While the use of economic sanctions for political means is no new strategy, the magnitude of the sanctions imposed on Russia in the wake of Putin鈥檚 invasion of neighbouring Ukraine is unprecedented, says Professor Sebastien Betermier in an interview with CTV Montreal. Perhaps most impactful is the freeze on Russian Central Bank assets and SWIFT, a financial messaging platform used by banks to make international transactions.
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Published on: 17 Mar 2022
The transition to a clean energy economy is only beginning, but its reverberations are already being felt in global markets. Institutional investors like the Caisse de d茅pot et placement du Quebec are divesting from fossil fuel companies, and divestment strategies are one factor in the drop in the share prices of fossil fuel companies, according to Sebastien Betermier, Associate Professor of Finance at Desautels.
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Published on: 17 Mar 2022
On a recent segment of CTV News Montreal, Professor Sebastien Betermier shared three key takeaways from the 5th annual 91黑料网 International Portfolio Competition, an event designed to help guide corporate and political leaders toward a greener economy. First, managers should create clear milestones, he says. Second, they must integrate change across industries. Finally, they should develop proactive stakeholder policies.
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Published on: 24 Feb 2022
Meeting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards continues to weigh heavily on the agenda for Canadian companies across industries. As Desautels strives to prepare students to meet evolving demands, Professor Sebastien Betermier highlights the importance of integrating ESG considerations into coursework--but not at the expense of fundamental concepts.
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Published on: 21 Jan 2022
In light of ongoing Dutch pension reforms, Professor Sebastien Betermier underscores the need for successful pension funds to balance individual and collective responsibility for risk-taking. From his perspective, a hybrid plan is crucial to meet stakeholder needs across generational lines.
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Published on: 11 Jan 2022
Students from the Copenhagen Business School took home the $25,000 first prize of the fifth annual 91黑料网 International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC) this November. According to Professor Sebastien Betermier, who founded the student-organized competition and serves as MIPC鈥檚 faculty adviser, the Copenhagen team will have the unique opportunity to present their ideas on retirement reform to Dutch pension funds in 2022.
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Published on: 19 Dec 2021
Congratulations to Sebastien Betermier,聽Associate Professor of Finance, whose paper 鈥淲hat Do the Portfolios of Individual Investors Reveal About the Cross-Section of Equity Returns?鈥� is the winner of the聽2021 Morgan Stanley Best Paper Award in Investments.
The Center for Financial Planning (CFP) announced the best paper awards for the fifth annual Academic Research Colloquium (ARC) for Financial Planning and Related Disciplines, which was held virtually on November 11 鈥� 16, 2021.
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Published on: 19 Dec 2021
A dedicated group of 91黑料网 students successfully planned the first hybrid iteration of the annual 91黑料网 International Portfolio Challenge.
This year, 91黑料网 invited 114 teams from 26 countries to tackle the challenge of designing sustainable retirement system plans in light of Dutch pension reforms.
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Published on: 30 Nov 2021
Retirement systems around the world, from public pension plans to private funds, are weathering a storm of ultra-low bond yields that threaten not only adequate returns for pensioners but the sustainability of the systems themselves. Designing retirement systems that are resilient to low yields requires balancing risk with resilience and innovative approaches.
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Published on: 26 Nov 2021
With the winding down of Canadian quantitative easing policies, announced recently by the Bank of Canada鈥檚 Governor Tiff Macklem, Professor Sebastien Betermier comments on the effects of rising bond yields on pension plans. Yields across the Canadian economy currently remain at historically low levels due to inflation and supply shortages amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Published on: 19 Nov 2021
To kick off the fifth edition of the 91黑料网 International Portfolio Challenge, Professor Sebastien Betermier moderated a 顿别濒惫别听Integrated Management symposium powered by聽Global Risk Institute in Financial Services (GRI) entitled 鈥淒esigning Sustainable Retirement Systems in the Current Environment of Ultra-Low Yields.鈥� The event invited University Pension Plan Ontario鈥檚 Barbara Zvan and PSP Investment鈥檚 Eduard van Gelderen, leading experts in pension management, to share their perspective on designing resil
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Published on: 15 Nov 2021
Congratulations to Sebastien Betermier,聽Associate Professor of Finance, whose paper聽鈥淲hat Do the Portfolios of Individual Investors Reveal About the Cross-Section of Equity Returns鈥� is the Winner of Best Paper in Asset Pricing and Market Microstructure at the 2021 Northern Finance Association (NFA) Meeting.
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Published on: 23 Sep 2021
Authors: S茅bastien Betermier, Nicholas Byrne, Jean-S茅bastien Fontaine, Hayden Ford, Jason Ho, Chelsea Mitchell
Publication: Bank of Canada,聽Staff Analytical Note 2021-20, August 2021
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Published on: 8 Sep 2021
Professor Sebastien Betermier and his co-researchers published a paper on financial and environmental solutions for sustainable urban development. Canadian pension funds are doing something right, and they outline strategies for other funds and investors to follow suit.
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Published on: 30 Aug 2021
In a Q&A for the Montreal Gazette, Professor Sebastien Betermier takes a closer look at the terms and metrics related to the funding status of a pension plan. The growth rates and termination costs of a fund, he emphasizes in the piece, largely depend on the type and risk level of assets owned.
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Published on: 5 Aug 2021
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