TopGun Investment Minds
Canadian Stocks
2025
For Immediate Release – May 20th, 2025
Nominations for the 2025 TopGun Club came from personal interviews/debriefs with 500+ professionals on the sell-side of the industry. Brendan Wood’s nominating panel represents the majority of sell-side professionals who deal with Canada’s institutional investors on a daily basis. The objective selection process strictly limits the number of nominations respondents can make and filters selections based upon the performance against mandates of funds managed by nominated investors.
A TopGun Investment Mind attracts the respect of the sell-side primarily on the basis of an exceptional insight into companies, managements, strategies and markets as well as investment ideas which match the criteria of the asset manager’s portfolio objective. Sell-side professionals deal with a wide variety of highly skilled investors on a daily basis yet the consensus on TopGuns is very high. Among other attributes, TopGun investors are the ones who inspire the sell-side to “up their game” and put their counterparts through their paces. The TopGun investment mind is sharp, focused, intuitive and analytical. It is not unusual to hear the sell-side say they learn something important from TopGun Investment Minds which consistently makes them better at what they do. No surprise that the sell-side brings their best work to TopGun investors first.
The number one TopGun Investment Mind of the Year in Canada is Sarah Neilson of RBC Global Asset Management.
TopGun Investment Teams 2025
(Names of CIOs and Heads of Equity)
1. RBC Global Asset Management (Daniel Chornous, Stuart Kedwell)
2. = Fidelity Investments (Andrew Marchese, Joe Overdevest)
2. = Intact Investment Management Inc. (David Tremblay, Vincent Paquet)
4. = Scotia Global Asset Management (Jim Morris)
4. = CIBC Asset Management (Eric Belanger, Jean Gauthier)
4. = Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management (Gary Baker, Andrew Zimcik, Michael McPhillips)
4. = Mackenzie Investments (Lesley Marks)
8. = BMO Global Asset Management (Sadiq Adatia, Jeff Elliott)
8. = British Columbia Investment Management (Gordon Fyfe, Dan Garant)
8. = Picton Mahoney (David Picton, Robert Poole, Jeff Bradacs)
8. = Waratah Advisors (Blair Levinsky, Brad Dunkley, Jason Landau)
8. = Canoe Financial (Darcy Hulston and Robert Taylor)
= In case of tie
Anatomy of a TopGun Investment Mind
The vital working tools of a TopGun investor include brainpower, wisdom and intestinal fortitude. However, the list of requisite personal qualities and professional skills doesn’t stop there. Today’s TopGun investor is under scrutiny for performance short and longer term, little respite for even a well based value investment style to manifest itself over time. Assets move from fund to fund with increasing frequency by a more self-informed and demanding clientele. The TopGun investor often needs to balance investment style and exercise flexibility in order to maintain out-performance. There are few professions that demand the frequency of decision making challenges, as does equity portfolio management. TopGuns may be sector specialized or generalists, but in either case they need an informed world view on the many variables which define opportunity and risk. There are many checks and balances at work in the mind of a TopGun investor. A strong personality is required to redact to the facts and execute fearlessly.
TopGun Investment Minds 2025
(In alphabetical order by last name):
Platinum Class = Designated TopGun in four consecutive years
TopGun Investment Minds Platinum Class:
Heiki Altosaar – PCJ Investment Counsel (Platinum Class)
Gary Baker – Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management (Platinum Class)
Sam Baldwin – Guardian Capital (Platinum Class)
Sajan Bedi – Canoe Financial (Platinum Class)
Jeffrey Bradacs – Picton Mahoney (Platinum Class)
Robert Cohen – Scotia Global Asset Management (Platinum Class)
Conrad Dabiet – Manulife Investment Management (Platinum Class)
Frederic Dupont – Desjardins Global Asset Management (Platinum Class)
Irene Fernando – RBC Global Asset Management (Platinum Class)
Dylan Fricker – Mackenzie Investments (Platinum Class)
Jean-Mathieu Gareau – Intact Investment Management Inc. (Platinum Class)
Benoit Gervais – Mackenzie Investments (Platinum Class)
Thomas Goldthorpe – Fidelity Investments (Platinum Class)
Ryan Grant – Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management (Platinum Class)
Daniel Greenspan – CIBC Asset Management (Platinum Class)
Philip Harrington – BMO Global Asset Management (Platinum Class)
Hoa Hong – BMO Global Asset Management (Platinum Class)
Benjamin Jasmin – Intact Investment Management Inc. (Platinum Class)
Jean-Francois Jolicoeur – CDP Capital (Platinum Class)
Stuart Kedwell – RBC Global Asset Management (Platinum Class)
Jason Landau – Waratah Advisors (Platinum Class)
Darren Lekkerkerker – Fidelity Investments (Platinum Class)
David Lemay-Marcil – Intact Investment Management Inc. (Platinum Class)
Jeannine LiChong – Waratah Advisors (Platinum Class)
Scott Lysakowski – Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management (Platinum Class)
Kate MacDonald – BMO Global Asset Management (Platinum Class)
Ben MacFarlane – Vestcor Investment Management (Platinum Class)
Jennifer McClelland – RBC Global Asset Management (Platinum Class)
Sean McCurley – RBC Global Asset Management (Platinum Class)
Bill McLeod – Scotia Global Asset Management (Platinum Class)
Michael McPhillips – Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management (Platinum Class)
Kevin McSweeney – CI Investments (Platinum Class)
Jonathan Millman – RBC Global Asset Management (Platinum Class)
Sarah Neilson – RBC Global Asset Management (Platinum Class)
John Novak – Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management (Platinum Class)
Eric Nuttall – Ninepoint Partners LP (Platinum Class)
Ryan Oldham – Fidelity Investments (Platinum Class)
Thierry Ouimet-Arbour – Intact Investment Management Inc. (Platinum Class)
Joe Overdevest – Fidelity Investments (Platinum Class)
Valentin Padure – BMO Global Asset Management (Platinum Class)
Vincent Paquet – Intact Investment Management Inc. (Platinum Class)
Rob Poole – Picton Mahoney (Platinum Class)
Haran Posner – British Columbia Investment Management (Platinum Class)
Gower Ramesh – Picton Mahoney (Platinum Class)
Charles Raymond – Desjardins Global Asset Management (Platinum Class)
Doug Raymond – RBC Global Asset Management (Platinum Class)
Onno Rutten – Mackenzie Investments (Platinum Class)
Jeffrey Schok – RBC Global Asset Management (Platinum Class)
Jennifer Stevenson – Scotia Global Asset Management (Platinum Class)
David Szybunka – Canoe Financial (Platinum Class)
Louis-Philippe Thibodeau – CDP Capital (Platinum Class)
David Tron – RBC Global Asset Management (Platinum Class)
TopGun Investment Minds:
Kathryn Alexander – Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management
Noman Ali – Manulife Asset Management
Maria Benavente – Scotia Global Asset Management
Trevor Bolland – British Columbia Investment Management
Fabien Coraboeuf – CDP Capital
Donna Comartin – RBC Global Asset Management
Chris Couprie – CI Investments
Scott Fletcher – Mackenzie Investments
Leo Han – CIBC Asset Management
Dean Highmoor – Mackenzie Investments
Jin Hwang – Fidelity Investments
Travis Irwin – Picton Mahoney
Craig Jerusalim – CIBC Asset Management
Jennifer Law – Empire Financial Group
Connor MacGrath – Fidelity Investments
Tristan McBride – Vestcor Investment Management
Brian Milne – Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management
Andrew Moffs – Vision Capital
Perry Ng – British Columbia Investment Management
Tudor Padure – CIBC Asset Management
Alda Pavao – Addenda Capital
Brenna Phelan – Scheer Rowlett & Associates
Adam Posman – PCJ Investment Counsel
Fabio Serpa – CIBC Asset Management
Derek Spronck – British Columbia Investment Management
Nick Stogdill – Scotia Global Asset Management
Steven Theriault – Intact Investment Management Inc.
Benjamin Thorek – Waratah Advisors
Eugene Vath – Waratah Advisors
Francois Watier – Van Berkom and Associates
Derek Warren – Lincluden Investment Management
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About Brendan Wood International:
Brendan Wood International (BWI), formed in 1970, is a private advisory group which originates performance investigation programs in the capital markets. Brendan Wood Partners debrief large institutional investors worldwide on a daily basis. There are 2000+ live consultations with professionals overseeing +/- $60 trillion invested in the +/- 1400 big cap companies on the BWI Index. Relying on its real time performance intelligence, BWI 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, a performance based institution.
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Brendan Wood International
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