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AVA Trade on Swiss National Bank decision
January 19th, 2015
AvaTrade released today that the decision of Swiss National Bank on Thursday, has no impact on its business operations. Source: AvaTrade
Newspapers condone Swiss National Bank’s decision
January 19th, 2015
The Swiss National Bank’s decision on Thursday to do away with a lower limit of CHF1.20 on the exchange rate for the euro dropped like a bomb on pretty much everyone both inside and outside of the country. Newspapers ...
Swiss National Bank press conference on Discontinuation of the minimum exchange rate
January 15th, 2015
Discontinuation of the minimum exchange rate The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has decided to discontinue the minimum exchange rate ofCHF 1.20 per euro with immediate effect and to cease foreign currency purchases associated with enforcing it. The minimum exchange rate ...
Swiss National Bank discontinues minimum exchange rate and lowers interest rate to –0.75%
January 15th, 2015
Target range moved further into negative territory The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is discontinuing the minimum exchange rate of CHF 1.20 per euro. At the same time, it is lowering the interest rate on sight deposit account balances that exceed a ...
Swiss National Bank expects annual profit of CHF 38 billion
January 9th, 2015
Large annual profit allows for supplementary distribution According to provisional calculations, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) will report a profit in the order of CHF 38 billion for the 2014 financial year. The profit on foreign currencypositions amounted to ...
Swiss National Bank introduces negative interest rates
December 18th, 2014
Minimum exchange rate reaffirmed, and target range for threemonth Libor lowered into negative territory The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is imposing an interest rate of –0.25% on sight deposit account balances at the SNB, with the aim of taking the three-month ...
PBC Signed Local Currency Swap Agreement with Swiss National Bank
July 22nd, 2014
With the approval of the State Council, the People’s Bank of China signed on July 21, 2014, an agreement on bilateral local currency swap with the Swiss National Bank for the purpose of providing liquidity support for the bilateral ...
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 ...
Emergency action filed against a Swiss-based company for microcap fraud scheme
October 9th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed an emergency action and obtained an asset freeze against two individuals and their companies in a scheme that generated more than $165 million of illegal sales of stock in at least 50 ...
Swiss franc, gold advance as risk-off stance is back on
September 4th, 2017
Asian stocks fell as investors turned to haven assets after North Korea’s dictatorship tested a nuclear bomb on Sunday, sending the yen, gold and Treasury futures higher. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index was on track for the biggest drop ...
