 | Beedie School of Business NewsThe following article was published by the Globe and Mail on December 16, 2016. By Andrey Pavlov. The B.C. government announced Thursday their new program designed to help address the housing affordability crisis that has spread across many parts of our province. Read More... |
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 | Beedie School of Business NewsAs a two-time winner of the Beedie School of Business’ highest teaching honour, the TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award, professor Avi Bick is clearly not content to rest on his laurels. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsBBA alumnus Elio Luongo elected CEO of KPMG CanadaAug 26, 2016Beedie School of Business alumnus and Dean’s External Advisory Board member Elio Luongo has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of KPMG Canada. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsBeedie School of Business faculty Sarah Lubik and Avi Bick have been named winners of the 2016 TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award. The prestigious award is the highest teaching honour of its kind at the Beedie School. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsWhen Naqib Azad graduates from the BBA program at SFU’s Beedie School of Business today, he leaves behind a legacy in empowering students to benefit society through social entrepreneurship. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsTwo teams of students from the Beedie School of Business took home the gold and silver medals in the regional stage of the CFA Institute Research Challenge. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsBeedie alumni duo awarded CPABC honoursMar 10, 2016Two Beedie School of Business alumni have been awarded fellowship designations from the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC). Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsDeveloping the mindset of a shrewd investor requires a complex combination of factors, including an appetite for risk, an ability to learn from mistakes, and even luck. Though these factors can largely be taught, it also requires a willingness to make contrarian investments – and it is by resisting the temptation to succumb to the inevitable pressure to follow the herd that brings the greatest returns on investment. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsCentre for Corporate Governance and Sustainability: The role of investors in building sustainable capital marketsMar 01, 2016Despite recent success in making responsible investing more attractive to investors, more support is required from governing bodies to continue the momentum. Though a prevalent attitude that sustainable investment is not profitable continues to exist, money managers are proven to respond to demand – meaning that pressure from clients to consider environmental, social and governance factors in investment strategies would be a huge step towards progress. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsThe following article about research by Beedie School of Business faculty Rekha Krishnan and Rajiv Krishnan Kozhikode was published by the Globe and Mail on January 29. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsThe prospect of a financial institution being unable to determine whether or not a customer is eligible for a loan is an alien one to Canadian residents. In western society, the population has become used to loans being approved within minutes, often without even speaking to someone face to face. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsThree alumni of SFU’s Beedie School of Business have been appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the position of parliamentary secretaries. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsThe Beedie School of Business’ Speakers on Campus program this month celebrates one year of successfully connecting business education with real world industry experience. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsBBA alumni named on BIV’s Forty Under 40Oct 28, 2015Beedie School of Business alumni Manny Padda and Raman Randhawa have been ranked among B.C.’s top entrepreneurs, executives and professionals in the 2015 Business in Vancouver Forty Under 40 awards. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsParticipating in the Beedie Endowment Asset Management fund (BEAM) is paying dividends for the students’ careers. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsHumans must fight the inherent animal emotions within them and train themselves to think carefully in order to make successful investments. Capitulating to fear and greed will only result in investments failing, much like the recent crash in the Chinese stock market. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsSFU Co-op secures international roles for BBA duoJun 09, 2015Bachelor of business administration graduates Luming Zhao and Xiwen Zheng have more reason to sing the praises of SFU Co-operative Education than most students. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsMSc in Finance students from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business have brought home gold at the prestigious ENGAGE International Investment Education Symposium, the world’s largest student investment conference. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsThe following article about a new report prepared for B.C.’s Financial Institutions Commission by Beedie School of Business PhD student Mingxin Li was published by CBC News on March 11, 2015. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsBeedie School of Business undergraduate students Alex Mason and Mthabisi Mhlanga will take to the international stage to represent Canada in the KPMG International Case Competition. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsSFU students shine in ‘CEO for a Day’ competitionFeb 12, 2015Simon Fraser University undergraduate student Ryan Smith will spend Thursday, February 19 walking in a CEO’s shoes. He surpassed competitors from five local universities to secure a spot at the helm of Goldcorp alongside CEO and President Chuck Jeannes in B.C.’s inaugural CEO for a Day competition. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsThree teams of undergraduate students from the Beedie School of Business have netted top twenty finishes in the Montréal Exchange Options Trading Simulation competition. Beedie undergraduate student Mitchell Wong triumphed over almost 1,500 entrants to bag the silver medal in the competition, netting $5,000 in prize money for his efforts. Two other teams from Simon Fraser University also placed in the top 20, with Xiaomeng Liu and Yingliang Sun placing 16th, and the team of […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsThe global business world is in a constant state of flux, and in order to stay relevant successful business people must constantly educate themselves. This was just one of the many insightful business tips delivered by John Montalbano, CEO of RBC Global Asset Management, in the first of the fall 2014 series of CKNW 980’s “The Chief Executives”. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsA team of undergraduate and graduate Beedie School of Business students captured the silver medal in the recent Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA) Risk Management Challenge. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsBarbara Dunfield, Chief Financial Officer of Sennen Potash Corporation and a graduate of the Executive MBA at the Beedie School of Business, has been named among the winners of Business in Vancouver’s Influential Women in Business Awards 2014. The BIV Influential Women in Business Awards recognize influential leaders in their industry and the business community at large who have committed time and resources to mentor other women in business and contribute their expertise on corporate […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsThe 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 […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsLance Uggla, Beedie School of Business alumnus and CEO and co-founder of global financial-services information company Markit, has been announced as winner of the Professional Achievement award in SFU’s 2013 Outstanding Alumni Awards. Each year, SFU and the Alumni Association honour the most accomplished graduates with the Outstanding Alumni Awards. Since being introduced in 1983, the awards have become one of the university’s most celebrated traditions, with nominations for the awards made by alumni, faculty, […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsHow MBAs can help snowmobilers avoid avalanchesMar 08, 2013The following article was published by The Globe and Mail on March 8, 2013. By David Dunne, Adjunct Senior Fellow at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business. On the afternoon of March 6, 2012, five men drove their snowmobiles to Grizzly Lake, in the Powder Mountain area south of Whistler, B.C. The weather was clear, fresh and calm, and the snow-covered mountains spread invitingly before them. Though there had been some avalanches in the […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsBeedie named Academic School of the Year at JDC WestJan 23, 2013SFU’s Beedie School of Business captured the Academic School of the Year award at the prestigious JDC West case competition, held from January 18 to 20 at the University of British Columbia, edging out stiff competition from 11 other leading Canadian business schools to claim the title. The Academic School of the Year award is presented to the team which achieves the highest overall finish in the JDC West competition’s ten academic categories. In addition, the […] Read More... |
 | AccountingDennis Chung isn’t about to let a proliferation of computer hardware get in the way of a good study on global markets. The professor of accounting at SFU’s Beedie School of Business not only lets computer servers take up valuable space in his office – he has also allowed them to invade his home. Chung, it turns out, is collecting financial data from markets around the world and around the clock – data that is […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsA 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, […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsRyan Beedie: Independent SpiritSep 21, 2012A historic and record-setting $22 million gift from alumnus Ryan Beedie and his father Keith underscores Ryan’s longstanding relationship with Simon Fraser University and the Beedie School of Business. — On February 11, 2011, when Ryan Beedie and his father Keith made a record $22 million gift to Simon Fraser University’s business school, a bold statement was made not only about the future of the newly-named Beedie School of Business, but also about the school’s […] Read More... |