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Swiss Campaign Heats up ahead of an Emotional Vote on Pesticides

2021-05-30

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2021-05-30

Death threats, insults, posters vandalised or set on fire: the campaign for two initiatives against pesticides to be put to the vote on June 13 is extremely tense. This toxic climate highlights a deep malaise in the Swiss agricultural world.

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Swiss prepare for EU chill after quitting market access talks

2021-05-29

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2021-05-29

In Brussels there was shock and anger. In Switzerland, quiet celebration and relief — but, for some, doubts about what exactly comes next. On Wednesday, Bern announced it was formally withdrawing from negotiations to codify future relations with the EU into a single overarching “framework agreement” — a back-and-forth exchange that has dominated an increasingly fraught relationship with Brussels since 2014.

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DJE-plus News Mai 2021

2021-05-27

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In dem monatlich stattfindendem DJE-plusNews reflektiert Mario Künzel, Leiter Vertrieb Retail Business, die Marktgeschehnisse der vergangenen vier Kalenderwochen und gibt Ihnen einen Ausblick auf die kommenden Wochen. #News #Aktien #Fonds #Investment #Märkte Seit über vier Jahrzehnten setzt die DJE Kapital AG Maßstäbe in der Vermögensverwaltung und in Fonds. Die DJE Kapital AG (DJE) ist seit 45 Jahren als unabhängige Vermögensverwaltung am...

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FX Daily, May 25: Softer Yields Weigh on the Greenback

2021-05-25

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2021-05-25

The decline in US 10-year rates to two-week lows below 1.59% is helping rebuild bullish enthusiasm for stocks and weighing on the US dollar. The NASDAQ reached two-week highs yesterday, and almost all the large markets in the Asia Pacific region rose, though India struggled.

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Switzerland and WHO launch global pathogen BioHub

2021-05-25

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2021-05-25

Switzerland and the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed to launch the first WHO BioHub Facility. This will enhance the rapid sharing of viruses and other pathogens between laboratories and partners globally.

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Public Debt Got a Lot Worse from The Great Recession to The Great Lockdown

2021-05-25

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2021-05-25

Public Debt by Region
The 2020 recession, which many countries are still going through, now has an “official” name: the Great Lockdown. In economic terms, the public sector’s response in practically all countries has been very swift and bold (which is not necessarily a good thing).1 This has caused the global public debt to skyrocket as never before.

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Public trust in Swiss banks soars amid pandemic 

2021-05-20

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2021-05-20

Swiss people’s trust in their country’s banks is at its highest in 20 years, boosted by Covid credits and a commitment to sustainability, according to a new survey. People from almost all political camps have a positive perception, with 75% describing their attitude towards Swiss banks as positive or very positive, found the survey conducted by gfs.bern for the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA).

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Eight Swiss in Bloomberg billionaire ‘rich list’ 

2021-05-19

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2021-05-19

In the latest version of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, eight Swiss or Swiss-resident names figure among the 500 richest people in the world. The richest of the Alpine-based billionaires is Geneva-based Ernesto Bertarelli, who according to his own self-description is a “Swiss entrepreneur active in the fields of business, finance, sport and philanthropy”.

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How Monetary Expansion Creates Income and Wealth Inequality

2021-05-19

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2021-05-19

US Gini Ratio, 1947 - 2019
“Every change in the money relation alters … the conditions of the individual members of society. Some become richer, some poorer.” – Mises, Human Action, p. 414. New money enters the economy at a particular point. It does not enter in the form of a proportional and simultaneous increase in everybody’s incomes.

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Dr. Jens Ehrhardt im Interview mit Bernd Heller – Wir befinden uns in einer Blase!

2021-05-18

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Dividendenwerte bevorzugen Angesichts steigender Inflationszahlen macht sich Dr. Jens Ehrhardt Gedanken über den weiteren Verlauf des Aktienmarkts. Er rechnet nicht mit einem kurzfristigen Eingreifen der Notenbanken, denn dazu sei die Lage zu fragil. Auch dürfte Öl als Inflationstreiber bald ausfallen. Da die USA wegen ihres hohen Verschuldungsgrads und der zuletzt extrem hohen Neuverschuldung – die höchste seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg – sehr...

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Swiss Private Banks at Odds with Clients over ESG

2021-05-17

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2021-05-17

Switzerland used to be a place where the rich came with their money to escape the world’s problems, not to confront them. These days, the private banks that dot the pristine streets of Zurich and Geneva are no exception when it comes to the wave of enthusiasm that has broken over the asset management world for better environmental, social and governance standards.

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Swiss Life pays $77.4 million to placate US tax authorities

2021-05-16

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2021-05-16

Switzerland's largest insurance company Swiss Life has agreed to pay CHF70 million ($77.4 million) and enter a deferred prosecution agreement in the United States to resolve accusations it conspired to help wealthy Americans to avoid taxes.

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Vaccine Passports and Medical Paternalism

2021-05-15

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2021-05-15

Vaccine passports have been implemented, or are being developed, in a number of countries around the world. In February 2021, Israel introduced its "Green Pass," which becomes "effective the week after receiving the second dose" of the vaccine and expires after six months.

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Overtourism could give way to Sustainable Travel

2021-05-13

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2021-05-13

Let me state from the outset, you won’t get a discount if you mention to your travel agent that you read this article when you book your trip to Switzerland this summer. But it will be nice to have you back; Switzerland – in line with much of Europe – is planning to open up to overseas visitors in a few short weeks. And since we haven’t seen you in a while, I expect you’ll be welcomed with open arms!

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DJE – Marktausblick Mai 2021 mit Stefan Breintner und Markus Koch: Sommertrend 2021: Seitwärts

2021-05-11

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Die Rallyephase des ersten Jahresdrittels dürfte im Sommer erst einmal von einem Seitwärtstrend abgelöst werden. Eine moderate Inflation könnte Aktien und Sachwerte unterstützen. Die Anlageregionen USA und Europa bleiben interessant. Und auch Rohstoffe und Gold gewinnen wieder an Attraktivität. Erfahren Sie mehr im VIDEO-INTERVIEW mit Stefan Breintner, Leiter Research bei DJE, und dem Wallstreet - Experten Markus Koch über das, was die Anleger in...

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Electric Car maker feels the power of Switzerland

2021-05-11

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2021-05-11

Anton “Toni” Piëch, co-founder of the Swiss electric car manufacturer Piëch Automotive, tells SWI swissinfo.ch why he chose Zurich and how he intends to make his mark in a highly competitive market with battery-powered cars for “purists who love technology”.

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The Corrupt Bargain and the Preservation of Slavery

2021-05-11

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2021-05-11

The most important battle of the August days of the Constitutional Convention was waged, as had been the battle over the three-fifths clause, between the North and South and had at its heart the institution of slavery.

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Podcast mit Dr. Ulrich Kaffarnik: DIREKT – UNVERBLÜMT – KOMPETENT

2021-05-10

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Welche Lösungen gibt es für die Refinanzierung der Corona-Hilfsprogramme? Um die Folgen von Corona abzumildern, bringen die Notenbanken und Regierungen sehr viel Geld in Form von Infrastruktur- und Hilfsprogrammen in den Wirtschaftskreislauf. In diesem Zusammenhang hat Joe Biden zuletzt angekündigt, die Besteuerung von vermögenden Privatpersonen anzuheben– was konkret in der Spitze eine Verdoppelung der Kapitalertragssteuer bedeuten würde, sowie...

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Swiss to develop Covid-19 certificate by end of June

2021-05-07

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2021-05-07

A system for issuing a forgery-proof Covid-19 certificate on request will be available by the end of June to anyone in Switzerland who has been vaccinated, has recovered from or has recently tested negative for coronavirus.

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Almost half of Swiss workers choose early retirement

2021-05-04

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2021-05-04

On Tuesday, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) reported External linkthat in 2019 between 40-50% of people started receiving their pension from their so-called second pillar before the legal retirement age - 65 for men and 64 for women.

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