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October Networking Night 2025

October Networking Night 2025

Overview

October 7th from 5pm ET – 7pm ET

You’re invited! Come spend the evening networking with CAASA members and other industry professionals over drinks and hors d’oeuvres at Ki Modern Japanese + Bar.

Please take a moment to reserve your spot!

MSC Cruises Get-away Give-away 2025

We are happy to partner with MSC Cruises for a super prize to be awarded to one of our event attendees (must attend and complete a ballot to be eligible).

Draw will occur at our Networking Night on October 7, 2025.

*Subject to travel restrictions, all details provided to the lucky winner upon receipt.

When

  • October 7, 2025
  • 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm ET

Where

Ki Modern Japanese + Bar

181 Bay St., Toronto, ON M5J 2T3

Sponsorship Opportunities are available

$1000 includes 4 delegate passes

Email Paul at Paul@caasa.ca for more information

Members of CAASA

Single Registration – $40

Please contact Manya at Manya@caasa.ca to get on the waitlist.

Event Registration Closed

Non-Members of CAASA

Single Registration – $60

Please contact Manya at Manya@caasa.ca to get on the waitlist.

Event Registration Closed

Thank You to Our 2025 Gold Sponsors

CAIA & CAASA – The portfolio for the future

CAIA & CAASA – The portfolio for the future

When

  • August 24, 2022
  • 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST

Where

McMillan LLP – Brookfield Place

181 Bay Street
Toronto, ON M5H 2T3
Canada
Map

Overview

The Portfolio for the Future simultaneously represents a “back to basics” mantra and a forward-looking view of where our industry and capital markets are headed. 

Please join CAIA’s CEO Bill Kelly and the CAIA Toronto Chapter Committee for their first back in-person event. A networking reception with fellow CAIA and CAASA Members and peers will follow the panel.

Listing Your Fund

Listing Your Fund

Overview

Distribution of mutual funds and alternative funds is at an inflection point as changes to NI 81-102 (allowing more alternative strategies to be used in a prospectus mutual fund vehicle) and the advent of better trading systems (designed to provide benefits to all parties). TSX NAVex’s Jackson Lin will explain how their offering can: ease trading bottlenecks by allowing bulk trading, provide important data (such as dealer/rep codes on all trades as well as residency beneficiary information and short term trading) to fund manufacturers, and reduce costs.

This talk will compare traditional and newer mutual fund and ETF trading platforms and give attendees an excellent understanding of how they compare as well as where the industry is headed. Intended for operations and back-office heads, others – such as portfolio managers, other mid & back-office folks at fund and service providers, and even investors – will get value from this briefing.

When

  • April 25, 2019
  • 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Where

The Professional Centre, 120 Adelaide St W, Suite 2400, Toronto, ON M5H 1T1

SPEAKERS

Finding Your Spot in Real Estate

Listing Your Fund

Overview

Distribution of mutual funds and alternative funds is at an inflection point as changes to NI 81-102 (allowing more alternative strategies to be used in a prospectus mutual fund vehicle) and the advent of better trading systems (designed to provide benefits to all parties). TSX NAVex’s Jackson Lin will explain how their offering can: ease trading bottlenecks by allowing bulk trading, provide important data (such as dealer/rep codes on all trades as well as residency beneficiary information and short term trading) to fund manufacturers, and reduce costs.

This talk will compare traditional and newer mutual fund and ETF trading platforms and give attendees an excellent understanding of how they compare as well as where the industry is headed. Intended for operations and back-office heads, others – such as portfolio managers, other mid & back-office folks at fund and service providers, and even investors – will get value from this briefing.

When

  • October 4, 2018
  • 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Where

The Professional Centre, 120 Adelaide St W, Suite 2400, Toronto, ON M5H 1T1

SPEAKERS

Blockchain & Digital Assets Fundamentals

Listing Your Fund

Overview

Distribution of mutual funds and alternative funds is at an inflection point as changes to NI 81-102 (allowing more alternative strategies to be used in a prospectus mutual fund vehicle) and the advent of better trading systems (designed to provide benefits to all parties). TSX NAVex’s Jackson Lin will explain how their offering can: ease trading bottlenecks by allowing bulk trading, provide important data (such as dealer/rep codes on all trades as well as residency beneficiary information and short term trading) to fund manufacturers, and reduce costs.

This talk will compare traditional and newer mutual fund and ETF trading platforms and give attendees an excellent understanding of how they compare as well as where the industry is headed. Intended for operations and back-office heads, others – such as portfolio managers, other mid & back-office folks at fund and service providers, and even investors – will get value from this briefing.

When

  • September 27, 2022
  • 8:00 am – 5:00 pm EST

Where

The Professional Centre, 120 Adelaide St W, Suite 2400, Toronto, ON M5H 1T1

Distinguished Speakers

Educational Partner

Blockchain & Digital Assets Fundamentals

Day 1

  • September 27, 2022
  • 8:30 am – 4:00 pm

  • September 27, 2022
  • 8:30 am – 4:00 pm

Agenda

8:30 am

Breakfast/Registration

8:45 am

Opening Remarks & Curriculum Overview

James Burron, CAASA
Kerem Kolcuoglu, Penrose Partners

9:00 am

Origin Story of Blockchain/BTC/Crypto

Ever wonder where crypto/digital assets came from? Why was it invented and has it fulfilled its purpose – or will it? These questions and more are covered in this session which delves deep into the origin story of digital assets and gives a peek as to where it might be headed.

Shaun Cumby, Arxnovum Investments Inc.
Kerem Kolcuoglu, Penrose Partners
Koleya Karringten, Absolute Combustion

10:00 am

Use cases of Tokens/Coins (ETH)

Many believe that all coins/tokens/digital assets are cryptocurrencies, but while Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency (and even that is up for debate from some), other digital assets such as Ethereum (or Ether, or ETH) are more new-fanlged, distributed computers that can have many uses. This talk will set things straight in the audience’s minds and set the stage for the next level of learning.

Kerem Kolcuoglu, Penrose Partners
Russell Starr, Valour
Jonathan Han, VirgoCX Wealth

11:00 am

Custody & Staking

An investor’s most important question (above risk/volatility and even return) is ‘where is my money?’…aka return of capital. In the digital assets world, ownership is established on the blockchain, but translating this to the TradFi (Traditional Finance) world can be a challenge. Thankfully, we have a panel that will ameliorate this situation and help attendees get comfortable with digital assets custody.

Freddie Allen, Coinbase
Kirk Emery, Figment

12:00 pm

Luncheon Workshop – CAASA NFT & Your Wallet

Mitch will walk the uninitiated (and those who might just be new to metaverse) through the simple steps to create a digital wallet – to which you can upload the coveted CAASA SuperWeek22 NFT (!).

Mitch Nicholson, Garden City Advisory Inc

1:00 pm

Crypto Regulatory Battles – Here are Your Winners

Following on from custody, regulation is a big deal in any industry and those (who are progressive) in the digital assets space are quickly getting up the curve on regulations – just as regulators are educating themselves about these new assets. This is your opportunity to hear the stories of how key players in the industry have made great strides in bridging the gap and received approval for their products/services.

Fred Pye, 3iQ Digital Asset Management
Lisa Durnford, Wealthsimple Crypto
Didier Lavallee, Tetra Trust Company

2:00 pm

Partnership in digital assets: How institutional managers collaborate with a regulated custodian

Learn how an institutional wealth manager can partner with a regulated trading and custody provider to offer digital asset solutions to their clients. Listen to how technology, innovation and agile thinking can open new thinking and opportunities for institutional money managers in the digital assets space.

Paul Stapleton, Fidelity Clearing Canada
John Davitsky, Echelon Wealth Partners

3:00 pm

NFT & The Metaverse

Highlighting the speed of change in the industry, last year’s Bootcamp only touched on NFTs and we had our first speaker on the Metaverse – and now both of these are much more mainstream. Many struggle with what these innovations could possibly mean for their businesses and personal/consumer life and this session is designed to answer those questions and more!

Kunal Bhasin, KPMG
Andrew Kiguel, Tokens
Zachary Friedman, GDA Group

4:00 pm

End of Training Day

4:00 pm

Super Week Launch Reception

Open to all delegates

Member of CAASA

$100 per Delegate Pass

Event Registration Closed

Non-Members of CAASA

$150 per Delegate Pass

Event Registration Closed

Thank You to Our Sponsors

Family Office Summit 2026

Overview

We are back for our 8th edition – this time including our ever-popular SFO-exclusive sessions on April 28 afternoon + more streams for SFO family members and professionals to meet and discuss topics important to them (all within a cone of silence without the inclusion of anyone who is not with an SFO).

Of course we have a great line-up of speakers (at least 50% from SFOs) to speak to issues and trends important to families & Table Talks coordinated by our sponsors for a truly exciting opt-in experience for all.

 

Registration

End Investor refers to pensions, foundations, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, and single-family offices. Intermediary Investor includes multi-family offices, investment advisors/dealers, wealth managers, and investment consulting firms. +1 indicates that the first delegate attends for free, with a nominal fee applied for each additional delegate. Managers and Service Provider Delegates must be CAASA members in good standing and are required to pay the applicable fee per person based on their respective sub-category. Core Service Providers include fund administrators, accounting firms, and legal firms.

When

Please note the timings and agenda are subject to change.

  • April 28, 2026
  • 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST
  • April 29, 2026
  • 8:00 am – 7:00 pm EST

Where

Toronto Region Board of Trade
100 Queens Quay E, 3rd Floor, Toronto, ON M5E 1Y3

2026 Keynote Speaker

2026 Distinguished Speakers

2026 Agenda

Please note the timings and agenda are subject to change.

Day 1

  • April 28, 2026
  • 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Day 2

  • April 29, 2026
  • 8:00 am – 7:00 pm

  • April 28, 2026
  • 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Pre-day – PLEASE NOTE ATTENDEE TYPES

2:00 pm

Single Family Office Roundtable (Relatives Only)

Life as the principal of a family office can be exciting, inspirational, and busy, while at the same time worrisome, stressful, and draining.  We provide this (strictly!) family members only dinner as an opportunity to meet with your peers and share questions, concerns, solutions, and insights across the table. We have nominated three leaders/instigators to get things going and guarantee that all will find the evening illuminating and fun.

SFO Relatives Instigators:

2:00 pm

Single Family Office Roundtables (Professionals Only)

Working in a single family office is not your typical investment management job – you gain the benefit of a sometimes extremely flat organizational structure and many find the spectrum of duties and tasks to be (very) intellectually stimulating. On the other hand, it can be isolating and difficult to keep up with the pace of work: each family has its own dynamic and cadence so we created this dinner where (strictly!) full time employees (not relatives) of SFOs can interact with their peers to get the most out of their roles.

SFO Professionals Instigators (3 per room)

3:30 pm

SFO Break Out – Topic TBD

We will be surveying our SFOs at the beginning of February

3:30 pm

SFO Break Out – Topic TBD

We will be surveying our SFOs at the beginning of February

3:30 pm

SFO Break Out – Topic TBD

We will be surveying our SFOs at the beginning of February

4:15 pm

SFO Break Out – Topic TBD

We will be surveying our SFOs at the beginning of February

4:15 pm

SFO Break Out – Topic TBD

We will be surveying our SFOs at the beginning of February

4:15 pm

SFO Break Out – Topic TBD

We will be surveying our SFOs at the beginning of February

5:00 pm

All Delegates – General Welcome Reception

Everyone welcome to this time to meet.  Generally, sponsors and managers arrange private dinners after this time with select conference delegates – either via the messaging & meeting app or off-line.

7:00 pm

End of Pre-day

  • April 29, 2026
  • 8:00 am – 7:00 pm

Main Day

7:45 am

Registration & Breakfast

 

 

8:10 am

AI: Evil or force for good

8:40 am

AI in Portfolio Management

9:10 am

Access to Privates

 

 

9:30 am

Tough Questions on Evergreens

10:15 am

Table Talks

11:00 am

Legacy and Learning: Philanthropy Across Generations

11:30 am

FOs Outsourcing globally

12:15 pm

Lunch & Keynote

12:45 pm

Lunch Keynote featuring Earl Hunt, Apollo

1:15 pm

Table Talks

2:00 pm

SFOs Defining Success

2:30 pm

Global Asset Allocation Trends

2:45 pm

SFO Asset Allocation

3:30 pm

Tete-a-Tete / Afternoon Refresher

4:00 pm

SFO Keynote

4:30 pm

MFO Round-Up

4:00 pm

Reception

Open to all delegates.

7:00 pm

End of Family Office Summit 2026

Thank you!

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A Liquid Alternative Primer for Mutual Fund Dealers

Listing Your Fund

Overview

Distribution of mutual funds and alternative funds is at an inflection point as changes to NI 81-102 (allowing more alternative strategies to be used in a prospectus mutual fund vehicle) and the advent of better trading systems (designed to provide benefits to all parties). TSX NAVex’s Jackson Lin will explain how their offering can: ease trading bottlenecks by allowing bulk trading, provide important data (such as dealer/rep codes on all trades as well as residency beneficiary information and short term trading) to fund manufacturers, and reduce costs.

This talk will compare traditional and newer mutual fund and ETF trading platforms and give attendees an excellent understanding of how they compare as well as where the industry is headed. Intended for operations and back-office heads, others – such as portfolio managers, other mid & back-office folks at fund and service providers, and even investors – will get value from this briefing.

When

  • September 11, 2019
  • 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Where

The Professional Centre, 120 Adelaide St W, Suite 2400, Toronto, ON M5H 1T1

SPEAKERS

CAASA Family Office Summit 2019

Listing Your Fund

Overview

Distribution of mutual funds and alternative funds is at an inflection point as changes to NI 81-102 (allowing more alternative strategies to be used in a prospectus mutual fund vehicle) and the advent of better trading systems (designed to provide benefits to all parties). TSX NAVex’s Jackson Lin will explain how their offering can: ease trading bottlenecks by allowing bulk trading, provide important data (such as dealer/rep codes on all trades as well as residency beneficiary information and short term trading) to fund manufacturers, and reduce costs.

This talk will compare traditional and newer mutual fund and ETF trading platforms and give attendees an excellent understanding of how they compare as well as where the industry is headed. Intended for operations and back-office heads, others – such as portfolio managers, other mid & back-office folks at fund and service providers, and even investors – will get value from this briefing.

When

  • May 2, 2019
  • 7:30 am – 7:00 pm EST

Where

The Professional Centre, 120 Adelaide St W, Suite 2400, Toronto, ON M5H 1T1

SPEAKERS

Starting an Alternative Fund Series: Onshore Fund Structures and Tax (Part 2)

Listing Your Fund

Overview

Distribution of mutual funds and alternative funds is at an inflection point as changes to NI 81-102 (allowing more alternative strategies to be used in a prospectus mutual fund vehicle) and the advent of better trading systems (designed to provide benefits to all parties). TSX NAVex’s Jackson Lin will explain how their offering can: ease trading bottlenecks by allowing bulk trading, provide important data (such as dealer/rep codes on all trades as well as residency beneficiary information and short term trading) to fund manufacturers, and reduce costs.

This talk will compare traditional and newer mutual fund and ETF trading platforms and give attendees an excellent understanding of how they compare as well as where the industry is headed. Intended for operations and back-office heads, others – such as portfolio managers, other mid & back-office folks at fund and service providers, and even investors – will get value from this briefing.

When

  • September 26, 2018
  • 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Where

The Professional Centre, 120 Adelaide St W, Suite 2400, Toronto, ON M5H 1T1

SPEAKERS

Using Public Opinion Polls Within Your Marketing Strategy

Listing Your Fund

Overview

Distribution of mutual funds and alternative funds is at an inflection point as changes to NI 81-102 (allowing more alternative strategies to be used in a prospectus mutual fund vehicle) and the advent of better trading systems (designed to provide benefits to all parties). TSX NAVex’s Jackson Lin will explain how their offering can: ease trading bottlenecks by allowing bulk trading, provide important data (such as dealer/rep codes on all trades as well as residency beneficiary information and short term trading) to fund manufacturers, and reduce costs.

This talk will compare traditional and newer mutual fund and ETF trading platforms and give attendees an excellent understanding of how they compare as well as where the industry is headed. Intended for operations and back-office heads, others – such as portfolio managers, other mid & back-office folks at fund and service providers, and even investors – will get value from this briefing.

When

  • September 18, 2019
  • 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Where

The Professional Centre, 120 Adelaide St W, Suite 2400, Toronto, ON M5H 1T1

SPEAKERS

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