Market Opens

The 2020 TSX Venture 50 companies joined Brady Fletcher, Managing Director & Head, TSX Venture Exchange, to open the market. The TSX Venture 50 is the annual flagship program of the TSX Venture Exchange, which is a ranking of top performing companies from five sectors: Clean Technology and Life Sciences, Diversified Industries, Energy, Mining, and Technology.

Stéphane Ouellette, Chair, Canadian Security Traders Association, Inc. (CSTA), joined Jeff Foster, Director, Equities Trading, TMX Group, to close the market to kick-off the CSTA Annual Winter Vendor Fair. Formed in 2000, the CSTA serves as a voice of over 850 equity traders in Canada and works alongside its American counterparts. The Board of Governors is committed to industry advancement through regulatory input, continuing education, and collaboration. The CSTA Annual Winter Vendor Fair takes place on February 20 at the Toronto Region Board of Trade in Toronto, Ontario, and the annual conference will be held in Niagara-on-the-Lake in August 2020.

Rohit Mehta, Executive Vice-President, CI Financial, and President, CI First Asset ETFs, joined Graham Mackenzie, Head, ETFs and Structured Products, Toronto Stock Exchange, to open the market to celebrate the launch of three new Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs): CI Lawrence Park Alternative Investment Grade Credit ETF (CRED); CI Marret Alternative Absolute Return Bond ETF (CMAR); and CI Munro Alternative Global Growth ETF (CMAG). CI First Asset, a CI Financial Company, is a Canadian investment firm delivering a comprehensive suite of ETF solutions. CRED; CMAR; and CMAG commenced trading on Toronto Stock Exchange on January 28, 2020.

Ross Kappele, Head of Distribution & Client Management, Canada, BMO Global Asset Management Inc., alongside representatives from FTSE, joined Graham MacKenzie, Head, ETFs and Structured Products, Toronto Stock Exchange, to open the market to celebrate the launch of five new Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs): BMO Canadian MBS Index ETF (ZMBS); BMO High Quality Corporate Bond Index ETF (ZQB); BMO BBB Corporate Bond Index ETF (ZBBB); BMO S&P US Small Cap Index ETF (ZSML, ZSML.U, ZSML.F); and BMO S&P US Mid Cap Index ETF (ZMID, ZMID.U, ZMID.F). Established in 2009, BMO ETFs is a financial services company and is managed and administered by BMO Asset Management Inc., an investment fund manager and portfolio manager and separate legal entity from Bank of Montreal. ZMBS; ZQB; ZBBB; ZSML, ZSML.U, ZSML.F; and ZMID, ZMID.U, ZMID.F commenced trading on Toronto Stock Exchange on February 12, 2020.