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Guest Lecture by Yandex Autonomous Vehicles CFO: Cost of Capital and M&A Valuation
On March 3, students of the Master in Finance programme at HSE University – St. Petersburg had the opportunity to attend a guest lecture by Alexander Shvarev, CFO of Yandex Autonomous Vehicles, PhD in Economics, MBA, member of the Academic Council of the Master's programme and former Partner at PwC Central and Eastern Europe in Corporate Finance.

Guest lecture by A.L. Vyalkov, Vice-President of Bank Saint-Petersburg: Management in a Commercial Bank
On February, 27th on Master's programme ‘Finance’ there was a guest lecture of the vice-president of Bank Saint-Petersburg Alexander Leonidovich Vyalkov. The lecture aroused great interest among students and became a valuable source of practical knowledge about the work of commercial banks.

‘Changes in Tax Legislation from 2025’: a seminar of ’Trust Technologies’
On February 19, students of the Master's programme ‘Finance’ of the National Research University Higher School of Economics - St. Petersburg took part in a large-scale tax conference organised by the company ‘Trust Technologies’. The event was dedicated to the changes in tax legislation that will come into force from 2025. The conference brought together leading industry experts, including representatives of business, tax authorities and consultants, which allowed participants to gain unique knowledge and practical recommendations.

PROCareer Event: Digitalisation in Banking from BSPB
On 30 January, the Kantemirovskaya video studio hosted an online panel discussion with experts Alexey Sergeyevich Ganichev, Deputy Director of Programming at Bank St. Petersburg, Varvara Nazarova, Head of the SEM Finance Department and Academic Supervisor of the Finance Master's Programme, and moderator Maria Mikhailovna Abramovich, Project Manager at the Career Development Centre and guest lecturer at the SEM Department.