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The 29th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2026), held from June 3 to 6 at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre, confirmed its reputation as one of the most important platforms for global economic dialogue – a forum that has been called the "Russian Davos" and which has grown since its founding in 1997 into a gathering that drew over 24,500 participants from nearly 140 countries this year. As a student of International Business, attending SPIEF was not merely an extracurricular activity – it was, in the most direct sense, a live seminar on the forces reshaping the global economy.

The interns executed limited audit of the group daughter companies through analysis of financial statements and the companies financial position, verification of financial indicators with documents, analytical audit procedures checking correctness of information, oral and written communication with the companies, preparation of the official documents, holding the terms. Students received first working skills from passing an interview till the full responsibility for the project ; and the experience of the side by side work with the professionals of the highest level in the company - leader.

On May 19, Artur Kaitmazov, a leading specialist of the department of international debt markets of the financial information agency Cbonds, gave a guest lecture as part of the course "Sustainable Finance" (lecturer O.V. Makarova).

On May 16, 2026, as part of the X International Scientific and Practical Online Conference of Students, Undergraduates and Postgraduates "Business Transformation: Challenges and Solutions", a large-scale master class "Financial institutions and technologies of the future: a joint view of Russia and India" was held. The moderator was Varvara Vadimovna Nazarova, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Head of the Finance Department and Academic Director of the Finance Master's program.

On April 28, 2026, a joint online seminar of the research group of the HSE - St. Petersburg Department of Finance and Cbonds was held on the topic "ESG and the bond market: profitability, data and market transformation." The seminar was devoted to discussing how the issuer's ESG characteristics affect the cost of borrowing and investment decisions in modern market conditions. 

Andrei Ternikov, Associate Professor at the St Petersburg School of Economics and Management at HSE University–St Petersburg, has developed a method for conducting online exams that significantly limits students’ ability to use ChatGPT and other AI models to obtain correct answers. Andrei Ternikov spoke to the HSE News Service about his approach—which won the HSE University Autumn Educational Innovation Competition, received an Alfa Future grant, and was presented at an international conference in Japan.

Kseniya Turenko, 2nd-year student of the master's programme 'Finance' at HSE University-St Petersburg, spent a semester at the University of Malaya. Read on to find out how students live in Malaysia, how the programme in Economics is different and what studies in another country give you.

On Monday, March 23, a guest lecture was held for 3rd-year undergraduate students of the School of Economics and Management as part of the Investment Analysis course. The event was hosted by experts from the VERSUS consulting group: Elizaveta Alexandrova, Head of the Financial analysis and Modeling practice, and Valery Kuporov, financial analyst.

As a part of the study project, implemented by students of the Master’s Programme “Arts and Culture Management” under the supervision of Associate Professor of the Management Department Ekaterina Leonidovna Shekova,   the creative journal “Interstice” was launched. The curator of this journal is Seyram Liquenda Klu De-Souza , a first-year student of the Master’s Programme “Arts and Culture Management”.