Looking back on a ‘historic’ first year: Cedar Leaf Capital hits a milestone

Canada’s first Indigenous-led, Indigenous-owned investment dealer, Cedar Leaf Capital, just celebrated its one-year anniversary. So, Cedar Leaf’s CEO Clint Davis joins us to walk us through the ups and downs of the first year, the state of Indigenous economic reconciliation, what role organizations like Cedar Leaf play in that process, what the next year might hold and more. 

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Key moments this episode: 

2:04 – What is Cedar Leaf Capital? 

3:43 – How Cedar Leaf Capital came about and what made it historic 

5:14 – What exactly is an investment dealer? 

6:42 – Clint breaks down year one of Cedar Leaf 

9:58 – Clints tells us about Cedar Leaf’s historic all-Indigenous trading desk and what that represents 

12:46 – What Prime Minister Carney’s latest nation-building projects represent for organizations like Cedar Leaf and for Indigenous economic reconciliation in general 

21:40 – What lessons and challenges has Cedar Leaf faced in the first year? 

23:14 – Clint’s goals for the second year of Cedar Leaf Capital