AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoSwiss immigration vote: Swiss business leaders and unions are mobilising ahead of Sunday’s referendum to cap population at 10 million, warning the “chaos initiative” could worsen labour shortages across sectors like healthcare, construction and hotels and strain EU market access. Insurance & risk: The Korea International Insurance Conference opens in Seoul with Swiss Re and other global players, focusing on how insurers should respond to cyber risk, demographic change and new tech like autonomous vehicles. UBS ESG reshuffle: UBS, the Zurich-based bank, cut its Asia sustainability team by about half as it embeds ESG work across the group after the Credit Suisse integration. Food & biotech: Nestlé filed a patent for precision-fermented donkey milk beta-lactoglobulin to make infant formula and foods for cow’s-milk allergy and lactose intolerance. Alzheimer’s research (ETH Zurich): ETH Zurich researchers report an experimental compound that slowed Alzheimer’s progression in mice by targeting a pathway linked to GRK2. Power reliability (Switzerland): ECG announced planned maintenance causing outages on Tuesday across parts of the Eastern, Tema, Accra East/West, Volta and Ashanti regions. Governance spotlight (Rajesh Exports/Valcambi): India’s SEBI interim order alleges inflated revenues and misrepresentation tied to Rajesh Exports’ Swiss gold-refining arm Valcambi, with market fallout following.
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