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73rd Financial Market Regulation Forum of 14 March 2024
On Thursday, 14 March 2024, the 73rd Financial Market Regulation Forum on the topic of corporate governance took place with Prof. Ed Rock (NYU School of Law). Please see the invitation for further details. The paper and slides are available on demand.
FF73 Rock invitation_final (PDF, 221 KB)
72nd Financial Market Regulation Forum of 11 March 2024
On Monday, 11 March 2024, the 72nd Financial Market Regulation Forum on the topic of implementation of the Basel crypto standard in Switzerland took place with Dr. Hans Kuhn (Lawside KLG) and Prof. Rolf H. Weber (Bratschi AG). Please see the invitation and slides for further details.
FF 72 RHW Kuhn_Einladung final.pdf (PDF, 228 KB)
72 Forum FinReg_Basler Ausschuss für Bankenregulierung-Kuhn-Weber kompl.pdf (PDF, 799 KB)
FinTech Day of 7/8 February 2024
The FinTech Day 2024 took place on February 7th and 8th, 2024 at the House of Finance at Goethe University in Frankfurt. This event was organised together with the Vienna University of Economics and Business and the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. The topics included presentations on the regulatory responsibility for DeFi applications and requirements for their use by approved institutions, as well as requirements for the custody of crypto-based assets, the regulatory classification of staking, as well as the implementation of the BCBS standards and possible consequences for crypto -Market. Please see the program for further details. If you are interested, please note now that on the 5th/6th. The FinTech Day will take place in Zurich in February 2025.
FinTech Day 2024 (PDF, 460 KB)
71st Forum Financial Market Regulation of 13 December 2023
On Wednesday, 13 December 2023, the 71st Financial Market Regulation Forum on the topic of responsibility and sustainability with Prof. Damiano Canapa (University of Lausanne, Director CEDIDAC) and Dr. Anne-Catherine Hahn, LL.M. (Partner at Wartmann Merker) took place. Please see the invitation and slides for further detail.
FF 71_Invitation final .pdf (PDF, 232 KB)
FF 71 Slides.pdf (PDF, 971 KB)
Colloquium on banking supervisory law: art or science? (together with the University of Lausanne CEDIDAC, 24 November 2023)
This half-day colloquium was dedicated to the topic of banking supervision. The organizers of this event were Carlo Lombardini, Alexandra Richa and Damiano Canapa (all University of Lausanne) as well as Rolf Sethe and Reto Schiltknecht (both URPP FinReg UZH). Please refer to the invitation and the slides for further details.
CEDIDAC UFSP Flyer 24 November 2023 (PDF, 2 MB)
CEDIDAC Conference on Banking Supervision Slides.pdf (PDF, 9 MB)
70th Forum Financial Market Regulation of 18 October 2023
On Wednesday, 18 October 2023, the 70th Financial Market Regulation Forum on the topic of “Regulation of Asset Management” took place with Prof. Arthur B. Laby from Rutgers Law School (The State University of New Jersey). The forum was moderated by Prof. Rolf Sethe. Please see the invitation for further information.
FF 70 Invitation A.B. Laby Rutgers (PDF, 201 KB)
Special Seminar with Prof. Ross Buckley (UNSW Sidney) of 5 October 2023
On Thursday, 5 October 2023, there was a special seminar at 5:00 pm with Prof. Ross Buckley (Scientia Professor of Law, UNSW Sidney) about the topic of "Australian consumer data sharing regime". The seminar was moderated by Prof. Rolf H. Weber. For further information please see the invitation.
Invitation Seminar w Ross Buckley_2023_10_05_final.pdf (PDF, 225 KB)
URPP FinReg 10th Annual Conference on 23 June 2023 (with EBI and EIZ)
Our 10th annual conference was held together with the Europa Institute (UZH) and the European Banking Institute (EBI) on 23 June 2023 in the Main Auditorium of the University of Zurich and was dedicated to the topic "Access to Banking and Capital Markets". Please find attached the programme and the slides.
Invitation_Access Banking Capital Markets_final.pdf (PDF, 411 KB)
01 Fortress_Europe_The_EU’s_Equivalence_Procedures_-_Susan_Emmenegger_1.pdf (PDF, 1 MB)
02 Access_to_the_UK_Financial_Market_–_The_Situation_after_Brexit_-_Niamh_Moloney.pdf (PDF, 243 KB)
04 Access_to_Asia’s_Largest_Financial_Centre_-_Christian_Hofmann.pdf (PDF, 1 MB)
06 Banking_and_Other_Financial_Services_-_Charlotte_Sieber-Gasser.pdf (PDF, 892 KB)
69th Forum Finanzmarktregulierung of 15 June 2023
On Thursday, 15 June 2023, the 69th Financial Market Regulation Forum on the topic of real time banking supervision with Dr iur. Alain Girard (lawyer, Head of Recovery and Resolution, FINMA) took place. The forum will be moderated by Prof. Dr. Aline Darbellay. Please see the invitation for more information.
FF 69 Folien komplett.pdf (PDF, 1 MB)
68th Forum Finanzmarktregulierung of 23 May 2023
On Tuesday, 23 May 2023, the 68th Financial Market Regulation Forum was held on the topic "Crypto-based values and facts of market abuse: What risks for Swiss market players?" with Dr iur. Cédric Remund (lawyer, federal public prosecutor, responsible for "general white-collar crime" at the federal prosecutor's office) and Ariel Ben Hattar (attorney-at-law, partner at Lenz & Staehelin). The forum was moderated by Prof. Dr. Aline Darbellay. Please see the invitation for more information.
Updated Meta-index on Financial Regulation of 10 May 2023 (with Swiss Finance Institute, SFI)
Financial regulation is becoming ever broader, more complex and more global. However, the implementation of rules and standards created by international bodies varies from country to country, as does the extent to which such rules are enforced. In order to facilitate comparison and to assess the reputation and attractiveness of different financial centres. The SFI , together with URPP professors Steven Ongena and Christoph Basten, created a global meta-index on financial regulation, transparency and compliance in 2020. On Wednesday, May 10, 2023, the SFI invited you to the webinar where the latest edition of this index was presented.
Central Bank Digital Currencies on 9 May 2023 (in cooperation with Collegium Helveticum)
The aim of this colloquium was an in-depth analysis of several issues relating to Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), such as the relationship between CBDCs and stablecoins, the global financial architecture and decentralised CBDC regimes, the perspective of the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the European Central Bank (ECB) on CBDCs, as well as institutional and macroeconomic aspects relating to their introduction. The colloquium took place at the Collegium Helveticum, Semper-Sternwarte in 8006 Zurich. For further information, please see this link and the slides:
Collegium Helveticum CBDCs 9 May 2023
01 CBDC Slides Dell'Erba (PDF, 3 MB)
02 CBDC Slides Weber (PDF, 334 KB)
03 CBDC Slides Moser (PDF, 1 MB)
04 CBDC Slides Zilioli (PDF, 850 KB)
05 CBDC Slides Grunewald (PDF, 1 MB)
06 CBDC Slides Hofmann (PDF, 967 KB)
07 CBDC Slides Niepelt (PDF, 301 KB)
Crisis Conference Call of 26 April 2023
On Wednesday, 26 April 2023, this event (in English) was held together with the UZH Center for Crisis Competence, on the topic of "How crisis-proof is the Swiss financial centre? ". This question was discussed with URPP professor Christoph Basten, who has experience from his work at FINMA as well as from his research on banks and banking systems.
Registration Link Crisis Call 26 April 2023
67th Forum Finanzmarktregulierung of 18 April 2023
On Tuesday, 18 April 2023, the 67th Financial Market Regulation Forum on the subject of "The rescue of Credit Suisse - an initial cautious analysis" was held with Dr. iur. Reto Schiltknecht, lawyer, senior counsel at the consulting firm Geissbühler Weber & Partner, Zurich, and research associate at the URPP financial market regulation, formerly responsible at FINMA for the "too big to fail" dossier. The forum (jointly with the UZH Center for Crisis Competence) was moderated by Prof. Dr. Alexander Wagner.
FF 67 Schiltknecht_Einladung (PDF, 213 KB)
FF 67 Slides.pdf (PDF, 1023 KB)
Luncheon lecture series 31 March 2023 (Europa Institut EIZ)
Prof. Christos Gortsos, Visiting Scholar at the URPP FinReg, gave a public lecture on Friday, 31 March 2023, at 12:00 p.m. as part of the EIZ luncheon lecture series (lunch-time) on the topic "Financial stability in times of high inflation". Information and registration options can be found in the following flyer:
Flyer_Luncheon lecture series_Gortsos.pdf (PDF, 113 KB)
66th Forum Financial Market Regulation of 7 December 2022
On Wednesday, 7 December 2022, the 66th Financial Market Regulation Forum took place on the topic "Sustainable Investing: From the Frog's Perspective to the Bird's Eye View" with Prof. Dr. Thorsten Hens, Professor of Financial Economics. Institute for Banking and Finance (in German language). The forum was being moderated by Prof. Dr. Rolf Sethe. For further information, please see the invitation.
FF Hens 66_Einladung final .pdf (PDF, 213 KB)
65th Forum Financial Market Regulation of 2 December 2022
On Friday, 2 December 2022, the 65th Financial Market Regulation Forum took place, with the topic being "Too-big-to-fail (TBTF) - Where do we stand in Switzerland today?". The speaker was Dr. iur. Reto Schiltknecht, attorney-at-law, senior counsel at Geissbühler Weber & Partner AG, Zurich, and former member of FINMA's senior management. The forum was moderated by Prof. Dr. Rolf Sethe. For further information, please refer to the invitation and the slides.
FF Schiltknecht 65_Einladung final (PDF, 194 KB)
Slides 65. Forum FinReg Schiltknecht (PDF, 2 MB)
Schiltknecht 2022-12-11_NZZ am Sonntag_Seite_29 (PDF, 734 KB)
64th Forum Financial Market Regulation of 1 November 2022
On Tuesday, 1 November 2022, the 64th Financial Market Regulation Forum took place on the topic of "Practical realisation of digital business models under the DLT-Act" with Dr. iur. Martin Hess (RA, Partner; Künzi/Hess/MacNab Attorneys at Law), Prof. Dr. iur. Cornelia Stengel (RA, Partner; Kellerhals Carrard), and Dr. iur. Hans Kuhn LL.M. (RA, Partner; Wicki Partners AG). The forum (language German) was be moderated by Prof. Dr. Rolf H. Weber. For further information, please see the invitation.
7 th FinSA (FIDLEG) Symposium "FinSA- Distribution and Products" from 25 October 2022
The 7th FinSA (FIDLEG) Symposium took place on Tuesday, 25 October 2022, in the afternoon (1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.). The topic of the Symposium were the effects of the Financial Services Act (FinSA) on sales and products.
Invitation FIDLEG Oktober 2022 (PDF, 657 KB)
63rd Forum Financial Market Regulation of 20 June 2022
On Monday, 20 June 2022, the 63rd Financial Market Regulation Forum took place with Michael Fischer (LL.M., Certified Tax Expert, TEP). The topic was "Implications of the new trust legislation for the financial sector". Please see the invitation for further detail.
FF Fischer 63 Einladung (PDF, 207 KB)
9th Annual Conference URPP FinReg (15 June 2022):
"Banks, Central Banks, and Regulators"
On Wednesday, 15 June 2022, our 9th Annual Conference took place in the Main Auditorium of the University of Zurich. The theme of the conference was "Banks, Central Banks, and Regulators". A number of renowned speakers, including Prof. Basten (UZH), Prof. Dell'Erba (UZH), Prof. Grünewald (Radboud University Nijmegen), Prof. Schnabl (NY University), Prof. Sethe (UZH), Dr. Leonardo Gambacorta (BIS), and Prof. Zellweger-Gutknecht (University of Basel; Kalaidos University) gave presentations. The slides are available below. Two presenters (Prof. Dell'Erba and Michele Pelli) are not able to make their slides available at the moment, please contact us for further detail.
Invitation Annual Conference 2022 new (PDF, 513 KB)
02_Slides Seraina Grünewald URPP Annual Conference 2022 (PDF, 1 MB)
03_Slides Corinne Zellweger Gutknecht URPP Annual Conference 2022 (PDF, 624 KB)
04_Jan Toczynski URPP Annual Conference 2022 (PDF, 667 KB)
06_Christoph Basten URPP Annual Conference 2022 (PDF, 1 MB)
07_Philipp Schnabl URPP Annual Conference 2022 (PDF, 623 KB)
08_Leonardo Gambacorta URPP Annual Conference 2022 (PDF, 5 MB)
62nd Forum Financial Market Regulation of 4 May 2022
On Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at lunchtime (12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.), the 62nd Financial Market Regulation Forum took place with Prof. Iris Chiu (Faculty of Laws, University College London). Prof. Chiu spoke about her new book "Regulating the Crypto Economy: Business Transformation and Financialisation".
FF 62 Chiu Invitation (PDF, 465 KB)
61st Forum Financial Market Regulation of 29 March 2022
On Tuesday, 29 March 2022, the 61st Financial Market Regulation Forum with Dr. iur. Monica Mächler took take place during lunchtime (12:15 - 13:45) . Dr. Mächler will spoke on the topic "Sustainability and Financial Market Regulation - How Far Does the Scope Extend?.
Einladung Maechler 2022_03_29 (PDF, 199 KB)
6th FIDLEG-Symposium "Auswirkungen des FIDLEG auf den Vertrieb" of 3 December 2021
On Friday, 3 December 2021, we organised the sixth FIDLEG-Symposium.
FIDLEG 6 Einladung_2021_12_03 (PDF, 655 KB)
60th Forum Financial Market Regulation of 24 September 2021
(co-hosted with the Department of Banking & Finance UZH)
Topic: Committee-based Blockchains as Games
Speaker: Prof. Bruno Biais (HEC Paris)
Date: 24 September 2021
FF 60 Biais Invitation (PDF, 269 KB)
59th Forum Financial Market Regulation of 11 May 2021
(co-hosted with Asian Institute of International Financial Law (HKU))
Topic: The Fragmentation of Commercial Law: Challenges and Normative Approaches
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Giuliano Castellano (The University of Hong Kong)
Date: 11 Mai 2021, from 12:15-1:30pm
FF 59_Castellano invitation (PDF, 268 KB)
58th Forum Finanzmarktregulierung of 17 March 2021
Topic: Limited Qualified Investor Funds - an innovation for the Swiss fund and asset mangement industry [in German]
Speaker: Dr. Diana Imbach Haumüller (SFAMA)
Date: 17 March 2021 (lunchtime)
FF 58_Imbach Invitation (PDF, 247 KB)
Folien FF58 Imbach LQIF (PDF, 435 KB)
Updated Meta-index on Financial Regulation -
joint event with SFI
Topic: Updated Meta-index on Financial Regulation [English]
Speakers: SFI Adjunct Prof. Alfred Mettler (University of Miami), SFI Prof. Steven Ongena (URPP, UZH) and SFI Prof. Christoph Basten (URPP, UZH), Dr. Daniela Stoffel (State Secretary for International Finance, FDF)
Datum: 17 March 2021, 06:00 - 07:00 pm
Invitation SFI URPP Meta index 2021_03_17 (PDF, 191 KB)
57th Forum Finanzmarktregulierung of 2 December 2020
Topic: Wirecard - a scandal at the right time
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Katja Langenbucher (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)
Date: 2. December 2020 (lunchtime)
The event was streamed live (via Zoom). Please see the invitation for further details.
FF57 Langenbucher_ Invitation (PDF, 627 KB)
3rd International FinTech, InsurTech & Blockchain Forum vom
13 November 2020
Topic: A Conference for Research and Innovation on FinTech, InsurTech and Blockchain
Language: English
Date: 13 November 2020, 09:00-06:00pm
Venue: Aura, Bleicherweg 5, 8001 Zürich
https://www.fintech-forum.org/
On the path to a new digital monetary order (9 November 2020)
On Monday, 9 November 2020, the URPP FinReg held a conference together with the ITSL, the BCC and the DSI of the UZH ("On the path to new digital monetary orders"; 2:15 - 5:45 p.m.). The event was be streamed live. Please see the invitation for further details.
FIDLEG - Sales and Products of 20 October 2020
On Tuesday, 20 October 2020 the 5th FIDLEG Symposium "FIDLEG - Sales and Products" (1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.) took place. The event was streamed live.
Invitation FIDLEG Vertrieb und Produkte 2020 (PDF, 660 KB)
URPP's FinReg's 8th Annual Meeting of 7 October 2020
The URPP's FinReg's 8th annual meeting took place on Wednesday, 7 October 2020. It was dedicated to the topic "Digital Values: New Challenges for the Legal Order".
Please find the invitation here:
Invitation Annual Conference UFSP 2020 (PDF, 689 KB)
55th Forum Financial Market Regulation of 19 November 2019
Topic: Quantifying Macroeconomic Tradeoffs in Europe
Speaker: Prof. Linda L. Tesar (University of Michigan; Inge Strauch Visiting Professor UZH)
Date: Tuesday 19 November 2019, 12:15pm-1:30pm
Venue: University of Zürich, Ramistrasse 59, 8001 Zurich
FF 55 Linda Tesar Invitation (PDF, 223 KB)
FF 55 Slides Tesar (PDF, 6 MB)
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN DEPOSIT INSURANCE, RESOLUTION AND FIN TECH - SYMPOSIUM ORGANISED BY ESISUISSE/EFDI/URPP FINREG (15 November 2019)
The second international esisuisse/EFDI/URPP FinReg Symposium on the latest developments surrounding deposit insurance and FinTech took place on Friday, 15 November 2019 in Zurich. The keynote was be held by Dr. Elke König, Chair of the Single Resolution Board of the European Banking Union.
Invitation Symposium esisuisse 2019 (PDF, 608 KB)
Updated Prgramme_2019_11_15 (PDF, 704 KB)
Presentations:
| Dr. Elke König | n/a |
| Dr. Jan T. Böttcher | Presentation_Boettcher_2019_11_15 (PDF, 750 KB) |
| Prof. D. Singh | Presentation_Singh_2019_11_15 (PDF, 1 MB) |
| Gregor Frey |
Presentation_Frey_Deposit Insurance_2019_11_15 (PDF, 963 KB) |
| Dr. Rastko Vrbaski | Presentation_Vrbaski_2019_11_15 (PDF, 299 KB) |
| Prof. Fabian Schär | n/a |
| Maria del Pilar Galindo Vergara | Presentation_Galindo Vergara_2019_11_15 (PDF, 224 KB) |
| Dr. Arthur Vayloyan | Presentation_Vayloyan_public_2019_11_15 (PDF, 1 MB) |
54th Forum Financial Market Regulation on 13 November 2019
Topic: Potential Problems in litigations involving crypto-assets: evidence from the US
Speaker: Prof. Andrew Hinkes (NYU School of Law)
Date: Wednesday 13 November 2019, 12:15pm-1:30pm
Venue: University of Zürich, Ramistrasse 71, 8001 Zurich
53rd Forum Financial Market Regulation of 12 November 2019
Topic: Is Swiss insurance regulation "fit for the future"? [in German]
Speaker: Dr. Monica Mächler (attorny-at-law, board member of several financial services providers)
Date: Tuesday 12 November 2019, 12:15pm-1:45pm
Venue: University of Zürich, Ramistrasse 71, 8001 Zurich
Einladung FF 53 Maechler (PDF, 112 KB)
FF53 Maechler slides (PDF, 435 KB)
FINMA 10 Year Anniversary of 7 November 2019
The URPP FinReg organised together with the Swiss financial regulator FINMA an event on "10 years of FINMA" on 7 November 2019. Further information can be found in the flyer.
FINMA Jubiläum_2019_Einladung (PDF, 293 KB)
2nd International FinTech, InsurTech & Blockchain Forum
Topic: A Conference for Research and Innovation on FinTech, InsurTech and Blockchain
Language: English
Date: 5 November 2019, 09:00-05:00pm
Venue: Kraftwerk, Selnaustrasse 25, 8001 Zürich
https://www.fintech-forum.org/
Special Lecture: National Chengchi University (28 October 2019)
On 28 October, Prof. Rolf H. Weber gave a lecture on "The Future of Data-Driven Finance" at National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taipei, Taiwan. Further information can be found in his slides.
2019_UZH_UFSP_NCCU_Taipei_The future of Data-Driven Finance (PDF, 762 KB)
Symposium on the Financial Stability Assessment Program with Switzerland 2018/2019
The URPP FinReg, together with experts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and top-level representatives from industry and practice, held an event on the Financial Stability Assessment Program (FSAP) with Switzerland 2018/2019 on 23 September 2019. This program assesses the progress made since the last IMF FSAP, drawing on a few selected FSAP recommendations. Further information can be found in the flyer.
FSAP Symposium 2019 _invitation (PDF, 815 KB)
CH IMF FSAP 2019 slides (PDF, 1 MB)
52nd Forum Financial Market Regulation of 20 September 2019
Topic: Brexit and Financial Services: an 11th Hour Perspective
Abstract: The presentation will consider what is known about UK and EU preparedness for Brexit, and the wider implications, including for the future, of how the UK and EU respectively have addressed the different challenges over the last few months. It will also seek to predict how the EU and UK financial regulation regimes are likely to evolve and the prospects for Capital Market Union, and the evidence of how a new UK/EU relationship might be constructed.
Speaker: Prof. Niamh Moloney (London School of Economics)
Date: Friday 20 September 2019, 12:15pm-1:45pm
Venue: University of Zürich, Institute of Law, Ramistrasse 74, 8001 Zurich (RAI-G-41)
7th Annual URPP Conference 5 June 2019
Topic: The new Federal Financial Services and Financial Institutions Act
Date: Wednesday, 5 June 2019
Venue: Universität Zürich, Rämistrasse 74, 8001 Zürich
Presentations: For the slides, please see the German Version of this website.
51st Forum Financial Market Regulation of 8 May 2019
Topic: The future of data-driven finance
Speaker: Prof. Ross P. Buckley (KPMG Law - King & Wood Mallesons Professor of Disruptive Innovation and Law, UNSW Sydney)
Date: Wednesday, 8 May 2019
Venue: University of Zürich
FF 51 Invitation (PDF, 262 KB)
SSRN Paper Buckley Weber 2019 (PDF, 2 MB)
50th Forum Financial Market Regulation of 29 March 2019
Speaker: Prof. Andreas Schrimpf (BIS)
Date: Freitag, 29. März 2019, 12.15 - 13.30 Uhr
Venue: Universität Zürich
FF 50 Invitation (PDF, 271 KB)
49th Forum Finanzmarktregulierung of 5 February 2019
Topic: A Tale of Two Financial Safety Nets: The Euro Area and Switzerland
Speakers: Attila Arda and Jan Nolte (both International Monetary Fund, Financial Sector Assessment Programme Switzerland FSAP)
Date: 5 February 2019, 12.15 - 1.45 pm
Venue: Universität Zürich, RAI, Rämistrasse 74, 8001 Zürich
FF 49 Invitation (PDF, 270 KB)
FF 49 Presentation (PDF, 1 MB)
4th FIDLEG-Symposium of 29th January 2019
Topic: FIDLEG (Federal Financial Services Act) - Distribution and Products
Language: German
Date: Tuesday, 29 January 2019, 1:30 - 6:15pm
Venue: University Zurich, RWI, Rämistrasse 74, 8001 Zürich
Invitation 4. FIDLEG-Symposium (PDF, 744 KB)
One Year of Implementation of the MiFID II - MiFIR
regulatory framework
Conference co-organised by the Hellenic Association of Banking and Capital Markets Law and the URPP
Language: English
Date: Monday, 10 December 2018
Venue: Athens, Nomiki Bibliothiki Publishing House Europa Conference Room, 23 Mavromichali str., Athens
Invitation Athens 2018 (PDF, 230 KB)
1st International FinTech, InsurTech & Blockchain Forum of 24th October 2018
Topic: Research on FinTech, InsurTech and Blockchain
Language: English
Date: 24 October 2018, 08:00-05:15pm
Venue: Kraftwerk, Selnaustrasse 25, 8001 Zürich
https://www.fintech-forum.org/
47. Forum Finanzmarktregulierung 7 November 2018
Topic: Responsibilities in the case of a bank crisis (in German)
Speaker: Dr. Rastko Vrbaski (FINMA)
Date: 27. November 2018, 12.15 - 13.45 Uhr
Venue: Universität Zürich, RAA, Rämistrasse 59, 8001 Zürich (Auditorium)
FF 48 Invitation (PDF, 241 KB)
47. Forum Finanzmarktregulierung of 7 November 2018
Dr. Marc Mauerhofer (FINMA) spoke about the new risks in the area of money laundering in the age of cryptocurrencies.
46. Forum Finanzmarktregulierung 04 October 2018
In this seminar, Prof. Dr. Samuel P. Baumgartner and Prof. Dr. Tanja Domej (both UZH) gave an overview of the legal protection in financial market law. Their talk was divided into two parts: i) Advantages and disadvantages of US-Class Action and ii) reform projects in Switzerland.
FF 46 Invitation (PDF, 275 KB)
Slides FF 46 final (PDF, 271 KB)
6th Annual Conference 6 June 2018
Topic: Towards the Euro‘s third decade:
regulatory challenges for Europe and implications for Switzerland
Keynotes: Thomas Wieser (Former Chairman, Eurogroup, Brussels);
Prof. Charles Wyplosz (The Graduate Institute, Geneva)
Date: Wednesday, 6 June 2018, 12:00-6:40 pm
Venue: University Zurich, Rämistr. 59, 8001 Zürich (RAA-Auditorium)
Presentations:
| Charles Wyplosz | Presentation_Wyplosz_URPP 2018 (PDF, 218 KB) |
| Wolfgang Ernst | Presentation_Ernst_URPP_2018 (PDF, 194 KB) |
| Mathias Hoffmann | Presentation_Hoffmann_UFSP 2018 (PDF, 421 KB) |
| Seraina Grünewald | Presentation_Grunewald_URPP_2018 (PDF, 250 KB) |
| Federico Fabbrini | Presentation_Fabbrini_URPP 2018 (PDF, 240 KB) |
| Thomas Wieser | no slides |
Please consult the invitation for details of the programme. The conference language is English.
Annual Conference Report 2018 (PDF, 146 KB)
45. Forum Financial Market Regulation of 22 May 2018
In this seminar (in German), Dr. Reto Schiltknecht gave an overview of the current Swiss deposit scheme, and he touched upon the main challenges facing the scheme.
Schiltknecht Invitation (PDF, 242 KB)
FF 45 Presentation (PDF, 387 KB)
FIDLEG/FINIG Vortragsveranstaltung 17. April 2018
At the university of Liechtenstein, this event highlighted the current developments in Swiss financial services law, which are also important for the Liechtenstein financial center - above all those national financial intermediaries that operate across borders.This event took place in co-operation with the Institute of Law at the University of Liechtenstein.
https://www.uni.li/de/alle-veranstaltungen/@@event_detail/52369.67
44. Forum Financial Market Regulation of 13 April 2018
In this timely seminar (in German), Prof. Dirk Niepelt from the University of Berne gave background to the Swiss "Vollgeldinitiative". The initiators of this initiative claim that a full-money reform would make the financial and banking system crisis-proof and safer. The public vote will take place on 10 June 2018. Prof. Niepelt talked about the basic idea of the initiative, and he suggested an alternative.
FF 41 Invitation (PDF, 247 KB)
43. Forum Finanzmarktregulierung of 12 April 2018
Dr. iur. Romeo Cerutti, Rechtsanwalt, LL.M. (General Counsel and Member of the Executive Board Credit Suisse Group AG) gave a seminar on regulatory trends in the global financial markets (in German).
FF43 Cerutti Invitation (PDF, 243 KB)
42. Forum Finanzmarktregulierung of 23 March 2018
Prof. Luc Laeven (Director-General, Research Dept., European Central Bank) gave a seminar on "Safe Asset Shortages: Evidence from the European Government Bond Lending Market". This Forum was a joint event with the Department of Banking and Finance. Please see the invitation for further detail.
FF 42 Invitation Laeven (PDF, 258 KB)
41. Forum Financial Market Regulation of 15 March 2018
Dr. Alessandro Rebucci (Carey Business School Edward St. John Real Estate Programm; Economics Department of Krieger School of Art & Science) gave a seminar (in English) on his recent research on house prices and capital flows. Based on his recent and ongoing research on house prices and capital flows, Dr. Rebucci presented a set of stylized facts about residential house prices in advanced and emerging markets, a theoretical framework to think about the role of house prices in the transmission of capital flows shocks and some evidence on the importance of the exchange rate regime and macro-prudential policies in mitigating countries’ vulnerability to such shocks. Dr Rebucci concluded highlighting areas of future research, with particular reference to his work in progress on the ongoing German housing boom.This Forum is a joint event with the Department of Economics UZH and ETH.
FF 41 Rebucci Invitation (PDF, 247 KB)
40th Forum Financial Market Regulation of 28 February 2018
Juliet Beckwith (Legal Counsel, Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd) gave a presentation about blockchain and smart contracts in the reinsurance industry. In the Q & A, she was joined by Prof. Helmut Heiss (University of Zurich) and Peter Wedge (Global Contracts Knowledge Manager, Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd).
39th Forum Financial Market Regulation of 14 December 2017
Dr. Filipa Sà from the School of Management & Business, King's College London, gave a seminar on the effect of foreign investors on local housing markets, using evidence from the UK. Further detail can be found in the invitation below.
38th Forum Financial Market Regulation of 14 December 2017
Dr. Stijn Claessens from the Bank for International Settlement gave a seminar on "Bank Capital, Portfolio Rating Change and Loan Conditions" . Further detail can be found in the invitation below.
Symposium of 3 November 2017
Topic: Blockchain from a central Bank Perspective
This one-day symposium, jointly organized by the Universities of Zurich and Lucerne, brought togetherexperts from central banks, the financial services industry and academia in order to discuss legal, economic and technical ramifications of central bank digital currencies and blockchain-based securities.
Invitation Blockchain from a central banking perspective (PDF, 1282 KB)
37th Forum Financial Market Regulation of 31 October 2017
Prof. Dr. Nicolas Raschauer of the University of Liechtenstein discussed the new data protection regulation and its effects on financial intermediaries. Further detail can be found in the invitation below and in his slides.
Slides_Raschauer (PDF, 525 KB)
36th Forum Financial Market Regulation of 27 September 2017
Mark-Oliver Baumgarten has been working as an economic attorney in Zurich for more than 20 years. He is an economic consultant with his own office in Basel and supports as consultant and attorney Mercury Compliance in Zurich, a specialist law firm specializing in financial markets. In this forum, he addressed the new Swiss market regulation Fidleg and FINIG in their impact on the relationship between the bank and the external asset manager. Please see for further details the invitation.
Presentation_FF 36 (PDF, 197 KB)
5th Annual Conference of the URPP of 14 June 2017
Topic: Corporate Governance of financial institutions
Keynote-Speech: Walter B. Kielholz (Swiss Re)
Topics: Which lessions were learnt from the financial crisis? Are the reforms effective? What is the position of Switzerland in an international comparison? Is there a best practice of corporate governance with regards to financial institutions?
Speakers: Prof. Kern Alexander (UZH), H.E. Etsuro Honda (Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation, Ambassador for Financial & Economic Affairs in Europe), Andreas Ita (UBS), Dr. Reto Schiltknecht (FINMA) and Prof. Alexander Wagner (UZH, SFI).
Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2017, 9:30am-5:30 pm (incl.reception)
Venue: University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 74, 8001 Zurich (RAI-G-41)
Datum: Mittwoch, 14. Juni 2017, 9:30-17:30 Uhr inkl. Apéro
Ort: Universität Zürich, Rämistrasse 74, 8001 Zürich (RAI-G-41)
| Presentations: | |
| Kern Alexander | Praesentation_Kern Alexander (PDF, 1 MB) |
| Alexander Wagner | |
| Andreas Ita | Praesentation_Andreas Ita (PDF, 319 KB) |
| Reto Schiltknecht | Praesentation_Reto Schiltknecht (PDF, 317 KB) |
| H.E. Etsuro Honda | Praesentation_H E Etsuro Honda (PDF, 1 MB) |
Detail about the programme can be found in the "Einladung" and in the conference report.
Einladung Jahrestagung 2017 (PDF, 818 KB)
Link to conference report (PDF, 261 KB)
35th Forum Financial Market Regulation of 1 June 2017
Bruno Dorner from the Swiss State Secretariat for International Financial Matters (SIF) gave some background to the Federal Financial Services Act and Financial Institutions Act.
Please see the invitation and the presentation for further information.
FF_35 Presentation (PDF, 172 KB)
34th Forum Financial Market Regulation of 23 May 2017
Dr. Monica Mächler (attorney-at-law, board member of various financial service providers) discussed the issues surrounding the new insurance regulation. This talk was held in German.
Please see the invitation for further information.
FF 34_Praesentation (PDF, 61 KB)
33rd Forum Financial Market Regulation of 3 May 2017
Pierre M. Gentin (Partner, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York; Lecturer, MBA Program, Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia) draws on twenty-five years of experience including nearly two decades as a senior in-house lawyer for a Swiss-based financial services company and as a lawyer at the U.S. Department of Justice, to describe how American regulatory investigations have evolved over the years, and to consider what effect the recent American election may have on U.S. investigations of European companies in the future. There are no slides available.
EFDI ▪ ESISUISSE ▪ URPP UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH
FINTECH SYMPOSIUM ▪ 13 March 2017, Zurich
FinTech, a new challenge for deposit insurance?
On Monday, 13 March 2017 everybody interested in the question whether or not „FinTech Poses New Challenges for Deposit Insurers“ should come to Zurich, Switzerland. Why? Because on this day EFDI, esisuisse and the URPP Financial Regulation of the University of Zurich will host a conference at the university dealing with exactly this question.
The scope of the symposium will include new forms of deposits such as crowdfunding, mobile subscription or e-payment. Deposits in virtual currencies like Bitcoin and new cross-border settings will also be dealt with. All these new factors bear the risk of deposits “disappearing” in unexpected ways which will most probably lead to special regulation for start-ups and new legislation for FinTech companies (RegTech). The speakers will also consult the famous crystal ball and discuss legal and technical developments.
Who will these experts be? Representatives from the University of Zurich and other academics will address the audience. Specialists from various central banks, regulators, venture capital experts, as well as IADI (International Association of Deposit Insurers) and EFDI (European Forum of Deposit Insurers) representatives will speak at this symposium addressing issues that could not be more topical.
Updated Programme (PDF, 752 KB)
| Presentations: | |
| Nadia Manzari | Presentation_Manzari (PDF, 596 KB) |
| Nathalie Beaudemoulin |
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| Rupert Schaefer |
Presentation_Schaefer_new (PDF, 422 KB) |
| Jakob Schaad |
Presentation_Schaad (PDF, 1 MB) |
| R. Wyss/ S. Bucherer |
Presentation_Wyss_Bucherer (PDF, 326 KB) |
| Tamaz Georgadze |
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| Sven Stevenson |
Presentation_Stevenson_new (PDF, 743 KB) |
| Juan Carlos Lopez |
Presentation_Lopez (PDF, 534 KB) |
| Riccardo De Lisa |
Presentation_De Lisa (PDF, 797 KB) |
| Rolf H. Weber |
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| C. Zellweger- Gutknecht |
Presentation_Zellweger-Gutknecht (PDF, 95 KB) |
32. Forum Financial Market Regulation of 3 March 2017
Prof. Gregor Matvos (Universität Chicago, Booth School of Business) gave a presentation about the market for financial adviser misconduct. This forum took place in co-operation with the Department of Banking & Finance at the University of Zurich.
More information can be found in the invitation and the paper.
31. Forum Financial Market Regulation of 28 February 2017
Richard Olsen (Lykke Corp.) and Dr. Martin Hess (Partner, Wenger & Vieli) presented the new global market exchange "Lykke".
Further information can be found in the invitation and in the presentation.
30th Forum Financial Market Regulation of 1 December 2016
Prof. Florian P. Ederer from the Yale School of Management talked about the issues arising from common ownership, competition and top mangement. Further detail can be found in the invitation and in the paper.
The 3rd FIDLEG-Symposium of the URPP took place on Wednesday, 09 November 2016.
Topic: FIDLEG - Distribution and Sale of financial products
Presenters: Luca Bianchi, RA, Niederer Kraft & Frey AG
Stephanie Comtesse, RAin, Bär & Karrer AG
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Thorsten Hens, IBF, UZH
Prof. Dr. iur. Rolf Sethe, RWI, UZH
Stefan Simon, RA, HSW Legal AG
Please find further information in the invitation below.
The 29th Forum Financial Market Regulation of 25 October 2016
Prof. Werner Hildenbrand from the University of Bonn discussed Thomas Piketty's analysis in the best-selling book "Le Capital au XXIe siècle". The talk was in English. Further detail can be found in the invitation.
The 28th Forum Financial Market Regulation of 19 October 2016
Prof. Arthur B. Laby from the Rutgers Law School (The State University of New Jersey, USA) will talk about the fiduciary structure of investement management regulation. The talk is in English. Further detail can be found in the invitation.
Dr. Michel Kähr from FINMA will talk about reorganisation law and insurance companies. The talk is in German. Further detail can be found in the invitation.
4 th Annual Conference of the University Research Priority Project (URPP) Financial Market Regulation of 8 June 2016
Subject: "FinTech: New Challenges for the Legislator and the Supervisor"
The programme for the conference and further information is outlined in the invitation (please refer to the link below).
| Presentations | |
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| Abraham Bernstein | Big Data: Herausforderung oder Chance für die FinTech Industrie? (PDF, 11 MB) |
| Urs Haeusler | Schweizer Regulierung aus FinTech Sicht und im internationalen Vergleich (PDF, 1 MB) |
| Thomas Puschmann | Überblick über das FinTech Ökosystem der Schweiz (PDF, 3 MB) |
| Gerhard Schwabe | Mensch oder Maschine - wie wird zukünftig beraten? (PDF, 1 MB) |
| Rolf H. Weber | Regulierung von Robo-Advice (PDF, 374 KB) |
Media reports on the 4th annual conference of the URPP Financial Market Regulation:
Prof. Dr. Rolf H. Weber gave his farewell lecture on the subject of
"Framework for and Directions of Global Legal Developments"
("Rahmen und Wege für globale Rechtsentwicklungen")
Within the framework of the Zurich meets London festival, the University of Zurich and the London School of Economics & Political Science organised a public panel discussion on the subject of
"Financial Market Regulation: Exploring the impact of MiFID II"
| Presentations and Panel Discussion: | |
| Prof. Dr. Thorsten Hens | Financial Economics, University of Zurich |
| Prof. Dr. Niamh Moloney | Law, London School of Economics & Political Science |
| Prof. Dr. Kern Alexander | Law & Finance, University of Zurich |
| Moderation: | |
| Prof. Dr. Rolf H. Weber | Civil, Commercial and European Law, University of Zurich |
Date: Thursday, May 19, 2016
Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Council Chamber, Charles
Clore House, 17 Russel Square, London
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m., followed by a short reception
Admission: free
Rodolfo Straub, Head SIX Exchange Regulation, will give a lecture about the implication of the new financial markets regulation on the Swiss stock exchange.
"Between the Federal Financial Market Infrastructure Act and the Financial Services Act - the view from the Swiss Exchange"
Further detail can be found in the invitation.
Prof. Dr. Niamh Moloney of the London School of Economics will give a lecture about consumer protection issues in financial market regulation.This will be followed by a short talk on the Swiss perspective by Prof. Dr. Franca Contratto.
"Consumer Protection Issues in Financial Market Regulation"
Further detail can be found in the invitation.
Prof. Dr. Niamh Moloney of the London School of Economics will speak about the new MiFID II regulation and its implications for cross-border banking. This will be followed by a short talk on the Swiss perspective by Prof. Dr. Rolf H. Weber.
"MiFID II and its implications for Cross-border Banking"
Further detail can be found in the invitation.
Conference on the implications of a future FFSA (Federal Financial Services Act) on the insurance sector.
Organiser: Europe Institute at the University of Zurich in collaboration with the URPP Financial Market Regulation
Chairpersons: Prof. Dr. Helmut Heiss, Dr. iur. Ulrike Mönnich, Prof. Dr. Rolf Sethe
Venue: Kongresshaus Zurich, Gotthardstrasse 5, 8002 Zürich
Kammermusiksaal, Entrance"V"
Attorney-at-law Daniel Zuberbühler, former vice-president of the FINMA and member of a bank's board of directors, gave a talk on the subject of
"Risikomanagement als Kernaufgabe - Erfahrungen eines Ex-Regulators, Beraters und Bankverwaltungsrates"
Further detail can be found in the invitation.
Prof. Dr. Christos Gortsos of Panteion University Athens gave a speech on the subject of
"The vicious circle between sovereign and banking crises: case studies from the euro area and policy responses"
Further detail can be found in the invitation.
Presentation (long version) (PDF, 445 KB)
Presentation (short version) (PDF, 225 KB)
Article Prof. Gortsos on the Greek Fiscal Crisis (PDF, 273 KB)
Topic: "FIDLEG oder FIDLEG light? - Richtungsenetscheide der Botschaft
des Bundesrates"
Speakers: Dr. iur. René Bösch, Attorney-at-law
Alex Geissbühler, Attorney-at-law
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Thorsten Hens
Prof. Dr. iur. Rolf Sethe
Fee: CHF 100.- including coffee break refreshments
| Documents: | |
| René Bösch | |
| Alex Geissbühler | |
| Thorsten Hens | |
| Rolf Sethe |
