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Brazilian billions beckon for private bankers

This content was published on Oct 29, 2012 A combination of rapid wealth creation, a rise in the number of millionaires and drastically falling interest rates have made Brazil an ideal private banking location. Credit Suisse, Julius Baer and UBS have all recently expanded their business in the South American giant. Brazil is producing so-called high net worth individuals (HNWIs) – those with…

‘Swissair Souvenirs’

This content was published on Oct 27, 2012 The photo archives of Swissair is a unique resource. The book “Swissair Souvenirs” is a homage to the former Swiss national airline.

Researchers warn news coverage shallow

This content was published on Oct 26, 2012 The researchers found that the 46 newspapers, radio, television programmes and news websites included in the survey published more hard news on political, economic and cultural topics in 2011 than in the previous year. However, they provided noticeably less background to help the public understand the wider implications of an event. Coverage of parliamentary issues…

Further cuts confirmed at Credit Suisse

This content was published on Oct 25, 2012 But the bank refused to elaborate on how many jobs could be at threat as it announced on Thursday a 63 per cent fall in third quarter profits from the same period last year – from SFr683 million to SFr254 million. Speculation has been rife in the Swiss media for the last two weeks that both…

Industry frets over Swiss-EU bilateral impasse

This content was published on Oct 20, 2012 The future of Switzerland’s relationship with the EU was thrown into doubt last December when the EU stated that current system of bilateral agreements had reached the end of its sell-by date. On the one hand, the EU finds the series of accords too unwieldy and inflexible to continue in their current form. It wants…

Did Swiss banks betray their workers?

This content was published on Oct 17, 2012 Did the banks, which are suspected of violating US tax laws, sell out their workers in order to save their own skins?

Bank staff data handover grates in Switzerland

This content was published on Oct 17, 2012 In an unprecedented move this year, 11 Swiss banks were given the go-ahead by Switzerland to pass the names thousands of bank staff and consultants employees active in the American market onto the US Justice Department. The French satirical weekly Le Canard Enchainé called it “a typically Swiss tragicomedy”, scoffing: “To escape the long arm…

Swiss establish Hong Kong business hub

This content was published on Oct 15, 2012 At the opening of the organisation’s 19th such business centre on Monday, Osec president Daniel Küng called Hong Kong the “gate to China” and noted its importance as a regional melting pot for exports from Switzerland and the European Union. Hong Kong is Switzerland’s third-largest Asian trading partner, after China and Japan. While exports to mainland China…

Risk and reward at stake in on-going capsule wars

This content was published on Oct 14, 2012 Nestlé is understandably keen to protect its star product Nespresso which recorded SFr3.5 billion ($3.6 billion) in sales last year and “high double-digit” growth in the first six months of 2012. Margins are estimated at 30 per cent, a third higher than other coffee products. Other companies are also understandably eager to grab a slice…

Coffee: a product with global impact

This content was published on Oct 14, 2012

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