Yasmine Eddouhbani

[EVENT 📅] SKEMA Business School is proud to welcome one of the world’s most prestigious academic finance conferences to its Grand Paris campus this August. 📢 🔎 From 20 to 23 August 2025, the European Finance Association (EFA) will host its annual conference at SKEMA — marking the event’s return to France for the first time since 1998. This year's edition is set to be record-breaking: with 2024 papers submitted, 216 selected, 81 sessions and over 800 participants expected, the event promises to be one of the largest and most dynamic EFA gatherings to date. 🌍️ SKEMA professor Laurent Calvet, scientific programme chair and and vice-president of the EFA, has led the academic programme, bringing together top scholars from institutions across Europe, North America and Asia. Key themes include sustainable finance, fintech, public debt, digital payments, artificial intelligence, and a record focus on household finance — a growing field with real-world economic impact. 🎤 Highlights will include a keynote by Monika Piazzesi (Stanford University) and a major plenary panel on finance and climate featuring Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences (2013) Lars Peter Hansen, and Catherine Wolfram (MIT Sloan School of Management). 💡 "It’s a great honour to have been asked by the EFA to organise the conference. By hosting it on SKEMA’s Grand Paris campus, we aim to contribute to France’s academic visibility and show our ability to host a conference of this scale. The event also showcases the dynamism of our school and academic community", says Laurent Calvet. ➡️ Learn more: https://fcld.ly/ke6jtj9 #WeAreSKEMA #Finance

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I was delighted to participate in two panels at IPEM this year—one on “How AI is rewriting the PE playbooks” alongside Gaël Gibert from Advent and Guillaume Princen from Anthropic, and another on “Investing in the AI revolution” with Lauriane Requena from KKR and Astrid Moullé-Berteaux from Headline. At Seven2, we see AI not as a buzzword, but as a true industrial revolution—akin to electricity in its transformative potential. The real opportunity for private equity isn’t in chasing the next unicorn, but mostly in helping established companies harness AI to drive operational excellence and margin expansion. Our focus is on the “boring” but powerful applications of AI: automating repetitive tasks, optimizing processes, and leveraging proprietary data to revisit business models and create defensible advantages. The question for investors is not whether AI will change the landscape, but whether you want to own the companies before or after that transformation. We’re building the next generation of AI-enabled market leaders and keep an eye on AI-native companies that combine robust AI applications with high-value services. These businesses are particularly attractive for LBO: they already generate EBITDA, have a clear and growing role in supporting traditional companies to adopt AI, and are resilient against being displaced by hyperscalers. Stay tuned for more on how we’re putting this vision into action. #IPEM #PrivateEquity #AI #ValueCreation #Seven2

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How is France positioning itself for M&A recovery after two challenging years? While French buyers became less active in making acquisitions internationally, interest from overseas investors in French companies increased significantly – highlighting a striking disconnect in the world’s seventh-largest economy. Our 2025 French M&A Outlook offers a guide to navigating this evolving landscape, addressing the complexities facing both domestic and international investors in France’s deal environment. View the summary: https://lnkd.in/eUXa2dyU   Download the guide: https://lnkd.in/eAXpcvNa Alexis Marraud des Grottes

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