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Decentralized Exchanges: Grundlagen, Risiken und ausgewählte aufsichtsrechtliche Aspekte

Decentralized exchanges (DEX) enable traders to interact directly and to exchange their digital assets – such as cryptocurrencies – on a peer-to-peer basis without needing to trust an intermediary or each other. This article first delves into the functioning of DEX with a focus on their price-finding mechanisms. Subsequently, it outlines the main risks of DEX and gives an overview of certain…
Dr. iur. Claude Humbel LL.M., Dr. iur. Fabrice Eckert LL.M.
SZW-RSDA 1/2023 | S. 10

Insider Trading im digitalen Zeitalter: Neue Herausforderungen und Risiken

Insider trading has existed since the launch of the very first organized trading venues and is now prohibited in most jurisdictions. The growing digitalization of the financial industry is adding several layers of complexity to the topic and creating both new risks and opportunities for market participants. First, digitalization brings about a higher interconnectivity between the global financial…
Dr. iur. Cédric Remund, Dominic Wyss LL.M.
SZW-RSDA 1/2023 | S. 24

The Materiality of Sustainability Information under Capital Markets Law

This paper explores the legal concept of the materiality of sustainability-related information under Swiss capital markets law. References to international standards, as well as EU and U.S. provisions, are also made with a view to highlighting the increasing importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) aspects in the law and regulation of capital markets. We primarily focus on the…
Prof. Dr. iur. Aline Darbellay LL.M., Yannick Caballero Cuevas MLaw
SZW-RSDA 1/2023 | S. 44

Sicherung von strukturierten Produkten nach Art. 70 Abs. 2 FIDLEG

The Financial Services Act (FinSA) is a cross-sectoral regulation but still contains certain historically grown sector-specific provisions. Pursuant to Art. 70 FinSA, offers of structured products to private clients must fulfill regulatory requirements regarding issuer, offeror and collateralization. Particularly, the collateralization of structured products issued by SPVs pursuant to Art. 70 para…

Editorial

As we publish this issue of the Swiss Review of Business and Financial Market Law, the banking world has taken a dramatic turn: Credit Suisse saw the end of a 167-year-old history, as it was humbled into a merger with UBS, the other Swiss banking giant and one of its fiercest competitors. The marriage was strongly encouraged by the Swiss authorities who, by emergency legislation, provided…
Prof. Dr. iur. Susan Emmenegger LL.M., Prof. Dr. iur. Luc Thévenoz
SZW-RSDA 2/2023 | S. 119

Berücksichtigung von ESG-Präferenzen im Finanzdienstleistungs­geschäft

On 1 January 2023, the Swiss Bankers Association’s «Guidelines for the financial service providers on the integration of ESG-preferences and ESG-risks into investment advice and portfolio management» entered into force. This marks the first binding Swiss (self-)regulation on Sustainable Finance at the point of sale. One of the key amendments includes the financial service providers’ duty to…
Dr. iur. Lukas Fahrländer, Dr. iur. David Jost
SZW-RSDA 2/2023 | S. 120

Das Supervisory Privilege für Akten aus dem Aufsichtsverhältnis

The Swiss Supervisory Privilege, which was added to FINMASA in 2016, is a new legal institution. It empowers FINMA to protect documents from the supervisory relationship between a supervised entity and itself by prohibiting their disclosure to third-party authorities and other third parties without FINMA’s consent if there are grounds for doing so that are particularly worthy of protection…

Le dommage d’investissement et sa preuve

Many civil claims against financial advisers and portfolio managers fail because they do not meet the high threshold set out by Swiss courts for the allegation and proof of the claimant’s loss. This article critically reviews the extensive case law on the topic. We submit that unauthorized financial transactions are distinct from other defective transactions. Following long-established case law…
Prof. Dr. iur. Luc Thévenoz, Célian Hirsch MLaw
SZW-RSDA 2/2023 | S. 166

Darf die Nationalbank kryptobasierte Sichtguthaben (wCBDC) ausgeben?

This article examines whether the current monetary law provisions permit the issuance of wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) by the Swiss National Bank. After interpreting the relevant competence provisions, the question can in principle be answered in the affirmative, since wCBDC is not a new, third type of central bank money (in addition to banknotes and traditional sight deposits),…
Prof. Dr. Corinne Zellweger-Gutknecht
SZW-RSDA 2/2023 | S. 214

Das schweizerische Bankprivatrecht 2022 | Le droit bancaire privé suisse 2022

Die Rechtsprechung zum privaten Bankrecht skizziert jeweils die neusten Entwicklungen in der richterlichen Rechtsfortbildung. Tatsächlich führen uns viele Entscheide aber auf eine Reise in die Vergangenheit: Die rechtskräftige Beurteilung der privatrechtlichen Nachwehen von Finanzskandalen, Krisen und geopolitischen Turbulenzen lassen meist viele Jahre auf sich warten. Weit zurück liegt etwa der…
Prof. Dr. iur. Susan Emmenegger LL.M., Prof. Dr. iur. Luc Thévenoz, Philipp Bürgi, Dr. iur. Fabien Liégeois LL.M., Teymour Brander
SZW-RSDA 2/2023 | S. 231