Juniors, brokers, promoters are set to desert Toronto as the old West coast trading venue is about to be reborn
Greg Klein | April 27, 2016 | ResourceClips.com: Hedley Beauford’s not a man to mince words. And he speaks for many others. “The TSX Venture Exchange isn’t just broken,” he declares. “It’s unfixable. It’s time to go back to our roots and start all over again.”
We’re seated in Beauford’s office, newly remodelled but with walls displaying reminders of the past. Beauford proudly points to stock certificates from long-forgotten companies, portraits of colourful Howe Street characters, photos of frenzied trading floor activity and other mementoes of the former Vancouver Stock Exchange that was housed in this very building. As tradespeople and new staff bustle about with last-minute preparations, Beauford explains why he’s re-opening the fabled bourse.
