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January 2003
US investors
moving into managed accounts (1/3)
Private bank
profits down 20%-30% (1/17)
New anti-money
laundering rules issued (1/18)
West African
nation banks in Washington (1/22)
EU officials
target non-resident savings (1/24)
February 2003
Lawyer charged
with money laundering (2/1)
Swiss private
bank prices down sharply (2/4)
Switzerland to give
more information to US (2/7)
Swiss blue-chip trading system in trouble
(2/11)
FATF recommends
sanctions against Manila (2/15)
New financial super-regulator planned
(2/18)
Germany to
launch tax amnesty in July (1/20)
Switzerland bars
entry to Saddam Hussein (2/22)
IMF says banks need careful watching
(2/25)
March 2003
Lugano attorney
charged with embezzlement (3/8)
Switzerland
unfreezes some Yugoslav accounts (3/14)
Moody's issues
upbeat private banking report (3/18)
Zambian payment
traced to Swiss account (3/21)
Onassis heiress
transfers funds to Geneva bank (3/21)
US seizes Iraqi
funds (3/22)
Bank group fears
high cost of EU tax accord (3/27)
Switzerland
rejects US requests on Iraq (3/27)
Regulator
publishes money laundering report (3/28)
April
2003
Money laundering
body reports first-year results (4/4)
Swiss take
action on Iraq, Salinas (4/4)
Portugal
minister quits over Swiss account (4/5)
Liberia denies
report of cash hoard (4/10)
Switzerland
tightens Iraqi asset freeze (4/11)
Pentagon's Iraqi
friend has chequered past (4/11)
Swiss cantonal
banks report growth (4/18)
May 2003
Switzerland
extradites suspect to Germany (5/1)
Swiss agreements
with France, Germany reported (5/1)
Swiss bank
profits fell 20% last year (5/3)
Swiss court
rejects appeal to unfreeze account (5/10)
Two Italian
legislators arrested in Lugano (5/10)
Berne to send
frozen assets to Angola (5/10)
Report says
traditional offshore banking model "dying" (5/13)
Swiss reject
Ethiopia's claim for frozen funds (5/15)
Banks to
disclose client assets (5/17)
Swiss reportedly
probing Ericsson bribes (5/27)
Geneva asset
manager detained (5/28)
US seizing funds
from foreign banks (5/31)
June
2003
Swiss bank
profits rose 2% last year (6/5)
Client
securities fell 13% last year (6/5)
Ticino lawyer's
money laundering trial begins (6/5)
Report slams UK
failure to combat laundering (6/11)
Brazil to
require reporting of large transactions (6/11)
Number of
millionaires rose 2% last year (6/12)
Foreign bank
profits fell 25% last year (6/13)
Big increase in
deposits from Palestine (6/16)
Germany asks
Swiss to freeze Zurich accounts (6/17)
Lugano lawyer
jailed for mafia ties (6/18)
Germany
finalizes amnesty details (6/20)
S&P sees
over-capacity in Swiss banking (6/21)
Clients unhappy
with private bank service (6/24)
FBC publishes
circular on investment funds (6/26)
Former Schneider
CEO must stand trial (6/26)
Suspected money
laundering reports up 56% (6/27)
July
2003
Liechtenstein
client assets fell 9% last year (7/4)
Study sees many
more financial job losses (7/6)
Luxembourg
client assets average Sfr620,000 (7/9)
Liechtenstein drops probe of airline
promoter (7/10)
French bank
employee arrested (7/12)
Court awards Marcos funds to government (7/16)
Bank employee
charged with attempted extortion (7/18)
Italy seeks
Swiss help in Enel probe (7/18)
Heir claims
lawyers block inheritance (7/23)
Switzerland
freezes Liberian bank accounts (7/25)
Trial of former
Ticino banker begins (7/25)
Geneva court
rejects Uzan asset freeze (7/26)
August
2003
Swiss find no
proof of laundering in coltran case (8/5)
Switzerland
finally closes the Marcos case (almost) (8/6)
Switzerland to
give bank records to Serbia (8/22)
US may seize
foreign leaders' assets (8/23)
Deutsche Bank
sued over Turkish account (8/29)
September
2003
Switzerland to
allow more European directors (9/3)
Banking industry
to boost minimum wage (9/4)
Banker sees
"strong recovery" next year (9/5)
Swiss account
cited in French bribery probe (9/6)
Owner of Zurich
trading firm missing (9/6)
A. G. Edwards to
open Geneva office (9/9)
ChevronTexaco
gets US subpoena (9/12)
Cantonal banks'
first-half profit up 5% (9/12)
Belgium, Israel
to introduce tax amnesties (9/13)
Norway
investigates payments to Iranian consultant (9/13)
Luxembourg fears
Belgian tax amnesty (9/18)
Scandinavian
bribe paid via Swiss bank (9/26)
October
2003
Swiss officials
probe Yimpas Group (10/8)
Two jailed in
Sweden for bribery (10/8)
North Korean's
assets "managed by Swiss bank" (10/10)
Banks to provide access to Nazi-era
accounts (10/15)
Swiss freeze
Hungarian accounts (10/16)
Repatriated funds return from Italy
(10/17)
Swissca's
managed assets reach Sfr45 billion (10/18)
Switzerland to
send bank records to Peru (10/18)
US seeks Iraq
funds in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan (10/22)
Swiss
"investment bank" cannot be found (10/22)
Mixed verdict in
Putin-related case (10/25)
SWX to adopt new disclosure rules (10/26)
Swiss money
laundering reports up this year (10/31)
November
2003
Report claims
South Africa sent $42 billion to US (11/2)
Bank employee causes Sfr92 million losses
(11/4)
Former Zurich bank employee faces US
prison term (11/4)
S&P pulls
out of Switzerland (11/6)
Swissca
officials fired after clashes (11/8)
Money launderer must reimburse victim
(11/11)
Ticino finance
company director arrested (11/13)
Switzerland
launches probe of Berezovsky (11/18)
Latest Italian amnesty fell short of target (11/18)
Survey finds
bankers too optimistic (11/22)
Berlusconi
associate convicted of corruption (11/22)
SWX
"transparency" project blocks data publication (11/25)
December
2003
Swiss may add
bank secrecy to constitution (12/4)
Korean took
payoffs using Swiss account (12/4)
Italian
sentenced for embezzlement (12/4)
Switzerland
freezes Japanese account (12/5)
Saddam's nephew
seeks access to funds (12/13)
Thailand
recovers $25 million from Swiss account (12/18)
Georgian
football official detained for tax evasion (12/19)
Swiss to tighten
stock market regulation (12/20)
Swiss police
break up money-laundering network (12/23)
Russian
businessman under investigation (12/31)
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