Bay Street Buzz

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

Ali Salahuddin has joined RBC Capital Markets as Managing Director and Head, Global Equity-Linked Products. Previously, Ali was at Scotia Capital as Managing Director and Global Head, Equity Derivatives Trading.

RBC Capital Markets has also hired Neda Jadiya as a Senior Derivatives Specialist, Alternative Investments. Neda was previously a Trading Associate at Scotia Capital.

Dundee Securities hired two Research Analysts:
• Oil and Gas Analyst Alex Klein has joined from Blackmont Capital.
• Rob Cooper will focus on the Mining Sector. He was most recently with Baffinland Iron Mines as Chief Operating Officer.

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has hired Daniel Rossetti as an Investment Analyst within their Private Capital and Infrastructure group. Daniel was an Investment Banking Analyst, Global Metals and Mining at National Bank Financial.

Ashish Chaturvedi joined Sceptre Investment Counsel as Vice-President and Portfolio Manager, Canadian Equity team. Ashish was Associate Director, Canadian Equity at UBS Global Asset Management.

Eric Fredrickson has joined Cervello Capital as Managing Director. Eric was most recently with Laurentian Securities in Institutional Equity Sales.

Banc of America Merrill Lynch recently hired Shahriar Siddiqui as Assistant Vice-President, Equity Finance from BMO Capital Markets where he was Senior Analyst, Equity Derivatives.

Chris Kwan has joined BMO Capital Markets as a Managing Director, Global Mining Specialist, U.S. Equity Sales in New York. Previously, Chris was at RBC Capital Markets. In Calgary, Justin Anderson has joined as an Investment Banking Analyst, Oil and Energy from McKinsey and Company.

Grant Headrick has joined DBRS as a Vice-President in their Public Finance team, focusing on P3 and Infrastructure names. Previously, Grant was an Analyst with Moody’s Investors Service in Toronto.

Cyrus Osena recently joined Byron Capital Markets as Head of Institutional Equity Sales. Cyrus was Vice-President of Capital Markets at Deacon and Company.

Brookfield Power has hired Daniel Benoit as Senior Manager, Corporate and Asset Financings in Gatineau, Québec. Previously, Daniel was Associate Director, Equity Capital Markets at Scotia Capital.

Vince Bona recently joined Jennings Capital in Montréal as an Institutional Trader.

Northern Securities has promoted Steven Willis to an Investment Banking Associate.

MRM