The 2012/13 Investment Industry Association of Canada (IIAC) board of directors has been announced. The directors are as follows: Roman Dubczak (chair) managing director and head of cash equities, CIBC World Markets Inc., Toronto, ON Peter Brown (vice chair) honorary chairman, Canaccord Financial Inc., Vancouver, BC Charles Spiring (vice chair) vice chairman and director, National […]
Fidelity Clearing Canada, a provider of clearing, custody and back-office support services to Canada-based brokerage firms, has named Todd Roadman as its chief executive officer. Roadman, a 13-year-veteran of the brokerage industry, will officially assume his new role once all regulatory prerequisites have been satisfied. Since the launch of the business in September of 2009, […]
Collins Barrow’s National Director of Professional Practice, Jim King, has joined the Practice Inspection Committee at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario (ICAO). King will ensure public accountants throughout the province adhere to the professional standards set out by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) and ICAO. The appointment is a continuation of […]
Matrix Asset Management has appointed Wan Kim as senior vice president of national sales and marketing. Wan joined Matrix this past January as national vice president of business development, and has more than 20 years of experience in the investment industry. Before joining the company, he was senior vice president and national sales manager at […]
Investment dealer Northern Financial and Jaguar Financial, a merchant bank, have announced the resignation of Doug Chornoboy, the senior vice president and chief financial officer of both Toronto firms. Chornoboy is leaving for a financial institution in British Columbia. A new chief financial officer will be named in due course.
Sandy Poklar is joining Firm Capital Corporation as COO, and as a managing director of capital markets and strategic developments, effective Monday, June 4. As part of the senior management team, Poklar will oversee operations, assist with strategic growth, manage client relationships, and seek out investment opportunities in all areas of real estate, mortgage finance […]
Manulife Financial has named Craig Bromley as senior executive vice president and general manager of its U.S. Division, and as president of John Hancock Financial Services, effective September 1, 2012.
Richardson GMP has appointed John Stubbs as branch manager of its Vancouver office.
Thomas L. Holman has been named managing director and senior portfolio manager of the Manulife Asset Management U.S. Small/Mid Cap Growth team. He’ll be based in Boston, and has 19 years of investment experience managing U.S. small-mid cap strategies for pension plans, public funds and Taft-Hartley clients. He was a portfolio manager with Lee Munder […]
Dr. Michel G. Maila, a veteran of both private and public financial institutions, is the new leader of the Toronto-based Global Risk Institute in Financial Services (GRI). The appointment was effective June 1, 2012. Maila served as vice president of risk management at the International Finance Corporation—the Washington-based private sector arm of the World Bank […]