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Abu Dhabi
Credit Suisse sees
first-quarter loss (3/20)
Gulf firm opens Geneva office
(1/7)
Al-Zayat, Fouad
Swiss to give bank records to
Iran (4/28)
Angola
African rulers buy French real estate (2/4)
Anguilla
Court upholds
Inter Capital Bank sentences
(3/3)
Antigua & Barbuda
Texan hires former Swiss president (4/8)
Assets under management
Client assets fell 6% in January (3/21)
Dollar reaches parity with
Swiss franc (3/14)
Structured product issues
doubled last year (2/22)
Swiss fund market flat last year (1/29)
Securities in custody up 9%
(1/21)
Bahamas
Swiss call for Indian market
opening (5/2)
Bahrain
Bank expansion plans in brief (4/4)
Banks open overseas offices
(1/11)
Gulf firm opens Geneva office
(1/7)
Bangladesh
Swiss firm
to acquire Bangladesh bank (2/5)
Banking industry
Specialist financial firms
grow rapidly (4/28)
Clients pull Sfr21 billion from UBS funds (4/14)
Clients shun
"big bank" mortgages (4/14)
Most Swiss confident of bank
stability
(3/25)
Cantonal banks report record
results (3/19)
EU payment area costly for Swiss
banks (2/1)
Post office deposits up 7.5%
(1/31)
Geneva banks expect another good
year (1/17)
AXA unit seeks bank licence
(1/10)
Banks hit as wealthy clients repay loans (1/8)
Another blow to Swiss bank secrecy (1/7)
Brazil
Swiss
banker's ties to Alstom detailed (5/6)
Another Swiss banker arrested in
Brazil (4/24)
Swiss bankers face charges in
Brazil (2/13)
Brunei
Swiss to give bank records to
Iran (4/28)
Burkina Faso
African rulers buy French real estate (2/4)
Cayman Islands
Website closed at
Baer's request (2/20)
Swiss banker
found dead in tax haven (2/16)
US probes dividend tax avoidance
scheme (1/14)
Colombia
Swiss seize Colombian's
assets (1/14)
Congo
African rulers buy French real estate (2/4)
Credit ratings
Uruguayan bank assigned credit
rating (4/18)
UBS credit ratings downgraded
(4/1)
Glarner KB may convert to company
status (4/1)
S&P revises LGT's
ratings outlook (2/21)
UBS ratings outlook changed to
negative (1/31)
S&P assigns ratings to Geneva
bank (1/15)
Cyprus
FBC cites FATF warning (4/16)
DHB Industries
Former CEO freed on $400
million bail
(1/3)
Dubai
Bank expansion plans in brief (4/4)
Egypt
Egyptian to list firm on Swiss
exchange (3/25)
Equatorial Guinea
African rulers buy French real estate (2/4)
Espionage
US seeks to monitor "all
financial transactions" (3/24)
EU
EU
withholding tax receipts
up 22% (5/8)
EU seeks end to Swiss bank
secrecy (4/5)
EU payment area costly for Swiss
banks (2/1)
Fiduciary deposits
Fiduciary deposits down 1.7% (4/15)
Fiduciary deposits down 1% (3/14)
Fiduciary deposits rose 17% last year (2/15)
Fiduciary deposits up 16% (1/16)
Finland
Swiss reject
Finnish extradition request (2/4)
Focus Capital
Swiss file complaint against
UK firm (3/10)
Fund forced to liquidate Swiss
portfolio (3/5)
France
Swiss
banker's ties to Alstom detailed (5/6)
Swiss reject
Taiwan's request for frozen assets (4/11)
African rulers buy French real estate (2/4)
Deputy chairman quits after
chairman's arrest (1/8)
Gabon
African rulers buy French real estate (2/4)
Georgia
Swiss firm names Georgian
chairman (3/14)
Germany
Falk sentenced to four years
(5/9)
Finck family may launch
Swiss bank (4/14)
ETA-linked funds frozen (4/2)
German industrialist probed for
tax evasion (4/1)
UBS probed for helping Germans evade
taxes (4/1)
German officials offered data
on Swiss accounts (3/19)
Credit Suisse voted best
custodian bank (3/13)
Four charged with
blackmail (2/29)
Liechtenstein to probe
former bank employee (2/28)
S&P revises LGT's
ratings outlook (2/21)
German
prosecutors target LGT clients (2/15)
LLB "paid
millions to blackmailers" (2/11)
Sarasin awarded German
bank licence
(2/1)
LGT's auditors spotted Siemens
transfers (1/2)
Greece
Greek named as largest UBS shareholder (4/17)
LGT's auditors spotted Siemens
transfers (1/2)
Guernsey
Guernsey deposits
reach record high (2/26)
Hedge funds
Geneva bank launches first hedge
fund (4/25)
Gottex
client assets down 2% (4/22)
Gottex net
profit rose 42% last year
(4/8)
Fund forced to liquidate Swiss
portfolio (3/5)
Gottex client assets
surged last year
(2/6)
Partners Group reports strong
growth (1/10)
Iceland
Icelandic bank unit opens Geneva branch
(1/8)
India
Swiss call for Indian market
opening (5/2)
UBS seeks
new chairman (2/21)
UBS hits
another roadblock in India (2/6)
Credit Suisse awarded Indian
licence (1/30)
Indonesia
Credit Suisse to cut 500 jobs
(1/25)
Invesco
Invesco
opens Zurich office (2/6)
Iran
Swiss to give bank records to
Iran (4/28)
FBC cites FATF warning (4/16)
Credit Suisse probed for
sanctions busting (3/27)
Iraq
Swiss to transfer funds to
Iraq (4/21)
Islamic Banking
Bank expansion plans in brief (4/4)
Islamic bank seeks
growth abroad
(2/4)
Israel
Israeli group may invest in Swiss
firm (3/26)
Italy
Swiss banker arrested in Italy
(5/8)
Houston doctor convicted of fraud (5/6)
Warrants issued for mafia
suspects (2/4)
(Also see: Parmalat)
Japan
Switzerland and Japan to share
seized funds (4/18)
League tables
Rothschild client assets top Sfr100 billion (4/3)
LLB's client assets up 19% (3/18)
BSI's client assets up 5% (3/13)
Swiss fund market flat last year (1/29)
Lebanon
EFG in Lebanese venture (3/13)
Legal rulings
Swiss to give bank records to
Iran (4/28)
Swiss to transfer funds to
Iraq (4/21)
Swiss reject
Taiwan's request for frozen assets (4/11)
Swiss to send Salinas funds to
Mexico (3/27)
Caution
urged in handling client instructions (1/29)
Court clears extradition to Russia (1/22)
Liechtenstein
Senior UBS executive detained in
US (5/11)
Swiss
banker's ties to Alstom detailed (5/6)
"No exodus" from Liechtenstein (4/28)
Liechtenstein denies it froze
ETA-linked funds (4/9)
FIFA-linked trial starts in Zug (3/13)
IMF says Liechtenstein
vulnerable (3/7)
Four charged with
blackmail (2/29)
Liechtenstein to probe
former bank employee (2/28)
S&P revises LGT's
ratings outlook (2/21)
German
prosecutors target LGT clients (2/15)
LLB "paid
millions to blackmailers" (2/11)
LGT's auditors spotted Siemens
transfers (1/2)
Malaysia
Malaysian's firm
boosts profit 80% (4/23)
Swiss firm
to acquire Bangladesh bank (2/5)
Mergers & acquisitions
State Street
buys fund accounting unit (5/8)
St. Galler KB completes
acquisition (2/29)
Italian bank buys Citigroup
division (2/12)
Mexico
Swiss to send Salinas funds to
Mexico (3/27)
Money laundering
FBC cites FATF warning (4/16)
Money laundering reports up 28% (4/1)
Swiss seize Colombian's
assets (1/14)
Pakistan
FBC cites FATF warning (4/16)
Parmalat
Swiss charge two in Parmalat affair
(4/15)
Parmalat suspect held on Swiss warrant (3/12)
Partners Group
Gottex net
profit rose 42% last year
(4/8)
Partners Group profit soars 65% (3/10)
Partners Group reports strong
growth (1/10)
Poland
Polish politicians used Swiss
accounts (3/26)
Prosecutions
Swiss
banker's ties to Alstom detailed (5/6)
Swiss charge two in Parmalat affair
(4/15)
Former Lugano bank manager
sentenced (3/26)
FIFA-linked trial starts in Zug (3/13)
Parmalat suspect held on Swiss warrant (3/12)
Court upholds
Inter Capital Bank sentences
(3/3)
Officials cleared in BCV case
(2/29)
Private
banker stole Sfr5 million (2/6)
Switzerland drops case against
Adamova (1/10)
Qatar
Credit Suisse takes Sfr3
billion hit (2/20)
Qatar may buy Credit Suisse
stake
(1/27)
Regulation
FBC cites FATF warning (4/16)
Forex dealers now regulated like
banks (4/7)
Swiss file complaint against
UK firm (3/10)
Regulator intervenes in real
estate group (1/25)
FINMA directors named (1/16)
Russia
Putin to buy house in Switzerland
? (4/29)
Court clears extradition to Russia (1/22)
Switzerland drops case against
Adamova (1/10)
Sao Tome & Principe
FBC cites FATF warning (4/16)
Saudi Arabia
Credit Suisse takes Sfr3
billion hit (2/20)
Singapore
Singapore charges
former Citibank employees (1/24)
South Africa
Credit Suisse voted best
custodian bank (3/13)
Spain
Sarasin launches Spanish joint venture
(4/16)
Spain seeks fugitive who cheated
Swiss bank (4/9)
Liechtenstein denies it froze
ETA-linked funds (4/9)
ETA-linked funds frozen (4/2)
Stock market (Swiss)
SWX reports record results (5/6)
Stock market volume fell 3% in April (5/5)
Bank fined for phantom trading
(5/2)
Stock market volume fell 12% in March (4/3)
Stock market volume fell 6.5% in February (3/4)
Stock market volume rebounded in January (2/4)
Exchange fines Geneva bank (1/23)
Swiss bank stocks open sharply
lower (1/4)
Stock markets (Non-Swiss)
Baer to
float US subsidiary this year (2/12)
Sweden
EFG in Lebanese venture (3/13)
SWIFT
US seeks to monitor "all
financial transactions" (3/24)
Switzerland
Texan hires former Swiss president (4/8)
EU seeks end to Swiss bank
secrecy (4/5)
German buys 4% of Swiss
central bank (3/28)
Central bank backs UBS capital
plan (2/3)
Taiwan
Swiss reject
Taiwan's request for frozen assets (4/11)
Turkmenistan
FBC cites FATF warning (4/16)
UK
Metals trader convicted of fraud
(4/23)
Ukraine
Swiss firm names Georgian
chairman (3/14)
Uruguay
Uruguayan bank assigned credit
rating (4/18)
USA
Senior UBS executive detained in
US (5/11)
Houston doctor convicted of fraud (5/6)
Minneapolis tax protester
convicted (4/30)
UBS to write down auction-rate
notes (3/29)
Credit Suisse probed for
sanctions busting (3/27)
US seeks to monitor "all
financial transactions" (3/24)
Former GM executive charged
with fraud (3/15)
Dollar reaches parity with
Swiss franc (3/14)
Website closed at Baer's
request (2/20)
Client calls Zurich bank from
prison (1/25)
US probes dividend tax avoidance
scheme (1/14)
Switzerland drops case against
Adamova (1/10)
Former CEO freed on $400
million bail
(1/3)
Uzbekistan
FBC cites FATF warning (4/16)
Venezuela
PDVSA
moves payments to Swiss bank (2/11)
Wealth management
Private banks feel credit
crisis impact (4/10)
Rich families to boost
alternative investments (3/7)
Swiss banks' new money down 14% (2/29)
Banks hit as wealthy clients repay loans (1/8)
Zambia
German bank may sue Credit Suisse
(4/4)
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