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Sygnum Fund Aims to Grow Investors’ ETH Beyond Staking
Digital asset banking group Sygnum has launched its ETH Alpha Fund SP for professional investors. The market-neutral fund aims for annual returns of 8% to 10% in ETH after fees. By comparison, staking alone earns around…
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“Eppur si muove”: Convergence Within and Between Countries
Kremer, Willis, and You (2022) report that over six decades richer countries lost their growth advantage. Acemoglu and Molina (2022) and Pesaran and Smith (2026) reply that such regressions cannot measure catch-up when…
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HSBC UK Launches Stripe-Powered Tap to Pay for Small Businesses
HSBC UK has introduced a Tap to Pay service for its small business customers, powered by Stripe. Eligible customers can accept supported contactless payments directly on a compatible smartphone, without needing an…
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ECB Approves Partial Transfer of Revolut Lithuanian Operations to France
Revolut can now move part of its Lithuanian bank to its new French bank. The European Central Bank (ECB) has approved the transfer, LRT reported. Some assets and liabilities of Revolut Bank UAB will pass to Revolut Bank…
Swiss Bankers Association Industry
News12.11.2026Swiss banks: CHF 74.5 billion in value added for the economy How significant is the impact of the Swiss banking sector beyond the industry itself? The latest BAK Economics study, “The economic importance of the Swiss banking sector”, shows that banking activities are associated with a total of CHF 74.5 billion in value added and around 338,700 full-time equivalent jobs. Three questions on the findings for our experts Martin Hess, Head of Economic Policy at the Swiss Bankers Association, and Nina-Alessa Michel, Policy Advisor Economic Policy and Regulation.Read more
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Former Swiss Life CEO Bruno Pfister Joins Selma as Strategic Adviser
Selma, a Zurich-based digital wealth manager, has appointed former Swiss Life Group CEO Bruno Pfister as a strategic adviser. In this role, he will help the company guide clients before and after retirement through a…
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FINMA Sanctions
Aktualisierte Sanktionsmeldung: Russland
Das Eidgenössische Departement für Wirtschaft, Bildung und Forschung WBF hat Änderungen des Anhangs 2 und 14a der Verordnung vom 4. März 2022 über Massnahmen im Zusammenhang mit der Situation in der Ukraine (SR…
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2026-08-17 – New Director at Study Center Gerzensee
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Aktualisierte Sanktionsmeldung: ISIL (Da’esh) und Al-Kaida
Das Staatssekretariat für Wirtschaft (SECO) hat eine Änderung der Liste der sanktionierten natürlichen Personen, Unternehmen und Organisationen der Verordnung vom 21. März 2025 über Massnahmen gegenüber Personen und…
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2026-08-12 – Swiss National Bank welcomes measures to strengthen ‘too big to fail’ regulations
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FINMA welcomes the Federal Council’s consultation drafts on the legislative package to strengthen the “too big to fail” framework
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA supports the consultation drafts presented by the Federal Council for the implementation, within the Banking Act and the Liquidity Ordinance, of the measures set…
FINMA Sanctions
Aktualisierte Sanktionsmeldung: Russland
Das Eidgenössische Departement für Wirtschaft, Bildung und Forschung WBF hat Änderungen des Anhangs 2 und 8 der Verordnung vom 4. März 2022 über Massnahmen im Zusammenhang mit der Situation in der Ukraine (SR…