A strong legal framework and a well-coordinated financial safety net are of critical importance for the stability of the Swiss financial system. The Swiss National Bank (SNB), the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), and the Federal Department of Finance (FDF) play vital roles...

Switzerland has a large and sophisticated insurance market, which demonstrated resilience over time. The insurance industry, with overall premiums accounting for 60 percent of the Swiss GDP, has adapted to a long period of low interest rates and managed the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic. The...

The institutional setup for macroprudential policy needs to be improved to support effective responses to systemic risks. Unchanged since the 2019 FSAP, the SNB oversees macroprudential matters and makes Countercyclical Capital Buffer (CCyB) proposals but lacks voting power on CCyB decisions....

Switzerland has a large securities market and one of the world’s largest asset and wealth management industries, where banks play a dominant role. Swiss asset managers manage CHF 7.87 trillion in assets, among others CHF 1.3 trillion in collective assets and CHF 1.9 trillion in discretionary...

The Swiss financial system has navigated turbulent times since the 2019 FSAP. The COVID 19 pandemic, geopolitical conflicts, and the collapse of Credit Suisse (CS) in 2023—previously the second largest G-SIB relative to domestic GDP in the world—have tested the resilience of the Swiss...

This paper presents the Financial System Stability Assessment report for Switzerland. The Swiss financial system is large, sophisticated, and of global importance, especially through its asset and wealth management services. It has faced significant challenges since the last financial sector...

This Selected Issues paper examines Swiss labor productivity from a firm-level perspective, highlighting factors that influence recent trends. Switzerland's strong labor productivity is driven by robust R&D, a high-quality education system, and deep global integration. However, challenges such...

This study investigates the complex relationship between insurance and investment strategies in the Czech Republic using a PICOT-PRISMA approach that focuses on high-impact Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) articles from Q1-Q3 journals. By examining both mandatory and optional insurance...