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Foreign Investors Own 60 percent of Swiss Corporations

2019-04-09

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2019-04-09

Global financial institutions are increasingly dominating the shareholders of major Swiss companies, according to the Sunday editionexternal link of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ). The German-language newspaper points to Swiss banking giant Credit Swiss as a prime example of a financial institution where traditional shareholder democracy is eroding fast.

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Income inequality declines in Switzerland

2019-04-08

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2019-04-08

In 2016, before the effects of taxes and welfare, the highest earning 20% of Swiss households made on average 40.8 times what an average household in the bottom 20 percent made, an inequality measure known as the S80/S20. However, after taxes and welfare, including low income support, health insurance subsidies, pensions and disability benefits, the same income ratio fell to 4.4.

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Swiss regulator fires warning over buy-to-let property lending

2019-04-07

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2019-04-07

The Swiss financial regulator has warned banks that rules on mortgage lending may be further tightened if they fail to control their appetite for dishing out real estate credit. Loans tipped the one trillion franc mark in 2017 and continue to swell, particularly in the buy-to-let market.

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Switzerland continues to lure foreign companies

2019-04-07

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2019-04-07

Switzerland attracted 282 foreign firms to set up shop in the alpine state, creating 899 jobs last year, according to cantonal economic chiefs. That’s an increase of 37 companies from 2017. Switzerland is in the throes of revamping its corporate tax system to keep it line with the competition rules of the European Union and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

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Raiffeisen Switzerland bank to cut 200 jobs

2019-04-06

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2019-04-06

Switzerland’s third-largest bank says it will cut up to 200 jobs to save CHF100 million ($100 million) this year. Raiffeisen is reorganising and undertaking a cost-cutting programme. This follows a recent fraud allegation scandal involving its former chief executive.

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Steep drop in thefts in Switzerland

2019-04-06

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2019-04-06

Comparing 2018 to 2012, thefts in Switzerland fell by nearly half, according to the Federal Statistical Office. In 2012, there were a record 219,000 thefts recorded in Switzerland. By 2018, the figure had fallen to 112,000, a drop of 49%.

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Swiss likely to vote on capital tax reform plan

2019-04-05

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2019-04-05

The leftwing Young Socialist group has handed in the necessary signatures to force a nationwide vote on its proposal to increase tax on capital revenue in Switzerland. The initiative intends to tax dividends and interest on wealth by a factor of 1.5 compared with regular income tax.

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IMF predicts Swiss growth to slow to 1.1percent in 2019

2019-04-04

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2019-04-04

The Swiss economy is likely to slow in 2019, with gross domestic product growth expected to hit 1.1%, followed by a “moderate” recovery in 2020, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday. The IMF said in a concluding statement, published on Monday following a mission to Switzerland and an annual evaluation, that a “sustained regional slowdown, intensification of global trade tensions and a disruptive Brexit” would adversely affect the Swiss...

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Stadler lands $600 million order in the US

2019-04-03

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2019-04-03

Swiss railway vehicle manufacturer Stadler Rail has won a $600 million (CHF597 million) order in the United States. The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTAexternal link) on Friday announced its decision to award Stadlerexternal link the contract for 127 Metro (underground) trains with two options of 25 additional trains each.

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Million franc salaries cause friction in Bern

2019-04-02

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2019-04-02

Switzerland’s government recently voted for a ceiling on the salaries of those managing public companies such as Swisscom, Swiss Post, Skyguide and Swiss Rail. In response, the board of Swiss Rail wrote to the Federal Council requesting it to soften its position. From 2020, the company wants to pay its nine senior managers CHF 5.89 million, including a salary of more than CHF 1 million to Andreas Meyer, the boss of the company.

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Eiger Express project continues amid protests

2019-04-01

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Construction workers have been celebrating the breakthrough of two tunnels for the future mountain station of the new Eiger Express cable car. It's part of the Jungfrau Railways' CHF470 million V-Bahn project that will carry tourists faster up to the Jungfraujoch in the Bernese Alps. --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on...

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Eiger Express project continues amid protests

2019-04-01

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Construction workers have been celebrating the breakthrough of two tunnels for the future mountain station of the new Eiger Express cable car. It’s part of the Jungfrau Railways’ CHF470 million V-Bahn project that will carry tourists faster up to the Jungfraujoch in the Bernese Alps. — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting …

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Peter Spuhler, VR-Präsident Stadler Rail

2019-04-01

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Peter Spuhler gibt einen Teil seiner Aktien der Stadler Rail über die Börse an Investoren ab. Im Video-Interview sagt er, wie er seine Stellung im Unternehmen behalten will. Er macht auch Angaben zur Dividendenpolitik.

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Donato Scognamiglio, Immobilienexperte und CEO IAZI

2019-04-01

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Die Performance bei Anlagen in Wohnliegenschaften beträgt im schweizweiten Schnitt hohe 6 Prozent. Im Video-Interview mit cash sagt IAZI-CEO Donato Scognamiglio, welche Renditen in Zukunft noch möglich sind.

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Börsen-Talk vom 23. März 2019

2019-04-01

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Small- und Mid-Caps werden wieder aufholen: Das ist die Prognose von Urs Beck. Der Fondsmanager diskutiert im cash-Börsen-Talk lohnende defensive Titel, aber vor allem auch kleinere Aktien mit Wachstumspotential.

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cash-Redaktor Marc Forster zu den Brexit-Wirren

2019-04-01

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Wie lange ist Theresa May noch britische Premierministerin? Hat der Brexit-Deal noch eine Chance? Und was sind die Auswirkungen auf die Schweiz? cash-Redaktor und UK-Experte Marc Forster ordnet die verworrene Lage ein.

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Peter Spuhler, VR-Präsident Stadler Rail

2019-04-01

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Peter Spuhler gibt einen Teil seiner Aktien der Stadler Rail über die Börse an Investoren ab. Im Video-Interview sagt er, wie er seine Stellung im Unternehmen behalten will. Er macht auch Angaben zur Dividendenpolitik.

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Donato Scognamiglio, Immobilienexperte und CEO IAZI

2019-04-01

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Die Performance bei Anlagen in Wohnliegenschaften beträgt im schweizweiten Schnitt hohe 6 Prozent. Im Video-Interview mit cash sagt IAZI-CEO Donato Scognamiglio, welche Renditen in Zukunft noch möglich sind.

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Börsen-Talk vom 23. März 2019

2019-04-01

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Small- und Mid-Caps werden wieder aufholen: Das ist die Prognose von Urs Beck. Der Fondsmanager diskutiert im cash-Börsen-Talk lohnende defensive Titel, aber vor allem auch kleinere Aktien mit Wachstumspotential.

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Hans Brändle, CEO Meyer Burger

2019-04-01

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Wie lange ist Theresa May noch britische Premierministerin? Hat der Brexit-Deal noch eine Chance? Und was sind die Auswirkungen auf die Schweiz? cash-Redaktor und UK-Experte Marc Forster ordnet die verworrene Lage ein.

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