Switserland

Retail Asia29/11/2022

UBS named a new head of marketing and digital sales for its Switzerland business to replace the current manager who is moving to another role within the bank at the group level. After eight years as the head of marketing and digital sales for UBS Switzerland, Daniel Fischer is moving to group communications and branding starting January […]

Retail Asia12/10/2022

Swiss digital bank Alpian received its banking license from Finma in April. The launch of its private banking app marks the start of business operations. Alpian bills itself as the first Finma-licensed digital private bank in Switzerland. The app, through which the bank exclusively offers its services, is now available for download in the Apple […]

Retail Asia11/10/2022

Switzerland’s largest bank will lease 250,000 square feet of new office space in Hong Kong outside the traditional central business district. Swiss banking giant UBS will lease 250,000 square feet of new office space in Hong Kong, according to a statement by Sun Hung Kai, the developer of the property. According to them, UBS, as the first anchor […]

Retail Asia03/10/2022

The Swiss accountancy firm is adding two specialists to its management team. Deloitte Switzerland is appointing Liza Engel to chief sustainability officer and Yousif Al-Adhami to technology advisory leader and adding both to its management board, effective immediately, it said in its results report last week. Engel, who has been with Deloite Switzerland for four years, was previously 15 […]

Retail Asia19/07/2022

High inflation in the EU area and geopolitical uncertainties are some reasons why Europeans move assets to Switzerland. Yet as the country drifts further away from Brussels, going after these clients could become more complicated. Swiss banks are not allowed to proactively solicit clients in Europe unless they have a branch in the respective market. […]

Retail Asia21/04/2022

It seems rather paradoxical that Switzerland is both a hub for sustainability and an energy-gobbling blockchain hub. The latest data from Switzerland’s Department of Finance underscores the growing importance of blockchain and fintech for the country’s financial sector. At the same time, sustainable investments are high on the agenda in Switzerland, the two seemingly at […]

Retail Asia23/02/2022

HSBC’s turned a profit in 2021. Planned job cuts are not expected to affect the client business. The Swiss subsidiary of British financial group HSBC reported a pre-tax profit of $44 million last year, more than reversing the previous year’s loss of $16 million, according to the bank’s annual report. The wealth & personal banking division […]

Retail Asia27/10/2021

Singapore will be adding two countries to the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) scheme, under which travelers will only need to take a Covid-19 swab test after arrival and before departure in Singapore. Vaccinated travelers from Switzerland and Australia will be able to enter Singapore without serving stay-home notices from November 8, the Civil Aviation Authority […]

Retail Asia16/04/2021

Piaget, the luxury watch brand from Switzerland, will be opening more stores in 2021, especially in the Middle East and China, Chief Executive Chabi Nouri has told Reuters. “We’ll open more stores this year. We’ll reopen a flagship store in Beverly Hills and also have projects in the Middle East and China,” Nouri noted in […]

Retail Asia08/03/2021

Despite the increasing discord between China and the U.S., Switzerland wants to further deepen its cooperation in financial matters with the Far East nation. Swiss Finance Minister Ueli Maurer exchanged views with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He at a virtual ministerial meeting (yesterday) Wednesday, according to a statement from the Federal Department of Finance (FDF). The two politicians each had […]

Retail Asia09/04/2019

The Swiss Embassy in Singapore appointed a new Head of the Swiss Business Hub for the ASEAN region. Renee Koh joined the Swiss Embassy already in November 2018 as the new Head of the Swiss Business Hub for the ASEAN region, according to a news release on Thursday. The Swiss Business Hub ASEAN is part […]

Retail Asia14/04/2016

The Indonesian flag carrier, Garuda Indonesia, and the Government of Switzerland will strengthen cooperation in the field of aircraft maintenance through a subsidiary of Garuda Maintenance Facilities (GMF). Director of Engineering and Information Technology of Garuda Indonesia, Iwan Joeniarto, said here on Friday (April 1) that the cooperation has been established in the form of […]

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UBS Switzerland Marketing Manager Moves to Group

Switzerland’s First Private Digital Bank is Open for Business

UBS Secures New Office Space in Hong Kong

Deloitte Switzerland Expands Management Team

EU Looking to Lock Switzerland Out

Switzerland as a Sustainability, Blockchain and Fintech Hub

HSBC Switzerland Turns Profits and Cuts Jobs

Singapore Expands Travel Lane Scheme to Switzerland

Piaget to expand store network across China

Switzerland and China to Deepen Finance Ties

New Head of Swiss Business Hub in Singapore

Garuda Indonesia, Switzerland strengthen cooperation on airplane maintenance