Individual Investors
An individual investor, also known as a retail client and a private client, is a client organisation or individual who cannot meet both (i) one or more of the professional client criteria laid down in Annex II to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (Directive 2014/65/EU), as implemented in Finland, and (ii) one or more of the qualified investor criteria set out in Article 2 of the Prospectus Regulation ((EU) 2017/1129).
Terms and Conditions
Please read this page, as it explains certain restrictions imposed by law on the distribution of this information. The information contained in the following pages is directed at non-qualified investors domiciled in Switzerland. The content in the following pages is advertising.
The information on the following pages is limited to those foreign collective investment schemes managed by entities of the BlackRock Group (“Fund/s"), which have been authorized by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) for offering to non-qualified investors in Switzerland in accordance with Article 119 et seq CISA (“foreign authorized funds”) and the Swiss domiciled iShares ETF Funds and BlackRock Investment Funds Switzerland.
The Representative of the foreign authorized funds in Switzerland within the meaning of Article 120 and 123 et seq CISA is BlackRock Asset Management Switzerland Limited, Bahnhofstrasse 39, CH-8001 Zurich. The Paying Agent of the foreign authorized funds in Switzerland within the meaning of Article 121 CISA is State Street Bank International GmbH, Munich, Zurich Branch, Beethovenstrasse 19, CH-8002 Zurich. The prospectus, the key information document or equivalent, the Articles of Association (as applicable) and the annual as well as the semi-annual reports (as applicable) of the foreign authorized funds are available free of charge from the representative in Switzerland.
The Management Company of the Swiss domiciled iShares ETF Funds and BlackRock Investment Funds Switzerland is BlackRock Asset Management Switzerland Limited, Bahnhofstrasse 39, CH-8001 Zurich. The prospectus including the integrated fund contract, the key information document or equivalent, and, if applicable, the annual as well as the semi-annual reports are available free of charge from the Management Company in Switzerland.
Place of fulfillment and jurisdiction for units of foreign authorized funds offered or advertised in Switzerland is the registered office of the representative in Switzerland.
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The following pages do not constitute an offer or solicitation to sell shares in any of the funds referred to on this site, by anyone in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation would be unlawful or in which the person making such an offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so or to anyone to whom it is unlawful to make such an offer or solicitation.
Specifically, the funds described are not available for offer to or investment by US investors. The shares will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and, except in a transaction which does not violate the Securities Act or any other applicable US securities laws (including without limitation any applicable law of any of the States of the USA) may not be directly or indirectly offered or sold in the USA or any of its territories or possessions or areas subject to its jurisdiction or to or for the benefit of a US Person.
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1. Introduction
This information should be read in conjunction with any marketing material provided to you and constituting the financial service of acquisition or disposal of financial instruments under FinSA.
The purpose of this information is to provide you with the information duties of article 8 and 9 of FinSA and its implementing ordinance (i.e. Swiss Financial Services Ordinance, “FinSO”).
2. About BlackRock
An overview of BlackRock entities providing the financial service of acquisition or disposal of financial instruments to Professional Clients in Switzerland can be found here. Please consult with your client advisor to inform you on the specific BlackRock entity providing a financial service to you.
| BlackRock Legal Entity | Address | Country | Supervisory Authority | Address | Regulatory URL | Licence Type/Regulatory Permission | Field of Activity/Financial Service provided |
| BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG | Bahnhofstrasse 39 8001 Zurich | Switzerland | Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA | Laupenstrasse 27 3003 Bern | https://finma.ch/ | Fund Management Company | Acquisition or disposal of financial instruments |
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited | 12 Throgmorton Avenue London EC2N 2DL | United Kingdom | Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) | Endeavour Square London E20 1JN | https://www.fca.org.uk/ | investment firm regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority | Acquisition or disposal of financial instruments |
| BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. | Rembrandt Tower, Amstelplein 1, 1096 HA Amsterdam, Netherlands | The Netherlands | De Autoriteit Financiële Markten (Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets) (“AFM”) Dutch Central Bank (“DNB”) | P.O. box 11723 1001 GS, AMSTERDAM PO Box 98, 1000 AB Amsterdam | www.afm.nl www.dnb.nl |
MiFID investment firm | Acquisition or disposal of financial instruments |
3. Ombudsman
Please note that none of the BlackRock entities listed above is required to affiliate with an Ombudsman under the current provisions of FinSA since they provide financial services exclusively to professional and institutional clients in Switzerland.
4. Information about the financial instrument including risk and cost
For any Swiss domiciled collective investment schemes as well as foreign collective investment schemes that are FINMA registered in Switzerland, information related to risk and cost can be found in the Prospectus, the Prospectus with integrated fund contract and the Key Information Document (or equivalent) available at BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG, Bahnhofstrasse 39, 8001 Zurich and published on www.fundinfo.com.
For any other collective investment schemes such information is available in the prospectus and/or any other offering material available at BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG, Bahnhofstrasse 39, 8001 Zurich.
5. Information about market offer taken into account
The financial service of acquisition or disposal of financial instruments provided by BlackRock comprises of collective investment schemes/funds and products of the BlackRock Group only, including iShares Exchange Traded Funds.
6. Your segmentation
We qualify you as a professional client pursuant to art. 4 para. 3 FinSA.
Should you wish to benefit from an Opting-in (i.e. increasing your protection under FinSA) or benefit from an Opting-out (i.e. reducing your protection under FinSA) in accordance with article 5 FinSA, please contact your client advisor.
