Breaking into Switzerland banking scene from Non-swiss schools?

How are someone's chances of breaking into the IB scene in Switzerland, given they are from a semi target in UK or US? Since, Switzerland has a cap on foreign workers, I guess mostly Internationals at Swiss schools would first fill this and then maybe then others are recruited. And how will this situation pan out, if after you have a couple of years of experience in IB and then want to relocate to Switzerland?

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DB, Citi, BofA have an office in Zurich but it is tiny. Like 4-6 people with most coming as a grad from HSG or internally from London

 

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