Ross Healy

Strategic Analysis Corp. (SAC) is an independent, Canadian capital markets research firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1978 as an economic research institute by physicist and economist, Dr. Verne Atrill. SAC provides independent and unbiased research and advice to individuals, financial professionals, and corporations. Their web-based investment research service covers over 4000 North American equities.

MacNicol & Associates Asset Management, Inc. (MacNicol & Associates) is a privately-held investment management firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded in 2001 by David MacNicol. MacNicol & Associates offers professional global investment management and advisory services to individuals, family trusts, estates, holding companies and charitable foundations.

Merrill Lynch Canada, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. They are a subsidiary of Midland Walwyn, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm offers brokerage and investment banking services as well as commercial lending, global high-yield debt, global equity, and M&A services to institutional and retail clients.

CFA Society Toronto supports the professional and business development of charterholders. It provides member services including educational programs, sponsored events, employment postings, and networking opportunities. The company was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Sceptre Investment Counsel Ltd. (TSE: SZ), incorporated in 1955, has been in its present form since 1971. Based in Toronto, Sceptre is one of Canada's largest institutional fund managers. In September 2000, Sceptre announced a strategic alliance with Putnam Investments, Inc. Sceptre became the exclusive marketing agent of Putnam's institutional investment products in Canada. Their Canadian equity and income funds include: the Sceptre Money Market Fund, the Sceptre Bond Fund, the Sceptre Private Client Bond Fund, the Sceptre High Income Fund, the Sceptre Income & Growth Fund, the Sceptre Canadian Equity Fund, the Sceptre Private Client Canadian Equity Fund and the Sceptre Equity Growth Fund. Sceptre's mutual funds include the Sceptre Income & Growth Fund, the Sceptre Bond Fund, Sceptre High Income Fund, the Sceptre Canadian Equity Fund, the Sceptre Equity Growth Fund, the Sceptre Global Equity Fund and the Sceptre Money Market Fund. Their institutional products include the Balanced Pool Fund, the Endowment, Foundations and Trusts (EFT) Pooled Fund, the Equity Pool, the Canadian Equity Pool, the Small-Cap Canadian Equity Pool, the Bond Pool, the Foreign Equity Pool and the Institutional Pooled Fund.