Marc Chesney

Head of Department of Banking and Finance, Professor of Quantitative Finance at University of Zurich

Schools

  • University of Zurich

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Biography

University of Zurich

Education

  • 1994: «Habilitation à diriger des recherches», Panthéon-Sorbonne University
  • 1989: Ph.D. in Finance, University of Geneva
  • 1986: Master’s degree in Economics, (Diplôme d'Économie Politique) University of Geneva
  • 1984: Master’s degree in Econometrics (Diploma of Advanced Studies in Econometrics: DEA), Université de Paris
  • 1983: Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics (Diploma of Advanced Studies: DEA), Université de Paris

Research Interest

  • Financial crises
  • The systemic risk generated by financial innovation and global debt
  • Financial markets manipulations
  • Insider Trader Activities
  • Globalisation and Financialisation of the Economy
  • Global Warming and the Financial Sector

Other Professional Activities

  • Chair of the Center of Competence for Sustainable Finance, University of Zurich
  • President of the AREF Association (L’Association pour le Renouvellement de la Recherche et de l’Enseignement en Economie et Finance), based at the University of Fribourg
  • Steering committee member of the Sustainability Research Initiative of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) and Chair of the working group: Economic and finance systems for wellbeing
  • Board member of the Ethos Foundation
  • Finance Watch member

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