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An analysis of Credit Suisse’s recent demise reveals that the underlying issues primarily stemmed from inadequate capital reserves and diminishing stakeholder trust. The catastrophic losses associated with the Archegos Capital and Greensill Capital scandals, which collectively amounted to billions, underscore significant shortcomings in the bank’s risk management framework. These excess risks were assumed without appropriate…
Swiss housing costs know only one direction (data: Federal Office for Statistics). There was actually an unauthorised demonstration in Winterthur (Canton of Zurich) on Saturday about this (organised by AlternativeListe). Interestingly, the police press release did not state the reason and media just reported there was an unauthorised demonstration and many people were sanctioned. Politics…
➡️As part of my ongoing analysis, I employed Python and Whisper’s advanced transcription model to convert the conference call from yesterday into text. The results were surprisingly comprehensive, outperforming the official transcription provided on the company’s website. While the processing time was extensive, largely due to the model’s ability to accurately capture various accents and…
The journey of silver as an investment has been notably volatile since 2021. The performance of the ZKB Silver ETF (CHF, ISIN: CH0183136024) reveals a year-on-year return exceeding 33%. For investors who acquired this asset in November 2020, the returns have reached 15%. However, when viewed in USD terms, silver has experienced an impressive year-on-year…
In examining the financial results of UBS, a notable trend emerges in the composition of its fee income, particularly in the areas of portfolio management and investment fund fees. The revenues generated from portfolio management—often characterized as custody fees or account maintenance fees based on assets under management—constitute a stable 45% of UBS’s total fee…
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