Market Opens

Marie Foley, Director, Infrastructure Advisory Services, BTY Group, and her team joined Claire Johnson, President, TSX Trust, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to close the market and celebrate the P3 2022 Conference. Established in 1993, CCPPP is a national not-for-profit, non-partisan, member-based organization with broad representation from across the public and private sectors. Its mandate is to collaborate with all levels of government, Indigenous communities and the private sector to enable innovative, sustainable approaches to developing, maintaining and operating infrastructure that achieve the best outcomes and enhanced quality of life for Canadians. The Council is a proponent of evidence-based public policy in support of P3s, facilitates the adoption of international best practices, and educates stakeholders and the community on the economic and social benefits of public-private partnerships.

Kevin Prins, Managing Director, Head of ETF Distribution, BMO Global Asset Management, Cathie Wood, Chief Executive Officer, ARK Investment Management LLC (“ARK” or “ARK Invest”), and their teams joined Graham MacKenzie, Managing Director, Exchange Traded Products, Toronto Stock Exchange, to open the market and celebrate the launch of three new ETFs: the BMO ARK Next Generation Internet Fund (TSX: ARKW), the BMO ARK Innovation Fund (TSX: ARKK), and the BMO ARK Genomic Revolution Fund (TSX: ARKG). Serving customers for 200 years and counting, BMO is a highly diversified financial services provider - the 8th largest bank, by assets, in North America. With total assets of $1.07 trillion as of July 31, 2022, and a team of diverse and highly engaged employees, BMO provides a broad range of personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investment banking products and services to more than 12 million customers and conducts business through three operating groups: Personal and Commercial Banking, BMO Wealth Management and BMO Capital Markets. BMO Global Asset Management is a brand name under which BMO Asset Management Inc. and BMO Investments Inc. operate. ARK Investment Management LLC is a federally registered investment adviser and privately held investment firm. Specializing in thematic investing in disruptive innovation, the firm is rooted in over 40 years of experience in identifying and investing in innovations that should change the way the world works.

Claude-Frédéric Robert, President, National Bank Direct Brokerage, and his team joined Robert Tasca, Managing Director, Derivatives Products and Services, Montréal Exchange (MX), to celebrate Canada's Financial Literacy Month as well as the end of the Montréal Exchange Options Trading Simulation Contest. Over 2600 participants from across Canada started out with a virtual portfolio valued at $100K and over an eight-week period, participants learned about options, strategized and traded to earn the highest returns, vying for the chance to win weekly cash prizes of $500, and ultimately the $10K grand prize and bragging rights as Canada’s Top Options Trader.

Lynn Beauregard, President, Governance Professionals of Canada (GPC) and the shortlisted companies of GPC’s 2022 Excellence in Governance Awards (EGAs) joined Claire Johnson, President, TSX Trust, Toronto Stock Exchange, to open the market. The GPC EGAs recognize the important contribution governance professionals make in terms of best practices that build and sustain shareholder and stakeholder value. The awards highlight the role that good governance plays in sustaining the value of Canada's public companies, crown corporations, government agencies, and not-for-profit organizations, contributing to the competitiveness of Canada's economy and its capital markets. GPC aspires to influence and promote leading governance practices, be a catalyst for establishing the highest standards in corporate governance in Canada, and promote the recognition and success of Canadian governance professionals.