Team

Faculty Advisors

The fund's faculty advisors are instrumental in coaching analysts on fundamental investing analysis and providing insight on investment decisions. The Laurier Student Investment Fund (LSIF) is a true example of real-world experience, integrated with academic rigour. New analysts are put through a challenging training module on modelling companies and valuing them.

Throughout the course, the professors are a source of advice and provide regular feedback on the analysis and the quality of analyst presentations.

Professor Brian Smith

Professor of Finance

Brian F. Smith is a Professor of Finance in the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Laurier. He has published extensively in the areas of corporate finance and market microstructure with a focus on Canadian capital markets. His publications include articles in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 

In addition to supervising the Laurier Student Investment Fund, Brian currently supervises the Laurier Startup Fund, a student-managed $3.1 million fund focused on early stage investments in private tech companies.

Ning (Tony) Tang

Finance Area Coordinator