TORONTO, July 8 /CNW/ - Wellington West Holdings Inc., a privately held,
employee-owned financial services firm, today announced it has renewed its
five-year affinity agreement with the Royal Military Colleges Club of Canada
(RMCC). Alumni of RMC will continue to receive access to exclusive wealth
management services through Clearsight Inc., a subsidiary of Wellington West.
"We are thrilled about our continued partnership with RMC," says Michael
Burns, President, Clearsight Inc. "It's been a challenging time for investors,
and we believe our experienced Investment Advisors can provide the high level
of wealth management services and expertise the alumni of RMC would expect to
receive."
The Clearsight program of Wellington West provides members of
participating university alumni associations' access to top advisors, premium
investment products and straightforward pricing. Through the program,
Wellington West investment advisors are hand-picked to work with alumni
clients. Each client is matched with an investment advisor whose credentials,
experience, objectivity and track record are best suited to meet the
individual's investing profile and objectives.
"Clearsight continues to provide the level of service that we know our
alumni are seeking," says Peter Dawe, Executive Director of the RMCC.
"Providing our alumni with introductions to high quality services, like wealth
management, is important to us and we look forward to a long relationship with
Wellington West."
About Clearsight
The Clearsight investment program is the dominant provider of affinity
wealth management services for alumni and professional groups in Canada.
Clearsight has partnered with more than 22 leading universities, representing
more than two million well-educated and top income-earning professionals in
Canada.
About Wellington West
The Wellington West group of companies provides full-service brokerage,
financial planning, asset management and capital markets services. In the 16
years since its inception, Wellington West has become one of the largest and
fastest-growing independent full-service wealth management firms in Canada
with approximately $8 billion in assets under administration. The majority of
the shares are owned by employees. In 2008, National Bank Financial Group
acquired a minority interest in the company
Among its many corporate achievements, Wellington West has ranked among
the top 50 Best Employers in Canada for the past four years and re-qualified
as one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies for the past three years. In
addition, for six consecutive years, Wellington West has ranked in the top
three firms in the country in the Investment Executive Brokerage Report Card
survey. For further information visit www.wellingtonwest.com
For further information: Media Enquiries: Lindsey Rusche, Manager,
Corporate Communications, Wellington West Holdings Inc., T: (416) 313-3094,
lrusche@wellwest.ca
