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Trading
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Salman Partners' focus on providing in-depth research coverage on a smaller number of companies, which has given the firm a strong institutional sales and trading team. The team knows a sector well and can tell the stories well, securing large numbers of trades. Salman Partners is a large trader in the stories it follows – often in the top 10. For the first six months of 2002 Salman Partnesr ranked in the top half of the 88 members of the Toronto Stock Exchange in terms of value of trading cleared at over $650 million. Salman Partners is a big block trader, ranking 10th in terms of average transaction size out of the 88 Toronto Stock Exchange members.
Salman Partners' institutional sales team is made up of of experienced specialists who understand growth companies. To complement the sales team, Salman Partners has a full-time trading operation to execute transactions for all of its institutional and corporate clients. To provide liquidity to its clients, the firm’s trading desk provides strong after-market support for all companies the firm provides research coverage for.
Salman Partners’ trading position on the TSX, for the year to July 31, 2002:
Company
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| Oiltec Resources Ltd. |
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| Purcell Energy Ltd. |
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| Hollinger Canadian Newspaper, L.P. |
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| Ketch Energy Ltd. |
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| Promax Energy Ltd. |
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| Sherritt International Corp. |
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| Vermilion Resources Ltd. |
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| Thunder Energy Inc. |
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| Equatorial Energy Inc. |
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| TVX Gold Inc. |
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| Canfor Corporation |
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| Dynatec Corporation |
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| Methanex Corp. |
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| West Fraser Timber Co. |
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| Teck Cominco Ltd. |
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| Norske Canada |
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| Rio Alto Exploration Ltd. |
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| Nexfor Inc. |
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| Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. |
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| Hillsborough Resources Ltd. |
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| Kinross Gold Corporation |
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| ARC Energy Trust |
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