中國富人的下一站:奉行保密制度的瑞士銀行

The Swiss banking sector, which has beenforced to give up its traditional secrecy, is now looking to China for new financial investment.

瑞士銀行業已經被迫放棄傳統的保密服務，現在該銀行正向中國尋找新的金融投資機會。

"One of the first ports that the Swiss financial center is steering for is the port of China," Claude Alain Margelisch,chief executive of the Swiss Bankers Association, told reporters in Geneva this week, AFP reported.

據法新社報道，瑞士銀行家協會首席執行官Claude Alain Margelisch 本週在日內瓦對記者說，“瑞士銀行首先瞄準的目標之一就是中國”。

The two countries have already taken small financial steps towards one another- a free trade agreement came into force this year, and the countries' central banks also agreed on Swiss franc and yuan currency swaps in July.

中瑞兩國已經採取了小型的金融措施——兩國達成的一個金融貿易協定將在今年生效，而兩國的央行也於7月份同意了互換瑞士法郎和人民幣。

Switzerland is home to more than $2 trillion in assets, or 26 percent of global offshore assets in more than 300 private banks. But in 2017, it will be forcedto give up its secret banking practices after agreeing with the US and EU to enter a data transparency program. So now it is looking east.

瑞士有超過2萬億美元的資產，26%的全球海外資產儲存在了瑞士的三百多傢俬人銀行中。但在2017年，瑞士將被迫放棄銀行保密制度，因爲該國同意了美國和歐盟的數據透明計劃。

"Together with our member banks, we want to make Switzerland an international hub for the renminbi, also known as the yuan," Margelischsaid.

Margelisch 說，“連同會員銀行，我們想要讓瑞士成爲人民幣的國際中心”。

In May, Switzerland,which has built its financial foundation on banking secrecy, signed anagreement with the US and the EU to end the practice.

5月份，將財務建立在銀行保密制度之上的瑞士已經同美國和歐盟簽訂了終止保密制度的協議。

Swiss bankers worry this will make the country less attractive for investment.

瑞士銀行家們擔心這將使投資者減少對該國的興趣。

Not only are private Swiss banks looking for new sources of revenue, but they have also faced investigations and massive fines from countries accusing them of abetting tax dodging.

瑞士私人銀行不僅需要尋找新的收入來源，它們還需面對那些指控瑞銀煽動漏稅行爲的國家的調查和鉅額罰款。

"The Swiss financial center and the Swiss banks have recognized the need for action," said Margelisch.

Margelisch 說，“瑞士金融中心和瑞士銀行已經認識到了採取行動的必要”。

The US has an especially tumultuous relationship with Switzerland over tax evasion, and has threatened billions in claims if the country didn't make its banking more transparent.

就漏稅問題，美國與瑞士的關係尤爲歇斯底里。美國已經表示，如果如是不能讓銀行制度更加透明化就會要求其索賠數十億金額。

In February 2014, Credit Suisse was accused by the US Senate of holding more than 12 billion Swiss francs for more than 22,000 American clients.

2014年2月份，美國參議院譴責瑞士信貸持有22000位美國客戶的價值達120億瑞士法郎的資產。