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ARTICLE · 07 NOVEMBER 1995

The New Swiss Investment Fund Statute

Niederer Kraft Frey AG
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INTRODUCTION
A revised Investment Fund Statute came into force in Switzerland on 1 January 1995. The revised law contains more liberal provisions than the former one and is, in principle, compatible with EU law. Its purpose consists in investor protection which is pursued by means of transparency and information duties imposed on the bodies of the investment funds.

1. SWISS INVESTMENT FUNDS

1.1 Contractually structured, open-ended funds
The Investment Fund Statute deals first with Swiss Investment funds defined as funds domiciled and having their main administration in Switzerland. They must be structured as collective investment contracts.

Investment companies whose goal is investing their own assets are allowed under Swiss law and subject to the company law rather than to the Investment Fund Statute.

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