Lift of Swiss Protective Measures
Against EU Trading Venues

CapLaw 1/2025, p. 5 ff. Journal On 29 January 2025, the Swiss Federal Council decided to lift protective measures introduced when the European Union refused to recognize Swiss stock exchanges as equivalent (so-called stock exchange equivalence, „Börsenäquivalenz“), as of 1 May 2025. This article provides an overview of the situation so far, the decision of the Swiss Federal Council and its impact on the Swiss financial market and Swiss issuers.