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		<title>Asset Manager &#187; Switzerland</title>
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		<title>CGT &#8216;Tax Paradise&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://assetmanagers.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/cgt-tax-paradise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently posted an article about Switzerland being the &#8216;Pied Piper&#8217; of the financial markets with their attempt to lull fund managers over to the shores of Lake Geneva. It looks like the Times has picked up on the potential for the Swiss to clean up in the high stakes game of &#8216;Tax Musical Chairs&#8217;.As [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assetmanagers.wordpress.com&blog=2681158&post=128&subd=assetmanagers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Switzerland Targets Hedge Fund Managers?</title>
		<link>http://assetmanagers.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/switzerland-targets-hedge-fund-managers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As one of the world&#8217;s biggest hedge fund buyers it is odd that only a handful of hedge fund managers are located in Switzerland. Of the estimated $600bn invested in funds of hedge funds $200bn comes from Switzerland making it second only to the USA.The Swiss authorities, according to a recent report from the Federal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assetmanagers.wordpress.com&blog=2681158&post=93&subd=assetmanagers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Indirect Taxes &#8211; The price for low corporate tax</title>
		<link>http://assetmanagers.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/indirect-taxes-the-price-for-low-corporate-tax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Competition between countries to attract and keep foreign investment is continuing to drive down corporate tax rates across the world, although governments are clawing back revenues by increasing indirect taxes, which may require companies to shoulder greater compliance and accounting costs.This is according to KPMG&#8217;s corporate and indirect tax survey 2007, which, for the first [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assetmanagers.wordpress.com&blog=2681158&post=51&subd=assetmanagers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You only sing when you&#8217;re winning. &#8211; EU posturing over tax issues</title>
		<link>http://assetmanagers.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/you-only-sing-when-youre-winning-eu-posturing-over-tax-issues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tax competition between Switzerland and the EU has raised its head once more with scare mongering to Switzerland that a political waste land of no influence and economic isolation will be inevitable if Switzerland does not join the EU.In reality its all about Switzerland being better at the tax game&#8230;.
EU Commission President José Manuel Barroso [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assetmanagers.wordpress.com&blog=2681158&post=41&subd=assetmanagers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Exiles Flock To Switzerland</title>
		<link>http://assetmanagers.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/tax-exiles-flock-to-switzerland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Swiss Info
Ultra-rich foreigners are flocking to Switzerland in increasing numbers to take advantage of controversial lump sum tax arrangements offered by many cantons.
The number of tax exiles reached 4,175 last year up from 2,394 in 2003, according to a survey by consultancy group KPMG. The policy has attracted critics both within and outside the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assetmanagers.wordpress.com&blog=2681158&post=40&subd=assetmanagers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Means No!</title>
		<link>http://assetmanagers.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/no-means-no/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it me or is the EU just getting to big for its boots? Today I read that the EU is performing its bully boy tactics on Switzerland again.Basically the row is about corporate taxes. The EU is saying that some cantons give favourable tax breaks for companies establishing businesses here.



&#8220;So far, the union is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assetmanagers.wordpress.com&blog=2681158&post=34&subd=assetmanagers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wealthy Get Six Months Reprieve in Switzerland</title>
		<link>http://assetmanagers.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/wealthy-get-six-months-reprieve-in-switzerland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Switzerland&#8217;s wealthy foreign tax exiles have won a six-month reprieve from any toughening of cosy fiscal deals that have been criticised at home and abroad.

Swiss cantons, which met on Friday to debate a possible doubling of the tax rate, opted instead for a study comparing their systems for super-rich expatriates with those applied in other [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assetmanagers.wordpress.com&blog=2681158&post=32&subd=assetmanagers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Swiss banks hold on to their offshore clients</title>
		<link>http://assetmanagers.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/swiss-banks-hold-on-to-their-offshore-clients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[James Nason remembers years of debate and negotiation over tax evasion in Europe, but one moment that stands out for him was when Swiss officials drew a line on how far they could be pushed around.
&#8220;Swiss bank-client confidentiality is not up for discussion,&#8221; Nason, a spokesman for the Swiss Bankers Association in Basel, said he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assetmanagers.wordpress.com&blog=2681158&post=30&subd=assetmanagers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is &#8216;quant&#8217; or &#8216;algorithmic&#8217; trading</title>
		<link>http://assetmanagers.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/what-is-quant-or-algorithmic-trading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2006 17:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The word &#8216;quant&#8217; or &#8216;mathematics&#8217; as an approach to investing rarely causes any excitement, rather, it causes some investors to walk away and others to either fall asleep or at best raise their eyebrows. We do not think this is justified, as quant is not just bean counting. We believe that a quant approach to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assetmanagers.wordpress.com&blog=2681158&post=26&subd=assetmanagers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Switzerland tops competitive list</title>
		<link>http://assetmanagers.wordpress.com/2006/09/29/switzerland-tops-competitive-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Switzerland has the world&#8217;s most competitive economy, according to a survey of 125 countries by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF).
It is the first time that the Swiss have taken the top spot in the WEF&#8217;s annual Global Competitiveness Report, which was published on Tuesday.
&#8220;Switzerland&#8217;s top ranking reflects a combination of a world-class capacity for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assetmanagers.wordpress.com&blog=2681158&post=25&subd=assetmanagers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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