International College of Economics and Finance

ICEF students held sporting events

Organized in April by the Student Academic Council, the sporting events allowed students to compete in different sports.

May 13

“You don’t choose the times you live in”: Interview with ICEF Director Sergey Yakovlev

In this interview, ICEF director, Sergey Yakovlev, summarizes some achievements and prospects of the bachelor’s programme in economics and finance, which has undoubtedly become ICEF’s international brand.

May 12

Competition for Early Offer of Admission to Master’s has announced its results

May 10

“Russia is a unique financial market”: ICEF hosted Otkritie Bank Vice President Roman Zilberman

In his lecture titled “The Strategies of the Key Players in the Russian Banking Industry and the Role of Banking Strategist”, Roman Zilberman explained who controls the future of a bank, what makes Russia the most digitally advanced country in the field of finance, and what trends appear dominant in the finance industry of today. During the Q&A session, where Roman was assisted by Nadezhda Volodina (HR Director at Otkritie Bank), students learned about Strategy Department and the prospects of the Russian banking industry.

April 30

Revised Tuition Fee for Undergraduate Study at ICEF

April 27

Life After ICEF: Our People at the University of Amsterdam

Earlier in April 2022, Shahlo Islamova, one of ICEF’s brightest graduates of the class of 2021, received a letter confirming her acceptance to the University of Amsterdam’s master’s programme in Corporate Finance with full scholarship.

April 22

"A good master's degree will boost your career prospects"

Andrey Timushev graduated from ICEF in 2012 with a master’s degree . After working at Oliver Wyman consulting firm in Moscow and Frankfurt, Andrey continues his career in Germany as an expert on safe investing in stocks and a founder of online school. In this interview, Andrey tells about how ICEF benefits its students by giving useful contacts, what makes relocating a useful experience, and how to monetize your expertise.

March 30

Controlling inflation: VOXeu published a paper co-authored with Associate Professor of ICEF Udara Peiris

Co-authored by Charles Goodhart, Udara Peiris, Dimitri Tsomocos and Xuan Wang, the paper is titled Corporate legacy debt, inflation, and the efficacy of monetary policy. It argues that high levels of corporate debt may render contractionary monetary policy less effective in controlling inflation, especially when there is a large volume of corporate debt in the economy.

March 26

Hackers, models, greenhouse gases: What risk management in banking prioritizes first

As companies grow, the range of risks they face tends to get inevitably more diverse and extensive. Risk management is out there to anticipate and adapt to the emerging risks, and to turn strategies into performance. How does risk management work in banking industry? What new challenges do companies face in the era of fintech? Dzhangir Dzhangirov, senior vice president and head of the Risks Unit at Sber, answers these questions in a lecture he gave to the students of HSE International College of Economics and Finance.

March 22

"ICEF can benefit your life by giving useful contacts": graduates’ message to prospective students

At the recently held Open Day, the team of Master of Financial Economics Programme walked prospective students through details of the learning process and admission. Their talk was followed by Q&A session with alumni and Career Services that gave more information about what students can do with their degree and what academic opportunities can be available for them.

March 21

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