Biography
Rossa O’Reilly was a managing director, institutional equity research at CIBC World Markets for 26 years, from 1984 to 2010, and a vice president and director of Dominion Securities, the predecessor firm to RBC Capital Markets, for 14 years, from 1971 to 1984. He has 40 years of experience analyzing publicly traded equities in the real estate, conglomerate, and transportation sectors and developing stock market strategy. He is a past board member and chair of CFA Institute and a past trustee of the CFA Institute Research Foundation. He is a member of board of directors of The Canadian Foundation for Advancement of Investor Rights and has also been a member of the CICA’s Accounting Standards Committee, serving from 1985 to 1988. He was president of CFA Society Toronto in 1984 and a member of the society’s board of directors from 1982 to 1988 and again from 2009 to 2012. He has been editor of The Analyst, CFA Society Toronto’s quarterly magazine and is a frequent contributor to this and other periodicals. He has contributed to curriculum texts for CFA Institute on industry and company analysis, real estate and REIT analysis, and the structure and functions of the investment industry, and he has been a frequent speaker at conferences and on television. He holds an MA in mathematics and economics from Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland, and is a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute.
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