Don’t miss TEDx ULB 2018!

What's the topic for this edition? Mastering the Maze-Owning the trends of the 21st century. Artificial Intelligence? Smart cities? Mobility? Datafication? The 21st century is marked by uncertainty and on-going innovation. Our world is being steered by a variety of megatrends that are constantly merging and creating new future paths. Within this context, the fifth [...]

A few days left before our early-bird deadline!

Interested in joining a Solvay Advanced Master? Are you ready to meet your future you? Apply to one of our Advanced Masters by April 16th 2018 and benefit from the 1000€ early-bird discount! Apply now: ➧ ➧ ➧ am.solvay.edu/apply-for-an-advanced-master   In case you need further assistance with your application, do not hesitate to contact Vasiliki Boukouvala, the Advanced Masters [...]

Prof. Judith Hardt organized the 4th SFC Annual Conference in Brussels

Prof. Judith Hardt, who co-teaches the Financial Infrastructures course, is the Managing Director of the Swiss Finance Council and she organised one of this year's landmark financial conferences in Europe a couple of weeks ago: the 4th SFC Annual Conference in Brussels. Among the key speakers were Axel Weber, the chairman of UBS, Urs Rohner, Chairman of [...]

2018-03-21T14:33:36+00:00March 21st, 2018|Financial Markets professors, News|

Innovation & Entrepreneurship students, welcome to Brussels!

We are happy to welcome to Brussels this year's students of the Advanced Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Monday 26 February, undoubtedly a very cold day here in Brussels, was the kick-off day for the students of the Advanced Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship; a program jointly offered with our partner university, MIP Politecnico di [...]

AM students take over our Instagram account

From February until summer 2018, our Advanced Master students take over our Instagram account! You can follow their student experience: @SolvayAdvancedMasters (https://www.instagram.com/solvayadvancedmasters/) Every week, one or two students of each Advanced Master will be in charge of Solvay Advanced Masters instagram account, sharing their daily class experience, highlights from their group projects and their study [...]

Securitisation – How it works in practice: a presentation for our Advanced Masters in Finance students & alumni

On January 25, Didier Lannoy gave a private lecture to participants and alumni of our Advanced Masters in Financial Markets and Quantitative Finance on how securitisation works in practice and the prospects for a revival of a sound and safe securitisation activity in Europe. Didier is Head of Global Trading at BNPP Fortis for Belgium and the Netherlands and has a wealth of experience in structuring securitisation deals across Europe. His presentation to our [...]

Join our next Information Evening on March 27th!

It is time to learn how our Advanced Masters can fast-forward your career! On March 27th, join the information session of your preferred Advanced Master introduced by its Academic Director and learn all the details about the program content, the learning objectives, the career opportunities and the admission procedure. Finally, meet our Directors, participants and/or [...]

Jean-Michel Paul has recently joined the faculty of our Advanced Master in Financial Markets

We have a new professor in the Advanced Master in Financial Markets:  Jean-Michel PAUL will be teaching the insurance-related part of the course Banking and Insurance (Term 3 of the program).  Dr. Paul is an expert in the insurance business  as CEO of a London-based hedge fund, Acheron Capital Ltd, which focuses in particular on insurance-related assets and also as co-founder of a [...]

2018-03-21T12:59:20+00:00January 25th, 2018|Financial Markets professors, News|

Political Economy students visited the European Central Bank in Frankfurt

Devyn Jeffereis, one of our students of our Advanced Master in Political Economy (joint degree with Georgetown University), shares his experience after having visited the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, along with his classmates. Within the framework of the program, on-site meetings are organised throughout the year. These meetings guide students through the inner-workings of [...]

2018-01-21T21:23:25+00:00January 18th, 2018|News, Political economy, Student experience|

Mario Nava, a Financial Markets professor, is the next Chairman of CONSOB

Mario Nava has been appointed by the Italian Government to be the next Chairman of CONSOB, Italy’s securities markets supervisor. Mario, who is currently Director at the European Commission (FISMA), teaches one of the prominent courses in the Advanced Master in Financial Markets (European Financial Integration and Banking Regulation).  He will continue to teach this [...]

2018-03-21T12:59:08+00:00January 15th, 2018|Financial Markets professors, News|