Private Banking & Wealth Management

Wealth Management: Project Wickenby racks up a dozen new defendants

15. February 2010

It's a year since twelve more defendants were charged as the Australian tax investigation called Project Wickenby continued. And the Australian Federal Police make no bones about it: help anyone to evade tax and they will regard it as money laundering.

Private Banking: UBS transfers its back office to outsource specialist.

16. October 2009

UBS has agreed to transfer its Indian back office unit, UBS India Service Centre Pvt Ltd to Cognizent, Inc. The unit employs 2,000 people in Hyderabad.

Private Banking: RBS Coutts suffers mass defections in Singapore

14. October 2009

In the UK, RBS is rumoured to be considering the closure of 300 of its branches in the UK, to remove its name from, in particular, the English high street leaving National Westminster as its dominant brand. Its Coutts brand has only a few branches - and suddenly a whole lot fewer staff

Private Banking: Swiss banks suffer in Madoff scandal

15. December 2008

Media report in Switzerland say that two private banks have substantial exposure to the Madoff investment fraud. There are more.

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