Author Archives: Viet Ha Tran

IE Finance student on the Financial Crisis in China: The Time is Ripe

Article written by Pulkit Gupta, Master in Finance candidate 2015/2016 at IE Business School The pace and scale of China’s economic transformation has no historical precedent. In 1978, China was one of the poorest countries in the world. In 2015, China surpassed US to become the largest economy in the word in real PPP terms. China now…

IE Finance students won CFA Research Challenge 2015 Spain

Last Thursday, March 3rd, five IE Master in Finance students won the CFA Research Challenge– Spain edition at the Bolsa de Madrid. This is the fifth time IE Business school ‘s team has won first place, setting it as the highest awarded school in this competition. The winners made it to the Finals along with five…

Meet our finance alumnus Eric Kohlmann Kupper & his New York-based hedge fund Trinnacle Capital Management

“The world has changed drastically and what were sure career paths to success in the past look no longer so promising. Along with ever faster technological change, business models are being disrupted at unprecedented pace and scale, sometimes threatening entire sectors. Banking is one of these sectors that is especially feeling the waves of change.…

Meet the Finance Profile of the Month: Viacheslav Matskov

How fast are house prices rising?

Article by Ignacio de la Torre, Academic Director and Professor of IE Business School. See original article at IE Focus Magazine The behavior of house prices depends on the type of house, its location, and size… but right now property prices in Spain and elsewhere are generally on the rise, and are likely to continue to climb…

IE Venture Network: Why startups are important for Finance students?

Article written by Leandro Gualario (Italy), current student of the Master in Finance 2015. Leandro Gualario holds a BSc in Economics & Finance from Bocconi University, Milan where he was Vice President of Bocconi Students Investment Club. Before IE, he completed two internships in the finance sector: at a financial services company and an alternative investment manager. Leandro…