MIPC brings students together to tackle sustainable investing
With a focus on the sustainable investment of public pension funds, this year鈥檚 海角社区 International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC) demonstrated students鈥� ability to realistically solve a key issue facing investors today. The winning team鈥檚 strategy proposed a progressive, partial divestment while pursuing investment in diverse green initiatives, according to Professor Sebastien Betermier.
Desautels places second at Ethical Leadership Case Competition
Desautels students have placed second in the Ted Rogers Ethical Leadership Case Competition at Ryerson University.
Meet the analytics dream team
Congratulations to Master of Management in Analytics students Anvita Shukla, Harsimrat Soin, Akash Sondhi, and Abinav Ramesh Sundararaman who won first place in the Ericsson Data Science Hackathon!
Hosted by Ericsson Montreal, participants are allocated one day to devise innovative approaches and tools to solve some of the real-world problems facing the telecommunications industry.
Building a better business through data analytics
Discover how Professor Juan Serpa and a team of Desautels students are using data analytics to streamline operations for Santropol Roulant.
Read more in the 海角社区 Reporter
Desautels students take home top prize at PRMIA
Congratulations to the Desautels Capital Management Team comprised of BCom students Ludovic Van den Bergen, Emilie Granger, Ian Jiang, and Roy Chen Zhang who won first place and $10,000 in prize money at the 2019 PRMIA Risk Management competition.
Igniting the power of data analytics
Discover how Professor Juan Serpa and the 16 Desautels students comprising a new food analytics club are revolutionizing the operations of beloved NPO Santropol Roulant 鈥� and it鈥檚 all through the power of data analytics.
Read more in the 海角社区 Reporter
MBA students take third spot in Milan
Congratulations to MBA students Kirill Gusev, Fiorella Rojas, and Sonia Torres who secured a third- place finish out of 11 international teams in the SDA Bocconi 5th Annual International Finance Competition in Milan, Italy.
A silver finish for BComs in Paris
Congratulations to BCom students Michael Amar, Tanya Gandhi and Babet Nieman who took second place in the final round of the Accuracy Business Cup, which unfolded in Paris in partnership with LVMH.
Desautels was one of six teams out of 100 entrants who were selected to advance. Thank you to Roman Celac and Peg Brunelle who contributed as coaches.
Bringing home the Net Impact Sustainability trophy
Team gREen, comprised of MBA students Heena Chhatlani, Mehreen Haider and Fang Yang earned a first-place finish in the Net Impact Sustainability Challenge, coming in victorious over 12 teams from MBA programs across Canada and the US. Haider was further recognized with the Best Speaker Award.
Desautels MBA鈥檚 score second place at Ivey
Congratulations to MBA students Julio Casta帽eda and Daniel Franco who were awarded 2nd place out of 18 local and international teams in the MBA Business Plan Competition.
Hosted by Ivey Business School, Casta帽eda and Franco were recognized for their solution involving the digitalization of small grocery stores in Latin America.
MMF students win Deloitte case challenge
Congratulations to MMF students: Maud de Witte, Jean-Baptiste Foult, Pierre-Louis Patault, and Celec Soriano-Francis who won the Deloitte M&A Synergies Case Challenge.
A glowing victory at JDC 2019
Congratulations to Desautels BCom students who secured two 1st place wins and five 2nd place finishes at this year鈥檚 Jeux du commerce. 海角社区 finished 2nd academically overall among 13 other universities.
1st place StrategyNoah Tomas Petkau, Tamara Belair, Rachel Seo
1st place International BusinessAleem Damji, Noemi Holczer, Laurie Carmichael
Reflecting on MIPC 2018
Avantages reports on the 2018 海角社区 International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC), which saw 90 teams from around the world compete for a $25,000 grand prize.
Students to the rescue of a U.S. pension system in peril
The U.S. pension plan shortfall has the makings of a perfect storm 鈥� so who is heeding the call to help remedy a seemingly insurmountable problem?
Enter Professor Sebastien Betermier, a group of Desautels BCom students and the 海角社区 International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC).
Students respond with answers to looming U.S. pension crisis
Professor Sebastien Betermier sits down with La Presse to discuss the second annual 海角社区 International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC), which brought forward the fresh perspectives of 25 international student teams as they attempted to solve the severe underfunding of U.S. state pensions.
