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A Joint Study by ICEF Students and Alfa Bank: Myths Dispelled, Results Published, Job Offer in Hand
Debunk the myths about share investing – such was the goal set by the team of ICEF students and Alfa Bank A-Club analysts for their joint research-to practice study. Successfully completed in February 2025, the study had involved a series of calculations that enabled one important outcome: these are the shares that can yield investors higher, long-term profits and the risks are often overblown.
Professor Alexey Maslov: “This Course Is Like a Lego Building, It Gives All Essential Bricks for Career Success in Asian World”
In the second semester of the current year, ICEF saw the start of the new course Business and Management in Global Context: China and Asia. Here’s Professor Alexey Maslov, D.Sc. (History), Director at Moscow State University Institute of Asian and African Studies, about the newly started course, its hands-on nature, and why we started it.
ICEF Student Georgy Khvatkin Wins Russian National Combat Sambo Championship! Congratulations!
On 21 February 2025, the town of Penza witnessed the completion of the National Combat Sambo Championship U-20. The final stage in national team selection, it was participated by +550 male and female juniors who competed for the right to represent Russia on global area at World Sambo Championship 2025 to be held in Indonesia. The gold medal in 98 kg combat sambo was won by Georgy Khvatkin, who earlier won gold at the World Cadet, Youth and Junior Sambo Championship 2024 and is currently in his first year of ICEF International Bachelor’s Programme in Economics and Finance.
ICEF Students Share Experience From China’s SWUFE
In early February, our teaching and administrative staff met with those of ICEF students who are currently in RIEM SWUFE (Research Institute in Economics and Management, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China) studying for a double degree in economics and finance. The meeting involved also those who went to SWUFE for a semester-long exchange that started in September 2024. Convened to discuss the delivery of both the double-degree and exchange programmes, the meeting has produced a summary of issues to be brought to the attention of those who are interested in studying in China.