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The TopGun Buy-Side Traders Canada Stocks 2020

June 1st, 2020 by TopGun Press

For Immediate Release – New York, NY, June 1^st, 2020 (TopGun Press)

Canada’s Sell-Side Panel of Analysts, Sales Executives and Traders have selected their most respected TopGun investment counter parties in trade for 2019/2020. The TopGun Panel singles out individual investment professionals as being the most accomplished professionals in the Canadian investment industry.

Nominations this year were collected in personal interviews/debriefs with 150+ leading trading professionals on the sell-side. Collectively, the nominating Panel represents the majority of banks and broker dealers who deal with Canada’s TopGun Buy-Side professionals. The nomination process strictly limits the number of nominations a respondent can make in the competition. This methodology evens the playing field for all TopGun nominees. Out of a field of 400+ buy-side trader candidates, only 28 were individually selected in sufficient frequency for the TopGun designation.

Common traits of TopGun Buy-Side Traders trading Canadian equities include:

Ability to Put Large Blocks Together
Efficient Capital Usage
Deep Market Knowledge
Disciplined Trading
Outstanding Inter-Trader Relationship Management
Fair Commission Distribution

The TopGun Buy-Side Traders
Canadian Stocks 2020

(In alphabetical order by last name):

Salvatore Albanese; CDP Capital
Jonathan Bastien; Fiera Capital
Michael Carroll; Wellington Management
Kevin Chang; 1832 Asset Management
Michael Cristofaro; Desjardins Global Asset Management
Tjerk de Gruijter; Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management
Tyler Hildebrand; CI Investments
Brian Holland; Fidelity Investments
Philip Lambrinos; Van Berkom and Associates
Nick Matalone; Capital Group Companies
Jamie McDonald; T. Rowe Price
Chris Mailloux; VanEck
JP Matthews; RBC Global Asset Management
Rob Pulkys; Waratah Capital Advisors
Eric Reed; Invesco Ltd.
Brian Rood; Franklin Templeton
Jason Rosenbaum; Capital Group Companies
Chris Rowan; NewGen Asset Management
Greg Sinclair; EdgePoint Wealth Management
Ed Smith; Fidelity Investments
Sam Snell; RBC Global Asset Management
Craig Thiese; T. Rowe Price
Don Towers; Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management
Gino Tullo; Guardian Capital
Ruth Wilkens; TIAA – Nuveen
Simon Vallieres; Intact Investment Management
Brian VanderWyst; Sun Valley Gold
Henry Yu; Fidelity Investments

About Brendan Wood International:

Brendan Wood International (BWI), formed in 1970, is a private partnership generating independent confidential performance audits throughout the world. Relying on real time intelligence, the firm advises public companies, institutional and activist investors, investment banks and broker dealers on strategy, performance and recruitment of TopGun talent. The firm’s partners have formally presented at 1000+ C level strategy meetings and corporate off sites in fifty cities. Brendan Wood founded the exclusive TopGun Club.