McGill alumnus and VP investment advisor at CIBC Wood Grundy Robert Bonsant, Vice President Investment Advisor of CIBC Wood Gundy, recently spoke with the Bull & Bear to offer McGill management students some advice and insights about the financial industry. According to the McGill alumn, “life is not a sprint, but a marathon.” It took [...]
On May 2, the New Democratic Party made Canadian political history by winning 58 seats in Quebec on their way to forming the Official Opposition for the first time in the party’s history. The stunning victory involved dozens of newcomers to politics, one of which was McGill’s own Lauren Liu, who is now the representative [...]
Henry Mintzberg, Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at the Desautels Faculty of Management, discussed with me his views on the modern management practice and how students can prepare to be effective managers in their future careers. You’ve observed that a manager’s job entails several roles, so you’ve labelled them as either interpersonal, [...]
In June of 2010, shortly before the G20 summit in Toronto, China announced their monumental move of de-pegging the Yuan from the dollar. Dr. Francesca Carrieri, a professor of international finance, shares her insights on the process and the economic implications of this currency regime change. Carrieri has been with the Desautels faculty since 1998 [...]
I had a chat with Madan Somasundaram, the current president of the McGill Investment Club, about the merits of getting involved on campus. I’ve very often questioned the purpose of a university degree – what does a student, in effect, spend four years accomplishing? Somasundaram, himself a Bronfman veteran graduating this year, explains to me [...]
