PCJ Investment Counsel Ltd.

PCJ Investment Counsel Ltd. is an investment management firm based out of Toronto, Canada. The company was originally established in 1996 by founding partners Neero Giovanni Piticco and Jack T. Campbell, both of whom are still with the company acting as its President and Vice President, respectively, and also acting as directors and portfolio managers. PCJ Investment Counsel conducts its research internally, utilizing a fundamental and quantitative methodology to make its investment decisions. The company invests in the growth stocks of companies with small and large capitalizations, allocating its assets in the public equity markets within Canada with a top down and bottom up approach. PCJ Investment Counsel invests most heavily in the finance sector, which alone makes up over a third of its total asset allocations, and also invests in the energy, transports, materials, and consumer discretionary sectors, among other sectors to a lesser degree, in order of decreasing allocation. The company holds its allocations for 6.6 quarters on average and holds its top 10 allocations, which account for over half of the firm’s total holdings, for 10.8 quarters on average. In the most recent quarter, PCJ Investment Counsel had a turnover rate of approximately 37.9%. The company operates with 7 employees, all of which are investment professionals. PCJ Investment Counsel manages over $2.1 billion in total assets under management spread across 35 total accounts, all of which are discretionary accounts. Both of the firm’s total number of accounts and total assets under management have been increasing in recent years. PCJ Investment Counsel caters mainly to pension and profit sharing plans and pooled investment vehicles, each of which make up over a third of its client base, and also provides services to high net worth individuals, insurance companies, corporations, and charities, in order of decreasing clientele. The company currently offers its Large Cap Equity, Small Cap Equity, and Absolute Return strategies.