About the Lab
Tom McCurdy
Bonham Chair in International Finance
Professor of Finance
Craig Geoffrey
Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream in Finance
Bachir Chehab
About
Bachir holds a Master's degree in Information Technology Management, and an Undergraduate degree in Management Information Systems. He has over 15 years' experience in IT and operations management contributing to large scale projects, including a management role at the American University of Sharjah Interactive Trading Floor. Additionally, Bachir was a faculty member in the American University of Sharjah lecturing in Business Information Systems.
Eric Kang
Eric is an alumnus of the Master of Finance program and the Rotman Commerce program from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. His previous experience includes an analyst role at Business Development Asia LLC, a mid-market investment banking firm specialized in cross border M&A transactions. He served his military duty as a riot police sergeant in Korea.
Marco Amadasi
About
Marco is a graduate of the University of Toronto Economics and Asia-Pacific Studies programs. After his internship experiences in asset management and marketing firms in the US and Europe, he worked in the real estate finance industry in Toronto for two and a half years. He joined the Finance Lab in 2017.
The lab assistant team is dedicated to helping students access data and use the various software applications available in the lab. Each of the lab assistants has a specialized role that keeps the lab functioning in an efficient manner, as identified below. The Lab Assistants are available virtually to assist you from Monday through Friday, if you have any question or concern related to the lab resources please send your email to financelab@rotman.utoronto.ca and one of our Lab Assistant will get in touch with you.
Cindy Li
Lab AssistantCindy is a third-year student at Rotman Commerce specializing in Finance and Economics and majoring in Ethics, Society and Law. In her spare time, she enjoys debating competitively, watching old movies, and taking in the sunset.
Edward Shen
Lab AssistantEdward is a third-year student at Rotman Commerce specializing in Finance & Economics. In his spare time, he enjoys playing ultimate frisbee and rugby, watching Formula 1 races, and going on bike rides and hiking trails with friends.
Emily Wen
Lab AssistantEmily is a fourth year student at Rotman Commerce specializing in Finance & Economics. She loves playing tennis, spending time outdoors, and taking photos.
Eric Zhang
Lab AssistantEric is a third year Rotman Commerce student specializing in Finance & Economics. He enjoys playing ultimate frisbee and learning new cocktail recipes.
Ivanna Lytovchenko
Lab AssistantIvanna is a fourth year Rotman Commerce student specializing in Management with focuses in Finance and Marketing. She enjoys photography, travelling and books on psychology and start-ups.
Jason Mao
Lab AssistantJason is a fourth year Rotman Commerce student studying Finance and Economics. In his spare time, he enjoys distance running, working out, and watching movies.
Joey Poh
Lab AssistantJoey is a second year Rotman Commerce student studying Finance & Economics. Joey's hobbies inclue: eating, cooking and spending time with friends. She hopes to be able to go on an overnight camping and ski trip with newfound friends before she leaves Toronto.
Joshua Hur
Lab AssistantJoshua is a third year Rotman Commerce student studying Finance & Economics. He enjoys playing badminton, board games and sending postcards to people around the world.
Justin Xu
Lab AssistantJustin is a second year student in Engineering Science hoping to pursue a biomedical engineering or a math, stats, & finance (MSF) major. He loves watching football and is a big Manchester United fan.
Kamil Mansoori
Lab AssistantKamil is a 4th year student specializing in Finance and Economics at the Rotman Commerce program. He enjoys watching football and Netflix sitcoms and is a big comic book nerd.
Lisa Wu
Lab AssistantLisa is a fourth year student specializing in Finance & Economics at Rotman Commerce. She enjoys jamming out to pop music and loves to cook new foods.
Petra Torovic
Lab AssistantPetra is a second year student at Rotman Commerce specializing in Finance & Economics. She enjoys going on bike rides and hiking trails with her friends. She hopes to visit the ancient city of Petra in Jordan.
Shahriyar Habib
Lab AssistantShahriyar is a third-year Engineering Science student specializing in the Math, Stats, & Finance (MSF) option. He loves to cook, watch movies, and play football. He is a big Manchester City fan.
Sofija Kotarac
Lab AssistantSofija is a third-year student in the Computer Science Specialist Program, with a minor in Mathematics. She enjoys travelling, staying active and debating.
Sophia Lou
Lab AssistantSophia is a second year student at Rotman Commerce specializing in finance and economics. she enjoys travelling, music, going to the gym with friends and cooking.
If you are a BMO FRT-Lab alumnus but do not see yourself on this page, please e-mail us at financelab@rotman.utoronto.ca and you will promptly be added to this page.
2021
Ye, Tony
Contact:
tonyzj.ye@mail.utoronto.ca
Employment:
Princeton PhD Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Li, Esther
Dai, David
Contact:
dave.dai@clsa.com
Employment:
Regional Head of Utilities research at Credit Suisse based in Hong Kong- RSM 2302 - Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
- RSM 2303 - Risk Modelling and Financial Trading Strategies
- RSM 2306 - Options and Futures Markets
- RSM 2310 - Analysis of Fixed Income Securities
- RSM 2315 - Value Investing
- RSM 2317 - Applied Portfolio Management
- RSM 4318 - Applied Portfolio Management
- RSM 4319 - Forecasting Risks and Opportunities for Financial Securities
- RSM 6302 - Financial Markets, Risk, and Institutions
- RSM 6304 - Operational Risk
- RSM 6306 - Probabilistic Modelling for Risk-Informed Decisions
- MMF 1920 - Investment and Finance
- RSM 230 - Financial Markets
- RSM 311 - Analytical Insights using Financial Data
- RSM 312 - Data and Information Management for Business Analytics
- RSM 333 - Corporate Finance
- RSM 336 - Investments
- RSM 361 - Human Resource Management
- RSM 430 - Analysis of Fixed Income Securities
- RSM 432 - Risk Management for Financial Managers
- RSM 434 - Financial Trading Strategies
- RSM 435 - Futures and Options Markets
- JRE300 - Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance
- Masters of Financial Risk Management MATLAB Sessions
- Microsoft Excel Training
- Masters of Finance VBA Training
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The following courses integrate the Rotman Finance Lab in their lectures and assignments: