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SwissquoteBank, provides all the necessary services for an indextracker, not perfect, but just about the only Swiss broker for indextrackers.
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Yes, quite a few index funds and all the ETF's on SWX, Xetra, Eurex and Amex
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Account maintenance fee of min. 40.- / commission starting with as little as 5.- and funds with a max. 2% of transaction.
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No real savings account, use money market funds instead.
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No
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DAB, so far the best solution if you want to track indexes. But DAB being a German Company with no ties to Switzerland will stop many from using them.
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Yes, all the index funds one can wish for, also all the major ETF's
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No maintenance fee / commissions and funds differ, but in general in line with competitors
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No
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No
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Yellowtrade, the brokerage arm of the Post has so far (31. December 2003) worked rather hard to discourage passive investing.
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No funds, only very few of the SWX traded ETF's. On other exchanges traded ETF's are not listed.
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No maintenance fee / but commissions are on the upper end.
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No
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No
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PostFinance, still better know as the “Postcheques”, the most widely used checking account by far.
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No Index funds, no ETF's, but the checking and savings accounts are useful.
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Maintenance fee can be reduced to 24.- by using e-banking.
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Called Deposito, if open through the Internet it is called E-Deposito yielding even more. There is a limit to the number of withdrawals per year. Certainly a valid alternative to the classic savings account with a local bank.
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Yes and even with the newly imposed maintenance fee the best way to receive a salary, withdraw money on teller machines, pay bills and your supermarket shopping.
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Kantonalbanken, Raiffeisen, Migrosbank
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Most don't offer any index funds, and access to ETF's is generally difficult, and certainly very expensive, but check for checking and savings accounts.
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Most maintenance fees can be reduced by using e-banking
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Yes, rates vary a good deal. Raiffeisen offers additional interest when using e-banking
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Yes, almost as good as Postfinance, and the EC/Maestro Card has more teller machines. There is sometimes a fee for using ATM's that don't belong to your bank.
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Big - multinational banks
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Yes, index funds are available, but you will have to ask for them. Access to ETF's is easily done, but mind bogglingly expensive.
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Everything cost, and most things cost a lot
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Yes
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Yes
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