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“No matter how many clients I have, I make sure to call each one personally every quarter. It’s a chance to not only update them on their portfolio, but also check on how they’re doing personally”
Kelvin Rampersad,
Carte Wealth Management
Alain Desbiens brings more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry to his role as ETF specialist for eastern Canada at BMO Global Asset Management. A seasoned financial expert with experience as a broker, Desbiens has facilitated client seminars to raise awareness about the benefits of ETFs to individual, retail, and institutional clients. He has also played a pivotal role in keeping portfolio managers in eastern Canada and Quebec aware of new developments in the ETF sphere.
Prior to joining BMO in 2010, Desbiens worked as a wholesaler and sales manager in the wealth distribution field, as well as a branch manager and investment advisor in the brokerage industry.
Desbiens holds a BA in Industrial Relations from Laval University. He won the 2015–2020 and 2021 Wholesaler of the Year Award at the Canadian Wealth Professional Awards. He was also a finalist for the 2016 and 2017 Wholesaler of the Year Award at the Canadian Wealth Professional Awards. He has been nominated twice for Hardbacon’s Top 50 Most Influential People to Follow in Finance.
105 Saint-Jacques, 8th Floor, Montreal, QC, H2Y 1L6
514 449 6627
alain.desbiens@bmo.com
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Alain Desbiens
Director, ETF Eastern Canada
BMO Global Asset Management
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“I strongly believe in working smarter, not harder. I think it’s one of the keys to living a great life, and I want to share that with as many people as possible”
Kelvin Rampersad,
Carte Wealth Management
2002–2004
2004–2007
2008–2010
2010–present
2019
Present
Vice President, Sales Quebec and Atlantic at Talvest Fund Management
2002–
2004
District Director, Quebec and Atlantic at Renaissance Investment Management, CIBC Asset Management
2004–
2007
Vice President, Sales Quebec and Atlantic Retail Distribution, Institutional Asset Management at Fiera Capital
2008–
2010
Director, ETF Quebec at BMO Global Asset Management
2015–2020 and 2021: Wholesaler of the Year at Canadian Wealth Professional Awards
2023: Wealth Professional Top 50 Wholesaler
2010–
present
Recognised as one of Mortgage
Professional Australia’s Rising Stars
Present
Suncorp Bank’s turnaround times are the lowest they have ever been. The lender becomes Australia’s first certified carbon neutral bank for both its operation and transaction services
Aug 2022
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Aug 2022
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Sept 2021
Feb 2022
Apr 2022
Jul 2022
Aug
2022
Suncorp Bank introduces Solar Home Bonus offer for customers who are choosing renewable energy for their homes
Sept 2021
Month-on-month market share growth commences
Feb 2022
Suncorp Bank wins the Canstar award for most outstanding value in investment loans
Apr 2022
Suncorp Bank wins Money Magazine’s Bank of the Year and Business Bank of the Year awards for the fifth year in a row
Jul 2022
Suncorp Bank’s turnaround times are the lowest they have ever been. The lender becomes Australia’s first certified carbon neutral bank for both its operation and transaction services
Aug 2022
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