Bank Index - 2006

 

Aargauische Kantonalbank

AKB Privatbank's first-half profit up 27% (8/22)

St. Galler KB first-half profit up 8% (8/18)

AKB profit doubled last year (8/1)

Aargauische KB's client assets down 1% (7/20)

Basler KB posts record profit (2/10)

ABN AMRO Bank

ABN AMRO's first-half net plunges 56% (9/11)

Bank CEO quits after year of "challenges" (6/1)

Banks launch structured products group (4/7)

Berne to give bank papers to US (3/31)

Adler & Co. Privatbank

Confiscation ruling beats deadline (12/29)

LKB's nine-month profit up 3% (11/15)

Swissfirst sells Basel operation (11/8)

Adler first-half profit up 25% (7/21)

Adler's profit up 30% (4/17)

AIG Private Bank

Canadian sentenced for embezzlement (11/2)

AIG Bank's first-half profit up 7% (9/11)

Police search Swissfirst offices (8/25)

Banks report strong German demand (6/1)

AIG Bank's parent settles US charges (2/10)

AIG Bank names new CEO, chairman (1/26)

AKB Privatbank Zurich

AKB Privatbank's first-half profit up 27% (8/22)

AKB profit doubled last year (8/1)

Aargauische KB's client assets down 1% (7/20)

American Express Bank

Amex first-half profit up 18% (8/24)

Anglo Irish Bank

Anglo Irish Bank profit up 14% (2/28)

Anker Bank

Czech agency sues UBS (11/2)

BC Geneve first-half profit up 29% (8/29)

Anker Bank client assets up 4% (8/23)

Czech funds missing in Switzerland (5/10)

BC Geneve's profit rose 28% last year (3/2)

AP Anlage & Privatbank

Latvian bank to open Lithuania office (11/30)

Appenzeller Kantonalbank

Appenzeller KB's profit up 1% (10/16)

Aargauische KB's client assets down 1% (7/20)

Appenzeller KB first-quarter profit up 22% (4/19)

Zurich KB profit rose 7% last year (1/27)

Arab Bank

Arab Bank's assets soar 64% (7/28)

Arab Bank's profit up 18% (4/4)

ARVEST Privatbank

ARVEST founder steps down (5/9)

Arzi Bank

Arzi Bank profit up 10% (6/20)

BAGEFI

BAGEFI sells assets to new bank (8/11)

Michelin heir killed in accident (5/27)

Michelin bank changes name (1/12)

Baloise Bank SoBa

Baloise Bank's first-half profit up 25% (9/6)

Baloise bank profit up 10% (3/22)

Banca Arner

Berlusconi trial begins in Milan (11/23)

Banca Arner's first-half profit surges (9/7)

Banca Arner's net profit fell 7% last year (7/24)

Swiss to send more papers to Italy (7/12)

Lugano bank in new bank venture (6/13)

Banca Arner client assets reach Sfr4 billion (5/23)

Lugano bank to open Dubai office (4/12)

Lugano bank cited in advertising dispute (2/21)

Banca Commerciale Lugano

BCL first-half pretax profit down 31% (9/19)

Berlusconi ally sentenced to six years (5/5)

Banca del Ceresio

Ceresio's first-half profit up 64% (5/23)

Euro-MP criticized for backing industries (2/21)

Banca del Gottardo

Gottardo cuts share capital (12/21)

Banque Cramer names new chairman (10/4)

Gottardo cited in Telecom Italia probe (9/28)

Gottardo manager quits after "disagreements" (9/6)

Gottardo pretax profit plunges 80% (8/11)

Berne to give bank papers to US (3/31)

Gottardo to name new directors (3/2)

Gottardo's profit rose 17% last year (2/25)

Gottardo sells leasing unit (1/27)

Banca dello Stato del Cantone Ticino

Ticino bank's nine-month profit up 6% (11/15)

Former bank deputy chairman sentenced (11/3)

Former bank deputy chairman on trial (10/3)

Ticino bank assets unchanged (7/27)

Bank employee arrested in Ticino (2/17)

Banca del Sempione

Banca Sempione's first-half profit up 49% (8/18)

Berlusconi ally sentenced to six years (5/5)

Banca Euromobiliare

Credem unit's first-half profit down 17% (8/31)

Credem unit's profit up 65% (6/20)

Banca Gesfid

Italian group buys Lugano bank (12/29)

Banca Gesfid share transfer reported (9/14)

Banca Gesfid's first-half profit down 11% (8/15)

Banca Popolare di Sondrio

Banca Sondrio first-half profit down 5% (8/8)

Banca Unione di Credito

BSI client assets up 2.5% (9/13)

BUC's first-half profit up 7% (8/24)

BSI to acquire Fiat bank (6/15)

Banca Zarattini

New bank boosts capital (10/10)

Banco Mercantil

Banco Mercantil's first-half profit up 28% (8/18)

Venezuelan bank profits soar (5/9)

Vontobel cited by anti-Chavez website (2/24)

Banco Santander

Santander's first-half profit up 77% (8/18)

Bank am Bellevue

Bellevue cuts swissfirst holding (2/15)

Bank Coop

Bank Coop first-half profit up 15% (7/14)

Bank Coop's profit up 11% (2/24)

S&P revises cantonal bank's outlook (1/18)

Bank Frey & Co.

Middle East investors acquire Bank Frey stake (4/17)

Bank Hapoalim

Bank Hapoalim boosted by acquisition (8/21)

French mercenary given suspended sentence (6/22)

Israeli bank's profit up 30% (3/22)

BONY-IMB reports final loss (3/17)

Antigua sues Rappaport (3/3)

Israeli bank completes Geneva acquisition (1/3)

Bankhaus Jungholz

Austrian bank changes name (3/6)

Bank Hofmann

Bank Hofmann's first-half profit up 32% (8/23)

Swiss to hand over Libya-related papers (8/4)

Credit Suisse to merge private bank units (4/28)

Swiss return $700 million to Nigeria (4/14)

Bank Hofmann profit up 6% (3/29)

Credit Suisse blacklists Iran, others (1/25)

Bank Hugo Kahn & Co.

Bank Hugo Kahn profit up 26% (5/18)

Bank Jungholz

Austrian bank changes name (3/6)

Bank Leu

Bank Leu to close hedge fund (10/5)

Bank Leu's first-half profit up 45% (9/2)

Credit Suisse to merge private bank units (4/28)

Swiss return $700 million to Nigeria (4/14)

Bank Leu profit rose 30% last year (3/1)

Credit Suisse blacklists Iran, others (1/25)

Bank Leumi le-Israel

Bank Leumi's first-half profit up 31% (9/11)

Leumi reports losses (4/25)

Bank Linth

Bank Linth reports 11 months' results (12/19)

GKB postpones offering (12/14)

LLB offers to buy regional bank (12/8)

Glarner KB ups bid for regional bank (12/1)

Cantonal bank launches takeover bid (11/3)

Regional bank's first-half profit flat (7/20)

Bank Linth reports record results (1/23)

BankMed (Suisse)

BankMed first-half profit up 80% (7/28)

Hariri bank changes name (4/12)

Bank Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley first-half profit up 14% (7/27)

Morgan Stanley names new chairman (7/5)

Morgan Stanley in private banking shake-up (4/26)

Bank-now

Two banks spinoff businesses (12/22)

Bank of New York - Inter Maritime Bank

French mercenary given suspended sentence (6/22)

BONY-IMB reports final loss (3/17)

Antigua sues Rappaport (3/3)

Israeli bank completes Geneva acquisition (1/3)

Bank Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie

Swissfirst sells Basel operation (11/8)

Second bank CEO under investigation (10/28)

German bank raids Lombard Odier (10/13)

Swissfirst sells Liechtenstein unit (10/13)

Sal. Oppenheim's first-half profit up 31% (8/22)

BHF-Bank's first-half profit up 70% (7/25)

Lombard Odier loses brokerage staff (6/14)

BHF-Bank profit up 36% (5/23)

Piguet's profit rose 40% last year (4/28)

Bank Sarasin & Co.

Robeco to acquire control of SAM (12/14)

Sarasin buys investment company (12/7)

Sarasin poaches Singapore team (12/1)

Behring bank ordered to pay investors (10/28)

Sarasin first-half profit up 50% (8/23)

Partner to leave Sarasin (7/7)

Rabobank may not acquire Sarasin (6/23)

HSBC sees growing consolidation (5/11)

Sarasin reprimanded in Hong Kong (3/31)

Sarasin reports sharply higher earnings (3/17)

Sarasin net profit up 39% (2/15)

Banque Algerienne du Commerce Exterieure

Algerian bank results imply sharp decline (7/28)

Banque Amas

Hinduja bank's first-half net loss narrows (9/5)

Change in Amas shareholding reported (7/10)

Hinduja bank's pretax loss soars (6/20)

Hinduja bank may buy stake in Hinduja bank (6/1)

Banque Audi

Banque Audi first-half profit up 86% (8/4)

Pinochet accused of drug trafficking (7/14)

Banque Audi profit rose 77% last year (7/10)

Lebanese bank names new directors (5/10)

Banque Banorient

Lebanese bank changes name (3/22)

Banque Baring Brothers Sturdza

Sturdza bank's first-half profit doubles (8/21)

Banker heads new car club (5/5)

Sturdza bank's profit almost doubles (4/12)

Banque Bauer

Banque Bauer net profit plunges 93% (8/10)

Banque Benedict Hentsch & Cie

Prosecutors charge Swissair directors (4/1)

Banque Bonhote & Cie

Banque Bonhote's profit rose 41% last year (10/24)

Banque Bonhote's first-half profit up 31% (9/5)

Banque Cantonale de Fribourg

Cantonal bank charter amended (11/2)

Cantonal banks report first-half results (7/14)

Bank's links with borrower questioned (3/24)

Zurich KB profit rose 7% last year (1/27)

Banque Cantonale de Geneve

Czech agency sues UBS (11/2)

Total executive under investigation (10/20)

BC Geneve first-half profit up 29% (8/29)

Anker Bank client assets up 4% (8/23)

Czech funds missing in Switzerland (5/10)

Russian agrees to settle bank debt (3/9)

BC Geneve's profit rose 28% last year (3/2)

Complaint filed in cantonal bank case (1/12)

Banque Cantonale du Jura

Cantonal banks report first-half results (7/14)

BC Jura pretax profit unchanged last year (2/1)

Banque Cantonale du Valais

BC Geneve first-half profit up 29% (8/29)

Bank's links with borrower questioned (3/24)

Banque Cantonale Neuchateloise

Neuchatel bank reports record profit (2/21)

Banque Cantonale Vaudoise

BC Vaudoise nine-month profit up 13% (11/15)

BCV reports record first-half results (8/23)

Piguet's first-half profit up 59% (8/14)

BCV to sell property management unit (6/16)

Shareholding adjustments reported (6/5)

BCV operating profit up 17% (5/18)

Piguet's profit rose 40% last year (4/28)

Berne to give bank papers to US (3/31)

Bank's links with borrower questioned (3/24)

BC Vaudoise profit up 22% (3/15)

Six to stand trial in BCV case (2/24)

Lausanne prosecutors probe insider trading (2/10)

S&P upgrades BC Vaudoise rating (1/28)

Banque CIAL

Bank estimates fraud losses at Sfr30 million (8/4)

Banque Cramer & Cie

Banque Cramer names new chairman (10/4)

Banque Cramer's first-half profit up 22% (8/8)

Banque de Commerce et de Placements

UniCredit Bank boosts capital (10/4)

BCP's first-half profit up 77% (8/23)

Fitch upgrades BCP ratings (5/24)

BCP first-quarter profit doubled (4/25)

BCP profit fell 24% last year (4/6)

Banque de Credit et de Depots

Lugano bank in new bank venture (6/13)

Banque de Depots et de Gestion

Lausanne bank's first-half profit up 8% (7/25)

Bank holding company broadens scope (1/2)

Banque de Gestion Financiere

Michelin bank changes name (1/12)

Banque Degroof

Bank changes name after merger (4/19)

Banque de la Mediterranee

Hariri bank changes name (4/12)

Banque de Patrimoines Prives Geneve

Banque de Patrimoines's profit remains down (8/21)

Banque de Patrimoines opens Zurich office (7/17)

BPP profit fell 16% last year (5/23)

Court upholds unusual regulatory order (5/9)

Banque Diamantaire

Diamond bank's first-half profit down 11% (9/5)

Diamond bank's net profit falls 17% (4/13)

Credit Suisse to launch Qatar unit (1/4)

Banque Du Bois

Internet bank changes name (3/14)

Banque Franck, Galland & Cie

Banque Franck's first-half profit up 43% (8/17)

Piguet's profit rose 40% last year (4/28)

Banque Heritage

Two banks change names (11/22)

Banque Jacob Safra

Safra Bank first-half profit doubles (8/24)

Safra Bank's client assets soar (3/2)

Banque Jenni & Cie

Mirabaud to absorb Basel bank (11/23)

Mirabaud unit's profit up 11% (10/9)

Banque Pasche

Swissfirst sells private banking unit (12/9)

Banque Pasche first-half profit up 3% (8/17)

French mercenary given suspended sentence (6/22)

Bank aims for Sfr10 billion (2/1)

Banque Piguet & Cie

Piguet's first-half profit up 59% (8/14)

Shareholding adjustments reported (6/5)

Piguet's profit rose 40% last year (4/28)

Banque Privee BCP

Banque BCP's profit more than doubles (8/18)

Banque Privee Edmond de Rothschild

Rothschild Bank's first-half profit up 16% (12/6)

Credit Suisse tops executive pay survey (11/10)

Rothschild bank first-half profit up 55% (8/30)

Shareholding adjustments reported (6/5)

Banque Privee reports record results (4/4)

Berne to give bank papers to US (3/31)

Rothschild Bank names new CEO (1/5)

Banque Safdie

Banque Safdie's first-half profit up 87% (8/18)

Banque Safdie net profit down 19% (6/20)

Banque SCS Alliance

Banque SCS announces more board changes (9/19)

Lazarenko jailed for nine years (8/25)

Banque SCS Alliance reports first-half profit (7/27)

Banque Syz

Moody's rates Syz debt issue (11/17)

Banque Syz continues to power ahead (9/7)

Banque Syz assigned Moody's ratings (7/27)

Syz group revenues and profits soar (5/23)

Syz may borrow Sfr150 million (4/26)

Syz client assets up 69% (3/2)

Banque Thaler

Banque Thaler profit up 53% (6/20)

Bantleon Bank

Bantleon Bank's first-half profit down 39% (7/25)

Barclays Bank

Barclays' profit recovery continues (8/31)

Barclays returns to profit (5/30)

Zurich tribunal accuses Russian minister (5/26)

Swiss courts review Mobutu, Bhutto cases (5/25)

Barclays to report clients' offshore accounts (5/5)

Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank

Baselland KB first-half profit flat (8/10)

AAM's first-half profit up 89% (8/1)

UFJ Bank to be liquidated (6/5)

Swiss banks "among Europe's strongest" (3/9)

Basler Kantonalbank

Graubundner KB first-half profit up 10% (8/2)

Bank Coop first-half profit up 15% (7/14)

Basler KB reports group results (3/3)

Bank Coop's profit up 11% (2/24)

Basler KB posts record profit (2/10)

S&P revises cantonal bank's outlook (1/18)

Baumann & Cie

Trafina Privatbank profit up 58% (6/20)

BBVA

Former Paraguay president sentenced (12/6)

Former Paraguay president on trial again (11/10)

Former Paraguayan president cleared (9/19)

Former Paraguayan president sentenced (6/7)

BDL Banco di Lugano

Italian financier arrested (4/21)

Singapore bids for offshore business (2/7)

Italians plan Lugano bank inspection (2/3)

Baer cooperating in BPI probe (1/9)

Lugano bank changes name (1/4)

Bearbull Degroof Banque Privee

Bank changes name after merger (4/19)

Bellevue Group

Regulator fails to curb insider trading (12/28)

Regulator finds no insider abuse at Swissfirst (12/22)

Swissfirst changes approved (12/15)

Berner Kantonalbank

BCV reports record first-half results (8/23)

Berner KB profit up 12% (3/17)

BGG Banque Genevoise de Gestion

Lebanese bank names new directors (5/10)

Salinas acquitted by French court (5/3)

BGG profit down 10% (4/25)

BGP Banca di Gestioni Patrimoniale

BGP's first-half profit up 41% (8/23)

Credit Suisse to merge private bank units (4/28)

Credit Suisse blacklists Iran, others (1/25)

Credit Suisse unit names new CEO (1/2)

BHF-Bank

BHF-Bank's first-half profit up 70% (7/25)

BHF-Bank profit up 36% (5/23)

Bipielle Bank (Suisse)

Bipielle Bank's first-half profit plunges (8/18)

Bipielle Bank profit rose 32% last year (6/5)

FBC orders bank directors to resign (5/20)

Italian financier arrested (4/21)

BPI to sell Swiss unit (4/4)

BPI may sell Lugano unit (2/17)

Italians plan Lugano bank inspection (2/3)

UBS cited in Italian probe (1/26)

Baer cooperating in BPI probe (1/9)

BLOM Bank

Lebanese-owned bank posts record results (7/4)

Lebanese bank changes name (3/22)

BNP Paribas

Behring bank ordered to pay creditors (10/28)

Total executive under investigation (10/20)

BNP Paribas to absorb Zurich bank (9/30)

BNP Paribas' first-half profit up 26% (9/8)

UEB's first-half profit up 9% (9/8)

Lavoro Bank first-half profit up 47% (7/24)

Former bank director still not sentenced (7/4)

BNP Paribas profit rose 21% last year (6/5)

Former FIFA partner cited in bribery claim (5/16)

BNP Paribas absorbs two subsidiaries (5/9)

BNP Paribas to absorb UEB (3/30)

BNP Paribas to merge Swiss operations (1/13)

Bordier & Cie

Pictet in South African distribution deal (9/22)

Geneva banks on hiring spree (9/5)

Bordier may invest in other firms (8/22)

Bordier partner boosts capital (3/22)

Syz client assets up 69% (3/2)

Bank aims for Sfr10 billion (2/1)

BSI

Saudis threaten UK over corruption probe (11/19)

BSI client assets up 2.5% (9/13)

BSI boosts capital 52% (8/30)

BUC's first-half profit up 7% (8/24)

BSI's first-half profit up 67% (8/18)

BSI to acquire Fiat bank (6/15)

BSI closes London, Guernsey offices (3/30)

BZ Bank

BZ Bank profit rose 23% last year (12/15)

Norwegian investor buys Canadian firm (12/7)

BZ Bank first-half profit down 2% (6/14)

Nephew takes over at BZ Bank (3/29)

cashgate

cashgate net loss nearly doubles (7/21)

Valiant Group profit up 5% (3/7)

C.I.M. Banque

CIM Banque reports first-half net loss (8/31)

CIM Banque cuts operating loss (7/4)

Citigroup

German client sues Citibank (12/19)

Citibank sues six former employees (9/22)

Citibank names Swiss private banking head (9/19)

Former Paraguayan president cleared (9/19)

Citibank returns to profit (9/7)

Citibank sale averts big loss (7/14)

Morgan Stanley names new chairman (7/5)

Former Paraguayan president sentenced (6/7)

Citigroup to pursue onshore business (3/8)

City Bank

Credit Suisse to launch consumer finance bank (11/15)

Credit Suisse to buy 25% of Australian broker (9/7)

City Bank's first-half profit up 8% (8/22)

Credit Suisse unit omits dividend (3/23)

Clariden Bank

Berne rejects request for Pinochet data (10/13)

Credit Suisse to merge private bank units (4/28)

Clariden doubles dividend payout (4/17)

Clariden client assets up 29% (2/17)

Singapore bids for offshore business (2/7)

Clariden buys stake in Siberian bank (2/3)

Credit Suisse blacklists Iran, others (1/25)

Clariden Leu

New bank officially registered (12/12)

Clariden Leu plans acquisitions (12/1)

Bank Leu's first-half profit up 45% (9/2)

Clariden first-half profit up 44% (8/4)

Banker sees little growth in Europe (5/10)

Credit Suisse to merge private bank units (4/28)

Clientis Group

Regional bank group profit up 6% (8/18)

Regional bank group reports growth (4/7)

Commerzbank

Commerzbank's first-half profit up 42% (8/1)

Zurich tribunal accuses Russian minister (5/26)

Commerzbank revenues and profits fall (5/18)

Compagnie Bancaire Espirito Santo

Portuguese bank profit up 12% (7/21)

Corner Banca

Corner Banca's first-half profit up 10% (8/22)

Three arrested in Swiss tax scheme (7/22)

Bank reports "irregularities" at Milan unit (5/9)

Corner Banca net profit down 6% (4/12)

Lugano bank cited in Marseille trial (3/17)

cosba private banking

Zurich bank changes name (1/3)

Coutts Bank von Ernst

Coutts' first-half profit surges (8/18)

Coutts profit rose 9% last year (4/25)

Credit Agricole

Israeli firm in pact with Swiss bank (11/13)

BSI client assets up 2.5% (9/13)

Credit Agricole's first-half profit up 50% (8/9)

Credit Agricole first-quarter profit up 45% (6/28)

Swiss return $700 million to Nigeria (4/14)

Credit Agricole reports post-merger net (4/12)

Credit Europe Bank

Two banks change names (11/22)

Credit Suisse

Credit Suisse wins Russian mandate (12/28)

Credit Suisse taps Winterthur CEO (12/22)

Credit Suisse to buy Brazilian firm (12/22)

Two banks spinoff businesses (12/22)

Romania extends banker's detention  (12/22)

French probe alleged Iran bribes (12/19)

Banks to pay record bonuses (12/15)

Suspended trader leaves Credit Suisse (12/14)

New bank officially registered (12/12)

Credit Suisse in Russia, Brazil deals (12/8)

IPO lawsuits face setbacks (12/8)

Total suspected of Iran bribes (12/7)

Romania arrests Credit Suisse official (12/1)

Clariden Leu plans acquisitions (12/1)

Former Credit Suisse salesman fined (11/24)

Credit Suisse settles Parmalat case (11/23)

Credit Suisse to reduce reported equity (11/20)

Credit Suisse unit ahead of target (11/17)

Cuba criticizes Swiss banks (11/17)

Banks may launch pan-European exchange (11/17)

Credit Suisse to launch consumer finance bank (11/15)

Credit Suisse changes stock option plan (11/13)

Credit Suisse tops executive pay survey (11/10)

Credit Suisse asset management heads resign (11/9)

Credit Suisse shares up on 3Q results (11/3)

Credit Suisse client assets up 6% (11/3)

US probes UBS, Credit Suisse debt trading (11/2)

Big Credit Suisse trading loss reported (10/18)

Swiss banks cited in SEC probe (10/13)

Berne rejects request for Pinochet data (10/13)

Disclosure of bank data to US illegal (10/13)

Court rejects misleading prospectus claim (10/13)

Credit Suisse unit to buy UK airport (10/12)

Credit Suisse unveils domestic targets (10/5)

Bank Leu to close hedge fund (10/5)

UBS chairman best-paid Swiss director (10/5)

Credit Suisse mulls US acquisitions (9/29)

French bank boosts Rosbank stake (9/29)

Swiss firm floats private equity fund (9/29)

Former Enron CFO accuses banks (9/28)

UBP confirms troubled hedge fund exposure (9/22)

Credit Suisse launches Moscow operation (9/22)

Banks to launch rival stock reporting system (9/20)

Credit Suisse unveils new ventures (9/15)

Credit Suisse to buy 25% of Australian broker (9/7)

UBS tops global fund management survey (9/7)

Bank Leu's first-half profit up 45% (9/2)

Quattrone may be owed $120 million (8/25)

Bank trader commits suicide (8/24)

Bank Hofmann's first-half profit up 32% (8/23)

BGP's first-half profit up 41% (8/23)

City Bank's first-half profit up 8% (8/22)

Quattrone settles US charges (8/19)

NAB first-half profit up 13% (8/11)

Clariden first-half profit up 44% (8/4)

Credit Suisse shares fall on record profit (8/3)

Credit Suisse client assets down 1.8% (8/3)

Credit Suisse poaches Asia head from UBS (8/2)

NASD fines Credit Suisse (7/18)

NYSE fines Credit Suisse (7/14)

Swiss downplay CIA penetration (7/7)

UBS, Credit Suisse eye Chinese market (6/30)

Credit Suisse "internal holding structure" changes (6/30)

Credit Suisse sells Winterthur (6/15)

NYSE fines UBS, Credit Suisse (6/14)

Axa may bid for Winterthur (6/9)

NASD drops charges against Quattrone (6/2)

Credit Suisse in GE joint venture (6/1)

Zurich tribunal accuses Russian minister (5/26)

Credit Suisse wins IPO case (5/25)

Former NCFE executives charged with fraud (5/24)

Credit Suisse acquires US firm (5/18)

UBS said to be finalizing US, Korean deals (5/18)

Credit Suisse expands in Singapore (5/12)

Credit Suisse to settle Enron claim (5/10)

Banker sees little growth in Europe (5/10)

US plans "financial boycott" of Iran (5/9)

Credit Suisse banker in murder-suicide (5/5)

Credit Suisse first-quarter profit soared (5/4)

Credit Suisse client assets up 4.7% (5/4)

Credit Suisse to merge private bank units (4/28)

Credit Suisse in China setback (4/23)

Report cites UBS hedge fund exposure (4/21)

Clariden doubles dividend payout (4/17)

Swiss return $700 million to Nigeria (4/14)

KPMG cited in Livedoor scandal (4/14)

Credit Suisse unveils revised results (4/12)

Banks launch structured products group (4/7)

US hedge fund chooses Credit Suisse (4/7)

BCP profit fell 24% last year (4/6)

UK freezes account at Credit Suisse (4/2)

Prosecutors charge Swissair directors (4/1)

Credit Suisse chairman's pay unchanged (3/31)

Bank Hofmann profit up 6% (3/29)

Quattrone verdict, ban overturned (3/25)

Brazil arrests Swiss banker (3/24)

Former Credit Suisse employee acquitted (3/23)

Credit Suisse unit omits dividend (3/23)

Winterthur prepares for flotation (3/15)

UBS, CSG funds among worst performers (3/15)

Japanese employee cited in several probes (3/9)

Credit Suisse to open Qatar unit (3/7)

Credit Suisse to buy stake in Korean firm (3/4)

Credit Suisse cited in Israeli trial (3/3)

Bank Leu profit rose 30% last year (3/1)

Credit Suisse denies role in Livedoor affair (2/24)

Credit Suisse may move 5,000 jobs offshore (2/23)

Clariden client assets up 29% (2/17)

Credit Suisse may move jobs to India (2/17)

Two held over Japanese pension fund loss (2/17)

NAB reports virtually flat revenues (2/17)

Credit Suisse results disappoint (2/16)

Credit Suisse client assets up 22% (2/16)

Credit Suisse to take big unexpected charge (2/14)

UBS, Credit Suisse in energy ventures (2/9)

Switzerland well-prepared to cope with crisis (2/7)

Singapore bids for offshore business (2/7)

Clariden buys stake in Siberian bank (2/3)

S&P revises Credit Suisse rating outlook (1/27)

Credit Suisse blacklists Iran, others (1/25)

UBS cuts ties with Iran, Syria (1/22)

Football transfer fees probed (1/20)

Credit Suisse to buy stake in China firm (1/12)

Credit Suisse to launch Qatar unit (1/4)

Credit Suisse unit names new CEO (1/2)

Deka(Swiss) Privatbank

Deka(Swiss) Privatbank's profit up 16% (4/17)

Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank's first-half profit up 32% (8/18)

Rud Blass reports strong growth (8/9)

Israeli linked to Abacha affair (5/12)

Goldman tops asset management fees table (2/7)

Dexia Privatbank

Dexia Bank's first-half profit up 31% (9/5)

Dominick Company

Dominick Co. reports profit (5/9)

Dominick claim on UK shares reported (1/27)

Dresdner Bank

Siemens knew about Swiss accounts last year (12/15)

Dresdner tipoff triggered Siemens probe (11/29)

Berne rejects request for Pinochet data (10/13)

Gazprom launches Zug unit (10/6)

Dresdner first-half profit up 7% (7/21)

Dresdner Bank pretax profit down 16% (4/17)

Dresdner sells stake in Slovenian firm (3/8)

Dresdner buys stake in Slovenian firm (2/14)

Dryden Bank

Fortis absorbs Geneva affiliate (4/5)

DZ Privatbank

DZ Privatbank's first-half profit down 3% (8/4)

Zurich bank changes name (1/3)

EFG Group

EFG to buy Swedish brokerage firm (12/22)

EFG client assets up 21% (11/1)

EFG expands in Bahrain, Monaco (10/26)

Berne rejects request for Pinochet data (10/13)

Bank holding companies report strong growth (9/7)

EFG first-half profit margin down (8/24)

Baer results better than expected (7/28)

CMA offering raises $402 million (7/21)

Pinochet accused of drug trafficking (7/14)

EFG to acquire UK firm (7/12)

Moody's assigns rating to EFGI (7/7)

EFG unit to float hedge fund (6/16)

EFG to buy Monaco bank (5/19)

UBS, EFG in Turkish acquisitions (5/10)

EFG client assets up 12% (4/29)

EFG results fail to impress (3/9)

EFG to open more offices (3/2)

EFG to acquire hedge fund firm (2/15)

EFG obtains Dubai license (2/8)

EFG client assets more than double (2/2)

Ehinger & Armand von Ernst & Cie

Baer unit changes name (3/29)

Faisal Private Bank

First Islamic private bank launched (10/6)

Ferrier Lullin & Cie

Ferrier Lullin changes name (3/2)

Banker charged with laundering $1 billion (1/27)

FIBI Bank

FIBI Bank's first-half pretax profit down 7% (8/17)

Israeli bank plans Swiss acquisition (5/15)

Fibi Bank profit down 21% (4/25)

Credit Suisse cited in Israeli trial (3/3)

Fideuram Bank (Suisse)

Fideuram Bank profit up 92% (7/10)

Finansbank

Two banks change names (11/22)

Finansbank first-half net profit up 10% (8/10)

Finansbank reports pretax loss (4/4)

Finter Bank Zurich

Finter Bank's first-half profit up 54% (8/18)

Finter Bank names new chairman (3/24)

Fortis Group

Fortis Bank's first-half profit up 17% (9/11)

Fortis absorbs Geneva affiliate (4/5)

Gottardo sells leasing unit (1/27)

Fortis aims for Sfr20 billion (1/26)

F. van Lanschot Bankiers

Dutch-owned bank changes name (7/13)

GEFS (Suisse)

GE Capital unit changes name again (4/25)

GE Money Bank

GE bank's first-half profit down 12% (9/5)

Bank to offer Swiss watch loans (6/22)

GE Capital unit changes name again (4/25)

Glarner Kantonalbank

GKB postpones offering (12/14)

LLB offers to buy regional bank (12/8)

Glarner KB ups bid for regional bank (12/1)

Cantonal bank launches takeover bid (11/3)

Aargauische KB's client assets down 1% (7/20)

Zurich KB profit rose 7% last year (1/27)

Goldman Sachs

Goldman names Swiss bank manager (10/3)

Money manager pleads guilty in Hong Kong (9/22)

Goldman to boost international private banking (8/3)

Morgan Stanley names new chairman (7/5)

Morgan Stanley in private banking shake-up (4/26)

Goldman tops asset management fees table (2/7)

Gonet & Cie

Pictet in South African distribution deal (9/22)

Graubundner Kantonalbank

Graubundner KB first-half profit up 10% (8/2)

Parmalat sues GKB again (7/7)

GKB's Parmalat role under scrutiny (5/8)

GKB places convertible bonds (4/13)

Graubundner KB reports flat revenues (1/27)

Habib Bank AG Zurich

Habib Bank's first-half profit up 20% (8/18)

Zurich bank cited in SEC asset freeze (7/21)

Habib Bank profit doubled last year (5/3)

Heritage Bank & Trust

Two banks change names (11/22)

Heritage aims to double client assets (11/10)

Heritage Bank's first-half profit down 13% (8/15)

HSBC Group

Confiscation ruling beats deadline (12/29)

Sarasin poaches Singapore team (12/1)

HSBC Private Bank expands board (11/16)

BNP Paribas to absorb Zurich bank (9/30)

Bank holding companies report strong growth (9/7)

HSBC Private Bank's profit up 40% (8/31)

Guyerzeller's first-half profit up 48% (8/22)

HSBC Guyerzeller names new CEO (7/12)

Guyerzeller sells trust business to affiliate (7/4)

Italian pretender under the spotlight (6/30)

S&P raises HSBC group ratings (6/20)

HSBC sees growing consolidation (5/11)

HSBC Private Bank's client assets up 35% (3/17)

HSBC Guyerzeller client assets up 26% (3/9)

Hyposwiss Privatbank

Hyposwiss Privatbank's first-half profit up 27% (8/24)

Former bank director still not sentenced (7/4)

St. Galler KB sees another record year (6/22)

Bush invites Azeri leader to US (4/21)

Hypothekarbank Lenzburg

Regional bank first-half profit flat (7/14)

Regional bank reports growth (1/27)

IBI Bank

IBI Bank opens Athens office (11/26)

InCore Bank

Two banks spinoff businesses (12/22)

ING Bank

ING Bank's first-half profit up 10% (8/21)

Investec Bank

Investec Bank's first-half profit up 31% (12/6)

Investec Bank profit surged last year (8/7)

South African bank boosts capital (3/23)

Israel Discount Bank

IDB reports first-half net profit (8/11)

Israeli bank plans Swiss acquisition (5/15)

IDB reports first profit (5/9)

Fibi Bank profit down 21% (4/25)

JP Morgan

JP Morgan's first-half profit up 13% (8/21)

Morgan Stanley names new chairman (7/5)

Pictet, Morgan report strong asset growth (2/10)

Julius Baer Group

Baer announces board changes (12/8)

Tremblay pleads guilty to laundering (11/20)

Baer "starting from scratch" in Asia (11/7)

UBS may sell Julius Baer stake soon (11/3)

Baer descendant forced to drop name (10/13)

UBP confirms troubled hedge fund exposure (9/22)

Baer Lugano's first-half profit down 5% (8/29)

Baer results better than expected (7/28)

Baer hires manager from Credit Suisse (7/13)

Salinas acquitted by French court (5/3)

Baer losing staff in Geneva (4/28)

Italian financier arrested (4/21)

Baer unit changes name (3/29)

Baer hires another outside manager (3/7)

Ferrier Lullin changes name (3/2)

UBS tops hedge fund league table (2/21)

Baer private clients continue withdrawals (2/17)

EFG obtains Dubai license (2/8)

Singapore bids for offshore business (2/7)

Italians plan Lugano bank inspection (2/3)

Banker charged with laundering $1 billion (1/27)

Credit Suisse blacklists Iran, others (1/25)

Baer to report lower net profit (1/10)

Baer cooperating in BPI probe (1/9)

Lugano bank changes name (1/4)

Jyske Bank

Jyske Bank first-half profit up 25% (8/4)

Kredietbank

Kredietbank's first-half profit up 2% (8/18)

US moves to seize Swiss account (5/11)

Landolt & Cie

Landolt backs round-the-world leader (12/9)

La Roche & Co.

Basel private bank names partner (5/10)

Lavoro Bank

BNP Paribas to absorb Zurich bank (9/30)

Lavoro Bank first-half profit up 47% (7/24)

BNP Paribas to absorb UEB (3/30)

LB(Swiss) Privatbank

LB(Swiss) Privatbank's first-half profit up 21% (8/17)

Les Fils Dreyfus & Cie

Les Fils Dreyfus first-half profit up 17% (7/27)

Lazard sells stake as withdrawals grow (3/23)

Les Fils Dreyfus profit up 15% (3/17)

LGT Group

LGT Zurich's first-half profit down 43% (9/5)

LGT first-half profit up 41% (8/23)

LGT Group profit up 14% (5/11)

Indian opposition attacks French deal (3/24)

Liechtensteinische Landesbank

GKB postpones offering (12/14)

LLB offers to buy regional bank (12/8)

Former LLB employee sentenced (11/17)

LLB Zurich boosts capital (9/5)

LLB's profit up 22% (8/29)

Swiss firm launches Middle East fund (6/28)

LLB buys back shares (5/5)

LLB Zurich's profit surged last year (4/25)

LLB boosted by acquisitions (3/24)

LLB chairman to resign (2/28)

Lienhardt & Partner Privatbank

Lienhardt profit up 11% (3/8)

Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie

French probe alleged Iran bribes (12/19)

Total suspected of Iran bribes (12/7)

Saudis threaten UK over corruption probe (11/19)

Vontobel buys brokerage operation (10/28)

German bank raids Lombard Odier (10/13)

Lombard Odier courts independent managers (10/7)

Pictet in South African distribution deal (9/22)

Geneva banks on hiring spree (9/5)

Lebanese-owned bank posts record results (7/4)

Lombard Odier gets hedge fund rating (6/30)

Lombard Odier loses brokerage staff (6/14)

Lombard Odier may launch structured products (5/11)

Berlusconi ally sentenced to six years (5/5)

Deka(Swiss) Privatbank's profit up 16% (4/17)

Former French minister in fraud probe (4/7)

Lombard Odier announces partnership changes (1/11)

Luzerner Kantonalbank

LKB's nine-month profit up 3% (11/15)

Swissfirst sells Basel operation (11/8)

Adler first-half profit up 25% (7/21)

Luzerner KB first-quarter profit up 8% (5/10)

Luzerner KB seeks governance changes (5/5)

Adler's profit up 30% (4/17)

St. Galler KB reports record profit (2/17)

Maerki Baumann & Co.

Two banks spinoff businesses (12/22)

Maerki Baumann first-half profit up 43% (8/9)

Swiss to hand over Libya-related papers (8/4)

Maerki Baumann to launch transaction bank (2/17)

Medibank

Medibank profit up 28% (3/8)

Merrill Lynch

Merrill Lynch in hedge fund venture (11/30)

MLCM's first-half net down 20% (9/7)

Merrill Lynch first-half profit up 33% (8/9)

Morgan Stanley names new chairman (7/5)

Merrill Lynch Bank profit up 24% (5/9)

Goldman tops asset management fees table (2/7)

MFC Merchant Bank

MFC Bank