 | Ticino Seminar, Sept 6 & 7, Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano
Swiss Banking: External Constraints and Opportunities
Where are today's most profitable opportunities, free from heavy downside risks? This two-day seminar, in Lugano, will survey the challenges that financial institutions face in taxation, national and international regulations, shadow banking, cross-border banking and IT security. The speakers will outline the current status of these issues, foresee future developments, and identify profitable but stable opportunities.
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September 6 (10.00 - 17.30)
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September 7 (10.00 - 16.30)
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„Taxation“ by
Dr. Hans-Joachim Jaeger, Ernst & Young
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“National Regulations” by
Dr. Felix Wenger, McKinsey
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- A view back into tax history: how did tax transparency come about?
- Picturing the current trends of tax transparency initiatives that impact the Swiss banking sector
- Information on final withholding tax and FATCA, and discussing their likely impact on banks, responsible officers, and clients
- Discussing the risk landscape evolving in the wake of tax transparency
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- Status of the national regulations
- The influence of the national debt crisis on Swiss banking
- Perspectives on macro-economic impact
- Is too big to fail for Switzerland finalized?
- Influence of regulations:
- Structural changes on
Swiss banking
- New business opportunities,
giving up on existing activities
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“Shadow Banking: Hedge Funds” by
Dr. David Wicki, Zurich Cantonal Bank
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"International Regulations" by
Dr. Stefan Jaecklin, Oliver Wyman
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- Hedge funds regulations
- Shadow banking activities
- Alternative investments
- Off-shore regulation
- National regulation
- Systemic relevance
- Leverage-ratio
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- Overview on significant international regulations:
- Decision-makers and key
initiatives
- Uncertainties, underestimated
topics - International regulations and competition between financial markets
- Future architecture of international regulation authorities.
- Influence of international regulations:
- Structural changes
on Swiss banking
- New business opportunities,
givingup on existing activities
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"IT Security and Cryptography" by
Prof. Srdjan Capkun, ETH Zurich
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"Cross Border Banking" by
Dr. Peter Damisch, BCG
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- On-line security trends
- Security "in the clouds"
- Security challenges in mobile computing
- Properly removing the data
- The importance of securing the location services
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- Global offshore landscape and market sizing
- Global trends in offshore banking
- Comparison of major Offshore Booking Centers
- Cross-border banking in Switzerland
- Expected volumes and revenue pools in Switzerland
- New realities and resulting imperatives for Swiss Private Banks
- Outlook on the future Offshore banking landscape
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This seminar is open to senior professionals and executives only. More information can be found in these documents:
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