Financial Institutions

The key financial institutions include banks, insurance companies, asset managers, fund providers, and the stock exchange as an infrastructure provider. A total of 100,000 employees and several thousand companies and organizations make up the financial center in the Zurich area. The extensive network of financial players and the quality of their services are especially prized. Although Zurich is not a huge city, its economic importance, cosmopolitan orientation, and high quality of life make it particularly attractive as a financial center.

Banks

Zurich is Switzerland's leading banking center, thanks in no small measure to the high quality of the banking services it provides. Alongside first-class private banking and asset management, the investment banking segment is very prominent. More…

Insurance

Zurich is a major location for insurance companies. About 20,000 employees deal with all aspects of the insurance business in Zurich and the surrounding area. Some of the insurance groups based here have a strong international focus and are numbered among the global leaders. More…

 Broker-Dealer

Broker-Dealers are firms in the securities business for clients, including proprietary traders, market maker, issuing houses and derivative companies. One in every three broker-dealers in Switzerland is based in Zurich. More…

Asset Managers

Asset management by non banks has seen very dynamic development over the last 15 years thanks to favorable conditions for non banks. Zurich's asset managers serve growing numbers of clients from Switzerland and abroad. More…

Fund Providers

The Swiss fund market offers a wide range of products that enable every investor to implement his preferred investment strategy. Switzerland has more than 600 fund management companies, representatives and distributors for investment funds. Many of them work from the Zurich Financial Center. More…

Specialist Financial Service Providers

Specialist financial service providers include hedge funds, private equity companies, venture capital providers, family offices, commodities traders, and other providers of alternative investments. They offer the ideal complement to the classical range of banking and insurance services. More…

Stock Exchanges

Financial market players will find that Switzerland offers a modern and efficient stock market infrastructure which is mainly operated from Zurich. More…