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Can you and your organization avoid being victims of fraud?

May, 2023 | Podcast

Understanding why people commit fraud can help us protect ourselves, and our organizations from falling prey to scams. Kelly Richmond Pope joins Visiting Experts to explore the issue.

Fear, familiarity and finance: Unravelling the psychological forces behind investment choices

May, 2023 | Article

How does fear, familiarity and skepticism influence consumer choices and capital markets? Professor Bing Han explores the hidden biases that shape investment preferences.

How a bank fails

Mar, 2023 | Article

With the banking industry still reeling from multiple bank failures, Rotman's dean Susan Christoffersen explores how we got here, and whether Canada's system is equipped to weather the storm.

How did COVID-19 impact company forecasts?

Mar, 2023 | Article

A wave of management guidance withdrawals early in the pandemic was caused by uncertainty, not anticipated poor performance.

Corporate fraud: 'The problem is bigger than you might think'

Feb, 2023 | Article

Nearly two out of three corporate frauds go undetected, and at least 10 per cent of U.S. companies may be involved in fraudulent behaviour, new research finds.

The $50-million secret to hiring the best pension manager

Jan, 2023 | Article

Who sits on a pension board — and their personal views on compensation — can influence whether funds pay managers market rate...or not.

Bad news or no news? When losses are certain, investors opt to ignore their account

Nov, 2022 | Article

What is the “ostrich effect”? And does making info easier to find help us fight our instincts to bury our heads in the sand?

Here’s what happens the day after the clocks change

Oct, 2022 | Opinion

Daylight savings time has an impact on the stock market, part of a larger phenomenon in which the biological effects of sleep changes have negative implications across the wider economy.