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Rotman School PhD and MBA Students Find Success in Competitions.

February 10, 2020

Toronto – A student from the Full Time MBA program at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management was a finalist in the prestigious Sohn London Investment Idea Contest and a Rotman PhD student was a runner-up in the Bank of Canada’s Graduate Student Paper Award.

Jacob Liu, MBA’20 reached the finals of the Sohn London Investment Idea Contest and travelled to London to share his idea at the Sohn London Investment Conference on November 14. The contest seeks to identify the most timely and actionable investment idea today. Judges of the contest included William Ackman of Pershing Square Capital Management. Liu’s presentation deck can be viewed here.

Eyub Yegen, a PhD student in the finance area at the Rotman School of Management, was the runner up in the Bank of Canada’s Graduate Student Paper Award, receiving a $1,000 bursary. The annual award recognizes high-quality research by promising graduate students in economics and finance. Yegan was one of six finalists who presented their research to Bank researchers and policy-makers last September.

The Rotman School of Management is part of the University of Toronto, a global centre of research and teaching excellence at the heart of Canada’s commercial capital. Rotman is a catalyst for transformative learning, insights and public engagement, bringing together diverse views and initiatives around a defining purpose: to create value for business and society. For more information, visit www.rotman.utoronto.ca

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Ken McGuffin
Manager, Media Relations
Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto
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