For more than 20 years, Daniel has provided sound financial advice and portfolio management to individuals, families and businesses. He helps clients protect and grow their wealth through an income-oriented and risk-managed dividend growth style. His expertise allows him to provide unbiased wealth management advice to clients, which includes aligning their investments with their core values. Daniel’s past role as the lead Portfolio Manager of a top-ranked Canadian dividend fund, small cap fund and energy fund provides clients with a unique investment approach normally only available to large institutions and funds.
A lifelong Calgarian, Daniel has a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a major in finance from the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business. He has also earned the coveted accreditations of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute (FCSI) and Responsible Investment Advisor Certification (RIAC). He is also Life Insurance licensed, allowing him to provide a comprehensive approach to estate protection and preservation strategies.
Daniel is actively involved with numerous charities including serving on the Boards of the Luna Child and Youth Advocacy Centre and Wing Kei Care Centre. He is a student mentor in the University of Calgary’s Calgary Portfolio Management Trust Program and is Honorary Chair of the Up the Down Dinner in support of the Down Syndrome Resource Foundation. Daniel is married with two young girls. His passions include travelling, reading, playing tennis, skiing, cycling and being able to give back to the community.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“Investors are becoming more aware that their investment dollars can impact how corporations make important decisions with regard to Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance issues. Having qualified financial advice can save not only money and taxes but provide peace of mind in moving forward.”
-Jackie Ramler
JACKIE RAMLER holds her Master’s in Business Administration (MBA), is a Chartered Financial Planner (CFP), Financial Management Advisor (FMA), Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) and is a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute (FCSI). She is a dedicated, passionate and highly-respected leader in the financial advisor industry. Since 1995, Jackie has worked with clients in assessing the financial needs of corporate owners, business professionals and their families. Drawing on her undergraduate degrees in Environmental Science and Political Science, she specializes in designing and evaluating investment portfolios that screen for Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance issues (ESG).
CREDENTIALS AND EXPERIENCE:
•Bachelor of Arts, Environmental and Political Sciences, Willamette Univ. Oregon 1982
•Masters in Business Administration, Marylhurst Univ. Oregon 1993
•Chartered Financial Planner (CFP), 1998
•Family Mediation, Northwestern University, 2005
•Financial Management Advisor, (FMA), 2008
•Responsible Investment Advisor, (RIA), 2014
•Chartered Investment Manager (CIM), 2015
•Portfolio Manager, 2016
•Board of Directors, Collaborative Practice Toronto, 2005 to 2009
•Board of Directors, Treasurer for Ontario Association of Family Mediators, 2006 to 2013
•Board of Directors, Rainbows for All Children Canada, 2010 to present
WHAT JACKIE DOES FOR HER PROGRESSIVE CLIENTS
•Gets to know her client, their family and their corporation
•Collects and organizes the financial data and ESG priorities – Positive and Negative
•Analyze the financial information to identify solutions to meeting priorities
•Uses a 7 point screening investment system to consistently beat the ESG and Janzi index returns.
•Stays in contact with clients on a regular basis to review portfolio and ensure clients are on track to attain goals within their portfolio guidelines.
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
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.
We believe investors should not have to sacrifice their core values to meet their financial goals, so we created the Blue Heron ESG Leader Portfolios to offer Responsible Investing to our clients.
The flexibility of the AMA discretionary managed portfolio system has allowed us to be innovative in our thinking and launch these portfolios that focus on sustainable investing. In a dynamic, interconnected world, there is no “simply getting rid of stocks, bonds or investment funds that are unethical or morally ambiguous,” We developed tough screening criteria – our Blue Heron Investment Principles – which constitute a methodology to remove subjectivity from our Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) screening and create a reasonable, objective, and repeatable means to identify better companies and build better portfolios.
Our financial planning approach starts by listening. We want to achieve a full understanding of where you are, and where you would like to go. We work with our clients to develop a meaningful plan for them. We listen, to identify key issues and help you to understand the options available. From this we guide you through the process to make better informed decisions.
We have the scale, flexibility and independence to tailor solutions just for you.
I have over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. I hold a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Manitoba along with the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designations.
Professionally, I am a member of CFA Institute and the CMT Association. My volunteer roles with CFA Institute include past president of CFA Vancouver, past President’s Council Representative (PCR) for Canada on the global Board of CFA Institute, Exam Grading, Standard Setting, the Nominating Committee and the Disciplinary Review Committee. For the CMT Association, I am a past member of the Curriculum Committee.
I was a proud volunteer for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics serving as the timer for the Figure Skating events. This role arose from a 25-year volunteer career in Figure Skating as an internationally ranked judge. In my community, I am currently a citizen member of the District of West Vancouver finance committed and a board member on the West Vancouver Community Centres Society. I am involved in volunteer activities at the school our children attend and the sports that they play.
One of the accomplishments in my life that I am most proud of is training and running a marathon in the year that I turned 50. I have always been athletic but never a runner (I am still not a runner) but was able to make a few lifestyle choices and learned how to make this happen! I am proud finisher of the New York Marathon and a few half marathons and 10K’s since then!