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January
2005
French officials
probe football transfers (1/5)
German amnesty
boosted by December surge (1/6)
SEC charges
Mexican businessman with fraud (1/8)
'Dormant accounts'
lawyer accused of theft (1/8)
Nigerian
arrested on Swiss warrant (1/8)
Berne to update money laundering legislation (1/12)
Study cites
Swiss role in "financing apartheid" (1/14)
Russian buys
stake in Swiss firm (1/15)
Switzerland
imposes Ivory Coast sanctions (1/20)
Eccentric Danish
"billionaire" dies (1/21)
EBRD sues
Russian tycoon (1/21)
Former auditing
firm CEO convicted (1/25)
Russian buys
residence for Sfr20 million (1/26)
Swiss officials
reject Chirac proposal (1/29)
Swiss regulator
warns of unauthorized bank (1/30)
February
2005
Gaon given
suspended prison term (2/4)
Israeli buys
Swiss shopping centres (2/4)
PostFinance reports growth (2/8)
Court clears
return of Nigerian funds
(2/9)
FATF blacklist
cut to three (2/12)
Swiss probe
theft at UN affiliate (2/12)
Switzerland to
return most Abacha funds to Nigeria (2/17)
Medical fraud
moves to Europe (2/20)
Foreign client
securities set year-end record (2/22)
Bank auditing
costs fell 4% in 2003 (2/24)
Latvian
newspaper attacks prosecutor (2/24)
Switzerland
could become trusts centre (2/25)
Former Peruvian
minister convicted (2/26)
March
2005
US arrests
biggest American tax evader (3/3)
French banker
murdered in Geneva (3/3)
Germany rejects
tax break for high-earners (3/4)
SEC obtains
asset freeze in fraud case (3/8)
US says Swiss
art market open to laundering (3/8)
Bankers group
attacks laundering proposals (3/12)
Swiss to license
managers of foreign funds (3/12)
Noga to pursue
claim against ANZ (3/12)
Zambia sues
former president (3/16)
Suspect arrested
in banker's murder (3/17)
German brokerage
hit by fraud claims (3/17)
EU finds no
leakage of Palestinian aid (3/18)
Competition
increases for cross-border savings (3/22)
April
2005
Appeals court
issues Elf rulings (4/1)
Money laundering
probes up 75% (4/1)
KPMG sells
wealth management business (4/2)
Swiss banks see
German opportunity (4/2)
Swiss launch bid for Eurobond
business (4/2)
Georgian soccer
official arrested (4/9)
US may seek wire
transfer data (4/10)
EU savings tax
rules clarified (4/13)
US charges oil
traders with Iraq kickbacks (4/15)
UAE company may
sue Swiss banks (4/15)
Berlusconi cuts
stake in media company (4/15)
Official
arrested in Nice (4/15)
Money laundering
reports down 5% (4/16)
Judge probes
bribery at UN agency (4/16)
Former German
minister convicted (4/19)
Four arrested in
real estate fraud (4/21)
Regulator
calls for greater fund transparency (4/21)
Malaysian buys
50% of Geneva hotel (4/23)
Behring released
from custody (4/26)
Swiss Exchange
names new directors (4/27)
Swiss-based
financier carried official passport (4/28)
Liechtenstein
money laundering reports up 36% (4/28)
FBC chairman to
step down (4/29)
Swiss court
blocks Taiwan assistance (4/29)
May
2005
Court gives
prosecutors ultimatum (5/6)
Regulator
presses for fund disclosure (5/10)
Court holds bank
liable for losses (5/10)
Singapore to
overtake Switzerland (5/12)
Russia seeks
extradition of former minister (5/20)
Berne concerned about Iraq payments (5/21)
Foreign banks'
client assets up 4% (5/27)
Russians to trace palladium exports (5/28)
Nigeria slams
Swiss "blackmail" (5/29)
June
2005
Judge probes
Riviera property deals (6/1)
Arrest
linked to Swiss company (6/4)
Former
ambassador jailed for money laundering (6/7)
Freeze on
Duvalier assets extended (6/7)
Survey finds
global wealth rising (6/10)
Swiss private
banks' profit up 12% (6/17)
Swiss bank
profits rose 8% last year (6/17)
Offshore private
banking stalled last year (6/18)
Pole claims
minister bribed (6/28)
July
2005
US freezes
assets of two Syrians (7/2)
Switzerland
begins taxing EU residents (7/2)
Singapore says
European assets not significant (7/8)
Court upholds
seizure of suspect's property (7/12)
Funds to
disclose pricing details (7/13)
Indian payment diverted to Swiss account (7/15)
French
politician linked to Florida bank (7/15)
Ukraine approves
Russian bank (7/16)
Court says former minister must stay in
jail (7/20)
PostFinance
reports growth (7/23)
US freezes
assets of Hussein nephews (7/23)
Russian brothers
suspected of laundering (7/23)
Assets under
management near record high (7/23)
KPMG tracks
insolvent fund's assets (7/23)
UN official had
Swiss, Cyprus bank accounts (7/27)
EU to
require money transfer details (7/29)
August
2005
Bankers
group opposes new regulations (8/4)
Court blocks
transfer of bin Laden papers (8/5)
Swiss officials
freeze Polish account (8/9)
Swiss officials
seize Colombian bank deposits (8/10)
Former German
minister convicted of corruption (8/12)
September
hearing for Geneva asset manager (8/19)
Six charged with
laundering in Sydney (8/19)
Switzerland bans firm from taking
deposits (8/20)
Assets under
management at record high (8/23)
September
2005
Swiss add
names to Zimbabwe blacklist (9/7)
Swiss brace for
more Iraq revelations (9/11)
Two jailed for
Dome fraud (9/14)
Swiss readiness
to freeze accounts criticized (9/15)
Bankers group
sees higher revenues this year (9/15)
Canadian fund
company probed (9/16)
UK bank liable
for wrongful dismissal (9/20)
US student
forfeits Swiss accounts (9/21)
Swiss exchange
fires chairman (9/22)
Switzerland
publishes regulatory principles (9/23)
Swiss court
overturns Elf-related
verdicts (9/23)
Switzerland
freezes Indonesian accounts (9/23)
Former Geneva
asset manager jailed (9/24)
Court clears handover of papers to Spain
(9/26)
Paraguay must
pay Sfr100 million (9/30)
Basel
businessmen under investigation (9/30)
October
2005
Swiss court upholds
gag orders (10/4)
Marchiani
corruption trial begins (10/6)
Study compares
Swiss banks with rivals (10/10)
Mayor re-elected
despite charges (10/12)
Bermuda seeks
Swiss exemption for funds (10/14)
Swiss anti-laundering
efforts reviewed (10/14)
Geneva bank
profits rebound (10/14)
Bank publishes
expanded AUM data (10/21)
Zurich police
arrest drug traffickers (10/22)
Texas oilman charged in Iraq probe (10/22)
Due diligence
violations reported (10/24)
Berne approves handover of Taiwan papers (10/28)
November
2005
Court blocks
handover of Berezovsky papers (11/5)
Cantonal bank
first-half profits up 18% (11/5)
US freezes $3
million in insider
trading case (11/7)
Switzerland
returns $180 million to Nigeria (11/9)
Prosecutors issue
Borodin-linked warrants (11/9)
Fugitive judge held Swiss accounts (11/11)
Magistrate
probes Russian share dispute (11/11)
Extradited resident convicted on tax charges (11/24)
Swiss may
unfreeze Taiwan deposits (11/25)
Alternative
investments to drive revenue growth (11/25)
Tally-Ho
Ventures to buy Swiss firm (11/29)
December
2005
Geneva banks may
beat forecasts (12/1)
Sri Lanka rebels
used Swiss banks (12/2)
Guernsey
deposits at record high (12/9)
Swiss
tax havens face new rivals (12/9)
Banker
re-arrested in blackmail case (12/13)
Switzerland adds 13
names to blacklist (12/14)
Bank bonuses may
approach record levels (12/14)
Businessman
probed for alleged Angolan theft (12/15)
Fiduciary
deposits up 17% (12/16)
Fiduciary
cited in two fraud cases (12/21)
Behring launches
new business (12/24)
Berlusconi in new bribery probe (12/29)
Fund reps
exempt from controls (12/29)
North Korean
leader "transferred accounts" (12/29)
Court rejects
Russian brothers' appeal (12/30)
Thai bank
president sentenced (12/30)
Court sends
former minister back to Russia (12/31)
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