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Swiss wealth manager sounds optimistic note as client risk appetite returns despite 26% drop in first-half net income
Tensions run high ahead of Mario Draghi’s return to parliament today to gauge support for his agenda
The trains get all the attention but it’s the country’s yellow PostBuses that reach the remotest communities and traverse the loftiest passes
Judges find ‘no intention of unlawful enrichment’ over payments made in 2011
Surge in spying activity in Geneva follows expulsion of agents from neighbouring states, says report
How will the war in Ukraine reshape ties with some of the sector’s most lucrative clients?
Alpine nation has relaxed audit requirements and a reputation for financial sophistication
Franc surges on SNB announcement that benchmark rate would rise to minus 0.25%
Sanctions imposed on Russia have focused debate over the country’s long-cherished economic haven status
Switzerland’s typically liberal M&A market might make an exception for such a national institution
Low level of sanctioned funds belies assumptions that it is a treasure house of Putin kleptocracy
Countries with history of military non-engagement consider whether it is time to dump the policy
Country has long been seen as one of the most accommodating to Russian businesses
Fallout from release of details of Credit Suisse accounts threatens to spread through country’s finance sector
BBC reporter Mark Urban on leaving behind the war zones to find peace and purpose on the slopes
Nato allies stress unity ahead of meeting
Zug finds itself on the front line of global finance dealing with digital assets
Switzerland has benefited from a combination of smart fiscal policy, a resilient energy grid and flexible working
Requiring those unvaccinated by choice to pay for their Covid hospital care is more ethical than mandatory vaccination
A third of the population is unvaccinated and only a tenth have had a booster
Winter season gets off to faltering start amid Covid curbs and memories of spring 2020 ‘superspreader’ events
Banker flew in and out of Switzerland while new coronavirus curbs were in force
Even before the emergence of the Omicron variant, some governments were facing resistance to restrictions
Continent showing effects of fewer first vaccinations and slow rollout of second doses
Hesitancy in Austria, Germany and Switzerland intersects with anti-establishment and populist politics
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