General Index - 2006

 

January 2006

'Family office' competition heats up (1/4)

Court blocks handover of Yukos papers (1/12)

Fiduciary deposits up 19% (1/16)

Foreign private client securities up 12% (1/20)

Swiss bank cited in Japanese scandal (1/26)

India warns against e-mail fraud (1/27)

Thailand seizes more Saxena assets (1/27)

Swiss fund market grew 19% last year (1/31)

Swiss help sought in Pinochet probe (1/31)

February 2006

Canadian hid assets in Switzerland (2/1)

Anti-corruption group criticizes Switzerland (2/2)

Swiss plan new financial regulator (2/2)

Lawyer hid stolen paintings in Swiss bank (2/2)

Swiss bank probed in Japanese scandal (2/4)

Swiss block handover of Yukos-linked papers (2/7)

Two charged in China weapons case (2/9)

Swiss investment firm plans flotation (2/14)

Post office bank reports growth (2/15)

Fiduciary deposits rose 24% last year (2/17)

Japanese investigators visit Switzerland (2/18)

Vaduz laundering reports down 17% (2/23)

Assets under management up 26% (2/24)

March 2006

Indonesia probes banker's Swiss account (3/3)

Court rejects appeal in laundering case (3/6)

No proof of Liberian money laundering (3/8)

Switzerland to introduce new fund vehicles (3/9)

Accounts linked to former CEO frozen (3/18)

Fiduciary deposits down 2% (3/18)

EU tax revenue estimated at Sfr200 million (3/22)

UK company plans Swiss bank (3/23)

Five arrested in Medicare fraud (3/24)

Partners Group raises Sfr500 million (3/24)

Cantonal banks had "excellent" year (3/29)

New money laundering cases fell last year (3/31)

Anglo-Swiss banker named as party backer (3/31)

US blacklists Swiss company (3/31)

April 2006

Former Langbar executives' assets frozen (4/5)

Swiss collect Sfr100 million in taxes for EU (4/7)

Behring blames associates for losses (4/13)

Swiss seek French help in Iran probe (4/13)

"Swiss Trust Bank" seeks deposits (4/17)

Fiduciary deposits down 1% (4/18)

Foreign private client securities up 3% (4/21)

Foreign information requests up last year (4/28)

Regulator wants tighter insider trading law (4/28)

May 2006

Swiss approve US cooperation pact (5/5)

Two detained in Geneva (5/11)

Ireland warns about "Swiss" company (5/11)

Fiduciary deposits flat in first quarter (5/18)

Swiss reject Greek information request (5/18)

Private client securities up 4% (5/18)

Three convicted in Elf case (5/19)

Monaco freezes $25 million in Swiss banks (5/24)

Switzerland may abolish bearer shares (5/27)

Bank liable for advisor's theft (5/30)

June 2006

Romanian assets reportedly frozen (6/1)

Foreign banks' client assets up 17% (6/1)

Lugano firm cited in Italian probe (6/2)

Moody's assigns rating to SIS (6/6)

Swiss to give bank records to Russia (6/7)

Bank sends information to Indonesia (6/17)

Swiss fiduciary sentenced in UK (6/17)

Saudi Arabian deposits up 51% (6/17)

EU deposits plunged last year (6/17)

Offshore banking returns to growth (6/17)

Swiss private banks' profit up 23% (6/17)

Swiss banks post record results (6/17)

Finnish investor sentenced again (6/20)

Millionaires' assets grew 8.5% last year (6/21)

Israelis investigate Swiss company (6/23)

Mergers soar despite client erosion (6/23)

US penetrates SWIFT database (6/24)

Italians probe bribery, fraud cases (6/26)

Nepal royal family may pay tax (6/27)

German arrested for embezzling investors (6/27)

Berne tightens sanctions on Burma, Belarus (6/30)

Italian pretender under the spotlight (6/30)

Swiss collect more taxes for EU (6/30)

July 2006

Las Vegas offering ruled fraudulent (7/4)

Complaints to ombudsman down (7/5)

Geneva manager suspected of fraud (7/5)

Germans probe South Africa payments (7/7)

Court says finders fees belong to clients (7/11)

Italian financier missing (7/14)

Fiduciary deposits up 1% this year (7/14)

Swiss to send information to Greece (7/14)

US dollar client assets up 6% (7/21)

Slovenian firm assigned Moody's rating (7/21)

South Africa recovers assets from Swiss account (7/24)

Swiss advisor arrested in South Africa (7/26)

Canavesio firms under investigation (7/27)

Singapore attracting corrupt fugitives (7/27)

Post office bank deposits up 4% (7/28)

August 2006

Swiss to give "terrorist" bank records to US (8/11)

Fiduciary deposits up 3% in first half (8/16)

Swiss medical firm under investigation (8/22)

Lazarenko jailed for nine years (8/25)

Banker urges lower hedge fund tax (8/31)

September 2006

EU may seek more offshore agreements (9/4)

Industry seeks less restrictive fund rules (9/5)

Malaysia warns against unauthorized firm (9/6)

Swiss exchange cuts virt-x prices (9/6)

Taiwan seeks return of $520 million (9/8)

Hockey officials accused of tax fraud (9/8)

Cantonal banks' first-half profit up 10% (9/14)

Swiss banks expect record revenues (9/14)

Fiduciary deposits up 7% (9/15)

Swiss probe suspected US espionage (9/15)

CHF loses reserve currency status (9/15)

Bermuda bank launches Zurich unit (9/16)

Ikea bribes in Germany reported (9/20)

Accounts frozen in Italian wiretapping case (9/22)

Client assets top Sfr5 trillion for first time (9/22)

Swiss stock prices reach record high (9/29)

October 2006

Court upholds German cross-border ban (10/4)

Gazprom launches Zug unit (10/6)

Courier arrested at Swiss border (10/6)

SWIFT rejects bank's penetration complaint (10/6)

Swiss accounts cited in Dominican fraud (10/10)

UK firm launches private banking indexes (10/11)

Indonesian bank reports profit (10/16)

Fiduciary deposits up 9% (10/16)

Myanmar removed from FATF blacklist (10/16)

Geneva banks see 15% higher profits (10/17)

Russian police break up laundering gang (10/19)

Offshore private client securities flat (10/19)

New structured products exchange planned (10/25)

Police arrest two in laundering probe (10/25)

Berne to ratify trusts convention next year (10/26)

Japanese asset manager arrested (10/28)

Most US dollars outside the US (10/28)

November 2006

First oil-for-food conviction reported (11/1)

Usury conviction upheld (11/3)

Fortress plans first US hedge fund IPO (11/10)

Most cantonal banks destroying value (11/10)

Three indicted in US for laundering (11/11)

VZ Group plans flotation, bank licence (11/17)

Marbella bribery scandal widens (11/17)

Italian convicted of theft (11/17)

Fiduciary deposits up 11% (11/17)

Police arrest five Siemens employees (11/17)

German assets may top Sfr800 billion (11/20)

Court says silence equals consent (11/21)

UK probes Saudi middlemen accounts (11/22)

Foreign private client securities up 2% (11/22)

Siemens probe widens (11/23)

Two jailed for Inter Capital Bank fraud (11/23)

Panel says SWIFT, banks acting illegally (11/23)

Russian fraud used Swiss firms (11/23)

New fund rules published (11/24)

Swiss exchange rules out merger (11/24)

Mafia figure linked to Swiss accounts (11/25)

Swiss exchange may back new bourse (11/29)

Analyst reviews secrets of success (11/30)

December 2006

Cantonal banks boost private banking (12/1)

Swiss central bank warns speculators (12/1)

US espionage suspect leaves Switzerland (12/1)

Saudi royal family middlemen named (12/2)

Repatriated Nigerian funds "missing" (12/6)

Swede tops Swiss rich list again (12/6)

Global wealth map published (12/6)

Berne to broaden insider-trading law (12/8)

Swiss won't give Strauss papers to Germany (12/8)

Berezovsky investigation continues (12/12)

Pinochet investigation continues (12/13)

Ski slopes threatened by global warming (12/13)

Fiduciary deposits up 13% (12/15)

UK buckles under Saudi pressure (12/15)

Swiss confiscate cocaine profits (12/20)

Hawaii moves against "Swiss" firm (12/20)

Swiss regulators ban trader (12/22)

"Missing" Nigerian funds report incorrect (12/22)

Swiss to hand over papers in arms probe (12/28)

Court rules on liability time limit (12/29)

Euro banknotes overtake dollars (12/29)

Jabre firm penalized again (12/29)

Another record year for stocks (12/29)


 
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