The managing directors and principals of Stonegate Private Counsel have extensive experience in managing the financial affairs of wealthy individuals and families.

Our heritage traces back to the early 1980s when professionals at two respected Canadian investment firms recognized that the financial industry was becoming too complex and impersonal. They decided to create a company that would provide a broader, more integrated suite of services delivered from a single source.

Today, we are Stonegate Private Counsel. Your Stonegate advisory team is comprised of highly experienced and accredited wealth management specialists working together to provide you with a superior wealth advisory experience. As a division of CI Private Counsel LP, a wholly owned subsidiary of CI Financial Corp., our distinctive offering as a specialty advisory boutique is backed by the global resources of CI, one of the largest and most respected financial services firms in Canada.

The financial strength of CI

CI Financial Corp. (TSX: CIX) is a diversified wealth management firm and a true success story. Since its founding over 40 years ago, CI has grown into one of the top three firms in its industry, with approximately $60 billion of assets under management and approximately $90 billion of fee-earning assets*. Since CI became a public company in 1994, it has been one of the best performing securities on the S&P/TSX Composite Index. CI is 35% owned by The Bank of Nova Scotia, a large international financial services organization. Read more about CI.

Stonegate uses the following independent professional service firms: Our primary custodian is RBC Dexia Investor Services, and our auditors are PriceWaterHouseCoopers, LLP and Ernst & Young, LLP.

* at September 30, 2009.