Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority
| (in German) Eidgenössische Finanzmarktaufsicht (in French) Autorité fédérale de surveillance des marchés financiers (in Italian) Autorità federale di vigilanza sui mercati finanziari (in Romansh) Autoritad federala per la surveglianza dals martgads da finanzas | |
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| Formed | 2007 |
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| Jurisdiction | Switzerland |
| Headquarters | Bern, Switzerland |
| Employees | 583 (2023) |
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| Parent agency | Federal Department of Finance |
| Website | www |
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) is the Swiss government body responsible for financial regulation. This includes the supervision of banks, insurance companies, stock exchanges and securities dealers, as well as other financial intermediaries in Switzerland. FINMA's name and acronym are usually expressed in English so as to avoid the semblance of favouring any one of Switzerland's linguistic regions.
FINMA was established in 2007 and succeeded the Federal Banking Commission, thus EBK-CFB, established in 1934. It is an independent institution with its own legal personality based in Bern. It is institutionally, functionally and financially independent from the central federal administration and the Federal Department of Finance and reports directly to the Swiss parliament.