Ambition: leading worldwide, rooted in Switzerland
Today, the Swiss financial centre ranks among the most important worldwide and is a major contributor to the Swiss economy. It performs key services for national and international businesses, and for the Swiss population.
Global financial centre
Today, the Swiss financial centre ranks among the most important worldwide and is a major contributor to the Swiss economy. It performs key services for national and international businesses, and for the Swiss population.
Quality, competitiveness, future viability
The primary objective of a Federal Council strategy must therefore be to maintain and develop framework conditions that allow financial services in Switzerland and working out of Switzerland to continue meeting the highest expectations set by its national and international clientele while keeping pace with societal changes. In other words: the financial centre must have optimum conditions in order to remain competitive and future-proof while providing top quality.
Openness, innovation, reliability, trustworthiness
In Switzerland, financial services can rely on an environment that is almost unique in the world as regards its combination of factors: uninterrupted legal, political and financial stability, a competitive and simple tax system, a top-quality infrastructure, openness and a high degree of innovativeness, high expectations in terms of the responsibility and competence of citizens and authorities, and sound public finances thanks to a constitutionally anchored budget policy with a long-term outlook. The COVID-19 crisis has underlined and reaffirmed the importance of reliability, trustworthiness and resilience.
Value creation, sustainability, stability
In the future, too, the financial centre should be able to generate added value and employment in Switzerland, and contribute to sustainable development. FINMA's risk-based supervision and the Swiss National Bank's independent monetary policy continue to be key pillars and complement the Federal Council's policy for a future-proof Swiss financial centre.
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Policy for a future-proof Swiss financial centre
Leading worldwide, rooted in Switzerland: Policy for a future-proof Swiss financial centre
A strong financial centre is key for the Swiss economy and Switzerland's standing as an international location. Switzerland should therefore maintain its place among world-leading, modern and globally active financial centres. The Federal Council wants to assist and support this with a sound and dynamic financial market policy.
Ambition: leading worldwide, rooted in Switzerland
Today, the Swiss financial centre ranks among the most important worldwide and is a major contributor to the Swiss economy. It performs key services for national and international businesses, and for the Swiss population.
The Swiss financial centre today: sound, global, in transition
The figures show that Switzerland currently has a financial centre that provides the Swiss economy with essential services and contributes to the country's international competitiveness.
Trends: more hotly contested, more digital, more sustainable
In recent years, new developments have come to prominence; in the political environment, and particularly in technology. Context and priorities have changed and fracture lines are emerging. The following main trends have emerged:
Strategic thrusts: innovative, interconnected, sustainable
The trends described above will shape the environment for Swiss financial market policy and the Swiss financial centre for the years to come. In terms of the ambition stated at the outset, this yields three strategic thrusts for financial market policy.