Subject Index - 2008

 

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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