Switzerland's future as an international financial center

Date

August 20, 2021, 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Virtual Event

Nicolas Véron (PIIE), Daniela Stoffel (Swiss Federal Department of Finance) and Daniel Heller (Fnality)

Event Summary

Switzerland has long occupied a unique position in the international financial system. That role is evolving in response to changing geopolitics, enhanced tax transparency, Brexit, and its recent decision to terminate negotiations with the European Union on the EU-Swiss Institutional Framework Agreement.

Joining this episode of Financial Statements were:

HOST

Nicolas Véron
Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

GUESTS

  • Daniela Stoffel
    State Secretary for International Finance, Swiss Federal Department of Finance
  • Daniel Heller
    Head of Regulatory Affairs, Fnality

Video

Series

About This Series

Financial Statements is a biweekly virtual event series hosted by Nicolas Véron that explores changes in the world of finance, encompassing themes of financial services regulation, corporate finance and governance, systemic fragility and crises, and structural changes driving business and policy trends in the financial sector.