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Pembroke Management Ltd. (Pembroke) is an independent Canadian investment management firm headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 1968 by Angus Taylor. Pembroke provides investment advisory services to individually managed accounts for institutional investors such as, but not limited to, corporate and public pension funds, endowments and foundations, private investment funds, as well as to mutual funds, and wealthy individuals.

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is a government-owned institutional fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Canada. Founded in 1965, CDPQ manages the funds of several depositor groups primarily for public and parapublic pension and insurance plans which pay out benefits to more than two million Quebecers each year.

Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd. (JFL) is a Canadian investment counsel firm headquartered Montréal, Quebec. The firm was founded by Stephen Jarislowsky in 1955 and was acquired in 2018 by The Bank of Nova Scoatia (NYSE, TSX: BNS). JFL manages pension funds, endowment funds, corporate and private portfolios for clients in North America and overseas. They manage investments on behalf of governments, corporations, universities, labor unions, and high net worth individuals.

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.

Van Berkom & Associates, Inc. (Van Berkom) is a specialized investment management firm headquartered in Montreal, Canada. The firm was founded by J. Sebastian van Berkom in 1991 and is owned by JSVB Investments, Inc. They manage stock portfolios for large North American pension funds, corporations, foundations, and endowment funds. Van Berkom is a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

1832 Asset Management LP (1832 AM) is a Canadian asset management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm does business as Scotia Global Asset Management and is a subsidiary of Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE, TSX: BNS). In 2013, another BNS subsidiary, GCIC Ltd. underwent an internal consolidation and transferred its asset management business to 1832 AM. In 2008, through a reorganization by the Bank of Nova Scotia, Scotia Asset Management came to encompass the Scotia Funds, the asset management programs that had been run by the bank's brokerage arm Scotia McLeod and Scotia Cassels Investment Counsel Ltd. 1832 AM offers a broad range of investment solutions to meet the diverse needs of clients across all levels of wealth in Canada and around the world.

Montrusco Bolton Investments, Inc. (Montrusco Bolton) is an independent asset management firm headquartered in Montreal, Canada. Founded in 1946, Montrusco Bolton provides investment management services to individuals, including high net-worth individuals, banks or thrift institutions, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, or charitable organizations, corporations or other business entities and to several private investment 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.

Scotia Capital, Inc. (Broker) (Scotia Capital-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of Scotia Capital, Inc., a full-service financial services firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm is owned by The Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE, TSE: BNS). Scotia Capital-Broker delivers a broad range of electronic trading products such as high-touch, low-latency, market access and a broad algorithmic trading suite for a wide range of clients globally. They publish monthly indexes to help investors track the performance of Canadian Hedge Funds and Alternative Mutual Funds.

National Bank Financial, Inc. (Broker) (NBF-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of National Bank Financial, Inc., a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 1902 and is a direct subsidiary of National Bank Acquisition Holding, Inc., ultimately owned by National Bank of Canada (TSX: NA). NBF-Broker provides retail advisory and brokerage services with institutional brokerage, investment banking, corporate finance and securities clearing services for third parties. The firm has a substantial presence in all regions of Canada, as well as operations in the US and Europe.

TD Securities, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE, TSE: TD). TD Securities provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients. Their services also include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures and executing daily trading and investment needs. The firm’s equity group provides research coverage of various sectors. Their fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, US and European debt issuers and investors.

Founded in 1981, Haywood Securities Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia with additional offices in Calgary and Toronto. The firm offers a full array of investment services. Their research focuses on companies in the mining, oil & gas, biotechnology, telecommunications and technology sectors. They focus on young companies that are built around innovative ideas and offer the potential for rapid growth. Haywood Securities is a member of the Toronto Stock Exchange, the TSX Venture Exchange, the Montreal Exchange, the Canadian Trading and Quotation System, the Canadian Investor Protection Fund and the Investment Dealers Association of Canada. They are also registered to transact securities business in the U.S. and are a member of the NASD.

The Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), locally known as Office d'investissement des régimes de pensions du secteur public, is a government-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Montreal, Canada. The firm was founded by the Public Sector Pension Investment Board Act in 1999. PSP Investments invest funds for the pension plans of the federal public service, the Canadian Armed Forces, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Reserve Force.

Cycle Capital Management, Inc (Cycle Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Andree-Lise Methot. The firm is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

Mirabaud Canada, Inc. (MCI) is a Canadian investment manager headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of Mirabaud & Cie SA, ultimately owned by Mirabaud Partners & Cie SCS in Switzerland. MCI provides a clientele of private and institutional investors, companies and finance professionals with highly customized investment advice, private banking and asset management services.

Beltone Private Equity SAE (BPE Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Beltone Financial Holding founded in 2006 by Hazem Barakat and Aladdin Saba. The firm is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.

Attijari Intermédiation is the securities brokerage subsidiary of Attijari Finances Corp., which is owned by Attijariwafa Bank (CSE: ATW) in Morocco. Founded in 1994, the firm is headquartered in Casablanca and offers opportunities for the placement of securities on the financial markets for both issuers and investors. Its mission is to execute orders to buy or sell securities for both stocks and bonds listed on the stock exchange, on behalf of its clients. Attijari Intermédiation provides global solutions in terms of placement and stock market brokerage to all customer segments.

Research Capital Corp. is an independent, fully integrated national investment dealer headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded in 2010 as Mackie Research Capital Corp. until 2021. Research Capital offers a complete range of capital markets and wealth management services to private clients, institutions and growth companies with offices across Canada.

Canaccord Genuity Corp. (CGC) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of Canaccord Genuity Group, Inc., (TSE: CF; OTCMKTS: CCORF) in Canada. The firm was founded in 2010 and is locally known as Financière Canaccord ltée. Headquartered in Vancouver, CGC offers corporate and institutional clients with versatile and responsive sales and execution services that range from Institutional Equities and International Equities to Electronic Trading and Fixed Income. Their sales & trading team execution capabilities encompass a wide range of products and services such as Equities, ADR’s, OTC, ETF’s, Fixed Income, Options, Preferreds, Investment Companies.

Fiera Capital Corp. (Investment Management) (FCC-IM) is the investment management division of Fiera Capital Corp. (TSE: FSZ), a publicly listed asset management firm headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 2010 through a merger with Sceptre Investment Counsel Ltd. FCC-IM offers customized multi-asset solutions across traditional and alternative asset classes to institutional, retail, and private wealth clients across North America, Europe, and key markets in Asia.

Crew Labs, Inc. provides mobile application services. It is an online marketing tool that provides real-time rewards to people in exchange for having them promote things via Twitter, Facebook and other social services. The company was founded in February 2012 by Rafa Olivarria Abis, Luke Chesser, Mikael Cho, Jacob T. Dejno, Stephanie Liverani and Angus Woodman and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

mnubo, Inc. provides smart data management and analytics for Internet of things (IoT) for enterprises, service providers, and device manufacturers. Its cloud platform enables OEMs to connect, collect, analyze, and act on their object data to deliver insights, intelligence, and applications. The company was founded by Frédéric Bastien, Jean-Christophe Cimino, Aditya Pendyala, and Jean-Charles Beaudin in April 2012 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

AlpacaDB, Inc. provides Deep-Learning startup enabling AI technology to automate professional human tasks. It offers a Web service that enables users to create their own deep-learning intelligence for visual data and trading platform that allows users to build, test, and trade with their own trading algorithms without programming. The firm’s services include AlpacaScan, AlpacaAlgo nd AlpacaAlerts. The company was founded by Tsuyoshi Yokokawa, Hitoshi Harada and Yuki Hayashi and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Wealthsimple, Inc. is an independent asset management firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. It was co-founded by Michael Katchen in 2014. The firm manages assets of various clients.

Grayhawk Investment Strategies, Inc. (Grayhawk) is an independent, Canadian investment management firm headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. The firm was founded by Michael G. Kaumeyer in 2015. Grayhawk provides investment management services to Canadian families.

Part of Power Corp. of Canada, Sagard Holdings ULC is a Canadian company that provides alternative asset management services. The company is based in Montréal, Canada. Founded in 2000.

Terrella Capital Ltd. provides investment services. The private company is based in Toronto, Canada. The Canadian company was founded by Bojan Krasic.

Beleave Kannabis Corp. produces and sells medical cannabis. The company was founded on December 22, 2015 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Canada.

Foundation Ventures (Foundation Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Hisham Elhaddad and Fady Yacoub. The firm is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.