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Our banking regulation specialists contributed to the latest edition of the Chambers Global Practice Guide for Switzerland.

As mentioned in an article in the FuW: The write-off of Additional Tier 1 (AT1) bonds issued by Credit Suisse remains one of the most controversial aspects of the bank's emergency rescue in March 2023.

Switzerland's Federal Council has adopted a dispatch to revise the Federal Act on Banks and Saving Banks, requiring systemically important banks like UBS to fully back foreign subsidiary participations...

This guide is designed to assist Swiss and international companies planning to issue bonds on the Swiss market (or on the EUR-market by Swiss issuers)...

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.

Swiss Banks and Swiss branch offices or representative offices of foreign banks are subject to prudential supervision by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).

In 2018, Switzerland will be part of the programme for the automatic exchange of financial information developed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD").

The financial industry has been closely monitoring the developments surrounding Credit Suisse, a major Swiss bank that encountered significant challenges leading to its merger with UBS Group AG in 2023.

The securitization market in Switzerland is currently characterized by a stable yet cautious environment, driven by both domestic and global economic and political factors.

Following the recent market shakedown amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, banks have been issuing margin calls to their counterparties.