NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Zurich, Switzerland, 04/23/2008 - Patrick Gagliardini has accepted a Swiss Finance Institute Junior Chair position at the University of Lugano, Switzerland. Gagliardini's research spans several finance fields including systemic financial risk.

Finance researcher Patrick Gagliardini has accepted a Swiss Finance Institute Junior Chair position at the University of Lugano, Switzerland. Professor Gagliardini's research agenda spans several finance fields including so-called systemic risk factors, namely, factors that can have a broad impact on financial systems.

A physics graduate of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Gagliardini moved to the field of financial econometrics during his graduate studies in Lugano, and as a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST) in Paris.

Gagliardini collaborates with researchers throughout Switzerland and abroad; something that the Swiss Finance Institute supports actively by offering generous research funding and attracting students and academic visitors from around the world. "The Institute provides excellent international visibility for our research," explained Professor Gagliardini.

Expansion
"The Institute recognizes Patrick's strong research skills and welcomes his contribution to our faculty as it expands to rival the best research organizations in finance worldwide," said Professor Jean-Pierre Danthine, Managing Director of the Swiss Finance Institute.

The Swiss Finance Institute is a private foundation created in 2006 by Switzerland's banking and finance community in cooperation with leading Swiss universities. It supports and advances research, doctoral training and executive education in banking and finance. The Institute is supported by Swiss banks, the Swiss Stock Exchange, Swiss universities and the Swiss Federal Government.

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