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Alla Fridman has been teaching at ICEF since 2001, when ICEF had its first cohort of students. She is one of those professors who witnessed ICEF gaining its ground, contributing to its active development. In this interview, Alla tells how Russian universities survived the economic reforms of the ’90s, why some teachers are liked more than others, and how university study can benefit one’s private life.

The 10th Anniversary International Moscow Finance Conference organized by the ICEF Laboratory of Financial Economics, was held online in October 2021. At the end of the conference, Vladimir Sokolov, Head of the Laboratory and Associate Professor at ICEF, talked with Christian Juilliard, Research coordinator of the Laboratory and professor at LSE. In an interview Christian shared his impressions of LSE-ICEF cooperation, about digital fatigue and the interest in cryptocurrencies as an area of research.

Professor Dimitrios Tsomocos of Saїd Business School, University of Oxford will deliver his lecture, titled ‘Covid 19 & Financial system challenges around the world’, to ICEF Master of Financial Economics students. Sponsoring Dimitrios’s speech is Alexander Zayonts, member of the HSE Board of Trustees for ICEF Endowment Fund, founder and CEO at HOFF.

This past September, Rosatom announced Russia’s plans to build a gigafactory — the lithium-ion battery factory to be housed by the Baltic Nuclear Power Plant. Tasked with this new project is Rosatom’s daughter RENERA. Its CEO, Emin Askerov, hold a bachelor’s degree in finance from ICEF HSE. In his interview, Emin shares how it was like to be one of ICEF’s first graduates, how Rosatom is promoting green path development, and why switching to electric transport is inevitable.

The recently released University of London examination results mark yet another milestone achievement for ICEF Bachelor's degree students. They did exceptionally well, confirming their reputation as top performing students of the UoL Programme globally.

October 29-30 will witness the 10^th Jubilee International Moscow Finance Conference take place online, organized by the HSE ICEF and hosted by its Laboratory of Financial Economics (LFE). Vladimir Sokolov, Head of LFE, gave a brief presentation of the conference participants and keynote speakers and how their findings can affect the global economy.

After graduating from ICEF with bachelor's degree in 2017, Oleg Sobchenko re-joined ICEF as Corporate Finance lecturer. Currently an expert in financial product sales at VTB Bank’s corporate investment segment, Oleg shares why he thinks teaching can benefit bank officials,   how to avoid the frustration of not achieving the ‘successful success’, and why neural nets are unlikely to take our jobs.

Every year, ICEF awards its top students the opportunity to pursue a course at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Summer School in London. Eligible for this award are first- and second-year undergraduates and students who excel in their studies at ICEF Academia.

In the recent Chess Club Cup tournament, held in Macedonia past September, ICEF bachelor student Semyon Lomasov earned the title of grandmaster. In this interview, Semyon shares what he thinks about chess as a career, how intuition can change approaches, and how the advent of artificial intelligence has revolutionized chess.How I fell in love with chess

On October 14, ICEF HSE, HSE Faculty of Economic Sciences, and NES hosted a one-day, multiple-session workshop that featured the research being conducted by their scientists. A live streamed event held offline, the workshop proved another confirmation that digital services can never replace face-to-face communication.