Category Archive: 3) Swiss Markets and News

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Jörg de Vries-Hippen, Aktienchef Europa bei Allianz Global Investors

2016-11-22

by Cash

Jörg de Vries-Hippen, Aktienchef Europa bei Allianz Global Investors, lässt momentan die Finger von den ganz grossen Aktien. Welche Sektoren hingegen zum Einstieg locken, verrät er im Interview mit cash.

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Swiss regulator does not want to loosen mortgage restrictions

2016-11-21

by Le News

2016-11-21

Swiss financial markets regulator Finma is not planning to loosen mortgage lending directives, according to its director Thomas Bauer, after the bank Raiffeisen expressed a desire for looser lending rules. In an interview with Zentralschweiz am Sonntag, Bauer said that this could allow certain households to get mortgages that they wouldn’t be able to service over the long term.

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How is success measured in M&A deals?

2016-11-21

by Investec

Christian Hess (Investec Bank plc) discusses the success of M&A deals.

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Foro Global sobre Democracia Directa Moderna | DÍA 3

2016-11-19

by Swissinfo

Ciudadanía activa y gobiernos participativos son características esenciales de toda democracia moderna. A la hora de abordar importantes desafíos globales – desde educación a bienestar, emigración a cambio climático – los movimientos sociales y los gobiernos locales sirven de equipos prácticos de rescate de derechos y libertades fundamentales recogidos en el concepto de gobierno abierto …

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Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy | DAY 3

2016-11-19

by Swissinfo

The 6th world conference on active citizenship and participatory democracy is a timely event indeed. Just days after perhaps the most suprising election result in modern history, and after a US presidential campaign full of lies, accusations and stupidities, we are gathering in this beautiful spot of the Basque Country for four days of sharing, …

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Breaking through media echo chambers

2016-11-19

by Swissinfo

Stefan Klauser, the lead strategist of the ETH Zurich’s Digital Society initiative, offers his thoughts on how digital media consumers can break out of polarizing bubbles for better democracy. ___ 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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Geneva unveils big tax changes

2016-11-18

by Investec

2016-11-18

After nearly ten years of European Union opposition to preferential company tax deals, Switzerland’s government agreed in 2014 to do away with such arrangements. Under current rules Swiss cantons can offer preferential tax rates to certain companies, mostly multinationals with most of their activity abroad. In Geneva, these special rates mean certain companies pay tax at a rate of 11.7%, while all others must pay 24.2%.

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Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy | DAY 2

2016-11-18

by Swissinfo

Foro Global sobre Democracia Directa Moderna | DÍA 2

2016-11-18

by Swissinfo

SMI up on post Trump rally

2016-11-18

by Investec

2016-11-18

Swiss stocks continued to rise this week, in line with other global stocks thanks to a strong performance from financials which gained as investors weighted the prospects of higher interest rates in the US.

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China fines Swiss-based packager Tetra Pak for breaking monopoly rules

2016-11-18

by Investec

2016-11-18

According to Reuters, following an investigation, China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) said, it found out that Tetra Pak violated some provisions in China’s anti-trust law and will impose a fine of 668 million yuan ($97 million) on Tetra Pak for “abuse of dominant market position”.

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Electric cars could travel on the hard shoulder

2016-11-18

by Swissinfo

Transport minister Doris Leuthard is considering letting electric and driverless vehicles use the hard shoulder of motorways, in a bid to promote the new technologies. But will that compromise motorway safety? (RTS/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a …

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Swisscom promises to put an end to unwanted sales calls

2016-11-18

by Investec

2016-11-18

Swisscom’s fixed line (remember those) customers will be given the option of blocking unwanted calls from 28 November. The service will be free and can be activated by checking a box online or by calling the Swisscom hotline (0800 800 800). Sunrise and UPC are expected to follow Swisscom by mid 2017, according to 24 Heures.

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Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy | DAY 1

2016-11-17

by Swissinfo

Keith Wade, Chefökonom Schroders

2016-11-17

by Cash

Im Interview mit cash erklärt Schroders-Chefökonom Keith Wade, warum von Donald Trump ausgelöste Handelskriege mit anderen Ländern schädlich für die US-Wirtschaft und die Börsen sein könnten.

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Swiss National Bank won’t cut record low interest rate again, survey shows

2016-11-17

by Investec

2016-11-17

The Swiss National Bank, which has the lowest interest rate among the world’s major central banks, may be done cutting. SNB President Thomas Jordan and his fellow policy makers will keep the deposit rate unchanged at minus 0.75 percent until at least the end of the first quarter of 2019, according to the median forecast in Bloomberg’s monthly survey of economists. That would mean ignoring the International Monetary Fund’s advice to fend off inflows...

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Martin Neff, Chefökonom Raiffeisen Schweiz

2016-11-15

by Cash

Raiffeisen-Chefökonom Martin Neff sieht klare Anzeichen für einen gesättigten Immobilienmarkt. Die Vergabekriterien für Hypotheken sind ihm aber zu streng, wie er im Interview mit cash sagt.

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Those with less are worth more in Schwyz than Geneva

2016-11-15

by Investec

2016-11-15

Last Friday, the federal Swiss tax office published the latest statistics covering the wealth and earnings of the nation’s more than 5 million tax payers – Switzerland has wealth tax, so net worth is included in tax returns. The highest percentage of the very wealthiest (CHF 10 million plus) lived in Schwyz. Geneva also made the top five cantons in this category.

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Which Government System Is The Best For People’s Wealth?

2016-11-12

by Tyler Durden

2016-11-12

We have created a map which shows the per-capita GDP based upon the type of government in a country. The larger the country appears on the map, the higher the GDP per capita.

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Swiss National Bank agrees to pay out 1 billion francs annually

2016-11-12

by Investec

2016-11-12

Today, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) announced a new agreement with the Federal Department of Finance, to pay the Swiss confederation and cantons CHF 1 billion per year, as was previously the case. The deal will run from 2016 to 2020, according to an official press release.

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