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The is the pioneer of buy-side finance case competitions that target pension funds, innovative portfolio design, and institutional asset management.

Each year, hundreds of students from around the world compete in the ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC), either in-person at ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ or online, in a grand challenge designed to tackle pertinent socio-economic issues.

Now in its 9th edition, the MIPC, part of ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ’s Sustainable Growth Initiative, has evolved into a knowledge forum bridging the gap between academic knowledge and industry practice. Participants develop innovative portfolio strategies addressing the needs of a broad range of stakeholders, putting their financial acumen and problem-solving skills to the test.

Teams present their solutions to a panel of industry leaders from Canada’s top pension funds and asset managers, receiving invaluable feedback and building connections between academia and industry. The MIPC continues to serve as a premier platform for fostering the next generation of finance professionals, equipping students with real-world insights and opportunities to advance their careers.

This year's winners

Best Story Telling $2,500 Team CC

Saint Mary’s University: Lydia Ramsay​, Michael Strugnell​, Aniket Sharma, Hannah Allen​

Best Quantitative $2,500 Nature’s Dividend

University of Toronto: Shreeya Jindal​, Amy Cai​, Crystal Kan, Misheel Batkhuu

Most Innovative $2,500 B&D Capital

HEC Montréal: Tidiane Deme​, Mouhamadou Bocande

Co-Runner Up ($7,500) Vanadium Partners

Indian University of Management Ahmedabad: Tejaswini V​, Swadesh Rath​, Nabyendu Saha​, Aditya Dokhale [No Photo]

Co-Runner Up ($7,500) NatCapital

University of Ottawa: Arbin Bucpapaj​​, Jordan Cohen​​, Nadia Ayari

Finalist ($5,000) BAN Capital

Wildrid Laurier University: Robert Jin​, Jaclyn Wang​, Josephina Kim, Jeffery Hu

Finalist ($5,000) Aurora Capital

Auckland University of Technology: Kelly Nicholson​, Risa Suh​, Hawwa Wifsha​, ​Hai Han To [No Photo]

³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ Track Runner Up ($2,500) Cross Border Capital

Kush Patel​, Sebastian Stanculescu​, Thibault Lanoë ​, ​Xavier Fu

³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ Track Winner ($7,000) Verdant Strategies

Sophia Waller​, Alejandro Escobar​, My Linh Dao, Jaime Fletcher

Global Track Winner ($15,000) Green and Gold Capital

Griffith University: Khoulud Alhoush​, Leyton Hilmer​, Callum Wright​, Jake Lawrence

Best Speakers ($500 each)

Pool 1: Yirui Tao Yirui

Pool 2: Victor Vysotski

Pool 3: Sebastian Paton

Pool 4: Rania Haddad

Pool 5: Jayke Gagné

Pool 6: Isaac Rice

New for 2025: The Inaugural ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ Track

We’re excited to introduce the ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ Track — a new opportunity for ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ students to compete in the MIPC against one another using the same case as the global competition, but for a separate prize pool.

If you are not a ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ student and would like to participate in the global competition, register through the Global Track.

Speakers

Past events

8th Edition

The 8th edition of the ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC), guided byÌýProfessorÌýSebastien Betermier, focuses on liquidity in retirement savings. This year's challenge gave teams the opportunity to build inclusive and equitable retirement systems that encourage long-term saving whilst allowing individuals to meet short-term liquidity needs.

99 teams

47 universities

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17 countries

17 corporate partners

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This year's winner

Team Alpha from Auckland University of Technology, comprised of Joey Ramos, Jack Wang, Andrew Botting, and Pranav Mandora.

Top proposal prize: $15,000.

First Runner-Up

Team Agile Capital from the American University of Beirut, featuring Reem Jaber, Saad Melhem, Mazen Debian, and Mahdi Jammal.

Prize: $10,000.

Finalists (in addition to the teams above)

Team Meteors from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.

Prize: $5,000.

Team Full Stops from the University of Calgary.

Prize: $5,000.

Team Bæsterne from the University of Copenhagen (Københavns Universitet).

Prize: $5,000.