Sold Out! Fall Economic Update

Sponsored by RBC Wealth Management

 

 

What to Expect in 2015: Forecast for BC Businesses and Outlook for the Global Economy

Featuring Panel of Experts

The TSX reached its all-time high in early September this year, but has been on a downward trend ever since. Oil prices declining and the IMF cut global growth forecast for the third time this year. Although second quarter economic data for the BC economy remained mostly positive - unemployment rate dropped to 5.6% and housing markets stayed robust - can BC keep up the momentum despite the challenges in the global economy? What can we expect in 2015? 

Join us at our Fall Economic Update Luncheon for an engaging discussion on the economy from a global, national and regional perspective and how the economy will affect BC businesses, investors and families

Time

• 11:15am – 11:45am – Registration and Networking
• 11:45am – 2:00pm – Panel discussion and Luncheon

Venue

Hotel Georgia
Spanish Ballroom, 2nd Floor
801 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC

Featured Panelists

Jock Finlayson, Executive Vice President, Business Council of British Columbia 

Jock Finlayson is Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer at the Business Council of British Columbia, an association representing 250 large and mid-size BC companies that together account for approximately one-quarter of all jobs in the province.  In this capacity he directs the Council's work on economic, fiscal, tax, environmental and human capital policy issues of interest to the province's business community. Mr. Finlayson previously served as Vice President of Research at Canadian Council of Chief Executives, a leading national business association in Ottawa. Prior to that he worked in the market research field and gained experience at two Canadian management consulting firms. From 2007 to 2013 Jock was a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Canada.

Jill Leversage, Managing Director, Highland West Capital 

Jill Leversage has over 25 years’ experience in the finance industry and has held senior level positions at TD Securities, RBC Capital Markets and BMO Financial.  Throughout her career, she successfully executed on debt and equity financings and advised on acquisitions or divestitures for prominent BC companies in the forestry, technology and government sectors.

Jill is currently serving on the Board of Directors of Catalyst Paper, Delta Gold Corporation, and Partnerships BC.  In the not–for –profit sector, she is Chair of the Executive Committee of the Woodward Foundation, Advisor to the Power to Be Adventure Therapy and a member of the Minerva Foundation Patron's Circle.

Jill is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia and also a Chartered Business Valuator of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators.

Jim Allworth, Investment Strategist & Co-Chair RBC Dominion Securities' Global Portfolio Advisory Committee                                                                                                                   

Jim Allworth has been in the investment business since 1968, as both a research analyst and portfolio strategist. He is vice-chair of the RBC Capital Markets Investment Strategy Committee, which provides direction on the outlook for financial markets to the rest of the firm and to our clients. Through nearly four decades at RBC Dominion Securities, Jim has played a key role in developing investment policy for the firm and translating that work into solutions for individual clients. He is the RBC Dominion Securities investment strategist and Co-Chair of the Global Portfolio Advisory Committee

Fee

• Individual Tickets $80.00 + GST
• Hosted Tables of 8 with signage $600 + GST