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Luxembourg School of Finance celebrates its 2010 Graduating Class
The Paul Feidert room of the Kirchberg Campus of the University of Luxembourg was full on Friday evening, April 23rd, as 32 graduates of the Master of Science in Banking and Finance program received their diplomas from Professor Antonio Cosma, Academic Director. |
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Master of Science in Banking and Finance offers scholarship funded by PRiM
The Luxembourg School of Finance (LSF) is pleased to announce the establishment of an annual scholarship award of €3 000 to support LSF students with a professional interest in the field of risk management. The scholarship of €3 000 will be funded by PRiM, the Luxembourg-based association of professional risk managers, and will be awarded once per year. To be eligible, students must be enrolled in the LSF Masters of Science programme in Banking and Finance, must work in Luxembourg and live in the Grande Région. |
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New Professors for the Master of Science in Banking and Finance October 2009- Prof. Thorsten Lehnert joins the LSF as Professor of Finance Professor Lehnert will be joining the LSF as Professor of Finance in October 2009. Previously, Professor Lehnert taught in the Undergraduate, Graduate and MBA programs at Maastricht University, Radboud University Nijmegen and Düsseldorf Business School. Most recently, he was Director of the research master program at Maastricht University, board member of the Maastricht Research School of Economics of Technology and Organizations and academic advisor to the Dutch Ministry of Finance. He obtained a PhD in Finance from Maastricht University. He has published articles on Risk Management, International Finance, as well as on Behavioral Finance in academic journals including Management Science, the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of International Money and Finance and the Journal of Derivatives. His research interests focus on volatility modeling for option valuation, the role of behavioral heterogeneity in explaining option markets and the informational efficiency of financial markets. |
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September 2009- Prof. Harry Grammatikos joins the LSF as Professor of Corporate Finance Professor Grammatikos will be joining the LSF as Professor of Corporate Finance in September 2009. Previously, Professor Grammatikos has taught in the Undergraduate and MBA programs at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, at New York University, at Hofstra University and as a Visiting Professor at the School of Business, University of Piraeus, Greece. Most recently, he was Associate Director at the European Investment Bank and was responsible for the Planning, Budget and Control unit. He obtained a PhD in Finance from New York University. He has published articles on banking, futures and options markets, as well as on dividend policy in academic journals including the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Business, the Journal of Monetary Economics and the Journal of Banking and Finance. His research interests focus on the re-examination of extant finance questions, including dividend policy,agency issues and market efficiency in view of the new experiences stemming from the recent financial crisis. |