The University of Reading’s ICMA Centre has just celebrated 20 years of providing high-quality education for the financial markets. To mark the occasion staff past and present, alumni, and current students attended a special drinks reception at the Centre last week. Guest enjoyed a trip down memory lane, seeing photographs from the last 20 years and a video produced inContinue reading

ICMA Centre’s students were in jubilant mood after their eagerly anticipated results were released. Saurav Mukherjee, an MSc Capital Markets, Regulation and Compliance student, said his course was ‘an unforgettable challenge, which has changed my life’ and MSc Financial Risk Management student, Ganesan Chandrasekaran, described his course as ?my career’s best launch pad’. A beaming Luis Fernando Garcia cited hisContinue reading

Whilst Reading’s sporting entourage were packing the trains to Wembley for the Reading FC against Swansea City playoff final, ICMA Centre’s very own Tom Markham was speaking to Nicki Whiteman on her BBC Radio Berkshire radio show about the economic impact promotion to the Premier League would have. The playoff final is worth an estimated £90 million, which gives theContinue reading

The University of Reading has been ranked 11th on the Business and Management section - which includes the ICMA Centre – of the Guardian’s University Guide. The University of Reading has been ranked 32 overall in the 2012 Guardian University Guide , 13 places higher than the previous year. Vice-Chancellor of the University of Reading Professor Gordon Marshall said: “We are delighted to have moved upContinue reading

ICMA Centre PhD student Christos F. Mavrovitis will be presenting a working paper in Portugal this June. Firstly, Mr. Mavrovitis will be attending the 2011 FMA Annual European Meeting in Porto on June 8 before travelling to Braga for the 2011 EFMA Annual Meeting from June 22. He will be presenting the working paper ?How Have M&As Changed? Evidence fromContinue reading

ICMA Centre students got suited and booted for the annual class photographs last week. Amid all the exam stress, the photographs mark the beginning of a season of celebratory events at the Centre. By the end of the month students will be nearing the end of their exams and they can relax and enjoy the annual ICMA Centre BBQ. ThenContinue reading

This week the ICMA Centre at Henley Business School announced the launch of its new Ambassador Scholarship. Offering a very substantial £10,000 against fees, this scholarship includes an ambassadorial role that will provide students with valuable skills and experience to add to their CV. For 2011 entry the ICMA Centre will be offering up to five awards of £10,000 eachContinue reading

ICMA Centre MSc student Chardin Wese Simen has been awarded a prestigious investment banking prize by the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI). The Stephen Cooke Scholarship Programme commemorates the late Stephen Cooke, former senior partner of stockbroking firm, Gerrard Vivian Gray. These scholarships are only available to SII accredited Centres of Excellence, which are an elite group ofContinue reading

Last night the ICMA Centre hosted a joint event for its alumni and Henley Finance Club members. The event was a great success with over 100 guests. Professor John Board (Director of the ICMA Centre and Dean of Henley Business School) welcomed the guests along with the founder of Henley Finance Club, Executive MBA studen, Brenda Sibindi. This will beContinue reading

The ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, is cooperating with four Romanian universities, namely the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest, the University “Alexandru Ioan Cuza ” in Ia?i, the University of West in Timi?oara and the University “Babe? Bolyai” in Cluj-Napoca on a project for post-doctoral studies, with an overall budget of around 4 million Euros. The partnership was developedContinue reading