PICTON Investments Launches Make the Shift Campaign (opens in a new tab)
Advisor-focused campaign, fronted by the firm's bear mascot, promoting alternatives in portfolio construction.
Hedge Fund
Employee-owned Toronto alternatives manager, now branded PICTON Investments, known for hedged equity, credit and multi-strategy funds.
Picton Mahoney Asset Management, which now markets itself as PICTON Investments, was co-founded in 2004 by David Picton and is one of Canada's best-known liquid alternatives and hedge fund managers. It runs market-neutral and long/short equity, credit, arbitrage and multi-strategy funds for advisors, high-net-worth and institutional clients, and in 2026 added its first private equity fund with Morningside Capital. The firm is independent and 100% employee-owned, with C$19.9 billion in AUM and 233 employees (50+ investment professionals); it is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Calgary, Montreal and Vancouver, and hires through its own careers board across investment, sales, technology and operations.
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Market-neutral, long/short and active-extension equity strategies, with portfolio management and trading led by Jeff Bradacs and fundamental research led by Rob Poole.
Long/short credit, credit opportunities and investment-grade credit strategies.
Arbitrage strategy run by managers the firm brought on with a live track record dating to 2013.
Picton Multi-Strategy Alpha Fund, which combines the firm's equity, credit and arbitrage capabilities in one fund.
PICTON Morningside Private Equity Fund (launched February 2026), an open-end fund for accredited investors focused on GP-led secondaries, with Morningside Capital sourcing deals and PICTON managing the liquid sleeve.
PICTON Investment Counsel, a wealth/investment counsel arm hiring investment counsellors in Toronto, Calgary and Montreal.
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| Calgary | AB | office |
| Montreal | QC | office |
| Vancouver | BC | office |
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Reasons that work in interviews
4 reasons for PICTON Investments
Expect the real question underneath to be “why this strategy”, then “why this platform within it”. Have a view on long/short versus multi-manager versus event-driven before you have a view on the firm, and bring one idea you can defend.
Built the Canadian liquid alternatives market rather than following it, so the firm has a position on portfolio construction rather than just a return stream.
The fortified portfolio framework is published and specific: engage with it rather than describing the firm as an alternatives manager.
Multiple strategies under one roof means you see several approaches to risk from one seat.
Canadian and independent at a size where your work is visible.
Coming soon
We’re collecting the real technical and behavioural questions candidates were asked at PICTON Investments, by role and office, and how each round runs.
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Interviewing there sooner than that? Get in touch and we’ll help you prepare.
How juniors get in
Hires recent graduates into junior Associate seats on the Toronto investment team (currently a quantitative Trading Strategy role); watch its BambooHR board, as student and MBA routes are not shown there today.
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Programs
Summer Analyst · Canada
President and CEO
Leadership
Founding partner of the firm and portfolio manager of its hedged equity strategies. He earlier launched Synergy Asset Management in 1997 and spent eight years as Head of Quantitative Research at RBC Dominion Securities; he holds a UBC Honours BCom.
Chief Operating Officer
Leadership
One of the firm's first employees, he joined in 2005 and oversees strategic business activities and corporate functions; he is also Vice-Chair of the firm's Advisory Board. He was previously a Director at Investors Financial Services in fund administration and custody, and holds a Brock BBA and the CFA charter.
Chief Growth Officer
Leadership
Joined in 2006 to build sales and marketing, having earlier launched a boutique investment firm with David Picton; he now leads corporate development and industry advocacy for alternatives. He holds a UBC economics degree and the CFA charter.
Chief Technology Officer
Leadership
Leads technology strategy across the firm and sits on the Senior Leadership Committee; he also lectures in mathematical finance and quantum computing at the University of Toronto. He previously held senior roles at Scotiabank, TD and The Carlyle Group and holds a U of T PhD in electrical and computer engineering.
Co-Head Equity Strategies, Head of Portfolio Management & Trading
Equity
Leads the portfolio management and trading teams and manages the Canadian equity allocation of the market-neutral, long/short and active-extension strategies. He joined in 2017 from BMO Global Asset Management after more than a decade at Manulife Asset Management, and is an Ivey HBA and CFA charterholder.
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Advisor-focused campaign, fronted by the firm's bear mascot, promoting alternatives in portfolio construction.
The firm's first private equity product, an open-end fund for accredited investors focused on trophy-asset GP-led secondaries.
David Picton co-founded the firm in 2004 to bring institutional-style alternative strategies to Canadian investors.
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