Greetings!

Please join us for our signature event, the Annual Forecast Dinner, which will take place on Thursday, February 6, 2025, at the Fairmont Empress.

As in past years, the Forecast Dinner will be an evening of insightful discussion as our forecasters share their thoughts on the economic factors that influence and shape the Canadian and global financial markets for 2025 and beyond. 

This is a sellout event; early bird pricing

is offered until January 3rd!

FORECASTERS

Carl Tannenbaum

Chief Economist

Northern Trust

Carl Tannenbaum is the Chief Economist for Northern Trust. In this role, he briefs clients and colleagues on the economy and business conditions, prepares the bank's official economic outlook and participates in forecast surveys. He is a member of Northern Trust's investment policy committee, its capital committee, and its asset/liability management committee. Carl publishes weekly commentaries and is frequently interviewed by media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, the New York Times and Reuters.

Prior to joining Northern Trust, Carl spent four years leading the Federal Reserve's risk section. He was deeply involved in the central bank's response to the 2008 financial crisis, helped to create and conduct its stress testing program, and advised senior Federal Reserve leaders on developments in banking and the financial markets. 

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Eric Lascelles

Managing Director & Chief Economist

RBC Global Asset Management Inc.

Eric is the Managing Director & Chief Economist for RBC Global Asset Management Inc. (RBC GAM). He maintains the firm's global economic forecast and advises its portfolio managers on key themes and risks. Eric is also a member of the RBC Investment Strategy Committee, which is responsible for the firm's global asset mix recommendations.

Eric makes regular presentations both within and outside of RBC GAM. He is also a frequent media commentator on global economic and financial trends, appearing regularly on CNBC, BNN and other networks. Eric's written editorials have appeared in The Globe and Mail, National Post, The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times.

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Kurt Reiman

Head of Fixed Income, CIO Americas

UBS Global Wealth Management

Kurt rejoined UBS in June 2024 as Head of Fixed Income for CIO Americas based in New York after spending 10 years at

BlackRock as a senior investment strategist for the BlackRock Investment Institute.

Prior to joining BlackRock, Kurt was the Head of Thematic Research at UBS in New York and Zurich, and published

innovative research on topics ranging from demographics to sustainability and geopolitics. Kurt discusses his research and investment views regularly in the financial news media, including CNBC, Yahoo! Finance, BNN Bloomberg, the Financial Post, and the Globe and Mail.

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