ZURICH, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Swiss stocks were expected to
open slightly higher on Wednesday, underpinned by Asian shares
climbing to one-month highs and prospects the U.S. Federal
Reserve will reaffirm its willingness to wait for an extended
period before raising interest rates.
The Swiss blue-chip SMI .SSMI was seen opening up 0.3
percent at 8,655 points, according to premarket indications by
bank Julius Baer JBPRE01 .
The following are some of the main factors expected to
affect Swiss stocks on Wednesday:
VONTOBEL VONN.S
Swiss bank Vontobel Holding VONN.S said it won 2 billion
Swiss francs (2.11 billion US dollars) in fresh client money in
the third quarter, and that it expects full-year earnings
slightly over those of 2013.
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COOP BANK BC.S
Switzerland's financial regulator FINMA said on Wednesday it
is banning the former head of Coop Bank BC.S from taking
another management job in finance for the next three years,
after the retail bank was found to have manipulated its own
shares.
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