
Fixed Income Client Portfolio Manager, Vanguard Canada
Alex Lee is a Fixed Income Client Portfolio Manager at Vanguard Canada. Prior to joining Vanguard, he served as Head of Canada ETF Product Strategy at Franklin Templeton and previously worked as a Fixed Income ETF Product Manager at Invesco.
Alex holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from York University and a Master of Finance from Queen’s University and is a CFA and CAIA charterholder.

Regional Director, Vanguard Canada
Will O'Connell is a Regional Director for Vanguard Investments Canada Inc., serving MFDA advisors across western Canada and IIROC advisors in the interior and northern British Columbia. He was previously a Senior Business Development Manager at Vanguard serving the BC region. Before joining Vanguard in 2015, he held roles consulting with start-ups at Ryerson University's on-campus incubator and in account management and underwriting in the commercial insurance industry.
He earned a BA in history from Wilfrid Laurier University and an MBA from Ryerson University. He is currently enrolled in the Chartered Investment Manager (CIM®) program.
Join us for an informative discussion on today’s fixed income landscape. We will explore current opportunities across Canadian and global bond markets, revisit key concerns from the 2022 bond market selloff, and examine how evolving industry dynamics, including CRM3 and the growing use of ETFs, are shaping advisor and client conversations.
In this session, we will cover:
You will leave with insights on the current fixed income landscape, the important role bonds play in portfolio construction, and strategies for building a diversified bond portfolio positioned for success in the evolving CRM3 environment.
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