Beat Balzli

Recent Articles by Beat Balzli

September 10, 2009

Germany Attacks Swiss Banking Secrecy

For accountant Rainer Krieg, appointments like the one he had last Wednesday afternoon are a purely routine affair. A Swiss asset manager had phoned him up and asked ...

July 3, 2009

German Banks Cash in on the Crisis

These days, bankers are used to bad press and being scolded by politicians. There's been no shortage of either in the past week. "Banks Hoard Money," was the headline ...

April 22, 2009

Germany Wrestles with Toxic Assets

The president of the German central bank, Axel Weber, was at pains last week to stress how hard it will be to recover from the current economic slump. "The paths out ...

March 30, 2009

Germany Tackles Tax Havens

Martin Maurer remembers that fateful gray November day all too well. Maurer runs the Association of Foreign Banks in Switzerland from his office above an upmarket ...