Beedie School of Business News

The Beedie School of Business RISE team. From left to right: Raymond Chan, Ehsan Seyedin, Gary Gu and Allen Liu.

For the second consecutive year, MSc in Finance students from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business have won a major award at the prestigious RISE (Redefining Investment Strategy Education) investment competition hosted at the University of Dayton in Ohio – the world’s largest competition of its kind.

The Beedie students won first place in the Balanced Investment Style category for their work on the Student Investment Advisory Service (SIAS) fund, the student-run investment fund which sees Beedie students managing $11.8 million of the university’s endowment portfolio.

Ehsan Seyedin, Raymond Chan, Gary Gu, and Allen Liu attended RISE to represent the SIAS fund and present the entire team’s work on the risk-adjusted return of the portfolio from December 2012 to January 2013.

The SIAS fund was judged to have the best risk adjusted return in its category, underscoring the quality of mentorship and teaching from which the current cohort has benefited, along with the hard work they have put into the fund. Keep reading…

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MSc in Finance students from the Beedie School of Business have won a major award at the prestigious RISE investment competition hosted at Dayton University, Ohio.

The students won first place in the Balanced Investment Style category for their work on the Student Investment Advisory Service (SIAS) fund, the student-run investment fund which sees Beedie students managing over $10 million of the university’s endowment portfolio.

Bill Dennis, Jared Wolk, Mehdi Saedi and Jon Lo attended RISE as representatives of the SIAS fund to present the entire team’s work on the fund throughout 2011. The SIAS fund was judged to have the best risk adjusted return for the 2011 calendar year in its category, a reflection of the excellent work that both the current and previous cohort have put into the fund.

The SIAS fund is Canada’s largest student-run investment fund, and one of the largest such funds in North America. With a current market value of $10.8 million, the fund is managed by students from the Master of Science in Finance program, providing them with invaluable real world investment, risk management and compliance experience.

Now in its twelfth year, RISE is the world’s largest student investment forum, each year bringing finance industry leaders together to discuss economic and market trends, forecasts and critical issues. This year’s forum ran from March 29 – 31, and was held in conjunction with the RISE competition, which recognizes student-managed investment funds in six different categories.

For more information on RISE, visit www.udayton.edu/business/rise/

For more information on the SIAS fund, visit http://beedie.sfu.ca/sias/

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