Category Archive: 3) Swiss Markets and News

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cash-Talk vom 18. Mai 2018

2018-05-18

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Für Vorsorgespezialist Willy Graf ist die Rendite der Schweizer Pensionskassen weniger wichtig als die individuelle Planung. Im cash-Talk gibt er konkrete Tipps im Hinblick auf die Pensionierung.

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cash-Talk vom 18. Mai 2018

2018-05-18

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Für Vorsorgespezialist Willy Graf ist die Rendite der Schweizer Pensionskassen weniger wichtig als die individuelle Planung. Im cash-Talk gibt er konkrete Tipps im Hinblick auf die Pensionierung.

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Child care tax deductions set to rise in Switzerland

2018-05-17

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2018-05-17

Switzerland’s Federal Council, or cabinet, plans to increase the maximum annual deduction for child care costs to CHF 25,000 per child, up from CHF 12,100. This would allow parents to deduct up to this amount from their income for federal tax purposes but would not affect canton and commune taxes. Deductions could not exceed the amount spent.

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Michael Clements, Syz Asset Management

2018-05-17

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Volatile Märkte haben sich für «Contrarian» Michael Clements ausbezahlt. Der Fondsmanager der Bank Syz erklärt seine Strategie und lobt zwei Schweizer Aktien. Zurückhaltender ist er beim Gesamtmarkt.

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Government defends Swiss Post-Amazon deal

2018-05-16

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2018-05-16

The government has defended the deal struck that will see Swiss Post delivering packages for retail giant Amazon. There is no question of preferential treatment, it said. The response by the government came in response to a parliamentary question raised by politician Olivier Feller (Liberal-Radical), querying the deal that will see Swiss Post delivering Amazon packages within a time frame of 24 hours.

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Bern from a homeless perspective

2018-05-16

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The Surprise association, which publishes a magazine to help the homeless, is celebrating its 20th year. To mark the event, it has launched “socially aware” tours of the city of Bern, with guides who have personally experienced homelessness. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to …

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Internships – Switzerland’s Young Socialists caught preaching one thing and practicing another

2018-05-15

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2018-05-15

Intern Young Socialists
In collaboration with the Swiss union Unia, Switzerland’s Young Socialists have launched a protest against the exploitation of interns. To get on the career ladder, many young people feel compelled to take internships offering little or no pay. The Young Socialists are demanding interns be better paid. Recent data from the Federal Statistical Office shows that 23% of young workers (15-24) are on short-term contracts, 41% of them interns.

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Développement des UBS Strategy Funds – 1er trimestre de 2018

2018-05-15

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Pour plus d’informations, visitez: https://www.ubs.com/ch/fr/swissbank/clientele-privee/placement/fonds/performance-ubs-strategy-funds.html Dans la vidéo, découvrez – les répercussions des événements géopolitiques sur la performance – l’évolution lors du dernier trimestre des actions, investissements à revenu fixe, obligations et placements alternatifs comme les hedge funds.

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Performance of UBS Strategy Funds – 1st quarter 2018

2018-05-15

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For further information visit: https://www.ubs.com/ch/en/swissbank/private/investments/funds/performance-ubs-strategy-funds.html In the video, you’ll learn – what effect geopolitical events have had on performance – how stocks, fixed-interest investments, bonds and alternative investments such as hedge funds have performed over the past quarter.

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Entwicklung der UBS Strategy Funds – 1. Quartal 2018

2018-05-15

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Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf: https://www.ubs.com/ch/de/swissbank/privatkunden/anlegen/fonds/performance-ubs-strategy-funds.html Im Video erfahren Sie – welchen Einfluss die Politik der wichtigsten Zentralbanken und wirtschaftliche Indikatoren hatten; – wie sich Aktien, festverzinslichen Anlagen, Anleihen sowie Alternative Anlagen wie Hedge Funds im letzten Quartal entwickelt haben.

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Swiss median monthly wage exceeds CHF6,500 ($6,506)

2018-05-14

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2018-05-14

A government survey analysing wage structures in the Alpine nation found that the median salary for a full-time job in 2016 was CHF6,502 ($6,509) for the entire Swiss economy. The bottom 10% of Swiss earners had a salary of less than CHF4,313 ($4,317), while the best paid 10% earned more than CHF11,406 ($11,418) a month.

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Swiss share tax data with 41 nations

2018-05-14

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2018-05-14

For the first time, Switzerland’s Federal Tax Administration (FTA) has sent details on advance tax rulings to its partners in the spontaneous exchange of information deal. The FTA announced on Tuesdayexternal link that it had transmitted a first batch of 82 reports to a total of 41 states, including Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Russia. Some reports were exchanged with several partner countries.

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Swaziland, not Switzerland

2018-05-14

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Switzerland is sometimes confused with Sweden. But there is another country that gets mistaken for Switzerland: Swaziland, a small country in the south of Africa. Its king has had enough of the mix-ups and is now taking a radical step. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role …

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Late trains – Switzerland’s delay hotspots

2018-05-13

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2018-05-13

Train Delays
The cliché of Swiss trains always being on time is challenged by data published on the website opentransportdata.swiss. Analysis of this data by 20 Minuten, shows the most frequently delayed trains arrive from Italy. Mendrisio, near the Italian border in the canton of Ticino, was the worst performing station with 30% of trains delayed by 3 minutes or more. Italian delays also affect Swiss trains from Domodossola and Brig.

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Swiss economics minister upbeat about Mercosur free trade deal

2018-05-12

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2018-05-12

Switzerland is close to concluding a free trade agreement with the four Mercosur countries – Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay – within the framework of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Swiss Economics Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann told reporters in Bern following his South America visit. Schneider-Ammann has just returned from a seven-day visit to the four South American countries, accompanied by 50-strong delegation of Swiss...

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Switzerland remains top international wealth management hub

2018-05-11

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2018-05-11

Switzerland remains the world’s largest wealth management centre for international assets, but the air is getting thinner at the top and other financial hubs are gaining ground, according to a global report. A total of $1.84 trillion (CHF1.85 billion) of international assets were managed in Switzerland at the end of 2017, says the latest Deloitte Wealth Management Centre Rankingexternal link, published on Friday. This is around 7% less than in 2010.

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Börsen-Talk vom 11. Mai 2018

2018-05-11

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Dollar und Euro haben zum Franken an Wert zugelegt. Devisenexperte Elias Hafner sagt im cash-Talk, ob der Franken seine relative Schwäche beibehält und nennt er zwei Währungen, die ihrerseits Aufwärtspotenzial haben.

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International trade unionists stage Glencore demo

2018-05-10

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2018-05-10

On Wednesday, some 40 trade union members from as far as Australia and Africa protested the Swiss-based commodities giant’s treatment of workers. The demonstration took place on the occasion of Glencore’s annual general assembly in Zug, and included protestors from Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Canada, Australia, as well as other countries, according to a statementexternal link (in French) by Swiss trade union Unia.

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Switzerland most expensive for meat

2018-05-09

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2018-05-09

Chicken
Switzerland has the world’s most expensive meat according to a survey compiled by Caterwings in Germany. The survey, which looks at meat prices in 52 countries, ranks Swiss prices at the top across all meat categories. On average, Swiss shoppers pay 142% more than the average across all meat categories.

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Whatsapp? Not for under 16s

2018-05-09

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Nouvo brings you short videos about Switzerland, Swiss current affairs and the wider world. Keep up to date and watch the videos wherever you are, whenever you like. — 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 …

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