Switzerland: Financial System Stability Assessment Update

IMF Staff Country Reports, June 4, 2007

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Bibliographic details

• Published: June 4, 2007
• Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451807325.002

Key findings

• Current domestic macroeconomic and financial sector conditions are favorable.
• The main downside risks to the financial sector are external.
• Stress tests confirm the banking system’s resiliency.
• Some insurers are vulnerable to market risks.
• Several pension funds are underfunded and need to strengthen their funding levels.
• Impressive progress has been made to strengthen the financial sector supervisory framework since the 2001 Financial Sector Assessment Program.

Subject coverage and keywords

• Subject: Banking, Commercial banks, Expenditure, Financial institutions, Financial sector policy and analysis, Hedge funds, Insurance companies, Pension spending, Stress testing
• Keywords: bank, bank assets, banking sector, cantonal bank, Commercial banks, CR, credit derivative, Global, hedge fund, Hedge funds, Insurance companies, ISCR, large bank, market, Pension spending, SFBC, Stress testing, Switzerland

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• Switzerland: Financial System Stability Assessment Update; IMF Country Report 07/187; May 2, 2007
  • Switzerland: Financial System Stability Assessment Update; IMF Country Report 07/187; May 2, 2007 (Markdown version)
  • Switzerland: Financial System Stability Assessment Update; IMF Country Report 07/187; May 2, 2007 (PDF)