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Jing Li awarded Canada Research Chair in Global Investment Strategy

Apr 13, 2015

Beedie School of Business Associate Professor Jing Li has been awarded a new Canada Research Chair in Global Investment Strategy.

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PRMIA Risk Management Challenge yields gold for BBA students

Mar 11, 2015

Beedie 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.

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Centre for Corporate Governance and Risk Management: Investment in a low carbon economy

Feb 27, 2015

Building 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.

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Beedie alumna wins Global Startup Battle competition

Dec 17, 2014

Beedie 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.

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RBC Global Asset Management boss on the value of education

Sep 9, 2014

The 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”.

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Globe and Mail: Departing dean reflects on his legacy

Jul 28, 2014

The following article was published in the Globe and Mail on July 28, 2014.

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A BEAM of light for finance job seekers

Jul 7, 2014

Beedie student investment initiatives launch careers.

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AIB 2014 Annual Meeting: How do MNEs overcome distrust and build legitimacy in host countries?

Jun 24, 2014

Foreign 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.

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MSc Finance students win three in a row at RISE investment competition

Apr 10, 2014

MSc 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.

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President’s Dream Colloquium: Entrepreneurial advice for early stage financing

Mar 6, 2014

The 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?

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