BrainStation is co-hosting with Budweiser on the weekend of January 29-31st. The Tackle Impossible Challenge is a 3-day Hackathon where the winning team will take home $5,000 cash, $25,000 of seed funding for your idea, and a free trip to SXSW 2016 in Austin, Texas!
Students will create investment teams using Voleo's mobile trading platform and collaboratively manage an equity portfolio. Each team will consist of between 3 and 30 students and will have $1 million CDN of virtual currency to invest in TSX, TSXV, NYSE and NASDAQ stocks.
Top Overall Investor Receives $2000
AFSA Goes For Gold is now actively recruiting for three major upcoming conferences. These conferences host a variety of networking events, workshops, and case studies; providing students with the opportunity to walk away with a major cash prize and all the glory that comes with it. AFSA Goes For Gold will cover 80% of all accommodations and registration fees, deadline for applications for the upcoming conferences listed below will be midnight of January 16th, 2016. Degroote FPC – March 5th, 2016 registration fee of $100
Guelph Finance Conference – March 7th, 2016 registration fee of $100
QCBM – February 5-6th, 2016 registration of $150
Apply here: https://docs.google.com/…/18AQAA6cpz7CR-Ru2BQHBGZu…/viewform
Additional information can be found at http://www.uwafsa.ca/conference-bank/
AFSA also offers a conference subsidy program outside of Goes for Gold. See here for more information.
The Accounting and Finance Endowment Fund (AFEF), formerly known as the Accounting Endowment Fund (AEF), has and will always be for the betterment of the students of the School of Accounting and Finance (SAF). Starting Fall 2015, AFSA is no longer the organization that is the sole fiduciary of the fund, and is instead managed by the AFEF Board of Directors, who evaluate proposals each term. Students enrolled in the SAF contribute $20 to the fund for each term they are on campus. Contributions made to the AFEF are fully tax-deductible and tax receipts are issued by the University of Waterloo prior to each tax season through Quest. For those students who do not want to contribute AFEF, refunds are now available for the period Winter 2015:
https://info.uwaterloo.ca/
Starting Fall 2015, students also contribute $30 to the Accounting & Finance Association fee (previously voted in by referendum by the SAF student body during 2014-15). It should be noted that you are not eligible for conference subsidies should you request a refund. Furthermore, additional restrictions may be added up to the discretion of the AFSA team. If you have any questions or concerns about the AFEF or refunds, please do not hesitate to contact the deputy VP Finance, Linda Lu, at vp.finance@uwafsa.ca.
You can request a refund for the $30 contribution to Accounting & Finance Association here from January 12 – January 22 (midnight). The first step is to state your reasoning for requesting a refund and the second step is to provide your information as well as confirm your acknowledgement of the consequences of the refund. Note that you cannot participate in AFSA's conference programs if you have opted out of the fee. AFSA runs its Goes for Gold program which subsidizes 80% of a conference fee and travel, and its subsidy program which subsidizes up to 75% of a conference's registration fees.
Looking to get involved? AFSA's committees are once again open for applications! Join our family today :) The deadline to apply is Sat. Jan 9 at midnight. You can apply to a maximum of 3 committees. Don't forget to send any attachments!
Admin & KM: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/qozF4F Internal Events: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/jEChih Education: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/t1Agri President's Special Projects: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/ecF6el Internal Services: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/QhpoMT Marketing: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/KXCRv4 Finance: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/EvYXtg Corporate Relations: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/B4NOIM Communications: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/laRlwY
Please reach out to the individual committees if you have any questions.
Dear School of Accounting and Finance Students! Do you have a knack for art and the drawing of things? Do you also want to win a $ 75? The Accounting and Finance Endowment Fund is hosting logo design contest for all School of Accounting and Finance Students. AFEF wants you to design its logo. Put pen to paper and send us your submission by Friday, December 4, 2015
As a little background, the Accounting and Finance Endowment Fund serves the purpose of funding initiatives that enhance the educational success of SAF Students. As a result, the logo should embody the spirit of educational initiatives. Additional criteria are as follows: • Color Choice – No particular color code but we prefer University of Waterloo & School of Accounting and Finance Colors. • Originality – Please note that your logo design submission must be original and not incorporate any copyrighted material. AFEF respects intellectual property and strongly desire that the successful logo design does so as well. • Format – no rules but we expect the logo design to be of a high quality such that it is scalable on our chosen means of communication. Examples of such formats include .png, .svg, etc.
Also note: • The Deadline to submit your logo design suggestion is Friday December 4, 2015 at 11:59 pm. • All submissions should be sent via email to: saf-afef@uwaterloo.ca • For more information about the Accounting and Finance Endowment Fund click here: http://bit.ly/1Njf3ud
Show AFEF your talent and send us your Submission!
Do you want to TRAVEL and gain business experience at the SAME TIME?! Come to the Information Session on Nov. 23 at 7:00 PM at HH1101 hosted by Professor Delamere about the International Study Trips offered to SAF students in the beginning of the Spring term. The International Study Trip offers an opportunity for students from SAF to visit a country and experience different business practices within the region by interviewing corporations and business professionals.
Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/165439897141655/ for more information
Exclusive for AFSA and SAF students! If you are considering attending the National Business and Technology Conference, you're in luck! We have a discount code exclusively for you.
Tickets for NBTC 2016 will open this Friday (November 6) and with your promotional code at 15clubs you can receive 10% off from Nov 6 to Nov 21.