Seminar

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Spring Semester / Frühjahrsemester 2024

	Financial Regulation - Principles and Policy
Type:	Bachelor and Master Seminar, Doctorate Colloquium
Grades:	tbd
Date:	Monday, 13 May 2024 Tuesday, 14 May 2024 Participation in the seminar requires attendance on site on both days for the entire duration of the seminar.
Time:	8.00 - 18.00
Location:	Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law Ltd Feldeggstrasse 4, 8008 Zurich
Language:	English
Information:	A research outline (in English) of 1-2 pages on your topic of choice must be submitted by email to the chair and approved before your topic is secured. The deadline for submitting the research outline is 31 January, but we encourage students to send it in as early as possible.
Topics:	International Banking Regulation Swiss Banking Law and Regulation European Union Banking and Financial Market Regulation International Economic Law Financial Crime and Sanctions Corporate Law and Governance Insider Dealing and Market Abuse Bitcoin and Decentralized Finance Please note that Professor Alexander encourages students to consider doing a comparative or international analysis in their thesis topic, but this is not specifically required. Please feel free to look at topics from previous years as well as Professor Alexander's teaching materials for inspiration.
Target students:	Bachelor students - Bachelor's thesis for 6 ECTS Master students - Master's thesis for 12 ECTS Double-degree students from KU Leuven - Master's thesis for 18 ECTS PhD students for their Doctorate Colloquium - 6 ECTS credits
Presentation:	All participants are required to hold a 10-15 min presentation (with ppt) on the topic of their paper and answer questions. The presentation is not graded separately, it is just an opportunity for additional questions and interaction with the Chair as well as other participants. Your presentation can only influence your grade in a positive direction. Please send the slides for the presentation by Friday, May 10, no later than 16.00 Uhr to lst.alexander@ius.uzh.ch or bring them directly to the seminar on a stick.
Credits:	Bachelor students can get 6 credits, Master students can get 12 credits for their Master's thesis (does not apply to double-degree students from KU Leuven, who can get 18 ECTS). PhD students can get 6 ECTS credits as one of their required colloquia.
Formalities:	You can find the formalities on our chair website under Bachelor and Master Thesis. The same prerequisites apply for Bachelor students. Failure to meet these requirements will be taken into consideration negatively.
Submission:	3 May 2024 Please send 2 hard copies to our Chair (not registered/nicht eingeschrieben): Universität Zürich, RWF Lehrstuhl Alexander Rämistrasse 74/22 8001 Zürich or bring 2 hard copies to our Chair between 15.00 - 16.30 Uhr Office RAI-G-099/097 Please send a PDF and a Word Document by email to: lst.alexander@ius.uzh.ch Note: The postmark on the mail/package serves as proof of timely delivery to the post office. No PDF and Word submission later than 23.59 Uhr. Papers that are submitted too late will not be corrected and will therefore not be graded (fail). Both deadlines (hard copie and PDF, Word submission) must be met for the paper to be considered submitted on time.