1. Wealth
March 17, 2009

FT: New Swiss secrecy laws may take years

By Spear's

Switzerland has warned countries against expecting swift results from its decision last week to water down bank secrecy laws, saying it could take years for the necessary legislation to come into action.

From the Financial Times:

Switzerland has warned countries against expecting swift results from its decision last week to water down bank secrecy laws, saying it could take years for the necessary legislation to come into action.

Hans-Rudolf Merz, Switzerland’s finance minister, said renegotiating the country’s more than 70 double taxation treaties “won’t be so fast” as each would have to be approved individually by the country’s parliament.

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