Public Events 2018
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).