Our students will

know the substance and the background of global and Swiss financial regulation

work with a legal and an economic focus

see behind the policy concepts in financial regulation

understand the regulatory drivers and trends

meet key actors and practitioners as guest speakers and interact with them

Eight modules on 16 full days of teaching on 8 Fridays and 8 Saturdays from 9.15 am to 5.15 pm and one half day of exams on the following dates:

Fri 9 April 2021
Module 1: Financial Markets and the Swiss financial center
Bern, Aymo Brunetti
Who are the actors of financial markets? What are the services and products they offer? What drives financial markets and Switzerland’s financial center?

Sat 10 April 2021
Module 2: Legal fundamentals of financial regulation
Bern, Luc Thévenoz
What are the triggers of financial regulation? Who are the actors in international and Swiss Financial Regulation? What is the high-level design of the Swiss Financial Regulatory Architecture?

Fri 30 April – Sat 1 May 2021
Module 3: Economic fundamentals of financial regulation
Geneva, Cyril Monnet
What are the key economic features of financial markets? What are the key elements of post crises-financial regulation?

Fri 28 – Sat 29 May 2021
Module 4: Banking Regulation
Bern, Joachim Oechslin
How do Supervisors prudentially regulate and supervise banks and interact with them? What are the key elements of banks corporate governance and risk management? How are the global Swiss banks positioned compared to their foreign peers?

Fri 2 – Sat 3 July 2021
Module 5: Insurance Regulation
Bern, Monica Mächler
How do Supervisors prudentially regulate and supervise insurance and interact with them? What are the trends in Insurance Regulation? What are the strategic challenges of insurance com-panies in a global context?

Fri 20 – Sat 21 Aug. 2021
Module 6: Financial Markets and Services Regulation
Geneva, Rashid Bahar
What are the regulatory standards for business conduct, financial services and products and financial infrastructures?

Fri 10 – Sat 11 Sept. 2021
Module 7: Fintech Regulation
Bern, Hans Kuhn
What is the financial regulators reaction to new tech initiatives in financial services linked to crowdfunding and -lending, blockchain, distributed ledgers and tokenisations?

Fri 8 – Sat 9 Oct. 2021
Module 8: Leveraging financial markets to pursue other public interests
Geneva, Christian Bovet
How are financial markets and institutions are leveraged by lawmakers to implement policies to implement other public interests e.g. collection of taxes, fight against money laundering and corruption or economic sanctions?

Fri 5 – Sat 6 Nov. 2021
Module 9: Enforcing financial regulation
Bern, Urs Zulauf
How are financial and other regulations are internationally enforced against financial firms and other actors in financial markets and their managers?

The faculty members design the substance of the nine modules based on the framework set up by the course executive committee. They teach the major part of the modules themselves and provide the key context:

Rashid Bahar
Associate Professor of law, University of Geneva, Partner Baer & Karrer, Zurich

Christian Bovet
Professor of law, University of Geneva, Vice-chairman of the Board of Directors BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA

Aymo Brunetti
Professor of economics, University of Bern, Chairman of the Swiss government’s «Future of the Financial Center Advisory Board»

Hans Kuhn
Partner at Wicki Partners, Zurich, and Digital Assets Legal Advisors LLC, Zug

Monica Mächler
Member of the Board of Directors Zurich Insurance Group

Cyril Monnet
Professor of economics, University of Bern, Swiss doctoral program manager Study Center Gerzensee

Joachim Oechslin
Senior Advisor, until 2019 Chief Risk Officer Credit Suisse, Member of the Board of Directors SwissRe

Luc Thévenoz
Professor of law, University of Geneva, Member of the Board of Directors Banque Mirabaud & Cie SA

Urs Zulauf
Adjunct Professor of law University of Geneva and Cornell Law School, Consultant in Financial Markets Regulation, Supervision and Enforcement, Bern

Our regular students should have

a university or equivalent degree

three years of professional experience in a position related to Swiss or international financial markets (e.g., financial industry, financial regulation and legislation, management consultation, auditing, law firms)

a good working knowledge of English

the time and motivation to invest around 30 working days in this study and to take one 3-hour exam

an open mind to interact intensively with peer students, faculty and guest speakers

Our guest students wish to attend select course modules and are welcome if seats are available. Guest students pay a fee of CHF 800 per day.