Testimonials from the Financial Services Sector

KPMG International selects Toronto as the new home of its Global Resource Centre

“ICICI Bank Canada is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ICICI Bank Limited, which has its headquarters in Mumbai, India.

We opened our Canadian head office in Toronto in 2003 with big aspirations. Since then we have evolved from a niche bank servicing the Indo-Canadian community to a hybrid branch/direct banking operation with customers in almost every province, and have experienced tremendous growth of our balance sheet and the number of customers we serve.

We chose Toronto for ICICI Bank’s Canadian headquarters because of its diverse and knowledgeable talent pool. Toronto’s young, well-educated, cosmopolitan workforce reflects our customer base and our company. This dynamic city is the ideal location for us to work and live.”

“State Street has been providing unrivaled service to the country's financial services community since establishing a presence in Toronto in 1990. Today, we have more than 1,100 employees in Toronto including centres of excellence that support our services worldwide.

Combining local knowledge and talent with an international perspective allows us to develop and deliver the products that institutional investors need to streamline processes and more accurately measure performance and associated risk as they seek to achieve their investment objectives. As the financial capital of Canada, Toronto has provided us with the opportunity and the talent pool to ably service our clients while helping them make informed and responsible business decisions.”

“TMX Group is based in Toronto – the heart of Canada’s capital markets. Our equity exchanges – Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange – comprise the world's most successful multi-tiered exchange system, and are second in the world by number of listings and sixth in the world by equity capital raised. Our exchanges have particular strength in mining, energy and emerging companies, including the world's largest segment of cleantech companies. We enjoy this world-leading position because of our, and Toronto’s, proven expertise to attract it and serve it better than anyone else in the world.”

“As one of Canada’s leading financial institutions, we provide our clients, from North America to Asia, with strong, reliable, trustworthy, forward-thinking solutions for their most significant insurance, wealth and asset management needs – just as we have for over 120 years. Our global headquarters are in Toronto, Canada’s financial services capital. Why? Toronto has top level talent, a strong economic environment, a great quality of life and a growing reputation as a world leader in financial services. And that helps us as we continue to grow our business globally. Welcome to Toronto.”