Die Schweizerische Nationalbank organisiert abwechselnd mit der polnischen Nationalbank (NBP) das NBP-SNB Joint Seminar. Seit dem Beginn im Jahr 2004 hat dieses Seminar Zentralbankerinnen und Zentralbanker aus Zentralasien, Zentral- und Osteuropa sowie Akademikerinnen und Akademiker für...

This is the second edition of an annual conference series on the Political Economy of Finance. The series is an initiative of PolEconFin, a platform for researchers active in the political economy of finance. This edition will be dedicated to the intersection between political institutions,...

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 intersection of finance and technology is...

Die Frage der Geschlechtergerechtigkeit beschäftigt zunehmend auch die noch stark traditionell geprägte Finanzbranche. In der gemeinsamen Vortragsveranstaltung von CFS und IBF nehmen Dieter Ziegler und Claudia Rasper die historische und die aktuelle Entwicklung in den Blick und geben damit...

The last fifteen years have seen the insurance sector in emerging markets enjoy steady growth in client outreach and premium volumes. New technologies are boosting market coverage. The global middle class is predicted to number nearly five billion within two decades — but many of these...

The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly exacerbated the macroeconomic vulnerabilities of low- and middle-income countries. Debt was already high prior to the onset of the pandemic, but now many developing country governments must navigate through record-high public and private debt levels, and rising...

Research Clusters were set up by the Heads of Research in order to encourage interaction and collaboration between researchers working on fields of common interest. The Research Cluster is open to all European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and Bank of England (BoE) researchers and participation...

This conference offers an opportunity for economists, central bankers, and policymakers to present and discuss their studies on topics related to payment, clearing and settlement systems. The conference will include special sessions jointly organised with Payments Canada on topics related to...

This paper studies how banks compete amid digital disruption and the resulting distributional effect across consumers. Digital disruption increases the geographic coverage of banking services, bringing new entrants to local markets. However, as digital customers shift from branches to digital...

We welcome theoretical and empirical contributions in the form of high-quality research papers related to stress testing. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - The role of stress testing in microprudential and macroprudential supervision; - The design of macroeconomic scenarios...