I have an account with UBS and CS and would like to convert some amount of CHF to EUR (around 10K). Could anyone suggest the best schema of converting CHF to EUR?
I've heard some people suggesting to use German banks to get the best rate.. However no idea if this is really the best way and how to arrange it.

Any hints?
Thanks!

You first have to open a euro acc. or look for someone on ef who wants to swap...

Wait! - you will get more eur for your CHF, today 1.25 chf will buy one euro.

Thanks Marton! Where would you suggest to make a transaction to get the best rate?

Did you ever find anywhere good in Switzerland?

I just opened a UBS EUR account and they are charging about 1.6% margin on the exchange rate for transfer from my UBS CHF to EUR account.

I know UK brokers which can do better, but I want to avoid converting from CHF to GBP and back to EUR, incurring more costs than I save.

Thanks,
Stu

do it with swissquote...
they charge around 75pips / 0.5% and then EUR10 to take the money out.

Try FX trading online for the best rate

Do you know which site that would be - there are dozens listed on Google with those keywords...thanks.

I have a CS Euro account and do transfers on the internet, I was told there is no charge for transfer, but no control over the rate.

I have an ATM card for the Euro account and I was told there would be no additional charge to withdraw Euro in Europe.

Waiting for my first statment.

I'm sure you could do the same for Sterling.

Right, there is no fixed fee, just a hefty percentage mark up on the rate which is around CHF700 more expensive on EUR30000 than the cheapest rate I've found, and that pays for a few pizzas in Zurich

I spoke to my client advisor yesterday and he warned me that UBS will charge 1% of EUR withdrawl from an ATM or over the counter. I didn't think to ask whether that was just in CH or Europe-wide though...

Do you mean OzForex? I'd be surprised if their rate wasn't better than most others. I usually get a quote from them online, then one of their dealers calls to confirm and at that point I ask for a better rate, and always get it (unless the market has moved substantially in the intervening 5-10 minutes).
Not many.
Depending on the package you have with UBS, there should be no fee for withdrawing Euros in CH, but there may well be one for withdrawals in Europe, and elsewhere (where obviously you would be withdrawing some other currency from your euro account, and additionally incurring an exchange cost).

I use OzForex -- no fees for reasonably-sized transfers and excellent rates, far better than the banks. (You don't have to be Australian to use OzForex ... )