Maria Benavente

Portfolio Manager at Scotia Global Asset Management

Speaker

Maria Benavente is a Portfolio Manager on the Equity Income Team at Scotia Global Asset Management (“SGAM”), specializing in global real estate securities. She co-manages Dynamic Global Real Estate Fund, Dynamic Real Estate & Infrastructure Income Fund II and Scotia Wealth Real Estate Income Pool. She joined SGAM in 2016 as a Portfolio Analyst. As her responsibilities grew, she was promoted to Portfolio Manager in early 2019. Prior to joining SGAM, Maria spent over five years on the sell-side as a research associate, specializing in real estate investment trusts for BMO Capital Markets and National Bank Financial. Maria has a B. Comm from the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University and is a Calvin C. Potter Fellow. Maria was awarded the CFA designation in 2015.