Swiss National Bank controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2017
Environmental criticism of reserve investments
Environmental organizations and academics criticized the carbon emissions associated with parts of the SNB's equity portfolio and argued that its investment approach did not sufficiently reflect the Paris climate objectives.
1998
Investigation into Nazi gold transactions
The Bergier Commission concluded that the SNB had received substantial gold from Nazi-controlled sources during the Second World War, including gold looted from occupied countries. The findings intensified scrutiny of the bank's wartime transactions and its handling of provenance questions.