52nd Annual Forecast Dinner

The Annual Forecast Dinner is Winnipeg's investment community's premier event of the year. The dinner provides the opportunity for our members and their guests to hear relevant market forecasts from respected industry professionals and to welcome the year's new CFA charterholders to the profession.

We welcome David Hemstad as Master of Ceremonies. David has been called a "Canadian Master" by Just for Laughs and has skyrocketed to the top of the national comedy scene, appearing regularly across the country and on a hit show on CBC.

 Keynote Speaker:

Daniel Chornous, CFA is Chief Investment Officer of RBC Global Asset Managment Inc. (RBC GAM), the Royal Bank of Canada's wholly-owned investment management subsidiary. The firm manages assets approaching $378 billion for institutional, high net worth and retail clients in fixed income, equity and alternative mandates in Canada and around the world. At RBC GAM, Dan is responsible for the overall direction of investment policy and fund management. In addition, he chairs the RBC Investment Strategy Committee, the group responsible for global asset mix recommendations and global fixed income and equity portfolio construciton for use in RBC Wealth Managements' key client groups including RBC Dominion Securitites and RBC Phillips, Hager & North Investment Counsel. Prior to joining RBC GAM in November 2002, Mr. Chornous was Managing Director, Capital Markets Research and Chief Strategist at RBC Capital Markets. In that role, he was responsible for developing the firm's outlook for global and domestic economies and capital markets, as well as managing the firm's global economics, technical and quantitative research teams.

In December 2010, Dan joined the board of BlueBay Asset Management following its merger with RBC GAM. He also sits on the boards of BonaVista Asset Management and RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd. and is a member of the RBC Pension Investment Strategy Committee.

For many years, Dan has been active in the Canadian investment community. He serves as Chair, Canadian Coalition for Good Governance and is a member and past Chair of its Public Policy Committee. In addition, he is a member of the Toronto United Way major giving cabinet campaign, a former Director of the Toronto Society of Financial Analysts (now known as CFA Society Toronto) and of the Winnipeg Society of Financial Analysts (now known as CFA Society Winnipeg).

Dan is a graduate of the University of Manitoba (B. Comm. Honours, 1980) and is a member of The Associates, Asper School of Business. In 1985, Dan was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.