How to Complete the Categorisation Questionnaire

Effective January 8th, 2024, new regulations from the UK are in place. To ensure uninterrupted service, SwissBorg users resident in the UK are required to complete a Client Categorisation and an Appropriateness Test.

The Categorisation Questionnaire is a multiple-selection test to understand your investment habits. Under UK’s new regulations, we need to categorise your investor profile to ensure that only investors who understand and are aware of the risks associated with cryptoasset investments can access our products.

We appreciate your understanding, even though this may represent an inconvenience.

How to Access the Questionnaire

New users will be asked to fill the questionnaire, also called ‘UK Investment Profile’, right after the registration screen.

• (i) Restricted,

• (ii) High Net Worth or

• (iii) Sophisticated.

Only users who fit the criteria of one of these categories will be authorised, under UK regulations, to invest in cryptoassets. We therefore invite you to carefully read the criteria.

For example:

You will qualify as a “Restricted Investor” only if:

• you state that you have invested less than 10% of your net assets in high-risk investments in the last 12 months,

• you will invest less than 10% of your net assets in high-risk investments in the next 12 months.

You are considered a “High Net Worth Investor” only if you state that you have an annual income of at least £100,000 or that your net assets are at least £250,000.

These DO NOT include your home (primary residence), your pension (or any pension withdrawals) or any rights under qualifying contracts of insurance.

Completed Questionnaire

If your profile is eligible to invest in cryptoassets, you will be prompted the following screen:

If your profile is NOT eligible to invest in cryptoassets, you will receive the following message:

If you have any question about the Appropriateness Test, we suggest you to visit this page: Appropriateness Test and Client Categorisation FAQs.