Switzerland

SINGAPORE (Oct 1): Switzerland’s diminishing band of mid-sized private banks should consider teaming up with other firms to expand in Asia and tap into the business of managing the wealth of the region’s millionaires, according to the chairman of the

SINGAPORE (Aug 30): New Economy Forum, a conference of global business and political leaders in Beijing has been relocated to Singapore due to the fallout from the trade war between the United States and China, reported the New York Times.

LOS ANGELES (Sept 6): Possible witnesses to the alleged looting of billions of dollars from 1Malaysia Development Bhd are too scared to talk to US investigators because they fear retaliation, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

ZURICH (June 14): Singapore and Hong Kong together will hold as much overseas wealth as Switzerland in four years' time, according to a study by Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

(Jan 2): It pays to be an expatriate in Switzerland.

BANGKOK (Dec 20): Thailand on Tuesday freed from prison a Swiss man jailed for blackmail and attempted extortion in a case linked to a scandal over Malaysian state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

SINGAPORE (Nov 29): Singapore has fallen out of its position among the top 10 in the IMD World Talent Ranking 2016. The city state fell five places to 15th place while Hong Kong rose two places to take Singapore’s previous rank at 10th position.

(Nov 11): Malaysia has again rebuffed Switzerland's request for legal assistance in probing suspected corruption linked to scandal-hit state fund 1MDB, the Swiss attorney general's office said on Friday.

SINGAPORE (Oct 24): Agri-business Olam International has acquired a 100% stake in Schulter S.A., an East African coffee specialist, for US$7.5 million ($10.44 million).

PARIS (June 23): French President Francois Hollande warned on Wednesday that if Britons voted to leave the European Union it would be an irreversible decision that could seriously jeopardise Britain's prized access to the bloc's single market.