Leith Wheeler Income Advantage Fund Series F

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Management
Name of CompanyLeith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd
Phone604 683 3391
Websitewww.leithwheeler.com
Address400 Burrard Street
 Vancouver   V6C 3A6
 Canada
DomicileCanada
Legal StructureOpen Ended Investment Company
UCITS-
Inception Date10-09-2015
Fund Advisor(s)
Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd
Fund ManagerJim Gilliland
Manager Start Date31-12-2010
Career Start Year1993
Education
University of California–Berkeley, M.A.
University of British Columbia, B.C.
 
Biography
Jim grew up in British Columbia and earned his Bachelor of Commerce degree (Honours) from the University of British Columbia. Jim has extensive investment experience in Canadian and U.S. fixed income markets through his time at HSBC Asset Management/M.K. Wong & Associates in Vancouver (1993-2001) and Barclays Global Investors (BGI) in San Francisco (2002-2009). After his work at HSBC, Jim earned his Master’s degree in Financial Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.
Fund ManagerRyan Goulding
Manager Start Date01-03-2016
Education
McMaster University, B.E.
McMaster University, M.B.A.
 
Biography
Ryan joined Leith Wheeler’s team in 2016 from Philips, Hager and North (PH&N). In addition, Ryan brings 10 years’ experience managing inflation-linked bonds. Prior to his roles at investment management firms, Ryan was a fixed income market maker with Merrill Lynch in Toronto where he also spent time in debt syndication. With a focus on government and provincial issuers, as well as duration and curve positioning, Ryan contributes to fixed income alpha strategies across portfolios at Leith Wheeler. Ryan earned a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) and MBA from McMaster University.
Fund ManagerBill Dye
Manager Start Date31-12-2010
Education
University of British Columbia, B.C.
 
Biography
Bill Dye, who joined Leith Wheeler in May 1985, is a portfolio manager and a member of both the firm’s Management Committee and Canadian Equity Committee. Bill’s area of responsibility within the Canadian Equity Committee is the Financials. In addition to his portfolio management and equity research experience, Bill spent five years as trader of the firm’s bond portfolios. Bill is a member and past director of CFA Vancouver, a graduate of UBC (B.Comm., Honours, 1985) and holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Fund ManagerDavid Jiles
Manager Start Date31-12-2010
Education
1979, University of British Columbia, B.A.
 
Biography
David joined Leith Wheeler in 1994, as a Canadian research equity analyst from Odlum Brown Ltd., where he managed their research department. He has been in the investment business since 1985. David has also served as Chairman, for B.C. Rail. David specializes in Consumer Products, Merchandising, and Industrial companies. He is a graduate of UBC (1979) and holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Fund ManagerRichard Liley
Manager Start Date31-12-2010
Education
University of British Columbia, B.C.
 
Biography
Richard joined Leith Wheeler in 2000, after 6 years’ experience with the securities divisions of two chartered banks. Richard specializes in Telecommunications, Media, Manufacturing, Real Estate Investment Trusts and Information Technology companies. Richard is a member of CFA Vancouver, holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a graduate of UBC (Commerce 1993).
Fund ManagerPatrick Reddy
Manager Start Date31-12-2010
 
Biography
Patrick Reddy joined Leith Wheeler in 2006. Patrick previously worked for the Province of B.C.'s Investment Management Corporation, where he was an equity analyst since 2001. Patrick is responsible for covering Oil & Gas and Energy equipment & services. He is a graduate of SFU with B.Comm and holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Fund ManagerNick Szucs
Manager Start Date30-05-2011
 
Biography
Nick has extensive experience in Canadian and Global equity markets, specializing in the Material & Energy sectors, through his time at RBC Capital Markets in Vancouver and London (1999-2006), Blackmont Capital in Vancouver (2006-2007), Sofaer Capital in London (2007-2008) and Brevan Howard Asset Management in London (2008-2011). Nick brings a unique skill set to our team having worked in London for the past four years managing Natural Resource-dedicated funds with global mandates. His primary responsibility will be covering the Material sector in Canada.
Fund ManagerDhruv Mallick
Manager Start Date01-01-2015
 
Biography
Dhruv Mallick joined Leith Wheeler in January 2015 as a credit analyst, focusing on both investment grade and high yield credit. Dhruv has over 15 years of investment experience in credit markets. He previously managed U.S. high yield and investment grade credit portfolios at both CQS in London and Barclays Global Investors/Blackrock in San Francisco. Dhruv also worked as a credit analyst at Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) in Newport Beach.
Fund ManagerEric Lam
Manager Start Date31-12-2010
Career Start Year1993
 
Biography
Eric joined Leith Wheeler from TD Bank in January 2009. He has been in the investment industry since 1993 and spent the last 10 years trading a proprietary bank portfolio of credit default swaps, investment grade and high yield bonds for TD in New York and London. Prior to that he was with RBC Dominion Securities in Toronto where he was involved in trading Canadian Mortgage-Backed securities products, global interest rates and foreign exchange. Eric covers financial credits and works on economic forecasts and portfolio strategy.
Fund ManagerCatherine Heath
Manager Start Date31-12-2010
Education
Simon Fraser University, B.C.
 
Biography
Catherine joined Leith Wheeler’s Fixed Income group after graduating from Simon Fraser University with a joint Bachelors Degree in Finance and Economics. As part of the Fixed Income team, she is responsible for the strategy, trading, and analysis of fixed income portfolios for both pension and private clients. She is also a Portfolio Manager on many of our customized fixed income portfolios. Catherine sits on the Capilano University Foundation board, is a founder of the Vancouver chapter of Women in Capital Markets.
Fund ManagerAlexei Konopkine
Manager Start Date31-12-2010
Education
Simon Fraser University, B.B.A.
 
Biography
Alexei joined Leith Wheeler’s Fixed Income group in March of 2005. He graduated from Simon Fraser University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance. As a member of the fixed income team, Alexei is involved in portfolio risk analysis, interest rate strategies, economic forecasting and development of fixed income software applications. Alexei holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a member of CFA Vancouver.
Fund ManagerBen Homsy
Manager Start Date07-08-2014
 
Biography
Ben Homsy is a Portfolio Manager at Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel, specializing in fixed income. Ben joined Leith Wheeler in August 2014, with over 15 years of experience spanning three continents. Prior to joining Leith Wheeler, Ben was an Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Chase, where he was responsible for the Institutional FX Sales business for West Coast USA and Western Canada whilst based in San Francisco (2012-2013), and also ran J.P. Morgan’s European currency hedge fund sales whilst based in London (2009-2012).
Fund ManagerSean Greenhalgh
Manager Start Date06-07-2015
Education
Cornell University, B.S.
 
Biography
Sean joined Leith Wheeler's Fixed Income group in July of 2015. He spent the last 3 years working in Fixed Income Sales & Trading for RBC Capital Markets in Toronto and Vancouver. At Leith Wheeler, Sean assists in the day to day management of client portfolios as well as interest rate and credit analysis, and trading. Sean is a graduate of Cornell University, and holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
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