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Franklin Templeton is a global investment management organization serving clients in over 165 countries. Everything Franklin Templeton does has a single focus: to deliver better client outcomes through investment management expertise, wealth management and technology solutions. The company is made up of diverse and independent specialist investment managers that are entrepreneurial and practice true specialization. Through its specialist investment managers, the company brings extensive capabilities in equity, fixed income, multi-asset solutions and alternatives. The Investment teams are backed by global resources for analytics, sustainable investing capabilities, and risk management. With offices in more than 30 countries and approximately 1,300 investment professionals, the California-based company has 75 years of investment experience and over US$1.5 trillion (over CAN$1.9 trillion) in assets under management as of December 31, 2021. Franklin Templeton aims to offer the best of both worlds: global strength and boutique specialization. For more information, please visit franklintempleton.ca and connect with Franklin Templeton on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, and read the Beyond Bulls & Bears blog.
BMO Global Asset Management (BMO GAM)
is a multi-disciplinary investment firm focused on helping institutional clients across Canada meet their investment objectives. Our clients include foundations, endowments, Indigenous governments, religious orders, not-for-profits, insurance companies and pension plans. Our investment capabilities span active and passive and range from traditional asset classes, such as fixed income, equities, and multi-asset portfolios, with both fundamental and quantitative solutions, to responsible investing, alternatives, ETFs, and structured solutions.
As a wholly owned subsidiary of BMO Financial Group, BMO GAM enjoys the solid backing of a world class financial institution with a strong financial position. BMO GAM was founded in 1982 and has C$225 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2025. As a relationship driven organization, we believe in maintaining ongoing and meaningful conversations with our clients to best understand their unique needs and goals. We are committed to adapting to a constantly changing world with the development of innovative investment solutions for the Canadian institutional market. It’s investing, evolved.
CIBC Mellon is a Canadian company exclusively focused on the investment servicing needs of Canadian institutional investors and international institutional investors into Canada. As at March 31, 2025, CIBC Mellon had more than C$3.1 trillion of assets under administration on behalf of banks, pension funds, investment funds, corporations, governments, insurance companies, foreign insurance trusts, foundations and global financial institutions whose clients invest in Canada.
Founded in 1967, Mackenzie Investments is a leading Canadian global asset manager headquartered in Toronto, with additional investment teams in Boston, Dublin, Beijing and Hong Kong. Managing $195.7 billion in assets, we are committed to delivering strong investment performance and offering innovative portfolio solutions to our clients.
Our institutional relationships are built on the experience and unique perspectives gained through more than 40 years working with clients.
We are wholly owned by IGM Financial, one of Canada’s premier financial services companies. Through IGM’s controlling shareholder, Power Corporation, with $3.1 trillion in assets under advisement (AUA), we have access to partners and expertise from across Irish Life, Canada Life, Sagard and Power Sustainable.
Ninepoint Partners manages unique alternative investment solutions that offer investors the benefits of better diversification. We target investment strategies that are uncorrelated from traditional asset classes, with the goal of lowering overall portfolio risk. Ninepoint Institutional Partners, a division of Ninepoint Partners LP, works with Canadian Pension Plans, Foundations, Endowments, Insurance Companies, Family Offices, and other Institutional investors to provide comprehensive alternative investment management solutions. With $7.5 billion (CAD) in assets and institutional contracts, we are among the largest independent asset management firms in Canada.
Ninepoint is the Canadian partner of Nuveen Real Estate and recently launched the Nuveen-Ninepoint Global Real Estate Fund LP, a private real estate offering for Canadian institutional investors. The multi-strategy fund invests in established real estate mandates managed by Nuveen across the industrial, multifamily, retail and workplace/office sectors.
For more than two centuries, Pictet has been a distinguished private Swiss financial institution, evolving into a global leader with a presence in key markets, including Canada since 1974. Serving both private clients and institutional investors, our business is investment-led, centered around a long-term perspective and a dedication to exceptional client service. We take a forward-thinking and pragmatic approach to investing. As industry leaders, we are committed to staying at the forefront of investment standards and continuously enhance our processes with cutting-edge technology and, when relevant, integrate the latest scientific research into our investment process.
As long-term investors, we aim to direct capital to the real economy in a manner that improves the state of the planet. We achieve this by building responsible partnerships with our clients and the companies in which we invest. Our dedication goes beyond financial returns. We are passionate about our role as investors, actively managing our stewardship activities and engaging with the wider industry to elevate investment standards and practices. Pictet aims to deliver exceptional investment performance while maintaining a steadfast commitment to excellence and integrity in every aspect of our work. Our range of investment capabilities is pioneering and differentiated. We focus on the areas where we can add value for our clients which includes: Thematics & Specialist Equities – innovation and megatrend, investing since the 1990s; Emerging Markets – a deep and broad knowledge, investing since the mid-1980s; European Private Assets – Real Estate, Private Equity and Private Debt; and Hedge Funds – Uncorrelated and risk-focused.
Pictet has a long history in Canada with a presence spanning over 50 years. We are actively involved in diverse initiatives, including our commitment as an international sponsor to Climate Engagement Canada (CEC), a Canadian finance-led effort that drives dialogue between the financial community and corporate issuers to promote a just transition to a net-zero economy. We would welcome the opportunity to have a conversation with you and your firm. For more information, visit assetmanagement.pictet
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Contact Information
François Forget fforget@pictet.com
(514) 518-8587
Laila Danechi ldanechi@pictet.com
(514) 294-2345
Date as 31 December 2024
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Tikehau Capital is a global alternative asset management Group with €47.1 billion of assets under management (as of 30 September 2024).
Tikehau Capital has developed a wide range of expertise across four asset classes (private debt, real assets, private equity and capital markets strategies) as well as multi-asset and special opportunities strategies. Tikehau Capital is a founder-led team with a differentiated business model, a strong balance sheet, proprietary global deal flow and a track record of backing high quality companies and executives. Deeply rooted in the real economy, Tikehau Capital provides bespoke and innovative alternative financing solutions to companies it invests in and seeks to create long-term value for its investors, while generating positive impacts on society. Leveraging its strong equity base (€3.1 billion of shareholder’s equity as of 30 June 2024), the Group invests its own capital alongside its investor clients within each of its strategies. Controlled by its managers alongside leading institutional partners, Tikehau Capital is guided by a strong entrepreneurial spirit and DNA, shared by its 767 employees (as of 30 September 2024) across its 17 offices in Europe, Middle East, Asia, and North America.
