Ivan Cheung

Based in Toronto, SciVest Alternative Strategies, Inc. is an investment firm that manages separate portfolios as well as the SciVest family of mutual funds.

Boston-based John Hancock Advisers, Inc. (JHA) is the mutual fund affiliate of John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. and manages the John Hancock family of retail and institutional mutual funds, as well as separate equity portfolios for private accounts and retirement plans for individual and institutional investors. In 2003, Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX, NYSE: MFC) and John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: JHF) announced that they would merge and would thus create a leading global insurance franchise. The combined company will market products and services under multiple brands including John Hancock in the US and Manulife in Canada and the US.

TD Waterhouse Group, Inc. provides investors and financial advisors with a broad range of brokerage, mutual fund, banking and other consumer financial products on an integrated basis. The company currently services 3.2 million active customer accounts in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, and through its brokerage subsidiaries and affiliates, acts as custodian for approximately $172.3 billion customer assets