ISFB Insight Online
The latest news on skills development in the banking and financial ecosystem in French-speaking Switzerland.
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Financial Risks: Understanding the Mechanisms to Ask the Right Questions
In this interview, Julien Pelegry, a lecturer at ISFB, emphasizes that bank directors must understand the mechanisms of financial risks—liquidity, credit, interest rate, market, and stress tests—in order to ask the right questions, challenge the experts, and fully assume their governance responsibilities.
Learn, grow, and get ready for the new school year: ISFB’s upcoming programs
As the summer break approaches, the ISFB is offering a selection of programs designed for professionals in the banking and finance sector in French-speaking Switzerland, as well as for young talent looking to enter the field. Short courses, certificates, SAQ certifications, career mobility, and transition preparation: several options are available throughout the summer and starting in September.
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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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Talent management at the heart of HR strategies
Skills Development Talent Management at the Heart of HR Strategies Ernst & Young’s 2023 Banking Barometer notes that the number of job openings in Switzerland has never been higher than in 2022, making it difficult for most of the banks surveyed to recruit qualified staff. The study notes that recruiting new employees is considered a top priority for banks, second only to cybersecurity. Talent retention strategies are becoming increasingly important because recruitment is costly. Beyond the direct costs associated with recruitment...
AI, data management, and cybersecurity: the skills that will make a difference (TdG supplement, 12/15/25)
Intelligence artificielle IA, gestion des données et cybersécurité: les compétences qui feront la différence {post_date} L’intelligence artificielle n’est plus une promesse lointaine : elle façonne déjà notre manière de travailler, d’apprendre et de décider. Elle accélère nos raisonnements, structure les idées complexes, améliore les processus qualité et modifie les attentes à l’égard des métiers à forte intensité de savoir — et, progressivement, de nombreux autres secteurs où la technologie redéfinit les pratiques professionnelles. Les solutions évoluent à grande vitesse, et la capacité d’un professionnel à rester pertinent dépendra de plus en plus ...
The complex realities of senior employability
Contributing to the Promotion of Skills The Complex Realities of Senior Employability Navigating the job market after age 50 can be a challenge in Switzerland. Figures from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) showing that people over 50 are more affected by long-term unemployment should prompt us to examine the causes and consequences of this trend—especially since they represent one-third of Switzerland’s workforce. The perception of people over 50 in the workplace may, for some, be mistakenly associated with...
