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M Partners is an independent full service brokerage with offices in Toronto, Canada serving a global list of clients worldwide. M Partners was founded in 2005. Today there are over 30 investment professionals, working in Research, Sales and Trading and Investment Banking.
We focus on delivering a high level of service and insightful research to our institutional and retail clients, and provide our issuer clients with innovative corporate finance and advisory services. Our equity research was ranked 2nd in First Coverage’s 2010 Top Performing Canadian Firms.
We have participated in over $3.0 billion of financings since the firm’s inception. Our work encompasses a variety of sectors, including Software Technology, Metals and Mining, Oil and Gas, Industrials and Agriculture, Alternative Energy, Financial Services, Real Estate and Merchandising and Consumer Products.
M Partners is a member of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), the Canadian Investor Protection Fund (CIPF) and a Participating Organization of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and the TSX
Thomas Kofman C.A.,
Chairman
Tom Kofman has over 25 years of experience in North American Capital markets as both issuer and banker. Tom has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of IPC Financial Network Inc., Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of RealFund. Mr. Kofman is a Chartered Accountant and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from York University. He is a director of Urbanfund Corp., a TSX Venture Exchange listed Real Estate Company.
Steven Isenberg, MBA,
Chief Executive Officer
Steve Isenberg has worked for nearly 20 years in Canadian capital markets in equity research, equity sales and banking. He received an MBA from York University in 1991. Steve sits on the local advisory committee of the TSX Venture Exchange. He is also a director of Urbanfund Corp., a TSX Venture Exchange listed Real Estate Company.
Michael Krestell, MBA, CFA,
President
Michael leads a research group that seeks to provide an intellectually superior and often divergent perspective. In 2009, Michael received a Starmine award by being the number 4 ranked stock picker in Canada. Michael received an MBA with distinction from the Schulich School of Business specializing in Finance and Strategic Management and he is a CFA charterholder.
Jeffrey Zicherman,
Managing Director, Institutional Equity Sales
Jeffrey joined M Partners in 2010 in Institutional Equity Sales. He brings valuable experience coming from a Toronto based Asset Management firm and prior to that, a Consulting role at a leading capital markets agency. Jeffrey graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Management and Organizational Studies specializing in Finance combined with Economics.