On 24 February, third-year students of the SPbGASU Faculty of Economics and Management listened to a lecture on "Financial Instruments of the Currency Market". The event took place in the office of SRO A "Association of Builders of St Petersburg".

First Deputy General Director Boris Lysich introduced the speakers – employees of Uralsib Bank: Director of Development and Mentoring from the Premium Bank Department Milana Semikopenko and financial consultant Dmitry Koveshnikov. Boris Ivanovich informed the students about the opportunity to do an internship at the bank, as well as choose a topic for their diploma work that is close to the banking sector.

At the lecture, students learned what shares are for, what denomination Russian bonds have, whether it is worth buying yuan, and much more.

"A very useful lecture! We had heard about financial instruments, but we were not familiar with them in such detail," shared her opinion Daria Pilyugina.

"I liked everything. Complex things were explained in simple language," said Sergey Kotov.

As Associate Professor at the Department of Management in Construction Aleksandra Prikhodko explained, the lecture was held within the topic “The Economic Essence of Benchmarking” in the course “Benchmarking in Construction”.

According to Aleksandra Nikolaevna, the importance of such events is in immersing students in professional topics and the opportunity to personally communicate with professionals representing real market segments: “Working to improve students’ financial literacy is an important task both in general and in the context of each discipline related to management practices. A modern manager must have complete knowledge, including in the field of financial instruments. And the experience of leading construction companies, their ups and downs, is invaluable material that must be learned from and conclusions drawn. This will certainly help our guys in their professional careers. In addition, the example of young and successful specialists who come to the SRO site to meet with students, such as our guests today, inspires and serves as an excellent example.”