This paper examines the technical efficiency of private banking institutions in Switzerland and Liechtenstein by means of data envelopment analysis (DEA). The average wealth manager's relative inefficiency level is found to exceed 20% in most of the years between 2003-2007. Results also reveal...

If banks' performance is to be be evaluated against the objectives they actually pursue, assessments of stakeholder-oriented banks should go beyond financial efficiency. Furthermore, also the environment these institutions operate in has to be kept in mind when interpreting levels of managerial...

Mit finanzieller Unterstützung der Stiftung Ecoscientia und des NCCR FINRISK(National Centre of Competence in Research „Financial Valuation and RiskManagement“) hat das Institut für schweizerisches Bankwesen der UniversitätZürich eine Neuauflage der je in den Jahren 2000, 2002, 2004,...