Bay Street Buzz

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

Citibank Canada has announced the appointment of Isabelle Côté as Director of Global Banking. Most recently, Isabelle was at the Bank of Montreal.

Versant Partners has made the following additions to its Calgary office and Energy Team:

Kelly Grosky as Managing Director and Head of Trading. Most recently, Kelly was a Partner at Tristone Capital

Ian Macqueen joins as Managing Director, Research. Previously, Ian was at Macquarie Capital Markets as an Energy Analyst

Jaimie Wilkie as an Associate, Investment Banking

Charles Gamm has joined Fitch Ratings as Head of its Canadian office and Senior Director. Previously, Charles was an Executive at Moody’s.

Eric Poupart will be joining Scotia Capital as a Director in the Montreal Corporate Derivative Coverage Team. Most recently, Eric was Director, Derivatives and Structured Products at Citibank Canada.

At TD Securities, Associate Amr Elgwaily will be transferring from the Investment Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions group to the TD Securities team in New York.

Associate David Caputo will be transferring to New York to join the US Leverage Finance group with RBC Capital Markets. Previously, David was in the Equity Capital Markets group in Toronto.

Investment Banker, Hashem Aboulhosn is joining VanEdge Capital focusing on Interactive Entertainment and Digital Media Businesses. Previously, Hashem was at RBC Capital Markets.

Northern Trust has appointed David Lester, Head of Institutional Sales for Asset Management. Previously, David was at SEI Investments.

Adam Seanor has joined D&D Securities as an Institutional Equity Salesman. Previously, Adam was at Clarus Securities as a Research Analyst.

Cormark Securities has hired Allan Berg as an Analyst, Investment Banking. Most recently, Allan was an Analyst at Tristone Capital.

Deborah Frame was appointed Vice President, Investments and Chief Compliance Officer at Cougar Global Investments. Previously, Deborah was Chief Investment Officer at Empire Life.

Forbes & Manhattan Asset Management has appointed Raiero Corsini as President and Chief Executive Officer.

Managing Partners, Darren Gottlieb and Mark Tredgett have founded an alternative asset management company called Vantage Asset Management.

MRM