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McCann Worldgroup Canada, Inc. is an integrated marketing communications agency, which engages in operating advertising agencies. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

First Avenue Investment Counsel, Inc. is a Canadian company that invests capital alongside their clients, ensuring that their families' financial security is directly aligned with their clients. The private company is based in Toronto, Canada. The company acts as a fiduciary and partner to their clients. and has subsidiaries in Canada. The company was founded in 2009 by Kashayar J. Pashootan, who has been the CEO since 2009.

Computerized Portfolio Management Services, Inc. is the North America's independent equity research firms. Since 1984, the company's staff of qualified professionals has been solely committed to providing a broad range of portfolio analysis and equity return enhancement products to the investment community. It has a reputation of delivering only the highest quality data. Its client list covers a very broad range of the investment community: institutional money managers, pension plans, institutional brokerage departments, financial planners and investment advisors. The company provides data to the companies in North America.

Founded in 1999, Paradigm Capital, Inc. is an independent, institutional investment dealer headquartered in Toronto with an additional office in Calgary. They offer sector-based research, a strong distribution platform and select investment banking mandates. The firm focuses their research, distribution and investment banking efforts on several areas in the Canadian equity markets: growth, mining, energy and energy services. Paradigm is a member of the CIPF.

Steadyhand Investment Management Ltd. (Steadyhand) is an independent, Canadian investment manager headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. The firm was founded by Thomas “Tom” Bradley and Neil Jensen in 2006. Steadyhand offers low-fee investment funds with clear-cut advice to various types of clients.

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences provides music awards, musicounts, Canada’s music education program and the canadian music hall of fame. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Established in 1989, CIBC Capital Partners, the venture group of CIBC World Markets' Capital Partners Division, is headquartered in Toronto with additional offices in Boston, New York City and San Francisco. Their ultimate parent is Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSX: BCM).

Part of Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., CIBC Wood Gundy Corp. is a Canadian company that provides brokerage services. The company is based in Toronto, Canada.

Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. (FTIC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded in 2000 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Templeton International, Inc., ultimately owned by Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN). FTIC provides investment advisory and portfolio management services with clients in jurisdictions worldwide, which include registered open-end and closed-end funds and unregistered funds, as well as separate accounts for institutional and high net-worth clients.

MaRS Discovery District (Venture Capital) (MaRS Discovery District) is a venture capital subsidiary of MaRS Discovery District founded in 2000 by Murray McCaig. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Morningstar Investment Management LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1999 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN). Morningstar Investment Management offers various investment advisory services that focus on their core capabilities in asset allocation, investment selection, and portfolio construction to financial or other institutions.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Morningstar Europe Ltd. is the Great Britain-based investment research subsidiary of Morningstar Holland BV, ultimately owned by Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN) in the US. Headquartered in London, the firm was founded in 2000 and provides investment research services to European retail and institutional investors. Morningstar Europe takes a rigorous bottom-up approach by evaluating the fundamental factors that drive the investments they cover. Their global coverage uses the same consistent research framework in every region where Morningstar analysts are evaluating investments.

BMO Nesbitt Burns, Inc. provides investment and financial advisory services. The firm offers financial planning; estate planning and preservation; retirement, insurance, and education planning; income replacement; tax minimization; and business succession planning advisory services. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

The OPSEU Pension Trust (OPTrust) is a government-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1995 to provide members with a say in their pension plan through joint trusteeship. OPTrust invests and manages one of Canada’s pension funds and administers the OPSEU Pension Plan (which includes OPTrust Select), a defined benefit plan with over 106,000 members.

Invesco Asset Management Ltd. (IAML) is the wholly-owned Great Britain-based investment management subsidiary of Invesco UK Ltd., itself a subsidiary of Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ) in the US. The firm was founded in 1969 as Cavalier Securities Ltd. and became Invesco Asset Management Ltd. in 1993. They are headquartered in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. IAML provides investment management services on both a discretionary and non-discretionary basis to pension and profit-sharing plans, educational institutions, investment companies, insurance companies, individuals and holding companies. The firm also acts as investment advisor for a number of mutual funds on a sub-advised basis.

Maple Financial Group, Inc. provides banking, securities and financial services to financial institutions. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Richardson Wealth (USA) Ltd. (Investment Management) (Richardson Wealth-IM) is the wealth management division of Richardson Wealth (USA) Ltd., a broker/dealer firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded by Andrew Marsh in 2010 and is owned directly by RF Capital Group, Inc. (TSX: RCG). Richardson Wealth-IM provides wealth management solutions to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations and business entities.