## 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

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### 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**
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_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2016/12/31/switzerland-financial-system-stability-assessment-update-21022_