Invesco employee among Toronto terror attack victims

Invesco Canada employee Anne Marie D'Amico was among those killed in Monday’s terror attack in Toronto, according to Canadian media reports.

Guggenheim isn’t selling Invesco its institutional funds, which make up most of the firm’s $237 billion in assets, according to someone with knowledge of the deal.
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“I can now confirm that unfortunately one of our employees has succumbed to her injuries," the firm’s Canadian unit president Peter Intraligi said in a statement. “Out of respect for her and her family, we will not be providing any further comments.”

The news from the Atlanta-based investment management company comes after a Toronto man, Alek Minassian, 25, was charged with 10 counts of first degree murder and 13 of attempted murder after a van struck dozens of pedestrians on a busy sidewalk Monday afternoon in the worst mass attack in Canada in almost three decades.

Invesco compliance manager Sammantha Samson was among the injured and was named in court documents as an attempted murder victim, according to media reports. — With additional reporting by Andrew Shilling

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