Renée Alexander

Industry

Pavilion Financial acquires U.S. firm

Pavilion Financial, a Winnipeg-based global investment company, has acquired LP Capital Advisors.

By Renée Alexander |May 29, 2014

1 min read

Industry

GrowthWorks defends management fees on flailing fund

After being frozen out for 13 months, shareholders of GrowthWorks Canadian Fund might finally get some money back.

By Renée Alexander |December 20, 2012

4 min read

Industry

Jory Capital exits brokerage business

Jory Capital, easily the most controversial firm in Manitoba’s financial services sector, has had its registration revoked and its CEO is moving on.

By Renée Alexander |December 19, 2012

3 min read

Industry

Where’s Marty Weinberg now?

After dipping his toe into the institutional advisory business, Marty Weinberg is now all in.

By Renée Alexander |December 13, 2012

4 min read

Industry

GrowthWorks unitholders wait for assets to thaw

Unitholders have okayed GrowthWorks Canadian Fund’s redemption management plan (RMP). But the Toronto-based fund is still waiting to see if regulators will follow suit.

By Renée Alexander |July 25, 2012

4 min read

Industry

Doors remain locked on venture fund

Unable to finalize a plan for the GrowthWorks Canadian Fund, which stopped payments to investors last fall amid a cash crunch, regulators have extended the freeze until July 31, 2012.

By Renée Alexander |June 13, 2012

4 min read

Industry

Cardinal Capital feathers a new nest

After building up its assets under management to $1.6 billion over two decades from its home office in Winnipeg, the brain trust at Cardinal Capital Management decided it was time to expand.

By Renée Alexander |April 5, 2012

3 min read

Planning and Advice

Pro Ice’s goal-oriented practice

Grant Skinner, president and CEO of the Winnipeg-based wealth management firm, has bought out National Bank’s 50% stake in his company, less than a year after the bank acquired it.

By Renée Alexander |February 22, 2012

6 min read

Industry

Frozen LSIF chills investors

Thousands of clients have recently had their investments in the Vancouver-based GrowthWorks Canadian Fund frozen as it attempts to avoid a crippling wave of redemptions.

By Renée Alexander |January 20, 2012

4 min read