January 2008

Former CEO freed on $400 million bail (1/3)

Swiss bank stocks open sharply lower (1/4)

Another blow to Swiss bank secrecy (1/7)

Partners Group reports strong growth (1/10)

AXA unit seeks bank licence (1/10)

Switzerland drops case against Adamova (1/10)

Swiss seize Colombian's assets (1/14)

FINMA directors named (1/16)

Fiduciary deposits up 16% (1/16)

Geneva banks expect another good year (1/17)

Securities in custody up 9% (1/21)

Court clears extradition to Russia (1/22)

Regulator intervenes in real estate group (1/25)

Qatar in talks with Swiss bank (1/25)

Caution urged in handling client instructions (1/29)

Swiss fund market flat last year (1/29)

Post office deposits up 7.5% (1/31)

February 2008

EU payment area costly for Swiss banks (2/1)

Warrants issued for mafia suspects (2/4)

African rulers buy French real estate (2/4)

Stock market volume rebounded in January (2/4)

Swiss firm to acquire Bangladesh bank (2/5)

Gottex client assets surged last year (2/6)

Invesco opens Zurich office (2/6)

Fiduciary deposits rose 17% last year (2/15)

Structured product issues doubled last year (2/22)

Swiss banks' new money down 14% (2/29)

March 2008

Court upholds Inter Capital Bank sentences (3/3)

Stock market volume fell 6.5% in February (3/4)

Fund forced to liquidate Swiss portfolio (3/5)

IMF says Liechtenstein vulnerable (3/7)

Rich families to boost alternative investments (3/7)

Partners Group profit soars 65% (3/10)

Swiss firm names Georgian chairman (3/14)

Fiduciary deposits down 1% (3/14)

Dollar reaches parity with Swiss franc (3/14)

Former GM executive charged with fraud (3/15)

Cantonal banks report record results (3/19)

German officials offered data on Swiss accounts (3/19)

Client assets fell 6% in January (3/21)

US seeks to monitor "all financial transactions" (3/24)

Most Swiss confident of bank stability (3/25)

Israeli group may invest in Swiss firm (3/26)

April 2008

Money laundering reports up 28% (4/1)

German industrialist probed for tax evasion (4/1)

ETA-linked funds frozen (4/2)

Stock market volume fell 12% in March (4/3)

EU seeks end to Swiss bank secrecy (4/5)

Forex dealers now regulated like banks (4/7)

Gottex net profit rose 42% last year (4/8)

Texan hires former Swiss president (4/8)

Private banks feel credit crisis impact (4/10)

Swiss reject Taiwan's request for frozen assets (4/11)

Finck family may launch Swiss bank (4/14)

Fiduciary deposits down 1.7% (4/15)

Swiss charge two in Parmalat affair (4/15)

FBC cites FATF warning (4/16)

Swiss to transfer funds to Iraq (4/21)

Gottex client assets down 2% (4/22)

Malaysian's firm boosts profit 80% (4/23)

"No exodus" from Liechtenstein (4/28)

Specialist financial firms grow rapidly (4/28)

Swiss to give bank records to Iran (4/28)

Putin to buy house in Switzerland ? (4/29)

Minneapolis tax protester convicted (4/30)

May 2008

Stock market volume fell 3% in April (5/5)

SWX reports record results (5/6)

Houston doctor convicted of fraud (5/6)

EU withholding tax receipts up 22% (5/8)

Falk sentenced to four years (5/9)

UK to use "back door" into Switzerland (5/12)

Arkansas man pleads guilty to fraud (5/14)

Fiduciary deposits down 7% (5/15)

Regulator closes Zurich investment firm (5/18)

More people flee French wealth tax (5/20)

Government approves regulatory chief (5/21)

Client securities fell 10% in first quarter (5/21)

Zug asset management firm insolvent (5/22)

Foreign banks report growth (5/22)

Swiss to increase reserve requirements (5/25)

EU list excludes UK financial centres (5/27)

Real estate firm forced into bankruptcy (5/30)

June 2008

Swiss market attracts more players (6/4)

Stock market volume plunged in May (6/4)

Cartel organizers jailed in UK (6/11)

Geneva firm's client assets up 8% (6/13)

Swiss funds attract surge of new money (6/13)

Fiduciary deposits down 3% (6/16)

Bank employees on trial in Brazil case (6/17)

Greek minister's Swiss account cited (6/18)

Swiss private banks' profit up 29% (6/19)

Foreign banks' profits surge 36% (6/19)

Swiss banks' operating profits down 19% (6/19)

Few hedge funds managed from Switzerland (6/19)

Client securities up after five months' decline (6/20)

Swiss to return funds to Mexico (6/23)

Former Malaysian minister transfers stake (6/23)

Millionaire numbers up 6% (6/24)

July 2008

First-half stock market volume down 18% (7/3)

Italian police in bank fraud sweep (7/7)

Partners Group's asset growth slows (7/9)

Siemens payments in Greece detailed (7/10)

Fiduciary deposits down 3% (7/15)

IRS to tighten QI programme (7/15)

Angola seeks sovereign fund advice (7/16)

UK to seek client names from foreign banks (7/21)

Client securities rose 1% in May (7/21)

Post office deposits up 8% (7/21)

Gottex client assets flat (7/22)

Singapore assets jump 40% (7/24)

Swiss fund market down 8%  (7/29)

August 2008

Finck family bank to open next year (8/4)

Stock market volume up 6% in July (8/6)

Brazil, Taiwan corruption cases near end (8/7)

Fiduciary deposits down 4% (8/14)

Swiss freeze Taiwanese deposits (8/14)

Client securities fell 10% in first half (8/20)

UBS crisis cuts new money flow (8/22)

September 2008

Partners Group's adjusted profit up 2% (9/2)

Stock market volume slumped in August (9/3)

Swisscanto fund assets down 7% (9/4)

Cantonal banks' first-half profit down 28% (9/4)

Lawi family firm's profit down 2% (9/4)

Private wealth may fall 10% this year (9/5)

Swiss to cut hedge fund managers' taxes (9/5)

UK hedge fund manager to move to Zug (9/8)

Swiss regulator to pay bonuses (9/8)

Alstom tries to block growing bribery probe (9/13)

Malaysian's firm boosted by one-off gain (9/15)

Fiduciary deposits almost unchanged (9/16)

Gottex first-half profit down 28% (9/17)

Five sentenced for laundering Brazilian funds (9/18)

No new money likely during turmoil (9/18)

EU publishes cross-border savings tax data (9/19)

Client securities down 9.5% (9/22)

Geneva overtakes Frankfurt (9/25)

Top five dominate structured products (9/30)

October 2008

Stock market volume rebounded in September (10/3)

France ends Taiwan kickbacks probe (10/2)

Gottex funds hit by US fraud (10/4)

Asian wealth set to overtake Europe's (10/6)

Angola arms trial starts in Paris (10/6)

Swiss charge 10 in cigarette smuggling case (10/7)

Libya to pull deposits from Swiss banks (10/10)

Fiduciary deposits up 2% (10/15)

Most wealthy clients unhappy with banks (10/17)

Stonehage group to open Geneva office (10/20)

PostFinance hit by investment losses (10/21)

Client securities down 7% (10/21)

German official attacks Swiss "tax haven" (10/21)

Gottex client assets down 14% (10/24)

IRS to tighten foreign bank rules (10/24)

Group to publish bank credit scores (10/24)

Court clears handover of Libyan arms papers (10/28)

Financial crisis to cut Geneva taxes (10/28)

Close Brothers opens Zurich office (10/29)

Swiss fund market down 3%  (10/29)

November 2008

Geneva money manager arrested again (11/3)

Geneva hedge fund manager cuts back (11/4)

Swiss to boost deposit insurance (11/5)

Stock market volume up 7% in October (11/5)

Partners Group sees AUM little changed (11/7)

Swiss exchange to close London operation (11/11)

Gottex suspends some fund redemptions (11/13)

Fiduciary deposits down 3% (11/14)

US regulator criticizes European banks (11/18)

Swiss bank minimum salary to grow 4% (11/18)

Thousands of Germans report Swiss accounts (11/17)

Household assets rose 2% in 2007 (11/18)

Client securities down 14% (11/19)

Swiss fund assets fell 10% in October (11/21)

Singapore may come under greater scrutiny (11/26)

December 2008

Swiss fund market down 3% (12/1)

Stock market volume plunges 45% (12/3)

Swiss regulator unveils new capital rules (12/5)

Swiss court clears handover of BAE papers (12/8)

Liechtenstein to give information to US (12/11)

Fiduciary deposits down 8.5% (12/15)

Two sentenced for fraud scheme (12/16)

Client securities down 22% (12/19)

Swiss freeze Zimbabwe accounts (12/23)

Thai fortune linked to Swiss banks (12/26)

Geneva firm holds asset loss to 5% (12/29)

Stock market volume down 24% (12/30)

Another Geneva firm linked to Madoff (12/30)

Swiss bank stocks slumped in 2008 (12/30)