Denis Senécal

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is a government-owned institutional fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Canada. Founded in 1965, CDPQ manages the funds of several depositor groups primarily for public and parapublic pension and insurance plans which pay out benefits to more than two million Quebecers each year.

CIBC Asset Management, Inc. (CIBC AM) is a Canadian asset management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1972 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NYSE, TSE: CM), a publicly traded Canadian chartered bank. CIBC AM manages assets on behalf of institutional, high-net-worth clients and underlying investors in their retail sponsored products.

Caisse centrale Desjardins du Québec operates as a cooperative institution, which engages in the provision of financial services to Desjardins Group, governments, public and parapublic sector institutions, individuals, medium-sized businesses, and large corporations. It operates through the following segments: Business and Institutional Services, Desjardins Group Treasury, and Other. The Business and Institutional Services segment develops and markets the service offering to businesses, and distributes a range of financial products and services such as financing in the form of lines of credit and term loans to public and parapublic entities and businesses. The Desjardins Group Treasury segment offers a range of financial products and services and grants financing in the form of lines of credit and term loans to members and other entities included in the group scope of Desjardins Group. The Other segment includes the operations of Desjardins FSB Holdings Inc. The company was founded on June 22, 1979 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

State Street Global Advisors Ltd. (SSgA) is a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Montreal, Quebec with an additional office in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1991 and is a subsidiary of State Street Global Advisors International Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT). SSgA provides asset allocation models on a non-discretionary basis to investment advisers and other financial institutions. They also provide investment advice to pensions and profit-sharing plans.

BMO Asset Management, Inc. is a Canadian mutual fund management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Previously, they were known as Jones Heward Investment Counsel and prior to that as RMN Investment Counsel. The firm was founded in 1982 and is a subsidiary of Bank of Montreal (TSE, NYSE: BMO). BMO Asset Management provides investment management, retirement and trust and custody services to institutional, retail and high-net-worth investors around the world.