Market Opens

Andrew Clee, Vice President, Product at Fidelity Investments Canada ULC (Fidelity) and his team joined Keith Wu, Head, Exchange Traded Products, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to close the market and celebrate the launch of four new ETF series of: Fidelity Global Equity+ Fund (TSX: FGEP), Fidelity Tactical High Income Fund (TSX: FTHI), Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund (TSX: FCEM), and Fidelity Global Equity+ Balanced Fund (TSX: FGEB). Fidelity offers investors and institutions a range of innovative and trusted investment products, including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, to help them reach their financial and life goals. Our clients have entrusted us with $242 billion in assets under management (as at May 14, 2024).

Representatives of the SFCanada 2024 Conference joined Sofia Petrossian, Director, Structured Finance, Toronto Stock Exchange, to open the market and celebrate Structured Finance Canada’s 2024 conference. With more than 370 member institutions comprising accounting firms, broker/dealers, diversified financial intermediaries, investors, issuers, IT vendors, law firms, mortgage insurers, other small financial institutions, rating agencies, servicers, and trustees, SFA is the leading voice for the securitization industry. SFA is focused on helping grow the real economy and improving the lives of individuals, families, businesses, and communities across the nation; helping make credit more affordable and available to people who need it to finance some of life’s biggest goals — education, car purchases, starting a business, buying a home — or reduce their debt through consolidation loans; safeguarding essential protections for consumers and the financial system; facilitating valuable dialogue among the financial services market, its practitioners, policymakers and the broader public; and recognizing that all finance entails risk, but it should not involve recklessness.

John Jeffrey, President and Chief Executive Officer, Saturn Oil & Gas Inc. (TSX: SOIL) and his senior executive team joined Robert Peterman, Chief Commercial Officer at Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to open the market and celebrate the Company’s graduation to the TSX and recently announced $525 million asset acquisition in Saskatchewan. Saturn Oil & Gas Inc. is a growing Canadian energy company focused on generating positive shareholder returns through the continued responsible development of high-quality, light oil weighted assets, supported by an acquisition strategy that targets highly accretive, complementary opportunities.

Jade Pichette, Director of Programs, Pride at Work Canada/Fierté au travail Canada, their team, and a selected group of Community and Proud Partners, joined Christian Paron, Learning and Talent Specialist at Toronto Stock Exchange (TMX Group), to open the market and celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) by launching Pride at Work’s CHANGEMAKERS campaign, which recognizes 15 people championing 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion in the corporate, public service, and non-profit sectors across Canada. Through dialogue, education and thought leadership, Pride at Work Canada empowers employers to build workplaces that celebrate all employees regardless of gender expression, gender identity, and sexual orientation.