Swiss Finance Institute

Teaching FinTech at EPFL

Published:31.05.23 — Last autumn, a groundbreaking FinTech program was launched on campus by the Executive Education unit at EPFL. This inaugural course, primarily targeting executives in the banking sector, achieved remarkable success by attracting more than 50 enthusiastic participants.

“With so many zeros, it's hard to make the link with the real world"

Published:02.05.23 — While his background makes him an unlikely candidate to become a teacher – especially at a technology school – Andreas Fuster’s choice to join EPFL in 2021 proved to be a good one: he’s been named best teacher in the financial engineering section for 2022.

Realstone Sustainable Finance Scholarship

Published:20.03.23 — During the fall semester, an outstanding Master student in financial engineering was awarded a "Sustainable Finance Scholarship" by Realstone.

Learning about the economy: effort and satisfaction are key

Published:13.03.23 — The College of Management of Technology offers courses in the humanities and social sciences that are becoming increasingly popular. Bachelor students from other faculties are eager to join. Reactions.

Finance & Technology Conference on Decentralized Finance

Published:08.03.23 — The Finance and Technology 2023 conference will be held on April 26 at the Starling Hotel @EPFL. The topic this year is decentralized finance. During the conference, different speakers will seek to shed light on what works and what doesn't work in DeFi and how to build trust in it.

Prof. Semyon Malamud selected at the Utah Winter Finance Conference

Published:01.02.23 — Two papers co-authored by Professor Semyon Malamud have been selected for presentation at the Utah Winter Finance Conference.

Prestigious Brattle Group Prize for Prof. Andreas Fuster

Published:12.01.23 — Professor Fuster's winning paper, entitled "Predictably Unequal? The Effects of Machine Learning on Credit Markets" was chosen by the Editors and Associate Editors of The Journal of Finance from a pool of eligible papers published in The Journal during the prior year.

The Virtue of Complexity in Return Prediction

Published:21.12.22 — Professors Semyon Malamud from [email protected], Bryan T. Kelly and Kangying Zhou both from Yale School of Management have a new forthcoming paper in the prestigious Journal of Finance.

The possible impact of debt on innovation and growth

Published:10.11.22 — Prof. Erwan Morellec together with Prof. Thomas Geelen (Copenhagen Business School) and Prof. Jakub Hajd (HEC Montreal) have published an article in the Review of Financial Studies entitled "Can Corporate Debt Foster Innovation and Growth?"

Prof. Malamud's latest publication seen as potentially transformative

Published:08.11.22 — Prof. Semyon Malamud's lastest paper: "The Virtue of Complexity in Return Prediction" written with Bryan T. Kelly (Yale SOM) and Kangying Zhou (Yale School of Management) is the lead topic of a review written by Jin Won Choi, COE of Enjine. He cites this research as one of the few papers that challenge conventional wisdom about financial machine learning.