List of Swiss financial market legislation
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Legislation and supervision of the Swiss financial market
Financial market
In economics, a financial market is a mechanism that allows people and entities to buy and sell financial securities , commodities , and other fungible items of value at low transaction costs and at prices that reflect supply and demand.Both general markets and...

s is achieved through a system of laws, ordinances and circulars released by the Swiss Federal Assembly, the Swiss Federal Council
Swiss Federal Council
The Federal Council is the seven-member executive council which constitutes the federal government of Switzerland and serves as the Swiss collective head of state....

 and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority
Swiss Financial Markets Authority is the Swiss government body responsible for financial regulation. This includes the supervision of banks, insurance companies, stock exchanges and securities dealers as well as other financial intermediaries in Switzerland.FINMA is an independent institution...

 (FINMA).

Financial market laws of the Swiss Federal Assembly

  • Swiss Federal Law of 8 November 1934 on Banks and Savings Banks
    Savings and loan association
    A savings and loan association , also known as a thrift, is a financial institution that specializes in accepting savings deposits and making mortgage and other loans...

     (Banking Act, BA)
  • Swiss Federal Act of 24 March 1995 on Stock Exchanges
    Stock exchange
    A stock exchange is an entity that provides services for stock brokers and traders to trade stocks, bonds, and other securities. Stock exchanges also provide facilities for issue and redemption of securities and other financial instruments, and capital events including the payment of income and...

     and Securities Trading (Stock Exchange Act, SESTA)
  • Swiss Federal Act of 23 June 2006 on Collective Investment Schemes (Collective Investment Schemes Act, CISA)
  • Federal Act of 10 October 1997 on Combating Money Laundering
    Money laundering
    Money laundering is the process of disguising illegal sources of money so that it looks like it came from legal sources. The methods by which money may be laundered are varied and can range in sophistication. Many regulatory and governmental authorities quote estimates each year for the amount...

     and Terrorist Financing
    Terrorist Financing
    Terrorist financing came into limelight after the events of terrorism on 9/11. The US passed the USA PATRIOT Act to, among other reasons, attempt thwarting the financing of terrorism and anti-money laundering making sure these were given some sort of adequate focus by US financial institutions...

     in the Financial Sector (Anti-Money Laundering Act, AMLA)
  • Mortgage Bond Act of 25 June 1930 (MBA)
  • Swiss Federal Act of 17 December 2004 on the Supervision of Insurance Companies
    Insurance
    In law and economics, insurance is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent, uncertain loss. Insurance is defined as the equitable transfer of the risk of a loss, from one entity to another, in exchange for payment. An insurer is a company selling the...

     (Insurance Supervision Act, ISA)
  • Swiss Federal Act of 2 April 1908 on Insurance Contracts (Insurance Contract Act, ICA)

Financial market ordinances of the Swiss Federal Council

  • Swiss Federal Ordinance of 17 May 1972 on Banks and Savings Banks (Banking Ordinance, BO)
  • Swiss Federal Ordinance of 29 September 2006 on Capital Adequacy
    Capital requirement
    Capital requirement refers to -The standardized requirements in place for banks and other depository institutions, which determines how much capital is required to be held for a certain level of assets through regulatory agencies such as the Bank for International Settlements, Federal Deposit...

     and Risk Diversification for Banks and Securities Dealers (Capital Adequacy Ordinance, CAO)
  • Swiss Federal Ordinance of 9 November 2005 on the Supervision of Private Insurance Companies (Insurance Supervision Ordinance, ISO)
  • Swiss Federal Ordinance of 1 March 1966 on the Lifting of Restrictions on the Freedom of Contract
    Freedom of contract
    Freedom of contract is the freedom of individuals and corporations to form contracts without government restrictions. This is opposed to government restrictions such as minimum wage, competition law, or price fixing...

    in Insurance Contracts
  • Ordinance of the Takeover Board on Public Takeover Offers of 21 August 2008 (Takeover Ordinance, TOO)
  • Swiss Federal Ordinance of 22 November 2006 on Collective Investment Schemes (Collective Investment Schemes Ordinance, CISO)
  • Mortgage Bond Ordinance of 23 January 1931 (MBO)

Ordinances of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority

  • Ordinance of 21 October 1996 of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority on Foreign Banks in Switzerland (FINMA Foreign Banks Ordinance, FBO-FINMA)
  • Ordinance of 30 June 2005 of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority on the Bankruptcy of Banks and Securities Dealers (FINMA Bank Bankruptcy Ordinance, BBO-FINMA)
  • Ordinance of 9 November 2005 of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority on the Supervision of Private Insurance Companies (FINMA Insurance Supervision Ordinance, ISO-FINMA)
  • Ordinance of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority of 25 October 2008 on Stock Exchanges and Securities Trading (FINMA Stock Exchange Ordinance, SESTO-FINMA)
  • Ordinance of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority of 30 June 2005 on the Bankruptcy of Banks and Securities Dealers (FINMA Bank Bankruptcy Ordinance, BBO-FINMA)
  • Ordinance of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority of 21 December 2006 on Collective Investment Schemes (FINMA Collective Investment Schemes Ordinance, CISO-FINMA)
  • Ordinance of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority of 18 December 2002 on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in the Banking, Securities Trading and Collective Investment Schemes Sectors (FINMA Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance 1, AMLO-FINMA 1)
  • Ordinance of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority of 24 October 2006 on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in the Private Insurance Sector (FINMA Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance 2, AMLO-FINMA 2)
  • Ordinance of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority of 6 November 2008 on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in the Rest of the Financial Sector (FINMA Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance 3, AMLO-FINMA 3)
  • Ordinance of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority of 20 August 2002 on the Professional Practice of Financial Intermediation as defined in the Anti-Money Laundering Act (VBAF-FINMA)

Ordinances of the Swiss Federal Banking Commission

Regulations of the Takeover Board of 21 August 2008 (Regulations-TB, R-TB)
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