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BMO ETFs Closes the Market
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Erin Allen, Director, Online Distribution, BMO ETFs and her team, as well as Mark Soth, Physician/Personal Finance Educator, The Loonie Doctor, joined Keith Wu, Head, Exchange Traded Products, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to close the market and celebrate the launch of the new BMO SPDR Health Care Select Sector Index ETF (TSX: ZXLV/ZXLV.F) The BMO SPDR Health Care Select Sector Index ETF seeks to replicate, to the extent possible before fees and expenses, the performance of the Health Care Select Sector Index that provides exposure to equity securities of large-capitalization issuers in the U.S. health care sector. Generally, the ETF will invest substantially all of its assets, directly or indirectly, in the Health Care Select Sector SPDR® Fund. The ETF may invest substantially all of its assets, directly or indirectly, in the constituent securities of the Index, in substantially the same proportions as they are represented in the Index. BMO ETFs are designed to stay ahead of market trends and provide compelling solutions to help advisors and investors. This includes a comprehensive suite of ETFs developed in Canada for Canadians, such as cost-effective core equity ETFs following market leading indexes, and a broad range of fixed income ETFs; solution-based ETFs responding to client demand; and innovation with smart beta ETFs, as well as combining active and passive investing with ETF series of active mutual funds. IC Group Holdings Inc. (TSXV: ICGH) Opens the Market
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Duncan McCready, President and Chief Executive Officer, IC Group Holdings Inc. (“IC Group” or the “Company”) (TSXV: ICGH) and his team, joined Omar Khafagy, Head, Company Services, Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV), to open the market to celebrate the Company’s new listing on TSX Venture Exchange. IC Group is transforming how Fortune 500 brands engage with audiences across live events, digital and social media platforms to drive sales, capture valuable first-party data on their consumers to fuel their ongoing marketing initiatives, and build customer loyalty. They do this by helping Fortune 500 Brands navigate, simplify, and manage the technology, regulatory, data security, and financial risks of engaging with consumer audiences on a global basis. IC Group operates in a $5.2B market projected to reach $27.3B by 2033. Their comprehensive platform spans digital engagement, mobile messaging, and specialty insurance, delivering integrated solutions with diverse revenue streams. Gold Hart Copper Corp. (TSXV: HART) Opens the Market
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Isaac Maresky, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Gold Hart Copper Corp. (“Gold Hart Copper Corp.” or the “Company”) (TSXV: HART) and his team, joined Dean McPherson, Head, Business Development, Global Mining, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to open the market to celebrate the Company’s new listing on TSX Venture Exchange. Gold Hart Copper is one of the largest independent land owners surrounding major miners where the famous Maricunga Gold Belt meets the emerging Vicuña Copper Belt in Chile. HART is actively acquiring, exploring and developing its portfolio of gold, copper & silver properties adjacent to the largest gold and copper assets on the continent. HART’s team of geologists were personally involved in pioneering exploration in the region, leading to some of its greatest gold, copper, and silver deposits, and include the country’s former National Geological Survey head. HART has rolled-up a portfolio of historically significant assets surrounding majors, in some cases personally staked by the very same geologists who made the adjacent mega-discoveries, since the early 1990s. HART believes it may be sitting on one of the only fully-preserved untested large-scale gold-copper-silver porphyry targets in the Vicuña District. Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE) Opens the Market
Friday, March 21, 2025
Yulena Wan, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Hamilton Community Foundation and her team, joined Karoline Hunter, Director, Business Transformation, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) to open the market to welcome the Shareholder Association for Research and Education (“SHARE”) and promote the value of more diverse and inclusive capital markets and the participation by diverse leaders and businesses. For 25 years, SHARE has been a Canadian leader in responsible investment services, providing shareholder engagement, advisory services, research, leadership development, and policy advocacy for a growing network of Canadian pension plans, universities, foundations, Indigenous trusts and other institutions. With SHARE’s support, these organizations are advocating for better corporate sustainability practices, exercising their proxy voting rights responsibly, and promoting greater transparency and accountability across capital markets. Guardian Capital LP Opens the Market
Thursday, March 20, 2025
John Pagliacci, VP Investment Programs & National Accounts, Guardian Capital LP (“Company”), and his team, joined Graham MacKenzie, Managing Director, Exchange Traded Products, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to open the market to celebrate the launch of the Company’s new ETF: Guardian i3 Global Dividend Premium Yield Fund (TSX: GIDY). Based on their flagship Guardian i3 Global Dividend Growth Fund, GIDY aims to mirror the stock picks of Guardian Capital LP’s i3 InvestmentsTM Team who are at the forefront of AI-utilization screening for and analyzing some of the best stock opportunities globally. Rather than reaching for yield from global equities and having investors taxed at the highest marginal tax rate in Canada, GIDY targets attractive global stocks demonstrating strong and consistent dividend-growth rates, while seeking to boost the Fund’s monthly distribution yield through tax-efficient covered call premiums. 