Emily Newman VP, Business Development, Avenue Living Asset Management
Emily Newman is VP, Business Development at Avenue Living Asset Management and is responsible for investor relations along with raising capital through the retail channel across Canada. Prior to joining Avenue, Emily was Business Development Manager at Timbercreek. Emily has a BSc in Chemistry from Queen’s University and is currently working towards her CIM designation. |
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As CMI's underwriting arm, CLI is an Ontario-based private mortgage lender. We fund mortgages on residential properties located in major urban centers across Canada. CLI's goal is to provide fast & efficient service to the mortgage brokerage community for private mortgages. CLI offers flexible and fast financing, despite credit or income challenges, provided that there is strong real estate security.
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Steve Fabian Senior Vice President, Capital Markets, Canadian Mortgages Inc.
Steve Fabian, Senior Vice President, Capital Markets at Canadian Mortgages Inc., is a seasoned Real Estate Finance Professional who partners with organizations to strengthen their business development, client relationships skills, and analytical approach to CRE market and credit decisions. After spending over 20 years working in commercial lending and growing a private mortgage/equity platform from $0 to $180M in 4 years, Steve knows what it means to drive business and build a successful enterprise from the ground up. Steve was previously VP Origination at Institutional Mortgage Capital and Director, Lead CMBS Originator at MCAP Financial Corporation. For more than 10 years, Steve has also been a part-time Professor with Seneca College and Real Estate and Mortgage Institute Canada (REMIC), in their mortgage brokerage licensing program.
Steve has originated, structured and performed due diligence on over $20 Billion in real estate finance opportunities throughout his career and prides himself on his diverse business and academic background. In addition to his extensive industry experience, Steve has been a panellist on the FSCO MBLAA review panel, a board member for the Commercial Real Estate Lenders Association (CRELA), and a member of both the Seneca College and REMIC Education Committees. Steve holds a Bachelor of Arts from York University and an MBA from the University of Hertfordshire.
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Centurion Asset Management Inc. with $1.6 billion in assets under management is one of Canada’s leading asset management companies specializing in real estate and other alternative asset classes. Centurion’s investment solutions – Centurion Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”), Centurion Real Estate Opportunities Trust (“REOT”), and Centurion Financial Trust (“CFiT”) – offer retail and institutional investors the opportunity to invest in diversified portfolios of rental apartments, mortgages, real estate developments, and debt instruments that deliver solid returns on their investments. |
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Matthew Barnes Director of Sales, Centurion Asset Management Inc.
Matthew Barnes joined Centurion REIT in June 2014 and is currently the Director of Sales. He has 20 years of experience in the financial services industry and has worked as a Regional Sales Manager at a large US based ETF provider. Matthew has also held sales and client relationship roles at a major Canadian bank mutual fund where he was the Business Development Manager for Alberta North. |
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Cranson Capital Securities Inc. is an exempt market dealer focused on helping investors build wealth through private placements. Whether high yield, capital appreciation or capital preservation, Cranson Capital sources, structures and underwrites investment opportunities to meet different investor objectives. |
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Devon Cranson Founder and President, Cranson Capital
Devon Cranson is the founder and president of Cranson Capital, a boutique investment banking firm based in Toronto. He has deep expertise in all aspects of commercial financing, M&A and securities. |
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ICM Asset Management is an alternative asset manager focused on owning, operating and investing in real assets. We offer retail, private client and institutional investors an array of investment opportunities focused on real estate, private equity, private debt and infrastructure strategies. |
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John Courtliff Partner, Managing Director & Portfolio Manager, ICM Asset Management
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Founded in 2005, Invico Capital Corporation is a Calgary, Alberta based alternative investment fund management firm providing alternative investing and financing solutions. |
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James Wanstall Vice President, Sales, Invico Capital Corporation
James Wanstall is a 30 year veteran in the financial services industry with the past 15 years dedicated to alternative investing and private debt. He is highly respected for his insights into alternative investing, in particular, making complex strategies easy to understand and helping advisors avoid the inevitable pitfalls in the space. As VP, Sales, James is responsible for developing Invico's business in Ontario. |
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Lending Loop connects established Canadian businesses looking for financing with individuals, corporations, and institutions looking to invest. We originate, underwrite, transfer funds, service and collect on loans to make the investment process as touchless and automated as possible. |
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Reza Jafer Head of Wealth Management, Lending Loop
Reza Jafer is the Head of Wealth Management at Lending Loop, Canada's #27 fastest growing company by The Globe & Mail. Reza manages the firm's relationships with Institutions, Family Offices and Accredited investors and overseas strategic growth for retail investors. In less than 2 years, Reza and his team have more than tripled assets under administration. Reza was recently nominated for Digital Finance Institute's FinTech 30 under 30 award. |
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MMCAP Canada is a global opportunistic multi-strategy fund that invests in a variety of strategies, including special situations, merger arbitrage, corporate restructurings, short selling, long-short equity, convertible arbitrage, private placements and IPOs. The Fund's objective is to provide investors with long-term capital appreciation. The Fund is a feeder fund into the MMCAP Fund, an offshore fund which is run by an investment team that has been active in opportunistic multi-strategy investing for over 17 years. Since our start in 2002, we have emerged among the world’s highest performing fund managers (1st on The Wall Street Journals 2018 Hedge Fund Review, Best Performing Hedge Fund on Barron’s 2018 Top 100 Hedge Fund Survey and Absolute Returns Awards 2016, Fund of the Year) and have achieved an over 24% CAGR since the funds inception. The founding partners since 2002 are the largest investors in the fund and represent approximately 30% of the assets under management of approximately $900m. Seeking out market deficiencies, we strive to deliver better risk-adjusted returns to our investors in every investment that we partake in. |
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Justin Oliver Business Development, MMCAP Asset Management
Justin Oliver has over 15 years of capital markets experience, covering institutions, inclusive of asset managers, hedge funds, pensions, endowment, family offices and insurance companies. After spending his early years obtaining his Chartered Accounting designation, Justin moved into research where he learned, in depth about many sectors, inclusive of golds, metals, oil and gas (international, integrated and oil sands), diversified industries, aerospace and biotech. |
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Based in Toronto, Ninepoint Partners has assumed portfolio management of the Canadian diversified assets of Sprott Asset Management (SAM), including actively managed hedge and mutual funds, while also offering leading resource and precious metals strategies through an exclusive sub-advisory relationship with SAM. The new firm oversees approximately $3 billion in assets under management. |
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Co-CEO, Managing Partner, Ninepoint Partners
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Old Kent Road Financial (OKR) specializes in providing bridge financing to small and mid-sized enterprises across Canada. Our non-dilutive financial solutions help companies manage their cash flow needs and let them focus on growing their business without giving up control. • Southern Interior Development Trust (SIDIT) • Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) • Interactive Digital Media Credit (IDMC) • Canada Media Fund (CMF) • Western Innovation Initiative (WINN) • Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) • Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) • Build In Canada Innovation (BICI) "The OKR Financial family of funds will collectively have up to $90 million under management by end of 2019 with the launch of a our parallel equity fund we can offer a range of finance solutions to Canadian Entrepreneurs" To find out more, visit our website www.okrfinancial.com or email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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Wes Mills Chief Investment Officer, OKR Financial
He is now the Chief Investment Officer of OKR Financial which primarily lends to companies secured by Government Finance Program (GFP) tax credits as well as traditional commercial bridge financing. Wes works with the credit underwriting team to originate loans as well as the Investment Management group as they service the needs of high net worth clients, family offices and institutional accounts.
Wes graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelor of Commerce and MBA. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Wesley (Wes) Mills • Joined OKR Financial in November 2018 • Over 35 years experience in Finance, Portfolio Management and Asset Allocation • Consultant on Wealth Management to major Credit Union (2018) • Chief Investment Officer Schedule A Bank Discretionary Asset Management Group (2011-14) • Portfolio Manager; Global Equities (1994-2011), Private Debt (2015-17) • Foreign Exchange Trader and Trade Finance Manager (1984-1993) • B. Comm, MBA; University of Saskatchewan; Chartered Financial Analyst
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RISE Properties Trust is a non-traded Canadian REIT focused on the US multifamily sector. Through management’s existing business platform and fully integrated operations, the Trust aims to acquire underperforming rental apartment properties and improve their operations, cash flow, and value. Targeting exclusively primary markets, the initial acquisitions were in Seattle, Washington. |
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Leslie Toth Vice President of Sales and Marketing, RISE Properties Trust
Leslie has over 23 years of experience working in the financial services industry, specializing in life insurance, living benefits, succession planning, and legacy planning, Leslie has trained and motivated hundreds of new agents and previously managed a very successful agency. Since 2006, Les has been an executive consultant to several small and medium size corporations on business development, sales and marketing, operations, risk management, and international relations. Les is also a partner in a Multi Family office specializing in private equity, with a strong focus on real estate. In his current assignment, Leslie is overseeing RISE’s fund raising through all distribution channels across Canada. |
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Starlight Capital is an independent asset management firm offering mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and structured products. Our goal is to deliver superior risk-adjusted returns to investors through a disciplined investment approach, Focused Business Investing. |
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Titan Advisors is a hedge fund solutions business, managing portfolios of hedge funds on behalf of institutions and high-net-worth investors for over 19 years. With approximately $4.0 billion in assets under management, and a research team of 20 people across the US, Canada and the UK, Titan is positioned to identify the most talented hedge fund managers around the globe. Through precise portfolio construction and management, Titan aims to provide investor value across a variety of business lines: multi-investor funds (actively managed hedge fund portfolios), custom solutions (portfolio solutions based on investor specifications), insurance dedicated funds (tax-efficient hedge fund investing through insurance and annuity products) and specialized vehicles (unique, asymmetric co-investments, hedge fund seeding and other special situation opportunities). |
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Aly Alladina Vice President, Marketing, Canada, Titan Advisors Aly Alladina joined Titan Advisors in May 2019. He is responsible for overseeing business development and client service across the Canadian bank and dealer channels. Prior to joining Titan, Aly spent 18 years as a Portfolio Manager with PCJ Investment Counsel (A CC&L Financial Group Company) where he was responsible for managing large cap, small cap and absolute return mandates. Aly was also responsible for the marketing and client service of the firm’s strategies to institutional, consultant, high net worth and advisor channels. Aly graduated with a BBA degree from Simon Fraser University in 1996 and has been a CFA charterholder since 2001. He is based in Toronto, Canada. |
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Founded in 1997, Trez Capital is a diversified real estate investment firm and preeminent provider of commercial real estate debt financing solutions in Canada and the United States. Trez Capital offers private and institutional investors strategies to invest in a variety of opportunistic, fully-secured, high-yield mortgage investment funds and like investment assets, and provides property developers and owners with quick approvals on flexible short- to mid-term financing. |
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Vikram Rajagopalan Vice President, Retail Sales & National Accounts, Trez Capital
Vikram joined Trez in 2013 and introduced Trez’ capital investment solutions to retail channels, including family offices and investment advisors. |
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