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Category Archive: 3) Swiss Markets and News

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Swiss no longer in top ten in world university ranking

2018-09-30

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2018-09-30

The Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich) remains the best university in continental Europe, despite slipping one place to 11th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019. The list, which was released on Wednesday, scores 1,250 universities on five main criteria: teaching, research, citations, industry income and international outlook. Over 20,000 responses to a survey from 2017 and 2018 on reputation of the...

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UBS lays out cities most at risk of overheated property markets

2018-09-29

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2018-09-29

An index by Swiss bank UBS shows significant risks of real estate bubbles in booming cities such as Hong Kong, Munich and Toronto. The Swiss cities of Zurich and Geneva remain relatively stable.The 2018 Global Real Estate Bubble Indexexternal link, published on Thursday, found that bubble (or overvaluation) risk soared in Munich, Amsterdam and Hong Kong over the past year; the latter tops the scale as most at risk.The report also pointed to...

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Börsen-Talk vom 28. September 2018

2018-09-28

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Die Negativzinsen werden den Schweizern noch fast zwei Jahre erhalten bleiben, prophezeit Christoph Schenk im cash-Börsen-Talk. Der Anlagechef der Zürcher Kantonalbank äussert sich auch zum Franken und Aktienmärkten.

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UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index 2018

2018-09-28

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2018-09-28

The UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index 2018 report is produced by UBS Global Wealth Management's Chief Investment Office and analyzes residential property prices in 20 developed market financial centers around the world. Hong Kong faces the greatest risk of a housing bubble, followed in descending order by Munich, Toronto, Vancouver, Amsterdam, and London.

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Novartis to cut 2,200 Swiss jobs by 2020

2018-09-27

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2018-09-27

The pharmaceutical giant Novartis will cut about 2,200 jobs in Switzerland over the next four years. Nearly 1,500 jobs are affected in production and about 700 in services. This restructuring is part of the manufacturing strategy launched in 2015 to adapt the industrial base to a reduced product portfolio, announced Novartis on Tuesday. It currently employs 13,000 people across Switzerland.

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The big glacier melt

2018-09-26

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The hot summer has had a huge impact on Switzerland’s glaciers. The Plaine-Morte glacier is one that is melting away, and it may disappear … The hot summer has had a huge impact on Switzerland’s glaciers. The Plaine-Morte glacier is one that is melting away, and it may disappear altogether in 60 years. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) — … Continue...

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Bryan Habana | Make Opportunities

2018-09-26

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Bryan Habana on how to #makeopportunities. Good players take opportunities. Great players make them. Find out more: https://invest.ec/2DdW9w1

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Almost one in five Swiss residents have dual nationality

2018-09-26

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2018-09-26

Around 17% of Swiss residents over the age of 15 hold two passports. The canton of Geneva has the highest proportion of dual nationals at 45%. According to figures released by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) on Tuesday, the double nationality rate exceeds 20% in the cantons of Zurich, Basel City, Ticino, Vaud and Neuchâtel.

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Narasimhan Vasant, CEO Novartis

2018-09-25

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Novartis verspricht nach der Ankündigung des massiven Stellenabbaus einen Sozialplan und Umschulungen für Betroffene. Wie CEO Vasant Narasimhan sagt, fallen die Stellen einer neuen Produktstrategie zum Opfer.

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Swiss Health Insurance Costs to Rise Further in 2019

2018-09-25

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2018-09-25

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More bad news for Swiss household budgets was released today for residents of all but three Swiss cantons. Health insurance premiums in 2019 will be on average 1.2% higher than in 2018 across Switzerland as a whole. However, within this figure there are significant cantonal variations.

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David Page, Axa Investement Management

2018-09-24

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Der Handelsstreit zwischen den USA und China eine neue Stufe erreicht. Dennoch erklimmt die US-Börse neue Rekordstände. Weshalb das so ist, erklärt Ökonom David Page von Axa Investment Managers im cash-Interview.Weiterlesen…

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Thousands demonstrate in Bern for equal pay

2018-09-24

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2018-09-24

A national rally in favour of equal pay and against discrimination has taken place in the Swiss capital, attracting some 20,000 people, according to organisers. Unions, political parties and supporting organisations said in the run-up to the rally on Saturday that although equality was enshrined in the constitution 37 years ago and the law had been in force for 22 years, even today power and money are distributed differently among women and men.

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Swiss CEOs still the best-off in Europe

2018-09-23

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2018-09-23

A report on the salaries of CEOs across Europe has found that Switzerland once again tops the table, ahead of Great Britain and Germany. The report also discovers that salaries have risen over the past year.

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Swiss investors launch $100m blockchain start-up factory

2018-09-22

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2018-09-22

A consortium of Swiss investors has launched a private equity vehicle that aims to collect up to $100 million with the long-term goal of getting 1,000 blockchain companies off the ground internationally every year. The Swiss company Crypto Valley Venture Capital (CV VC) launched its initial “Genesis Hub” incubator in Zug, home to Switzerland’s Crypto Valley, on Thursday.

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Börsen-Talk vom 21. September 2018

2018-09-21

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Trotz politischen Unsicherheiten glaubt Janwillem Acket an steigende Aktienkurse aufs Jahresende hin. Die gute Wirtschaftslage der Schweiz helfe stark, sagt der Chefökonom der Bank Julius Bär im cash-Börsen-Talk.

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Commodity Trading Consortium Launches Blockchain Platform

2018-09-21

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2018-09-21

A consortium of commodities traders, banks and the world’s largest goods inspection company have joined forces to launch a blockchain platform in Switzerland, which is intended to ease the administrative burden of shifting oil, grain and other products around the world.

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Clariant announces strategic overhaul with Saudi partner

2018-09-20

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2018-09-20

Swiss specialty chemical maker Clariant has signed a memorandum of understanding to enter into a strategic partnership with Saudi Arabian firm SABIC. This will result in a major restructuring of the company along with changes in management and the board of directors. On Tuesday, Clariant said the collaboration will see the merger of units from both companies into a new High Performance Materials division.

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Parts of US plane wreck pulled from glacier 70 years on

2018-09-20

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Parts of a wrecked US military plane have been recovered from melting glacier ice 70 years after it made an emergency landing in the 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 international events. For more …

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Walter Oberhaensli, CEO Zur Rose

2018-09-19

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Walter Oberhänsli ist CEO und Gründer von Zur Rose, Europas grösster Versandapotheke. Im cash-Interview äussert er sich zu drohenden Versandverboten, einer möglichen Übernahme durch Amazon und einer denkbaren Dividende.

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Swiss Housing – the hardest and easiest places to find a home

2018-09-19

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2018-09-19

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Recent government figures show a 13% rise in the number of vacant homes over the 12 months to June 2018. The number has more than doubled since 2009 when there were close to 35,000 vacant dwellings. By 1 June 2018, there were more than 72,000, a vacancy rate of 1.62%.

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