4 November 2016 – Swiss and global market roundup. Brought to you by Investec Switzerland. The SMI is set to finish the week notably lower as investors continue to dump equities amid worries about the implications of next week’s US election, the trajectory of interest rates and mixed corporate earnings. Until a week ago the market […]
Cross-border worker numbers surge despite declining immigration
At the end of September 2016, 314,000 foreign residents were crossing the border to work in Switzerland. This represents around 6% of Switzerland’s workforce1. Swiss statistics office numbers show a rise of 3.5%, or 10,500 people since 30 September 2015. The largest numbers and growth were seen in the number of French residents working in Switzerland. […]
Comedy: Ro Campbell, the Aussie crowned Scottish comedian of year, tours Switzerland with Tom Ward
Brought to you by International Comedy Club. Ro Campbell Australia’s nomadic Ro Campbell, brings his upside-down surreal slant. He has written for British TV and Radio, and has performed at the NZ Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe, Perth Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, played to captive audiences in several Maximum Security Prisons and supported star Tom Stade, […]
Brexit is making it too expensive to go skiing in Alps
Brought to you by Investec Switzerland. The promise of snow across the Alps this weekend won’t be enough to lift the gloom at some of Europe’s top ski resorts as the pound’s post-Brexit slide dents British bookings. Jon Fricker, a property developer in Beaconsfield, west of London, said some of his friends would probably back […]
Merkel says Brexit talks mustn’t impact Swiss-EU negotiations
Brought to you by Investec Switzerland. Swiss talks with the European Union about immigration restrictions mustn’t be impacted by the U.K.’s decision to leave the bloc, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. “In the EU, we should carry on negotiations with Switzerland in the same way as we would have if there were no question on […]
Swiss franc rises to strongest level since June
Brought to you by Investec Switzerland. The Swiss franc climbed on Wednesday as global stocks fell and demand for haven assets increased on growing concerns that the U.S. presidential race had tightened. The franc reached its strongest level versus the euro since June and advanced against the dollar. Demand for havens is being stoked after […]
UBS says Swiss property market remains at risk of bubble: chart
Brought to you by Investec Switzerland. Risks to the Swiss property market remained elevated in the three months through September, according to UBS Group AG’s quarterly index. “While the buy-to-rent price ratio reached an all-time high, moderate mortgage growth and the slightly-improved economy prevented imbalances in the owner-occupied housing market from widening,” it said in […]
British comic Eddie Izzard back in Zurich after record-breaking world tour
Brought to you by International Comedy Club. Three years after performing the original show in Zurich and launching his epic circumnavigation of the globe, international celebrity Eddie Izzard – comedian, actor, and marathon runner, is about to celebrate his unofficial comedy world record of performing in more than 28 countries. From Moscow to the Hollywood […]
The biggest, craziest, oldest (547 years) fair in Switzerland is on now
Runs from 27th October to the 11th November 2018 – to the 13th November 2018 on the Petersplatz. By Bill Harby Imagine the mayor of Basel in 1471, Herr Hannsen von Berenfels, strolling his city’s first Herbstmesse (Autumn Fair). He had made the fair possible, and now here he is passing stalls and kiosks of […]
Number of people banned entry to Switzerland for security reasons more than triples
20 Minutes. By the end of September this year, Switzerland’s Federal office of police (Fedpol), had banned 97 people from entering Switzerland, compared to 28 across the whole of 2015. A spokesperson for Fedpol told the news service ATS that the rise was largely related to war and conflict in the middle east. Many of the […]
