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David Schumacher

Title: 
Associate Professor, Finance | Area Coordinator, Finance | Director, Desmarais Global Finance Research Center
David Schumacher
Contact Information
Phone: 
514-398-4778
Email address: 
david.schumacher [at] mcgill.ca
Alternate email address: 
christine.nguli [at] mcgill.ca
Address: 

Bronfman Building, [Map]
1001 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
H3A 1G5

Degree(s): 

PhD & MSc, Finance, INSEAD, France 
MBA, Finance, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Dip, International Business, Reutlingen University, Germany

Area(s): 
Finance
Office: 
507
Biography: 

David Schumacher is an Associate Professor in the Finance Area at the Desautels Faculty of Management. His research is primarily concerned with themes in global investment management, including the portfolio choice and performance of international institutional investors, the financial market implications of the rise of large asset management firms as well as the overall industrial organization of the global investment management industry. His research has been published in leading academic journals including the Journal of Finance, The Review of Financial Studies, and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis and covered by leading media outlets including The Economist. David’s teaching is focussed on classes in Mergers & Corporate Reorganizations and prior to joining Desautels, he obtained a PhD in Finance from INSEAD.

www.davidschumacher.info

Courses: 

FINE 490. Mergers and Corporate Reorganizations.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

Mergers, acquisitions, and leveraged buyouts or restructurings in bankruptcy in relation to corporate governance. Conceptual aspects of these transactions (their purposes, executions, and structures), as well as applied aspects such as their valuations and implications on firm value.
  • Prerequisite: FINE 342
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken FINE 434 and/or FINE 492 when topic was 'Mergers and Corporate Reorganizations'.

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FINE 620. Corporate Mergers.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Management (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

This course deals with the rationale, structuring, shareholder value creation, financial implications and management of corporate joint ventures, alliances, mergers and acquisitions, including discussion of the external and internal reasons for these alliances and combinations and the steps taken to create structure and value and then to manage their implementation.
  • Prerequisite: FINE-622.
  • Restriction: MBA students only.
  • Note: This course requires advance preparation based on each new case study presented each week.

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FINE 688. Mergers and Acquisitions.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Management (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

Mergers and acquisition (M&A) activities and the processes used to successfully accomplish and create shareholder value from these activities. Joint ventures and alliances, governance and regulatory, cross border M&A, divestitures.
  • Prerequisite: FINE 679.

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Group: 
Faculty
Tenured & Tenure Track
Research areas: 
Corporate Finance
Financial Intermediation
Investment Management
Mutual Funds
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