Market Opens

Christian Easterday, Chief Executive Officer, Hot Chili Limited ("Hot Chili" or the "Company") (TSXV: HCH) and his team joined Karoline Hunter, Head, Company Services, Toronto Stock Exchange, to celebrate the Company's new listing on the TSX Venture Exchange and open the market. Hot Chili Ltd (ASX/TSXV: HCH, OTCQX: HHLKF) aims to build shareholder value through the growth and development of its high-quality Costa Fuego copper project located in a low elevation, accessible region of northern Chile.

Tammy Cash, CM Head of Marketing, Americas, Vanguard Investments Canada Inc., and Co-President of Women in ETFs (WE) Canada joined Tanya Rowntree, Head of Global Client Success, TMX Group, and Keith Wu, Head, Exchange Traded Products, TMX Group, to close the market and celebrate the launch of the WE Canada 2023 Mentorship Cohort. The TSX celebration welcomed the 26 2023 mentorship pairings, new Board members, and the sponsors of WE Canada, including AGF, Franklin Templeton, Horizons ETFs, RBC Global Asset Management, and Vanguard. Women in ETFs brings together women and men in the ETF ecosystem from across the globe to champion WE’s goals of actively choosing equality, diversity, and inclusion. The organisation offers complimentary opportunities to attend professional development, educational events, and networking opportunities. University outreach, a speakers bureau, and a career centre are all made available to members.

Representatives from CI Global Asset Management (“CI GAM”) joined Graham Mackenzie, Managing Director, Exchange Traded Products, Toronto Stock Exchange, to celebrate the launch of the CI Utilities Giants Covered Call ETF (TSX: CUTL / CUTL.B) on Toronto Stock Exchange and to close the market. The investment objective of CI Utilities Giants Covered Call ETF is to provide unitholders, through an actively managed portfolio, with (i) regular cash distributions, (ii) the opportunity for capital appreciation by investing on an equal-weight basis in a portfolio of equity securities of at least the 20 largest utility companies measured by market capitalization listed on a North American stock exchange, and (iii) lower overall volatility of returns on the portfolio than would be experienced by owning a portfolio of securities of such issuers directly. CI GAM is Canada’s fifth-largest ETF provider, with $16.0 billion in assets under management in more than 125 ETFs (as at December 31, 2022). CI GAM’s ETF lineup is highly diversified and includes beta, smart beta, actively managed, liquid alternatives, digital assets, covered calls and thematic mandates. CI Global Asset Management is a business name of CI Investments Inc.

Pat Chiefalo, Head of ETFs and Index Strategies, Invesco Canada, along with members of the Invesco team and guests from NEI Investments and S&P Dow Jones, joined Graham Mackenzie, Managing Director of Exchange Traded Products, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to open the market and celebrate the launch of five new ETFs: Invesco S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats ESG Index ETF (TSX: ICAE), Invesco S&P US Dividend Aristocrats ESG Index ETF (TSX: IUAE), Invesco S&P US Dividend Aristocrats ESG Index ETF - CAD Hedged (TSX: IUAE.F), Invesco S&P International Developed Dividend Aristocrats ESG Index ETF (TSX: IIAE), Invesco S&P International Developed Dividend Aristocrats ESG Index ETF – CAD Hedged (TSX: IIAE.F). The launch of these new ETFs is the latest step in the growing partnership between Invesco, NEI and leading index providers in Canada.