In November 2001 the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) launched the National Centre of Competence in Research „Financial Valuation and Risk Management“. Directed by Prof. Rajna Gibson from the University of Zurich, the NCCR FINRISK constitutes a Swiss Research Network in Finance integrating over 30 Professors from almost all academic institutions within Switzerland, i.e. the University of Zurich („leading house“), ETH Zurich as well as the Universities of Basel, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano and Neuchatel.

Objectives of the NCCR FINRISK:

• to foster fundamental and applied research in Finance
• to stimulate knowledge transfer between academics and practioners
• to create a first-class Swiss doctoral program in Finance

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