/channels/taxonomy/term/25015/all en /channels/channels/news/profs-beaumont-schumacher-and-weitzner-awarded-sshrc-insight-development-grant-347797 <p>Congratulations to <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/paul-beaumont">Paul Beaumont</a>, <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/david-schumacher">David Schumacher</a> and <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/gregory-weitzner">Gregory Weitzner</a>, who were awarded a 2022-2023 SSHRC Insight Development Grant</p> <p><strong>“Call Me Maybe: Institutional Ownership and Corporate Call Policy”</strong></p> Fri, 14 Apr 2023 19:32:00 +0000 webfull 189025 at /channels /channels/channels/news/peer-peer-lending-platforms-are-potential-disruptor-long-established-industry-343264 <p>For small businesses – and aspiring businesspeople -- banks have been a financial gatekeeper. Without assets and a business credit profile, businesses are often out of luck. But peer-to-peer lending services are beginning to disrupt an industry that is very set in its ways. Fintech lending platforms like October assign businesses a credit score based on a company’s financial history, default probability, and projected profit margin. Then, they allow their users to participate in lending to the companies – and collecting interest.</p> Wed, 02 Nov 2022 20:58:13 +0000 webfull 184141 at /channels /channels/channels/news/delve-how-fintech-lending-small-businesses-opens-door-bank-loans-paul-beaumont-342533 <p>Bank loans are the typical first step for most small and medium-sized businesses, but another form of business lending has emerged: FinTech companies that use algorithms to determine whether a business is worth the risk.</p> Fri, 30 Sep 2022 13:34:51 +0000 webfull 183238 at /channels /channels/channels/news/expert-proposed-rogers-shaw-deal-bad-canada-says-telus-335190 <p>On November 22<sup>nd</sup>, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission began five days of public hearings into the proposed purchase of Shaw Communications by Rogers Communications. Telus says Rogers will be large enough to buy foreign content, such as TV shows and movies, which it will hold exclusively so other companies don’t have access to it. If Rogers can’t do so, it will raise rates or delay access to services in an effort to hamper competition, says Telus.</p> Fri, 26 Nov 2021 17:53:59 +0000 webfull 175145 at /channels /channels/channels/news/new-act-cirque-du-soleil-332072 <p>At the end of 2020, a creditor consortium led by Catalyst Capital became the new owner of Cirque du Soleil only months after the famed circus producer made a failed bid for bankruptcy protection. While Catalyst Capital has been plagued by controversy in the past, according to a new investigative article from La Presse, it offered a way out for a company that has endured a catastrophic year.</p> Thu, 22 Jul 2021 18:02:59 +0000 webfull 171856 at /channels /channels/channels/news/rogers-purchases-shaw-erases-competition-329711 <p>Following its $26 billion acquisition of Shaw, Rogers has been criticized for eliminating regional competition. If the sale is approved by the Trudeau government, the company would become the second-largest telecom provider in Canada.</p> <p>Professor <strong><a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/paul-beaumont">Paul Beaumont</a></strong> joins the conversation to discuss the continuing importance of keeping the telecom industry competitive.</p> Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:35:51 +0000 webfull 169110 at /channels /channels/channels/news/expert-rogers-and-shaw-merge-26-billion-transaction-329648 <p>Rogers Communications Inc. has struck a deal to acquire Shaw Communications Inc., a takeover that will reshape the country’s telecom landscape provided it receives regulatory approval. The purchase of the Calgary-based telecommunications company would give Rogers a bigger national footprint with deeper access to the West and a national wireline network, according to analysts assessing the transaction, while Rogers itself touted the potential for $1 billion in synergies.</p> Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:51:15 +0000 webfull 169036 at /channels