The Francis Sabourin Hour: Featuring Alexandre Falin, Unigestion

Francis Sabourin

Director, Wealth Management and Portfolio Manager, Investment Advisor

Richardson Wealth

Financial Planner and Portfolio Manager, Francis Sabourin, Director, Wealth Management at Richardson Wealth, was awarded the Distinguished Advisor Award (prix Conseiller émérite) for the year 2016 by the publication Finance et Investissement, highlighting the good performance of his portfolios, both equal to or higher than the benchmarks, while minimizing the risks, thereby focusing on good capital protection. The Advisor of the Year Award is designed to recognize an advisor with at least 20 years of experience, who has marked the financial industry with a unique and remarkable practice. Francis celebrated 25 years of practice on October 5, 2017.

Among the most highly prized awards of excellence in the Canadian financial world, the Wealth Professional Awards are designed to recognize leaders in the wealth management industry and honour their contributions and outstanding achievements in Canada’s financial industry.

Against this backdrop, in addition to taking home the top award of Global Advisor of the Year in 2016, 2017 and 2019, Francis took home the award for the Discretionary Portfolio Manager of the Year for 2018. In 2020, Francis won the Silver Award for Advisor of the Year – Alternative Investments.

Alexandre Falin

Principal, Private Equity Team

Unigestion Asset Management

Alexandre joined Unigestion in February 2010. He started his career at BNP Paribas in Paris, developing systematic equity portfolios for private clients. He then worked at Harcourt in Zürich, as an operational due diligence analyst and subsequently as Head of portfolio risk. In this role, he was involved in the quantitative analysis of hedge fund portfolios and was the point of contact for key clients on risk management issues.

Alexandre holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from the Ecole des Mines d’Alès and a post-graduate degree in Financial Engineering from ESSEC in Paris. He is also a CAIA Charterholder.