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Leader Spotlights

Tony Svanascini: On Resilience

Tony Svanascini is the CEO of Americaneagle.com. Mr. Svanascini is a member of the American Swiss Foundation's Board of Directors and an alumnus of the 2010 Young Leaders Conference.

Vince Lombardi, the great football coach of the Green Bay Packers, said: “It’s not whether you got knocked down, it’s whether you get back up.” I think this statement has helped me more than any other in life and business. Resiliency is arguably nature’s most impressive...

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Going Mainstream: Sustainable Investing and ESG Standard Setting

September 2021

Sustainable investing, specifically as defined by environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, has taken off big in many parts of the world, not least in Switzerland and the United States. How does ESG investing work, why do standards matter, are standards reliable, why should investors care about ESG considerations—and will there be enough investors to make ESG criteria a permanent fixture in the world’s capital markets?

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Business, Finance & E'ship Oct 18, 2021

Fireside Chat on Current Legal Issues

ASF CONNECT with Robert Giuffra (YL 1996); Markus Diethelm; and Jay Clayton

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Business, Finance & E'ship Oct 08, 2021

ESG Standard Setting: Challenges and Pathways Forward

ASF CONNECT with Markus Diethelm, Anisa Costa (YL 2003), Tamur Goudarzi-Pour, and Bettina Schaller (YL 2011)

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Managing Disruptive Technological Change

ASF CONNECT with Michelle Gonzalez (YL 2009), Sunnie Groeneveld (YL 2019), and Anna Soellner (YL 2007)

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Business, Finance & E'ship Jun 11, 2021

The Post-Covid Economy

ASF CONNECT with Neil Irwin (YL 2008), Economics Correspondent at The New York Times, moderated by Manuel Rybach (YL 2008)

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Business, Finance & E'ship May 21, 2021

Innovation during the Covid Pandemic

ASF CONNECT with Kevin Conroy (YL 2010), CEO of Exact Sciences, with moderation by Bettina Schaller (YL 2011)

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Business, Finance & E'ship Apr 15, 2021

The Future of Nutrition

ASF CONNECT featuring distinguished guest, Mark Schneider, CEO of Nestlé S.A.

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Business, Finance & E'ship Mar 26, 2021

Washington Insights

ASF CONNECT with Nicholas Johnston (YL 2009), Chief Editor at Axios, with moderation by Bettina Schaller (YL 2011)

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The Future of Healthcare

ASF CONNECT featuring distinguished guest, Dr. Vas Narasimhan, CEO of Novartis

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COVID-19 and the Global Economy

ASF CONNECT featuring distinguished guest Dr. Philipp Hildebrand, Vice Chairman of BlackRock

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Business, Finance & E'ship Jun 12, 2020

Managing Pandemic Risk: Building Resilience through Public-Private Partnerships

ASF CONNECT featuring Dr. Christian Mumenthaler (YL 2003), Group CEO of Swiss Re

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Business, Finance & E'ship Jun 05, 2020

Rebalancing Trade Relationships Post COVID-19

ASF CONNECT featuring The Honorable Kimberly Reed (YL 2001), then-President and Chairman, EXIM Bank of the United States

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Business, Finance & E'ship May 29, 2020

Navigating International Air Travel

ASF CONNECT featuring Markus Binkert (YL 2006), CFO of Swiss International Air Lines

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Jan 21, 2022

Swiss digital-currency experiment, including Swiss and U.S. banks, gains momentum

Jan 14, 2022

The World Economic Forum's “Global Risks Report” for 2022 is out

Jan 7, 2022

The 2022 guide to 23 central banks around the world—including, of course, the Swiss National Bank and the U.S. Federal Reserve

Dec 17, 2021

This week Swiss International Air Lines celebrated the reopening of its Geneva-New York (JFK) route, after it was discontinued in March 2020 due to the pandemic. SWISS serves Geneva-New York with four weekly direct flights

Nov 26, 2021

Swiss stock exchange SIX’s new platform to issue bond to show how blockchain can benefit mainstream securities, not just crypto assets

Nov 26, 2021

UBS launches digital gold trading for Swiss customers—first bank in the country to do so: Reuters

Nov 5, 2021

Author and social and political observer David Brooks (YL 1992) marked his 20-year anniversary of appearing on “Newshour” on PBS

Nov 5, 2021

Neil Irwin (YL 2008) reports on the proposed tax on billionaires, which raises the question, “What’s income?”

Nov 5, 2021

U.S. Representative from New Jersey Donald Norcross (YL 2006) announces more than $2.1 million to modernize health centers and support underserved communities in South Jersey

Nov 5, 2021

European Union urges Switzerland to set clear timetable for resolving its place in EU internal market by start of new year

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The Future of Nutrition

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The Future of Healthcare

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Navigating International Air Travel

Additional Resources

Swiss digital-currency experiment, including Swiss and U.S. banks, gains momentum

The World Economic Forum's “Global Risks Report” for 2022 is out

The 2022 guide to 23 central banks around the world—including, of course, the Swiss National Bank and the U.S. Federal Reserve

This week Swiss International Air Lines celebrated the reopening of its Geneva-New York (JFK) route, after it was discontinued in March 2020 due to the pandemic. SWISS serves Geneva-New York with four weekly direct flights

Swiss stock exchange SIX’s new platform to issue bond to show how blockchain can benefit mainstream securities, not just crypto assets

UBS launches digital gold trading for Swiss customers—first bank in the country to do so: Reuters

Author and social and political observer David Brooks (YL 1992) marked his 20-year anniversary of appearing on “Newshour” on PBS

Neil Irwin (YL 2008) reports on the proposed tax on billionaires, which raises the question, “What’s income?”

U.S. Representative from New Jersey Donald Norcross (YL 2006) announces more than $2.1 million to modernize health centers and support underserved communities in South Jersey

European Union urges Switzerland to set clear timetable for resolving its place in EU internal market by start of new year