Market Opens

Kevin Prins, Managing Director, BMO ETFs and members of the BMO ETFs team joined Graham Mackenzie, Managing Director, Exchange Traded Products, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to open the markets and celebrate the launch of two new BMO Physical Gold Exchange Traded Funds: BMO Gold Bullion ETF (TSX: ZGLD & ZGLD.Uand BMO Gold Bullion Hedged to CAD ETF (TSX: ZGLH). BMO Exchange Traded Funds has been an ETF provider in Canada for more than 12 years, with over 100 strategies, over 23 per cent market share in Canada1, and $97.5 billion in assets under management.

Andrew Moor, President and Chief Executive Officer, EQB Inc. ("EQB" or the "Company") (TSX: EQB) joined Richard Rohan, Chief Growth Officer, Trust, Toronto Stock Exchange, to open the market and celebrate the EQB’s 20th anniversary. EQB Inc. is a leading digital financial services company with $119 billion in combined assets under management and administration (as at January 31, 2024). It offers banking services through Equitable Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary and Canada’s seventh largest bank by assets, and wealth management through ACM Advisors, a majority owned subsidiary specializing in alternative assets.

Representatives from Women in ETFs (WE) joined staff and colleagues of TMX Group , to close the market in celebration of International Women’s Day 2024. The Canadian Chapter of Women in ETFs was launched in November of 2014 and has over 450 members from across the ETF Ecosystem including ETF and Index providers, Broker Dealers, Exchanges, ETF Investors and ETF Service Providers from the legal and custodial communities. WE seeks to increase the proportion of women joining the ETF industry, to build a pipeline of women leaders for the ETF and broader Investment Industry, and to amplify the voice of women leaders including prominent roles at conferences, sitting on boards, and holding senior leadership positions. International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women's achievements or rally for women's equality. Marked annually on March 8th, International Women's Day is one of the most important days of the year to celebrate women's achievements, raise awareness about women's equality, lobby for accelerated gender parity, and fundraise for female-focused charities.

Representatives from Women in Capital Markets (WCM), Women in Governance (WiG), 50/50 Women on Boards, the UN Global Compact Network Canada, Definity, the 30% Club, Market IntelWorks, Torys, the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD), and the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA), joined Tala Zarbafi, Chief Operating Officer & Transformation Officer, TSX & Global Capital Formation, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and Ontario's Associate Minister of Women's Social and Economic Opportunity, Charmaine A. Williams, to open the market as part of the World Federation of Exchanges’ 10th Annual Ring the Bell for Gender Equality campaign. International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women's achievements or rally for women's equality. Marked annually on March 8th, International Women's Day is one of the most important days of the year to celebrate women's achievements, raise awareness about women's equality, lobby for accelerated gender parity, and fundraise for female-focused charities.