Jacques-Alexandre Caussignac

The Group princcipal activities are to operate and develop high-quality market and clearing services for Canadian and international clients and to commercialize internally developed technology solutions.The Group operates in two segments, namely, Exchange and Clearing House. The Exchange segment acts as the only standardized financial derivatives exchange in Canada, providing a complete range of equity, index and interest rate derivatives. The Clearing House segment acts as clearing house and guarantor for derivative instruments traded at the MX and certain other derivative instruments from the over-the-counter market.

Addenda Capital specializes in the management of bond portfolios for individual and institutional clients. The firm offers a comprehensive selection of fixed-income strategies, Canadian and US equities, commercial mortgages and balanced funds. Customized alternative solutions include asset allocation, liability driven investments, portable alpha and currency hedging strategies.The firm's active duration fixed-income strategies include: active duration universe, active duration short term, active duration long term, universe multi-strategy and global bonds.Addenda Capital's core fixed-income style uses multiple investment strategies to manage bond portfolios. They take a top-down approach to make economic and market forecasts. The firm employs a wide range of investment strategies including interest rate anticipation, yield curve management, trading among sectors, individual security selection and credit analysis to moderate risk and enhance portfolio returns. Their core fixed-income strategies include universe core, universe core plus, long term core, corporate, money market and t-bills.In managing equities, Addenda Capital employs an active blended approach. Top-down sector emphasis recommended by the North American research team and bottom up stock selection are combined to create Canadian and US equity portfolios.