We help our clients clearly identify and articulate their goals, dreams and obligations. Focusing on each client’s core life objectives, we develop a long-term financial and investment plan that reflects and accommodates your changing circumstances.
Province Licensed In: Alberta
Kellyanne Yep
Our business is rooted in impact and legacy. I invest with a purpose, and our team is perhaps best known for our institutional, “smart money” approach to investment management. We work with executives, families and private foundations across Canada and the USA to build, preserve and protect client capital.
If our purpose-led investment approach is our why, then our client servicing is our how. Your satisfaction is of the utmost importance to us. We pride ourselves on being proactively accessible to the individuals we work with 24/7, so you can focus on furthering your success and building your legacy.
For us, delivering outstanding service is as paramount as outstanding investment results.
TEAM AWARDS AND ACCOLADES:
★ Canada’s Top Wealth Advisors & Women Wealth Advisors, The Globe and Mail
★ Canada’s Top 50 Advisors, WP
★ 5-Star Advisors, Western Canada, WP
★ 5-Star Leading Women in Wealth, WP
★ Advisor of the Year, Alternative Investments, WP
★ Female Trailblazer of the Year, WP
★ National Client Dedication Award, CG Wealth Management
Tom Wooding
The Wooding Group is a top 25 CIBC Private Wealth Management Team in Canada located in Edmonton, Alberta. The Team is composed of Debra and Tom Wooding with their partners Lindsay and Peter MacPhie. The Wooding Group have stewarded the financial futures of individuals, successful families, entrepreneurs, Indigenous communities and Family Foundations for over 32 years. With our integrated wealth management approach, we have a standing record of achieving results for our clients.
We believe that every client is unique, and their portfolio should be as well. Our comprehensive Financial Plan is the foundation for building a customized portfolio that is reflective of your goals and can be accommodating for life’s changing circumstances.
We also “eat our own cooking” and believe that all chosen investments by our Investment Committee (Tom, Deb, Lindsay and Pete) should be in our portfolios – not just yours. This aligns us with you, which we stand behind and believe is a fair expectation for you to have of your Advisors. You should also know that we will shop the world for the best in class investments.
At The Wooding Group, there is no such thing as a typical client – each relationship is unique in its own way and we strive to personalize our service to meet your needs and exceed your expectations.
Brett Watson
As a Portfolio Manager and Wealth Advisor with RBC Dominion Securities, Brett provides access to a comprehensive range of services to help you build and protect your wealth. He is a graduate of the University of Manitoba, where he obtained a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) degree. Brett is a firm believer in ongoing education and has acquired the advanced industry designations of Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute (FCSI), Chartered Investment Manager (CIM), and Personal Financial Planner (PFP).
Brett harnesses his expert knowledge and 20 years of experience to develop comprehensive wealth management solutions for his clients. His expertise and credentials help ensure sound advice, expert execution and peace of mind for clients who need solutions for broad and complex wealth management needs.
Before recommending any specific investments, Brett takes the time to understand your personal and financial goals, investment timeframe and comfort level with risk. From there, he can create a customized investment strategy, which includes guidelines on overall asset allocation among stocks, bonds and cash. As needs and goals evolve over time, Brett will revisit the strategy and portfolio to keep them aligned with your current needs and market conditions.
Michael Silicz
Michael Silicz is the award-winning Portfolio Manager of the Silicz Wealth Management Team at National Bank Financial in Winnipeg. Michael uses Responsible Investments and buys and holds Canadian, US, and International companies that exhibit strong Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (“ESG”) scores relative to their peers. Michael is a director with the St. Paul’s College Foundation at the University of Manitoba, the major Catholic higher education institution in the province.
Ian Robertson
Ian is a Portfolio Manager, Director, and Vice President of Odlum Brown Limited, and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He has a strong interest in the impact of ESG issues on corporate strategy and valuation. He contributed to the review of CFA Institute’s ESG Disclosure Standards and the development of the new Climate Investing Certificate. He also holds CFA Institute’s Certificate in ESG Investing.
As a practitioner Ian integrates ESG considerations into his work with clients. In his 2024 Oxford PhD thesis he examined institutional proxy voting on ESG-oriented shareholder proposals to develop a ‘modern proxy theory’ to improve global ESG outcomes. Ian also combines his practical and academic experience in a UK-based social venture – OxProx – that aims to improve transparency and accountability of proxy voting globally.
Ian holds undergraduate degrees from UBC and graduate degrees from Dalhousie and Carleton universities, as well as a post-graduate diploma from the University of Oxford. He is a longstanding community volunteer and is a past board chair of the Responsible Investment Association, the UBC Foundation, the UBC Alumni Association, and CFA Society Vancouver.
Sterling Rempel, RIAC CFP CIM CLU TEP MFA-P
Your values are deeply personal. Our approach is too.
We work with clients to consider the profound questions, ‘Will I be OK?’ and ‘How can I look after my family?’, and move beyond that to help them connect their money to what’s meaningful to them.
We help business owners and professionals align their finances with their values, by planning for financial independence, family and social legacies, responsible investing and philanthropy.
People like doing business with us because they are ready to combine meaning with their money.
We are licensed as an independent agent to provide our clients with tax-preferred insurance solutions, employee benefit plans, responsible investments and sustainable retirement income.
Josh Quinton
Josh joined CIBC Wood Gundy in 2017 after 10 years of institutional investment management experience with Bloomberg in New York City. Josh is an award-winning global business manager, building analytics to bring transparency to the financial markets and advising some of the largest money managers in the world, including corporations, pension funds, hedge funds, central banks, and heads of government.
Our team invests globally, helping professionals, families, entrepreneurs, non-profits, foundations & institutional groups protect and grow wealth by investing across the capital structure. Josh has worked to help his clients implement ESG (environmental, social and governance) investments for the United Nations Environment Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)
Josh is equally passionate about the causes he helps support. Mr. Quinton strives to serve our community financially and by volunteering his time to serve as a Director on the boards of Shorefast, Innovate NL and Grenfell Association of America.
Josh grew up in a small family business in Newfoundland and is ardent in supporting local entrepreneurship as well as promoting self-sustainability and innovation in the province. He holds a Master’s degree in International Economics from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Commerce from Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Contact Josh at 800-563-0800 or josh.quinton@cibc.com
Rick Morson
Following an educational approach to managed money and focusing on how the different investment styles and disciplines complement each other to reduce risk, allows you to stay fully invested when you need to be.
Rick Morson has been an Investment Advisor on Vancouver Island for over 30 years. He has been proud to call the Comox Valley home for the past 22 years. Rick believes in contributing both personally and professionally to the remarkable Comox Valley.
As an Investment Advisor, Portfolio Manager Rick specializes in income oriented investments and has a diverse portfolio of private and public-sector clients. He takes an educational approach to advising his investors and clients. Over three decades of experience has taught Rick that the most successful investors are those who participate in the process and take advantage of learning opportunities.
As Rick designs a plan based on your values, he also applies those principles to your investments by offering responsible investment options. Responsible investment is the integration of environmental sustainability, social responsibility and corporate governance factors (ESG) into the selection and management of portfolios. It’s about managing risk to long-term shareholder and stakeholder value by analyzing ESG factors alongside of traditional financial ratios and research.
Rick believes responsible investments will allow his clients to leave a greater legacy for their children and grandchildren. It also provides him, in his role as your Investment Advisor, an opportunity to advise, educate, and leave the world a better place.
Russ Lazaruk
I believe that successful investing is more than just a numbers game. As a leader in both the non-profit and business sectors, I have learnt that building and growing a sustainable enterprise requires the integration of financial & economic considerations with environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.
My investment career began over 25 years ago after a diverse background of farming, forestry and soldiering. I have worked with boutique investment dealers, a major Canadian bank owned dealer and a Global Investment Bank. I am currently a Managing Director & Portfolio Manager of a multi-family office and Investment Counsel. Previously I have served as a branch manager and associate director responsible for teams of advisors which added to my broad career experience and skills. Nevertheless, the well-being of my clients is, and always will be, my primary focus.
All of my clients benefit from a systematic process that allows me to assess their needs and build a plan that will guide them to their goals. In doing this I take into account their personal values that may affect their investment choices. The investment process is no less rigorous and integrates financial analysis with ESG considerations.
I hold the Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) and Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute (FCSI) designations from the Canadian Securities Institute. I have also earned the Responsible Investment Specialist (RIS) and Responsible Investment Advisor Certification (RIAC) from the Responsible Investment Association and PRI Academy.
Work aside, my community volunteering keeps me active as chair/director (current & past) of a number of Greater Victoria organizations including Camosun College, Garth Homer Society, Duke of Edinburgh Awards Society, the Saltspring Island Advisory Planning Commission (Islands Trust), and Greater Victoria Public Library. I am also a Rotary Club member.