CapLaw-2019-57

  • Something Old, Something New: The Supervision of Financial Institutions under the Federal Act on Financial Institutions – FinIA Cleared for Takeoff

    On 1 January 2020, the Federal Act on Financial Institutions of 15 June 2018 (FinIA) will enter into force together with the Federal Act on Financial Services (FinSA). The FinIA revises the regulatory architecture for financial institutions. Instead of the current sectorial approach, the FinIA proposes to introduce a regulatory pyramid with a light regulatory framework for asset managers and trustees, and an increasingly more stringent regime for managers of collective assets, securities firms – the new denomination for securities dealers – and, at the top, banks, although they will be continue to be governed by the Federal Act on…

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    Rashid Bahar

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