Rogers purchases Shaw, erases competition

Published: 18 March 2021

Following its $26 billion acquisition of Shaw, Rogers has been criticized for eliminating regional competition. If the sale is approved by the Trudeau government, the company would become the...

Professor Katrin Tinn proposes unique design for digital currency

Published: 22 February 2021

Professor Katrin Tinn recently teamed up with Professor Christophe Dubach from the Faculty of Engineering to propose a new design for the Bank of Canada’s digital currency. By protecting the...

Learning Through Crowdfunding

Published: 9 February 2021

Authors: G. Chemla and Katrin Tinn Publication: Management Science, Volume 66, Issue 5, May 2020, Pages 1783-1801. Abstract:

Desautels professor lends expertise to Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) study

Published: 5 February 2021

One of Wall Street’s least-known trading companies, Jane Street has quietly become a global market-maker. With a niche in the world of exchange traded funds (ETFs), the company was well-positioned...

Small investors change the game, but it won’t last

Published: 5 February 2021

Earlier this month, a Reddit-driven investor coup sent shockwaves through the market as heavily shorted stocks skyrocketed in price. Professor Mo Chaudhury weighs in on the mania, attributing the...

Delve: The Divided State of American Public Health

Published: 12 January 2021

Even as the pandemic radically reshaped American life, the federal government failed to provide strong and consistent guidance about how best to manage this public health crisis. Not surprisingly,...

Prevent members of U.S. Congress from trading individual stocks

Published: 18 December 2020

Professor Patrick Augustin wades into the debate over the heated race to fill Georgia’s two Senate seats in a runoff and special election scheduled for January. From his perspective, Senator David...

The upside of financial fragility

Published: 11 December 2020

In two recent studies, Professor David Schumacher charts the rise of large asset managers and examines their effect on financial market stability. While market participants have a good reason to be...

Prime Minister Trudeau encourages Desautels finance class to stay positive

Published: 4 December 2020

When Professor of Practice Sujata Madan noticed that her finance students seemed overwhelmed in the final weeks of a difficult semester, she recruited help from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and...

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