Weekly SNB Sight Deposits and Speculative Positions: SNB selling euros and dollars
2021-04-12
Update April 12 2021: SNB selling euros and dollars. Sight Deposits have fallen: The change is -0.5 bn. compared to last week, this means the SNB is selling euros and dollars.
Credit Suisse Dumping Huge Archegos Blocks; Liquidating Millions In VIACS, VIPS And FTCH
2021-04-06
Literally moments ago we said that the Archegos portoflio was being sold off all day on fears of "stealth" prime broker deleveraging, as tens of millions of shares were yet to be accounted for.
Swiss National Bank profits cut in half by Covid
2021-03-01
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) recorded a profit of CHF20.9 billion (almost $23 billion) in 2020, less than half of the CHF48.9 billion it made in 2019.
2021-01-08 – Swiss National Bank expects annual profit of around CHF 21 billion for 2020
2021-01-08
According to provisional calculations, the Swiss National Ban k will report a profit in the order of CHF 21 billion for the 2020 financial year. The profit on foreign currency posi ti ons amounted to CHF 13 billion. A valuation gain of CHF 7 billion was recorded on gold holdings. The net r esult on Swiss franc posit ions amounted to over CHF 1 billion.
“Dirk Niepelt im swissinfo.ch-Gespräch (Interview with Dirk Niepelt),” swissinfo, 2020
2020-12-16
Swissinfo, December 14, 2020. HTML, podcast.
We talk about CBDC, the Swiss National Bank, whether CBDC would render it easier to implement helicopter drops, and how central bank profits should be distributed.
Swiss National Bank accused of lagging behind in green investment
2020-12-07
Swiss banks and retirement funds are still investing enormous sums in fossil fuel companies and thereby contributing to global warming. This is the conclusion of a government climate compatibility test. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) didn’t even take part in the test – and is lagging far behind foreign institutions in climate protection.
BIS, Swiss National Bank and SIX announce successful wholesale CBDC experiment
2020-12-03
Project Helvetia shows the feasibility of two proofs of concept (PoCs), using “near-live” systems to settle digital assets on a distributed ledger with central bank money.
FINMA veröffentlicht Risikomonitor 2020
2020-11-13
Die Eidgenössische Finanzmarktaufsicht FINMA veröffentlicht den Risikomonitor 2020. Sie gibt damit einen Überblick über die aus ihrer Sicht aktuell bedeutendsten Risiken für die Beaufsichtigten und beschreibt den daraus abgeleiteten Fokus der Aufsichtstätigkeit. Die FINMA identifizierte im Corona-Jahr sieben Hauptrisiken. Neu auf der Liste sieht die FINMA drohende Ausfälle oder Korrekturen bei Unternehmenskrediten und -anleihen im Ausland.