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'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

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

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

The 2008 edition of the Advances in Asset Allocation seminar jointly organised by CFA Institute and the EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre took place in London recently. This annual event takes stock of the latest research advances in asset allocation and clarifies the distinction between true innovation and mere marketing claims in emerging industry trends. Read next page

A panel of industry practioners and recruiters in the field of consulting got together on EDHEC’s campus in Nice last week for a highly interactive round table, offering Masters and MBA students invaluable advice on getting Consulting jobs and internships. Read next page

In a newly-released position paper by Samuel Sender, entitled “Banking: Why Does Regulation Alone Not Suffice? Why Must Governments Intervene?” EDHEC warns that prudential regulations for banking and other financial institutions are pro-cyclical and tend to reinforce the impact of the economic cycle on the balance sheet. Read next page