Which alternative is right for you depends on how much income you require, your total assets and many other factors.

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Crucially, Mr Draghi explicitly left open whether the new bond purchases would be sterilised - i.e. whether the ECB would sell other assets, to leave the total money supply unchanged.

BBC: Draghi will do what it takes (give or take)

Switzerland's other major bank, Credit Suisse - with over a trillion dollars in total assets and another trillion in clients' money - remains under investigation by the US authorities, as does another high profile bank, Julius Baer, which is about a fifth of the size of Credit Suisse, as well as 11 other mainly local, cantonal banks.

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In total, Iran has six of the 10 biggest Shariah-compliant institutions and double the Shariah assets of any other country.

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