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Department of Finance

2024

News list

  • Honorable Mention for the 2024 Moskowitz Prize

    For "Corporate Climate Lobbying" Research Paper by Markus Leippold, Zacharias Sautner and Tingyu Yu

  • Inaugural Lecture by Zacharias Sautner

    "The Value of ESG: Where and Why it Matters" on 16 December 2024

  • Climate Economics: Improved model calibration for better policy decisions

    Felix Kübler, Professor of Financial Economics, is improving the predictive accuracy of climate-economic models

  • Inaugural Lecture by Yucheng Yang

    "AI for Economics: Heterogeneous Agent Macro-Finance" on 9 December 2024

  • ESG Transformation in Private Equity: New Study Reveals Path to Higher Returns

    Initiative in Sustainable Finance: Research Highlight

  • Visiting Faculty: Jean Helwege

    This fall, we are excited to have Professor Jean Helwege visiting our Department

  • “Green Signals: Energy Efficiency and German Housing Markets”

    Policy brief by Francisco Amaral, Assistant Professor of Real Estate Finance

  • Sustainable Finance Literacy: A Key Factor in Impact Investing

    Studies show that education is key to bridging sustainable investing knowledge gap for retail investors

  • Schweizer Geschäftsberichte-Rating 2024

    Die besten Geschäftsberichte der Schweiz: Ein Blick hinter die Kulissen

  • Inaugural Lecture: Delia Coculescu

    “Navigating Complexity: The Mathematics of Risk Modeling, from Financial Crises to Climate Change” on 14 October 2024

  • Interview with Stefan Zeisberger: "The Psychology of Financial Decisions"

    Associate Professor of Fintech and Experimental Finance

  • Francisco Amaral joins the Department of Finance

    Recently appointed as Assistant Professor for Real Estate Finance

  • Inaugural Lecture: Christian Hilber

    "Housing Affordability and Spatial Planning: Switzerland versus UK"

  • Research in Sustainable Finance: Chiara Colesanti Senni

    Chiara is a Postdoc at the Department of Finance and now moving to NYC to further her academic career

  • Visiting Faculty: Pejman Abedifar

    We had the pleasure of welcoming Pejman Abedifar, Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance at Tehran Institute for Advanced Studies as a guest at our Department

  • Visiting Faculty: Andrea Vedolin

    In July and August 2024, we had the honor of hosting Andrea Vedolin, Professor of Finance at Boston University, in our department

  • Marc Chesney

    Marc Chesney retires as a Professor at the University of Zurich

    Looking back after 21 years of service

  • Initiative in Sustainable Finance: Behind the curtain...

    An interview with Steven Ongena, Markus Leippold, Falko Paetzold and Zacharias Sautner

  • Rising Scholars Conference on Sustainable Finance 2024

    Keynote speaker: Caroline Flammer, A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics at Columbia University on 11 July 2024 at the University of Zurich

  • From PhD at University of Zurich to tenure track career in the USA

    Interview with Marlon Azinovic

  • Crucial Gaps in Climate Risk Assessment Methods

    Initiative in Sustainable Finance: Stefano Battiston – Current climate risk assessments severely underestimate potential losses

  • Corporate Climate Lobbying

    Initiative in Sustainable Finance: New study reveals the strategies of biggest climate lobbyists

  • Nature Risk Pricing

    “Economic and financial consequences of water risks: The case of hydropower”

  • Thomas Sargent

    Keynote speech by Nobel Prize Laureate Prof. Thomas Sargent: "Macroeconomics After Lucas"

    7 June 2024 at University of Zurich

  • Christoph Basten

    Farewell lecture: Christoph Basten

    "Cross-Selling in Banking"

  • Professor Wagner on the historic balcony of the University of Zurich

    "Financial markets have an immense potential to drive positive change"

    Initiative in Sustainable Finance: An interview with Prof. Dr. Alexander F. Wagner

  • "Institutional Investors and the Fight Against Climate Change"

    Review article by Thea Kolasa and Zacharias Sautner

  • Seminar: Unternehmensberichterstattung und Corporate Governance

    Seminarteilnehmende bewerten innerhalb von zwei Wochen Geschäftsberichte und Investor-Relations-Auftritte (Please note: seminar is conducted in German)

  • Zacharias Sautner featured in "Dies academicus 2024"

    Watch the highlight video and read the interview on how sustainable finance impacts the financial system.

  • Fossil fuel firms face growing loan rates as climate concerns mount: will this accelerate their decline?

    Initiative in Sustainable Finance: Research Highlight

  • Masterstudierende: Tutor*innen gesucht für das HS24 (alle OEC/INF-Fachrichtungen)​

    MA-Seminar: Coaching für wissenschaftliches Arbeiten (Please note: seminar is conducted in German)

  • New Name: Department of Finance

    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.

  • UZH Team Advancing to the EMEA Rounds!

    The UZH team will represent CFA Society Switzerland at the EMEA sub-regional final in March!

  • Launch of the "Initiative in Sustainable Finance" by the Department of Finance at the University of Zurich

    This new initiative builds bridges between academia and industry, policymakers, and society