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Swiss Miss
Mar 04, 2009, 2:09pm
Posted by Equity Private
Levin has been waiting for this day a long time. (That's Senator Carl, not Editor Bess). Swiss banks are in a great deal of trouble. First, they face rather significant trials for their liberal use of Swiss Franc as insulation...
Swiss Miss
Feb 03, 2009, 3:56pm
Posted by Equity Private
As we reported to you last week, Bloomberg has now managed to sniff out the fact that UBS is slurping up private wealth management professionals for large signing bonuses (which may or may not have a draw component), even as...
Not So Special Anymore
Oct 17, 2008, 12:40pm
Posted by Equity Private
The narrow ring of exclusivity draws smaller and smaller. Yes, there was our story earlier in the month about Goldman Sachs being an "iffy" enough trading partner to get a first tier scolding at the Pratts window, and now, apparently,...
And Shut Down Goldman Too, Just For Good Measure
Jul 17, 2008, 3:15pm
Posted by Bess Levin
UBS has promised to stop helping its US customers get out of paying taxes but Senator Carl Levin (no relation) says that's not good enough--he wants their Nazi-sympathizing asses shut down. Clearly it's never going to happen though of course...
The Swiss And Disaster
Apr 24, 2008, 8:45am
Posted by Equity Private
When the Swiss are worried, you really need to watch it. No lesser financial news giant than Forbes reports (via Thomson Financial News) that former Credit Suisse CEO Oswald Gruebel (a likelier name for the antagonist in a spy novel...