Kym Anthony has left the employ of DundeeWealth Inc. with the intention of exploring other opportunities to work with DundeeWealth, including the further development of the company’s structured credit group in the U.S., the wealth management firm announced Monday evening.

David Goodman, CEO of DundeeWealth, will assume Anthony’s responsibilities.

In a statement, DundeeWealth said “board chairman Ned Goodman and lead director Robert McLeish have agreed to lend their expertise to the executive committee and act as the search committee for a replacement.”

Anthony joined DundeeWealth in 2005, becoming CEO of the company’s DundeeWealth Financial division and executive chairman of the Dundee Bank of Canada. DundeeWealth subsequently sold the bank to Bank of Nova Scotia, completing that transaction on September 28.

Toronto-based DundeeWealth has been surrounded by speculation that the company could be sold.

Companies said to be interest in the wealth management firm include Power Financial Corp., Manulife Financial Corp., CI Financial Income Fund and Bank of Nova Scotia.

DundeeWealth is controlled by Ned Goodman and his family through his stake in Dundee Corp.