ISFB Insight Online
The latest news on skills development in the banking and financial ecosystem in French-speaking Switzerland.
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Nicolas Dervaux: “Risk is not a constraint; it is an indicator of mastery.”
As a lecturer at ISFB for the Certificate in Governance and Risk Management for Board Members, Nicolas Dervaux points out that the board’s role is not limited to making decisions. It must ask the right questions, set the risk appetite, and hold management accountable. In his view, clear governance links strategy, business lines, regulation, and the institution’s long-term sustainability.
Running a bank requires more than just experience
An interview with Pranvera Këllezi, a lawyer in Geneva and a member of the board of the Swiss Circle of Female Directors, on the governance requirements specific to the financial sector and the need to maintain one’s skills throughout a term as a director.
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ISFB Insight Print: The magazine for skills development in the banking and financial ecosystem of French-speaking Switzerland
The quarterly print publication features analyses, interviews, and opinion pieces on trends in the banking and finance industries.
The quarterly publication is distributed free of charge to ISFB member institutions, which may make it available to their staff, clients, or partners—particularly in their reception areas, lounges, waiting rooms, or reception areas.
Individuals can also receive the magazine as part of their ISFB Hub membership.
Since January 2023, ISFB Insight Online has primarily been an online publication. Articles, interviews, opinion pieces, newsletters, and social media posts keep pace with current events, industry trends, and ideas circulating in the French-speaking Swiss financial community. It’s all about immediacy: delivering information quickly, picking up on signals, sparking reactions, and gauging what captures attention. ISFB Insight Print operates on a different timeline. Print curates, compiles, and slows things down. It gives certain texts greater longevity, more space to certain voices, and greater weight to reflections that deserve to be preserved, reread, and shared. Digital media drives the momentum; print preserves the record. Between these two formats, different timeframes intersect. Some content remains available exclusively online to maintain its direct link to current events and extend the reading experience. Other articles, written by members for members, find their place solely in the print edition. ISFB Insight thus bridges the gap between the rapid circulation of ideas and the more enduring preservation of contributions.
Mathias Baitan, General Manager
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Security, pragmatism and data governance: interview with Olivier Roth, speaker at the GFI ISFB x SPHERE Seminar
Certifications Suisses et internationales Sécurité, pragmatisme et gouvernance des données : entretien avec Olivier Roth, intervenant au Séminaire GFI ISFB x SPHERE {post_date} A l’heure où les petites structures financières sont de plus en plus exposées aux cybermenaces, l’ISFB propose un nouveau module consacré à la sensibilisation à la sécurité informatique, dans le cadre du Séminaire ISFB x SPHERE pour les gérants indépendants (GFI). Rencontre avec Olivier Roth, spécialiste en gouvernance des données, expert Innosuisse, et chargé de cours ISFB, qui partagera son expérience avec pédagogie et pragmatisme lors du module qu’il animera en ...
