The first legislation regulating investment funds was introduced in Switzerland in 1967. It contained strict and inflexible investment rules due to the view of the legislators at that time that they had to safeguard investors' interests mainly through restrictions.
By Filippo Th. Beck of Wemger Plattner, Zurich and Basel, with the assistance of Dominique Portmann and Christina Amgwerd-Sheaff
October 02 1999