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Beedie School of Business students, faculty and staff gathered to express their gratitude to the Beedie family for their record-setting $22 million gift at the second annual Beedie Appreciation Night.

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Beedie School of Business News

The following is an excerpt from the full article published in The Globe and Mail on February 13, 2014. BY JENNIFER LEWINGTON, GLOBE AND MAIL At some Canadian business schools, students learn to manage other people’s money long before landing their first job. They do so through a student-run investment fund, fast becoming a staple of business schools in either for-credit courses or extracurricular activities. Increasingly, these funds use real money (from donors), giving students more »

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Beedie School of Business News

Beedie School of Business students, faculty and staff banded together to pay homage to Ryan Beedie and family, as they showed their appreciation for the $22 million donation the family made to the school in February 2011. The Ryan Beedie appreciation night allowed the students and faculty the chance to network with Ryan, and demonstrate some of the opportunities made possible by the Beedie family’s generous gift. The evening featured speeches from Daniel Shapiro, Dean more »

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Beedie School of Business News

A group of undergraduate students at the Beedie School of Business have been immersed in the finance world recently, starting with a trip to Toronto to view the city’s finance sector first-hand, and ending with their third quarter presentation as managers of the Beedie Endowment Asset Management fund. The Beedie Endowment Asset Management (BEAM) fund was established in 2011 and is the largest undergraduate-run investment fund in Canada, with $5 million invested in Canadian equities, more »

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Beedie School of Business News

Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business has launched the Beedie Endowment Asset Management (BEAM) fund. With a value of $5 million, it’s the largest undergraduate-student managed investment fund in Canada. The BEAM fund is second in size overall after SFU’s $10.8 million Student Investment Advisory Service, which is managed by SFU graduate business students. Students participating in BEAM will be allowed to manage $5 million of the Beedie School’s endowment fund, created in 2011 more »

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