Foundations
What is a Swiss Trust Company?
Begin with three separate questions: which company, which activities, and which trust relationship?
Swiss companies. Trust relationships. Clear distinctions.
Understand the company.
Examine the framework.
A reference library on Swiss trust companies, their activities and the legal questions around them. Read explanations, examine primary sources and build a more precise understanding.
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Regulation
Registration, affiliation and authorisation
Read corporate registration, SRO affiliation and a FINMA licence as different pieces of evidence.
Due diligence
Acquisition: start with the record
A practical way to organise the evidence before assessing a company’s history or proposed use.
Governance
Privacy, ownership and disclosure
Distinguish public visibility, contractual confidentiality and information owed to banks or authorities.
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Each reference article links to the official guidance, register or legal text it discusses. Our source register brings those materials together, with context and dates of consultation.
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