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Two Cayman Island Financial Institutions Plead Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to Conspiring to Hide More Than $130 Million in Cayman Bank Accounts
March 10th, 2016
Cayman Companies Admit to Helping U.S. Taxpayer-Clients Hide Assets in Offshore Accounts, and Agree to Produce Account Files of Non-Compliant U.S. Taxpayers First Conviction of Non-Swiss Financial Institution For Tax Evasion Conspiracy U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara for the Southern ...
Ex-Goldman Banker to Malaysia Fund Subpoenaed in U.S. Probe
March 8th, 2016
Prosecutors seeking information about state investment fund Outside law firm said helping Goldman review 1MDB dealings A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker has become entangled in a sprawling investigation of the Malaysian state investment fund as U.S. authorities ...
FINMA condenses and modernises corporate governance requirements for banks
March 2nd, 2016
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA is consolidating its corporate governance, internal control system and risk management supervisory requirements for the banking sector. This consolidation will take the form of a single circular incorporating findings from the financial ...
Swiss Economy Returns to Growth as Franc Shock Overcome
March 2nd, 2016
Fourth-quarter GDP rose 0.4% vs estimate for 0.1% increase SNB expects growth to accelerate in 2016 versus last year The Swiss economy returned to growth at the end of last year as it fought off the impact of a ...
Euromoney:Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey 2016
February 25th, 2016
UBS Wealth Management voted best global private bank; revenue outlook dimmer this year; asset management competition heats up. In Euromoney’s 13th annual private banking survey for 2016, UBS Wealth Management has made its way back to the top of ...
Cross-border business with US clients: FINMA announces conclusion of proceedings against Bank Julius Baer
February 10th, 2016
Cross-border business with US clients: FINMA announces conclusion of proceedings against Bank Julius Baer Between 2010 and 2011, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA conducted enforcement proceedings against Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. in relation to the ...
Deutsche Bank shares soar 11% on bond buyback speculation
February 10th, 2016
Deutsche Bank shares have bounced back, after hitting a 30-year low on Tuesday, on reports that it will instigate an emergency bond buyback plan. Shares in the bank soared more than 11% to €14.72 (£11.43) in Frankfurt on the ...
Deutsche Bank Shares Drop Again as European Banks Get Pummeled
February 9th, 2016
Investors are concerned about ability to navigate volatile markets Deutsche Bank AG’s shares dropped almost 10% on Monday as the battered European banking sector was hit by a fresh selloff amid investor concerns about lenders’ capital buffers and ability to ...
Europe’s big banks remain wary of doing business with Iran
January 25th, 2016
Sanctions have been lifted but uncertainty over US authorities’ stance means banks are reluctant to handle payments A week after the lifting of sanctions against Iran, major European banks are still reluctant to handle Iranian payments as they remain wary of ...
Deutsche Bank to Face British Lawsuit Over High-Speed Trading
January 19th, 2016
Deutsche Bank, already troubled by lawsuits and official investigations, faces another challenge. A group of lawyers said on Monday that they planned to sue the company in British court, accusing the bank of using high-speed trading software to profit in foreign ...
