Francois Beaudry

Empower Annuity Insurance Company of America engages in the provision of life insurance services. The firm offers annuities, life insurance, investment, and executive benefits. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, CO.

Capital Research & Management Co. (CR&M) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1931 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Capital Group Cos., Inc. CR&M provides investment management services to registered investment companies and other pooled investment vehicles. They also serve as the investment adviser to Capital Bank and Trust Company in their capacity as the trustee of certain collective investment trusts that are exempt from SEC registration.

Capital International, Inc. (CI) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1987 as Capital International Research & Management, Inc. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Capital Group International, Inc., ultimately held by The Capital Group Companies, Inc. CI provides investment management and advisory services to a registered investment company, other pooled investment vehicles exempt from registration, corporate entities, pension plans, endowments and foundations, certain affiliated companies, foreign governmental entities and other institutions.

Goldman Sachs International (GSI) is the Great Britain-based, wholly-owned brokerage subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Group UK Ltd., ultimately held by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) in the US. The firm was founded in 1988 and formerly known as Trushelfco Ltd. Headquartered in London, GSI provides prime brokerage, securities lending, futures services and financing services for a range of clients such as corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net worth individuals.

The Great-West Life Assurance Co. provides insurance and financial services. The firm offers a portfolio of financial and benefit plan solutions for individuals, families and business owners. The company was founded on August 28, 1891 and is headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada.

Putnam Investments LLC operates as an investment advisory company. The company was founded on May 14, 2009 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

The Canada Life Assurance Co. provides insurance and financial services. It provides life insurance, critical illness, disability, and creditor insurance policy. The company was founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Ltd. (FIA UK) is a Great Britain-based fund management firm headquartered in Tadworth, Surrey. Founded in 1984, the firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FIL Holdings (UK) Limited, which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FIL Ltd. in Bermuda. FIA UK provides a range of global investment products and services to institutional accounts, mutual funds and other pooled investment vehicles.

JPMorgan Securities Plc is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1992 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of JP Morgan Capital Holdings Ltd., ultimately owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) in the US. JPMorgan Securities provides market research, proprietary pricing data and analytics, and trade execution across multiple asset classes such as credit, equities and FX. They help institutional investors, traditional and alternative asset and fund managers, broker dealers and equity issuers meet the demands of changing markets.

Scotia Capital, Inc. (Broker) (Scotia Capital-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of Scotia Capital, Inc., a full-service financial services firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm is owned by The Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE, TSE: BNS). Scotia Capital-Broker delivers a broad range of electronic trading products such as high-touch, low-latency, market access and a broad algorithmic trading suite for a wide range of clients globally. They publish monthly indexes to help investors track the performance of Canadian Hedge Funds and Alternative Mutual Funds.

Founded in 1981, Haywood Securities Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia with additional offices in Calgary and Toronto. The firm offers a full array of investment services. Their research focuses on companies in the mining, oil & gas, biotechnology, telecommunications and technology sectors. They focus on young companies that are built around innovative ideas and offer the potential for rapid growth. Haywood Securities is a member of the Toronto Stock Exchange, the TSX Venture Exchange, the Montreal Exchange, the Canadian Trading and Quotation System, the Canadian Investor Protection Fund and the Investment Dealers Association of Canada. They are also registered to transact securities business in the U.S. and are a member of the NASD.

Lloyds International Pty Ltd. provides financial services. The firm provides asset finance, credit insurance, investment plans, and corporate and retail banking services. It has operations in the UK and Ireland. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Mackenzie, Inc. provides investment services. The company is headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada.

Laurentian Bank Securities is an independent broker/dealer located in Montreal. They are a subsidiary of Laurentian Bank of Canada (TOR:LB). The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

Capital Research & Management Co., doing business as Capital World Investors (CWI), is an investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm is a division of Capital Research & Management Co., which is ultimately owned by the Capital Group of Cos. In 2013, The Capital Group restructured its equity investment group and divided the group based on specific investment objectives rather than around particular products or clients. The investment group is now divided into three independent equity divisions, Capital World Investors, Capital Research Global Investors and Capital International Investors. Each division has the flexibility to manage any of the investment objectives or any of the investment vehicles the Capital Group offers. CWI is the retail entity of the Capital Group.

Australian Institute of Co. Directors is a non-profit organization that provides leadership on director issues. It offers governance education, director development, and advocacy. The organization was founded in January 1, 1990 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research engages in the provision of global research networks. Its research programs include Azrieli program in brain, mind and consciousness, bio-inspired solar energy, child and brain development, cosmology and gravity, genetic networks, humans and the microbiome, institutions, organization and growth, microbial biodiversity, learning in machines and brains, quantum information science, quantum materials, and social interactions, identity and well being. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

The Québec Bar Association is a professional organization that oversees the practice of over 29,000 lawyers in all areas of law. The organization is based in Montréal, Canada. and has subsidiaries in Canada. The mission of the association is to ensure the protection of the public, contribute to accessible and quality justice, and defend the rule of law.

Capital Research & Management Co. (Global Investors), do-business-as Capital Research Global Investors (CRGI), is an investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm is a division of Capital Research & Management Co. (CR&M), the original company of the Capital Group Cos., which was founded in 1931 by Jonathan Bell Lovelace. In 2008, CR&M disaggregated their equity investment operations to become known as Capital Research Global Investors and Capital World Investors. Capital World Investors is the retail entity of the Capital Group. Institutional management services in North America are provided by Capital Guardian. Institutional management services are provided globally by Capital International.

Part of UBS Group AG, UBS Investment Bank (Australia Branch) operates as a nationally chartered commercial bank. The company is based in Sydney, Australia.

Gesca Ltée is a newspaper publishing private company based in Montréal, Canada. and has subsidiaries in Canada. The Canadian company publishes newspapers.

Echelon Wealth Partners, Inc. (Echelon) is a Canadian-owned and operated full-service broker-dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded by Robert Furse and David Cusson in 2010 as Euro Pacific Canada, Inc. They are owned by 1-UP Holdings Corp., a holding company. Echelon offers superior investment advice and efficient trade execution for their institutional and retail clients. In 2023, Echelon and PI Financial Corp. (now known as Ventum Financial Corp.) have agreed to combine in a merger of equals to create an investment advisory, wealth management, and capital markets firm.

Part of Power Corp. of Canada, Square Victoria Digital Properties, Inc. is a Canadian company that provides online buying services. The company is based in Montréal, Canada.

Power Sustainable Capital Inc (Power Sustainable Capital) is a private equity firm headquartered in Montréal. The firm is founded in 2012, subsidiary of Power Corp of Canada.

Bailador Investment Management Pty Ltd (Bailador Investment Management) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2010 by David Edward Kirk and Paul Robert Wilson. The firm is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Picton Mahoney Asset Management is a hedge fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded by David Picton, Michael Kuan and Michael Kimmel in 2004 and provides investment solutions to institutional, retail and high net-worth investors in Canada and around the world.

Growth Lending Ltd (Growth Lending) is a private equity firm founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Instaclustr Pty Ltd. provides managed and hosted Cassandra and DataStax enterprise solutions. The firm offers cassandra on AWS, cassandra on azure, developer nodes and pricing. Its services include proof of concept, data migration, and architecture. The company was founded by Adam Zegelin and Ben Bromhead in 2013 and is headquartered in Bruce, Australia.

Stackla Pty Ltd. operates as a social content marketing platform. The firm provides brands to discover and showcase customer endorsements from the social web. Its services include social catalogues for e-commerce websites, content crowdsourcing for live events, curated social media hubs for websites and visualizations generated from social data. The company was founded by Peter Cassidy, Damien Mahoney and Semin Nurkic in 2012 and is headquartered in Crows Nest, Australia.

Sectoral Asset Management Inc (Private Equity) (Sectoral Asset Management) is a private equity subsidiary of Sectoral Asset Management, Inc. founded in 2008 by Michael Sjöström. The firm is headquartered in Montréal, Quebec.

Instaclustr, Inc. provides managed and cloud solutions. It offers apache cassandra and datastax enterprise solutions. It allows distribution of cluster servers across cloud provider failure zones. Cassandra’s rack concept is designed to group servers within a cluster where the likelihood of a failure is correlated and to provide ongoing availability despite the failure of a group of servers. The solution also allows nodes to be replaced within a cluster with no interruption to the service provided by the cluster. The company was founded by Ben Bromhead, Doug Stuart, Peter Lilley and Adam Zegelin in 2012 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Tidal Ventures Investment Management Pty Ltd (Tidal Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Grant McCarthy and Murray E. Bleach. The firm is headquartered in Sydney, Australia with an office in New York.

La Presse Ltée is a printing company based in Montréal, Canada. The Canadian company engages in printing needs of advertising agencies. Part of Coopsco, La Presse Ltée was acquired by Groupe Fides, Inc. from Power Corp. of Canada on October 15, 2020.