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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 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. 

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.

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”.

On March 11, an important educational meeting took place within the framework of the MP Finance – a guest lecture by Alexander Leonidovich Vyalkov, a well-known expert in the field of banking and finance, Professor of the Finance Department of the SHEM. The event was held within the framework of the Mentor's Seminar discipline, the main purpose of which is to present a different view of financial disciplines and the future profession. 

On 9 January 2026, Boris Lodiagin and Olga Alekseeva, lecturers of the Department of Finance at HSE University – Saint Petersburg, delivered an online guest lecture for undergraduate students in management and business at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK, India). The session was held at the invitation of Vipin P. Veetil (Chair Assistant Professor of Economics) and was titled “History and Evolution of the Russian Financial System: From the Tsarist Period to Today’s Sanctions-Era Reality.”

Students of the Master's Programme "International Business in the Asia-Pacific Region" participated in the international tourism forum "Travel Hub 2025" in St. Petersburg from December 11 to 13, 2025, as part of their study of the "Place Branding" course developed by Ekaterina Shekova, Associate Professor of the Management Department.

Large international event has gathered delegations from 10 countries with the purpose of establishment and reinforcement of cooperation between universities of different parts of the world. Leaders of the institutes signed bilateral agreements, Saint-Petersburg Higher school of economics launched a center of excellence, faculty representatives discussed initiatives and mutual arrangements, held lectures and master-classes for students, all the guests were bestowed with memorial awards. The summit also included a festive opening ceremony and speeches of the founders of the university, national dances, collective contests, traditional food, visits to the Indian village and the golden temple in Amritsar.