My guest today is well-known Canadian portfolio manager, Kim Shannon. Kim is President and Co-Chief Investment Officer at Sionna Investment Managers, a Toronto based firm that she founded 2002. Prior to founding Sionna, she was Chief Investment Officer and Senior Vice President at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Canada. She is on the board of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance, the Accounting Standards Oversight Committee and the CFA Institute's Financial Analysts Seminar. She is also a past President of the Toronto CFA Society. She has previously been awarded the Morningstar Fund Manager of the Year award, the RBC Canadian Woman Entrepreneur Award, and the Women’s Executive Network’s, Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100 Award. Today we’ll talk to Kim about the catalyst for creating Sionna, her investment philosophy, and the value of ongoing financial advice. We’ll also talk about Toronto as Canada’s Financial Capital and we’ll get her thoughts on women within the financial services sector past/present/and future. Please remember to take 5 seconds to leave a rating on iTunes. Comments are welcome also. Previous episodes can be found on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, or else at our website, http://thisismytoronto.com. Thanks for listening!!