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We regularly publish commentaries on the latest current topics in banking and financial law. We can count on our network of authors, comprised of experts from both practice and the academic world, who analyse and give you their point of view in commentaries that are intended to be short, snappy and informal. The covered topics may range from the latest rulings of the Swiss Federal Tribunal to the opening of consultation proceedings, as well as the policy papers of the supervisory authority.

Asset management

Revision of the SBA Guidelines on Asset Management Mandates

Eric Favre Eric Favre  — 22 December 2020
On 1 December, the SBA notified its member banks of the revised Guidelines on Asset Management Mandates (previously: Depierre, cdbf.ch/900/). Two important points should be noted. The first is the entry into force on 1 January 2020 of the Financial Services Act (LSFin) and its implementing ordinance (OSFin), which are partly based on MiFID II. The second is that the ASB has given the guidelines the status of voluntary self-regulation, meaning that they are not binding in the same way[...]
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