Hemal Vyas, CFA

Associate Portfolio Manager at Provisus Portfolio Management

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

About

A driven learner with over seven years of diverse experience for one of Canada’s largest boutique asset management firms; proven ability to adapt and take on challenges with enthusiasm; a flexible, team player with a record of progressing in prior positions; a collaborator with a keen spirit of resilience and versatility. Avid golfer.

Experience

  • Associate Portfolio Manager at Provisus Wealth Management
    Aug 2021 - Present · 5 yrs

  • Foyston, Gordon & Payne Inc. (9 yrs 7 mos)
    • Client Service & Marketing Manager
      Jan 2018 - May 2021 · 3 yrs 5 mos

      - Primary point of contact for institutional, sub-advisory and high net-worth clients - Crafted recurring quarterly commentaries reviewing past fund performance and providing a market outlook - Identify and initiate portfolio rebalancing where necessary - Manage CRM Software, Satuit Technologies - Prepare KYC documentation for annual client reviews

    • Business Development & Client Relationship Manager, Sub-Advisory Client Services
      Jan 2014 - Jan 2018 · 4 yrs 1 mo

      - Primary contact for Foyston's Sub-Advisory business, servicing the firms Separately Managed Accounts (SMA) sponsors, including; CIBC, Wood Gundy, TD Asset Management, BMO Private Investment Counsel and National Bank Wealth Management among others - Responsible for completing due-diligence questionnaires (DDQs), Requests for Information (RFIs) and Request for Proposals (RFQs) - Maintained consultant databases (eVestment Analytics, Thompson Reuters, AON) - Created SMA Fact Sheets - Scheduled quarterly and annual meetings among investment advisors across Canada

    • Investment Operations Analyst
      Mar 2012 - Jan 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos

      - Instructed Fixed Income desk on daily money market trades required - Reconciled daily cash movements, foreign exchange trades and a daily cash sweep - Conducted annual review of institutional and pooled fund performance, working closely with external auditors to present compliance with the CFA Institutes Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) - Designed key Investment Policy Guidelines (IPS) summary sheet for the firms Pooled Fund products which became a staple of the Investment Committees quarterly review - Voted proxy ballots at the direction of Portfolio Managers

  • SIFE Windsor (Windsor, Ontario)
    • Business Consultant
      May 2011 - Aug 2011 · 4 mos

    • Project Manager- Finance
      Apr 2010 - Apr 2011 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Research Assistant at Dr. Rajeeva Sinha
    May 2011 - Aug 2011 · 4 mos

    Conducted research under the supervision of Dr. Rajeeva Sinha in the area of Impact Investing and Emerging Capital Markets