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Investor Classification

Switzerland

Professional Investor

The self-certification as professional client by a user is considered to be a confirmation that such user qualifies as a “professional client” in accordance with Art. 4 para. 3 lett. a. to i. of the Federal Act on Financial Services dated June 15, 2018 (“FinSA”) and with domicile in Switzerland. Users not qualifying as professional clients are not allowed to access the Partner Portal.

The information is solely product-related and does not take into account any personal circumstances and does not qualify as general or personal investment recommendation or advice. In particular, the information does not constitute a specific legal offer for the purchase or sale of financial instruments.

Professional investors within the meaning of the Federal Act on Financial Services dated June 15, 2018 (those professional investors marked with an asterisk (*) are institutional clients by virtue of law.

  • Swiss Financial intermediaries as defined in the Banking Act (BA), the Financial Institutions Act of 15 June 2018 (FinIA) and the Collective Investment Schemes Act (CISA) *)
  • Swiss Insurance companies as defined in the Insurance Supervision Act (ISA) *)
  • Foreign clients subject to a prudential supervision as the persons listed above (bullet poits 1 and 2 *)
  • Central banks *)
  • Public entities with professional treasury operations.
  • Occupational pension schemes and other institutions whose purpose is to serve occupational pensions with professional treasury operations.
  • Companies with professional treasury operations.
  • Large companies:
    • A large company is a company which exceeds two of the following parameters:
      • balance sheet total of CHF 20 million
      • turnover of CHF 40 million
      • equity of CHF 2 million
  • Private investment vehicles with professional treasury operations set-up for high-net-worth retail clients.
  • Institutional clients who opted-in to professional client status.
  • High-net worth retail clients and private investment vehicles set-up for wealthy retail clients who opted-out to professional client status.

Financial instruments described on this web site are not available for sale in any jurisdiction in which such sale would be prohibited. This web site is not an invitation to subscribe financial instruments described herein and is by way of information only. It is intended solely for the use of the person who has accessed this information and may not be reproduced or distributed to any other person. Subscriptions will only be received, on the basis of the current offering documents.

Past performance is not indicative of future performance. The price financial instruments and the income from the financial instruments can go down as well as up and may be affected by changes in rates of exchange. An investor may not receive back the amount invested.

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the financial information herein but since it is based on unaudited figures, some changes may occur due to year-end audit adjustments.

Institutional Investor

The self-certification as professional client by a user is considered to be a confirmation that such user qualifies as a “institutional client” in accordance with Art. 4 para. 4 of the Federal Act on Financial Services dated June 15, 2018 (“FinSA”) and with domicile in Switzerland. Users not qualifying as institutional clients or professional clients are not allowed to access the Partner Portal.

The information is solely product-related and does not take into account any personal circumstances and does not qualify as general or personal investment recommendation or advice. In particular, the information does not constitute a specific legal offer for the purchase or sale of financial instruments.

  • Institutional investors within the meaning of the FinSA.
  • Institutional are deemed to possess knowledge and experience comparable to that of financial services providers.
  • Institutional clients within the meaning of article 4 para 4 FinSA are:
  • Swiss Financial intermediaries as defined in the Banking Act (BA), the Financial Institutions Act of 15 June 2018 (FinIA) and the Collective Investment Schemes Act (CISA).
  • Swiss Insurance companies as defined in the ISA (Insurance Supervision Act).
  • Foreign clients subject to a prudential supervision as the persons listed above (institutional client, bullet 1 and 2).
  • Central banks.
  • National and supranational public entities with professional treasury operations.
  • Occupational pension schemes/institutions with professional treasury operations and companies with operational treasury operations which have declared that they wish to be treated as institutional clients.
  • Swiss and foreign collective investment schemes and their management companies which have declared that they wish to be treated as institutional clients (as far as they are not already deemed to be institutional clients by virtue of the law)

Financial instruments described on this web site are not available for sale in any jurisdiction in which such sale would be prohibited. This web site is not an invitation to subscribe financial instruments described herein and is by way of information only. It is intended solely for the use of the person who has accessed this information and may not be reproduced or distributed to any other person. Subscriptions will only be received, on the basis of the current offering documents.

Past performance is not indicative of future performance. The price financial instruments and the income from the financial instruments can go down as well as up and may be affected by changes in rates of exchange. An investor may not get receive back the amount invested.

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the financial information herein but since it is based on unaudited figures, some changes may occur due to year-end audit adjustments.

European Union | Principality of Liechtenstein | Monaco

The self-certification as institutional client by a user is considered to be a confirmation that such user qualifies as “professional client” (a “Professional”) in accordance with Annex II of the MiFID Directive.

The information is solely product-related and does not take into account any personal circumstances and does not qualify as general or personal investment recommendation or advice. In particular, the information does not constitute a specific legal offer for the purchase or sale of financial instruments.

The information provided under this section is reserved for Professionals domiciled in [Luxembourg] [the European Union].

The following investors qualify as Professionals:

  • Entities which are required to be authorised or regulated, within the EU or in third countries, to operate in the financial markets:
    • Credit institutions
    • Investment firms
    • Other authorised or regulated financial institutions
    • Insurance companies
    • Collective investment schemes and management companies of such schemes
    • Pension funds and management companies of such funds
    • Commodity and commodity derivatives dealers
    • Other institutional investors
  • Large undertakings meeting two of the following size requirements on a company basis:
    • balance sheet total: EUR 20 000 000
    • net turnover: EUR 40 000 000
    • own funds: EUR 2 000 000
  • National and regional governments, incl. public bodies that manage public debt at national or regional level, Central Banks, international and supranational institutions such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank, the European Investment Bank and other similar international organisations.
  • Other institutional investors whose main activity is to invest in financial instruments.
  • Any clients who, according to Annex II of the MiFID II Directive, may be treated as Professionals on request and who have requested so.

Financial instruments described on this web site are not available for sale in any jurisdiction in which such sale would be prohibited. This web site is not an invitation to subscribe financial instruments described herein and is by way of information only. It is intended solely for the use of the person who has accessed this information and may not be reproduced or distributed to any other person. Subscriptions will only be received, on the basis of the current offering documents.

Past performance is not indicative of future performance. The price financial instruments and the income from the financial instruments can go down as well as up and may be affected by changes in rates of exchange. An investor may not get back the amount invested.

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the financial information herein but since it is based on unaudited figures, some changes may occur due to year-end audit adjustments.