Market Opens

Michael Kovacs, Chief Executive Officer, Harvest ETFs, Harvest Portfolios Group Inc., and his team joined Keith Wu, Head, Exchange Traded Products, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to celebrate the launch of the Harvest Premium Yield 7-10 Year Treasury ETF (TSX: HPYM & HPYM.U) and Harvest Canadian T-Bill ETF (TSX: TBIL). Founded in 2009, Harvest is an independent Canadian Investment Fund Manager managing $3.9 billion in assets for Canadian Investors as of January 31, 2024.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke, joined Robert Peterman, Chief Commercial Officer, Toronto Stock Exchange, to close the market and celebrate the Kahnawà:ke Sovereign Wealth Fund. The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) is the organization that provides governmental, administrative, and operational services to the community of Kahnawà:ke. The Kahnawà:ke Sovereign Wealth Fund was created to build substantial wealth for future generations.

Kayden Hudda, Advisor & Former Chief Executive Officer, DeGroote Finance & Investment Council, Christina Wood, Executive Director, CIBC Capital Markets, students and faculty from the DeGroote School of Business, and professionals from CIBC Capital Markets joined Mark Luceri, Head of Talent and Organizational Development, Toronto Stock Exchange, to open the market and celebrate their 3rd Annual Diversity in Finance Conference (DIFC). Founded in 2020, the DIFC uniquely brings together over 150 professionals and students across Canada to celebrate diversity within the Capital Markets industry and support students in their career aspirations. CIBC Capital Markets is a founding and title sponsor for the event and champions diversity alongside students and several other financial institutions. The conference is student-led and brings together students from all backgrounds, with the goal to create better access to opportunities in the field.

The team at RBC iShares, led by Helen Hayes, Head of iShares Canada, BlackRock and Mark Neill, Managing Director and Head of RBC ETFs & Strategic Alliances at RBC Global Asset Management Inc., joined Graham MacKenzie, Managing Director, Exchange Traded Products, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to open the market and celebrate the fifth year of the RBC iShares alliance. RBC iShares ETFs are comprised of RBC ETFs managed by RBC Global Asset Management Inc. and iShares ETFs managed by BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited. RBC iShares is a strategic alliance formed in 2019 between RBC Global Asset Management and BlackRock Canada. RBC iShares provides the largest suite of ETFs to Canadians, and leverages the combined investment expertise of Canada’s largest asset manager and the world’s largest ETF provider to help advisors build efficient portfolios that meet the needs of their clients.