GenevaLunch » Philipp Hildebrand http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 09:11:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Blocher could face investigation, Hildebrand’s wife observed the ruleshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/25/blocher-could-face-investigation-hildebrands-wife-observed-the-rules/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/25/blocher-could-face-investigation-hildebrands-wife-observed-the-rules/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:42:10 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69493 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Kashya Hildrebrand broke no rules and Christoph Blocher should not have parliamentary immunity: two decisions came from separate corners Wednesday 25 April that could shift the impact of the scandal that led to the resignation of Switzerland’s central bank chief Philipp Hildebrand in early January. The Swiss National Bank announced Wednesday evening [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/25/blocher-could-face-investigation-hildebrands-wife-observed-the-rules/feed/ 0 Swiss central bank tightens staff rules, selects new chairmanhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/18/swiss-central-bank-tightens-staff-rules-selects-new-chairman/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/18/swiss-central-bank-tightens-staff-rules-selects-new-chairman/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:17:21 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69180 GenevaLunch.com New chairman not yet named, but expected Wednesday morning ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss National Bank governors meeting in Zurich Wednesday 18 April are expected to name a new chairman to lead the central bank. Zurich media rumours fed by newspaper NZZ have had it for the past two weeks that Thomas Jordan, acting chairman, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/18/swiss-central-bank-tightens-staff-rules-selects-new-chairman/feed/ 0 Blocher’s immunity ruling scheduled for 25 April in Hildebrand casehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/28/blochers-immunity-ruling-scheduled-for-25-april-in-hildebrand-case/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/28/blochers-immunity-ruling-scheduled-for-25-april-in-hildebrand-case/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:34:48 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68352 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Christoph Blocher’s argument that he has parliamentary immunity that  protects him from charges of breaking bank secrecy laws will be considered by the Parliamentary Commission on Immunity 24 April. The group held an initial meeting 28 March and decided to put off for a month both the overall immunity question and the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/28/blochers-immunity-ruling-scheduled-for-25-april-in-hildebrand-case/feed/ 0 Public prosecutor says “pertinent” material found during Blocher searchhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/23/public-prosecutor-says-pertinent-material-found-during-blocher-search/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/23/public-prosecutor-says-pertinent-material-found-during-blocher-search/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 06:42:18 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68183 GenevaLunch.com Right-wing UDC strategist was not told ahead of search for breaking banking secrecy laws BERN, SWITZERLAND – Zurich public prosecutor Andreas Brunner says “pertinent” material was found during a search of the home and office of Christoph Blocher, a UDC People’s Party leader. Blocher was not told in advance that his home and office would [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/23/public-prosecutor-says-pertinent-material-found-during-blocher-search/feed/ 0 Hildebrand, former central bank head, goes to Oxfordhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/21/hildebrand-former-central-bank-head-goes-to-oxford/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/21/hildebrand-former-central-bank-head-goes-to-oxford/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:18:14 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68108 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Philipp Hildebrand, who resigned as chairman of the Swiss National Bank 9 January, has been named a senior visiting fellow by the University of Oxford in the UK. The Financial Times notes that “Hildebrand, who attended the prestigious institution for his doctorate on European integration, will join the new Blavatnik School of [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/21/hildebrand-former-central-bank-head-goes-to-oxford/feed/ 0 Swiss gov’t to review need for central bank governance reformhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/25/swiss-govt-to-review-need-for-central-bank-governance-reform/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/25/swiss-govt-to-review-need-for-central-bank-governance-reform/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:46:03 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66002 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss government is beginning a review of the possible need to reform governance of the Swiss National Bank. The cabinet Wednesday 25 January announced that it has asked Professor Paul Richli to draw up an external expert report that outlines “the tasks and responsibilities currently regulated in the National Bank legislation [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/25/swiss-govt-to-review-need-for-central-bank-governance-reform/feed/ 0 Hildebrand pushed by governors, Swiss media suggesthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/10/hildebrand-pushed-by-governors-swiss-media-suggest/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/10/hildebrand-pushed-by-governors-swiss-media-suggest/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:30:05 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65104 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The head of the Swiss National Bank may have been pushed to resign by the governing board of the bank, Swiss media, particularly in German-speaking Switzerland, are suggesting Tuesday. Philipp Hildebrand handed in his resignation Monday afternoon, after a two-week scandal sparked by information about his wife’s purchase of dollars in August [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/10/hildebrand-pushed-by-governors-swiss-media-suggest/feed/ 0 Hildebrand’s decision his own: I give my word, but I can’t prove once and for all (update 2)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/09/hildebrands-decision-his-own-i-give-my-word-but-i-cant-prove-once-and-for-all-update-2/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/09/hildebrands-decision-his-own-i-give-my-word-but-i-cant-prove-once-and-for-all-update-2/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:01:13 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65071 GenevaLunch.com SNB “regrets” his decision and circumstances leading to it – CHF1.20/euro cap remains BERN, SWITZERLAND – Philipp Hildebrand, who resigned early Monday afternoon as chairman of the Swiss National Bank, says the decision was his own because “I have concluded that I might not, for some time, be in a position to make the kind [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/09/hildebrands-decision-his-own-i-give-my-word-but-i-cant-prove-once-and-for-all-update-2/feed/ 0 Hildebrand’s resignation: scandal grows more complex as IT data thief blames lawyerhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/09/hildebrands-resignation-scandal-grows-more-complex-as-it-data-thief-blames-lawyer/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/09/hildebrands-resignation-scandal-grows-more-complex-as-it-data-thief-blames-lawyer/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:17:22 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65057 GenevaLunch.com IT whistleblower says lawyer took advantage of him ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Swiss central bank chairman Philipp Hildebrand, age 48, has just resigned, effective immediately, but the scandal over the theft of private bank data and the financial transactions of Hildebrand’s wife is not likely to die down quickly. He had worked for the bank since [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/09/hildebrands-resignation-scandal-grows-more-complex-as-it-data-thief-blames-lawyer/feed/ 0 Swiss central bank supervisory body to check all board transactions since Jan 2009http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/07/swiss-central-bank-supervisory-body-to-check-all-board-transactions-since-jan-2009/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/07/swiss-central-bank-supervisory-body-to-check-all-board-transactions-since-jan-2009/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:38:20 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65026 GenevaLunch.com Bank Council says “taking measures is in order”: tighter rules immediately for board members and greater future transparency ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The supervisory body for the Swiss National Bank (SNB) announced after a special meeting Saturday 7 January that it is tightening measures governing board members’ personal financial transactions, effective immediately, hiring an outside body [...]

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