How about forcing customers to hand over still more assets?
In exchange for what is called a bailout, but is in reality the imposition of new debts to pay existing creditors, the Greeks must hand over €50bn (£35bn) of public assets to an "independent" privatisation fund.
The performance of the US will come as a surprise to Barack Obama's administration, which has been widely credited with doing more than any other government to compel offshore banks to hand over information on hidden assets.
Handing over assets to small organisations threatened by austerity could help them, by providing a bulwark against the cuts, and could help us, by introducing a little more accountability into the sustainability of our asset management.
There was also talk that he might split up the company, perhaps handing over assets like Madison Square Garden and the New York Knicks and Rangers to James Dolan, who is interested in sports, and selling the rest.
A recent cabinet shuffle simply changed the portfolios of discredited ministers, without bringing in any new blood.Mr Sharif himself is one of the biggest debtors, but has refused to pay cash to his creditors, instead handing over assets that critics say are overvalued.
Rather than handing over assets in return for Abu Dhabi's support, Dubai may agree to a range of concessions to its wealthier neighbor, some observers predict.
On Monday, Judge Kiyo Matsumoto ordered him to forfeit $7.36 million to the government as part of his conviction, and because he's "cash-broke" he'll need to make that sum up by handing over assets – including the Wu-Tang Clan album.
Required disclosures include whether a third party holds the assets you might hand over (a good protection, which, alas, wasn't the case with Madoff) and any regulatory baggage.
"Hand over," Dr Lenz says.
