount on Acceleration
If an event of default occurs and the maturity of the ETNs is accelerated, we will pay the default amount in respect of the principal of the ETNs at maturity. We describe the default amount below under “Default Amount.” In addition to the default amount described below, we will also pay the Coupon Amount per ETN, if any, with respect to the final Coupon Payment Date, as described above under “Coupon Payment,” calculated as if the date of acceleration was the last Trading Day in the last applicable Valuation Period prior to the Maturity Date and the four Trading Days immediately preceding the date of acceleration were the corresponding Trading Days in such accelerated Valuation Period, with the fourth Trading Day immediately preceding the date of acceleration being the accelerated Final Valuation Date and the accelerated final Coupon Valuation Date, and the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of acceleration being the relevant final Coupon Valuation Date.
For the purpose of determining whether the holders of our Senior Medium-Term Notes, of which the ETNs are a part, are entitled to take any action under the indenture, we will treat the outstanding Stated Principal Amount of the Senior Medium-Term Notes as constituting the outstanding Stated Principal Amount of the ETNs. Although the terms of the ETNs may differ from those of the other Senior Medium-Term Notes, holders of specified percentages in Stated Principal Amount of all Senior Medium-Term Notes, together in some cases with other series of our debt securities, will be able to take action affecting all the Senior Medium-Term Notes, including the ETNs.
Default Amount
The default amount for the ETNs on any day will be an amount in U.S. dollars for the principal of the ETNs, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion, equal to the cost of having a qualified financial institution, of the kind and selected as described below, expressly assume all of our payment and other obligations with respect to the ETNs as of that day and as if no default or acceleration had occurred, or to undertake other obligations providing substantially equivalent economic value to holders with respect to the ETNs. That cost will equal the sum of:
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(a) the lowest amount that a qualified financial institution would charge to effect this assumption or undertaking, plus
(b) the reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by the holders of the ETNs in preparing any documentation necessary for this assumption or undertaking.
During the default quotation period for the ETNs, which we describe below, the holders of the ETNs and/or we may request a qualified financial institution to provide a quotation of the amount it would charge to effect this assumption or undertaking. If either party obtains a quotation, it must notify the other party in writing of the quotation. The amount referred to in paragraph (a) above will equal the lowest — or, if there is only one, the only — quotation obtained, and as to which notice is so given, during the default quotation period. With respect to any quotation, however, the party not obtaining the quotation may object, on reasonable and significant grounds, to the assumption or undertaking by the qualified financial institution providing the quotation and notify the other party in writing of those grounds within two Business Days after the last day of the default quotation period, in which case that quotation will be disregarded in determining the default amount.
Default Quotation Period
The default quotation period is the period beginning on the day the default amount first becomes due and ending on the third Business Day after that day, unless:
(a) no quotation of the kind referred to above is obtained, or
(b) every quotation of that kind obtained is objected to within five Business Days after the due date as described above.
If either of these two events occurs, the default quotation period will continue until the third Business Day after the first Business Day on which prompt notice of a quotation is given as described above. If that quotation is objected to as described above within five Business Days after that first Business Day, however, the default quotation period will continue as described in the prior sentence and this sentence.
In any event, if the default quotation period and the subsequent two Business Day objection period have not ended before the Final Valuation Date, then the default amount will equal the Current Principal Amount of the ETNs.
Qualified Financial Institutions
For the purpose of determining the default amount at any time, a qualified financial institution must be a financial institution organized under the laws of any jurisdiction in the United States of America, Europe or Japan, which at that time has outstanding debt obligations with a stated maturity of one year or less from the date of issue and rated either:
A-1 or higher by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor, or any other comparable rating then used by that rating agency, or
P-1 or higher by Moody’s Investors Service or any successor, or any other comparable rating then used by that rating agency.
Manner of Payment and Delivery
Any payment on or delivery of the ETNs at maturity or upon early redemption or our call will be made to accounts designated by holders and approved by us, or at the corporate trust office of the trustee in New York City, but only when the ETNs are surrendered to the trustee at that office. We also may make any payment or delivery in accordance with the applicable procedures of the depositary.
Business Day
When we refer to a Business Day with respect to the ETNs, we mean a day that is a Business Day of the kind described below under “General Terms of the ETNs—Business Days”.
Modified Business Day
Any payment on the ETNs that would otherwise be due on a day that is not a Business Day may instead be paid on the next day that is a Business Day, with the same effect as if paid on the original due date, except as described under “Cash Settlement Amount at Maturity,” “Early Redemption at the Option of the Holders” and “Our Call Right” above.
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Further Issuances
We may, from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the holders of the ETNs, create and issue additional securities having the same terms and conditions as the ETNs, and ranking on an equal basis with the ETNs in all respects.
Description of Credit Suisse S&P MLP Index Exchange Traded Notes due December 4, 2034 Linked to the S&P MLP Index
Defined terms used within this subsection are defined only with respect to the ETNs listed in the subsection heading above and described within this subsection.
General
The return on the Credit Suisse S&P MLP Index Exchange Traded Notes due December 4, 2034 (the “ETNs”) will be based on the price return version of the S&P MLP Index (the “Index”), as reflected by their Indicative Value, calculated as set forth below. The Index includes both master limited partnerships (“MLPs”) and limited liability companies (“LLCs”), which have a similar legal structure to MLPs and share the same tax characteristics as MLPs (collectively, the “Index Constituents”), that trade on major U.S. exchanges. The Index Constituents are classified in the GICS® Energy Sector and GICS® Gas Utilities Industry according to the Global Industry Classification Standard® (“GICS”). The Index is subject to the policies of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (the “Index Sponsor”) and is subject to the Index Sponsor’s discretion, including with respect to the implementation of, and changes to, the rules governing the Index methodology.
Inception, Issuance and Maturity
The “Inception Date” of the ETNs is December 2, 2014. The “Initial Settlement Date” of the ETNs is December 5, 2014. The scheduled “Maturity Date” is initially December 4, 2034, but the maturity of the ETNs may be extended at our option for up to two additional five-year periods.
Intraday Indicative Value
The “Intraday Indicative Value” of the ETNs is designed to reflect the economic value of the ETNs at a given time. The Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs will be calculated and published by the IV Calculation Agent every 15 seconds on each Trading Day during normal trading hours under the Bloomberg ticker symbol “MLPOIV” and under the Yahoo! Finance ticker symbol “^MLPO-IV” so long as no Market Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing and will be disseminated over the consolidated tape or other major market data vendor. The Intraday Indicative Value at any time is based on the most recent intraday level of the Index. It is calculated using the same formula as the Closing Indicative Value, except that instead of using the Closing Level of the Index, the calculation is based on the most recent reported level of the Index at the particular time (or, if the day on which such time occurs is not a Trading Day, as determined by the Calculation Agent).
At any time at which a Market Disruption Event has occurred and is continuing, there shall be no Intraday Indicative Value. If the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs is equal to or less than zero at any time or the Closing Indicative Value is equal to zero on any Trading Day, the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs on that day, and all future days, will be zero.
Neither the Intraday Indicative Value nor the Closing Indicative Value calculation is intended as a price or quotation, or as an offer or solicitation for the purchase, sale, redemption, a call or termination of a holder’s ETNs, nor will it reflect hedging or transaction costs, credit considerations, market liquidity or bid-offer spreads. The NYSE Arca is responsible for computing and disseminating the ETN’s Indicative Values. Published levels of the Index from the Index Sponsor may occasionally be subject to delay or postponement. Any such delays or postponements will affect the current level of the Index and therefore the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs. The actual trading price of the ETNs may be different from their Intraday Indicative Value or Closing Indicative Value.
The actual trading price of the ETNs at any time may vary significantly from the Intraday Indicative Value at such time. The trading prices of the ETNs at any time is the price that holders may be able to sell their ETNs in the secondary market at such time, if one exists.
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The trading price of the ETNs at any time is the price at which holders may be able to sell their ETNs in the secondary market at such time, if one exists. In the absence of an active secondary market for the ETNs, the last reported trading price may not reflect the actual price at which holders may be able to sell their ETNs at a particular time. The trading price of the ETNs at any time may vary significantly from the Intraday Indicative Value of and the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs at such time due to, among other things, imbalances of supply and demand, lack of liquidity, transaction costs, credit considerations and bid-offer spreads. The closing price of the ETNs will be published on each Trading Day under the ticker symbol “MLPO”. Any premium or discount may be reduced or eliminated at any time. Paying a premium purchase price of the ETNs over the Intraday Indicative Value or the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs could lead to significant losses in the event holders sell their ETNs at a time when such premium has declined or is no longer present in the market place or at maturity or upon early redemption or upon a call of the ETNs, in which case holders will receive a cash payment based on the Closing Indicative Value on the relevant Valuation Date(s).
The ETNs may be redeemed or called, subject to the conditions described herein.
As discussed in “Payment Upon Early Redemption” below, holders may, subject to certain restrictions, provide a Redemption Notice on any Business Day during the term of the ETNs, starting on the Business Day following the Inception Date until November 21, 2034 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, five scheduled Trading Days prior to the scheduled Final Valuation Date, as extended).
Holders must offer for early redemption at least 50,000 ETNs at one time in order to exercise the right to cause us to redeem the ETNs on any Redemption Settlement Date (the “Minimum Redemption Amount”); provided that we or CSSU may from time to time reduce, in whole or in part, the Minimum Redemption Amount. Any such reduction will be applied on a consistent basis for all holders of the ETNs at the time the reduction becomes effective. If the ETNs undergo a split or reverse split, the minimum number of ETNs needed to exercise the right to cause us to redeem the ETNs will remain the same.
If the number of ETNs being redeemed is less than the Redemption Liquidity Threshold (a “Small Redemption”), the “Redemption Settlement Amount” will be a cash payment per ETN equal to the greater of (a) zero and (b) (1) the Closing Indicative Value on the applicable Redemption Valuation Date, minus (2) the Redemption Fee Amount.
If the number of ETNs being redeemed is equal to or greater than the Redemption Liquidity Threshold (a “Large Redemption”), the Redemption Settlement Amount will be a cash payment per ETN equal to the greater of (a) zero and (b) (1) the arithmetic average, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the Closing Indicative Values during the Redemption Valuation Period, minus (2) the Redemption Fee Amount.
A holder may exercise its early redemption right by causing its broker or other person with whom it holds its ETNs to deliver a Redemption Notice (as defined herein) to Credit Suisse.
In the case of a Small Redemption, and where the Redemption Notice is delivered prior to 4:00 p.m. New York City time on any Business Day, the immediately following Trading Day will be the applicable “Small Redemption Valuation Date”. If the Redemption Notice is delivered at or after 4:00 p.m. New York City time, the Small Redemption Valuation Date will be the second following Trading Day.
In the case of a Large Redemption, and where the Redemption Notice is delivered prior to 4:00 p.m. New York City time on any Business Day, the immediately following Trading Day will be the first day of the Redemption Valuation Period. If the Redemption Notice is delivered at or after 4:00 p.m. New York City time, the first day of the Redemption Valuation Period will be the second following Trading Day. In either case, the Large Redemption Valuation Date will be the last day of the Redemption Valuation Period.
We have the right to call the ETNs in whole or in part on any Trading Day during the term of the ETNs by providing notice to holders of the ETNs starting on the Trading Day following the Inception Date until the twentieth (20th) calendar day preceding the Maturity Date (the “Call Notice”). We will provide notice at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the Call Settlement Date. Upon exercise of our call right, holders will be entitled to receive a cash payment equal to the Call Settlement Amount, which will be calculated as described herein and paid on the third Business Day following the Call Valuation Date specified in the Call Notice (the “Call Settlement Date”). If the amount so calculated is less than zero, the payment upon exercise of the call right will be zero. Unless the scheduled Call Settlement Date is postponed because it is not a Business Day or because there is a Market Disruption Event on the scheduled Call Valuation Date, the final day on which we can issue a Call Notice will be November 14, 2034 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, twenty (20) calendar days prior to the scheduled Maturity Date, as extended).
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Indicative Value
The “Indicative Value” of the ETNs is the Intraday Indicative Value or the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs, as applicable.
Split or Reverse Split of the ETNs
We or the Calculation Agent may initiate a split or reverse split of the ETNs on any Trading Day. If we or the Calculation Agent decides to initiate a split or reverse split, we will issue a notice to holders of the ETNs and a press release announcing the split or reverse split, specifying the effective date of the split or reverse split. The Calculation Agent will determine the ratio of such split or reverse split, as the case may be, using relevant market indicia, and will adjust the terms of the ETNs accordingly. Any adjustment of the closing value will be rounded to 8 decimal places.
In the case of a reverse split, we reserve the right to address odd numbers of ETNs (commonly referred to as “partials”) in a manner determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion. A split or reverse split of the ETNs will not affect the aggregate Stated Principal Amount of ETNs held by an investor, other than to the extent of any “partial” ETNs, but it will affect the number of ETNs an investor holds, the denominations used for trading purposes on the exchange and the trading price, and may affect the liquidity, of the ETNs on the exchange.
Coupon
On each Coupon Payment Date, for each ETN a holder holds on the applicable Coupon Record Date, such holder will be entitled to receive a cash payment on the applicable Coupon Payment Date equal to (a) the Reference Distribution Amount minus the Accrued Investor Fee, each calculated as of the corresponding Coupon Valuation Date (the “Coupon Amount”). The final Coupon Amount will be included in the Payment at Maturity if, on the Final Valuation Date, the Coupon Ex-Date with respect to the final Coupon Amount has not yet occurred. The Coupon Amount will be paid on the Coupon Payment Date to the holder of an ETN as of the applicable Coupon Record Date.
To the extent the Reference Distribution Amount on a Coupon Valuation Date is less than the Accrued Investor Fee on the corresponding Coupon Valuation Date, there will be no Coupon Amount due or payable on the corresponding Coupon Payment Date, and an amount equal to the Accrued Investor Fee minus the Reference Distribution Amount (the “Fee Shortfall”) will be included in the Accrued Investor Fee for the next Coupon Valuation Date. This process will be repeated to the extent necessary until the Reference Distribution Amount for a Coupon Valuation Date is greater than the Accrued Investor Fee for the corresponding Coupon Valuation Date. If there is a Fee Shortfall as of the last Coupon Valuation Date, that amount will be reflected in the Payment at Maturity.
Denomination
The denomination and the Stated Principal Amount of each ETN is $25.00. ETNs may be issued at a price higher or lower than the Stated Principal Amount, based on the Indicative Value of the ETNs at that time.
Payment at Maturity
If the ETNs have not previously been redeemed or called, on the Maturity Date holders will be entitled to receive for each ETN a cash payment equal to the arithmetic average, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the Closing Indicative Values during the five consecutive Trading Days to and including the Final Valuation Date (the “Final Valuation Period”). The “Final Valuation Date” is November 29, 2034, subject to postponement if such date is not a Trading Day, or in the event of a Market Disruption Event or an extension of the Maturity Date as described herein. Any Fee Shortfall as of the last Coupon Valuation Date will be reflected in the Payment at Maturity. Any payment on the ETNs is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due. In no event will the Payment at Maturity be less than zero.
If not previously redeemed or called, the ETNs will mature on December 4, 2034, subject to postponement if such date is not a Business Day, in the event of a Market Disruption Event or an extension of the Maturity Date at our option for up to two additional five-year periods. We may only extend the scheduled Maturity Date for five years at a time. If we exercise our option to extend the maturity of the ETNs, we will notify DTC (the holder of the global note for the ETNs) and the trustee at least 45 but not more than 60 calendar days prior to the then-scheduled Maturity Date. We will provide such notice to DTC and the trustee in respect of each five-year extension of the scheduled Maturity Date that we choose to effect.
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If the scheduled Maturity Date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date will be postponed to the first Business Day following the scheduled Maturity Date. If the scheduled Final Valuation Date is not a Trading Day, the Final Valuation Date will be postponed to the next following Trading Day, in which case the Maturity Date will be postponed to the third Business Day following the Final Valuation Date as so postponed. In addition, if a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing on any Trading Day during the Final Valuation Period, the Maturity Date will be postponed until the date three (3) Business Days following the Final Valuation Date, as postponed. No interest or additional payment will accrue or be payable as a result of any postponement of the Maturity Date. Any payment on the ETNs is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due.
Maturity Date
If the Maturity Date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date will be the next following business day. If the third Business Day before this day does not qualify as a Valuation Date (as described above), then the Maturity Date will be the third Business Day following the Final Valuation Date. The Calculation Agent may postpone the Final Valuation Date—and therefore the Maturity Date—if a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing on a day that would otherwise be the Final Valuation Date.
In the event that Payment at Maturity is deferred beyond the stated Maturity Date, penalty interest will not accrue or be payable with respect to that deferred payment.
If the Closing Indicative Value is zero, the Payment at Maturity will be zero.
The “Closing Indicative Value” for the ETNs on the Inception Date was equal to the Stated Principal Amount. The Closing Indicative Value on any Trading Day after the Inception Date will be calculated by the NYSE Arca and be equal to (a) the product of the Stated Principal Amount and the Index Factor as of such Trading Day plus (b) the Coupon Amount, if any, with respect to the most recent Coupon Valuation Date on or before the current Trading Day if on such Trading Day the Coupon Ex-Date with respect to such Coupon Amount has not yet occurred, plus (c) the Stub Coupon Amount as of such Trading Day, if any, minus (d) the Accrued Investor Fee as of such Trading Day. In no event, however, will the Closing Indicative Value be less than zero. Even if the Closing Indicative Value or Intraday Indicative Value is equal to or less than zero at any time, the trading price of the ETNs may remain above zero. Buying the ETNs at such a time will lead to a complete loss of a holder’s investment.
The “Index Factor” on any Trading Day, including the Final Valuation Date, will be equal to the Closing Level of the Index on that day divided by the Initial Index Level. The Closing Level of the Index on any Trading Day will be determined by the Index Sponsor and published on the Bloomberg page “SPMLP <Index>” or any successor page on Bloomberg or any successor service, as applicable.
If the ETNs undergo a split or reverse split, the Stated Principal Amount, Closing Indicative Value and Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs will be adjusted accordingly. Neither the Closing Indicative Value nor the Intraday Indicative Value is the same as the closing price or any other trading price of the ETNs in the secondary market. The trading price of the ETNs at any time may vary significantly from the Closing Indicative Value and Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs at such time.
The Closing Indicative Value will never be less than zero. If the Intraday Indicative Value is equal to or less than zero at any time, the Closing Indicative Value on that day, and all future days, will be zero. The Closing Indicative Value for each Trading Day will be published on such Trading Day under the Bloomberg ticker symbol “MLPOIV”. The NYSE Arca is responsible for computing and disseminating the Closing Indicative Value.
The “Closing Level” of the Index on any Trading Day will be the closing level published on Bloomberg under the ticker symbol “SPMLP <Index>” or any successor page on Bloomberg or any successor service, as applicable; provided that if such day is not a Trading Day, the Closing Level of the Index will be deemed to be the Closing Level as of the immediately preceding Trading Day; provided further that in the event a Market Disruption Event exists on a Valuation Date, the Calculation Agent will determine the Closing Level of the Index according to the methodology described below in “Market Disruption Events.”
The “Annual Investor Fee Rate” will be equal to 0.95% per annum.
On any Trading Day, including the Final Valuation Date, the “Accrued Investor Fee” will be equal to (a) (i) the Annual Investor Fee Rate times (ii) the number of days in the period commencing on, but excluding, the previous Coupon Valuation Date (or, with respect to the first Coupon Period, commencing on but excluding the Inception Date) to, and including, such Trading Day, divided by 365 times by (iii) Stated Principal Amount times (iv) the Index Factor as of such Trading Day, plus (b) the Fee Shortfall from the previous Coupon Valuation Date, if any.
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There will be a Fee Shortfall from the previous Coupon Valuation Date if the Reference Distribution Amount on such previous Coupon Valuation Date minus the Accrued Investor Fee on such previous Coupon Valuation Date was negative. In such case, the Fee Shortfall is equal to the absolute value of such negative number.
The Accrued Investor Fee reduces the Coupon Amount and may reduce the amount of a holder’s return at maturity, upon early redemption or upon a call. If the Coupon Amounts (reduced by the Accrued Investor Fee, which includes any applicable Fee Shortfall) and the performance of the Index are not sufficient to offset the applicable fees built into the calculation of the Payment at Maturity, the Redemption Settlement Amount and the Call Settlement Amount, as the case may be, a holder will receive less, and possibly significantly less, at maturity or upon early redemption or upon a call of the ETNs than the amount of such holder’s investment.
The “Intraday Indicative Value” of the ETNs will be calculated and published by the IV Calculation Agent every 15 seconds on each Trading Day during normal trading hours under the Bloomberg ticker symbol “MLPOIV” and under the Yahoo! Finance ticker symbol “^MLPO-IV” so long as no Market Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing and will be disseminated over the consolidated tape or other major market data vendor. The Intraday Indicative Value at any time is based on the most recent intraday level of the Index. It is calculated using the same formula as the Closing Indicative Value, except that instead of using the Closing Level of the Index, the calculation is based on the most recent reported level of the Index at the particular time (or, if the day on which such time occurs is not a Trading Day, as determined by the Calculation Agent). If the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs is equal to or less than zero at any time or the Closing Indicative Value is equal to zero on any Trading Day, the Closing Indicative Value on that day, and all future days, will be zero.
We have appointed the NYSE Arca as the “IV Calculation Agent” to calculate the Closing Indicative Value and the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs. We may, at any time, vary or terminate the appointment of the IV Calculation Agent and appoint a replacement IV Calculation Agent.
A “Business Day” is any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City generally are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.
A “Trading Day” is day on which trading is generally conducted on the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Arca, Nasdaq and any other exchange which the Index Constituents are traded and published.
The “Index” means the price return version of the S&P MLP Index. The Index includes both master limited partnerships (“MLPs”) and limited liability companies (“LLCs”), which have a similar legal structure to MLPs and share the same tax characteristics as MLPs (collectively, the “Index Constituents”), that trade on major U.S. exchanges. The Index Constituents are classified in the GICS® Energy Sector and GICS® Gas Utilities Industry according to the Global Industry Classification Standard® (“GICS”).
The ETNs do not guarantee any return of a holder’s investment. If the level of the Index decreases or does not increase sufficiently to offset the Accrued Investor Fee reflected in the Closing Indicative Value of the ETN, a holder will receive less, and possibly significantly less, at maturity or upon early redemption or upon a call of the ETNs than the amount of such holder’s investment. Any payment holders will be entitled to receive is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due.
Payment Upon Early Redemption
Prior to maturity, holders may, subject to certain restrictions described below, offer at least the applicable minimum number (the “Minimum Redemption Amount”) of ETNs to us for early redemption by delivering to us a redemption notice (the “Redemption Notice”). The minimum redemption amount will be equal to 50,000 ETNs, except that we or CSSU may from time to time reduce, in part or in whole, the minimum redemption amount. Any such reduction will be applied on a consistent basis for all holders of the ETNs at the time such reduction becomes effective. If the ETNs undergo a split or reverse split, the minimum number of ETNs needed to exercise the right to cause us to redeem the ETNs will remain the same.
If a holder elects to offer its ETNs for early redemption and the requirements for acceptance by us are met, such holder will receive on the Redemption Settlement Date a cash payment in an amount equal to the Redemption Settlement Amount for each ETN such holder holds. Investors will be charged the applicable Redemption Fee Amount for ETNs redeemed at such holder’s option. Any payment on the ETNs is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due.
A holder may provide a Redemption Notice on any Business Day during the term of the ETNs, starting on the Business Day following the Inception Date until November 21, 2034 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, five scheduled Trading Days prior to the scheduled Final Valuation Date, as extended).
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If the number of ETNs being redeemed is less than the Redemption Liquidity Threshold (a “Small Redemption”), the Redemption Settlement Amount will be a cash payment per ETN equal to the greater of (a) zero and (b) (1) the Closing Indicative Value on the applicable Small Redemption Valuation Date, minus (2) the Redemption Fee Amount.
If the number of ETNs being redeemed is equal to or greater than the Redemption Liquidity Threshold (a “Large Redemption”), the Redemption Settlement Amount will be a cash payment per ETN equal to the greater of (a) zero and (b) (1) the arithmetic average, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the Closing Indicative Values during the Redemption Valuation Period, minus (2) the Redemption Fee Amount.
A holder may exercise its early redemption right by causing its broker or other person with whom such holder holds its ETNs to deliver a Redemption Notice (as defined herein) to Credit Suisse.
In the case of a Small Redemption, and where the Redemption Notice is delivered prior to 4:00 p.m. New York City time on any Business Day, the immediately following Trading Day will be the applicable “Small Redemption Valuation Date”. If the Redemption Notice is delivered at or after 4:00 p.m. New York City time, the Small Redemption Valuation Date will be the second following Trading Day.
In the case of a Large Redemption, and where the Redemption Notice is delivered prior to 4:00 p.m. New York City time on any Business Day, the immediately following Trading Day will be the first day of the Redemption Valuation Period. If the Redemption Notice is delivered at or after 4:00 p.m. New York City time, the first day of the Redemption Valuation Period will be the second following Trading Day. In either case, the Large Redemption Valuation Date will be the last day of the Redemption Valuation Period.
When a holder submits its ETNs for redemption in accordance with the redemption procedures described herein, its ETNs may remain outstanding (and be resold by us or an affiliate) or may be submitted by us for cancellation.
The “Redemption Settlement Date” will be the third Business Day following a Redemption Valuation Date.
The “Redemption Valuation Period” for Large Redemptions will be a period of five consecutive Trading Days to, and including, the Large Redemption Valuation Date.
In the case of a Small Redemption, the Redemption Fee Amount will be equal to the product of (1) the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs on the applicable Trading Day times (2) 0.10%.
In the case of a Large Redemption, the Redemption Fee Amount will be equal to the product of (1) the arithmetic average, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the Closing Indicative Values of the ETNs during the Redemption Valuation Period, times (2) 0.10%.
The “Redemption Liquidity Threshold” will be equal to 1,000,000 ETNs.
Procedures for Early Redemption
If a holder wishes to offer its ETNs to Credit Suisse for early redemption, such holder’s broker or other person with whom such holder holds its ETNs must follow the following procedures:
Deliver a notice of early redemption (the “Redemption Notice”), to Credit Suisse via email or other electronic delivery as requested by Credit Suisse. In the case of a Small Redemption, and where the Redemption Notice is delivered prior to 4:00 p.m. New York City time on any Business Day, the immediately following Trading Day will be the applicable “Small Redemption Valuation Date”. If the Redemption Notice is delivered at or after 4:00 p.m. New York City time, the Small Redemption Valuation Date will be the second following Trading Day. In the case of a Large Redemption, and where the Redemption Notice is delivered prior to 4:00 p.m. New York City time on any Business Day, the immediately following Trading Day will be the first day of the Redemption Valuation Period. If the Redemption Notice is delivered at or after 4:00 p.m. New York City time, the first day of the Redemption Valuation Period will be the second following Trading Day. In either case, the Large Redemption Valuation Date will be the last day of the Redemption Valuation Period Credit Suisse or its affiliate must acknowledge to a holder’s broker or other person with whom such holder holds its ETNs acceptance of the Redemption Notice in order for such holder’s early redemption request to be effective;
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Credit Suisse may, at its option, waive the requirement that the Redemption Notice be delivered as set forth above, if confirmed by Credit Suisse that a written indication of an offer for early redemption has otherwise been accepted by Credit Suisse. Any such written indication that is delivered at or after 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, will
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be deemed to have been made on the following Business Day. For the avoidance of doubt, a holder may choose to comply with the procedures set forth above in lieu of the procedures in this clause, irrespective of any waiver by Credit Suisse;
Cause the holder’s DTC custodian to book a delivery versus payment trade with respect to the ETNs on the applicable Redemption Valuation Date at a price equal to the applicable Redemption Settlement Amount, facing us; and
Cause the holder’s DTC custodian to deliver the trade as booked for settlement via DTC at or prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time, on the applicable Redemption Date (the third Business Day following the Redemption Valuation Date).
The holder is responsible for (i) instructing or otherwise causing its broker or other person with whom such holder holds its ETNs to provide the Redemption Notice (unless otherwise waived by Credit Suisse as set forth above) and (ii) its broker satisfying the additional requirements as set forth in the second and third bullets above in order for the early redemption to be effected. Different brokerage firms may have different deadlines for accepting instructions from their customers. Accordingly, a holder should consult the brokerage firm through which it owns its interest in the ETNs in respect of such deadlines. If Credit Suisse does not (i) receive the Redemption Notice from the holder’s broker prior to 4:00 p.m. and (ii) deliver an acknowledgment of such Redemption Notice to such broker accepting such redemption request by 7:30 p.m., on the Business Day prior to the applicable Redemption Valuation Date or the first day of the Redemption Valuation Period, as the case may be, such notice will not be effective for such Business Day and Credit Suisse will treat such Redemption Notice as if it was received on the next Business Day. Any redemption instructions for which Credit Suisse receives a valid confirmation in accordance with the procedures described above will be irrevocable after Credit Suisse confirms a holder’s offer for early redemption.
Because the Redemption Settlement Amount a holder will receive for each ETN will not be determined until the close of trading on the applicable Redemption Valuation Date, a holder will not know the applicable Redemption Settlement Amount at the time such holder exercises its redemption right and will bear the risk that its ETNs will decline in value between the time of such holder’s exercise and the time at which the Redemption Settlement Amount is determined.
Issuer Call Right
We have the right to call the ETNs in whole or in part on any Trading Day during the term of the ETNs by providing notice to holders of the ETNs starting on the Trading Day following the Inception Date until the twentieth (20th) calendar day preceding the Maturity Date (the “Call Notice”). We will provide notice at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the Call Settlement Date.
Upon exercise of our call right, holders will be entitled to receive a cash payment equal to the Call Settlement Amount, which will be calculated as described herein and paid on the third Business Day following the Call Valuation Date specified in the Call Notice (the “Call Settlement Date”). If the amount so calculated is less than zero, the payment upon exercise of the call right will be zero.
Unless the scheduled Call Settlement Date is postponed because it is not a Business Day or because there is a Market Disruption Event on the scheduled Call Valuation Date, the final day on which we can issue a Call Notice will be November 14, 2034 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, twenty (20) calendar days prior to the scheduled Maturity Date, as extended).
Market Disruption Events
As set forth under “Payment at Maturity”, “Payment Upon Early Redemption” and “Issuer Call Right” above, the Index Sponsor will determine the Closing Level of the Index on each Valuation Date, including the Final Valuation Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Calculation Agent will be solely responsible for the determination and calculation of any adjustments to the Index and of any related determinations and calculations with respect to any event described below and its determinations and calculations will be conclusive absent manifest error.
A “Market Disruption Event” means the occurrence or existence on any scheduled Trading Day during the one-half hour period that ends at the relevant Valuation Time, of any suspension of or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant exchange or otherwise) on:
(a) an exchange on which securities that comprise 20% or more of the level of the Index (or a Successor Index) are traded based on a comparison of (1) the portion of the level of the Index (or a Successor Index) attributable to each Index Constituent comprising the Index (or a Successor Index) in which trading is, in the determination of the Calculation Agent, materially suspended or materially limited relative to (2) the overall level of the Index (or a Successor Index), in the case of (1) or (2) immediately before that suspension or limitation;
(b) a Related Exchange in options contracts on the Index (or a Successor Index); or
(c) a Related Exchange in futures contracts on the Index (or a Successor Index); and
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in the case of (a), (b) or (c) a determination by the Calculation Agent that such suspension or limitation is material.
Related Exchange” means any exchange on which futures or options contracts relating to the Index are traded and any successor to such exchange or any substitute exchange to which trading in futures or options contracts relating to the Index has temporarily relocated.
Exchange” means the principal exchange on which the relevant security is traded.
Valuation Time” means the time at which the Index Sponsor calculates the Closing Level of the Index on any Trading Day.
A Valuation Date will be postponed and thus the determination of the Closing Level of the Index will be postponed if the Calculation Agent reasonably determines that, on such Valuation Date, a Market Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing. In such case, that Valuation Date will be postponed to the next Trading Day on which the Calculation Agent determines that no Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing, unless in respect of such Valuation Date the Calculation Agent determines that a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing on each of the six scheduled Trading Days immediately following the scheduled Valuation Date. In that case, (a) the sixth scheduled Trading Day following the scheduled Valuation Date will be deemed to be the Valuation Date, notwithstanding the Market Disruption Event, and (b) the Calculation Agent will determine the Closing Level for the Index on that deemed Valuation Date in accordance with the formula for and method of calculating the Index last in effect prior to the commencement of the Market Disruption Event using exchange traded prices of the Index Constituents on the relevant exchanges (as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) or, if trading in any Index Constituent has been materially suspended or materially limited, its good faith estimate of the prices that would have prevailed on the exchanges (as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) but for the suspension or limitation, as of the Valuation Time on that deemed Valuation Date, of each Index Constituent (subject to the provisions described under “Discontinuation or Modification of the Index” herein). Any such postponement or determinations by the Calculation Agent may adversely affect the return on the ETNs. In addition, no interest or other payment will be payable as a result of such postponement.
If a scheduled Valuation Date is postponed due to a Market Disruption Event, the corresponding Redemption Settlement Date or the corresponding Call Settlement Date will also be postponed so that such Redemption Settlement Date or such Call Settlement Date, respectively, occurs on the third Business Day following the Valuation Date as postponed. If a scheduled Coupon Valuation Date is postponed due to a Market Disruption Event the corresponding Coupon Payment Date will also be postponed so that such Coupon Payment Date occurs on the fifteenth Business Day following the Coupon Valuation Date as postponed. If the Final Valuation Date is postponed due to a Market Disruption Event, the Maturity Date will also be postponed so that the Maturity Date occurs on the third Business Day following the Final Valuation Date as postponed.
Default Amount on Acceleration
For the purpose of determining whether the holders of our senior medium-term notes, of which the ETNs are a part, are entitled to take any action under the indenture, we will treat the Stated Principal Amount of each ETN outstanding as the principal amount of that ETN. Although the terms of the ETNs may differ from those of the other senior medium-term notes, holders of specified percentages in principal amount of all senior medium-term notes, together in some cases with other series of our debt securities, will be able to take action affecting all the senior medium-term notes, including the ETNs. This action may involve changing some of the terms that apply to the senior medium-term notes, accelerating the maturity of the senior medium-term notes after a default or waiving some of our obligations under the indenture.
In case an event of default with respect to ETNs shall have occurred and be continuing, the amount declared due and payable upon any acceleration of the ETNs will be determined by CSi, as the Calculation Agent, and will equal, for each ETN that a holder then holds, the Closing Indicative Value determined by the Calculation Agent occurring on the Trading Day following the date on which the ETNs were declared due and payable.
Further Issuances
We may, from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the holders of the ETNs, create and issue additional securities having the same terms and conditions as the ETNs, and ranking on an equal basis with the ETNs in all respects.
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Discontinuation or Modification of the Index
If the Index Sponsor discontinues publication of the Index and the Index Sponsor or anyone else publishes a substitute index that the Calculation Agent determines is comparable to the Index, then the Calculation Agent will permanently replace the original Index with that substitute index (the “Successor Index”) for all purposes, and all provisions described herein as applying to the Index will thereafter apply to the Successor Index instead. If the Calculation Agent replaces the original Index with a Successor Index, then the Calculation Agent will determine the Redemption Settlement Amount, Call Settlement Amount or Payment at Maturity, as applicable, by reference to the Successor Index.
If the Calculation Agent determines that the publication of the Index is discontinued and there is no Successor Index, the Calculation Agent will determine the level of the Index and thus the applicable Payment Amount, by a computation methodology that the Calculation Agent determines, will as closely as reasonably possible replicate the Index.
If the Calculation Agent determines that the Index, the Index Constituents or the method of calculating the Index is changed at any time in any respect, including whether the change is made by the Index Sponsor under its existing policies or following a modification of those policies, is due to the publication of a Successor Index, is due to events affecting the Index Constituents or is due to any other reason and is not otherwise reflected in the level of the Index by the Index Sponsor pursuant to the Index methodology, then the Calculation Agent will be permitted (but not required) to make such adjustments in the Index or the method of its calculation as it believes are appropriate to ensure that the Closing Level of the Index used to determine the Redemption Settlement Amount, Call Settlement Amount or Payment at Maturity is equitable.
Manner of Payment and Delivery
Any payment on or delivery of the ETNs at maturity will be made to accounts designated by holders and approved by us, or at the office of the trustee in New York City, but only when the ETNs are surrendered to the trustee at that office. We also may make any payment or delivery in accordance with the applicable procedures of the depositary.
Role of CSi
Credit Suisse International (“CSi”), an affiliate of ours and the Calculation Agent, will, in its reasonable discretion, make certain calculations and determinations that may impact the value of the ETNs, including determination of the arithmetic average of the Closing Indicative Values where applicable, Redemption Valuation Dates, Trading Days, a split or reverse split of the ETNs, calculation of default amounts, Market Disruption Events and any Successor Index and any other calculations or determinations to be made by the Calculation Agent as specified herein.
If the Calculation Agent ceases to perform its role, we will either, at our sole discretion, perform such role, appoint another party to do so or call the ETNs.
We may appoint a different Calculation Agent from time to time without consent and without notifying holders.
Description of Credit Suisse X-Links® Gold Shares Covered Call ETNs due February 2, 2033
Defined terms used within this subsection are defined only with respect to the ETNs listed in the subsection heading above and described within this subsection.
General
The return on the X-Links® Gold Shares Covered Call ETNs due February 2, 2033 (“ETNs”) will be based on the performance of the Credit Suisse NASDAQ Gold FLOWSTM 103 Index (the “Index”), as reflected by their Indicative Value, calculated as set forth below. The Index measures the return of a “covered call” strategy on the shares of the SPDR® Gold Trust (the “GLD Shares”) by reflecting changes in the price of the GLD Shares and the notional option premiums received from the notional sale of monthly call options on the GLD Shares less the Notional Transaction Costs incurred in connection with the implementation of the covered call strategy (the “Notional Transaction Costs”). These costs reflect the monthly transaction costs of hypothetically buying and selling the call options
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and selling the GLD Shares and equal 0.03%, 0.03% and 0.01%, respectively, times the closing price of the GLD Shares on the date of such notional transactions and, which, on an annual basis, are approximately equal to 0.84%. The actual cost will vary depending on the value of the GLD Shares on the date of such transactions. The Index strategy consists of a hypothetical notional portfolio that takes a “long” position in GLD Shares and sells a succession of notional, approximately one-month, call options on the GLD Shares with a strike price of approximately 103% of the price of the GLD Shares exercisable on the option expiration date (the “Options” and together with the long position in GLD Shares, the “Index Components”). The notional sale of the Options is “covered” by the notional long position in the GLD Shares. The long position in the GLD Shares and the “short” call options are held in equal notional amounts (i.e., the short position in each Option is “covered” by the long position in the GLD Shares). This strategy is intended to provide exposure to gold through the notional positions in the GLD Shares and the Options that seeks to (i) generate periodic cash flows that a direct long-only ownership position in the GLD Shares would not, (ii) provide a limited offset to losses from downside market performance in the GLD Shares via the cash flows from option premiums and (iii) provide limited potential upside participation in the performance of the GLD Shares. The level of the Index on any day reflects the value of (i) the notional long position in the GLD Shares; (ii) the notional Option premium; and (iii) the notional short position in the Options then outstanding; and net of the Notional Transaction Costs. The ETNs will not participate in the potential upside of the GLD Shares beyond the applicable strike price of the Options and the Notional Transaction Costs. The Index is subject to the policies of CSi and NASDAQ OMX (the “Index Sponsors”) and is subject to the Index Sponsors’ discretion, including with respect to the implementation of, and changes to, the rules governing the Index methodology.
Inception, Issuance and Maturity
The initial issuance of ETNs priced on January 28, 2013 (the “Inception Date”) and settled on February 1, 2013 (the “Initial Settlement Date”). The “Maturity Date” is initially February 2, 2033, but the maturity of the ETNs may be extended at our option for up to two additional five-year periods, as described herein.
Intraday Indicative Value
The “Intraday Indicative Value” of the ETNs is designed to reflect the economic value of the ETNs at a given time. The Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs will be calculated and published by the Index Calculation Agent every fifteen (15) seconds on each Trading Day during normal trading hours so long as no Market Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing and will be disseminated over the consolidated tape or other major market data vendor. The Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs at any time is based on the most recent intraday level of the Index. It is calculated using the same formula as the Closing Indicative Value, except that instead of using the Closing Level of the Index, the calculation is based on the most recent reported level of the Index at the particular time (or, if the day on which such time occurs is not a Trading Day, as determined by the Calculation Agent).
At any time at which a Market Disruption Event has occurred and is continuing, there shall be no Intraday Indicative Value. If the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs is equal to or less than zero at any time or the Closing Indicative Value is equal to zero on any Trading Day, the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs on that day, and all future days, will be zero.
Neither the Intraday Indicative Value nor the Closing Indicative Value calculation is intended as a price or quotation, or as an offer or solicitation for the purchase, sale, redemption, acceleration or termination of a holder’s ETNs, nor will it reflect hedging or transaction costs, credit considerations, market liquidity or bid-offer spreads. The Index Calculation Agent is responsible for computing and disseminating the ETN’s Indicative Values. Published levels of the Index from the Index Calculation Agent may occasionally be subject to delay or postponement. Any such delays or postponements will affect the current level of the Index and therefore the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs. The actual trading price of the ETNs may be different from their Intraday Indicative Value or Closing Indicative Value.
The actual trading price of the ETNs at any time may vary significantly from the Intraday Indicative Value at such time. The trading price of the ETNs at any time is the price that holders may be able to buy or sell their ETNs in the secondary market at such time, if one exists.
The trading price of the ETNs at any time is the price at which holders may be able to buy or sell their ETNs in the secondary market at such time, if one exists. In the absence of an active secondary market for the ETNs, the last reported trading price may not reflect the actual price at which holders may be able to buy or sell their ETNs at a particular time. The trading price of the ETNs at any time may vary significantly from their Indicative Value at such time due to, among other things, imbalances of supply and demand, lack of liquidity, transaction costs, credit considerations and bid-offer spreads.
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The closing price of the ETNs will be published on each Trading Day under the ticker symbol “GLDI”. Any premium or discount may be reduced or eliminated at any time. Paying a premium purchase price of the ETNs over the Intraday Indicative Value or the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs could lead to significant losses in the event holders sell their ETNs at a time when such premium is no longer present in the market place or such ETNs are redeemed by us (including pursuant to an acceleration at our option), in which case holders will be entitled to receive a cash payment based on the Closing Indicative Value on the relevant Valuation Date(s).
The ETNs may be redeemed or accelerated at any time, subject to the conditions described herein.
As discussed in “Payment Upon Early Redemption” below, a holder may, subject to certain restrictions, provide a Redemption Notice on any Business Day during the term of the ETNs beginning on January 29, 2013 through January 21, 2033 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, five (5) scheduled Trading Days prior to the scheduled Final Valuation Date, as extended) (for an anticipated January 24, 2033 Early Redemption Valuation Date and an anticipated Early Redemption Date of January 27, 2033 or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, an Early Redemption Valuation Date four (4) scheduled Trading Days prior to the scheduled Final Valuation Date, as extended, and an Early Redemption Date one scheduled Business Day prior to the scheduled Final Valuation Date, as extended). If a holder elects to offer its ETNs to Credit Suisse for redemption, such must offer at least the applicable Minimum Redemption Amount at one time for redemption on any Early Redemption Date.
In addition, we have the right to accelerate the ETNs in whole or in part at any time on any Business Day occurring on or after the Inception Date or upon the occurrence of certain events described herein. Upon an acceleration of all of the outstanding ETNs, holders will be entitled to receive a cash payment per ETN in an amount (the “Accelerated Redemption Amount”) equal to the arithmetic average, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the Closing Indicative Values of such ETNs during the Accelerated Valuation Period. If fewer than all of the outstanding ETNs are accelerated, the Accelerated Redemption Amount will be the Closing Indicative Value on the Accelerated Valuation Date. If less than all the ETNs are to be redeemed pursuant to an Optional Acceleration or an Event Acceleration, the trustee shall select, pro rata, by lot or in such manner as it deems appropriate and fair, the ETNs to be redeemed pursuant to such acceleration. ETNs may be accelerated in part in multiples of 50,000 ETNs, or an integral multiple of 50,000 ETNs in excess thereof.
The last date on which Credit Suisse will redeem the ETNs at a holder’s option will be January 27, 2033 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, one scheduled Business Day prior to the scheduled Maturity Date, as extended). As such, holders must offer their ETNs for redemption no later than January 21, 2033 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, five (5) scheduled Trading Days prior to the scheduled Final Valuation Date, as extended). The daily redemption feature is intended to induce arbitrageurs to counteract any trading of the ETNs at a premium or discount to their Indicative Value, although there can be no assurance that arbitrageurs will employ the redemption feature in this manner.
Indicative Value
The “Indicative Value” of the ETNs is the Intraday Indicative Value or the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs, as applicable.
Split or Reverse Split of the ETNs
The Calculation Agent may initiate a split or reverse split of the ETNs on any Trading Day. If the Calculation Agent decides to initiate a split or reverse split, the Calculation Agent will issue a notice to holders of the ETNs and a press release announcing the split or reverse split, specifying the effective date of the split or reverse split. The Calculation Agent will determine the ratio of such split or reverse split, as the case may be, using relevant market indicia, and will adjust the terms of the ETNs accordingly. Any adjustment of the closing value will be rounded to 8 decimal places.
In the case of a reverse split, we reserve the right to address odd numbers of ETNs (commonly referred to as “partials”) in a manner determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion. A split or reverse split of the ETNs will not affect the aggregate stated principal amount of ETNs held by an investor, other than to the extent of any “partial” ETNs, but it will affect the number of ETNs an investor holds, the denominations used for trading purposes on the exchange and the trading price, and may affect the liquidity, of the ETNs on the exchange.
Coupon Amount
On each Coupon Payment Date, for each $20.00 stated principal amount of the ETNs, holders on the Coupon Record Date will be entitled to receive a variable cash payment equal to the Closing Indicative Value on the Index Business Day immediately preceding the relevant Index Distribution Date multiplied by the Coupon Percentage for that Index Distribution Date. The Coupon will be paid on the
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Coupon Payment Date to the holder of record on the applicable Coupon Record Date. No Coupon Amount will be due or payable in the event a holder elects to offer its ETNs for early redemption or we accelerate the maturity of the ETNs.
The Coupon Percentage in respect of an Index Distribution Date will be the Distribution for such Index Distribution Date divided by the Closing Level of the Index the Index Business Day immediately preceding the Index Distribution Date. The Distribution represents the notional monthly call premium earned on the sale of the call options written on the GLD Shares during the immediately preceding Index Rebalancing Period pursuant to the Index methodology.
The premiums generated from the notional sales of the Options will be subtracted monthly from the Index and paid to holders of the ETNs in the form of a Coupon Amount, the amount of which is determined based on the notional premiums received from the sale of the Options during the preceding Rebalancing Period as described below.
The “Index Rebalancing Period” refers to the five (5) consecutive Index Calculation Days beginning on and including the Index Calculation Day that is ten (10) calendar days prior to the Expiry Date (as defined below) of the relevant Options (each, a “Roll Date”). The Index will be rebalanced at the end of each Roll Date in accordance with the following steps:
First, on the Index Calculation Day preceding the first Roll Date of each month, the strike price of the new Option is determined. The strike price will be the lowest listed strike price that is above 103% of the price per Share as of the 4:00 p.m. New York City time on such date of determination. Then, the Index will roll its monthly exposure over the next five (5) consecutive Index Calculation Days. The roll percentage is the proportion of the expiring position being rolled into a new position on each Roll Date.
At the end of the first Roll Date, and on each successive Roll Date of such Index Rebalancing Period, the Index will notionally sell the new Option. Additionally, as of the end of each such Roll Date, the Index will hypothetically close out through repurchase 20% (or such greater amount in the event of roll disruptions) of the Options notionally sold during the previous Index Rebalancing Period (the expiring Options); the Index will notionally liquidate GLD Shares Units in an amount sufficient to fund the notional repurchase.
Finally, on the last Roll Date of such Index Rebalancing Period, the Index will determine the amount of the notional Option premium, which will, on the close of the last Roll Date of the next following Index Rebalancing Period, be subtracted from the Index as a Distribution and paid to holders of the ETNs in the form of the Coupon Amount.
An Index Distribution Date will be the date on which the Distribution is subtracted from the level of the Index pursuant to the rules of the Index, which will occur on the last Roll Date of a given Index Rebalancing Period.
The Coupon Amount is calculated by reference to the notional Distribution from the Index, which will decrease the level of the Index (and therefore the value of the ETNs), as the Distribution comes directly from the notional portfolio reflected by the Index Components. When the Distribution is deducted from the Index on the Index Distribution Date, the Coupon Amount will be added to the Closing Indicative Value and the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs. At the market opening on the Ex-Coupon Date, the ETNs will trade on an ex-coupon basis, adjusted for the Coupon Amount, meaning that the Coupon Amount will no longer be included in the Closing Indicative Value or the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs. For a holder to receive the upcoming Coupon Amount, the holder must own the ETNs on the Coupon Record Date.
The “Ex-Coupon Date” means, with respect to each Coupon Amount, the first Trading Day on which the ETNs trade without the right to receive such Coupon Amount.
Denomination
The denomination and stated principal amount of each ETN is $20.00. ETNs may be issued at a price that is higher or lower than the stated principal amount, based on the Indicative Value of the ETNs at that time.
Payment at Maturity
At maturity, holders of the ETNs will be entitled to receive a cash payment on February 2, 2033 (the “Maturity Date”) (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, on the scheduled Maturity Date, as extended) that is equal to the “Final Indicative Value”, which will be the arithmetic average, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the Closing Indicative Value on each of the immediately preceding five (5) Trading Days to and including the Final Valuation Date (the “Final Valuation Period”). We refer to the amount of such payment as the “Maturity Redemption Amount”. If the scheduled Maturity Date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date will be postponed to the first Business Day following the scheduled Maturity Date. If the scheduled Final Valuation Date is not a Trading Day, the Final Valuation Date will be postponed to the next following Trading Day, in which case the Maturity Date will be postponed to the third Business Day following the Final Valuation Date as so postponed. In addition, if a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing on the Final Valuation Date, the Maturity Date will be postponed until the date three (3) Business Days following the
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Final Valuation Date, as postponed. No interest or additional payment will accrue or be payable as a result of any postponement of the Maturity Date. Any payment on the ETNs is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due. In no event will the payment at maturity be less than zero.
The scheduled Maturity Date is initially February 2, 2033, but may be extended at our option for up to two (2) additional five-year periods. We may only extend the scheduled Maturity Date for five (5) years at a time. If we exercise our option to extend the maturity of the ETNs, we will notify DTC (the holder of the global note for the ETNs) and the trustee at least 45 but not more than 60 calendar days prior to the then scheduled Maturity Date. We will provide such notice to DTC and the trustee in respect of each five-year extension of the scheduled Maturity Date that we choose to effect.
If the Final Indicative Value is zero, the Maturity Redemption Amount will be zero.
The “Closing Indicative Value” on the Inception Date was $20.00 (the “Initial Indicative Value”). The Closing Indicative Value on each calendar day following the Inception Date will be calculated by the Index Calculation Agent and will be equal to (1) the Current Principal Amount for such calendar day plus (2) for any day on or after the Index Distribution Date but prior to the Ex-Coupon Date for a given month, any accrued but unpaid Coupon Amount. The Closing Indicative Value will never be less than zero. If the Intraday Indicative Value is equal to or less than zero at any time or the Closing Indicative Value is equal to zero on any Trading Day, the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs on that day, and all future days, will be zero. The Closing Indicative Value is not the same as the closing price or any other trading price of the ETNs in the secondary market. The trading price of the ETNs at any time may vary significantly from their Indicative Value at such time. If the ETNs undergo a split or reverse split, the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs will be adjusted accordingly (see “Split or Reverse Split of the ETNs”). Such adjustment may adversely affect the trading price and liquidity of the ETNs. Even if the Closing Indicative Value or Intraday Indicative Value is equal to or less than zero at any time, the trading price of the ETNs may remain above zero. Buying the ETNs at such a time will lead to a complete loss of a holder’s investment.
The “Current Principal Amount” on each calendar day following the Inception Date will be equal to (1)(a) the Current Principal Amount on the immediately preceding calendar day times (b) the Daily Index Factor on such calendar day minus (2) the Daily Investor Fee on such calendar day. The Current Principal Amount on the Inception Date was $20.00.
A “Business Day” is a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City or London, England generally are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.
A “Trading Day” is a day which is (i) an Index Business Day, (ii) an ETN Business Day and (iii) an Index Component Business Day for each of the Index Components.
An “Index Business Day” is a day on which the level of the Index is calculated and published.
With respect to any Index Component, an “Index Component Business Day” is a day on which trading is generally conducted on any markets on which such Index Component is traded.
An “ETN Business Day” is a day on which trading is generally conducted on the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Arca and NASDAQ.
The “Daily Index Factor” on any Index Business Day will equal (a) the Closing Level of the Index on such Index Business Day divided by (b) the Closing Level of the Index on the immediately preceding Index Business Day. The Daily Index Factor is deemed to be one on any day that is not an Index Business Day.
On any calendar day, the “Daily Investor Fee” will be equal to the product of (1)(a) the Current Principal Amount on the immediately preceding calendar day times (b) the Daily Index Factor on such calendar day times (2)(a) the Investor Fee Rate divided by (b) 365. The “Investor Fee Rate” will be equal to 0.65%.
The ETNs do not guarantee any return of a holder’s investment. If the level of the Index decreases or does not increase sufficiently to offset the Daily Investor Fee (and in the case of Early Redemption, the Early Redemption Charge) over the term of the ETNs, a holder will receive less, and possibly significantly less, at maturity or upon early redemption or acceleration of the ETNs than the amount of such holder’s investment.
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The “Closing Level” of the Index on any Trading Day will be the Closing Level published on Bloomberg under the ticker symbol “QGLDI <Index>” or any successor page on Bloomberg or any successor service, as applicable; provided that in the event a Market Disruption Event exists on a Valuation Date, the Calculation Agent will determine the Closing Level of the Index.
Any payment holders will be entitled to receive is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due.
Payment Upon Early Redemption
Prior to maturity, holders may, subject to certain restrictions described below, offer at least the applicable Minimum Redemption Amount or more of the ETNs to us for redemption on an Early Redemption Date during the term of the ETNs until January 21, 2033 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, five (5) scheduled Trading Days prior to the scheduled Final Valuation Date, as extended). If a holder elects to offer its ETNs for redemption, and the requirements for acceptance by us are met, such holder will be entitled to receive a cash payment per ETN on the Early Redemption Date equal to the Early Redemption Amount. Any payment holders will be entitled to receive on the ETNs is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due.
A holder may exercise its early redemption right by causing its broker or other person with whom such holder holds its ETNs to deliver a Redemption Notice (as defined herein) to Credit Suisse. If such Redemption Notice is delivered prior to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, the immediately following Trading Day will be the applicable “Early Redemption Valuation Date”. Otherwise, the second following Trading Day will be the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date. See “Procedures for Early Redemption”.
A holder must offer for redemption at least 50,000 ETNs or an integral multiple of 50,000 ETNs in excess thereof at one time in order to exercise its right to cause us to redeem its ETNs on any Early Redemption Date (the “Minimum Redemption Amount”); provided that we or CSi as the Calculation Agent may from time to time reduce, in part or in whole, the Minimum Redemption Amount. Any such reduction will be applied on a consistent basis for all holders of the ETNs at the time the reduction becomes effective. If the ETNs undergo a split or reverse split, the minimum number of ETNs needed to exercise the right to cause us to redeem the ETNs will remain the same.
When a holder submits its ETNs for redemption in accordance with the redemption procedures described herein, such ETNs may remain outstanding (and be resold by us or an affiliate) or may be submitted by us for cancellation.
The “Early Redemption Date” is the third Business Day following an Early Redemption Valuation Date.
The “Early Redemption Charge” per ETN will equal 0.125% times the Closing Indicative Value on the Early Redemption Valuation Date.
The “Early Redemption Amount” is a cash payment per ETN equal to the greater of (A) zero and (B)(1) the Closing Indicative Value on the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date minus (2) the Early Redemption Charge, calculated by the Calculation Agent.
Procedures for Early Redemption
If a holder wishes to offer its ETNs to Credit Suisse for redemption, such holder’s broker or other person with whom such holder holds its ETNs must follow the following procedures:
Deliver a notice of redemption (the “Redemption Notice”), to Credit Suisse via email or other electronic delivery as requested by Credit Suisse. If such Redemption Notice is delivered prior to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, the immediately following Trading Day will be the applicable “Early Redemption Valuation Date”. Otherwise, the second following Trading Day will be the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date. If Credit Suisse receives a holder’s Redemption Notice no later than 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, Credit Suisse will respond by sending its broker an acknowledgment of the Redemption Notice accepting such redemption request by 7:30 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day prior to the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date. Credit Suisse or its affiliate must acknowledge to the holder’s broker acceptance of the Redemption Notice in order for such redemption request to be effective;
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Credit Suisse may, at its option, waive the requirement that the Redemption Notice be delivered as set forth above, if confirmed by Credit Suisse that a written indication of an offer for early redemption has otherwise been accepted by Credit Suisse. Any such written indication that is delivered after 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, will be deemed to have been made on the following Business Day. For the avoidance of doubt, a holder may choose to comply with the procedures set forth above in lieu of the procedures in this clause, irrespective of any waiver by Credit Suisse;
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Cause the holder’s DTC custodian to book a delivery versus payment trade with respect to the ETNs on the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date at a price equal to the applicable Early Redemption Amount, facing us; and
Cause the holder’s DTC custodian to deliver the trade as booked for settlement via DTC at or prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time, on the applicable Early Redemption Date (the third Business Day following the Early Redemption Valuation Date).
A holder is responsible for (i) instructing or otherwise causing its broker to provide the Redemption Notice and (ii) its broker satisfying the additional requirements as set forth in the second and third bullets above in order for the redemption to be effected. Different brokerage firms may have different deadlines for accepting instructions from their customers. Accordingly, a holder should consult the brokerage firm through which it owns its interest in the ETNs in respect of such deadlines. If Credit Suisse does not (i) receive the Redemption Notice from the relevant holder’s broker by 4:00 p.m. and (ii) deliver an acknowledgment of such Redemption Notice to such broker accepting such redemption request by 7:30 p.m., on the Business Day prior to the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date, such notice will not be effective for such Business Day and Credit Suisse will treat such Redemption Notice as if it was received on the next Business Day. Any redemption instructions for which Credit Suisse receives a valid confirmation in accordance with the procedures described above will be irrevocable after Credit Suisse confirms a holder’s offer for early redemption.
Because the Early Redemption Amount a holder will receive for each ETN will not be determined until the close of trading on the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date, a holder will not know the applicable Early Redemption Amount at the time such holder exercises its redemption right and will bear the risk that its ETNs will decline in value between the time of such holder’s exercise and the time at which the Early Redemption Amount is determined.
Acceleration at Our Option or Upon an Acceleration Event
We have the right to accelerate the ETNs in whole or in part on any Business Day occurring on or after the Inception Date (an “Optional Acceleration”). In addition, if an Acceleration Event (as defined herein) occurs at any time with respect to the ETNs, we will have the right to accelerate all or any portion of the outstanding ETNs (an “Event Acceleration”). Upon an acceleration of all of the outstanding ETNs, holders will be entitled to receive a cash payment per ETN in an amount (the “Accelerated Redemption Amount”) equal to the arithmetic average, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the Closing Indicative Values of such ETNs during the Accelerated Valuation Period. If fewer than all of the outstanding ETNs are accelerated, the Accelerated Redemption Amount will be the Closing Indicative Value on the Accelerated Valuation Date. If less than all the ETNs are to be redeemed pursuant to an Optional Acceleration or an Event Acceleration, the trustee shall select, pro rata, by lot or in such manner as it deems appropriate and fair, the ETNs to be redeemed pursuant to such acceleration. ETNs may be accelerated in part in multiples of 50,000 ETNs, or an integral multiple of 50,000 ETNs in excess thereof. We will provide at least five (5) Business Days’ notice of any ETNs to be accelerated and, in the case of any ETNs selected for partial redemption, the stated principal amount thereof to be redeemed. All provisions relating to the acceleration of the ETNs to be redeemed only in part, relate to the portion of the stated principal amount of ETNs which has been or is to be redeemed pursuant to these acceleration provisions.
In the case of an Optional Acceleration of all outstanding ETNs, the “Accelerated Valuation Period” shall be a period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days specified in our notice of Optional Acceleration, the first Trading Day of which shall be at least two (2) Business Days after the date on which we give notice of such Optional Acceleration. In the case of an Event Acceleration of all outstanding ETNs, the “Accelerated Valuation Period” shall be a period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days, the first Trading Day of which shall be the day on which we give notice of such Event Acceleration (or, if such day is not a Trading Day, the next following Trading Day). In the case of an acceleration of less than all outstanding ETNs, the “Accelerated Valuation Date” will be the first Trading Day following the date of our notice of acceleration. The Accelerated Redemption Amount will be payable on the third Business Day following the Accelerated Valuation Date or the third Business Day following the last Trading Day in the Accelerated Valuation Period as the case may be (such date the “Acceleration Date”). We will give notice of any acceleration of the ETNs through customary channels used to deliver notices to holders of exchange traded notes.
Any payment holders will be entitled to receive is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due.
An “Acceleration Event” means:
(a) an amendment to or change (including any officially announced proposed change) in the laws, regulations or rules of the United States (or any political subdivision thereof), or any jurisdiction in which a Primary Exchange or Related Exchange (each as defined herein) is located that (i) makes it illegal for CSi to hold, acquire or dispose of options or futures contracts relating to the Index or the GLD Shares or options, futures, swaps or other derivatives on the Index, the GLD Shares or the Options (including but not limited to exchange-imposed position limits), (ii) shall materially increase the cost to the Issuer, our affiliates, third parties with whom we transact or similarly situated third parties in performing our or their obligations in connection with the ETNs, (iii) shall have a material adverse effect on any of these parties’ ability to perform their obligations in connection with the ETNs or (iv) shall
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materially affect our ability to issue or transact in exchange traded notes similar to the ETNs, each as determined by us or CSi, as the Calculation Agent;
(b) any official administrative decision, judicial decision, administrative action, regulatory interpretation or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws, regulations or rules that is announced on or after the Inception Date that (i) makes it illegal for CSi to hold, acquire or dispose of options or futures contracts relating to the Index or the GLD Shares or options, futures, swaps or other derivatives on the Index or the futures contracts relating to the Index, the GLD Shares or the Options (including but not limited to exchange-imposed position limits), (ii) shall materially increase the cost to the Issuer, our affiliates, third parties with whom we transact or similarly situated third parties in performing our or their obligations in connection with the ETNs, (iii) shall have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Issuer, our affiliates, third parties with whom we transact or a similarly situated third party to perform our or their obligations in connection with the ETNs or (iv) shall materially affect our ability to issue or transact in exchange traded notes similar to the ETNs, each as determined by us or CSi, as the Calculation Agent;
(c) any event that occurs on or after the Inception Date that makes it a violation of any law, regulation or rule of the United States (or any political subdivision thereof), or any jurisdiction in which a Primary Exchange or Related Exchange (each as defined herein) is located, or of any official administrative decision, judicial decision, administrative action, regulatory interpretation or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws, regulations or rules, (i) for CSi to hold, acquire or dispose of options contracts relating to the Index or the GLD Shares or options, futures, swaps or other derivatives on the Index, the GLD Shares or the Options (including but not limited to exchange-imposed position limits), (ii) for the Issuer, our affiliates, third parties with whom we transact or similarly situated third parties to perform our or their obligations in connection with the ETNs or (iii) for us to issue or transact in exchange traded notes similar to the ETNs, each as determined by us or CSi, as the Calculation Agent;
(d) any event, as determined by us or CSi, as the Calculation Agent, that we or any of our affiliates or a similarly situated party would, after using commercially reasonable efforts, be unable to, or would incur a materially increased amount of tax, duty, expense or fee (other than brokerage commissions) to, acquire, establish, re-establish, substitute, maintain, unwind or dispose of any transaction or asset it deems necessary to hedge the risk of the ETNs, or realize, recover or remit the proceeds of any such transaction or asset;
(e) if at any point, the Intraday Indicative Value is equal to or less than five percent (5%) of the prior day’s Closing Indicative Value of such ETNs; or
(f) as determined by the Calculation Agent, the primary exchange or market for trading for the ETNs, if any, announces that pursuant to the rules of such exchange or market, as applicable, the ETNs cease (or will cease) to be listed, traded or publicly quoted on such exchange or market, as applicable, for any reason and are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on an exchange or quotation system located in the same country as such exchange or market, as applicable.
Primary Exchange” means the primary exchange on which options or futures contracts relating to the Index or the GLD Shares are traded, as determined by the Calculation Agent, which is initially the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE).
Related Exchange” means each exchange or quotation system where trading has a material effect (as determined by the Calculation Agent) for the overall market for futures or options contracts relating to the Index or the GLD Shares.
Market Disruption Events
The Calculation Agent will be solely responsible for the determination and calculation of any adjustments to any Index Component and of any related determinations and calculations with respect to any event described below and its determinations and calculations will be conclusive absent manifest error.
A “Market Disruption Event” is:
(a) the occurrence or existence of a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading of the Index Components on the relevant exchange for such Index Component for more than two hours of trading or during the one-half hour period preceding the close of the principal trading session on such relevant exchange;
(b) a breakdown or failure in the price and trade reporting systems of the relevant exchange for any Index Component, as a result of which the reported trading prices for the Index Component during the last one-half hour preceding the close of the principal trading session on such relevant exchange are materially inaccurate;
(c) the occurrence or existence of a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading on the primary related exchange or market for trading in futures or options contracts related to any Index Component for more than two hours of trading during, or during the one-half hour period preceding the close of the principal trading session for such related exchange or market;
(d) a decision to permanently discontinue trading in those related futures or options contracts; or
(e) failure of the Index Calculation Agent to publish the level of the Index, including as a result of any disruption of the Index Components;
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in each case, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion; and in each case a determination by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion that any event described above materially interfered with our ability or the ability of any of our affiliates to effect transactions in the Index Component or any instrument related to the Index Component or to adjust or unwind all or a material portion of any hedge position in the Index Component with respect to the ETNs.
For the purpose of determining whether a market disruption event in respect of an Index Component has occurred:
(a) a limitation on the hours or number of days of trading will not constitute a market disruption event if it results from an announced change in the regular business hours of the relevant exchange for such Index Component or the primary related exchange or market for trading in futures or options contracts related to such Index Component;
(b) limitations pursuant to NYSE Rule 80B (or any applicable rule or regulation enacted or promulgated by the NYSE, any other U.S. self-regulatory organization, the SEC or any other relevant authority of scope similar to NYSE Rule 80B) on trading during significant market fluctuations will constitute a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading; and
(c) a suspension of trading in futures or options contracts related to such Index Component by the primary related exchange or market for trading in such contracts, if available, by reason of:
(i) a price change exceeding limits set by such exchange or market;
(ii) an imbalance of orders relating to such contracts; or
(iii) a disparity in bid and ask quotes relating to such contracts;
will, in each such case, constitute a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading in futures or options contracts related to such Index Component; and
(d) a “suspension, absence or material limitation of trading” on the primary related exchange or market on which futures or options contracts related to such Index Component are traded will not include any time when such exchange or market is itself closed for trading under ordinary circumstances;
in each case, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion.
If the Calculation Agent determines that a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing on any Valuation Date (including, without limitation, the Final Valuation Date, the Early Redemption Valuation Date, or any Valuation Date in the Accelerated Valuation Period or Final Valuation Period), that Valuation Date will be postponed until the first Trading Day on which no Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing, unless a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing for each of the five (5) Trading Days following the applicable scheduled Valuation Date. In that case, the fifth Trading Day following the applicable scheduled Valuation Date shall be deemed to be the applicable Valuation Date, notwithstanding the fact that a Market Disruption Event occurred or was continuing on such Trading Day, and the Calculation Agent will determine the applicable Closing Indicative Value using an appropriate Closing Level of the Index on that deemed Valuation Date taking into account the nature and duration of such Market Disruption Event. If any Valuation Date in the Accelerated Valuation Period or Final Valuation Period is postponed as described above, each subsequent Valuation Date in the Accelerated Valuation Period or Final Valuation Period will be postponed by the same number of Trading Days. In addition, if the Final Valuation Date, the Valuation Date corresponding to an Early Redemption Date or the last scheduled Valuation Date in the Accelerated Valuation Period is postponed, the Maturity Date, the corresponding Early Redemption Date or the Acceleration Date, as the case may be, will be postponed until the date three (3) Business Days following such Valuation Date, as postponed.
Default Amount on Acceleration
For the purpose of determining whether the holders of our senior medium-term notes, of which the ETNs are a part, are entitled to take any action under the indenture, we will treat the stated principal amount of each ETN outstanding as the stated principal amount of that ETN. Although the terms of the ETNs may differ from those of the other senior medium-term notes, holders of specified percentages in stated principal amount of all senior medium-term notes, together in some cases with other series of our debt securities, will be able to take action affecting all the senior medium-term notes, including the ETNs. This action may involve changing some of the terms that apply to the senior medium-term notes, accelerating the maturity of the senior medium-term notes after a default or waiving some of our obligations under the indenture.
In case an event of default with respect to ETNs shall have occurred and be continuing, the amount declared due and payable upon any acceleration of the ETNs will be determined by the Calculation Agent, and will equal, for each ETN that a holder then holds, the Closing Indicative Value determined by the Calculation Agent occurring on the Trading Day following the date on which the ETNs were declared due and payable.
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Further Issuances
We may, from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the holders of the ETNs, create and issue additional securities having the same terms and conditions as the ETNs, and ranking on an equal basis with the ETNs in all respects.
Discontinuation or Modification of the Index
If the Index Sponsors discontinue publication of the Index and the Index Sponsors or anyone else publishes a substitute index that the Calculation Agent determines is comparable to the Index, then the Calculation Agent will permanently replace the original Index with that substitute index (the “Successor Index”) for all purposes, and all provisions described herein as applying to the Index will thereafter apply to the Successor Index instead. If the Calculation Agent replaces the original Index with a Successor Index, then the Calculation Agent will determine the Early Redemption Amount, Accelerated Redemption Amount or Maturity Redemption Amount (each, a “Redemption Amount”) and the Coupon Amount, as applicable, by reference to the Successor Index.
If the Calculation Agent determines that the publication of the Index is discontinued and there is no successor index, the Calculation Agent will determine the level of the Index, and thus the applicable Redemption Amount, by a computation methodology that the Calculation Agent determines will as closely as reasonably possible replicate the Index.
If the Calculation Agent determines that the Index, the Options or the method of calculating the Index is changed at any time in any respect, including whether the change is made by the Index Sponsors under their existing policies or following a modification of those policies, is due to the publication of a successor index, is due to events affecting the GLD Shares or the Options, or is due to any other reason and is not otherwise reflected in the level of the Index by the Index Sponsors pursuant to the Index methodology, then the Calculation Agent will be permitted (but not required) to make such adjustments in the Index or the method of its calculation as it believes are appropriate to ensure that the Closing Level of the Index used to determine the applicable Redemption Amount is equitable.
Manner of Payment and Delivery
Any payment on or delivery of the ETNs at maturity will be made to accounts designated by holders and approved by us, or at the office of the trustee in New York City, but only when the ETNs are surrendered to the trustee at that office. We also may make any payment or delivery in accordance with the applicable procedures of the depositary.
Role of the Calculation Agent
Credit Suisse International (“CSi”), an affiliate of ours and the Calculation Agent, will, in its reasonable discretion, make certain calculations and determinations that may impact the value of the ETNs, including determination of the arithmetic average of the Closing Indicative Values where applicable, a split or reverse split of the ETNs, calculation of default amounts, Market Disruption Events, any Successor Index, Business Days and Trading Days, the Current Principal Amount, the Daily Investor Fee amount, the Daily Index Factor, the Coupon Amount, the Closing Level of the Index on any Trading Day, the Maturity Date, any Early Redemption Dates, the Acceleration Date, the amount payable in respect of a holder’s ETNs at maturity, upon early redemption or acceleration and any other calculations or determinations to be made by the Calculation Agent as specified herein.
If the Calculation Agent ceases to perform its role, we will either, at our sole discretion, perform such role, appoint another party to do so or accelerate the ETNs.
We may appoint a different Calculation Agent from time to time without consent and without notifying holders.
Role of the Index Calculation Agent
We have initially appointed NASDAQ OMX as an Index Calculation Agent. The Index Calculation Agent will have the sole responsibility to calculate and disseminate the Closing Indicative Value and the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs. The Index Sponsors may appoint a different Index Calculation Agent from time to time without consent and without notifying holders.
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Description of Credit Suisse X-Links Silver Shares Covered Call ETNs due April 21, 2033
Defined terms used within this subsection are defined only with respect to the ETNs listed in the subsection heading above and described within this subsection.
General
The return on the Credit Suisse X-Links Silver Shares Covered Call ETNs due April 21, 2033 (“ETNs”) will be based on the performance of the Credit Suisse NASDAQ Silver FLOWSTM 106 Index (the “Index”), as reflected by their Indicative Value, calculated as set forth below. The Index measures the return of a “covered call” strategy on the shares of the iShares® Silver Trust (the “SLV Shares”) by reflecting changes in the price of the SLV Shares and the notional option premiums received from the notional sale of monthly call options on the SLV Shares less notional transaction costs incurred in connection with the covered call strategy. The Index strategy consists of a hypothetical notional portfolio that takes a “long” position in SLV Shares and sells a succession of notional, approximately one-month, call options on the SLV Shares with a strike price of approximately 106% of the price of the SLV Shares exercisable on the option expiration date (the “Options” and together with the long position in SLV Shares, the “Index Components”). The notional sale of the Options is “covered” by the notional long position in the SLV Shares. The long position in the SLV Shares and the “short” call options are held in equal notional amounts (i.e., the short position in each Option is “covered” by the long position in the SLV Shares). This strategy is intended to provide exposure to silver through the notional positions in the SLV Shares and the Options that seeks to (i) generate periodic cash flows that a direct long-only ownership position in the SLV Shares would not, (ii) provide a limited offset to losses from downside market performance in the SLV Shares via the cash flows from option premiums and (iii) provide limited potential upside participation in the performance of the SLV Shares. The level of the Index on any day reflects the value of the notional long position in the SLV Shares and the notional Option premium, reduced based on the value of the Options then outstanding. The ETNs will not participate in the potential upside of the SLV Shares beyond the applicable strike price of the Options and notional transaction costs. The Index is subject to the policies of CSi and Nasdaq, Inc. (the “Index Sponsors”) and is subject to the Index Sponsors’ discretion, including with respect to the implementation of, and changes to, the rules governing the Index methodology.
Inception, Issuance and Maturity
The initial issuance of ETNs priced on April 16, 2013 (the “Inception Date”) and settled on April 19, 2013 (the “Initial Settlement Date”). The “Maturity Date” is initially April 21, 2033, but the maturity of the ETNs may be extended at our option for up to two additional five-year periods, as described herein.
Intraday Indicative Value
The “Intraday Indicative Value” of the ETNs is designed to reflect the economic value of the ETNs at a given time. The Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs will be calculated and published by the Index Calculation Agent every fifteen (15) seconds on each Trading Day during normal trading hours so long as no Market Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing and will be disseminated over the consolidated tape or other major market data vendor. The Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs at any time is based on the most recent intraday level of the Index. It is calculated using the same formula as the Closing Indicative Value, except that instead of using the Closing Level of the Index, the calculation is based on the most recent reported level of the Index at the particular time (or, if the day on which such time occurs is not a Trading Day, as determined by the Calculation Agent).
At any time at which a Market Disruption Event has occurred and is continuing, there shall be no Intraday Indicative Value. If the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs is equal to or less than zero at any time or the Closing Indicative Value is equal to zero on any Trading Day, the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs on that day, and all future days, will be zero.
Neither the Intraday Indicative Value nor the Closing Indicative Value calculation is intended as a price or quotation, or as an offer or solicitation for the purchase, sale, redemption, acceleration or termination of a holder’s ETNs, nor will it reflect hedging or transaction costs, credit considerations, market liquidity or bid-offer spreads. The Index Calculation Agent is responsible for computing and disseminating the ETN’s Indicative Values. Published levels of the Index from the Index Calculation Agent may occasionally be subject to delay or postponement. Any such delays or postponements will affect the current level of the Index and therefore the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs. The actual trading price of the ETNs may be different from their Intraday Indicative Value or Closing Indicative Value.
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The actual trading price of the ETNs at any time may vary significantly from the Intraday Indicative Value at such time. The trading price of the ETNs at any time is the price that holders may be able to buy or sell their ETNs in the secondary market at such time, if one exists.
The trading price of the ETNs at any time is the price at which a holder may be able to buy or sell its ETNs in the secondary market at such time, if one exists. In the absence of an active secondary market for the ETNs, the last reported trading price may not reflect the actual price at which a holder may be able to buy or sell its ETNs at a particular time. The trading price of the ETNs at any time may vary significantly from their Indicative Value at such time due to, among other things, imbalances of supply and demand, lack of liquidity, transaction costs, credit considerations and bid-offer spreads.
The closing price of the ETNs will be published on each Trading Day under the ticker symbol “SLVO”. Any premium or discount may be reduced or eliminated at any time. Paying a premium purchase price of the ETNs over the Intraday Indicative Value or the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs could lead to significant losses in the event holders sell their ETNs at a time when such premium is no longer present in the market place or such ETNs are redeemed by us (including pursuant to an acceleration at our option), in which case holders will be entitled to receive a cash payment based on the Closing Indicative Value on the relevant Valuation Date(s).
The ETNs may be redeemed or accelerated at any time, subject to the conditions described herein.
As discussed in “Payment Upon Early Redemption” below, a holder may, subject to certain restrictions, provide a Redemption Notice on any Business Day during the term of the ETNs beginning on April 17, 2013 through April 7, 2033 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, five (5) scheduled Trading Days prior to the scheduled Final Valuation Date, as extended) (for an anticipated April 8, 2033 Early Redemption Valuation Date and an anticipated Early Redemption Date of April 13, 2033 or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, an Early Redemption Valuation Date four (4) scheduled Trading Days prior to the scheduled Final Valuation Date, as extended, and an Early Redemption Date one scheduled Business Day prior to the scheduled Final Valuation Date, as extended). If a holder elects to offer its ETNs to Credit Suisse for redemption, such holder must offer at least the applicable Minimum Redemption Amount at one time for redemption on any Early Redemption Date.
In addition, we have the right to accelerate the ETNs in whole or in part at any time on any Business Day occurring on or after the Inception Date or upon the occurrence of certain events described herein. Upon an acceleration of all of the outstanding ETNs, holders will be entitled to receive a cash payment per ETN in an amount (the “Accelerated Redemption Amount”) equal to the arithmetic average, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the Closing Indicative Values of such ETNs during the Accelerated Valuation Period. If fewer than all of the outstanding ETNs are accelerated, the Accelerated Redemption Amount will be the Closing Indicative Value on the Accelerated Valuation Date. If less than all the ETNs are to be redeemed pursuant to an Optional Acceleration or an Event Acceleration, the trustee shall select, pro rata, by lot or in such manner as it deems appropriate and fair, the ETNs to be redeemed pursuant to such acceleration. ETNs may be accelerated in part in multiples of 50,000 ETNs, or an integral multiple of 50,000 ETNs in excess thereof.
The last date on which Credit Suisse will redeem the ETNs at a holder’s option will be April 13, 2033 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, one scheduled Business Day prior to the scheduled Maturity Date, as extended). As such, a holder must offer its ETNs for redemption no later than April 7, 2033 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, five (5) scheduled Trading Days prior to the scheduled Final Valuation Date, as extended). The daily redemption feature is intended to induce arbitrageurs to counteract any trading of the ETNs at a premium or discount to their Indicative Value, although there can be no assurance that arbitrageurs will employ the redemption feature in this manner.
Indicative Value
The Indicative Value of the ETNs is the Intraday Indicative Value or the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs, as applicable.
Split or Reverse Split of the ETNs
The Calculation Agent may initiate a split or reverse split of the ETNs on any Trading Day. If the Calculation Agent decides to initiate a split or reverse split, the Calculation Agent will issue a notice to holders of the ETNs and a press release announcing the split or reverse split, specifying the effective date of the split or reverse split. The Calculation Agent will determine the ratio of such split or reverse split, as the case may be, using relevant market indicia, and will adjust the terms of the ETNs accordingly. Any adjustment of the closing value will be rounded to 8 decimal places.
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In the case of a reverse split, we reserve the right to address odd numbers of ETNs (commonly referred to as “partials”) in a manner determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion. A split or reverse split of the ETNs will not affect the aggregate stated principal amount of ETNs held by an investor, other than to the extent of any “partial” ETNs, but it will affect the number of ETNs an investor holds, the denominations used for trading purposes on the exchange and the trading price, and may affect the liquidity, of the ETNs on the exchange.
Coupon Amount
On each Coupon Payment Date, for each $20.00 stated principal amount ETN, holders on the Coupon Record Date will be entitled to receive a variable cash payment equal to the Closing Indicative Value on the Index Business Day immediately preceding the relevant Index Distribution Date multiplied by the Coupon Percentage for that Index Distribution Date. The Coupon will be paid on the Coupon Payment Date to the holder of record on the applicable Coupon Record Date. No Coupon Amount will be due or payable in the event a holder elects to offer its ETNs for early redemption or we accelerate the maturity of the ETNs.
The Coupon Percentage in respect of an Index Distribution Date will be the Distribution for such Index Distribution Date divided by the Closing Level of the Index the Index Business Day immediately preceding the Index Distribution Date. The Distribution represents the notional monthly call premium earned on the sale of the call options written on the SLV Shares during the immediately preceding Index Rebalancing Period pursuant to the Index methodology.
The premiums generated from the notional sales of the Options will be subtracted monthly from the Index and paid to holders of the ETNs in the form of a Coupon Amount, the amount of which is determined based on the notional premiums received from the sale of the Options during the preceding Rebalancing Period as described below.
The “Index Rebalancing Period” refers to the five (5) consecutive Index Calculation Days beginning on and including the Index Calculation Day that is ten (10) calendar days prior to the Expiry Date (as defined below) of the relevant Options (each, a “Roll Date”). The Index will be rebalanced at the end of each Roll Date in accordance with the following steps:
First, on the Index Calculation Day preceding the first Roll Date of each month, the strike price of the new Option is determined. The strike price will be the lowest listed strike price that is above 106% of the price per Share as of the 4:00 p.m. New York City time on such date of determination. Then, the Index will roll its monthly exposure over the next five (5) consecutive Index Calculation Days. The roll percentage is the proportion of the expiring position being rolled into a new position on each Roll Date.
At the end of the first Roll Date, and on each successive Roll Date of such Index Rebalancing Period, the Index will notionally sell the new Option. Additionally, as of the end of each such Roll Date, the Index will hypothetically close out through repurchase 20% (or such greater amount in the event of roll disruptions) of the Options notionally sold during the previous Index Rebalancing Period (the expiring Options); the Index will notionally liquidate SLV Shares Units in an amount sufficient to fund the notional repurchase.
Finally, on the last Roll Date of such Index Rebalancing Period, the Index will determine the amount of the notional Option premium, which will, on the close of the last Roll Date of the next following Index Rebalancing Period, be subtracted from the Index as a Distribution and paid to holders of the ETNs in the form of the Coupon Amount.
An Index Distribution Date will be the date on which the Distribution is subtracted from the level of the Index pursuant to the rules of the Index, which will occur on the last Roll Date of a given Index Rebalancing Period.
The Coupon Amount is calculated by reference to the notional Distribution from the Index, which will decrease the level of the Index (and therefore the value of the ETNs), as the Distribution comes directly from the notional portfolio reflected by the Index Components. When the Distribution is deducted from the Index on the Index Distribution Date, the Coupon Amount will be added to the Closing Indicative Value and the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs. At the market opening on the Ex-Coupon Date, the ETNs will trade on an ex-coupon basis, adjusted for the Coupon Amount, meaning that the Coupon Amount will no longer be included in the Closing Indicative Value or the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs. For a holder to receive the upcoming Coupon Amount, the holder must own the ETNs on the Coupon Record Date.
The “Ex-Coupon Date” means, with respect to each Coupon Amount, the first Trading Day on which the ETNs trade without the right to receive such Coupon Amount.
Denomination
The denomination and stated principal amount of each ETN is $20.00. ETNs may be issued at a price that is higher or lower than the stated principal amount, based on the Indicative Value of the ETNs at that time.
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Payment at Maturity
At maturity, holders of the ETNs will be entitled to receive a cash payment on April 21, 2033 (the “Maturity Date”) (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, on the scheduled Maturity Date, as extended) that is linked to the percentage change in the Closing Level of the Index from the Inception Date to the Closing Level calculated on the Final Valuation Date. Such holder’s cash payment at maturity will be equal to the “Final Indicative Value”, which will be the arithmetic average, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the Closing Indicative Value on each of the immediately preceding five (5) Trading Days to and including the Final Valuation Date (the “Final Valuation Period”). We refer to the amount of such payment as the “Maturity Redemption Amount”. If the scheduled Maturity Date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date will be postponed to the first Business Day following the scheduled Maturity Date. If the scheduled Final Valuation Date is not a Trading Day, the Final Valuation Date will be postponed to the next following Trading Day, in which case the Maturity Date will be postponed to the third Business Day following the Final Valuation Date as so postponed. In addition, if a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing on the Final Valuation Date, the Maturity Date will be postponed until the date three (3) Business Days following the Final Valuation Date, as postponed. No interest or additional payment will accrue or be payable as a result of any postponement of the Maturity Date. Any payment on the ETNs is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due. In no event will the payment at maturity be less than zero.
The scheduled Maturity Date is initially April 21, 2033, but may be extended at our option for up to two (2) additional five-year periods. We may only extend the scheduled Maturity Date for five (5) years at a time. If we exercise our option to extend the maturity of the ETNs, we will notify DTC (the holder of the global note for the ETNs) and the trustee at least 45 but not more than 60 calendar days prior to the then scheduled Maturity Date. We will provide such notice to DTC and the trustee in respect of each five-year extension of the scheduled Maturity Date that we choose to effect.
If the Final Indicative Value is zero, the Maturity Redemption Amount will be zero.
The “Closing Indicative Value” on the Inception Date was $20.00 (the “Initial Indicative Value”). The Closing Indicative Value on each calendar day following the Inception Date will be calculated by the Index Calculation Agent and will be equal to (1) the Current Principal Amount for such calendar day plus (2) for any day on or after the Index Distribution Date but prior to the Ex-Coupon Date for a given month, any accrued but unpaid Coupon Amount. The Closing Indicative Value will never be less than zero. If the Intraday Indicative Value is equal to or less than zero at any time or the Closing Indicative Value is equal to zero on any Trading Day, the Closing Indicative Value on that day, and all future days, will be zero. The Closing Indicative Value is not the same as the closing price or any other trading price of the ETNs in the secondary market. The trading price of the ETNs at any time may vary significantly from their Indicative Value at such time. If the ETNs undergo a split or reverse split, the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs will be adjusted accordingly (see “Split or Reverse Split of the ETNs”). Such adjustment may adversely affect the trading price and liquidity of the ETNs. Even if the Closing Indicative Value or Intraday Indicative Value is equal to or less than zero at any time, the trading price of the ETNs may remain above zero. Buying the ETNs at such a time will lead to a complete loss of a holder’s investment.
The “Current Principal Amount” on each calendar day following the Inception Date will be equal to (1)(a) the Current Principal Amount on the immediately preceding calendar day times (b) the Daily Index Factor on such calendar day minus (2) the Daily Investor Fee on such calendar day. The Current Principal Amount on the Inception Date was $20.00.
A “Business Day” is a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City or London, England generally are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.
A “Trading Day” is a day which is (i) an Index Business Day, (ii) an ETN Business Day and (iii) an Index Component Business Day for each of the Index Components.
An “Index Business Day” is a day on which the level of the Index is calculated and published.
With respect to any Index Component, an “Index Component Business Day” is a day on which trading is generally conducted on any markets on which such Index Component is traded.
An “ETN Business Day” is a day on which trading is generally conducted on the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Arca and Nasdaq.
The “Daily Index Factor” on any Index Business Day will equal (a) the Closing Level of the Index on such Index Business Day divided by (b) the Closing Level of the Index on the immediately preceding Index Business Day. The Daily Index Factor is deemed to be one on any day that is not an Index Business Day.
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On any calendar day, the “Daily Investor Fee” will be equal to the product of (1)(a) the Current Principal Amount on the immediately preceding calendar day times (b) the Daily Index Factor on such calendar day times (2)(a) the Investor Fee divided by (b) 365. The “Investor Fee” will be equal to 0.65%.
The ETNs do not guarantee any return of a holder’s investment. If the level of the Index decreases or does not increase sufficiently to offset the Daily Investor Fee (and in the case of Early Redemption, the Early Redemption Charge) over the term of the ETNs, a holder will receive less, and possibly significantly less, at maturity or upon early redemption or acceleration of the ETNs than the amount of such holder’s investment.
The “Closing Level” of the Index on any Trading Day will be the Closing Level published on Bloomberg under the ticker symbol “QSLVO <Index>” or any successor page on Bloomberg or any successor service, as applicable; provided that in the event a Market Disruption Event exists on a Valuation Date, the Calculation Agent will determine the Closing Level of the Index.
Any payment holders will be entitled to receive is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due.
Payment Upon Early Redemption
Prior to maturity, a holder may, subject to certain restrictions described below, offer at least the applicable Minimum Redemption Amount or more of its ETNs to us for redemption on an Early Redemption Date during the term of the ETNs until April 7, 2033 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, five (5) scheduled Trading Days prior to the scheduled Final Valuation Date, as extended). If a holder elects to offer its ETNs for redemption, and the requirements for acceptance by us are met, such holder will be entitled to receive a cash payment per ETN on the Early Redemption Date equal to the Early Redemption Amount. Any payment holders will be entitled to receive on the ETNs is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due.
A holder may exercise its early redemption right by causing its broker or other person with whom such holder holds its ETNs to deliver a Redemption Notice (as defined herein) to Credit Suisse. If such Redemption Notice is delivered prior to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, the immediately following Trading Day will be the applicable “Early Redemption Valuation Date”. Otherwise, the second following Trading Day will be the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date. See “Procedures for Early Redemption”.
A holder must offer for redemption at least 50,000 ETNs or an integral multiple of 50,000 ETNs in excess thereof at one time in order to exercise the right to cause us to redeem such holder’s ETNs on any Early Redemption Date (the “Minimum Redemption Amount”); provided that we or CSi as the Calculation Agent may from time to time reduce, in part or in whole, the Minimum Redemption Amount. Any such reduction will be applied on a consistent basis for all holders of the ETNs at the time the reduction becomes effective. If the ETNs undergo a split or reverse split, the minimum number of ETNs needed to exercise the right to cause us to redeem the ETNs will remain the same.
When a holder submits its ETNs for redemption in accordance with the redemption procedures described herein, such ETNs may remain outstanding (and be resold by us or an affiliate) or may be submitted by us for cancellation.
The “Early Redemption Date” is the third Business Day following an Early Redemption Valuation Date.
The “Early Redemption Charge” will equal up to 0.125% times the Closing Indicative Value on the Early Redemption Valuation Date.
The “Early Redemption Amount” is a cash payment per ETN equal to the greater of (A) zero and (B)(1) the Closing Indicative Value on the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date minus (2) the Early Redemption Charge, if applicable, calculated by the Calculation Agent.
Procedures for Early Redemption
If a holder wishes to offer its ETNs to Credit Suisse for redemption, such holder’s broker or other person with whom such holder holds its ETNs must follow the following procedures:
Deliver a notice of redemption (the “Redemption Notice”), to Credit Suisse via email or other electronic delivery as requested by Credit Suisse. If such Redemption Notice is delivered prior to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, the immediately following Trading Day will be the applicable “Early Redemption Valuation Date”. Otherwise, the second following Trading Day will be the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date. If Credit Suisse receives such Redemption Notice no later than 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, Credit Suisse will respond by sending such holder’s broker an acknowledgment of
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the Redemption Notice accepting such redemption request by 7:30 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day prior to the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date. Credit Suisse or its affiliate must acknowledge to such holder’s broker acceptance of the Redemption Notice in order for such redemption request to be effective;
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Credit Suisse may, at its option, waive the requirement that the Redemption Notice be delivered as set forth above, if confirmed by Credit Suisse that a written indication of an offer for early redemption has otherwise been accepted by Credit Suisse. Any such written indication that is delivered after 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, will be deemed to have been made on the following Business Day. For the avoidance of doubt, a holder may choose to comply with the procedures set forth above in lieu of the procedures in this clause, irrespective of any waiver by Credit Suisse;
Cause the holder’s DTC custodian to book a delivery versus payment trade with respect to the ETNs on the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date at a price equal to the applicable Early Redemption Amount, facing us; and
Cause the holder’s DTC custodian to deliver the trade as booked for settlement via DTC at or prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time, on the applicable Early Redemption Date (the third Business Day following the Early Redemption Valuation Date).
A holder is responsible for (i) instructing or otherwise causing its broker to provide the Redemption Notice and (ii) its broker satisfying the additional requirements as set forth in the second and third bullets above in order for the redemption to be effected. Different brokerage firms may have different deadlines for accepting instructions from their customers. Accordingly, a holder should consult the brokerage firm through which it owns its interest in the ETNs in respect of such deadlines. If Credit Suisse does not (i) receive the Redemption Notice from the relevant holder’s broker by 4:00 p.m. and (ii) deliver an acknowledgment of such Redemption Notice to such holder’s broker accepting such redemption request by 7:30 p.m., on the Business Day prior to the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date, such notice will not be effective for such Business Day and Credit Suisse will treat such Redemption Notice as if it was received on the next Business Day. Any redemption instructions for which Credit Suisse receives a valid confirmation in accordance with the procedures described above will be irrevocable after Credit Suisse confirms a holder’s offer for early redemption.
Because the Early Redemption Amount a holder will receive for each ETN will not be determined until the close of trading on the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date, a holder will not know the applicable Early Redemption Amount at the time such holder exercises its redemption right and will bear the risk that its ETNs will decline in value between the time of such holder’s exercise and the time at which the Early Redemption Amount is determined.
Acceleration at Our Option or Upon an Acceleration Event
We have the right to accelerate the ETNs in whole or in part on any Business Day occurring on or after the Inception Date (an “Optional Acceleration”). In addition, if an Acceleration Event (as defined herein) occurs at any time with respect to the ETNs, we will have the right to accelerate all or any portion of the outstanding ETNs (an “Event Acceleration”). Upon an acceleration of all of the outstanding ETNs, holders will be entitled to receive a cash payment per ETN in an amount (the “Accelerated Redemption Amount”) equal to the arithmetic average, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the Closing Indicative Values of such ETNs during the Accelerated Valuation Period. If fewer than all of the outstanding ETNs are accelerated, the Accelerated Redemption Amount will be the Closing Indicative Value on the Accelerated Valuation Date. If less than all the ETNs are to be redeemed pursuant to an Optional Acceleration or an Event Acceleration, the trustee shall select, pro rata, by lot or in such manner as it deems appropriate and fair, the ETNs to be redeemed pursuant to such acceleration. ETNs may be accelerated in part in multiples of 50,000 ETNs, or an integral multiple of 50,000 ETNs in excess thereof. We will provide at least five (5) Business Days’ notice of any ETNs to be accelerated and, in the case of any ETNs selected for partial redemption, the stated principal amount thereof to be redeemed. All provisions relating to the acceleration of the ETNs to be redeemed only in part, relate to the portion of the stated principal amount of ETNs which has been or is to be redeemed pursuant to these acceleration provisions.
In the case of an Optional Acceleration of all outstanding ETNs, the “Accelerated Valuation Period” shall be a period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days specified in our notice of Optional Acceleration, the first Trading Day of which shall be at least two (2) Business Days after the date on which we give notice of such Optional Acceleration. In the case of an Event Acceleration of all outstanding ETNs, the “Accelerated Valuation Period” shall be a period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days, the first Trading Day of which shall be the day on which we give notice of such Event Acceleration (or, if such day is not a Trading Day, the next following Trading Day). In the case of an acceleration of less than all outstanding ETNs, the “Accelerated Valuation Date” will be the first Trading Day following the date of our notice of acceleration. The Accelerated Redemption Amount will be payable on the third Business Day following the Accelerated Valuation Date or the third Business Day following the last Trading Day in the Accelerated Valuation Period as the case may be (such date the “Acceleration Date”). We will give notice of any acceleration of the ETNs through customary channels used to deliver notices to holders of exchange traded notes.
Any payment holders will be entitled to receive is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due.
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An “Acceleration Event” means:
(a) an amendment to or change (including any officially announced proposed change) in the laws, regulations or rules of the United States (or any political subdivision thereof), or any jurisdiction in which a Primary Exchange or Related Exchange (each as defined herein) is located that (i) makes it illegal for CSi to hold, acquire or dispose of options or futures contracts relating to the Index or the SLV Shares or options, futures, swaps or other derivatives on the Index, the SLV Shares or the Options (including but not limited to exchange-imposed position limits), (ii) shall materially increase the cost to the Issuer, our affiliates, third parties with whom we transact or similarly situated third parties in performing our or their obligations in connection with the ETNs, (iii) shall have a material adverse effect on any of these parties’ ability to perform their obligations in connection with the ETNs or (iv) shall materially affect our ability to issue or transact in exchange traded notes similar to the ETNs, each as determined by us or CSi, as the Calculation Agent;
(b) any official administrative decision, judicial decision, administrative action, regulatory interpretation or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws, regulations or rules that is announced on or after the Inception Date that (i) makes it illegal for CSi to hold, acquire or dispose of options or futures contracts relating to the Index or the SLV Shares or options, futures, swaps or other derivatives on the Index or the futures contracts relating to the Index, the SLV Shares or the Options (including but not limited to exchange-imposed position limits), (ii) shall materially increase the cost to the Issuer, our affiliates, third parties with whom we transact or similarly situated third parties in performing our or their obligations in connection with the ETNs, (iii) shall have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Issuer, our affiliates, third parties with whom we transact or a similarly situated third party to perform our or their obligations in connection with the ETNs or (iv) shall materially affect our ability to issue or transact in exchange traded notes similar to the ETNs, each as determined by us or CSi, as the Calculation Agent;
(c) any event that occurs on or after the Inception Date that makes it a violation of any law, regulation or rule of the United States (or any political subdivision thereof), or any jurisdiction in which a Primary Exchange or Related Exchange (each as defined herein) is located, or of any official administrative decision, judicial decision, administrative action, regulatory interpretation or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws, regulations or rules, (i) for CSi to hold, acquire or dispose of options contracts relating to the Index or the SLV Shares or options, futures, swaps or other derivatives on the Index, the SLV Shares or the Options (including but not limited to exchange-imposed position limits), (ii) for the Issuer, our affiliates, third parties with whom we transact or similarly situated third parties to perform our or their obligations in connection with the ETNs or (iii) for us to issue or transact in exchange traded notes similar to the ETNs, each as determined by us or CSi, as the Calculation Agent;
(d) any event, as determined by us or CSi, as the Calculation Agent, that we or any of our affiliates or a similarly situated party would, after using commercially reasonable efforts, be unable to, or would incur a materially increased amount of tax, duty, expense or fee (other than brokerage commissions) to, acquire, establish, re-establish, substitute, maintain, unwind or dispose of any transaction or asset it deems necessary to hedge the risk of the ETNs, or realize, recover or remit the proceeds of any such transaction or asset;
(e) if at any point, the Intraday Indicative Value is equal to or less than five percent (5%) of the prior day’s Closing Indicative Value of such ETNs; or
(f) as determined by the Calculation Agent, the primary exchange or market for trading for the ETNs, if any, announces that pursuant to the rules of such exchange or market, as applicable, the ETNs cease (or will cease) to be listed, traded or publicly quoted on such exchange or market, as applicable, for any reason and are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on an exchange or quotation system located in the same country as such exchange or market, as applicable.
Primary Exchange” means the primary exchange on which options or futures contracts relating to the Index or the SLV Shares are traded, as determined by the Calculation Agent, which is initially the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE).
Related Exchange” means each exchange or quotation system where trading has a material effect (as determined by the Calculation Agent) for the overall market for futures or options contracts relating to the Index or the SLV Shares.
Any ETNs accelerated following an Acceleration Event will be cancelled on the Acceleration Date. Consequently, as of such Acceleration Date, the ETNs will no longer be considered outstanding.
Market Disruption Events
The Calculation Agent will be solely responsible for the determination and calculation of any adjustments to any Index Component and of any related determinations and calculations with respect to any event described below and its determinations and calculations will be conclusive absent manifest error.
A “Market Disruption Event” is:
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(a) the occurrence or existence of a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading of the Index Components on the relevant exchange for such Index Component for more than two hours of trading or during the one-half hour period preceding the close of the principal trading session on such relevant exchange;
(b) a breakdown or failure in the price and trade reporting systems of the relevant exchange for any Index Component, as a result of which the reported trading prices for the Index Component during the last one-half hour preceding the close of the principal trading session on such relevant exchange are materially inaccurate;
(c) the occurrence or existence of a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading on the primary related exchange or market for trading in futures or options contracts related to any Index Component for more than two hours of trading during, or during the one-half hour period preceding the close of the principal trading session for such related exchange or market;
(d) a decision to permanently discontinue trading in those related futures or options contracts; or
(e) failure of the Index Calculation Agent to publish the level of the Index, including as a result of any disruption of the Index Components;
in each case, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion; and in each case a determination by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion that any event described above materially interfered with our ability or the ability of any of our affiliates to effect transactions in the Index Component or any instrument related to the Index Component or to adjust or unwind all or a material portion of any hedge position in the Index Component with respect to the ETNs.
For the purpose of determining whether a market disruption event in respect of an Index Component has occurred:
(a) a limitation on the hours or number of days of trading will not constitute a market disruption event if it results from an announced change in the regular business hours of the relevant exchange for such Index Component or the primary related exchange or market for trading in futures or options contracts related to such Index Component;
(b) limitations pursuant to NYSE Rule 80B (or any applicable rule or regulation enacted or promulgated by the NYSE, any other U.S. self-regulatory organization, the SEC or any other relevant authority of scope similar to NYSE Rule 80B) on trading during significant market fluctuations will constitute a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading; and
(c) a suspension of trading in futures or options contracts related to such Index Component by the primary related exchange or market for trading in such contracts, if available, by reason of:
(i) a price change exceeding limits set by such exchange or market;
(ii) an imbalance of orders relating to such contracts; or
(iii) a disparity in bid and ask quotes relating to such contracts;
will, in each such case, constitute a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading in futures or options contracts related to such Index Component; and
(d) a “suspension, absence or material limitation of trading” on the primary related exchange or market on which futures or options contracts related to such Index Component are traded will not include any time when such exchange or market is itself closed for trading under ordinary circumstances;
in each case, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion.
If the Calculation Agent determines that a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing on any Valuation Date (including, without limitation, the Final Valuation Date, the Early Redemption Valuation Date, or any Valuation Date in the Accelerated Valuation Period or Final Valuation Period), that Valuation Date will be postponed until the first Trading Day on which no Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing, unless a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing for each of the five (5) Trading Days following the applicable scheduled Valuation Date. In that case, the fifth Trading Day following the applicable scheduled Valuation Date shall be deemed to be the applicable Valuation Date, notwithstanding the fact that a Market Disruption Event occurred or was continuing on such Trading Day, and the Calculation Agent will determine the applicable Closing Indicative Value using an appropriate Closing Level of the Index on that deemed Valuation Date taking into account the nature and duration of such Market Disruption Event. If any Valuation Date in the Accelerated Valuation Period or Final Valuation Period is postponed as described above, each subsequent Valuation Date in the Accelerated Valuation Period or Final Valuation Period will be postponed by the same number of Trading Days. In addition, if the Final Valuation Date, the Valuation Date corresponding to an Early Redemption Date or the last scheduled Valuation Date in the Accelerated Valuation Period is postponed, the Maturity Date, the corresponding Early Redemption Date or the Acceleration Date, as the case may be, will be postponed until the date three (3) Business Days following such Valuation Date, as postponed.
Default Amount on Acceleration
For the purpose of determining whether the holders of our senior medium-term notes, of which the ETNs are a part, are entitled to take any action under the indenture, we will treat the stated principal amount of each ETN outstanding as the stated principal amount of that ETN. Although the terms of the ETNs may differ from those of the other senior medium-term notes, holders of specified
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percentages in stated principal amount of all senior medium-term notes, together in some cases with other series of our debt securities, will be able to take action affecting all the senior medium-term notes, including the ETNs. This action may involve changing some of the terms that apply to the senior medium-term notes, accelerating the maturity of the senior medium-term notes after a default or waiving some of our obligations under the indenture.
In case an event of default with respect to ETNs shall have occurred and be continuing, the amount declared due and payable upon any acceleration of the ETNs will be determined by the Calculation Agent, and will equal, for each ETN that a holder then holds, the Closing Indicative Value determined by the Calculation Agent occurring on the Trading Day following the date on which the ETNs were declared due and payable.
Further Issuances
We may, from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the holders of the ETNs, create and issue additional securities having the same terms and conditions as the ETNs, and ranking on an equal basis with the ETNs in all respects.
Discontinuation or Modification of the Index
If the Index Sponsors discontinue publication of the Index and the Index Sponsors or anyone else publishes a substitute index that the Calculation Agent determines is comparable to the Index, then the Calculation Agent will permanently replace the original Index with that substitute index (the “Successor Index”) for all purposes, and all provisions described herein as applying to the Index will thereafter apply to the Successor Index instead. If the Calculation Agent replaces the original Index with a Successor Index, then the Calculation Agent will determine the Early Redemption Amount, Accelerated Redemption Amount or Maturity Redemption Amount (each, a “Redemption Amount”) and the Coupon Amount, as applicable, by reference to the Successor Index.
If the Calculation Agent determines that the publication of the Index is discontinued and there is no successor index, the Calculation Agent will determine the level of the Index, and thus the applicable Redemption Amount, by a computation methodology that the Calculation Agent determines will as closely as reasonably possible replicate the Index.
If the Calculation Agent determines that the Index, the Options or the method of calculating the Index is changed at any time in any respect, including whether the change is made by the Index Sponsors under their existing policies or following a modification of those policies, is due to the publication of a successor index, is due to events affecting the SLV Shares or the Options, or is due to any other reason and is not otherwise reflected in the level of the Index by the Index Sponsors pursuant to the Index methodology, then the Calculation Agent will be permitted (but not required) to make such adjustments in the Index or the method of its calculation as it believes are appropriate to ensure that the Closing Level of the Index used to determine the applicable Redemption Amount is equitable.
Manner of Payment and Delivery
Any payment on or delivery of the ETNs at maturity will be made to accounts designated by holders and approved by us, or at the office of the trustee in New York City, but only when the ETNs are surrendered to the trustee at that office. We also may make any payment or delivery in accordance with the applicable procedures of the depositary.
Role of the Calculation Agent
Credit Suisse International (“CSi”), an affiliate of ours and the Calculation Agent, will, in its reasonable discretion, make certain calculations and determinations that may impact the value of the ETNs, including determination of the arithmetic average of the Closing Indicative Values where applicable, a split or reverse split of the ETNs, calculation of default amounts, Market Disruption Events, any Successor Index, Business Days and Trading Days, the Current Principal Amount, the Daily Investor Fee amount, the Daily Index Factor, the Coupon Amount, the Closing Level of the Index on any Trading Day, the Maturity Date, any Early Redemption Dates, the Acceleration Date, the amount payable in respect of a holder’s ETNs at maturity, upon early redemption or acceleration and any other calculations or determinations to be made by the Calculation Agent as specified herein.
If the Calculation Agent ceases to perform its role, we will either, at our sole discretion, perform such role, appoint another party to do so or accelerate the ETNs.
We may appoint a different Calculation Agent from time to time without consent and without notifying holders.
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Role of the Index Calculation Agent
We have initially appointed Nasdaq, Inc. as an Index Calculation Agent. The Index Calculation Agent will have the sole responsibility to calculate and disseminate the Closing Indicative Value and the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs. The Index Sponsors may appoint a different Index Calculation Agent from time to time without consent and without notifying holders.
Description of Credit Suisse X-Links® Crude Oil Shares Covered Call ETNs due April 24, 2037
Defined terms used within this subsection are defined only with respect to the ETNs listed in the subsection heading above and described within this subsection.
General
The return on the Credit Suisse X-Links® Crude Oil Shares Covered Call ETNs due April 24, 2037 (“ETNs”) will be based on the performance of the price return version of the Credit Suisse Nasdaq WTI Crude Oil FLOWSTM 106 Index (the “Index”), as reflected by their Indicative Value, calculated as set forth below. The Index measures the return of a “covered call” strategy on the shares of the United States Oil Fund® (the “Oil Fund”, and such shares the “Reference Oil Shares”) by reflecting changes in the price of the Reference Oil Shares and the notional option premiums received from the notional sale of monthly call options on the Reference Oil Shares less notional costs incurred in connection with the implementation of the covered call strategy (the “Notional Transaction Costs”). The Notional Transaction Costs reflect the monthly transaction costs of hypothetically buying and selling the call options and selling the Reference Oil Shares and equal 0.03%, 0.03% and 0.01%, respectively, times the closing price of the Reference Oil Shares on the date of such notional transactions and, which, on an annual basis, are expected to be approximately 0.84%. The actual cost will vary depending on the value of the Reference Oil Shares on the date of such transactions. The Index strategy consists of a hypothetical notional portfolio that takes a “long” position in Reference Oil Shares and sells a succession of notional, approximately one-month, call options on the Reference Oil Shares with a strike price of approximately 106% of the price of the Reference Oil Shares exercisable on the option expiration date (the “Options” and together with the long position in Reference Oil Shares, the “Index Components”). The notional sale of the Options is “covered” by the notional long position in the Reference Oil Shares. The long position in the Reference Oil Shares and the “short” call options are held in equal notional amounts (i.e., the short position in each Option is “covered” by the long position in the Reference Oil Shares). This strategy is intended to provide exposure to West Texas Intermediate light sweet crude oil (“WTI crude oil”) futures contract prices through the notional positions in the Reference Oil Shares and the Options that together seek to (i) generate periodic cash flows that a direct long-only ownership position in the Reference Oil Shares would not, (ii) provide a limited offset to losses from downside market performance in the Reference Oil Shares via the cash flows from option premiums and (iii) provide limited potential upside participation in the performance of the Reference Oil Shares. The level of the Index on any day reflects the value of (i) the notional long position in the Reference Oil Shares; (ii) the notional Option premium; and (iii) the notional short position in the Options then outstanding; net of the Notional Transaction Costs. The ETNs will not participate in the potential upside of the Reference Oil Shares beyond the applicable strike price of the Options and the level of the Index will be reduced by the Notional Transaction Costs. The Index is subject to the policies of CSi and Nasdaq, Inc. (the “Index Sponsors”) and is subject to the Index Sponsors’ discretion, including with respect to the implementation of, and changes to, the rules governing the Index methodology.
Inception, Issuance and Maturity
The initial issuance of ETNs priced on April 25, 2017 (the “Inception Date”) and settled on April 28, 2017 (the “Initial Settlement Date”). The scheduled maturity date is initially April 24, 2037, but the maturity of the ETNs may be extended at our option for up to two additional five-year periods, as described herein.
Intraday Indicative Value
The “Intraday Indicative Value” of the ETNs is designed to reflect the economic value of the ETNs at a given time. The Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs will be calculated and published by the Index Calculation Agent every fifteen (15) seconds on each Trading Day during normal trading hours so long as no Market Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing and will be disseminated over the consolidated tape or other major market data vendor. The Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs at any time is based on the
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most recent intraday level of the Index. It is calculated using the same formula as the Closing Indicative Value, except that instead of using the Closing Level of the Index, the calculation is based on the most recent reported level of the Index at the particular time (or, if the day on which such time occurs is not a Trading Day, as determined by the Calculation Agent).
At any time at which a Market Disruption Event has occurred and is continuing, there shall be no Intraday Indicative Value. If the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs is equal to or less than zero at any time or the Closing Indicative Value is equal to zero on any Trading Day, the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs on that day, and all future days, will be zero.
Neither the Intraday Indicative Value nor the Closing Indicative Value calculation is intended as a price or quotation, or as an offer or solicitation for the purchase, sale, redemption, acceleration or termination of a holder’s ETNs, nor will it reflect hedging or transaction costs, credit considerations, market liquidity or bid-offer spreads. The Index Calculation Agent is responsible for computing and disseminating the ETN’s Indicative Values. Published levels of the Index from the Index Calculation Agent may occasionally be subject to delay or postponement. Any such delays or postponements will affect the current level of the Index and therefore the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs. The actual trading price of the ETNs may be different from their Intraday Indicative Value or Closing Indicative Value.
The actual trading price of the ETNs at any time may vary significantly from the Indicative Value at such time. The trading price of the ETNs at any time is the price that holders may be able to buy or sell their ETNs in the secondary market at such time, if one exists.
The trading price of the ETNs at any time is the price at which holders may be able to buy or sell their ETNs in the secondary market at such time, if one exists. In the absence of an active secondary market for the ETNs, the last reported trading price may not reflect the actual price at which holders may be able to buy or sell their ETNs at a particular time. The trading price of the ETNs at any time may vary significantly from their Indicative Value at such time due to, among other things, imbalances of supply and demand, lack of liquidity, transaction costs, credit considerations and bid-offer spreads.
The closing price of the ETNs will be published on each Trading Day under the ticker symbol “USOI”. Any premium or discount may be reduced or eliminated at any time. Paying a premium purchase price of the ETNs over the Intraday Indicative Value or the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs could lead to significant losses in the event holders sell their ETNs at a time when such premium has declined or is no longer present in the market place or at maturity or upon early redemption or acceleration, in which case holders will be entitled to receive a cash payment based on the Closing Indicative Value on the relevant Valuation Date(s).
The ETNs may be redeemed or accelerated at any time, subject to the conditions described herein.
As discussed in “Payment Upon Early Redemption” below, holders may, subject to certain restrictions, provide a Redemption Notice on any Business Day during the term of the ETNs beginning on April 26, 2017 through April 14, 2037 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, five (5) scheduled Trading Days prior to the scheduled Final Valuation Date, as extended). Notwithstanding the foregoing, we will not accept a Redemption Notice submitted to us on any day after the Trading Day preceding the start of the Accelerated Valuation Period. If a holder elects to offer its ETNs to Credit Suisse for redemption, such holder must offer at least the applicable Minimum Redemption Amount at one time for redemption on any Early Redemption Date. The daily redemption feature is intended to induce arbitrageurs to counteract any trading of the ETNs at a premium or discount to their Indicative Value, although there can be no assurance that arbitrageurs will employ the redemption feature in this manner.
In addition, on any Business Day on or after May 9, 2017, we have the right to accelerate all, but not less than all, of the issued and outstanding ETNs (an “Optional Acceleration”). Upon an Optional Acceleration, holders will be entitled to receive a cash payment per ETN in an amount (the “Accelerated Redemption Amount”) equal to the arithmetic average, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the Closing Indicative Values of such ETNs during the Accelerated Valuation Period. The “Accelerated Valuation Period” shall be a period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days specified in our notice of Optional Acceleration, the first Trading Day of which shall be at least two (2) Business Days after the date on which we give notice of such Optional Acceleration. The Accelerated Redemption Amount will be payable on the third Business Day following the last Trading Day in the Accelerated Valuation Period (such payment date the “Acceleration Date”). We will give notice of any Optional Acceleration of the ETNs through customary channels used to deliver notices to holders of exchange traded notes.
Any payment holders will be entitled to receive on the ETNs is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due.
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Indicative Value
The “Indicative Value” of the ETNs is the Intraday Indicative Value or the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs, as applicable.
Split or Reverse Split of the ETNs
The Calculation Agent may initiate a split or reverse split of the ETNs on any Trading Day. If the Calculation Agent decides to initiate a split or reverse split, the Calculation Agent will issue a notice to holders of the ETNs and a press release announcing the split or reverse split, specifying the effective date of the split or reverse split. The Calculation Agent will determine the ratio of such split or reverse split, as the case may be, using relevant market indicia, and will adjust the terms of the ETNs accordingly. Any adjustment of the closing value will be rounded to 8 decimal places.
In the case of a reverse split, we reserve the right to address odd numbers of ETNs (commonly referred to as “partials”) in a manner determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion. A split or reverse split of the ETNs will not affect the aggregate stated principal amount of ETNs held by an investor, other than to the extent of any “partial” ETNs, but it will affect the number of ETNs an investor holds, the denominations used for trading purposes on the exchange and the trading price, and may affect the liquidity, of the ETNs on the exchange.
Coupon Amount
On each Coupon Payment Date, for each $25.00 stated principal amount of the ETNs, holders on the Coupon Record Date will be entitled to receive a variable cash payment equal to the Closing Indicative Value on the Index Business Day immediately preceding the relevant Index Distribution Date multiplied by the Coupon Percentage for that Index Distribution Date. The Coupon will be paid on the Coupon Payment Date to the holder of record on the applicable Coupon Record Date. No Coupon Amount will be due or payable in the event a holder elects to offer its ETNs for early redemption or we accelerate the maturity of the ETNs. The initial Index Distribution Date was May 15, 2017 and the initial Coupon Payment Date was May 25, 2017.
The Coupon Percentage in respect of an Index Distribution Date will be the Distribution for such Index Distribution Date divided by the Closing Level of the Index the Index Business Day immediately preceding the Index Distribution Date. The Distribution represents the notional monthly call premium earned on the sale of the call options written on the Reference Oil Shares during the immediately preceding Index Rebalancing Period pursuant to the Index methodology.
The premiums generated from the notional sales of the Options will be subtracted monthly from the Index and paid to holders of the ETNs in the form of a Coupon Amount, the amount of which is determined based on the notional premiums received from the sale of the Options during the preceding Rebalancing Period as described below.
The “Index Rebalancing Period” refers to the five (5) consecutive Index Calculation Days beginning on and including the Index Calculation Day that is ten (10) calendar days prior to the Expiry Date (as defined below) of the relevant Options (each, a “Roll Date”). The Index will be rebalanced at the end of each Roll Date in accordance with the following steps:
First, on the Index Calculation Day preceding the first Roll Date of each month, the strike price of the new Option is determined. The strike price will be the lowest listed strike price that is above the Target Strike multiplied by the price per Reference Oil Share as of the 4:00 p.m. New York City time on such date of determination. Then, the Index will roll its monthly exposure over the next five (5) consecutive Index Calculation Days. The roll percentage is the proportion of the expiring position being rolled into a new position on each Roll Date.
At the end of the first Roll Date, and on each successive Roll Date of such Index Rebalancing Period, the Index will notionally sell the new Option. Additionally, as of the end of each such Roll Date, the Index will hypothetically close out through repurchase 20% (or such greater amount in the event of roll disruptions) of the Options notionally sold during the previous Index Rebalancing Period (the expiring Options); the Index will notionally liquidate Reference Oil Shares in an amount sufficient to fund the notional repurchase.
Finally, on the last Roll Date of such Index Rebalancing Period, the Index will determine the amount of the notional Option premium, which will, on the close of the last Roll Date of the next following Index Rebalancing Period, be subtracted from the Index as a Distribution and paid to holders of the ETNs in the form of the Coupon Amount.
An “Index Distribution Date” will be the date on which the Distribution is subtracted from the level of the Index pursuant to the rules of the Index, which will occur on the last Roll Date of a given Index Rebalancing Period.
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The Coupon Amount is calculated by reference to the notional Distribution from the Index, which will decrease the level of the Index (and, therefore, the value of the ETNs), as the Distribution comes directly from the notional portfolio reflected by the Index Components. When the Distribution is deducted from the Index on the Index Distribution Date, the Coupon Amount will be added to the Closing Indicative Value and the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs. At the market opening on the Ex-Coupon Date, the ETNs will trade on an ex-coupon basis, adjusted for the Coupon Amount, meaning that the Coupon Amount will no longer be included in the Closing Indicative Value or the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs. For a holder to receive the upcoming Coupon Amount, the holder must own the ETNs on the Coupon Record Date.
The “Ex-Coupon Date”, with respect to each Coupon Amount, will be the first Trading Day on which the ETNs trade without the right to receive such Coupon Amount.
Denomination
The denomination and stated principal amount of each ETN is $25.00. ETNs may be issued at a price that is higher or lower than the stated principal amount, based on the Indicative Value of the ETNs at that time.
Payment at Maturity
At maturity, holders of the ETNs will receive a cash payment on April 24, 2037 (the “Maturity Date”) (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, on the scheduled Maturity Date, as extended). Such holder’s Payment at Maturity will be equal to the “Final Indicative Value”, which will be the arithmetic average, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the Closing Indicative Value on each of the immediately preceding five (5) Trading Days to and including the Final Valuation Date (the “Final Valuation Period”). We refer to the amount of such payment as the “Maturity Redemption Amount”. If the scheduled Maturity Date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date will be postponed to the first Business Day following the scheduled Maturity Date.
The “Final Valuation Date” is initially April 21, 2037, subject to extension as described below and postponement as a result of a Market Disruption Event as discussed under “Market Disruption Events”. If the scheduled Final Valuation Date is not a Trading Day, the Final Valuation Date will be postponed to the next following Trading Day, in which case the Maturity Date will be postponed to the third Business Day following the Final Valuation Date, as so postponed. In addition, if a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing on the Final Valuation Date, the Maturity Date will be postponed until the date three (3) Business Days following the Final Valuation Date, as postponed. No interest or additional payment will accrue or be payable as a result of any postponement of the Maturity Date. Any payment on the ETNs is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due. In no event will the Payment at Maturity be less than zero.
The scheduled Maturity Date is April 24, 2037, but may be extended at our option for up to two (2) additional five-year periods. We may only extend the scheduled Maturity Date for five (5) years at a time. If we exercise our option to extend the maturity of the ETNs, the Final Valuation Date for the ETNs will be the third scheduled Business Day prior to the scheduled Maturity Date, as extended. If we exercise our option to extend the maturity of the ETNs, we will notify DTC (the holder of the global note for the ETNs) and the trustee at least 45 but not more than 60 calendar days prior to the then scheduled Maturity Date. We will provide such notice to DTC and the trustee in respect of each five-year extension of the scheduled Maturity Date that we choose to effect.
If the Final Indicative Value is zero, the Maturity Redemption Amount will be zero.
The Closing Indicative Value on the Inception Date was equal to $25.00 (the “Initial Indicative Value”). The Closing Indicative Value on each calendar day following the Inception Date will be calculated by the Index Calculation Agent and will be equal to (1) the Current Principal Amount for such calendar day plus (2) for any day on or after the Index Distribution Date but prior to the Ex-Coupon Date for a given month, any accrued but unpaid Coupon Amount. The Closing Indicative Value will never be less than zero. If the Intraday Indicative Value is equal to or less than zero at any time or the Closing Indicative Value is equal to zero on any Trading Day, the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs on that day, and all future days, will be zero. The Closing Indicative Value is not the same as the closing price or any other trading price of the ETNs in the secondary market. The trading price of the ETNs at any time may vary significantly from their Indicative Value at such time. If the ETNs undergo a split or reverse split, the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs will be adjusted accordingly. Such adjustment may adversely affect the trading price and liquidity of the ETNs. Even if the Closing Indicative Value or Intraday Indicative Value is equal to or less than zero at any time, the trading price of the ETNs may remain above zero. Buying the ETNs at such a time will lead to a complete loss of a holder’s investment.
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The “Current Principal Amount” on each calendar day following the Inception Date will be equal to (1)(a) the Current Principal Amount on the immediately preceding calendar day times (b) the Daily Index Factor on such calendar day minus (2) the Daily Investor Fee on such calendar day. The Current Principal Amount on the Inception Date was $25.00.
A “Business Day” is a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City or London, England generally are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.
A “Trading Day” is a day which is (i) an Index Business Day, (ii) an ETN Business Day and (iii) an Index Component Business Day for each of the Index Components.
An “Index Business Day” is a day on which the level of the Index is calculated and published.
With respect to any Index Component, an “Index Component Business Day” is a day on which trading is generally conducted on any markets on which such Index Component is traded.
An “ETN Business Day” is a day on which trading is generally conducted on the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Arca and NASDAQ.
The “Daily Index Factor” on any Index Business Day will equal (a) the Closing Level of the Index on such Index Business Day divided by (b) the Closing Level of the Index on the immediately preceding Index Business Day. The Daily Index Factor is deemed to be one on any day that is not an Index Business Day.
On any calendar day, the “Daily Investor Fee” will be equal to the product of (1)(a) the Current Principal Amount on the immediately preceding calendar day times (b) the Daily Index Factor on such calendar day times (2)(a) the Investor Fee Rate divided by (b) 365. The “Investor Fee Rate” will be equal to 0.85%.
The ETNs do not guarantee any return of a holder’s investment. If the level of the Index decreases or does not increase sufficiently to offset the Daily Investor Fee (and in the case of early redemption, the Early Redemption Charge) over the term of the ETNs, a holder will receive less, and possibly significantly less at maturity or upon early redemption or acceleration of the ETNs than the amount of such holder’s investment.
The “Closing Level” of the Index on any Trading Day will be the Closing Level published on Bloomberg under the ticker symbol “QUSOI <Index>” or any successor page on Bloomberg or any successor service, applicable; provided that in the event a Market Disruption Event exists on a Valuation Date (as defined below), the Calculation Agent will determine the Closing Level of the Index, if necessary.
Payment Upon Early Redemption
Prior to maturity, a holder may, subject to certain restrictions described below, offer at least the applicable Minimum Redemption Amount or more of its ETNs to us for redemption on an Early Redemption Date during the term of the ETNs until April 14, 2037 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, five (5) scheduled Trading Days prior to the scheduled Final Valuation Date, as extended). Notwithstanding the foregoing, we will not accept a Redemption Notice submitted to us on any day after the Trading Day preceding the start of the Accelerated Valuation Period related to the acceleration of all outstanding ETNs. If a holder elects to offer its ETNs for redemption, and the requirements for acceptance by us are met, such holder will be entitled to receive a cash payment per ETN on the Early Redemption Date equal to the Early Redemption Amount. Any payment holders will be entitled to receive on the ETNs is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due.
A holder may exercise its early redemption right by causing its broker or other person with whom such holder holds its ETNs to deliver a Redemption Notice (as defined herein) to Credit Suisse. If such Redemption Notice is delivered prior to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, the immediately following Trading Day will be the applicable “Early Redemption Valuation Date”. Otherwise, the second following Trading Day will be the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date. See “Procedures for Early Redemption”.
A holder must offer for redemption at least 50,000 ETNs at one time in order to exercise the right to cause us to redeem such holder’s ETNs on any Early Redemption Date (the “Minimum Redemption Amount”); provided that we or CSi as the Calculation Agent may from time to time reduce, in part or in whole, the Minimum Redemption Amount. Any such reduction will be applied on a consistent
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basis for all holders of the ETNs at the time the reduction becomes effective. If the ETNs undergo a split or reverse split, the minimum number of ETNs needed to exercise the right to cause us to redeem the ETNs will remain the same.
When a holder submits its ETNs for redemption in accordance with the redemption procedures described below under “Procedures for Early Redemption,” such ETNs may remain outstanding (and be resold by us or an affiliate) or may be submitted by us for cancellation.
The “Early Redemption Date” is the third Business Day following an Early Redemption Valuation Date.
The “Early Redemption Charge” per ETN will equal 0.125% times the Closing Indicative Value on the Early Redemption Valuation Date.
The “Early Redemption Amount” is a cash payment per ETN equal to the greater of (A) zero and (B)(1) the Closing Indicative Value on the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date minus (2) the Early Redemption Charge, calculated by the Calculation Agent.
Procedures for Early Redemption
If a holder wishes to offer its ETNs to Credit Suisse for redemption, its broker or other person with whom such holder holds its ETNs must follow the following procedures:
Deliver a notice of redemption (the “Redemption Notice”), to Credit Suisse via email or other electronic delivery as requested by Credit Suisse. If such Redemption Notice is delivered prior to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, the immediately following Trading Day will be the applicable “Early Redemption Valuation Date”. Otherwise, the second following Trading Day will be the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date. If Credit Suisse receives such Redemption Notice no later than 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, Credit Suisse will respond by sending the relevant holder’s broker an acknowledgment of the Redemption Notice accepting such redemption request by 7:30 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day prior to the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date. Credit Suisse or its affiliate must acknowledge to such holder’s broker acceptance of the Redemption Notice in order for the holder’s redemption request to be effective;
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Credit Suisse may, at its option, waive the requirement that the Redemption Notice be delivered as set forth above, if confirmed by Credit Suisse that a written indication of an offer for early redemption has otherwise been accepted by Credit Suisse. Any such written indication that is delivered after 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, will be deemed to have been made on the following Business Day. For the avoidance of doubt, a holder may choose to comply with the procedures set forth above in lieu of the procedures in this clause, irrespective of any waiver by Credit Suisse.
Cause the holder’s DTC custodian to book a delivery versus payment trade with respect to the ETNs on the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date at a price equal to the applicable Early Redemption Amount, facing us; and
Cause the holder’s DTC custodian to deliver the trade as booked for settlement via DTC at or prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time, on the applicable Early Redemption Date (the third Business Day following the Early Redemption Valuation Date).
The holder is responsible for (i) instructing or otherwise causing its broker to provide the Redemption Notice and (ii) its broker satisfying the additional requirements as set forth in the second and third bullets above in order for the redemption to be effected. Different brokerage firms may have different deadlines for accepting instructions from their customers. Accordingly, a holder should consult the brokerage firm through which it owns its interest in the ETNs in respect of such deadlines. If Credit Suisse does not (i) receive the Redemption Notice from the holder’s broker by 4:00 p.m. and (ii) deliver an acknowledgment of such Redemption Notice to such broker accepting such redemption request by 7:30 p.m., on the Business Day prior to the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date, such notice will not be effective for such Business Day and Credit Suisse will treat such Redemption Notice as if it was received on the next Business Day. Any redemption instructions for which Credit Suisse receives a valid confirmation in accordance with the procedures described above will be irrevocable after Credit Suisse confirms a holder’s offer for early redemption.
Because the Early Redemption Amount a holder will receive for each ETN will not be determined until the close of trading on the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date, a holder will not know the applicable Early Redemption Amount at the time such holder exercises its redemption right and will bear the risk that its ETNs will decline in value between the time of such holder’s exercise and the time at which the Early Redemption Amount is determined.
Optional Acceleration
On any Business Day on or after May 9, 2017, we have the right to accelerate all, but not less than all, of the issued and outstanding ETNs (an “Optional Acceleration”). Upon an Optional Acceleration, holders will be entitled to receive a cash payment per ETN in an amount (the “Accelerated Redemption Amount”) equal to the arithmetic average, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the Closing Indicative Values of such ETNs during the Accelerated Valuation Period.
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The “Accelerated Valuation Period” shall be a period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days specified in our notice of Optional Acceleration, the first Trading Day of which shall be at least two (2) Business Days after the date on which we give notice of such Optional Acceleration. The Accelerated Redemption Amount will be payable on the third Business Day following the last Trading Day in the Accelerated Valuation Period (such payment date the “Acceleration Date”). We will give notice of any Optional Acceleration of the ETNs through customary channels used to deliver notices to holders of exchange traded notes. Any payment holders will be entitled to receive on the ETNs is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due.
Market Disruption Events
The Calculation Agent will be solely responsible for the determination and calculation of any adjustments to any Index Component and of any related determinations and calculations with respect to any event described below and its determinations and calculations will be conclusive absent manifest error.
A “Market Disruption Event” is:
(a) the occurrence or existence of a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading of the Index Components on the relevant exchange for such Index Component for more than two hours of trading or during the one-half hour period preceding the close of the principal trading session on such relevant exchange;
(b) a breakdown or failure in the price and trade reporting systems of the relevant exchange for any Index Component, as a result of which the reported trading prices for the Index Component during the last one-half hour preceding the close of the principal trading session on such relevant exchange are materially inaccurate;
(c) the occurrence or existence of a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading on the primary related exchange or market for trading in futures or options contracts related to any Index Component for more than two hours of trading during, or during the one-half hour period preceding the close of the principal trading session for such related exchange or market;
(d) a decision to permanently discontinue trading in those related futures or options contracts; or
(e) failure of the Index Calculation Agent to publish the level of the Index, including as a result of any disruption of the Index Components;
in each case, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion; and in each case a determination by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion that any event described above materially interfered with our ability or the ability of any of our affiliates to effect transactions in the Index Component or any instrument related to the Index Component or to adjust or unwind all or a material portion of any hedge position in the Index Component with respect to the ETNs.
For the purpose of determining whether a market disruption event in respect of an Index Component has occurred:
(a) a limitation on the hours or number of days of trading will not constitute a market disruption event if it results from an announced change in the regular business hours of the relevant exchange for such Index Component or the primary related exchange or market for trading in futures or options contracts related to such Index Component;
(b) limitations pursuant to NYSE Rule 80B (or any applicable rule or regulation enacted or promulgated by the NYSE, any other U.S. self-regulatory organization, the SEC or any other relevant authority of scope similar to NYSE Rule 80B) on trading during significant market fluctuations will constitute a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading; and
(c) a suspension of trading in futures or options contracts related to such Index Component by the primary related exchange or market for trading in such contracts, if available, by reason of:
(i) a price change exceeding limits set by such exchange or market;
(ii) an imbalance of orders relating to such contracts; or
(iii) a disparity in bid and ask quotes relating to such contracts;
will, in each such case, constitute a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading in futures or options contracts related to such Index Component; and
(d) a “suspension, absence or material limitation of trading” on the primary related exchange or market on which futures or options contracts related to such Index Component are traded will not include any time when such exchange or market is itself closed for trading under ordinary circumstances;
in each case, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion.
If the Calculation Agent determines that a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing on any Valuation Date, that Valuation Date will be postponed until the first Trading Day on which no Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing, unless a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing for each of the five (5) Trading Days following the applicable scheduled Valuation Date. In that case, the fifth Trading Day following the applicable scheduled Valuation Date shall be deemed to be the applicable Valuation Date, notwithstanding the fact that a Market Disruption Event occurred or was continuing on such Trading Day, and the Calculation Agent will
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determine the applicable Closing Indicative Value using an appropriate Closing Level of the Index on that deemed Valuation Date taking into account the nature and duration of such Market Disruption Event. If any Valuation Date in the Accelerated Valuation Period or Final Valuation Period is postponed as described above, each subsequent Valuation Date in the Accelerated Valuation Period or Final Valuation Period will be postponed by the same number of Trading Days. In addition, if the Final Valuation Date, the Early Redemption Valuation Date or the last scheduled Valuation Date in the Accelerated Valuation Period is postponed, the Maturity Date, the corresponding Early Redemption Date or the Acceleration Date, as the case may be, will be postponed until the date three (3) Business Days following such Valuation Date, as postponed.
Valuation Date” is any Trading Day in the Final Valuation Period or the Accelerated Valuation Period and any Early Redemption Valuation Date, as applicable.
Default Amount on Acceleration
For the purpose of determining whether the holders of our senior medium-term notes, of which the ETNs are a part, are entitled to take any action under the indenture, we will treat the stated principal amount of each ETN outstanding as the stated principal amount of that ETN. Although the terms of the ETNs may differ from those of the other senior medium-term notes, holders of specified percentages in stated principal amount of all senior medium-term notes, together in some cases with other series of our debt securities, will be able to take action affecting all the senior medium-term notes, including the ETNs. This action may involve changing some of the terms that apply to the senior medium-term notes, accelerating the maturity of the senior medium-term notes after a default or waiving some of our obligations under the indenture.
In case an event of default with respect to ETNs shall have occurred and be continuing, the amount declared due and payable upon any acceleration of the ETNs will be determined by the Calculation Agent, and will equal, for each ETN that a holder then holds, the Closing Indicative Value determined by the Calculation Agent occurring on the Trading Day following the date on which the ETNs were declared due and payable.
Further Issuances
We may, from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the holders of the ETNs, create and issue additional securities having the same terms and conditions as the ETNs, and ranking on an equal basis with the ETNs in all respects.
Discontinuation or Modification of the Index
If the Index Sponsors discontinue publication of the Index and the Index Sponsors or anyone else publishes a substitute index that the Calculation Agent determines is comparable to the Index, then the Calculation Agent will permanently replace the original Index with that substitute index (the “Successor Index”) for all purposes, and all provisions described herein as applying to the Index will thereafter apply to the Successor Index instead. If the Calculation Agent replaces the original Index with a Successor Index, then the Calculation Agent will determine the Early Redemption Amount, Accelerated Redemption Amount or Maturity Redemption Amount (each, a “Redemption Amount”) and the Coupon Amount, as applicable, by reference to the Successor Index.
If the Calculation Agent determines that the publication of the Index is discontinued and there is no successor index, the Calculation Agent will determine the level of the Index, and thus the applicable Redemption Amount, by a computation methodology that the Calculation Agent determines will as closely as reasonably possible replicate the Index.
If the Calculation Agent determines that the Index, the Options or the method of calculating the Index is changed at any time in any respect, including whether the change is made by the Index Sponsors under their existing policies or following a modification of those policies, is due to the publication of a successor index, is due to events affecting the Reference Oil Shares or the Options, or is due to any other reason and is not otherwise reflected in the level of the Index by the Index Sponsors pursuant to the Index methodology, then the Calculation Agent will be permitted (but not required) to make such adjustments in the Index or the method of its calculation as it believes are appropriate to ensure that the Closing Level of the Index used to determine the applicable Redemption Amount is equitable.
Manner of Payment and Delivery
Any payment on or delivery of the ETNs at maturity will be made to accounts designated by holders and approved by us, or at the office of the trustee in New York City, but only when the ETNs are surrendered to the trustee at that office. We also may make any payment or delivery in accordance with the applicable procedures of the depositary.
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Role of the Calculation Agent
Credit Suisse International (“CSi”), an affiliate of ours and the Calculation Agent, will, in its reasonable discretion, make certain calculations and determinations that may impact the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs, including determination of the arithmetic average of the Closing Indicative Values where applicable, a split or reverse split of the ETNs, calculation of default amounts, Market Disruption Events, any Successor Index, Business Days and Trading Days, the Current Principal Amount, the Daily Investor Fee amount, the Daily Index Factor, the Coupon Amount, the Closing Level of the Index on any Trading Day, the Maturity Date, any Early Redemption Dates, the Acceleration Date, the amount payable in respect of a holder’s ETNs at maturity or upon early redemption or acceleration and any other calculations or determinations to be made by the Calculation Agent as specified herein.
If the Calculation Agent ceases to perform its role, we will either, at our sole discretion, perform such role, appoint another party to do so or accelerate the ETNs.
We may appoint a different Calculation Agent from time to time without consent and without notifying holders.
Role of the Index Calculation Agent
We have appointed Nasdaq, Inc. as an Index Calculation Agent. The Index Calculation Agent will have the sole responsibility to calculate and disseminate the Closing Indicative Value and the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs. The Index Sponsors may appoint a different Index Calculation Agent from time to time without consent and without notifying holders.
Description of Credit Suisse FI Large Cap Growth Enhanced Exchange Traded Notes due June 13, 2024 Linked to the Russell 1000® Growth Index Total Return
Defined terms used within this subsection are defined only with respect to the ETNs listed in the subsection heading above and described within this subsection.
General
The return on the Credit Suisse FI Large Cap Growth Enhanced Exchange Traded Notes due June 13, 2024 Linked to the Russell 1000® Growth Index Total Return ( the “ETNs”) is linked to a leveraged participation in the performance of the Russell 1000® Growth Index Total Return (the “Index”), as reflected by their Indicative Value, calculated as set forth below. The Index seeks to track the large cap growth segment of the U.S. equity market and includes those Russell 1000® companies (each, an “Index Component”) that are determined to have higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values relative to the equity universe. The intraday level and the official Closing Level of the Index are expected to be reported by FTSE Russell (the “Index Sponsor”) on Bloomberg page “RU10GRTR <Index>”. At any time on any Trading Day that the intraday level of the Index is not reported by the Index Sponsor on Bloomberg page “RU10GRTR <Index>”, the intraday level of the Index will be determined by the Calculation Agent to be (a) the Closing Level of the Index on the immediately preceding ETN Business Day times (b) the level of the Price Return Index at that time divided by (c) the closing level of the Price Return Index on the immediately preceding ETN Business Day. The Index is subject to the policies of the Index Sponsor and is subject to the Index Sponsor’s discretion, including with respect to the implementation of, and changes to, the rules governing the Index methodology.
Inception, Issuance and Maturity
The initial issuance of ETNs priced on June 10, 2014 (the “Inception Date”) and settled on June 13, 2014 (the “Initial Settlement Date”). The scheduled maturity date is June 13, 2024 (the “Maturity Date”), but the maturity of the ETNs may be extended at our option for an additional five-year period. On April 23, 2019, Credit Suisse, at its option and in accordance with the terms of the ETNs, extended the Maturity Date of the ETNs by five years from their initially scheduled Maturity Date, June 13, 2019.
Intraday Indicative Value
The Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs is designed to reflect the economic value of the ETNs at a given time. The Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs will be calculated and published every 15 seconds by the IV Calculation Agent on each ETN Business Day during
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normal trading hours so long as no Market Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing and will be disseminated over the consolidated tape or other major market data vendor. The Intraday Indicative Value at any time is based on the most recent intraday level of the Index. It is calculated using the same formula as the Closing Indicative Value, except that instead of using the Closing Level of the Index, the calculation is based on the most recent reported level of the Index at the particular time (or, if the day on which such time occurs is not a trading day, as determined by the Calculation Agent).
At any time at which a Market Disruption Event has occurred and is continuing, there shall be no Intraday Indicative Value. If the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs is equal to or less than zero at any time or the Closing Indicative Value is equal to zero on any Trading Day, the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs on that day, and all future days, will be zero.
Neither the Intraday Indicative Value nor the Closing Indicative Value calculation is intended as a price or quotation, or as an offer or solicitation for the purchase, sale, redemption, acceleration or termination of a holder’s ETNs, nor will it reflect hedging or transaction costs, credit considerations, market liquidity or bid-offer spreads. The IV Calculation Agent is responsible for computing and disseminating the ETN’s Indicative Values. Published levels of the Index from the Index Sponsor may occasionally be subject to delay or postponement. Any such delays or postponements will affect the current level of the Index and therefore the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs. The actual trading price of the ETNs may be different from their Intraday Indicative Value or Closing Indicative Value.
The actual trading price of the ETNs at any time may vary significantly from the Indicative Value at such time. The trading price of the ETNs at any time is the price that holders may be able to sell their ETNs in the secondary market at such time, if one exists.
The trading price of the ETNs at any time is the price at which holders may be able to sell their ETNs in the secondary market at such time, if one exists. In the absence of an active secondary market for the ETNs, the last reported trading price may not reflect the actual price at which holders may be able to sell their ETNs at a particular time. The trading price of the ETNs at any time may vary significantly from the Intraday Indicative Value of and the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs at such time due to, among other things, imbalances of supply and demand, lack of liquidity, transaction costs, credit considerations and bid-offer spreads.
The closing price of the ETNs will be published on each Trading Day under the ticker symbol “FLGE”. Any premium or discount may be reduced or eliminated at any time. Paying a premium purchase price of the ETNs over the Intraday Indicative Value or the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs could lead to significant losses in the event holders sell their ETNs at a time when such premium has declined or is no longer present in the market or at maturity or upon early redemption or acceleration, in which case holders will receive a cash payment based on the Closing Indicative Value on the relevant Valuation Date(s).
The ETNs may be redeemed or accelerated at any time, subject to the conditions described herein.
As discussed in “Payment Upon Early Redemption” below, a holder may, subject to certain restrictions, provide a Redemption Notice on any Business Day through June 3, 2024 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, five scheduled Trading Days prior to the scheduled Final Valuation Date, as extended) for an anticipated June 4, 2024 Early Redemption Valuation Date and an anticipated Early Redemption Date of June 7, 2024 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, an Early Redemption Valuation Date four scheduled Trading Days prior to the scheduled Final Valuation Date, as extended, and an Early Redemption Date one scheduled Business Day prior to the scheduled Final Valuation Date, as extended). If a holder elects to offer its ETNs to Credit Suisse for redemption, such holder must offer at least the applicable Minimum Redemption Amount at one time for redemption on any Early Redemption Date.
In addition, we have the right to accelerate the ETNs in whole or in part on any Business Day occurring after the Inception Date (an “Optional Acceleration”). In addition, if an Acceleration Event (as defined herein) occurs at any time with respect to the ETNs, all of the outstanding ETNs will be subject to automatic acceleration (an “Automatic Acceleration”). Upon an acceleration of all of the outstanding ETNs pursuant to an Optional Acceleration, the “Accelerated Redemption Amount” will be equal to the arithmetic average, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the Closing Indicative Values of such ETNs during the Accelerated Valuation Period. If all of the outstanding ETNs are accelerated pursuant to an Automatic Acceleration, the Accelerated Redemption Amount will be determined by the Calculation Agent, in its sole discretion, acting in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner, using the latest publicly available quotations for the intraday prices of the relevant Index Components that are available as soon as practicable following the occurrence of an Acceleration Event. The Calculation Agent will approximate the intraday Index Amount on the basis of such quotations and calculate, in the manner described under “Closing Indicative Value”, a corresponding Intraday Indicative Value minus the Acceleration Fee, which shall be deemed to be the Accelerated Redemption Amount if the ETNs are accelerated pursuant to an Automatic Acceleration.
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Upon an acceleration of less than all of the outstanding ETNs pursuant to an Optional Acceleration, the Accelerated Redemption Amount will be equal to the Closing Indicative Value on the applicable Valuation Date. If less than all of the ETNs are to be redeemed pursuant to an Optional Acceleration, the trustee shall select, pro rata, by lot or in such manner as it deems appropriate and fair, the ETNs to be redeemed pursuant to such acceleration. ETNs accelerated in part may be accelerated in multiples of 10,000 ETNs. We will provide at least five Business Days’ notice of any ETNs to be redeemed pursuant to an Optional Acceleration and, in the case of any ETNs selected for partial redemption, the stated principal amount thereof to be redeemed. All provisions relating to the acceleration of less than all of the outstanding ETNs relate to the portion of the stated principal amount of ETNs which has been or is to be redeemed pursuant to these acceleration provisions.
In the case of an Optional Acceleration of all of the outstanding ETNs, the “Accelerated Valuation Period” shall be a period of five consecutive Trading Days specified in our notice of Optional Acceleration, the first Trading Day of which shall be at least two Business Days after the date on which we give notice of such Optional Acceleration. In the case of an Automatic Acceleration of all of the outstanding ETNs, the “Accelerated Valuation Date” will be the date of the Acceleration Event. In the case of an Optional Acceleration of less than all of the outstanding ETNs, the Accelerated Valuation Date will be the first Trading Day following the date of our notice of acceleration.
The Accelerated Redemption Amount will be payable on the third Business Day following the Accelerated Valuation Date or the third Business Day following the last Trading Day in the Accelerated Valuation Period, as the case may be (such date the “Acceleration Date”). We will give notice of any acceleration of the ETNs through customary channels used to deliver notices to holders of exchange traded notes.
The last date on which Credit Suisse will redeem the ETNs at a holder’s option will be June 7, 2024 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, one scheduled Business Day prior to the scheduled Maturity Date, as extended). As such, a holder must offer its ETNs for redemption no later than June 3, 2024 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, five scheduled Trading Days prior to the scheduled Final Valuation Date, as extended). The daily redemption feature is intended to induce arbitrageurs to counteract any trading of the ETNs at a premium or discount to their Intraday Indicative Value, although there can be no assurance that arbitrageurs will employ the redemption feature in this manner.
Indicative Value
The “Indicative Value” for the ETNs is the Intraday Indicative Value or the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs, as applicable.
Split or Reverse Split of the ETNs
The Calculation Agent may initiate a split or reverse split of the ETNs on any Trading Day. If the Calculation Agent decides to initiate a split or reverse split, the Calculation Agent will issue a notice to holders of the ETNs and a press release announcing the split or reverse split, specifying the effective date of the split or reverse split. The Calculation Agent will determine the ratio of such split or reverse split, as the case may be, using relevant market indicia, and will adjust the terms of the ETNs accordingly. Any adjustment of the closing value will be rounded to 8 decimal places.
In the case of a reverse split, we reserve the right to address odd numbers of ETNs (commonly referred to as “partials”) in a manner determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion. A split or reverse split of the ETNs will not affect the aggregate stated principal amount of ETNs held by an investor, other than to the extent of any “partial” ETNs, but it will affect the number of ETNs an investor holds, the denominations used for trading purposes on the exchange and the trading price, and may affect the liquidity, of the ETNs on the exchange.
Coupon
We will not make any coupon or interest payments during the term of the ETNs.
Denomination
The denomination and stated principal amount of each ETN is $100.00. ETNs may be issued at a price that is higher or lower than the stated principal amount, based on the Indicative Value of the ETNs at that time.
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Payment at Maturity
If the ETNs have not previously been redeemed or accelerated, at maturity holders will receive for each ETN a cash payment equal to the arithmetic average, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the Closing Indicative Value on each of the immediately preceding five Trading Days to and including the Final Valuation Date (the “Final Valuation Period”). Any payment a holder will be entitled to receive on the ETNs is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due. In no event will the payment at maturity be less than zero.
If not previously redeemed or accelerated, the ETNs will mature on June 13, 2024 subject to postponement if such date is not a Business Day, in the event of a Market Disruption Event or an extension of the Maturity Date at our option for an additional five-year period. If we exercise our option to extend the maturity of the ETNs, we will notify DTC (the holder of the global note for the ETNs) and the trustee at least 45 but not more than 60 calendar days prior to the then-scheduled Maturity Date.
If the scheduled Maturity Date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date will be postponed to the first Business Day following the scheduled Maturity Date. If the scheduled Final Valuation Date is not a Trading Day, the Final Valuation Date will be postponed to the next following Trading Day, in which case the Maturity Date will be postponed to the third Business Day following the Final Valuation Date as so postponed. In addition, if a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing on any Trading Day during the Final Valuation Period, the Maturity Date will be postponed until the date three (3) Business Days following the Final Valuation Date, as postponed. No interest or additional payment will accrue or be payable as a result of any postponement of the Maturity Date.
If the Closing Indicative Value is zero, the Maturity Redemption Amount will be zero.
For each ETN, the “Closing Indicative Value” on the Inception Date was $100.00 (the “Initial Indicative Value”). The Closing Indicative Value on any ETN Business Day after the Inception Date will be calculated and published by the IV Calculation Agent and will be equal to (1) the Closing Indicative Value on the immediately preceding ETN Business Day plus (2) the Index Amount on the current ETN Business Day minus (3) the Investor Fee on such ETN Business Day minus (4) the Exposure Fee on such ETN Business Day minus (5) the Rebalance Fee on such ETN Business Day, if applicable; provided that if the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs is equal to or less than zero at any time or the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs is equal to zero on any Trading Day, the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs on that day, and all future days, will be zero. In no event, however, will the Closing Indicative Value be less than zero. Even if the Closing Indicative Value or Intraday Indicative Value is equal to or less than zero at any time, the trading price of the ETNs may remain above zero. Buying the ETNs at such a time will lead to a complete loss of a holder’s investment.
If the ETNs undergo a split or reverse split, the Closing Indicative Value, Rebalanced Indicative Value and Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs will be adjusted accordingly (see “Split or Reverse Split of the ETNs” herein). Such adjustment may adversely affect the trading price and liquidity of the ETNs. None of the Closing Indicative Value, Rebalanced Indicative Value or the Intraday Indicative Value is the same as closing price or any other trading price of the ETNs in the secondary market. The trading price of the ETNs at any time may vary significantly from the Closing Indicative Value, Rebalanced Indicative Value and Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs at such time. See “Intraday Indicative Value” herein.
The Closing Indicative Value will never be less than zero. If the Intraday Indicative Value is equal to or less than zero at any time, the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs on that day, and all future days, will be zero. The IV Calculation Agent is responsible for computing and disseminating the Closing Indicative Value.
The “Closing Level” of the Index on any ETN Business Day will be the closing level published on Bloomberg under the ticker symbol “RU10GRTR <Index>” or any successor page on Bloomberg or any successor service, as applicable; provided that if such day is not an Index Business Day, the Closing Level of the Index will be deemed to be the Closing Level as of the immediately preceding Index Business Day, as determined by the Calculation Agent; provided further that in the event a Market Disruption Event exists on a Valuation Date, the Calculation Agent will determine the Closing Level of the Index according to the methodology described below in “Market Disruption Events”.
The “Exposure Fee,” on any ETN Business Day following the Inception Date will be equal to the product of (1) (a) the Index Units as of the previous ETN Business Day times (b) 0.5 times (2) the Financing Rate as of the most recent Quarterly Reference Date prior to the current ETN Business Day times (3) the Closing Level of the Index as of the most recent Quarterly Reference Date prior to the current ETN Business Day times (4) the Day Count Fraction.
The Exposure Fee is deemed to be zero on the Inception Date and any day that is not an ETN Business Day. If the level of the Index decreases or does not increase sufficiently to offset the Exposure Fee (including the Financing Rate and the Investor Fee), the
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Rebalance Fee and the Early Redemption Charge, over the term of the ETNs, a holder will receive less, and possibly significantly less, at maturity or upon early redemption or acceleration of the ETNs than the amount of such holder’s investment.
The “Investor Fee,” on any ETN Business Day following the Inception Date, will be equal to the product of (1) the Closing Indicative Value as of the previous ETN Business Day times (2) 0.85% times (3) the Day Count Fraction.
The “Financing Rate,” on any LIBOR Business Day, will be equal to the Reference Rate applicable on the immediately preceding Quarterly Reference Date, plus a spread of 0.44% (44 basis points).
The “Reference Rate” will be equal to the 3-month USD LIBOR, which is the London Interbank Offered Rate for three month deposits in U.S. dollars, which is displayed on Reuters page LIBOR01 (or any successor service or page for the purpose of displaying the London interbank offered rates of major banks, as determined by the Calculation Agent), as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the relevant Quarterly Reference Date.
The “Intraday Indicative Value” will be calculated and published every 15 seconds by the IV Calculation Agent on each ETN Business Day during normal trading hours so long as no Market Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing and will be disseminated over the consolidated tape or other major market data vendor. The Intraday Indicative Value at any time is based on the most recent intraday level of the Index. It is calculated using the same formula as the Closing Indicative Value, except that instead of using the Closing Level of the Index, the calculation is based on the most recent reported level of the Index at the particular time (or, if the day on which such time occurs is not a trading day, as determined by the Calculation Agent). If the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs is equal to or less than zero at any time or the Closing Indicative Value is equal to zero on any Trading Day, the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs on that day, and all future days, will be zero.
A “Business Day” is any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City or London, England generally are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.
An “ETN Business Day” is a day on which trading is generally conducted on the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Arca and the NASDAQ exchange.
The “Index” means the Russell 1000® Growth Index Total Return. The intraday level and the official Closing Level of the Index are expected to be reported by the Index Sponsor on Bloomberg page “RU10GRTR <Index>”. At any time on any Trading Day that the intraday level of the Index is not reported by the Index Sponsor on Bloomberg page “RU10GRTR <Index>”, the intraday level of the Index will be determined by the Calculation Agent to be (a) the Closing Level of the Index on the immediately preceding ETN Business Day times (b) the level of the Price Return Index at that time divided by (c) the closing level of the Price Return Index on the immediately preceding ETN Business Day.
The “Price Return Index” means the Russell 1000® Growth Index as published on the Bloomberg page “RLG <Index>” or any successor page, or in the case of any successor thereto, the Bloomberg page or successor page for any such successor index.
The “Index Amount” on the Inception Date was zero. On any ETN Business Day after the Inception Date, the Index Amount will be equal to the product of (1) the Index Units as of the immediately preceding ETN Business Day times (2) the difference between (a) the Closing Level of the Index on the current ETN Business Day minus (b) the Closing Level of the Index on the immediately preceding ETN Business Day.
The “Index Units,” on any ETN Business Day from and including the Inception Date to but excluding the first Rebalance Date, will be equal to the product of (1) the Leverage Factor times (2) the Initial Indicative Value divided by (3) the Initial Index Level. The Index Units will be adjusted upon the occurrence of a Rebalance Event. From and including each Rebalance Date, the Index Units will equal (1) the Leverage Factor times (2) the Closing Indicative Value on the most recent Rebalance Trigger Date for which the corresponding Rebalance Date falls on or before the current ETN Business Day divided by (3) the Closing Level of the Index on such Rebalance Trigger Date.
The “Leverage Factor” is set to 2.0.
The “Day Count Fraction,” on any ETN Business Day, will be equal to the quotient of (1) the number of calendar days from and including the previous ETN Business Day to but excluding the current ETN Business Day divided by (2) 360.
An “Index Business Day” is any day on which the level of the Index is calculated and published.
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With respect to any Index Component, an “Index Component Business Day” is a day on which trading is generally conducted on the primary securities exchange on which such Index Component is traded and any exchange on which equity securities or options contracts relating to such Index Component are traded.
A “LIBOR Business Day” is any trading day other than a day on which banking institutions in the city of London, England are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
The first “Quarterly Reference Date” was the Inception Date. Following the Inception Date, the “Quarterly Reference Date” will be on each January 1st, April 1st, July 1st and October 1st, beginning on October 1, 2014, or if such date is not a LIBOR Business Day and an Index Business Day, the next succeeding day that is both a LIBOR Business Day and an Index Business Day.
A “Trading Day” is a day which is (i) an Index Business Day, (ii) an ETN Business Day and (iii) an Index Component Business Day for each of the Index Components.
The ETNs do not guarantee any return of a holder’s investment. If the level of the Index decreases or does not increase sufficiently to offset the ETN Fees, a holder will receive less, and possibly significantly less, at maturity or upon early redemption or acceleration of the ETNs than the amount of such holder’s investment.
Any payment holders will be entitled to receive is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due.
Determination of the 3-Month USD LIBOR
For the purposes of calculating the Reference Rate, the 3-Month USD LIBOR will be the London Interbank Offered Rate for three month deposits in U.S. dollars, which is displayed on Reuters page LIBOR01 (or any successor service or page for the purpose of displaying the London interbank offered rates of major banks, as determined by the Calculation Agent), as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the relevant Quarterly Reference Date.
If the 3-Month USD LIBOR cannot be determined as described above as of any date of determination, the 3-Month USD LIBOR for such date of determination will be determined on the basis of the rates at which three month deposits in U.S. dollars are offered by four major banks in the London interbank market (the “Reference Banks”) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time to prime banks in the London interbank market for a period commencing as of such date in a representative amount. The Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of each of the Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two of those quotations are provided, the 3-Month USD LIBOR for that date of determination will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided as requested, the 3-Month USD LIBOR for such date of determination will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by major banks in New York City, selected by the Calculation Agent, at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, as of such date for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks for a period commencing as such date and in a representative amount. If fewer than two banks selected by the Calculation Agent provide quotes as described above, the 3- Month USD LIBOR for that date of determination will be determined by the Calculation Agent.
Rebalance Event
A Rebalance Event shall occur (1) quarterly, on each Quarterly Rebalance Calculation Date, and (2) if the Closing Indicative Value on any Trading Day is equal to or less than 60% of the then current Rebalanced Indicative Value (each such day, a “Deleveraging Calculation Date” and, together with any Quarterly Rebalance Calculation Date, a “Rebalance Trigger Date”). The Trading Day following each Rebalance Trigger Date will be a “Rebalance Date,” subject to postponement in the event of a Market Disruption Event and the Calculation Agent will make adjustments to the Index Amount and Exposure Fee and other relevant terms of the ETNs, as described under “Rebalance Event.” Upon the occurrence of each Rebalance Event, a holder will incur a Rebalance Fee on the relevant Rebalance Date. On any ETN Business Day that is a Rebalance Date, the “Rebalance Fee” per ETN will be equal to the product of (1) the Rebalance Rate times (2) the Closing Level of the Index on such Rebalance Date times (3) the absolute value of the difference between (a) the Index Units on the Trading Day immediately preceding the relevant Rebalance Date minus (b) the Index Units on such Rebalance Date. On any ETN Business Day that is not a Rebalance Date, the Rebalance Fee will equal zero. The “Rebalance Rate” on any Rebalance Date following a Deleveraging Calculation Date, will equal 0.05%. The Rebalance Rate will equal 0.02% on any other Rebalance Date. Following the Inception Date, a “Quarterly Rebalance Calculation Date” will occur on the Trading Day immediately preceding each Quarterly Reference Date.
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Each Rebalance Event will have the effect of resetting the then-current leverage to approximately 2.0 based on the Closing Level of the Index as of the Rebalance Trigger Date. Each time a Rebalance Event occurs, a holder will incur a Rebalance Fee. This fee will reduce the value of the ETNs.
The initial “Rebalanced Indicative Value” will be the Initial Indicative Value. Thereafter, the Rebalanced Indicative Value will be the Closing Indicative Value on the Rebalance Trigger Date immediately preceding the relevant Rebalance Date.
Payment Upon Early Redemption
Prior to maturity, a holder may, subject to certain restrictions described below, offer at least the applicable Minimum Redemption Amount or more of the ETNs to us for redemption on an Early Redemption Date until June 3, 2024 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, five scheduled Trading Days prior to the scheduled Final Valuation Date, as extended). If a holder elects to offer the ETNs for redemption, and the requirements for acceptance by us are met, a holder will receive a cash payment per ETN on the Early Redemption Date equal to the Early Redemption Amount. Any payment a holder will be entitled to receive on the ETNs is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due.
A holder may exercise an early redemption right by causing the broker to deliver a Redemption Notice (as defined herein) to Credit Suisse. If a Redemption Notice is delivered prior to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, the immediately following Trading Day will be the applicable “Early Redemption Valuation Date”. Otherwise, the second following Trading Day will be the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date. Credit Suisse may, at its option, waive the requirement that the Redemption Notice be delivered as set forth above, if confirmed by Credit Suisse that a written indication of an offer for early redemption has otherwise been accepted by Credit Suisse. See “Procedures for Early Redemption” herein.
A holder must offer for redemption at least 10,000 ETNs at one time in order to exercise the right to cause us to redeem the ETNs on any Early Redemption Date (the “Minimum Redemption Amount”); provided that we or the Calculation Agent may from time to time reduce, in whole or in part, the Minimum Redemption Amount. Any such reduction will be applied on a consistent basis for all holders of the ETNs at the time the reduction becomes effective. If the ETNs undergo a split or reverse split, the minimum number of ETNs needed to exercise the right to cause us to redeem the ETNs will remain the same.
When a holder submits ETNs for redemption in accordance with the redemption procedures described herein, the ETNs may remain outstanding (and be resold by us or an affiliate) or may be submitted by us for cancellation.
The “Early Redemption Date” is the third Business Day following an Early Redemption Valuation Date.
The “Early Redemption Amount” is a cash payment per ETN equal to the greater of (A) zero and (B)(1) the Closing Indicative Value on the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date minus (2) the Early Redemption Charge, calculated by the Calculation Agent.
The “Early Redemption Charge” per ETN will equal the product of (i) 0.05% times (ii) the Closing Level of the Index on the Early Redemption Valuation Date times (iii) the Index Units as of the immediately preceding Trading Day.
Procedures for Early Redemption
If a holder wishes to offer ETNs to Credit Suisse for redemption, the broker must follow the following procedures:
Deliver a notice of redemption (the “Redemption Notice”), to Credit Suisse via email or other electronic delivery as requested by Credit Suisse. If the Redemption Notice is delivered prior to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, the immediately following Trading Day will be the applicable “Early Redemption Valuation Date”. Otherwise, the second following Trading Day will be the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date. If Credit Suisse receives the Redemption Notice no later than 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, Credit Suisse will respond by sending the broker an acknowledgment of the Redemption Notice accepting the redemption request by 7:30 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day prior to the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date. Credit Suisse or its affiliate must acknowledge to the broker acceptance of the Redemption Notice in order for the redemption request to be effective;
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Credit Suisse may, at its option, waive the requirement that the Redemption Notice be delivered as set forth above, if confirmed by Credit Suisse that a written indication of an offer for early redemption has otherwise been accepted by Credit Suisse. Any such written indication that is delivered after 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, will be deemed to have been made on the following Business Day. For the avoidance of doubt, a holder may choose to comply with the procedures set forth above in lieu of the procedures in this clause, irrespective of any waiver by Credit Suisse;
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Cause the DTC custodian to book a delivery versus payment trade with respect to the ETNs on the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date at a price equal to the applicable Early Redemption Amount, facing us; and
Cause the DTC custodian to deliver the trade as booked for settlement via DTC at or prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time, on the applicable Early Redemption Date (the third Business Day following the Early Redemption Valuation Date).
A holder is responsible for (i) instructing or otherwise causing the broker to provide the Redemption Notice and (ii) the broker satisfying the additional requirements as set forth in the second and third bullets above in order for the redemption to be effected. Different brokerage firms may have different deadlines for accepting instructions from their customers. Accordingly, a holder should consult the brokerage firm through which it owns its interest in the ETNs in respect of such deadlines. If Credit Suisse does not (i) receive the Redemption Notice from the broker by 4:00 p.m. and (ii) deliver an acknowledgment of such Redemption Notice to the broker accepting such redemption request by 7:30 p.m., on the Business Day prior to the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date, such notice will not be effective for such Business Day and Credit Suisse will treat such Redemption Notice as if it was received on the next Business Day. Any redemption instructions for which Credit Suisse receives a valid confirmation in accordance with the procedures described above will be irrevocable after Credit Suisse confirms such offer for early redemption.
Because the Early Redemption Amount a holder will receive for each ETN will not be determined until the close of trading on the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date, a holder will not know the applicable Early Redemption Amount at the time such holder exercises its redemption right and will bear the risk that its ETNs will decline in value between the time of such holder’s exercise and the time at which the Early Redemption Amount is determined.
Acceleration at Our Option or Upon an Acceleration Event
We have the right to accelerate the ETNs in whole or in part on any Business Day occurring after the Inception Date (an “Optional Acceleration”). In addition, if an Acceleration Event (as defined herein) occurs at any time with respect to the ETNs, all of the outstanding ETNs will be subject to automatic acceleration (an “Automatic Acceleration”).
Upon an acceleration of all of the outstanding ETNs pursuant to an Optional Acceleration, the “Accelerated Redemption Amount” will be equal to the arithmetic average, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the Closing Indicative Values of such ETNs during the Accelerated Valuation Period.
If all of the outstanding ETNs are accelerated pursuant to an Automatic Acceleration, the Accelerated Redemption Amount will be determined by the Calculation Agent, in its sole discretion, acting in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner, using the latest publicly available quotations for the intraday prices of the relevant Index Components that are available as soon as practicable following the occurrence of an Acceleration Event. The Calculation Agent will approximate the intraday Index Amount on the basis of such quotations and calculate, in the manner described under “Closing Indicative Value”, a corresponding Intraday Indicative Value minus the Acceleration Fee, which shall be deemed to be the Accelerated Redemption Amount if the ETNs are accelerated pursuant to an Automatic Acceleration.
Upon an acceleration of less than all of the outstanding ETNs pursuant to an Optional Acceleration, the Accelerated Redemption Amount will be equal to the Closing Indicative Value on the applicable Valuation Date. If less than all of the ETNs are to be redeemed pursuant to an Optional Acceleration, the trustee shall select, pro rata, by lot or in such manner as it deems appropriate and fair, the ETNs to be redeemed pursuant to such acceleration. ETNs accelerated in part may be accelerated in multiples of 10,000 ETNs. We will provide at least five Business Days’ notice of any ETNs to be redeemed pursuant to an Optional Acceleration and, in the case of any ETNs selected for partial redemption, the stated principal amount thereof to be redeemed. All provisions relating to the acceleration of less than all of the outstanding ETNs relate to the portion of the stated principal amount of ETNs which has been or is to be redeemed pursuant to these acceleration provisions.
Any payment a holder will be entitled to receive on the ETNs is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due.
In the case of an Optional Acceleration of all of the outstanding ETNs, the “Accelerated Valuation Period” shall be a period of five consecutive Trading Days specified in our notice of Optional Acceleration, the first Trading Day of which shall be at least two Business Days after the date on which we give notice of such Optional Acceleration. In the case of an Automatic Acceleration of all of the outstanding ETNs, the “Accelerated Valuation Date” will be the date of the Acceleration Event. In the case of an Optional Acceleration of less than all of the outstanding ETNs, the Accelerated Valuation Date will be the first Trading Day following the date of our notice of acceleration.
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The Accelerated Redemption Amount will be payable on the third Business Day following the Accelerated Valuation Date or the third Business Day following the last Trading Day in the Accelerated Valuation Period, as the case may be (such date the “Acceleration Date”). We will give notice of any acceleration of the ETNs through customary channels used to deliver notices to holders of exchange traded notes.
If an Acceleration Event occurs, an “Acceleration Fee” equal to the product of (1) 0.05% times (2) the level of the Index used in determining the Index Amount on the Accelerated Valuation Date times (3) the Index Units as of the immediately preceding ETN Business Day will apply.
Any payment a holder will be entitled to receive is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due.
An “Acceleration Event” will occur if the Intraday Indicative Value on any Trading Day is equal to or less than 40% of the most recent Rebalanced Indicative Value.
Market Disruption Events
The Calculation Agent will be solely responsible for the determination and calculation of any adjustments to the Index and of any related determinations and calculations with respect to any event described below and its determinations and calculations will be conclusive absent manifest error.
In respect of the Index, a “Market Disruption Event” is:
(a) the occurrence or existence of a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading of Index Components then constituting 20% or more of the level of the Index on the principal exchange on which the Index Components are traded for those securities for more than two hours of trading, or during the one-half hour period preceding the close of the principal trading session on the principal exchange on which the Index Components are traded;
(b) a breakdown or failure in the price and trade reporting systems of the principal exchange on which the Index Components are traded for the Index as a result of which the reported trading prices for Index Components then constituting 20% or more of the level of the Index during the one-half hour preceding the close of the principal trading session on the principal exchange on which the Index Components are traded are materially inaccurate;
(c) the occurrence or existence of a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading on the primary related exchange or market for trading in equity securities related to the Index, if available, during the one-half hour period preceding the close of the principal trading session for such related exchange or market; or
(d) a decision to permanently discontinue trading in those related equity securities.
in each case, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion; and in each case a determination by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion that any event described above materially interfered with our ability or the ability of any of our affiliates to effect transactions in the Index Components or any instrument related to the Index Components or to adjust or unwind all or a material portion of any hedge position in the Index with respect to the ETNs.
For the purpose of determining whether a Market Disruption Event with respect to the Index exists at any time, if trading in a security included in the Index is materially suspended or materially limited at that time, then the relevant percentage contribution of that security to the level of the Index will be based on a comparison of (1) the portion of the level of the Index attributable to that security relative to (2) the overall level of the Index, in each case immediately before that suspension or limitation.
For the purpose of determining whether a Market Disruption Event in respect of the Index has occurred:
(a) a limitation on the hours or number of days of trading will not constitute a Market Disruption Event if it results from an announced change in the regular business hours of the principal exchange on which the Index Components are traded or the primary exchange or market for trading in equity securities related to the Index;
(b) limitations pursuant to NYSE Rule 80B (or any applicable rule or regulation enacted or promulgated by the NYSE, any other U.S. self-regulatory organization, the SEC or any other relevant authority of scope similar to NYSE Rule 80B) on trading during significant market fluctuations will constitute a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading; and
(c) a suspension of trading in equity securities related to the Index by the primary exchange or market for trading in such contracts, if available, by reason of:
a price change exceeding limits set by such exchange or market;
an imbalance of orders relating to such contracts; or
a disparity in bid and ask quotes relating to such contracts;
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will, in each such case, constitute a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading in equity securities related to the Index; and
(d) a “suspension, absence or material limitation of trading” on the primary related exchange or market on which equity securities related to the Index are traded will not include any time when such exchange or market is itself closed for trading under ordinary circumstances;
in each case, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion.
If the Calculation Agent determines that a Market Disruption Event exists in respect of the Index on a Valuation Date or Rebalance Date, then that Valuation Date or Rebalance Date will be postponed to the first succeeding Trading Day on which the Calculation Agent determines that no Market Disruption Event exists in respect of the Index, unless the Calculation Agent determines that a Market Disruption Event exists in respect of the Index on each of the five Trading Days immediately following the scheduled Valuation Date or Rebalance Date. In that case, (a) the fifth succeeding Trading Day following the scheduled Valuation Date or Rebalance Date will be deemed to be such Valuation Date for the Index, notwithstanding the Market Disruption Event in respect of the Index, and (b) the Calculation Agent will determine the closing level for the Index on that deemed Valuation Date or Rebalance Date in accordance with the formula for and method of calculating the Index last in effect prior to the commencement of the Market Disruption Event in respect of the Index using exchange-traded prices on the principal exchange on which the Index Components are traded (as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion) or, if trading in any component comprising the Index has been materially suspended or materially limited, the Calculation Agent’s good faith estimate of the prices that would have prevailed on the principal exchange on which the Index Components are traded (as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion) but for the suspension or limitation, as of the valuation time on that deemed Valuation Date or Rebalance Date, of each component comprising the Index.
If a Market Disruption Event exists in respect of the Index during the Accelerated Valuation Period or Final Valuation Period, (such disrupted date, the “Disrupted Valuation Date”), all of the Valuation Dates that are scheduled to occur on consecutive Trading Days following such Disrupted Valuation Date, if any, will be postponed by the corresponding number of days by which such Disrupted Valuation Date is postponed as a result of such Market Disruption Event.
If the Final Valuation Date, the Valuation Date corresponding to an Early Redemption Date or the last scheduled Valuation Date in the Accelerated Valuation Period is postponed, the Maturity Date, the corresponding Early Redemption Date or the Acceleration Date, as the case may be, will be postponed until the date three Business Days following such Final Valuation Date, Valuation Date corresponding to an Early Redemption Date or last scheduled Valuation Date in the Accelerated Valuation Period, as postponed.
Default Amount on Acceleration
For the purpose of determining whether the holders of our senior medium-term notes, of which the ETNs are a part, are entitled to take any action under the indenture, we will treat the stated principal amount of each ETN outstanding as the principal amount of that ETN. Although the terms of the ETNs may differ from those of the other senior medium-term notes, holders of specified percentages in principal amount of all senior medium-term notes, together in some cases with other series of our debt securities, will be able to take action affecting all the senior medium-term notes, including the ETNs. This action may involve changing some of the terms that apply to the senior medium-term notes, accelerating the maturity of the senior medium-term notes after a default or waiving some of our obligations under the indenture.
In case an event of default with respect to ETNs shall have occurred and be continuing, the amount declared due and payable upon any acceleration of the ETNs will be determined by the Calculation Agent, and will equal, for each ETN that a holder then holds, the Closing Indicative Value determined by the Calculation Agent occurring on the Trading Day following the date on which the ETNs were declared due and payable.
Further Issuances
We may, from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the holders of the ETNs, create and issue additional securities having the same terms and conditions as the ETNs and ranking on an equal basis with the ETNs in all respects.
Discontinuation or Modification of the Index
If the Index Sponsor discontinues publication of the Index and the Index Sponsor or anyone else publishes a substitute index that the Calculation Agent determines is comparable to the Index, then the Calculation Agent will permanently replace the original Index
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with that substitute index (the “Successor Index”) for all purposes, and all provisions described herein as applying to the Index will thereafter apply to the Successor Index instead. If the Calculation Agent replaces the original Index with a Successor Index, then the Calculation Agent will determine the Early Redemption Amount, Accelerated Redemption Amount or Maturity Redemption Amount (each, a “Redemption Amount”), as applicable, by reference to the Successor Index.
If the Calculation Agent determines that the publication of the Index is discontinued and there is no Successor Index, the Calculation Agent will determine the level of the Index, and thus the applicable Redemption Amount, by a computation methodology that the Calculation Agent determines will as closely as reasonably possible replicate the Index.
If the Calculation Agent determines that the Index, the equity securities included in the Index or the method of calculating the Index is changed at any time in any respect, including whether the change is made by the Index Sponsor under its existing policies or following a modification of those policies, is due to the publication of a Successor Index, is due to events affecting the equity securities included in the Index or is due to any other reason and is not otherwise reflected in the level of the Index by the Index Sponsor pursuant to the Index methodology, then the Calculation Agent will be permitted (but not required) to make such adjustments in the Index or the method of its calculation as it believes are appropriate to ensure that the Closing Level of the Index used to determine the applicable Redemption Amount is equitable.
Manner of Payment and Delivery
Any payment on or delivery of the ETNs at maturity will be made to accounts designated by holders and approved by us, or at the office of the trustee in New York City, but only when the ETNs are surrendered to the trustee at that office. We also may make any payment or delivery in accordance with the applicable procedures of the depositary.
Role of the Calculation Agent
Credit Suisse International (“CSi”), an affiliate of ours, will serve as the Calculation Agent. The Calculation Agent will, in its reasonable discretion, make all calculations and/or determinations regarding the value of the ETNs, including at maturity, upon early redemption or acceleration, Market Disruption Events (see “Market Disruption Events”), Business Days and Trading Days, the ETN Fees, the intraday level of the Index if not published by the Index Sponsor, the Maturity Date, any Early Redemption Dates, Rebalance Dates, the Acceleration Date, the amount payable in respect of the ETNs at maturity, upon early redemption or acceleration and any other calculations or determinations to be made by the Calculation Agent as specified herein.
If the Calculation Agent ceases to perform its role as described herein, we will either, at our sole discretion, perform such role, appoint another party to do so or accelerate the ETNs. We may appoint a different Calculation Agent from time to time without holders’ consent and without notifying holders.
Role of the IV Calculation Agent
We have appointed ICE Data Indices, LLC, formerly the NYSE Arca, as the “IV Calculation Agent”. The IV Calculation Agent will have the sole responsibility to calculate and disseminate the Closing Indicative Value and Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs. We may appoint a different IV Calculation Agent from time to time without holders’ consent and without notifying holders.
Description of Credit Suisse FI Enhanced Europe 50 Exchange Traded Notes due May 11, 2028 Linked to the STOXX® Europe 50 USD (Gross Return) Index
Defined terms used within this subsection are defined only with respect to the ETNs listed in the subsection heading above and described within this subsection.
General
The return on the Credit Suisse FI Enhanced Europe 50 Exchange Traded Notes due May 11, 2028 Linked to the STOXX® Europe 50 USD (Gross Return) Index (the “ETNs”) is linked to a leveraged participation in the performance of the STOXX® Europe 50 USD (Gross Return) Index (the “Index”), as reflected by their Indicative Value, calculated as set forth below. The Index is composed of the
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equity securities of 50 “blue-chip” European companies by free-float market capitalization (each, an “Index Component”) selected from within the STOXX® Europe 600 Index (the “Parent Index”). The Parent Index contains the 600 largest companies traded on the major exchanges of 17 European countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The Index is calculated, maintained and published by STOXX Limited (the “Index Sponsor”), which launched the Index on March 27, 2012. The Index is subject to the policies of the Index Sponsor and is subject to the Index Sponsor’s discretion, including with respect to the implementation of, and changes to, the rules governing the Index methodology.
Inception, Issuance and Maturity
The initial issuance of ETNs priced on May 10, 2018 (the “Inception Date”) and settled on May 15, 2018 (the “Initial Settlement Date”). The scheduled Maturity Date is initially May 11, 2028 (the “Maturity Date”), but the maturity of the ETNs may be extended at our option for up to two additional five-year periods, as described herein.
Intraday Indicative Value
The “Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs” is designed to reflect the economic value of the ETNs at a given time. The Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs will be calculated using the same formula as the Closing Indicative Value, except that instead of using the Closing Level of the Index, the calculation is based on the most recent reported level of the Index at the particular time. During the hours on which trading is generally conducted on each ETN Business Day, the Intraday Indicative Value will be calculated and published every 15 seconds by the IV Calculation Agent so long as no Market Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing and will be disseminated over the consolidated tape or other major market data vendor. Because live Index values are not published after approximately 11:50 a.m., New York City time, subject to adjustment for daylight saving time, as applicable, the Indicative Value is not expected to change and will likely remain static after such time.
If the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs is equal to or less than zero during Observation Trading Hours or the Closing Indicative Value is equal to zero on any Trading Day, the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs on that day, and all future days, will be zero. Because the ETNs provide leveraged exposure to the Index, the Intraday Indicative Value can equal or be less than zero during Observation Trading Hours if the intraday level of the Index at such time has decreased by approximately 50% (or possibly less) from the Initial Index Level or, after the first Rebalance Trigger Date, from the Closing Level of the Index on the most recent Rebalance Trigger Date.
The Intraday Indicative Value is not the same as the closing price or any other trading price of the ETNs in the secondary market. The trading price of the ETNs at any time may vary significantly from the Indicative Value at such time, especially during those U.S. trading hours when the Intraday Indicative Value is static and/or when the Closing Indicative Value has already been determined.
Neither the Intraday Indicative Value nor the Closing Indicative Value calculation is intended as a price or quotation, or as an offer or solicitation for the purchase, sale, redemption, acceleration or termination of a holder’s ETNs, nor will it reflect hedging or transaction costs, credit considerations, market liquidity or bid-offer spreads. The IV Calculation Agent is responsible for computing and disseminating the ETNs’ Indicative Values. Published levels of the Index from the Index Sponsor may occasionally be subject to delay or postponement. Any such delays or postponements will affect the current level of the Index and therefore the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs. The actual trading price of the ETNs may be different from their Intraday Indicative Value or Closing Indicative Value.
The actual trading price of the ETNs at any time may vary significantly from the Indicative Value at such time. The trading price of the ETNs at any time is the price that holders may be able to sell their ETNs in the secondary market at such time, if one exists.
The trading price of the ETNs at any time is the price at which holders may be able to sell their ETNs in the secondary market at such time, if one exists. In the absence of an active secondary market for the ETNs, the last reported trading price may not reflect the actual price at which holders may be able to sell their ETNs at a particular time. The trading price of the ETNs at any time may vary significantly from the Intraday Indicative Value and the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs at such time due to, among other things, imbalances of supply and demand, lack of liquidity, transaction costs, credit considerations and bid-offer spreads. The trading price of the ETNs at any time will also vary significantly from their Indicative Value during those U.S. trading hours when the Intraday Indicative Value is static and/or when the Closing Indicative Value has already been determined.
The closing price of the ETNs will be published on each Trading Day under the ticker symbol “FEUL”. Any premium or discount may be reduced or eliminated at any time. Paying a premium purchase price of the ETNs over the Intraday Indicative Value or the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs could lead to significant losses in the event holders sell their ETNs at a time when such premium has
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declined or is no longer present in the market or at maturity or upon early redemption or acceleration, in which case holders will receive a cash payment based on the Closing Indicative Value on the relevant Valuation Date(s).
The ETNs may be redeemed or accelerated at any time, subject to the conditions described herein.
As discussed in “Payment Upon Early Redemption” below, a holder may submit a Redemption Notice on any Trading Day beginning on May 10, 2018 through May 1, 2028 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, five scheduled Trading Days prior to the scheduled Final Valuation Date, as extended) for an anticipated May 2, 2028 Early Redemption Valuation Date and an anticipated Early Redemption Date of May 4, 2028 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, an Early Redemption Valuation Date four scheduled Trading Days prior to the scheduled Final Valuation Date, as extended, and an Early Redemption Date two Business Days after the Early Redemption Valuation Date, as extended) to have us redeem the ETNs, in whole or in part. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we will not accept a Redemption Notice submitted to us on any day after the fifth Trading Day preceding the Accelerated Valuation Date in the case of an Optional Acceleration.
If a holder elects to offer its ETNs for redemption, and the requirements for acceptance by us are met, such holder will receive a cash payment per ETN on the Early Redemption Date equal to the Early Redemption Amount.
A holder must offer for redemption at least 10,000 ETNs at one time in order to exercise the right to cause us to redeem such holder’s ETNs on any Early Redemption Date (the “Minimum Redemption Amount”); provided that we or the Calculation Agent, may from time to time reduce, in whole or in part, the Minimum Redemption Amount. Any such reduction will be applied on a consistent basis for all holders of the ETNs at the time the reduction becomes effective. If the ETNs undergo a split or reverse split, the minimum number of ETNs needed to exercise the right to cause us to redeem the ETNs will remain the same.
Because the Early Redemption Amount a holder will receive for each ETN will be based on the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs on the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date, a holder will not know the Early Redemption Amount at the time such holder submits its Redemption Notice and will bear the risk that its ETNs will decline in value between the time of such submission and the time at which the Early Redemption Amount is determined.
On any Business Day occurring after the Inception Date, we will have the right to issue a notice to accelerate all, but not less than all, the issued and outstanding ETNs (an “Optional Acceleration”). In addition, if an Acceleration Event occurs at any time with respect to the ETNs, all of the issued and outstanding ETNs will be subject to automatic acceleration (an “Automatic Acceleration”). If the ETNs are accelerated pursuant to an Optional Acceleration, holders will receive a cash payment on the Acceleration Date equal to the arithmetic average, as determined on the Accelerated Valuation Date by the Calculation Agent, of the Closing Indicative Values of such ETNs during the Accelerated Valuation Period (the “Accelerated Redemption Amount”).
If the ETNs are accelerated pursuant to an Automatic Acceleration, holders will receive a cash payment on the Acceleration Date equal to the greater of (A) zero and (B)(1) the Closing Indicative Value on the Accelerated Valuation Date minus (2) the Acceleration Fee on the Accelerated Valuation Date, calculated by the Calculation Agent.
Any payment holders will be entitled to receive on the ETNs is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due. In no event will the Accelerated Redemption Amount be less than zero. In the case of an Optional Acceleration, the “Accelerated Valuation Period” shall be the five consecutive Trading Days specified in our notice of Optional Acceleration, the first Trading Day of which shall be at least three (3) calendar days after the date on which we give notice of such Optional Acceleration. In the case of an Optional Acceleration, the “Accelerated Valuation Date” will be the last Trading Day in the Accelerated Valuation Period. In the case of an Automatic Acceleration, the Accelerated Valuation Date will be the Trading Day immediately following the Trading Day on which the Acceleration Event occurs.
The Accelerated Redemption Amount will be payable on the third Business Day following the Accelerated Valuation Date (the “Acceleration Date”).
The last date on which Credit Suisse will redeem the ETNs at a holder’s option will be May 4, 2028 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, two Business Days after the Early Redemption Valuation Date, as extended). As such, a holder must offer its ETNs for redemption no later than May 1, 2028 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, five scheduled Trading Days prior to the scheduled Final Valuation Date, as extended). The daily redemption feature is intended to induce arbitrageurs to counteract any trading of the ETNs at a premium or discount to their Intraday Indicative Value, although there can be no assurance that arbitrageurs will employ the redemption feature in this manner.
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Indicative Value
The “Indicative Value” for the ETNs is the Closing Indicative Value or the Intraday Indicative Value, as applicable.
Split or Reverse Split of the ETNs
The Calculation Agent may initiate a split or reverse split of the ETNs on any Trading Day. If the Calculation Agent decides to initiate a split or reverse split, the Calculation Agent will issue a notice to holders of the ETNs and a press release announcing the split or reverse split, specifying the effective date of the split or reverse split. The Calculation Agent will determine the ratio of such split or reverse split, as the case may be, using relevant market indicia, and will adjust the terms of the ETNs accordingly. Any adjustment of the closing value will be rounded to 8 decimal places.
In the case of a reverse split, we reserve the right to address odd numbers of ETNs (commonly referred to as “partials”) in a manner determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion. A split or reverse split of the ETNs will not affect the aggregate stated principal amount of ETNs held by an investor, other than to the extent of any “partial” ETNs, but it will affect the number of ETNs an investor holds, the denominations used for trading purposes on the exchange and the trading price, and may affect the liquidity, of the ETNs on the exchange.
Coupon
We will not make any coupon or interest payments during the term of the ETNs.
Denomination
The denomination and stated principal amount of each ETN is $100.00. ETNs may be issued at a price that is higher or lower than the stated principal amount, based on the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs at that time.
Payment at Maturity
If the ETNs have not previously been redeemed or accelerated, on the Maturity Date holders will receive for each ETN a cash payment equal to the arithmetic average, as determined on the Final Valuation Date by the Calculation Agent, of the Closing Indicative Values of the ETNs during the Final Valuation Period. Any payment holders will be entitled to receive on the ETNs is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due. In no event will the Payment at Maturity be less than zero.
If not previously redeemed or accelerated, the ETNs will mature on May 11, 2028, or on the Maturity Date as extended at our option for up to two additional five-year periods, in each case subject to postponement if such date is not a Business Day or in the event of a Market Disruption Event. We may only extend the scheduled Maturity Date for five years at a time. If we exercise our option to extend the maturity of the ETNs, we will notify DTC (the holder of the global note for the ETNs) and the trustee at least 45 but not more than 60 calendar days prior to the then-scheduled Maturity Date. We will provide such notice to DTC and the trustee in respect of each five-year extension of the scheduled Maturity Date that we choose to effect.
If the scheduled Maturity Date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date will be postponed to the first Business Day following the scheduled Maturity Date. If the scheduled Final Valuation Date is not a Trading Day, the Final Valuation Date will be postponed to the next following Trading Day, in which case the Maturity Date will be postponed to the third Business Day following the Final Valuation Date as so postponed. In addition, if a Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing on any Trading Day during the Final Valuation Period, the Maturity Date will be postponed until the date three (3) Business Days following the Final Valuation Date, as postponed. No interest or additional payment will accrue or be payable as a result of any postponement of the Maturity Date.
If the Closing Indicative Value is zero, the Payment at Maturity will be zero.
The Closing Indicative Value for the ETNs on the Inception Date was $100.00 (the “Initial Indicative Value”). The Closing Indicative Value on any ETN Business Day after the Inception Date will be calculated and published by the IV Calculation Agent and will be equal to (1) the Closing Indicative Value on the immediately preceding ETN Business Day plus (2) the Index Amount on the current ETN Business Day minus (3) the Investor Fee on such ETN Business Day minus (4) the Exposure Fee on such ETN Business Day minus (5) the Rebalance Fee on such ETN Business Day, if applicable. The Closing Indicative Value will never be less than zero. If the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs is equal to or less than zero during Observation Trading Hours or the Closing Indicative Value of
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the ETNs is equal to zero on any Trading Day, the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs on that day, and all future days, will be zero. Even if the Closing Indicative Value or Intraday Indicative Value is equal to or less than zero at any time, the trading price of the ETNs may remain above zero. Buying the ETNs at such a time will lead to a complete loss of a holder’s investment. Because the ETNs provide leveraged exposure to the Index, the Intraday Indicative Value can equal or be less than zero during Observation Trading Hours if the intraday level of the Index at such time has decreased by approximately 50% (or possibly less) from the Initial Index Level or, after the first Rebalance Trigger Date, from the Closing Level of the Index on the most recent Rebalance Trigger Date. The IV Calculation Agent is responsible for computing and disseminating the Closing Indicative Value.
The Closing Indicative Value on any ETN Business Day is based on the Closing Level of the Index on that ETN Business Day. The Closing Level of the Index on each ETN Business Day is determined based on the closing prices of the Index Components on such day and is typically published shortly after 4:30 p.m., London time. Accordingly, the Closing Indicative Value will be published at or around 4:50 p.m., London time, which corresponds to approximately 11:50 a.m., New York City time, subject to adjustment for daylight saving time, as applicable. Therefore, the Closing Indicative Value will be determined several hours before the close of trading for the ETNs on the NYSE Arca at 4:00 p.m., New York City time. The Closing Level of the Index is based on the closing prices of the Index Components as of 4:30 p.m., London time. Accordingly, the real-time calculation and publication of the intraday level of the Index will be suspended after approximately 4:30 p.m., London time. Because the Intraday Indicative Value is based on the intraday levels of the Index, it will reflect lags and other disruptions and suspensions that affect the Index. For example, because the real-time calculation and publication of the intraday level of the Index will be suspended after approximately 4:30 p.m., London time, the published Intraday Indicative Value after such time will passively track the suspended level of the Index and, as a result, the Intraday Indicative Value will not reflect any subsequent changes in market values or prices or any other market factors that take place after such time. Consequently, after approximately 4:30 p.m., London time, but before trading on the NYSE Arca is closed, there could be market developments or other events that cause or exacerbate the difference between the trading price of the ETNs and the Indicative Value of such ETNs.
If the ETNs undergo a split or reverse split, the Closing Indicative Value, Rebalanced Indicative Value and Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs will be adjusted accordingly. Such adjustment may adversely affect the trading price and liquidity of the ETNs. None of the Closing Indicative Value, Rebalanced Indicative Value or the Intraday Indicative Value is the same as closing price or any other trading price of the ETNs in the secondary market. The trading price of the ETNs at any time may vary significantly from the Closing Indicative Value, Rebalanced Indicative Value and Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs at such time, especially during those U.S. trading hours when the Intraday Indicative Value is static and/or when the Closing Indicative Value has already been determined.
The “Closing Level of the Index” on any ETN Business Day will be the official closing level of the Index published on Bloomberg under the ticker symbol “SX5PGV <Index>” or any successor page on Bloomberg or any successor service, as applicable; provided that if such day is not an Index Business Day, the Closing Level of the Index will be deemed to be the Closing Level of the Index as of the immediately preceding Index Business Day, as determined by the Calculation Agent; provided further that in the event a Market Disruption Event exists on a Valuation Date, the Calculation Agent will determine the Closing Level of the Index according to the methodology described below in “Market Disruption Events.”
The “Exposure Fee,” on any ETN Business Day following the Inception Date will be equal to the product of (1) (a) the Index Units as of the previous ETN Business Day times (b) 0.5 times (2) the Financing Rate as of the most recent Quarterly Reference Date prior to the current ETN Business Day times (3) the Closing Level of the Index as of the most recent Quarterly Reference Date prior to the current ETN Business Day times (4) the Day Count Fraction.
The Exposure Fee was deemed to be zero on the Inception Date. If the level of the Index decreases or does not increase sufficiently to offset the Exposure Fee, the Investor Fee, the Rebalance Fee, the Early Redemption Charge and the Acceleration Fee, if applicable, over the term of the ETNs, a holder will receive less, and possibly significantly less, at maturity or upon early redemption or acceleration of the ETNs than the amount of such holder’s investment.
The “Investor Fee,” on any ETN Business Day following the Inception Date, will be equal to the product of (1) the Closing Indicative Value as of the previous ETN Business Day times (2) 1.00% times (3) the Day Count Fraction.
The “Financing Rate,” on any LIBOR Business Day, will be equal to the Reference Rate applicable on the immediately preceding Quarterly Reference Date, plus a spread of 1.00% (100 basis points).
The “Reference Rate” on any Quarterly Reference Date will be equal to the 3-Month USD LIBOR, which is the London Interbank Offered Rate for three-month deposits in U.S. dollars, which is displayed on Reuters page LIBOR01 (or any successor service or page for the purpose of displaying the London interbank offered rates of major banks, as determined by the Calculation Agent), as of
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11:00 a.m., London time, on such Quarterly Reference Date. If such rate does not appear on such page at such time on the relevant Quarterly Reference Date as described above, the Reference Rate for such date will be determined on the basis of the rates at which three-month deposits in U.S. dollars are offered by four major banks in the London interbank market (the “Reference Banks”) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time to prime banks in the London interbank market for a period commencing as of such date in a representative amount. The Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of each of the Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two of those quotations are provided, the Reference Rate for that date will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided as requested, the Reference Rate for such date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by major banks in New York City, selected by the Calculation Agent, at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, as of such date for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks for a period of three months commencing as of such date and in a representative amount. If fewer than two banks selected by the Calculation Agent provide quotes as described above, the Reference Rate for that date will be determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion (acting in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner).
The “Intraday Indicative Value” of the ETNs will be calculated using the same formula as the Closing Indicative Value, except that instead of using the Closing Level of the Index, the calculation is based on the most recent reported level of the Index at the particular time. During the hours on which trading is generally conducted on each ETN Business Day, the Intraday Indicative Value will be calculated and published every 15 seconds by the IV Calculation Agent so long as no Market Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing and will be disseminated over the consolidated tape or other major market data vendor. Because live Index values are not published after approximately 11:50 a.m., New York City time, subject to adjustment for daylight saving time, as applicable, the Indicative Value is not expected to change and will likely remain static after such time.
If the Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs is equal to or less than zero during Observation Trading Hours or the Closing Indicative Value is equal to zero on any Trading Day, the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs on that day, and all future days, will be zero. Because the ETNs provide leveraged exposure to the Index, the Intraday Indicative Value can equal or be less than zero during Observation Trading Hours if the intraday level of the Index at such time has decreased by approximately 50% (or possibly less) from the Initial Index Level or, after the first Rebalance Trigger Date, from the Closing Level of the Index on the most recent Rebalance Trigger Date.
A “Business Day” is any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City or London, England generally are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.
An “ETN Business Day” is a day on which trading is generally conducted on the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Arca and the NASDAQ exchange.
The “Index” means the STOXX® Europe 50 USD (Gross Return) Index.
The “Index Amount” on the Inception Date was zero. On any ETN Business Day after the Inception Date, the Index Amount will be equal to the product of (1) the Index Units as of the immediately preceding ETN Business Day times (2) the difference between (a) the Closing Level of the Index on the current ETN Business Day minus (b) the Closing Level of the Index on the immediately preceding ETN Business Day.
The “Index Units,” on any ETN Business Day from and including the Inception Date to but excluding the first Rebalance Date, will be equal to the product of (1) the Leverage Factor times (2) the Initial Indicative Value divided by (3) the Initial Index Level. The Index Units will be adjusted upon the occurrence of a Rebalance Event. From and including each Rebalance Date, the Index Units will equal (1) the Leverage Factor times (2) the Closing Indicative Value on the most recent Rebalance Trigger Date for which the corresponding Rebalance Date falls on or before the current ETN Business Day divided by (3) the Closing Level of the Index on such Rebalance Trigger Date.
The “Leverage Factor” is set to 2.0.
The “Day Count Fraction,” on any ETN Business Day, will be equal to the quotient of (1) the number of calendar days from and including the previous ETN Business Day to but excluding the current ETN Business Day divided by (2) 360.
An “Index Business Day” is any day on which the level of the Index is calculated and published.
A “LIBOR Business Day” is any trading day other than a day on which banking institutions in the city of London, England are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
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The first “Quarterly Reference Date” will be the Inception Date. Following the Inception Date, the “Quarterly Reference Date” will be on each January 1st, April 1st, July 1st and October 1st, beginning on July 1, 2018, or if such date is not a LIBOR Business Day and an Index Business Day, the next succeeding day that is both a LIBOR Business Day and an Index Business Day.
A “Trading Day” is a day which is (i) an Index Business Day and (ii) an ETN Business Day.
The “Observation Trading Hours” on any Trading Day is the time period from and including 9:30 a.m. New York City time to and including 4:00 p.m. New York City time.
The ETNs do not guarantee any return of a holder’s investment. If the level of the Index decreases or does not increase sufficiently to offset the ETN Fees, a holder will receive less, and possibly significantly less, at maturity or upon early redemption or acceleration of the ETNs than the amount of such holder’s investment.
Any payment holders will be entitled to receive is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due.
Determination of the 3-Month USD LIBOR
For the purposes of calculating the Reference Rate, the 3-Month USD LIBOR will be the London Interbank Offered Rate for three-month deposits in U.S. dollars, which is displayed on Reuters page LIBOR01 (or any successor service or page for the purpose of displaying the London interbank offered rates of major banks, as determined by the Calculation Agent), as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the relevant Quarterly Reference Date.
If such rate does not appear on such page at such time on the relevant Quarterly Reference Date as described above, the Reference Rate for such date will be determined on the basis of the rates at which three-month deposits in U.S. dollars are offered by four major banks in the London interbank market (the “Reference Banks”) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time to prime banks in the London interbank market for a period commencing as of such date in a representative amount. The Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of each of the Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two of those quotations are provided, the Reference Rate for that date will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided as requested, the Reference Rate for such date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by major banks in New York City, selected by the Calculation Agent, at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, as of such date for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks for a period of three months commencing as of such date and in a representative amount. If fewer than two banks selected by the Calculation Agent provide quotes as described above, the Reference Rate for that date will be determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion (acting in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Calculation Agent determines that the 3-Month USD LIBOR for purposes of determining the Reference Rate has been discontinued, then it will determine whether to use a substitute or successor rate for purpose of determining the Reference Rate on each relevant Quarterly Reference Date falling on or after it has determined in its sole discretion (acting in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner) is most comparable to the existing rate had it not been discontinued, provided that if the Calculation Agent determines there is an appropriate industry-accepted successor rate, the Calculation Agent shall use such successor rate.
If the Calculation Agent has determined a substitute or successor rate in accordance with the foregoing (such rate, the “Replacement Rate”), for purposes of determining the Reference Rate, (a) the Calculation Agent shall in its sole discretion (acting in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner) determine (i) the method for obtaining the Replacement Rate (including any alternative method for determining the Replacement Rate if such substitute or successor rate is unavailable on the relevant Quarterly Reference Date), which method shall be consistent with industry-accepted practices for the Replacement Rate, and (ii) any adjustment factor as may be necessary to make the Replacement Rate comparable to the existing rate had it not been discontinued, consistent with industry-accepted practices for the Replacement Rate; (b) references to the Reference Rate herein shall be deemed to be references to the Replacement Rate, including any alternative method for determining such rate and any adjustment factor as described in sub-clause (a) above; (c) any changes relating to the service or page for the purpose of displaying the Replacement Rate or the time at which such rate is published on such service or page shall be determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion (acting in good faith and in a commercially reasonably manner).
Rebalance Event
A Rebalance Event shall occur (1) quarterly, on each Quarterly Rebalance Calculation Date, and (2) if the Closing Indicative Value on any Trading Day is equal to or less than 60% of the then current Rebalanced Indicative Value and no Acceleration Event has
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occurred on such day (each such day, a “Deleveraging Calculation Date” and, together with any Quarterly Rebalance Calculation Date, a “Rebalance Trigger Date”). The Trading Day following each Rebalance Trigger Date will be a “Rebalance Date,” subject to postponement in the event of a Market Disruption Event and the Calculation Agent will make adjustments to the Index Amount and Exposure Fee and other relevant terms of the ETNs, as described under “Rebalance Event”. Upon the occurrence of each Rebalance Event, holders will incur a Rebalance Fee on the relevant Rebalance Date. On any ETN Business Day that is a Rebalance Date, the “Rebalance Fee” per ETN will be equal to the product of (1) the Rebalance Rate times (2) the Closing Level of the Index on such Rebalance Date times (3) the absolute value of the difference between (a) the Index Units on the Trading Day immediately preceding the relevant Rebalance Date minus (b) the Index Units on such Rebalance Date. On any ETN Business Day that is not a Rebalance Date, the Rebalance Fee will equal zero. The “Rebalance Rate” on any Rebalance Date will equal 0.05%. Following the Inception Date, a “Quarterly Rebalance Calculation Date” will occur on the Trading Day immediately preceding each Quarterly Reference Date.
Each Rebalance Event will have the effect of resetting the then-current leverage to approximately 2.0 based on the Closing Level of the Index as of the Rebalance Trigger Date. Each time a Rebalance Event occurs, holders will incur a Rebalance Fee. This fee will reduce the value of the ETNs.
The initial “Rebalanced Indicative Value” will be the Initial Indicative Value. Thereafter, the Rebalanced Indicative Value will be the Closing Indicative Value on the Rebalance Trigger Date immediately preceding the relevant Rebalance Date.
Payment Upon Early Redemption
Subject to compliance with the procedures described below, a holder may submit a request (the “Redemption Notice”) on any Trading Day through and including May 1, 2028 (or, if the maturity of the ETNs is extended, five scheduled Trading Days prior to the scheduled Final Valuation Date, as extended) to have us redeem its ETNs, in whole or in part. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we will not accept a Redemption Notice submitted to us on any day after the fifth Trading Day preceding the Accelerated Valuation Date in the case of an Optional Acceleration. If a holder elects to offer its ETNs for redemption, and the requirements for acceptance by us are met, such holder will receive a cash payment per ETN on the Early Redemption Date equal to the Early Redemption Amount.
A holder may exercise its early redemption right by causing its broker to deliver a Redemption Notice (as defined herein) to Credit Suisse. If such Redemption Notice is delivered prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time on any Business Day, the immediately following Trading Day will be the applicable “Early Redemption Valuation Date”. Otherwise, the second following Trading Day will be the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date. Credit Suisse may, at its option, waive the requirement that the Redemption Notice be delivered as set forth above, if confirmed by Credit Suisse that a written indication of an offer for early redemption has otherwise been accepted by Credit Suisse.
A holder must offer for redemption at least 10,000 ETNs at one time in order to exercise the right to cause us to redeem such holder’s ETNs on any Early Redemption Date (the “Minimum Redemption Amount”); provided that we or the Calculation Agent may from time to time reduce, in whole or in part, the Minimum Redemption Amount. Any such reduction will be applied on a consistent basis for all holders of the ETNs at the time the reduction becomes effective. If the ETNs undergo a split or reverse split, the minimum number of ETNs needed to exercise the right to cause us to redeem the ETNs will remain the same.
When a holder submits its ETNs for redemption in accordance with the redemption procedures described herein, such ETNs may remain outstanding (and be resold by us or an affiliate) or may be submitted by us for cancellation.
The “Early Redemption Date” is the second Business Day following an Early Redemption Valuation Date.
The “Early Redemption Amount” is a cash payment per ETN equal to the greater of (A) zero and (B)(1) the Closing Indicative Value on the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date minus (2) the Early Redemption Charge on the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date, calculated by the Calculation Agent. Any payment holders will be entitled to receive on the ETNs is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due. In no event will the Early Redemption Amount be less than zero.
The “Early Redemption Charge” per ETN will equal the product of (i) 0.10% times (ii) the Closing Level of the Index on the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date times (iii) the Index Units as of the immediately preceding Trading Day.
Procedures for Early Redemption
If a holder wishes to offer its ETNs to Credit Suisse for redemption, such holder’s broker must follow the following procedures:
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Deliver a notice of redemption (the “Redemption Notice”), to Credit Suisse via email or other electronic delivery as requested by Credit Suisse. If such Redemption Notice is delivered prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time on any Business Day, the immediately following Trading Day will be the applicable “Early Redemption Valuation Date.” Otherwise, the second following Trading Day will be the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date. If Credit Suisse receives such Redemption Notice no later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, Credit Suisse will respond by sending the relevant holder’s broker an acknowledgment of the Redemption Notice accepting such redemption request by 7:30 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day prior to the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date. Credit Suisse or its affiliate must acknowledge to such broker acceptance of the Redemption Notice in order for such redemption request to be effective;
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Credit Suisse may, at its option, waive the requirement that the Redemption Notice be delivered as set forth above, if confirmed by Credit Suisse that a written indication of an offer for early redemption has otherwise been accepted by Credit Suisse. Any such written indication that is delivered after 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, will be deemed to have been made on the following Business Day. For the avoidance of doubt, a holder may choose to comply with the procedures set forth above in lieu of the procedures in this clause, irrespective of any waiver by Credit Suisse;
Cause the holder’s DTC custodian to book a delivery versus payment trade with respect to the ETNs on the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date at a price equal to the applicable Early Redemption Amount, facing us; and
Cause the holder’s DTC custodian to deliver the trade as booked for settlement via DTC at or prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the applicable Early Redemption Date (the second Business Day following the Early Redemption Valuation Date).
A holder is responsible for (i) instructing or otherwise causing its broker to provide the Redemption Notice and (ii) its broker satisfying the additional requirements as set forth in the second and third bullets above in order for the redemption to be effected. Different brokerage firms may have different deadlines for accepting instructions from their customers. Accordingly, a holder should consult the brokerage firm through which it owns its interest in the ETNs in respect of such deadlines. If Credit Suisse does not (i) receive the Redemption Notice from a holder’s broker by 10:00 a.m., and (ii) deliver an acknowledgment of such Redemption Notice to such broker accepting such redemption request by 7:30 p.m., on the Business Day prior to the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date, such notice will not be effective for such Business Day and Credit Suisse will treat such Redemption Notice as if it was received on the next Business Day. Any redemption instructions for which Credit Suisse receives a valid confirmation in accordance with the procedures described above will be irrevocable after Credit Suisse confirms a holder’s offer for early redemption.
Because the Early Redemption Amount a holder will receive for each ETN will be based on the Closing Indicative Value of the ETNs on the applicable Early Redemption Valuation Date, a holder will not know the Early Redemption Amount at the time such holder submits its Redemption Notice and will bear the risk that its ETNs will decline in value between the time of such submission and the time at which the Early Redemption Amount is determined.
Acceleration at Our Option or Upon an Acceleration Event
On any Business Day occurring after the Inception Date, we will have the right to issue a notice to accelerate all, but not less than all, the issued and outstanding ETNs (an “Optional Acceleration”). In addition, if an Acceleration Event occurs at any time with respect to the ETNs, all of the issued and outstanding ETNs will be subject to automatic acceleration (an “Automatic Acceleration”).
If the ETNs are accelerated pursuant to an Optional Acceleration, holders will receive a cash payment on the Acceleration Date equal to the arithmetic average, as determined on the Accelerated Valuation Date by the Calculation Agent, of the Closing Indicative Values of such ETNs during the Accelerated Valuation Period.
If the ETNs are accelerated pursuant to an Automatic Acceleration, holders will receive a cash payment on the Acceleration Date equal to the greater of (A) zero and (B)(1) the Closing Indicative Value on the Accelerated Valuation Date minus (2) the Acceleration Fee on the Accelerated Valuation Date, calculated by the Calculation Agent.
The cash payment received pursuant to either an Optional Acceleration or an Automatic Acceleration, if any, is referred to as the “Accelerated Redemption Amount” and will be payable on the third Business Day following the Accelerated Valuation Date (the “Acceleration Date”). In no event will the Accelerated Redemption Amount be less than zero.
In the case of an Optional Acceleration, the “Accelerated Valuation Period” shall be the five consecutive Trading Days specified in our notice of Optional Acceleration, the first Trading Day of which shall be at least three (3) calendar days after the date on which we give notice of such Optional Acceleration. In the case of an Optional Acceleration, the “Accelerated Valuation Date” will be the last Trading Day in the Accelerated Valuation Period. In the case of an Automatic Acceleration, the Accelerated Valuation Date will be the Trading Day immediately following the Trading Day on which the Acceleration Event occurs.
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The Accelerated Redemption Amount will be payable on the third Business Day following the Accelerated Valuation Date (the “Acceleration Date”).
If an Acceleration Event occurs, an “Acceleration Fee” equal to the product of (1) 0.10% times (2) the Closing Level of the Index on the Accelerated Valuation Date times (3) the Index Units as of the immediately preceding ETN Business Day will apply.
Any payment holders will be entitled to receive is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due.
An “Acceleration Event” will occur if the Intraday Indicative Value during Observation Trading Hours on any Trading Day (other than a Trading Day during the Final Valuation Period or the Accelerated Valuation Period) is equal to or less than 40% of the most recent Rebalanced Indicative Value.
Market Disruption Events
The Calculation Agent will be solely responsible for the determination and calculation of any adjustments to the Index and of any related determinations and calculations with respect to any event described below and its determinations and calculations will be conclusive absent manifest error.
In respect of the Index, a “Market Disruption Event” is:
(a) the occurrence or existence of a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading of Index Components then constituting 20% or more of the level of the Index on the principal exchange on which the Index Components are traded for those securities for more than two hours of trading, or during the one-half hour period preceding the close of the principal trading session on the principal exchange on which the Index Components are traded;
(b) a breakdown or failure in the price and trade reporting systems of the principal exchange on which the Index Components are traded for the Index as a result of which the reported trading prices for Index Components then constituting 20% or more of the level of the Index during the one-half hour preceding the close of the principal trading session on the principal exchange on which the Index Components are traded are materially inaccurate;
(c) the occurrence or existence of a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading on the primary related exchange or market for trading in equity securities related to the Index, if available, during the one-half hour period preceding the close of the principal trading session for such related exchange or market; or
(d) a decision to permanently discontinue trading in those related equity securities.
in each case, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion; and in each case a determination by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion that any event described above materially interfered with our ability or the ability of any of our affiliates to effect transactions in the Index Components or any instrument related to the Index Components or to adjust or unwind all or a material portion of any hedge position in the Index with respect to the ETNs.
For the purpose of determining whether a Market Disruption Event with respect to the Index exists at any time, if trading in a security included in the Index is materially suspended or materially limited at that time, then the relevant percentage contribution of that security to the level of the Index will be based on a comparison of (1) the portion of the level of the Index attributable to that security relative to (2) the overall level of the Index, in each case immediately before that suspension or limitation.
For the purpose of determining whether a Market Disruption Event in respect of the Index has occurred:
(a) a limitation on the hours or number of days of trading will not constitute a Market Disruption Event if it results from an announced change in the regular business hours of the principal exchange on which the Index Components are traded or the primary exchange or market for trading in equity securities related to the Index;
(b) limitations pursuant to NYSE Rule 80B (or any applicable rule or regulation enacted or promulgated by the NYSE, any other U.S. self-regulatory organization, the SEC or any other relevant authority of scope similar to NYSE Rule 80B) on trading during significant market fluctuations will constitute a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading; and
(c) a suspension of trading in equity securities related to the Index by the primary exchange or market for trading in such contracts, if available, by reason of:
a price change exceeding limits set by such exchange or market;
an imbalance of orders relating to such contracts; or
a disparity in bid and ask quotes relating to such contracts;
will, in each such case, constitute a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading in equity securities related to the Index; and
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(d) a “suspension, absence or material limitation of trading” on the primary related exchange or market on which equity securities related to the Index are traded will not include any time when such exchange or market is itself closed for trading under ordinary circumstances;
in each case, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion.
If the Calculation Agent determines that a Market Disruption Event exists in respect of the Index on a Valuation Date or Rebalance Date, then that Valuation Date or Rebalance Date will be postponed to the first succeeding Trading Day on which the Calculation Agent determines that no Market Disruption Event exists in respect of the Index, unless the Calculation Agent determines that a Market Disruption Event exists in respect of the Index on each of the five Trading Days immediately following the scheduled Valuation Date or Rebalance Date. In that case, (a) the fifth succeeding Trading Day following the scheduled Valuation Date or Rebalance Date will be deemed to be such Valuation Date for the Index, notwithstanding the Market Disruption Event in respect of the Index, and (b) the Calculation Agent will determine the Closing Level of the Index on that deemed Valuation Date or Rebalance Date in accordance with the formula for and method of calculating the Index last in effect prior to the commencement of the Market Disruption Event in respect of the Index using exchange-traded prices on the principal exchange on which the Index Components are traded (as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion) or, if trading in any component comprising the Index has been materially suspended or materially limited, the Calculation Agent’s good faith estimate of the prices that would have prevailed on the principal exchange on which the Index Components are traded (as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion) but for the suspension or limitation, as of the valuation time on that deemed Valuation Date or Rebalance Date, of each component comprising the Index.
If a Market Disruption Event exists in respect of the Index during the Accelerated Valuation Period or Final Valuation Period, (such disrupted date, the “Disrupted Valuation Date”), all of the Valuation Dates that are scheduled to occur on consecutive Trading Days following such Disrupted Valuation Date, if any, will be postponed by the corresponding number of days by which such Disrupted Valuation Date is postponed as a result of such Market Disruption Event.
If the Final Valuation Date, the Valuation Date corresponding to an Early Redemption Date or the last scheduled Valuation Date in the Accelerated Valuation Period is postponed, the Maturity Date, the corresponding Early Redemption Date or the Acceleration Date, as the case may be, will be postponed until the date three Business Days following such Final Valuation Date, Valuation Date corresponding to an Early Redemption Date or last scheduled Valuation Date in the Accelerated Valuation Period, as postponed.
Default Amount on Acceleration
For the purpose of determining whether the holders of our senior medium-term notes, of which the ETNs are a part, are entitled to take any action under the indenture, we will treat the stated principal amount of each ETN outstanding as the principal amount of that ETN. Although the terms of the ETNs may differ from those of the other senior medium-term notes, holders of specified percentages in principal amount of all senior medium-term notes, together in some cases with other series of our debt securities, will be able to take action affecting all the senior medium-term notes, including the ETNs. This action may involve changing some of the terms that apply to the senior medium-term notes, accelerating the maturity of the senior medium-term notes after a default or waiving some of our obligations under the indenture.
In case an event of default with respect to ETNs shall have occurred and be continuing, the amount declared due and payable upon any acceleration of the ETNs will be determined by the Calculation Agent, and will equal, for each ETN that a holder then holds, the Closing Indicative Value determined by the Calculation Agent occurring on the Trading Day following the date on which the ETNs were declared due and payable.
Further Issuances
We may, from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the holders of the ETNs, create and issue additional securities having the same terms and conditions as the ETNs, and ranking on an equal basis with the ETNs in all respects.
Discontinuation or Modification of the Index
If the Index Sponsor discontinues publication of the Index and the Index Sponsor or anyone else publishes a substitute index that the Calculation Agent determines is comparable to the Index, then the Calculation Agent will permanently replace the original Index with that substitute index (the “Successor Index”) for all purposes, and all provisions described herein as applying to the Index will thereafter apply to the Successor Index instead. If the Calculation Agent replaces the original Index with a Successor Index, then the
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Calculation Agent will determine the Early Redemption Amount, Accelerated Redemption Amount or Payment at Maturity (each, a “Redemption Amount”), as applicable, by reference to the Successor Index.
If the Calculation Agent determines that the publication of the Index is discontinued and there is no Successor Index, the Calculation Agent will determine the level of the Index, and thus the applicable Redemption Amount, by a computation methodology that the Calculation Agent determines will as closely as reasonably possible replicate the Index.
If the Calculation Agent determines that the Index, the equity securities included in the Index or the method of calculating the Index is changed at any time in any respect, including whether the change is made by the Index Sponsor under its existing policies or following a modification of those policies, is due to the publication of a Successor Index, is due to events affecting the equity securities included in the Index or is due to any other reason and is not otherwise reflected in the level of the Index by the Index Sponsor pursuant to the methodology described herein, then the Calculation Agent will be permitted (but not required) to make such adjustments in the Index or the method of its calculation as it believes are appropriate to ensure that the Closing Level of the Index used to determine the applicable Redemption Amount is equitable.
Manner of Payment and Delivery
Any payment on or delivery of the ETNs at maturity will be made to accounts designated by holders and approved by us, or at the office of the trustee in New York City, but only when the ETNs are surrendered to the trustee at that office. We also may make any payment or delivery in accordance with the applicable procedures of the depositary.
Role of the Calculation Agent
Credit Suisse International (“CSi”), an affiliate of ours, will serve as the Calculation Agent. The Calculation Agent will, in its reasonable discretion, make all calculations and/or determinations regarding the value of the ETNs, including at maturity, upon early redemption or acceleration, Market Disruption Events (see “Market Disruption Events”), Business Days and Trading Days, the ETN Fees, the intraday level of the Index if not published by the Index Sponsor, the Maturity Date, any Early Redemption Dates, Rebalance Dates, the Acceleration Date, the amount payable in respect of a holder’s ETNs at maturity, upon early redemption or acceleration and any other calculations or determinations to be made by the Calculation Agent as specified herein.
If the Calculation Agent ceases to perform its role, we will either, at our sole discretion, perform such role, appoint another party to do so or accelerate the ETNs. We may appoint a different Calculation Agent from time to time without consent and without notifying holders.
Role of the IV Calculation Agent
We have initially appointed ICE Data Indices, LLC as the “IV Calculation Agent”. The IV Calculation Agent will have the sole responsibility to calculate and disseminate the Closing Indicative Value and Intraday Indicative Value of the ETNs. We may appoint a different IV Calculation Agent from time to time without consent and without notifying holders.
General Terms of the ETNs
Business Days
The term “Business Day” means, unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday and that is not a day on which banking institutions are generally authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close in The City of New York and any other place of payment with respect to the applicable series of ETNs and is a day on which dealings in deposits in any currency specified in the applicable prospectus supplement are transacted, or with respect to any future date are expected to be transacted, in the London interbank market.
Events of Default; Limitations on Suits
Events of Default
Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement, an “event of default” with respect to a series of ETNs occurs upon:
a default in payment of the principal or any premium on any ETN of that series when due;
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a default in payment of interest when due on any ETN of that series for 30 days;
a default in performing any other covenant in the Indenture for 60 days after written notice from the Trustee or from the holders of 25% in principal amount of the outstanding ETNs of such series; or
certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer.
Any additional or different events of default applicable to a particular series of ETNs will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to such series.
The Trustee may withhold notice to the holders of ETNs of any default (except in the payment of principal, premium or interest) if it considers such withholding of notice to be in the best interests of the holders. A default is any event which is an event of default described above or would be an event of default but for the giving of notice or the passage of time.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, if an event of default occurs and continues, the Trustee or the holders of the aggregate principal amount of the ETNs specified below may require the Issuer to repay immediately, or accelerate:
the entire principal of the ETNs of such series; or
if the ETNs are original issue discount securities, such portion of the principal as may be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, if the event of default occurs because of a default in a payment of principal or interest on the ETNs, then the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of ETNs of that series can accelerate that series of ETNs. If the event of default occurs because of a failure to perform any other covenant in the Indenture for the benefit of one or more series of ETNs, then the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of ETNs of all series affected, voting as one class, can accelerate all of the affected series of ETNs. If the event of default occurs because of bankruptcy proceedings, then all of the ETNs under the Indenture will be accelerated automatically. Therefore, except in the case of a default on a payment of principal or interest on the ETNs of your series or a default due to bankruptcy or insolvency of the Issuer, it is possible that you may not be able to accelerate the ETNs of your series because of the failure of holders of other series to take action.
The holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the ETNs of all affected series, voting as one class, can rescind this accelerated payment requirement or waive any past default or event of default or allow noncompliance with any provision of the Indenture. However, they cannot waive a default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any of the ETNs.
After an event of default, the Trustee must exercise the same degree of care a prudent person would exercise under the circumstances in the conduct of her or his own affairs. Subject to these requirements, the Trustee is not obligated to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request, order or direction of any holders, unless the holders offer the Trustee reasonable indemnity. If they provide this reasonable indemnity, the holders of a majority in principal amount of all affected series of ETNs, voting as one class, may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding or any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any power conferred upon the Trustee, for any series of ETNs.
We are required to furnish to the Trustee annually a brief certificate as to our compliance with all conditions and covenants under the Indenture.
Limitations on Suits
The holders of any ETNs may not institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or such ETNs, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy, unless:
(a) such holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing event of default with respect to such ETNs;
(b) the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of such ETNs outstanding and affected will have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings with respect to such event of default in its own name as Trustee;
(c) such holder or holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any costs, liabilities or expenses to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding;
(e) during such 60-day period, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such ETNs outstanding and affected have not given the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent with such written request.
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Consolidation, Merger or Sale
The Issuer has agreed in the Indenture not to consolidate with or merge with or into any other person or convey or transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any person unless:
it is the continuing person; or
the successor expressly assumes by supplemental indenture its obligations under the Indenture.
In either case, the Issuer will also have to deliver a certificate to the Trustee stating that after giving effect to the merger there will not be any defaults under the Indenture and, if the Issuer is not the continuing person, an opinion of counsel stating that the merger and the supplemental indentures comply with these provisions and that the supplemental indentures are legal, valid and binding obligations of the successor corporation enforceable against it.
Credit Suisse or Credit Suisse Group may issue ETNs directly or through one or more branches and Credit Suisse may, at any time, transfer its obligations under the ETNs from the head office to any branch of Credit Suisse or from any branch of Credit Suisse to another branch or to its head office.
Modification of the Indenture
In general, rights and obligations of the Issuer and the holders under the Indenture may be modified if the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding ETNs of each series affected by the modification consent to such modification. However, the Indenture provides that, unless each affected holder agrees, an amendment cannot:
make any adverse change to any payment term of an ETN such as extending the maturity date, extending the date on which the Issuer has to pay interest or make a sinking fund payment, reducing the interest rate, reducing the amount of principal the Issuer has to repay, reducing the amount of principal of an ETN issued with original issue discount that would be due and payable upon an acceleration of the maturity thereof or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding, changing the currency or place in which the Issuer has to make any payment of principal, premium or interest, modifying any redemption or repurchase right to the detriment of the holder, modifying any right to convert or exchange the ETNs for another security to the detriment of the holder, and impairing any right of a holder to bring suit for payment;
reduce the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of ETNs needed to make any amendment to the Indenture or to waive any covenant or default;
waive any payment default; or
make any change to the amendment provisions of the Indenture.
However, other than in the circumstances mentioned above, if the Issuer and the Trustee agree, the Indenture may be amended without notifying any holders or seeking their consent if the amendment does not materially and adversely affect any holder.
In particular, if the Issuer and the Trustee agree, the Indenture may be amended without notifying any holders or seeking their consent to add a guarantee from a third party on the outstanding and future ETNs to be issued under the Indenture.
Governing Law
Unless specified otherwise, the ETNs and Indenture will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations
Our ETNs should be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as prepaid forward contracts or prepaid financial contracts that are not debt instruments. Under this treatment, no original issue discount (“OID”) will be accrued on our ETNs. However, the Internal Revenue Service might assert that any of our ETNs should be treated as debt instruments subject to the special tax rules governing contingent payment debt instruments. In that event, U.S. holders of the ETNs would be required to accrue OID over the term of the ETNs based upon the yield at which we would issue a non-contingent fixed-rate debt instrument with other terms and conditions similar to the applicable ETNs.
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Exhibit 12.1
I, Thomas Gottstein, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Credit Suisse Group AG and Credit Suisse AG;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrants as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrants’ other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrants and we have:
a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrants, including their consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants’ disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is likely to materially affect, the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrants’ other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants’ auditors and the audit committee of each of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants’ ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting.
Dated: March 10, 2022
/s/ Thomas Gottstein
Name: Thomas Gottstein
Title: Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse Group AG and Credit Suisse AG
Exhibit 12.2
I, David R. Mathers, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Credit Suisse Group AG and Credit Suisse AG;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrants as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrants’ other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrants and we have:
a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrants, including their consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants’ disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is likely to materially affect, the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrants’ other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants’ auditors and the audit committee of each of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants’ ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting.
Dated: March 10, 2022
/s/ David R. Mathers
Name: David R. Mathers
Title: Chief Financial Officer of Credit Suisse Group AG and Credit Suisse AG


Exhibit 13.1
Annual Certification
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes – Oxley Act of 2002
Pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code, each of the undersigned officers of Credit Suisse Group AG and Credit Suisse AG, incorporated in Switzerland (the “Companies”), does hereby certify, to such officer’s knowledge, that:
The Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021 of the Companies fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the information contained in this Annual Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Companies for such period presented.
Dated: March 10, 2022
/s/ Thomas Gottstein
Name: Thomas Gottstein
Title: Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse Group AG and Credit Suisse AG
Dated: March 10, 2022
/s/ David R. Mathers
Name: David R. Mathers
Title: Chief Financial Officer of Credit Suisse Group AG and Credit Suisse AG


Exhibit 15.1

Exhibit 15.1 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form F-3 (No. 333-238458) of Credit Suisse Group AG and Credit Suisse AG and in the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (No. 333-101259, 333-208152 and 333-217856) of Credit Suisse Group AG of our report dated March 10, 2022 relating to the financial statements of Credit Suisse Group AG and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021 and the Group’s effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in this Form 20-F. /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers AG Zurich, Switzerland March 10, 2022
Exhibit 15.2

Exhibit 15.2 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form F-3 (No. 333-238458) of Credit Suisse Group AG and Credit Suisse AG of our report dated March 10, 2022 relating to the financial statements of Credit Suisse AG and its subsidiaries (the “Bank”) as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021 and the Bank’s effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in this Form 20-F. /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers AG Zurich, Switzerland March 10, 2022
Exhibit 15.3

Exhibit 15.3 Consent of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Board of Directors Credit Suisse Group AG We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No. 333-238458) on Form F-3 and in the registration statements (No. 333-101259, No. 333-208152, and No. 333-217856) on Form S-8 of Credit Suisse Group AG of our report dated March 25, 2020 with respect to the consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of Credit Suisse Group AG and subsidiaries (the “Group”) for the year ended December 31, 2019, and the related notes, which report appears in the December 31, 2021 annual report on Form 20-F of the Group. KPMG AG /s/ Nicholas Edmonds /s/ Corina Wipfler Nicholas Edmonds Corina Wipfler Licensed Audit Expert Licensed Audit Expert Zurich, Switzerland March 10, 2022
Exhibit 15.4

Exhibit 15.4 Consent of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Board of Directors Credit Suisse AG We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No. 333-238458) on Form F-3 of Credit Suisse AG of our report dated March 25, 2020 with respect to the consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of Credit Suisse AG and subsidiaries (the “Bank”) for the year ended December 31, 2019, and the related notes, which report appears in the December 31, 2021 annual report on Form 20-F of the Bank. KPMG AG /s/ Nicholas Edmonds /s/ Corina Wipfler Nicholas Edmonds Corina Wipfler Licensed Audit Expert Licensed Audit Expert Zurich, Switzerland March 10, 2022