Category: Behavioral Finance
12/28/11
Banks are going through difficult times in the Western world. In particular also in Switzerland where the Swiss banking secret has been loosened. Policy makers are well advised to provide a pro banking framework. Banks contribute by far over-proportional… more »
09/06/11
The expected happened. Switzerland caps fran at EUR/CHF 1.20. As purchase price parity is approx. at 1.35 to 1.40 further action can not be excluded.WSJ: Switzerland Caps Franc, Sept. 6, 2011Keywords: Swiss Franc, Euro, Dollar more »
01/05/11
07:02:38 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com 
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Categories: Behavioral Finance, Corporate Finance, Econ/Stat
Switzerland can be seen as a pioneer in banking regulation after the last financial crisis. The government early enough set up a "too big to fail" commission with the objective to propose rules which will limit the risk that a bank failure would drag… 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 »
10/12/09
Ray Soudah about how Switzerland could re-establish its pre-crisis reputation:
FT: Five ways to repair Switzerland’s reputation, by Ray Soudah, Oct. 11, 2009 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 »
02/05/09
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 »
11/25/08
Swissinfo: UBS executives forgo bonuses, Nov. 25, 2008
Former UBS chairman Marcel Ospel and two other directors have waived bonuses worth a total of SFr33 million ($27.8 million).
Two-thirds was due to Ospel, with the remainder going to former vice… more »
11/10/08
SECO: Weiter eingetrübtes Konsumentenvertrauen, Nov. 10, 2008
Gemäss der durch das Staatssekretariat für Wirtschaft SECO vierteljährlich durchgeführten Umfrage bei rund 1'100 Haushalten ist der Index der Konsumentenstimmung im Oktober 2008 erneut zurü… more »
04/26/08
08:16:10 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 189 words
Categories: Stock Market, Behavioral Finance, Various
In the UBS report to shareholders authors identified various weaknesses in the financial compensation system which has been in place:
6.3.8 Compensation
UBS has identified the following contributory factors related to compensation and incentives:… more »
04/24/08
08:32:59 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 83 words
Categories: Stock Market, Real Estate, Behavioral Finance, Various
Bloomberg: Credit Suisse Posts SF2.15 Billion Loss on Writedowns, April 24, 2008: "Credit Suisse Group, Switzerland's second-biggest bank, reported its first loss in almost five years on 5.3 billion Swiss francs ($5.2 billion) of writedowns linked to det… more »
06:50:01 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 189 words
Categories: Stock Market, Behavioral Finance, Corporate Finance
Mr Kurer said UBS would resist calls to break up its “integrated” model of investment banking, private banking and asset management, but he noted pointedly that wealth management was “ultimately our core franchise”.
Source: Financial Times
NZZ: Neupo… more »
XML Feeds- Expertenkommission "Too big to fail"; Schlussbericht
- TOO BIG TO FAIL UND DIE WIEDERHERSTELLUNG DER MARKTORDNUNG, Boris Zürcher, Avenir Suisse
