SEC-FINMA - Swiss Wealth Managers Can Serve US Clients Again

SEC-FINMA Accord: Swiss Wealth Managers can once again access the U.S. market in the U.S.

Key Implications:

• Direct access to U.S. clients and markets is restored

• New process for transmitting sensitive documents, allows SEC inspections in Switzerland

After years of regulatory deadlock—rooted in conflicting data privacy standards and oversight requirements—the recent agreement between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and FINMA, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, means Swiss asset managers are once again able to register with the SEC and access the world’s largest wealth management market.  

This is a long-awaited breakthrough.

Canadian pensions underperform weighted down by Private Equity portfolios

Maybe they should have invested in Canadian Mining equities, after all…🤔

The FT reports Canada's big pension funds underperformed last year as disappointing returns from private equity investments, notably a downturn in the buyout sector, weighed on their portfolios.