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  • Man running across Paradepatz, the centre of Switzerland's banking industry, during a sudden heavy rain storm.

  • Chairman of UBS Kaspar Villiger, a former politician address shareholders, as seen on a monitor in the media room, during the AGM in 2011. He stepped down early, in April 2012.

  • Man with metal suitcases on Paradeplatz, the symbolic heart of the Swiss banking industry. Switzerland's two largest banks, UBS and Credit Suisse have their headquarters on the this square in the centre of Zurich. The Swiss banking industry holds an estimated almost US$7000 billion , more than half of it foreign.

  • Shareholders arriving for the annual general meeting of UBS, Switzerland's biggest bank, in a concert stadium in Basel.

  • Board members of Credit Suisse laughing before the AGM, including Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, who is also chairman of Nestlé.

  • People crossing Paradeplatz, the notional centre of the Swiss banking industry, reflected in the window of a bank. The Industry as a whole holds assets estimated at 7000 billion Swiss Francs, more than half of it of foreign origin.

  • UBS AGM.

  • Oswald Grübel, Group CEO of UBS, responding to disgruntled shareholders at the annual general meeting, seen on a video screen inside the entry to the stadium used as a venue. He resigned in September 2011, following a massive loss by a trader in London.

  • Paradeplatz, Zurich's Wall Street, symbolic centre of the Swiss banking industry, reflected in the entry to UBS, Switzerland's largest bank. UBS, considered 'too big to fail' was bailed out by the Swiss government following record losses for a Swiss company following excessive exposure to the U.S. subprime market.

  • UBS headquarters on Paradeplatz.

  • Banker outside UBS headquarters Zurich.

  • View of trams on Paradeplatz, centre of the Swiss banking industry, with the HQs of Switzerland's two largest banks, UBS at centre behind, and Credit Suisse at right. Bank vaults and their secrets are reputed to lie beneath the square.

  • Symbolic heart of the Swiss banking world - the largest offshore financial centre in the world, holding US$7,000 billion, several times the Swiss economy. The HQ of Switzerland's two largest banks UBS and Credit Suisse are at centre and right. Below the square are thought to lie the banks' vaults.

  • Symbolic heart of the Swiss banking world - the largest offshore financial centre in the world, holding almost US$7,000 billion assets, several times the Swiss economy. The HQ of Switzerland's two largest banks UBS and Credit Suisse are at centre and right. Below the square are thought to lie the banks' vaults.

  • Approaching Paradeplatz, centre of the Swiss banking industry.

  • Man with metal suitcases on Paradeplatz, the symbolic heart of the Swiss banking industry. Switzerland's two largest banks, UBS and Credit Suisse have their headquarters on the this square in the centre of Zurich.

  • Credit Suisse headquarters on Paradeplatz, This square in the centre of Zurich, is the symbolic heart of the Swiss banking industry, which holds an estimated almost $7000 billion in global assets. Long cherished banking secrecy is now in question.

  • Chairman Han-Ulrich Doerig at the annual shareholder's meeting of Credit Suisse. He retired in 2011.

  • Bank staff at the end of Credit Suisse Annual General Meeting of shareholders in a conference centre in a Zurich suburb.

  • Security and other staff at Credit Suisse AGM

  • Shareholders attending the annual general meeting of UBS, Switzerland's biggest bank, in a concert stadium in Basel. There here was a revolt over the conduct of the banks's previous administration, which they regard as responsible for not only record losses for a Swiss company, following exposure to the US subprime market, but was also a major investigation for organised tax evasion by the IRS, which has called into question the whole concept of Switzerland's hallowed banking secrecy.

  • Aged shareholder addressing the annual general meeting of Credit Suisse. There was general anger at the massive bonuses paid out to senior bankers, totalling a staggering 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.12 billion), when the bank had losses of 22 billion in 2008. There was further ire at the apparent indifference to clients who were sold products link to Madoff. The bank lost almost $1 billion in the scam.

  • Voting at UBS Annual General Meeting in a conference hall with the group executive board on stage.

  • UBS Annual General Meeting. Desk for shareholders who wish to address the meeting or make a commentry.

  • Sergio Ermotti, Group CEO of UBS leaving the stage at the end of the 2012 Annual General Meeting with shareholders at a conference hall in a Zurich suburb.

  • Axel Weber, new chairman of UBS leaving the annual shareholder's meeting (AGM) in Zurich in 2012. He was formerly head of the German Bundesbank.

  • Shareholder leaving the annual general meeting of Credit Suisse. There was general anger at the massive bonuses paid out to senior bankers, totalling a staggering CHF 3 billion ($3.12 billion), when the bank, the second largest in Switzerland, registered losses of CHF 22 billion in 2008.

  • Shareholders eating and drinking after voting has finished at UBS' AGM.

  • Shareholders eating and drinking after voting has finished at UBS' AGM.

  • Food and drink for shareholders following the annual shareholder's meeting (AGM) of UBS in Zurich 2012.

  • Shareholder at Credit Suisse AGM

  • Shareholder at UBS Annual General Meeting.

  • Shareholders talking at the end of UBS AGM.

  • Banker at UBS Annual General meeting

  • Bank staff member in the background of UBS's Annual shareholder's meeting in Zurich's Hallenstadium, 2012.

  • Shareholders leaving the annual shareholder's meeting (AGM) of UBS in Zurich 2012.

  • Greenpeace activist during a demonstration outside the AGM of UBS calling for the giant bank to halt investments damaging to the rain forest, reappropriating the phrase 'too big to fail' most often applied to UBS.

  • Group of businessmen and women leaving the portal to the head quarters of Credit Suisse, which like its larger rival UBS, stands on Paradeplatz in the heart of Zurich.

  • Credit Suisse staff preparing for a press conference to announce their annual results, in a conference room belong to the bank in central Zurich.

  • CEO of Credit Suisse, Brady Dougan during a press conference in the bank's offices to anounce annual results.

  • CEO of Credit Suisse, Brady Dougan addressing a press conference in the bank's offices to anounce annual results. What was not disclosed was the massive scale of bonuses paid out to senior management based on a share scheme. Dougan became by far the highest paid banker in Europe receiving CHF71 million on top of his basic pay of CHD 19.2 million.

  • Senior manager at Credit Suisse press conference to announce worse than expected annual results.

  • Senior executives of Credit Suisse, at a press conference to announce annual results.

  • Walter Berchtold, Chairman of Private Banking at Credit Suisse answering press question at announcement of disappointing annual results. He previously received a bonus of CHF 34 million.

  • Conference for annual results of UBS.

  • Inside UBS offices.

  • John Cryan, Chief Financial officer of UBS April 2011, in press conference announcing disappointing annual results.

  • John Cryan, Chief Financial officer of UBS April 2011, in discussion with press after announcement of diappointing annual results.

  • UBS employee being interviewed by a TV station after the announcemnet of annual results, in the lobby of an art-decorated builidng in central Zurich belonging to the bank.

  • Smoker taking a break outside the annual general meeting of UBS, in which there was a shareholder revolt after catastrophic losses requiring a government bailout, following exposure to the subprime market and an investigation into tax advoidance schemes in the US, which has threatened the very concept of banking secrecy.

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