VEFI Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Seminar, Zurich – May 22nd, 2025

The ITFA Board is delighted to announce the 46th Annual General Meeting of VEFI, representing the Association of Forfaiters in Switzerland. The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 22, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. at the Haus zum Rüden in Zurich.

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The Guest Speaker will be Martin Diggelmann, who will share with us his wide-ranging insights into the history of Russian banking with a talk titled: Glances on Russian Banking: Tsars – Bolsheviks – Oligarchs.” Martin has been a valued member of VEFI for many years, having served both on the VEFI Board and as our auditor. Over the course of his career, he has held positions at several banks, including the Swiss subsidiaries of VTB and Gazprombank. The presentation and subsequent discussion will be held in English.

After the presentation of our distinguished speaker, it would be a pleasure for the board to welcome you for a rich flying dinner.

Those interested in joining are kindly requested to confirm by sending the duly completed registration form by email to info@vefi.chby latest 15th May 2025, indicating if you intend to stay for dinner.

Two (2) representatives per VEFI member institution will be admitted to the dinner free of charge. ITFA and VEFI members will incur a fee of CHF 70 per participant, whereas non-members will be charged CHF 100 per person.

We hope that many of you can make it to this joint ITFA and VEFI event.