Come to Edmonton

The elite of Edmonton bankers made their way to Toronto to lure finance specialist and, hopefully, more capital to Alberta.

"Alberta is going to be generating a lot of investment potential in the next 20, 30 years, so we think it's important to have a homegrown financial services industry," says Ron Gilbertson, president and chief executive of Edmonton Economic Development Corp.

Edmonton, Alberta already has $135 Billion, no not million, being managed out of the city. The city has already attracted a lot of capital but now needs savvy professionals to handle and grow it.

"We have the whole ball of wax," Mr. Mowat says. "All of the opportunity is there."

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