Banking Barometer 2026
In 2025, real growth of the Swiss economy reached 1.5%, remaining below its multi-year average.
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360 billion CHF
Swiss Private Market Assets Under Management. SECA (Swiss Private Equity and Corporate Finance Association) p.8
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CHF 3.1bn
Swiss Venture Capital Invested Capital. SECA (Swiss Private Equity and Corporate Finance Association) p.18
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6.5 trillion USD
Global Private Capital AUM. SECA (Swiss Private Equity and Corporate Finance Association) p.9
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1.24 billion CHF
Swiss Venture Capital Investment (2018). SECA (Swiss Private Equity and Corporate Finance Association) p.19
Swiss Banking Outlook 2026
Swiss real GDP growth is projected to reach 1,0 Prozent in 2026 and 1,4 Prozent in 2027.
Financial Services Internal Audit Planning Priorities 2026
Geopolitical risk acts as a key driver of traditional and emerging risks, featuring in over 50% of the topics discussed in the report.
Economic Importance of the Swiss Financial Sector
In 2024, the Swiss financial sector directly generated a gross value added of CHF 73.2 Mrd. and supported 245’800 jobs (FTE).
Banking Barometer 2025
In 2024, Swiss real gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed to 1,0 %, while the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) forecasts a slight recovery to 1,3 % for 2025.
SECA Yearbook 2025
Swiss fund managers oversaw around CHF 360 billion in private market investments by the end of 2024.
IFZ FinTech Study 2024
reached 483 companies by the close of 2023, reflecting a yearly growth of eleven percent, while Liechtenstein hosted 22 FinTech companies.
Swiss Insurance Industry Sustainability Report 2024
The Swiss insurance sector generated CHF 28.1 billion in direct gross value and managed investments totaling CHF 528 billion.
SECA Yearbook 2023
SECA represents more than 500 members including investment companies, banks, corporate finance advisors, auditing firms, lawyers, and private investors in Switzerland.
SECA Yearbook 2022
European private equity deal activity reached more than EUR 754 billion in 2021, moving well above trend growth.
SECA Yearbook 2020
Total assets under management invested globally in private markets ballooned to an all-time high of US $6.5 trillion.
SECA Yearbook 2019
The estimated $757 billion fresh commitment flows to private capital worldwide in 2018 stands 18% below 2017's record fund raising of $925 billion.
Swiss Venture Capital Report 2019
In 2018, nearly CHF 1.24 billion in venture capital was invested in Swiss start-ups, representing an increase of 31.8% on the previous year.
A portrait
Switzerland's financial sector employs over 200,000 people and generates nearly ten per cent of the country's gross domestic product.