Key legal question
Whether the appeal was admissible against the Federal Administrative Court judgment and whether a declaratory request could be heard.
Extracted holding
The appeal was admissible only against the appellate judgment; direct challenge to FINMA's first-instance decision and the declaratory request were inadmissible.
Extracted reasoning
The Federal Supreme Court may review only the lower court judgment, and a declaratory judgment is unnecessary where a merits decision can be issued.