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MIPC 2024: Students tackle global finance challenges with innovation and leadership

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:43:26 +0000

The ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC) 2024 was held in November and drew a record 99 teams from 47 universities across 17 countries, cementing its reputation as a premier global finance competition. This year’s focus on building inclusive retirement systems for gig workers and those facing income uncertainty sparked innovative solutions from participants. A standout addition was the inaugural Women in Buy-Side Panel, addressing gender disparities in finance.

MIPC asks students to devise decumulation strategies for an inflationary environment

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 18:18:35 +0000

For its 7th edition, the 2023 ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC), as part of ��Ƭ��Ƶ’s Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI), gathered over 80 teams from 27 countries to address retirement challenges amidst inflation. Participants tackled the task of developing decumulation strategies for the fictional Maple Leaf Pension Plan, simulating real-world data.

MMR student shares how L'Oréal Brandstorm led to internship

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:41:01 +0000

Last year, after months of hard work and 'brandstorming', two ��Ƭ��Ƶ Desautels teams took the podium at the 31st annual L'Oréal Brandstorm competition, competing against top teams from across Canada! Madison Laxer and her fellow Master of Management in Retailing (MMR) teammates, Aditi Bali and Supreet Kaur, took third place. Madison reflects on her experience participating in the case competition and how it even led to an internship.

��Ƭ��Ƶ Desautels launches the Management Science Case Writing Competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 19:09:30 +0000

The inaugural ��Ƭ��Ƶ Desautels Management Science Case Writing Competition, organized by Assistant Professor (Teaching) Rob Glew and supported by EY, turns the tables on the traditional case competition format. Since May, 34 BCom students worked to write case studies on their experience with operations management and analytics on their summer work placements.

Nabil Anouti is the Desautels valedictorian at ��Ƭ��Ƶ’s Spring 2023 Convocation

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 25 May 2023 15:53:26 +0000

Humanity has the skill to solve our most pressing problems, but cooperation is our greatest challenge, says Nabil Anouti, who is ��Ƭ��Ƶ Desautels’ valedictorian for the Spring 2023 Convocation. But Anouti is optimistic, and this view has been shaped by a Desautels education.

��Ƭ��Ƶ Desautels undergrads take 2nd at Baylor University’s Negotiation Competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 23 May 2023 18:57:21 +0000

��Ƭ��Ƶ Desautels undergraduate students Aaron Anandji (BCom’25) and Zacharie Faucillion (BCom’23), Co-Executive Directors of ��Ƭ��Ƶ Ventures, took second place at Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business’ National Undergraduate Negotiation Competition (NUNC) this April.

��Ƭ��Ƶ takes 2nd and 3rd place at L'Oréal Brandstorm Canada 2023

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 19:47:44 +0000

After months of hard work and 'brandstorming', two ��Ƭ��Ƶ teams took the podium at the 31st annual L'Oréal Brandstorm National Competition in Canada, competing against top teams from across the country. BCom students Laetitia Doumet, Jo-Esther Abou Haidar and Andrea Salem (far right) placed 2nd, while Master of Management in Retailing (MMR) students Madison Laxer, Aditi Bali and Supreet Kaur (far left) took 3rd place.

��Ƭ��Ƶ students earn podium finish in leading global case competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 19:06:18 +0000

��Ƭ��Ƶ Desautels continues its hot streak in the case competition arena with another podium result, placing 2nd overall in the prestigious 2023 Copenhagen Business School Invitational Case competition. 12 schools flew to Copenhagen and were challenged to help Vestas, a leading company in wind power plant solutions, leverage its position to create new businesses in hydrogen technologies and develop a strategy for 2030.

Ace Squad wins 2023 Desautels Case Cup Competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:44:24 +0000

On February 3, first-year ��Ƭ��Ƶ Desautels MBAs participated in the annual Desautels Case Cup competition. Judged by alumni, this year’s case focused on MassChallenge, a program created by John Harthorne and Akhil Nigam that provides support and funding for startup companies. Thanks to the open-source community, the organization which began as a for-profit evolved to include mentorship, encouraging creativity, building communities and supporting startups created by marginalized and disenfranchised groups.

Global competition gets students to take on challenge of investing sustainably

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 15:41:09 +0000

The 2022 ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC), in its 6^th year, asked undergraduate students from around the world to devise innovative portfolio strategies that could achieve high returns while still ensuring a sustainable future. Participating teams had to consider the same choices institutional funds would need to make to transition to net-zero emissions by 2050, acting as advisors for a fictional superannuation fund in Australia.

Desautels places first at Queen's I.C.B.C. Case Competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 19:14:50 +0000

Congratulations to the ��Ƭ��Ƶ Desautels accounting team for their first-place win at the I.C.B.C. case competition. The team consisting of Thomas Wakeham and Francois Kik was coached and assisted by Julia Scott and Peg Brunelle. The Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (I.C.B.C.) is one of the oldest case competitions in the world, held annually at the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University.

Desautels undergraduates bring home podium finishes at prestigious Jeux du Commerce

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 21:41:10 +0000

Congratulations to Desautels BCom students for their outstanding performance at the Jeux du Commerce (JDC) 2023! Hosted by HEC Montreal on January 6-9, it brought together 1,100 participants from 14 universities, and is the largest student case competition in Eastern Canada.

Delve: How Banks and Institutional Investment Funds Are Driving the Road to Net-Zero

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 21:58:16 +0000

One of the biggest challenges today for financial institutions is how to meet net-zero climate targets while achieving high returns on investment and satisfying the needs of various stakeholders. What does the road to net-zero look like in the realm of long-term investment, who are the players, and how should the inevitable roadblocks be overcome?

MIPC wraps up with MDIIM Symposium and Grand Finale

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 15:47:57 +0000

The Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management Symposium on The Road to Net Zero took place on November 2, marking the opening ceremony of the sixth edition of the ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC). Thank you to our panelists, Fanny Doucet, CFA, Managing Director & Head, Sustainable Finance at Scotiabank and Lori Kerr, CEO of FinDev Canada for participating in what was an ins

Desautels team represents at Lazaridis International Case Conference Competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 17:58:47 +0000

Coached by Senior Faculty Lecturer Niels Billou, BCom students Marc Ransom, Amy Pagé, Izabella Tyc and Hosseyn Al-Moussawi Wasserman traveled to Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, to compete at the Lazaridis International Case Conference Competition.

��Ƭ��Ƶ Desautels undergraduate team wins ethics case competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 17:38:39 +0000

Congratulations to Karen Zhuang, Lara Landauro, Maë Vernet, and Thanh Nguyen who won the $2500 first place prize in the 2022 Scotiabank Ethics in Action Case Competition (undergrad track) hosted by Dalhousie University. The team, coached by Dr.

Congrats to MMF team on Challenge win

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 17:11:36 +0000

Congratulations to Master of Management in Finance (MMF) Team 6 students Pascal Audette, Heng Chang, Fenton Garvie, Eugenia Pan and Alexandre Touchette on their win at the 5th Deloitte MMF Synergy Challenge!

The Photons take 2022 Desautels Cup case competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 14:40:33 +0000

Congratulations to ��Ƭ��Ƶ MBA students Shivansh Srivastava, Bingquan (Roger) Wu, Nimesh Mittal, Sundeep Ahuja, and Horacio Aguilera Salinas for winning the 2022 Desautels Cup Case Competition, the first in-person Desautels Cup since the pandemic! The internal case competition challenges participants to put their first-semester knowledge to the test by asking them to solve real-world challenges facing businesses today.

Desautels BCom students win Case Competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 13:57:05 +0000

Congratulations to BCom students Idir Hamrioui, Marc-Antoine Millaire, Léo Tousignant and Anthony Ladal, who won the 2022 Van Berkom Small Cap Case Competition hosted by JMSB March 25 and 26. In the final round the team of four was up against 8 other teams including another from Desautels. The team keeps up a winning tradition, as a delegation from Desautels won last year's edition of the competition.

Three tips for going green

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 18:48:15 +0000

On a recent segment of CTV News Montreal, Professor Sebastien Betermier shared three key takeaways from the 5th annual ��Ƭ��Ƶ 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.

Desautels delegation takes Canadian final of Accuracy Business Cup

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 17:07:07 +0000

On Friday, Feb. 11, the Desautels delegation emerged victorious in the Canadian final of the Accuracy Business Cup for the second year in a row, advancing to the International final set to take place in Paris this March.

BCom students place third at Melbourne case competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 15:22:06 +0000

Congratulations to BCom students Sarah (Zeshi) Wang, Pragna Patel, Alex Buisson and Yurou Zhang for their third-place finish at the Melbourne Meets 2022 Virtual International Case Competition last week hosted by the University of Melbourne (AU).

DMCC takes third place at Financial Open

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 17:03:57 +0000

On February 5, the Desautels Management Competition Committee took third place at the 14^th annual Financial Open, the largest Finance and Accounting base case competition in Eastern Canada. The BCom students competed against their peers from 14 other universities, securing 4 podiums, including first in financial accounting and stock market simulation, good for third place overall. Congratulations to all the delegates who represented ��Ƭ��Ƶ Desautels at this event!

Desautels finishes strong at 2022 ICBC

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:31:00 +0000

Five BCom case teams made the finals at the 44th annual Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC) hosted virtually by Queen's University from January 13 to 16, 2022 with the Finance and Ethics teams each taking first place.

Winning teams:

Finance: Julia Jin and Lucy Chen, coached by Mo Chaudhury

Ethics: Karen Zhuang & Anish Umasuthan, coached by Melissa Sonberg and Julia Scott

MIPC winners prepare to present ideas to Dutch pension funds

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Sun, 19 Dec 2021 22:53:42 +0000

Students from the Copenhagen Business School took home the $25,000 first prize of the fifth annual ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC) this November. According to Professor Sebastien Betermier, who founded the student-organized competition and serves as MIPC’s faculty adviser, the Copenhagen team will have the unique opportunity to present their ideas on retirement reform to Dutch pension funds in 2022.

��Ƭ��Ƶ students spearhead hybrid MIPC

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 16:51:42 +0000

A dedicated group of ��Ƭ��Ƶ students successfully planned the first hybrid iteration of the annual ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge.

This year, ��Ƭ��Ƶ invited 114 teams from 26 countries to tackle the challenge of designing sustainable retirement system plans in light of Dutch pension reforms.

Delve: Why Ultra-Low Yields Don’t Mean the End of Sustainable Pension Funds

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 14:30:10 +0000

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.

Risk and return at the fifth annual MIPC

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 21:35:19 +0000

To kick off the fifth edition of the ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge, Professor Sebastien Betermier moderated a Delve Integrated Management symposium powered by Global Risk Institute in Financial Services (GRI) entitled “Designing Sustainable Retirement Systems in the Current Environment of Ultra-Low Yields.” The event invited University Pension Plan Ontario’s Barbara Zvan and PSP Investment’s Eduard van Gelderen, leading experts in pension management, to share their perspective on designing

Desautels competes in Lazaridis International Case Competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 20:00:32 +0000

October 10-16, ��Ƭ��Ƶ Desautels fielded a team at the Lazaridis International Case Competition hosted by Wilfrid Laurier University. The event involved 16 teams from around the world, with Professor Melissa Marginson leading the Desautels team to first place in their room in the short case preliminary round. Congratulations to Prof. Marginson, Pragna Patel, Frédérique Boucher-Alain, Zeitha Biney and Louis Roncador on a stellar performance!

Endowed prize honours Richard G. Donovan

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 23:49:52 +0000

Professor Richard G. Donovan passed suddenly on August 3, 2019, but the legacy he left behind continues to this day. Through generous donor support, the $50,000 Richard G. Donovan Prize in Case Excellence is awarded to graduating students who have excelled in case competitions in their time at ��Ƭ��Ƶ. Now, Desautels is raising funds to endow the prize in order to support students for generations to come.

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BCom students earn several podium finishes at Happening Marketing

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 19:16:35 +0000

Congratulations to the 33 Desautels BCom students who competed at 2021 Happening Marketing, the largest marketing games in Canada. The ��Ƭ��Ƶ delegation was led by Marie-Noëlle Carrier and Cédric Jutras from the Desautels Management Case Competition (DMCC). ��Ƭ��Ƶ finished with a total of five podiums at the virtual competition;

BCom student finishes third at L’Oréal Brandstorm 2021 competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 16:01:58 +0000

Congratulations to Desautels BCom student Rachel Wisnia and her teammates from Concordia University for finishing in third place at L’Oréal Brandstorm 2021. Wisnia and her team (coached by BCom Career Coach Peg Brunelle) tackled the topic of making shopping for cosmetics engaging in a virtual setting. A total of 149 teams took part in the competition.

MBA students place third at Wharton’s 2021 People Analytics Case Competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 08 Apr 2021 12:36:38 +0000

Congratulations to Desautels MBA students Beatriz Otero Russo Villaca, Christopher Bahen-Taitand and Melissa Palumbo for placing third at the Wharton’s People Analytics Case Competition. The team virtually showcased their findings to a panel of judges including representatives from Teach for America, academics and industry experts. They earned a cash prize and complimentary tickets to the 2021 virtual and 2022 in-person Wharton People Analytics Conferences.

MMF students win CFA Institute’s Research Challenge

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 17:34:06 +0000

Five Master of Management in Finance (MMF) students are off to the regional round of CFA Institute’s Research Challenge, an annual global competition that provides students with hands-on mentoring and intensive training in financial analysis and professional ethics. Facing stiff competition from HEC Montreal and Concordia University, Zirui (Bruce) Chen, Huiru (Audrey) Wu, Neil Wiacek, Chen (Andy) Yu and Haiwen Luo formed the team that came out on top.

BCom team wins Canadian Finals of Accuracy Business Cup

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:29:51 +0000

Congratulations to BCom students Shelley Sorkin, Dixon Wong, and Angel Miao who won the National Finals of the Accuracy Business Cup case competition. The team will be representing Canada at the virtual international finals on March 12 to compete against seven other countries. Thanks to Melissa Sonberg, Desautels Professor of Practice, for coaching and mentoring the team.

BCom students win National Finals of KPMG Ideation Challenge

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:00:42 +0000

Congratulations to Desautels BCom students Reda Ouazzani Touhami and James Xu, and their teammates from Concordia University and Western University, for winning the National Finals of the KPMG Ideation Challenge. Over 750 applications were submitted for the Canadian finals of the competition. The team will compete for the global title in April when each country will present their solution/prototype to a panel of industry judges.

Strong showing by Desautels BCom team at Financial Open

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:53:58 +0000

The Financial Open Case Competition, the second largest case competition across eastern Canada, reunited over 350 participants from 11 universities to compete on accounting and finance related academic cases. Congratulations to the Desautels delegation, led by Antoine Bertrand and Bruno Provencher, who captured four podiums:

Desautels BCom students attain nine podiums at 2021 Jeux du Commerce

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 22:55:21 +0000

Congratulations to Desautels BCom students for their outstanding performance at this year’s Jeux du Commerce (JDC), the largest student case competition in Eastern Canada. For the first time, JDC took place fully online and brought together 700 participants from 11 universities.

The Desautels delegation of 57 BCom students was led by Guillaume Ouimet and Sonam Levasseur as part of Desautels Management Case Competitions (DMCC). ��Ƭ��Ƶ finished with a total of nine podiums including two first place wins.

Desautels team reaches semifinal round of impact200

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 22:13:07 +0000

A team of Desautels students and alumni has reached the semifinal round of impact200, ��Ƭ��Ƶ’s Bicentennial Sustainability Challenge for students and recent alumni. The winning team, which includes analytics BCom students, Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) students, Desautels alumni, and a software engineer student, created a platform that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance food security in Montreal. They will join 29 other teams for the semifinal round of the competition on March 16-18, 2021.

��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge illustrates growing importance of impact investing

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 20:14:31 +0000

BCom student Tania Kuoh, Executive Director of the ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC), makes the case for impact investing following the recent success of the first virtual MIPC event this year. Since 2015, the MIPC has granted students from around the world a unique opportunity to tackle the Triple Mandate through integrated asset allocation. Learn more

Two international teams claim victory in ��Ƭ��Ƶ portfolio-building competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 21:00:12 +0000

The first virtual ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Competition (MIPC) drew 93 university teams from 18 countries to design portfolio strategies that address the rise of social inequalities and protectionism in the U.K.

Student teams compete to win 2020 ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 15:53:46 +0000

The fourth annual ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC) drew a record number of teams to solve a complex portfolio construction problem designed by Desautels students. This year’s case study, which focused on themes of social inequality and protectionism, was more relevant than ever in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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New award honours Professor Richard Donovan’s legacy

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 19:41:52 +0000

Students, colleagues, friends and family of the late Professor Richard Donovan have paid tribute to his legacy with the new Richard Donovan Graduating Prize in Case Excellence at ��Ƭ��Ƶ Veteran MMICC judge George Attar (BCom’82) and BCom alumna Shonezi Noor (BCom’14) reflect on the legacy of an inspiring colleague and professor.

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93 student teams tackle social inequality and protectionism at MIPC 2020

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 21:38:38 +0000

The fourth annual ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge invited 93 student teams from 18 countries to compete to solve a complex portfolio construction problem. This year’s case study challenged participants to invest a fictitious sovereign wealth fund in a way that addressed social inequalities and protectionism in the wake of Brexit.

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Desautels students earn all three podium places at Global Goals Jam Case Competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 21:58:13 +0000

��Ƭ��Ƶ graduate student Michael Bourkas (MBA’22) has taken home first place in the Global Goals Jam Case Competition at the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University, with peers Conor Grieve (MBA’21) and Nandini Biswas Jain (MBA’22) following close behind in second and third places, respectively.

MIPC to tackle questions around protectionism and social inequalities

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:54:28 +0000

Students behind the ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC) are planning the first virtual rendition of the premier case competition to be held in September. MIPC invites university students from across the world to tackle pressing socioeconomic issues faced by asset managers.

“This year’s case centres around investing in a time of protectionism and rising inequalities, a theme that is very representative of our current reality,” co-executive director Darius Kuddo explains.

��Ƭ��Ƶ wins big at Retail Innovation Challenge

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 14:32:19 +0000

Hosted by the Bensadoun School of Retail Management, the first-ever Retail Innovation Challenge concluded on June 21 with a ��Ƭ��Ƶ MMA student bringing home the top prize.

Bringing together 80 teams from 20 universities across Canada, the event challenged students to aid the economic recovery of small and medium businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. With a focus on the food sector, the event drew four companies from the restaurant and grocery industries.

��Ƭ��Ƶ MMA teams head to semi-finals of Microsoft Discover AI Challenge

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 26 May 2020 19:24:35 +0000

Two teams from the ��Ƭ��Ƶ Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) are heading to the semi-finals of the Microsoft Discover AI Challenge on May 27. Hosted by Microsoft, Agorize and ��Ƭ��Ƶ University, the case competition aims to leverage AI and analytics to create smarter and more sustainable economies using Microsoft’s Cloud and AI tools.

A glowing victory at Net Impact Case Competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 19:58:52 +0000

A team of MBA students from ��Ƭ��Ƶ University’s Desautels Faculty of Management took the top prize at the Net Impact Case Competition on February 29.

Desautels students take second place in CBS Global Case Competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 19:52:45 +0000

Four ��Ƭ��Ƶ students took home second place at the Copenhagen Business School (CBS) Global Case Competition, the largest case competition in the world, over the weekend.

BCom students Ariane Dusablon, Raphael Roel, Anne Sophie Levee, and Quentin Amaudry represented ��Ƭ��Ƶ University in the case competition, which invited students to solve a real-life business challenge faced by Novo Nordisk, the second largest insulin producer worldwide.

The complex nature of investment strategies

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 21:24:22 +0000

Professor Sebastien Betermier uses winning student proposals from the 2019 ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge as the model for sustainable investment strategies of university endowment funds, suggesting that divestment strategies should go beyond a simple yes or no response.

Masters students tackle sustainability in Desautels Cup

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 15:21:19 +0000

On January 31, the Masters Office hosted the annual Desautels Cup. The event brought together nine teams from the MBA, Master of Management in Analytics and Master of Management in Finance programs and welcomed back MBA and Executive MBA alumni as distinguished judges.

Desautels team takes first place at Quebec CFA Research Challenge

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:45:33 +0000

Congratulations to Desautels students Olivier Arsenault (MMF’20), Pier-Olivier Laflèche (MMF’20), Sai Kanthasamy (BCom’20), and Mitch McEwen (MMF’20) for placing first in the Quebec regional CFA Research Challenge.

“It was a great experience and privilege to represent ��Ƭ��Ƶ and the MMF program,” says McEwen. “We owe a great deal to our advisors Professor Vadim di Pietro and Rebeca Yang, CFA.”

The team will head to New York in April to compete in the North America finals.

��Ƭ��Ƶ team scores second place at International Youth Leadership Finance Summit

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 19:22:19 +0000

A team of five ��Ƭ��Ƶ students secured second place at the International Youth Leadership Finance Summit, hosted by the Master of Finance program at the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance at Shanghai Jiao Tong University from January 11–14. The event brought together 27 teams from universities across the world, including Stanford University, Columbia University and the London School of Economics, to explore how sci-tech companies are empowered through innovation and finance.

Professor Richard Donovan honoured in MBA Japan case competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 20:40:21 +0000

In honour of the late Professor Richard Donovan, the Desautels MBA Japan program recently hosted the ��Ƭ��Ƶ 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 ��Ƭ��Ƶ MBA Japan alumni before the winners—Hoson Kablawi, Naohisa Takahashi, and Hazuki Yamashita—were awarded the Richard Donovan Cup.

Can university pension plans help tackle climate change?

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 19:50:35 +0000

In November 2019, teams in the ��Ƭ��Ƶ 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.

Students forging the path to sustainability

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 15:28:43 +0000

At the recent ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge, students once again demonstrated that they are leading the march to sustainability. Asked to consider the options of a pension fund under pressure to divest from the fossil fuel industry, the winning team from HEC Montréal presented a solution that is both responsible and realistic.

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Desautels MBA students place third in social business case competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:40:40 +0000

Desautels MBA candidates Tiffany K. Ellis, Kelly Gonzalez, Garima Singh, and Meghan McCoubrey placed third at the recent Creative Shock Case Competition. Initially competing against 600 teams globally, the Desautels team travelled to Vilnius, Lithuania from November 26 to December 2 to compete as one of the top 10 finalists in the social business case competition.

Desautels MBA student takes top spot at Deloitte case competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 21:07:49 +0000

Congratulations to ��Ƭ��Ƶ student Yuan Chu Zi Lao (MBA’21) on her first-place win at the recent Deloitte Impact Case Competition. The competition kicked off at the Deloitte offices in Montreal on November 22, where eight teams were formed, and the case was presented to students. Yuan was grouped with ��Ƭ��Ƶ engineering student Dante Nesparoli and HEC Montréal students Thao-Anne Le and Felicia Élise Ngoma.

Desautels MBA students win first place in ethical case competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 19:52:01 +0000

From November 21–23, twelve teams from across Canada participated in the Scotiabank Ethics in Action case competition at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Desautels MBA students Ajay Singh, Matthew Trecha, Yasmien Emara, and Ashna Agnihotri scored first place in the graduate category, taking home a cash prize of $2,000. The competition challenged students with complex ethical dilemmas that they were likely to face in today's corporate environment.

Congratulations to Ajay, Matthew, Yasmien, and Ashna!

MIPC brings students together to tackle sustainable investing

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 18:49:01 +0000

With a focus on the sustainable investment of public pension funds, this year’s ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC) demonstrated students’ ability to realistically solve a key issue facing investors today. The winning team’s 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

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 15:15:29 +0000

Desautels students have placed second in the Ted Rogers Ethical Leadership Case Competition at Ryerson University.

On November 15–16, BCom students Darren Elias, Camille Thomassin, Dixon Wong, and Isabel Maier travelled to Toronto with Professor Melissa Sonberg to participate in the national invite-only competition. The case focused on aligning personal and corporate values and the ethical dilemmas faced by managers trying to balance the two.

Meet the analytics dream team

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 16:12:02 +0000

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

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 21 May 2019 18:46:07 +0000

Discover how Professor Juan Serpa and a team of Desautels students are using data analytics to streamline operations for Santropol Roulant.

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Desautels students take home top prize at PRMIA

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 18:18:34 +0000

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

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 18:51:48 +0000

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 – and it’s all through the power of data analytics.

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MBA students take third spot in Milan

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 18:44:54 +0000

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 5^th Annual International Finance Competition in Milan, Italy.

Faced with the theme of Evaluation of Investments in the Renewable Sector, the team pulled together a fully dynamic financial model and were able to analyze each solar panel plant separately.

A silver finish for BComs in Paris

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 20:58:12 +0000

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

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 14:38:58 +0000

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.

Hosted by the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University, the team competed to solve a live case for QuadReal Property Group on sustainable investing in real estate.

Desautels MBA’s score second place at Ivey

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 20:26:48 +0000

Congratulations to MBA students Julio Castañeda and Daniel Franco who were awarded 2^nd place out of 18 local and international teams in the MBA Business Plan Competition.

Hosted by Ivey Business School, Castañeda and Franco were recognized for their solution involving the digitalization of small grocery stores in Latin America.

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MMF students win Deloitte case challenge

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 19:59:08 +0000

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.

The challenge was designed in part to help students understand how consultants estimate potential savings as a result of a merger of equals or acquisition, as well as how to provide relevant analysis on synergy targets (revenue, cost, dis-synergies).

A glowing victory at JDC 2019

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 17:35:46 +0000

Congratulations to Desautels BCom students who secured two 1^st place wins and five 2^nd place finishes at this year’s Jeux du commerce. ��Ƭ��Ƶ finished 2^nd academically overall among 13 other universities.

1st place Strategy

Noah Tomas Petkau, Tamara Belair, Rachel Seo

1st place International Business

Aleem Damji, Noemi Holczer, Laurie Carmichael

2nd place Debate

Jean-Philippe Roch, Raphael Roel, Zhao Kang Chen

Reflecting on MIPC 2018

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 17:50:02 +0000

Avantages reports on the 2018 ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC), which saw 90 teams from around the world compete for a $25,000 grand prize.

Organized by Desautels BCom students under the guidance of Prof. Sebastien Betermier, this year’s MIPC addressed the severe underfunding of U.S. state pensions – a grand challenge that presents no simple solution.

Students to the rescue of a U.S. pension system in peril

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 15:19:34 +0000

The U.S. pension plan shortfall has the makings of a perfect storm – 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 ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC).

Students respond with answers to looming U.S. pension crisis

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 17:27:47 +0000

Professor Sebastien Betermier sits down with La Presse to discuss the second annual ��Ƭ��Ƶ 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.

Along the way, Prof. Betermier shares insights into why the looming pension crisis in the U.S. is so complex and difficult to solve, as well as some of the novel ideas proposed at the MIPC.

Desautels MBAs sweep top spots at sustainable business competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 15:37:34 +0000

Congratulations to Desautels MBA students who won first and second place at the John Molson Sustainable Business Plan Competition, along with the two coach’s awards.

The competition unfolded on October 27 among eight teams from ��Ƭ��Ƶ, Concordia and HEC Montréal collectively.

Read a summary of the team members and their winning proposals below.

TEAM PATRIMONEY, awarded 1st place and Coaching Award for “Investable Business Idea”

Patrimoney – a platform that provides undocumented immigrants in North America with access to financial services

Desautels scores win at inaugural Lazaridis International Case Conference 2018

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 15:16:05 +0000

Congratulations to Desautels undergraduates O’Nell Agossa, Vera Barile, Alana D’Amico and Noemi Holczer for winning the inaugural 2018 Lazaridis International Case Conference hosted by Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario from Oct. 7 to 13, 2018, as well as to Vera Barile for securing the award for Best Speaker.

A glowing victory at HEC case competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:30:50 +0000

MONTREAL, Quebec. On the evening of the HEC Social Business Creation competition, ��Ƭ��Ƶ start-up Kajou delivered, coming home with the First place prize of $15,000 for their business venture. Their business makes apple juice – with the apple of the cashew tree.

The top business school competitions you should know about

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 19:07:04 +0000

A piece published in BusinessBecause lists the top business school case competitions that offer major prizes to winners.

Among the competitions listed is the ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC).

The MIPC targets innovative portfolio design and asset management, uniquely shifting the status quo of traditional academic competitions to the buy side.

The future of retail: Not as grim as you might think

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 20:45:50 +0000

If the media tends to focus on major store closures as a sign of a retail industry in turbulence, an article in Les Affaires sheds light on some of retail’s success stories, such as Simons.

The author also points to the Bensadoun School of Retail Management as a place for training leaders that will be able to thrive amid rapid changes in retail.

RILA joins forces with the Bensadoun School to tackle retail’s grand challenges

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 15:35:39 +0000

The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), in partnership with the Bensadoun School of Retail Management, have announced their first-ever (R)Tech Global Retail Challenge – a case competition that seeks to address the complex issues facing the global retail industry.

The case competition will ask students around the world to develop creative ideas for reshaping retail in the circular economy and will culminate with a world-class finale in November at ��Ƭ��Ƶ.

MIPC looks to shape the future of pension investing

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Wed, 16 May 2018 15:37:23 +0000

For a second consecutive year and under the guidance of Professor Sebastien Betermier, the ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC) is offering the opportunity for students to tackle one of the grand challenges of our time – devising a robust pension system.

The first round of the competition will take place online between September 7, 2018 to early October.

Registration is now open.

Desautels wins big at trading competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 14:24:07 +0000

Marking the sixth year of participating in the 2018 Rotman International Trading Competition (RITC), a team of Desautels’ students took 1st place in the MATLAB Options Volatility Case. The team consisted of BCom students Matei Popescu, Jasmine Chi, and Percy Ahn; Masters of Management in Finance students Zacharie LeBlanc and Joanie Grimard; and PhD candidate Chengyu Zhang.

Recapping the Desautels Graduate Management Challenge (DGMC)

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 18:26:22 +0000

The Desautels Graduate Management Challenge (DGMC) brings together MBA students from top universities across Canada to tackle real business problems faced by companies today. DGMC 2018 was hosted by the ��Ƭ��Ƶ Case Competition Association (MCCA) on March 10th, 2018.

��Ƭ��Ƶ Food Analytics Club presents Lecture & Hackathon

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 19:27:37 +0000

The ��Ƭ��Ƶ Food Analytics Club (��Ƭ��Ƶ FAC) is a student-driven data analytics club that focuses on food. As the world is heading towards a massive food crisis the next decade, there is an urgent need to come up with solutions. Inspired and supported by Desautels Professor Juan Camilo Serpa, the club members want to contribute to solving this food crisis with data analytics. This includes research, coding and outreach.

Desautels MBA’s win second place in Davos

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 15:10:30 +0000

Congratulations to Desautels MBA students Sandra Chang Urbina, Yen Nguyen, Shubhangi Shahi, and Fang Yang who secured second place at the final round of the Business for a Better World Case Competition.

The team was recognized for their proposed Higher Education Right (HER) Bonds, which would provide low cost loans to make it possible for low- and middle- income young women in India to access higher education.

Professor Betermier on the value of MIPC

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 15:21:41 +0000

Following the inaugural ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC), Professor Betermier reflects on how the event provided an important opportunity of self-reflexivity for Canadian pension organizations, while also contributing fresh perspectives on how to address a growing crisis.

His hope is that events like the MIPC might also inspire Finance students to delve deeper into pension management during their studies and to eventually follow this career path.

Who will solve the pension crisis

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 20:18:44 +0000

Students participating in the ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge presented hypothetical portfolios believed to achieve solvency to address the crisis that has been affecting Canadian pension funds.

��Ƭ��Ƶ launches first-ever competition on pension asset allocation

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 18:39:08 +0000

��Ƭ��Ƶ hosted the world’s first business-school competition focused on the asset allocation of pension funds on November 3–4.

The inaugural ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC) welcomed 25 finalist student teams from leading institutions around the world, with some traveling from as far away as Australia, Hong Kong and Switzerland to pitch their proposals to a panel of judges from several of Canada’s largest asset managers.

Desautels inaugurates world’s first pension portfolio challenge

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 14:57:26 +0000

This weekend, twenty-five student teams from Berkeley, Chicago, Sydney, Hong Kong, and Geneva, amongst others will participate in the final round of the ��Ƭ��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge.

Organized by Desautels BCom students under the guidance of Professor Sebastien Betermier, this is the world’s first pension asset allocation competition.

Desautels achieves second consecutive win at PRMIA

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:44:30 +0000

Congratulations to Desautels undergraduate students: Evan Coulter, Valentyn Litvin, Meagan Prins, and Marina Simonian who won the top prize at the prestigious PRMIA International Risk Management Challenge- marking a second consecutive victory for the Faculty at this competition.

MBA students win big at HEC case competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 17:41:10 +0000

The Desautels Faculty of Management was well represented at this year’s HEC Corporate Responsibility Challenge. Among the twelve competing teams, MBA students Taha Ataullah, Bernardo Prôa Bressane, Hardeep Singh, and Karen Vanthuyne secured second place, while Angela Hernandez Castillo, Matt Jones, Akshay Kohli, and Margarita Komarova placed fifth.

The latter team was invited to present their case solution to the Board of Directors of ACEM Montreal Community Loan Fund in April.

An MBA victory at USC Global Case Competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 17:38:35 +0000

The Desautels MBA case team composed of Catherine Du Pont, Jiawei Lin, Helena Rati, Karen Sidhu, Jessica Truong secured first place at the USC Marshall Global Case Competition, which was hosted at the Amazon Headquarters in Seattle, WA. Congratulations to all!

Desautels case competition team lands unexpected prize

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 17:32:30 +0000

An undergraduate team from Desautels came home from a case competition in Portugal with an invite to go back for a month-long project aimed at making the city of Porto more attractive to startups. The prize is doubly sweet, as neither the team nor the officials saw it coming. Team member Aarushi Kumar says that “It was not something we were expecting and it was not something the organizers were expecting to do, either.”

MBA Students awarded second place in the Business for a Better World case competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 17:56:21 +0000

Congratulations to MBA students, Aman Arora, Timothy Lane, Santiago Monroy, and Jose Nunez Gutierrez, who were awarded second place in the Business for a Better World case competition. The team has been working since October on designing a global equity portfolio that advances the UN’s sustainable development goals, which culminated with a presentation in Davos, Switzerland on January 19th to a panel of high-profile judges.

MBA students win MIT Sloan Sports Analytics First Pitch Case Competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:10:02 +0000

Desautels MBA students Jorge Tatto, Deepti Kaul, and Christian Mathews-Gagne triumphed over 43 other teams from around the world to win 1st place at the 2016 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference’s First Pitch Case Competition held on March 11 to 12. Taking second and third places were Cornell University and Old Dominion University, respectively.

BCom Student Case Competition Team Advance to International PRMIA Risk Management Challenge

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 20:34:41 +0000

A BCom student case competition team won the Montreal PRMIA Risk Management challenge for the second consecutive year. The roster of the ��Ƭ��Ƶ-Desautels team includes Simon Altman, Evan Coulter, Liam Maclure, and Valentyn Litvin. They are coached by Professor Sebastien Betermier.

The team will compete in Chicago for the International Championship early March, against 7 other finalist teams. PRMIA is the Professional Risk Managers’ International Association.

Desautels BCom Team Wins 2014 National Investment Banking Competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 16:38:23 +0000

BCom students Nicholas Bigelow, Ivan Di, Mak Dorić, and Emily Ren have triumphed over 250 teams from across North America to win the 2014 National Investment Banking Competition (NIBC) held in Vancouver from January 7-9.

Hult Prize Accelerator Preps Competitors for $1m

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:26:10 +0000

The problem: finding a high-quality source of protein for hundreds of millions of people that can be raised quickly, without consuming a lot of land, water, and other resources.
... Gabe Mott, an MBA student at ��Ƭ��Ƶ University in Montreal, said he and his teammates, the winners of the Boston regional competition, hadn’t expected to get into social entrepreneurship, but the Hult Prize opened opportunities.

Desautels Students' Concept of Solving Urban Hunger with Diet of Crickets Scores Big Points in Social Entrepreneurship Contest

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Mon, 06 May 2013 13:59:47 +0000

A world without hunger could mean a world with a lot more crickets, according to a team of MBA students at ��Ƭ��Ƶ University's Desautels Faculty of Management.

...This year's social issue, personally selected by former President Clinton, is centered on the global food crisis in urban slums, affecting more than one billion people worldwide. Mohammed Ashour, ��Ƭ��Ƶ's team captain, said his idea was base solely on the concept of insect consumption.

MBAs champion social entrepreneurship and compete for $1 million

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:30:53 +0000

A group of Desautels MBA students beat out over 40 teams and 10,000 applicants, including representatives from Harvard, MIT, and Yale, to win the 2013 Hult Prize Boston Regional Finals.

Read about their win in BusinessWeek.

Crickets for Dinner Anyone? A Crazy, Yet Clever Idea from Students of ��Ƭ��Ƶ University

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:30:38 +0000

Five students from the Desautels Faculty of Management at ��Ƭ��Ƶ University, Canada offered a rather innovative (read bizarre) solution to the challenge of the 2013 Hult Prize, considered by some as the Nobel Prize of the b-school arena. Responding to the challenge of developing a viable social enterprise to tackle the challenge of food security for urban slum dwellers, these students have offered crickets as an inexpensive source of food as well as a new source of income.

Feeding the World's Under-Nourished... With Crickets

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:19:09 +0000

Insects are not regular fare on Western menus, but a surprising number of people worldwide--perhaps as many as 2.5 billion--eat them happily on a regular basis. High in protein, low in fat, and rich in iron and omega-3, bugs like grasshoppers and cicadas are vital staples--a crunchier, and more sustainable, alternative to beef, pork, and lamb.

Carleton Grad among Finalists in Prestigious Hult Prize Competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:36:34 +0000

This fall, Carleton alumnus Gabe Mott and his team will stand before world business leaders and former U.S. President Bill Clinton and ask for $1 million.
His goal is to help put crickets on dinner tables around the world.

Hult Prize: Ending Hunger, One Cricket at a Time

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:09:57 +0000

If I broke the news to you that MBA students tend to be highly competitive individuals, you may not be too surprised. The Pope is, also, apparently Catholic, and all politicians are credible and reliable.

��Ƭ��Ƶ students use crickets for a business model

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:21:53 +0000

A group of ��Ƭ��Ƶ students (Mohammed Ashour, Gabriel Mott, Shobhita Soor, Jesse Pearlstein and Zev Thompson) hope their plan to breed crickets for use as a viable food source will be a million-dollar idea. The five students will be up against teams from Harvard, MIT and Yale as well as other teams from around the world.

Crickets as food source

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:20:36 +0000

With his team, Mohammed Ashour, a Master's candidate at ��Ƭ��Ƶ University, won a regional championship of a special competition to have their proposal of crickets as a food source for impoverished countries presented to Bill Clinton and Barack Obama - and potentially win $1 million.

Watch full interview: Global Montreal, March 11, 2013

KPMG Announces winners of the 2013 National Competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:56:16 +0000

��Ƭ��Ƶ University Desautels Faculty of Management students Jean Vianney Cordeiro, David Gao, Shirley Xu Wang and their team have won the 2013 National Ace the Case competition on March 2. Jean Vianney, David and Shirley’s team had earned the opportunity to represent Canada at the 2013 KPMG International Case Competition (KICC) in Madrid, Spain, coming up on April 2-5.

MBA students win first place at USC Marshall Global Consulting Challenge

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:32:09 +0000

MBA students Khaled Kahale, Hamidreza Mafi, Juan Camilo Ramirez, David Solomon and Scott Weatherhead represented Desautels Faculty of Management for the first time at the USC Marshall Global Consulting Challenge alongside nine other prestigious business schools from across the world. The team was awarded the best overall industry analysis prize by a team of judges.

Desautels MBAs promote social good and compete for $1 million

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:16:05 +0000

Desautels MBA students Mohammed Ashour, Jesse Pearlstein, Shobhita Soor, Zev Thompson, and Gabriel Mott, beat out over 40 teams, including Harvard, MIT and Yale, to win the Boston Regional Finals of the 2013 Hult Prize.

The Hult Prize is dedicated to launching the next wave of social entrepreneurs. With this year’s challenge centered on the global food crisis, the Desautels team’s business plan involves growing crickets into a viable food source.

BCom students make it to the finals at the Marshall International Case Competition 2013

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:17:24 +0000

A ��Ƭ��Ƶ Desautels case team made it to the finals at the Marshall International Case Competition (MICC) hosted by the University of Southern California (USC). This team of four BCom students, composed of Alexia Belisle, Frederick Dubé Fortier, Simon Hudson and Charlotte Lucas, placed top 6 out of 30 competing universities at this year’s competition which took place from February 12 to 17, 2013.

Desautels BCom Students Won KPMG’s Ace the Case Local Competition

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:39:37 +0000

BCom students Jean Vianney Cordeiro, David Gao and Shirley Xu Wang recently won the KPMG’s Ace the Case Local Competition. On March 2, Jean Vianney, David, Shirley Xu and their team will represent the KPMG Montreal office at the 2013 National Ace the Case competition, via video conference. The winners of the National Competition will go on to represent Canada at the International level in Madrid, Spain in April.

Desautels BCom students take three podiums at the 2013 Jeux du Commerce

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:53:12 +0000

Desautels BCom students took three top 3 podiums at the 25th edition of the Jeux du Commerce, hosted by HEC Montreal from January 4 to 6, 2013.

Over 1,200 students from 13 Eastern-Canadian universities attended this inter-university competition. In addition to competitions that applied academic knowledge to real-life situations, there were opportunities to network with students from different universities, and connect with members of the business community. Sports and social competitions were also part of the event.

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Desautels HR Case Team places 1st at Inter-Collegiate Business Competition 2013

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:45:34 +0000

A Desautels BCom team composed of Jacqueline Crapper and Wenxi (Kathy) Kang placed 1st in the Human Resources case competition at the 35^th annual Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC) hosted by Queen’s University from January 3 to 5, 2013.

Montréal Exchange Announces the 2012 University Partnership Awards

��Ƭ��Ƶ University — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:51:06 +0000

MONTRÉAL, Dec. 5, 2012 /CNW/ - Montréal Exchange Inc. (MX), a wholly-owned subsidiary of TMX Group Limited and Canada's derivatives exchange, today announced the winners of the 2012 University Partnership Awards. The awards ceremony was held in conjunction with TMX Group's Board of Directors reception held last evening at the MX.