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Nine directors at large Canadian pension funds also hold fossil fuel positions

webfull — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 18:28:10 +0000

Nine of the directors who oversee Canada’s largest pension funds also hold positions at fossil fuel companies, according to a report by Pensions and Investments.

Published: 10 July 2025

Wide adoption of stablecoins could cause problems for Canadian banks

webfull — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 18:25:37 +0000

For Canadian banks, stablecoins could be, well, destabilizing. These value of these cryptocurrency assets is tied to the value of a traditional currency, which makes them more practical to use than volatile cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. This year, Canadian e-commerce giant Shopify began accepting a stablecoin called USDC, but stablecoins are in a regulatory grey area in Canada, and our banking system is not prepared for their widespread adoption.

Published: 10 July 2025

Businesses need to adapt to change to grow

webfull — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 18:21:07 +0000

For Quebec, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are an engine of economic growth. Many SMEs have grown into prosperous companies, writes Bensadoun School in Retail Management student William Bernasconi in an article for the Conseil québecois du commerce de detail. But it’s important to consider failures as well as successes. And local businesses have often struggled to grow because of operational constraints, shifting consumer behaviour, and intense competition.

Published: 10 July 2025

Money lessons from Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens still ring true today

webfull — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:48:09 +0000

Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens is a riches to rags story. Its wealthy title character squanders his money on opportunistic ‘friends’ and grows jaded with the world.

Published: 7 July 2025

Desautels to launch new Master of Management of Finance program in Luxembourg

webfull — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:40:45 +0000

�鶹ɫ��Ƭ Desautels is partnering with the Chamber of Commerce of Luxembourg on a new Master of Management in Finance. The program will launch in 2026, and will have a blended format that combines online learning and in-person sessions on weekends or evenings. The new degree will be delivered over 20 or 24 months in Luxembourg, a major European financial centre.

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Published: 2 July 2025

Concrete policy steps could address issues with Canada’s pension system

webfull — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:39:36 +0000

A well-designed pension system brings enormous social and economic values to its members and to society as a whole. Unfortunately, Canada’s doesn’t stand out. A 2024 report from Mercer ranks it just 18 out of 48 countries. In thefutureeconomy.ca, Prof. Sebastien Betermier proposes three measures that could help improve it by:

· Ensuring there are stronger guardrails to keep pension funds operationally independent

Published: 2 July 2025

Complicated crypto products recall derivatives at the centre of the global financial crisis

webfull — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:37:40 +0000

Cryptocurrencies are volatile, risky and lack transparency. For banks and investors alike, that’s risky. “Some like to think ‘this time it’s different’,” Prof Patrick Augustin told PaperJam.lu. But for Augustin, crypto today recalls Lehman Brothers, the financial services firm whose collapse set the global financial crisis in motion in 2008. The similarities are striking. Like today’s crypto markets, Lehman Brothers complicated investment products that many buyers and sellers didn’t fully understand.

Published: 2 July 2025

Global public relations firm delivers �鶹ɫ��Ƭ course content to staff in 12-week boot camp

webfull — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:29:08 +0000

Being happy doesn’t just make life more enjoyable, it can help you get things done. In 2024, �鶹ɫ��Ƭ Desautels Adjunct Lecturer Anita Nowak co-designed a course on the power of positive psychology called Happiness means business, and it is gaining traction beyond the university’s walls. The global public relations and marketing consultancy Edelman brought in Prof. Anita Nowak to teach staff course materials. The intensive 12-week ‘boot camp’ teaches concepts like altruism and forgiveness to give employees new tools to use in client relationships.

Published: 2 July 2025

Tariff loophole fuelling Canadian warehouse sector

webfull — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 18:38:07 +0000

Tariffs drive up prices for businesses, but some companies are finding a creative loophole to avoid some US tariffs. When a company imports a tariffed good, it pays a tariff. But it doesn’t pay a tariff if the goods are only passing through on the way to a final destination. This creates an incentive for US companies to store inventory in Canada. They can park products here until they sell them, and only pay tariffs on goods that are actually bound for the US market.

Published: 26 June 2025

Stephanie Shaw on leading global HR at Eldorado Gold

webfull — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 18:34:53 +0000

�鶹ɫ��Ƭ MBA alumna Stephanie Shaw (MBA’10) is vice-president of human resources at Eldorado Gold, where she leads a global team supporting 5,000 employees. Based in Vancouver, Shaw is driving a new people strategy focused on inclusive leadership, employee experience and digital transformation.

Published: 26 June 2025