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Offering of Overseas Collective Investment Schemes in Switzerland: links to documents

Links to documents

Federal laws and ordinances

Federal Act on Collective Investment Schemes (CISA)

Collective Investment Schemes Ordinance (CISO)

Ordinance of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority on Collective Investment Schemes (FINMA Collective Investment Schemes Ordinance, CISO-FINMA)

Ordinance of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority of 6 December 2012 on Collective Investment Schemes Bankruptcy (FINMA Collective Investment Schemes Bankruptcy Ordinance, CISBO-FINMA)

Federal Act of 10 October 1997 on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in the Financial Sector (Anti-Money Laundering Act, AMLA)

Ordinance of 8 December 2010 of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance-FINMA, AMLO-FINMA)

Ordinance of 18 November 2009 on the professional practice of financial intermediation (VBF)

Directives, guides, circulars and checklists issued by FINMA

FINMA circulars

Distribution under the Collective Investment Schemes legislation - Circular 2013/09

Self-regulation recognised as a minimum standard by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority - Circular 2008/10

Swiss Funds & Asset Management Association (SFAMA)

Regulation

Self-Regulation & Model documents: Code of conduct

Self-Regulation & Model documents: Distribution

Publications: Circulars

Swiss Banking Association

Guidelines on the duty to keep documentary records according to section 24(3) CISA E