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A morning with the All Blacks

2018-10-29

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Watch as the winners of this year’s Investec CSI Soccer League spend time with the All Blacks and Bryan Habana @NZrugby (https://www.youtube.com/user/nzrugby) For more visit our website: https://invest.ec/2JnAjFR

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Investigating suspected welfare cheats – where to draw the line

2018-10-28

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2018-10-28

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On 25 November 2018, Swiss will vote on whether to accept laws allowing detectives to uncover welfare fraud. Currently, there is nothing specific in Swiss law covering the practice. In the past, investigators have been used to gather evidence on disability and accident beneficiaries. Between 2009 and 2016, detectives were used on around 220 investigations a year, of which around two thirds were found guilty of fraud.

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Switzerland expecting a 2.5 billion franc federal surplus for 2018

2018-10-28

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2018-10-28

The latest figures forecast Switzerland’s federal spending for 2018 will be CHF 0.9 billion less than expected. This and higher than expected receipts of CHF 1.3 billion add up to an extra CHF 2.2 billion on top of an original budget surplus of CHF 0.3 billion, bringing the total forecast federal surplus to CHF 2.5 billion.

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Self-Employment declining in Switzerland

2018-10-27

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2018-10-27

Self Employed Switzerland
The percentage of Switzerland’s workers working for themselves has been slowly declining. In 2010, 13.7% of workers were self-employed. By 2017, the figure was 12.8% – self-employed includes those working as independents and those working for companies they own.

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Swiss still World’s Richest

2018-10-26

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2018-10-26

Swiss-wealth
According to the annual wealth report produced by Credit Suisse, Switzerland leads on wealth per adult with US$ 530,240, comfortably ahead of second-placed Australia where the figure is US$ 411,060. The US is third with US$ 403,060.

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Swiss Rail plans to test free WiFi on trains

2018-10-21

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2018-10-21

Swiss Rail announced on Thursday that it would test free WiFi, named FreeSurf, on certain routes next year with a plan to extend the offer to all major routes from 2020, according to RTS. Train passengers benefiting from the tests in 2019 will be those travelling on InterCity trains between Lausanne and St. Gallen, Geneva and Zurich, and Bienne and Basel.

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Swiss arms exports rose almost 18percent in 2018

2018-10-20

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2018-10-20

Switzerland exported close to 18% more arms over the first nine months of 2018 than it did in the first nine months of 2017, according to figures published by State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). According to the numbers, in the nine months to 30 September 2018, Swiss companies exported close to CHF 300 million of arms, nearly CHF 45 million or 17.6% more than over the same period in 2017.

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Swiss Divorce Rates Continue to Climb

2018-10-12

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2018-10-12

Divorce
By 2017, 40.5% of those married in 1987 were divorced, compared to 33.2% of those married in 1977 and 24.7% of those married in 1967. Divorce in Switzerland starts early. 9.4% of those married in 1987 were divorced after five years, as were 8.1% of those married in 1977 and 4.8% of those who tied the knot in 1967.

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Ace Adulting and a work-life balance with Maps Maponyane

2018-10-10

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How does one balance work and life? Investec brand ambassador Maps Maponyane and his delightfully cheeky little co-pilot Lwando tackle “big life questions” with a lot of laughs in this next Ace Adulting instalment. For any young professional looking to find the energy, discipline and “Hell, yes I can!” attitude to slay at your job …

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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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Swiss Health Insurance Costs to Rise Further in 2019

2018-09-25

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2018-09-25

Health Insurance
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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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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Some Swiss Rail ticket machines set to disappear

2018-09-16

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2018-09-16

Ticket machines once replaced many of the people selling ticket from counters. Now the internet and mobile phones threatens ticket machines. As more and more people use dash past ticket machines with an electronic train ticket in their pocket, Swiss Rail is looking at phasing out some machines according to various newspapers including 20 Minutes.

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Swiss agricultural policy costs households 2,500 francs a year, according to study

2018-09-15

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2018-09-15

Broadly, Switzerland’s agricultural sector costs the country CHF 19.9 billion while contributing only CHF 3.4 billion, concludes a study published by the think tank Avenir Suisse. The CHF 19.9 billion cost the report’s authors calculate is made up of tax breaks and direct federal and cantonal payments to the sector (4.9b), the cost of artificially inflated consumer prices due to import restrictions (4.6b), environmental damage (7.3b), and the...

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New long-haul budget airline from Basel launches fundraising

2018-09-14

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2018-09-14

The idea is simple. Keep costs low by flying point-to-point, thus avoiding costly hubs, use one model of aircraft to contain pilot and aircraft maintenance costs, and charge passengers for everything from coffee to checked-in luggage. Southwest Airlines was first to launch the model and copycats like EasyJet followed.

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Vaud to cap health insurance premiums at 12 percent of income

2018-09-09

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2018-09-09

Starting in September 2018, health insurance premiums in excess of 12% of income in the canton of Vaud will be covered by the government. From the beginning of 2019, this percentage will be reduced to 10%, increasing the number of people who qualify and the size of the subsidies, according to the newspaper Le Matin.

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Costs of owning a home in Switzerland set to rise for some

2018-08-31

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2018-08-31

Swiss-house
Currently, home owners in Switzerland must pay tax on fictional rent, calculated based on a home’s size and location. At the same time home owners get to deduct mortgage interest and home maintenance costs from their taxable income.

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Swiss Job Numbers Up but too Few Qualified Workers

2018-08-29

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2018-08-29

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In the second quarter of 2018, the number of jobs in Switzerland rose to 5.048 million, a 2.1% increase on the second quarter of 2017. Regions rising the most were Lake Geneva (+3.0%), north west Switzerland (+3.0%), central Switzerland (+2.4%) and Zurich (+2.1%). Rises in job numbers in eastern Switzerland (+1.6%), Mittelland (+1.3%) and Ticino (0%) were lower.

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Investec Rugby Championship | Make Opportunities 60”

2018-08-27

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The Investec Rugby Championship is known as the clash of the southern hemisphere giants. Investec is lead sponsor for all matches played in New Zealand. Good players take opportunities, great players make them. #MakeOpportunities https://www.investec.com/rugby

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Investec Rugby Championship | Make Opportunities 30”

2018-08-27

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The Investec Rugby Championship is known as the clash of the southern hemisphere giants. Investec is lead sponsor for all matches played in New Zealand. Good players take opportunities, great players make them. #MakeOpportunities https://www.investec.com/rugby

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