Professional money managers can make mistakes with their money too

Published: 27 November 2025

Are managers of large investment funds good investors on a personal level? Not necessarily, says Patrick Augustin, Associate Professor of Finance at McGill Desautels. “There can be a correlation,...

Cash-strapped governments should resist telling pension funds how to invest

Published: 14 November 2025

Stock markets continue to hit record highs, yet many governments remain strapped for cash—and some are eyeing pension funds to cover fiscal shortfalls....

When it comes to public pensions, Luxembourg could learn from Canada’s success

Published: 15 October 2025

Luxembourg is among the richest places in the world. It is a small, landlocked European country, but has carved out a niche as a major financial centre. Yet its public pension system could benefit...

Public pension funds deliver higher returns when they use a capitalized model

Published: 22 October 2025

Some national pension funds operate on a ‘pay as you go’ model, meaning that retiree pensions are primarily funded by current workers. But other national pension plans—including the Canada Pension...

McGill-FIAM Asset Management Hackathon 2025

Wednesday, November 5, 2025toThursday, November 6, 2025

Applications of Large Language Models (LLMs) in Asset Management /desautelsCategory: Desautels Faculty of Management

Finance Area Seminar: Laurent Calvet

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 13:30

Laurent Calvet SKEMA Business School How Do Households Suppress The Price Of Tail Risk?1001 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 1G5, CA/desautelsCategory: Desautels Faculty of Management

Finance Area Seminar: Ellen Quigley

Friday, April 4, 2025 10:30to11:45

Dr. Ellen Quigley University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge bond index project1001 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 1G5, CA/desautelsCategory: Desautels Faculty of Management

PhD Thesis Defense Presentation: Nan Ma

Wednesday, March 5, 2025 13:00to15:00

/desautelsCategory: Desautels Faculty of Management

Finance Area Seminar: Piotr Orłowski

Friday, February 14, 2025 10:30to11:45

Piotr Orłowski HEC Montréal SDF Bounds3420 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 3L1, CA/desautelsCategory: Desautels Faculty of Management

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