Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management

Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management is an independently operated affiliate within the CC&L Financial Group multi-boutique structure. The parent platform handles shared functions like distribution and compliance while each affiliate manages its own investment strategies with full autonomy. The group currently lists over a dozen affiliates spanning public equities, fixed income, private equity, infrastructure, and real estate.

Global institutional sales are led by Managing Director Jean-Philippe Lemay. In the US, senior vice presidents Eric Hasenauer and John Ricketts co-head the effort, while Carlos Stelin serves as Director of Institutional Sales for Europe. The structure gives the firm dedicated coverage across its three major geographic regions.

CC&L runs significant private-market strategies through its specialized affiliates. Banyan Capital Partners handles mid-market private equity and private credit, Connor, Clark & Lunn Infrastructure targets mid-market infrastructure assets in North America, and Crestpoint Real Estate Investments manages commercial property portfolios. These sit alongside the traditional equity and fixed income shops under the same parent platform.

Connor, Clark & Lunn Infrastructure is a dedicated affiliate focused on mid-market infrastructure assets. In recent commentary, its team has highlighted freight rail and digital infrastructure — including data center and fiber assets — as ways institutional investors can build portfolio resilience. The strategy targets direct equity investments in operational, long-life infrastructure across North America.

CC&L Financial Group is one of Canada's largest privately owned and employee-owned asset management firms — it is not a subsidiary of a bank, insurer, or public consolidator. That structure gives its investment affiliates independence from the short-term earnings demands that publicly traded firms face.

The firm maintains offices across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and India. Its institutional sales team is organized globally, with named senior leaders covering North America and Europe. The India office functions primarily as an operations hub supporting the broader platform.

The parent platform supports more than 80 distinct investment strategies across equities, fixed income, alternatives, and multi-asset portfolios. These strategies are delivered through over a dozen independently managed affiliates, each operating under its own investment process and brand while sharing the CC&L umbrella's central resources.