Subject Index - 2003

 

Angola

Yukos CEO showed interest in Swiss bank (11/8)

Switzerland freezes Liberian's accounts (6/26)

Berne to send frozen assets to Angola (5/10)

Assets under Management

Liechtenstein client assets fell 9% last year (7/4)

Client securities fell 13% last year (6/5)

(Also see: Fiduciary deposits)

Australia

Australian director resigns over Swiss account (11/21)

Australia investigates Swiss bank trades (11/1)

Azerbaijan

Czech promoter indicted in US (10/4)

Swiss lawyer indicted on bribery charges (9/13)

Zurich bank manages Azerbaijan funds (7/2)

Bank employees

UBS fires two employees for mutual fund violations (11/26)

Swissca officials fired after clashes (11/8)

Bank employee causes Sfr92 million losses (11/4)

Top Baer official quits after 10 months (9/30)

UBS announces management changes (9/18)

Ferrier Lullin chief executive quits (9/11)

Three private bankers to leave Vontobel (7/31)

Credit Suisse official quits after six months (6/28)

Geneva banks name partners (6/25)

Banque Fiduciary Trust chief executive quits (6/21)

Two more Lombard Odier partners to quit (5/2)

Vasella to quit Credit Suisse board (3/26)

Bank supervision

Yukos CEO showed interest in Swiss bank (11/8)

Vontobel penalized for improper gain (3/29)

Bank regulator to investigate BCV affair (2/28)

Regulator criticizes Zurich KB (1/14)

Bank owner was allegedly a fugitive (1/8)

Banking industry

UBS and Credit Suisse to boost Swiss pay 1% (10/31)

Raiffeisen group to close 200 outlets (10/10)

Swiss directors' average pay down 10% (9/18)

Cantonal banks' first-half profit up 5% (9/12)

Banker sees "strong recovery" next year (9/5)

Banking industry to boost minimum wage (9/4)

Swiss bankers among highest-paid executives (9/3)

Cantonal banks report first-half gains (7/17)

Study sees many more financial job losses (7/6)

S&P sees over-capacity in Swiss banking (6/21)

Foreign bank profits fell 25% last year (6/13)

Swiss bank profits rose 2% last year (6/5)

Swiss bank profits fell 20% last year (5/3)

Swiss cantonal banks report growth (4/18)

Geneva banker sees more job losses (3/30)

Bank Coop launches cheeky ad campaign (3/26)

UBS paid chairman Sfr11.3 million last year (3/20)

Swiss banks cut bonus payments (2/11)

Swiss private bank prices down sharply (2/4)

Private bank profits down 20%-30% (1/17)

US investors moving into managed accounts (1/3)

(Also see: Regulation)

Behring, Dieter

Swiss Life to sell Redsafe Bank (1/28)

Belgium

Luxembourg fears Belgian tax amnesty (9/18)

Belgium, Israel to introduce tax amnesties (9/13)

Swiss find no proof of laundering in coltran case (8/5)

Former Schneider CEO must stand trial (6/26)

Belgium probing Airbus role in Sabena's collapse (6/15)

Bank held liable for disclosing client names (4/3)

Bensberg, Guido

Four bank officials face fraud charges (12/15)

Bermuda

HSBC to buy Bank of Bermuda (10/29)

Brazil

Swiss bank employees jailed in Brazil (11/12)

Swiss banks named in fraud case (9/2)

Court says Brazilian request incomplete (7/25)

Brazil to require reporting of large transactions (6/11)

Safdie family refocuses activity in Switzerland (6/4)

Suspects arrested in Nigerian fraud case (1/29)

Brazilian account-holders named (1/25)

Switzerland freezes Sfr50 million of Brazilian funds (1/17)

Canada

Swiss "investment bank" cannot be found (10/22)

Belgium probing Airbus role in Sabena's collapse (6/15)

Canadian suspect linked to Zurich bank (3/30)

Cayman Islands

Top Cayman law officer resigns (3/15)

China

Credit Suisse, UBS expand in China (11/20)

China approves UBS, Nomura as foreign investors (5/27)

Cigarette smuggling

Swiss court rejects appeal to unfreeze account (5/10)

Colombia

Mixed verdict in Putin-related case (10/25)

Former UBS banker cleared in drug case (7/12)

Congo

Swiss find no proof of laundering in coltran case (8/5)

Credit ratings

S&P upgrades UBS, confirms Credit Suisse (12/4)

Moody's upgrades St. Galler KB (12/3)

S&P downgrades Basler KB's outlook (10/21)

Fitch assigns ratings to EFG Private Bank (9/27)

Fitch downgrades UBS credit rating (9/12)

Moody's downgrades another BSI rating (5/23)

Moody's downgrades BSI (4/18)

Moodys may downgrade BSI's long-term rating (3/27)

Fitch lowers HSBC Private Banking's rating (2/1)

Fitch lowers Banque de Commerce ratings (1/12)

Cuba

BC Geneve named in Cuban affair (7/5)

Denmark

Danish bank launches Swiss subsidiary (2/4)

Dormant accounts

Banks to provide access to Nazi-era accounts (10/15)

Dubai

Credit Suisse seeks licence in Dubai (9/27)

Ebner, Martin

Swiss bank regulator affirms Ebner's fitness (11/27)

Ebner cleared of insider trading charge (9/26)

Insider trading probe targets Liechtenstein firm (9/5)

BZ Group director detained in Sweden (8/26)

BZ Group hopes to rise from the ashes (8/1)

Banks selling Ebner's remaining investments (7/17)

BZ Group moratorium won't be extended (6/27)

BZ Group sells more Baloise shares (6/21)

Ebner in management buy-out of BZ Bank (5/23)

Ebner agrees to sell VP Bank stake (4/23)

BZ Group sells Pirelli holding (3/11)

BZ Group may sell bank unit (1/30)

BZ Bank's business collapses (1/20)

German banks to write down BZ Group exposure (1/15)

BZ Group sells assets, future in doubt  (1/11)

BZ Group sells more assets (1/4)

Elf

French court hands down Elf verdicts (11/14)

Elf recovers funds in Geneva (1/25)

Enron

Report says CSFB helped Enron deceive investors (11/28)

Equatorial Guinea

West African nation banks in Washington (1/22)

Ernst & Young

Geneva to sue Ernst & Young for Sfr3 billion (2/28)

Ethiopia

Swiss reject Ethiopia's claim for frozen funds (5/15)

EU

Bank group fears high cost of EU tax accord (3/27)

EU officials target non-resident savings (1/24)

Fiduciary deposits

Big increase in deposits from Palestine (6/16)

Finland

Two jailed in Sweden for bribery (10/8)

Scandinavian bribe paid via Swiss bank (9/26)

France

UBS official indicted in Executive Life affair (12/19)

Switzerland to send papers to three countries (12/9)

Lyon corruption trial nears end (10/18)

French judge to issue warrant for Pasqua's son (9/12)

Swiss account cited in French bribery probe (9/6)

French bank employee arrested (7/12)

Former Schneider CEO must stand trial (6/26)

Swiss court allows transfer of papers to France (6/12)

UBS to acquire French clients from Lloyds (5/17)

French investigating payoff via Swiss bank (5/16)

Swiss agreements with France, Germany reported (5/1)

Baer transfers brokerage management to Paris (2/26)

(Also see: Elf)

Germany

I.G. Farben abandons claim against UBS (11/13)

Swiss officials probe Yimpas Group (10/8)

Credit Suisse targets German retail market (10/2)

Klockner suspect extradited to Germany (7/12)

Germany finalizes amnesty details (6/20)

Germany asks Swiss to freeze Zurich accounts (6/17)

Belgium probing Airbus role in Sabena's collapse (6/15)

German officials probe pyramid scheme (6/12)

Swiss court rejects appeal to unfreeze account (5/10)

Swiss agreements with France, Germany reported (5/1)

Switzerland extradites suspect to Germany (5/1)

Deutsche Bank fined for tax evasion (4/4)

Germany to launch tax amnesty in July (1/20)

German banks to write down BZ Group exposure (1/15)

Georgia

Georgian football official detained for tax evasion (12/19)

Gordon, Daniel

Former Merrill energy trader pleads guilty (12/20)

AIG named in embezzlement case (8/16)

Greece

Deutsche Bank to sell stake in EFG bank (11/13)

Halliburton

Halliburton payments used Swiss bank accounts (12/20)

HealthSouth Corp.

Bankers deny knowledge of HealthSouth fraud (11/7)

Second HealthSouth e-mail surfaces (7/12)

UBS analyst forced to quit over e-mail (7/4)

UBS had close ties with HealthSouth (5/15)

US committee asks UBS for HealthSouth papers (5/10)

Report claims UBS tried to damage former client (4/23)

UBS contact with HealthSouth resigns (4/12)

US officials to probe UBS role at HealthSouth (4/1)

Holenweger, Oscar

NewCenturyBank names new CEO (3/4)

Hong Kong

Mirabaud expands in Asia (10/10)

Swiss officials probe EFG accounts (8/20)

Hungary

Swiss freeze Hungarian accounts (10/16)

Clariden affiliate ranks second in Hungary (9/30)

Imfeld, Ernst

Bank Leumi boosts provisions for client losses (5/15)

Bank Leumi could face lawsuits (3/21)

Bank Leumi reaches insurance agreement (2/2)

India

BAE paid secret commissions via Switzerland (12/6)

Zambian payment traced to Swiss account (3/21)

Indonesia

Credit Suisse sued over frozen deposit (12/20)

Swissfirst in bid for Indonesian bank (9/24)

Iran

Norway investigates payments to Iranian consultant (9/13)

Klockner suspect extradited to Germany (7/12)

Iraq

Saddam's nephew seeks access to funds (12/13)

US seeks Iraq funds in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan (10/22)

UBS fined for sending funds to Iraq (6/28)

Gottardo takes action over Iraqi funds allegation (4/24)

Report claims Gottardo link with Iraq (4/14)

Pentagon's Iraqi friend has chequered past (4/11)

Switzerland tightens Iraqi asset freeze (4/11)

Swiss take action on Iraq, Salinas (4/4)

Switzerland rejects US requests on Iraq (3/27)

US seizes Iraqi funds (3/22)

Switzerland bars entry to Saddam Hussein (2/22)

Islamic groups

Osama bin Laden had interest in Swiss account (12/5)

Former Zurich bank employee faces US prison term (11/4)

Switzerland gives account details to US (1/18)

Israel

UK financier fined for laundering Nigerian funds (12/20)

Belgium, Israel to introduce tax amnesties (9/13)

UK bank sues Israeli over Swiss default (1/12)

Italy

Berlusconi associate convicted of corruption (11/22)

Latest Italian amnesty fell short of target (11/18)

Repatriated funds return from Italy (10/17)

Gottardo's Italian unit to boost capital (9/18)

Berlusconi aide used Swiss banks to bribe judges (8/16)

UK minister's spouse helps Berlusconi hide assets (8/16)

Italy seeks Swiss help in Berlusconi probe (8/1)

Italy seeks Swiss help in Enel probe (7/18)

Lugano lawyer jailed for mafia ties (6/18)

Finter Bank names new CEO, chairman (6/7)

Ticino lawyer's money laundering trial begins (6/5)

Two Italian legislators arrested in Lugano (5/10)

Germany to launch tax amnesty in July (1/20)

UK lawyer targeted in Berlusconi probe (2/16)

Citigroup names Ruggiero as Swiss chairman (2/13)

(Also see: Parmalat)

Japan

Switzerland freezes Japanese account (12/5)

Credit Suisse to sell Japanese online broker (11/14)

UBS may launch private banking in Japan (9/28)

Jersey

BAE paid secret commissions via Switzerland (12/6)

Looted funds used to reduce Nigerian debt (11/28)

Hyposwiss loses Jersey branch (5/7)

Jordan

US seeks Iraq funds in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan (10/22)

Switzerland bars entry to Saddam Hussein (2/22)

Kazakhstan

ChevronTexaco gets US subpoena (9/12)

US to claim Kazakh funds in Geneva (4/19)

US charges two in Kazakhstan bribery case (4/5)

Lawyers told to hand over Swiss bank papers (2/4)

Korea (North)

North Korean's assets "managed by Swiss bank" (10/10)

Korea (South)

Korean took payoffs using Swiss account (12/4)

SBP buys stake in Korean company (4/17)

Kozeny, Viktor

Czech promoter indicted in US (10/4)

Swiss lawyer indicted on bribery charges (9/13)

KPMG

Banque Kanz closes its doors (2/25)

US probing KPMG, Credit Suisse role in Marcos affair (1/7)

Latsis family

EFG awards fund contract to UBS (4/18)

League tables

UBS moves up private banking league table (9/17)

(Also see: Credit ratings)

Lebanon

US seeks Iraq funds in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan (10/22)

Switzerland bars entry to Saddam Hussein (2/22)

Legal rulings

Money launderer must reimburse victim (11/11)

Geneva court rejects Uzan asset freeze (7/26)

Court says Brazilian request incomplete (7/25)

Swiss court allows transfer of papers to France (6/12)

Court says FBC must hand over documents (3/28)

Liberia

Switzerland freezes Liberian bank accounts (7/25)

Switzerland freezes Liberian's accounts (6/26)

Liberia denies report of cash hoard (4/10)

Liechtenstein

Switzerland to send papers to three countries (12/9)

Former Liechtenstein bank employee jailed (11/25)

Former Zurich bank employee faces US prison term (11/4)

Mixed verdict in Putin-related case (10/25)

Julius Baer sued in Atlanta murder case (10/2)

Insider trading probe targets Liechtenstein firm (9/5)

Liechtenstein drops probe of airline promoter (7/10)

Liechtenstein client assets fell 9% last year (7/4)

Convicted Florida man used Zurich account (6/30)

US probing KPMG, Credit Suisse role in Marcos affair (1/7)

Luxembourg

UBP to outsource some back-office work (9/18)

Luxembourg fears Belgian tax amnesty (9/18)

Luxembourg client assets average Sfr620,000 (7/9)

Bank held liable for disclosing client names (4/3)

Malaysia

UBS settles dispute with Malaysian client (7/18)

UBS takes Malaysian client to court  (7/12)

Mali

Suspects arrested in Nigerian fraud case (1/29)

Malta

BUC acquires interest in Malta bank (5/9)

Mauritius

UEB takes action against former associate (2/21)

Mergers & acquisitions

cosba private banking acquires affiliate (12/23)

RAS buys Lugano bank (12/20)

Julius Baer to buy 20% of Spanish venture (12/18)

Societe Generale completes acquisition (12/2)

UBS unit to acquire Banque Notz Stucki (11/22)

Kredietbank absorbs BLP (11/12)

UBS to buy Merrill's German private client business (11/1)

HSBC to buy Bank of Bermuda (10/29)

Coutts to buy Swiss bank for Sfr500 million (10/10)

UBS to buy hedge fund servicing business (9/26)

CAI completes takeover of IntesaBci (9/16)

Banque Franck to acquire Banque Galland (8/23)

Swissquote boosts stake in internet bank (7/26)

BSI talks to buy Gottardo founder on price (7/20)

EFG completes acquisition of BEC (7/16)

Rothschilds to unite UK, French bank operations (7/10)

Banque Privee acquires Fribourg firm (6/25)

EFG to acquire Banque Edouard Constant (5/28)

Societe Generale to acquire control of CBG (5/27)

Swiss Life sells asset manager to LGT (5/27)

CSFB to acquire New York options firm (5/23)

New bank in acquisition (5/22)

UBS to acquire French clients from Lloyds (5/17)

AIG Private Bank to buy Swiss Life funds (5/15)

UBS to merge three private banks (5/15)

BCV gets 100% of Galland and big dividend (5/1)

AIG Private Bank to buy fund accounts (4/12)

Banque Amas completes acquisition (4/3)

Sarasin buys French asset manager (3/19)

EFG in agreement with Banco Sabadell (3/6)

ABN AMRO offer for Gottardo rumoured (2/18)

Deutsche Bank to acquire Rud, Blass (2/7)

CCF group increases stake in Eurofin (2/4)

Sarasin acquires Direkt Anlage Bank (1/24)

St. Galler KB acquires Bank Thorbecke (1/21)

Local banks plan to merge (1/16)

Sarasin in talks to acquire online brokerage (1/11)

HSBC Switzerland buys offshore units (1/7)

Credit Agricole to buy IntesaBCI unit (1/3)

Mexico

UBS fined for failing to supervise broker (8/23)

UBS sued over InverWorld's collapse (8/1)

Swiss take action on Iraq, Salinas (4/4)

BBVA used Swiss account to pay Mexican (1/18)

Moldova

Swiss "investment bank" cannot be found (10/22)

Monaco

Swiss bank named in Monaco probe (6/21)

Money laundering

Swiss money laundering reports up this year (10/31)

Suspected money laundering reports up 56% (6/27)

Report slams UK failure to combat laundering (6/11)

UBS monitoring "politically exposed" clients (6/7)

Money laundering body reports first-year results (4/4)

Regulator publishes money laundering report (3/28)

FATF recommends sanctions against Manila (2/15)

New anti-money laundering rules issued (1/18)

Nigeria

UK financier fined for laundering Nigerian funds (12/20)

Looted funds used to reduce Nigerian debt (11/28)

Swiss banks named in fraud case (9/2)

Suspects arrested in Nigerian fraud case (1/29)

Norway

Norway investigates payments to Iranian consultant (9/13)

Oetker Group

Atlantic Asset Management reports downturn (7/22)

Onassis family

Onassis heiress transfers funds to Geneva bank (3/21)

Pakistan

Judge awards Bhutto-linked funds to Pakistan (11/22)

Bhutto case referred to Geneva prosecutor (11/7)

Bhutto convicted of money laundering (8/8)

Switzerland gives Bhutto papers to Pakistan (2/28)

Palestine

Big increase in deposits from Palestine (6/16)

Paraguay

Switzerland quietly freezes Paraguayan account (12/23)

Parmalat

UBS denies involvement in Parmalat fraud (12/27)

Peru

Switzerland to send bank records to Peru (10/18)

Philippines

Swiss officials probe EFG accounts (8/20)

Switzerland finally closes the Marcos case (almost) (8/6)

Court awards Marcos funds to government (7/16)

Marcos associate withdraws request to lift freeze (4/24)

UBS sees 5% to 9% annual profit growth (3/27)

FATF recommends sanctions against Manila (2/15)

US probing KPMG, Credit Suisse role in Marcos affair (1/7)

Portugal

Portugal minister quits over Swiss account (4/5)

Portuguese bank launches Swiss subsidiary (2/25)

Prosecutions

Swiss police break up money-laundering network (12/23)

Italian sentenced for embezzlement (12/4)

Ticino finance company director arrested (11/13)

Twelve charged with BCV accounting fraud (10/4)

Owner of Zurich trading firm missing (9/6)

Rogue asset manager fooled big banks (9/5)

Trial of former Ticino banker begins (7/25)

Bank employee charged with attempted extortion (7/18)

Former UBS banker cleared in drug case (7/12)

French bank employee arrested (7/12)

Lugano lawyer jailed for mafia ties (6/18)

Ticino lawyer's money laundering trial begins (6/5)

Geneva asset manager detained (5/28)

Lugano attorney charged with embezzlement (3/8)

Magistrates freeze chairman's severance pay (2/20)

Lawyer charged with money laundering (2/1)

BC Vaudoise fires top officials (1/31)

Former UBS private banker sentenced (1/12)

Qatar

BAE paid secret commissions via Switzerland (12/6)

Quattrone, Frank

New trial scheduled for Quattrone (12/3)

Quattrone case ends in mistrial (10/25)

Quattrone charged with obstruction of justice (4/25)

Quattrone resigns, faces industry ban (3/8)

CSFB places Quattrone on leave (2/9)

Regulator to file charges against CSFB official (2/1)

Regulation

Swiss to tighten stock market regulation (12/20)

Switzerland to allow more European directors (9/3)

FBC publishes circular on investment funds (6/26)

Banks to disclose client assets (5/17)

IMF says banks need careful watching (2/25)

New financial super-regulator planned (2/18)

New anti-money laundering rules issued (1/18)

Russia

Russian businessman under investigation (12/31)

Swiss seize Russian-owned funds (10/19)

Former Yukos CEO faces new charge (11/28)

Switzerland launches probe of Berezovsky (11/18)

Credit Suisse opens Moscow office (11/12)

UBS helped Russian build offshore network (11/12)

Yukos CEO showed interest in Swiss bank (11/8)

Mixed verdict in Putin-related case (10/25)

Credit Suisse sells Moscow building (10/12)

Swiss banks participate in Russian bank loan (8/5)

Former Yukos official in bank account dispute (8/2)

Berne to send frozen assets to Angola (5/10)

Top Cayman law officer resigns (3/15)

Fleming Family opens Zurich office (2/14)

Safdie family

Safdie family refocuses activity in Switzerland (6/4)

Saudi Arabia

BAE paid secret commissions via Switzerland (12/6)

Osama bin Laden had interest in Swiss account (12/5)

Banque Kanz closes its doors (2/25)

Bank owner was allegedly a fugitive (1/8)

SEC

UBS fined for failing to supervise broker (8/23)

Waksal in partial SEC settlement (3/12)

Serbia

Switzerland to give bank records to Serbia (8/22)

Two Italian legislators arrested in Lugano (5/10)

Lugano attorney charged with embezzlement (3/8)

Singapore

Credit Suisse sued over frozen deposit (12/20)

Singapore gambler hid funds in Swiss banks (12/6)

EFG to double staff in Singapore (11/28)

Slovakia

UBS named in Slovakian wiretaps (2/28)

South Africa

Report claims South Africa sent $42 billion to US (11/2)

Credit Suisse to sell South African brokerage (2/7)

Spain

Bank partner linked to scandal resigns (4/15)

UBS sees 5% to 9% annual profit growth (3/27)

Former Credit Suisse director fined (2/7)

Stock markets (non-Swiss)

MFC Bank named in proxy fight (7/2)

Stock market (Swiss)

SWX "transparency" project blocks data publication (11/25)

SWX to adopt new disclosure rules (10/26)

SWX reprimands BC Vaudoise (5/28)

SWX drops probe of Credit Suisse (3/21)

Swiss blue-chip trading system in trouble (2/11)

SWX to probe BC Vaudoise leaks (1/15)

Valiant Holding tops Swiss bank stocks (1/2)

Sweden

Two jailed in Sweden for bribery (10/8)

Skandia Bank to close next month (10/2)

Scandinavian bribe paid via Swiss bank (9/26)

Ericsson cleared of bribery suspicions (9/10)

Insider trading probe targets Liechtenstein firm (9/5)

BZ Group director detained in Sweden (8/26)

Baer closes Swedish brokerage office (8/1)

Swiss reportedly probing Ericsson bribes (5/27)

Swiss police search offices in Ericsson tax probe (5/23)

Swiss Bankers Association

Mirabaud named SBA president (6/24)

Swiss National Bank

UBP official to join Swiss National Bank (3/8)

Switzerland

Swiss group collapses under Sfr2 billion debt (12/6)

Swiss may add bank secrecy to constitution (12/4)

UBS said to offer post to justice minister (11/30)

Swiss financier files for bankruptcy (11/15)

Roche heiress dies (10/18)

Swiss Tourism files complaint against Merrill Lynch (10/10)

Heir claims lawyers block inheritance (7/23)

Swiss agreements with France, Germany reported (5/1)

Switzerland to give more information to US (2/7)

Syria

US seeks Iraq funds in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan (10/22)

Swiss freeze Hungarian accounts (10/16)

Taiwan

Switzerland to send papers to three countries (12/9)

KMT to place assets with Credit Suisse (1/25)

Thailand

Thailand recovers $25 million from Swiss account (12/18)

Turkey

Turkey to reimburse Imar Bank clients (11/12)

Swiss officials probe Yimpas Group (10/8)

US court upholds claim against Uzans (9/30)

Deutsche Bank sued over Turkish account (8/29)

Zurich court rules against Motorola in Uzan affair (8/16)

Swiss court rejects Uzan appeals (8/5)

Motorola awarded $4 billion in Uzan case (8/2)

Geneva court rejects Uzan asset freeze (7/26)

Uzan family barred from using Swiss accounts (6/21)

Geneva bank's ownership may be in doubt (5/23)

UK

UK financier fined for laundering Nigerian funds (12/20)

BAE paid secret commissions via Switzerland (12/6)

More UK soccer shares held at Swiss banks (12/4)

Credit Suisse to sell Japanese online broker (11/14)

Sarasin refuses to disclose investor names (10/13)

UK minister's spouse helps Berlusconi hide assets (8/16)

Klockner suspect extradited to Germany (7/12)

Report slams UK failure to combat laundering (6/11)

Top Cayman law officer resigns (3/15)

UK lawyer targeted in Berlusconi probe (2/16)

Fleming Family opens Zurich office (2/14)

CSFB loses derivatives case to Nomura (2/14)

Uruguay

Credit Suisse affiliate liquidated (1/12)

USA

UBS official indicted in Executive Life affair (12/19)

US company questions UBS research report (12/10)

Former Zurich bank employee faces US prison term (11/4)

Swiss banks back Bush reelection campaign (10/24)

US seeks Iraq funds in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan (10/22)

EFG sues former Espirito Santo affiliate (10/6)

Czech promoter indicted in US (10/4)

Julius Baer sued in Atlanta murder case (10/2)

US court upholds claim against Uzans (9/30)

ChevronTexaco gets US subpoena (9/12)

US may seize foreign leaders' assets (8/23)

CSFB's Mulford tipped as US envoy (8/8)

UBS sued for breaching client confidentiality (8/6)

Motorola awarded $4 billion in Uzan case (8/2)

Convicted Florida man used Zurich account (6/30)

UBS fined for sending funds to Iraq (6/28)

US officials demand documents from Credit Suisse (6/4)

Safdie family refocuses activity in Switzerland (6/4)

US seizing funds from foreign banks (5/31)

CSFB to pay $200 million to settle fraud charges (4/30)

UBS charged with secret research payments (4/30)

US to claim Kazakh funds in Geneva (4/19)

US charges two in Kazakhstan bribery case (4/5)

Switzerland rejects US requests on Iraq (3/27)

US seizes Iraqi funds (3/22)

CSFB balks at settlement wording (2/28)

Switzerland bars entry to Saddam Hussein (2/22)

Switzerland to give more information to US (2/7)

Lawyers told to hand over Swiss bank papers (2/4)

West African nation banks in Washington (1/22)

Switzerland gives account details to US (1/18)

Bank owner was allegedly a fugitive (1/8)

US probing KPMG, Credit Suisse role in Marcos affair (1/7)

(Also see: HealthSouth, Mergers & Acquisitions, SEC)

Wealth management

Survey finds bankers too optimistic (11/22)

Luxembourg client assets average Sfr620,000 (7/9)

Clients unhappy with private bank service (6/24)

Number of millionaires rose 2% last year (6/12)

Report says traditional offshore banking model "dying" (5/13)

Moody's issues upbeat private banking report (3/18)

World Cup

Banks may sue UBS, BNP Paribas for Sfr150 million (9/2)

Yugoslavia

Switzerland unfreezes some Yugoslav accounts (3/14)

(Also see: Serbia)

Zambia

Zambian payment traced to Swiss account (3/21)


 
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