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Asper student Graham Taylor smiling with a dark beige suit jacket and blue shirt on.

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Asper student, Graham Taylor, wins Stu Clark New Venture Championships

March 21, 2022 — 
For the first time in 14 years, a UM student has placed first in graduate edition of competition

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Asper student, Parneet Sandhar, smiling.

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Asper student tops agricultural background with Master in Supply Chain

March 15, 2022 — 
Parneet Sandhar returns to classroom after 16 years

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Rosanne Hill Blaisdell with President Michael Benarroch at a UM alumni event in 2016.

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Asper alum named president & CEO of Harvard Developments Corporation

March 15, 2022 — 
UM alum Rosanne Hill Blaisdell represents the fourth generation of the Hill family to lead the company

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Private-public partnership model wins tight MBA competition

March 10, 2022 — 
Asper MBA students Anna Gilfillan, Nick Gamble, Alana Moffat and Assad Baker placed first in the Reimagining Women in Leadership MBA Case Competition hosted by the Ted Rogers School of Management.

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Asper Professor’s Work Accepted by Financial Times top 50 Journal

March 7, 2022 — 
Asper School of Business Accounting and Finance Assistant Professor and CPA Research Fellow, Dr. Changqiu Yu examines how analysts process information to justify their recommendations and target prices.

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Asper professor Lei Lu wearing a black suit and tie, smiling with glasses on.

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Individual investors’ dispersion in beliefs and stock returns

March 4, 2022 — 
Investors’ beliefs are central to asset pricing, since different beliefs about firms’ fundamentals affect both stock prices and dynamics. However, not all investors are the same — individual investors may have limited information or knowledge compared with institutional ones, and therefore, their opinions cannot represent all investors. The information conveyed by financial analysts, too, is sometimes subject to bias.

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Asper School of Business student Sirius Zhang wearing a red shirt in the Drake building atrium.

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Beyond numbers and spreadsheets

March 2, 2022 — 
Sirius Zhang knew she had to study abroad to quell her burning curiosity for future-focused business practices.

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Sustainable solutions best in class

February 28, 2022 — 
Asper MBA sustainability course assignment becomes international competition win

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Mentoring Manitoba’s future leaders

February 25, 2022 — 
The Asper School of Business, home to the James W. Burns Leadership, connected with Block and Patel to hear their perspectives on the President’s Student Leadership Program, why students should apply, and what they as mentors have learned through this journey

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Celebrating another year of co-op success

February 23, 2022 — 
On February 4, more than 200 co-op employers and students gathered virtually for the Celebrating Co-op Awards

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