Brent Joyce, CFA Investment Strategist Mackenzie Investments

As Investment Strategist, Brent is responsible for providing insight into current capital market and economic conditions for clients and investment partners across Canada. 

Brent has more than 25 years of financial services and investment management industry experience. He joined Mackenzie with the 2020 integration of GLC Asset Management. Brent was with GLC and its predecessor companies since 2008. Brent is a sought-after industry expert known for his straightforward market insights and practical investment strategies for individual and institutional investors. His current and relevant views have earned him appearances on BNN Bloomberg and as an industry key-note speaker across Canada.
Brent is a CFA charterholder, holds the Personal Financial Planner designation from the Institute of Canadian Bankers and a Bachelor of Science degree (Economics-Quantitative Methods) from the University of Toronto.

Wagner Dada PhD, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager CPP Investment Board

Dada is responsible for researching and building systematic alpha and risk premia factors for multi-asset strategies. Before his current role, he was previously responsible for portfolio construction and research in the tactical asset allocation team within CPPIB. He joined CPPIB in August 2015 after spending seven years designing, building and implementing a global macro multi-asset systematic strategy at Tudor Investment Corporation. He holds a PhD degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge and is a CFA charterholder.

Dawn Desjardins Vice President, Deputy Chief Economist  RBC Economic

Dawn Desjardins joined the RBC Economics team in January 2006. She is a key contributor to the macroeconomic forecasts for Canada and the U.S. and is part of a team that is responsible for the interest rate forecasts for both countries.
Dawn delivers economic analysis to RBC’s clients through a variety of publications and presentations. She is often interviewed by media from across North America to discuss developments in the economy and financial markets.
Prior to joining RBC, Dawn worked as a reporter for Bloomberg Financial News in Toronto covering the Canadian bond and currency markets and was the Canadian bond market strategist for a major U.S. bank for ten years. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto.

Matthew Stewart Senior Manager Deloitte Canada

Matthew Stewart is a Senior Manager in the Economics and Financial Advisory group. Matthew is based in the Ottawa office and has almost twenty years of experience in economic forecasting, economic consulting, and international development.
Prior to joining the Economics and Financial Advisory group, Matthew was Director of the Economics Department at the Conference Board of Canada. As the Director of Economics, he was responsible for all economic forecast publications including the Canadian, Provincial, Metro, Industrial, U.S. and Global Outlooks. His primary responsibilities included overseeing the creation of economic and demographic models, communicating the forecast results and being the primary media spokesperson. He was also responsible for overseeing the creation of custom economic forecasts for clients.
Matthew also has significant experience leading complex economic consulting projects. Recently he led a team that built a demand and supply model for physicians utilizing patient record level data based on disease risk factors, disease incidence, prevalence, and mortality for over 250 diseases. Matthew was responsible for presenting to and getting buy in from the oversight and technical steering committees made up of federal and provincial representatives. In another study, he led a team that estimated the economic impact of a carbon tax and the cost of achieving Canada’s Paris commitment. In another recent project, he led a team that estimated the economic benefits of early childhood education nationally and by province and presented these results at the Education and Skills Symposium—a large event attended by more than 400 people.
Matthew has also led or had senior roles in several large international development projects. Recently, he led several missions to Indonesia where he worked with government officials and industry representatives to identify ways to improve trade with Canada. In another project, he created a training program for the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy and European Integration, the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance, the National Bank of Ukraine, and the National Defense and Security Council to build economic models and improve budgeting capacity. Based on that project’s success, he led a second project to assist several Ukrainian Oblasts and city level governments in developing financial projection models and strategic plans.
Matthew has a M.A. (Economics) from McMaster University and a B.A. (Honours Economics) from The University of Western Ontario.

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