Category Archive: 3) Swiss Markets and News

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Advocate Thuli Madonsela on getting South Africa back on track

2018-05-21

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Advocate Thuli Madonsela and Investec CEO Stephen Koseff on how to put South Africa on a path of inclusive growth. Read more here: https://invest.ec/2wZfQEJ

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Swiss Rail drops plan to put Wi-Fi in trains

2018-05-20

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2018-05-20

Swiss Rail wifi
Swiss Rail has dropped plans to install Wi-Fi in its trains, according to the newspaper Le Matin. After a survey revealed that customers would only use on-board Wi-Fi it was free, the company decided there was no justifiable way to cover the cost, according the the newspaper. Swiss Rail is not prepared to bear the costs the mobile operators would charge them for the service and cannot not justify adding the cost to ticket prices.

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Disability welfare – fraud investigations expected to save 170 million

2018-05-19

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2018-05-19

By January 2018, the number receiving disability welfare in Switzerland had dropped to 217,200, 40,300 fewer than in 2006 when the number reached a record 257,500. Switzerland’s Federal Social Insurance Office (FSIO) attributes the reduction to an occupational rehabilitation programme started in 2008, and disability welfare fraud investigations.

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Median Swiss salary rises

2018-05-18

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2018-05-18

Swiss salaries have risen according to a recently published report by Switzerland’s Federal Statistical Office. The median gross monthly salary was CHF 6,5021 in 2016, CHF 313 higher than in 2014. 50% of Swiss workers earned more than this and 50% earned less.

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Investing with a new set of eyes: 360 degree video on sustainability

2018-05-18

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Experience sustainability with a new set of eyes. Challenge your perception in 90 seconds. Discover what engineers came across when they built the Loetschberg tunnel. See things that are obvious and challenges becomes opportunities. Learn more and benefit from the breadth and depth of our offering. Sustainable and Impact Investing by UBS Asset Management. Find …

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Investieren aus einem anderen Blickwinkel

2018-05-18

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Erleben Sie Nachhaltigkeit aus einem anderen Blickwinkel. Hinterfragen Sie Ihre Wahrnehmung in 90 Sekunden. Entdecken Sie, was Ingenieure beim Bau des Lötschberg-Tunnels vorfanden. Nehmen Sie das Naheliegende wahr – und aus Herausforderungen werden Chancen. Erfahren Sie mehr und profitieren Sie von der Breite und Tiefe unseres Angebots. Sustainable und Impact Investing von UBS Asset Management

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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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