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Finance experts warn that banks will face problems

This content was published on May 1, 2014 A group of experts, led by Aymo Brunetti, a professor for Economic Policy and Regional Economics at the University of Bern, considers market access a priority for Swiss financial services providers in terms of timing and content, the State Secretariat for International Financial Matters SIF said on Thursday. “Without immediate discussions on this matter with…

Credit Suisse unit draws US tax scrutiny

This content was published on May 1, 2014 Interviews and internal emails show that former Americas private bank head Anthony DeChellis resigned last year after disagreeing with colleagues over what he believed to be newly discovered documents relating to US-linked accounts, which he wanted to hand to the US Department of Justice. Under investigation by the DoJ and the Senate permanent subcommittee on…

Too old to work, too young to retire

This content was published on Apr 30, 2014 Former banker Niklaus Gnädinger is 55 years old and has a family to look after. He lost his job four years ago. Despite a university degree he wasn’t able to find new work in his field. He started driving a taxi, but had to stop because of sight problems. In 2004 around 3,800 degree-educated over…

EU negotiators agree to Swiss Croatia proposal

This content was published on Apr 29, 2014 The second hurdle will come on Wednesday, when a committee of UN ambassadors will consider the agreement. If they also give their approval, the agreement will be put to a vote of the ministers of the 28 EU member states. If all three hurdles are overcome, this could allow restrictions to be lifted on Swiss…

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Does equality mean a guaranteed income for all?

This content was published on Apr 29, 2014 In Western Europe, there is a lively debate about proposals to guarantee every citizen a basic income. The idea, which has a long history dating back to the 1920s (at least), is increasingly popular in policy circles and the broader population. The German and Spanish parliaments explored it. The Swiss will soon vote on an…

Bad news put UBS on post-crisis front pages

This content was published on Apr 29, 2014 The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism researchers looked at how individual banks fared in the reports of 11 prominent media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal Europe, Financial Times Europe and International Herald Tribune, between 2008 and 2013. Tabloid newspapers were not included in the research. Around 140,000 articles were read for…

Ukraine conflict weighs on Swiss commodities sector

This content was published on Apr 29, 2014 Switzerland would be harmed far more than Russia if it caves in to EU and US demands to impose sanctions, according to Guy Mettan, president of the Swiss-Russian Joint Chamber of Commerce. Mettan believes Switzerland has already pushed out the boat as far as it dares by suspending negotiations on a free trade agreement with…

Why working in tourism is no holiday for the Swiss

This content was published on Apr 28, 2014 “Eighty per cent of our employees are non-Swiss,” Kevin Kunz, CEO of the Seiler Hotels group in Zermatt, tells swissinfo.ch. As he speaks, a German employee welcomes guests just inside the foyer of the five-star Mont Cervin Palace hotel and a Portuguese cleaner walks by, duster in-hand. “We have around 40 nationalities working here. The…

Zurich Insurance shores up Panama Canal

This content was published on Apr 27, 2014 Work had halted for 15 days in February in a row over who would pay for an estimated $1.6 billion (CHF1.4 billion) in cost overruns on the project to build a third set of locks on the 80-kilometre link between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Who was to blame for the mess? Was it a…

Press photo prize goes to swissinfo.ch exclusive

This content was published on Apr 25, 2014 Henley joined the media in Geneva on November 24 to follow the international talks that led to a deal on Iran stopping uranium enrichment. His series has also been shortlisted in the current affairs section of the professional category at the upcoming World Photography Awards. Born in Oxford, Henley lives in Geneva. Another of his…

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