Chris Rowan

Putnam Investment Management LLC (PIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1971, the firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam US Holdings I LLC and became an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) in 2024. PIM provides investment advice across all asset classes to individuals and institutions worldwide through separately managed accounts and pooled investment funds.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Canada) (BMO Capital Markets-Canada) is the Canadian brokerage arm of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service financial services provider in the US. The firm was founded in 1817 and is a subsidiary of BMO Asset Management, Inc., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, BMO Capital Markets-Canada provides full-service, institutional brokerage services to corporate, institutional and government clients around the world.

RAB Capital Ltd. is focused in asset management. It offers investors access to talented fund managers operating within a well understood risk management framework and infrastructure. It provides its services to fund, pension funds, insurance companies, and government agencies. It was founded by Michael Ulic Anthony Alen-Buckley and William Philip Seymour Richards in 1999 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Apache Design Solutions, Inc. provides power analysis and optimization software solutions. Its solutions include software tools and methodologies that enable design engineers to reduce power consumption, ensure delivery of power to ICs and electronic system components, and mitigate power-induced signal interference. The company was founded by Andrew T. Yang, Norman Chang and Shen Lin in January 2001 and it is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Franklin Bissett Investment Management (FBIM) is the Canadian investment management division of Franklin Templeton Investment Corp., an indirectly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) in the US. Franklin Resources is a holding company that, together with its various subsidiaries, is referred to as Franklin Templeton Investments, a global investment management organization offering investment services under the Franklin, Templeton, Mutual Series, Franklin Bissett, Fiduciary Trust, Darby, Balanced Equity Management, K2, LibertyShares and Edinburgh Partners brand names. FBIM was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. The firm manages equity, fixed income, and balanced mutual funds for Canadian investors.

CI Investments, Inc. is a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1965 as CI Mutual Funds, Inc. and adopted the name CI Investments in June 2005 to reflect its diverse line-up of investment options, including mutual funds, segregated funds, asset allocation programs, structured products and other alternative investments. They are a subsidiary of CI Financial Corp. (TSX: CIX). CI Investments manages money on behalf of Canadian investors and provide them with an increasingly comprehensive Canadian, global and industry funds.

Epic Capital Management Inc. (Epic) is a boutique alternative asset manager headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded in 2000 by David Fawcett. Epic offers investors a unique alternative to traditional mutual funds and exchange traded funds.

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.

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP operates as law firm. It provides legal services to construction, financial, insurance, life sciences, corporate, and commercial industry. It offers Labour employment and human rights, litigation and dispute resolution, and privacy and cybersecurity risk management. The company was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Polar Asset Management Partners, Inc. (Polar) is Canadian hedge fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded by J. Paul Sabourin in 1991 and is a subsidiary of Polar Financial Corp. Polar provides discretionary investment advice and management services to private investment funds, which may be organized as onshore or offshore limited partnerships or corporations, as well as separately managed accounts.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

Eight Capital is a 100% principal-owned, Canadian investment dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. It has additional offices in Calgary, Alberta and Montreal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 2016 as Dundee Capital Partners. They offer investment banking, equity research and institutional sales & trading services to retail and institutional clients. Eight Capital provide their clients with timely market insights (with the assistance of their equity research team) across all the investment disciplines: fundamental, technical, and quantitative. Beyond the traditional market access trading provides, their traders work with clients to find unique liquidity solutions, and discreet trading solutions for large blocks of stock.

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.