The following documents are required for obtaining the approval of FINMA:
for investment fund, the collective investment contract (Art. 25);
for SICAVs, the articles of association and investment regulations;
for LPCIs, the company agreement;
SICAFs, the articles of association and investment regulations;
the relevant documents of foreign collective investment schemes which are offered to non-qualified investors.
If an investment fund or SICAV is structured as an open-ended collective investment scheme with subfunds (Art. 92 et seq.), each subfund or category of shares requires individual approval.
The documents of an L-QIF and their amendment require neither an approval pursuant to paragraph 1 nor an approval pursuant to paragraph 2.50