Will Switzerland Get Rid of Pesticides?

In 2005, Swiss voters decided to ban the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the country’s farming industry. A group of citizens now wants to go even further by banning the use of synthetic pesticides throughout Switzerland. The initiative has already faced a great deal of resistance from the agricultural and industrial sectors. – June 29 / swissinfo.ch

Thinking of an Asia Job Jaunt?

A look at how Singapore and Hong Kong square up for the expat employee on money, cost of living, property, doing business, family life and smog. – June 28 / Bloomberg

What’s in a Name? For Call Centre, More Swissness

Life insurance company Swiss Life has long offered its call centre staff the option to use fake Swiss names instead of foreign ones, in a little-known practice now raising ethical questions. – June 26 / swissinfo.ch

Heading for the Hamptons

New York-based investment bankers head for the seaside Hamptons in Long Island every summer. A peek at what the elite of Paris, Hamburg, Milan and Los Angeles call their Hamptons. – June 23 / Bloomberg

Madoff's Legit Trading Days?

A look at how some Bernie Madoff's early investors are arguing that the con man got rich legitimately, before amassing the largest Ponzi scheme in history. – June 23 / Bloomberg

Wall Street's «Dad Bros» Are Scared

The crises which have swept through the working and middle class  have now come for fund managers and stock-pickers. Wall Street's «dad bros» are running scared – June 23 / Business Insider

Power Eating for Financiers

A look at where you should book a table to cement that career-making deal: the best power restaurants. – June 21 / Bloomberg

Singapore First Family's Feud

A look at what's a stake in the bitter public fight between the children of Singapore's much-revered founder, Lee Kuan Yew. – June 21 / Bloomberg

Welcome Our New Quant Overlords

Assets managed by systematic funds just hit the $500 billion mark. A look at the rise of the robot in investing. – June 20 / Bloomberg

How Do CEOs Get Paid?

Meet the people who decide what the C-Suite saying «pay for performance» means on the paycheck at the end of the month. – The Atlantic / June 14

Art Basel, Summarized

The art world's mecca summed up, in ten must-see works. – Artsy / June 12

Credit Suisse Investor's Crisis

Credit Suisse's largest investor, the emirate of Qatar, sought to reassure financial markets that it has the firepower to withstand a crisis that some speculate may lead the oil-rich state to begin selling its foreign assets. – Bloomberg / June 12

Killed for Tattling to Swiss Prosecutor?

An investigative look at the death of Alexander Perepilichnyy, a financier who fled to London and blew the whistle on widespread financial crime by Russian government officials. His Paris-based mistress believes that he killed for spilling secrets to Swiss prosecutors. – Buzzfeed / June 12

Goldman Sachs' White House Bumble

Gary Cohn, the American investment bank's former number-two, was supposed to be a moderating force in the Trump White House. Has the investment banker, who prides himself on benefiting from his mistakes, made the biggest bumble of all? – New York Magazine / June 11

Steve Schwarzman's Frustration

In a long-form interview, the doyenne of private equity talks share price frustration and advising Donald Trump. – Bloomberg / June 6

UBS' Brazilian Ambitions

UBS only recently swallowed Sao Paolo-based wealth manager Consenso. The Swiss bank already wants more, according to its Latin American private bank head. – Euromoney / June 5