Cash-strapped governments should resist telling pension funds how to invest

Published: 14 November 2025

Stock markets continue to hit record highs, yet many governments remain strapped for cash—and some are eyeing pension funds to cover fiscal shortfalls....

Reimagining legal frameworks for sustainability: The 2025 TBLSA Impact Paper

Published: 7 August 2025

Earlier this summer, from May 4th through May 9th, McGill’s Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI) and Faculty of Law co-organised the 2025 McGill SGI Transformative Business Law Summer Academy (TBLSA).

Independent fashion designers likely to lose out in SSENSE bankruptcy

Published: 10 September 2025

In a bankruptcy filing in late August, the Montreal-based luxury retailer SSENSE cited a liquidity crisis brought on partly by the unpredictable tariff regime in the United States. At the time of...

McGill DataSphere Lab proving to be good for business

Published: 10 October 2025

At McGill’s Desautels Faculty of Management, the DataSphere Lab is transforming how companies use data and how students learn....

McGill Desautels MBA team wins Retail Innovation Challenge

Published: 5 November 2025

A team of McGill Desautels MBA students has won the 2025 Retail Innovation Challenge, earning the $10,000 grand prize for their innovative business solution for Mandy’s Gourmet Salads....

McGill Personal Financial Essentials course is basis for Cayman Islands financial literacy initiative

Published: 4 August 2025

Twenty-eight young people in the Cayman Islands recently became the first group to complete the British Overseas Territory’s Youth Financial Literacy Programme. The government sponsored program...

Buy now, pay later loans promise to boost purchasing power—but can come with strings

Published: 4 September 2025

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) programs allow consumers to pay for items in instalments. And the market for these financial products has been growing at a 12% annual rate, and is projected to reach $7.5...

MMF students tackle real-world merger case in 8th Deloitte Synergy Challenge

Published: 29 October 2025

The 8th Deloitte MMF Synergy Challenge on October 28 challenged Master of Management in Finance (MMF) students at Desautels on their strategic and financial acumen in the context of a merger case...

Donald Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ does away with de minimis exemption for impots from all countries

Published: 30 July 2025

The de minimis exemption has played a major role in the rise of Chinese fast fashion brands like Shein and Temu. The exemption works like this: if an imported good has a value of less than $800, it...

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