Desjardins Asset Management

Desjardins Asset Management (DAM) is a group of investment experts recognized for its value-added approach and innovation with regard to its asset management, advisory and product development services. In partnership with its clients, DAM acts as a leader, contributes fully to their success and meets all their investment requirements while respecting the values of Desjardins Group.

DAM, a Desjardins Group subsidiary, manages more than $46 billion in assets, chiefly from the equity of the Group's insurance subsidiaries as well as management mandates from other Group components.

DAM has a staff of some 170 employees working out of its offices in Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto and Vancouver. DAM's professionals work in three investment segments: securities investments and financial engineering, mortgage investments and corporate financing and real estate investments.

Desjardins Global Asset Management

Desjardins Global Asset Management (DGAM), a subsidiary of Desjardins Asset Management (DAM), is responsible for developing and managing securities investment and financial engineering activities.

DGAM's main areas of expertise are:

• Management of securities investments (money market, bonds, indexed shares);
• Multi-management (selecting the best managers in the world in traditional and alternative management segments);
• Development of alternative strategies using the quantitative expertise of DGAM's professionals and research partners;
• Financial engineering (developing innovative products and concepts as well as designing advanced software to support DAM in its advisory role).

Recognized for its expertise in alternative investment strategies and financial engineering, DGAM is also an innovator in financial product design.

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