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Events Calendar 2012
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February 2012
Wednesday February 22, 2012 - Elemental Minerals Limited opens the market |
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| Iain Macpherson, CEO, Elemental Minerals Limited joined Tim Babcock, Director, Listed Issuer Services, TSX Venture Exchange Inc to open the market today. Elemental Minerals is a mineral exploration and development company focused on its Sintoukola Potash Project located on the coast of the Republic of Congo. Elemental Minerals Limited trades on Toronto Stock Exchange under the stock symbol ELM. For more information www.elementalminerals.com |
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Tuesday February 21, 2012 - Aroway Energy Inc. Opens the Market Chris Cooper, President and CEO of Aroway Energy Inc., joined Tim Babcock, Director, TSX Venture Exchange Inc. to open the market today. Aroway Energy is a Canadian junior oil and gas exploration, acquisition and production company participating in non-operated Peace River Arch oil and gas prospects. Aroway Energy Inc., has just been named to the 2012 TSX Venture 50 and ranked 5th among the top 10 oil and gas companies on the list. For more information visit www.arowayenergy.com |
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Friday February 17, 2012 - Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Team Up Foundation Opens the Market Michael Bartlett, Executive Director, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Team Up Foundation (MLSE) joined Ungad Chadda, Senior Vice President, Toronto Stock Exchange, TMX Group to open the market today. The MLSE Team Up Foundation is the charitable arm of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, combining the philanthropic efforts of all four MLSE teams - the Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC and Toronto Marlies. Launched in December 2009, the Foundation strives to improve the lives of youths, in Ontario by building facilities, giving to sustainable programs and empowering youth through sports and recreation. On March 25th the Team Up Foundation Players Gala presented by Rogers will be held in Toronto, with all proceeds going to the MLSE Team Up Foundation. For more information visit mlseteamupfoundation.org |
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Thursday February 16, 2012 - Horizons Exchange Traded Funds Inc. Opens the Market Howard Atkinson, President, Horizons Exchange Traded Funds Inc. (ETFs) and David Fisk, Vice President, Institutional Asset Management, Natcan Investment Management joined Amelia Nedovich, Head, Business Development, Exchange Traded Funds and Structured Products, TMX Group to open the market to launch Horizons High Yield Bond ETF (HYI) and Horizons U.S. Floating Rate Bond ETF (HUF.U). Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc., manage the Horizons Exchange Traded Funds family of ETFs, and are a member of the Mirae Asset Global Investment Group. Horizons manages approximately $3.1 billion amongst 77 ETFs and 2 closed-end funds. For more information on Horizons ETFs please visit www.horizonsetfs.com. |
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Wednesday February 15, 2012 - Pension Investment Association of Canada opens the market The Pension Investment Association of Canada (PIAC) joined Robert Fotheringham, Senior Vice President, Equities Trading, TMX Group to open the market today. Senior investment professionals employed by PIAC’s member funds are responsible for the oversight and management of over $1 trillion in assets on behalf of Canadians. PIAC’s mission is to promote sound investment practices and good governance for the benefit of pension plan sponsors and beneficiaries. For more information visit www.piacweb.org |
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Tuesday February, 14, 2012 - Casale Media and TMXmoney.com Open the Market Joe Casale, CEO, Casale Media joined Kimberley Muise, Director, Content and Web Channel, TMX Group to open the market today. Casale Media, an independent online media technology company, has been chosen to exclusively represent the online advertising inventory for TMXmoney.com, to national advertisers across Canada. TMXmoney.com’s targeted reach to the Canadian investor community and Casale Media’s cache of national advertisers makes this collaboration an important partnership for both companies. TMXmoney.com attracts more than 1.2 million unique monthly visitors and delivers 55 million ad impressions a month, and is a leading Canadian financial portal offering a host of high-quality North American financial content and tools to the investor community. Visit www.TMXmoney.com today. |
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Monday February 13, 2012 - U of T Mississauga UEC Opens the Market The Undergraduate Economics Council (UEC) of the University of Toronto Mississauga joined Gary Knight, Vice President, Trading, Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange to open the market today. UEC is a student-run organization which represents over 1500 undergraduate economics students. With the support of the Department of Economics of UTM, UEC organizes workshops and seminars presented by leaders in the economics and finance industry. For more information visit www.uecutm.ca |
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Thursday February 9, 2012 - Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer Opens the Market Paul Alofs, President & CEO, Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation joined Eleanor Fritz, Director, Compliance & Disclosure, Toronto Stock Exchange to open the market today to raise awareness of The Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer benefiting The Princess Margaret. Celebrating its fifth year anniversary in 2012, this event takes place nationally in Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary and Toronto. Since 2008, the Toronto ride has raised over $63 million. This funding ensures that promising cancer research programs can be initiated and continue at The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. For more information visit www.conquercancer.ca. |
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Wednesday February 8, 2012 - Underground Energy Corporation Opens the Market Mike Kobler, President & CEO, Underground Energy Corporation joined Janis Koyanagi, Vice President, Business Development and Strategy, Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange to open the market today. Underground Energy is focused on exploring, developing and producing oil reserves from shale formations in North America. Underground currently holds hydrocarbon rights in California and Nevada. Underground Energy Corporation trades on TSX Venture Exchange under the stock symbol UGE. For more information visit www.ugenergy.com. |
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Tuesday February 7, 2012 - XTF Capital Corp. Opens the Market Barry Gordon, President & CEO, XTF Capital Corp. and Sanjay Arya, Senior Vice President, Morningstar, Inc. joined Amelia Nedovich, Head, Business Development, Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) and Structured Products, TMX Group to open the market to launch XTF Capital Corp's XTF Morningstar Canada Dividend Target 30 Index ETF (DXM & DXM.A); XTF Morningstar US Dividend Target 50 Index ETF (UXM & UXM.A); XTF Morningstar National Bank Quebec Index ETF (QXM & QXM.A). XTF Capital is a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Asset, a Canadian wealth management company that has approximately $2.5 billion assets under management. Toronto Stock Exchange currently has 248 exchange traded products listed, comprised of 234 exchanged traded funds and 14 exchange traded notes. For more information visit www.firstasset.com. |
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Monday February 6, 2012 - Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada Opens the Market Denis Berthiaume, President & COO, Desjardins Financial Security and Dr. Beth Abramson, Cardiologist, St. Michael’s Hospital joined Mary Lou Hukezalie, Vice President, Group Head of Human Resources, TMX Group to open the market today to kick-off Heart Month. Also joining them were David Sculthorpe, CEO, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and Irfhan Rawji, National Board Chair, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. In February, Canadians will participate in the Heart and Stroke Foundation's largest grassroots fundraising initiative, Heart Month. The volunteer- based health charity is working towards eliminating heart disease and stroke and their impact through the advancement of research and the promotion of healthy living, and advocacy. For more information visit www.heartandstroke.com. |
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Friday February 3, 2012 - Financial Information Services Division and Datalinx open the market Tom Davin, Managing Director, Financial Information Services Division (FISD) of the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA), joined Tom Kloet, CEO, TMX Group and Eric Sinclair, President, TMX Datalinx and Group Head of Information Services, to open the market today to celebrate TMX Datalinx receiving the 2011 Outstanding Data Provider Award. This award was created by FISD to recognize the exchange or data provider that most closely adheres to their Working Group's Best Practice Recommendations. FISD provides a neutral business forum for exchanges, market data vendors, specialist data providers, brokerage firms, investment managers and banks to address and resolve business and technical issues related to the distribution, management, administration and use of market data. For more information on FISD visit www.siia.net. View article: TMX Datalinx Named Outstanding Data Provider by FISD |
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Thursday, February 2, 2012 - IR Magazine Canada Opens the Market Winners and nominees of the 15th annual IR Magazine Canada Awards, along with representatives from IR Magazine joined Matthew Fireman, Senior Relationship Manager, Toronto Stock Exchange/TSX Venture Exchange, to open the market today. The IR Awards honour excellence and leadership in investor relations. TMX Group congratulates all recipients and nominees. For the full list of this year’s winners please visit www.irmagazinecanada.com. |
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Wednesday February 1, 2012 - Queen's University Finance Association Opens the Market Queen's University Finance Association Conference (QFAC) Stock Trading Simulation winners joined Robert Fotheringham, Senior Vice President, Equities Trading, TMX Group, to open the market. QFAC is a student-run conference focused on providing students with practical knowledge of finance and the capital markets to help facilitate their transition into financial services careers. The conference features keynote addresses, workshops, and a stock trading simulation, where delegates, assisted by an investment professional, trade stocks and options in a real-time stock market challenge. For more information visit www.qfac.ca. |
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Friday January 27, 2012 - U.S. Silver Corporation Opens the Market Gordon Pridham, Executive Chairman, and Chris Hopkins, CFO, U.S. Silver Corporation, joined Loui Anastasopoulos, Director, Relationship Management, Product & Service Development, Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange to open the market today. U.S. Silver, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, owns and operates the Galena, Coeur, Caladay and Dayrock mines in Shoshone County, Idaho. U.S. Silver Corporation trades on Toronto Stock Exchange under the stock symbol USA. For more information visit www.us-silver.com. |
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Thursday January 26, 2012 - Invesco Canada Opens the Market Michael Cooke, Head of Distribution, Powershares Canada, Invesco Canada and Oricia Smith, Vice President, Product Development, Invesco Trimark joined Amelia Nedovich, Head, Business Development, Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) and Structured Products, TMX Group, to open the market to launch Powershares S&P 500 Low Volatility (CAD Hedged) Index ETF (ULV). A subsidiary of Invesco Ltd., Invesco Canada offers investment solutions to institutions, organizations, companies and individual investors across Canada and around the world. Invesco Powershares has 14 exchange traded products listed on Toronto Stock Exchange with $1.2 billion of assets under management. For more information visit www.invesco.ca. |
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Wednesday January 25, 2012 - Semafo Inc. Opens the Market Benoit La Salle, President and CEO, Semafo Inc., joined Janis Koyanagi, Vice President, Business Development and Strategy, Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange to open the market today to mark the milestone of Semafo’s 15th year as a TSX listed company (SMF). Listed on Toronto Stock Exchange on December 12, 1996, Semafo is a Canadian-based mining company with gold production and exploration activities in West Africa. For more information visit www.semafo.com. |
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. Opens the Market Gil Holzman, CEO & President, Moshe Peterburg, Chairman and Alan Friedman, Executive Vice President, Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd., joined Tim Babcock, Director, Listed Issuer Services, TSX Venture Exchange to open the market today. Eco Atlantic is an oil and gas exploration company in Namibia. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Eco Namibia, Eco Atlantic holds three offshore and two onshore licenses in Namibia and surrounding regions. Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd., trades on TSX Venture Exchange under the stock symbol EOG. For more information visit www.ecooilandgas.com. |
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Friday January 20, 2012 - Lachlan Star Limited Mick McMullen, Chairman, Lachlan Star Limited joined Ungad Chadda, Senior Vice President, Toronto Stock Exchange, TMX Group to open the market today. Headquartered in Perth, Australia, Lachlin Star is a minerals exploration company focused on acquiring and developing assets in the gold, copper and bulk commodities sectors locally and overseas. Lachlan Star Limited trades on Toronto Stock Exchange under the stock symbol LSA. For more information visit www.lachlanstar.com.au. |
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Thursday January 19, 2012 - Shorcan Brokers Limited Open the Market Peter Conroy, President, Shorcan Brokers Limited, will open the market today, in celebration of Shorcan Brokers Ltd. 14th Annual Charity Day. Shorcan Brokers Ltd. will donate the day’s revenue to designated charities. Last year, the event raised $ 650,452. To date, Shorcan Brokers Ltd. Annual Charity Days have raised more than $5 million for numerous charities. Shorcan Brokers Ltd. is a subsidiary of TMX Group. For more information, please visit www.shorcan.com. |
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Wednesday January 18, 2012 - Claymore Investment Inc. Opens the Market Som Seif, President & CEO, Claymore Investment Inc., joined Gary Knight, Vice President, Trading, TMX Group to open the market to announce that the firm’s assets under management have exceeded $7 billion. Claymore provides exchange-traded funds in Canada through its family of 34 ETFs and 2 closed-end funds listed on Toronto Stock Exchange. Claymore Investments Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Guggenheim Funds Services Group Inc. For more information visit www.claymoreinvestments.ca. |
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Tuesday January 17, 2012 - Aureus Mining Inc. Opens the Market David Reading, CEO & Director, Aureus Mining Inc., joined Janis Koyanagi, Vice President, Business Development and Strategy, Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange to open the market today. Aureus Mining Inc. is engaged in the exploration and development of gold deposits in areas of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Cameroon. Aureus Mining Inc. trades on Toronto Stock Exchange under the stock symbol AUE. For more information visit aureus-mining.com. |
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Monday January 16, 2012 - Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia Opens the Market Mona Forster, Chair and Gavin C. Dirom, CEO, Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC), joined Janis Koyanagi, Vice President, Business Development and Strategy, Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange to open the market today. AME BC is an industry advocate organization for successful and responsible mineral exploration and development. Established in 1912, AME BC represents thousands of members including geoscientists, exploration companies, mineral producers, and associations who are engaged in mineral exploration and development in BC and throughout the world. For more information visit www.amebc.ca. |
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Tuesday January 10, 2012 - Pretium Resources Inc. Opens the Market Robert A. Quartermain, President & CEO, Pretium Resources Inc., joined Ungad Chadda, Senior Vice President, Toronto Stock Exchange, TMX Group to open the market today. Pretium is creating value through gold at its advanced-staged exploration projects Brucejack and Snowfield, located in northern British Columbia. Pretium is advancing the high-grade, underground gold opportunity at Brucejack, which hosts a significant undeveloped high-grade gold resource. Pretium Resources Inc. trades on Toronto Stock Exchange under the stock symbol PVG. For more information visit www.pretivm.com. |
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Monday January 9, 2012 - Propel Capital Corporation Opens the Market Raj Lala, President & CEO, Propel Capital Corporation, joined Ungad Chadda, Senior Vice President, Toronto Stock Exchange, TMX Group to open the market to launch Diversified Alpha Fund II (AFT.UN). The Fund provides unitholders with exposure to a diversified portfolio of investments managed by GMP Investment Management L.P.. Propel Capital Corporation structures, manages and distributes investment solutions for Canadians. For more information visit www.propelcapital.ca. |
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Friday January 6, 2012 - Toronto Rock open the market Colin Doyle, Captain, Toronto Rock, National Lacrosse League joined Tim Babcock, Director, TSX Venture Exchange to open the market today. The Toronto Rock are the defending National Lacrosse League Champions having won their sixth Champion's Cup in May of 2011 in front of 15,000 fans at Air Canada Centre. Also joining Mr. Doyle to open the market were teammates Blaine Manning, Jesse Gamble, Matt Roik and Garrett Billings and Toronto Rock Cheerleaders.The Rock will begin defence of their NLL Championship on Sunday, January 8th against the Calgary Roughnecks. For more information visit www.torontorock.com. |
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