Investment Practice Search Assignments

IIROC Licensed Client Service Associate -Portfolio Manager and Investment Advisor Group

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The client, BC based discretionary money management firm, required an IIROC licensed Client Service Associate to support its practice and liaise with its HNW clientele and execute trades.

OUTCOME

Hunter Mercantile undertook a direct recruitment campaign and sourced a technologically savvy, IIROC licensed Client Service Associate with a CIM designation to support the firm with its client and portfolio management duties.

Discretionary Money Manager - Associate Investment Advisors RR

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The client, an established Alberta based discretionary money manager, required an RR designated Associate Investment Advisor to meet a capacity need for a recently purchased investment book.

OUTCOME

Hunter Mercantile undertook a direct recruitment campaign and sourced an accomplished Associate Advisor with a CIM designation and RR classification to support the team and provide investment advice to the company’s new clientele.

Portfolio Manager - Associate Advisor/Succession Plan

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The client, a long-established portfolio manager with five years until their planned retirement, was seeking a suitable Associate Advisor for succession planning purposes.

OUTCOME

Recognizing the emotional sensitivity of succession planning, Hunter Mercantile met with the client to understand their investment philosophy and the nature of their clientele. Once that was established, we continued with a line of questioning to determine the optimum personality fit for the portfolio manager to feel comfortable within a succession planning dynamic. Using this criteria Hunter Mercantile set out on a direct and confidential recruitment campaign and sourced a CIM designated Associate PM who was 15 years the PM’s junior and who had a small book of their own to bring to the firm.

Canadian Asset Management Firm - Certified Financial Planner

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The client, an established asset management firm, required a Certified Financial Planner to assist the portfolio management team with a spike in new clients due to the acquisition of a large Group Retirement Savings plan.

OUTCOME

Hunter Mercantile undertook a direct and confidential search and recruited a dynamic and experienced Financial Planner with a CFP designation and LLQP license to engage plan members and assist them with their financial planning and life insurance needs.

MFDA Wealth Advisory Group - Financial Planner

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The client, a growing wealth advisory group required an MFDA licensed Financial Planner to build financial plans for their growing clientele.

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Hunter Mercantile undertook a direct and confidential search and sourced an accomplished Financial Planner with a PFP designation and mutual fund license to spearhead the advisory groups’ financialmplanning process, conduct client plan reviews, and analyze and report on emerging product and financial planning trends within the industry.

Discretionary Money Management Firm – Tax &Estate Planner

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The client, a large Ontario based discretionary money management firm, required a Tax and Estate Planner to provide estate planning advice and insurance solutions to their HNW and corporate clients.

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Hunter Mercantile undertook a direct recruitment campaign and sourced an LLQP licensed TEP designated professional with over a decade of tax and estate planning experience with a major Canadian life insurance carrier.

Marketing Manager – Wealth Management Firm

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The client, a well-established independent wealth management firm seeking to grow their market-share and build greater top-of-mind presence within their existing book of business, required a Marketing Manager to take charge of all client communication campaigns and social media marketing.

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Hunter Mercantile undertook a direct and confidential search and sourced an accomplished, designated marketing professional with a successful track record of building effective social media and client engagement campaigns in the wealth management space.

Group Benefits Book Divestiture

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The client, a wealth management firm seeking to divest itself from its sizeable group benefits practice, contacted Hunter Mercantile to manage a confidential sale.

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Leveraging its extensive network Hunter Mercantile developed and approached a select list of qualified buyers who not only possessed the financial wherewithal to purchase the book outright but also the infrastructure to support its’ clientele in a way that was congruent with the standards of the seller.

Mutual Fund Book Sale

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The client, an established advisor seeking to exit the industry, engaged Hunter Mercantile to conduct a highly confidential search to source and approach potential buyers for their mutual fund book.

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Understanding the sensitive nature of the transaction, Hunter Mercantile leveraged its extensive network and conducted a highly confidential search, which utilized non-disclosure agreements, and approached a select group of serious and financially qualified purchasers for the book.