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Welcome to the Finance Department


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Research


One of the main roles of the Finance Department is the creation of knowledge via high-quality and original academic research. This objective is achieved in three ways – via the submission and publication of important articles in top academic journals, via Doctoral-level teaching and via the supervision of doctoral thesis projects.
Departmental research activity is a crucial guarantee of the excellent level of teaching offered. Research projects enable students to acquire a solid grounding by incorporating the most sophisticated developments in the relevant field and the latest methodological tools.
The professors attached to the Department specialize in a range of subjects covering many aspects of Finance. Research activity is focused on ten main areas: Financial Derivatives, Risk Management, Commodities, Hedge Funds, Portfolio Theory, Macro Finance, Market Microstructure, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, Real Estate.

Faculty


The Department of Finance includes 17 full-time faculty members, whose resumes may be consulted, as well as 11 part-time lecturers.

 Florin Aftalion, Ph.D. 
 Sridhar Arcot, Ph.D.
 Michel Baroni, Doctorate 
 Christian Bito, Doctorate 
 Andras Fulop, Ph.D. 
 Hélyette Geman, Doctorate 
 Vincent Lacoste, Doctorate
 François Longin, Doctorate 
 Patrice Poncet, Ph.D. 
 Roland Portait, Ph.D. 
Carmen Stefanescu, Ph.D.
 

Seminars


The department organizes seminars on a regular basis, in collaboration with the ESSEC Research Center. Our guest speakers present, analyze, and discuss the most recent theoretical and empirical developments in Finance research.

You can find here information about the  current seminar list, as well as our archives of past years.

Private Equity Chair


The Private Equity Chair was created in November 2006 with the support of Barclays Private Equity, Grant Thornton and Linklaters.

Its purpose is to create knowledge on topics relevant to Private Equity, and to disseminate this knowledge by training future industry professionals.

At a time when the Private Equity industry is faced with calls for increased public scrutiny, the need for in-depth, informed knowledge about the benefits and possible challenges of the Private Equity model has never been more important.

More about the Chair-holder, Professor  José Miguel Gaspar
Private Equity Chair

Teaching




MBA
The Finance Department offers a wide range of courses as part of the Grande Ecole/MBA Program and since September 2007, a Finance Track is now available to students and will enable them to specialize in Corporate Finance or in Financial Markets.


Specialized Master’s programs
In place at ESSEC for over 10 years, the Specialized Master’s degrees in Financial Techniques and Insurance-Finance consist of 14-month programs of courses and internships that prepare between 45 and 55 students per year for a career in Computational Finance. Being of a vocational nature and therefore different from of a research-based Master’s, these programs are recognized not only on the Paris finance market but also at international level.