Independence

IceCap Asset Management is a Halifax, Canada based investment counselor and portfolio management company. We are licensed to provide discretionary management services in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.  Our ongoing focus emphasizes long lasting relationships and continuous personalized discussions among clients, their consultants, tax advisors and whomever else they want to have involved.

We are not owned by any bank, insurance company, nor mutual fund company. Unlike most investment professionals, we do not receive any commissions, rebates, or trailer fees for investing you in mutual funds or other investment products. This is important because it means we are not sales agents for anyone nor influenced to use any family of mutual funds or other products.

Our independence allows us to be open minded towards new investment opportunities and never restricts our ability to do what is best for our clients.

We embrace our independence. It is our strength and it makes us different.

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Dynamic & Unique

The world is constantly changing and this provides new investment opportunities and different ways to exceed your investment goals. Our independence and belief that everyone is different, further reinforces our vision of providing unique investment solutions.

In addition to the traditional strategies of stocks and bonds, we also consider strategies covering commodities, gold, currencies, and real estate. It is only recently that access to these strategies have become available to non-institutional investors. It is our experience that when these newer strategies are added to your investment portfolio, the probability of exceeding your investment goals increases.

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Outsourcing

IceCap Asset Management is different. We are able to provide world class investment management solutions by retaining our intellect, global perspective and experience in-house, while outsourcing the high cost functions of custody, reporting, and research. The ultra expensive sales function has been eliminated altogether.

Our back office functions are provided by TD Bank and include custody of your assets, online statements, and tax reporting, while our primary research has been outsourced to an independent provider housed with over 30 analysts and strategists.

The decision to outsource contributes directly to our clients paying less fees than the industry average as well as allows us to focus exclusively on providing unique investment solutions.

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Lower Fees

Today’s investment industry is dominated by companies with large back offices, product driven sales and marketing teams, and antiquated internal research departments. All of these components contribute directly to you paying significantly higher fees while receiving lower than deserved returns.

Our approach to outsourcing allows us to offer fees that are up to 50% less than what most investors are paying today. And since investment costs come directly out of your returns, this is an opportunity that is significant to everyone.

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Transparency

We believe in absolute transparency when it comes to fees. As a result the only revenue we receive from the management of a portfolio comes from our management fee and not from any transaction based commissions, or rebates from another firm to encourage us to sell their product.

Our fees are always explicitly stated in your account statements and easy to follow and understand.

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Our Team

Keith Dicker, CFA founded the company in 2010 and is the President and Chief Investment Officer. He has over 18 years of investment experience, including 14 years as a portfolio manager focusing on managing wealth for clients all over the World. He started his career in Halifax as a portfolio manager with a large Canadian bank where he managed high net worth portfolios on a discretionary basis. Next, for 10 years Keith managed portfolios for an offshore bank in Bermuda where as a senior portfolio manager and head of global equities, he was responsible for global investment strategies including asset allocation, equities, fixed income, commodities, alternative investments, and multi-currency. Keith earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 1998 and is a member of the Chartered Financial Analysts Institute.

John Corney, PFP, TEP is SVP, Client Relations and has over 25  years of experience as a trusted advisor to individuals and families primarily in Atlantic Canada. He is a Personal Financial Planner and has the Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) designation as provided by the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP Canada). His main focus is to ensure net worth is maintained and increased through investment strategies that are in line with the client’s comfort level.

John’s experience working with the largest financial institutions in Canada allows him to bring many practical solutions to the client’s attention.  Through his work for national and international clients, John has gained extensive expertise in the following areas:

• Development and implementation of personalized investment strategies.

• Succession Planning for business owners to maximize the value of their business as well as assist with the development of an efficient and smooth transition to the next generation of leadership, be they family or otherwise.

• Implementation of international planning structures that provide for wealth preservation.

• Domestic estate and will planning to provide for the efficient and timely transfer of wealth from one generation to the next.

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