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Switzerland has one of the strongest and most advanced free market economies in the world. Not only that, it also regularly appears on the top of indexes such as ‘global innovation’ and ‘global competitiveness’. Industry leaders in virtually every sector have Switzerland as their home base. Switzerland has a strong competitive positioning and enjoys political stability with favourable structural conditions. Major banks as well as healthcare, consumer and luxury goods and services companies are just a few examples.

What are the strengths of the Swiss economy?

Innovation and technology

Three of Switzerland’s strengths are especially prominent:

• High degree of innovation,
• Supremely educated workforce
• First-class scientific research organizations, and cutting-edge technologies.

Research and Development Hub: World-Class Universities and research

• R&D: Switzerland invests almost 3.4% of its GDP in research and development, one of the highest percentages in the world. More than 60 universities help to ensure the highest level of professional work.
• International innovation hub: Organizations and companies from Switzerland and abroad value the country’s excellent research platform and its role as an international innovation hub.
• Many companies are based in Switzerland, from biopharmaceutical giants Bristol-Myers Squibb and Roivant Sciences to the research centers of Disney and Google.
• Almost half of Swiss workers are employed in knowledge-intensive industries. High-tech products form an important pillar of the country’s economic success and excellent reputation.
• Intellectual property is effectively protected through patent, trademark, design, and copyright law. In 2019, more than 8,000 patent applications were filed in Switzerland. This is the seventh highest figure in the world and it is the highest figure worldwide per capita.
• Nobel Prize: Switzerland’s international leadership in research is also apparent in the number of Nobel Prize laureates per capita: Switzerland has the highest figure worldwide in this area as well.

Cross-Border Cooperation

As an important center of research, Switzerland attracts highly qualified foreign researchers.

- Several internationally important institutions are based in Switzerland. For example, the European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN, the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology CSEM and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI).

- CERN is considered to be one of the most important centers in the world for basic research in physics. It was here, in the late 1980s, that the World Wide Web was developed.

- The Swiss research community actively participates in the cross-border exchange of knowledge. It is well integrated in the cooperation networks of major European nations and covers a wide spectrum of research fields.

Leading Industries and Technologies: A strong location for strong business

Significant international companies choose to locate their headquarters in Switzerland.

• The excellent collaboration between academia and industry in Switzerland ensures the rapid transfer of technology in the field of research and development.
• Three Swiss groups, Roche, Nestle, and Novartis, are among the 40 most valuable companies in the world.
• More than 850 multinational companies have their regional or global headquarters in Switzerland, including giants like Johnson & Johnson, Google, Japan Tobacco, Medtronic, and Adidas.

A unique combination of industry clusters

Switzerland has world-renowned universities and research institutes in the field of artificial intelligence (AI).

• Thanks to legislation favorable to data protection and the proximity to top research, prestigious major tech corporations like Google, IBM, and Microsoft conduct their AI research from Switzerland.
• Thanks to outstandingly educated ICT specialists, Switzerland has an excellent base for further growth and innovation in the field of digitization technologies.
• Based on a long tradition in the machine, electrical engineering, metalworking, and watchmaking industries, a highly industrialized precision cluster has developed in Switzerland and is taking up a leading position in the area of robotics and advanced manufacturing in the digital shift era. Various international companies such as ABB, Oerlikon, Schindler, and Hamilton are optimizing their existing production processes in Switzerland with digital solutions.
• Switzerland has one of the most well-established life sciences clusters in the world. As a leading neutral location for global company headquarters, it is extremely attractive for global chemical and pharmaceutical companies such as BeiGene, Takeda, and Biogen, which have located their headquarters and production in Switzerland.
• Switzerland is optimally equipped for the new era of personalized health, in which data is integrated into the healthcare system.
• Switzerland has also developed into an innovation hub for blockchain. Crypto Valley, originating in Zug, has now become a global hub for international development in blockchain technology. Blockchain technology is used in the fields of supply chain management, the insurance industry, energy provision, and logistics.

Successful dual education system: Swiss professionals are among the best in the world

The Swiss education system enjoys an excellent reputation worldwide. In the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report, the Swiss education system has ranked first for many years.

The young Swiss professionals are among the world’s best. This is due to Switzerland’s dual education system, which allows everybody to have career opportunities and to succeed at work.

Switzerland’s dual education system combines an internationally highly regarded academic education with direct, practice-oriented vocational training. Together, the university degree courses and apprenticeships ensure an ideal mix of talent spanning both theory and practice.

Investment and trade

Switzerland is an attractive location for foreign investors. At the end of 2018, foreign direct investments amounted to approximately 1’300 billion Swiss francs.

Switzerland is an important player in world trade. Exports make up around 33% of the gross domestic product. As a result, Switzerland has taken a leading role among the important exporters in world trade, with regard to both goods and services.

Automobile and aviation industry:

The classic example of a successful export-oriented branch of industry is what is known as Switzerland’s “secret automobile and aviation industry” – a little-known network of highly specialized manufacturing companies and problem-solvers providing components for a range of areas, from precision and micromechanics to materials technology, plastics, and textiles.

Innovation Focus Areas in Switzerland

With 242 funding rounds in 2018, Switzerland ranked fifth behind Sweden. Its funding volume of €1.3 million even puts it at number four, after France, Germany and the UK. Switzerland as a whole is also far out in front in Europe, a report from EY reveals.

Switzerland Innovation focuses on five innovation focus areas:

• Health and life sciences,
• Mobility and transportation,
• Energy, environment and natural resources,
• Manufacturing and production,
• and computer and computational science.

Each of these fields is a breeding ground for the development of a broad range of innovations that benefit society in areas such as robotics, artificial intelligence, space, nanotechnology, materials research, additive manufacturing, diagnostics, cancer treatments, or renewable energy.

List of projects/properties open to investors

• Complete management (private bank with all VIP services included)
  • Dynamic investment funds (modifiable at any time according to the client's wishes)
  • Tax optimization included
  • Mandates due to incapacity
  • Management of extra-mandatory LPP assets
  • Many other services making life easier for investors, etc.
• Investment funds
  • Different types according to nature/form/sector/region/etc.
• Swiss start-up in the field of medical innovation
• Hotels, restaurants, bars & casinos (Switzerland, Tunisia)
• Real estate - Purchase/Sale (Switzerland, France, Tunisia, Sicily, Mauritius, Greece, Croatia, Dubai, Bahrain, etc.)
• Discotheques and private clubs (Geneva)
• Alternative products with high plus value (Rum, Balsamic, Whiskey, etc.)
  • Gain taxed as an increase in wealth and not as tax-attractive income ð fiscally attractive
• Plantations to obtain products with high economic potential
  • Patented systems
• Economic development of South Asia
  • Different products: management account, investment funds, bonds, stocks, etc.
• Aircraft engine rental business
• Buying company with Luxury renovation and Resale of real estate (Germany)
  • Only property protected by the german State for reasons of cultural heritage
• Luxury rentals in urban Switzerland
• Manufacture of LEDs in Tunisia (distributed to the 4 corners of the globe)
• Works of art (paintings, jewelry, etc.)
  • Buying & reselling
• 3rd pillars A/B
  • 3A: Tax savings (only for people working in Switzerland)
  • 3B: Freedom of designation of the beneficiary (inheritance law) - Also for foreigners
• Life insurance
  • A/B, guaranteed/linked to a fund, with/without pensions of disability, with/without death benefit, etc.
• Life annuity
  • Immediate/deferred, with/without restitution, on one/more heads, etc. - Fiscal advantages
• Dismantling & resale in aircraft parts (between Switzerland and Togo)
• Investments in resource extraction and/or development in Africa
• Acquisition and secure custody of physical gold in Switzerland
• Acquisition and transfer of all types of cryptocurrencies (BTC, ETH, USDT, BNB, etc.)
• Release of blocked bank funds/accounts

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