The Portfolio Managers at TD Asset Management Inc. (TDAM) are always hard at work behind the scenes expanding our innovative offerings, and through their dedication TDAM continues to be one of the top asset managers in Canada1. With a focus on building and maintaining strong relationships, and a commitment to understanding the unique needs of retail and institutional investors, asset managers at TDAM are driven to provide competitive solutions to help our clients achieve their goals.

Building on these strengths, we recently launched TD Global Investment Solutions (TDGIS), a new institutional identity bringing the combined multi-asset expertise of TDAM and Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. (TD Epoch) to the global investing community with the ability to expand our offerings in existing and new jurisdictions.

In this episode  of our Breadth of Experience podcast series, Jason McIntyre, Vice President, Head of Retail Distribution, TDAM, welcomes Mark Cestnik, Managing Director, Head of Global Institutional Distribution, TDGIS, for a look at some of the challenges asset managers face in the current market environment of GICs and "safety-seeking" behaviors of investors, and provide a deeper dive into TDAM capabilities at both the retail and institutional level.

Highlights include:

• What has enabled our asset management businesses to be successful in both the retail and institutional space? (0:42)
• What are some of our institutional Portfolio Managers' distinctive capabilities? (2:58)
• What are the main challenges for institutional asset management in the current market environment? (5:32)
• Perspectives on the launch of TD Global Investment Solutions (9:13)

For a full transcript in English and French, please visit the TD Asset Management Podcast page: https://www.td.com/ca/en/asset-management/insights/podcast 

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