Congratulations to all the teams that participated in the inaugural 2013 TD IPO Competition. The teams had been asked to analyze the pricing, marketing, and management of an initial public offering for a retail client. The RFA would like to congratulate the following winners of the Competition:       1st – Ryan Lee, Christopher Lam, Ahmed Halawa, Jude Voon 2nd – Igor Nirenstein, Jeremy Saunders, Rameez Saboowala 3rd – Terence Fong,...

Congratulations to all 13 teams that participated in the 2013 UBS Trading Competition. The trading lab was a source of incredible energy and all teams should be proud of themselves. The RFA would like to congratulate the following winners of the Competition:       1st – Ahmed’s Arbitrageurs: Sam Chatterjee, Julien D’Auria, and Zachary Dombrowski 2nd – Vandelay Industries: Andrew Fahmy, Pier Nasso, Igor Nirenshtein, and Ryan Peyman 3rd...

A big congratulations to the Currency Crusaders: Gaurav Bhide, Jay Burke, Jeremy Lin, and Lane Theriault, for landing second place in the 2013 National Investment Banking Competition (NIBC) held over January 9th to January 10th in Vancouver. Ten MBA teams from business schools across North America were invited to participate in the finals, and presentations were made in front of 400 conference attendees and a judging panel of seven managing directors from...

Nov 22, 2012 Industry Night is the marquee networking reception for the Rotman Finance Association where first year RFA members can connect with alumni professionals from all sorts of different finance functions. It was an honor for the RFA to host about 100 alumni from various roles, spanning a range of graduation years from 2002 to 2012, and from over 40 different organizations. It was a night that many first year RFA members and alumni will not soon...

Nov 14, 2012 Congratulations to the 12 teams who competed in the CIBC Investment Banking Competition on Wednesday, November 14th. After spending 97 hours analyzing the potential acquisition of Lululemon by Gap, all teams presented their recommendations in front of a panel of industry judges. We would like to congratulate the winners of the Competition:     1st – Omega Capital – Ryan Lee, Ryan Peyman, and Taylor Self 2nd – HS & MF Partners –...

Nov 3, 2012 53 teams presented in the 4th annual BMO Stock Pitch Competition after conducting extensive research on the economy, sector and company. The 6 finalists then pitched and defended their analysis in front of a panel of industry professionals from BMO. The RFA wants to recognize and congratulate the finalists and winners of the Stock Pitch Competition:   Winners: 1st – Maple Leaf Foods – Ahmed Halawa and Sam Chatterjee 2nd – Dollarama –...

Oct 27, 2012 RFA hosted Scotiabank Super Saturday, which had several speakers from the industry and Rotman faculty to provide valuable information regarding Capital Markets. Students had the opportunity to mingle with industry professionals from Investment Banking, Sales & Trading, Equity Research, Buy Side, Risk Management and Corporate Banking within various break out rooms. The highlight of the day was definitely the live mock interviews on stage,...

Oct 23, 2012 Karim Alidina, Rotman alumni and VP of FX Sales at RBC Capital Markets, came to speak about how to be successful on the trading floor and the different business groups at RBC. Karim also discussed the strategies one should implement to secure a position in RBC’s Global Markets Program. His topics included networking, writing cover letters, and scoring the interview. His Q&A session was particularly well received by the students and many...