FinArt

2021-09-28 21:44:02 Upcoming events :) Open / Comment

2021-09-15 16:47:12 Second year preliminary list of courses. Students are free to decide on courses in light of their interests Open / Comment

2021-09-04 19:41:00 New year (academic) is all about fresh starts, right? I am gradually getting off my internship and starting in a week with super exciting course Distressed Investing with Alon Avner Head of Bain Capital Credit Europe. Over the last couple of months, I had a lot of credit exposure. While credit role is smth that I have done before, African specific is entirely different. Most companies see Africa as a major growth market and plan to expand their footprint, but most, especially investment firms (with exceptions, of course), regularly lose money. A lot of hope and a lack of knowledge on how to deal with the local environment. A lot of work should be done to unveil all these perspectives. Open / Comment

2021-07-07 22:24:44 LBS published names of all graduates on the last page of FT. I hope they will keep this tradition next year. Open / Comment

2021-07-02 18:25:53 Guys, I have good news. I've managed to get a local internship in a fixed-income fund focusing on the Middle East and Africa. I was the last one in my study group who made it, partially because I was pretty focused on what I want to do, another reason I wanted to stay in London. In my study group out of 6, one lady from the USA, another guy from Portugal, and all others from Emerging Markets - Russia, Argentina, Malasia, India. As you can imagine, both US and Portugal secured internships here in London, all others abroad. Even taking into account that my fund has a London presence, we are still focusing on Africa. From my experience, I can say that it takes a lot of effort to convert emerging market experience to local. I don't know why it happens, but language is one reason, definitely. Probably there is smth more. Open / Comment

2021-06-25 10:15:11 It is a psychological phenomenon for people to change behavior if someone they trust shows a call for action. Definitely, you individually decide to get a vaccine, but let me give you some examples from local practice. Major US banks, including JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley, push bankers to get the vaccine before office return. Some implemented “vaccine-only” workspaces across divisions. By the way, here in the UK, about half of the population already vaccinated. Even foreigners are eligible to get it. Open / Comment

2021-06-19 10:32:10 We had a concise discussion with Sergey Guriev yesterday. He was a guest speaker on our lecture dedicated to Emerging Market development. While I am following him over the last decade, I felt his supercritical rhetoric reached its peak. He reiterated his position regarding economic and political development in Russia, structured stages of this development. For those who are following his publication, there was nothing specifically new. But the new wave of critics came from a recently published article in the Journal of Economic Perspective, called Informational Autocrats. It gives the evolution of media and information management tools in the world. Find the link below.
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.33.4.100 Open / Comment

2021-06-16 18:21:14 It was a tough period, I wasn't able to say smth. It is not because of low commitment to my writings but rather a lack of engaging ideas. I prefer to remain silent vs. desperately posting if nothing to say. So, a couple of words about my recent recruitment experience. I feel two significant problems associated with communication or interview. The first, lack of feedback. No one wants to give you free lunch. You keep going to the interview, receive the same questions, but struggle to find the keys, unlocking the warmth of a bilateral relationship. The second is the unexpected question. My top was: have you ever been exposed to corruption or participated in nonmarket transactions. I think next time, better to squint less during the interview. People think I am about to corrupt them. Let's see how this plays out. Open / Comment

2021-03-01 16:13:06 We had a fascinating discussion with Georgi Koreli, Alex Ryvkin, Ilmir Nasretdinov about business trends, and the focus of venture investors. We identified key market trends, including AI, CPUs, Electric Vehicles, Automation, Delivery Drones, etc. The main focus was on FinTech and Clean energy.
Digital wallets are suppressing traditional accounts and targeting «old» banking spheres (for example, lending market), but regulatory restrictions will probably not allow FinTech companies to ruin banking domination. We see that new opportunities in Fintech are mostly concentrated in B2B segment and financial infrastructure. Meanwhile, some digital wallets should prove the sustainability of business models. London is the world capital of Fintech, partially due to flexible regulator policy and readiness to discuss with startups new ideas and rules.
In Clean Energy, while big corporations focus on reducing their carbon footprint, new ideas to measure and reduce carbon emission in day-to-day life and promote nature protection are more than welcome by investors and the market. Open / Comment

2021-02-28 10:28:28 FT published their annual MBA ranking following with extensive research of MBA student's career paths. It wasn't a surprise that Finance and banking remain the most popular career destination for MBA graduates, though decreasingly so in the past five years. Interest in consultancy has grown in that time. Around 15% of graduates started their business within three years of graduation, funded mostly by angel investors. By the way, today (20.00 msk.), we are going to talk about career trends with super insightful speakers Ilmir Nasretdinov, founder of Greency, ex- Halliburton, Schlumberger and Alex Ryvkin CPO at Copper.co https://www.joinclubhouse.com/event/xknJ6L2P Open / Comment