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In a terse press release issued July 26, 2018, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority ("FINMA") announced that it has launched enforcement proceedings against an ICO issuer ...

Updated documentation requirements for foreign collective investment schemes offered and marketed in Switzerland.

The recently introduced Swiss financial markets legislation provides that funds marketed in Switzerland may now elect to use English as an official language.

La Rivista, 01/2025 - magazine della Camera di Commercio Italiana per la Svizzera. Uno sguardo alle recenti novità legislative italiane in tema di controlli sulla circolazione transfrontaliera del denaro.

Advestra's legal team, including Dr. Roger Bischof, Prof. Dr. Rashid Bahar, Andreas Hinsen, and Dr. Thomas U. Reutter, provides insights on recent Swiss financial regulatory developments.

On April 14, 2020, FINMA communicated in its Guidance 04/2020 that it extends the initial margin implementation dates for phase 5 and 6 by one year.

In a decision designated for publication, the Swiss Federal Tribunal has confirmed that a bank operating on an execution-only basis is not required to remit distribution commissions to its client — resolving a question the Court had previously left open and offering the clearest guidance to date on where the duty to account ends in non-advisory relationships.

The Swiss Federal Government sees no need for further regulation of the debt enforcement profession, for example by introducing professional licenses and best practice duties applying to the commercial debt collection process.

Who is liable for the damage if a hacker succeeds in initiating fraudulent transactions on a Swiss bank account?

The draft law aims to strengthen the competitiveness of the Swiss investment fund market, which currently does not have any type of unregulated collective investment scheme.

Stellungnahme von Bär & Karrer zum Entwurf der Verordnung über die Transparenz juristischer Personen (TJPV) sowie zur Teilrevision der Geldwäschereiverordnung (GwV). Bär & Karrer begrüsst den Entwurf grundsätzlich...

Stellungnahme von Bär & Karrer zum Entwurf zur Änderung des Finanzinstitutsgesetzes (FINIG). Bär & Karrer begrüsst den Entwurf sowie insbesondere die Einführung der zwei neuen Bewilligungskategorien für Zahlungsmittelinstitute und Krypto-Institute grundsätzlich. Im Detail regt Bär & Karrer an, der FINMA bei der sinngemässen Anwendung der Vorschriften zu ausländisch beherrschten Banken und zur Gruppenaufsicht mehr Ermessensspielraum einzuräumen, um die geringere Risikoexposition dieser neuen Institute angemessen berücksichtigen zu können.

Mit der im Jahr 2022 in Kraft getretenen Revision des VVG wurde insbesondere auch Art. 45 VVG überarbeitet. So gilt für Versicherungsverträge, die dem revidierten Recht unterstehen neu, dass der Versicherungsnehmer den Eintritt eines vertraglich vereinbarten Rechtsnachteils wegen Obliegenheitsverletzung auch abwenden kann, indem er nachweist, dass die Verletzung keinen Einfluss auf den Umfang der vom Versicherungsunternehmen geschuldeten Leistung hat

In dieser Ausgabe von Advestra Insights besprechen wir einen kürzlich ergangenen Entscheid des Schweizerischen Bundesgerichts (4A_149/2025 vom 12. Januar 2026), der die Behandlung...

The payment system stands at the center of financial system transformation, serving as trust infrastructure that must function correctly and securely at all times. This multi-layered organization distinguishes between infrastructure, payment system operators, and application levels, where innovation primarily occurs. With digitalization, the trust dimension gains further significance as cybersecurity becomes an integral part of the product rather than a cost factor.

The new legal provisions on the limited qualified investor fund (L-QIF) were adopted unanimously (with one abstention) by the Swiss Council of States on 9 June 2021.

With effect from 1 January 2021, funds registered with FINMA for marketing in Switzerland will be required to simultaneously publish on the UCITS recognised Swiss electronic publication platform...

The commentary on Arts. 119–122 CISA/KAG analyses the Swiss market-access regime for foreign collective investment schemes.