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CANADA’S PUBLIC EQUITIES MARKETS.
YOUR OPPORTUNITY
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TSX provides access to capital – and a welcoming environment –
for many companies located in Canada and outside our borders,
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says Ungad Chadda.
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TSX is Canada’s leading capital market, by any measure,
and has become a critical piece of our country’s financial
infrastructure. The Exchange provides a well-regulated, globally
recognized marketplace for companies to raise growth capital,
while also providing an environment where investors can find a
world of opportunities for their investment portfolios,
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according to Chadda.
Many investors in Canada, however, may not realize that they can also participate in
the growth and development of smaller but no less ambitious companies, from their
early stages to their maturity, through the almost 2,000 companies listed on TSXV.
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Early stage companies can offer growth opportunities,
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says John McCoach
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TSXV is unique in Canada, in that it provides a market for
Canadians to invest during the early phases of a company’s
development. There’s no other public venture market like
this anywhere in the world in terms of the number of companies
listed and the amount of equity capital raised. We see these
companies as vital to the future of Canada’s economy.
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Through stocks issued on TSXV, investors gain access to
emerging companies, some of which may grow into tomorrow’s
leaders. Their investment helps these companies to advance
their activities in research and development, innovation
and exploration as they grow from their initial stages to
commercialization, production and expansion.
If you are like most Canadians, you probably understand how companies raise capital
on a stock exchange by issuing shares to the public. You are familiar with the role
of public equities markets, and you understand the risks and rewards of investing
in public companies. Yet are you aware of the breadth and depth of Canadian
companies listed on our country’s leading public markets?
Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) offer a diverse and
vibrant stock list to access various investment opportunities. Together, TSX and TSXV
are home to a wide range of companies, providing Canadian investors an opportunity
to invest in home grown companies. More than 3,400 companies – including over
3,220 Canadian companies, from coast to coast – are listed on the
Exchanges across a spectrum of industry sectors including oil and
gas, mining, technology, life sciences, clean technology, industrials
and financial services. And with the two-tier nature of the exchanges,
investors can choose to invest in growing businesses on TSXV or more
established blue chip corporations on TSX.
For more than 160 years, some of Canada’s most renowned businesses
have listed their securities on TSX, Canada’s oldest and largest
Exchange. On TSX, investors can choose from over 1,500 Canadian
and global companies spanning several different sectors. In fact, TSX is home to
some of the world’s biggest natural resources companies as a result of the Exchange’s
global leadership position in financing oil, gas and mining companies. TSX is also
Canada’s only home to over 340 exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which provide exposure
to a wide range of industry sectors and asset classes, including Canadian and
international equities, fixed income, commodities and currencies. There are also over
210 closed-end funds listed on TSX, which have a current market value of more than
$25 billion. Closed-end funds are flexible investment products that are designed to
respond to modern investor needs, from yield enhancement and capital protection
to risk reduction.
John McCoach
President,
TSX Venture Exchange
Ungad Chadda
Senior Vice President,
Toronto Stock
Exchange
Investment opportunities
in Canada’s leading public equities markets
TSX and TSXV:
3,400
+
LISTED COMPANIES
TSX and TSXV are the world’s premier public
equities markets for natural resources
companies from across the globe.