Hillsdale offers discretionary investment management services to a range of individuals and
institutions, primarily in Canada but also in the United States and elsewhere. These disciplined, active
investment management services specialize in equities, alternatives, ESG and customized mandates.
The investment services provided primarily encompass Canadian, U.S. and Global Equities with a
focus on producing high quality investment strategies and delivering client service excellence.
Hillsdale also provides non-discretionary model portfolio recommendations to certain clients or their
appointed overlay managers or other financial institutions that offer to their clients exposure to, or
instruments based on, Hillsdale’s recommendations (collectively the “Overlay Manager”). Model
portfolio recommendations may relate to the same strategy or strategies that are also offered or utilized
through discretionary accounts, including Hillsdale’s proprietary accounts. The Overlay Manager
retains full investment discretion to utilize the model portfolio recommendations for investing their
client accounts and may deviate from Hillsdale’s recommendations. The Overlay Manager will
determine the timing and the manner of executing a purchase or sale with respect to the model
portfolio recommendations.
Hillsdale is a privately-owned Canadian corporation incorporated on January 5, 1996 in Ontario,
Canada. The principal owner, i.e. holder of more than 25% of equity, is A. Christopher Guthrie,
director, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer. Hillsdale’s staff is
comprised of professionals educated in finance, mathematics, physics, computer engineering,
accounting and business, together combining decades of experience in the specification, design,
portfolio management and marketing of specialized equity products. A large proportion of the staff
hold the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Hillsdale provides the investment management services to investors through the offering of the
Hillsdale Funds and directly to clients via separate accounts, including acting as sub-advisor to a fund
established by a client. The services may be subject to minimum account sizes at Hillsdale’s
discretion.
Hillsdale has appointed SGGG Funds Services Inc. (“SGGG”) to provide all fund accounting and
valuation services and to be the registrar for the Hillsdale Funds. The custodian and prime broker for
the CCE Fund, CLV Fund, CSC Fund, CMC Fund, USC Fund, UMC Fund and GI Fund is BMO
Nesbitt Burns Inc., a subsidiary of the Bank of Montreal. The custodian for
the GSC Fund and GE
Fund is RBC Investor Services Trust, a subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Canada.
Hillsdale will hold securities on its corporate books in proprietary accounts for cash management
purposes and for the purpose of developing and testing new investment strategies before
recommending them to clients.
Hillsdale is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America
as an investment adviser. Hilldale is also registered with the Central Bank of Ireland as an Investment
Manager.
In Canada, Hillsdale’s primary regulator is the Ontario Securities Commission. Hillsdale is registered
in Canada with the various provincial securities commissions as indicated in the table below.
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Provincial Security
Commission
Portfolio
Manager
Exempt
Market
Dealer
Investment
Fund
Manager
Ontario
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Quebec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland & Labrador
Hillsdale provides its advisory services through a quantitative approach. In a quantitative approach,
stocks are selected for investment or sale based on selected factors that the manager believes indicate
whether the price of a stock is going to rise or fall. Hillsdale focuses its research effort on isolating
long-term drivers of stock price performance and stock price volatility. Hillsdale manages portfolios
consisting primarily of publicly traded equity securities as data is readily available to allow for
analysis. Please also refer to Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss for
more details.
Hillsdale may tailor its advisory services to specific client requirements when it is managing a separate
client account. Hillsdale agrees on the investment mandate and terms with the client in advance of
managing the account. The agreement is documented in a contract. A mandate may impose
restrictions or conditions on the management of the account.
Hillsdale does not tailor its advisory services for investors in the Funds since the Funds have defined
mandates.
Hillsdale does not currently provide portfolio management services to any wrap fee programs.
As at December 31, 2023 Hillsdale provided investment management services on approximately
USD$3,077.2 million of regulatory assets under management (including model portfolios), of which
USD$2,785.6 million was managed on a discretionary basis.
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