A quick look at what’s been going on in Europe...

Switzerland is to begin phasing out bearer shares in November 2019. Limitations on the use of bearer shares will begin on 1 November, when the Federal Act on the Implementation of Recommendations of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes becomes effective.

Switzerland has been moving towards the abolition of bearer shares since July 2016, following a report from the OECD's Global Tax Transparency Forum. This listed various recommendations, accompanied by indications that, if they were not adopted in full, the coun...