Bay Street Buzz

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

Brian Christie will be joining Desjardins Securities in Toronto as Vice President and Director Precious Metals. Most recently, Brian was Senior Vice President, Senior Mining Analyst at National Bank Financial.

Desjardins Securities, Montreal has hired Vincent Metcalfe as an Associate, Mining, Investment Banking. Previously, Vincent was at BMO Capital Markets.

Jeff Kilborn will be joining Raymond James’ Toronto Investment Banking group as an Associate. Jeff joins Raymond James from Turtle Creek Asset Management.

Vivian Koen has joined the Corporate Development team at RSA (Royal & Sun Alliance). Previously, Vivian was a Director in the Investment Banking Group at CIBC World Markets.

Cormark Securities has hired Dion Degrand as Director, Investment Banking. Previously, Dion was at National Bank Financial.

Also leaving National Bank Financial is Neil Duffy, Vice President, Investment Banking, who is joining GMP Securities.

Jason Bouvier has joined Scotia Capital as Equity Research Analyst covering Oil & Gas companies across North America. Previously, Jason was at RBC Capital Markets.

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