5th
edition
9
modules
days
on site
+30
guests
speakers
THIS COURSE IS FOR :
- Experienced professionals working in the industry and regulators aspiring to leadership roles
- Regulators and policy makers aiming at understanding the legal and economic forces shaping the financial industry
- Emerging leaders wanting to understand new trends in regulation and their impact on ongoing developments in the financial industry
- Board members and executives looking to gain a strategic view on how regulation shapes the financial industry
AFTER THIS COURSE, YOU WILL :
- Understand the regulations governing financial markets, the underlying policies and principles and how they shape the Swiss financial industry
- Gain comprehensive insights in the economic and legal foundations of financial regulation and the dynamics driving its ongoing evolution
- Master the legal mechanics of the regulatory system and the economic and political forces that shape it at a domestic and international level
- Think critically on new trends in the industry and how financial regulation responds or fails to respond to them
Programme
FOUNDATIONS
Swiss financial industry
24 August 2023
Aymo Brunetti
- Business models, products and markets
- Comparing financial centers
- Role of framework conditions
Legal foundations
25 – 26 August 2023
Luc Thévenoz
- Drivers and actors of financial regulation
- The regulatory and supervisory toolbox
- Role of international standards
Economic foundations
06 – 07 october 2023
Dirk Niepelt
- Bank governance, solvency and liquidity
- Financial crises and government responses
- Money creation, credit and payments
INDUSTRIES
Banking
- Strategic challenges
- Governance and risk management
- Capital requierements
Investments
24 – 25 November 2023
Rashid Bahar
- Regulating services, conduct and products
- Protecting investors against market abuse
- Access to justice in the financial industry
Insurance
- Insurance and regulation
- Swiss supervisory system in a global context
- Influence of EU and international standard setters
CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES
Anti-money laundering and sanctions
- New challenges in anti-money laundering
- Sanctions policy in a global context
- Global enforcement
Digital finance
- Decentralised finance and CDBC
- Data protection and cyber security
- Competition policy in a digital economy
Sustainable finance
- Defining sustainable finance and its core concepts
- Sustainability risks and opportunities for financial institutions
- Sustainable financial products and the risks of greenwashing
Tailored learning environment
Selective group
of participants
Professors from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Bern
Professors from the Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva
Guest speakers and panellists from the industry, regulators and government
Classes taught
in English
A three-day retreat on the Swiss financial industry and the legal fundamentals of regulation
Seven two-day sessions
every three weeks on Fridays and Saturdays
In-person classes in Bern and Geneva
Innovative teaching
In-class teaching, including case studies and workshops, by experienced faculty members
Keynote lectures by guest speakers from the industry, regulators and government
Panels with experts from the industry, regulators and government
Background readings and podcasts
Assessment through a short paper and a final exam
Certification
Upon successful completion of the course, including writing a short paper and passing the final exam, participants are awarded a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Financial Regulations of the Universities of Bern and Geneva (15 ECTS Credits).
The course is recognized as part of the Swiss Finance Institute’s (SFI) Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Banking.
Faculty
The faculty design the content of the modules in close cooperation with the study director.
They teach the major part of the modules themselves:
Aymo Brunetti
Professor of economics, University
of Bern
Luc Thévenoz
Professor of law, University of Geneva, Member of the Board of Directors Banque Mirabaud
& Cie SA
Dirk Niepelt
Professor of macroeconomics, University of Bern; president of the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics
Joachim Oechslin
Senior of Advisor, until 2019 Chief Risk Officer Credit Suisse, Member of the Board of Directors SwissRe
Monica Mächler
Member of the Board of
Directors Zurich Insurance
Group
Rashid Bahar
Professor of law, University
of Geneva, Partner,
Advestra, Zurich
Christian Bovet
Professor of law, University of Geneva, Vice-chairman
of the Board of directors BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA
Katia Villard
Professor of law, University of Geneva
Adrien Alberini
Sigma Legal, University of Geneva
Xenia Karametaxas
Policy Advisor, Task Force on Sustainable Finance, State Secretariat for International Finance
Guest Speakers
Experts from regulators, the academics industry as well as share their insights in lectures or on panels. The following guest speakers have participated in the past editions of the CAS FinReg
GOVERNMENT
Jan Blöchliger
Former Head Banking Supervision Division, FINMA, Bern; Head GWM Switzerland & International / Personal & Corporate Banking Audit, UBS, Zürich
Jessie Bülher
Senior Analyst, Enforcement
Division, FINMA, Bern
Thomas Dünser
Head Staff Office for Financial Center Innovation,
Liechtenstein National Administration, Vaduz
Alice De Chambrier-Blokker
Public Prosecutor, Office of the Attorney
General of Switzerland, Bern
Patric Eymann
Head Enforcement Division, Member
of Executive Board, FINMA, Bern
Adam Farkas
Executive Director,
European Banking Agency
Arie Gerszt
Federal Finance Administration, Formerly
State Secretariat for International Financial Matters,
Federal Finance Department, Bern
Andreas Heinemann
Former President Swiss Competition Commission,
Professor, University of Zurich
Michael Manz
Ambassador, Head Financial System & Markets,
State Secretariat for International Finance, Bern
Alexander Karrer
Former Deputy State Secretary for International Finance
Benoit Mojon
Head of Economic Analysis, BIS, Basel
Cédric Remund
Former Public Prosecutor, Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland, Bern
Birgit Rutishauser-Fernandez
Head Insurance Supervision division and
Deputy CEO, FINMA, Bern
Rupert Schaefer
Member of the Direktorium, BAFIN Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, Former Head Resolution and Recovery, Member of the Executive Board, FINMA, Bern
Rolf Wuest
Deputy Swiss Banking Ombudsman,
Zurich
Fritz Zurbrügg
Former Vice-chairman of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank, Zurich
INDUSTRY
Claudio Bazzani
Partner, Homburger,
Zurich
Thomas Büess
Board Member, Swiss Life
and other companies, Zurich
Marc Cohen
Partner,
Mayer Brown, Washington D.C.
Romeo Cerutti
Former General Counsel,
Credit Suisse, Zurich
Martin Eichmann
Trust Center Head Singapore, Credit Suisse,
Singapore
Pablo Faus Pérez
Information Risk Office,
Lombard Odier, Geneva
David Garrido
Group General Counsel, Lombard Odier Group
Zurich
Jörg Gasser
CEO Swiss Banking
Association
Stuart Graham
Founder and CEO of Autonomous
Research, London
Christoph Hiestand
Group General Counsel, Julius Baer
Group Ltd, Zurich
John Reynolds
Partner, Davis & Polk,
New York
Flavio Romerio
Partner, Homburger,
Zurich
Markus Ronner
Group Executive Board,
UBS Group AG and UBS AG
Cornelia Stengel
Partner, Kellerhals Carrard,
Zürich
Franziska Zimmermann
Director, Temasek,
Singapore
ACADEMICS
Jeremy Bacharach
Former PhD candidate, Centre de Droit Bancaire
et Financier, Geneva, Associate at Lenz & Staehelin,
Geneva
Ursula Cassani
Professor of law emerita, Board
member FINMA, Geneva
Aline Darbellay
Assistant Professor, Centre de Droit
Bancaire et Financier, Geneva
Célian Hirsch
PhD candidate, Centre de Droit Bancaire
et Financier, Geneva
Fabien Liégeois
Attorney-at-law, Senior Researcher, Centre
de Droit Bancaire et Financier, Geneva
Xavier Oberson
Attorney-at-law, Professor, University
of Geneva, Geneva
Philippe Paech
Associate Professor of Law, London
School of Economics,
London
Mark Pieth
Professor of law emeritus,
University of Basel, Basel
Nina Reiser
Professor of law, University of St. Gallen,
St. Gallen
Corinne Zellweger-Gutknecht
Professor of law, University of Basel,
Basel
Admission
We admit candidates on the basis of their academic and professional achievements as well as their ability to contribute to the learning experience of the class.
As a prerequisite, candidates must satisfy the following:
University degree or equivalent
knowledge and experience
Proficient in English
Tuition: CHF 11,750
Admission deadline: 30 June 2023
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Organisation
The Executive Committee is responsible under the study charter for the course:
Rashid Bahar
Study director, Professor of law, University
of Geneva, Partner, Advestra, Zurich
Aymo Brunetti
Professor of economics,
University of Bern
Luc Thévenoz
Professor of law, University of Geneva
The Supervisory Board is responsible for the academic strategy and evaluates the quality of the course. It includes the members of the Executive Committee and the following persons:
Christian Bovet, Chair
Professor of law, University of Geneva
Ursula Cassani
Professor of law, Member of the Board of Directors, FINMA, Bern
Susan Emmenegger
Professor of law, Member of the Board of Directors, FINMA, Bern
Cyril Monnet
Professor of economics, University of Bern
Isabelle Romy
Partner Kellerhals Carrard, Professor of law, University of Fribourg
Oliver Wünsch
Partner Banking and Capital Markets, Oliver Wyman, Zurich
Franziska Zimmermann
Director, Sustainability and International Relations, Temasek, Singapore
Location
The course takes place in Bern and Geneva. Refreshments and lunches are provided onsite and included in the fee.
Geneva
Bern
This training was enriching, innovative with high-level speakers.