
“Last year, SNP chief Thomas Jordan requested a [buffer] to be introduced for Swiss banks, forcing them to hold an additional one percent of risk-weighted assets to stave off the potential dangers of the housing boom. Earlier this year, as worries about a bubble increased, the SNB instigated a number of policies to prevent any more dramatic rises. This included doubling the capital buffer requirement to two percent. However, despite a partial slowdown since January, Jordan told reporters in March that the work was not yet done. ‘The pace has slowed, but we are far away from the soft landing we want. We don’t yet see the slowdown that we would like to see.'”
http://www.worldfinance.com/wealth-management/bursting-switzerlands-bubble
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