Advestra's legal team, including Dr. Roger Bischof, Prof. Dr. Rashid Bahar, Andreas Hinsen, and Dr. Thomas U. Reutter, provides insights on recent Swiss regulatory developments. The firm covers topics ranging from investment screening ordinances to FINMA guidance on discretionary asset management risks.

The Swiss real estate market has recently shifted, with institutional investors like pension funds and insurance companies largely stepping back and acting more as sellers than buyers...

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.

Die am 1. August 2011 in Kraft getretene BVG-Strukturreform bringt gewichtige rechtliche Änderungen für Pensionskassen und Vermögensverwalter, die Vorsorgegelder verwalten.

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.

Kellerhals Carrard advises LAIQON AG in the acquisition of the Portfolio Management of several Mutual and Special Funds of the MainFirst Group...

Enacted two years ago to enhance the competitiveness of the Swiss funds industry, the Swiss Collective Investment Schemes Act (CISA) has been responsible for a large rise in the number of qualified investor funds, according to the Swiss Funds Association (SFA).

Switzerland’s Federal Council has released a report, (16 December), which notes that the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) Directive as currently proposed discriminates against non-EU managers, and expressing the concern that the directive would see fund managers leaving Switzerland with repercussions for the Swiss economy.

A major reform of the overall Swiss financial markets regulation is underway. As part of the changes, the draft bill of the new Financial Institutions Act will affect licensing of institutions active in investment management.

On 17 June 2021, the Asset Management Association Switzerland (AMA) published revised guidelines, as the industry is entering the final phase of implementation of the Financial Services Act (FinSA).

For the first time, we see the fund producer as a participant. The fund producer is generally intransparent to the Client.

Regulators, tax authorities and investors are increasingly focused on the substance of offshore management companies and hedge fund governance.

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has published a report on the Credit Suisse crisis, covering the disappearance of one of Switzerland's two largest banks and the lessons learned for FINMA's supervisory practice.

On August 19, 2020, the Federal Council submitted a draft legislation to Parliament in view of introducing a new unregulated fund category for qualified investors, the so-called Limited Qualified Investor Fund ...

During its meeting on 31 January 2024, the Federal Council resolved to put the revised Collective Schemes Act (CISA) and the amended Collective Investment Schemes Ordinance (CISO)...

Switzerland's Federal Council proposes a stricter Lex Koller that would subject listed real estate funds, SICAVs, and real estate companies to authorization requirements for the first time. The reform aims to address housing shortage concerns but faces criticism for treating capital market investments like direct land ownership, raising questions about enforceability, proportionality, and unintended consequences for the financial center.

Following the 2008 crisis, Switzerland launched a legislative project to create uniform competitive conditions for financial intermediaries and improve client protection.

In a landmark decision 4A_149/2025 dated 12 January 2026 and published on 13 February 2026...

The Swiss government plans to amend the Swiss Federal Act on Collective Investment Schemes (Collective Investment Schemes Act, CISA).

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