The Sprott Asset Management Award for
BROUGHT TO YOU BY:
Best Advisor - Alternative Solutions WINNER JESSE KAUFMAN Richardson GMP
“I feel great. I would like to thank my partner, Sean Seidman, and my associate par excellence, Fariale Pacha. Without them, none of this would be possible” JESSE KAUFMAN believes his role as an advisor offers great opportunity to make a real difference. “I’ve been in the industry 16 years; it’s an industry where we have the ability to do great things,” he said after receiving his award. “The old model of buy, hold and hope for stocks
is less impactful than portfolio construction. So we try to focus on consistently making money for our clients.” Richardson GMP achieved its status as Canada’s top independent advisory firm by finding and hiring the industry’s best talent. A
“We do a lot of alternative solutions for investors. Traditionally we are known for resource investing, and over the last six years, we have mostly been investing a whole new suite of products for alternative investors” RICH GOODE, Sprott Asset Management
AWARD SPONSOR Sprott Asset Management is a Toronto-based asset management company that is dedicated to being the most innovative fund company in Canada. Through our diversified offering of mutual funds, hedge funds, physical bullion funds and specialty products, we offer financial advisors unique investment solutions that help them differentiate their businesses and add significant value to their clients’ portfolios. For more information, visit sprott.com/youralternative
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portfolio manager and investment manager with his own group, Kaufman can certainly count himself among those individuals. Consistently making returns for clients, especially in an uncertain economic climate, is certainly challenging. The fact he has excelled in the alternative space is a major reason Kaufman has been able to do so, making this award of little surprise to those who know him best.
FINALISTS Arthur Salzer Northland Wealth Management Erfan E. Youssef National Bank Financial Lorne Zeiler TriDelta Investment Counsel Wenbo Zhang Pinnacle Wealth Brokers Jesse Kaufman The Seidman Kaufman Group at Richardson GMP Chad Larson National Bank Financial Faisal Karmali and Team Popowich Karmali Advisory Group, CIBC Wood Gundy