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Asper Assistant Professor published in the Journal of Financial Economics

May 13, 2021 — 
Dr. Zhenzhen Fan, an Assistant Professor in Finance and Economics at the Asper School of Business recently learned that her paper entitled, Equity Trail Risk and Currency Risk Premiums was accepted for publication by Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), a leading peer-reviewed academic journal covering theoretical and empirical topics in financial economics. Dr. Fan co-authored this paper along with Dr. Juan M. Londono, Senior Economic Project Manager of the US Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Dr. Xiao Xiao, Assistant Professor of Finance at Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam.

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Inspiring individuals from UM named to Order of Manitoba

May 12, 2021 — 
Their contributions encompass a broad range of endeavours and accomplishments

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Asper School of Business News

Celebrating educators – virtually

May 10, 2021 — 
Online Students’ Teacher Recognition Reception held on May 4

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23 students as part of the 2021 Presidents Students Leadership Program

Asper School of Business News

President’s Student Leadership Program Announces 2021 Cohort of Students

May 7, 2021 — 
The James W. Burns Leadership Institute is pleased to announce the third cohort of the unique in Canada President’s Student Leadership Program (PSLP) at the University of Manitoba.

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How Uber drivers avoided — and contributed to — the fate of taxi drivers

May 7, 2021 — 
Countries around the world are wrestling with whether to classify Uber drivers and other gig economy workers as independent contractors or employees

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Lauren Slegers, Hayley Yamamoto, Sid Sharma, Tara Flatt and Gurkamaljeet Dhaliwal and Michael Kurtas, Shyam Moorthi and Dolly Taneja, and BComm students, Laura Mickey and James Pham

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Turning case success into community support

April 28, 2021 — 
In the final week of the case competition season, Asper students were busy successfully representing the School on the international stage with undergraduate and MBA teams achieving first and second place finishes in their events at the International Business Ethics Case Competition (IBECC).

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Fanning the flame of entrepreneurship

April 26, 2021 — 
On April 16 and 17, 20201, The Stu Clark New Venture Championships: Undergraduate Edition brought together students from various faculties and post-secondary schools across Manitoba to compete for over $20,000 in cash prizes.

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Alumni News

UM alumni among Honour 150 recipients

April 21, 2021 — 
Many UM alumni are recipients of Honour 150, which recognizes people who stand out for their role in making Manitoba such an amazing province

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Zoom image of Oscar Rogue, Yudi Li, Diana dela Cruz, Nadine Pinetter and Dani Gomez-Ortega

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Asper MBA students present open banking model at the Canadian Open Banking Forum

April 21, 2021 — 
Asper MBA students, Diana dela Cruz and Nadine Pinette along with support from Erin Gair, Rhiannon Leier Blacher and Faculty Advisor Judy Jayasuriya have been invited to share their unique perspectives on diversity, equity and inclusion for open banking at Infonex's Canadian Open Banking Forum

Dr. Chi Liao on left and Dr. Nathan Greidanus on right

Asper School of Business News

ADHD and Entrepreneurship

April 15, 2021 — 
Paper addressing the relationship between attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and entrepreneurship published in Journal of Business Venturing

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