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Deloitte and the University of St.Gallen embarked on a joint study to investigate how Swiss serial acquirers organise their acquisition and integration activities, how they address their most pressing challenges and what makes them successful. The study is based on senior management interviews conducted with 25 Swiss serial acquirers. The findings uncover challenges and recent...

Hintermann, Christian; Lemann, Pascal; Sack, Mirko; Laamanen, Tomi; Sputtek, Rebekka & Reuter, Emmanuelle: Performance through focus - Seizing the global private banking opportunity. Zurich, Switzerland : KPMG AG Schweiz, 2012.

Hintermann, Christian; Cloughesy, Kevin; Rosenast, Guido; Antes, Nicolas; Erni, Gina; Laamanen, Tomi & Bian, Di: Clarity on Performance - Some limited change. Not radical enough. Zurich, Switzerland : KPMG AG Schweiz, 2017.

Swiss banks continue to rely excessively on financial markets. While good performances in 2017 were heavily driven by the positive market environment, a more challenging 2018 has exposed how weak banks really are. Most have made insufficient progress to enhance business and operating models or to adapt strategies and set ups to ensure sustainable success. If markets take a downturn,...

Dozens of governments have banned or limited exports of vital medical supplies and food. Are these legal under WTO and EU law? This chapter argues that while such bans are not allowed in normal times, the rules do not apply when the measures are justified on health grounds, are temporarily applied, and are aimed at preventing or relieving critical shortages of essential products. The...

In a negative interest rate environment, banks have generally proved reluctant to pass on negative interest rates to their retail depositors. Thus, banks that are more dependent on deposit funding face higher funding costs relative to other banks. This raises questions about the effect of negative interest rates on bank lending and monetary policy transmission. To study the...

We construct recursive solutions for, and study the properties of the dynamic equilibrium of an economy with three types of agents: (i) household/investors who supply labor with a finite elasticity, consume a large variety of goods that are not perfect substitutes and trade government bonds; (ii) firms that produce those varieties of goods, receive productivity shocks and set prices...

Boateng, George; Sels, Laura; Kuppens, Peter; Lüscher, Janina; Scholz, Urte; Kowatsch, Tobias

On March 24, 2020, the Government of India ordered a nationwide lockdown for 21 days as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus. The lockdown - in full force as we write - restricts 1.3 billion people from leaving their homes. Transport services are suspended, educational institutions are closed, and factories are shut down. This is in line with the measures...