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5. Business report, half-yearly report, and quarterly reporting<br />

a) General provisi<strong>on</strong>s<br />

Article 15<br />

Principles of accounting<br />

1) Unless otherwise provided by the Act and this <str<strong>on</strong>g>Ordinance</str<strong>on</strong>g>, the<br />

provisi<strong>on</strong>s c<strong>on</strong>cerning business accounting (articles 1045 et seq. of the<br />

PCL) shall apply to investment undertakings.<br />

2) Subject to special provisi<strong>on</strong>s, assets and liabilities as well as expense<br />

and income items may not be accounted for together.<br />

3) In the case of segmented investment undertakings, the management<br />

company must keep separate books for each segment.<br />

4) In the case of segmented investment undertakings, the segments<br />

must be presented individually in the business report; in the case of investment<br />

companies, they must also be presented in aggregated form.<br />

The amounts must be given in Swiss francs or another currency in accordance<br />

with the relevant provisi<strong>on</strong>s of the PCL.<br />

Article 16<br />

Valuati<strong>on</strong> of the assets and the units<br />

1) The assets shall be valued at the market value in accordance with<br />

the valuati<strong>on</strong> provisi<strong>on</strong>s in the full prospectus:<br />

a) at the end of the accounting year;<br />

b) at the end of the half-year; and<br />

c) for every day <strong>on</strong> which units are issued or redeemed.<br />

2) The market value of an object or a right corresp<strong>on</strong>ds to the price<br />

that would probably be obtained in a prudent sale at the time of the<br />

valuati<strong>on</strong>. In the case of transferable securities or book-entry securities<br />

admitted to official quotati<strong>on</strong> or traded <strong>on</strong> a market open to the public,<br />

the market value corresp<strong>on</strong>ds to the value of the assets <strong>on</strong> that market.<br />

3) The net asset value of a unit corresp<strong>on</strong>ds to the market value of the<br />

assets, reduced by any obligati<strong>on</strong>s of the investment undertaking and any<br />

taxes expected to become due up<strong>on</strong> liquidati<strong>on</strong> of the assets, divided by<br />

the number of units in circulati<strong>on</strong>.<br />

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