Swiss banking research studied three Zurich-based banks across market tiers

Evidence

We conducted field research on the trading floors of three globally operating investment banks in Zurich, where they are officially based. We selected two of the three largest Swiss banks and one private bank, each of which represents a different market segment. — Karin Knorr Cetina & Urs Bruegger, Global Microstructures, 47

Categorization

• XREF: Methodological tier-selection of field sites mirrors comparative ethnographies of markets; connects to Knorr Cetina’s and Zaloom’s trading-floor strategies.

Related

• One Zurich bank ran all three time-zone shifts from a single physical floor (similarity 0.78)