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MIPC asks students to devise decumulation strategies for an inflationary environment

For its 7th edition, the 2023 ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC), as part of ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI), gathered over 80 teams from 27 countries to address retirement challenges amidst inflation. Participants tackled the task of developing decumulation strategies for the fictional Maple Leaf Pension Plan, simulating real-world data.

Published: 19 Jan 2024

Global competition gets students to take on challenge of investing sustainably

The 2022 ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC), in its 6th year, asked undergraduate students from around the world to devise innovative portfolio strategies that could achieve high returns while still ensuring a sustainable future.

Published: 15 Feb 2023

Delve: How Banks and Institutional Investment Funds Are Driving the Road to Net-Zero

One of the biggest challenges today for financial institutions is how to meet net-zero climate targets while achieving high returns on investment and satisfying the needs of various stakeholders. What does the road to net-zero look like in the realm of long-term investment, who are the players, and how should the inevitable roadblocks be overcome?

Published: 5 Jan 2023

MIPC wraps up with MDIIM Symposium and Grand Finale

The Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management Symposium on The Road to Net Zero took place on November 2, marking the opening ceremony of the sixth edition of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC).Β Thank you to our panelists, Fanny Doucet, CFA, Managing Director & Head, S

Published: 14 Nov 2022

Three tips for going green

On a recent segment of CTV News Montreal, Professor Sebastien Betermier shared three key takeaways from the 5th annual ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ International Portfolio Competition, an event designed to help guide corporate and political leaders toward a greener economy. First, managers should create clear milestones, he says. Second, they must integrate change across industries.

Published: 24 Feb 2022

MIPC winners prepare to present ideas to Dutch pension funds

Students from the Copenhagen Business School took home the $25,000 first prize of the fifth annual ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC) this November.

Published: 19 Dec 2021

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ students spearhead hybrid MIPC

A dedicated group of ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ students successfully planned the first hybrid iteration of the annual ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ International Portfolio Challenge.

This year, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ invited 114 teams from 26 countries to tackle the challenge of designing sustainable retirement system plans in light of Dutch pension reforms.

Published: 30 Nov 2021

Delve: Why Ultra-Low Yields Don’t Mean the End of Sustainable Pension Funds

Retirement systems around the world, from public pension plans to private funds, are weathering a storm of ultra-low bond yields that threaten not only adequate returns for pensioners but the sustainability of the systems themselves. Designing retirement systems that are resilient to low yields requires balancing risk with resilience and innovative approaches.

Published: 26 Nov 2021

Risk and return at the fifth annual MIPC

To kick off the fifth edition of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ International Portfolio Challenge, Professor Sebastien Betermier moderated a DelveΒ Integrated Management symposium powered byΒ Global Risk Institute in Financial Services (GRI) entitled β€œDesigning Sustainable Retirement Systems in the Current Environment of Ultra-Low Yields.” The event invited University Pension Plan Ontario’s Barbara Zvan and PSP In

Published: 15 Nov 2021

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ International Portfolio Challenge illustrates growing importance of impact investing

BCom student Tania Kuoh, Executive Director of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC), makes the case for impact investing following the recent success of the first virtual MIPC event this year.

Published: 10 Dec 2020

Two international teams claim victory in ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ portfolio-building competition

The first virtual ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ International Portfolio Competition (MIPC) drew 93 university teams from 18 countries to design portfolio strategies that address the rise of social inequalities and protectionism in the U.K.

Published: 7 Dec 2020

Student teams compete to win 2020 ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ International Portfolio Challenge

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

Published: 27 Nov 2020

93 student teams tackle social inequality and protectionism at MIPC 2020

The fourth annual ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ International Portfolio Challenge invited 93 student teams from 18 countries to compete to solve a complex portfolio construction problem. This year’s 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.

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Published: 12 Nov 2020

MIPC to tackle questions around protectionism and social inequalities

Students behind the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC) are planning the first virtual rendition of the premier case competition to be held in September. MIPC invites university students from across the world to tackle pressing socioeconomic issues faced by asset managers.

Published: 21 Aug 2020

The complex nature of investment strategies

Professor Sebastien Betermier uses winning student proposals from the 2019 ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ International Portfolio Challenge as the model for sustainable investment strategies of university endowment funds, suggesting that divestment strategies should go beyondΒ a simple yes or no response.

Published: 18 Feb 2020

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