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High-profile get together in Switzerland to discuss current and important themes in the field of macroeconomics and finance.
The Initiative in Sustainable Finance was officially launched on 5 March 2024 in the Aula of the University of Zurich.
As of March 1, 2024, our new name is Department of Finance. This name is more consistent with the breadth of research and teaching in our department today.
The UZH team will represent CFA Society Switzerland at the EMEA sub-regional final in March!
This new initiative builds bridges between academia and industry, policymakers, and society.
On November 3rd, 2023 it was time to celebrate "20 years Quantitative Finance UZH ETH" with over 100 alumni and about 20 invited guests.
A new AI tool co-developed by Chiara Colesanti Senni, was launched at the Global Ethical Finance Conference 2023 in Edinburgh. The tool helps financial supervisors, asset managers, and financial institutions evaluate the net-zero transition plans of the companies they are investing in.
In May, Markus Leippold presented a TEDx Talk in Paris focusing on the issues related to corporate climate disclosures. The talk, titled "Corporate climate disclosures: how do we weed out cheap talkers?" examines AI's potential in tackling climate-related challenges and introduced his research on ClimateBert.
On July 1st, Zacharias Sautner joined our department as a Professor of Sustainable Finance. A first tour d'horizon about his motivations for coming to Zurich, how to succeed and be happy as a PhD student, and what university departments can learn from soccer teams.
The Master of Science UZH ETH in Quantitative Finance program ranked Nr. 1 in Europe and 7th worldwide in the risk.net ranking.
