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Articles from: June 2012

ICMA Centre to host 2013 European Financial Management Association annual meeting

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The ICMA Centre at Henley Business school is pleased to announce that it will be host to the 2013 European Financial Management Association (EFMA) annual meeting from 26 – 29 June 2013.

This annual event is one of the largest and most prominent academic conferences on finance in Europe and 2013 will be the first time the University of Reading will have hosted the event. In 2012 the conference was held at the University of Barcelona in Spain.

Professor John Campbell, Chair of the Economics Department at Harvard University has been announced as the keynote speaker for the 2013 meeting. The expectation is that close to 300 papers will be presented in total across the four days. The call for papers for the 2013 conference is now open and details will soon be available at our dedicated conference website.

‘Hosting such a prestigious event, where all financial eyes across Europe will be on us for a week, is an amazing opportunity for both our staff and students to be exposed to the highest level of discussion, interpretation and policy development of our time,’ said Dr Simone Varotto, Senior Lecturer in Finance at the ICMA Centre and Chair of the 2013 EFMA conference, ‘Listening to Professor Campbell alone discuss finance is a privilege, never mind the hundreds of other great financial minds that will be gathered together.’

The EFMA was founded in 1994 to encourage and disseminate knowledge about financial decision making in all areas of finance as they specifically relate to European corporations, financial institutions and capital markets. The membership of the EFMA includes academics, practitioners and students from across Europe and the rest of the world.

ICMA Centre ranked in the world top 25 by the Financial Times

ICMA Centre ranked in world top 25

The Financial Times Global Masters in Finance 2012 has ranked Henley Business School’s ICMA Centre in the top 25 in the world.

The Centre and its flagship MSc International Securities, Investment and Banking programme (ISIB) sits amongst the top finance schools and programmes in the world for the second year in a row.

The FT ranking evaluates alumni career progress and satisfaction with the programme, school diversity and international experience at the school.

Of particular note are the high scores related to careers:

  • The Centre has continued its high employment rate with 94% of graduates again finding jobs within three months of graduation, which is encouraging news during a recession
  • We were ranked in the top 10 worldwide (3rd in UK) for career progress of students when judged three years after graduation.

When course costs and graduate salaries were analysed, the ICMA Centre was positioned an impressive 3rd in the UK in the value for money ranking.

The importance we place on diversity is reflected in our position within the top 10 in the world for percentage of:

  • International students
  • Women faculty
  • Women students

The MSc ISIB, launched in 1994, was the Centre’s first Masters programme. The ICMA Centre now offers eight Masters in Finance programmes, an undergraduate programme and a range of executive education courses.

The programme prepares students for careers in the financial markets, with graduates going on to join investment banks in trading, sales, research or specialist areas such as complex derivative products. Others join brokers and commodity traders or follow other career paths including consultancy, accountancy, operations, IT and higher education and doctoral research.

The Financial Times has praised the ICMA Centre’s practical approach in the past, stating that studying at the ICMA Centre permits ‘a spirited participation in the capital markets through a simulation programme that allows students to apply finance theory to specific real world issues.’

This close collaboration between industry and academia is at the heart of the Centre’s approach.

To view the full results of the FT rankings, go to the Financial Times website 

Two staff gain academic promotions

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The ICMA Centre is very proud to be able to announce the recent promotions of two of our academic staff.

Drs Carol Padgett and Simone Varotto have both been promoted to the level of Senior Lecturer within the University of Reading.

These promotions round off a very busy and successful year for both professionals with Carol launching her latest book and Simone the recipient of a prestigious university award.

The ICMA Centre would like to extend its congratulations to both and thank them for their ongoing commitment to, and support of, the centre, its work and its students.