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Switzerland Tax, Offshore and Legal News Headlines 2001
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24/12/2001 US Ambassador To Switzerland Praises Anti-Money Laundering Efforts
21/12/2001 Swiss Ambassador Hits Back At FT Report
21/12/2001 Swiss Cantonal Bank Troubled By Non-Performing Loans
20/12/2001 Crossair Board Meets To Settle Financing Plan
19/12/2001 UBS Loses Executive President In Board-Room Row
18/12/2001 Swiss Economy May Not Avoid Recession, Say Experts
17/12/2001 Luxembourg And Austria Dig In Over Banking Secrecy
14/12/2001 Dawn Primarolo Urges Swiss To Lift Banking Secrecy For Tax Evaders
14/12/2001 EU Savings Directive Stumbling At Laeken
12/12/2001 Swiss Money Laundering Laws May Be Extended To Art Dealers
12/12/2001 Swiss Industry To Lower Greenhouse Gases Or Pay Out More Tax
12/12/2001 CSFB To Pay $100 Million To Settle Stock Probe
10/12/2001 Pictet Takes Over As Cheerleader For Geneva Financial Services
10/12/2001 Crossair Chief Forced Out In Swissair Restructure
07/12/2001 Kaspar Villiger Elected As Swiss President
07/12/2001 Crossair Board Of Directors Resigns In EGM Shake-Up
06/12/2001 EU Talks On Savings Tax Directive Collapse
04/12/2001 Swiss Vote Rejects Capital Gains Tax Proposal
03/12/2001 Swiss 'Rich List' Shows Wealthiest Citizens Just A Little Poorer
03/12/2001 Swiss Vote Against Abolition Of Army
29/11/2001 Swiss Bankers Complain About Negative Media Images
28/11/2001 Survey Urges Swiss Businesses To Consolidate
26/11/2001 Credit Suisse Enhances Internet Services
23/11/2001 US Estate Tax Repeal Spells Trouble For Swiss Banks
22/11/2001 Swiss Bilateral EU Accords Near Implementation
20/11/2001 Swiss Non-Banking Sector Comes Under Scrutiny Over Money Laundering
19/11/2001 Switzerland Hits Back At Critics Over Tax Evasion
15/11/2001 Switzerland Forces Dismissal Of Lax Bank Manager
14/11/2001 Naming And Shaming Banks Is 'Useful', Says Swiss Bankers Association Chief
13/11/2001 Official Says Swiss Authorities Were Rushed Into Moving On Al Taqwa
12/11/2001 Aon, Zurich, Sponsor New $1.2bn Bermuda Underwriter
09/11/2001 US Finds Bin Laden Links Both Offshore And On
09/11/2001 Switzerland On The Side Of The Angels At Doha
06/11/2001 Swiss Authorities Launch E-Government Initiative
05/11/2001 Swiss Economy Minister Says EU Should Back Withholding Tax Proposal
02/11/2001 Offshore Tax Expert Says Private Banking Is Changing
01/11/2001 Switzerland Praised By US Politician Over Money Laundering Controls
30/10/2001 Swiss Get New Web Pay Phones
29/10/2001 Swiss Government Dragged Into The Red By Swissair Bailout
24/10/2001 'No Banking Secrecy For Terrorists' Says Liechtenstein Foreign Minister
24/10/2001 Brussels Powerless To Stop Swissair Rescue Bailout
23/10/2001 Switzerland Rallies Round Stricken Airline
22/10/2001 New Money Laundering Chief Says Swiss Reputation Will Be Hard To Shift
22/10/2001 Nestle Joins Swissair Rescue Plan
18/10/2001 Swiss Banking Secrecy 'Not Negotiable' Says Finance Minister Villiger
17/10/2001 Swiss Business Comes To Swissair's Aid
15/10/2001 Swissair Options Ever More Expensive
09/10/2001 Zurich Financial Doubles Loss Estimates
03/10/2001 EU Governments Ready To Help Airlines With Taxpayers' Money
02/10/2001 Swissair Bankrupt; Sabena On A Knife-Edge
01/10/2001 Swissair Struggles For Life In Major Cash Crisis
27/09/2001 Swiss Parliament Debates Tax Cuts
26/09/2001 Offshore Jurisdictions Will Agree To US Anti-Terrorist Demands
25/09/2001 Deutsche Bank AG Buys Zurich Scudder Investments For US$2.5 Billion
25/09/2001 New US Ambassador To Switzerland To Pursue Terrorist Funds Issue
24/09/2001 Swiss Banks And Currency Stand Fast Amidst Business Damage
20/09/2001 Panama Launches Investigation Into Terrorist Money Allegations
19/09/2001 Stock Market Watchdogs Investigate Bin Laden Transactions
19/09/2001 Swiss Company Accused In Bin Laden Funds Investigation
19/09/2001 Swiss Parliament Will Back UN Membership
18/09/2001 Struggling Zurich Group Holds On To Lucrative UK-Based Asset Manager
14/09/2001 Major Swiss Bank Under Fire Over Elf Investigation
12/09/2001 Swiss Economics Minister Confirms Government's Intention To Join EU
10/09/2001 Credit Suisse Buys US 'Family Office' Firm
07/09/2001 Zurich Financial Services Suffering, Reveals CEO
05/09/2001 Credit Suisse Private Banking To Acquire FLCM
03/09/2001 Swissair Will Sell Assets, Cut Staff And Trade Up-Market
31/08/2001 Swiss Government Rejects Calls For Tax Cuts
31/08/2001 Spanish Scam Sent 100m Euros Offshore - But Where?
27/08/2001 Euro Money Laundering Worries Force Germany And Switzerland Into Action
24/08/2001 Swisscom Reports It Is As 'Solid As A Rock'
24/08/2001 Swiss Banks Vie For Supermarket Fund Distribution
17/08/2001 UBS Piles On Private Client Business
01/08/2001 Liechtenstein And Switzerland Drag Their Heels Over EU Tax On Interest
01/08/2001 Private Swiss Banks Are Ripe For Picking
26/07/2001 Switzerland Steps Up Anti-Money Laundering Controls
23/07/2001 Prominent Liechtenstein Officials Meet To Discuss Money Laundering Fight
19/07/2001 World Investor Link Launches Annual Report Service In Luxembourg
18/07/2001 Swiss Authorities Agree To Release Kohl Evidence
11/07/2001 Credit Suisse Private Banking Launches Funds Of Hedge Funds
11/07/2001 Swiss Money Laundering Control Office Under Fire
09/07/2001 Swiss Bankers Defend Banking System In The Wake Of Scandals
05/07/2001 Suspect Swiss Bank Accounts Frozen In Elf Enquiry
05/07/2001 Switzerland And The EU To Begin New Bilateral Talks
02/07/2001 Goldman Sachs Expands Into Switzerland
27/06/2001 New Virt-x Exchange To Benefit From UK Stamp Duty Exemption
26/06/2001 Swiss Agree To Release Of Berlusconi Papers
26/06/2001 Zurich Financial Publishes Hedge Fund Indices
25/06/2001 Traditional Swiss Banks Take The Lion's Share
18/06/2001 Swiss Pension Funds Lead Europe In Use Of Hedge Funds
15/06/2001 Swiss Official Resigns In Money Laundering Dispute
11/06/2001 Swiss Government Rejects Capital Gains Tax Proposal
08/06/2001 Swiss Bankers Embark On Damage Limitation Exercise In United States
07/06/2001 Close Relationship Between Liechtenstein and Switzerland Continues
05/06/2001 CSFB's 'Internal Processes' Must Be Improved, Says Credit Suisse Chairman
04/06/2001 Mixed Fortunes At CSFB
31/05/2001 Swiss Discount Brokers Suffering in Market Downturn
25/05/2001 Vontobel's Sacked Chief Executive Re-Appointed As Stock Exchange Chairman
24/05/2001 EU Considers Swiss Proposal To Extend Withholding Tax On Bank Accounts
23/05/2001 IMF Praises Swiss Economic Management, Moots Further Rate Cuts
21/05/2001 Switzerland Sees Hostile Hedge Fund Takeover
18/05/2001 Funds And Stock Trading On Offer At Soon-To-Be-Launched Swissquote Bank
17/05/2001 Swiss Exchange Extends Trading To Accommodate New E-Platform
16/05/2001 Hong Kong's Noble Group Offers Alternative Investment Products Via New Swiss Company
15/05/2001 Swiss Banking Secrecy Rules Hang In The Balance As EU Negotiations Loom
14/05/2001 Switzerland: Vontobel Saga Drags On As Dismissed Chief Executive Speaks Out
10/05/2001 Swiss Bank Pictet Launches Money Market Funds
10/05/2001 Official Report Into Failed E-Bank Marks Fresh Start For Switzerland's Vontobel
04/05/2001 Swiss Bank UBS And Germany's T-Online Team Up To Offer Online Financial Services
02/05/2001 New Swiss Law Makes Shares More Affordable For The Average Investor
30/04/2001 Credit Suisse Withdraws Pan-European Brokerage Service In Favour Of Country-Specific Solutions
26/04/2001 Switzerland's StockX AG Launches Dedicated Site For Individual Investors
17/04/2001 Shareholders Recommended To Back Braginsky's Sulzer Bid
16/04/2001 Russia Buys Back Pavel Borodin From The Swiss
10/04/2001 Switzerland To Play Host To Alternative Investment Forum
03/04/2001 Swiss Bank Julius Baer Launches Equity Style Mandates For Investors
28/03/2001 Six Alpine Countries Agree On Enhanced Cross Border Cooperation To Fight Money Laundering
28/03/2001 Mladjan Mines Missing Milosevic Millions
27/03/2001 Switzerland: From Heidi-Land To High-Tech Land
23/03/2001 Vontobel's Failed Online Bank Has Serious Repercussions For Partner And Other Web-Based Offerings
21/03/2001 Poll Shows Stock Market Slump Scaring Off Swiss Investors
16/03/2001 Swiss Private Bank Vontobel Fires Three Top Executives After Internet Bank Project Fails
12/03/2001 Swiss Bank Pictet Launches New Online Service For Private Clients
09/03/2001 Goldman Sachs Targets Private Banking Customers With New Geneva Branch
07/03/2001 EU Urges Swiss To Consider More Bilateral Agreements
07/03/2001 Julius Baer's Future E-Bank Faces New Rule On Account Opening
06/03/2001 Swiss Say Non! and Nein! To Europe
02/03/2001 Swiss President Responds To EU As Possible Savings Tax Solution Is Mooted
01/03/2001 Swiss Government Presses Ahead With Domestic Tax Changes
28/02/2001 Swiss Finance Minister Plans Tax Amnesty
28/02/2001 Switzerland's Vontobel Pulls Plug On Internet Banking Project
26/02/2001 Chris Patten Annoys The Swiss By Linking Information-Sharing To Bilateral Agreements
26/02/2001 Credit Suisse's Private Banking Clients Now Have Access To Tailored Financial Web Page
26/02/2001 French Report On Money Laundering Provokes Fiery Response From Swiss Bankers Association
26/02/2001 Switzerland's UBS Targets High Net Worth Clients
22/02/2001 Swiss Bankers Association Issues Statement Against Joining the EU
22/02/2001 Swiss React Angrily To French Money-Laundering Report
20/02/2001 One Clever Russian, But In New York
15/02/2001 Swiss Will Not Budge On Banking Secrecy Says Economics Minister
09/02/2001 Swiss Private Bankers Stand Firm Against EU Demands On Secrecy But Call For Compromise
08/02/2001 Liechtenstein To Sell Its Wares At Zurich Finance Fair
06/02/2001 The New French Word Game: Elf, Dumas, Offshore, Embezzlement, Scandal, Sirven, . . . . . . . .?
05/02/2001 Swiss Bankers Favour Integration Of Banking And Insurance Supervision
01/02/2001 Switzerland: Tax Treaties With Albania, Macedonia and India Come Into Force
31/01/2001 Credit Suisse Enters Nordic Mutual Fund Market
31/01/2001 Switzerland's Youtrade Introduces New Tariffs
30/01/2001 Swiss Banking Commission Investigates Five Banks In Montesinos Affair
23/01/2001 Billionaire Marc Rich Is Off The Hook For Tax Evasion And Racketeering After 15 Years
22/01/2001 Switzerland's Private Bankers Defy European Union Over Secrecy Rules
19/01/2001 Switzerland: Government Debates Making E-Signatures Valid
19/01/2001 Pavel Borodin Arrested In US On Swiss Extradition Warrant
18/01/2001 Switzerland: Youtrade Introduces Stock Trading Via Personal Digital Assistants
18/01/2001 Credit Suisse Launches New High Growth Tech Fund
16/01/2001 Sweden To Focus On Swiss Reluctance To Embrace EU Tax Plans
15/01/2001 Virt-X To Go Live On June 25th
15/01/2001 Switzerland Issues New Ordinance On Expatriate Taxation, Meets Tax Harmonization Deadline
09/01/2001 Switzerland: New Financial Website To Make Debut In Spring
08/01/2001 Swiss Life Launches New Investment Fund For Biomed Stocks
05/01/2001 Finance Magazine Lauds Credit Suisse Private Banking
04/01/2001 Swiss Federal Banking Commission Examines E-Banking System

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