Employee deferred compensation (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Share-based compensation disclosures  
Deferred compensation expense
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.
Additional information
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.
Contingent Capital Awards (CCA)  
Share-based compensation disclosures  
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Grant Date Intrinsic Value [Table Text Block]
Contingent Capital Awards granted for previous years
For compensation year 2021 2020 2019
CCA awarded (CHF million) 75 253 268
Stock compensation plan | Share awards  
Share-based compensation disclosures  
Share-based award activities
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
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Grant Date Intrinsic Value [Table Text Block]
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
1
Based on the Group’s share price on the grant date.
Stock compensation plan | Phantom and Blocked Shares [Member]  
Share-based compensation disclosures  
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Grant Date Intrinsic Value [Table Text Block]
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
Performance shares | Performance share awards  
Share-based compensation disclosures  
Share-based award activities
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
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Grant Date Intrinsic Value [Table Text Block]
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
1
Based on the Group’s share price on the grant date.
Bank  
Share-based compensation disclosures  
Deferred compensation expense
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.
Additional information
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.
Bank | Contingent Capital Awards (CCA)  
Share-based compensation disclosures  
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Grant Date Intrinsic Value [Table Text Block]
Contingent Capital Awards granted for previous years
For compensation year 2021 2020 2019
CCA awarded (CHF million) 71 245 257
Bank | Stock compensation plan | Share awards  
Share-based compensation disclosures  
Share-based award activities
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
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Grant Date Intrinsic Value [Table Text Block]
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
Bank | Stock compensation plan | Phantom and Blocked Shares [Member]  
Share-based compensation disclosures  
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Grant Date Intrinsic Value [Table Text Block]
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
Bank | Performance shares | Performance share awards  
Share-based compensation disclosures  
Share-based award activities
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
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Grant Date Intrinsic Value [Table Text Block]
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