Ivey Business Review 4/30/26 Ivey Business Review 4/30/26

TD: Floating an Opportunity

TD should acquire Float before open banking erodes SME stickiness, turning Float’s real-time spend data and credit engine into a defensible SME operating layer without diluting its fintech brand.

Ivey Business Review 4/30/26 Ivey Business Review 4/30/26

Serie A: The Fall and Inevitable Rise of a Giant

Serie A should restore financial relevance by tying debt to stadium-led revenue growth and stricter wage controls, turning historic clubs into year-round commercial assets instead of performance-dependent borrowers.

Ivey Business Review 4/30/26 Ivey Business Review 4/30/26

Stripe: Becoming the Financial Heartbeat of Small Businesses

Stripe should deepen small-business loyalty by launching Pulse, a unified financial health platform that turns its existing payment, banking, and tax tools into a sticky CFO layer without adding another standalone app.

Ivey Business Review 4/30/25 Ivey Business Review 4/30/25

Classroom Capital: A Bond for Better Education

Ontario should relieve university funding volatility by introducing education development bonds that tie private capital to measurable outcomes, unlocking near-term financing while aligning government accountability with long-term educational quality.

Ivey Business Review 4/29/23 Ivey Business Review 4/29/23

ADIA: Navigating the Great Energy Disruption

ADIA should shift its strategy towards venture capital to preserve its future growth.

Ivey Business Review 12/31/22 Ivey Business Review 12/31/22

Wealthsimple: Teaching Tomorrow's Investors

Wealthsimple should develop its educational offerings and promote them through universities to boost investment activity within the platform.

Vicky Jiang 12/24/21 Vicky Jiang 12/24/21

Indigenous Reconciliation: Recognizing the Role of Canadian Universities and their Investment Funds

Canadian universities’ endowment funds should invest in Indigenous impact investments to support ongoing economic development of Indigenous communities.

Leo Li and Kenneth Wang 12/24/21 Leo Li and Kenneth Wang 12/24/21

BlackRock: Rocking the Boat of China’s Retirement Industry

To establish a successful onshore presence in China, BlackRock should exit its current join venture and instead partner with WeChat to pursue a digital mutual fund distribution strategy.

Ivey Business Review 4/6/21 Ivey Business Review 4/6/21

Diversity in Canadian Venture Capital: Creating Equity

The solution to the female funding gap lies in the widespread adoption of anti-bias AI in the VC funding process.

Ivey Business Review 12/17/20 Ivey Business Review 12/17/20

Minority Creditors: Managing Debts Out of Their Depths

Minority creditors, facing pressure from loophole investing and majority lenders, must cooperate to protect their collective interests.

Ivey Business Review 12/17/20 Ivey Business Review 12/17/20

Equity Crowdfunding: The Future of Impact Investing

Creating opportunities for equity crowdfunding can help accelerate impact investing progress in Canada.

3/27/20 3/27/20

Argentina: Don't Cry for the Hedge Funds

Despite having conflicting objectives, Argentina and hedge funds should cooperate in the ongoing restructuring to maximize payoffs

4/3/19 4/3/19

Impact Investing: A Matter of Measure

Lacking in measurement standards, accessibility, and information distribution, impact investing platforms should partner with NGOs to develop a third party auditing system