- Provide advice regarding capital markets issues to issuers, brokerage firms, regulators and other capital market participants- Projects included analyzing flow-through fund performance and authoring report sorting through fund performance, an analysis of private client equity holdings and trading, and a review of private client portfolio and reconstruction of portfolio performance

• Liaised with ECM depts. of other dealers to circulate notices of new offerings• Placed client orders for new offerings with lead dealers of new offerings• Managed new offerings by Sora Group, including prospectus and private placement offerings• Conducted corporate finance due diligence on companies issuing new offerings

- Maintained coverage on over 14 companies, including updating Excel models and company profiles in Word and PowerPoint, assessing company developments and liaising with company management- Prepared over 98 research notes since joining to date, an average increase of 53% from the prior level, allowing the analyst to focus on servicing clients and sales & trading, thus boosting trading activity in his coverage list names as well as his presence and mindshare among clients- Prepared, updated and distributed over 149 editions to date of daily and weekly mining sector-focused publications using Bloomberg, Excel and Word to create graphs, tables and text- Prepared six initiating coverage reports to date, including published and pending reports- Acted as information resource for, and respond to requests from, clients, sales & trading, and other analysts or associates, at the direction of, in absence of or in support of the analyst

- Performed due diligence on companies in a variety of industry sectors (mining, technology, consumer products, diversified industries, special situations) - Reviewed, analyzed and evaluated financial statements, financial forecasts, disclosure documents, material contracts, business plans, and related documents and information- Interacted and worked with executives, salespeople, analysts, compliance, back office, support staff- Seconded by Executive Committee to assist CFO in sale of an interest in the firm to National Bank Financial- Named Employee of the Year after only two years at the firm

- Reviewed and analyzed listed company transactions such as IPO’s, private placements (PIPE’s), asset acquisitions and dispositions, and stock option issuances to ensure policy compliance- Researched, analyzed and prepared reports respecting various policy issues, securities law matters, and the financial and business performance of listed companies- Designed and implemented procedural checklists used to vet corporate finance transactions and provide an audit trail, leading to a standardized vetting process with tracking and accountability