Public Events 2014
Forum Financial Market Regulation of 11 December 2014
Dr. iur. Petra Senkovic, Deputy Director General, Legal Services of the European Central Bank, gave a speech on the topic
"ECB as banking supervisor: the establishment of the Single Supervisory Mechanism"
The talk was held in English.
Guest presentation by Prof. Dr. Franca Contratto within the lecture series FINMA seminar of 9 December 2014
Topic:
"Risiken im Hochfrequenzhandel - Handlungsoptionen für die Schweiz vor dem Hintergrund der internationalen Regulierungsentwicklung"
Inaugural Lecture Prof. Dr. Seraina Grünewald of 17 November 2014
Prof. Dr. Seraina Grünewald gave her inaugural lecture on the topic
"LIBOR scandal and manupulation of foreign exchange rates - legal and policy implications"
Online report on the SRF website and radio report; radio report broadcast on 18 November 2014 in the radio programme Heute Morgen on SRF1, 2 und 4.
Conference on "Legal challenges through web based and mobile payment systems" of 29 October 2014
This conference was organised by the Swiss Forum for Communications Law in collaboration with the URPP Financial Market Regulation and the Centre for Information and Communications Law at the Unviersity of Zurich.
For further information please see the invitation/programme.
Forum Financial Market Regulation of 7 October 2014
Dr. iur. Rastko Vrbaski, Attorney at law, Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, delivered a speech on the topic
"The new Bank Reorganisation Regime according to FINMA's Banking Insolvency Ordinance"
Symposium on the Federal Financial Services Act (FFSA) of 24 September 2014
Topic:
"FFSA - On the way to a coherent Financial Services Law for Switzerland?"
Below please find the speakers' presentations for download:
| Dr. iur. Mirjam Eggen | |
| Prof. Dr. iur. Rolf H. Weber |
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| Prof. Dr. Thorsten Hens |
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| Dr. iur. David Rüetschi |
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| Prof. Dr. iur. Rolf Sethe |
Forum Financial Market Regulation of 16 September 2014
PD Dr. iur. Jean-Marc Schaller, Attorney at law, delivered a speech on the topic
"Does the Federal Financial Services Act (FFSA) yield new standards of protection?"
Quo vadis - Financial Centre Switzerland? Seminar held on 28 August 2014
Subject: Recent and upcoming Financial Market Legislation
For further informationen please see the programme.
Annual Conference of the URPP Financial Market Regulation of 2 / 3 June 2014
Topic: Contemporary issues of Financial Market Stability
Below please find the speakers' presentations for download.
| Rainer Baisch | |
| Christoph Basten & Cathérine Koch |
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| Volker Bätz | |
| Claire Célérier | |
| Damian Fischer | |
| Seraina Grünewald |
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| Yves Mauchle | |
| Peter Nobel | |
| Bruno M. Parigi | |
| Jean-Charles Rochet |
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| Reto Schiltknecht | |
| Moritz Seiler | |
| Markus Staub | |
| John Thanassoulis | |
| Andreas Thier | |
| Hans Caspar von der Crone |
Forum Financial Market Regulation of 14 May 2014
Daniel Roth, LL.M., Attorney at law, Head of the Federal Department of Finance, gave a speech on
"On the Eve of the Financial Market Infrastructure Act"
Forum Financial Market Regulation of 14 April 2014
Dr. Stefan Zeisberger from the Department of Banking und Finance at the University of Zurich delivered a speech on
"Framing Effects in Presenting Financial Risks"
Inaugural Lecture Prof. Dr. Franca Contratto of 31 March 2014
Prof. Dr. Franca Contratto gave her inaugural lecture on the topic
"High frequency trading on the stock exchanges - When leading-edge technology becomes a system risk"
Forum Financial Market Regulation of 18 March 2014
Dr. iur. Stefan Kramer, LL.M., Attorney at law, gave a speech on
"New Regulation of OTC Derivatives Trading - Preliminary Draft on a new Financial Market Infrastructure Act"