The Swiss National Bank’s (SNB) head Thomas Jordan announced he will step down from his role at the end of September. 

As chairman of the SNB’s three-member governing board, Jordan has effectively been the central bank’s governor since early 2012. The SNB praised Jordan’s leadership in a statement today (March 1), saying it had “coincided with a period characterised by an unusually large number of challenges”. 

It said these challenges had necessitated “far-reaching monetary policy measures to