A paper from Professor Patrick Augustin featured in voxEU looks at how the emergence of US default risk can help to explain the pattern of negative swap rates.
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Published on: 17 Jan 2020
91黑料网 students are once again at the forefront of the climate movement, finding ways for businesses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Students in Professor Dror Etzion鈥檚 Strategies for Sustainability course are using solutions proposed by to present viable business cases to help combat climate change. Mariela Tovar highlights some of the cases presented by students.
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Published on: 17 Jan 2020
Bloomberg has published an opinion piece featuring Professor Sebastien Betermier鈥檚 research on the shift from bonds to cash in fixed-income exchange-traded funds (FI-ETF).
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Published on: 17 Jan 2020
Desautels alumnus Ilias Konstantopoulos (MBA鈥�92) has been announced as the new CEO of real estate organization Great Gulf Group. Konstantopoulos brings to the role more than 30 years of experience in operations, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and capital markets, most recently as CFO of Granite Real Estate Investment Trust.
鈥淗e is an exceptional business leader and his wealth of experience will take the organization to the next level in line with the Board's strategic plan,鈥� says preceding CEO Jerry Patava.
Published on: 16 Jan 2020
For the first time ever, we now have four generations occupying the workforce. With this resulting in more Millennials and Generation Z staff managing those from the Boomer generation, Professor Karl Moore outlines attitudes and behaviours that may bridge鈥攐r further widen鈥攖he generational divide.
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Published on: 16 Jan 2020
For Bertrand Cesvet, CEO and Senior Partner at leading creative agency Sid Lee, his connection to 91黑料网 runs deep. In an article for 91黑料网 Giving, Cesvet (BA鈥�86; MBA鈥�88; DLitt鈥�16) reflects on his journey with 91黑料网, beginning in his undergraduate degree and culminating in the recent Made by 91黑料网 campaign .
Published on: 13 Jan 2020
Three Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) participants Charles-Olivier Boucher, Carlo Frediani and Sebastian Molina Calvo have been named on the Honour Roll of the (CFE) for their outstanding results.
Published on: 13 Jan 2020
New research from Prof Jui Ramaprasad explores how gender, comfort, and impulsivity are key for that perfect chemistry.
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Published on: 13 Jan 2020
In an interview with Professor Karl Moore, Rajah Augustinraj, Principal of the Boston Consulting Group, reflects on globalization in the past decade, noting that shifting technology, geopolitics and societal expectations are changing the way businesses operate. Desautels BCom students Emily Moubayed and Willing Li contributed to this article.
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Published on: 9 Jan 2020
As a native Quebecer, the new CEO and president of Bell Mirko Bibic (BCom鈥�89) has big plans for the province, with a three-prong strategy aimed at increasing market share.
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Published on: 9 Jan 2020
A recent article in Belgium鈥檚 尝鈥椭肠丑辞 explores Professor Patrick Augustin鈥檚 2019 research looking at the low prosecution rates following unexplained trading activity in the leadup to company takeovers.
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Published on: 6 Jan 2020
In honour of the late Professor Richard Donovan, the Desautels MBA Japan program recently hosted the 91黑料网 MBA Japan Case Competition. The internal event gives students a chance to put their knowledge to practice by bringing them together over 24 hours to solve a case competition.
Teams presented to a judging panel of 91黑料网 MBA Japan alumni before the winners鈥擧oson Kablawi, Naohisa Takahashi, and Hazuki Yamashita鈥攚ere awarded the Richard Donovan Cup.
Published on: 6 Jan 2020
Professor Karl Moore comments on Bombardier鈥檚 2017 decision to sell its CSeries program to the second largest aircraft manufacturer, Airbus.
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Published on: 6 Jan 2020
In November 2019, teams in the 91黑料网 International Portfolio Challenge were asked to provide a solution for a fictional pension fund reassessing its investments in the interest of climate action.
In a piece for The Globe and Mail, Professor Sebastien Betermier considers the winning solution in the context of university pension plans.
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Published on: 6 Jan 2020
91黑料网 has announced the reappointment of Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou, Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management, for a second five-year term, which will begin on July 1, 2020. Dean Bajeux-Besnainou joined Desautels in 2015 as the Faculty鈥檚 first female dean.
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Published on: 20 Dec 2019
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