Mit einem überraschend klaren Votum von 22:0 Stimmen bei zwei Enthaltungen be-schloss die Kommission für Rechtsfragen des Nationalrates eine Kommissionsinitiative, welche die gemäss Lex Koller geltende Ausnahme ...

The purpose of this newsflash is to inform market participants that FINMA has authorized the two Swiss prospectus review bodies.

On June 10, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it will resume processing applications for Swiss financial institutions seeking to operate...

Croatia joined the European Union on July 1, 2013 and the AFMP was extended on their behalf on January 1, 2017 as a result of the entry into force of the corresponding additional protocol (Protocol III).

Am 29. November 2023 hat der Bundesrat die Verordnung über die wettbewerbsrechtliche Beurteilung von vertikalen Abreden...

On June 19, 2024, the Swiss Federal Council published a proposed revision of the Financial Market Infrastructure Act.

The Swiss Federal Council continues aligning the Swiss sanctions regime to the EU sanctions against Russia. On November 23, 2022, the Swiss Federal Council adopted the latest measures adopted by the EU as part of its eighth package of sanctions.

In the decision published yesterday in the matter "Sanction Order: Hors-Liste Medikamente (Preisempfehlungen)" (2C_149/2018 of 4 February 2021)...

On December 17, 2025, the Cantonal Court of Zug decided to hear a landmark climate lawsuit against Swiss cement producer Holcim.

Im Anschluss bemühte sich eine Vielzahl von Mietern und Vermietern um eine konsensuale Regelung der Folgen des Lockdowns.

Bislang war unklar, ob dieses Kriterium zum Zeitpunkt des Verpflichtungsgeschäfts oder des Verfügungsgeschäfts erfüllt sein musste. Diese Frage hat die Behörde nun geklärt.

Am 22. November 2023 beschloss der Bundesrat, die Aktivierung der im Freizügigkeitsabkommen vorgesehenen Schutzklausel gegenüber kroatischen Arbeitnehmern für das Jahr 2024 beizubehalten.

On 18 June 2023, the Geneva voters approved the principle of an 8-weeks parental leave financed equally by employers and employees.

In Geneva, occasional professional activities carried out during school or university holidays are subject to the cantonal minimum wage. Following a popular vote, such activities will now no longer be subject to this minimum wage. The new minimum wage for these categories will amount to 75% of the Geneva cantonal minimum wage (i.e. CHF 18.44/hour for 2026)

The Capital Markets and Technology Association (CMTA), a Geneva-based non-profit organization that develops standards for the use of distributed ledger technology in capital markets...

In a newly published guidance, FINMA provides clarity on the treatment under Swiss financial market law of staked digital assets from a balance sheet and licensing perspective.

The Swiss government wants to encourage the use of biosimilars and generics with the aim of decreasing the costs of healthcare.

For many years, there have been efforts to eliminate the unequal tax treatment of married and unmarried couples, commonly referred to as the “marriage penalty”. The inequality lies in the fact that, under current law, the income and assets of a married couple are aggregated for income and wealth tax purposes, respectively, whereas this is not the case for unmarried couples.

The Swiss electorate today clearly rejected the Young Socialists' (JUSO) initiative ‘For a social climate policy – fairly financed through taxation (Initiative for a Future)'.

On 12 February 2025, the Swiss Federal Council published its approach for regulating artificial intelligence (AI) in Switzerland.