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Verfügt die FINMA über genügend wirksame und scharfe Instrumente gegen (höchste) Bankmanager?

In March 2023, Crédit Suisse (CS) had to be taken over by UBS. It was the first global systemically important bank to face imminent resolution since the financial crisis of 2007–2008. Unlike UBS in 2008, CS remained well capitalized until the end. But clients had lost confidence in the bank’s management. This led to a bank run and thus to the bank’s demise. The ongoing crisis of specialist and…

Finanzmarktaufsicht zwischen Macht und Ohnmacht

FINMA has been under constant criticism since its inception; the disappearance of Credit Suisse has only added fuel to the fire. The case of FINMA’s attempted enforcement of a capital surcharge –…

Die Rolle der FINMA bei Vergütungen in Banken und Versicherungen

Compensation and remuneration schemes in financial institutions always have been, and still are, a hot potato. The past decade has been particularly eventful in terms of both regulation and supervision, not only in Switzerland, but also abroad. Against this backdrop, this article aims to discuss the role of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, FINMA, with regard to compensation in…

Intransparentere FINMA-Praxis

The abolishment of the FINMA Bulletin and the FINMA enforcement report render significant parts of financial market supervisory practice inaccessible. A resumption of these series is desirable to enable market participants to gauge FINMA expectations and to check their equal treatment, and the public to oversee the authority’s workings. These goals are widely acknowledged to warrant publication…

Praxis der Aufsichtskommission zur Sorgfaltspflicht der Banken für die Jahre 2011 bis 2016

Die Vereinbarung über die Standesregeln zur Sorgfaltspflicht der Banken (VSB) zwischen der Schweizerischen Bankiervereinigung («SBVg») einerseits und den unterzeichnenden Banken («Banken») andererseits ist ein multilateraler Vertrag, in dessen Rahmen sich in der Schweiz niedergelassene Banken gegenüber der SBVg verpflichten, die in den Standesregeln definierten Sorgfaltspflichten bei der…