Independent wealth manager with $16.8B AUM across traditional and private assets
Nicola Wealth is a Vancouver-headquartered independent wealth manager running $16.8 billion in assets under management across equities, fixed income, real estate, infrastructure, private debt, and private equity. The hiring profile is finance-heavy (25 of 38 open roles) with most positions at mid and senior levels, reflecting growth-driven hiring rather than foundational scaling. Active Salesforce adoption, paired with a project focused on process automation and reconciliation error reduction, signals investment in operational systems to handle AUM expansion.
Notable leadership hires: Team Lead
Nicola Wealth is an independent investment counselling firm founded in 1994 and registered as a Portfolio Manager, Exempt Market Dealer, and Investment Fund Manager in Canada. The firm manages a portfolio spanning traditional asset classes (Canadian and global equities, fixed income) and private assets (real estate, infrastructure, private debt, mortgages, private equity). Clientele is primarily high-net-worth individuals and institutions seeking integrated wealth planning, tax strategy, risk management, and estate planning. The 501–1,000-person organization operates from Vancouver and is pursuing growth initiatives around asset repositioning, value enhancement, and cross-referral expansion.
Salesforce, Workday, SAP Concur, Adaptive Planning, SimCorp Dimension, Yardi, along with SQL, Excel, VBA, and Microsoft Office. Actively rolling out Salesforce adoption as of recent hiring data.
Approximately $16.8 billion in assets under management as of January 1, 2025, across traditional equities, fixed income, and private asset classes including real estate and infrastructure.
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