Quebec money looks to Alberta’s oil and gas scene

As the nation debated the good and bad of foreign investment from Asian state-owned companies this month, Montreal investment executive Jean-Guy Desjardins was on a plane to Calgary to lock up a major acquisition.

During the trip, the chairman, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of Fiera Capital Corp., one of Quebec’s largest investment managers, met with his 20 new staff in Calgary at Canadian Wealth Management Group Inc., the company he purchased from Paris-based Société Générale, to “celebrate the beginning of our marriage.”

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