Edmond de Rothschild bank to be taken private by family
Move would make company the only Swiss private bank to be 100% family owned
December 2017
Business live
ECB hikes growth forecasts but admits losses on Steinhoff bonds - as it happened
All the day’s economic and financial news, as central bankers hold their final monetary policy meetings of 2017
August 2017
Investors move to safe havens as US and North Korea trade threats
Gold rises to highest level in almost two months, while Swiss franc increases by more than 1% against US dollar
May 2016
Big bucks: high denomination banknotes - in pictures
From the 1,000 Swiss franc note to the $10,000 Singapore dollar note, here are some of the world’s highest-value notes
February 2016
Swiss 1,000-franc note here to stay, says national bank
Switzerland vows to keep world’s most valuable single-denomination note despite ECB moves to pull its €500 note to help fight crime and terrorism
February 2015
Swiss central bank now has ‘unofficial euro target’
After January’s turmoil in the foreign exchange markets, Swiss newspaper reports that there is a corridor of between 1.05 to 1.10 francs to the eurozone currency
January 2015
Economics blog
What a $7.54 Swiss Big Mac tells us about global currencies
Nils Pratley on finance
Unilever’s weak results show it’s a low growth, low inflation world
Observer business agenda
Swiss currency hammering extends beyond Upton Park
Swiss currency crisis claims casualties across the world
Swiss bank’s currency U-turn hurts watchmakers, skiers and traders
Thomas Jordan - ‘the most hated man in foreign exchange?’
Cartier owner’s shares hit by Swiss currency turmoil and Hong Kong protest
Swiss franc Q&A – what the currency changes mean for tourists
Swiss franc - what the economists say
Economics blog
Swiss currency shock: blame the bank in Frankfurt not Zurich
December 2014
Switzerland shifts to negative interest in bid to weaken Swiss franc
Q&A: Switzerland’s negative interest rates
January 2012
Swiss central banker steps down to save SNB credibility
Nils Pratley on finance
Philipp Hildebrand had to go to protect the Swiss National Bank
