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KPMG recruited by FSA to investigate UBS

Financial Service Authority and Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority pick KPMG to investigate alleged unauthorised trading

26 Sep 2011

Swiss government agrees deal to hand UBS details to the US

UBS Warburg's US client details to be handed over by Switzerland to the US

18 Jun 2010

Swiss veto UBS accounts handover

Swiss ministers reject handover of UBS accounts details to the Internal Revenue Service

09 Jun 2010

Order to disclose UBS tax clients to US was unlawful

Markets authority was unable to rely on Swiss law to force UBS to disclose clients details to US

12 Jan 2010

UBS whistleblower wants sentence lifted

Brad Birkenfield, the ex-UBS banker whose testimony helped uncover thousands of undeclared offshore accounts set up by the Swiss banking giant

04 Dec 2009

UBS fined £8m for rogue trades

Bank punished for allowing staff to make thousands of unauthorised trades

06 Nov 2009

US expats panic over offshore accounts exposure

UBS deal to reveal bank details sends US expats flooding to tax advisers

09 Sep 2009

UK signs tax agreement with the Swiss

Switzerland agrees to share information on tax payers with the UK

07 Sep 2009

Pact forces UBS to disclose 4,450 accounts

US-Swiss pact means UBS has until 2010 to hand over account details

21 Aug 2009

US continues battle for UBS customer names

Swiss and American governments may need to reach an agreement on banking secrecy laws before the Department of Justice takes Swiss bank UBS to court

30 Jul 2009

Switzerland urging closure on UBS case

Swiss officials push for speedy end to UBS tax case ahead of a trip to Washington

08 Jul 2009

Swiss commit to transparency despite UBS action

Switzerland has reiterated its committment to international tax standards

24 Jun 2009

US urged to abandon UBS tax case

Talks between US and Swiss officials

27 Apr 2009

UBS client faces jail over tax evasion

UBS client faces jail and fine for hiding funds in a UBS account in Switzerland

15 Apr 2009

UBS bankers warned over tax investigation fears

Private bankers banned from international travel

07 Apr 2009

Former Northern Rock CFO to take up UBS role

Two former CFO's to join the board of directors at bank UBS

17 Mar 2009

UBS chief urges reform of Swiss banking rules

New chief of embattled investment bank advocates changes to Swiss secrecy laws

03 Mar 2009

UBS to fight US demand for bank account details in tax dispute

US Department of Justice accuses Swiss bank of aiding 52,000 customers to hide accounts from the federal authorities

20 Feb 2009

UBS looks to settle private banking tax issues

Investment bank UBS is caught in a wrangle between disclosing data to US authorities and satisfying Swiss banking rules

15 Sep 2008

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