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Personnel expenses
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Personnel Expenses [Line Items]  
Disclosure Of Employee Benefits Explanatory
Note 5
 
Personnel expenses
For the quarter ended
Year-to-date
USD million
30.6.21
31.3.21
30.6.20
30.6.21
30.6.20
Salaries and variable compensation
2,945
2,871
2,696
5,816
5,258
Financial advisor compensation
1
1,183
1,170
941
2,353
2,035
Contractors
98
98
91
196
176
Social security
241
268
228
508
439
Post-employment benefit plans
173
2
265
202
439
438
Other personnel expenses
132
128
123
260
258
Total personnel expenses
4,772
4,801
4,283
9,573
8,604
1 Financial advisor
 
compensation consists of
 
grid-based compensation based
 
directly on compensable
 
revenues generated by
 
financial advisors and
 
supplemental compensation calculated
 
on the basis
 
of financial
advisor productivity, firm tenure,
 
assets and other variables.
 
It also includes expenses related to
 
compensation commitments with financial advisors
 
entered into at the time of
 
recruitment that are subject to vesting
requirements.
 
2 Includes curtailment
 
gains of USD
59
 
million, which represent
 
a reduction
 
in the defined
 
benefit obligation related
 
to the Swiss
 
pension plan
 
resulting from a
 
decrease in headcount
 
following
restructuring activities.