Over two hundred financial managers of large Russian and International companies attended the Summit of Financial Directors of Russia - the XV annual event aimed at sharing the experience of the heads of financial departments. The event took place on October 30-31, 2018.
On November 5-6, the 15th EIASM Conference on “Corporate Governance” took place in Brussels. Representatives of more than 15 countries came to the capital of Belgium to present their research projects and discuss new trends in the field of corporate finance.
Elena Makeeva, associate professor at the HSE School of Finance, took part in the Russian IR-Forum 2018, where discussed the points of growth in the efficiency of IR-departments from the perspective of investors and analysts
Associate professors of the School of Finance Natalia Gorelaya and Pavel Malyshev took part in The digital Finance section of the St. Petersburg digital forum, which took place on April 18-19, 2018.representatives of banks and FINTECH companies discussed new opportunities for work in the digital economy. All participants agreed that the world of Finance has changed dramatically today, so the transformation of traditional institutions and the growing penetration of information technology in the field of Finance is inevitable
The program aims at improving the educational programs related to sustainable corporate development, as well as provision of online classes in the field of corporate sustainability widely open to students and professionals. Corporate sustainability can be seen as a new and developing corporate governance paradigm. Within this paradigm corporate growth and profitability of the business are still considered to be important however business should also look for sustainable development - environmental protection, social justice and equity, economic development.
Associate Professor in the HSE Faculty of Economics (School of Finance) Elena Chirkova’s book The Warren Buffett Philosophy of Investment: How a Combination of Value Investing and Smart Acquisitions Drives Extraordinary Success has just been published in the U.S. and U.K. by McGraw-Hill Professional, an American publisher. In a recent interview with the HSE news service, Professor Chirkova spoke about why she wrote it.
During the XVI April International Academic Conference HSE held a joint session on Intellectual Capital of Companies together with the European Institute of Advanced Studies in Management (Brussels). During this session, Professor Zambon of the University of Ferrara gave a keynote lecture and participated in round-table discussions on various problems associated with intellectual capital and intangible assets.
On April 9th and 10th, HSE’s School of Finance is organising several new platforms of discussion as part of the XVI April International Academic Conference. Topics will include measuring and assessing companies’ intellectual capital, research on corporate financial decisions, and for Russian and foreign post-graduate students, the second annual PhD seminar on financial markets and corporate financial policy will take place.
