 | Beedie School of Business NewsWhen Ben Britton took the stage at the Hong Kong-Canada National Investment Pitch Competition on June 3 in Calgary, he presented with the confidence of a professional. He knew his product, he knew his market, and he knew he could sway the judges to hand him the $50,000 grand prize – which they did – along with the opportunity to meet investors in Hong Kong. Read More... |
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 | Beedie School of Business NewsA team of MSc in Finance students captured the silver medal at the prestigious Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA) Risk Management Challenge finals. 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 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 NewsMedia Advisory: Experts examine role of investors in building sustainable capital marketsFeb 23, 2016A panel of ESG (economic, social and governance) experts will discuss how capital is allocated and invested in global, regional and national economies at a special learning and networking event on Thursday, February 25 at 6 p.m. at Simon Fraser University’s Segal Graduate School of Business. Experts from the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), the Capital Stewardship Program (SEIU), bcIMC (British Columbia Investment Management Corporation) and SHARE (Shareholders Association for Research & Education) […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsFour students from the MSc Finance program at the Beedie School of Business emerged victorious over three teams from Western Canada to win the regional round of the prestigious PRMIA Risk Management Challenge. 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... |
 | UncategorizedBeedie School of Business Associate Professor Jing Li has been awarded a new Canada Research Chair in Global Investment Strategy. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsBeedie School of Business undergraduate students Alvin Li, Steven Li, and Alexander Golikov fought off strong competition from a field consisting largely of Masters- and PhD-level students to net first place at the prestigious PRMIA Risk Management Challenge. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsCentre for Corporate Governance and Risk Management: Investment in a low carbon economyFeb 27, 2015Building a carbon neutral world is a necessity, but will require compromise, hard work, innovation, and foresight from the global business community – and at present not enough is being done to mitigate the effects of climate change, particularly within the investment sector. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsBeedie alumna wins Global Startup Battle competitionDec 17, 2014Beedie School of Business alumna and co-founder of ConceptKicker, Shan Shan Fu, triumphed over 250 cities, 83 countries, and more than 25,000 entrepreneurs to take first place at the world’s largest business startup competition, Global Startup Battle. 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 NewsThe following article was published in the Globe and Mail on July 28, 2014. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsAIB 2014 Annual Meeting: How do MNEs overcome distrust and build legitimacy in host countries?Jun 24, 2014Foreign direct investment (FDI), particularly that from emerging markets such as China, has rocketed in recent years. Almost ten years ago Chinese outward investment was negligible, yet last year over $100 billion was invested. Yet with much distrust existing in the countries that are the beneficiaries of the investment, MNEs are increasingly looking to take action in order to get stakeholders onside. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsMSc in Finance students from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business have brought home gold for the third year in a row at the prestigious RISE (Redefining Investment Strategy Education) competition. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsThe prize for successfully starting a business can be exceptional, and tremendously rewarding – yet 75% of startups fail within the first year, as a result of failing to think their finance requirements through. So what is the secret to raising the capital required for businesses to make it past the hazardous early stages? Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsFor 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 […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsThe head of the world’s largest Caterpillar dealer and a global provider of industrial equipment took centre-stage at the CKNW CEO Series held on March 27 at Simon Fraser University’s Segal Graduate School in downtown Vancouver. Mike Waites, who was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Finning International in May of 2008, engaged in a wide-ranging discussion about international business and Canada’s economic prospects with CKNW host Bill Good in front a large audience of Beedie […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsSubway boss delivers fresh business perspectivesMar 20, 2013The spring series of CKNW 980’s “The Chief Executives” continued as Margot Micallef, founder and president of investment firm Oliver Capital Partners, answered CKNW host Bill Good’s questions on business and leadership in front of a live audience at the Segal Graduate School. The event was part of an ongoing partnership between the Beedie School of Business and prominent Vancouver radio station CKNW News Talk 980 to bring leadership and business insights from some of […] 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 NewsJoe Segal: Risk and RewardSep 24, 2012Namesake and builder of SFU’s Segal Graduate School of Business on leadership, entrepreneurship and taking life chances. Joe Segal has never been one to mince his words – whether the topic is start-ups, philanthropy or the meaning of life. That’s a reflection of his gritty and inspired personal and business story. But it’s also an outcome of the values the namesake of SFU’s home for graduate business programs is so well known for: honesty, generosity, […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsSara Moghaddamjoo hopes her biomedical engineering master’s degree research at Simon Fraser University will help to better predict heart attacks before they happen. And to ensure the commercial success of a non-invasive wearable device that she has developed she concurrently pursued a master’s degree in financial risk management (MFRM) at SFU’s Beedie School of Business. Read More... |