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		<title>MBA &#8211; Top Business Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magnus Bachmann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Access MBA is sponsoring an event in Zurich bringing together Top Business Schools from around the world.<br />
Professionals seeking to advance their careers via an internationally-recognized business degree &#8211;the MBA—can meet a wide variety of institutions offering an MBA program and compare their respective merits.</p>
<p>This is the 5th consecutive year Access MBA sponsors the ‘One-to-One Tour’ with top ranking MBA programs.<br />
Access MBA started the One-to-One concept in 2003,  and offers professionals the chance to learn more about different international MBA programs by meeting admissions directors on an individual basis.</p>
<p>After registering online, prospective MBA students are matched with participating business schools that meet their criteria.  The 20-minute meetings with school representatives are scheduled both before and at the event.</p>
<p>The One-to-One tour is a selective and personalized series of events for  helping business professionals find the right MBA program. Consulting  is offered on the admissions process, the GMAT, etc., and detailed  information is given about how to be admitted to the best international  business schools.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Access MBA is sponsoring an event in Zurich bringing together Top Business Schools from around the world.<br />
Professionals seeking to advance their careers via an internationally-recognized business degree &#8211;the MBA—can meet a wide variety of institutions offering an MBA program and compare their respective merits.</p>
<p>This is the 5th consecutive year Access MBA sponsors the ‘One-to-One Tour’ with top ranking MBA programs.<br />
Access MBA started the One-to-One concept in 2003,  and offers professionals the chance to learn more about different international MBA programs by meeting admissions directors on an individual basis.</p>
<p>After registering online, prospective MBA students are matched with participating business schools that meet their criteria.  The 20-minute meetings with school representatives are scheduled both before and at the event.</p>
<p>The One-to-One tour is a selective and personalized series of events for  helping business professionals find the right MBA program. Consulting  is offered on the admissions process, the GMAT, etc., and detailed  information is given about how to be admitted to the best international  business schools.</p>
<p><a href="http://qual-features.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/qual-conference.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2473" title="qual-conference" src="http://qual-features.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/qual-conference-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a><a href="http://qual-features.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/qual-interview.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2474" title="qual-interview" src="http://qual-features.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/qual-interview-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a></p>
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		<title>Connection days pour les cadres en Suisse</title>
		<link>http://qual-features.com/archives/2422</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Boris Koralnik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Du <strong>lundi 21 novembre</strong> au <strong>vendredi 25 novembre</strong> 2011, de <strong>09h00</strong> à <strong>17h15</strong>.</p>
<p>Au programme: rencontre de 15 entreprises proposant plus de 50 offres d’emploi, conférences, ateliers et entretiens de conseils personnalisés, animés tout au long de la manifestation.</p>
<p>Les DRH présents recevront en entretien d’embauche les cadres qui auront été sélectionnés au préalable par l’APEC.<br />
Pour participer à cette sélection, il faut déposer son CV sur le site www.connectionsdays.com.</p>
<p>Attention : pour prendre part à cet événement, assister aux ateliers et bénéficier des rendez-vous de conseils individuels, il est nécessaire de s&#8217;inscrire <a rel="_blank" href="http://www.connection-days.com/fr/programme/">en ligne</a>.</p>
<p>Localisation: </p>
<div>Apec Suisse<br />
Geneva Business Center<br />
12 av des Morgines<br />
1213 Petit Lancy – Genève<br />
<a href="http://www.connection-days.com/fr/contact/" target="_blank">http://www.connection-days.com/fr/contact/</a></div>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Du <strong>lundi 21 novembre</strong> au <strong>vendredi 25 novembre</strong> 2011, de <strong>09h00</strong> à <strong>17h15</strong>.</p>
<p>Au programme: rencontre de 15 entreprises proposant plus de 50 offres d’emploi, conférences, ateliers et entretiens de conseils personnalisés, animés tout au long de la manifestation.</p>
<p>Les DRH présents recevront en entretien d’embauche les cadres qui auront été sélectionnés au préalable par l’APEC.<br />
Pour participer à cette sélection, il faut déposer son CV sur le site www.connectionsdays.com.</p>
<p>Attention : pour prendre part à cet événement, assister aux ateliers et bénéficier des rendez-vous de conseils individuels, il est nécessaire de s&#8217;inscrire <a rel="_blank" href="http://www.connection-days.com/fr/programme/">en ligne</a>.</p>
<p>Localisation: </p>
<div>Apec Suisse<br />
Geneva Business Center<br />
12 av des Morgines<br />
1213 Petit Lancy – Genève<br />
<a href="http://www.connection-days.com/fr/contact/" target="_blank">http://www.connection-days.com/fr/contact/</a></div>
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		<title>La reprise du luxe</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Boris Koralnik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Le succès du SIHH – la foire de la Haute Horlogerie à Genève &#8212; à la mi-janvier, a démontré que la reprise est arrivée pour le secteur du luxe.</p>
<p>Après une vigoureuse reprise des ventes de luxe au premier trimestre 2010, l’environnement s’était assombri avec les plans d’austérité qui se profilaient en Europe et avec la chute des marchés boursiers intervenue mi-avril dernier. Le joaillier italien Bulgari a estimé que le marché européen devrait rester difficile et que l’impact des mesures d’austérité face au mur de la dette se ferait surtout sentir en 2011. En même temps, La Prairie avait dit pour sa part ne pas anticiper avant 2012 un retour à ses niveaux d’avant la crise, tandis que pour Cerruti, les marchés français et italiens pourraient terminer l’année sur une note stable.  L’horloger Hublot, filiale du numéro un mondial du luxe LVMH, s’est lui aussi dit prudent pour l’année malgré un très fort rebond des ventes de montres en début d’année. L’Europe compte pour environ un quart du marché mondial du luxe.</p>
<p>La foire de SIHH est un baromètre de la santé du secteur et la foire a confirmé les commandes en hausse et un retour en bonne santé, largement due aux économies en Asie. Le marché asiatique talonne désormais les marchés européens.</p>
<p>Richemont (qui possède les marques Cartier, Montblanc, IWC, et autres) a affiché une hausse des ventes de 23%. Entre octobre et décembre 2010 le groupe a réalisé un chiffre d’affaire de EUR 775 million, en progression de 43% sur la même période l’année dernière.  </p>
<p>Tous les acteurs ont dit que c’est en Chine que la croissance des ventes du secteur a atteint souvent 20%, voire plus, et les économistes ne font pas de scénario de fort ralentissement de sa croissance. Le pays, devenu l’eldorado des groupes de luxe malgré des difficultés administratives et bureaucratiques, verra ainsi l’essentiel des ouvertures de boutiques.<br />
La zone euro est un marché important, mais la réserve de croissance se trouve aujourd’hui dans les pays émergents et notamment en Chine, dont la demande tire l’ensemble du secteur.<br />
Le consommateur chinois, pour qui luxe rime avec Occident, est devenu le premier consommateur du secteur &#8212; en comptant les achats réalisés dans le pays et ceux liés au tourisme &#8212; comptant pour environ 25% des ventes mondiales, devant l’Américain, l’Européen et le Japonais (à parts sensiblement égales de 20%).</p>
<p>Au SIHH, les directeurs de plusieurs marques ont fait le même constat: “la reprise est bien là.”</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Le succès du SIHH – la foire de la Haute Horlogerie à Genève &#8212; à la mi-janvier, a démontré que la reprise est arrivée pour le secteur du luxe.</p>
<p>Après une vigoureuse reprise des ventes de luxe au premier trimestre 2010, l’environnement s’était assombri avec les plans d’austérité qui se profilaient en Europe et avec la chute des marchés boursiers intervenue mi-avril dernier. Le joaillier italien Bulgari a estimé que le marché européen devrait rester difficile et que l’impact des mesures d’austérité face au mur de la dette se ferait surtout sentir en 2011. En même temps, La Prairie avait dit pour sa part ne pas anticiper avant 2012 un retour à ses niveaux d’avant la crise, tandis que pour Cerruti, les marchés français et italiens pourraient terminer l’année sur une note stable.  L’horloger Hublot, filiale du numéro un mondial du luxe LVMH, s’est lui aussi dit prudent pour l’année malgré un très fort rebond des ventes de montres en début d’année. L’Europe compte pour environ un quart du marché mondial du luxe.</p>
<p>La foire de SIHH est un baromètre de la santé du secteur et la foire a confirmé les commandes en hausse et un retour en bonne santé, largement due aux économies en Asie. Le marché asiatique talonne désormais les marchés européens.</p>
<p>Richemont (qui possède les marques Cartier, Montblanc, IWC, et autres) a affiché une hausse des ventes de 23%. Entre octobre et décembre 2010 le groupe a réalisé un chiffre d’affaire de EUR 775 million, en progression de 43% sur la même période l’année dernière.  </p>
<p>Tous les acteurs ont dit que c’est en Chine que la croissance des ventes du secteur a atteint souvent 20%, voire plus, et les économistes ne font pas de scénario de fort ralentissement de sa croissance. Le pays, devenu l’eldorado des groupes de luxe malgré des difficultés administratives et bureaucratiques, verra ainsi l’essentiel des ouvertures de boutiques.<br />
La zone euro est un marché important, mais la réserve de croissance se trouve aujourd’hui dans les pays émergents et notamment en Chine, dont la demande tire l’ensemble du secteur.<br />
Le consommateur chinois, pour qui luxe rime avec Occident, est devenu le premier consommateur du secteur &#8212; en comptant les achats réalisés dans le pays et ceux liés au tourisme &#8212; comptant pour environ 25% des ventes mondiales, devant l’Américain, l’Européen et le Japonais (à parts sensiblement égales de 20%).</p>
<p>Au SIHH, les directeurs de plusieurs marques ont fait le même constat: “la reprise est bien là.”</p>
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		<title>Et l&#8217;employeur vainqueur est&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://qual-features.com/archives/2328</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 22:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Dans le classement 2010 des meilleurs employeurs, LVMH reste l’employeur idéal des étudiants en écoles de commerce, et l’EADS celui des étudiants en écoles d’ingénieurs. Néanmoins, des nouveaux – comme Google &#8212; font leur apparition dans le Top 10.</p>
<p>La dernière enquête Universum des employeurs idéaux 2010 révèle que les futurs diplômés d&#8217;écoles de commerce, d&#8217;ingénieurs, d&#8217;universités en sciences naturelles/santé préfèrent, dans l’ordre, LVMH, EADS et Sanofi-Aventis.  La même étude démontre que l&#8217;objectif majeur de carrière des jeunes demeure l&#8217;équilibre entre la vie privée et la vie professionnelle. </p>
<p>Pour les étudiants en écoles de commerce LVMH reste la meilleure entreprise, talonnée de près par l’Oréal.  Diverses raisons sont citées pour ce choix, parmi lesquelles, la variété des métiers proposés et la diversité des profils recherchés.  Aussi, LVMH offre-t-il des stages pensés en vue d&#8217;un pré-recrutement et propose des projets de vie très attractifs en Asie Pacifique, aux Etats-Unis, en Amérique du Sud, en Europe ou en Russie. </p>
<p>En 2010,  Google s’est positionné sur la 3e marche. Après avoir fait son entrée directement à la 17e place en 2008, Google remplace Air France du Top 3, qui est tombée à la 5e place. De leur côté, Canal + et Danone se maintiennent respectivement à la 4e et à la 6e place. Nestlé a aussi grimpé les échelons, arrivant à la 7e place.  Le responsable de marketing  chez Universum France note que l’agroalimentaire attire de plus en plus les profils commerciaux, depuis la crise.  Autre surprise, Veolia Environnement prend la 10eme place.</p>
<p>Pour les ingénieurs, EADS continue de dominer le classement, et Veolia Environnement conserve sa seconde place. En 3e place, Google a profité d’un fort engouement au détriment d’EDF qui a perdu, cette année, deux places,  arrivant à la 5e position.  Les enquêteurs notent que les jeunes ingénieurs semblent être attirés par des secteurs  comme le High Tech; l’intérêt des ingénieurs pour le secteur de l’aérospatial et la défense se confirme en 2010. Thales s’est retrouvé à la 4e marche, montant de deux rangs.</p>
<p>La vue est différente pour les étudiants en sciences naturelles/santé.  Sanofi-Aventis reste quand-même le leader incontesté, mais le Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) a fait son entrée directement à la seconde place &#8212; une première pour un organisme public de recherche. Pfizer est tombé de la 3e place à la 5e position. Nestlé est également présent dans le Top 10 à la 6e marche des meilleurs employeurs des étudiants en sciences naturelles/santé. Veolia Environnement demeure au 7e rang. Google arrive aussi dans le Top 10.  Thales atterrit à la 9e position.</p>
<p>Malgré ses déboires, cette année la banque a retrouve son essor, au détriment des cabinets de conseil et d’audit. Les constructeurs tels que PSA Peugeot Citroën (16e) et BMW (19e)  ont perdu respectivement 4 et 6 places tandis qu’Ubisoft a gagné 11 places (25e) et Microsoft 6 rangs (13e).  </p>
<p>L’étude était réalisée en début 2010  auprès de 21’000 étudiants, issus de 100 grandes écoles de commerce (11’000), d’ingénieurs/IT (9’000) et de sciences naturelles/santé (1’000).  Moyenne d’âge des participants : 22 ans.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dans le classement 2010 des meilleurs employeurs, LVMH reste l’employeur idéal des étudiants en écoles de commerce, et l’EADS celui des étudiants en écoles d’ingénieurs. Néanmoins, des nouveaux – comme Google &#8212; font leur apparition dans le Top 10.</p>
<p>La dernière enquête Universum des employeurs idéaux 2010 révèle que les futurs diplômés d&#8217;écoles de commerce, d&#8217;ingénieurs, d&#8217;universités en sciences naturelles/santé préfèrent, dans l’ordre, LVMH, EADS et Sanofi-Aventis.  La même étude démontre que l&#8217;objectif majeur de carrière des jeunes demeure l&#8217;équilibre entre la vie privée et la vie professionnelle. </p>
<p>Pour les étudiants en écoles de commerce LVMH reste la meilleure entreprise, talonnée de près par l’Oréal.  Diverses raisons sont citées pour ce choix, parmi lesquelles, la variété des métiers proposés et la diversité des profils recherchés.  Aussi, LVMH offre-t-il des stages pensés en vue d&#8217;un pré-recrutement et propose des projets de vie très attractifs en Asie Pacifique, aux Etats-Unis, en Amérique du Sud, en Europe ou en Russie. </p>
<p>En 2010,  Google s’est positionné sur la 3e marche. Après avoir fait son entrée directement à la 17e place en 2008, Google remplace Air France du Top 3, qui est tombée à la 5e place. De leur côté, Canal + et Danone se maintiennent respectivement à la 4e et à la 6e place. Nestlé a aussi grimpé les échelons, arrivant à la 7e place.  Le responsable de marketing  chez Universum France note que l’agroalimentaire attire de plus en plus les profils commerciaux, depuis la crise.  Autre surprise, Veolia Environnement prend la 10eme place.</p>
<p>Pour les ingénieurs, EADS continue de dominer le classement, et Veolia Environnement conserve sa seconde place. En 3e place, Google a profité d’un fort engouement au détriment d’EDF qui a perdu, cette année, deux places,  arrivant à la 5e position.  Les enquêteurs notent que les jeunes ingénieurs semblent être attirés par des secteurs  comme le High Tech; l’intérêt des ingénieurs pour le secteur de l’aérospatial et la défense se confirme en 2010. Thales s’est retrouvé à la 4e marche, montant de deux rangs.</p>
<p>La vue est différente pour les étudiants en sciences naturelles/santé.  Sanofi-Aventis reste quand-même le leader incontesté, mais le Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) a fait son entrée directement à la seconde place &#8212; une première pour un organisme public de recherche. Pfizer est tombé de la 3e place à la 5e position. Nestlé est également présent dans le Top 10 à la 6e marche des meilleurs employeurs des étudiants en sciences naturelles/santé. Veolia Environnement demeure au 7e rang. Google arrive aussi dans le Top 10.  Thales atterrit à la 9e position.</p>
<p>Malgré ses déboires, cette année la banque a retrouve son essor, au détriment des cabinets de conseil et d’audit. Les constructeurs tels que PSA Peugeot Citroën (16e) et BMW (19e)  ont perdu respectivement 4 et 6 places tandis qu’Ubisoft a gagné 11 places (25e) et Microsoft 6 rangs (13e).  </p>
<p>L’étude était réalisée en début 2010  auprès de 21’000 étudiants, issus de 100 grandes écoles de commerce (11’000), d’ingénieurs/IT (9’000) et de sciences naturelles/santé (1’000).  Moyenne d’âge des participants : 22 ans.</p>
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		<title>Banks Recruit Again</title>
		<link>http://qual-features.com/archives/2155</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Boris Koralnik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>New indications show a strong acceleration in recruitment in the Swiss financial sector.</p>
<p>The return to profitability of the financial sector  &#8212; even if only a fictional result of massive and sustained printing of new money &#8212; is resulting in a new optimism and a renewed wave of hiring.</p>
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<p>Financial news services in Switzerland are all reporting a sharp rise in the number<br />
of job vacancies between June 2009 and May 2010, with UBS and Credit Suisse accounting for the  majority of new jobs and employment opportunities (consultancies have also risen but are not counted in the figures).</p>
<p>On the other hand, the survey show stagnation in the insurance industry. According to the financial news agencies banks are increasing their staff because they have lowered their overall operating costs.   In the insurance industry, such cost restructuring has not yet taken place.</p>
<p>Meanwhile the Swiss government accord with the USA for the handover of UBS accounts to the American tax authorities is set for approval by the Swiss parliament, despite the agreement&#8217;s being illegal under Swiss law.  Many representatives in Swiss parliament expressed frustration at having to choose between foreign engagements undertaken by the executive and Swiss law.</p>
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<p>The return to profitability of the financial sector  &#8212; even if only a fictional result of massive and sustained printing of new money &#8212; is resulting in a new optimism and a renewed wave of hiring.</p>
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<p>Financial news services in Switzerland are all reporting a sharp rise in the number<br />
of job vacancies between June 2009 and May 2010, with UBS and Credit Suisse accounting for the  majority of new jobs and employment opportunities (consultancies have also risen but are not counted in the figures).</p>
<p>On the other hand, the survey show stagnation in the insurance industry. According to the financial news agencies banks are increasing their staff because they have lowered their overall operating costs.   In the insurance industry, such cost restructuring has not yet taken place.</p>
<p>Meanwhile the Swiss government accord with the USA for the handover of UBS accounts to the American tax authorities is set for approval by the Swiss parliament, despite the agreement&#8217;s being illegal under Swiss law.  Many representatives in Swiss parliament expressed frustration at having to choose between foreign engagements undertaken by the executive and Swiss law.</p>
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		<title>Sunset over Swiss Banking Secrecy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magnus Bachmann</dc:creator>
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<p>Switzerland’s bank secrecy laws forbids financial institutions and intermediaries from transmitting to third parties information about customers.  The law dates to 1934 &#8212; Article 47 of the Federal Law on Banks and Savings Banks, punishing transgressions with sentences ranging up to 3 years in prison and fines of up to 250,000 francs.  Bank secrecy is also a part of contract law, transgressions liable to civil action. </p>
<p>In March 2009 a minor revolution took place with the federal council of Switzerland &#8212; its executive &#8212; changing the juridic landscape and and modifying the legal framework to conform to Article 26 of the Model Tax Convention of the OECD.  The Swiss people have not yet had an opportunity to vote on and ratify or reject the changes made by the executive council of federal government.</p>
<p>Late last month, the Swiss federal government also announced its intention to prohibit the filing in Switzerland of foreign funds not registered with their authority to regulate and tax ‘gray’ money, by which is usually meant undeclared funds. </p>
<p>Banking secrecy exists in several other jurisdictions besides Switzerland, such as the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Virgin Islands, &#8230;,the State of Delaware in the United States, the Bahamas, Andorra, Liechtenstein, and Singapore.  Historians claim that Switzerland’s 1934 banking secrecy law was motivated by commercial interests and the interests of tax competition. </p>
<p>Up until its recent repudiation, banking secrecy laws were lifted in some cases, particularly in the context of criminal proceedings, and requests for mutual administrative or judicial. Such requests originated from foreign authorities and targeted a specific customer identified in a designated bank. They were motivated usually by investigation for fraud or money laundering.  The recent upsets in Swiss jurisprudence now allow for routine requests from foreign authorities for simple tax evasion or undeclared funds on account. </p>
<p>The lines in the sand have been in continuous movement, with a bewildered, unfocused and irresolute Swiss government currently holding out for a non-automatic exchange of information. At this point Switzerland has agreed to communicate information on request to foreign authorities, but not to send it ‘automatically.&#8217;  Similarly, Switzerland has not yet agreed to provide information in transactions known as &#8220;fishing expeditions,&#8221; where a foreign authority asks for a list of customers without any particular criminal suspicions. </p>
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<p>Prior to 2009, Swiss law distinguished between tax evasion and fraud.  Therefore administrative assistance was granted only for cases in which fraud was at issue. The simple concealment of funds was not considered a pursuable offense.  However, part of the enormous changes that have taken place in Switzerland over the past 12 months are the abolition of this distinction: now the simple neglect to declare funds to a taxing authority, whatever the amount, is considered to be actionable.   </p>
<p>Many Swiss-based financiers comment that Switzerland has missed a golden opportunity to strengthen itself as a global financial center, arguing that the OECD’s placement of Switzerland on a ‘gray’ list would be toothless, and would have the added advantage, opposite the intentions of its drafters, of driving great quantities of funds into Switzerland.  Most of Switzerland’s banking and financial community does not understand why the government rushed to comply with the OECD’s directives; and many are openly calling the competence of government leaders into question, with councilor Hans Rudolf Merz in particular being singled out for ridicule and contempt in many Swiss newspapers.</p>
<p>Under pressure from the OECD, Switzerland undertook in March 2009 to revise its double taxation agreements with states asking for administrative assistance in accordance with Article 26 of the Model Tax Convention of OECD. Negotiating 12 revised conventions have allowed Switzerland to be removed from the OECD’s ‘gray list’ and receive the gold star of their approval.  In fact Switzerland she has renegotiated more than this number of conventions.  Additionally, within the generally cloudy juridic context and a weak, uncertain Swiss government, many other  scandals have shaken the Swiss banking environment.  </p>
<p>In December 2009, an employee at HSBC in Geneva gave French authorities bank data on taxpayers with hidden accounts in Switzerland. Thus France obtained through espionage a list of some 3,000 alleged tax evaders, which it intends to prosecute. It is also free to transmit this data to other States.  In February 2010, Germany purchased for Euro 2.5 million another stolen list, containing the data bank of 1500 German taxpayers with accounts mainly at Credit Suisse, apparently stolen by a German national working at the Bank. </p>
<p>Meanwhile, the banking and finance sector in Switzerland has suffered a massive exodus of funds and general panic as the legal environment appears to change from week to week.  </p>
<p>The Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) has tried to counter the government’s concessions with a proposal for a &#8220;final tax, or withholding tax that the banks would levy and disburse to foreign tax authorities, while ensuring the anonymity of their clients.  Compared to existing bilateral agreements with the European Union, this proposed system would extend the tax base to dividends and capital gains.   The European Union is not interested in this, but rather seeking the automatic exchange of information.</p>
<p>Seeking to avoid at all costs an automatic exchange of information but apparently unable to formulate such a stance on generally accepted notions of national sovereignty, the government said just recently in late February that it intended to prohibit the placement in Switzerland of foreign funds that had not been duly reported to their country’s tax authorities and that going forward ‘gray’ money would be strictly regulated. The methods for achieving these new goals were not elaborated.  </p>
<p>With each new successive demand, the Swiss government has given in and renegotiated previous accords and treaties in place.  </p>
<p>Automatic exchange of information would effectively remove the last vestiges that remain of Swiss bank secrecy.  </p>
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<p>Switzerland’s bank secrecy laws forbids financial institutions and intermediaries from transmitting to third parties information about customers.  The law dates to 1934 &#8212; Article 47 of the Federal Law on Banks and Savings Banks, punishing transgressions with sentences ranging up to 3 years in prison and fines of up to 250,000 francs.  Bank secrecy is also a part of contract law, transgressions liable to civil action. </p>
<p>In March 2009 a minor revolution took place with the federal council of Switzerland &#8212; its executive &#8212; changing the juridic landscape and and modifying the legal framework to conform to Article 26 of the Model Tax Convention of the OECD.  The Swiss people have not yet had an opportunity to vote on and ratify or reject the changes made by the executive council of federal government.</p>
<p>Late last month, the Swiss federal government also announced its intention to prohibit the filing in Switzerland of foreign funds not registered with their authority to regulate and tax ‘gray’ money, by which is usually meant undeclared funds. </p>
<p>Banking secrecy exists in several other jurisdictions besides Switzerland, such as the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Virgin Islands, &#8230;,the State of Delaware in the United States, the Bahamas, Andorra, Liechtenstein, and Singapore.  Historians claim that Switzerland’s 1934 banking secrecy law was motivated by commercial interests and the interests of tax competition. </p>
<p>Up until its recent repudiation, banking secrecy laws were lifted in some cases, particularly in the context of criminal proceedings, and requests for mutual administrative or judicial. Such requests originated from foreign authorities and targeted a specific customer identified in a designated bank. They were motivated usually by investigation for fraud or money laundering.  The recent upsets in Swiss jurisprudence now allow for routine requests from foreign authorities for simple tax evasion or undeclared funds on account. </p>
<p>The lines in the sand have been in continuous movement, with a bewildered, unfocused and irresolute Swiss government currently holding out for a non-automatic exchange of information. At this point Switzerland has agreed to communicate information on request to foreign authorities, but not to send it ‘automatically.&#8217;  Similarly, Switzerland has not yet agreed to provide information in transactions known as &#8220;fishing expeditions,&#8221; where a foreign authority asks for a list of customers without any particular criminal suspicions. </p>
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<p>Prior to 2009, Swiss law distinguished between tax evasion and fraud.  Therefore administrative assistance was granted only for cases in which fraud was at issue. The simple concealment of funds was not considered a pursuable offense.  However, part of the enormous changes that have taken place in Switzerland over the past 12 months are the abolition of this distinction: now the simple neglect to declare funds to a taxing authority, whatever the amount, is considered to be actionable.   </p>
<p>Many Swiss-based financiers comment that Switzerland has missed a golden opportunity to strengthen itself as a global financial center, arguing that the OECD’s placement of Switzerland on a ‘gray’ list would be toothless, and would have the added advantage, opposite the intentions of its drafters, of driving great quantities of funds into Switzerland.  Most of Switzerland’s banking and financial community does not understand why the government rushed to comply with the OECD’s directives; and many are openly calling the competence of government leaders into question, with councilor Hans Rudolf Merz in particular being singled out for ridicule and contempt in many Swiss newspapers.</p>
<p>Under pressure from the OECD, Switzerland undertook in March 2009 to revise its double taxation agreements with states asking for administrative assistance in accordance with Article 26 of the Model Tax Convention of OECD. Negotiating 12 revised conventions have allowed Switzerland to be removed from the OECD’s ‘gray list’ and receive the gold star of their approval.  In fact Switzerland she has renegotiated more than this number of conventions.  Additionally, within the generally cloudy juridic context and a weak, uncertain Swiss government, many other  scandals have shaken the Swiss banking environment.  </p>
<p>In December 2009, an employee at HSBC in Geneva gave French authorities bank data on taxpayers with hidden accounts in Switzerland. Thus France obtained through espionage a list of some 3,000 alleged tax evaders, which it intends to prosecute. It is also free to transmit this data to other States.  In February 2010, Germany purchased for Euro 2.5 million another stolen list, containing the data bank of 1500 German taxpayers with accounts mainly at Credit Suisse, apparently stolen by a German national working at the Bank. </p>
<p>Meanwhile, the banking and finance sector in Switzerland has suffered a massive exodus of funds and general panic as the legal environment appears to change from week to week.  </p>
<p>The Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) has tried to counter the government’s concessions with a proposal for a &#8220;final tax, or withholding tax that the banks would levy and disburse to foreign tax authorities, while ensuring the anonymity of their clients.  Compared to existing bilateral agreements with the European Union, this proposed system would extend the tax base to dividends and capital gains.   The European Union is not interested in this, but rather seeking the automatic exchange of information.</p>
<p>Seeking to avoid at all costs an automatic exchange of information but apparently unable to formulate such a stance on generally accepted notions of national sovereignty, the government said just recently in late February that it intended to prohibit the placement in Switzerland of foreign funds that had not been duly reported to their country’s tax authorities and that going forward ‘gray’ money would be strictly regulated. The methods for achieving these new goals were not elaborated.  </p>
<p>With each new successive demand, the Swiss government has given in and renegotiated previous accords and treaties in place.  </p>
<p>Automatic exchange of information would effectively remove the last vestiges that remain of Swiss bank secrecy.  </p>
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