Impact of COVID-19 on Saskatchewan investment opportunities

This project aims to provide dedicated research on a variety of projects assessing the impact of COVID-19 to the Saskatchewan economy. Pandemic has already done long term damage to Canada’s economy, and COVID-19 will transform the economy and disrupt every business. The results of this project will support strategic investment direction and basis for new fund design and investment focus post COVID-19.
Westcap is the longest standing local private and venture capital manager. Given the situation with COVID-19 evolving quickly, Westcap’s management team is taking action to mitigate risk and protect the assets of these essential service companies. The research would start from the impact of COVID-19 on key sectors of our economy. Then, to help make informed investment decisions, a strategic analysis of Westcap’s portfolio as well as the private equity market as a whole would be conducted. The intern would deliver and present the findings to relevant portfolio teams to gain exposure to multiple investment team members.

Faculty Supervisor:

Craig Wilson

Student:

Partner:

WESTCAP MGT LTD

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

University of Saskatchewan

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