UNB Finance Club

03/16/2022

Hope you all had a great reading week!

The next UNB Finance Club Alumni Speaker Series event will be held this Thursday, March 17, 2022, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. (ADT). UNBSJ alumni Chris Pelkey will be here this week. After graduating, Chris began his career at Canada Revenue Agency. Chris will talk about his time in university and co-op programs, how he made the move to the workplace, and what kinds of jobs and career paths are available at CRA.

Join the meeting here:

03/02/2022

Hello, everyone.

We are delighted to announce that the next UNB Finance Club Alumni Speaker Series event will take place this Thursday, March 04, 2022 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. (ADT).

Deji Adetunji will be joining us this week. Deji is a Manager, Financial Reporting and Accounting Operations at Aha Insurance. Deji formerly worked as Audit Assistant Manager - PwC UK. At his upcoming talk on Thursday, he'll walk us through his professional journey, positioning a career in Finance.

The session will take place only online via MS.

Join the link here:

02/22/2022

Hello, everyone.

We are delighted to announce that the next UNB Finance Club Alumni Speaker Session will take place from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 24, 2021. (ADT). Justin Feng will be joining us this week. Justin is a Senior Investment Analyst at Mercer Global Investments. Justin formerly worked as a Quantitative Investment Associate at Vestcor. At his upcoming talk on Thursday, he'll walk us through his professional journey, a general overview of the industry, and some of his early experiences in the industry.

The session will take place only online via MS Teams.

Join the link here:

02/07/2022

Hello, everyone.

We are excited to announce that we will be joined by David Wishart this Thursday, February 10th, 2022, from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm (ADT).

David is the Head of RBC's Corporate Treasury division's Liquidity Parameterization team. He has a Master's degree in Economics from Dalhousie University, a Bachelor's degree in Business from Bishop's University, and he is a CFA Charter Holder. Under the pen name David Donaldson, he also wrote the book 'We Follow the Dying Light.

We will be doing a Q&A session with him regarding his career experience and the path he took to get where he is.

The session will take place online via MS Teams. Join the conversation here : https://bit.ly/3t0v1H2

11/30/2021

Greetings to everyone.
We are pleased to announce the continuation of the UNB Finance Club's Alumni Speaker Series on Thursday, December 2nd, 2021 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. (ADT). And will be joined by Shashanka Goli and Josh Youssef, his supervisor.
Shashanka is currently employed by Vestcor.

The following topics will be discussed:
• Work experience in the fixed income team at Vestcor;
• CFA exam preparation strategies and tips;
• Advice for those considering a career in finance.

The session will be conducted entirely online via Microsoft Teams. Join the discussion here: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3Ameeting_ZWU4MWExYzMtZDYzMC00MWZmLWJkYzAtOTgzMzUwZjFmYjVl%40thread.v2%2F0%3Fcontext%3D%257B%2522Tid%2522%253A%2522244e6ed2-339a-47f3-b95c-e45351c198b7%2522%252C%2522Oid%2522%253A%252205147f2a-1f41-4836-8e76-65b1dd02e9a1%2522%257D%26fbclid%3DIwAR1YqqjZzJ61uLHKLXs50tbr8gQEuLf5uzZHgHVGgBac8WzzNmJVsyVTHgw%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=f2ad647f-ba8d-46d1-9c74-a677ecd847af&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&fbclid=IwAR2yZikH0Iq5jtcXoYhhW4V3RcnAVPzWqTXpOHI_jiEfN3K222OF4QFRZgE&suppressPrompt=true

11/24/2021

Attention students!

This Thursday, November 25th, from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM, we will be holding our weekly Finance Club activity session.

We will be screening “In Money We Trust?”, a fascinating public television documentary that explains what money is. We will have a quick conversation after the documentary about your thoughts on the content and how markets have changed since the documentary was recorded.

Pizza and Pop will also be available. There's no free lunch in the capital markets, but there is here!

The session will take place at the UNB Libraries Innovation Hub and online via MS Teams. Join the conversation here: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3Ameeting_ZWU4MWExYzMtZDYzMC00MWZmLWJkYzAtOTgzMzUwZjFmYjVl%40thread.v2%2F0%3Fcontext%3D%257B%2522Tid%2522%253A%2522244e6ed2-339a-47f3-b95c-e45351c198b7%2522%252C%2522Oid%2522%253A%252205147f2a-1f41-4836-8e76-65b1dd02e9a1%2522%257D%26fbclid%3DIwAR1YqqjZzJ61uLHKLXs50tbr8gQEuLf5uzZHgHVGgBac8WzzNmJVsyVTHgw%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=f2ad647f-ba8d-46d1-9c74-a677ecd847af&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&fbclid=IwAR2yZikH0Iq5jtcXoYhhW4V3RcnAVPzWqTXpOHI_jiEfN3K222OF4QFRZgE&suppressPrompt=true

Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TE8XxhtiMA

11/22/2021

Come on out! We would love to have you join us.

We are thrilled to welcome UNB Alumni Phillip Curley, CEO & Founder of HotSpot Parking Transit Taxis on the UNB Faculty of Management Speaker Series! Register and join the conversation in person or online!

https://forms.office.com/r/54rp9zfJyC



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11/17/2021

Hi folks!

This Thursday at 2:30 pm (ADT), we will be gathering on Teams to have a discussion regarding a comparative study about the different stock trading platforms available in Canada.

We will talk about the features of each platform, their differences and similarities, the fees, and our personal preference.

As always, we will be starting off our session with capital market news highlights.

Join the conversation:
https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3Ameeting_ZWU4MWExYzMtZDYzMC00MWZmLWJkYzAtOTgzMzUwZjFmYjVl%40thread.v2%2F0%3Fcontext%3D%257B%2522Tid%2522%253A%2522244e6ed2-339a-47f3-b95c-e45351c198b7%2522%252C%2522Oid%2522%253A%252205147f2a-1f41-4836-8e76-65b1dd02e9a1%2522%257D%26fbclid%3DIwAR1YqqjZzJ61uLHKLXs50tbr8gQEuLf5uzZHgHVGgBac8WzzNmJVsyVTHgw%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=f2ad647f-ba8d-46d1-9c74-a677ecd847af&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true

11/15/2021

Hello Everyone,

For our weekly UNB Faculty of Management Speaker Series session this week (Tuesday, November 16), we would be joined by our very own Prof Dinesh Gajurel.

The session would be hosted in a hybrid format with in-person happening at the Innovation Hub, Harriet Irving Library (UNB Libraries) and online through Teams. There will be pizzas and pops for in-person participants too!

About our speaker:
Dinesh is a professor of finance at the Faculty of Management, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton. His research interest and expertise include financial crises & contagion, corporate finance, asset pricing, high-frequency finance, and empirical finance. He has published papers in scholarly journals including the Journal of Banking & Finance, Applied Economics and Economic Systems.

Dinesh enjoys teaching and has a broad range of experience teaching in finance, from core courses such as introductory corporate finance and investments to advance courses such as applied quantitative finance, and financial derivatives. At UNB, he has been teaching Principles of Finance, Corporate Finance, Advanced Corporate Finance, Personal Financial Planning, Investments, International Finance, Entrepreneurship Finance, Business Data Analysis to BBA and MBA programs. Before joining UNB, Dinesh was at Trent University, University of Tasmania, and Tribhuvan University. Dinesh obtained his Ph.D. from University of Tasmania, Australia.

Kindly, use the below link to register:
Registration link:
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Looking forward to having you join us for this session.

11/02/2021

We are pleased to welcome Alex Sutherland , alumni of the UNB Faculty of Management, to our Club Alumni Series, on Thursday, Nov 4th, from noon 2:30 to 3:30 (ADT).

The session will take place online via MS Teams. Topics for the day are:

- Fintech, working for a start-up and infrastructure roles in finance.
- Misnomers and essential differences between Canada and US brokerages; Open banking and what it means for the future of finance.
- Importance of workplace flexibility and presentation.

Join the conversation here: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZWU4MWExYzMtZDYzMC00MWZmLWJkYzAtOTgzMzUwZjFmYjVl%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22244e6ed2-339a-47f3-b95c-e45351c198b7%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2205147f2a-1f41-4836-8e76-65b1dd02e9a1%22%7d

10/29/2021

10/29/2021

Today UNB Alumni Brian Bagnell, Vice President, CGM Americas at Macquarie Group shared his insights about the energy sector and what the various firms are doing to counter climate change issues on the UNB Faculty of Management Speaker Series!

Thank you all for attending and joining the conversation today!