Bay Street Buzz

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

Macquarie Capital Markets Canada has hired Adam Marcus as Senior Vice-President, Debt Capital Markets. Adam was most recently a Principal at Banc of America Merrill Lynch.

Adil Lalani has joined Macquarie Metals and Energy Capital (Canada) Ltd. in Calgary as Vice-President.

First Asset Management has recently hired Rohit Mehta as Vice-President, National Sales Manager. Rohit was previously at Vengrowth Asset Management as the Vice-President, National Sales Manager.

Merrill McHenry has joined BMO Capital Markets as an Associate Analyst, Mining. Merrill was most recently a Consultant, Mining Analyst at Max Capital.

BMO Capital Markets has promoted Dirk Leasure to Head of their Financial Sponsors Group in New York.

Fiera Capital has hired Aaron Duxbury as a Senior Analyst, Canadian Equities. Aaron was previously a Transportation Equity Research Analyst at National Bank Financial. Fiera Capital has also hired Nick Celeli as a Senior Analyst, Foreign Equities. Nick was previously at Bimcor as a Senior Analyst, Canadian Equities.

Versant Partners has recently hired Institutional Equity Sales professional Michael Rayton in Calgary. Michael was most recently at Tristone Capital.

Research Capital has recently hired Media and Technology Research Associate Damian Wojcichowsky.

Scott Lechky has joined AIMCO as an Associate in their Infrastructure group. Scott recently completed his MBA at the Kellogg School of Management in Chicago.

Jim Morris will be joining Scotia Capital in New York as a Managing Director & Head of the U.S. cash Equity trading unit. Previously, Jim was a Managing Director on Goldman Sach’s Equity desk.

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