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HSE Student Research Papers Competition 2024 has announced its results. This year it has the students and the graduates of ICEF on the winners list for every single category of economics and finance research.

Thao My Tran, or “simply My” as the Vietnam-born member of the ICEF class of 2022 introduces herself, is 22. My lives and works in Moscow. Here’s why she was able to enroll in ICEF at 16, excelling academically while working a job at a bank and in ICEF Laboratory of Financial Economics and competing in case championships.

Meet Anna Tikhonova, a member of the ICEF master’s class of 2016 who currently serves as a Vice President at US-headquartered Arena Investors. Here’s how she managed to achieve her current position, do 4,500 km of cycling and complete her first super sprint triathlon – all that in 2024 alone!

The bachelor’s class of 2024. Where are they now? Sofia Salamova, Daria Kostenkova and Anna Bogomazova chose to pursue a master’s. Here are their impressions and experience of studying the Master’s in Finance at Warwick Business School, The University of Warwick.

Dmitry Filippov, who is in his fourth year of BSc Economics and Finance, was excused from classes in the campus in Pokrovsky Boulevard for a period of three months. The reason was his exchange studies with Shanghai University under the three-month exchange programme between schools in Russia and China. Here’s Dmitry’s impressions and takeaways from his experience of international communication.

What hurdles do our graduating students face? Some questions that seem to concern them the most are, “Do I have the right skills and enough knowledge? What will my workplace tasks really be like? Will I be able to put theory into practice and live up to expectations my employer has for me?” To help the students tackle their pre-graduation worries already now in the middle of their fourth year, ICEF offers a series of workshops dedicated to job readiness and hosted by its faculty and former students.

In this interview, two first-year students of the ICEF International Bachelor’s Programme in Economics and Finance share their first college exam experience, how they are setting up life in Moscow, and why they chose ICEF.

On November 22, 2024, the International Laboratory of Financial Economics (LFE, ICEF HSE) hosted the 13^th International Moscow Finance Conference, bringing together researchers and experts from various countries to discuss current issues in financial economics. In his welcoming speech, Vladimir Sokolov, Head of the Laboratory, emphasised the significance of financial market research for the global economy.

On 17 November 2024 ICEF opened its doors to the prospective students looking to join its Master’s Programme in Financial Economics, providing a comprehensive insight into its range of courses and daily pursuits. Those who couldn’t attend in person were able to join the session online.