Hamza Aziz

Mackenzie Financial Corp. (dba Mackenzie Investments) is a Canadian asset management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1967 and is a direct subsidiary of Mackenzie, Inc., ultimately held by Power Corp. of Canada (TSE: POW). Mackenzie Investments provides discretionary investment advisory services to Canadian mutual funds, such as exchange-traded funds, Separately Managed Accounts, and one closed-end fund listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Cormark Securities Inc. (Cormark) is an independent investment dealer headquartered in Toronto, Canada with additional office in Calgary. The firm was founded in 1981 as Sprott Securities, Inc. Cormark Securities provides execution and comprehensive coverage of Canadian listed companies to domestic and international institutional investors. They focus on Canadian-listed, mid-cap and emerging growth companies.

Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd. (JFL) is a Canadian investment counsel firm headquartered Montréal, Quebec. The firm was founded by Stephen Jarislowsky in 1955 and was acquired in 2018 by The Bank of Nova Scoatia (NYSE, TSX: BNS). JFL manages pension funds, endowment funds, corporate and private portfolios for clients in North America and overseas. They manage investments on behalf of governments, corporations, universities, labor unions, and high net worth individuals.

Invesco Canada Ltd. is a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1981 and formerly known as Invesco Trimark Ltd. and as AIM Funds Management, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ) in the US. Invesco Canada primarily provides investment advice to the Canadian Funds. In addition, the firm provides investment advice to investment companies, charitable organizations, pension plans, endowments, charities and corporations, banks, pooled investment vehicles, provincial or municipal government entities and insurance companies.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Canada) (BMO Capital Markets-Canada) is the Canadian brokerage arm of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service financial services provider in the US. The firm was founded in 1817 and is a subsidiary of BMO Asset Management, Inc., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, BMO Capital Markets-Canada provides full-service, institutional brokerage services to corporate, institutional and government clients around the world.

Founded in 2010 by George Gosbee, AltaCorp Capital Inc. is an institutional financial advisory and brokerage firm headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The firm offers a full spectrum of value-added financial and advisory services to corporations in across various stages of development. Their products and services include corporate mergers and acquisition advisory, equity financings, asset acquisitions and divestitures advisory, institutional sales and trading and institutional equity research. AltaCorp Capital focuses on key drivers of the Western Canadian economy that are global in scope including energy, agri-industry and diversified industries, with overlap into interdependent subsectors. The firm's research includes macro analysis, theme pieces, daily notes, corporate reviews, quarterly and annual overviews and other relevant market/sector issues. AltaCorp Capital's Institutional Sales and Trading team has expertise in both national and global trading markets and are fully integrated within an expansive network of long-standing relationships with institutional clients. They offer execution in trading securities and relevant and timely placing of new offers/issues. The firm also offers execution in institutional block trading and an industry leading technical platform. AltaCorp maintains a strategic relationship with ATB Financial, a full-service financial institution headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta.

CI Investments, Inc. is a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1965 as CI Mutual Funds, Inc. and adopted the name CI Investments in June 2005 to reflect its diverse line-up of investment options, including mutual funds, segregated funds, asset allocation programs, structured products and other alternative investments. They are a subsidiary of CI Financial Corp. (TSX: CIX). CI Investments manages money on behalf of Canadian investors and provide them with an increasingly comprehensive Canadian, global and industry funds.

Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. (Burgundy) is a Canadian fund management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1990 and is a direct subsidiary of Laucam Holdings Ltd. Burgundy offers discretionary investment management services to institutions (foundations, endowments and pension funds) and private individuals through separately managed accounts and commingled funds.

BMO Asset Management, Inc. is a Canadian mutual fund management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Previously, they were known as Jones Heward Investment Counsel and prior to that as RMN Investment Counsel. The firm was founded in 1982 and is a subsidiary of Bank of Montreal (TSE, NYSE: BMO). BMO Asset Management provides investment management, retirement and trust and custody services to institutional, retail and high-net-worth investors around the world.

1832 Asset Management LP (1832 AM) is a Canadian asset management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm does business as Scotia Global Asset Management and is a subsidiary of Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE, TSX: BNS). In 2013, another BNS subsidiary, GCIC Ltd. underwent an internal consolidation and transferred its asset management business to 1832 AM. In 2008, through a reorganization by the Bank of Nova Scotia, Scotia Asset Management came to encompass the Scotia Funds, the asset management programs that had been run by the bank's brokerage arm Scotia McLeod and Scotia Cassels Investment Counsel Ltd. 1832 AM offers a broad range of investment solutions to meet the diverse needs of clients across all levels of wealth in Canada and around the world.

Scotia Capital, Inc. (Broker) (Scotia Capital-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of Scotia Capital, Inc., a full-service financial services firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm is owned by The Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE, TSE: BNS). Scotia Capital-Broker delivers a broad range of electronic trading products such as high-touch, low-latency, market access and a broad algorithmic trading suite for a wide range of clients globally. They publish monthly indexes to help investors track the performance of Canadian Hedge Funds and Alternative Mutual Funds.

National Bank Financial, Inc. (Broker) (NBF-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of National Bank Financial, Inc., a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 1902 and is a direct subsidiary of National Bank Acquisition Holding, Inc., ultimately owned by National Bank of Canada (TSX: NA). NBF-Broker provides retail advisory and brokerage services with institutional brokerage, investment banking, corporate finance and securities clearing services for third parties. The firm has a substantial presence in all regions of Canada, as well as operations in the US and Europe.

TD Securities, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE, TSE: TD). TD Securities provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients. Their services also include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures and executing daily trading and investment needs. The firm’s equity group provides research coverage of various sectors. Their fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, US and European debt issuers and investors.

Roynat Capital, Inc. is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of The Bank of Nova Scotia founded in 1962. Roynat Capital, Inc. is headquartered in Toronto.

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc. (RBCDS) is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1901 and is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). RBCDS provides a full spectrum of brokerage services to retail and corporate clients.

Founded in 1999, Paradigm Capital, Inc. is an independent, institutional investment dealer headquartered in Toronto with an additional office in Calgary. They offer sector-based research, a strong distribution platform and select investment banking mandates. The firm focuses their research, distribution and investment banking efforts on several areas in the Canadian equity markets: growth, mining, energy and energy services. Paradigm is a member of the CIPF.

UBS Securities Canada, Inc. is a Canadian investment bank and securities firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of UBS Holding Canada Ltd. and their ultimate parent is UBS AG (NYSE: UBS) in US. UBS Securities Canada provides execution services for their clients' orders. They consider factors such as price, size of the order, the potential for price improvement, the speed of execution, the certainty of execution, trading characteristics of the security, and the overall cost of the transaction when costs are passed on to clients. In addition, prevailing market conditions are taken into consideration when manually handling a client order, such as the direction of the market for the security, the depth of the posted market, the last sale price and volumes of previous trades, the size of the spread, and the liquidity of the security.

EdgePoint Investment Group, Inc. (EdgePoint) is an independent investment manager headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded in 2008 by Tye Bousada, Geoff MacDonald, and Patrick Farmer. EdgePoint offers discretionary investment management services to institutions (foundations, pension portfolios, etc.) through separately managed accounts.

Turtle Creek Asset Management, Inc. (Turtle Creek) is an investment management firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of Tortoise Stream Investments Ltd.. Turtle Creek focuses on long-term capital growth for a clientele of high-net worth individuals, families and institutions.

Canoe Financial LP (Canoe) is an independent, Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. The firm was founded by Michael Chernoff in 2008. Canoe offers a variety of mutual fund and closed-end investment products that are designed to build wealth for Canadian investors.

Research Capital Corp. is an independent, fully integrated national investment dealer headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded in 2010 as Mackie Research Capital Corp. until 2021. Research Capital offers a complete range of capital markets and wealth management services to private clients, institutions and growth companies with offices across Canada.

TD Economics is a Canadian investment research firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. It is a subsidiary of the Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD, TSX: TD). The firm provides analysis of economic performance and the implications for investors. Their analysis covers the globe, with emphasis on Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia.

Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd. (Waratah) is an independent, Canadian hedge fund management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 2010 by Brad Dunkley and Blair Levinsky. Waratah provides investment advisory services to pooled investment vehicles and separately managed accounts.

Eight Capital is a 100% principal-owned, Canadian investment dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. It has additional offices in Calgary, Alberta and Montreal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 2016 as Dundee Capital Partners. They offer investment banking, equity research and institutional sales & trading services to retail and institutional clients. Eight Capital provide their clients with timely market insights (with the assistance of their equity research team) across all the investment disciplines: fundamental, technical, and quantitative. Beyond the traditional market access trading provides, their traders work with clients to find unique liquidity solutions, and discreet trading solutions for large blocks of stock.

Forum Equity Partners, Inc. (Forum Equity Partners) is a Private Equity firm founded in 2002 by Richard Abboud. The firm is headquartered in Toronto.

CBRE Caledon Capital Management Inc (CBRE Caledon Capital) is a private equity arm of CBRE Investment Management founded in 2007 by David Rogers. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Canaccord Genuity Corp. (CGC) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of Canaccord Genuity Group, Inc., (TSE: CF; OTCMKTS: CCORF) in Canada. The firm was founded in 2010 and is locally known as Financière Canaccord ltée. Headquartered in Vancouver, CGC offers corporate and institutional clients with versatile and responsive sales and execution services that range from Institutional Equities and International Equities to Electronic Trading and Fixed Income. Their sales & trading team execution capabilities encompass a wide range of products and services such as Equities, ADR’s, OTC, ETF’s, Fixed Income, Options, Preferreds, Investment Companies.

Part of Wilfrid Laurier University, Laurier Student Investment Fund operates as a Canadian angel investment company.

LUMINOR Environmental, Inc. manufactures water treatment technology. The private company is located in Canada.

TerraNova Partners LP (TerraNova Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2004 by Vahan Kololian, Jesse Gill and Kathleen Vesely. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Hamilton Capital Partners, Inc., do-business-as Hamilton ETFs, is an independent, Canadian investment manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded by Robert Wessel and Jennifer Mersereau in 2009. Hamilton ETFs offers exchange traded funds to Canadian investors — and their financial advisors.

BDO Canada LLP provides accounting and advisory services. It also offers tax, assurance, bookkeeping, payroll, outsourcing, and consulting solutions and services. The company was founded by James M. Dunwoody in 1921 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Algonquin Capital Corp. provides investment advice. The private company is based in Toronto, Canada. and has subsidiaries in Canada. The Canadian company was founded in 2013 by Greg Jeffs, Brain Clifford Dcosta.

DW Healthcare Partners is a private equity firm located in Toronto, Ontario.