Recapped by Alyssa Choi — Welcome to the Western Capital Markets blog! This week, we hosted a panel of our Senior Executives on key lessons they learned while at school, on the job, and reflecting on life. Panelists Emily Li — HBA2, Head of Educations / Morgan Stanley, Toronto Emma Hristov — HBA2, Co-President / Canaccord…

Perspectives from Finance Professionals Working in Canada This past March, WCM hosted our annual Canada Industry Conference. Over 150 students took part in 7 different events with over 13 finance professionals! In case you missed out, you can find some highlights from the panels and guest speakers below! Guest Speaker…

Recapped by Alyssa Choi — Week-In-Review: Virtual Real Estate to Top $1 Billion This Year Virtual Real Estate is a non-fungible token with plots of land (pixels) on Metaverse platforms. Using the platform's currency, a form of cryptocurrency, users are able to purchase plots of land and build on them to make it interactive. Growth…

Recapped by Morgan Tannis — Welcome back to the Western Capital Markets blog! This week, we dive into technical interviews and cover the techniques and preparation strategies required to ace them. Introduction to Technical Interview Questions Categories of Technical Questions Accounting Discounted Cash Flow Leveraged Buyout Merger Model Enterprise & Equity Value (not covered in…

Recapped by Alyssa Choi — Welcome to the Western Capital Markets blog! This week, we dive into behavioural interviews and the techniques and preparation required to succeed. Week-In-Review: Potential Acquisition of Peloton Peloton, an exercise equipment, and media company, recently released an earnings report on January 20th that underperformed compared to the market expectations, causing…

Recapped by Morgan Tannis — Welcome back to the Western Capital Markets blog! This week, we dive into the history and fundamentals of value investing and find out how firms like Berkshire Hathaway, The Baupost Group, and Abrams Capital consistently beat the markets. Value Investing in Three Steps Calculate a security’s intrinsic value (to calculate…

Recapped by Alyssa Choi — Welcome to the Western Capital Markets blog! This week, we dive into quantitative finance and the various strategies used in the industry. Overview Quantitative Finance involves programming computers to trade on the markets. …

An inside look at the career path of a banker turned consultant, weighing the pros and cons of each. — This past week, we were lucky enough to speak with Paul Okundaye, a WCM, Western, and Ivey HBA alumnus who graduated in 2019. During his time at Western, Paul was Chair of the WCM Advisory Board, part of IBR, VP of the Black Students’ Association, and founder of a social…

Recapped by Morgan Tannis — This week, we discuss Integrator, Aggregator, and Platform business models, disruptive innovation, and tech M&A. The Offline Economy Value Chains The series of business activities needed to create and deliver a product or service Suppliers → Distributors → Retailers → End users Known in the offline economy as a “supply…