Chairman of Ural Bank of Sberbank held a lecture for university students

20:43, February 18, 2021

Dmitry Sukhoverkhov spoke about cybersecurity and the basics of investing

Chairman of Ural Bank of Sberbank Dmitry Sukhoverkhov held a lecture for students of the Ural Federal University. The key topics of the conversation were personal finance management, investment tools, and the basics of cybersecurity. This is reported by the press service of Ural Bank Sberbank.

The meeting, which took place on the first day after the resumption of studies at the university in the traditional format, was attended by students of the Graduate School of Economics and Management of UrFU. The live broadcast was conducted in the social networks of the university. The total number of listeners of Dmitry Sukhoverkhov's lecture-in person and online-exceeded 1,200 people.

The head of the Ural Bank of Sberbank told how you can save and increase your funds, how to choose investment tools based on the risk - return ratio, and what rules of financial security should be followed in order not to succumb to the tricks of cyber fraudsters.

«There are no miracles in finance — it requires reasonable and rational approach. Today, there are many opportunities to invest money with profit, but there are also enough options to lose them — if you choose the wrong investment strategy or just go along with the attackers. We talked about simple rules, following which helps to be financially wealthy at a young age. And based on the mature and deep questions that were raised in the audience, I am sure that there are many potentially successful investors among UrFU students,» Dmitry Sukhoverkhov said.

The students who came to the meeting with Dmitry Sukhoverkhov were interested in the work of the Sberbank Investments application, the development of Sber ecosystem, and the nuances of investing in securities.

«UrFU relies on the development of practical competencies of students, so meetings with market leaders are especially important. They help you get acquainted with the industry trends, learn about current competencies. Such knowledge is in demand even in the course of study, when the students in the project training model are engaged in developing their own solutions based on real cases from employers,» said Viktor Koksharov, Rector of UrFU.

A series of lectures and webinars with the participation of top managers of Sberbank was held on the basis of leading Russian universities as part of the programme of events dedicated to the Student's Day.