Centers

In the Center of Competence for Sustainable Finance the Department of Banking and Finance combines forces with researchers from informatics, geography mathematics, law, psychology, philosophy, and political sciences.

CCSF was launched in January 2020 and is dedicated to the following activities:

• The creation of scientific knowledge
• The strengthening scientific interdisciplinarity
• The development and support of educational opportunities for students as well as professionals

The Department of Banking and Finance is host to several subject-specific or interdisciplinary research centers.

The Center for Finance and Insurance (CFI), founded in 2013, is engaged in research and teaching in the application of financial market theory and mathematics to insurance topics.  The CFI forms a bridge between the financial and insurance sectors.
Website Center for Finance and Insurance

The Center for Financial Networks and Sustainability (FINEXUS), founded in 2016, focuses on financial networks, financial market regulation and environmental sustainability.
Website Center for Financial Networks and Sustainability

The Center for Portfolio Management (CPM), founded in 2015, is home to the Portfolio Management Program (PMP), which is financed by third-party funds. In addition to training highly qualified students, the center focuses on fundamental research in portfolio management.
Website Center for Portfolio Management

Founded in 2011, the Center for Responsibility in Finance (CRF), founded in 2011, focuses on Responsible Finance and Management within research, teaching and practical application. 
Website Center for Responsibility in Finance

The Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth (CSP), founded in 2017, investigates issues in both areas of sustainable finance and private wealth and their intersection in research, teaching, continuing education and services.
Website Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth

The Center for Urban & Real Estate Management (CUREM), founded in 2003, is dedicated to real estate education and research. It offers part-time courses in Real Estate and Urban Management as well as compact courses and tailor-made company courses.
Website Center for Urban & Real Estate Management

The Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab is a cross-disciplinary research program on the global phenomenon of innovation in the financial industry induced by "Financial Technology” (FinTech). It involves researchers from banking and finance, business informatics, innovation management, strategic management, marketing, social sciences, economics, and many other disciplines.
Website Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab

The purpose of the Zurich Center for Computational Financial Economics (ZCCFE), founded in 2009, is to exchange and develop a worldwide community within the emerging field of Computational Financial Economics. 
Website Zurich Center for Computational Financial Economics