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US will resume accreditation of Swiss investment advisers
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Posted on June 11, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on June 11, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
The US SEC will resume processing Swiss investment adviser applications, ending a suspension. This follows a new collaboration with FINMA.
(Reuters) -The U.S. will resume processing applications from Swiss entities aiming to become registered investment advisers in the U.S., the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Swiss financial market regulator FINMA said in separate statements on Tuesday.
SEC had suspended new registrations for several years and would lift the ban with immediate effect after the watchdogs agreed on a direct transmission of information from Swiss institutions to SEC staff and on-site examinations, the statements said.
"I am very pleased to announce that the SEC stands ready to provide prompt consideration of the registration applications from Swiss investment advisers," SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins said.
"I thank my FINMA counterparts for their collaboration and welcome their actions to make this possible."
(Reporting by Ariane Luthi; Editing by Kim Coghill)
The U.S. will resume processing applications from Swiss entities seeking to become registered investment advisers in the U.S.
The SEC had suspended new registrations for several years but will lift the ban following an agreement on direct information transmission from Swiss institutions.
SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins announced the resumption and expressed readiness to promptly consider registration applications.
SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins thanked his FINMA counterparts for their collaboration, which facilitated the resumption of the registration process.
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