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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."

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.

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.

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. 

Yury Burchanov, student of the master's programme 'Finance', studies credit risk modeling in modern financial markets. He presented his research at the Royal Statistical Society International Conference.

In July–August 2025, the Department of Finance at HSE University – Saint Petersburg held the Summer School “Drivers of Corporate Economic Development”, which brought together students and recent graduates in economics, international relations, marketing, business administration, and management from Russia, Armenia, India, China, and Indonesia.

On June 18, 2025, there was held a guest lecture by specialists of the audit firm B1, Katerina Bondaryuk, senior manager of the Audit Services Department, and Vasilisa Kosheleva, a specialist. The topic of the lecture was the consolidation of financial statements under IFRS and the specifics of information disclosure. 

On June 3, the department of finance hosted a lecture titled “Investing in Human Capital,” delivered by Alexander Kleshchyov, a member of the Board of Directors at LMS Investment Company.