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Mackenzie Financial Corp. (dba Mackenzie Investments) is a Canadian asset management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1967 and is a direct subsidiary of Mackenzie, Inc., ultimately held by Power Corp. of Canada (TSE: POW). Mackenzie Investments provides discretionary investment advisory services to Canadian mutual funds, such as exchange-traded funds, Separately Managed Accounts, and one closed-end fund listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

CIBC Asset Management, Inc. (CIBC AM) is a Canadian asset management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1972 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NYSE, TSE: CM), a publicly traded Canadian chartered bank. CIBC AM manages assets on behalf of institutional, high-net-worth clients and underlying investors in their retail sponsored products.

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is a government-owned institutional fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Canada. Founded in 1965, CDPQ manages the funds of several depositor groups primarily for public and parapublic pension and insurance plans which pay out benefits to more than two million Quebecers each year.

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.

The Bell Telephone Company of Canada engages in the provision of communications services. It includes residential, business, and wholesale customers with a range of solutions to all their communications needs, such as wireless, television, internet, home phone, and small business and enterprise communications services. The company was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Verdun, Canada.

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (also known as CPP Investments) is a government-owned professional investment management organization headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded in 1997 to help provide a foundation on which Canadians build financial security in retirement. CPP Investments manages the investments of the Canada Pension Plan Fund (CPP Fund).

Finastra International Ltd.. provides banking software solutions. The firm offers software for the retail and wholesale banking, risk management, and treasury and capital markets. The company is headquartered in Paddington, the United Kingdom.

Scotia Capital, Inc. (Broker) (Scotia Capital-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of Scotia Capital, Inc., a full-service financial services firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm is owned by The Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE, TSE: BNS). Scotia Capital-Broker delivers a broad range of electronic trading products such as high-touch, low-latency, market access and a broad algorithmic trading suite for a wide range of clients globally. They publish monthly indexes to help investors track the performance of Canadian Hedge Funds and Alternative Mutual Funds.

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.

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc. (RBCDS) is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1901 and is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). RBCDS provides a full spectrum of brokerage services to retail and corporate clients.

Cumberland Private Wealth Management, Inc. (CPWM) is a Canadian wealth management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cumberland Partners Ltd. CPWM provides discretionary investment management services for families, individuals and foundations.

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP engages in the provision of legal services. It offer legal services in aboriginal, banking and specialty finance, business, cannabis, construction, employment and labour, franchise, hospitality, insurance and reinsurance, and private equity. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Credit Suisse Securities (Canada) Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario with offices worldwide. The firm is a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS). Their equity research equity group engages in a broad range of activities for investors including sales, trading, financing, prime brokerage and market-making in U.S. and international equity and equity related securities, options, futures, risk management and hedging products. Their activities cover both exchange-traded and over-the-counter traded securities, including American depositary receipts, restricted stocks, equity repurchases, block trade executions, program trading executions, equity derivatives and convertible securities. The fixed-income franchise operates as a single, unified platform that handles all fixed-income cash and derivative products. Products and services range from securitization and liability management transactions to sales and trading and superior research.

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).

McCarthy Tetrault LLP provides legal services. Its services include integrated business law, litigation services, taxation, real property, and labour and employment law. The company was founded in 1855 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

BC Investment Management Corp. (BCI) is an independent, Canadian investment advisor headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia. The firm was founded in 1999 and is also known as British Columbia Investment Management Corp. BCI provides investment management services to British Columbia's public sector clients, which includes public sector pension plans, insurance funds, and various special purpose funds.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Pension Plan (CBC Pension Plan) is a Canadian pension fund manager headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1961 by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC/Radio-Canada), pursuant to provisions of the Broadcasting Act. The CBC Pension Plan is primarily a contributory defined benefit pension plan covering the majority of employees of CBC/Radio-Canada. CBC/Radio-Canada is the plan sponsor and, as such, defines the pension benefits and establishes criteria for membership and entitlement to pension benefits. They are federally regulated and governed by the provisions of the Pension Benefits Standards Act and its Regulations thereof. CBC/Radio-Canada has transferred the responsibility for administering the CBC Pension Plan to the Board of Trustees through a Trust Deed.

Birch Hill Equity Partners Management, Inc (Birch Hill Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1994 by Steve J Dent and John B MacIntyre. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Goldman Sachs Canada, Inc. is an independent broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto. They are a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research

Founded in 2007, Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd. is a broker located in Toronto with additional offices located in Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary. They are a subsidiary of Macquarie Capital Markets North America Ltd. and their ultimate parent is Macquarie Group Ltd. (OTC: MQBKF.PK). Macquarie Capital Markets Canada follows the following sectors: mining, energy, utilities, infrastructure, consumer, technology, financials and real estate. The firm focuses primarily on Canadian-based stocks.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Private Investments is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, founded in 1966. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Founded in 2007, Northwest & Ethical Investments LP (NEI) is an investment advisor located in Toronto. The firm was founded as the result of a joint venture between Desjardins and the Credit Unions, merging Northwest Mutual Funds Inc. and The Ethical Funds Company. NEI is owned 50 per cent by the Provincial Credit Union Centrals and 50% per cent by Desjardins Group. NEI offers a range of conventional and corporate class funds from Northwest Funds and sustainable investing funds family from Ethical Funds. NEI also offers proprietary packaged solutions for Credential Financial Inc.

Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC (CMIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). The firm was formed in 2010 due to Ameriprise Financial Services' (AFS) acquisition of the long-term asset management business of Columbia Management Group (CMG) from Bank of America. AFS merged CMG's long-term asset management business with their subsidiary, RiverSource Investments LLC, under the name Columbia Management Investment Advisors. CMIA offers equity and fixed-income retail and institutional investment products for various types of clients.

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.

JDS Energy & Mining, Inc. provides mining and construction services. Its services include due diligence and scoping studies, technical engineering studies, on-site, permitting support, and mine remediation. The company was founded by Jeff Stibbard in 2004 and is headquartered in Kelowna, Canada.

Flipp Corp. provides retail technology platform services. Its app helps to find deals to make weekly shopping. The company was founded by Matthew Cheung, David Au-yeung, David Meyers and Wehuns Tan in 2007 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Whitehorse Liquidity Partners, Inc. (Whitehorse Liquidity Partners) is an independent private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Toronto.

Counting Ltd. provides accounting and banking services through online. Its software helps businesses to open a current account, obtain business card, as well as generates automated accounting receipts, invoices, profit and loss report, and submits tax computations and returns. The firm caters to startups and sole traders. The company was founded by Tim James Walter Fouracre and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

CarDoor, Inc. is a technology company based in Canada that is revolutionizing the car buying and selling process. The company is based in Toronto, Canada. The Canadian company offers certified vehicles at competitive prices through a fully online customer experience. Customers can browse inventory, buy a car, trade-in or sell their current vehicle, and enjoy at-home delivery. CarDoor is dedicated to making car shopping easy for all Canadians. The company also provides a digital solution for dealers to move more units and receive exclusive supply and service referrals.

Maxsold Ltd. offers downsizing and estate sale services through an online auction platform. It serves clients in the United States, across Ontario and Vancouver metro in British Columbia. The company was founded by Barry Gordon in 1956 and is headquartered in Kingston, Canada.