Renaissance Canadian Monthly Income Fund [Class F]

Adam Ditkofsky is one of the firm’s senior portfolio managers, overseeing the Core and Core Plus fixed income team and their mandates. Mr. Ditkofsky has more than 15 years of experience at the firm and managing fixed income portfolios. As part of his role, he specializes in duration management, yield curve positioning, sector allocation and security selection.

Prior to becoming a portfolio manager, in his previous position Mr. Ditkofsky was a Senior Credit Analyst at CIBC Asset Management (CAM), covering both investment grade and high-yield companies across multiple sectors and regions. Prior to joining CAM in 2008, he held the role of Credit Analyst at CIBC World Markets.

Mr. Ditkofsky holds an MBA degree from the University of Western Ontario, and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Concordia University. He is also a Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Toronto.

Natalie Taylor is a member of the Equities team. She is responsible for contributing to the management of multiple Canadian Equity portfolios. Her role includes portfolio construction, research and fundamental analysis, security selection and risk mitigation.

Ms. Taylor joined CAM in 2013, as a Portfolio Manager, and managed value, dividend value and North American financial sector portfolios. Her previous work experience included Research Analyst, Global Equities at RBC Global Asset Management, where she covered North American, European and Asian financial and consumer discretionary sectors.

Ms. Taylor holds a BBA degree from Wilfrid Laurier University. She is also a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Toronto.

Jeremy Kinney is a member of the Global Fixed Income team and lead portfolio manager of our High-Yield strategy overseeing all facets of the research, portfolio construction, and risk management processes.

Most recently, Mr. Kinney held the role of Senior High-Yield Credit Analyst at iA Clarington Investments. Prior to that, he was a High-Yield Credit Analyst and Associate Portfolio Manager at Sentry Investments. Mr. Kinney started his career at CIBC in 2001 and held the position of High Yield Credit Analyst, Assistant Vice President at CIBC Asset Management from 2011-2015.

Mr. Kinney holds an MS from the City University of New York and a BA from Dalhousie University. He is also a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Toronto.

Dave supports the global equity franchise at CIBC Asset Management with a focus on the U.S., including large- and mid-cap equities. He helps to support the team in all aspects of our investment process including idea generation, fundamental analysis, and team vetting.

Dave has been a global investor for over 15 years. Before joining CIBC Asset Management in 2022, he was a U.S. Portfolio Manager at Foyston, Gordon & Payne. He joined Foyston, Gordon & Payne in 2015 as Senior Research Analyst. He became a Portfolio Manager of U.S. equities in 2016, and was a member of their Senior Investment Committee thereafter.

Dave’s investment career began in 2007 at Merrill Lynch Canada, where he was a research associate covering Canadian financial services. He later moved to Empire Life Investment Management and Mackenzie Investments covering global equities for both firms.

Dave holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto and an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University. He is also a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Toronto.