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Switzerland Tax, Offshore and Legal News Headlines 2008
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31/12/2008 Swiss-UK Double Tax Treaty Amended To Exempt Tax On Dividends
30/12/2008 Switzerland Increases IP Cooperation With Ghana, India and China
30/12/2008 Bermuda-Based Company Announces Intent To Leave
22/12/2008 Switzerland Signs Double Taxation Agreement With Malta
22/12/2008 Switzerland Lures Bermudan Companies
22/12/2008 SIX Swiss Exchange Launches New Platform
19/12/2008 WTO Reviews Trade Policies of Switzerland And Liechtenstein
18/12/2008 EC Welcomes Switzerland Into Schengen Area
15/12/2008 Swiss Finance Ministry Announces Corporate Tax Reform
12/12/2008 Swiss 'Super Regulator' Ready For Launch
12/12/2008 France To Sign Bilateral Tax Agreement With Switzerland
08/12/2008 Limited Legal Rights For Swiss Companies Seated In Germany
05/12/2008 OECD Countries Agree United Front Against Global Recession
02/12/2008 Switzerland To Join Schengen Area
02/12/2008 Swiss Exchange Launches New Website
26/11/2008 Pakistan And Switzerland Sign New Double Tax Treaty
25/11/2008 Swiss National Bank Slashes Interest Rates By 1%
21/11/2008 Switzerland Signs Bilateral Agreements With Venezuela
17/11/2008 European Commission Unveils New Savings Tax Directive Proposals
14/11/2008 Swiss Bourse To Relocate All Trading To Zurich
13/11/2008 European Commission Encourages Switzerland To Step Up Cooperation With EU
12/11/2008 Swiss Government Fears Obama's Stance On Banking Secrecy
12/11/2008 EFTA Finalizes Free Trade Deal With Peru
07/11/2008 EU And Switzerland Discuss Removal Of Agricultural Tariffs
30/10/2008 EU Set To Unveil Savings Tax Directive Changes
23/10/2008 Germany Wants Switzerland 'Blacklisted' In New OECD Offshore Clampdown
20/10/2008 SWX Trading Surges As Share Prices Fall
17/10/2008 SFBC Welcomes Measures To Strengthen Swiss Financial System
15/10/2008 Joint E-commerce Declaration Between Switzerland And US Signed
13/10/2008 US Remains World's Most Competitive Economy
29/09/2008 Singapore-Switzerland MoU Signed At 45th WIPO General Assembly
25/09/2008 Swiss Exchange Prohibits Naked Short Sales
25/09/2008 Swiss Banking Chief Defends Banking And Tax Secrecy
24/09/2008 EU Looks To Tighten Savings Tax Directive
23/09/2008 Switzerland To Cut Tax For Hedge Funds
16/09/2008 Credit Suisse Benelux Wins Ahold Pension Fund Private Equity Mandate
15/09/2008 Switzerland Improves Corporate Tax Position
11/09/2008 Regulatory Reforms Hit Record Levels, World Bank Announces
09/09/2008 Lower Taxes In Switzerland Lure Top Hedge Fund Away From London
08/09/2008 Efforts To Improve Swiss Finance Centre's Competitiveness Bearing Fruit
08/09/2008 First Half Results Cause Swiss Life Share Tumble
04/09/2008 GDP Increases In Switzerland In Q2
04/09/2008 SWX Comments On Key Figures For August 2008
01/09/2008 Swiss 2007 Growth Figures Revised Upwards
29/08/2008 SWX Broadens Framework For Enforcing Financial Reporting
28/08/2008 Credit Suisse Acquires Majority Interest In Asset Management Finance Corporation
19/08/2008 Third Annual Conference Of The EPIP Association Announced
18/08/2008 Switzerland Announces Agreement On A Strategic Partnership With Brazil
14/08/2008 UBS To Split Investment And Wealth Management Businesses
14/08/2008 FSA Fines Credit Suisse GBP5.6m For Systems And Controls Failings
12/08/2008 UBS Operations Settle With SEC Over Collapse Of Auction Rate Securities Market
06/08/2008 Barclays Announces Sale Of Barclays Life To Swiss Re
06/08/2008 Senate Tax Probe To Trigger New Offshore Crackdown, Warns Law Firm
31/07/2008 Court To Hear Evidence In Tesco Tax Avoidance Case
25/07/2008 Landmark Euro-African Free Trade Agreement Implemented
22/07/2008 ACE Moves Holding Company From Cayman Islands To Switzerland
22/07/2008 OECD Updates Model Tax Convention
21/07/2008 Swiss Bank To Halt Offshore Services To US
18/07/2008 Senate Subcommittee Publishes Report Examining Offshore Centres
15/07/2008 Positive Outcome Of Swiss Participation In 6th EU Framework Programme
08/07/2008 Vietnam And Switzerland Enjoying Trade Development
07/07/2008 Switzerland Ready To Return Duvalier Assets To Haiti
30/06/2008 Leuthard Hosts EFTA Ministers In Lugano
27/06/2008 FOPI Publishes 2007 Market Overview
24/06/2008 Private Banker Charged By US In Offshore Tax Evasion Plot
23/06/2008 Salinas Assets Handed Over To Mexico
17/06/2008 Luxembourg's Minister For Foreign Affairs Visits Switzerland
12/06/2008 Head Of Swiss FDFA Meets With Minister Of European Affairs Of Netherlands
04/06/2008 Swiss Re Admitted To Brazilian Reinsurance Market
03/06/2008 Swiss Patent Publication Procedure Goes Fully Electronic
02/06/2008 Ferrero-Waldner Visits Switzerland
02/06/2008 IMF Concludes Article IV Consultation With Switzerland
30/05/2008 Switzerland And South Africa Kick Off High Level Consultations
29/05/2008 US And Hong Kong Top Economist 'E-Readiness' Rankings
29/05/2008 Switzerland And Luxembourg To Stand Firm Against EU Over Savings Tax
28/05/2008 Swiss Financial Services Group Announces Strong 2007 Results
27/05/2008 Turkey And Switzerland Discuss Economic Issues, Sign DTA
26/05/2008 Swiss Government Appoints Super Regulator's Executive Board
26/05/2008 SEC Hosts Meeting Of Regulators From Around The World
16/05/2008 New WIPO Director General Named
15/05/2008 Sixth Round Of Negotiations To Take Place On Japan-Switzerland EPA
14/05/2008 Economic Committee Between Switzerland And South Africa Launched
12/05/2008 SARS Commissioner Named New Chair Of OECD Tax Forum
09/05/2008 Switzerland Reports Jump In EU Withholding Tax Revenues
09/05/2008 Top UBS Private Banker Held In US Tax Probe
08/05/2008 UBS Reports CHF11.5bn First Quarter Loss
05/05/2008 London Agreement Enters Into Force
28/04/2008 Switzerland Amends Patent Law
24/04/2008 Andorra's Foreign Minister Visits Switzerland
22/04/2008 Switzerland And Japan To Share Confiscated Assets On Conclusion Of Money Laundering Case
18/04/2008 Swiss Insurance Business Robust Despite Difficult Market Conditions
11/04/2008 UK CEOs Most Sceptical About Tax Harmonisation
10/04/2008 EU And Switzerland Remain Poles Apart In Tax Dispute
04/04/2008 Swiss State Secretary Michael Ambühl Visits Brazil And Chile
04/04/2008 Switzerland Sees Sharp Rise In Money Laundering Reports
03/04/2008 UBS Racks Up CHF12bn First Quarter Loss
03/04/2008 Man Acquires 50% Of Credit Specialist Ore Hill
01/04/2008 Schengen Area Extended To Airports
27/03/2008 Confederation To Receive CHF63.67mn For Its Earlier Share In Swiss
25/03/2008 Swiss Life Opens Singapore Branch
25/03/2008 ACE To Redomicile In Switzerland
20/03/2008 Carlyle Capital Corp To File For Compulsory Winding Up In Guernsey
20/03/2008 IMF Publishes Conclusions Of Article IV Consultation With Switzerland
19/03/2008 Yahoo To Move European Base To Switzerland
13/03/2008 SWX Rebrands Virt-x
12/03/2008 Swiss Bankers Condemn German Government In Tax Probe
12/03/2008 Hedge Fund Rapped By Swiss Regulator For Disclosure Irregularities
10/03/2008 Switzerland Appoints Tax Reform Working Groups
06/03/2008 US Judge Reverses Wikileaks Ruling
06/03/2008 London Still World's Top Financial Centre, Report Claims
05/03/2008 Germany Expects EU Support In Offshore Crackdown
26/02/2008 Swiss Voters Narrowly Accept Tax Cut Proposals
26/02/2008 London Agreement To Save UK Inventors GBP10m, Says IP Office
26/02/2008 German Bank Set To Sue UBS Over Sub-Prime Linked Investments
25/02/2008 SECO Examines Burden Imposed By Government Inspections In Switzerland
21/02/2008 Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index Is Down 1.48% In January
21/02/2008 Whistleblower Website Shutdown By US Court
21/02/2008 Swiss Re To Take Advantage Of Opening Of Brazilian Reinsurance Market
18/02/2008 IIPA Submits Intellectual Property Report To USTR
11/02/2008 EFG Bank Receives Cypriot Banking Licence
08/02/2008 Flaherty Tells Canadians Not To Expect More Tax Cuts
08/02/2008 Isle Of Man Showcases Wealth Management Solutions in Geneva
08/02/2008 Swiss Government Freezes More Duvalier Accounts
06/02/2008 Switzerland Examines Future Of Finance Centre
04/02/2008 London Agreement To Enter Into Force In May
04/02/2008 SECO Outlines Regional Development Funding Plans
30/01/2008 EFTA To Launch Free Trade Talks With India
30/01/2008 Swiss National Bank Publishes Annual Results For 2007
29/01/2008 3A Launches Six New Hedge Funds
28/01/2008 Joint Swiss-US Panel Discusses Trade Liberalization
25/01/2008 Switzerland Yields No Ground In Tax Dispute With EU
18/01/2008 Capello's Tax Affairs Under Scrutiny
17/01/2008 Merz Campaigns For Corporate Tax Breaks
09/01/2008 OECD Tax Administrators To Meet In South Africa
07/01/2008 SWX Announces Record 2007 Turnover
04/01/2008 European Patent Convention Enters Into Force in Two New Countries
02/01/2008 Switzerland Provides EUR1.8 Million To Aid Malta
02/01/2008 KPMG Europe Adds Swiss Operation

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