| Date | 16.05.2024 |
| Time | 14:00 - 14:50 |
| Virtual event | virtual |
| Contact | Denise Tschudin |
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On 21 December 2023, following intensive negotiations, the UK and Switzerland signed a comprehensive agreement on financial services that is based largely on mutual recognition of regulations (“Agreement between the Swiss Confederation and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Mutual Recognition in Financial Services”).
The Financial Services Agreement provides a basis for measures to open up markets in the areas of banking, securities services, asset management, insurance and stock exchanges. It also lays the foundation for closer cooperation on a number of key financial services sector issues, including sustainable finance and collaboration within multilateral international forums.
In this Webinar, we would like to inform you about the next steps regarding the implementation of the agreement and the timeline. We would also provide you with an overview of the annex on banking services, thereby explaining what developments this Financial Services Agreement brings for the cross-border services of Swiss banks into the UK.
Finally, our experts on the UK MRA will be happy to answer any questions you might have related to the agreement.
Programme
| 14:00 – 14:05 | Welcome Vanessa Dubra, Head International, SBA |
| 14:05 – 14:15 | Introduction and outline timeline Christian Bracher, Policy Issues & International Relations, State Secretariat for International Finance SIF |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Overview Investment Services Annex Nadine Keller, Cross-border Legal, UBS |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Q&A Thomas Bischof, Head Group Regulatory Strategy Legal, UBS Christoph Feuz, Deputy Head of Legal Services, State Secretariat for International Finance SIF Katja Fuchs Mtwebana, Head Legal Cross-border, UBS Daniel Hunkeler, Legal Counsel, Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. |
| 14:45 – 14:50 | Closing Vanessa Dubra, Head International, SBA |
Registration
To register please click here (MS Teams).
Please note that participation is free of charge for employees of SBA member institutions. For non-members, the participation fee is CHF 200.-. This will be invoiced following the event.