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Delve: Converting Commuters into Carpoolers

Published: 4 March 2020

Congestion pricing policies, carpool lanes, and new light rail train or subway infrastructure are all expensive, long-term ways for governments to battle traffic. A simpler solution, focused on...

Reaching for yield or resiliency? Explaining the shift in Canadian pension plan portfolios

Published: 8 September 2021

Authors: Sébastien Betermier, Nicholas Byrne, Jean-Sébastien Fontaine, Hayden Ford, Jason Ho, Chelsea Mitchell Publication: Bank of Canada, Staff Analytical Note 2021-20, August 2021

Delve: Managing Ourselves Out of Climate Change

Published: 26 July 2022

As heatwaves increase around the world and weather patterns become even more unpredictable, top researchers at º«¹úÂãÎè’s Desautels Faculty of Management are finding novel solutions to the climate...

Professor Etzion highlights downside of catastrophe bonds

Published: 3 February 2020

New research by Professor Dror Etzion highlights the systematic limitations of catastrophe bonds; rather than effectively tackling sustainability issues, they are simply putting more money into...

What’s holding up the glass ceiling?

Published: 29 January 2020

The glass ceiling still exists for many reasons, leaving some women reluctant to apply for promotions and senior leadership positions. To ensure more women are considered for promotions, Professor...

When students invest in sustainable finance

Published: 29 January 2020

Le Devoir sits down with four students from the Montreal Social Value Fund (MSVF) at º«¹úÂãÎè, Lina Dieudonné, Tanya Gandhi, Bhoomika Saxena and Maxime Lakat, to highlight ways in which...

Delve: When Meritocracy Blinds us to Gender Discrimination

Published: 21 January 2020

Meritocracies are predicated on the belief that only the best are chosen and that hard work and talent are always rewarded. If we presume that talent and hard work are not gender specific, then why...

Desautels students look for sustainable business practices

Published: 17 January 2020

º«¹úÂãÎè students are once again at the forefront of the climate movement, finding ways for businesses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Students in Professor Dror Etzion’s Strategies for...

Can university pension plans help tackle climate change?

Published: 6 January 2020

In November 2019, teams in the º«¹úÂãÎè International Portfolio Challenge were asked to provide a solution for a fictional pension fund reassessing its investments in the interest of climate action....

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