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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."
Guest lecture by Andrianov A.Y.: the use of real options for evaluating companies
Aleksander Yuryevich Andrianov, Head of the Master's Program “the Corporate Finance” at the Higher School of Management (HSE), gave a fascinating and practical guest lecture on the use of real options to assess the value of companies. This event has become a real event for Finance masters who want to deepen their knowledge in the field of corporate finance and VBM.
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.
Finance Without Borders: St. Petersburg — São Paulo. How 10 international teams built future-ready projects in two months
With warm thanks to our Brazilian partners at São Paulo State University (UNESP): Prof. Dr. Cleginaldo Pereira de Carvalho, his coordination team, and the UNESP students for their openness, discipline, and high standards throughout the project.
Two months moved in a steady rhythm: short weekly sprints, evening calls across three–four time zones, shared folders for working documents, and clear roadmaps with check-points. Teams aligned data into a common format, agreed on terminology, and recorded decisions — step by step building a single picture everyone could work from.
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.
Internal Audit and Controlling: Summarising the Course Results
This year, the Internal Audit and Controlling course is being implemented in a new format. There are two practitioners on the course: Anna Logunova, Director of Controlling, PJSC Magnit, and Elena Yaskevich, Senior lecturer at the Finance Department, formerly an internal auditor at Gazprom Neft. Anna Logunova shared her impressions of the course.
Advanced Accounting Knowledge in HSE SPb from the Top Professionals from Technologies of Trust
Guests from one of the largest audit and consulting companies of Russia Technologies of Trust (TeDo) held an audit game with the students of Master of Finance as part of the audit course.
Students of the Finance Master's Programme Took the Third Place in the All-Russian Cbonds Competition
Roman Podlevskikh and Sabrina Vasilenko, 2nd year students of the Finance Master's programme, took third place in the VI annual All-Russian student paper competition on the bond market, organised by the leading information and analytical provider Cbonds.