Nok Air has no flight attendants over the age of 30, says CEO Sarasin.

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The lifespan of a Nok Air flight attendant is short, according to Sarasin.

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The claims have led to the dismissal of an IT worker at private Swiss bank Sarasin for leaking confidential information on the family.

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The Swiss banking regulator, Finma, has told the BBC it is in contact with Bank Sarasin about the claims - but it has not launched an investigation.

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More recently he has struck co-operation agreements with Macquarie, an Australian investment bank, and Bank of China. (In the interim, an attempt to buy Sarasin, a private Swiss bank owned by Rabobank of the Netherlands, came to nothing.) The aim is to have 50% of his business in emerging markets by 2015.

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