Hubbes leaving AGF

Martin Hubbes, executive vice-president and chief investment officer, plans to leave AGF.

He’s decided to move on and will stay at the company until for a replacement is found. A search for Hubbes’s replacement is underway.

“I want to express my heartfelt thanks to my long-time colleague and wish him the best in the next chapter of his professional career,” says Blake C. Goldring, the company’s chairman and CEO.

Hubbes joined AGF as an equity research analyst in 1992 and went on to become lead portfolio manager of AGF Canadian Stock Fund in 1996, a position he held until 2011.

He’s led AGF’s investment group as senior vice-president and chief investment officer since 2005 and was promoted to executive vice-president in 2011.

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