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Real Estate Forum
December 3-4, 2025
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, SouthChairs’ Reception – December 2 – Fairmont Royal York

Ishbel Buchan
Executive Vice President, Investments at ACM Advisors Ltd.
Speaker

Profile

Ishbel is Executive Vice President - Investments for ACM Advisors, a Vancouver-headquartered investment fund manager that specializes in the creation, structuring and management of pooled Canadian commercial mortgage funds and has Assets Under Management of $4.9 billion. ACM Advisors is a majority owned subsidiary of EQB Inc. (TSX: EQB).

Ishbel was educated at the University of the West of Scotland and has been involved in the origination and analysis of approximately $5.0 billion of commercial mortgages across North America for more than 35 years. She opened the Toronto office of ACM in 2011, at which time assets under management were just above $1.0 billion.

Prior to joining ACM, Ishbel was responsible for all aspects of Canadian property finance at Standard Life for 4 years and, before that, she spent 19 years with Canada Life structuring loans on commercial properties across Canada and the United States.

Agenda Sessions

  • F1 – Debt market in 2025: Where are spreads, cost, availability and sources heading?

    11:30am