Centre for Finance and Development

The CFD is the Graduate Institute's centre of excellence for research on impact investing, sustainable finance and multilateral development finance.

The Centre for Finance and Development (CFD) is an ambitious, collaborative research hub and a leading international and interdisciplinary exchange platform in finance and development-related topics.

CFD was created thanks to a generous grant from the Fondation Pictet pour le Développement which currently finances five Pictet Chairs in Finance and Development allocated to Professors Anna-Riikka Kauppinen, Kristen McNeill, Ugo Panizza, Nathan Sussman, and Lore Vandewalle.

By offering specialisations in sustainable finance and development, it creates a new generation of professionals and researchers to lead the financial world towards incorporating sustainability and impact.

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What we do


Teaching

Research and Publications

Technical Assistance

Events

  • International conferences
  • High-level public lectures and events
  • International online seminars

…and more

DRIVE THE SUSTAINABLE FINANCE REVOLUTION

One-Year MAS in Sustainable Finance, Impact Investing and Development

Upcoming events

2023

MASTER THESES IN SUSTAINABLE FINANCE, IMPACT INVESTING AND DEVELOPMENT SUPERVISED BY PROFESSORS AFFILIATED WITH THE CFD

Latest news

Geneva Graduate Institute's Students Initiative

Geneva Impact Investing Association (GIIA)

Focusing on Impact Investing: Investments made with the intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return
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Jobs and Internships in Sustainable Finance and Impact Investment

Contact us

 

Mailing Address

Centre for Finance and Development
Maison de la paix
Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2A
Petal 3, 4th floor
Case Postale 1672
CH-1211 Genève 1

Email: cfd@graduateinstitute.ch

Access

The Maison de la paix is located at Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2A, 1202 Geneva, on the corner of Avenue de France, a few minutes' walk from Place des Nations. Tram 15 runs from the main Geneva railway station (Gare Cornavin) to the stop “Maison de la paix” in about five minutes. The Maison de la paix is about two-minutes’ walk from the tram stop, just across the railway bridge. Trams run every five minutes during the day. More information here.

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