Market Opens

Michael Augustine, Managing Director, Head of Fixed Income and Asset Liability Management, TD Asset Management Inc., joined Graham MacKenzie, Managing Director, Exchange Traded Products, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to open the market to celebrate the expansion of TD Asset Management's suite of Target Maturity Bond ETFs: TD Target 2028 Investment Grade Bond ETF (TSX: TBCH), TD Target 2029 Investment Grade Bond ETF (TSX: TBCI), TD Target 2030 Investment Grade Bond ETF (TSX: TBCJ). TD Target Maturity Bond ETFs are designed to make it easy for investors to incorporate bonds into their portfolios and by adding new maturities in 2028, 2029 and 2030 we are providing our clients with the choice they need to help meet their goals. In addition to this launch, TD Asset Management is pleased to celebrate reaching $20 Billion in assets under management for our ETFs. TD Asset Management Inc. (TDAM) is a leading asset manager in Canada with an expanding global presence. We offer an extensive history of innovative solutions designed to provide better risk-adjusted returns with a long track record in integrating public and private market capabilities.

Mal Cullen, Chief Executive Officer, CIBC Mellon (“Company”), joined Lara Donaldson, President and Chief Executive Officer of TSX Trust, TMX Group, to open the market and celebrate the Company's milestone of surpassing $3T in AUA. CIBC Mellon is a Canadian company exclusively focused on the investment servicing needs of Canadian institutional investors and international institutional investors into Canada. Founded in 1996, CIBC Mellon is 50-50 jointly owned by The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). CIBC Mellon's investment servicing solutions for institutions and corporations are provided in close collaboration with our parent companies, and include custody, multicurrency accounting, fund administration, recordkeeping, pension services, exchange-traded fund services, securities lending services, foreign exchange processing and settlement, and treasury services. As at December 31, 2024, CIBC Mellon had more than C$3 trillion of assets under administration on behalf of banks, pension funds, investment funds, corporations, governments, insurance companies, foreign insurance trusts, foundations and global financial institutions whose clients invest in Canada. CIBC Mellon is part of the BNY network, which as at December 31, 2024, had US$52.1 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration. CIBC Mellon is a licensed user of the CIBC trade-mark and certain BNY trade-marks, and is the corporate brand of CIBC Mellon Trust Company.

Rohit Mehta, President and Chief Executive Officer, Global X Investments Canada Inc. (“Global X”) (TSX: MTRX) and their team, joined Graham MacKenzie, Managing Director, Exchange Traded Products, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) to open the market to celebrate the launch of their new ETF: Global X Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Index ETF (TSX: MTRX). Global X Investments Canada Inc. is an innovative financial services company and offers one of the largest suites of exchange traded funds in Canada. The Global X Fund family includes a broadly diversified range of solutions for investors of all experience levels to meet their investment objectives in a variety of market conditions. Global X has more than $40 billion of assets under management and 135 ETFs listed on major Canadian stock exchanges. Global X is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mirae Asset Financial Group, which manages more than $800 billion in assets across 19 countries and global markets around the world.

Representatives from the 2025 TSX Venture 50™ companies joined Tim Babcock, President, TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV), other TMX executives, and program partners to open the market and celebrate the official launch of the 2025 ranking. TSX Venture 50 is the flagship program recognizing the 50 top-performing companies over the last year on TSX Venture Exchange, a world-leading capital formation platform for early-stage growth firms. The companies are ranked based on three equally-weighted criteria of one-year share price appreciation, market capitalization increase, and Canadian consolidated trading value as of December 31, 2024. The 50 companies on the list delivered an average share price appreciation of 207% to investors in 2024, up from 121% in 2023 and 73% in 2022. In addition, the group holds a combined market capitalization of $21.7 billion — an increase of over $16 billion over the course of the year. This year’s program partners include Blossom Social, Capital Event Management (CEM), Market One Media, MNP, and TMX Newsfile.