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AlphaRank Merger Monitor – How Arbitrage Enhances Portfolio Diversification

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September 28, 2024 - Merger arbitrage is an investment strategy that capitalizes on the spread between a company’s current share price and the consideration paid for its acquisition in light of an announced merger transaction. The merger risk premium— or the spread between the acquisition price…

AlphaRank Top Stocks – 50 bps and the Vaunted Soft Landing

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September 21, 2024 - Coming into the Federal Reserve's first rate cut since March 2020, investors and economists were reading the tea leaves for one key question: 25 or 50? The central bank put an exclamation point on the undertaking on Wednesday, choosing to "break the…

Accelerate Monthly – How Portable Alpha Can Enhance Investment Portfolios

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September 14, 2024 - According to the S&P Dow Jones Indices SPIVA (S&P Indices Versus Active) Scorecards, which regularly evaluate the performance of active mutual funds against their respective benchmarks, more than 90% of actively managed large-cap equity mutual funds underperform the benchmark index over the long…

AlphaRank Factor Performance – August 2024

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September 10, 2024 – AlphaRank Factor Performance represents the daily historical performance of Accelerate’s proprietary model factor portfolios. (more…)

Latest Media & Press Releases

Accelerate Declares Q3 and September 2024 Cash Distributions

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Sept. 16, 2024 - Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc., ("Accelerate") today announced the Q3 and September 2024 cash distributions for Accelerate Exchange Traded Funds ("Accelerate Funds"), summarized below, that are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange ('TSX"). The ex-dividend date for the distributions will be September 27,…

Accelerate Absolute Return Fund Makes Shortlist for HFM US Performance Awards 2024

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September 12, 2024 - Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc. ("Accelerate"), a leader in alternative investment solutions, is pleased to announce that the Accelerate Absolute Return Fund (TSX: HDGE) has been shortlisted in the HFM US Performance Awards 2024 in the Alternative Risk Premia category. "We are thrilled that…

Accelerate Declares August 2024 Cash Distributions

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Aug. 19, 2024 - Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc., ("Accelerate") today announced the August 2024 cash distributions for Accelerate Exchange Traded Funds ("Accelerate Funds"), summarized below, that are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange ('TSX"). The ex-dividend date for the distributions will be August 30, 2024. All…

Tourmaline Oil will acquire Crew Energy for $1.3B

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Julian Klymochko, CEO of Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc., joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss consolidation in the Canadian resource sectors.

Latest Podcasts

#250 – Navigating the Real Estate Market with Whitestone REIT CEO Dave Holeman

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On today’s show we welcome special guest, Whitestone REIT CEO Dave Holeman. Whitestone REIT is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that primarily owns, operates, and redevelops retail community-centered properties in Texas and Arizona. On the show we discuss: The thesis behind Whitestone’s focus…

#249 – SPAC Market Update with Meteora Capital Founder and CIO Vik Mittal

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On today’s show we welcome special guest, Meteora Capital Founder and CIO Vik Mittal, his second time on the podcast. Meteora Capital is an investment firm specializing in SPAC-related instruments in both public and private companies. On the show, we discuss: What has happened in…

Absolute Return Podcast #248: AI in Investing with Stanford AI Researcher Dr. Mohammad Rasouli

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AI in Investing with Stanford AI Researcher Dr. Mohammad Rasouli July 16, 2024 - On today’s show, we welcome special guest, Stanford AI Researcher Dr. Mohammad Rasouli. Mohammad helps funds to realize the benefit of artificial intelligence for alternative asset investment by providing AI education and…

Absolute Return Podcast #247: Racehorse Investing and Wagering with EQB Founder Jeffrey Seder

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Racehorse Investing and Wagering with EQB Founder Jeffrey Seder June 21, 2024 -  On today’s podcast we welcome special guest Jeffrey Seder, founder of EQB, a company that provides thoroughbred racehorse buying, selling, breeding, and racing management services. On the show, we discuss: What got…

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The Accelerate Team

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Julian Klymochko

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Derek Euale

COO & Chief Compliance Officer

Michael Lee Hing

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Executive VP

Frederick Mannix

Associate VP, Investment Management

Charles Sam, PhD

VP, CLIENT SOLUTIONS

Jason Checkryn

CEO & Chief Investment Officer

Julian Klymochko

Julian Klymochko is the Founder, CEO, and Chief Investment Officer of Accelerate. He has specialized in running hedge funds and alternative investment solutions since 2009. Prior to founding Accelerate, Julian was the Chief Investment Officer of Ross Smith Asset Management. He started his career as an Analyst at BMO Capital Markets. Currently, he is a Director of the CFA Society Calgary.

Julian is recognized as one of Canada’s leading experts in alternative investments and frequently speaks at industry events. He has been featured in some of the world’s top financial and business media including Bloomberg, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, BNN, Business Insider, and The Globe and Mail. He is the author of the book Reminiscences of a Hedge Fund Operator and host of the Absolute Return Podcast.

Julian attended the University of Manitoba where he graduated with a Bachelors of Science (Engineering) and a Bachelors of Commerce (Finance), both with distinction. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.

CFO & Head of Capital Markets

Michael Kesslering

Mike is the CFO & Head of Capital Markets of Accelerate. Prior to Accelerate, he was a Senior Analyst and Trader at Ross Smith Asset Management and prior to that, an Investment Banking Analyst at FirstEnergy Capital. He assisted in managing an award-winning market neutral hedge fund and a top performing Canadian alternative fund in 2017. Mike attended the University of Regina where he graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration (Distinction), majoring in Finance. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) level 3 candidate.

CTO & Executive VP

Derek Euale

Derek is a capital markets professional with deep experience spanning 25 years in portfolio management, multi-asset trading & product development, and quantitative research & risk management. Among his accomplishments, Derek delivered proprietary trading strategies, structured products and processes at CIBC World Markets and was Manager of Investment Risk & Research for a large public pension plan. Derek is a Portfolio Manager, CIM®, and graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Master Mathematics degree in Applied Mathematics.

COO & Chief Compliance Officer

Michael Lee Hing

Michael has many years of financial and investment experience including roles in fund valuation at BMO and Dejardins, risk management at BCE Inc., and Chief Compliance Officer for Auspice Capital, Ross Smith Asset Management ULC and most recently Carecana Management Corp. Michael attended the Concordia University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration and then a Masters of Business Administration.

Executive VP

Frederick Mannix

Frederick Mannix is Executive Vice President at Accelerate. He is also a director at Chinook Valley Inc. and Gryphon Corp. Gryphon is a private family bank based out of Barbados. Frederick graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a degree in Business Administration. He holds the Chartered Investment Managers (CIM) designation.

Associate VP, Investment Management

Charles Sam, PhD

Charles is Associate VP, Investment Management at Accelerate. He has over 5 years experience in banking, asset management and investment operations. Charles holds a PhD degree in Actuarial Science and a Master of Science degree in Statistics from the University of Calgary.

VP, CLIENT SOLUTIONS

Jason Checkryn

Jason has been in the investment industry for over two decades, initially starting on the client facing side of the business before moving into investment solutions. In that time, he has represented all facets of managed investments including mutual funds, SMAs, ETFs and both liquid and illiquid alternatives. With his broad experience and knowledge base, Jason has demonstrated the ability to understand advisor’s unique practices and help them understand, explain and implement strategies to improve their client’s experience.

Jason completed his undergraduate degree in Management at the University of Lethbridge.