Vincent Roy

BlackRock Asset Management Canada Ltd. (BAMC) is a Canadian fund-of-funds manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 2009 due to a merger of BlackRock and Barclays Global Investors. They are a subsidiary of BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) in the US. BAMC manages assets for clients in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa. Their client base includes corporate, public, union and industry pension plans, governments, insurance companies, third-party mutual funds, endowments, foundations, charities, corporations, official institutions, sovereign wealth funds, banks, financial professionals, and individuals worldwide.

Founded in 1993, Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd. is a mutual fund manager located in Toronto. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS). The firm manages funds for institutional clients. They also manage asset allocation and risk-controlled active strategies and iShares, a family of securities that trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange and is available to individual and institutional investors.