Total Balance Sheet Items for Big Banks in Switzerland

Observations

2008: 1,885,316

Updated: Jan 31, 2014 10:11 AM CST

2008:	1,885,316
2007:	2,341,136
2006:	2,198,373
2005:	1,910,445
2004:	1,643,506

Units:

CHF Millions,

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Annual

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Total Balance Sheet Items for Big Banks in Switzerland	2014-01-31	2014-01-31

Source

Swiss National Bank	2014-01-31	2014-01-31

Release

Swiss National Bank Historical Time Series	2014-01-31	2014-01-31

Units

CHF Millions	2014-01-31	2014-01-31

Frequency

Annual	2014-01-31	2014-01-31

Seasonal Adjustment

Not Seasonally Adjusted	2014-01-31	2014-01-31

Notes

Until 1974, fiduciary business could be recorded on the balance sheet; thereafter, it had to be entered as an off-balance-sheet item. As of 1981, precious metal accounts are included in the balance sheet. As of 1992, including non-monetary balance sheet claims and liabilities from lending. As of 1995, transactions in financial derivatives must be recorded in gross terms, resulting in a significant increase in total assets. As of 1998, including non-monetary balance sheet claims and liabilities from repo transactions. As of 2000, the majority of banks have again taken non-monetary claims and liabilities from lending and repo transactions off the balance sheet. In 1913, certain data which the individual banks had reported in previous years was aggregated due to the creation of new bank categories. Subsequently, this data was recorded in the aggregated form. Consequently, figures are available for big banks as far back as 1906.(Cf. table A1 in the commentary section. http://www.snb.ch/en/mmr/reference/histz_snb_book/source). As of 2003, one big bank uses netting, resulting in a marked decrease in its total assets. In 2004, two big banks switched to US GAAP, resulting in an appreciable increase in their total assets.	2014-01-31	2014-01-31