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Financial instruments (FI) - Assets measured at fair value (Details 2) - CHF (SFr) SFr in Millions | Dec. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022
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Assets |  |
Cash and Due from Banks | SFr 128 | SFr 198
Interest-bearing deposits with banks | 0 | 14
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions | 26,237 | 40,793
Securities received as collateral | 2,222 | 2,978
Trading assets | 21,727 | 65,955
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Securities | 4 | 796
Other investments | 2,368 | 3,730
Loans | 2,458 | 7,358
Other intangible assets (mortgage servicing rights), at fair value | 305 | 403
Other assets | 3,758 | 8,947
Other assets - of which failed purchases | 324 | 801
Netting impact | (37,900) | (78,000)
Total assets at fair value, measured at net asset value per share | 586 | 943
Recurring basis |  |
Assets |  |
Cash and Due from Banks | 128 | 198
Interest-bearing deposits with banks |  | 14
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions | 26,237 | 40,793
Securities received as collateral | 2,222 | 2,978
Trading assets | 21,727 | 65,955
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Securities | 4 | 796
Other investments | 2,368 | 3,730
Loans | 2,458 | 7,358
Loans - of which commercial and industrial | 1,193 | 2,681
Loans - of which financial institutions | 563 | 2,989
Loans - of which government and public institutions | 586 | 1,366
Other intangible assets (mortgage servicing rights), at fair value | 305 | 403
Other assets | 3,758 | 8,947
Other assets - of which loans held-for-sale | 3,162 | 7,813
Other assets - of which failed purchases | 328 | 730
Netting impact | (37,902) | (77,915)
Total assets at fair value | 59,207 | 131,172
Recurring basis | Other equity investments |  |
Assets |  |
Other investments | 1,817 | 3,070
Recurring basis | Life finance instruments |  |
Assets |  |
Other investments | 439 | 587
Recurring basis | Debt securities |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 10,525 | 37,614
Recurring basis | Debt securities | Debt securities issued by foreign governments |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 7,883 | 15,800
Recurring basis | Debt securities | Corporate debt securities |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 1,145 | 8,160
Recurring basis | Debt securities | RMBS |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 993 | 10,866
Recurring basis | Debt securities | Collateralized debt obligations |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets |  | 1,354
Recurring basis | Equity securities |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 4,308 | 13,182
Recurring basis | Derivative instruments |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 5,090 | 11,143
Netting impact | (37,692) | (77,695)
Recurring basis | Trading assets |  |
Assets |  |
Netting impact | (37,692) | (77,695)
Recurring basis | Other |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 1,804 | 4,016
Recurring basis | Other assets |  |
Assets |  |
Netting impact | (210) | (220)
Recurring basis | Level 1 |  |
Assets |  |
Cash and Due from Banks | 0 | 0
Interest-bearing deposits with banks |  | 0
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions | 0 | 100
Securities received as collateral | 1,778 | 2,318
Trading assets | 8,474 | 33,724
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Securities | 0 | 0
Other investments | 0 | 0
Loans | 0 | 0
Loans - of which commercial and industrial | 0 | 0
Loans - of which financial institutions | 0 | 0
Loans - of which government and public institutions | 0 | 0
Other intangible assets (mortgage servicing rights), at fair value | 0 | 0
Other assets | 50 | 78
Other assets - of which loans held-for-sale | 0 | 0
Other assets - of which failed purchases | 40 | 54
Total assets at fair value | 10,302 | 36,220
Recurring basis | Level 1 | Other equity investments |  |
Assets |  |
Other investments | 0 | 0
Recurring basis | Level 1 | Life finance instruments |  |
Assets |  |
Other investments | 0 | 0
Recurring basis | Level 1 | Debt securities |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 2,520 | 13,084
Recurring basis | Level 1 | Debt securities | Debt securities issued by foreign governments |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 2,496 | 10,117
Recurring basis | Level 1 | Debt securities | Corporate debt securities |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 10 | 2,718
Recurring basis | Level 1 | Debt securities | RMBS |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 0 | 5
Recurring basis | Level 1 | Debt securities | Collateralized debt obligations |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets |  | 197
Recurring basis | Level 1 | Equity securities |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 3,390 | 11,772
Recurring basis | Level 1 | Derivative instruments |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 1,298 | 7,571
Recurring basis | Level 1 | Derivative instruments | Interest rate derivatives |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 7 | 1,617
Recurring basis | Level 1 | Derivative instruments | Foreign exchange derivatives |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 7 | 24
Recurring basis | Level 1 | Derivative instruments | Equity/Index-related products |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 1,281 | 5,927
Recurring basis | Level 1 | Derivative instruments | Credit derivatives |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets |  | 0
Recurring basis | Level 1 | Derivative instruments | Other derivatives |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 3 | 0
Recurring basis | Level 1 | Other |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 1,266 | 1,297
Recurring basis | Level 2 |  |
Assets |  |
Cash and Due from Banks | 128 | 198
Interest-bearing deposits with banks |  | 14
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions | 26,237 | 40,693
Securities received as collateral | 444 | 660
Trading assets | 48,262 | 105,555
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Securities | 4 | 796
Other investments | 14 | 17
Loans | 1,578 | 6,318
Loans - of which commercial and industrial | 658 | 2,381
Loans - of which financial institutions | 466 | 2,591
Loans - of which government and public institutions | 453 | 1,112
Other intangible assets (mortgage servicing rights), at fair value | 0 | 44
Other assets | 2,073 | 8,316
Other assets - of which loans held-for-sale | 1,450 | 7,165
Other assets - of which failed purchases | 239 | 664
Total assets at fair value | 78,740 | 162,611
Recurring basis | Level 2 | Other equity investments |  |
Assets |  |
Other investments | 14 | 17
Recurring basis | Level 2 | Life finance instruments |  |
Assets |  |
Other investments | 0 | 0
Recurring basis | Level 2 | Debt securities |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 7,253 | 23,288
Recurring basis | Level 2 | Debt securities | Debt securities issued by foreign governments |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 5,349 | 5,597
Recurring basis | Level 2 | Debt securities | Corporate debt securities |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 620 | 4,998
Recurring basis | Level 2 | Debt securities | RMBS |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 936 | 10,417
Recurring basis | Level 2 | Debt securities | Collateralized debt obligations |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets |  | 941
Recurring basis | Level 2 | Equity securities |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 677 | 676
Recurring basis | Level 2 | Derivative instruments |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 40,305 | 79,606
Recurring basis | Level 2 | Derivative instruments | Interest rate derivatives |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 18,143 | 31,900
Recurring basis | Level 2 | Derivative instruments | Foreign exchange derivatives |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 13,868 | 25,512
Recurring basis | Level 2 | Derivative instruments | Equity/Index-related products |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 7,144 | 18,669
Recurring basis | Level 2 | Derivative instruments | Credit derivatives |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets |  | 3,059
Recurring basis | Level 2 | Derivative instruments | Other derivatives |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 75 | 197
Recurring basis | Level 2 | Other |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 27 | 1,985
Recurring basis | Level 3 |  |
Assets |  |
Cash and Due from Banks | 0 | 0
Interest-bearing deposits with banks |  | 0
Central bank funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements and securities borrowing transactions | 0 | 0
Securities received as collateral | 0 | 0
Trading assets | 2,508 | 3,828
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Securities | 0 | 0
Other investments | 1,943 | 3,313
Loans | 880 | 1,040
Loans - of which commercial and industrial | 535 | 300
Loans - of which financial institutions | 97 | 398
Loans - of which government and public institutions | 133 | 254
Other intangible assets (mortgage servicing rights), at fair value | 305 | 359
Other assets | 1,845 | 773
Other assets - of which loans held-for-sale | 1,712 | 648
Other assets - of which failed purchases | 49 | 12
Total assets at fair value | 7,481 | 9,313
Recurring basis | Level 3 | Other equity investments |  |
Assets |  |
Other investments | 1,493 | 2,725
Recurring basis | Level 3 | Life finance instruments |  |
Assets |  |
Other investments | 439 | 587
Recurring basis | Level 3 | Debt securities |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 718 | 1,211
Recurring basis | Level 3 | Debt securities | Debt securities issued by foreign governments |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 38 | 86
Recurring basis | Level 3 | Debt securities | Corporate debt securities |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 515 | 413
Recurring basis | Level 3 | Debt securities | RMBS |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 57 | 444
Recurring basis | Level 3 | Debt securities | Collateralized debt obligations |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets |  | 216
Recurring basis | Level 3 | Equity securities |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 100 | 222
Recurring basis | Level 3 | Derivative instruments |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 1,179 | 1,661
Recurring basis | Level 3 | Derivative instruments | Interest rate derivatives |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 47 | 671
Recurring basis | Level 3 | Derivative instruments | Foreign exchange derivatives |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 33 | 17
Recurring basis | Level 3 | Derivative instruments | Equity/Index-related products |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 484 | 295
Recurring basis | Level 3 | Derivative instruments | Credit derivatives |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets |  | 130
Recurring basis | Level 3 | Derivative instruments | Other derivatives |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 499 | 548
Recurring basis | Level 3 | Other |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 511 | 734
Recurring basis | Fair value measured at net asset value per share |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 175 | 543
Other investments | 411 | 400
Total assets at fair value | 586 | 943
Recurring basis | Fair value measured at net asset value per share | Other equity investments |  |
Assets |  |
Other investments | 310 | 328
Recurring basis | Fair value measured at net asset value per share | Debt securities |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 34 | 31
Recurring basis | Fair value measured at net asset value per share | Debt securities | Corporate debt securities |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets |  | 31
Recurring basis | Fair value measured at net asset value per share | Equity securities |  |
Assets |  |
Trading assets | 141 | 512
Nonrecurring basis |  |
Assets |  |
Other investments | 1,206 | 365
Loans | 13 | 15
Other assets | 9,631 | 83
Total assets at fair value | 10,850 | 463
Nonrecurring basis | Equity securities |  |
Assets |  |
Other investments | 1,200 | 78
Nonrecurring basis | Equity securities (without a readily determinable fair value) |  |
Assets |  |
Other investments |  | 287
Nonrecurring basis | Other assets |  |
Assets |  |
Other assets - of which loans held-for-sale | 8,917 | 71
Other assets - of which real estate held-for-sale |  | 12
Nonrecurring basis | Level 1 |  |
Assets |  |
Other investments | 0 | 0
Loans | 0 | 0
Other assets | 0 | 0
Total assets at fair value | 0 | 0
Nonrecurring basis | Level 1 | Equity securities |  |
Assets |  |
Other investments | 0 | 0
Nonrecurring basis | Level 1 | Equity securities (without a readily determinable fair value) |  |
Assets |  |
Other investments |  | 0
Nonrecurring basis | Level 1 | Other assets |  |
Assets |  |
Other assets - of which loans held-for-sale | 0 | 0
Other assets - of which real estate held-for-sale |  | 0
Nonrecurring basis | Level 2 |  |
Assets |  |
Other investments | 0 | 259
Loans | 0 | 14
Other assets | 728 | 39
Total assets at fair value | 728 | 312
Nonrecurring basis | Level 2 | Equity securities |  |
Assets |  |
Other investments | 0 | 0
Nonrecurring basis | Level 2 | Equity securities (without a readily determinable fair value) |  |
Assets |  |
Other investments |  | 259
Nonrecurring basis | Level 2 | Other assets |  |
Assets |  |
Other assets - of which loans held-for-sale | 728 | 39
Other assets - of which real estate held-for-sale |  | 0
Nonrecurring basis | Level 3 |  |
Assets |  |
Other investments | 1,206 | 106
Loans | 13 | 1
Other assets | 8,903 | 44
Total assets at fair value | 10,122 | 151
Nonrecurring basis | Level 3 | Equity securities |  |
Assets |  |
Other investments | 1,200 | 78
Nonrecurring basis | Level 3 | Equity securities (without a readily determinable fair value) |  |
Assets |  |
Other investments |  | 28
Nonrecurring basis | Level 3 | Other assets |  |
Assets |  |
Other assets - of which loans held-for-sale | SFr 8,189 | 32
Other assets - of which real estate held-for-sale |  | SFr 12

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