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Interim results of the Swiss National Bank as at 31 March 2015
April 30th, 2015
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) reports a loss of CHF 30.0 billion for the first quarter of 2015. The loss on foreign currency positions amounted to CHF 29.3 billion. A valuation loss of CHF 1.0 billion was recorded on ...
Switzerland, France Discuss Tax
April 24th, 2015
French President François Hollande has met with the head of Switzerland’s Federal Department of Finance, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, to talk tax. The meeting was held during Hollande’s state visit to Switzerland, the first by a French President since 1998. The ...
Annual result of the Swiss National Bank for 2014
March 6th, 2015
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is reporting a profit of CHF 38.3 billion for the year 2014 (2013: loss of CHF 9.1 billion). The profit on foreign currency positions amounted to CHF 34.5 billion. A valuation gain of CHF ...
Swiss Banks Try to Keep Italian Clients After Tax Deal Is Signed
February 26th, 2015
Swiss asset managers, faced with the prospect of an exodus of Italian funds, have won a reprieve. An agreement to share tax information among the two nations signed Monday means Italy will remove Switzerland from a black list, enabling ...
Swiss police raid HSBC’s Geneva office
February 18th, 2015
Swiss police are searching offices of the Geneva subsidiary of HSBC bank in an inquiry into alleged money-laundering. Prosecutors said they are investigating HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) and “persons unknown for suspected aggravated money laundering”. The investigation could be ...
HSBC files: international outcry over activities at bank’s Swiss arm
February 10th, 2015
Revelations of collusion with wealthy and criminal clients in tax malpractice triggers furious response around the world HSBC was fighting an international firestorm on Monday over revelations that its Swiss private bank helped clients conceal undeclared accounts and provided services ...
HSBC files show how Swiss bank helped clients dodge taxes and hide millions (Video)
February 9th, 2015
Data in massive cache of leaked secret bank account files lift lid on questionable practices at subsidiary of one of world’s biggest financial institutions. HSBC’s Swiss banking arm helped wealthy customers dodge taxes and conceal millions of dollars of ...
Swiss central bank ready to intervene: official
January 27th, 2015
The Swiss franc fell on Tuesday after a senior official at the Swiss National Bank was quoted as saying the central bank was still prepared to intervene to keep the currency relatively weak. The euro jumped to over 1.03 ...
IronFX says bidding for Alpari after Swiss collapse
January 23rd, 2015
Cyprus-based online forex broker IronFX said on Thursday that it was in talks to buy Alpari UK, which went into administration earlier this week following heavy losses on the Swiss franc. “We are in the process of making a ...
Swiss banks try to calm scared shareholders
January 21st, 2015
SWISS financial institutions and firms that trade with them yesterday tried to reassure investors who had been walloped by the soaring franc last week, after the central bank removed the currency’s peg with the euro. The Swiss National Bank ...
