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Apply before March 15th, the final deadline for Canadians and PR.

Applied Finance Project

Cohort 2021-2022

Name

Applied Finance Project Title

Advisor

Joseph Allam Implementation of Capital Structure Arbitrage Using a Structural Model Jan Ericsson
Salim Berrada Shortcomings of Real Estate indices from an ESG Standpoint Desmond Tsang
Frédérique Cannon Executive Compensation in Crisis Time - Evidence from COVID-19 David Schumacher
Kiira Leibel Demonetization in Emerging Markets - How Mobile Payment Systems Can Help to Minimize the Informal Economy and Increase Financial Inclusion for the Unbanked in Peru Mathieu Bouvard
Qiyang Liu Momentum Crashes & Market Drawdowns Vadim di Pietro
Bhavik Mendiratta Sustainability: Ratings, Financial Performance and Disclosures Jiro Kondo
Ngoc Nguyen IPO Valuation of Software-as-a-Service Companies and Their Pre-IPO Metrics: A Rule of Thumb for IPO Readiness(2022) Jiro Kondo
Saiyid Aafsheen Abbas Rizvi Do Investors Pay a ‘Greenium’ in the Canadian Stock Market? Sébastien Betermier
Michael Zukin Portfolio Diversification Using Digital Currencies: A correlation study and discussion Katrin Tinn

Cohort 2020-2021

Name

Applied Finance Project Title

Advisor

Rayan Chelli Why Being a Serial SPAC Matters. The Determinants of SPAC Trust Values David Schumacher
Andrew Gillich False Discoveries in Canadian Mutual Fund Performance: Measuring Luck in Estimated Alphas Laurent Barras
Jasmine Mussani The Impact of Gender Diversity in the CEO-CFO Dyad on Company Performance Desmond Tsang
Katerina Paraschis Investor Cognitive Biases & Platform Design Jiro Kondo
Alyona Pereslavtseva The Dual Impact of Boardroom and Workforce Gender Diversity on Corporate Financial Performance – Evidence from the Canadian Market Desmond Tsang
Umang Saksena Effects of Corruption on Banking Stability & Economic Growth: Is Financial Inclusion a Viable Solution? Katrin Tinn
Andy Yu An Empirical Review and Investigation on Distressed M&A Transaction Premiums and the Impact on Distressed Targets David Schumacher

Cohort 2019-2020

Name

Applied Finance Project Title

Advisor

Kaylyn Chrystian
Mathew Kwan
Anna Wastle
Analyzing Momentum Jiro Kondo
Guillaume Hervault Is there evidence of abnormal stock returns before unannounced US military operations? An analysis of insider trading activity within the US government. Patrick Augustin
Roxanne Jousse
Aïcha Traoré
Analyse de la stratégie d’arbitrage du swap spread entre 2005 et 2016 Jan Ericsson
Pier-Olivier Laflèche
Mitch McEwen
The Evolution of Sustainable Finance in Private Markets: A Focus on Private Equity Vadim di Pietro
Wen-Ting Lee The Impact of CEO and CFO Characteristics Difference on Firm Performance Desmond Tsang
Bolei Liu
Zhixiu (Tim) Xie
Revisiting Capital Structure Arbitrage Jan Ericsson
Daman Mody
Arpit Agarwal
Lakshay Syal
Venturing into Space: Company Analysis of Virgin Galactic Adolfo de Motta
Christian Pettigrew
Jared Holaday
Mark Moudabber
Assessing the Effectiveness of Stock Selection Models Using Random Forest Classification Jan Ericsson
Min Su Impact of Climate Risk on Profitability Margins of US Industries Pascal Francois
Joshua Wolman
Chen (Alice) Xu
Michelle Guo
A Case Study Analysis of Montreal’s Healthcare Startup Ecosystem Jiro Kondo

Cohort 2018-2019

Name

Applied Finance Project Title

Advisor

Maude de Witte
Pierre-Louis Patault
The Evolution and the State of the SRI Industry Jan Ericsson
Linghang Fang
Jiaqi Wang
Economic and Demographic Explanations of the Canadian Housing Market - Emphasis on Immigrant and Foreign Ownership Desmond Tsang
Jean-Baptiste Foult
Corey Saxe
Jaewon Kim
Prefontaine Capital Project Adolfo de Motta
Zakaria Hammama
Nipun Kalra
The Meteoric Ascend of Financial Technology in China Corroborated Using Ant Financial As Proxy Matthieu Bouvard
Alexandra Melendez Lahura Corporate Bond Sharpe Ratios Jan Ericsson
Allan Obuchowski
Parth Shah
Analysis of the Indian Aviation Industry and Valuation of SpiceJet Ltd. Adolfo de Motta
Carlos Panozo Box Spread Synthetic Risk-Free Bonds Arbitrage & Yield Curve Analysis Jan Ericsson
Salman Zia Rana Discovering the P2P Lending Space in India Matthieu Bouvard
Laura Santiago
Garima Syal
Smart Contracts and its Applications in the Insurance Industry Matthieu Bouvard
Celec Soriano-Francis An Overview of Critical Elements to Consider When Evaluating Corporate Governance Practices Jiro Kondo
Shuoyao Wang Practice and Consideration for Risk Management of CDS Swaptions Jan Ericsson

Cohort 2017-2018

Name

Applied Finance Project Title

Advisor

Shuaibo Huang The Wolf of Hollywood: A Deep Dive into Motion Picture Distribution and Financing Benjamin Croitoru
Jordan Arnold-Andrasko
Jamie Steinmetz
Real Estate Crowdfunding Desmond Tsang
Fred Gatali Valuing Subprime MBS Jan Ericsson
Alex Hua
Riyad Allimamode
Quan Nguyen
CDO Valuation with Variance Risk Premia Jan Ericsson
Joanie Grimard
Hagen Sagli
LNG Arbitrage Jan Ericsson
Sheng Li
Mengdie Lyu
Pricing of Auto-callable Notes Jan Ericsson
Wanyi Hu
Sun Yi
Xiang Zhang
Determinants of Credit Default Swap Premia Patrick Augustin
Simranjit Saluja
Colin Shen
Cross-Country Evidence on Initial Public Offerings: A Comparative Analysis of China and the United States Jiro Kondo
Geetanjali Kanwar Women and Venture Capital Jiro Kondo

Cohort 2016-2017

Name

Applied Finance Project Title

Advisor

Yilan Cai
David Yan
Active Management Based on Crude Oil Price Forecasts Sébastien Betermier
Mohamad (Mo) Hijazi Global Investing in Emerging & Frontier Markets Sébastien Betermier
Sophie Mahdavi Equity Price and Implied Volatility in Simulation Models with Applications to Counterparty Credit Risk Vihang Errunza
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