Two LSM Double Degree students were awarded first (Eglė Alenevičiūtė) and third place (Monika Kalinauskaitė).
Nasdaq Baltic announced traditional Baltic Market Awards of the year in 2014. The purpose of the Baltic Market Awards project is to highlight the best investor relations in financial and non-financial reporting and improve the overall standard of investor relations among companies listed on NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market, as well as provide them with individual evaluation and consultancy from stock exchange side.
During the Baltic Market Awards Gala event the Best Research Paper competition results were announced. The first place was awarded to Eglė Alenevičiūtė, graduate of the Vytautas Magnus University, Faculty of Economics anad Management, and the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain School of Management (LSM), with a Double Degree master program in Finance and Banking, and in Management. Her research paper "Co-movements of Financial Markets in EU Countries" (advisors Prof. L. Iania and Prof. K. Levišauskaitė) received the Nasdaq Baltic diploma and a prize of EUR 1000. The award was presented by Nasdaq President, Nasdaq Baltic Market Vice-President Arminta Saladžienė.
The third place in the Best Research Paper competition was awarded to Monika Kalinauskaitė for her research paper "Interest Rate Pass-through in Euro Area: The Impact of the Recent Crisis" (advisors Prof. L. Iania and Prof. V. Darškuvienė). Monika is graduate of the Vytautas Magnus University, Faculty of Economics anad Management, and the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain School of Management (LSM), with a Double Degree master program in Finance and Banking, and in Management.