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Cedar Leaf Capital is the first Indigenous-led, Indigenous-owned investment dealer in Canada. Our guests today describe that as unprecedented, disruptive and a step towards empowerment and economic reconciliation in Canada. Mindy Wight, CEO of Nch’ḵay̓ Development Corporation — one of the three Indigenous shareholders which own the majority of Cedar Leaf — and Cedar Leaf CEO Clint Davis are here to tell us all about this latest venture and what it means for access to capital for Indigenous communities and beyond.
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Key moments this episode:
1:39 – What exactly is Cedar Leaf Capital?
2:21 – Why underrepresentation of Indigenous groups in capital markets particularly interest one of the shareholders, Nch’ḵay̓ Development Corporation
3:17 – How did Cedar Leaf come together?
4:50 – Why Mindy found the proposition to be a part of Cedar Leaf so compelling
5:30 – What does an Indigenous-led, Indigenous-owned investment dealer bring to the table that other ventures may not?
6:40 – The feedback Mindy has been hearing from her community and why it’s an opportunity to educate
7:38 – Why Mindy thinks there is underrepresentation of Indigenous Peoples in finance
9:13 – What progress has been made on economic reconciliation in Canada in the last decade?
12:30 – How Cedar Leaf may help with access to capital for Indigenous communities
13:55 – How the unique ownership structure of Cedar Leaf and the plan to be wholly Indigenous-owned sets a ‘new standard’
17:12 – How did Cedar Leaf select its three Indigenous partners: Nch’ḵay̓, Des Nedhe and the Chippewas of Rama First Nation?
19:08 – What's next for Cedar Leaf Capital?
21:36 – Why this venture is such a personal mission for Clint and Mindy
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