Financial Markets Group
Simona Vrantsalieva is a dedicated finance student at The London School of Economics and Political Science, currently serving as a Research Assistant for Dr. Simeon Djankov on a project focused on women's empowerment and economic freedom. In addition to academic pursuits, Simona holds the position of Head of External Relations for the LSESU Business & Investment Group, the largest student-run society at LSE. Previous experiences include internships at Bloomberg and Expat Capital, where Simona gained insights into analytics, asset management, and market volatility. Simona also initiated the Career Discovery Sessions project to aid students in exploring career paths through inspirational interviews. Highlights of Simona's accomplishments include participation in the LSE Alternative Investments Conference and recognition as a top competitor in the Elite Traders competition organized by AmplifyME.
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Financial Markets Group
The Financial Markets Group (FMG), established as a research centre at the London School of Economics (LSE) in 1987, is a leading centre in Europe for policy research into financial markets. Its overarching goal is to further our understanding of how financial markets help or hinder the real economy. To reach the goal, we aim to facilitate high-quality research into the functioning of financial markets, and to bring that research to bear on financial policy and practice. We aim to facilitate research by fundraising from private- and public-sector bodies, and we aim to maximise impact by disseminating research findings to a wide audience that includes the whole LSE community, the financial sector, practitioners in other industry sectors, policy-makers, and potential LSE students. Our dissemination activities include seminar series, conferences, public lectures, workshops, high-level round-table discussions, journal publications, discussion papers, special papers, and reports aimed at a variety of audiences. FMG, together with its affiliated centres Systemic Risk Centre (SRC) and Paul Woolley Centre (PWC), organise on average 15 large public events, 20 seminars and 10 round-tables every year, many of which are in collaboration with our key partners in both the public and private sectors.