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New publication by Simon Egli, Katja Rost and Larissa Fritsch: «From Financing Production to Producing Finance. The Transformation of Banking Elites and Changes in Banking Strategy of Large Swiss Banks from 1945 to 2020»

What happens when banking elites change? This study traces how Swiss banks shifted from financing production to producing finance—driven by the rise of a US-socialized financial elite replacing Swiss business leaders between 1985 and 2000.

A new research article has been published:

«From Financing Production to Producing Finance. The Transformation of Banking Elites and Changes in Banking Strategy of Large Swiss Banks from 1945 to 2020»

Simon Egli, Katja Rost, Larissa Fritsch

Published 18th June 2025 in Swiss Journal of Sociology

Read full article here:
https://doi.org/10.26034/cm.sjs.2025.7071

Abstract:

This paper studies the evolution of banking elites and banking strategy of the largest Swiss banks since 1945. Between 1985 and 2000, an elite transformation occurred within the large Swiss banks. A Swiss-oriented business and political elite was replaced by a US-socialized financial elite. The displacement Swiss-oriented business and political elite closely preceded the decline of retail banking and the shift of loan volumes from production to finance.

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Simon Egli is a research assistant in the research team led by Prof. Dr. Katja Rost. His research focuses on monetary and financial systems, institutional change in capitalism, and globalization. 

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Prof. Dr. Katja Rost ist seit 2012 Ordinaria für Soziologie und Privatdozentin für Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der Universität Zürich. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen im Bereich der Wirtschafts- und Organisationssoziologie (Digitale historische Soziologie, Geschlechterstereotypen, Elitesoziologie, Soziologie der Digitalisierung und Innovation). 

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Larissa Fritsch is research assistant and PhD student at the chair of Prof. Dr. Jörg Rössel. Her PhD project focuses on LGBT+ individuals’ desire to have children and the way it is connected to legal and medical opportunities. She is an adjunct researcher at the University Research Priority Program "Human Reproduction Reloaded | H2R".