Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the Federal Banking Commission could provide international assistance to HCMC under Art. 38 Abs. 2 BEHG despite confidentiality and specialty objections.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. HCMC qualified as a securities supervisory authority, gave usable assurances of specialty and confidentiality, and the Swiss authority could rely on those assurances.
Extrahierte Begründung
The court held that a foreign supervisory authority may receive assistance even if its domestic law might permit later disclosure, provided it undertakes to use the information only for direct supervision and not to pass it on without Swiss consent. Good faith is presumed in international relations, and the specific Greek assurances and Swiss reservation were sufficient.