Should you borrow money to invest in your future?

Published: 7 February 2020

In an article in La Presse, Professor Sebastien Betermier cautions readers against the risk of borrowing money to invest. Read more

The cash trend in fixed-income exchange-traded funds

Published: 17 January 2020

Bloomberg has published an opinion piece featuring Professor Sebastien Betermier’s research on the shift from bonds to cash in fixed-income exchange-traded funds (FI-ETF). Read more

Can university pension plans help tackle climate change?

Published: 6 January 2020

In November 2019, teams in the McGill International Portfolio Challenge were asked to provide a solution for a fictional pension fund reassessing its investments in the interest of climate action....

Students forging the path to sustainability

Published: 13 December 2019

At the recent McGill 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...

Professor Betermier on the management of exchange-traded funds

Published: 29 November 2019

Following the rise of personalized exchange-traded funds (ETFs), Professor Sebastien Betermier comments on the choice between active and passive management. Read more

MIPC brings students together to tackle sustainable investing

Published: 25 November 2019

With a focus on the sustainable investment of public pension funds, this year’s McGill International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC) demonstrated students’ ability to realistically solve a key issue...

Delve: Pension Plans for an Evolving World

Published: 18 November 2019

Prof Sebastien Betermier explores the ways we can evolve from the old system of defined benefits pensions that will no longer meet the needs of tomorrow’s retirees....

Rethinking pensions for today

Published: 3 May 2019

Professor Sebastien Betermier pens a piece for American Business Magazine in which he explores why the switch over to a Defined-Contribution pension might not be the best way to go and proposes...

Desautels students take home top prize at PRMIA

Published: 16 April 2019

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...

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