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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.
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.