Nicole Smith

Intelligent Controls, Inc. manufactures and markets electronic measurement and monitoring systems. Its products include LTC position monitors, circuit breaker, transformer, overhead line, grid insite, gridsense HV camera and SF6 dryer. The company was founded in 1978 by Alan Lukas and is headquartered in Saco, ME.

I. G. Investment Management Ltd. (IGIM) is a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In 2017, IGM Financial Inc. (TSE: IGM) combined the investment management functions of Investors Group, Inc. and Mackenzie Investments to form a single global investment management organization. The firm is a subsidiary of Investors Group, Inc., ultimately held by Power Corp. of Canada (TSE: POW). IGIM offers a diverse group of mutual funds covering different industry sectors for individual and institutional investors.

Cormark Securities Inc. (Cormark) is an independent investment dealer headquartered in Toronto, Canada with additional office in Calgary. The firm was founded in 1981 as Sprott Securities, Inc. Cormark Securities provides execution and comprehensive coverage of Canadian listed companies to domestic and international institutional investors. They focus on Canadian-listed, mid-cap and emerging growth companies.

Madison Asset Management LLC (Madison) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. The firm was founded by Frank Burgess in 1974 and is a subsidiary of Madison Investment Holdings, Inc. Madison provides individual and institutional clients a range of investment strategies across mutual funds, managed accounts and customized investment portfolios.

TD Waterhouse Private Investment Counsel, Inc. (TDWPIC) is an investment adviser headquartered in Toronto, Ontario with offices throughout Canada. The firm is a subsidiary of the Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD). Founded in 1991, TDWPIC manages assets for individuals, families, estates and trusts, charitable and business organizations, and Aboriginal communities.

Dundee Capital Markets, Inc. provided financing and advisory services. It focused on specific sectors namely, resources, comprising mining, energy, forestry, fertilizers and agriculture, real estate, and infrastructure. The company was founded in December 10, 2010 and was headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

CIBC World Markets, Inc. is a full-service Canadian brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1961 and is a subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSE, NYSE: CM). CIBC World Markets provides alternative investment managers with premier prime brokerage that brings together trade execution, reporting, research and capital introduction with a view to enhancing efficiencies and profitability.

National Bank Financial, Inc. (Broker) (NBF-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of National Bank Financial, Inc., a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 1902 and is a direct subsidiary of National Bank Acquisition Holding, Inc., ultimately owned by National Bank of Canada (TSX: NA). NBF-Broker provides retail advisory and brokerage services with institutional brokerage, investment banking, corporate finance and securities clearing services for third parties. The firm has a substantial presence in all regions of Canada, as well as operations in the US and Europe.

TD Securities, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE, TSE: TD). TD Securities provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients. Their services also include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures and executing daily trading and investment needs. The firm’s equity group provides research coverage of various sectors. Their fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, US and European debt issuers and investors.

Desjardins Securities, Inc. is the broker/dealer arm of the Desjardins Holding Financier, Inc., ultimately held by Le Mouvement des caisses Desjardins in Canada. Founded in 1991, the firm is headquartered in Montréal and has an additional office in Toronto. Desjardins Securities offers businesses and institutions with a complete range of securities brokerage products and services through its investment advisors and its Disnat Online Brokerage division. The firm is an approved participant on the Montreal Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange, as well as a participating member of the TSX Venture Exchange. In addition, Desjardins Securities is a member of both the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Canadian Investor Protection Fund (CIPF).

UBS Securities Canada, Inc. is a Canadian investment bank and securities firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of UBS Holding Canada Ltd. and their ultimate parent is UBS AG (NYSE: UBS) in US. UBS Securities Canada provides execution services for their clients' orders. They consider factors such as price, size of the order, the potential for price improvement, the speed of execution, the certainty of execution, trading characteristics of the security, and the overall cost of the transaction when costs are passed on to clients. In addition, prevailing market conditions are taken into consideration when manually handling a client order, such as the direction of the market for the security, the depth of the posted market, the last sale price and volumes of previous trades, the size of the spread, and the liquidity of the security.

Riskmetrics Group LLC provides financial risk management services. The firm provides financial analytics and wealth management solutions to different financial institutions, corporations and central banks. It consists of three primary business units–risk management, governance services and financial research. The company was founded by Ethan M. Berman in 1994 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Canaccord Genuity Corp. (CGC) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of Canaccord Genuity Group, Inc., (TSE: CF; OTCMKTS: CCORF) in Canada. The firm was founded in 2010 and is locally known as Financière Canaccord ltée. Headquartered in Vancouver, CGC offers corporate and institutional clients with versatile and responsive sales and execution services that range from Institutional Equities and International Equities to Electronic Trading and Fixed Income. Their sales & trading team execution capabilities encompass a wide range of products and services such as Equities, ADR’s, OTC, ETF’s, Fixed Income, Options, Preferreds, Investment Companies.

Baanto International Ltd. offers touch sensing solutions. The firm provides unparalleled touch technology through ShadowSense. Its products include midsized, large format and slim Touch Frames, Christie Interactivity Kit, Teamboard T4, Dashboard and Touch Monitor products. The company was founded by Avanindra Utukuri and Bhupinder Randhawa in 2009 and is headquartered in Ontario, Canada.

Laurentian Bank Securities is an independent broker/dealer located in Montreal. They are a subsidiary of Laurentian Bank of Canada (TOR:LB). The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

Part of Bank of Montreal, BMO Capital Markets Ltd. is a leading, full-service financial services provider. The company is based in London, UK. The British company offers corporate and investment banking, treasury management, as well as research services. The company was founded in 1994. William Kenneth Spinney Smith has been the CEO of the company since 2004.