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Hybrid Conference:

• Online participants: Please use the following link to join the conference virtually: https://slidesync.com/eavmV83BMY

• On site participants: Door Opening: 12:30, Zurich Marriott Hotel, Neumühlequai 42, 8006 Zürich. Please note that the access for this event is limited to people with a COVID-19 certificate. 

Fifty years ago, Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman stated that the social responsibility of the corporation is to maximize profits. Until recently this Friedman doctrine has reigned supreme in the corporate and investment world, and the principle that companies should strive to maximize shareholder value was widely accepted. Today this consensus has broken. In academia, in the corporate world, and in societies, the primacy of shareholder value is being questioned. What explains this fundamental shift? If companies should not seek to maximize shareholder value, what objectives should they pursue in its place, or in addition? And how should companies navigate the tradeoffs between competing objectives?

We will hear the views of three distinguished keynote speakers:
 

• Nobel Laureate Prof. Oliver Hart, Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor, Harvard University
  
  As ESG concerns take on a high priority, banks and investors face a dilemma: should they divest from companies that fail to meet their ESG criteria? Or should they instead engage with these companies to push them to improve on ESG? Nobel Laureate Professor Oliver Hart of Harvard will speak on this crucial dilemma. 
   
• Dr. iur. Katja Roth Pellanda, Group General Counsel of Zurich Insurance Company Ltd
   
• Philipp Rickenbacher, Chief Executive Officer of Julius Baer Group Ltd. and Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd.

The Annual Meeting of the Swiss Finance Institute (SFI) is one of the leading events in the Swiss financial community’s calendar and an exclusive discussion platform. It brings together the finest minds in academia and key financial market players. The widely respected event enables practitioners and academics to exchange the knowledge and expertise that will keep Switzerland at the top in banking and finance.

This year’s Annual Meeting will be held as a hybrid event with a limited on-site audience at the Zurich Marriott Hotel combined with an online live stream of the event accessible to a broader audience. Please note that the access for this event is limited to people with a COVID-19 certificate. Further information about the certification, how it can be obtained, etc. can be found here. The well-being of our guests is of paramount importance for us and we will of course comply with all health and safety measures applicable at that time.

Program 

 The event will be moderated by Carolin Roth.

Registration

Register now for the conference and join us either in person (COVID-19 certificate required) at the Zurich Marriott Hotel or in the live stream to exchange the knowledge and expertise that will keep Switzerland at the top in banking and finance.

• Zurich Marriott Hotel
  The attendance fee is CHF 250 and covers the conference information package, refreshments, and the aperitif. Admission is free of charge for media representatives, members of the SFI Alumni Association, and for researchers and PhD students affiliated with SFI. Other university employees and students are entitled to a 50 percent reduction in the fee. The attendance fee will be charged 1 month before the Annual Meeting. Access is limited to people with a COVID-19 certificate.
   
• Live Stream
  Free of charge, registration mandatory.

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