Bill Peckford, CFA

Portfolio Manager

Bill graduated from Saint Mary's University of Halifax in 1990 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. Shortly after moving to Toronto in 1991, he joined SEI Financial Services as a performance measurement analyst. In 1993, Bill joined Marquest Investment Counsel as an equity research analyst and trader. He joined Polar Securities in 1995 as an equity analyst, and in 1997 developed the long/short equity strategy for Altairis. Bill earned his CFA designation in 1995. In past years Bill has been part of the Toronto CFA Society's small-cap companies presentation committee.

Peter von Schilling

Analyst

Peter graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Math in 1991 and from INSEAD with an MBA in 1995. Prior to joining Polar in 2002, he was a senior research analyst at Merrill Lynch Canada, covering Canadian and U.S. based technology enterprise software and IT service companies. Prior to Merrill Lynch, Peter spent five years with Royal Bank Capital Partners as Managing Director of the Information Technology Fund where he was responsible for a wide variety of private and public market investments. At Polar, Peter focuses on research, analysis and strategy formulation for the Altairis long/short equity strategies.

Michael Shunock

Analyst

Michael graduated from McGill University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science degree. He then completed graduate studies at the University of Detroit where he received his Doctor of Dental Surgery and Masters of Science in Orthodontics degrees. Michael then passed all three CFA examinations in three consecutive years. He joined Polar in 2007 and works as a research equity analyst as part of the Altairis team.

Michael Lam

Analyst

Michael graduated from The University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1992. During university, Michael garnered his initial investment experience as a Mining Research Associate at McNeil Mantha and Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon. Upon graduation, Michael joined Research Capital as a Special Situations Analyst and in 1996 joined RBC Capital Markets as an Industrial Products Analsyt. In 2001, Michael became an institutional equity salesperson at Research Capital and subsequently became Head of Sales. In 2004, he moved to MGI Securities in a similar role. After two years away from the investment business, in 2008, Michael returned as an institutional equity salesperson at Blackmont Capital (which subsequently was renamed Stonecap Securities) until December, 2010 when he joined Polar Securities.

Peter Karos

Trader

Peter graduated in 1995 from Colby College in Maine with a Bachelors degree in History. In 1996 he joined Investment Advisors Inc. as an associate equity analyst, covering small cap and micro cap equities. From 1997 to 2005, Peter worked as a trader for Arbor Capital in Minneapolis, a small cap equity institutional money manager. In January 2006, Peter joined Polar as the trader for the Altairis strategy.