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This book provides a comprehensive overview of Swiss financial market legislation and supervision, presenting the main market and regulatory actors. The book describes the market organization, financial products, market participants, cross-sector rules (such as AML and financial markets insolvency regulation), as well as the financial market supervision and enforcement in Switzerland. International aspects and the increasing influence of international standards and regulation are addressed. The text is based on the German version of November 2012, which was updated in May 2013. (Series: Swiss Law in a Nutshell)