Our Events

09:00‒09:45

Registration and Coffee

09:45‒10:00

Welcome Address
Prof. François Degeorge, Managing Director, Swiss Finance Institute
Dr. Ingo Rauser, Senior Partner—Switzerland, Capco Institute

10:00‒11:10

Panel 1―Yield Curve and the Stock Market

The slope of the yield curve is known to be a good predictor of economic growth. Does it also affect stock returns? More specifically, how do monetary conditions affect stock returns in the cross section?

Chairman: Delia Steiner, Principal Consultant, Capco

Presenter: Prof. Kjell G. Nyborg, Senior Chair, Swiss Finance Institute, and Deputy Head of the Department of Banking and Finance, Professor of Finance, University of Zurich

Panelists:

• Fiona Frick, Chief Executive Officer, Unigestion Group
• Nannette Hechler-Fayd'herbe, CIO, International Wealth Management (IWM) and Global Head Economics & Research, Credit Suisse
• Claudia Panseri, Co-Head of Cross Asset and Head of Equity, Global Wealth Management, UBS
• Eleanor Taylor Jolidon, Co-Head Swiss and Global Equity, UBP

11:10‒11:40

Coffee Break

11:40‒12:50

Panel 2—Green Bonds

Green finance is often accused of being just a sophisticated form of "green washing". Recent empirical studies, however, show that green bonds contribute to improving the environmental performance of issuing firms and at the same time provide positive excess returns to shareholders. Green finance has a “signaling” role that explains this win-win configuration. 

Chairman: Dr. Ingo Rauser, Senior Partner—Switzerland, Capco Institute

Presenter: Prof. Jean-Charles Rochet, Senior Chair and Head of Research, Swiss Finance Institute, and Professor of Banking, University of Geneva

Panelists:

• Eric Borremans, Head of ESG, Pictet Asset Management
• Angela de Wolff, Chairman/Founding Partner, Conser Invest SA
• Andreas Knörzer, Chairman of the ESG Investment Governance Committee, and Vice Chairman, Vontobel Asset Management
• René Nicolodi, Head of Equities & Themes in Asset Management, Swisscanto Invest, Zürcher Kantonalbank
• Christine Schmid, Head of Strategy, additiv

12:50‒13:40

Lunch

13:40‒14:10

Keynote Address—How Swiss Banks Integrate Sustainability

Dr. August Benz, Head Private Banking and Asset Management, Deputy CEO, Swiss Bankers Association

Chairman: Prof. François Degeorge, Managing Director, Swiss Finance Institute

14:10‒15:20

Panel 3—Banks as Facilitators of Payments Changes in the Payment System

Central banks are discussing ways to modernize the payment system to reduce settlement costs for market participants. What are potential effects of introducing a central bank digital currency on the economy, in terms of liquidity, lending activity, and interbank lending rates?

Chairman: Andrea Hoffmann, Senior Partner, Capco

Presenter: Prof. Johan Walden, Senior Chair, Swiss Finance Institute, and Professor of Finance, University of Lausanne

Panelists:

• Morten Bech, Head of Secretariat, Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures, BIS
• Sébastien Kraenzlin, Director, Banking Operations, Swiss National Bank
• Patrick Papsdorf, Head of Payments Oversight Section, European Central Bank
• Alain Schmid, Head of Payment Services, Credit Suisse

15:20‒16:20

Cocktails