Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada has promoted Michel Fortin to senior vice president of Marketing and Customer Solutions, and Kevin Powers to senior vice president of Finance and Strategy. The appointments are effective August 13 and September 10, 2012 respectively, and both execs will be based at the Montréal head office. Fortin joined Standard […]
Macquarie has acquired another team from Richardson GMP.
O’Leary Funds Management and Stanton Asset Management have appointed Line Deslandes as chief compliance officer. “Deslandes will oversee all legal and compliance matters and will be actively involved with our corporate growth strategy, focused on providing Canadian investors with income-generating investment funds,” says Connor O’Brien, CEO of O’Leary Funds. Deslandes has more than 14 years […]
Grant McCutcheon and Henry Eaton have resigned from UBS’ board of directors, and have been replaced by Victor Wells and Kenneth D. Taylor. Robert Ulicki remains on the board as its chairman. Victor Wells was CFO of Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund from 2001 until 2006, and also served as CFO of Tahera Diamond Corp. He’s […]
The president and CEO of Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, Jean Robillard, passed away on Monday following a rapidly progressive illness. Robillard, 58, had led the firm since 2008. Prior to his CEO appointment, he worked within the company’s recovery and reorganization group for 22 years. RCGT has 2,300 employees and a total of 90 offices […]
Ian Russell has been named chair of the Standing Committee on Regulatory Affairs by the International Council of Securities Associations (ICSA).
Kyle D’Silva has joined SW8 as an associate portfolio manager.
Sentry Investments has added Dana Love to its global equity team. Love will act as lead portfolio manager of Sentry Global Growth and Income Fund, and Sentry Global Growth and Income Class. He’s been in the financial services industry since 1993 and has over 10 years’ experience analyzing and managing global equity securities. Prior to […]
Collins Barrow has appointed Dan Longlade as its new national chair. The announcement follows the official transition of the role from past chair Dean Woodward, who started his term in January 2010. During Woodward’s time at the company, it saw significant growth through the addition of member firms, such as the alliance of Baker Tilly […]
Greg Woynarski has been named CFA Society Toronto’s board president, replacing Fred Pinto.