Market Opens
Women in ETFs Closes the Market
Friday, March 8, 2024
Representatives from Women in ETFs (WE) joined staff and colleagues of TMX Group , to close the market in celebration of International Women’s Day 2024. The Canadian Chapter of Women in ETFs was launched in November of 2014 and has over 450 members from across the ETF Ecosystem including ETF and Index providers, Broker Dealers, Exchanges, ETF Investors and ETF Service Providers from the legal and custodial communities. WE seeks to increase the proportion of women joining the ETF industry, to build a pipeline of women leaders for the ETF and broader Investment Industry, and to amplify the voice of women leaders including prominent roles at conferences, sitting on boards, and holding senior leadership positions. International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women's achievements or rally for women's equality. Marked annually on March 8th, International Women's Day is one of the most important days of the year to celebrate women's achievements, raise awareness about women's equality, lobby for accelerated gender parity, and fundraise for female-focused charities.TMX Group Opens the Market
Friday, March 8, 2024
Representatives from Women in Capital Markets (WCM), Women in Governance (WiG), 50/50 Women on Boards, the UN Global Compact Network Canada, Definity, the 30% Club, Market IntelWorks, Torys, the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD), and the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA), joined Tala Zarbafi, Chief Operating Officer & Transformation Officer, TSX & Global Capital Formation, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and Ontario's Associate Minister of Women's Social and Economic Opportunity, Charmaine A. Williams, to open the market as part of the World Federation of Exchanges’ 10th Annual Ring the Bell for Gender Equality campaign. International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women's achievements or rally for women's equality. Marked annually on March 8th, International Women's Day is one of the most important days of the year to celebrate women's achievements, raise awareness about women's equality, lobby for accelerated gender parity, and fundraise for female-focused charities.NGEx Minerals Ltd. Opens the Market
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Wojtek Wodzicki, President & CEO, NGEx Minerals Ltd. ("NGEx", "NGEx Minerals" or the "Company") (TSX: NGEX), and his team joined Monica Hamm, Manager, Client Success, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to open the market and celebrate the Company’s graduation to Toronto Stock Exchange. NGEx Minerals Ltd. is a leading exploration company based in Vancouver Canada, with projects in Argentina and Chile. NGEx is advancing its newly discovered Lunahuasi deposit located in San Juan Province, Argentina. NGEx also holds a majority interest in the large-scale Los Helados copper-gold development project located in Region III, Chile. Both Lunahuasi and Los Helados are located within the emerging Vicuña District, which includes the Caserones mine, and the Josemaria and Filo del Sol deposits.Ninepoint Partners Closes the Market
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
John Wilson, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Managing Partner, Senior Portfolio Manager, Ninepoint Partners, and his team joined Graham Mackenzie, Managing Director, Exchange Traded Products, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to close the market and celebrate the listing of Canadian Large Cap Leaders Split Corp. (TSX: NPS & NPS.PR.A).Ninepoint Partners manages unique alternative investment solutions that offer investors the benefits of better diversification. We target investment strategies that are uncorrelated to traditional asset classes, such as equities and bonds, with the goal of lowering overall portfolio risk. Ninepoint is an independent, employee-owned firm serving the investment advisor and institutional investor communities. With approximately $7 billion in assets and institutional contracts and over 90 employees, we are among the largest independent asset management firms in Canada.Australian PDAC Delegation Opens the Market
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
The Honourable Madeleine King, Minister for Resources and Minister for Northern Australia, joined Robert Peterman, Chief Commercial Officer, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to open the market and celebrate the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) 2024 Convention and Australia’s visiting delegates. The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) is the leading voice of the mineral exploration and development community, an industry that employs more than 664,000 individuals, and contributed $132 billion to Canada's GDP in 2021. Currently representing over 7,000 members around the world, PDAC's work centers on supporting a competitive, responsible, and sustainable mineral sector. PDAC 2024: The World’s Premier Mineral Exploration & Mining Convention is the leading event for people, companies and organizations connected to mineral exploration. The annual award-winning Convention in Toronto, Canada brings together up to 30,000 attendees from over 130+ countries for its educational programming, networking events, business opportunities and fun.
