Final blog

I will not be making any further posts to this blog.

May I take this opportunity to warmly thank the visitors (clocking up 10,000 visits from 100+ countries) and contributors (from Institute visitors to students to directors at the SFI) for supporting the blog!

Institute Director Jean-Pierre Danthine to join Swiss National Bank

The Managing Director of the Swiss Finance Institute, Jean-Pierre Danthine, will join the Swiss National Bank's Governing Board in 2010.

The announcement of professor Danthine's appointment was made on April 8th and was widely reported in the press.

For those keen to see researchers represented in Government, the appointment is good news and I wish Jean-Pierre the very best in the role.

Rajna Gibson considered for future Swiss National Bank Board

Following the announcement of Jean-Pierre Roth's retirement at the end of the year, Swiss Finance Institute's Rajna Gibson has been named as a possible candidate for the Executive Board of the Swiss National Bank.

Professor Gibson, pictured here in discussion with Banque Cantonale Vaudoise Board Chairman Olivier Steimer, is director of research at the SFI.

Watch this space for developments.