Bay Street Buzz

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

Andrew Wallace, currently on leave from National Bank Financial and working in the Prime Minister’s Office, has been promoted to Senior Finance and Economic Advisor & Director of Stake Holder Relations.

Blackmont Capital announced the hiring of Thomas Jarmai as Managing Director, Head of Investment Banking. Most recently, Thomas was at Desjardins Securities as Managing Director, Investment Banking.

Tim Hart returns to Investment Banking as Managing Director in Dundee Securities Calgary office after a brief segue in money management.

Scott Birchall has joined Longbow Capital as a Principal. Previously, Scott was at Peters & Co in their Corporate Finance Group.

Jimmy Bonneau has recently joined N M Rothschild & Sons’ Montreal Team as an Investment Banking Analyst. Previously Jimmy was at BMO Capital Markets.

Clarus Securities hired Energy Analyst Victor Rodberg from Dundee Securities.

Also joining Clarus is Mining Investment Banker Brett Whalen from Jacob & Company Securities.

Sameet Kanade has joined MPartners as an Equity Research Analyst. Most recently, Sameet was a Research Associate at Blackmont Capital.

Bona Vista Asset Management has hired Research Analyst, Van-Khanh Nguyen. Most recently, Van-Khanh was at AIC Investment Services as a Senior Investment Analyst.

Institutional Equity Salesperson Tim Miller has joined Research Capital from LOM.

Lakshmi Thurai has joined the Institutional Equity Sales Desk at Raymond James in London. Previously, Lakshmi was on the Institutional Sales desk at Research Capital.

Pierre Boucher has joined Maison Brison in Montreal as Senior Consultant Investor Relations. Previously, Pierre was Founding Partner of Strafinc Capital.

Blair Franklin has announced the addition of Associate Ben Mandell to the Advisory Group. Most recently, Ben was at Goldman Sachs Canada as an Associate.

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