January 2007

Swiss parliament approves trusts (1/3)

Trader challenges ban (1/4)

Record CHF bond issues last year  (1/5)

Belgian private banking is booming (1/5)

Private oil flows reach $81 billion (1/5)

Regulators probe hedge fund lending (1/9)

Swiss non-bank managers expand (1/10)

Private bank index up 8% (1/11)

Swiss financial jobs flat last year (1/11)

Swiss banks manage $5.5 trillion (1/13)

UK seeks Swiss help in BAE probe (1/16)

Fiduciary deposits up 13% (1/17)

Cameroon oil trading probed (1/17)

Banks see further growth this year (1/18)

Tax on foreign residents reviewed (1/19)

Private client securities up 5% (1/19)

Banks scramble for talent (1/23)

Swiss fund market grew 10% last year (1/29)

Court limits banks' duty of care (1/29)

February 2007

Former exchange official sentenced (2/2)

UK banks forced to disclose client details (2/2)

Italian firms exempt from Swiss disclosure (2/2)

Post office deposits reach Sfr40 billion (2/6)

New laundering proposals criticized (2/6)

Fiduciary manager arrested (2/7)

Swiss banks won't shun Iran (2/8)

EU attacks Swiss tax breaks (2/13)

Plan to abolish bearer shares dropped (2/14)

French wealth tax drives more abroad (2/14)

Berne imposes sanctions on Iran (2/14)

Fiduciary deposits rose 18% last year (2/16)

American jailed in Iraq bribery case (2/17)

Client assets rose 13% last year (2/20)

Bank results confirm market leadership (2/20)

Banks step up IT outsourcing (2/21)

East Europeans borrow in Swiss francs (2/21)

March 2007

Italians move more money to Switzerland (3/1)

Why do the rich save so much ? (3/1)

Hedge fund fees penalize investors (3/4)

Arab gambler can't invoke Swiss law (3/5)

Most Swiss support the banks (3/7)

Bank regulator resigns (3/7)

Shareholding disclosure rules tightened (3/8)

Behring arrested again (3/9)

Partners Group client assets up 60% (3/12)

New Berlusconi trial starts (3/13)

Berne rejects Indian request for freeze (3/13)

Siemens managers admit Italian bribes (3/14)

Diamond investment fraud reported (3/16)

Franco-Romanian financier arrested  (3/16)

US to seek Swiss bank assets (3/17)

Swiss to transfer shares to Iraq (3/19)

Regulator warns about unauthorised "banker" (3/21)

Kuwaiti firm may buy Swiss bank stake (3/26)

Four foreign supervisors visit (3/27)

Sweden to abolish wealth tax (3/28)

Cantonal bank profits rose 12% last year  (3/28)

Swiss add names to Zimbabwe blacklist (3/29)

April 2007

Ratings assigned to Saudi family group (4/2)

Somali jailed for money transfers (4/2)

Brazilian bank holding company registered (4/3)

Switzerland attracts more tax exiles (4/3)

Swiss stock market turnover climbs (4/4)

Liechtenstein suspicious reports down (4/4)

Swiss "investment bank" sued for fraud (4/5)

Judge orders 42 to stand trial in Angola case (4/6)

Dubai moves against fraudulent scheme (4/10)

New commodity index launched (4/12)

Bank employee attacks hotel guests (4/13)

UK announces partial amnesty (4/17)

Money laundering reports down 15% (4/17)

Florida court upholds Swiss judgement (4/18)

Berne may lure hedge funds with low tax (4/18)

Swiss directors best-paid in Europe (4/18)

Irish company buys Zurich firm (4/20)

Moody's revises Swiss bank ratings (4/20)

Best-selling author dies (4/24)

EU accounts yield Sr500 million in tax (4/25)

Former Canadian financial advisor pleads guilty (4/27)

Houston firm pleads guilty to bribery (4/27)

May 2007

Abu Dhabi to open Swiss bank next month (5/1)

Florida man to surrender $5 million (5/2)

Swiss drop Madagascar probe (5/3)

Stock market volume down 18% (5/3)

Israeli finance minister holds Swiss account (5/7)

S&P says Swiss banks "resilient" (5/10)

Jabre raises $1.9 billion (5/11)

Fraud reported at Zimbabwe bank (5/11)

Fraud reported at Belgian bank (5/11)

Swiss investigate BAE payments (5/12)

Two former Siemens employees convicted (5/15)

Client forfeits hidden assets (5/15)

Fiduciary deposits up 4% (5/16)

Banks resist options disclosure (5/17)

Swiss to hand over Ullrich's bank records (5/18)

Swiss to plug laundering loophole (5/21)

Client assets up 5% in first quarter (5/21)

Fate of Duvalier assets in doubt (5/22)

Banks urge lower costs, faster approvals (5/23)

Foreign banks' client assets up 13% (5/23)

Cantor Fitzgerland opens Zurich office (5/24)

Swiss crack down on tax scheme (5/25)

Some banks still pushing in-house products (5/28)

June 2007

Swiss extend freeze on Duvalier funds (6/1)

New Swiss disclosure rules from July 1 (6/1)

US warns Swiss banks to shun Iran (6/2)

Stock market volume up 10% (6/4)

Swiss reject IMF reform proposals (6/5)

New regulatory agency approved (6/8)

Banks oppose laundering proposal (6/9)

Liechtenstein banks' profit down 16% (6/11)

Israeli stopped with suitcase of cash (6/13)

Switzerland returns $34 million to Taiwan (6/13)

Swiss private banks' profit up 25% (6/14)

Foreign banks' profit up 18% (6/14)

Swiss banks' operating profits up 1% (6/14)

Fiduciary deposits up 6% (6/15)

Swiss reject anti-laundering proposals (6/16)

Client assets approach Sfr6 trillion (6/20)

Regulator takes control of Lugano firm (6/25)

Few respond to UK amnesty (6/26)

Millionaire numbers up 8% (6/28)

EU approves US access to bank data (6/29)

French income gap widens (6/29)

July 2007

Ombudsman complaints down (7/3)

Singapore assets up 24% (7/4)

Regulator invites laundering comments (7/4)

Stock market volume up 2% in June (7/5)

Partners Group assets up 27% (7/5)

Hedge fund "hiding behind Swiss secrecy" (7/6)

Compliance costs exceed expectations (7/9)

Geneva oil trading linked to Kremlin (7/10)

Wealthy French grow richer (7/11)

UK revenues boosted by foreign residents (7/12)

German court clears account monitoring (7/12)

Regulator lists unauthorized firms (7/13)

Fiduciary deposits up 9% (7/16)

Regulator lists more unauthorized firms (7/18)

Structured products up 51% (7/19)

More subject to French wealth tax (7/20)

Court rejects Ullrich's appeal (7/23)

Swiss find Marbella-linked accounts (7/23)

More Brazilian millionaires reported (7/24)

Partners Group reiterates growth target (7/26)

August 2007

Israelis in major Swiss real estate deal (8/1)

Post office bank deposits up 6% (8/2)

Stock market volume fell 4.5% in July (8/3)

Burundi central bank governor arrested (8/14)

Fiduciary deposits up 11% (8/16)

Chinese wealth fuels luxury goods demand (8/19)

Structured products down 3% in June (8/21)

Swiss to release frozen Yukos funds (8/24)

Swiss firm's hedge fund implodes (8/24)

Partners Group client assets up 27% (8/28)

VZ Holding reports growth (8/29)

Record structured product issues in August (8/29)

Report sees investment banking slump (8/30)

'Swiss Mutual Fund' promoters charged (8/30)

Swiss banks attract record inflows (8/31)

September 2007

Alternative manager opens Tokyo office (9/4)

Cantonal banks' profits up 12% (9/4)

Stock market volume up 4.6% in August (9/5)

Swiss trust companies launch association (9/10)

Regulator backs drive to attract hedge funds (9/10)

Former swindler publishes memoirs (9/11)

Barclays to rescue Geneva-run hedge fund (9/11)

Wealth management leads industry growth (9/12)

Lazard opens Zurich office (9/12)

SWX announces merger details (9/12)

Malaysia blocks "Swisscash" websites (9/13)

Swiss financial sector unveils "master plan" (9/13)

Fiduciary deposits up 13% (9/14)

Regulator intervenes in two Swiss firms (9/17)

World Bank unveils stolen assets initiative (9/18)

Swisscanto managed assets up 8% (9/18)

Family-owned firm reports growth (9/19)

Bankers forecast another record year (9/20)

UK tax authorities continue crackdown (9/24)

US candidate urges offshore crackdown (9/24)

Court clears handover of bank information (9/24)

Hedge fund manager reports growth (9/25)

Switzerland doubles forex market share (9/26)

Flow of Czech cash to Switzerland probed (9/26)

Regulator fines Italian investor (9/27)

Partners group in Italian venture (9/28)

October 2007

UK may seize encryption keys (10/1)

Millionaire households up 14% (10/2)

Stock market volume falls 21% (10/2)

Bermuda bank opens second Swiss unit (10/2)

Italian client assets up 8.5% (10/4)

France to promote Paris as financial centre (10/5)

SWIFT to process data in Switzerland (10/5)

Swiss banks shine in competition survey (10/8)

UK boosts taxes on private equity, foreigners (10/10)

Swiss banking system "in good shape" (10/10)

Swiss to provide diamond trafficking information (10/11)

SWX merger wins conditional approval (10/11)

Swiss progress on tax evasion noted (10/15)

Gottex plans Swiss IPO (10/15)

SWX to cut trading fees again (10/16)

Fiduciary deposits top Sfr700 billion (10/16)

Former banker buys stake in Geneva firm (10/17)

Banks see slower growth next year (10/19)

Client securities slipped this summer (10/19)

Swiss election marked by record spending (10/22)

Reports detail Asian wealth explosion (10/22)

Politician's former partner hid stolen funds (10/23)

Italy rounds up mafia network (10/23)

Big Swiss real estate deal falls through (10/26)

Court upholds Berlusconi acquittal (10/29)

November 2007

Report recommends taxing cantonal banks (11/1)

Stock market volume up 15% (11/2)

Gottex IPO raises Sfr600 million (11/6)

Jersey used to avoid Swiss dividend tax (11/6)

Pasqua sentenced for corruption (11/12)

MacEnroe pleads guilty to laundering (11/12)

Berne suspends information-sharing with Berlin (11/14)

New insider trading rules proposed (11/14)

Fiduciary deposits up 16% (11/16)

Regulator appeals for information (11/16)

Investment manager held after murder (11/16)

Clients who sue must quantify losses (11/19)

Ospel near top in Swiss pay survey (11/19)

Report sees offshore consolidation (11/19)

Forex dealers to be regulated (11/20)

US dollar falls to record lows (11/23)

Wealthiest residents' assets soar (11/23)

UK to crack down on wealthy foreigners (11/26)

Advisors expect more consolidation (11/27)

Swiss to help US in BAE probe (11/28)

Texas oilman sentenced in Iraq case (11/28)

Geneva hedge fund manager arrested (11/30)

December 2007

Swiss private banks "among the best" (12/4)

Stock market volume up 16% (12/4)

Switzerland remains corporate tax haven (12/6)

Fiduciary deposits up 17.5% (12/14)

Trader arrested on UK murder charge (12/15)

PostFinance in pact with German bank (12/18)

Swiss banks trail in efficiency (12/18)

Putin "most corrupt leader in history" (12/21)

Salinas-linked funds to stay frozen (12/27)

Stock market volume up 28% (12/28)