Rebecca Farkas

The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (OTPPB) is the Province of Ontario’s pension fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Founded in 1990, OTPPB administers a defined benefit pension plan to active and retired teachers in Ontario. The firm manages investment portfolio for the benefit of present and future plan members and their survivors. OTPPB is a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Cormark Securities Inc. (Cormark) is an independent investment dealer headquartered in Toronto, Canada with additional office in Calgary. The firm was founded in 1981 as Sprott Securities, Inc. Cormark Securities provides execution and comprehensive coverage of Canadian listed companies to domestic and international institutional investors. They focus on Canadian-listed, mid-cap and emerging growth companies.

University Health Network operates as a healthcare and medical research organization that provides patient care, education, and research services. Its programs include arthritis program, joint department of medical imaging, Krembil neuroscience center, laboratory medicine program, medical and community care, multi-organ transplant, Peter Munk cardiac center, Princess Margaret cancer, surgery and critical care program, and Toronto rehab. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

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.

AGF Investments, Inc. (AGFI) is a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 2007, the firm is owned by AGF Management Ltd. (TSE: AGF.B). AGFI provides services to individual and institutional clients, catering to pension plans, foundations and corporate investors.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

BMO Asset Management, Inc. is a Canadian mutual fund management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Previously, they were known as Jones Heward Investment Counsel and prior to that as RMN Investment Counsel. The firm was founded in 1982 and is a subsidiary of Bank of Montreal (TSE, NYSE: BMO). BMO Asset Management provides investment management, retirement and trust and custody services to institutional, retail and high-net-worth investors around the world.

Sprott Asset Management LP (Sprott AM) is a Canadian alternative investment management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded by Eric Sprott in 1981 and is a subsidiary of Sprott Asset Management GP, Inc., which is owned by Sprott, Inc. (NYSE, TSX: SII). Sprott AM offers a wide variety of investment solutions to Canadian and international investors.

Newport Private Wealth, Inc. (Newport) is a Canadian mutual fund management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was co-founded by Douglas C. Brown, Mark A. Kinney and David T. Lloyd in 2001. They are a subsidiary of NFP Canada Corp. Newport provides investment and wealth management services to high-net-worth individuals and families across the country.

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.

Goodreid Investment Counsel Corp. (Goodreid) is a private, employee-owned wealth management firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded by Gordon Reid as Goodreid Investment Strategy in 1986 as part of a large North American brokerage. Goodreid offers an actively managed portfolio approach to provide investment solutions for their individual clients as well as pensions, estates, trusts, corporations, charitable and endowment funds, and all types of registered plans including RRSP, RRIF, and TFSA.

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc. (RBCDS) is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1901 and is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). RBCDS provides a full spectrum of brokerage services to retail and corporate clients.

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.

UBS Securities Canada, Inc. is a Canadian investment bank and securities firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of UBS Holding Canada Ltd. and their ultimate parent is UBS AG (NYSE: UBS) in US. UBS Securities Canada provides execution services for their clients' orders. They consider factors such as price, size of the order, the potential for price improvement, the speed of execution, the certainty of execution, trading characteristics of the security, and the overall cost of the transaction when costs are passed on to clients. In addition, prevailing market conditions are taken into consideration when manually handling a client order, such as the direction of the market for the security, the depth of the posted market, the last sale price and volumes of previous trades, the size of the spread, and the liquidity of the security.

CWB Wealth Partners Ltd. (CWB Wealth) is a Canadian investment management firm headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. Formerly known as CWB McLean & Partners Wealth Management Ltd., the firm was founded in 1999 and is a subsidiary of CWB Wealth Management Ltd., owned by Canadian Western Bank (TSX: CWB). CWB Wealth provides personalized investment strategies for high-net-worth individuals and families, institutions, small foundations, and not-for-profit organizations.

Earlybird Venture Capital GmbH & Co. KG (Earlybird VC) is an independent venture capital firm founded by Hendrik Brandis, Roland Manger, Rolf Mathies, and Christian Nagel in 1997. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Earlybird VC Management GmbH & Co. KG. The firm is headquartered in Munich, Germany, with another German office in Berlin, and international office in Istanbul, Turkey.

The Garden Co. Ltd. engages in the manufacture of confectionery products. It specializes in the production of bread, biscuits, and cakes. The firm also offers candies and other snacks. The company was founded by T. F. Cheung and W. O. Wong in 1926 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network is a non-profit organization that plans, integrates, and funds health care services. The company was founded in March 2006 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

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.

Echelon Wealth Partners, Inc. (Echelon) is a Canadian-owned and operated full-service broker-dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded by Robert Furse and David Cusson in 2010 as Euro Pacific Canada, Inc. They are owned by 1-UP Holdings Corp., a holding company. Echelon offers superior investment advice and efficient trade execution for their institutional and retail clients. In 2023, Echelon and PI Financial Corp. (now known as Ventum Financial Corp.) have agreed to combine in a merger of equals to create an investment advisory, wealth management, and capital markets firm.

Part of JG Summit Holdings, Inc., Kellogg (Qingdao) Food Co. Ltd. is a Chinese company that manufactures cereal and convenience foods. The company is based in Qingdao, China. Bhd., a SUB of JG Summit Holdings, Inc. from Kellogg Co. on June 05, 2012. Kellogg (Qingdao) Food Co. was acquired by Munchy Food Industries Sdn.

Trimaven Capital Advisors, Inc. provides financial advisory services. The private company is based in Toronto, Canada.

Foodpanda GmbH operates an online food ordering and delivery platform. It enables restaurants to become visible in the online and mobile users. The company was founded by Amit Kohli, Akhilesh Bali, Ralf Wenzel, Benjamin Bauer, and Felix Plog in May 2012 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

DevCycle is a leading feature management platform that helps companies improve their software development process and release features faster. DevCycle focuses on simplifying the developer experience and enabling them to release features with confidence. The private company is based in Toronto, Canada, and has subsidiaries in Canada. The platform offers various features such as feature flags, edge flags, A/B testing, feature opt-ins, SDKs, realtime updates, and integrations with popular development tools like Jira and Slack. It was founded by Andrew Norris and Cobi Druxerman, and the CEO is Aaron Glazer.

Pioneer Fund/NY/ is a venture capital firm founded by Jason Gray. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Taplytics, Inc. provides mobile A/B testing. It provides integrated mobile A/B testing, push notification and analytics platform offering the tools you need to optimize your mobile app. The company was founded by Cobi Druxerman, Andrew Norrie, Aaron Glazer and Jonathan Norris in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Grocery Delivery E-Services USA, Inc. provides online food delivery services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.