BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250624T110407EDT-8139CbP1EA@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250624T150407Z DESCRIPTION:This session will provide:\n\n\n An overview of 51³Ô¹ÏÍøPersonal Finance Essentials (MPFE)\, a free\, online course offered in collaboratio n with RBC Future Launch and The Globe and Mail. MPFE is available in Engl ish and French and is taught by professors in the Desautels Faculty of Man agement. The course covers budgeting\, borrowing\, real estate and beyond and was developed to help Canadians improve their financial literacy.\n An introduction to Investing: what are the main choices\, from stocks to bond s\, mutual funds and GICs\, and most importantly\, what are the common mis takes that need to be avoided?\n Q&A\n\n\nAbout the speaker:\n\nDr. Croitor u joined McGill's Desautels Faculty of Management in 2000\, where he teach es introductory finance\, investments and asset pricing at the undergradua te\, masters and doctoral level.\n\nDr. Croitoru's research has been conce rned primarily with improving the understanding of asset prices in the pre sence of the type of imperfections that occur in real-life (such as taxati on\, differences in beliefs\, or portfolio constraints such as restriction s on short sales). He has presented his research at the American Finance A ssociation and the Western Finance Association meetings\, as well as other conferences and universities in Europe and North America. His research ha s been published in leading journals including the Journal of Financial Ec onomics\, Management Science and the Review of Financial Studies.\n\nDr. C roitoru currently serves as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs. He is also the Academic Director of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøPersonal Finance Essentials fr ee online course\, which has attracted over 200\,000 participants since it was launched in November 2019.\n\nTo register\n\n\n Access Minerva\n In the Employee Menu\, click on Training Menu\, select Health and Well-Being\, a nd select this course to register\n\n DTSTART:20221124T180000Z DTEND:20221124T190000Z SUMMARY:Take Charge of Your Personal Finances URL:/hr/channels/event/take-charge-your-personal-finan ces-343423 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR