The case for a long-term divestment strategy

Published: 5 November 2020

Pressure is on the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to divest from fossil fuel companies in support of Canada’s transition to a low-carbon economy. Professor Sebastien Betermier...

Advocacy for a second Caisse de dépôt

Published: 24 September 2020

An article in La Presse features Sebastien Betermier’s research that reveals the superiority of Canadian pension funds. Using the Canadian pension funds as a model for success, the article proposes...

The Canadian Pension Fund Model: A Quantitative Portrait

Published: 10 September 2020

Authors:Alexander Beath, Sebastien Betermier, Chris Flynn, Quentin Spehner Published: July 21, 2020. Available at SSRN Abstract:

Canada is a global leader in pension funds

Published: 21 August 2020

Canada’s pension funds are outperforming global peers in investment performance and are stronger at hedging against liability risks, according to research co-authored by Professor Sebastien...

The politics behind the stock market

Published: 29 July 2020

Professor Sebastien Betermier weighs in on the link between politics and stock returns, noting that while there is indeed a correlation, buying shares as a political statement isn’t a “sound...

Desautels professors celebrated for their teaching excellence

Published: 2 July 2020

Congratulations to Sebastien Betermier, Professor of Finance, and Wei Qi, Professor of Operations Management, who were honoured at McGill’s Management Convocation ceremony for their excellence in...

Professor Sebastian Betermier on sustainable investing

Published: 28 February 2020

Professor Sebastien Betermier sits down with the McGill Reporter to talk about sustainable investment strategies. According to Professor Betermier, progressive divestment strategies offer the best...

The complex nature of investment strategies

Published: 18 February 2020

Professor Sebastien Betermier uses winning student proposals from the 2019 McGill International Portfolio Challenge as the model for sustainable investment strategies of university endowment funds,...

A shift to cash in fixed-income exchange-traded funds

Published: 18 February 2020

Financial Times has published an article featuring Professor Sebastien Betermier’s research on the increasingly common practice of creating fixed-income exchange-traded fund (FI-ETF) shares in cash...

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