Ben Berkowitz

Position: Amsterdam Financial Services Correspondent
Ben Berkowitz rejoined Reuters in Amsterdam in May 2009. He originally worked for Reuters in Los Angeles and New York from 2001 to 2006 covering everything from video games to oil. In between he was business editor at AOL, head of the editing desk at AP Business News and managing editor of Fidelity.com.

Articles

UPDATE 4-Dutch govt to inject 3 bln euros into ABN AMRO November 19, 05:03pm EST 

AMSTERDAM/THE HAGUE, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The Dutch government said it would have to inject another 3 billion euros ($4.5 billion) into nationalised bank ABN AMRO [ABNNV.UL], raising the national debt with no immediate return for the state.  Full Article 

Blog Posts

Time private bankers got professional

It's hard to imagine that a banker who represents multimillionaires would be anything but professional - but a top executive at a leading global bank thinks that's precisely the wealth management industry's problem.  Full Article 

Time private bankers got professional

It's hard to imagine that a banker who represents multimillionaires would be anything but professional - but a top executive at a leading global bank thinks that's precisely the wealth management industry's problem.  Full Article | Comments [2] 

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Geneva is for wealth management

Even for an American who's not wealthy, Geneva has a reputation as a global centre for wealth management. Imagine one reporter's surprise, then, on arriving in the airport in Geneva and seeing bank ads everywhere like the casino adds in Las Vegas's McCarron Airport.  Full Article