Bay Street Buzz

This information courtesy of Bill Vlaad of Vlaad & Co.:

“Even amongst the cuts at a few of the Bank-owned shops this past week, there are still several moves to highlight.

Ardem Keshishian joins Haywood Securities as an Equity Research Associate, Mining from Van Berkom & Associates where he was an Assistant Research Analyst.

Scotia Capital has added Jerrold Annett and Russell Starr from Research Capital where they were respectively a Salesperson and Trader.

Dean Ciura is joining BMO Capital Markets as a Special Situations Research Associate. Ciura was previously at Deloitte in Tax.

Phil Swinfen has joined the RBC Capital Markets Global Mining team in London as an Associate. Swinfen was at HansonWesthouse as an Equity Mining Analyst.

Former UBS Securities banker Steve Latimer has joined Salman Partners as its new Co-Head of Investment Banking and will run its Oil and Gas business.

Sales Trader AJ Maroon left UBS as well and ran into the open arms of Goldman Sachs.

UBS also lost Trader Milan Perak, who packed up his Stamford belongings and moved back to Toronto to work with Credit Suisse.

Jesse Ahlan has joined the trading desk at CIBC World Markets as a convertible bond trader. Ahlan was previously a Research Associate at the firm.

Simon Tremblay has left Desjardins Securities to join GMP Securities as a Trader in Montreal.

Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon lost Will Trower to Iron Ore Company of Canada in Montreal where he will work in the Business Evaluations team.

Bill Vlaad
647-426-3890 (Direct)”

MRM