Alex Schwiersch

aIL is an active manager that makes their investment decisions using first-hand research. They conduct proprietary research to identify investment opportunities with attractive risk-reward characteristics. The firm combines multiple non-correlated investment decisions with risk monitoring and management. Their strategies include equities, fixed income, private markets, alternative investments and real estate. aIL utilizes a bottom-up, fundamental stock-picking approach, where sector, regional and country allocations are a residual of their bottom-up stock selection decisions, constrained by appropriate risk controls.

Invesco Canada provides advisory services for equity and fixed-income investments, based on a bottom-up fundamental analysis, without regard to index-based sector allocations.

UBS Asset Management Credit Investments Group is an active manager which employs a holistic, solutions-based approach to provide innovative investment strategies within a rigorous risk management framework and deliver intellectual capital through institutional and retail investment research. The firm employs a bottom-up approach towards portfolio construction that begins with an initial review of primary and secondary market opportunities.

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Algonquin Capital focuses on extracting value from investment-grade credit. Their approach isolates the credit exposure of high-quality, large-cap companies while minimizing interest rate risk.