Category Archive: 3) Swiss Markets and News

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Swiss real estate market UBS Swiss Real Estate Bubble Index 3Q 2016

Risks to the Swiss property market remained elevated in the three months through September, according to UBS Group AG’s quarterly index. “While the buy-to-rent price ratio reached an all-time high, moderate mortgage growth and the slightly-improved economy prevented imbalances in the owner-occupied housing market from widening,” it said in a report.

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Niall Ferguson: The US Economy Is Approaching an Inflection Point

Download a FREE transcript of Niall Ferguson’s speech from the Strategic Investment Conference 2016 here: https://goo.gl/eLy5bU

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Börsen-Talk vom 4. November 2016

Laut Marc Faber steht die US-Börse womöglich an einem Wendepunkt, wie er im Börsen-Talk sagt. Andere Börsen in Europa oder in Schwellenländern würden sich daher künftig besser entwickeln.

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Antoine de Saint-Affrique, CEO Barry Callebaut

Nach einem durchzogenen Geschäftsjahr erhöht der Schokolade-Gigant Barry Callebaut die Dividende. CEO Antoine de Saint-Affrique über die Gründe dafür und die Zukunft des Kakaomarktes.

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Rudolf Minsch, Chefökonom von Economiesuisse

Rudolf Minsch äussert sich zur Vollgeld-Initiative.

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Swiss rents drop, substantially in the Lake Geneva region

Rents have dropped across Switzerland, declining substantially in the Lake Geneva region, according the the property consulting firm Wüest Partner. According to the firm, Swiss rents in the second quarter of 2016 were 1.6% lower than the same quarter in 2015. Geneva saw rents drop by 8.3% over the same period, while the region around Lake Geneva, known as the arc lémanique, saw a fall of 7.2%.

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UBS reports drop in wealth profit as Ermotti lowers costs

UBS Group AG Chief Executive Officer Sergio Ermotti pledged to continue cost cuts after profit at the wealth-management business fell and the securities unit was hurt by a slump in equities trading. Pretax profit rose 11 percent to 877 million Swiss francs ($883 million) from 788 million francs a year earlier on lower expenses, the Zurich-based bank said in a statement Friday.

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Brexit brings specter of common EU tax plan, and bodes poorly for Switzerland’s immigration negotiation

Ireland is facing another tax battle with the European Union and this time it will have to fight its own corner. Less than two months after the European Union ordered Ireland to claw back a record 13 billion euros ($14.2 billion) from Apple Inc., saying the nation illegally allowed the iPhone maker to reduce its tax rate, the European Commission will propose legislation for a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base on Tuesday.

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Pharma giants drag SMI stocks down

A weak performance from Swiss pharma giants pulled the Swiss Market Index down again this week after investors dropped stocks in the sector on lackluster earnings reports. The peripheral European stocks and Japan managed to buck the trend this week, global stock markets remain under pressure in the run up to US election.

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Sergio Ermotti, CEO UBS

UBS-CEO Sergio Ermotti ist zufrieden mit dem Sommer-Geschäftsgang seiner Bank. Er sagt im Interview, wie das Kostensparprogramm vorankommt und wie es mit den Rückstellungen weitergeht.

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Börsen-Talk vom 28. Oktober 2016

Laut cash-Guru Alfred Herbert herrscht an den Börsen derzeit Ratlosigkeit und Vorsicht. Was er von den US-Wahlen erwartet und wie er die Aktien von ABB und Credit Suisse beurteilt, sagt er im Börsen-Talk.

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Syngenta slumps on concern of protracted ChemChina EU review

Syngenta AG shares tumbled on concern that China National Chemical Corp.’s $43 billion takeover of the Swiss herbicide and pesticide maker risks regulatory delays in the European Union. ChemChina didn’t submit so-called remedies in the EU’s early-stage review of the deal by the Oct. 21 deadline, the European Commission’s press office said by phone on Monday.

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Weighing up the cost of childcare

Switzerland is home to the world’s most expensive childcare costs and some parents are better off looking after the children themselves. To change this, the government is suggesting introducing special tax breaks. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) For many Swiss families childcare is a big financial burden. Three days a week in a non-subsidised crèche can easily cost CHF20,000 …

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Ulrich Spiesshofer, Konzernchef ABB

ABB-Chef Ulrich Spiesshofer muss ein ziemlich schlechtes drittes Quartal des Industriekonzerns verantworten. Im Interview sagt er, was den Auftragsbestand wieder in Schwung bringt.

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How to operate a nuclear reactor

What is the point of training people how to operate a nuclear reactor in a power plant that is about to close down? Swiss Public Television goes to Mühleberg to find out. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide …

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Viktor Nossek, Leiter Research Europa bei WisdomTree

Viktor Nossek über Investitionen in europäische Dividendenaktien.

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Markus Voegeli, CEO von Charles Vögele

CEO Markus Voegeli spricht im Interview mit cash über die Aufgabe der Marke Charles Vögele und die Details der Übernahme. Auch kommentiert er den drohenden Stellenabbau und die persönlichen Higlights während seiner Amtszeit.

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Roche revenue gains as sales of breast cancer drugs soar

Roche Holding AG’s third-quarter revenue rose 4.5 percent as its trio of breast-cancer therapies offset stagnating sales of some of its older drugs. Sales climbed to 12.5 billion Swiss francs ($12.6 billion), the Basel, Switzerland-based company said in a statement on Thursday. That compared with the 12.6 billion-franc average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. Roche doesn’t report third-quarter earnings.

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Nestle forecasts slowest sales growth in decade as pricing ebbs

Nestle SA forecast the slowest full-year sales growth in more than a decade as food companies worldwide struggle against consumer resistance to price increases. Revenue will gain about 3.5 percent on an organic basis in 2016, the Vevey, Switzerland-based maker of Nespresso coffee said Thursday, abandoning a goal for an increase of about 4.2 percent. Growth in the consumer-goods industry is “relatively fragile,” Chief Financial Officer...

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The US and Russia Are Quietly Cooperating in the Middle East

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