Market Opens

Kelly Creelman, Senior Vice President, Products and Marketing, Fidelity Investments Canada (“Fidelity” or the “Company”) and her team, joined Graham MacKenzie, Managing Director, Exchange Traded Products, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) to open the market and celebrate the launch of the Company’s three new ETF products: Fidelity Absolute Income Fund - ETF Series (TSX: FCAB/FCAB.U), Fidelity Advanced U.S. Equity Fund - ETF Series (TSX: FAUS/FAUS.U), Fidelity Core U.S. Bond ETF (TSX: FCUB/FCUB.U). Fidelity offers investors and institutions a range of innovative and trusted investment products, including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, to help them reach their financial and life goals. From active, factor based, fixed income, sustainable investments to digital assets, Fidelity offers a mix of ETFs for various investment styles and time horizons, or even if you are just starting to invest. Our clients have entrusted us with $279 billion in assets under management (as at January 13, 2025).

Chris McHaney, Executive Vice President and Head of Investment Management and Strategy, Global X Investments Canada Inc. (“Global X” or the “Company”) and his team, joined Keith Wu, Head Exchange Traded Products, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) to open the market and celebrate the unveiling the new vision for BetaPro by Global X. BetaPro ETFs by Global X are managed by Global X Investments Canada Inc. (“Global X”), a leading provider of leveraged, inverse, and inverse-leveraged exchange-traded funds listed on Canada’s major stock exchanges. For over a decade, BetaPro has equipped Canadian traders with advanced tools to help navigate and capitalize on rapidly changing markets. Its innovative lineup of ETFs offers daily exposure to a wide range of indices and commodities, including the Nasdaq-100, S&P/TSX 60, gold, oil, and Bitcoin. Global X is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mirae Asset Financial Group, which manages over $800 billion in assets across 19 countries and global markets worldwide. Global X Investments Canada Inc. is an innovative financial services company and offers one of the largest suites of exchange traded funds in Canada. The Global X Fund family includes a broadly diversified range of solutions for investors of all experience levels to meet their investment objectives in a variety of market conditions. Global X has more than $38 billion of assets under management and 134 ETFs listed on major Canadian stock exchanges. Global X is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mirae Asset Financial Group, which manages more than $800 billion in assets across 19 countries and global markets around the world.

Keerit Jutla, President and Chief Executive Officer, Association for Mineral Exploration (“AME”), and Minister Jagrup Brar, Minister of Mining and Critical Minerals, joined Andrew Creech, Managing Director, TSX Venture Exchange Listings, to close the market to celebrate AME Roundup 2025 in Vancouver, Canada. From January 20th-23rd, 2025, thousands of geologists, prospectors, financiers, investors, suppliers, governments and Indigenous partners, from around the world will connect and exchange knowledge at AME Roundup 2025. AME Roundup is a centre of excellence that features the latest geoscience knowledge, high-grade rock samples and mineralized drill core, with opportunities to learn and share the latest tools, technologies and techniques. The content delivered was relevant and timely, delivered by high-calibre speakers, engaging exhibitors and inspiring presenters. Hosted by explorers for explorers, AME Roundup 2025 focuses on the key issues, helps us imagine new possibilities and advance our understanding of the minerals and metals that are critical to our shared future.

Brian Coco, Head of Product, TMX VettaFi, and Peter Dietrich, Head of Sales, TMX VettaFi and Lindsay Wang, Head of Index Services, TMX VettaFi, joined representatives from seven major financial institutions, to close the market. This is a celebration of 30 years since the first Structured Product was issued in Canada, an area that has amassed $50B CAD of inflows YTD, generating unique vehicles for Canadians to invest in. TMX VettaFi was created in May 2022, after the teams from ETF Trends, ETF Database, Alerian, and S-Network Global Indexes had merged. Over the next two years, and subsequent acquisitions of Advisor Perspectives, ROBO Global Index Suite and EQM Indexes,VettaFi was acquired by TMX Group in January 2024. TMX VettaFi’s Index team is committed to serving clients, with its Index Factory that is built on a cloud-based, highly scalable tech stack enabling the ability to create, iterate, and deliver solutions to clients quickly yet with strict data governance oversight. It allows issuers looking to develop or iterate on indexes the capability to fast backtesting and reliable servicing. TMX VettaFi Index business is a global multi-asset provider offering cap-weighted benchmarks, Factors, and Thematics used across Institutional, Intermediary, and Retail channels. TMX VettaFi provides benchmarks for exposure to mainstream global markets and a unique capability to customize baskets with a strong calculation engine and state of the art platform.