The agreement would be a key step toward resolving a continuing debate over whether Swiss banks have been forthright in disclosing the value of unclaimed assets deposited by Holocaust victims.
For a Survivor, Lawsuit Is a Mitzvah Mrs. Weisshaus's lawsuit seeks disclosure of all assets deposited by Holocaust victims in Swiss banks.
After the invasion, Western countries froze all Iraqi financial assets deposited in major banking centers.
How Switzerland dealt with assets deposited by those who did not survive the Holocaust has been an issue between Washington and Switzerland since 1946.
The Baltic assets deposited in Sweden were released to Soviet Union immediately after the Soviets demanded the Baltic gold reserves to be handed over in 1940.
The Swiss banks, the United States Government, and Jewish groups investigated unclaimed assets deposited by European Jews into Swiss banks before the Holocaust.
It doesn't give the reader even a basic understanding of the path by which $33.8 million worth of assets deposited in September 2000 came to be worth $34.7 million today".
In fact, brokers are free to re-hypothecate all and even more than the assets deposited by clients.