24 March 2024 - 2 pm (CET) The increasing use of cryptoassets is expected to bring many opportunities and benefits through greater competition and efficiency in financial services. At the same time, the volatility of crypto markets has fueled significant concerns for investors and consumers. In particular, the recent collapse of leading digital asset exchange FTX has spurred questions about ethical risks, including comingling of customer assets, lack of transparency, and conflicts of … [Read more...] about Webinar – After FTX collapse: can cryptoassets be ethical?
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Webinar – Will Sustainable finance deliver? What? How? When?
Review the event https://youtu.be/1-ugG74fdqA Sustainable Finance is rooted in the pledge that "doing well" and "doing good" can go hand in hand; that financial returns and positive social and environmental externalities can easily become complements; that finance is a positive-sum game. More than 30 years after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro (1992) where the concept of sustainability has been defined, expectations as to the potential achievements of Sustainable Finance are higher … [Read more...] about Webinar – Will Sustainable finance deliver? What? How? When?
Webinar Insurance, Ethics and Sustainability – 1 December 2022
Review the event https://youtu.be/vuNLQzBhvNQ The insurance industry offers a powerful engine to implement the climate transition due to its (global) size, its know-how in managing long-term risks and the multiple roles it plays in the economy. Thanks to their expertise in risk pricing and their investment capacities, insurance companies are capable to structurally influence the behaviour of economic players while supporting their development. At least four levers are available to them. … [Read more...] about Webinar Insurance, Ethics and Sustainability – 1 December 2022
Official Launch of the 9th Edition of the Prize, 8 June 2022
The launch of the 9th edition (2022/2023) of the global Prize Ethics & Trust in Finance for a Sustainable Future will encourage candidates to reflect on the role of ethics to help shape a more sustainable and responsible financial system for the future. Such intellectual effort is made all the more necessary and urgent by the growing importance of the financial stake in private and public affairs and by the mounting challenge of climate change and the deployment of new technologies in … [Read more...] about Official Launch of the 9th Edition of the Prize, 8 June 2022
Is there something to learn from the crisis at Danone?
by Josina Kamerling, Head of Regulatory Outreach at CFA Institute and Paul Dembinski, Director of the Observatoire de la Finance and professor at the University of Fribourg The departure of Emmanuel Faber, who joined the group in 1997 and took over as CEO in 2014, marks the downfall of one of the most visible advocates for a more responsible capitalism in which companies do not only serve shareholders but also protect the environment, their employees and suppliers. It is important to recall … [Read more...] about Is there something to learn from the crisis at Danone?
Online Event: Ethics in the Age of Digital Finance Issues and Challenges
Ethics in the Age of Digital Finance Issues and Challenges From online banking to contactless payments and cryptocurrencies, financial technology – or FinTech – is rapidly impacting the financial services industry and those who must supervise and use it. The webinar is an opportunity to discuss how new technologies impact financial services and what are the ethical opportunities and challenges raised by the digitization of finance. It will also introduce the audience to the global … [Read more...] about Online Event: Ethics in the Age of Digital Finance Issues and Challenges