Author Archives: Bertrand Schott
Position Paper regarding selected Aspects of the Financial Services Act (FinSA)
With the entry into force of the Swiss Financial Services Act (FinSA) as of 1 January 2020, new regulatory duties and requirements for Swiss and foreign financial service providers which are active in Switzerland or serve Swiss clients proactively on a cross-border basis were introduced. However, the practical application of the new law revealed that various newly introduced legal terms and concepts of the FinSA require more specific explanation and some statements made in the course of the implementation process require clarification.
The authors of this position paper are practicing lawyers working with various Zurich based law firms who regularly exchange views on new legal developments and share their experience in the application and implementation of the law. The views and positions expressed in this position paper are those of the individual contributing authors and not those of the respective law firms or other market participants.
(Reference: CapLaw-2021-30)
Insurance Supervision Act: Proposed New Rules regarding Distribution of Insurance Products (Point of Sale) and Insurance Intermediaries
On 21 October 2020, the Swiss Federal Council published a message to Parliament (Botschaft) (message-ISA) for a revision of the Insurance Supervision Act (ISA), including a draft of the new provisions (draft-ISA). Among others, the proposed legislation introduces new rules regarding the distribution of insurance products (point of sale), in particular insurance products with investment character (qualified life insurance products), and thereby to some extent aligns the distribution rules with those of the Swiss Financial Services Act (FSA). In addition, the proposed new rules provide for certain far-reaching changes for insurance intermediaries, which affect the scope of their services, their organization and cooperations.
By Bertrand Schott / Simon Bühler (Reference: CapLaw-2020-71)
Bail-in Recognition Clause
This paper intents to outline the purpose and scope of article 55 of the European Bank Resolution and Recovery Directive, to present, as an example, the Bail-In Recognition Clause suggested by the Loan Market Association, and to discuss the legal nature of such a clause in a Swiss law governed agreement or document.
By Rashid Bahar (Bär & Karrer), Jürg Frick (Homburger), Theodor Härtsch (Walder Wyss), Marco Häusermann (Niederer Kraft & Frey), Patrick Hünerwadel (Lenz & Staehelin), Stefan Kramer (Homburger), Patrick Schleiffer (Lenz & Staehelin), Bertrand Schott (Niederer Kraft & Frey), Roland Truffer (Bär & Karrer) and Lukas Wyss (Walder Wyss (Reference: CapLaw-2016-44)