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Guided by Dmitry Kachalov and Kirill Chuiko as mentors, HSE 2 / ICEF team won  the Local stage of CFA Institute Research Challenge, the international financial modeling competition that competed on February 28.

ICEF Career Services introduces students to the industry and helps them to land jobs by organizing dozens of career guidance events every year. Its team maintains partnership relations with flagship leaders in a variety of fields including, among others, consulting, FMCG, banking, startups, and IT. In this review, we bring you up to date on how career guidance works, what careers ICEF graduates pursue abroad, and why ICEF Career Services will be taking students to companies.

Every year, ICEF awards its best-performing students with a trip to London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE) Summer School in London. Eligible for this award are the brightest of the first- and second-year undergraduates, as well as those with excellent progress in ICEF Academia courses. This year, LSE scholarship recipients are two. To the rest of the students, the Summer School courses are available at a 15% discounted price.

Andrei Lukyanov enrolled in ICEF Master of Financial Economicsprogramme in 2019. In his second year, Andrei went to LUISS University in Rome as a double degree student. Currently a financial analyst at TAU Group, the Italian-Russian engineering startup, Andrei speaks on how to prepare for the career as a quant, the opportunities that come with studying abroad, and what duties the financial experts have in e-mobility.

Maria Zolotkova, who earned her bachelor’s from ICEF, believes that it is economics education that provides the grounding for proficiency in brand management and marketing. Maria currently holds the position of Vice President for Brand Development at Azbuka Vkusa (The ABC of Taste). In this interview with Success Builder, Maria tells why she considers FMCG to be the best learning ground for marketers, what brand managers are responsible for, and how her favorite grocery chain employed her as its manager.

Daniil Tsinman earned his bachelor's degree from ICEF in 2020 and his master’s from the London Business School in 2021. Currently an Associate Consultant at BCG office in Moscow, Daniil combines his job with lecturing at ICEF. In this interview, he shares why stepping out of one’s comfort zone is not without advantages, how to choose the right master’s degree, and why the Russian consulting sector looks more lucrative than abroad.

ICEF Associate Professor Udara Peiris spoke to the Daily Financial Times, Sri Lanka's leading business media, on how to overcome the currency crisis and proposed alternative ways. His column was a response to the opinion of Georgetown University professor and a former Acting Chief Economist of the World Bank Group Shanta Devarajan for Daily FT.

Every year, ICEF and the faculties across HSE are recruiting lecturers through competitive examination. It is a requirement that candidates hold PhDs from leading international universities. Presenting at this year’s series of Job Market seminars will be researchers from the USA, Germany, Sweden, France and other countries.

As a venue for expo events, Moscow accounts for 75% of all trade shows in the country – and if it wasn’t for COVID, the expo market profits would have been enjoyed by even greater number of entrepreneurs. This belief is shared by Ivan Nikolsky, a graduate of HSE ICEF and leader of Exponic. In this interview with Success Builder, Ivan tells about the nuances of running a family business, how Russian SMEs struggle through challenges, and how to approach ministers more confidently using networking skills.

ICEF announces a Summer Bridge School in Financial Economics. The programme is designed for students admitted to the ICEF Master programme and for senior bachelor students who would like to prepare themselves for admission in 2023 or in 2024.