Category: Stock Market
10/26/12
Find here a presentation by a professor of the University of St. Gall about causes and consequences (as related to institutional investing) of financial repression:Institutionelle Anlagen unter veränderterfinanzieller Repression und danach, Prof. D… more »
09/19/11
British Independent Commission on Banking gives advice how to ringfence high risk investment banking
04:17:22 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 17 words 
Categories: Stock Market, Corporate Finance
Thanks to Batz for the tip:
Batz: Investment Banking: Denk- und Lesepause? Sept. 18, 2011
Keywords: Investment Banking, TBTF more »
09/18/11
09:26:39 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com 
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Categories: Stock Market, Corporate Finance
After the latest rogue trader scandal in the London branch of UBS it seems to be clear that national bank regulation is not efficient enough to appropriately control foreign investment banking activities of Swiss banking conglomerates. It is extremely di… more »
02/16/11
We received a tip from feusi that the Institute for Banking and Finance (UofZurich) just published its comprehensive study on the structure and investment behavior of Swiss shareholders:
Institute for Banking and Finance (UofZurich): Aktienbesitz in d… more »
02/15/11
06:56:38 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 192 words
Categories: Stock Market, Corporate Finance
Bloomberg BusinessWeek: Credit Suisse to Test Appetite for CoCo Bonds With Dollar Sale, Feb. 14, 2011Credit Suisse Group AG’s sale of contingent convertible bonds, or CoCos, will be the first time new demand for the securities has been tested by a pu… more »
01/16/11
Airtime: Fri. Jan. 14 2011 | 11 06 00 ET
Keywords: Euro Crisis, Swiss Banks more »
10/26/10
Bloomberg Businesweek: UBS Reports Profit, First Wealth Management Inflows Since 2008, October 26, 2010
UBS AG, Switzerland’s biggest bank, reported its fourth consecutive quarterly profit and the first net new money inflows in wealth management since… more »
07/28/10
08:08:01 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 268 words
Categories: Stock Market, Corporate Finance
The UBS team has also performed well in the second quarter of 2010 and presents excellent results:
Reuters: UBS outshines Deutsche Bank, as wealth turnaround nears, July 27, 2010
"UBS's (UBS.N) strong second quarter investment banking results stood… more »
06/17/10
10:37:54 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 201 words
Categories: Stock Market, Real Estate, Behavioral Finance, Econ/Stat
This is great reading!Swiss National Bank: Financial Stability Report 2009The baseline scenario does not look that bad:"The baseline scenario assumes a further gradual recovery in the economy. Under this scenario, credit risk abroad declines… more »
04/15/10
At UBS's annual general assembly on Wednesday, shareholders voted against forgiving the bank’s 2007 management. The shareholder decision opens the door to possible civil or even criminal law suits.
It is unique for Switzerland that shareholders of a… more »
06/19/09
FT: Switzerland looks at cutting size of banks, June 18, 2009
Switzerland upped the ante in a global regulatory assault on the banking industry on Thursday as its central bank warned that Zurich was examining the forced shrinkage of banking groups suc… more »
05/22/09
The Economist: A short list, May 21, 2009
The Economist sees Credit Suisse and JPMorgan Chase among the best run banks during the financial crisis. Here is their conclusion:
"That leaves Credit Suisse and JPMorgan Chase to take the grand prizes. Cr… more »
02/21/09
07:56:10 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 502 words
Categories: Stock Market, Behavioral Finance
On April 6, 2007, we posted a Weltwoche article from August 29, 2002, titled "Ein Volk von Verlierern" (a people of loosers). The post was titled "remember". The Weltwoche article dealt with the new economy bubble, the herding behavior of investors and t… more »
02/18/09
07:04:02 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 156 words
Categories: Stock Market, Behavioral Finance, Econ/Stat
Swiss newspaper Tagesanzeiger reports that about 60% of the Swiss pension funds are underfunded. Pension funds are compulsory for employees and stipulate minimum benefits in the form of age-related credits, a minimum interest rate, which is currently 2%,… more »
02/11/09
MarketWatch: Credit Suisse Swings To 4th Quarter Net Loss, Write-Downs CHF3.19B, Feb. 11, 2009 more »
02/10/09
NZZ: Das dunkelste Jahr der UBS, Feb. 10, 2009
UBS announces a loss of Swiss francs 19.7 billion for 2008 (Swiss francs 8.1 million for Q4). This is within analyst expectations. Furthermore, UBS releases that it was able to stop the drain of assets un… more »
02/05/09
MarketWatch: Swiss Re to raise $2.59 bln capital via Buffett's Berkshire, Feb. 5, 2009 more »
07:44:25 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 129 words
Categories: Stock Market, Behavioral Finance
Swiss newspaper Tagesanzeiger reports that about half of the Swiss pension funds are underfunded. The compulsory pillar stipulates minimum benefits in the form of age-related credits, a minimum interest rate, which is 2%, on accumulated credits, and a mi… more »
01/11/09
03:53:03 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 44 words
Categories: Stock Market, Behavioral Finance, Econ/Stat
For our many German speaking readers we recommend to read the articles about the origins of the financial crisis in the actual Folio of the Neue Zuercher Zeitung (NZZ). The articles are well researched and understandable for non finance professionals:… more »
01/03/09
The Economist published an excellent article about the re-focusing process of UBS which started restructuring much earlier than other European banks as they were early hit by tremendous subprime losses. A recovery of UBS would be great news for the Swiss… more »
XML Feeds- Expertenkommission "Too big to fail"; Schlussbericht
- TOO BIG TO FAIL UND DIE WIEDERHERSTELLUNG DER MARKTORDNUNG, Boris Zürcher, Avenir Suisse
