Lorenz Kueng

SFI Swiss Finance Institute

SFI is the Swiss center of excellence for world-leading finance research, finance knowledge, and finance education. Created in 2006 as a public-private partnership, SFI is a common initiative of the Swiss finance industry, leading Swiss universities, and the Swiss Confederation. SFI is organized in three centers, the SFI Léman Center with the Universities of Geneva, Lausanne, and EPFL, the SFI Lugano Center at the University of Lugano, and the SFI Zurich Center with the University of Zurich and ETHZ.\\SFI is a strategic asset for the Swiss financial center:\\• SFI attracts leading minds in finance research to Swiss universities, linking them together to form Switzerland's largest and most successful finance faculty.\\• In an ongoing dialogue between experienced professionals and researchers, SFI stimulates thought leadership.\\• Through its education programs, SFI nurtures a highly qualified talent pool which will directly impact the future of finance.\\• SFI has thus become a substantial factor of credibility and quality for the Swiss financial center's worldwide reputation.