18th Annual Meeting of SFI

Impact Investing
Datum16 Nov. 2023
Zeit13:30 - 17:15
StandortLake Side, Zurich

Impact investing supports non-financial goals in addition to financial returns. The SFI Annual Meeting will discuss successes and challenges in this emerging investment space. How does impact investing differ from ESG, and how is it affected by the current controversies surrounding ESG? Can the pursuit of impact be reconciled with fiduciary duty? And does impact investing offer a useful complement to government policies and NGO actions to achieve positive change?

 

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, we are pleased to welcome Sergio P. Ermotti, Group CEO of UBS Group AG, Stuart Kirk, Columnist, Financial Times, and Prof. Andrew W. Lo, Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as keynote speakers.

Program

12:30 Doors Open, Registration & Sandwiches
13:30

Opening Remarks & Welcome

Prof. François Degeorge,
Managing Director, Swiss Finance Institute

13:40

Keynote Presentation: "Can Financial Engineering and Data Science Cure Cancer?"

Prof. Andrew W. Lo,
Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

14:00

Q&A Round

14:15

Break

14:45

Fireside Chat (incl. Q&A Round)

Sergio P. Ermotti, 
Group CEO of UBS Group AG

15:20

Break

15:50

Keynote Presentation: "The Right Way to Think about Impact Investing" 

Stuart Kirk, 
Columnist, Financial Times

16:10

Q&A Round

16:25

Panel Discussion

  • Stuart Kirk
  • Prof. Andrew W. Lo
     
17:10

Closing Remarks

Dr. Stefan Seiler, 
Group Head Human Resources & Corporate Services, UBS AG; Chairman of the Foundation Board, Swiss Finance Institute

onward

Aperitif

 

The event will be moderated by Carolin Roth, business journalist.

Registration

This year's Annual Meeting will be held as an on-site event at Lake Side in Zurich. Attendance is free of charge. Please note that this is a public event, and that parts will be filmed and photos will be taken for marketing purposes.

Lake Side, Bellerivestrasse 170, 8008 Zurich

Lake Side

Bellerivestrasse 170

8008 Zürich