Education
As Part of the New Course on Mergers and Acquisitions, a Guest Lecture by Ivan Skavysh, a Member of the Board of Directors of CFA Russia, Took Place in the Second Year of Finance MP
On November 29, Ivan Skavysh, a member of the Board of Directors of CFA Russia, an expert in the field of investment banking and corporate finance, delivered a speech for students of the MP "Finance". Ivan told the Master’s students about his career in investment banking and the specifics of working on M&A transactions.
A Professor from Brazil Giving a Lecture on Futures Markets
On November 28, a guest lecture by the invited expert, Professor Daniel Capitani from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP, Brazil), was successfully held for students of the Finance Master's program. The topic of his speech was "Principles of futures markets with a special focus on agricultural contracts."
Lecturer and Graduate Student of the Finance Department of the St. Petersburg Higher School of Economics Spoke at the International Conference on Sustainable Finance
Olga Alekseeva, a lecturer and graduate student at the HSE Department of Finance in Saint Petersburg, spoke at the 2025 Massey Sustainable Finance Conference (MSFC2025), which took place on October 31 — November 1, 2025 in Nanjing (China). The conference was organized by Massey University (New Zealand) in collaboration with Nanjing University of Finance & Economics (China) and brought together leading researchers of sustainable finance, regulators and practitioners.
Business Game “The Chocolate Factory”: Students Stepped into the Role of Real-World Consultants
On October 24, 2025, students at HSE University – Saint Petersburg found themselves at the heart of a high-stakes corporate decision-making process — albeit in game format. The Department of Finance hosted the business game “The Chocolate Factory”, developed and facilitated by Technologies of Trust (TeDo), a consulting and audit firm and partner of the master's programme.