News & Events

These pages will link you to news about the Department, as well as provide information about the conferences and events organised by the Department and our related research centres.

News 

• 2012 - May
• Dr Georgy Chabakauri wins 4nations Cup 2012
• Department of Finance Faculty named Associate Editors of The Journal of Finance
• April
• Department of Finance Hosts First Alumni Conference and Reunion
• January
• Dr Daniel Paravisini's paper wins Brattle Group Distinguished Paper Prize at the AFA meeting in Chicago
• FMG 25th Anniversary Conference
• 2011 - November
• Public Lecture: LSE perspectives on the sovereign debt crisis 
• October
• Making Europe Safer - A safer way to save the eurozone proposed by Dimitri Vayanos and a Group of fellow European economists
• July
• Orientation Timetable now online
• June
• Dr Dong Lou wins best paper prize at the Western Finance Association
• June
• Jon Danielsson publishes new book on 'Financial Risk Forecasting'
• Former BSc Accounting and Finance student wins award at the 'City equivalent of Oscars'
• May
• New and Visiting Faculty 2011/12
• February
• LSE Launches The Standard Bank Scholarships
• 2010 - September
• Private Equity: Leveraged Expertise or Leverage Bets?
• July
• Antoine Faure-Grimaud prize-winners announced
• April
• Professor Mikhail Chernov to join Department of Finance
• March
• Skirting the Issue: Research by Dr Daniel Ferreira discussed in the Economist
• Admin Team raise £485 for charity
• 2009 - December
• LSE Department of Finance Success at AFA Annual Meeting - Ulf Axelson and Peter Kondor awarded highest prizes for papers published in the Journal of Finance 
• November
• Antoine Faure-Grimaud Memorial Event 
• LSE launches new MSc Finance and Private Equity
• October
• New and Visiting Faculty 2009-10 
• July
• It is with great sadness that we have to report the death of Professor Antoine Faure-Grimaud on 6 July 2009 

Forthcoming Events

•  MSc Finance (Part-time) Information Evenings

Events and Conferences 2009-10

• February 2011
• Public Lecture: Private Equity Insider: A Chat with Tony James
• FMG Public Lecture: Best Ideas: Can Fund Managers Beat the Market?
• December 2010
• FMG & AXA Conference: Financial Intermediation, Banking and Macro-Stability
• October 2010
• FMG Conference: Assessing the Effectiveness of the New Regulatory Architecture
• July 2010
• Paul Woolley Centre Conference: The Future of Finance
• June 2010
• FMG and Summer School Public Lecture: Too Big to Fail: The Aftermath and What Next?
• FMG Conference: The Third Annual Conference of the Paul Woolley Centre
• May 2010
• FMG Public Lecture: A Manifesto for Giant Funds - Resolving the Dysfunctionality of Finance
• April 2010
• FMG Conference: Assessing the Emerging Financial Architecture
• November 2009
• Antoine Faure-Grimaud Memorial Event 
• Dahrendorf Scholars' Reception 
• October 2009
• "The Future of Banking and Financial Regulation" - Public Lecture by Prof. David Webb
• FMG conference: "Too Big to Fail, Too Interconnected to Fail?" 
• March 2009
• FMG Conference: Reforming Global Architecture of Financial Regulation
• Previous Events and Conferences