Darren Mahesh Bahadur

TD Asset Management, Inc. (TDAM) is a Canadian investment management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of the Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD), a Canadian chartered bank regulated by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions. Founded in 1987, TDAM provides discretionary investment management services to corporations, investment companies, pension funds/plans, endowments and foundations.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

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.

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.

Desjardins Securities, Inc. is the broker/dealer arm of the Desjardins Holding Financier, Inc., ultimately held by Le Mouvement des caisses Desjardins in Canada. Founded in 1991, the firm is headquartered in Montréal and has an additional office in Toronto. Desjardins Securities offers businesses and institutions with a complete range of securities brokerage products and services through its investment advisors and its Disnat Online Brokerage division. The firm is an approved participant on the Montreal Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange, as well as a participating member of the TSX Venture Exchange. In addition, Desjardins Securities is a member of both the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Canadian Investor Protection Fund (CIPF).

Miovision Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of traffic data collection and management solutions. It offers video analytics, software development, vehicle counting, portable video collection units, traffic studies, turning movement counts, and automated license plate recognition. The company was founded by Kurtis N. McBride, Kevin Madill, and Anthony Brijpaul in 2005 and is headquartered in Kitchener, Canada.

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.

Part of KPMG International Cooperative, KPMG, Inc. (Canada) is a company based in Calgary, Canada.

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is a government-owned professional investment management organization headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded in 1997 and is also known as the CPP Investment Board. CPPIB manages the investments of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP).

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.

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.

Accelerator Centre operates as a startup incubator. The firm helps their clients in building and scaling sustainable companies. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada.

Sandvine, Inc. provides communication and broadband services. Its network equipment and software helps DSL, FTTx, cable, fixed wireless and mobile operators better understand network traffic, manage network congestion, create new services and revenues, mitigate traffic that is malicious or undesirable to subscribers, and deliver QoS-prioritized multimedia services. The company was founded by Dave Caputo, Tom Donnelly, Brad Siim, and Don Bowman in June 2001 and is headquartered in Ontario, Canada.

Part of Deloitte LLP (New York), Deloitte & Touche LLP (Canada) is a Canadian company that provides assurance, auditing, financial advisory, tax, and legal services. The company is based in Toronto, Canada. The CEO of the company is Anthony Viel.

TextNow, Inc. provides social software solutions. Its product includes TextNow and PingChat. The company was founded by Jon Lerner and Derek Ting on February 15, 2009 and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada.

Imperial Capital Group Ltd (Imperial Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1989 by Stephen D. Lister and Jeffrey Rosenthal. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Kinetic Commerce operates as a Global design, innovation and technology firm that specializes in helping enterprises create beautifully connected commerce experiences. Its solutions include E-commerce platforms, mobile apps, retail technology and SaaS. The company was founded by Chris Carder, David Dougherty and Gary Fung and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Highline Beta, Inc (HIghline Beta) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Lauren Robinson. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.

Picton Mahoney Asset Management is a hedge fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded by David Picton, Michael Kuan and Michael Kimmel in 2004 and provides investment solutions to institutional, retail and high net-worth investors in Canada and around the world.

SceneDoc, Inc. provides mobile investigative and field documentation software services. The firm’s products include eNotes, eCitations, Collect and CourtConnect. It also offers pilot programs, agency activation and officer support services. The company was founded by Alexander Kottoor and Adrian Bubalo in 2011 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

LTB Engineering Ltd. is an investment holding company, which engages in the production and sale of thermal insulted pipes, on-site insulation and reconstruction services of pipe system. Its products include LUCKY-PIP, LUCKY-PIP foam-in-situ, Coltogum, and Noverox. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Part of BNP Paribas SA, BNP Paribas Capital (Asia Pacific) Ltd. is a Chinese company that provides brokerage services. The company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

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.

Part of Deloitte LLP (New York), Deloitte & Touche, Inc. provides accounting services. The company is based in Calgary, Canada.

Mithril Capital Management LLC (Mithril Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Peter Andreas Thiel and Ajay Royan. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Quantify Labs, Inc. provides a content and analytics platform and builds software for institutional trading desks. Its solutions include desk analyst, sales, management, research and trading. The firm specializes in institutional finance, technology, capital markets, sell side, buy side and SaaS. The company was founded by Blair Livingston in 2012 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineer, Inc. provides advancing technology for electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics. The non-profit company is based in the United States and has subsidiaries in various locations.

State Street Global Advisors Ltd. (SSgA) is a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Montreal, Quebec with an additional office in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1991 and is a subsidiary of State Street Global Advisors International Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT). SSgA provides asset allocation models on a non-discretionary basis to investment advisers and other financial institutions. They also provide investment advice to pensions and profit-sharing plans.

Franklin Templeton Institutional LLC (FTI) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2001 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN). FTI provides investment advisory and portfolio management services under investment management agreements with clients in jurisdictions worldwide, which include registered open-end and closed-end funds and unregistered funds as well as to separate accounts.

Part of CI Financial Corp., Spectrum Investment Management Ltd. is a Canadian company that provides mutual fund management services. The company is based in Toronto, Canada. Spectrum Investment Management was acquired by CI Fund Management, Inc. from Sun Life Financial, Inc. on July 25, 2002.