A “call for reaction” was sent by EDHEC to international institutional investors and asset managers to compare investor views of amendments to the IAS39 and IFRS 7 standards not just with the conclusions of an initial EDHEC study, but also with the ambitions of these reforms prepared and adopted in great haste. Read next page

EDHEC Business School is currently in 9th place of the Financial Times Rankings of European Masters Programmes. French business schools have a reputation of excellence in standards of education throughout Europe and the proof of this can be seen in the latest rankings by the Financial Times, clearly dominated by French Business Schools. This ranking is a measure of quality for all candidates searching for a Masters programme in Europe. Read next page

EDHEC's finance students were among around 1200 participants of the fourth edition of the EDHEC Alternative Investment Days at the ExCeL Centre in London on 9th and 10th December. The conference presented the applied research conducted by the EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre with leading pension fund managers and lead to discussion of the results with the institutional investor and fund manager communities. This event is the largest European conference on hedge funds and has become one of the highlights in EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre's calendar. Read next page

This annual event provides the opportunity to meet exchange students coming from all parts of the world and learn about their school, country, culture and people or simply ask any questions that students might have to make the right decision about their very own academic exchange. Read next page

The Theseus-EDHEC MBA participants have just returned from their first business trip to the north African country of Morocco as part of their Global Business Module. This much-appreciated course sets the Theseus-EDHEC MBA apart from more conventional MBA programmes as for 2 week-long sessions, the participants are taken to an emerging economy to learn first-hand about international business practices, study different leadership styles and find out more about the political issues of the country. Read next page

To provide maximum company contacts for students regular business lunches with company representatives are organised by various departments at EDHEC Business School. The MSc in Marketing Management students recently had one such lunch to discuss recruitment possibilities with representatives of the Redcats group, the leader in home shopping with 15 brands present in 29 countries. Read next page

As the recruitment season kicks in, various companies are making their annual trips to Engineering and Business Schools. Thanks to the school’s Career Centre’s organisation, EDHEC had the pleasure of welcoming on campus Société Générale, on November 24 to make a presentation on the recruitment process and full-time / gap-year placement opportunities available in the Bank. Read next page

To encourage entrepreneurship and creativity in the students, EDHEC recently organised a roundtable discussion on Entrepreneurship led by EDHEC’s Professor Dominique Serio. Read next page

Distinguished Speaker on Islamic Finance Harvesh Seegolam, an advisor in Financial Services Board of Investment, Mauritius was guest lecturer for the students of the MSc in Finance recently, sharing his expertise on the functioning of the contemporary world of Islamic finance. Read next page

Since 2006, students wishing to study in EDHEC’s MSc in Risk and Asset Management have been able to apply to the Singapore Financial Sector Development Fund (FSDF) Finance Scholarship Programme (FSP), a scholarship fund administered by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Now this possibility has been extended to EDHEC’s MS in Finance, allowing more talented students to benefit from this privileged opportunity. Read next page