Fit and proper enquiries from foreign authorities

Foreign financial market supervisory authorities can submit their fit and proper enquiries to FINMA. They should use the form below for this.

As a foreign authority, you can request information from FINMA that is required to assess the fitness and properness of individuals or companies with links to Switzerland in the financial market supervised by the requesting authority. Please use the form below for your enquiry.


FINMA guarantees that the information provided will be treated confidentially and used only for the intended purpose.


You may find further information on legal entities in the Central Business Name Index zefix.ch.

1. General information

1.1 Details of the requesting financial market supervisory authority
1.2 Contact information and reference number

2. Formal and material information

2.1 Information on the jurisdiction of the requesting financial market supervisory authority
2.2 Background to the enquiry
2.3 Information on the person/company:
2.4 Requested information (fit and proper)
2.5 Speciality and confidentiality

2.6 Link to trustees and portfolio managers or financial intermediary

2.6.1 Trustees and portfolio managers: consent to obtain information from a supervisory organisation*Portfolio managers and trustees are licensed by FINMA. Ongoing supervision is carried out in the case of various trustees and portfolio managers by a supervisory organisation (“SO”) authorised and supervised by FINMA. The requesting authority agrees that FINMA may obtain the requested information from the SO. FINMA will point out to the SO that the information disclosed to the SO is confidential and may only be used to enforce financial market law. FINMA will not disclose the identity of the requesting authority or the fit and proper enquiry to the SO.Further information on supervisory organisations (SOs) can be found on our homepage (link in the info box at the top of this page).

2.6.1 Financial intermediaries: consent to obtain information from a self-regulatory organisation*Financial intermediaries are not financial institutions licensed and supervised by FINMA, but are members of self-regulatory organisations (SROs) under civil law. The Anti-Money Laundering Act requires financial intermediaries to become members of an SRO in order to ensure compliance with the due diligence obligations for the prevention and avoidance of money laundering. The requesting authority agrees that FINMA may obtain the requested information from the SRO. FINMA will point out to the SRO that the information disclosed to the SRO is confidential and may only be used to enforce financial market law. FINMA will not disclose the identity of the requesting authority or the fit and proper enquiry to the SRO.Further information on self-regulatory organisations (SROs) can be found on our homepage (link in the info box at the top of this page).

2.7 Further comments
Additional explanations of individual points can be provided here.2.8 AttachmentsPlease upload any documents relevant to your enquiry here:
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