SFI provides the Swiss financial center with a renowned think tank of global reach. The research and teaching activities of distinguished professors from the universities of Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, St.Gallen, and Zurich, as well as from ETH Zurich and EPFL, promote expertise in the Swiss financial sector, helping it maintain its competitiveness. Another Swiss education and research institution, the University of Basel, is now joining this network. Thanks to the focus of its Faculty of Business and Economics on research issues related to Fintech, digital banking, innovative finance, and financial market regulation, the University of Basel ideally complements the existing group of SFI partner institutions.
 

"SFI actively promotes world-class research and teaching in banking and finance in Switzerland by bringing together the brightest academic minds from its partner universities. We are delighted that the University of Basel has now joined this circle. The academic insights gained will flow into practice-oriented training courses, publications, and public events at SFI and thus also influence the way key players in the financial sector think and act," observes Prof. François Degeorge, Managing Director of SFI. "Our PhD students in Finance will benefit from SFI's network," adds Prof. Pascal Gantenbein of the University of Basel. Prof. Angelo Ranaldo, who will join the University of Basel as Professor of Finance and Financial Economics on August 1, 2024, emphasizes: "This partnership represents a significant milestone and will allow us to profoundly improve our research capabilities."
 

SFI and the University of Basel plan to launch their collaboration in early 2024. Simultaneously, professors from the University of Basel will become active members of SFI's academic network.
 

The press documents can be found here.