Advancing financial markets across the globe

Published: 10 June 2021

Seven years ago, Olivier Babin (BCom’18) won the Bourstadt Stock Market Simulation. Now, at age 25, he has his sights set on launching his own startup in the financial technology sector while...

Desautels case competition team lands unexpected prize

Published: 17 March 2017

An undergraduate team from Desautels came home from a case competition in Portugal with an invite to go back for a month-long project aimed at making the city of Porto more attractive to startups....

Desautels achieves second consecutive win at PRMIA

Published: 12 April 2017

Congratulations to Desautels undergraduate students: Evan Coulter, Valentyn Litvin, Meagan Prins, and Marina Simonian who won the top prize at the prestigious PRMIA International Risk Management...

Desautels wins big at trading competition

Published: 29 March 2018

Marking the sixth year of participating in the 2018 Rotman International Trading Competition (RITC), a team of Desautels’ students took 1st place in the MATLAB Options Volatility Case. The team...

A glowing victory at JDC 2019

Published: 15 January 2019

Congratulations to Desautels BCom students who secured two 1st place wins and five 2nd place finishes at this year’s Jeux du commerce. McGill finished 2nd academically overall among 13 other...

A silver finish for BComs in Paris

Published: 28 March 2019

Congratulations to BCom students Michael Amar, Tanya Gandhi and Babet Nieman who took second place in the final round of the Accuracy Business Cup, which unfolded in Paris in partnership with LVMH....

Desautels students take home top prize at PRMIA

Published: 16 April 2019

Congratulations to the Desautels Capital Management Team comprised of BCom students Ludovic Van den Bergen, Emilie Granger, Ian Jiang, and Roy Chen Zhang who won first place and $10,000 in prize...

From the corporate office to live television 

Published: 8 June 2021

Right out of university, Dick Irvin (BCom’53) enjoyed a stable career in Montreal’s finance sector....

Building the right foundation

Published: 3 June 2021

After graduating from McGill, Michael Pesner (BCom’63) took over his father’s accounting and insolvency practice before joining a KPMG predecessor firm as a chairman and managing partner. Over the...

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