1. Regulated financial intermediaries such as banks, securities traders, fund management companies and asset managers of collective investments, as well as central banks;
2. Regulated insurance institutions;
3. Public entities and retirement benefits institutions with professional treasury operations;
4. Companies with professional treasury operations;
- Independent asset managers (provided that: The asset manager adheres to the Swiss Anti Money Laundering Act of 1997, complies with the code of conduct of an industry organization, which is acknowledged by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority and uses a discretionary management contract, which is in accordance to acknowledged guidelines of the industry organization)
5. Wealthy Private Individual: A high-net-worth individual pursuant to the Swiss Act on Collective Investment Schemes (CISA) is any natural person who meets one of the following conditions:
- has the knowledge required to comprehend the risks of the investments based on their individual education and professional experience or based on comparable experience in the financial sector and hold assets of at least five hundred thousand Swiss francs; or
- holds assets of at least five million Swiss francs.
In your capacity as a qualified investor, you may gain access to information of financial products that are not open to the public and that may lack properties of investor protection as legally required for financial products that are open to the public.