We are very happy to announce that Richard Olsen will start the nexussquared ‘Drink Up’ on January 18th, 2016 with a key note on his latest project ‘Lykke’. more information here

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Die Hochschule Luzern lädt am Mittwoch, 3. Februar 2016, zur 4th Swiss Digital Finance Conference. Wir bieten eine spannende Mischung an innovativen Ideen und Lösungen für digitale Finanzdienstleistungen.

Themen wie Digitale Disruption, Digitale Transformation, Blockchain für gestandene und neue Player sowie eine spannende Podiumsdiskussion über die Chancen der Schweizer Mobile Payment Lösungen im internationalen Umfeld werden präsentiert und besprochen.

Das detaillierte Programm und die aktuellsten Informationen finden Sie auf hslu.ch/sdfc. Die Konferenz findet von 9.15 bis 17.30 Uhr im Hans-Lütolf-Auditorium der Hochschule Luzern – Wirtschaft, Zentralstrasse 9, in Luzern statt.

Highlight ist sicherlich die Podiums-Diskussion rund um Mobile Payment: David versus Goliath

Finance 2.0/Fintech: Krempeln Robo-Advisor das Wealth- & Asset Management um?  Mehr Infos zur Fondsmesse hier.

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The leading Swiss Fintech conference.  20% Discount with Code "Fin20", Register here 

How to have privacy on a public ledger? more information about the Blockchain Meetup here

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Register here http://www.nexussquared.co/en/nexussquared-drinkup-3-march-22nd-2016-lima-bar/

More Information here. Get 50% Discount on LastMinute Tickets with Code "Fintech05"

The Silicon Valley meets Switzerland event masterfully combines the talent and expertise of entrepreneurs and business managers from Silicon Valley and Switzerland.

Leading Silicon Valley startups present latest IT trends and its impact on businesses and consumers. From Switzerland the most promising IT startups and internationally successful IT companies and entrepreneurs will be present.

In panel discussions and live interviews chaIlenges in IT innovation, investments and international expansion will be addressed.

The event is an ideal platform to share ideas and build strategic alliances and collaboration between individuals and organisations alike.

http://www.forum-.executive.ch/swiss_fintech_award/index.html

find more information about Money2020 Europe here and a list of speakers of Money2020 Europe

Robo Advice: Hat die klassische Kundenberatung ausgedient?

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Join the European FinTech Awards and Conference where innovative and disruptive FinTech companies are awarded. Meet 400 hand picked entrepreneurs, bankers, investors and advisors, extend your network and develop business.  Join the festive award ceremony on 14 April 2016 at the ABN AMRO Headoffice in Amsterdam. Sign up for the European FinTech Conference featuring international keynote speakers, thought provoking panels discussions and pitches by the European FinTech 100.

Get your Tickets with 10% Discount here. Use Code "Fintechnews"

Speakers:

• Taylor Gerring, Ethereum's Director of Technology, will speak about the "Future of Ethereum" at our meetup.
• Peter Schnürer from Inventx AG

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Lykke builds a global marketplace for all asset classes and instruments. The marketplace builds on top of blockchain and is designed to accommodate different blockchain technologies. In the case of Bitcoin issuers use the open asset protocol to create digital coins that are financial securities representing currencies, equities, commodities or any other type of 'I_Owe_You'. The exchange has a new type of matching engine that uses price, spread and time to queue Limit orders. Our goal is to build an efficient market and establish human right of direct access to a fair marketplace.

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The digitization of the economy is extensive, the consequences for companies and industries often revolutionary and existential in nature. The speed of innovations and concepts is so breathtaking that startups immediately begin to vie with large corporations for markets. The challenge for business leaders is to remain oriented and focused in a process of change that constantly demands new ways of thinking, new rules, new partners and an increased willingness to actively embrace change. The DIGITAL ECONOMIC FORUM (DEF) is a platform which brings together new trends, standards and the people behind them, independently of industries and sectors.

The focus of the Digital Economic Forum is on the entire potential of digital technologies, the developments in politics, security and compliance and the requirements for cross-border information exchange and value creation.

Oliver Stoldt, innovative event professional with a global network – is behind the Digital Economic Forum. The DEF is organised under the lead management of Premium Conferences GmbH.

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April 26 - Inessa Collier, Bloomberg, Head of coordination foropenfigi.com London will come to Geneva to introduce us withBloomberg Open Figi - financial instrument global identifier.

What is that? 

Do you find it hard to spot ISIN? Security asset class? Ticker? Data consistency?

Well Openfigi is the beginning of the solution you are looking for and Inessa will explain us how this Free API can be used to enhance and clean your databases.

Inessa is the head of platform adoption, working with Bloomberg for many years, ex Goldman Sachs, ex Oxford Business school and Tampa University. She is an outstanding speaker of financial services community.

Who will be interested?

Market participants and traders
Brokers
Asset Managers
Third party vendors and FINTECH
Regulators

When : April 26 - 6.00 pm - SHARP. Please be on time.

Where : FUSION Av. de la Praille 50, 1227 Geneva

OpenFigi Event will be followed by a dinner at La Barca Italian restaurant. Please confirm me by email if you wish to join us : contact at investglass.com

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A Fast and Scalable Payment Network with Bitcoin Duplex Micropayment Channels

Bitcoin does not scale, because its synchronization mechanism, the blockchain, limits the maximum rate of transactions the network can process. However, using off-blockchain transactions it is possible to create long-lived channels over which an arbitrary number of transfers can be processed locally between two users, without any burden to the Bitcoin network. These channels may form a network of payment service providers (PSPs). Payments can be routed between any two users in real time, without any confirmation delay.

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Gamification in financial services means the application of game-design elements and game principles in the banking and insurance context. While paying and investing money is definitely “not a game”, there is actually a lot we can learn from game-designing and approaches used in the multi-billion game industry. And gamification is happening also in Switzerland! So join us for a definitely engaging and interesting discussion around how gamification can help us reach the next level in Swiss Fintech.

Speaker biographies:

Matthias Sala is founder and CEO of gbanga.com, a Swiss game studio that focuses on the development of mixed-reality games. That means games that analyse the player’s current situation such as location, local weather and friends nearby to deliver a game experience that is more fun. Patrick Kramer is Executive Director at UBS and Head Strategy & Service Management at Group Marketing & Communications Services. Patrick had the project lead on launching UBS’ application “Quiz & Fly”.

Iryna Nosan is a graduate of the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland FHNW and wrote her Master’s Thesis on “Gamification in the Financial Industry”, interviewing Executives and Gamification Experts around Switzerland. She will present her findings exclusively for the first time at our meetup.

Event agenda:
18:30 - Doors open
19:00 - Welcome from Swiss FinteCH from John Hucker & Daniel Diemers (SFTA)
19:10 – Introduction to gbanga.com from Matthias Sala (gbanga.com)
19:30 – Lessons learned from a gamification project from Patrick Kramer (UBS)
19:50 – Presentation of research results “Gamification in Switzerland” from Iryna Nosan (FHNW)
20:10 – Open discussion, followed by drinks & networking
21:00 – End of event

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The fintech & digitization industry is prosperous and growing, and has already successfully managed the transiton from hype to a lasting future-oriented trend. However, world’s leading finance hub Switzerland still has got a lot to learn when it comes to innovation, digitization, disruption – in one word fintech!

Swiss Finance Startups and partners have accomplished a major milestone by putting Swiss fintech & digitization on the agenda of top level politics and bringing together with the Swiss Bankers Association the industry leaders, in Switzerland’s first official Fintech & Digitization Day.

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Technologie, Digitalisierung und Innovation – Chancen für den Bankplatz Schweiz

Zukunftsweisende Themen der Vorträge und Panels der Tagung sind:

WHEN
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM (CEST)

WHERE
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich - 101 Rämistrasse HG D1.2, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland

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On the 17th of May Richard Olsen, Lykke founder and CEO, will give a talk From the Blockchain to a Global Comprehensive Marketplace. His discussant will be Matthias Niklowitz, an e-foresight analyst in Swisscom, computer scientist and business journalist.

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AGENDA

• 18:30 - Doors opening / Apero
• 19:00 - Keynote: Art Provenance and the Blockchain (Masha McConaghy)
• 19:45 - Q&A
• 20:00 - Open Mic - 5 slots of 2 minutes, no slide (please contact me should you have an issue, a job offer or other topic you would like to address)
• 20:15 - Apero
• 21:30 - End of the event

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Venez découvrir une technologie en train de révolutionner nos échanges de tous les jours. Alexis Roussel sera là pour vous expliquer ce qu'est le Blockchain, ainsi que pour vos présentez le Bitcoin et l'Ethereum.
Après la conférence, nous nous déplacerons au Café L'Imprévu pour échanger bières et idées.

Alexis Roussel est le co-fondateur de Bity, une entreprise pionnière dans le Bitcoin et Ethereum en Suisse.

WHEN
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (CEST)

WHERE
Colab Fribourg - 2 Route de la Fonderie, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland

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AGENDA

• 18:30 - Doors opening / Apero
• 19:00 - Keynote: Art Provenance and the Blockchain (Masha McConaghy)
• 19:45 - Q&A
• 20:00 - Open Mic - 5 slots of 2 minutes, no slide (please contact me should you have an issue, a job offer or other topic you would like to address)
• 20:15 - Apero
• 21:30 - End of the event

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Bitcoin Conference Prague :

Conference covering the latest and hottest topics of the year: forecasts, analysis, best deals for work with cryptocurrencies;

Exhibition area - an opportunity to get acquainted with the market leaders, innovative products and to obtain first-hand information. Everything that can help your business become more successful will be presented there;

Start-up Alley - new ideas and new offers. The most unexpected and interesting solutions that will touch your feelings!

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This Ethereum-focused workshop will familiarize developers, software architects and technical decision makers with principles of blockchains and smart contracts. Hands-on programming sessions, using the language Solidity, guide participants through the smart contract development cycle.

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Submerge yourself in the world of crowdfunding, together with over 900 entrepreneurs, financial professionals, funders and the crowdfunding industry. Gather al the knowledge, tools and contacts you, or your costumers need, to start a crowdfunding adventure!

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Special offer for Fintech News Switzerland audience: register now with code "FINTECHNEWS50" to get 50% discount!

FinTechStage is a conference with an unconventional format that brings together a unique network of innovators, aiming to driving entrepreneurship and investment in Fintech. For the first time, Holland FinTech & FinTechStage join forces to gather the full European Fintech community in Amsterdam during the StartupFest.

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Meet on 26 May FinTech enthusiasts and listen to pitches of several winners of the European FinTech Awards and meet leading FinTech companies at the expo. Attendance is free of charge.

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This year’s Israel Innovation Effect conference will be hosted by UBS in Zurich, offering a unique opportunity to meet with some of the most innovative Israeli companies from the Fintech and Cyber Security scenes.

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The undisputed global stage for payments and commerce innovation. The largest gathering of senior executives from banks, retailers, enterprise and government in the eastern hemisphere. Attendees coming from the Middle East, North Africa, Indian Subcontinent, Asia and Central Europe for the fastest growing payment show in EMEA.

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June 1st - We have the pleasure to organise a very special Blockchain meetup with two distinguished guests :

• Bernard Lunn, Founding Partner at Daily Fintech Advisers

https://ch.linkedin.com/in/bernardlunn

• Daniel Drummer, Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company

https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieldrummer

As specialists of Blockchain they will expose :

1. Outsmarted by smart contracts? A promising concept and its current limitations.
2. How Blockchain can be used for Real Time Equities Settlement?

Learn from the best and take a dive in the tech world behind a hype word.

When : June 1st - 6.00 pm - SHARP. Please be on time.

Where : FUSION Av. de la Praille 50, 1227 Geneva

NB .

• This block Event will be followed by a dinner at La Barca Italian restaurant.
• Our friend from Nipcoin podcast will present their next October conference http://nipcast.com/category/nipcoin/
• Conference will be broadcasted on Live Periscope

A weekend packed with entrepreneurial minds and focus on FinTech

What to expect:

• Pitch your idea (if you want to; its an open stage format)
• Form a team around an idea, design it, prototype it, test it, build a business model around it, go out and validate. Just do it and make it real
• Get grilled and coached by some of the toughest industry experts
• Present to a panel of expert judges and win amazing prizes
• Test your limits and forget your comfort zone

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1. Vortrag: Von Sandro Graf, ZHAW, Swiss Payment Research Center

2. Vortrag: Von Carsten Miehling, Geschäftsleiter, PPI Schweiz

3. Vortrag: Von Guido Müller, General Manager Mastercard Schweiz

Jeden ersten Montag im Monat treffen wir uns zum Behavioral Economics Network Meetup im Restaurant Linde Oberstrass in der Universitätsstrasse 91.

Unterschiedliche Vortragende aus Wissenschaft und Praxis stellen ihre neuesten Forschungsergebnisse und Erfahrungenim Zusammenhang mit Behavioral Economics vor, danach gibt es Diskussionen und Austausch zwischen allen Teilnehmern.

FehrAdvice sponsort gemeinsam mit Matter Gretener Lesch Communications und additiv die Location, kleine Snacks und Getränke (Wein, Bier, Unalkoholisches).

Wir freuen uns auf eine rege Teilnahme!

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Blockchain Dublin Conference:
June 7th 2016
09:30 - 17:30
AIB Bankcentre, Serpentine Ave,  4 Dublin Ireland

Join us for Blockchain Conference Dublin. We've been organising The Blockchain Conference in multiple cities including London, New York, Hong Kong and San Francisco. Now we're bringing the Blockchain Conference to Dublin. If you're interested in learning more about how blockchain (distributed ledger) technology is disrupting traditional models of financial services and other industries, you should join us.

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Learn about the Global Fintech Sector, meet the FINTECH Book Authors based in Switzerland and get your signed copy of this new Bestseller!

WHEN
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM (CEST)

WHERE
SIX Group - F10 FinTech Incubator Förrlibuckstrasse 10, 8005 Zürich, Switzerland

AGENDA

• 17:30 Check In & Willkommensgetraenke
• 18:00 Welcome by Markus Graf, Head of F10 Incubator, SIX Group
• 18:15 "The FINTECH Book" by Susanne Chishti, CEO FINTECH Circle & Co-Editor of The FINTECH Book
• 18:30 “Principles of Economics applied to FinTech” by Matthias Mueller, SIX Group
• 18:45 "Valuations of Gods and Ants - Der Wert von Banken und Fintechs" by Spiros Margaris (CEO Margaris Advisory & Author of The FINTECH Book)
• 18:55 "How Banks & FinTechs can build Win-Win Strategic Partnerships" by Bernard Lunn (Founding Partner - Daily FinTech Advisers & Author of The FINTECH Book)
• 19:05 Networking over Canapees & Drinks

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Don't miss out on Amsterdam’s premiere Blockchain event. Things kick off on June 9th with The Blockchain Conference. Hear first hand from the people that are creating the future. Expect inspiration, talks, panels, demos and plenty of time to engage with attendees and speakers. We’ve run the Blockchain Conference in London, New York, Hong Kong, San Francisco and now we’re bringing it home to Amsterdam.

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For the 7th edition of the FinTech lunch we are partnering with Technopark Zurich to get to know some of the FinTech companies hosted there. The lunch will include presentations from three startups:

• Digital Asset (Switzerland)

• Innomatika

• Fractal Labs

We greatly appreciate the support from Technopark and specifically Matthias Hölling, for sponsoring the lunch. There is a limit of 25 tickets for SFTA members and non-members

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Blockchain With The Best is offering you a 50% discount for a full day of online tech conference for developers featuring some of the world’s top Blockchain experts, including:

• Muneeb Ali Founder @Blockstack,

• Josh Cincinnati @BlockCypher,

• Kobi Gurkan @Magic In Bits,

• Zach Ramsay @Eris Industries,

• Kristen Stone @Coinbase,

• Ethan Buchman @Tendermint

and check out more on our website.

Every speaker will have a 30-minute tech talk, followed by a 20-minute Q&A for your questions.

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4-in-1 World Class Conference Series. Join experts in Digital Transformation, Customer Service, Marketing, Collaboration and Internal Communications at #WCDGTC

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This year’s theme — Rising to the Challenge — speaks to the massive sea change impacting the ETF industry, advisors and institutions putting ETFs to work in their portfolios. You will walk away from Inside ETFs Europe with a detailed understanding of how ETFs work and how you can use them - immediately - to generate strong risk-adjusted returns.

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AGENDA

Opening Keynote | Session 1: Ethereum - Smart Contracts & Decentralized Apps
June 13: 6 - 7 PM (PST) | 9 - 10 PM (EST) | 3 - 4 AM (CET) | June 14: 9 - 10 AM (HKT)
-What are the latest developments and startups on Ethereum?
-What will a future powered by smart contracts look like?

Session 2: Overview of Blockchain & its Global Landscape
June 14: 6 - 7 PM (PST) | 9 - 10 PM (EST) | 3 - 4 AM (CET) | June 15: 9 - 10 AM (HKT)
-What does Blockchain matter?
-What are the various Blockchain concepts - sidechains, hyperledger, public/ private blockchain?
-Who are the major players? What are they building/ what sectors are they targeting?

Session 3: Hyperledger - the Open, Flexible & Extendable Blockchain
June 15: 6 - 7 AM (PST) | 9 - 10 AM (EST) | 3 - 4 PM (CET) | 9 - 10 PM (HKT)
-What is hyperledger and why are so many big companies involved?
-How can enterprises contribute to the project?

Session 4: Investment Trends in Blockchain Startups
June 21: 7 - 8 AM (PST) | 10 - 11 AM (EST) | 4 - 5 PM (CET) | 10 - 11 PM (HKT)
-What is the investors' perspective on blockchain startups?
-What are the latest notable blockchain startups?

Session 5: Enterprise Landscape Across Ethereum & Smart Grids
June 21: 6 - 7 PM (PST) | 9 - 10 PM (EST) | June 22: 3 - 4 AM (CET) | 9 - 10 AM (HKT)
-What is ConsenSys developing in the pipeline?
-Is Ethereum a game changer for the energy / smart grid industry? What should we expect?

Session 6: Distributed Ledgers - The Approach by Digital Asset Holdings
June 27: 7 - 8 AM (PST) | 10 - 11 AM (EST) | 4 - 5 PM (CET) | 10 - 11 PM (HKT)
-What is Digital Asset Holdings developing in the pipeline?
-How does Digital Asset apply distributed ledger technology to financial services? How is it unique among companies in this space?

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Case studies are utilized to exemplify economic relevance as well as chances and risks. Regulation & Tax: Dr. Alexander Lindemann. Moderation: Raoul Würgler. In the end of the seminar, there is the opportunity of individual 1:1 Sessions with Dr. Paolo Tasca & Prof. Tomaso Aste to discuss your questions confidentially.

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The 6th edition of our ‘DrinkUp’ will be a closed-door event and take place on Tuesday June 16, 2016 from 06:00 p.m. @ our nexuslab Pop-Up LAB, Fraumuensterstrasse 16, 8001 Zurich.

The key-note speech: "Blockchain controversies: PoW waste and the private blockchain oxymoron“ will start at 06:30 pm.

Our guest speaker that night will be Roger Wirth. Roger holds a degree in Information Technology and functions currently as a Managing Director at UBS. He has been with the company for more than 9 years in various positions. Prior to heading UBS’s IT Security Services for three years, Roger started as Head of Engagement Mgmt & IT Compliance. Currently Roger is Head of Information Security – Wealth Management. Before joining UBS Roger was Head of Java Professional Solutions at trivadis.

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At Startupbootcamp FinTech we’re looking for top-notch FinTech startups for our accelerator programs, and our Startupbootcamp FastTracks are informal events that we use as part of the screening process. In return, you get instant feedback from our panel of high-profile mentors and a chance to connect with other teams locally.

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The organisers of London Fintech Week bring you the 2nd Annual Fincoder, a conference tailored especially for Fintech technologist, developers and coders. Fintech developers are changing the face of the financial services industry. From enterprise to start-up and everything in between. Join us at Aviva's Digital Garage in Hoxton on June 20th 2016. This event is part of London Tech Week.

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Taking place in Madrid and now in its second year, MoneyConf is an invite-only event focused on the future of finance. It comes to you from the people behind Web Summit, the world’s fastest growing technology event.

In 2016, we’re bringing together 1,500 decision makers from across the industry spectrum, including over 100 exhibiting startups looking to transform the industry.

Amid unparalleled networking opportunities, attendees will have access to almost 30 hours of content across two days. Expect to hear inspirational keynotes, insightful fireside chats and thought-provoking panel discussions from key players redefining financial services as we know it.

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This talk describes BigchainDB. BigchainDB fills a gap in the decentralization ecosystem: a decentralized database, at scale. It has big-data performance levels, a rich querying system, and a permissioning system that supports public and private deployment. It's complementary to decentralized processing platforms like Ethereum, and decentralized file systems like IPFS.

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Registration and location to be announced

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Bereits zum dritten Mal organisiert das IFZ die Konferenz, Innovative Angebote im Retail Banking“. Die Teilnehmenden diskutieren am Nachmittag des 23. Juni 2016 über Themen, welche die Retail Banken heute und in naher Zukunft beschäftigen. Dazu gehören Fragen, wie die Digitalisierung erfolgreich im Firmenkundenbereich eingesetzt werden kann, wie innovative Filialen der Zukunft aussehen, wie Banken „soziale Netzwerke“ aufbauen und einsetzen, wie der Online-Onboarding Prozess umgesetzt werden kann und wie Analytics helfen, mehr über den Kunden herauszufinden.

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"The DAO" is the first truly "decentralized venture fund". It is based on the Ethereum blockchain, with backers who are potentially anonymous and distributed globally across many jurisdictions. The anonymous (or pseudonymous) participation of individuals distributed globally opens up a multitude of interesting questions when it comes to distributing the income of the DAO and the use of the funds by DAO projects from a legal and tax perspective.

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For the 7th edition of the FinTech lunch we are partnering with Technopark Zurich to get to know some of the FinTech companies hosted there. The lunch will include presentations from three startups:

• Digital Asset (Switzerland)
• Innomatika
• Fractal Labs

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Exclusive offer for Fintech News Switzerland audience: SIGN UP NOW with code "fintech16" to get 15% off!

Money-Tech features 20 international digital payment and finance technology company pitches and offers 1on1 meetings.

Innovations presented will include digital currencies, mobile banking, peer-to-peer financing (crowdlending, crowdfunding), crypto finance, new trends insurance tech, robo advisors, among many others.

Speakers will include academics and executives from fintech startups and financial services firm including Roland Berger, Ascribe, the Ethereum Foundation, Nexussquared, Wikifolio, Crowdhouse, and more.

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FT Future of Insurance will bring together thought leaders and senior figures from within the industry in the UK to assess these challenges and discuss the best strategies to thrive in what has become the world’s most regulated insurance market.

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Am 28. Juni 2016 findet in Bern zum dritten Mal das Swiss International Finance Forum unter dem Motto «Back to Growth» statt. Rund 25 Top-Speaker wie der amerikanische Star-Ökonom Kenneth Rogoff präsentieren aktuelle Einschätzungen zur Finanzindustrie.

Regulation around digital signature is evolving. With recent FINMA regulation on digital signature, the CDB 2016 recognizes a digital signature provided by official digital identity provider as “valid” as a copy of signature provided by notary. What is more, in March 2016, FINMA authorized the Bank to identify clients using video channels. Three experts will talk about regaulation, application of Digital Signature and automation of the documentation workflow.

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WealthTECH - powering a new era for the asset and wealth management industry: The world of wealth management, is undergoing unprecedented change. Wealth and asset managers as well as private bankers are needing to respond to pressure from a multitude of sources - regulation, cost pressure, changing customer preferences and shifting demographics.

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The Future of Digital Banking will bring together 200+ bankers from across the globe to discuss the key issues shaping the industry in this era of digital innovation.

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As part of the second annual UKTI Swiss FinTech Mission, we are pleased to offer an exclusive opportunity for networking between FinTech insiders from the UK and Switzerland. The event is intended to build connections between the two leading financial centres and FinTech ecosystems. Those participating include entrepreneurs, financial professionals, investors, financial industry insiders, and accelerators. Please join us for insightful presentations and lively networking apéro. Reserve your place today. Program:

18:30 - Welcome from John Hucker, CFA, President of Swiss Finance + Technology Association
18:45 - Keynote from Shaul David, Head of FinTech for UK Trade & Investment
19:00 - Pitching by startups, investors, and potentially corporates
19:30 - Closing remarks from Markus Graf, Head of SIX F10 Incubator
19:45 - Networking apéro
Thank you to our partners SIX F10 Incubator and UK Trade & Investment

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As part of the second annual UKTI Swiss FinTech Mission, we are pleased to offer an exclusive opportunity for networking between FinTech insiders from the UK and Switzerland. The event is intended to build connections between the two leading financial centres and FinTech ecosystems. Those participating include entrepreneurs, financial professionals, investors, financial industry insiders, and accelerators. Please join us for insightful presentations and lively networking apéro. Reserve your place today.

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Viva Technology’s unique mission is to bring the world’s most innovative startups together with the major global players in digital transformation. For three days starting 30 June, an expected 30,000 entrepreneurs, corporate executives, venture capitalists and other investors will join us in a purpose-built environment in Paris. The goal: to provide a real-time platform for collaboration and a high-level stage for discussions around the impact technology has on both businesses and society.

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UKTI Fintech Roadshow - Networking is about 20 UK fintech entrepreneurs and investors are discovering Switzerland and stopping by at FUSION on Thursday evening. This is an interesting occasion to mingle and network with fintech entrepreneurs transforming UK... and why not, discovering new business opportunities?

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Von Herbert Bucheli, Head of Business Analytics Services of VISECA Card Services SA (Aduno Group) will speak about the use of data in the payments industry.

The Zurich Behavioral Economics Network meetup is held at the restaurant Linde Oberstrass on the first Monday of each month. Registered as an association, the Zurich Behavioral Economics Network aims to serve as a platform for the exchange between science and practice.

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We would like to invite you to "Save-the-Date" for the 'nexuslab festival' in Zurich on July 7, 2016 from 1pm onwards. 

That afternoon, our pilot cohort of blockchain start-ups from all over Europe will present their business ideas to potential investors, corporate representatives, mentors, press and the general public. Apart from the start-up pitches itself, we will have blockchain expert key notes followed by an opportunity to network with all the start-ups and speakers.

Please RSVP your interest by clicking on the following link so we can send you more information on the programme and location details in due course. Feel free to forward this invitation to anybody that might be interested to participate at the nexuslab festival.

The event will be free of charge. Register here

We are looking forward to welcoming you on July 7 in downtown Zurich.

Dear fintech leaders,

July 12th - It's summer time! We have the pleasure to organise a very casual networking meetup at Bain des Pâquis.

When : July 12th  - from 6.00 pm.
Where : Bain des Pâquis - Geneva.

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It is becoming an annual tradition that we meet for drinks at Frau Gerolds Garten - please join us for the third edition!

Most importantly, this is an opportunity to connect and socialize with others in the group. We will also take the opportunity to give members their official 2016 member lapel pin. Members, in addition to receiving SwissFinTech pins, are treated to one drink - we will buy your second drink if you bring a potential new member signing up .

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Join us for an evening of presentations on Python, R and F# by leading fintech experts and stay for apero afterwards. This event is being held in collaboration with AdNovum at their offices. Below are details on topics and abstracts.

(1) Financial Time Series Analysis with Python and R

by Yves J. Hilpisch

Abstract
This talk illustrates how Python in combination with the pandas library makes financial time series analysis efficient, fast and fun. In addition, it illustrates how easy Python interacts with R to access its more advanced statistical capabilities. All examples are based on an interactive Jupyter Notebook in which both the Python and R codes are executed.

Speaker Bio 
Dr. Yves J. Hilpisch is founder and managing partner of The Python Quants (http://tpq.io), a group focusing on the use of open source technologies for financial data science, algorithmic trading and computational finance. He is the author of the books "Python for Finance" (O'Reilly, 2014), "Derivatives Analytics with Python" (Wiley, 2015) and "Listed Volatility and Variance Derivatives" (Wiley, forthcoming). Yves lectures on computational finance at the CQF Program (http://cqf.com) as well as on data science at htw saar (http://htwsaar.de). He has written the financial analytics library DX Analytics (http://dx-analytics.com) and organizes meetups and conferences about Python for quantitative finance in Frankfurt, London and New York.

(2) F# on GPUs for Quant Finance
by Dr. Daniel Egloff
Speaker Bio
Dr. Daniel Egloff is partner of InCube Group and Managing Director of QuantAlea, a Swiss software engineering company specialized in GPU software development. He studied mathematics, theoretical physics and computer science and worked for almost 20 years as a quant and software architect.

(3) Financial apps with Excel & Python
by Felix Zumstein

Abstract
While Excel offers an intuitive user interface, it has many deficiencies, VBA just being one of them. xlwings is an open-source library which allows to write Excel automation scripts, macros and user defined functions with Python instead of VBA. This talk gives a rundown of what xlwings can offer and how it can greatly enhance speed and reliability of spreadsheet models by relying on the Python ecosystem for numerical computing.

Speaker Bio
Felix is founding partner of Zoomer Analytics GmbH, a Zürich based consultancy for financial apps and the company behind xlwings. Before that, he was a director at UBS Global Asset Management where he was responsible for building an in-house system to analyze and optimize the strategic asset allocation of institutional and private clients. He holds a Master’s degree in Finance and Economics from the University of St.Gallen and is a CFA charterholder.

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Fintech Week is a series of conferences, workshops, hackathons, meetups and parties. Each day we focus on a different topic. We always ensure that there is plenty of time for networking and meeting other innovators. The main conference/exhibition takes place at the Grange Tower Bridge Hote, but other events take place across the City of London, Canary Wharf and “Tech City.”

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The lecturers and Others:
-Dr. Patrik Gisel, CEO Raiffeisen Switzerland
-Markus Gygax, CEO Valiant Bank
-Hansruedi Köng, CEO PostFinance AG
-Herbert J. Scheidt, Chairman Vontobel Holding AG
-January Schoch, CEO and founder Leonteq
-Martin Scholl, CEO Zürcher Kantonalbank
-Jürg Zeltner , President Wealth Management UBS Group AG

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A Special Blockchain Meetup as Arthur Breitman is in town. Our friends over at Monetas pointed it out and offer to host this event at their offices in Zug.

The presentation is open to the public. Light refreshment will be provided, so if you plan to attend please RSVP by Tuesday, August 30.

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Das IFZ organisiert zusammen mit Partnern aus der FinTech-Industrie kostenlose Abendveranstaltungen, an denen aktuelle Themen rund um FinTech vorgestellt, diskutiert und Netzwerke gepflegt werden.

Folgende Themen werden im IFZ FinTech Forum thematisiert:

- Analytics (Künstliche Intelligenz, Big Data)
- Blockchain
- Robo Advisor
- Identity Management
- Open Bank

Im Anschluss an die Veranstaltungen findet ein Networking-Apéro statt.

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How are innovations valued in large, successful organizations and at universities? Where do get innovative entrepreneurs and experts their ideas and insights from? Do women need promotions in business? What’s special about their situation today? How can innovative start-ups help the financial sector to change/transform? How can innovative start-ups become successful? The questions above and more will be answered in our next, non-profit-oriented educational conference in Zurich.

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WMA Fintech Conference 2016: Evolution, Not Revolution?

The WMA is pleased to announce the inaugural WMA Fintech Conference which is scheduled for Wednesday 7th September 2016 in conjunction with KPMG.

Our Fintech Conference is a one-day event which will provide attendees with a platform to discuss the advantages and potential risks of bringing technology and the Wealth Management industry closer together. Our aim is to encourage firms to review new technology and reflect on ways in which they can adapt their businesses for the benefit of their firms and clients.

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AXA is looking for start-ups that can solve one of the three challenges below with their offering (product/service):

-Additional services for private and corporate customers in the area of mobility
-Additional services for small and medium-sized enterprises that simplify their management or administrative tasks
-Help AXA make its internal operating processes more customer-friendly and efficient

If you are able to impress AXA's innovation team with your application, we will invite you as one of five start-ups to the big Zero Gravity Pitch Event on September 8 in Winterthur. AXA and the winning start-up will then develop a proof of concept or pilot by the end of 2016, which AXA will co-finance with up to CHF 30'000. If this is a success, nothing will stand in the way of a lasting strategic partnership with AXA. Moreover, there is also the possibility of a financial participation through AXA Strategic Ventures.

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In partnership with the EU Commission, the country Styria, WKO Steiermark, the city of Graz will be the second hosting city to gather THE European Crowd experts. All driven by a common goal: enabling the crowd for a greater good. Stakeholder from all 28 European member states represented by dedicated Country Patrons will gather to discuss diverse scenarios of crowd-disruption from the fields of practitioners, academia and politics.

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Dieser Frage möchten wir mit den Einstiegsreferaten und der anschliessenden Podiumsdiskussion unter der Moderation von Reto Lipp (SRF) nachgehen. Die Podiumsteilnehmer, namhafte Persönlichkeiten aus der Immobilienbranche, werden in der Beilage vorgestellt.

Aufgrund des „save-the-date“ E-Mails haben sich bereits zahlreiche Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer angemeldet. Somit sind nur noch einige wenige Plätze frei. Bitte melden Sie sich unter www.swissrei.ch an. Das Problem mit der neuen Anmeldungssoftware haben wir zwischenzeitlich gelöst.

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Why Blockchain will change the World

The cryptocurrency «Bitcoin» generated a lot of positive and negative headlines in the media. With our conference we are kicking off the discussion on which are the long-term capabilities of digital currencies and what will be the impact ?

Blockchain, the fundamental technology behind it, is arguably the most disruptive and the most important discoveries of our age. Now Blockchain is ready to go mainstream. How can this technology improve existing processes? And what are the most interesting use cases of blockchain? What are the impacts of Blockchain for other industries?

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Possibly the largest startup event in Central Switzerland.

The best of the best startups will present. We expect up to hundred investors and several hundred entrepreneurs, mentors, industry representatives and other innovation interested attendees.

STARTUPS
If you like to present, win a cash price and a seat in the San Francisco Accelerator, please register below. Nominees will get a free pitch training prior to the event. The six best from the pitch training will actually present

INVESTORS
We are expecting investors from all over Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy and maybe other European countries. The startups we are going to present are some of the very best and we are organizing a well thought our investment process from selection, introduction, interviews, due diligence, valuation review and call to invest.

STARTUP SUPPORTER
Everybody supporting startups and the idea of entrepreneurial spirit, you should come to this exceptional event. Meet entrepreneurs, mentors, investors and possibly find a way to become an entrepreneur or investor, mentor or supporter.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: August 28.

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At Open Speech and Pitch Fintech session, each speaker will have 60 seconds to share with Geneva community members : a business idea - a product release - new technology - job posting - events…

If you have something important to share it’s your time! 30 speakers will be selected. Join us after for an afterwork drink.

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La scène fintech commence à se structurer en Suisse et des changements de réglementation pourraient remettre en cause des pratiques existantes. Pour échanger autour de ces enjeux et de la gestion des risques, Innovaud organise le 14 septembre prochain une matinée dédiée à ces questions. L’objectif est d’offrir une vue d’ensemble des dangers et des opportunités autour de ces thématiques et de présenter des solutions de pointe développées en Suisse. Maxime Charbonnel, responsable du département multicanal de la BCV, interviendra notamment sur les enjeux de l’expérience utilisateur et Dominique Witz (Swisscom Banking) sur les nouvelles réglementations dans la fintech.

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Nehmen Sie an unserem Webinar teil und erfahren Sie von kompetenten Experten, wie Ihr Unternehmen Insider Attacken meistern kann.

Dieses Webinar übermittelt CISOs (Chief Information Security Officers) und anderen Verantwortlichen für IT Security das Wissen, was der Begriff “Insider Threat” bedeutet und zeigt, wie Sie diese Attacken proaktiv ermitteln und effizient untersuchen. Des Weiteren sehen Sie, wie ObserveIT´s Partner IBV den Unternehmen hilft, «Böse Anwender» herauszufiltern.

Nach diesem Webinar werden Sie wissen:

• Wie Sie die Thematik «Insider Threat Management» richtig einschätzen und definieren
• Wie Sie Insider-Attacken identifizieren und proaktiv vermeiden
• Wie Sie Ihre Mitarbeiter «On the Spot» schulen

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The objective of the FinTech lunch series is to bring together Swiss Finance + Technology Association members and interested people for networking but also to provide a forum for discussion of a dedicated topic. The topic this time is "The Power of Design" for which we have secured two exciting speakers: Angela Dannhorn and Alan Cabello.

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September 16-18, 2016 in Zurich.
Europe's largest Hackathon is back.

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The Swiss ICT Investor Club organizes the SICTIC Investor Day in Zürich and Lausanne up to five times a year. Startups apply with their business plan for a pitch slot at the event and a jury selects the the most promising ones for each event. Successful startups like GetYourGuide, Spontacts (exit to Scout24) or TrekkSoft Ltd. have pitched in the past.

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18:30 - Doors opening / Apero

19:00 - Blockchain Realism: Facts in a World of Fictions - (Florian Glatz)

19:45 - Q & A

20:00 - Open Mic

20:20 - Apero

21:00 - End of the event

About the Speakers:

Florian Glatz is a lawyer, researcher and software developer with a passion for Blockchain Technology. His legal background lies in intellectual property, competition and data protection law. As a researcher he has worked for the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, the European University Institute and CNRS. Florian Glatz is also a web developer with over a decade of work experience. Now, he is focused on understanding and embedding blockchain technology in today's information society.

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The “Swiss Startup Summit” is a campaign / roadshow of 5 months in the Swiss startup ecosystem, which includes all key players on a national level.

The campaign is produced especially in events and via digital media.

Included in the multi-event concept are cantonal economic promoters / location marketers, startup incubators, universities / colleges, technology centers, investors, media, corporates/companies, services – and startups.

The campaign is developed nationally, globally marketed (digital) and culminates as highlight on the 22nd September 2016 in the Swiss Startup Summit, a multi-event-day-happening where the entire startup ecosystem meets in a multilingual region under one roof.

Goal and purpose is networking, the approach of business and relationships, as well as promoting the economic location of Switzerland – nationally and beyond borders!

The Swiss Startup Summit is a integrated and political neutral platform, which provides a stage for all participants in the Swiss startup ecosystem to present their topics to a broad public.

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On the 22th of September, Startupbootcamp InsurTech welcomes you to Zurich for a FastTrack day as part of its international tour to support the best talent in InsurTech. The 10 most promising startups selected from all applications will be invited to pitch their innovative ideas to the Startupbootcamp team and fellow entrepreneurs, get one-on-one mentor feedback, and learn more about our London-based InsurTech accelerator program.

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On the 22nd of September, Startupbootcamp InsurTech welcomes you to Zurich for Startupbootcamp Office Hours.

Office Hours are an informal and casual opportunity for interested startups to meet with Jens Hartwig, COO of Startupbootcamp InsurTech, to discuss their ideas, product, and team, and to receive valuable feedback.

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Discover advances in deep learning tools and techniques from the world's leading innovators across industry, research and the financial sector.

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The Swiss ICT Investor Club organizes the SICTIC Investor Day in Zürich and Lausanne up to five times a year. Startups apply with their business plan for a pitch slot at the event and a jury selects the the most promising ones for each event. Successful startups like GetYourGuide, Spontacts (exit to Scout24) or TrekkSoft Ltd. have pitched in the past.

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HyperLedger and Ethereum - How We Integrate, and The Path Forward
• Ethereum, technical introduction. Get started yourself
• Live demo of a private net and smart contracts
• The DAO, what went wrong?
• Current challenges, expectations
• When to Hyperledger, Ethereum, or Bitcoin?

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Switzerland’s second largest city shines as one of Europe’s most beautiful destinations – and will provide an idyllic setting for Sibos.

We are delighted to be returning to Geneva, following successful events in 1993 and 2002. Its favourable geographical location in the heart of Europe makes it a natural choice for an event that attracts over 7,000 guests from around the world.

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Die FinTech Konferenz Liechtenstein richtet sich an Marktteilnehmer des Finanzplatzes Liechtenstein sowie Entscheider und Interessierte aus der DACH-Region, mit dem Ziel, den regelmäßigen Austausch zu den Themen Innovation und Digitalisierung in der Finanzindustrie zu fördern.

Dabei zielt der Verein FinTech (Liechtenstein) e.V. darauf ab, eine Plattform für den Austausch zwischen Akteuren des Finanzplatzes (im Fürstentum Liechtenstein) und innovativen FinTech Unternehmen zu schaffen um somit das Bewusstsein für das Themenfeld der Finanztechnologie zu erhöhen und den Finanzplatz Liechtenstein in Zeiten der Digitalisierung bestmöglich aufzustellen.

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Join our next nexussquared ‘DrinkUp' and meet Swiss and international blockchain aficionados in a casual environment. The 8th edition of our ‘DrinkUp’ will take place on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 from 6pm onwards @ LIMA Bar, Talacker 34 in Zurich.

The key-note speech by François Sonnet: "Blockchain application in the energy industry: SolarCoin“ will start at 6.30pm

Full Day Sessions with the most influential thinkers , movers and shakers , talent force of tomorrow in Blockchain

Venue : Geneva (TBC)

When : 30 September 9 am to 6 pm

What’s cool this summer: Blockchain in Swiss Alps

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Conference Objective
Explore use cases for blockchain and exploit the opportunity to facilitate fast, efficient and secure transfer of assets
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Conference Content
-Embracing Blockchain: Cut through the hype to see how distributed ledger technology could provide a transformative opportunity to eradicate antiquated systems and processes within your organisation
-Use Cases: Investigate use cases including payments, settlements, KYC, AML, blockchain as a service and identity management to see how financial institutions can exploit blockchain
-Regulatory Environment: Hear how distributed ledgers could improve transparency, audit trails and transaction reporting to ease regulatory and compliance processes
-Technology Hurdles: Address concerns around performance, scalability and blockchain infrastructure to alleviate trepidations surrounding blockchain implementation
-Other Blockchain Experience: Learn from companies operating outside of finance to see how you can save money, time and resources by implementing blockchain in your business​

The 3rd Annual Insurance Analytics Europe Summit will bring together 200+ insurance executives from across Europe to explore both innovation in the insurance industry and uncover strategies to fully utilise the ever-increasing analytics capabilities available to insurers.

Featuring over 60 speakers including AIG, Aviva, Zurich, Generali and more, there is no other European insurance event that explores both the future of the industry including cutting-edge technology and innovative trends, as well as providing practical strategies to best use analytics across the core insurance business units including underwriting, pricing, claims and marketing.

For more information, see http://events.insurancenexus.com/insuranceanalyticseu

The Swiss ICT Investor Club organizes the SICTIC Investor Day in Zürich and Lausanne up to five times a year. Startups apply with their business plan for a pitch slot at the event and a jury selects the the most promising ones for each event. Successful startups like GetYourGuide, Spontacts (exit to Scout24) or TrekkSoft Ltd. have pitched in the past.

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The startup movement has accelerated growth in many cities and global industries, and fintech is one the most exciting and rapidly developing industries in the world! The time for entrepreneurs and innovators to work together and invest in their ideas is now. The industry in Switzerland is more susceptible to ideas now than ever before. Our goal for this event is to connect people who are passionate and want to tackle the tough challenges in the financial and fintech industries, all while learning-by-doing, firsthand, what makes a business and an idea successful.

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Bringing together senior figures from all areas of the financial services sector, The Blockchain Summit will address the key questions in distributed ledger technology. From board-level strategic implications and best practices to the challenges of mass adoption, this blockchain conference will shed light on the next steps and long-term impacts of DLT developments in FS.

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Where platforms and investors come to learn, network and do business. The 3rd annual LendIt Europe conference and expo will take place at the InterContinental London - O2. This year’s event will bring together more than 1,000 industry leaders and include the region's largest online lending expo with more than 2,500 square metres of exhibition space.

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Get involved and benefit from great opportunities to learn and to share experiences on a global level. Meet and network with experts, thought leaders and professionals in E-Invoicing, Purchase to Pay, E-Procurement, Supply Chain Finance, AR/AP.

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JAX London is a four-day conference for cutting-edge software engineers and enterprise-level professionals. JAX brings together the world’s leading innovators in the fields of JAVA, microservices, continuous delivery and DevOps.

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Bei der Fintech Week Hamburg 2016 treffen rund 2.000 Akteure aus der Fintech- und der Bankenbranche aufeinander, um eine Woche lang die zukunftsweisenden Trends und Konzepte zu diskutieren. Auf mehr als 20 Veranstaltungen vom Netzwerk-Frühstück über die klassische Konferenz bis zum Hackathon werden Themen vertieft, Lösungen entwickelt und Kontakte geknüpft.

Mit Hamburg findet die Fintech Week 2016 an einem Ort statt, der sich mehr und mehr zu einem Hotspot der Branche entwickelt. Neben den etablierten Bankhäusern entstehen erfolgreiche Start-ups, die mit ihren neuartigen Lösungen Innovationstreiber in Deutschland und Europa sind. Die Event-Woche vereint das Beste, das die Stadt zu bieten hat, mit spannenden neuen Formaten und exklusiven Networking-Gelegenheiten!

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The decision of the UK to leave the European Union, has plunged the financial services industry into uncertainty. This will be the ‘mother of all change programmes’ and systems will need to be more flexible than previously required. Minimising uncertainty is the order of the day, it is time for industry wide discussion.

Brexit apart, compliance spending for large multinational banks is regularly upwards of $1 billion and Citi Bank have 26,000 compliance staff earning on average $60,000 dollars. According to Schroders it’s only a matter of time before Shareholders begin to kick up a fuss about the cost of regulation.

The European RegTech Congress will provide a platform for the discussions really needed to move the space forward. With a dedicated track to exploring the realities of Regtech adoption, how to harmonise wide ranging platforms and the standards the technology needs to meet. Our practical ‘RegTech in Action’ track featuring dedicated seminars on topics such as the impact the move to Mifid II will have and how RegTech can manage Post-Brexit uncertainty.. For more information, visit www.regtechevent.com

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Innovation and disruption in finance is celebrated at the FinTech Africa Awards event 13 October 2016 in Johannesburg.

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Come start a company, learn something new, test your developer skills, maybe meet your future co-founder – either way you’ll have the most fun you’ve ever had! Startup Weekend is a 54-hour event where developers, designers and business folks come together to pitch an idea and launch a business, all in one weekend. It is a great opportunity to test startup ideas, meet like minded people and potential co-founders, build the community in Zürich and launch your next startup!

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Brexit & Global Expansion Summit is the world’s leading event on Brexit.

It is uniquely timed to provide a crucial platform for learning, discussion and networking between corporate and government leaders on international expansion and the impact of Brexit on FDI globally.

Following the EU referendum, business leaders are already weighing their options and exploring alternative international markets for their investments. Will businesses planning a move into the UK reconsider their next move? Will companies with a current home in the UK, make relocation plans? What contingency plans are emerging? How will governments and investment agencies around the world respond?

The event includes a comprehensive conference programme with keynotes, multiple track sessions, a large exhibition and welcomes over 1,000 delegate and 120+ speakers. In addition, Brexit & Global Expansion Summit will play host to a series of high level one-to-one meetings, a range of networking activities and deep dive workshops.

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Der Liechtensteiner Investitionsmarkt (LIM) findet am Mittwoch, 19. Oktober 2016, im SAL in Schaan statt. Die Tagung bringt bereits zum fünften Mal innovative Start-ups und KMU auf Kapitalsuche mit Investoren und hochkarätigen Entscheidungsträgern zusammen. Einer der Höhepunkte der Veranstaltung ist der Auftritt von Dr. Henri B. Meier. Er zählt zu den Schweizer Venture-Capital-Investoren der ersten Stunde und setzt sich für einen Zukunftsfonds zur Unterstützung von Start-ups ein. Ebenso hochkarätig sind die beiden Talkgäste - Entrepreneur Patrick Hilty (CEO und Partner Grant Thornton) und Philipp Ries (Google und Start-up-Coach). Im Zentrum des Anlasses stehen innovative und aufstrebende Start-ups oder bestehende Unternehmen auf Kapitalsuche, die Geldgeber für ihre neue Geschäftsidee suchen. Es erwartet Sie ein abwechslungsreicher Nachmittag mit neuen Impulsen und innovativen Ideen!

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Where Innovative Startups and Investors meet in Switzerland

Swiss startup Day brings together startups, investors, support organisations, representatives of industrial companies and like-minded people to learn, share, inspire and expand their network. This year the event will take place in two days from October 24th to October 25th. Registration is now open. Start-ups that want to take part in the Pitching Battle can apply for the Elevator Pitches where the companies will be selected.

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Deepen Customer Engagement Through The Development Of An Omnichannel & Frictionless Customer Experience Journey Enabled by Innovative Technology

CONFERENCE CONTENT
-The Future of Customer Experience: Track the trends shaping customer’s interactions and behaviours and the importance of a coherent customer experience strategy to your business

-Building a Customer Experience Strategy: Build the business case for an industry leading customer experience strategy that delivers frictionless interactions across multiple channels

-Customer Experience Excellence: Identify key moments in the customer journey, concepts of co-creation and collaboration with tech partners to deliver exceptional customer experience

-Customer-Centric Product Design: Use an iterative approach to product design that offers choice, flexibility and seamless channel interaction to facilitate deeper product engagement

-Customer Experience Tech Use Cases: Access proven, transformative customer experience enabling technologies to automate and digitalise your customer experience journeys

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Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin. He is the author of Mastering Bitcoin, published by O'Reilly Media and considered by many to be the best technical guide to bitcoin. As an engaging public speaker, teacher and writer, Andreas makes complex subjects accessible and easy to understand. As an advisor, he helps startups recognize, evaluate, and navigate security and business risks.

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Fintech Europe will feature practitioner-oriented sessions across a broad spectrum of topics carefully chosen to meet the needs of those engaged in managing private wealth.

The day has been designed to be interactive and participatory. Inspiring keynotes from industry thought leaders will be mixed with interactive panels and a series of roundtables where you get to discuss key issues with peers, all moderated by a Managers of Wealth expert collaborator.

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It’s gold-rush season in the insurance sector. The digital transformation proceeds rapidly also in this industry. The pressure on established insurances is getting intensified by a variety of new technologies. Blockchain, the internet of Things as well as a new customer understanding and InsureTech Startups play a key role in the matter.

The first Finance 2.0 – InsurTech Conference connects the insurance industry with InsureTechs. Motto: Collaboration in facing the digital transformation.

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Everything you know about finance is about to change. Over the last 7 years an experiment called bitcoin has created and proven a new kind of financial technology: The Blockchain.

The Blockchain is a new, smarter way to track financial transactions and contracts. They are faster, safer and more efficient than any ledger ever before. They are set to rock the financial world. Are you ready?

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Themenschwerpunkte der Jahrestagung 2016

-Digitalisierung im Payment
-Updates zu Twint/Paymit, SwissWallet, ApplePay, MyWallet, Debit Card Wallet
-Blockchain: Chancen und konkrete Auswirkungen auf das Payment

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Marketforce’s 6th annual Cards & Payments Innovation Europe is a content-driven conference aimed at senior decision makers from across the continent. Join all the key members of the European payments ecosystem, including major banks, card schemes, payments processors and emerging challengers, to take an in-depth look at how your organisation can prepare for a successful future in this rapidly changing market.

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Das IFZ organisiert zusammen mit Partnern aus der FinTech-Industrie kostenlose Abendveranstaltungen, an denen aktuelle Themen rund um FinTech vorgestellt, diskutiert und Netzwerke gepflegt werden.

Folgende Themen werden im IFZ FinTech Forum thematisiert:

- Analytics (Künstliche Intelligenz, Big Data)
- Blockchain
- Robo Advisor
- Identity Management
- Open Bank

Im Anschluss an die Veranstaltungen findet ein Networking-Apéro statt.

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Innovationen im FinTech-Bereich haben in den letzten Jahren eine rasante Entwicklung in der Finanzindustrie ausgelöst. Aufgrund der Geschwindigkeit dieser Änderungen sind jedoch noch viele rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen offen.

Niederer Kraft & Frey und die Swiss Finance + Technology Association organisieren einen gemeinsamen Anlass zum Thema „FinTech-Startups: (Rechtliche) Perspektiven für die Finanzdienstleistungen der Zukunft“.

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Join us at Customer Strategy Innovation Conference (CSIC) 2016, London, UK and meet our Keynote Speakers providing you with valuable insights to how to develop a customer driven strategy and enhance overall customer experience.

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The Swiss Fintech Investor Day is a matchmaking event where 12 Swiss Fintech startups selected by a jury pitch to find experienced smart money investors.

If you are an investor or a business angel, this event is for you.

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The Swiss Fintech Investor Day is a matchmaking event where 12 Swiss Fintech startups selected by a jury pitch to find experienced smart money investors.

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Join Fintech News at the In|Vest Europe event, November 15, 2016 in London.

In|Vest Europe brings the wealth management industry together to explore the latest innovations in investing, saving and financial advice. Join hundreds of executives representing digital platforms private banks, investment advisers and technology leaders.

Use promo code FINTECH to receive a 15% discount when you register on the event website.

Need to know more? Check out the Website at InVest.Events or contact Maria DeMartino at Maria.DeMartino@sourcemedia.com or +1 212-803-8775.

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The A&RF Forum showcases the latest SME finance & working capital management tools from traditional lenders & alternative platforms. Find out how technology is democratising access to finance, with expert speakers from: Platform Black, British Business Bank, iwoca, Atom Bank, Funding XChange, British Bankers Association, Gapcap, Funding Circle, Shawbrook Bank.

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Ein «Muss» für alle Praktiker, die wissen wollen, wie sich die verschiedenen Wettbewerber im Schweizer Retail Banking entwickelt haben und welche Lösungsansätze im schwierigen Marktumfeld aktuell diskutiert werden. Es werden einerseits die Ergebnisse der IFZ Retail Banking Studie vorgestellt. Andererseits nehmen verschiedene Persönlichkeiten aus der Finanzindustrie Stellung zu relevanten Entwicklungen im Retail Banking und zeigen auf welche Lösungsansätze im schwierigen Marktumfeld aktuell diskutiert werden.

Kosten

CHF 560.-, inkl. Studie im Wert von CHF 290.-

Referentinnen und Referenten

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Zielgruppe

Führungskräfte und Entscheidungsträger/innen von Schweizer Banken und weiteren im Retail Banking tätigen Instituten. Alle am Retail Banking interessierte Personen, welche sich eine interessante, spannende sowie konstruktive Analyse und Debatte von Top-Referenten nicht entgehen lassen wollen. Ebenfalls sind Mandats- und Entscheidungsträger/innen in der Exekutive, Legislative und der Verwaltung auf Gemeinde-, Kantons- oder Bundesebene herzlich eingeladen.

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ARE YOU READY TO DISRUPT THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY IN JUST 24 HOURS?

Don’t miss this opportunity to join the EPAM Blockchain Hackathon in Switzerland to compete in developing blockchain solutions to solve real problems in the market.

The event is hosted by EPAM in collaboration with Swiss Finance + Technology Association and Validity Labs. The three largest insurance companies from Switzerland created the challenges and are looking forward to hearing your creative ideas.

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The Private Wealth Switzerland Forum is a one-day, investor-only meeting focused on fund selection, portfolio management and investment opportunity identification. Join us on November 21st in Zurich for this closed-door meeting designed to be the most effective networking and strategy exchange platform available to IFAs, private banks and family offices from across the region.

Panels include:

· Technologies to Enhance Investment Security and Performance

· How Can Technology Increase Profits and Enhance your Wealth Management Experience?

· Wealth Planning, Asset Protection and Structuring for After Risk, After Tax Returns

· Opportunistic Alternative Investing

· Family Governance & Dynamics

Sample list of investors that will be attending:

· Eric Verleyen, Global Chief Investment Officer, Societe Generale Private Banking

· Anja Hochberg, Chief Investment Officer Europe & Switzerland, Credit Suisse

· Philipp Bärtschi, Chief Investment Officer, Bank J. Safra Sarasin

· Humberto Garcia de Alba, Director of Global Wealth, BBVA

· Stefano Spurio, Global Head Investment Advisory, Julius Baer Group

· Stéphane Monier, Head of Investments, Lombard Odier Private Bank

· Christophe Donay, Head of Asset Allocation and Macro research, Banque Pictet & Cie

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ZUR JAHRESTAGUNG. ALLE INHALTE UND HIGHLIGHTS AUF EINEN BLICK.

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Join 300 active FinTech investors, financial institutions and startup founders on November 24th in London for the FinTech Investor Forum. The Forum provides an environment for the most active institutional, corporate and venture investors to assess where the most attractive investment opportunities lie over the next year. In parallel, it enables investors to engage with the directors and CEOs of industry-leading companies and startups.

AltAssets has produced over forty extremely successful investor-focused forums by adhering to a proven format which provides: a private club-type environment; an investor-driven agenda; senior-level participants, a restriction on the total number of total attendees, a one-to-one balance of investors to investees; and extensive networking sessions.

The Forum will enable participants to make high-level connections, forecast industry developments and generate insights on the FinTech sectors and companies to which future investment capital will flow. We welcome you to join us if you are involved in creating the future.

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Join our next nexussquared ‘DrinkUp' and meet Swiss and international blockchain aficionados in a casual environment. The 10th edition of our ‘DrinkUp’ will take place on Thursday, November 24, 2016 from 7:00 p.m. onwards. The location in Zurich will be communicated in due course to the registered parties.

It is our great pleasure to have another timely topic for the event following the issues surrounding ‘The DAO’ this summer and the increasing interest in smart contracts from a corporate’s perspective - the presentations from Nina-Luisa Siedler and Biba Homsy (bios below) will elaborate on “Blockchain & Smart Contracts from a Legal Perspective“.

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The Future of Retail Banking is back and is bigger and better than before. With a brand new day focused on Customer Engagement in Banking and a stellar speaker line-up confirmed, the event will provide the perfect platform to learn from those driving change across the industry.

It’s no secret that innovation is absolutely crucial to remain competitive in the banking landscape. Our two day Retail Banking Summit will give you the knowledge you need to succeed, with hot topics on the agenda including artificial intelligence, open banking and app-only banking.

Our new third day, Customer Engagement Banking, will explore a wide array of business-critical topics ranging from personalisation and value-adding services to brand evangelists and encouraging customers to care about banking.

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Referenten:

• Regierungsrätin Carmen Walker Späh, Stiftungsratspräsidentin

• Lothar Ziörjen, Stadtpräsident Dübendorf

• Prof. Dr. Lino Guzzella, Präsident ETH Zürich

• René Kalt, Geschäftsführer Stiftung Innovationspark Zürich

• Daniel Gasteiger, Co-Founder Nexussquared

• Prof. Dr. Michael Schaepman, Dekan Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Zürich

Eine Anmeldung für die Veranstaltung ist nicht notwendig. Der Stiftungsrat freut sich auf Ihre Teilnahme.

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FinTech Connect Live, Europe’s most exciting, full eco-system Fintech event, is back – bigger, better and busier than ever, once again putting London at the centre of the Fintech map. With 150+ exhibitors, 2500+ attendees, 50%+ start-ups, scale ups and industry giants all coming together in one place to help you learn, network and fully immerse yourselves in the energy created by the most exciting industry. New to 2016 – PayTech Live & InsurTech Live conferences!

Tickets start from as little as £39*, making the event accessible for even the newest start-ups. Put it in the diary, get it signed off and get ready for free, pre-event content, webinars, industry insights, instructional videos, blogs, press releases and more as we build up to the most important event in the Fintech 2016 Calendar. (*Pre-Series A start-ups)

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IBM - Showcasing Blockchain & Watson

Get to know what IBM is currently working on.

The Hyperledger Project

IBM joins Linux Foundation to help advance blockchain.

Go beyond artificial intelligence with Watson

Watson is working with businesses, scientists, researchers, and governments to outthink our biggest challenges.

Program - Start at 12:00

• Intro Swiss Finance + Technology Association

• First Presentation - Hyperledger (Michael Osborne)

• Second Presentation - Watson (TBD)

• Open Discussion

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Our belief is that through the dialogue and community education the Swiss Finance + Technology Association can play an important role in directing FinTechs on their business route as well as demonstrating channels to cooperate with financial system players. In the framework of this series algorithmic trading platforms will offer you access to the global community of traders, whereas "smartphone" banks functionalities will be put to test. We will debate artificial intelligence making a way into commodities trading as well as our findings on valuation of FinTech companies. We kick off the series with the conversation about the future of investing on Dec 14th with a few innovators among established financial players and FinTech.

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FinTech lunches bring together Swiss Finance + Technology Association members and the interested public for networking but also to provide a forum for discussion of a dedicated topic. The topic this time is "Building a business on Cyberrisk" for which we have secured exciting speakers: Matthias Bossardt from KPMG and Maya Bundt from Swiss Re.

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1) Matthias Bossardt (KPMG)
Matthias leads KPMG's cyber security and IT risk consulting practice. In this role he helps Financial and other institutions advancing their digital transformation while protecting their clients and assets from the risks in an increasingly connected world. Matthias is a Partner at KPMG with a background as a researcher and engineer in software and hardware design.

2) Maya Bundt (Swiss Re)
Maya is Head Cyber and Digital Strategy at Swiss Re Reinsurance and responsible for further developing and implementing the Reinsurance cyber risk strategy and for driving digital innovation and initiatives. Before joining Swiss Re in 2003 Maya worked as a strategy consultant for BCG and obtained a PhD in environmental sciences.

3) Quick lunch & Networking

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CFA Switzerland brings a flurry of CFA related activity to Lugano just before Xmas!

Members who are interested in Ascom and what three USI student teams competing in the CFA Research Challenge’s Octofinals are making of it, are welcome to join the audience for this intense competition.

This will be followed by an inspiring CE presentation on Fintech and its impact on asset management, which will provide ample conversation starters (as if needed) for the Season’s drinks, courtesy of Morningstar. Thanks to our sponsor, this event is extraordinarily conducted free-of-charge.

CFA Society Switzerland, Swiss Finance + Technology Association and Università della Svizzera italiana are joining their networks for this great end-of-year occasion.

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