General Index - 2008

 

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)

April 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)


 
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