Brian Lee

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.

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.

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.

Dundee Securities Ltd. provides investment dealership services. The company is headquartered in Toronto, CA.

Raymond James Ltd. (Broker) (Raymond James-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Raymond James Ltd., a diversified financial services firm headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. The firm was founded in 1962 and is ultimately owned by Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a US-based diversified holding company. Raymond James-Broker provides a full array of investment services to corporate and institutional clients.

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).

Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System functions as a Pension Retirement Fund. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Breathe Life, Inc. develops software for insurance industry. Its solutions include digital life insurance workflow, marketing insights and broker sales. The company was founded by Ian Jeffrey, Arach Tchoupani, Jean-Nicholas Hould and S?bastien Malherbe in 2017 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Green Shield Canada provides group and individual health and dental benefits programs and administration services. It offers dental, drug, and extended health benefits; traditional benefit plans; travel benefits; health care spending accounts; personal spending accounts; and employee assistance programs. The company was founded on December 5, 1996 and is headquartered in Windsor, Canada.

Part of Swiss Re AG, Swiss Reinsurance Co. (Canada) is a Canadian company that provides reinsurance and insurance services. The company is based in Toronto, Canada. The CEOs of the company are Veronica Scotti, Monica Ningen.

EIS Group Ltd. offers software solutions to the insurance market. The firm specializes in insurance technology, policy administration, claims management, billing management, insurance core systems, underwriting, rating and customer management. The company was founded by Alec Miloslavsky and Rowshi Pejooh in 2001 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Canadian Life & Health Insurance Association, Inc. provides insurance services. It offers retirement and investment products such as annuities, pension plans, RRSPs and RRIFs and also provides health insurance services such as disability income insurance, health care plans, accidental death, dismemberment benefits and dental plans. The company was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Toronto, ON

Ratesdotca Group Ltd. operates as an online comparison site for insurance, mortgages, and credit cards. It provides information on car, property, travel, life, health, pet and commercial insurance; mortgage rates; and credit cards. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

EIS Software Ltd. is a digital insurance platform that allows insurers to innovate like an Irish tech company. The company is based in Cork, IE. and has subsidiaries in the United States. The CEO of the company is Alec Miloslavsky.

Soteria Finance Holdings Ltd. provides financial services. The company was founded on May 28, 2020 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Lombard International Assurance SA provides financial and risk assurance services. It offers expertise in wealth planning, cross-border wealth soultions, portability simulation tool and non-traditional assets. The company was founded on July 8, 1991 and is headquartered in Luxembourg.

BDO Canada LLP provides accounting and advisory services. It also offers tax, assurance, bookkeeping, payroll, outsourcing, and consulting solutions and services. The company was founded by James M. Dunwoody in 1921 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Founded in 2010 by George Gosbee, AltaCorp Capital Inc. is an institutional financial advisory and brokerage firm headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The firm offers a full spectrum of value-added financial and advisory services to corporations in across various stages of development. Their products and services include corporate mergers and acquisition advisory, equity financings, asset acquisitions and divestitures advisory, institutional sales and trading and institutional equity research. AltaCorp Capital focuses on key drivers of the Western Canadian economy that are global in scope including energy, agri-industry and diversified industries, with overlap into interdependent subsectors. The firm's research includes macro analysis, theme pieces, daily notes, corporate reviews, quarterly and annual overviews and other relevant market/sector issues. AltaCorp Capital's Institutional Sales and Trading team has expertise in both national and global trading markets and are fully integrated within an expansive network of long-standing relationships with institutional clients. They offer execution in trading securities and relevant and timely placing of new offers/issues. The firm also offers execution in institutional block trading and an industry leading technical platform. AltaCorp maintains a strategic relationship with ATB Financial, a full-service financial institution headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta.

Whitehorse Liquidity Partners, Inc. (Whitehorse Liquidity Partners) is an independent private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Toronto.

Insurance Bureau of Canada engages in private home, auto, and business insurers. The firm offers business insurance, risk management, emergency preparedness, insurance crime, disaster, and heritage properties. The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Vancouver, 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.

Part of Aviva Plc, Aviva Insurance Co. of Canada is a Canadian company that provides insurance for property and casualty. The company is based in Nepean, Canada.

Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of AB is a non profit organization that regulates the practices of engineering and geoscience in Alberta. Its function is licensing individuals and companies that want to practice engineering and geoscience in Alberta. The applicants and companies that meet APEGA’s standards for ethical, professional, and technical competency earn the right to practice and use reserved titles and designations. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

IBM Canada Ltd. develops, manufactures and sells advanced information processing products. Its products include computers and microelectronic technology, software, networking and related services. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Markham, Canada.

Clarus Securities, Inc. is a broker/dealer located in Toronto, Ontario. Their research team covers a wide range of sectors and companies. The theme to all their efforts is the drive to find good investment ideas among the small- to medium-sized issuers in Canada. Clarus Securities' research focuses on growth opportunities in both traditional equities and the business trust sector. They cover a variety of sectors including: alternative energy, clean tech/power infrastructure, energy services, geothermal energy, industrial products, mining, oil and gas, solar energy, special situations and technology.

Founded in 2007, Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd. is a broker located in Toronto with additional offices located in Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary. They are a subsidiary of Macquarie Capital Markets North America Ltd. and their ultimate parent is Macquarie Group Ltd. (OTC: MQBKF.PK). Macquarie Capital Markets Canada follows the following sectors: mining, energy, utilities, infrastructure, consumer, technology, financials and real estate. The firm focuses primarily on Canadian-based stocks.