ISFB Insight Online
The latest news on skills development in the banking and financial ecosystem in French-speaking Switzerland.
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Family Office: People at the Heart of Wealth Management
According to Pierre Ricq, Director of the ISFB Family Officer Certificate Program, wealth management truly comes into its own when it begins with the family’s values, history, and aspirations before turning its attention to the assets.
Christophe Nicod: “Customers, sustainability, technology: Skills are evolving on multiple fronts”
In this post, Christophe Nicod, Head of Continuing Education at ISFB, discusses three trends that are reshaping the skills required in finance careers.
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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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Discussion with Stéphane Bonzon, Psychologist at ISFB: what counseling psychology can do for your career
ISFB Interviews What Career Counseling Psychology Can Do for Your Career You are a career counselor at the ISFB. What does your job entail? The scope of practice for career counselors is broad. The people they work with come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and the issues they address go beyond the narrow scope of choosing a first career. A constant in our practice is that we don’t offer any ready-made solutions, but rather help the person seeking guidance to develop their own. It’s about helping them help themselves. The goal is empowerment...
When it comes to investing, information is no substitute for knowledge
In recent years, investment professionals have had to adapt to the constant flood of financial information. This trend affects both the way we gather information to inform investment decisions and the more business-oriented aspects of our work, particularly when dealing with clients who are now themselves overwhelmed with information.
Banking professions put to the test of digital skills
Digitalization has transformed the banking landscape, accelerating automation and redefining job roles. While Switzerland is facing a growing shortage of IT professionals, the real challenge for banks goes beyond simply recruiting IT experts.
ISFB unveils initial perceptions of AI's impact on the job market (Allnews, 04/25/25)
Press Review The ISFB Unveils Initial Findings on the Impact of AI …
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...
