Blocher

Karen Funk Blocher is picking up the torch, and I’m jumping in.

Weekend Assignment #196 2008

Karen Funk Blocher is picking up the torch, and I’m jumping in.

There are times… 2008

After the SNB suffered losses from its 2009 and 2010 interventions, Mr. Blocher led calls for Mr. Hildebrand's resignation.

Franc Trades Raise a Ruckus Deborah Ball 2012

This leaves the right-wing Swiss People's Party, or SVP—whose vice-president, Christoph Blocher, has played an important role in the controversy—isolated in its attempt to oust Mr. Hildebrand.

Embattled SNB Chief Wins Political Support Goran Mijuk 2012

As the controversy, which became public in late December, is evolving, interest is centering on former minister Blocher.

Swiss Central Bank to Revise Transaction Rules Goran Mijuk 2012

Elsewhere, Sarasin, a medium-size Swiss private bank, said late Tuesday that an information-technology employee had passed bank data concerning currency transactions by the Hildebrand family to officials at the Swiss People's Party, Switzerland's largest political party, whose chief strategist, Christoph Blocher, is a fierce critic of Mr. Hildebrand.

Franc Trades Raise a Ruckus Deborah Ball 2012

Mr. Blocher said this week that Mr. Hildebrand's currency deals were "impossible" and that the central bank president "has become insupportable."

Embattled SNB Chief Wins Political Support Goran Mijuk 2012

Christoph Blocher , vice president of the Swiss People's Party and a vocal critic of Mr. Hildebrand, called for a parliamentary investigation into the trades.

Swiss Banker Says He Won't Resign Goran Mijuk 2012

The controversy over the family's currency transactions arose late last year when SVP chief strategist Mr. Blocher—a stern critic of Mr. Hildebrand since the SNB made huge losses on direct currency-market interventions in 2010—obtained information from "several lawyers" about alleged insider trading by the central bank president.

Embattled SNB Chief Wins Political Support Goran Mijuk 2012

Separately, Mr. Blocher, of the Swiss People's Party, told Swiss television Thursday evening that "several lawyers" had informed him of the currency trades in early December, after which he informed the Federal Council, the cabinet of Switzerland's executive branch.

Swiss Banker Says He Won't Resign Goran Mijuk 2012