The Berne Financial Services Agreement: Implications for UK Financial Services

Introduction

The Berne Financial Services Agreement will make cross-border trade in financial services to wholesale and sophisticated clients easier for UK and Swiss firms on the basis of mutual recognition, thereby avoiding the need for local authorisation.

The FCA has set out guidelines that need to be followed in order to benefit from this regime.

What You Will Learn

This short webinar will cover the following:

• The benefits of the regime
• The firms, activities and clients to which it applies
• The conditions and requirements that need to be satisfied to rely on it

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Monday 19th October 2026

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