Profile: Michael Arbow

Michael Arbow is the Capital Markets Specialist at the New Brunswick Securities Commission.  In August 2005 he joined the Commission with the task of developing and executing an initiative to foster the province’s private and public equity markets.  This initiative, unique to a securities regulator in Canada and many of the states in America, utilizes an integrative strategy which entails providing recommendations, action plans and leadership to increase the supply (entrepreneurs) and demand (investors) for equity.    Originally from Toronto, Mr. Arbow graduated with a BA (Economics) from the University of Western Ontario.  Upon graduation, he moved to Sydney, Australia to further his studies in the area of investments at the Securities Institute of Australia.  From there, he went to London, England to participate in the Big Bang, the deregulation of the City of London’s financial markets.  Mr. Arbow joined Merrill Lynch as a stockbroker advising a globally dispersed clientele and served as the office’s Canadian market specialist.  From Merrill, he moved to a medium size insurance firm to advise and facilitate entrepreneurs seeking debt finance. Returning to Canada after 12 years, Michael worked for BMO Nesbitt Burns in Saint John, New Brunswick as an Investment Advisor and then Irving Oil Ltd. as a Business Analyst. Over the past three years at the Commission, Mr. Arbow has been heavily involved in the Commission’s capital market initiative apart of which is the annual action-oriented Fullsail Summit.  The creation and awareness of angel investing and networks for entrepreneurs is a critical component of the Summit.  Current main projects include developing and launching an applied social network for the province’s entrepreneurs and service providers and developing a model of a provincial sidecar or co-investment fund. Mr. Arbow also teaches at the Faculty of Business at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John, is on their financial math program’s advisory committee and is a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute.