Public Events 2023
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: