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<div class="az-element az-section" style="" data-az-id="gb1x3f27ut" data-azat-pid="gb69evmy2h" id="gb69evmy2h" data-azb="az_section"><div class="az-ctnr container" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-text" style="" id="gbzotzxwd4"><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#03989e;"><strong>38<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;International Master Thesis<br>Competition in Economics and Finance</strong></span></h1></div></div></div><div class="az-element az-section" style="" data-az-id="gbnawya53d" data-azat-pid="gbuz4x3qon" id="gbuz4x3qon" data-azb="az_section"><div class="az-ctnr container" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-section" style="" data-az-id="gbh1v632ez" data-azat-pid="gbs8afytdp" id="gbs8afytdp" data-azb="az_section"><div class="az-ctnr container" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-image text-center" id="gbn4asa6uf"><img class="az-image-content " src="" alt="" title="" style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; width: 70%;"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="az-element az-section" style="" data-az-id="gbdvlwex50" data-azat-pid="gb8llxuv34" id="gb8llxuv34" data-azb="az_section"><div class="az-ctnr container" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-image" id="gbg1pnmjte"><img class="az-image-content " src="https://professionsfinancieres.com/sites/professionsfinancieres.com/file... alt="" title="" style="width: 100%;"></div></div></div><div class="az-element az-section" style="" data-az-id="gbry44tkdx" data-azat-pid="gbbgu9f4w6" id="gbbgu9f4w6" data-azb="az_section"><div class="az-ctnr container" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-text" style="" id="gbkbycjc1t"><h2 style="text-align: center;"><br></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#03989e;">Inscriptions until December 31<sup>st</sup>, 2026</span></h2></div><div class="az-element az-row row az-row--sm" style="" id="gb3hku4eyy"><div class="az-element az-ctnr az-column col-sm-4" style="" id="gb2pkxq6jm"><div class="az-element az-button az-button-content text-center hover-style-gbzye4uzno" id="gbwm5yjmkq"><button type="button" class="btn stpe-borderbutton glazed-util-border-black glazed-util-color-black glazed-util-hover-border-black glazed-util-hover-color-white glazed-util-hover-background-black glazed-shadow-hover-2" style="margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;color:#ffffff;border-color:#03989e;background-color:#03989e;">Booklet of the 38th CIMEF</button></div></div><div class="az-element az-ctnr az-column col-sm-4" style="" id="gbhegm7ctu"><div class="az-element az-button text-center hover-style-gbvt6rc5zp" id="gbvt6rc5zp"><a href="https://professionsfinancieres.com/sites/professionsfinancieres.com/file... type="button" class="az-button-content btn stpe-borderbutton glazed-util-border-black glazed-util-color-black glazed-util-hover-border-black glazed-util-hover-color-white glazed-util-hover-background-black glazed-shadow-hover-2" style="margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;color:#ffffff;border-color:#d36b04;background-color:#d36b04;" target="_blank">registration form</a></div></div><div class="az-element az-ctnr az-column col-sm-4" style="" id="gbys0icygq"><div class="az-element az-button text-center hover-style-gbal6i3xag" id="gbal6i3xag"><a href="https://professionsfinancieres.com/sites/professionsfinancieres.com/file... type="button" class="az-button-content btn stpe-borderbutton glazed-util-border-black glazed-util-color-black glazed-util-hover-border-black glazed-util-hover-color-white glazed-util-hover-background-black glazed-shadow-hover-2" style="margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;color:#ffffff;border-color:#03989e;background-color:#03989e;" target="_blank">competition rules</a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="az-element az-section" style="" data-az-id="gbxe2ojlhu" data-azat-pid="gbe64p69z0" id="gbe64p69z0" data-azb="az_section"><div class="az-ctnr container" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-text" style="" id="gb82cra1h5"><h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:#03989e;"><span style="font-size:28px;">INVESTING IN THE FUTURE: RETHINKING RISK, VALUE, AND PERFORMANCE</span></span></strong></h2></div></div></div><div class="az-element az-section" style="" data-az-id="gbpxaclsns" data-azat-pid="gbs14aalf9" id="gbs14aalf9" data-azb="az_section"><div class="az-ctnr container" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-text" style="" id="gb2bwwjgon"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Faced with a world marked by conflict, a protracted war on the European Union&rsquo;s borders, and a shift in the global balance of power, Europe must, now more than ever, invest in the future: artificial intelligence, control over its data, energy and industrial challenges, securing its supply chains, developing independent and competitive technology, and pursuing the ecological transition without compromising its agriculture&mdash;which must ensure food self-sufficiency&mdash;are the challenges of today and tomorrow. To address these challenges, an effective financial system that channels savings toward the needs of tomorrow and enables the continuation and adaptation of a protective social model is essential.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:18px;">With a focus on these topics, the jury of the 38th Competition will award prizes to the best theses (Master&rsquo;s 1 and 2) in Economics and Finance, written in French or English, that explore one of the following themes in depth and lead to concrete proposals:</span></p><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:18px;">The role and position of states and international organizations in a rapidly changing geopolitical and commercial landscape</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:18px;">The burden and management of debt, approaches to inflation, financial stability, and the role of currencies; electronic currencies and new payment methods</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Risk assessment and management by banks, insurance companies, and asset managers; new forms of credit; and the mobilization of long-term savings</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Financing infrastructure and strategic priorities (reindustrialization, defense, energy, water, raw materials, technology); managing climate and ecological transitions in the face of constraints</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Funding for research and innovation and the challenges related to sovereignty, competitiveness, and productivity</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:18px;">AI, data management, cybersecurity</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Public services and their financing (health care, long-term care, education, training, unemployment, retirement, etc.); demographic imperatives</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:18px;">New ways of working and employment, the role of people</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Management of territories, living areas, and their priorities; transportation, security, sports, and culture</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:18px;">The implications of taxation and legal certainty; areas of sovereignty</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Challenges related to regulatory and accounting standardization; the implementation of non-financial accounting and ESG</span></li></ul><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:18px;">With this in mind, we invite all first- and second-year master&rsquo;s students whose thesis topic aligns with one or more of these suggestions and takes a forward-looking approach to submit their applications to the 38th International Thesis Competition in Economics and Finance, for which registration will open in September.</span></p></div></div></div><div class="az-element az-section" style="" data-az-id="gbay5ib17v" data-azat-pid="gbxk0xbw76" id="gbxk0xbw76" data-azb="az_section"><div class="az-ctnr container" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-text" style="" id="gb3c9b33nz"><h2 style="text-align: center;"><br></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#03989e;">The partners of the Competition</span></h2></div></div></div><div class="az-element az-section" style="" data-az-id="gbyjwwa5lf" data-azat-pid="gbjb5amcuu" id="gbjb5amcuu" data-azb="az_section"><div class="az-ctnr container" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-image" id="gbkjkb3gv1"><img class="az-image-content " src="https://professionsfinancieres.com/sites/professionsfinancieres.com/file... alt="" title="" style="width: 100%;"></div></div></div><div class="az-element az-section" style="" data-az-id="gb1kpf5auq" data-azat-pid="gbbjuqda0p" id="gbbjuqda0p" data-azb="az_section"><div class="az-ctnr container" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-section" style="" data-az-id="gbtz1stkyv" data-azat-pid="gbuat3bd64" id="gbuat3bd64" data-azb="az_section"><div class="az-ctnr container" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-image text-center" id="gb9g34r3ay"><img class="az-image-content " src="" alt="" title="" style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; width: 70%;"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="az-element az-section" style="" data-az-id="gbqibjum64" data-azat-pid="gb5mdqt6w7" id="gb5mdqt6w7" data-azb="az_section"><div class="az-ctnr container" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-section glazed-shadow-3" style="margin-left:-5%;margin-right:-5%;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:5%;padding-right:5%;" data-az-id="gbqv9o63po" data-azat-pid="gbezrt50ri" id="gbezrt50ri" data-azb="az_section" data-azat-style="margin-left:-5%;margin-right:-5%;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:5%;padding-right:5%;" data-azat-shadow="3"><div class="az-ctnr container" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-text" style="" id="gb3v03z1hm"><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#03989e;">Discover the winners of the previous 2025/2026 edition<br>of the 37<sup>th</sup> International Master Thesis Competition in Economics and Finance</span></h3></div><div class="az-element az-button text-center" id="gbczvtvyk7"><a href="https://professionsfinancieres.com/palmares-37eme-concours" type="button" class="az-button-content btn stpe-borderbutton glazed-util-border-black glazed-util-color-black glazed-util-hover-border-black glazed-util-hover-color-white glazed-util-hover-background-black glazed-shadow-hover-2" style="margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;color:#ffffff;border-color:#e27304;background-color:#e27304;" target="_blank">Winners of the 37th competition</a></div></div></div><div class="az-element az-text" style="" id="gbdcxempfa"><h2 style="text-align: center;"><br></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#03989e;">The schools and universities that participated</span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#03989e;">in the previous edition (37CIMEF)</span></h2></div></div></div><div class="az-element az-section" style="" data-az-id="gbaj3ajgub" data-azat-pid="gbxum97bdl" id="gbxum97bdl" data-azb="az_section"><div class="az-ctnr container" data-azcnt="true"><div class="az-element az-image text-center" id="gbkjgqn5ct"><img class="az-image-content " src="https://professionsfinancieres.com/sites/professionsfinancieres.com/file... alt="" title="" style="width: 70%;"></div></div></div><style><!-- .hover-style-gbzye4uzno:hover .az-button-content { color:#ffffff !important;border-color:#03989e !important;background-color:#03989e !important;} --></style><style><!-- .hover-style-gbvt6rc5zp:hover .az-button-content { color:#ffffff !important;border-color:#d36b04 !important;background-color:#d36b04 !important;} --></style><style><!-- .hover-style-gbal6i3xag:hover .az-button-content { color:#ffffff !important;border-color:#03989e !important;background-color:#03989e !important;} --></style>

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