91 News - Asset Management /channels/news_feeds/all/term/Asset%20Management/rss en 2025 91-FIAM Asset Management Hackathon pushes students to build AI-powered portfolio  /channels/channels/news/2025-mcgill-fiam-asset-management-hackathon-pushes-students-build-ai-powered-portfolio-369080 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Large language models are changing the way we do business - or at least that’s what the companies that make AI tools will tell you. In practice, many companies know that AI tools are very powerful but are still figuring out how best to use them. This year's <a href="/desautels/channels/event/mcgill-fiam-asset-management-hackathon-2025-368149">91-FIAM Asset Management Hackathon competition</a> asked business students to put large language models to the test and devise a bottom-up approach to building a portfolio powered by AI.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">18 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 18 Nov 2025 20:13:26 +0000 webfull 213419 at /channels Asset Manager M&A Leads to Improved Fund Performance: Study /channels/news/asset-manager-ma-leads-improved-fund-performance-study-254539 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><span>Beyond the potential financial benefits of an M&amp;A deal, two of the biggest payouts for asset managers are access to investment expertise and new markets. </span><br /><span>... “We have solid evidence that there are positive synergies for both firms,” says </span><strong>David Schumacher</strong><span>, an assistant professor of Finance at 91 and co-author of the study.</span><br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">13 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 13 Aug 2015 17:48:32 +0000 webfull 111693 at /channels Are Investors for Sale? Evidence from Financial Mergers /channels/news/are-investors-sale-evidence-financial-mergers-254530 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong>Authors:</strong> Luo, M., Manconi, A., and <strong>Schumacher, D.</strong><strong><br /></strong></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">13 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 13 Aug 2015 15:49:43 +0000 webfull 111684 at /channels