Jean-Pierre Roth
SNB’s Roth banked 15% pay rise last year
Jean-Pierre Roth’s pay topped $1m in 2009
Swiss economy to take 3% hit - SNB's Roth
Jean-Pierre Roth, chairman of the Swiss National Bank, has said that GDP this year is expected to contract by 3%, suggesting a less severe recession than in Germany or the United Kingdom.
Crisis revealed SNB rate policy strength: Roth
The Swiss National Bank's (SNB) unique monetary policy proved useful in staving off a worsening of credit conditions in the wake of the financial crisis, Jean-Pierre Roth, the chairman of the central bank's governing board, has said.
Hildebrand named new Swiss National Bank head
Philipp Hildebrand, the vice-chairman of the board of governors at the Swiss National Bank, will take over from Jean-Pierre Roth as chairman of the board at the start of next year.
SNB's Roth to step down
Jean-Pierre Roth, the head of the Swiss National Bank, will retire at the end of this year.
Mexico's Ortiz: crisis demanded FX strategy shift
The Bank of Mexico had to directly intervene in foreign-exchange markets for the first time for more than a decade earlier this month because of the severity of the impact of the crisis on currency trading, Guillermo Ortiz, the governor of the Bank of…
Caruana, Ortiz, Ingves interviewed for BIS job?
Jaime Caruana, Guillermo Ortiz and Stefan Ingves are the candidates for the top job at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a leading German financial daily reported on Friday.
Swiss step in to save biggest bank
The Swiss National Bank on Thursday agreed to buy up to $54 billion in troubled assets from UBS, after the country's government moved to re-capitalise the beleaguered bank.
SNB's Roth heralds new phase of crisis
Jean-Pierre Roth, the chairman of the Swiss National Bank, has said that signs of a downturn in the real economy mark the beginning of a new phase of the global turmoil.
Turmoil in the Basel tower
The handling of the resignation of Malcolm Knight was badly bungled, says Klaus Engelen
Swiss housing market stable, says SNB's Roth
The Swiss housing market is unlikely to perform as badly as its US counterpart in the coming months, Jean-Pierre Roth, the chairman of the Swiss National Bank's governing board, believes.
BIS starts Americas council
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has established a forum aimed at facilitating debate between the Basel-based institution and policymakers in the Americas.
Governors discuss African market development
The South African Reserve Bank has published a series of papers from a roundtable of governors, where discussions focused on the theme "Financial market developments in Africa: new challenges for central banks?"
Turmoil set to impact Swiss exporters: SNB's Roth
The financial market turbulence is unlikely to leave Switzerland unscathed, said Jean-Pierre Roth, the chairman of the governing board of the Swiss National Bank.
Swiss exchange rate has no impact on rate-setting
The Swiss franc exchange rate is only relevant in monetary policy insofar as it has an impact on Swiss inflation, says Jean-Pierre Roth, the chairman of the Swiss National Bank.
Swiss chairman criticises US subprime
Jean-Pierre Roth, the chairman of the Swiss National Bank described the US subprime crisis as "unbelievable" and said that reality was "striking back"
Roth refutes hedge fund risk
The highly leveraged institutions (HLI) industry is "no direct threat to financial stability," Jean-Pierre Roth, chairman of the governing board of the Swiss National Bank and chairman of the board of directors of the Bank for International Settlements,…
Knight's term of office at BIS extended
The Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) announced Monday 7 May that it has extended the term of office of the General Manager, Malcolm Knight, to mid-2009.
SNB's Roth with a review of the Swiss economy
In the speech 'Review of the Swiss economy in 2006 and the outlook for 2007' given on 27 April Jean-Pierre Roth of the Swiss National Bank said with the Swiss economy close to full employment, the Swiss National Bank currently operates in a comfortable…
SNB's Roth sees risk from low inflation
Swiss National Bank president Jean-Pierre Roth told the bank's general meeting of shareholders Friday 27 April that the SNB will raise interest rates if necessary but expects inflation to remain moderate.
Switzerland's Roth on fragility of fin. markets
Swiss National Bank president Jean-Pierre Roth said in an interview published Tuesday 24 April he sees a "certain fragility" on financial markets and that investors might underestimate actual risks.