The complex nature of investment strategies

Published: 18 February 2020

Professor Sebastien Betermier uses winning student proposals from the 2019 McGill International Portfolio Challenge as the model for sustainable investment strategies of university endowment funds,...

A shift to cash in fixed-income exchange-traded funds

Published: 18 February 2020

Financial Times has published an article featuring Professor Sebastien Betermier’s research on the increasingly common practice of creating fixed-income exchange-traded fund (FI-ETF) shares in cash...

The cash trend in fixed-income exchange-traded funds

Published: 17 January 2020

Bloomberg has published an opinion piece featuring Professor Sebastien Betermier’s research on the shift from bonds to cash in fixed-income exchange-traded funds (FI-ETF). Read more

Should you borrow money to invest in your future?

Published: 7 February 2020

In an article in La Presse, Professor Sebastien Betermier cautions readers against the risk of borrowing money to invest. Read more

Understanding negative swap rates

Published: 17 January 2020

A paper from Professor Patrick Augustin featured in voxEU looks at how the emergence of US default risk can help to explain the pattern of negative swap rates. Read more

Cross-Listings and the Dynamics between Credit and Equity Returns

Published: 15 January 2020

Authors: Patrick Augustin, Feng Jiao, Sergei Sarkissian, Michael J Schill...

Insider trading rarely leads to prosecution, study shows

Published: 6 January 2020

A recent article in Belgium’s L’Echo explores Professor Patrick Augustin’s 2019 research looking at the low prosecution rates following unexplained trading activity in the leadup to company...

Professor Betermier on the management of exchange-traded funds

Published: 29 November 2019

Following the rise of personalized exchange-traded funds (ETFs), Professor Sebastien Betermier comments on the choice between active and passive management. Read more

Delve: Pension Plans for an Evolving World

Published: 18 November 2019

Prof Sebastien Betermier explores the ways we can evolve from the old system of defined benefits pensions that will no longer meet the needs of tomorrow’s retirees....

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