UBS Exiting Business Of Providing Off-Shore Banking Services To US Clients

Posted by guest, Jul 17, 2008 12:29PM

Federal regulators should consider revoking the US banking license of the giant Swiss Bank UBS because of its role in helping wealthy Americans evade billions of dollars in taxes, Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) told ABC News today.

Posted by Anal_yst, Jul 17, 2008 12:31PM

Federal regulators should consider revoking the powers of most politicians, or something to that effect

Posted by guest, Jul 17, 2008 12:36PM

I hear ya Sir Anal, just passing along the quote...

~SEG

Posted by guest, Jul 17, 2008 12:49PM

Politicians like Bunning need to merge with TDFD and stfu...

Posted by guest, Jul 17, 2008 12:49PM

Politicians like Bunning need to merge with TDFD and stfu...

Posted by guest, Jul 17, 2008 12:52PM

dealerbreaker needs to merge with non-idiot IT/S dudes and prevent this double posting bs

Posted by guest, Jul 17, 2008 12:53PM

UBS must have a compliance department with 1 person

Posted by brianvan, Jul 17, 2008 12:55PM

Don't you know this hurts the American economy? That will be $100 billion per YEAR less that wealthy Americans will spend on the kinds of things that create jobs and wealth for disenfranchised people in this country. You know, like Big Macs and housekeeping services. This is clearly a move by the terrorists.

Posted by Anal_yst, Jul 17, 2008 12:59PM

Right, $100bn...its probably far better that this alleged sum of money is kept out of the hands of the politicos, lest it be wasted on god knows what

Posted by guest, Jul 17, 2008 1:01PM

On the contrary, UBS compliance is downright oppressive.

Posted by guest, Jul 17, 2008 1:02PM

Don't they do the banking for the terrorists?

Posted by guest, Jul 17, 2008 1:03PM

When you leave the off-shore business you might get wet. Don't forget to bring a towel.

-Towelie

Posted by guest, Jul 17, 2008 1:05PM

"I fly like ARS paper, get high like Cayne
If you catch me at the border I got Swiss visas in my name"

-retail MIA third-world democracy mutha-f-cka

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sei-eEjy4g

Posted by guest, Jul 17, 2008 1:08PM

I think Cayne rolled with ARS paper.

Posted by guest, Jul 17, 2008 1:10PM

@1:05

well done

Posted by WillieBanks, Jul 17, 2008 1:10PM

Prince Hans-Adams II needs to merge with James William Bottomtooth in order to survive.

Posted by guest, Jul 17, 2008 1:28PM

If actress Tuesday Weld married golfer Don January III, she'd be "Tuesday January the Third."

Posted by guest, Jul 17, 2008 1:35PM

Unrelated, but what happened to Meredith Whitney on the JPM call today? The tigress 'ran out of gas' and was a pussycat in her questionings! Is she okay? Where is her whip today?

Posted by guest, Jul 17, 2008 2:09PM

terrorists, nazi gold, third world dictators, drug cartels - they're all welcome at UBS. (google them)

largest money laundering/tax evasion organization in the world.

most witch-hunts aren't justified, but in this particular case it is. UBS has an unscrupulous history, even by banking standards, and is run by Bear Stearns calibre degenerates like Phil Gramm. go ahead, run them out of the country.

Posted by guest, Jul 17, 2008 2:51PM

Agree w/ 2:09. The culture there is corrupt and therefore attracts guys with little or no moral compass. They'd fuck the crack of dawn if they thought they could make a buck off it.

Posted by guest, Jul 17, 2008 2:56PM

@2:09: "They'd fuck the crack of dawn..."

Classic. Well put.

Posted by guest, Jul 17, 2008 2:59PM

"no longer provide tax advice and private banking services to US customers."

I think you mean offshore banking, not private; as that's all they do now.

Posted by guest, Jul 17, 2008 3:14PM

"the medium is the message"
-Marshall McLuhan

"the media is the message"
-guest

"greater a moving force than reality is perception it is"
-Darth Friedman

Posted by guest, Jul 17, 2008 3:21PM

Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds?

Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
[a croupier hands Renault a pile of money]

Croupier: Your winnings, sir.

Captain Renault: [sotto voce] Oh, thank you very much.

[aloud]

Captain Renault: Everybody out at once!

Posted by guest, Jul 17, 2008 3:36PM

My HSBC account in that one country is still cool right?

Posted by guest, Jul 17, 2008 7:20PM

Looks like you guys are going to have to schlep your own money to the Caymans now. Should provide sheltered 'bag man' employment for soon to be laid off investment types.

Posted by guest, Jul 17, 2008 7:32PM

globalization = fail

spain is the first to go.

no more eurozone in 5 years.

heard it hear first.

Posted by guest, Jul 18, 2008 12:00AM

@3:36PM

Your HSBC account is cool as long as HSBC does not end up buying UBS.

@7:32PM

Yes, the threat to globalisation is greater than ever. I just hope the politicians will have the courage to resist pressure to wind back the clock and return to the dark days of government interventions.

I also strenuously call for the regulators to back off from even thinking about increased regulations on hedge funds or other market participants. This is a pathetic attempt at trying to save banks that would have gone bankrupt. Where is all your free market spirits?? You pathetic paperpushers have lost ALL credibility.

Don't ever think about lecturing other countries on economic or financial matters again!

Posted by guest, Jul 18, 2008 3:40AM

July 18 (Bloomberg) -- UBS AG, the world's largest wealth manager, will stop offering offshore-banking services to U.S. clients through non-U.S. branches, said Mark Branson, chief financial officer of UBS's global wealth-management unit.

``We have decided to exit entirely the business in question,'' Branson said. ``UBS will no longer provide offshore banking or securities services to U.S. residents through our bank branches. Such services will only be provided to residents of this country through companies licensed in the United States.''