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New research on the valuation of over-the-counter derivatives from University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management
TORONTO, ON - By some measures the over-the-counter derivatives business is the largest business in the world with over $600 trillion in transactions outstanding. This business plays a significant role in the profitability of global banking institutions. Before 2007, banks agreed on the value of most of these transactions, but since the financial crisis of 2007-09 there has been growing uncertainty about derivative values. This centers on the question of whether or not to make what is known as a…
The Jackman Law Building breaks ground June 4, 2013
TORONTO, ON — Media are invited to attend the official groundbreaking of the state-of-the-art, $54-million Jackman Law Building at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law on June 4, 2013, at 4 pm. This spectacular new facility will house spacious, modern, environmentally friendly classrooms, offices and collaborative areas for Canada’s pre-eminent law school. Please join us as we celebrate this exciting new stage for legal education with The Hon. Michael Wilson, Chancellor, University of Toronto, Ms. Judy Goldring, Vice-Chair of…
University of Toronto honours extraordinary achievements at spring convocation
TORONTO, ON – More than 12,500 students will graduate from the University of Toronto at convocation ceremonies taking place from Tuesday, June 4 to Friday, June 21 in Convocation Hall, 31 King’s College Circle on the University’s downtown campus. More than 56,000 people are expected to visit the University during convocation and the largest ceremony – St. Michael’s College on June 13 – will have upwards of 560 graduates in attendance. As part of spring convocation, U of T will be…
Defining “Defined Ambition” pension plans tackled in the Spring journal from Rotman International Centre for Pension Management
TORONTO, ON – The pensions world is rewriting its narratives as the implications of the 21st Century realities of lower investment returns and aging populations continue to sink in. Defending traditional defined benefit plans at all cost is increasingly seen as fighting a rearguard action in a lost cause. The Spring 2013 issue of the Rotman International Journal of Pension Management takes a look at “defined ambition” narratives for pensions in which a dual question needs to be answered: What…
Event hall at University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management named in honour of Marcel A. Desautels
TORONTO, ON – A newly-opened event space at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management which has already hosted events with global leaders from the fields of management, politics and academics, has been named in honour of one of the School’s leading benefactors. The space will be known as Desautels Hall in honour of Dr. Marcel A. Desautels, befitting the school’s most generous donor, who has given an extraordinary $41 million to the Rotman School. The announcement was made today…
Rotman teams take two of the three top spots in Manulife: Entry into Asia Challenge
TORONTO, ON – A team of students from the Morning MBA program at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management have won first prize in an international business plan competition while a second team of Rotman MBA students landed in third spot. The winners of The Manulife: Entry into Asia Challenge were announced Tuesday at an awards ceremony at Manulife's head office in Toronto. Seven finalist teams of business school students presented their business plans submissions to an elite…
Small, speedy plant-eater extends knowledge of dinosaur ecosystems
TORONTO, ON – Dinosaurs are often thought of as large, fierce animals, but new research highlights a previously overlooked diversity of small dinosaurs. In the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, a team of palaeontologists from the University of Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, Cleveland Museum of Natural History and University of Calgary have described a new dinosaur, the smallest plant-eating dinosaur species known from Canada. Albertadromeus syntarsus was identified from a partial hind leg, and other skeletal elements, that indicate it was…
Why the Super Bowl’s location matters: Local ties still bind corporations in globalized era, says new study on philanthropy. Giving is also affected by natural disasters.
TORONTO, ON – If you're a small charity looking for some corporate largesse, pegging your ask to a big morale-boosting event planned for your community may help seal the deal, suggests a new study on corporate giving. The paper found that corporate philanthropy spikes upward during "mega-events" such as the Olympics, the Super Bowl, or even political conventions. The finding goes against previous research that says corporate giving tends to stay stable. "For non-profit managers, it suggests that one potentially…
Rotman team wins international entrepreneurship competition
TORONTO, ON – A team from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management has won the inaugural event of the MBA World Trophy held in Dublin over the past weekend. The event brought entrepreneurs from 17 different universities around the world to compete against each other with their start-up businesses in front of venture capitalists and other business leaders. Jason Mitakidis, MBA’14, Kate Rootman, MBA’14, and Elizabeth Chak, MBA’15, who are students in the Rotman School’s Morning and Evening…
New insights into how materials transfer heat could lead to improved electronics
TORONTO, ON – U of T Engineering researchers, working with colleagues from Carnegie Mellon University, have published new insights into how materials transfer heat, which could lead eventually to smaller, more powerful electronic devices. Integrated circuits and other electronic parts have been shrinking in size and growing in complexity and power for decades. But as circuits get smaller, it becomes more difficult to dissipate waste heat. For further advances to be made in electronics, researchers and industry need to find ways of tracking heat transfer in products ranging from smart phones to computers to solar cells. Dan Sellan and Professor Cristina Amon, of U of T’s Mechanical and Industrial Engineering department, investigated a new tool to measure…