Swiss National Bank (SNB) Publications

Publications

Consultation on revised National Bank Ordinance

		Press release of 5 April 2013: Revision of financial market infrastructure oversight: Swiss National Bank launches consultation phase
		Information on consultation
		Consultation draft of revised National Bank Ordinance
		Explanatory notes on consultation draft of revised National Bank Ordinance (available in German only)

Commission of experts on the ‘too big to fail’ issue

Media conference of 4 October 2010 (www.sif.admin.ch) - report and speeches (partly in German and French only)

Implementing the countercyclical capital buffer in Switzerland: concretising the Swiss National Bank’s role (fact sheet): Clarifies the SNB’s role in the process of activating, adjusting and deactivating the countercyclical capital buffer (CCB) and outlines the SNB’s internal approach for reaching a CCB decision.

Financial Stability Report: Contains the SNB's assessment of the stability of the banking sector.

Report on business continuity planning in the Swiss financial centre: Contains recommendations on contingency planning and crisis management in the Swiss financial centre.

Report "Assessment of SIX x-clear AG against the Recommendations for Central Counterparties".

Research articles: As part of the research conducted in the field of financial stability, specialist papers are published in external journals or in the SNB's economic publications (SNB Working Papers, SNB Economic Papers).

Background articles: As part of the SNB's supervisory activities, articles are published on the functioning of financial market infrastructures, payment and securities settlement systems, and system oversight by the SNB.

		Behind the scenes of financial markets: A look at the Swiss financial market infrastructure
		Detailed descriptions of individual payment and securities settlement systems
		Oversight of payment and securities settlement systems by the Swiss National Bank
		An examination of the economics of payment card systems