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Yandex, Alfa Bank, DOM.RF: Connecting Students and Companies in Solving Cases

Yandex, Alfa Bank, DOM.RF: Connecting Students and Companies in Solving Cases
With many companies, February is the starting month of the recruiting season and the time for the prospective candidates to meet employers and show talent at career events. Vera Potekhina is in her third year of bachelor's degree at ICEF and has joined several case competitions and projects over the past month. Here’s Vera’s experience of solving companies’ real-life challenges and how connecting with employers can prompt the right career choice.

ICEF Students Replicate Success in Econometrics Universiade

ICEF Students Replicate Success in Econometrics Universiade
The Econometrics Universiade 2023 has summed up the results of its first stage. Among those who have successfully completed it are many ICEF students, as usual. Twenty-six of them are 3- and 4-year undergraduates and have scored more than half of the points required to proceed to final stage, the latter scheduled for April 8 and will, for the first time since 2019, be held in-person. Since this year, Econometrics Universiade classifies as competition on the Lomonosov list.

HSE Students Met with HOFF Hypermarket Chain Founder

Alexander Zayonts
Alexander Zayonts, Founder, President and CEO at Hoff hypermarket chain, delivered his talk, entitled “Promoting Business Under Restrictions”, as part of a series of sessions with leading Russian practicing economists and entrepreneurs. Alexander has a place on ICEF Endowment Fund Board of Trustees. Acting as the moderator was HSE University President Alexander Shokhin.

"Previous Background is What Matters Least”: ICEF Open Day Welcomes Prospective Master’s Students

"Previous Background is What Matters Least”: ICEF Open Day Welcomes Prospective Master’s Students
At MSc Financial Economics Open Day, prospective applicants were able to learn more about how the programme sets itself apart from its counterparts, how to enroll, and what level of math and language training it expects from applicants. Invited to speak were also programme graduates. They spoke about things that help kick-start careers in banking and consulting.

ICEF Students Did Exchange Semester at Istanbul Bilgi University

ICEF Students Did Exchange Semester at Istanbul Bilgi University
Three 3rd-year undergraduates are back from Bilgi University after their exchange semester that spanned the months between September 2022 and January 2023. Here’s why the girls chose Bilgi, what it was like to be its exchange students, and what makes cultural exchange no less productive than the academic one.

What Do Father Frost, Snow Maiden and Accounting Have in Common?

What Do Father Frost, Snow Maiden and Accounting Have in Common?
ICEF has a tradition: every year its students sit their accounting exam dressed in New Year’s Eve costumes. The students and the teachers use the celebratory atmosphere to relieve the tension from the strenuous examination tests and to ease into new module.

ICEF Graduates and Students Announced Winners of Student Research Paper Competition-2022

ICEF Graduates and Students Announced Winners of Student Research Paper Competition-2022
The HSE University has summed up the results of its Student Research Paper Competition-2022, held among students and graduates. For the representatives of ICEF, this contest was yet another proof of their excellent performance. Four won prizes as best finance and economics papers, three more received an honourable mention. This year’s competition among participants was greater than ever: since 2021 the authors of the winning papers receive a special scholarship from HSE for exceptional academic achievements.

The Financial Market in a New Environment: A Lecture by the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia

The Financial Market in a New Environment: A Lecture by the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia
Philipp Gabunia, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia, has recently met with students of HSE University. His lecture opened a series of meetings with leading practicing economists on the development of Russia's economy in the current environment.

Welcome to Hogwarts of Finance: ICEF Held Master’s Students Initiation Ceremony

Welcome to Hogwarts of Finance: ICEF Held Master’s Students Initiation Ceremony
The students, lecturers and office of the MSc Financial Economics got together for the Welcome Pizza Day, an opportunity to talk informally that involved absorbing presentations and revealed exciting things about each other’s personalities.  

Perpetual coffee, personality crisis, and careers in GameDev: ICEF alumni have hosted Unconference

Perpetual coffee, personality crisis, and careers in GameDev: ICEF alumni have hosted Unconference
The pre-New Year period traditionally brings together ICEF alumni for what is known as Unconference. Offering a unique experience, unfolded from onstage (or Zoom) by the alumni, this year’s Unconference featured un-PowerPoints telling all the truth about job search and how “failure” has become a norm, what mobile games industry is really all about and why big data is just hype.