The Financial Open Case Competition, the second largest case competition across eastern Canada, reunited over 350 participants from 11 universities to compete on accounting and finance related academic cases. Congratulations to the Desautels delegation, led by Antoine Bertrand and Bruno Provencher, who captured four podiums:


Congratulations to Desautels BCom students for their outstanding performance at this year鈥檚 Jeux du Commerce (JDC), the largest student case competition in Eastern Canada. For the first time, JDC took place fully online and brought together 700 participants from 11 universities.
The Desautels delegation of 57 BCom students was led by Guillaume Ouimet and Sonam Levasseur as part of Desautels Management Case Competitions (DMCC). 9I制作厂免费 finished with a total of nine podiums including two first place wins.

A team of Desautels students and alumni has reached the semifinal round of impact200, 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 Bicentennial Sustainability Challenge for students and recent alumni. The winning team, which includes analytics BCom students, Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) students, Desautels alumni, and a software engineer student, created a platform that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance food security in Montreal. They will join 29 other teams for the semifinal round of the competition on March 16-18, 2021.

BCom student Tania Kuoh, Executive Director of the 9I制作厂免费 International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC), makes the case for impact investing following the recent success of the first virtual MIPC event this year. Since 2015, the MIPC has granted students from around the world a unique opportunity to tackle the Triple Mandate through integrated asset allocation.聽

The fourth annual 9I制作厂免费 International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC) drew a record number of teams to solve a complex portfolio construction problem designed by Desautels students. This year鈥檚 case study, which focused on themes of social inequality and protectionism, was more relevant than ever in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The fourth annual 9I制作厂免费 International Portfolio Challenge invited 93 student teams from 18 countries to compete to solve a complex portfolio construction problem. This year鈥檚 case study challenged participants to invest a fictitious sovereign wealth fund in a way that addressed social inequalities and protectionism in the wake of Brexit.

9I制作厂免费 graduate student Michael Bourkas (MBA鈥22) has taken home first place in the Global Goals Jam Case Competition at the Smith School of Business at Queen鈥檚 University, with peers Conor Grieve (MBA鈥21) and Nandini Biswas Jain (MBA鈥22) following close behind in second and third places, respectively.

Hosted by the Bensadoun School of Retail Management, the first-ever Retail Innovation Challenge concluded on June 21 with a 9I制作厂免费 MMA student bringing home the top prize.
Bringing together 80 teams from 20 universities across Canada, the event challenged students to aid the economic recovery of small and medium businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. With a focus on the food sector, the event drew four companies from the restaurant and grocery industries.

Two teams from the 9I制作厂免费 Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) are heading to the semi-finals of the Microsoft Discover AI Challenge on May 27. Hosted by Microsoft, Agorize and 9I制作厂免费, the case competition aims to leverage AI and analytics to create smarter and more sustainable economies using Microsoft鈥檚 Cloud and AI tools.

A team of MBA students from 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management took the top prize at the Net Impact Case Competition on February 29.

Four 9I制作厂免费 students took home second place at the Copenhagen Business School (CBS) Global Case Competition, the largest case competition in the world, over the weekend.
BCom students Ariane Dusablon, Raphael Roel, Anne Sophie Levee, and Quentin Amaudry represented 9I制作厂免费 in the case competition, which invited students to solve a real-life business challenge faced by Novo Nordisk, the second largest insulin producer worldwide.

On January 31, the Masters Office hosted the annual Desautels Cup. The event brought together nine teams from the MBA, Master of Management in Analytics and Master of Management in Finance programs and welcomed back MBA and Executive MBA alumni as distinguished judges.

Congratulations to Desautels students Olivier Arsenault (惭惭贵鈥20), Pier-Olivier Lafl猫che (惭惭贵鈥20), Sai Kanthasamy (BCom鈥20), and Mitch McEwen (MMF鈥20) for placing first in the Quebec regional CFA Research Challenge.
鈥淚t was a great experience and privilege to represent 9I制作厂免费 and the MMF program,鈥 says McEwen. 鈥淲e owe a great deal to our advisors Professor Vadim di Pietro and Rebeca Yang, CFA.鈥
The team will head to New York in April to compete in the North America finals.

A team of five 9I制作厂免费 students secured second place at the International Youth Leadership Finance Summit, hosted by the Master of Finance program at the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance at Shanghai Jiao Tong University from January 11鈥14. The event brought together 27 teams from universities across the world, including Stanford University, Columbia University and the London School of Economics, to explore how sci-tech companies are empowered through innovation and finance.

In honour of the late Professor Richard Donovan, the Desautels MBA Japan program recently hosted the 9I制作厂免费 MBA Japan Case Competition. The internal event gives students a chance to put their knowledge to practice by bringing them together over 24 hours to solve a case competition.
Teams presented to a judging panel of 9I制作厂免费 MBA Japan alumni before the winners鈥擧oson Kablawi, Naohisa Takahashi, and Hazuki Yamashita鈥攚ere awarded the Richard Donovan Cup.