The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada is the national self-regulatory organization which oversees all investment dealers and trading activity on debt and equity marketplaces in Canada.  Created in 2008 through the consolidation of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada and Market Regulation Services Inc., IIROC sets high quality regulatory and investment industry standards, protects investors and strengthens market integrity while maintaining efficient and competitive capital markets.  IIROC carries out its regulatory responsibilities through setting and enforcing rules regarding the proficiency, business and financial conduct of dealer firms and their registered employees and through setting and enforcing market integrity rules regarding trading activity on Canadian equity marketplaces.

Mandate

We set and enforce high quality regulatory and investment industry standards, protect investors and strengthen market integrity while maintaining efficient and competitive capital markets.

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Qtrade Investor is Canada’s leading independent online brokerage, providing online brokerage solutions to the customers of over 180 financial institutions across Canada. Headquartered in Vancouver, Qtrade Investor is a member of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada and the Canadian Investor Protection Fund (”CIPF”). CIPF coverage protects the holdings in customer accounts of its members up to $1,000,000 per qualifying account.

Our continuing goal is to build a successful and long-lasting relationship with you, our customer, by consistently meeting your investment needs and exceeding your expectations. Each member of the Qtrade Investor team is dedicated to providing you with outstanding customer service and support. We are dedicated to providing individual attention to help you plan, pursue, and achieve financial security. Whether you are a first-time investor or a seasoned trader, Qtrade Investment Representatives have the experience and skills necessary to provide you with the exceptional customer service you deserve.

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The Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (”IBG”) , through its subsidiaries, operates as an automated global electronic market maker and broker specializing in routing orders and executing and processing trades in securities, futures and foreign exchange instruments across over 70 electronic exchanges and trading venues worldwide. Our shares are listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the stock ticker “IBKR”.

We invite you to review our website to access financial statements, press releases and FAQs as our goal is to be as comprehensive as possible with respect to the information we make readily available. Should you be unable to locate the information you’re looking for directly, you may contact us via email or telephone by clicking here. Please note that email inquiries are typically responded to on the same day and telephone inquiries received via voicemail generally within 24 hours.

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. was founded by its Chairman and CEO Thomas Peterffy. Over the last 32 years, it has grown internally to become one of the premier securities firms with over $4 billion in equity capital.

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Size matters. As a smaller independent brokerage firm, Bolder Investment Partners can achieve exponentially more for our clients. We move faster, think bigger, and we get it right.

We move faster

In a market that shifts constantly, agility is more than an advantage. It’s a necessity. Bolder’s small teams and lateral structure free us from the bureaucracy and other barriers that come part and parcel with larger firms.

Simply put, there’s nothing slowing us down. Your investment team can move swiftly in response to even the most subtle market changes, because our focus is always right where it belongs-on your investments.

We think bigger

Don’t be fooled by our size. We might be small, but we always think big. Bolder offers comprehensive investment services in all areas, with specialization in retail sales and trading, investment banking and equity capital markets.

These services are driven by designated teams of market experts who bring more to the table. Each partner’s experience and continued knowledge of market trends and tactics is a springboard for creative thinking and bold ideas.

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National Bank Correspondent Network is the leading supplier of correspondent brokerage services to the Canadian financial community. We provide trading, operations, administrative and research services to independently owned and managed financial services firms.

BCN is an independent, wholly owned subsidiary of National Bank Financial.  The sole business of NBCN is to provide clearing and brokerage services to independent securities firms, financial planners, investment counsellors and money managers.
At present, there are over 100 independent financial service firms with NBCN entrusting us with over $47 billion in assets under administration.

The majority of our client firms are 6 producer/3 support operations; however, we provide services to organizations that range in size from two producers to over 500 producer national firms.

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MF Global Canada Co. is a subsidiary of MF Global Ltd., the leading broker of exchange-listed futures and options in the world with offices in Bermuda, New York, London, Chicago, Paris, Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Taipei and Dubai.

It provides execution and clearing services for exchange-traded and over-the-counter derivative products as well as for non-derivative foreign exchange products and securities in the cash market. MF Global operates across a broad range of trading markets, including interest rates, equities, currencies, energy and metals, agricultural and other commodities.

Its worldwide client base of more than 130,000 active accounts ranges from financial institutions, industrial groups, hedge funds and other asset managers to professional traders and private/retail clients.

MF Global operates in 12 countries on more than 70 exchanges, providing access to the largest and fastest growing financial markets in the world. It is the leader by volume on many of these markets and on a single day averages eight million lots, more than most of the world’s largest derivatives exchanges.

This tremendous pool of liquidity attracts clients that desire market information and the ability to keep up with the changing nature of the derivatives markets.

Because its business is uniquely diversified across products, trading markets, customers and regions, MF Global is able to adapt quickly to changing market conditions and client needs, and maintain its market-leading position.

The Royal Bank of Canada provides personal and commercial banking, wealth management services, insurance, corporate, investment banking and transaction processing services on a global basis. RBC employs more than 80,000 full and part-time employees who serve more than 17 million personal, business, public sector and institutional clients through offices in Canada, the U.S. and 48 other countries.

RBC’s five business segments are:

Canadian Banking
Wealth Management
International Banking
Capital Markets
Insurance

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ATB Financial (”ATB”) is a full-service financial institution headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ATB commenced operations in 1938 and, today, with total assets of $24.5 billion, ATB is the largest Alberta-based financial institution.

ATB is a cornerstone in communities throughout Alberta. In fact, it is the sole financial institution in 118 Alberta communities. Access points include 162 branches and 133 agencies in 244 communities throughout the province, plus our own Customer Contact Centre in Calgary. Services are also available through a network of Automated Banking Machines (ABMs) across Alberta, Internet and Telephone. A workforce of more than 4,800 associates provides Personal and Business Financial Services, Corporate Financial Services, and Investor Services to over 660,000 Albertans and Alberta-based businesses.

ATB has built strong customer relationships in the pursuit of its vision to be Alberta’s first choice for financial services. ATB’s goal is to ensure that we deliver the best value to each customer through a competent, professional, and engaged team of associates to provide a fair return for our Shareholder, the Province of Alberta.

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The Business Development Bank of Canada offers financing, consulting services, subordinate financing and venture capital. We focus on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

BDC’s services are available across Canada in both official languages through a network of more than 100 offices. Its head office is in Montreal.

Our mission

Help create and develop Canadian businesses through financing, venture capital and consulting services, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
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The Bank of Canada is the nation’s central bank. We are not a commercial bank and do not offer banking services to the public. Rather, we have responsibilities for Canada’s monetary policy, bank notes, financial system, funds management. Our principal role, as defined in the Bank of Canada Act, is “to promote the economic and financial welfare of Canada.”

A special type of Crown corporation

The Bank was founded in 1934 as a privately owned corporation. In 1938, it became a Crown corporation belonging to the federal government. Since that time, the Minister of Finance has held the entire share capital issued by the Bank. Ultimately, the Bank is owned by the people of Canada.

The Bank is not a government department and conducts its activities with considerable independence compared with most other federal institutions. For example:

• The Governor and Senior Deputy Governor are appointed by the Bank’s Board of Directors (with the approval of Cabinet), not by the federal government.
• The Deputy Minister of Finance sits on the Board of Directors but has no vote.
• The Bank submits its expenditures to its Board of Directors. Federal government departments submit theirs to the Treasury Board.
• Bank employees are regulated by the Bank itself, not by federal public service agencies.
• The Bank’s books are audited by external auditors appointed by Cabinet on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance, not by the Auditor General of Canada.

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