Stone Investment Group Limited Announces Management Change

TORONTO, Feb. 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stone Investment Group Limited ("SIG") today announced that John Juhlke will be stepping down from his position as President of SIG, effective February 15, 2018. John will continue to serve as a board member of SIG.

"John has made a positive contribution to the success of this firm during his tenure and we thank him for his many years of service," said Jacques Boulet, Chairman of the Board at SIG. "For our clients, this is business as usual, and we are pleased to be able to reward them with our unwavering focus on producing sustainable, long-term performance. We believe the last year of success was just the beginning for our great firm."

In the near term, the President's responsibilities will be assumed by Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Richard Stone. The company's executive team and Board of Directors will execute on the firm's strategic initiatives and build upon the tremendous wins that SIG has achieved in the past year engineering sound investment processes and attaining strong performance.

"The strategic plan that was set in motion by our new Board of Directors last summer has been tremendously successful, and is today paying dividends for clients in the form of security, stability and outstanding performance," said Mr. Boulet. "We only see this positive trajectory progressing as we continue to build SIG's brand equity and invest in its processes and infrastructure. Guided by the strength of our current team, SIG is tremendously well-positioned for scalable, thoughtful growth and the generation of robust long-term performance for our clients."

About Stone Investment Group Limited
SIG is an independent Canadian-owned wealth management company, and the parent company to Stone Asset Management Limited ("SAM"). SAM is an active asset manager, providing investment management services via distinctive investment mandates, overseen daily by the disciplined execution of a proprietary investment process and investment philosophy. Access to SAM investment mandates can be achieved via a family of open-ended mutual funds, a pooled fund, and Private Wealth Management services. SAM's expertise ranges from servicing Canada's retail investors and working with their financial advisors to the complexities of working directly with Family Offices, endowments and foundations. At Stone, we want our investors to sleep well, knowing they'll have the financial resources to live well.

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