Tatyannikov Vasily Arkadyevich Ph.D., Associate Professor of the Department of Finance, Monetary Circulation and Credit, Scientific Superwisor of the competition

The purpose of the Competition is to develop a creative and scientific approach among young people to analyze existing financial products and instruments, and design new ones, taking into account the needs of the modern digital economy.

Participants in the Competition are students of all forms of study, undergraduates, graduate students, as well as young scientists and specialists working in the banking and financial industry under the age of 35.

Project developments for the Competition can be submitted either from individual authors or from a team of up to 5 people.

Scientific and applied works and projects are submitted to the Competition in the following fields:

1. Banking products,
2. Insurance company products
3. Investment company products,
4. Products of non-state pension funds and other collective investment institutions.

When determining the winners of the competition, preference is given to works that demonstrate the practical feasibility and social significance of the issues under study, originality of thinking, and creative understanding of current approaches to solving identified problems.

Applications for participation in the Competition, competitive works, projects and abstracts of work must be submitted until March 20, 2024 through the website registration system.

• The individual participant submits an application through the site’s registration system, selecting the “individual participation” category;
• Group participation. Each group member submits an application for participation through the site’s registration system, selecting the “team captain” or “team member” category. In the “Topic of work” field, everyone indicates the name of their project. The team captain attaches a file with the project and a file with the abstract of the project to the registration form, where all authors are indicated. A team member can attach empty files to complete registration.

Lists of finalists of the Competition will be published from April 1 to April 10, 2024 on the Competition page.

On April 23, 2024, a master class will be organized for the finalists of the Competition; on April 24, 2024, from 10.30 to 14.00, a public defense of projects will take place.

Awarding on April 25, 2024 (time to be confirmed).

Participation in the Competition is also possible using remote technologies - registered participants and experts gain access to USUE cloud resources based on the MS Office 365 platform and connect to interactive sessions during events through teams created in Microsoft Teams.

The winners and runners-up of the Competition are awarded diplomas and cash prizes:

• 15,000 rubles - for 1st place
• 10,000 rubles - for 2nd place
• 5,000 rubles - for 3rd place

The winners of the Competition, awarded a 1st degree Diploma, are awarded points for individual achievements when admitted to study at USUE in master's programs (2 points).

Based on the results of the final events, it is planned to release a collection of materials from the XI V EEFM, where the abstracts of the Competition finalists will be posted. The collection will be posted in the RSCI and on the website of the Ural State Economic University.