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On July 1 2015, a new Swiss law entered into force, which implements the recommendations of the international Groupe d'action financière (GAFI) aimed at preventing money laundering and tax evasion.

SIX Exchange Regulation, the regulatory body of the main Swiss stock exchange, has confirmed plans to overhaul its regulatory listing standards.

Going public may serve several goals: it may help a company gain access to a broader investor base, raise the capital it needs in order to activate its growth potential and strengthen its market...

The Swiss Stock Exchange, known as SIX Swiss Exchange, stands as one of Europe's most prominent stock exchanges, serving as a pivotal hub for trading various financial assets...

On 27 November 2019, the Federal Council published the draft bill for a new Federal Act regarding the Adaptation of Federal Law to Developments in the Technology of Distributed Electronic Registers...

On 14 September 2023, the SIX Regulatory Board announced that the listing rules of SDX have been amended to allow for bonds already listed on recognized foreign trading venues and on SIX to be admitted to trading.

Initial coin offerings (ICOs) or token sales as alternative financing methods continue to generate increasing interest – in particular in Switzerland.

Within the framework of further digitalisation, SIX Exchange Regulation (SER) launched its new platform "OLSdigital" on 4 March 2024 with the aim of digitalising and simplifying the submission of disclosure notifications.

The Swiss parliament has passed the bill to abolish interest withholding tax on Swiss bonds and certain credit agreements as well as securities transfer stamp tax on shares of 10% and Swiss debt instruments.

With the outbreak of the coronavirus in Switzerland, various legal questions arise for companies, in particular with regard to the validity and amendment of contracts.

With the entry into force of the new financial services act on 1 January 2020, and in addition to the regulation of financial services and their providers, the prospectus law in particular has been standardised ...

In a meeting on 6 November 2019, the Federal Council decided that the Financial Services Act and the Financial Institutions Act, together with the corresponding ordinances, will enter into force on 1 January 2020.

As regards the cross-border market access to Switzerland, Swiss regulation takes a liberal approach and allows the provision of banking and investment services, asset management services...

The establishment and operation of Alternative Investment Funds ("AIFs") (and their managers) is governed by the Federal Act on Collective Investment Schemes of 23 June 2006

In einem zweiten Teil wird die Besteuerung der Ausschüttung von Reserven aus Kapitaleinlagen in Deutschland nach aktueller Rechtslage beleuchtet (Ziff. 3.1).

Switzerland is introducing a new prospectus regime which enters into force on 1 January 2020 with a phase-in period of at least nine months as part of the new Financial Services Act

On June 10, 2025, FINMA announced that an agreement had been reached with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): With immediate effect, the SEC will resume processing new and pending...