CEO Outlook Survey May 2025

The EY-Parthenon CEO Outlook Survey is designed to offer critical insights into the main trends and developments that are influencing the world’s leading companies, as well as into business leaders’ expectations for future growth and long-term value creation.

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Authors: 
Stefan Rösch-Rütsche

Publication: 
12 June 2025

Language: 
English

Number of pages: 
25/36

Document type: 
Study

Findings from the study:

  1. More than half of the surveyed Swiss CEOs identify the current geopolitical and trade policy uncertainty as the main risk for their companies – globally, this figure is 42 percent.
  2. 44 percent of the surveyed Swiss CEOs are very concerned about the potential impacts of new tariffs or tariff increases – globally, this figure is 50 percent.
  3. Over 70 percent of Swiss companies have halted or postponed investments due to geopolitical and trade policy uncertainties – globally, the percentage is even higher.
  4. Despite the uncertainty, nearly half of Swiss CEOs plan to engage in at least one merger or acquisition in the next 12 months.

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