Frontwater Capital was founded in 2007 by a portfolio manager who believed that institutional-grade options strategies belonged in private client portfolios.
Jeff Kaminker founds Frontwater Capital Inc. in Toronto with a clear mandate: to bring institutional-grade investment strategies to private clients. The firm is built on the belief that options-based risk management, long reserved for pension funds and large institutions, should be available to sophisticated individual investors.
Frontwater Capital is registered with the Ontario Securities Commission as a Portfolio Manager, Exempt Market Dealer, Investment Fund Manager, and Commodity Trading Manager (NRD #29200). Together, these four categories cover the full scope of the firm's investment activities.
After departing for RBC Capital Markets in 2013, Dan Richmond returns to Frontwater Capital as Chief Investment Officer in February 2020, bringing additional depth to the firm's investment and client service capabilities.
Frontwater Capital continues to serve a select group of sophisticated Toronto-area clients, managing discretionary portfolios with the same disciplined, options-informed approach that has defined the firm since 2007.
The 2008–2009 financial crisis demonstrated something that Frontwater Capital was built to address: managing risk solely through asset allocation is far less effective than the large financial institutions would have you believe.
Traditional long-only portfolio managers were hit hard when fixed income investments (government bonds, investment-grade credit) fell in lockstep with equity markets, providing none of the diversification their managers promised. The crisis laid bare how fragile "safe" portfolios really were.
Options-licensed portfolio managers have a distinct structural advantage: they can actively shape a portfolio’s risk profile rather than simply hoping asset classes don’t correlate. That advantage, long the exclusive domain of pension funds and large institutions, is what Frontwater Capital brings to private clients.
Jeff and Dan collectively hold the CFA, CFP, FRM, and CIM designations alongside their OSC portfolio manager licences, a depth of qualification rarely found outside a major investment institution, applied directly to your portfolio without layers or intermediaries.
CEO & Founder
Jeff founded Frontwater Capital and has led the firm ever since. With nearly two decades of experience in discretionary portfolio management and options strategies, he brings an institutional-grade investment discipline to private wealth management.
Chief Investment Officer
Dan returned to Frontwater in February 2020 and works directly with clients on portfolio construction, investment analysis, and financial planning. He brings the same rigorous, conflict-free approach that defines the Frontwater standard.
Book a no-commitment introductory call with Jeff or Dan to see whether Frontwater Capital is the right fit for your circumstances.