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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Gleb Zinkovsky earned his bachelor’s from ICEF in 2014. His job as an Associate at PwC (Cyprus) and E&Y (Moscow) was followed by taking Yandex Practicum course, which led Gleb to start a job in fintech. Currently a product analyst at fintech company Jasper (Israel), in this interview Gleb shares what it’s like to start as a tax consultant, steer towards business analytics and finally discover your true calling in product direction.

On March 14, the students of ICEF met with Artur Khalatov, member of the class of 2014 bachelor’s degree graduates and Head of Business Strategy & Economics at Ozon Premium. Organized by ICEF Career Services and Ozon Fintech, the meeting was held right in the company’s office and was followed by a tour of Ozon and Ozon Fintech’s premises, where the students could talk to the staff in a more informal atmosphere.