Bay Street Buzz

This information courtesy of Bill Vlaad of Vlaad & Co. With all of this hiring in the investment banking world, you’d be allowed to think there wasn’t a Bear Market out there:

“TD Newcrest’s Energy Research Team has hired four geological consultants from McDaniel & Associates. They include oil sands specialist Craig Burns, petroleum engineer Brian Hamm and unconventional oil and gas specialists Greg Heath and Jeff Meunier. TD veteran Roger Serin will lead the team.

Scotia Capital announced the appointment of Adam Waterous as its Head of Global Investment Banking in addition to his role as the Head of Scotia Waterous.

Farooq Moosa has joined Scotia Capital as an Associate Director for their Investment Banking team in the Structured Products Group. Moosa was recently at BMO Capital Markets as a Vice President of Equity Capital Markets.

Also at Scotia, Pat Burke is joining as Head of Institutional Equities from Merrill Lynch Canada, where he was Head of Sales.

Paul Rollinson has left Scotia Capital to join Kinross Gold as Executive Vice President of New Investments.

As part of its continued growth efforts, Blackmont Capital hired Trader Josie Bonfanti, Institutional Equity Salesman Spyros Karellas, along with Investment Bankers Kevin Spall and Noam Silberstein from Versant Partners.

In an additional departure from Versant Partners, Institutional Equity Salesperson, Brendan Ashcroft has left to join BMO Nesbitt Burns’ Investment Advisory business.

National Bank Financial has hired Grant Harder in Institutional Equity Sales from Scotia Capital.

Alexandre Patte, Vice President, Investment Banking, National Bank Financial Montreal will join Kruger as Vice President, Corporate Development.

Pierre Lutfy has left Genuity Capital Markets to join BMO Capital Markets Montreal as an Investment Banking Associate.

Rob Penteliuk has joined Cormark Securities as a Financial Services and Real Estate Investment Banker. Penteliuk was previously at Genuity Capital Markets.

Raj Ruperelia has left Credit Suisse Investment Banking in New York to join Teachers’ Private Capital in Toronto.

Former RBC Capital Markets Trader Graham MacKenzie has joined CIBC World Markets as Executive Director.

RBC Capital Markets has bought Craig Dudra, former Forest Products Investment Banker in Vancouver a train ticket to Toronto where he will join the Equity Capital Markets’ Team. At the same time, Tim Johnston moved from the ECM team to the Global Mining and Metals Investment Banking Group.

Also joining RBC Capital Markets is Institutional Equity Sales Associate, Dan Sorger, previously with MGI Securities.

Gluskin Sheff & Associates has appointed Jeremy Friedman, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Bill Webb as Deputy Chief Investment Officer. Friedman was previously Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer, and Webb was Vice-President and Portfolio Manager.

Foyston, Gordon & Payne’s Healthcare and Small Cap Research Analyst, Charles Walker has joined Burgundy Asset Management.

Zubaida Mirza, formely an Associate Analyst at CIBC World Markets has joined the Energy research team at Foyston,Gordon & Payne.

Bill Vlaad
bill@vlaadco.com
647-426-3890”

MRM