The Center for Financial Services Innovation (FSI-HSG) was founded by the University of St.Gallen in March 2021. Credit Suisse provided initial funding of CHF 10 million to launch the center and establish several professorships. It is the founding and strategic partner of the center for the next ten years. In addition to Credit Suisse, other partners are to be found for the Center.
The Center develops forward-looking expertise at the interfaces between finance, management and law. By creating corresponding professorships, it aims to advance research and teaching in the important field of financial market innovation. The goals of the Center are:
In its partnerships, the University of St.Gallen relies on long-term agreements in groundbreaking and future-oriented research areas. The freedom of research and teaching must be preserved in all cases, as is of course also stipulated in the agreements with Credit Suisse. In doing so, the University of St.Gallen adheres to the requirements set out in the University Act and Statute, as well as to the university's internal decrees "Basic Principles for Self-Financing" and "Information and Disclosure Guidelines".