Switzerland’s reputation of excellence and stability has turned it into a world centre of finance for more than three centuries.

In this field, LAKE GENEVA REGION offers excellent conditions to an enterprise that can count on the services of the best financial management and tax specialists.

LAKE GENEVA REGION offers:

• an excellent financial stability,
• a wide transparency,
• a weakly regulated government system (2nd place as regards the flexibility of its regulation of the employment market),
• high-performance solutions,
• a bank confidentiality that forbids whosoever to violate the professional secrecy that protects any bank client, be it a Swiss or a foreigner, a private individual or an enterprise.

Furthermore, the numbered accounts, thanks to which only a few people of the bank know the owner, assure a discretion that is envied the world over.

The UBS and the Crédit Suisse Group (CS) are the two most important Swiss banks. There are also cantonal and regional banks that play an important role, particularly for the local market. Two leading sectors of the region must be noted:

• the private fortune management (LODH, Pictet, Mirabaud & Cie, etc.)
• and the financing of the international business (BNP Paribas)

The Swiss Federal Banking Commission, the official control organ, has permitted the opening of 370 financial institutions in Switzerland. The country also has 130 foreign financial institutions and a Stock Exchange, the Swiss exchange (SWX). Apart from the purely financial services, LAKE GENEVA REGION also has quite a number of venture capital specialists, and of very attractive business credits to enterprises, or financial instruments for export transactions.

Bank and financial events

SWX Swiss Stock Exchange

Swiss Bankers Association

Swiss bank confidentiality