SEI Investments Canada Co. has appointed Rachel Volynsky as Canadian equity portfolio manager in Toronto. In the role, she will be responsible for the management of all Canadian equity strategies. With more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, Volynsky most recently served as a fund manager and head of fundamental research […]
MFS Investment Management has named Joshua Marston director of fixed income for North America. In the new role, Marston will oversee the Toronto and Boston-based aggregate, government and securitized debt portfolio management teams. He will continue to serve as portfolio manager for a number of the firm’s other strategies, including its U.S. aggregate suite, Canadian […]
The chief investment officer of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is leaving his position today to enter French politics. While the Caisse didn’t provide details on what Lescure is planning to do politically, La Presse reported he’s leaving to support the campaign of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron. Read: Caisse focuses on ‘all-terrain […]
Manulife has appointed Roy Gori as president, effective June 5, 2017. In the new role, he will lead the company’s Canadian, United States, Asian and investment operations. Gori currently works as senior executive vice-president and general manager of Manulife’s Asia division. He will move from Hong Kong to Toronto to begin his new role, subject to […]
Mercer Canada has appointed Suzanne Nagy as drug consulting leader in its health team. Nagy joins Mercer with more than 25 years of leadership experience in the specialty pharmacy sector, most recently with Bayshore Healthcare where she helped establish the organization’s specialty drug patient support programs and pharmacy business. Read: Mercer Canada appoints new total […]
Morneau Shepell Ltd.’s president and chief executive officer Alan Torrie will retire May 5, 2017 and Stephen Liptrap, the current chief operating officer, will step into the role. Torrie has been with the company for 12 years and, according to chair of the board Jill Denham, has produced strong revenues while expanding Morneau Shepell’s presence […]
Rayne Capital Management Inc. has appointed two senior partners to its executive and portfolio management team. Mitchell Molloy will join as managing partner and David Szybunka will become lead portfolio manager for Rayne Energy LP. Both will oversee the Rayne Energy LP mandate, a long/short absolute return-focused strategy that leverages the firm’s local presence in […]
The Ontario Pension Board has appointed Geri Markvoort as chair of its board of directors. Patricia Croft, who was the acting chair until a permanent chair was appointed, will remain on the board as vice-chair and chair of the investments committee. With more than 40 years of experience as a human resources executive and director […]
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has promoted Mary Cover to managing director of pension strategy and enterprise risk and Marc Dupont to managing director of government and public affairs. In the new role, Cover will work closely with the fund’s plan sponsors and many external groups to help ensure the pension plan’s sustainability. She is […]
The federal government has appointed Ashleigh Everett and John Montalbano to the board of directors of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. The appointments are for three years. Everett is currently the president, corporate secretary and director of Royal Canadian Securities Ltd., a real estate developer in Winnipeg. She also serves on the board of […]