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Wes Hall on Resilience, Leadership & Legacy

When Wes Hall immigrated to Canada from rural Jamaica in 1985, he could not have imagined how far he’d travel: Chancellor at the University of Toronto, founder and CEO of Kingsdale Advisors...

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The Future of Geography:

How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World by Tim Marshall

The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World by Tim Marshall

Charterholder Profile

Where Finance Meets Vision

One Leader’s Role in Bridging Capital Markets, Entrepreneurship, and Community

Where Finance Meets Vision: One Leader’s Role in Bridging Capital Markets, Entrepreneurship, and Community

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Onex Corporation’s Chairman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Gerald Schwartz Shares his Insights at the 2019 Annual Investment Dinner

2019 Annual Investment Dinner

Toronto, 08 Nov. 2019 -- Last night over 850 professionals from Toronto’s investment community attended CFA Society Toronto’s annual marquee event - the 2019 Annual Investment Dinner. Hosted at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, this year’s event welcomed fireside chat moderator, Margaret Franklin, CFA, President & Chief Executive Officer of CFA Institute, and our special guest, the legendary Gerald Schwartz, Chairman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Onex Corporation.

Keeping with tradition, members of the audience answered questions about the markets and their predictions for the future. 

Will robots be able to act as agents in their own right and make moral and ethical decisions in the future?

Yes

31.98%

No

68.02%


Looking out over the next 1-2 years, what do you see as the biggest risk to markets?

Trade wars

10.98%

Geopolitical risks

45.88%

GDP slowdown/Declining corporate earnings

43.14%



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Jonathan Mai
Marketing & Communications Specialist
CFA Society Toronto
Tel: 416.366.5755 X 235
media@cfatoronto.ca

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