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SIAS students garner top returns at RISE investment portfolio competition

Apr 10, 2012

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 […]

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Beedie school creates new finance degree designation

Mar 6, 2012

Contact: Andrey Pavlov, 778.782.5835; 778.782.7922; apavlov@sfu.ca Derek Moscato, 778.782.5038; drmoscat@sfu.ca The graduate finance degree at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business has a new designation – Master of Science in Finance. The change reflects the evolution of SFU’s popular graduate finance program, which attracts students from around the world. Two years ago, faculty members and industry professionals redesigned what was then the Master of Financial Risk Management program – expanding the offering of core quantitative courses. In addition, […]

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SFU announces MSc Finance designation for graduate finance degree

Feb 6, 2012

The Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University is pleased to announce that its graduate finance degree has a new designation: MSc Finance. The change reflects the evolution of Simon Fraser University’s popular graduate finance program, which attracts students from around the world. Two years ago, faculty members and industry professionals redesigned what was then the Master of Financial Risk Management program – expanding the offering of core quantitative courses. In addition, the new MSc designation better reflects the two fields of specialization, risk management and investment management.

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