UBS’s market RWAs fall below pre-FRTB levels

- By Lorenzo Migliorato
- 07 Apr 2026

UBS’s market risk charges fell 15.8% in Q4 2025, hitting the lowest in six quarters.

Total market risk-weighted assets (RWAs), which have been calculated under Basel III’s revised standardised approach since January 1, 2025, shrank to $23.8 billion, the lowest since Q2 2024’s $22.5 billion, when the output was a mix of standardised formulas and internal models.

The bank attributed the drop to asset

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