ONE of Italy's biggest banks, Banca Commerciale Italiana, now part of the Intesa group, is not quite as Italian as it seems: it was founded, back in 1894, by a German-Swiss-Austrian consortium.
The Isleworth Mona Lisa, which was once owned by Henry F. Pulitzer, has been in a vault since it was bought by a Swiss-based consortium of unnamed individuals 40 years ago.
The Caterham F1 team has been sold by owner Tony Fernandes to a Swiss and Middle Eastern consortium.
County are in need of a cash injection after being hit with a second winding-up petition from HM Revenue and Customs for unpaid tax bills, and the club have been struggling financially since Trembling performed a management buy-out from the Swiss-based Middle East consortium Munto Finance last month.
The identity of the owners, who Caterham say are a Swiss-Middle Eastern consortium, has not yet been revealed.
Nasrat Adamo, a former senior official at the Iraqi Ministry of Irrigation, told me that a consortium of Swiss firms hired to oversee the process assured government officials that the gypsum problem could be managed.
Tony Fernandes, who owns the Air Asia airline and Queens Park Rangers football club, sold the team to a Swiss and Middle eastern consortium, Engavest SA, in July.
The team, which has not scored a point in almost four full seasons, changed ownership in July when it was sold by Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes to a consortium of Swiss and Middle Eastern investors, leading to more than 40 job losses.
The team, which have not scored a point in almost four full seasons on the grid, changed ownership in July when it was sold by Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes to a consortium of Swiss and Middle Eastern investors, leading to more than 40 job losses.
