June 12, 2010 - Stark warning over UBS deal failure
“Approving the deal is of the utmost importance for the Swiss economic centre,” urged its president Gerold Bührer.
June 11, 2010 - INTERVIEW: UBS Pushes One-Bank Strategy To Net Richest Clients
UBS AG (UBS) aims to raise invested assets in its wealthiest client segment by at least 7%-8% annually...
June 11, 2011 - Levin Statement on Swiss Rejection of UBS Settlement
“The United States should reject any further attempts by the Swiss to delay the UBS case. It is time to move forward with the summons in court...
June 11, 2010 - UBS Confident Swiss Parliament Will Approve US-Swiss - CEO
"We are confident the parliament will make the right decision. They always have," UBS Chief Executive Oswald Gruebel said on the sidelines of a conference in Vi
June 10, 2010 - Germany Buys More Tax Data On Dodgers' Swiss Accounts
The state of Lower Saxony on Tuesday purchased a block of data on some 20,000 Swiss accounts at an undisclosed bank, said Juergen Tostberg, a spokesman for the
June 10, 2010 - Crunch parliamentary vote on UBS-US case on Tuesday
Switzerland faces a crunch vote Tuesday when lawmakers are due to decide whether to endorse a tax evasion deal with the United States...
June 10, 2010 - Swiss Parliament Delays Final Vote on UBS Deal
The final Swiss parliamentary vote on the agreement with the United States over UBS client data has been delayed until next week, the hostage of domestic politi
June 9, 2010 - Liechtenstein Makes Pitch to Tax Evaders as Swiss Guard Secrecy
Liechtenstein is luring wealthy Britons by offering them the chance to "come clean" on unpaid taxes...
June 9, 2010 - Crunch vote looms for Swiss-US deal in UBS tax row
Social Democrats have said they will only agree if the government makes a binding commitment to tax bankers' bonuses...
June 9, 2010 - UBS CFO Tells Analysts Parliament Likely To OK Pact
UBS's Chief Financial Officer John Cryan made the comments during a meeting with roughly 30 sell-side analysts in London earlier Wednesday, the analyst said, wh
June 9, 2010 - Swiss-US accord over UBS becomes political football
The Swiss Bankers Association accuses the parties of playing political games at the expense of the national interest...
June 9, 2010 - Media cry foul over UBS vote
The deal was blocked in parliament after wrangling by two parties over banking regulation and capping managers’ bonuses...
June 9, 2010 - Swiss Lower House Rejects UBS Pact
Following the rejection, Swiss parliamentarians will now seek a compromise that, if successful, would lead to another round of voting on the bill in both chambe
June 9, 2010 - Switzerland Rejects Deal to Share Banking Data
If the entire Swiss Parliament does not approve the deal by June 18, the Justice Department, on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service, will revive a legal case
June 9, 2010 - Swiss parliament votes to shield UBS data from U.S.
The Swiss parliament's lower chamber could take up the question again after further consideration by the upper house.