Calian Group
TSE:CGYCalian Group Ltd. provides business services and solutions in Canada and internationally. It operates through four segment: Advanced Technologies, Health, Learning, and IT and Cyber Solutions (ITCS). The company offers systems engineering, software development, integration design, embedded design, operational management and lifecycle support, modelling and simulation-enabled design, and research & development solutions and services; environmental and radiation protection, decommissioning and waste management, regulatory affairs and licensing, and emergency preparedness and training services; and sophisticated communication systems for the satellite industry, such as antennas, RF systems, decimator RF spectrum analyzers, in-orbit test systems, software defined solutions, operations and teleport services, transmitters, receivers, and modems. It also provides circuit card assemblies, wiring harnesses and cables, units, subsystems and systems, design evolution and qualification testing services, and life cycle management services; DOCSIS network equipment and test solutions; Bin-Sense, an asset monitoring solutions; Fuel Lock for fuel tanks; and composites-specific engineering, metrology and project planning services. In addition, the company offers IT and cyber solution; clinician, nursing, psychological, health property management, patient support program, clinical research, pharmacovigilance, and functional service provider services; and digital health solutions. Further, it provides training for the military, emergency preparedness, and simulation training services; defence manufacturing and engineering, communications and connectivity, and cyber services; military training and simulation services; and health services for military personnel. The company was formerly known as Calian Technologies Ltd. and changed its name to Calian Group Ltd. in April 2016. The company was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.
Information Services
TSE:ISVInformation Services Corporation provides registry and information management services for public data and records in Canada. It operates through three segments: Registry Operations, Services, and Technology Solutions. The company provides land titles registry services that issues titles to land and registers transactions affecting titles; land survey services, which registers land survey plans and creates a representation of Saskatchewan land parcels in the cadastral parcel mapping system; and geomatics services that manages geographic data in relation to the cadastral parcel mapping system. It also offers personal property registry services in which security interests and other interests in personal property are registered; corporate registry for registering business corporations, non-profit corporations, co-operatives, sole proprietorships, partnerships, and business names; and tax assessment services. In addition, the company provides nationwide search, business name registration, and corporate filing services; corporate minute books, corporate seals/embossers, by-laws and share certificates, and rubber and self-inking stamps; Know-Your-Customer, collateral management, and general due diligence services; and public records search services, such as corporate profiles, business name, NUANS, PPSA, security, and real estate searches. Further, it offers security searches for present and historical information relating to debts and liabilities, pending and potential lawsuits, bankruptcy, liens, judgments, and sales of assets; recovery solutions comprising asset recovery and accounts receivable management services; RegSys, a multi-register platform; and technology implementation, hosting, support, and maintenance services. The company was formerly known as Saskatchewan Land Information Services Corporation and changed its name to Information Services Corporation in November 2000. Information Services Corporation was founded in 2000 and is based in Regina, Canada.
SPDR S&P Dividend ETF
NYSEARCA:SDYThe SPDR S&P Dividend ETF seeks to closely match the returns and characteristics of the S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index (the Index). The Index is designed to measure the performance of the 60 highest dividend yielding S&P Composite 1500 Index constituents that have followed a managed-dividends policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least 25 consecutive years. The Fund generally invests substantially all, but at least 80%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the Index. In addition, the Fund may invest in equity securities that are not included in the Index, cash and cash equivalents or money market instruments, such as repurchase agreements and money market funds (including money market funds advised by the Adviser). SSgA Funds Management, Inc. is the investment adviser to the Fund.