Public Events 2017
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.