December 2000

Swiss Investment Group names Latin America managers (12/6)

Januay 2001

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February 2001

Paying-agent tax on banks possible (2/28)

March 2001

Many non-banks reject money laundering rules (3/3)

Italian mutual funds report net outflows (3/8)

Banks report higher spending (3/12)

Fiduciary deposits up 12% in 2000

IMF blocks Swiss access to information (3/16)

Cantonal banks had record year (3/24)

April 2001

FBC issues three regulatory letters (4/5)

Swiss banks to discontinue PayNet system (4/6)

Investment companies may be regulated like funds (4/6)

FBC grapples with regulatory issues (4/28)

May 2001

Private banking profits to shrink (5/5)

US targets "terrorist" finances (5/12)

Report says world has 7.2 million rich people (5/14)

Swiss Exchange to extend trading hours (5/17)

Two convicted of Swiss money laundering (5/17)

US court extends extraterritorial reach (5/26)

FBC under pressure on insider trading (5/27)

IMF sees threat to Switzerland's reputation (5/27)

June 2001

Many private banks may have to sell out (6/1)

Client securities up 8% last year (6/10)

Swiss banks' earnings rose 19% last year (6/10)

Bank secrecy no obstacle to fighting crime (6/10)

Top money laundering official quits (6/15)

Swiss say more should be done to fight money laundering (6/19)

Liechtenstein dropped from OECD blacklist (6/23)

FBC names three new members (6/28)

Former Swiss judge found guilty of corruption (6/28)

Germany tries to stem outflow of cash (6/30)

July 2001

Authorities freeze Sfr800 million of Taiwan-related funds (7/4)

Foreign banks' earnings up 32% last year (7/4)

Private banks' earnings rose 50% last year (7/4)

SBA's Roth firm on bank secrecy (7/15)

US may collect information about all foreign depositors (7/21)

Report sees Asian private banking opportunities (7/24)

Swiss Exchange cuts trading hours (7/25)

August 2001

New money laundering head named (8/25)

September 2001

German border police increase cash seizures (9/7)

Grenada and Ukraine added to OECD blacklist (9/8)

Swiss find no Menem bank accounts (9/11)

SBA rejects money laundering criticism (9/14)

Swiss react angrily to Brown's remarks (9/21)

Swiss bank account frozen in terrorist probe (9/21)

Italy offers amnesty to tax dodgers (9/23)

German banker sees "terrorism insider trading" (9/23)

US to wage financial war on terrorists (9/23)

Swiss exchange recalculates stock indexes (9/28)

October 2001

UK orders freeze on Abacha funds (10/3)

Italy ratifies, modifies accord with Switzerland (10/4)

Swiss court freezes Argentine accounts (10/4)

Swiss foreign exchange turnover down (10/10)

Tribunal awards $10 million to Holocaust families (10/12)

Serbian bank accounts reportedly found (10/13)

Swiss official again rules out information exchange (10/17)

US investigates forex trading fraud (10/26)

Switzerland and Italy sign anti-crime pact (10/30)

November 2001

Switzerland freezes 24 bank accounts (11/1)

Private banking market put at $23.5 trillion (11/9)

Swiss freeze accounts in terrorism probe (11/9)

Switzerland hosts seminar on looted funds (11/14)

PwC cuts private banking growth estimate (11/15)

Geneva bank jobs up despite profit slump (11/20)

End of US estate tax poses dilemna for banks (11/21)

IMF questions US money laundering controls (11/22)

Swiss banks target Arab clients (11/23)

Switzerland freezes 30 bank accounts (11/27)

Bertarelli tops Switzerland's rich list (11/28)

Banks asked to check Kurdish accounts (11/30)

December 2001

Italian amnesty has little effect so far (12/6)

Critics attack US-Cayman agreement (12/9)

German cash pours into Switzerland (12/13)

UK again attacks Swiss bank secrecy (12/14)