Market Opens

Frances Marinic-Jaffer, President of the Board of Directors, Down Syndrome Association of Toronto (DSAT) and her team joined Omar Khafagy, Manager, Corporate Access, Company Services, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to close the market. The Down Syndrome Association of Toronto (“DSAT”) is a non-profit registered charitable organization established in 1987, consisting of passionate volunteer parents, siblings, friends and citizens who are devoted to improving the potential of people with Down syndrome. DSAT is a proud leader for raising awareness, equality, and opportunity for people with Down syndrome.

Representatives from the Ivey Alumni Network (IAN) joined Steven Broude,Vice President, Regional Sales, TSX Trust Company, to close the market and celebrate the 15th annual Global Ivey Day. The Ivey Alumni Network (IAN) supports the work of Ivey Advancement by providing alumni with continuous, relevant, and high-quality opportunities to connect, engage, contribute, and advance, fostering connection to Ivey and each other. Global Ivey Day was founded by the IAN in 2010 and is about celebrating what it means to be an Ivey graduate.

Members of the CI Global Asset Management (CI GAM) team, including Nirujan Kanagasingam, SVP, Head of ETF Strategy, and Geraldo Ferreira, SVP, Head of Investment Products & Manager Oversight, along with members of the Munro Partners team, including Founding Partners Nick Griffin and Ronald Calvert and Partner Akilan Karuna, joined Graham Mackenzie, Managing Director of Exchange Traded Products at the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to close the market and celebrate the five-year milestone of Melbourne-based Munro Partners in Canada. This celebration marks a strong partnership between CI Global Asset Management and Munro, highlighting the success of CI GAM’s three Munro sub-advised ETFs on the TSX: CI Munro Alternative Global Growth Fund (CMAG), CI Munro Global Growth Equity Fund (CMGG), and CI Global Climate Leaders Fund (CLML). Munro Partners is a global investment manager with a core focus on growth equities. Established in 2016, the business has over $4 billion CAD in AUM and is owned and controlled by key staff. Through their proprietary investment process, they invest alongside their clients to benefit from some of the key structural changes that occur in our world today. CI GAM is Canada’s fifth-largest ETF provider with approximately $21.5 billion in assets under management in more than 80 ETFs (as at March 31, 2024). CI GAM’s ETF lineup is highly diversified and includes beta, smart beta, asset allocation, managed volatility, actively managed, liquid alternatives, digital assets, covered calls, ESG and other thematic mandates.

Luc Fortin, President and Chief Executive Officer, Montreal Exchange and Global Head of Trading, TMX Group, joined representatives from BMO, National Bank of Canada, Tethys Technology, Alithya, Broadridge, CSTA Canada, and Options Technology, to celebrate the 20th Annual TMX Equities Trading Conference and open the market. The 20th annual TMX Equities Trading Conference is a full day event providing an ideal opportunity for the Canadian investment community to discuss current issues and trends.