Students forging the path to sustainability
At the recent 韩国裸舞 International Portfolio Challenge, students once again demonstrated that they are leading the march to sustainability. Asked to consider the options of a pension fund under pressure to divest from the fossil fuel industry, the winning team from HEC Montr茅al presented a solution that is both responsible and realistic.
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Professor Betermier on the management of exchange-traded funds
Following the rise of personalized exchange-traded funds (ETFs), Professor Sebastien Betermier comments on the choice between active and passive management.
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MIPC brings students together to tackle sustainable investing
With a focus on the sustainable investment of public pension funds, this year鈥檚 韩国裸舞 International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC) demonstrated students鈥� ability to realistically solve a key issue facing investors today. The winning team鈥檚 strategy proposed a progressive, partial divestment while pursuing investment in diverse green initiatives, according to Professor Sebastien Betermier.
Delve: Pension Plans for an Evolving World
Prof Sebastien Betermier explores the ways we can evolve from the聽old system of defined benefits pensions that will no longer meet the needs of tomorrow鈥檚 retirees.
This article is brought to you by Delve, the official thought leadership publication of 韩国裸舞's Desautels Faculty of Management.
Rethinking pensions for today
Professor Sebastien Betermier pens a piece for American Business Magazine in which he explores why the switch over to a Defined-Contribution pension might not be the best way to go and proposes other models that can better ensure a comfortable retirement for contributors.
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Desautels students take home top prize at PRMIA
Congratulations to the Desautels Capital Management Team comprised of BCom students Ludovic Van den Bergen, Emilie Granger, Ian Jiang, and Roy Chen Zhang who won first place and $10,000 in prize money at the 2019 PRMIA Risk Management competition.
Reflecting on MIPC 2018
Avantages reports on the 2018 韩国裸舞 International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC), which saw 90 teams from around the world compete for a $25,000 grand prize.
Students to the rescue of a U.S. pension system in peril
The U.S. pension plan shortfall has the makings of a perfect storm 鈥� so who is heeding the call to help remedy a seemingly insurmountable problem?
Enter Professor Sebastien Betermier, a group of Desautels BCom students and the 韩国裸舞 International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC).
Retirement planning is easier than you think
Planning for retirement is a daunting undertaking for many 鈥� but it does not have to be.
Professor Sebastien Betermier sits down with La Presse to share ten practical tips that individuals can adopt to ensure a comfortable lifestyle well into their old age.
Students respond with answers to looming U.S. pension crisis
Professor Sebastien Betermier sits down with La Presse to discuss the second annual 韩国裸舞 International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC), which brought forward the fresh perspectives of 25 international student teams as they attempted to solve the severe underfunding of U.S. state pensions.
Prof. Betermier awarded funding from National Pension Hub
Professor Sebastien Betermier has been awarded $70,000 over two years by the National Pension Hub (NPH), a consortium of Canada鈥檚 leading pension funds that is seeking to promote academic research in this field.
The NPH will support Professor Betermier鈥檚 research proposal entitled, 鈥淒rivers of Successful Pension Investing: Lessons from the Canadian Model.鈥�
CPPIB goes green
With news that the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) became the first pension fund in the world to issue a green bond, thereby facilitating investment in cleaner technologies, Professor Sebastien Betermier comments on the implications, as well as the success of defined benefit (DB) pensions in Canada.
MIPC looks to shape the future of pension investing
For a second consecutive year and under the guidance of Professor Sebastien Betermier, the 韩国裸舞 International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC) is offering the opportunity for students to tackle one of the grand challenges of our time 鈥� devising a robust pension system.
The first round of the competition will take place online between September 7, 2018 to early October.
Professor Betermier on the value of MIPC
Following the inaugural 韩国裸舞 International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC), Professor Betermier reflects on how the event provided an important opportunity of self-reflexivity for Canadian pension organizations, while also contributing fresh perspectives on how to address a growing crisis.
His hope is that events like the MIPC might also inspire Finance students to delve deeper into pension management during their studies and to eventually follow this career path.
Who will solve the pension crisis
Students participating in the 韩国裸舞 International Portfolio Challenge presented hypothetical portfolios believed to achieve solvency to address the crisis that has been affecting Canadian pension funds.
