Stephen Smith of First National: from bankrupt at 34 to billionaire
How Stephen Smith built a financial services conglomerate from the ashes of ruin.
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TO Establishment
42 postsI am outing two mortgage billionaires: Stephen Smith and Moray Tawse of First National
Canada's first fintech billionaires - thirty years in the making.
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The Westons are flush with billions to deploy
Wittington has a new President, Cornell Wright, who will get to deploy billions this year.
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Bob Dhillon, Barbara Stymiest and Vahan Kololian named to Order of Canada
Even with something as benign as the Order of Canada, I can create polemics.
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Rod Baker, Neil Baker and Gordon Capital, the Disruptor of the 80s
Rod Baker's dad Neil Baker was a Bay Street legend!
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Hedge fund manager Shawn Kimel donates $21m to Mount Sinai Hospital
Arbitrageur Shawn Kimel, founder of hedge fund K2 and his partner Kate Schatzky
have gifted $21m to Sinai Health, aka
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Martin Connell and the Ewing Morris dilemma
The Ewing Morris Opportunities Fund had one of the more notable negative
performances of 2020. It was still down 21.
3 min read
Anthony Melman and a parable on SPACs
Onex biggie Tony Melman and the Acasta SPAC misadventure.
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Jay Hennick: from pool boy to billionaire
An under-the-radar billionaire who started from the bottom.
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Ewing Morris: Even Harry Rosen couldn't save this hedge fund
Hedge fund with big-name backers has performance issues.
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