The Finance Lab is a state-of-the-art teaching and research centre located in Hagey Hall room 280. It provides experiential learning opportunities to students in accounting, finance and economics disciplines by giving them access to professional real-time financial data resources and powerful analytic software. The lab is home to the Student Investment Fund (SIF) and is used extensively by SIF among other student groups to prepare and participate in local and international competitions.
Infrastructure
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4 90’’, 1 70’’, and 4 46’’ NEC LCD screens strategically located to provide the best learning experience for students and the most flexible for lecturers and presenters
- 55 workstations with dual 21.5” Dell monitors to enable users with the maximum of screen real estate and an efficient way to read, extract and analyze data
- Instructor podium equipped with Crestron touch panel controlling displays and cable TV
- Full surround system and 10 hanging microphones to facilitate discussion and student participation
Software
- Bloomberg Terminals
- Capital IQ
- Rotman Interactive Trader
- R
- Python
- SAS
- Tableau
- SPSS
- IDEA
- Taxprep
For lab inquiries, please contact Samanta Baker.